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Diane Warren Teams With Reggae, Pacific Island Artists For ‘Songs in the Key of Diane: A Reggae Compilation of Diane Warren Songs’

Diane Warren loves reggae. Maybe you weren’t aware, but you will be soon thanks to the legendary songwriter’s upcoming debut reggae album, Songs in the Key of Diane: A Reggae Compilation of Diane Warren Songs. The unexpected 13-track collection of classic, deep-cut and unreleased songs penned by Warren is due out on July 31 and […]

Lewis Capaldi Jokes That NYPD ‘Truly Met Their Match’ in His ‘Middle of the Road’ Pop Fans After Cops Shut Down Penn Station Pop-Up Show

All Lewis Capaldi wanted to do was have a little, intimate hang with some of his fans in New York’s Penn Station on Thursday afternoon (April 16) before he headlined at Madison Square Garden last night. But, apparently, the NYPD had different ideas. The singer posted about the incident on X afterward, writing, “NYPD TRULY […]

Inside The ‘Landmark’ Exhibition Showcasing The Story of Black British Music at London’s Brand-New V&A

In the depths of lockdown, when Jacqueline Springer read the Victoria & Albert Museum’s advert for the role of Curator Africa & Diaspora: Performance, it struck her as a “chorus of realisation.” For the London-raised creative, whose illustrious career spans music journalism and broadcasting, lecturing, programming and event coordination, the role felt like a rare […]

Olivia Rodrigo, sombr, Nine Inch Noize & More: New Friday Music Guide

Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to New Music Friday’s most essential releases each week — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.  Last week, we featured Lady Gaga & Doechii, The Strokes and KATSEYE. This week, Olivia Rodrigo swerves wtih […]

Zayn Kicks Back With ‘Konnakol’: Stream It Now

Zayn Malik isn’t letting his old One Direction bandmates Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan have all the fun. The British pop singer is back with his fifth studio album, Konnakol (via Mercury Records/Island Records U.K.), a collection that houses the previously-released recording “Sideways” and lead single “Die For Me.” Konnakol is Zayn’s first […]

Don Schlitz, Grammy-Winning Composer of ‘The Gambler,’ Dies at 73

Don Schlitz, one of country music’s all-time songwriting greats, a hitmaker who collected almost every possible accolade including two Grammy Awards, the first of those for “The Gambler,” died Thursday (April 16) at a Nashville hospital following a sudden illness. He was 73. Schlitz achieved greatness with his first recorded song, “The Gambler,” which he […]