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There’s no stopping Kylie Minogue, with her latest album, Tension II (via BMG), on track to become her landmark 10th U.K. No. 1 album on the Offical Albums Chart, according to their latest midweek blast. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news After just 48 hours of sales, the album has moved over 28,800 chart units, placing it far ahead of its nearest […]

Streams and sales of music from One Direction and Liam Payne surged both in the U.S. and globally following Payne’s Oct. 16 death in Buenos Aires, as listeners flocked to both the late 31-year-old’s solo material and the influential boyband in which he starred. On Oct. 16, official on-demand U.S. streams of One Direction’s five-LP catalog totaled 5.9 million, a vault of 174% over 2.1 million the previous day, according […]

UPDATE (Oct. 21): Mandar Thakur, CEO, Times Music Group (India), will be named international music person of the year at MUSEXPO 2025. Thakur is the first executive from the Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia regions to receive this award. Thakur will receive the award at luncheon on Tuesday, March 19, 2025, the closing day of MUSEXPO 2025, which will be held from March 16-19 in Burbank, California. Thakur has […]

Legendary Dominican trio Proyecto Uno closed the Billboard Latin Music Awards with a flourish, reaffirming their status as merengue-house pioneers with a performance of their iconic 1993 hit, “El Tiburón.” The performance was not only a nod to the group’s origins, but also a celebration of their influence on Latin dance music over the past three decades. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and […]

Show-stopping performances by Prince Royce and Gabito Ballesteros, who took the stage to sing “Cosas de la Peda” – which won tropical song of the year – and Gloria Trevi and Maria Becerra – who joined forces for “Borracha” – made the 2024 Billboard Latin Music Awards one for the books. Special awards honorees, Pepe Aguilar, J Balvin and Alejandro Sanz, each gave emotional speeches as they accepted their respective […]

Hundreds gathered Sunday (Oct. 20) in London’s Kensington Gardens to mourn Liam Payne as fans around the world grieved for the One Direction singer who died this week. Directioners, as supporters of the massively successful boy band are known, left tributes in London, Glasgow, Paris, Sydney and New York this weekend as they celebrated the life of the 31-year-old who died Wednesday (Oct. 16) after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires. Fans […]

More than 18 months in, everyone can agree that Taylor Swift‘s Eras tour is more than just your average concert. It’s an event. Swift herself even used that word to describe what her record-slashing trek has become during the second of three sold-out nights at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday (Oct. 19). Fans by the thousands packed in to the city’s biggest venue donning their Eras Best (think Sunday […]

For nearly 40 years, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has made it a tradition to gather together a batch of the biggest stars in the world and invite them to join the ranks of some of the greatest performers who have ever lived. On Saturday night (Oct. 19), that tradition continued with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s 2024 Induction Ceremony. The live audience at the Rocket […]

Sarcastically noting that answering questions is “my favorite thing to do,” Cher answered a few from the press backstage at the 2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Saturday (Oct. 19). After taking the Rock Hall to task during her speech for waiting 35 years to induct her after she became eligible, Cher acknowledges that, “I have a kind love hate relationship [with the Rock Hall], because […]