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Everything We Know About J. Cole’s ‘The Fall-Off’ Album

Nearly eight years in the making, it’s finally time for The Fall-Off. J. Cole announced the album’s Feb. 6 release date on Wednesday (Jan. 14), sending the Dreamville faithful into a frenzy. The Fall-Off will serve as Cole’s seventh album and his first LP since 2021’s The Off-Season, which topped the Billboard 200 with 282,000 […]

Billboard Staff’s Greatest Pop Stars of 2025: Honorable Mentions

In 2019, Billboard‘s staff revealed its picks for the greatest pop star of every year dating back to 1981 (the first year of MTV, essentially the birth of the modern pop era), with essays making the case for each as the biggest, brightest and most important star in their solar system that calendar year. After adding BTS as the […]

John Mellencamp to Perform at Primary Wave Music’s Pre-Grammy Party

John Mellencamp is set to perform live at Primary Wave Music’s annual pre-Grammy party at the Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 31, the night before the 68th annual Grammy Awards. There will also be a performance by Trombone Shorty, DJ sets from CeeLo Green and Grandmaster Flash and additional surprises to […]