‘It’s a Fight Between Me, Myself and I’: Jennie Goes Deep on Crafting Her Solo Album
Jennie: Blackpink star on opens up on her solo album and OA label as hit song "Mantra" rises.
Addded Jan 9, 2025
How Charli xcx Kept the ‘brat’ Party Going All Year
Charli xcx's 'brat' summer raged into the fall - and beyond. Here's how she made the album rollout a party all year - and plans to take it into 2025.
Addded Dec 16, 2024
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Nominees Discuss the 2025 Class & What the Recognition Means
The Grammys producer of the year, non-classical nominees discuss what the recognition means to them - and how they plan to celebrate Grammys night.
Addded Dec 6, 2024
The 100 Best Songs of 2024
Our 100 favorite songs from a year where pop was really back in full effect.
Addded Dec 5, 2024
100 Greatest Country Artists of All Time
Best Country Singers of All Time: The 100 greatest country singers ever, according to the Billboard staff.
Addded Nov 11, 2024
‘Turning An Arena Into a Club Was the No. 1 Challenge’: Inside Charli XCX and Troye Sivan’s Sweat Tour
The team behind Sweat reveal how the joint Charli XCX and Troye Sivan tour became the season's hottest ticket.
Addded Oct 29, 2024
How Taylor Swift Has Stayed Atop the Charts With ‘The Tortured Poets Department’
Taylor Swift's "The Tortured Poets Department": How it's stayed at No. 1, even as some in the industry are frustrated by the strategic drops.
Addded Jun 19, 2024
How Charli XCX’s ‘Against the Grain’ Aesthetics Confound, Inspire & Create Copycats
As Charli XCX celebrates the release of 'brat,' her creative collaborators reflect on why her influence is at an all-time high.
Addded Jun 7, 2024
Billboard’s 21 Under 21 2024
Billboard's 21 Under 21 list in 2023 includes Tate McRae, NewJeans, 4batz, Jessie Murph and more.
Addded May 31, 2024
How 88rising Took a Music Industry Hub for Asian Artists From ‘Far-Off Dream’ to Singular Reality
88rising founders Sean Miyashiro and Ollie Zhang have built a music industry hub for Asian artists including NIKI, Joji and Jackson Wang.
Addded Apr 25, 2024
How Pitchfork Evolved Under Puja Patel and Why Album Reviews Still Matter
In Puja Patel's first interview since Pitchfork was downsized by Conde Nast, the site's former editor talks about music journalism and indie music.
Addded Mar 7, 2024
Conversations With the 2024 Oscar Best Original Song and Score Nominees
Oscar Music Preview 2024: best original song and best original score nominees looking ahead to the Academy Awards on March 10.
Addded Feb 13, 2024
How d4vd Is Pushing Back on Genre and Encouraging Fans to Do the Same
The artist has had a whirlwind few years, but is most proud of what he didn’t do: get boxed in.
Addded Jan 12, 2024
Why Grammy Recognition Matters
Past Grammy winners who are 2024 Grammy nominees tell Billboard that the awards' existence is crucial to an evolving, democratic creative community.
Addded Dec 14, 2023
Conversations With Every Best African Music Performance Nominee on Making History Together
The artists in the running discuss the category's first class and how they hope this step will inspire the industry going forward.
Addded Dec 14, 2023
What Do We Make of the Year-End Billboard Hot 100?
In this week's Five Burning Questions, our staff takes a belated look at some of the songs and artists featured on the Year-End version of Billboard's marquee songs chart.
Addded Dec 13, 2023
The 100 Best Songs of 2023
The Best Songs of 2023: SZA, Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish and more.
Addded Dec 7, 2023
The 50 Best Albums of 2023
The albums that most stood out from an unusually open year in pop.
Addded Dec 6, 2023
How Tate McRae’s ‘Ballsy, Obnoxious’ Alter Ego Is Fueling Her Breakout Year
By reclaiming creative control, she has gone from TikTok-savvy pop breakout to global star-in-the-making.
Addded Nov 16, 2023
The 500 Best Pop Songs
In celebration of the Billboard Hot 100’s 65th anniversary, check out the Billboard staff’s ranked picks for the 500 best pop songs that have graced the chart since 1958.
Addded Oct 17, 2023
Holly Humberstone Embraces Uncertainty On Her Surefire Debut
Holly Humberstone is embracing uncertainty with her debut album 'Paint My Bedroom Black,' out Oct. 13.
Addded Aug 28, 2023
The 50 Greatest Rock Lead Singers of All Time
From rock's early years up until today, the most legendary band leaders to ever grab the microphone.
