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TWICE‘S “I Got You” has topped this week’s new music poll. Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Feb. 2) on Billboard, choosing the K-pop group’s fun new single as their favorite new music release of the past week. “I Got You” brought in 84% of the vote, beating out new music by Keith Urban (“Straight Line”), Billy Joel (“Turn the Lights Back On”), Usher featuring Pheelz (“Ruin”), Don […]

Davido caught up with Billboard’s Tetris Kelly at the Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala 2024. Source link

The best thing about the Recording Academy’s Special Merit Awards, where they dispense Lifetime Achievement Awards and other career-capping honors, is the warm way the recipients reach across genres and generations to acknowledge each other. And so it was when the 2024 honors were presented on Saturday (Feb. 3) at the Wilshire Ebell Theater in Los Angeles. Hip-hop innovator DJ Kool Herc, who received a Trustees Award, spied fellow honoree […]

Jason Kelce, Philadelphia Eagles center and the brother of Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, praised Taylor Swift when a reporter asked how he feels about the NFL‘s unwavering attention toward her during this season’s Chiefs games. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Taylor, who’s in a relationship with Travis, has been attending her beau’s games since late September — and […]

Usher is sharing more details about his upcoming halftime show performance at Super Bowl LVIII. During an interview with Good Morning America on Friday (Feb. 2), the 45-year-old R&B star said that he plans to use the opportunity on football’s biggest night to pay homage to Black artists who came before him and helped pave the way for his successful career in music. “I think about what our country has […]

The contestants on Jeopardy! on Friday (Feb. 2) cleaned up on the category “Billboard’s 500 Best Pop Songs,” answering all five questions correctly in quick succession. The Jeopardy! producers chose five songs near the top of the list, which was a staff project that was posted on Billboard.com on Oct. 19, 2023 to mark the Billboard Hot 100‘s 65th anniversary year. All of the songs chosen ranked in the top […]

The Super Bowl is here — not the crew of Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift, and Patrick Mahomes, but the rap Super Bowl consisting of the genre’s biggest heavyweights, Drake and J. Cole, as they kicked off their hotly anticipated It’s All A Blur – Big As The What? Tour Friday night (Feb. 2) at Tampa’s Amalia Arena. Even though Drake and Cole don’t aspire to have gridiron dreams, they certainly […]

Wolfgang Van Halen caught up with Billboard’s Katie Bain at MusiCares Person of the Year 2024. Source link

LONDON — Mattias Hjelmstedt, the co-founder and former head of Utopia Music, has exited the company following a shake-up of the Swiss-based firm’s executive ranks earlier this year. Hjelmstedt departure from Utopia was announced in a memo to staff on Thursday (Feb. 1) sent by recently appointed CEO Michael Stebler and the board of directors. The memo, which has been viewed by Billboard, states that Hjelmstedt handed in his resignation […]