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Teyana Taylor Talks Ending Retirement With ‘Escape Room’: ‘Coming Back to Music & Being Able to Do It on My Terms Was a Big Turn-On’

Billboard gives Teyana Taylor her flowers — literally — in the latest installment of our “Takes Us Out” franchise. Five years after announcing her retirement from music, Taylor returns Aug. 22 with her fourth studio album, Escape Room. Related Teyana Taylor to Undergo Vocal Cord Surgery After Noncancerous Growth Discovered: ‘This Moment Hurts’ Taylor Swift’s Debut […]

Camila Fernández Delves Into Lost Love in New Album ‘La Fernández’: ‘I Had My Time of Heartbreak’

Though she is “happily married” today, Camila Fernández has also experienced disappointment. “I had my time of heartbreak,” the 27-year-old Mexican singer confesses. “Plus, I grew up with divorced parents, and my mom only listened to heartbreak songs.” So it’s no surprise that her new album La Fernández, released on Thursday night (Aug. 14), is […]

Lil Yachty Says He ‘Manifested’ Working With Drake During an Acid Trip: ‘I Was Just Talking to the Abyss’

Lil Yachty manifested his working relationship with Drake. Yachty and his Concrete Boys collective stopped by PlaqueBoyMax‘s stream recently and was asked by the popular streamer how his and Drake’s working relationship came about. Related Nike to Drop New Lil Yachty Us Force 1 Sneakers: Here’s Where to Get a Pair Online Taylor Swift’s Debut on […]

Meet the Producers Making Regional Mexican Music Explode

For decades, a traditional (and, at times, formulaic) sound defined and powered regional Mexican music, the umbrella term that includes subgenres like banda, norteño and mariachi. But today, música mexicana, as it is also known, is booming (according to Luminate’s midyear music report, it fueled Latin music’s growth in the first six months of the […]

Sydney Sweeney Reveals Her Dreams of Country Music Stardom in ‘Americana’ Teaser

Sydney Sweeney is a diner waitress with big dreams in Billboard‘s exclusive clip from the crime comedy Americana. The movie takes place in South Dakota and chronicles a rogues gallery of folks vigorously pursuing a rare Native American artifact, including colorfully named characters “Lefty” Ledbetter (Paul Walter Hauser), Mandy Starr (Halsey), Dillon MacIntosh (Eric Dane), […]

More Catalog Deal Firepower: Searchlight Capital Joins UMG, Invests in Chord Music Partners

Chord Music Partners said on Thursday that global private investment firm Searchlight Capital Partners joined Universal Music Group as a strategic investor in its music rights acquisition and management venture. Formed in 2021 through an inital partnership with KKR, Chord owns more than 60,000 copyrights, including stakes in the Fleetwood Mac hits “Dreams” and “Landslide,” […]