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Billboard Staff’s Greatest Pop Stars of 2025: Honorable Mentions

In 2019, Billboard‘s staff revealed its picks for the greatest pop star of every year dating back to 1981 (the first year of MTV, essentially the birth of the modern pop era), with essays making the case for each as the biggest, brightest and most important star in their solar system that calendar year. After adding BTS as the […]

John Mellencamp to Perform at Primary Wave Music’s Pre-Grammy Party

John Mellencamp is set to perform live at Primary Wave Music’s annual pre-Grammy party at the Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 31, the night before the 68th annual Grammy Awards. There will also be a performance by Trombone Shorty, DJ sets from CeeLo Green and Grandmaster Flash and additional surprises to […]

Alicia Keys’ ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Sets Final Broadway Curtain Call, Expands Globally: ‘It’s Growing and Growing’

After nearly two years, Hell’s Kitchen is ending its acclaimed run on Broadway. The Tony- and Grammy Award-winning production’s last performance at New York’s Shubert Theatre will be Feb. 22, marking nearly 800 performances. Original cast member and Tony-nominated actor Brandon Victor Dixon will also reprise his role as Davis beginning Jan. 27 through the […]

Teyana Taylor Explains What Really Happened in Viral Clip of Leonardo DiCaprio Discussing ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ at the Golden Globes

The hilarious video of Leonardo DiCaprio animatedly discussing KPop Demon Hunters with someone at his Golden Globes table is absolutely golden — but Teyana Taylor wants you to know that he wasn’t talking to her. Related Teyana Taylor Explains Why She Isn’t Going to ‘Abandon’ Ye Over His Antisemitic Hate Speech ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘KPop […]