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Wednesday Campanella Drops New Songs ‘Alice’ & ‘Buckingham’ With New Singer Utaha

J-pop group Wednesday Campanella, featuring new vocalist Utaha, released two new songs called “Alice” and “Buckingham” on Wednesday, along with accompanying music videos. Both songs were produced by member Hidefumi Kenmochi. The lyrics of “Alice” draws from the narrative of Alice in Wonderland, expressing how ordinary daily life was greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

Bad Wolves Settle Lawsuits With Former Singer Tommy Vext

Bad Wolves, its manager Allen Kovac and the label he founded, Better Noise Music, have settled their lawsuits with the metal band’s former singer, Tommy Vext, they tell Billboard. Vext, a former hardcore punk singer formerly of the bands Divine Heresy and Westfield Massacre, announced he was leaving Bad Wolves on Jan. 8 to launch his […]

LiSA’s ‘Akeboshi’ Debuts at No. 1, STU48 at No. 2 on Japan Hot 100

LiSA’s “Akeboshi” (“Morning Star”), her new opener for the latest story arc of the popular anime series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, blasts into No. 1 on the latest Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated Oct. 18 to 24. “Akeboshi” was released digitally on Oct. 18 and racked up 71,182 first-week downloads to rule the metric this […]

Watch Kelly Clarkson Turn Radiohead’s ‘Karma Police’ Into an Unexpected Ballad

Kelly Clarkson took a left turn on Thursday’s (Oct. 28) Kelly Clarkson Show, covering Radiohead’s “Karma Police” for her Kellyoke segment. In her rendition, Clarkson transforms the haunting and ambient OK Computer single into a captivating ballad, demonstrating her powerful belt and uncanny ability to personalize the alternative rock anthem. Clarkson gives the evocative line […]

Anuel AA Drops ‘Dictadura,’ First Single Off His Forthcoming Album: Exclusive Video Premiere

Serving as a preview of his upcoming album, Anuel AA dropped his new single “Dictadura,” which Billboard is premiering exclusively on Thursday (Oct. 28). Produced by Subelo Neo and Machael, and co-written by Anuel and Mora, the bouncy, head-bobbing reggaeton track will be included on the Puerto Rican artist’s third LP, Las Leyendas Nunca Mueren (Legends Never Die). The […]

Save the Music to Honor Jesse Collins

Save the Music Foundation has selected Jesse Collins as this year’s #MusicSaves honoree. The live-event veteran — a founder and CEO of Jesse Collins Entertainment who has spent more than two decades in the industry — is being singled out “for his achievements as a trailblazing executive and one of the most visible and successful […]

See Lady Gaga Dressed to Kill as Patrizia in New ‘House of Gucci’ Teaser

Lady Gaga is set to make her follow-up to 2018’s A Star Is Born with House of Gucci’s arrival on Nov. 26. With just one month left before the star-studded film premieres, a new teaser released Wednesday (Oct. 27) shows the “Rain on Me” singer as Patrizia Reggiani having her first encounter with fashion house […]