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How Naomi Scott’s Norway Trip Led to Making the Album She Always Wanted: ‘I’m Always a Color In Someone’s Painting & This Is Mine’

While Naomi Scott has conquered Hollywood, starring in Aladdin and Power Rangers and delivering an Oscar-worthy performance last year as haunted pop star Skye Riley in Smile 2, her first love was music. That’s apparent in her October visit to the Billboard NYC offices, as the bubbly London native gushes about the array of artists […]

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 […]