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Paul Simon has canceled two concerts this weekend, according to a statement released just hours before a performance scheduled for Saturday night (June 28) at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. Simon was set to play the venue both Saturday and Sunday night. “Regretfully, Paul Simon must cancel two shows tonight June 28 and tomorrow night June 29 — at Philadelphia’s Academy of Music,” read the statement, which can be […]

Belgium rolled out the blue carpet Saturday (June 28) for Rihanna and other stars who turned out for the world premiere of the new Smurfs movie. Rihanna produced Smurfs and voices Smurfette in the summer family film, a live-action animated reboot that takes the little creatures on a Smurfette-led rescue mission to save Papa Smurf. At Saturday’s showing in Brussels, the visibly pregnant Grammy winner chatted with children, linked arms with someone […]

From career milestones to new music releases to major announcements and those little important moments, Billboard editors highlight uplifting moments in Latin music. Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Karol G’s Documentary Played at Women’s Prison Karol G’s Con Cora Foundation hosted screenings of the star’s Tomorrow Was Beautiful documentary for the women of El Pedregal prison in Medellín, Colombia. The […]

While the wider worlds of pop and hip-hop may not have realized it when it was announced earlier this week, the name of Cardi B’s long awaited sophomore album, Am I the Drama?, is suspiciously close to a viral quote from Scarlet Envy’s time on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars season six. But for the predominantly (if not close to exclusively) LGBTQ revelers at Brooklyn’s annual LadyLand Festival, “am I […]

Flo Milli is facing a copyright lawsuit over her hit 2023 song “Never Lose Me,” which allegedly sampled a beat that had been exclusively licensed to a man in Baltimore four years earlier. The Friday (June 27) lawsuit targets Flo Milli (Tamia Monique Carter) over “Never Lose Me,” which peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as Detroit rappers Babyface Ray (Marcellus Rayvon Register) and 42 […]

A lawyer for Sean “Diddy” Combs delivered his final pitch in the rap mogul’s racketeering and sex-trafficking trial in much the way the defense began over a month ago: by telling jurors that Combs and his girlfriends were “swingers” whose sex was always consensual. Marc Agnifilo, one of the many defense attorneys representing Combs, urged a jury in New York federal court to acquit the musician on Friday (June 27). […]

On June 18, Kendrick Lamar and SZA wrapped the North American leg of their co-billed Grand National Tour. The run’s 23 shows grossed $256.4 million and sold 1.1 million tickets, according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore. That makes it the highest grossing reported co-headline tour ever. After the first leg of the tour, Lamar and SZA top Billboard’s ranking of the 40 biggest co-billed tours in Boxscore history. It’s […]

Benson Boone has landed his first No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart, as his sophomore LP American Heart debuts at the summit this week. The chart-topping arrival follows the breakout success of Boone’s 2024 debut album Fireworks & Rollerblades, which peaked at No. 17 and spawned the long-running No. 1 hit “Beautiful Things.” That single remains a force on the ARIA Singles Chart, currently sitting at No. 8. Boone […]