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TikTok Anoints KATSEYE as Global Artist of 2025

KATSEYE hit the bullseye on TikTok in 2025. The short-form video platform today (Dec. 9) shares its year-in review, with KATSEYE crowned as TikTok’s Global Artist of the Year. After debuting in 2024, the girl group “has become one of the biggest bands in the world,” says a rep for TikTok, during which time they […]

Sziget 2026 Festival to Feature Headliners Florence + the Machine, Lewis Capaldi, SOMBR and Twenty One Pilots

Next year’s Sziget 2026 Festival will feature a raft of major headliners, including Florence + the Machine, Lewis Capaldi, sombr and Twenty One Pilots. The Budapest-based event will take place at Óbuda Island between August 11-15. In addition to those headliners, the festival will include sets from Ashnikko, BBNO$, Biffy Clyro, last weekend’s Saturday Night […]

Reactional, Interactive Music Engine for Gaming, Signs With MusicInfra for Rights Collection

MusicInfra, the rights collection platform founded by an ex-Hipgnosis executive and backed by Raine Group and Peter Thiel’s Snö Ventures, announced on Tuesday (Dec. 9) that interactive gaming music company Reactional Music has joined its growing list of clients.  Founded by classical composer Jesper Nordin, Reactional Music makes an interactive music engine that allows video […]

Bill Hauritz, Founder of Woodford Folk Festival, Dies at 71

Bill Hauritz, the impresario who launched the Woodford Folk Festival, one of Australia’s largest and longest-running camping fests, and a treasure in the live events calendar, has died at 71. The festival began life as the Maleny Folk Festival in 1987, an end-of-year gathering on the Sunshine Coast hinterland. As word spread of its unique […]

Tyra Banks Reveals the 4 Products You Need to Get the Perfect ‘Smize’

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. Tyra Banks is back in the studio and whipping up something sweet for fans this Christmas, with the release of her […]

Odeal Signs Global Deal With Sony Music Publishing

Odeal is the latest addition to the Sony Music Publishing roster. Announced today, Dec. 8, the British-Nigerian singer and songwriter strikes a worldwide deal with the major music publisher, several weeks after the release of his album The Fall That Saved Me. “Signing Odeal was more than a business move. It was the natural next […]