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Ariana Grande Disrupts Local Italian Government With ‘AG8’ Teaser: See Corbetta Mayor’s Hilarious Reaction

If the local government of Corbetta, Italy, has been moving a little slower lately, it’s only because the mayor is a little bit distracted by Ariana Grande potentially teasing her eighth album — and can we blame him? Related Ariana Grande’s ‘Eternal Sunshine’ Certified Double Platinum on 2-Year Anniversary of the Album Ariana Grande Has a […]

The Fray Reflects on Breakout Hits ‘Over My Head’ and ‘How to Save a Life,’ Watching ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ & Pissing Off Justin Timberlake

This week, Billboard is publishing a series of lists and articles celebrating the music of 20 years ago. Our 2006 Week continues here with the Denver pop-rock band The Fray, who scored a pair of Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hits — “Over My Head” (No. 8) and “How to Save a Life” (No. 3) — that flexed the […]

Anne Hathaway Gets Lost in the Beat on FKA Twigs-Penned Dark Dance Anthem ‘My Mouth is Lonely For You’ From ‘Mother Mary’ Soundtrack

Anne Hathaway gets lost in the beat on the bubbling dance pop tune “My Mouth Is Lonely For You” from the soundtrack to director David Lowery’s upcoming film Mother Mary. On the song performed by the movie’s titular pop icon, Hathaway breathily sings about bad conversations, cigarettes, empty threats, chewing gum and feeling empty over […]

Ashley Monroe Talks Vulnerable New Project ‘Dear Nashville,’ Being Overlooked by Music City: ‘Everyone Likes to Feel Seen and Valued’

“Nothing has inspired me more, or hurt me more, than this place,” three-time Grammy nominee and Tennessee native Ashley Monroe wrote in a bold, vulnerable Instagram post last week, taking aim at Music City and expressing both her devotion to the music that brought her to Nashville, as well as her discontent with the heart-crushing […]

Weezer Drop Rocking New Single ‘Shine Again’: Listen

If you’re going to tour arenas, it helps to have big, rocking arena-sized songs to play. On Wednesday (April 1), Weezer made sure they have one more of those tunes in their back pockets for their upcoming Weezer: The Gathering North American arena tour when they dropped the bombastic single “Shine Again.” “The car door/ […]

The Biggest Album Debuts of the Decade: BTS, Taylor Swift, Adele & More

When BTS‘ latest album ARIRANG debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart (dated April 4), it did so in grand fashion. Not only did it mark the seven-member group’s lucky seventh No. 1 album, but it also launched with a massive 641,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week […]