Stability AI has announced the launch of Stable Audio 3 — a family of three new AI music models and one audio-based special effects model. Most of these new releases are “open weight,” a term used to describe models that are publicly available and can be downloaded and built on for further development, and are created via licensed training data.

According to the research paper released alongside these four models, they are trained on a combination of licensed audio from production library AudioSparx (806,284 audios) and Creative Commons recordings from Freesound. To ensure no authorized copyrighted material ended up in the dataset from the Creative Commons portion of the data, music recordings were filtered using a tagging tool.

Key improvements from Stable Audio 2.0 to the new releases include variable length generations, allowing for up to six minutes of song to be created, and full song composition on portable devices like phones and tablets.

The roll out includes the following new models:

According to a press release about the new suite of audio models, this is designed to be “setting the stage for what’s next,” which will include “a suite of new products for musicians” that they are currently working on.

News of Stable Audio 3.0’s launch comes after announcements in late 2025 that Stability AI would be partnering with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group to develop “next generation professional music creation tools” together, as stated in the UMG partnership deal specifically. Based on the details of Stable Audio 3.0 research paper, provided to Billboard, neither of these major music companies are currently part of the Stable Audio training dataset.

Ariana Grande is gearing up to celebrate the tenth anniversary of her 2016 album, Dangerous Woman, with an expanded edition of her third LP featuring new artwork and a song that didn’t make the original version. Dangerous Woman (Tenth Anniversary Edition) will drop on May 29 as an 18-track digital album, expanded to include the unreleased fan favorite “Knew Better Part Two.”

The Grammy-nominated, three-times platinum album that debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 album chart will feature the Hot 100 top No. 4 hit “Side to Side” (feat. Nicki Minaj), as well as the No. 8 hit title track and No. 13 single “Into You.” According to a release announcing the project, the album has racked up more than 20 million global units and more than 25 billion streams to date thanks to such enduring hits as “Into You” and “Side to Side.”

Additionally, six songs from the album have surpassed more than one billion global streams, with “Side to Side” and “Into You” generating, respectively, 7.5 billion and 5 billion streams; “Side to Side” also made history as the first female collaboration to surpass one billion Spotify streams.

The album will feature the original album tracks “Moonlight,” “Be Alright,” “Let Me Love You” (featuring Lil Wayne), “Greedy,” “Leave Me Lonely” (feat. Macy Gray), “Everyday” (feat. Future), “Sometimes,” “I Don’t Care,” “Bad Decisions,” “Touch It,” “Knew Better/Forever Boy,” “Thinking About You,” “Step On Up” and “Jason’s Song (Gave It Away).”

Grande is gearing up to release her eighth studio album, Petal, on July 31, featuring the upcoming single “Hate That I Made You Love Me,” which is also due out on May 29. She is also prepping for her first tour in six years, the Eternal Sunshine trek, which is slated to kick off on June 6 in Oakland, Calif.

And, after lighting up movie screens around the world in Wicked and Wicked: For Good, Grande will be back on the screen opposite Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro in November in Focker-In-Law.

Billboard announced the dates for the 2026 Billboard Latin Music Week on Wednesday (May 20). 

For its 37th edition, the event returns to the iconic Faena Miami Beach venue from Oct. 19 to 22.

Recognized as the longest running, highest profile and most influential gathering in the Latin music industry, the weeklong Latin Music Week includes a programming of exclusive artist conversations, business panels with key executives, its celebrated Billboard en Vivo showcases and countless networking opportunities.  

“We have been part of the history, and the future, of Latin music,” Leila Cobo, Billboard’s co-chief content officer, previously said at the 2025 Latin Music Week press conference. “Latin music is bigger than ever, it’s more global than ever. Around the world, it’s the genre that has grown the fastest.”

The 2025 Billboard Latin Music Week’s star-studded lineup featured Anuel AA, Carín León, Daddy Yankee, Danny Ocean, DJ Khaled, Ivy Queen, Gloria Estefan, Kali Uchis, Kapo, Laura Pausini, Netón Vega, Ozuna, Pablo Alborán, Rawayana, Wisin and Xavi, among others. Artists such as Shakira, Karol G, Romeo Santos, J Balvin, Chayanne, Becky G, Young Miko, Camilo, Peso Pluma, Nicky Jam and Fuerza Regida have joined Latin Music Week in the past. 

