BTS took NPR’s Tiny Desk series all the way to South Korea on Monday (Sept. 21) for their hotly anticipated Tiny Desk (Home) concert. Performing from Seoul record store Vinyl & Plastic, the K-pop group kicked off their set with a lively rendition of their latest smash hit “Dynamite,” which earned the boy band their […]
Just as she promised, Ellen DeGeneres addressed multiple reports about a “toxic” work culture on her eponymous show when the daytime program returned on Monday (Sept. 21). After sarcastically sharing that she had a “great…super terrific” summer, even offering a double thumbs up, DeGeneres went right into the reports of a toxic workplace and the […]
The singer was best known for 1976’s “Best of My Love.” Pamela Hutchinson, a singer in the 1970s R&B trio the Emotions has died at 61. A statement on the group’s Facebook page announced that Hutchinson passed away on Friday following “health challenges she’d been battling for several years.” “Now our beautiful sister will sing […]
Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland,” which took the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, has won the top People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. The win bodes well for the film’s Oscar chances. In the last decade, every People’s Choice Award winner has gone on to earn a best picture nomination at the […]
A gracious and deliberate Johnny Depp was joined by “Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan” director and music video/documentary filmmaker Julien Temple on Sunday for a San Sebastian Festival press conference about their documentary, playing in the main competition. “I’ve had a long, long history with Shane,” Depp started out, explaining his […]
BTS and NPR announced on Sunday that the K-pop titans will be performing on NPR’s “Tiny Desk” concert series on Monday, Sept. 20 at 9 a.m. ET. The show has long been a popular destination for artists, but more so since coronavirus lockdown put all tours on hold — Billie Eilish, Harry Styles and Norah Jones […]
The Trump administration will block downloads of TikTok from U.S. app stores starting Sunday, The New York Times reports. The ban follows Trump’s pledge to “terminate” the platform’s U.S. operations if parent company ByteDance failed to fully divest its U.S. wing. (The software company Oracle announced a successful acquisition bid on Monday.) If no sale […]
With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new albums, projects, and EPs from A. G. Cook, Armani Caesar, Slauson Malone, Deradoorian, Steve Arrington, […]
Ludwig Göransson has won the 2020 Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score). The composer was honored for his work on The Mandalorian. It’s Göransson’s first Emmy Award. Göransson’s award is not to be confused with the Emmy for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special (Original […]
iHeartRadio Music Festival 2020 didn’t disappoint Saturday (Sept. 19) after an impressive debut Friday night. With a stout lineup headlined by Keith Urban, Usher, Miley Cyrus, Kane Brown, and Bon Jovi, cyber fans relished watching their musical heroes take center stage and rip through their discography. While the audience received a boatload of music, they […]
Late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel will reprise his role as host for the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday evening (Sept. 20). Kimmel will take on the virtual show from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif., while the nominees will film remotely from home with cameras provided by the Television Academy. Oprah Winfrey, Lin-Manuel Miranda, RuPaul, […]
Billboard has confirmed nine of today’s hottest emerging artists as part of its two-part On The Rise panels at the 2020 Latin Music Week, taking place virtually from Oct. 20-23. Sech, Cazzu, Camilo, Rauw Alejandro, Natanael Cano, Nicki Nicole, Jhay Cortez, Lunay, and Mariah Angeliq will all appear on the forthcoming panel, which is a […]
Lee Kerslake, best known as the longtime drummer of rock band Uriah Heep and for playing on two Ozzy Osbourne albums, has died of prostate cancer. He was 73. Former Uriah Heep keyboardist Ken Hensley confirmed Kerslake’s death on his Facebook fan page, writing: “It’s with the heaviest of hearts that I share with you […]
On Friday night, Selena Gomez asked Facebook executives to take action against the spread of misinformation and racism on its social media platforms. “It’s been a while since we sat down. We have a serious problem. Facebook and Instagram are being used to spread hate, misinformation, racism and bigotry,” the singer wrote in a private […]
Actor and filmmaker Matt Dillon has released two clips from “The Great Fellove” [“El Gran Fellove”], a long-gestating documentary chronicling the musical career of Cuban scat singer and showman Francisco ‘el Gran’ Fellove and the recording of his last album. The film is world premiering at the San Sebastian Film Festival and is being sold by […]
