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Spotify will pass-on the music streaming tax imposed by the French government by hiking its subscription prices in that market. As previously reported, France’s National Assembly last December approved a so-called “CNM Tax” on streaming brands, the funds from which would finance the national public body, The Centre National de la Musique (CNM), which was created in 2020 and is already partly financed by the live music industry.The tax was […]

Kenzie Ziegler caught up with Billboard’s Rania Aniftos at Billboard Women in Music 2024. Watch Billboard Women in Music 2024 on Thursday, March 7th at 8 PM ET/ 5 PM PT at https://www.billboard.com/h/women-in-music/ Source link

True: Olivia Rodrigo has a Guts-themed cookie available on certain Crumbl shelves. False: She’s a Mexican artist whose last name is Rodriguez. Need some context? A TikTok user named Dre recently went viral for his video review of the 21-year-old pop star’s custom pastry, during which he called her “Olivia Rodriguez” and asked his followers: “Y’all know that little Mexican girl that be singing all them sad songs?” But in […]

As winter comes to a close, the sun is starting to hang around in the sky for a bit longer with each passing day. For Ariana Grande, however, sunshine is eternal. In anticipation of Eternal Sunshine — which is out on all platforms on Friday (March 8) — Grande has taken to her social media accounts to share a new teaser for her forthcoming LP. The promotional clip finds Grande […]

Adding to an arsenal of fashion partnerships such as Dior and Cartier, Jisoo is the new face of Self-Portrait, marking several firsts for the BLACKPINK superstar and the London-based fashion house. Following previous Self-Portrait muses such as Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Gigi Hadid, Emily Ratajkowski, Irina Shayk, Bella Hadid, Kate Moss and Phoebe Dynevor, the news not only marks the brand’s first time having a musician front the accessible line since its 2013 founding, […]

Landon Barker is opening up about his experience with Tourette Syndrome. The rocker took to TikTok this week to reveal that he has a “very, very minor” case of the neurological disorder that causes a person to have involuntary physical or verbal tics. “I’ve had it for as long as I can remember, like pre-school,” he recalled. “I remember exactly because the teacher used to accuse me of rolling my eyes […]

Offset and Don Toliver each score a career milestone on Billboard’s Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart as their collaboration “Worth It” reaches No. 1 on the list dated March 9. With the new champ, Offset achieves his first solo chart-topper in a leading role, while Don Toliver visits the summit for the first time in any capacity. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Worth […]

Highly accomplished women will both present and receive honors at the 2024 Billboard Women in Music Awards, which are set for Wednesday (March 6) at YouTube Theater at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, Calif., just outside Los Angeles. The show is sold out, but fans can watch a stream of the show on Thursday, March 7, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on billboardwomeninmusic.com. Three of this year’s honorees won Grammys at […]

Success is not final, failure is not fatal, Winston Churchill once remarked, but it “is the courage to continue that counts.” Madison Curbelo might not be familiar with those words of inspiration the British wartime prime minister once shared with his compatriots, but she certainly gets the drift. On Monday night (March 4), Curbelo stepped into the blind auditions for season 25 of The Voice with a guitar, a skinful […]