“Billboard has brought together entrepreneurs, artists and record labels, and it’s important for consumers who want to learn about the industry,” expressed Guaynaa at the press conference last year; he was also part of the “Cumbia and Tropical Music Explosion” panel.

Ticket and lineup information for Billboard Latin Music Week 2026 will be announced in the coming weeks. You can pre-register for the latest information at Billboard Latin Music Week’s website.

BTS will make what is billed “a special appearance” at the 52nd American Music Awards on Monday, May 25. It will be their first award show appearance in four years. The group is nominated in three categories – artist of the year (an award they won in 2021), song of the summer for “Swim” and best K-Pop artist (they won favorite K-Pop Artist in 2022).

When BTS won artist of the year in 2021, they became the first group to win the top prize since One Direction in 2014-15. In winning that year, BTS broke Taylor Swift’s three-year grip on the award (though she came back to win again the following year.) Both superstar acts are competing again in the category this year.

BTS has won 11 AMAs to date. They are second only to Alabama as the group with the most AMAs. The country titans won 23 AMAs.

BTS made their U.S. television performance debut on the 2017 AMAs, where they performed “DNA.” They were the first Korean group to perform on the show, which dates to 1974.

BTS this spring landed their seventh No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, “Swim,” and their seventh No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, ARIRANG, which was their first album to hold the top spot for multiple weeks (three).

Queen Latifah is set to host this year’s AMAs, which is airing on Memorial Day for the second year in a row. The show is being held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It will air live coast-to-coast at 8:00 p.m. ET / 5:00 p.m. PT on CBS and Paramount+. Tickets are now available on AXS.

Fan voting has concluded for all awards other than social song of the year and tour of the year, which will remain open through the first 30 minutes of the broadcast. Fans can vote for these two awards via VoteAMAs.com and the @AMAs Instagram profile.

Billy Joel‘s legal team has lashed out at an upcoming attempt to chronicle the Piano Man’s early years. According to Variety, the film, Billy & Me, is in development with editor/director John Ottman (Michael) attached to direct the project that Joel has reportedly been fighting to halt for five years.

“Since 2021, the parties involved have been officially notified that they do not possess Billy Joel’s life rights and will not be able to secure the music rights required for this project,” read a statement from Joel’s rep to Variety. “Billy Joel has not authorized or supported this project in any capacity, and any attempt to move forward without it would be both legally and professionally misguided.” 

The film will reportedly look at Joel’s career before the 1973 album Piano Man catapulted the singer to fame, as told through the eyes of Joe’s first manager, Irwin Mazur, who discovered the singer in 1966 and then signed him in 1970 and guided his career until his signing to Columbia Records in 1972.

Despite the pushback from Joel’s camp and the tussle over life and music rights, casting for the film is reportedly underway, with production slated to begin this fall in New York and Winnipeg. Last year, HBO aired the two-part career retrospective two-part documentary, Billy Joel: And So It Goes.

According to Variety, in addition to securing the exclusive life rights to Mazur’s story, the movie also has the same rights for Joel’s longtime friend, drummer and video director Jon Small, who is also a consultant, co-executive producer and second unit director on the project. Small kept time in the duo’s early band, the Hassles, as well as in their ill-conceived acid-rock duo, Attila, which released one little-noticed album in 1970.

It’s unclear how the filmmakers will tell Joel’s story without the rights to his music or life story, which might explain why the script will seemingly focus on Mazur and Small’s experiences. The script is being written by Adam Ripp (Devil’s Whisper), with Small describing the story as “the most honest, heartfelt, and authentic portrayal of Billy’s early life and rise to becoming one of the greatest musical voices of our time. Billy & Me is grounded in truth, shaped with care, and built with the insight of people who genuinely know and love Billy. As someone who was there from the very beginning, I can say this script captures not just the music, but the friendships, struggles, humor, and creative spark that defined those years.”

In a seeming dig at other music biopics that have drawn criticism for eschewing warts-and-all storytelling in favor of career burnishing, Small added, “Too often, stories about artists get lost in exaggeration or mythmaking. Billy & Me reflects the real history with integrity and respect. I first met Billy when he was 16-years-old, and after reading the script, I felt the filmmakers truly understood who he was before the world knew his name.”