Tyler Childers has surprise-released a new album titled Long Violent History. The predominantly instrumental album concludes with the title track, which serves as the Kentucky songwriter’s “observational piece on the times we are in.” The album comes accompanied by a six-minute video from Childers, in which he contextualizes the album as a whole and urges […]
Lady Gaga has shared the music video for her Chromatica song “911.” The visual begins with Gaga blindfolded in the desert. She then heads to a temple where she participates in rituals. The video—directed by Tarsem and produced by The Artists Company—ends with an upsetting twist. Find the “911” video below. “911” is just the […]
This is Spinal Tap co-creators Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, and Michael McKean have reached a settlement with French media conglomerate Vivendi and its subsidiary StudioCanal, three years after they first filed a lawsuit alleging the company engaged in fraud and had withheld due revenues from the creators. According to The Hollywood Reporter, both […]
The Academy of Country Music Awards (Sept. 16) sparked sizable sales gains for the songs performed on the show, according to initial reports to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. Collectively, the songs performed on the three-hour CBS-TV show sold 57,000 downloads in the U.S. on Sept. 16-17, up 544% compared to the 9,000 sold on Sept. 14-15. […]
When the iHeartRadio Awards opened on Friday (Sept. 18), no one knew the evening would be rocked by the news that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had passed away. A politically loaded occurrence beyond day-to-day music news, the response was overwhelming on social media. At the same time, music fans looking to enjoy an […]
From career milestones and new music releases to major announcements and more, Billboard editors highlight the latest news buzz in Latin music every week. Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week: Bad Bunny’s Virtual Concert Bad Bunny will perform a livestream concert for Uforia’s Music Series in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. The show will […]
While the premise of “Antebellum” has been shrouded in mystery, activist filmmakers Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz (credited as Bush + Renz) worked with their crew to deliver a wild ride delving into the current climate of racism. In choosing to deal with the pandemic situation, “Antebellum” will only be available on VOD in the […]
Beyond Fest, the highest-attended genre film festival in the U.S., will open on Oct. 2 with the world premiere of Jim Cummings’ werewolf tale “The Wolf of Snow Hollow” and Joe Dante’s classic film “The ‘Burbs.” The social-distanced, drive-in event at the Mission Tiki Drive-In in Montclair, Calif., will close on Oct. 8 with the […]
“Love Island” has swapped its titular island for Las Vegas this season, and the show just scored its largest dice roll (read audience) of the season. Episode 19 of season 2 drew a total of 2 million viewers, a 6% increase from last episode. That represents it largest tally of the season to date, narrowly […]
Who do we give ourselves permission to be when we’re alone? When our gaze is only on ourselves? I’ve always loved Sula by Toni Morrison, and been particularly struck by the way that Sula isn’t understood by the people around her because of her sexuality. Being in quarantine, connecting to my own sexuality in a […]
Kamaiyah and fellow Bay Area rapper Capolow have shared a new mixtape. It’s called Oakland Nights—stream it below, and check out the video for the title track as well. The new release marks the second full-length project from Kamaiyah this year, following her self-released tape Got It Made in February. That album featured a track […]
Lykke Li has released a new cover of Gloria Gaynor’s legendary 1978 disco hit “I Will Survive.” Li offers a stripped-down, voice-and-piano rendition of the track. Listen below. Lykke Li’s last full-length, so sad so sexy, arrived in June 2018. The following year, Li released the still sad still sexy EP. Check out Pitchfork’s “The […]
Ever since scoring her first top 10 on the Hot Latin Songs chart in 2017, Karol G has been nothing but unstoppable. The Colombian pop-urban artist previously entered the prestigious Billboard chart with her singles “Hello” with Ozuna and “Casi Nada” but it was her Bad Bunny-assisted track, “Ahora Me Llama,” that nabbed her the […]
As the high priestess of pop, Madonna has administered the holy sacrament of Putting a Record on to Dance With Your Baby since 1983. Today, we’re celebrating the 20th anniversary of a key piece of 21st century dancefloor canon: her eighth album, Music. Coming two years after the brooding, mature Ray of Light, Music was […]
The online retail giant launches its first major Latin music brand. Amazon Music is placing a new big focus on Latin music with the launch of “Amazon Music LAT!N,” a Latin music brand with a broad umbrella that includes over 100 new and revamped playlists, an emerging artist program, merchandise, video and multiple catalog programs […]