At Sunday’s 2026 BET Awards, there were a lot of highlights, including Janet Jackson presenting Teyana Taylor with the Icon of the Year award, a jam-session tribute to late neo-soul star D’Angelo, and Cardi B’s motorcycle-riding victory lap. But the show-ending celebration of Living Legend Icon award recipient Lauryn Hill stood out as something truly…
Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” rebounds a spot for another history-making week atop the Billboard Hot 100. With an 11th week in command, the song becomes the sole longest-leading Hot 100 No. 1 by a woman with a country hit, defined as those that have hit Billboard’s multimetric Hot Country Songs chart. It breaks out of…
Gina Ortiz Jones, the mayor of San Antonio, Texas, is pushing for the cancellation of Kanye West’s Fourth of July concert at the Alamodome. Ye announced the show last week, and tickets are currently available via Ticketmaster at prices ranging from $127.50 for a standard admission, upper-level seat to $1,461.25 for the “YE – Front…
Drake is mourning the loss of collaborator Tay Keith following the producer’s death earlier this week. On Friday (June 19), the superstar rapper shared a heartfelt tribute on social media after the chart-topping producer died Thursday at age 29. “Endless and eternal gratitude for your spirit and your contributions to this thing that we all…
All challengers stepped aside for Victoria Monét’s “Let Me” on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart this week, as the single tops the list dated June 20. The new champ rises from No. 4, reflecting its status as the most played song on panel-contributing adult R&B radio stations in the United States for the tracking week…
Jelly Roll has filed for divorce from wife Bunnie XO after nearly a decade of marriage, first reported by The filing was made on May 18 in Williamson County, Tennessee, according to court documents obtained by Billboard and first reported by TMZ. The decision has been described as mutual and a private family matter, according…
Jalen Brunson is coming to Monica McNutt’s defense after the New York Knicks radio analyst faced backlash over comments she made about Taylor Swift. Following the Knicks’ championship-clinching Game 5 victory on Saturday (June 13), the NBA Finals MVP addressed the controversy surrounding McNutt’s remarks during the Game 4 broadcast, when she questioned the pop…
E-40 is always repping the Bay Area, and he’ll be hyping the crowd up during a halftime show performance for Stanford University’s game against the University of Miami on Sept. 4. Explore See latest videos, charts and news “Performing at halftime to kick off Stanford’s football season and celebrate My Ghetto Report Card’s anniversary is…
Three of HYBE biggest K-pop girl groups are teaming up for a joint single. “Iconic By Mistake,” a superstar collaboration between KATSEYE, LE SSERAFIM and ILLIT will be released as a digital single at 12 a.m. on Friday (June 12), with the song’s official video slated to drop at 11 a.m. ET on Thursday (June…
Charlie Puth has canceled Saturday’s (June 6) show in Orlando, Florida, citing an illness that’s lasted a few days and a recommendation to rest in order to recover for the remainder of his Whatever’s Clever! World Tour. “I am so devastated to do this, but I have to cancel tonight’s show,” he wrote in an…
