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Taylor Swift Breaks Record for Most Weeks at No. 1 on Hot 100 Songwriters Chart

Taylor Swift sets yet another Billboard chart record this week, as she has now officially spent the most weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Songwriters chart. Related Here Are All the Billboard Chart Records Taylor Swift Breaks (or Extends) With ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ 13 Chart Records That Taylor Swift Has Set During […]

Brazilian Superstar Ludmilla Dishes on New R&B ‘Fragmentos’ Album & Getting Muni Long to Sing in Portuguese: ‘Nothing Is Impossible’ 

From Leon Thomas’ “Mutt” breakthrough to Kehlani scoring a long-overdue Hot 100 top 10 hit with “Folded,” R&B is in the midst of an upswing — and the world is taking notice. When she first started making music over 13 years ago, Brazilian superstar Ludmilla chose a moniker inspired by Billboard’s No. 4 Greatest R&B Artist of All Time. Though she’s long retired her “MC Beyoncé” stage […]

Friday Music Guide: New Music From Rosalía, Kehlani, Katy Perry & More

Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.  This week: Rosalía releases one of the year’s (decade’s? century’s?) most ambitious pop albums, Kehlani keeps the classic R&B flowing, Katy […]

SM Entertainment Revenue Surges 33%, Fueled by aespa and NCT WISH

Led by concerts and music releases from aespa and NCT WISH, SM Entertainment revenue rose to 321.6 billion KRW ($237.3 million), up 32.8% from the prior year period, in the third quarter of 2025, the company announced Thursday. Operating profit jumped 262% to 48.2 billion KRW ($35.6 million) and net income soared 1,100% to 44.7 […]

No Doubt Add Six More Dates to 2026 Live at Sphere Residency

You just got half a dozen more chances to catch No Doubt at the Sphere. The Gwen Stefani-led ska pop group announced yet another extension of their anticipated 2026 residency at the eye-popping Las Vegas arena on Friday (Nov. 7), with the addition of what they said were the final six shows of the run. […]

Maroon 5 Join Lineup For BST Hyde Park 2026

Maroon 5 has joined the star-studded lineup for next summer’s BST Hyde Park 2026. The Adam Levine-led band will headline the July 3, 2026 show along with their friends in OneRepublic. “London, we’re coming back!! We’re excited to announce we’ll be headlining BST Hyde Park on July 3, 2026 with special guests @OneRepublic,” the band […]

Corinne Bailey Rae to Headline Billboard U.K. Live at Manchester’s Aviva Studios: Get Tickets

Corinne Bailey Rae will headline the second edition of Billboard U.K. Live, a new live music series celebrating artists who shape culture and define sound. In partnership with Aviva, who joins as Presenting Partner, Billboard U.K. will bring fans, leaders and industry leaders together for a one-night-only experience that blends performance and storytelling. Taking place […]