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This podcast episode is part of the Billboard editorial staff’s Greatest Pop Stars of 2025 list. Find our accompanying Kendrick Lamar essay here, and all the rest of our essays and podcasts related to the list here. At the end of one of the best years for pop music and pop stardom in recent memory, […]
For this year’s update of our ongoing Greatest Pop Star by Year project, Billboard will be counting down our editorial staff picks for the 10 Greatest Pop Stars of 2025 all the next two weeks. Last week, we revealed our Honorable Mentions artists for 2025 as well as our Rookie of the Year and Comeback of the Year artists. Now, we reach No. 4 on […]
THE BIG STORY: Nelly’s “Hot in Herre.” Snoop Dogg’s “Drop It Like It’s Hot.” Gwen Stefani’s “Hollaback Girl.” Justin Timberlake’s “Rock Your Body.” If you can think of an infectious pop song from the mid-2000s (personally, I’m visualizing a college basement) there’s a decent chance it was produced by The Neptunes, the legendary duo of […]
It’s no secret that songs these days tend to have more writers than songs from earlier eras. A lot more. Four of the eight nominees for song of the year at the 68th annual Grammy Awards, set for March 1, have seven or more writers. Bad Bunny’s “DtMF” and HUNTR/X’s “Golden” each have seven writers. […]
If you’re about to give up on something tough, just put Ziggy Marley‘s musical words of wisdom in your head. The eight-time Grammy-winning reggae legend and son of Bob Marley will appear on an upcoming episode of Yo Gabba GabbaLand!, with season 2 premiering globally Friday on Apple TV. Below, Billboard Family has an exclusive […]
Swedish music service Hyph has appointed Hartwig Masuch — former CEO of BMG — as its chairman, effective April of this year. Masuch, who has already joined the company in an advisory capacity, will help guide Hyph’s strategic expansion as it aims to create interactive services at a time when traditional subscription streaming growth is […]
Alicia Karlin has joined The Circuit Group as global president of live, the company’s CEO Dean Wilson announced Tuesday (Jan. 27). With the move, Karlin also brings her firm ASK Management & Advisory into The Circuit Group ecosystem through a joint venture. Hard techno star Sara Landry is the first joint-venture signing under this new partnership, with […]
Grammy week is underway in Los Angeles, and TheBasement, Warner Records and artist collaboration app Feeture are set to kick off their partnership on Tuesday (Jan. 27) with a Grammy showcase of the live music series created by Warner SVP of A&R Ericka Coulter. “TheBasement Series was created as a space for creatives to connect, collaborate […]
Ye (formerly Kanye West) apologized once again this week for his repeated amplifying of hateful antisemitic remarks, this time taking about a full-page ad in Monday’s (Jan. 26) edition of The Wall Street Journal to offer a mea culpa. The paid advertorial was his reported attempt to make amends to the Jewish community for his repeated embrace of […]
ENHYPEN ascends to the top of the Billboard Artist 100 chart for the first time, re-entering at No. 1 on the Jan. 31, 2026-dated chart following opening-week performance of its new EP THE SIN : VANISH. The milestone helps the group become the top musical act in the U.S. for the first time. Released Jan. […]
