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What Can Bad Bunny Expect to Earn From Playing the Super Bowl Halftime Show?

After generating an estimated $500 million for Puerto Rico during his record-setting residency there this summer, Bad Bunny is Super Bowl-bound. How much could his Feb. 8, 2026 halftime show performance at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. be worth to him?  Using Luminate data, Billboard estimates that over the past five years, solo acts […]

Lainey Wilson & Jason Aldean to Headline Nashville’s Big Bash on New Year’s Eve

New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash will return for its fifth year with a stellar headlining lineup featuring Jason Aldean, Lainey Wilson and Bailey Zimmerman. The five-hour free concert takes place in Music City’s Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park. Special guests include CeCe Winans and the Fisk Jubilee Singers with many more names to […]

Serve Up Boozy Drinks While Streaming ‘Life of a Showgirl’ With This Unofficial Taylor Swift Cocktail Book

All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Taylor Swift’s new album, The Life of a Showgirl, is out and everyone’s buzzing about it, and ShopBillboard is in the […]

Inside Jim-E Stack’s Big Year Producing For Lorde and Bon Iver

During a recent gym visit, Jim-E Stack heard “Girl, so confusing featuring lorde” start to play, and it walloped him in the middle of his workout session. “I was like, ‘Agh.’ It really makes me emotional,” he says of the remix to Charli xcx’s brat standout, which he co-wrote. That reaction was nothing new for […]

Sophie Ellis-Bextor Calls Out Transphobes Who Make Attacking Trans People ‘Their Whole Personality’

After being uplifted throughout her career by the LGBTQ+ community, disco-pop star Sophie Ellis-Bextor is making sure that the community knows she stands firmly with them in a new interview. Related Sophie Ellis-Bextor On ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ Craze and Why It Was ‘Ballsy’ To Name New Album ‘Perimenopop’ Sophie Ellis-Bextor Credits Her LGBTQ+ Fans […]

Nashville Industry Veterans Form Multi-Faceted, Faith-Forward Music Company By Design

Four Nashville music industry veterans have joined forces with the launch of a multi-faceted company built around the belief of putting artists, unbridled creativity and faith-based perspectives at its core. Executives Josh Bailey, Jeremy Holley, Rod Riley and Josh Thompson have teamed for the Franklin, Tenn.-based label By Design, which falls under a larger ecosystem […]