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UMG’s $775M Downtown Deal Secures EU Approval With Remedies Attached

The European Commission has given its final stamp of approval for Universal Music Group’s $775 million acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings, concluding a two‑phase review that focused on competition and data‑access risks tied to Downtown’s services business. The proverbial thumbs-up, announced early Friday (Feb. 13), follows remedies UMG submitted in December to address regulators’ concerns […]

How to Watch 2026 Winter Olympics Online for Free and Without Cable

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. The first week of the 2026 Winter Olympics is already almost over. Approximately 2,900 athletes from around the world have gathered […]

Doja Cat to Headline Global Citizen’s Move Afrika Tour in South Africa & Rwanda: ‘Africa Isn’t Coming, It’s Already Here’

Doja Cat‘s South African homecoming may have been brought to a halt when Hey Neighbour festival canceled its 2025 staging, but the Grammy winner will finally get to visit her motherland this spring. Billboard can exclusively announce that Doja Cat will headline the third edition of Move Afrika, in partnership with pgLang and Kendrick Lamar, […]

Karnivool Rocks to No. 1 In Australia With ‘Versus’

Karnivool stages a comeback to remember with Versus (via Cymatic Records/Sony Music), which blasts to No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Versus is the hard rock outfit’s fourth studio album, and first in 13 years. Hailing from Perth, Western Australia, and led by Birds of Tokyo singer Ian Kenny, Karnivool has three acclaimed and […]

Friday Music Guide: New Music From Charli xcx, MUNA, Bleachers & More

Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.  This week, Charli xcx releases her anticipated project Wuthering Heights, written for the Emerald Fennell-directed film of the same name (also […]

Cruz Beckham Makes a Romantic Gesture on ‘For Your Love’: Stream It Now

Cruz Beckham is a romantic at heart. With his new single, “for your love,” which drops today, Feb. 13, Cruz Beckham gets in early with the Valentine’s Day presents. “For your love” was co-written and produced by Justin Raisen and Lewis Pesacov (Kim Gordon, Joji, Charli xcx), and is the followup to his debut single […]

Charli XCX Takes Us to ‘Wuthering Heights’: Stream It Now

Bye-bye Brat Summer. Welcome, Wuthering Heights. As the clock struck midnight, Charli xcx dropped her seventh and latest studio album Wuthering Heights (via Atlantic Records), written, of course, for Emerald Fennell’s dramatic feature film of the same name. Spanning 12 tracks, “Wuthering Heights” houses the previously released “Wall Of Sound,” “Chains Of Love” and the striking opener “House,” […]

John Summit Says He’ll Leave Wasserman If Founder Doesn’t Exit: ‘We Will Take Our Talents Elsewhere’

Dance music titan John Summit has joined the growing list of artists threatening to leave the Wasserman agency over founder and CEO Casey Wasserman‘s ties to convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. “If casey wasserman doesn’t step down, i will not remain with the agency,” Summit wrote via Twitter and […]