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During a chaotic week for stock markets around the world, Universal Music Group (UMG) shares rose 3.3% to 22.15 euros ($24.20), enough to make the Amsterdam-listed company the top-performing music stock of the week. Stocks were hammered on Monday (Aug. 5) as markets reacted to a disappointing U.S. jobs report the prior Friday (Aug. 2), leading to mounting concerns the economy could fall into a recession. The Billboard Global Music […]

Sabrina Carpenter claims her first No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult Pop Airplay chart as “Espresso” rises to the top spot. The song, released on Island Records and promoted to radio by Republic, rules the Aug. 17-dated chart with a 4% gain in plays Aug. 2-8. (The list ranks songs by weekly plays on 80 adult top 40 radio stations monitored by Mediabase, with data provided to Billboard by Luminate.) “Espresso” […]

Kelly Clarkson has turned the art of the bespoke cover into a staple of her syndicated daytime talk show. Whether she’s tackling Radiohead’s “Fake Plastic Trees,” Tony Bennett’s “(I Left My Heart) In San Francisco, fellow American Idol alum Carrie Underwood’s “Blown Away” or the Last Dinner Party’s “Nothing Matters,” Clarkson’s fans know to tune into her NBC show every day to see what surprising song she’ll take on next. […]

Taylor Swift‘s The Eras Tour shows in Vienna, scheduled for Aug. 8, 9, and 10 may be cancelled, but it hasn’t dampened the spirit of Swifties in Vienna, who have transformed the city into a celebration of Taylor’s music and community. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The cancellation came after Austrian authorities arrested two suspects on Aug. 7, who were reportedly […]

If you follow both pop music and politics, you may have to choose which you’re going to watch live on Tuesday, Sept. 10 – the first presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and VP Kamala Harris or the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards. Trump agreed to the debate on Thursday (Aug. 8), after initially saying he wouldn’t appear. In response, Harris said on X, formerly Twitter: “I hear that […]

Universal Music Group (UMG) reached a strategic agreement with ProRata.ai, a new company that enables generative artificial intelligence platforms to fractionally attribute and compensate content owners. Bill Gross, chairman of technology incubator Idealab Studio — which launched ProRata — will serve as CEO. ProRata’s technology allows generative AI platforms to attribute and share revenues on a per-use basis with content owners while preventing “unreliable content from driving AI answers,” according […]

Cardi B has opened up about a scary medical crisis that she said almost resulted in a miscarriage. In a recent X Spaces chat with fans after announcing that she’s pregnant with her third child, Cardi said the emergency resulted in serious intervention. “I had a f–king freak accident. I don’t know how something — well, it wasn’t little, it actually hurt,” Cardi said without going into any details on […]

Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, has revealed that he was under the influence of alcohol when he posted an antisemitic tweet in Oct. 2022. In an episode of Candace Owens‘ podcast, Candace, which was filmed in 2022 but released on Aug. 7, the rapper admitted he had been drinking when he posted the highly offensive statement. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and […]

Drizzy also released three songs featuring collabs with Latto, 21 Savage and Young Thug. Drake has had tons of his music hit the internet thanks to leakers over the years, and he decided to turn the gun around and intentionally leak 100 Gigs of content from various eras of his career on Tuesday (Aug. 6). Drizzy unloaded the vault with stacks of folders that included three new songs featuring 21 […]