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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 […]

Walmart Has the Nintendo Switch 2 Back In Stock

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. After selling out just about everywhere, you can pick up the new Nintendo Switch 2 at Walmart. Available to the public […]

Once AI Music Makes Money, Who Gets It?

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been looking at how music will be licensed by AI companies — why I think it’s inevitable, how it might happen and what it might look like. Conceptually, this is a fascinating subject, because dividing money fairly among rights holders may depend on having after-the-fact control of training data […]

Taylor Swift Reveals How Mom Andrea Reacted to One of the Horniest ‘Life of a Showgirl’ Songs: ‘She Thinks [It’s] About Superstitions’

To be fair, Taylor Swift is a 35-year-old woman who is engaged to be married. Still, you have to imagine that if there was a family listening party for the singer’s just-released 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, there must have some cheeks streaked red with embarrassment when track nine, “Wood,” popped up. […]

Taylor Swift’s ‘Official Release Party of a Show Girl’ Pulverizes Dwayne Johnson’s ‘The Smashing Machine’ at Weekend Box Office

Taylor Swift dominated the box office over the weekend with her special Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl movie event, topping the U.S. chart with an estimated domestic haul of $33 million, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Related This Taylor Swift ‘The Fate of Ophelia’ x ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ Dance Edit Is Actually Perfect […]

Lola Young in ‘Messy’ Songwriting Dispute With Producer: ‘Strongly Refuted’

Lola Young has taken legal action against “Messy” collaborator Carter Lang following a dispute over songwriting credits. The BBC reports that Young has filed an intellectual property court claim in London against Lang after he claimed songwriting credits on four of her songs, something which she “strongly” refutes. The songs in question have not been […]

This Taylor Swift ‘The Fate of Ophelia’ x ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ Dance Edit Is Actually Perfect

Twenty years before Taylor Swift‘s “The Fate of Ophelia” was recorded, a character named Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder) was leaning into his uniqueness with a magnificently awkward dance routine, as seen in a memorable scene from the 2004 coming-of-age comedy Napoleon Dynamite. His sweet moves were soundtracked by Jamiroquai’s “Canned Heat,” but anyone who hasn’t […]