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Partners in ‘Crime’: Mariah the Scientist & Kali Uchis Score Shared No. 1

Mariah The Scientist and Kali Uchis each score a second No. 1 on Billboard’s Rhythmic Airplay chart thanks to their collaboration “Is It a Crime.” The single rises from the runner-up spot to lead the ranking dated Dec. 20 as the most played song on U.S. panel-contributing rhythmic radio stations in the tracking week of […]

Top 10 Highest Grossing Country Tours of the Year

Billboard revealed its year-end Boxscore charts, ranking the top tours, venues and promoters of 2025 earlier in December. We’re breaking it down further, looking at the biggest live acts, genre by genre. Now, we continue with country. Country is one of the most consistent genres when it comes to the Boxscore charts. In fact, its […]

Label Look: How Because Music, Home to Daft Punk & Justice, Became the ‘Record Company of Tomorrow’ 

Emmanuel de Buretel is still buzzing from the weekend when he speaks to Billboard over Zoom on a Tuesday evening in Paris. Seventy-two hours earlier, de Buretel was in the crowd watching Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter perform his first DJ set in 16 years, in what instantly became a headline-generating, dance-music-history-making moment. Performed alongside fellow electronic luminaries Busy P, Erol Alkan and […]

Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 Countdown for Dec. 20, 2025 | Billboard News

Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” breaks the record for the longest-running No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100, Kelly Clarkson’s “Underneath the Tree” enters the top 10, and Nat “King” Cole, Ariana Grande and more continue to climb the chart.  Mariah Carey: It’s amazing. Honestly, it really is.  Tetris Kelly: […]

Turnstile Builds a World of Their Own: From Baltimore Basements to an I-70 Underpass

Turnstile has gone from Baltimore basements to selling out 13,000-capacity outdoor spaces, designing their own stages, and landing a prime billing at Coachella — all without abandoning the ethos, spontaneity, and intimacy that define their hardcore roots. In conversation, Turnstile lead singer Brendan Yates speaks softly and thoughtfully. Their live show, by contrast, feels like […]