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Cumulus Media vp of country Charlie Cook is set to leave the company, with his last day being May 31, Billboard has confirmed. Cook also serves as operations manager for Cumulus’ Nashville cluster and program director for Nashville country stations WKDF and WSM-FM Nashville. Cook’s most recent contract renewal was in 2022. Country Aircheck first reported the news of Cook’s upcoming departure, noting that Cook told vp/market manager Allison Warren, […]

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon spent Valentine’s Day with their forever valentines — their 12-year-old twins, Moroccan and Monroe. The former couple took to Instagram to share their respective dates with their children, with Carey posing with son Monroe at a balloon-decorated restaurant. “My funny Valentine,” she captioned the sweet post, which you can check out here. Cannon, meanwhile, took daughter Monroe to a restaurant where they enjoyed ice cream, […]

Freddy Wexler already had a good career going long before he co-wrote and produced “Turn the Lights Back On” with Billy Joel. Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Post Malone, P!nk and Lil Wayne were among the artists who had recorded tunes by the Grammy-nominated songwriter.  Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news But writing with his musical hero, who had long ago stopped writing pop […]

Kansas City disc jockey Lisa Lopez-Galvan was killed in the shooting at the Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade.In a statement on its Facebook page, KKFI 90.1 FM confirmed Lopez-Galvan’s death, remarking that the “senseless act has taken a beautiful person from her family and this KC community.”Lopez-Galvan, a mother of two, co-hosted “Taste of Tejano” for KKFI since March 2022.“It is with sincere sadness and an extremely heavy and broken heart […]

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. Winter weather can be unpredictable. From snows storms throughout the East Coast and Midwest, rainstorms and earthquakes on the West Coast and unseasonably warm temperatures over the holidays, winter 2024 has been a wild ride but […]

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. Start your engines! The 66th annual Daytona 500 returns to Daytona Beach, Fla. on Sunday (Feb. 18). Pitbull is slated to perform during the pre-race show. “It’s an honor to once again be part of the […]

Kim Petras has the perfect soundtrack for you Valentine’s Day. The Grammy-winning singer dropped a 12-track sex positive lust bomb EP on Wednesday (Feb. 14) entitled Slut Pop Miami, a sequel her 2002 seven-track Slut Pop EP. The collection that a press release explains was “inspired by hedonistic trips to Miami” pulls no punches from jump on “Slut Pop Reprise,” on which Petras promises “these b–ches can’t suck like me/ […]

SZA’s forthcoming tour of Australia and New Zealand swells to nine concerts, with the addition this week of two new dates. The U.S. R&B star will make the long haul in support of her hit album SOS, starting with two shows at Auckland’s Spark Arena (April 15 and 16), and followed by a run of Australia’s three main east coast cities: Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. A second concert at Brisbane […]

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. It’s easy to pile up on lipsticks when shopping for new makeup — but with Valentine’s Day on Wednesday (Feb. 14), it’s time to edit your collection. One easy way to get started: stick with specific […]