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8 Best Moments From Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour in Los Angeles

Beyoncé hit all the right notes as her highly-anticipated Renaissance World Tour made its landing in Los Angeles for two unforgettable nights: on Friday, Sept. 1 and Saturday, Sept. 2. Fans bedazzled in silver, chrome, diamonds, sparkles and rhinestones, turning the entire SoFi Stadium scene into a living, breathing fashion runway. The fashion game was […]

Zach Bryan Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart

Zach Bryan lands his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as his new self-titled set bows atop the tally (dated Sept. 9). The 16-song country-rock effort, his fourth full-length studio album, launches with 200,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 31, according to Luminate — the […]

Smash Mouth’s Steve Harwell in Hospice Care, Rep Confirms

Steve Harwell, who performed as the lead singer of Smash Mouth until announcing his retirement from the group in 2021, is in hospice care, a representative for the band tells Billboard. Harwell, 56, is resting at home and being cared for by his fiancé and hospice care, Smash Mouth’s manager confirmed on Sunday (Sept. 3). […]

Olivia Rodrigo Reacts to Theories That ‘Vampire’ Is About Taylor Swift

Is Olivia Rodrigo‘s “Vampire” about … Taylor Swift? Rodrigo commented on fan speculation that the lead ballad from Guts, on which she scathingly sings about an unnamed “bloodsucker, famef—er,” is somehow about one of her childhood idols. “How do I answer this?” Rodrigo reportedly whispered to Guardian journalist Laura Snapes, when the question about “Vampire” […]

Jimmy Buffett, Billboard’s Most Famous Alumnus, on ‘The Only Real Job I Would Have in My Adult Life’

Before Jimmy Buffett appeared on Billboard’s charts, he was writing about other artists who did.   Buffett, who died Friday (Sept. 1) at age 76, worked as a Nashville reporter for Billboard from 1969 to 1970. He quit when his first album, Debut to Earth, was released because he was told that continuing would be a conflict of interest.  Related […]

Jimmy Buffett’s 6 Best Country Collaborations

Jimmy Buffett, the musical troubadour known for his island-tinged, rum-soaked hits including “Margaritaville,” “A Pirate Looks at Forty” and “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” as well as his empire of businesses including his chain of Margaritaville cafes, died on Friday (Sept. 1) at age 76. “Jimmy passed away on the night of September 1st surrounded by his […]