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Time’s Up: TikTok Music Is Shutting Down

TikTok plans to end its subscription streaming service, TikTok Music, the company announced on Tuesday (Sept. 24). TikTok Music, which is currently available in Indonesia, Brazil, Australia, Singapore and Mexico, will wind down on Nov. 28. The company will pivot to focus its efforts on the “Add to Music App,” which launched last November and […]

Reba McEntire Is Getting Her Own Funko Pop: ‘My Fans Have Been Waiting for This’

All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Reba McEntire is getting her very own Funko Pop! The country icon teamed with Funko to debut a limited-edition Pop! vinyl […]

Hot 100 First-Timers: Country Upstart Zach Top Debuts With ‘I Never Lie’

Zach Top charts his first song on the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Sept. 28) as “I Never Lie” debuts at No. 95. Released in April on Leo33, the song enters with 4.9 million U.S. official streams (up 16%), 261,000 radio audience impressions and 1,000 downloads sold in the Sept. 13-19 tracking week, according to Luminate. […]

Billboard’s Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century: No. 15 — Miley Cyrus

With the first quarter of the 21st century coming to a close, Billboard is spending the next few months counting down our staff picks for the 25 greatest pop stars of the last 25 years. We’ve already named our Honorable Mentions and our No. 25, No. 24, No. 23, No. 22, No. 21, No. 20, No. 19, No. 18, No. 17 and No. 16 stars, and now we remember […]

Jordan Davis on Co-Hosting ACM Honors, Celebrating Nashville’s Music Community: ‘It’s a Homecoming’

Since launching his career nearly a decade ago, Louisiana native Jordan Davis has added a string of titles to his resume: including five-time Billboard Country Airplay chart-topping artist, purveyor of two RIAA platinum-certified albums (his 2018 album Home State and 2023 album Bluebird Days), hit songwriter, and reigning Academy of Country Music Awards song of […]

Tony Dize Inks Deal with Rimas Music; Returns with ‘Quisiera’

Tony Dize has inked a record deal with Rimas Music, and will make his highly-awaited comeback with new music, Billboard can exclusively announce today (Sept. 24). With a trajectory that spans over 20 years, the Puerto Rican artist born Tony Feliciano Rivera gained popularity as “La Melodía de la Calle” (the melody of the streets) […]

Barry Manilow vs. Hipgnosis: Inside the Deal That Led to Dueling Lawsuits

Hipgnosis Songs Fund, one of the most influential players in the catalog acquisition market run-up of recent years, and Barry Manilow are embroiled in a pair of lawsuits over $1.5 million in unpaid bonuses Manilow’s team claims Hipgnosis agreed to when it acquired his catalog. Hipgnosis Songs Fund sued first in the High Court in […]