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‘Opry 100: A Live Celebration’: 10 Best Moments

Approximately 100 years after the Grand Ole Opry launched when radio announcer George D. Hay invited fiddler Uncle Jimmy Thompson to play some of his fiddle tunes on the air on WSM-AM (the program was initially called the WSM Barn Dance and renamed the Grand Ole Opry in 1927), many of country music’s biggest stars […]

Gracie Abrams on How Writing With Her BFF — And Lessons From Taylor Swift — Made Her A Standout Songwriter

Sitting in a sun-drenched room at Los Angeles’ Beverly Hilton, Gracie Abrams is shaking her head “no.” She’s reflecting on a breakout 2024 — during which she scored her highest-charting Billboard Hot 100 hit to date and received her second Grammy Award nomination, for “Us,” a collaboration with none other than Taylor Swift. But Abrams still […]

Top 10 Highest Grossing Women in Comedy of the 2020s — So Far

On March 29, Billboard will hold the 19th annual Women in Music awards at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles. Honorees include cover star Erykah Badu, JENNIE and many more, including Doechii as Woman of the Year. In advance of this year’s event, we are looking at some of the most in-demand live performers of […]

Gerardo Ortiz Testifies Against Del Records’ Ángel del Villar in Criminal Trial

Regional Mexican superstar Gerardo Ortiz testified against Ángel del Villar, the CEO of his former label Del Records, on Wednesday (March 19) in a downtown Los Angeles federal courtroom. The West Coast-based executive’s criminal trial began on Tuesday where he is accused of doing business with a concert promoter linked to Mexican drug cartels. The […]

Morgan Wallen Sets Release Date for ‘I’m The Problem’ Album

After announcing last week that his upcoming fourth studio album, I’m The Problem, was “officially done,” Morgan Wallen revealed the released date for the project on Thursday morning (March 20). The news came via an Instagram post featuring footage of the singer in the studio with the title track playing as a hand sketches his […]