Addded Aug 16, 2023
Inside Billboard’s 2023 R&B/Hip Hop Power Players Event Honoring Lil Wayne, Nas, Ice Spice & More
Lil Wayne, Nas, Ice Spice and more were honored at Billboard's 2023 R&B/Hip Hop Power Players event in Los Angeles.
Addded Aug 9, 2023
R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players: Billboard’s 2023 List of Executives Revealed
Honoring the executives setting the bar throughout the genres -- is led by Gamma founder Larry Jackson.
Addded Aug 8, 2023
Hip-Hop Artists & Execs Write Love Letters to the Culture
MC Lyte, Jermaine Dupri and more reflect on the personal - and widespread - impact of five decades of the genre.
Addded Aug 4, 2023
How Vinyl Helped Launch ‘Barbie The Album’ To a Massive Opening Week
With an initial pressing of around 100,000 units, the format was a crucial part of the soundtrack’s rollout plan from day one.
Addded Aug 3, 2023
Everyone Knows ‘Feel It Still’ -- But No One Could’ve Predicted What Would Happen Next to Portugal. The Man
After scoring its biggest hit, the band nearly fell apart. Now frontman John Gourley is resurrecting it with the group’s most personal album yet.
Addded Jun 22, 2023
Billboard’s 21 Under 21
Billboard’s annual celebration of the most innovative and influential young artists in the music industry includes Olivia Rodrigo, The Kid LAROI, d4vd, Ayra Starr and more.
Addded May 15, 2023
Inside Snap’s Partner Summit: The Major Music Takeaways
As hundreds of creators, partners and press took their seats for the fifth annual Snap Partner Summit Keynote - delivered by a handful of Snap executives across different fields - a video began to play that called into question how basic the human eye really is. "What if we could literally see more?"
Addded Apr 20, 2023
20 Questions With Fever Ray: Loving Cyndi Lauper, Being ‘Too Shy to Karaoke’ & Celebrating Latest Album With a ‘Queer Reunion’
In March, Fever Ray released their first new album in over five years, Radical Romantics. The project arrived as a welcome return for the artist, also known as Swedish singer Karin Dreijer (half of the sibling duo The Knife), as they explore the idea of love by questioning, deconstructing and rebuilding the concept in their own intriguing way.
Addded Apr 19, 2023
How Uncomplicated Love and Having ‘No Humility’ Helped Boygenius Score a Top Five Debut With ‘The Record’
The supergroup of Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus reveal how they learned of their Billboard 200 ranking and what they believe fueled it.
Addded Apr 13, 2023
Lil Yachty On His Big Rock Pivot: ‘F*** Any of the Albums I Dropped Before This One’
With his adventurous, psychedelic new album, ‘Let’s Start Here,’ he’s left mumble rap behind -- and finally created a project he’s proud of.
Addded Mar 8, 2023
Doechii, TDE’s First Female Rapper, Is Ready For Her ‘Pop Era’
Billboard's 2023 Women in Music Rising Star has a five-year plan to reach her "prime and never leave it" -- and in the short term, to release her long-awaited first full-length album.
Addded Feb 23, 2023
Ozzy Osbourne Is Done With Touring, But Says ‘My Goal Is to Get Back Onstage as Soon as Possible’
The legend also discussed working with the late Taylor Hawkins on his Grammy-nominated album & reveals what excuse Paul McCartney once gave him for not collaborating.
Addded Feb 2, 2023
Conversations With Every Songwriter of the Year Nominee on Making History Together
All five songwriter of the year nominees discuss the historic addition and their hopes for how the award will positively impact the industry.
Addded Dec 16, 2022
Inside the Return of Record-Breaking Vinyl Sales
This story is part of Billboard’s annual Year In Music package, which identifies and explores the major music trends and industry stories that defined 2022.
Addded Dec 12, 2022
Can Tennessee Solve America’s Vinyl Shortage?
With a rapidly growing number of pressing plants, and other crucial advantages, the state is now the vinyl hub of the U.S.
Addded Oct 13, 2022
Recording’s Great Escapes: Inside The World’s Most Scenic, State-of-the-Art Studios
From the Grecian seaside to the Brazilian mountains to the Arctic Circle’s edge, musicians have recorded in these far-flung spaces - and changed their creative outlooks in the process.
Addded Oct 10, 2022
Can Snap Bounce Back -- And Change Live Music’s Future?
With its new AR innovations, the tech company wants to make concertgoing more fun and functional — and open up a whole new world of artist partnerships, too.
Addded Jul 28, 2022
In Demand: How 4 Horsemen Music Became Rock’s Most Desired Hit Songwriting Team
Since forming in 2020, 4 Horseman Music, a first-of-its-kind collective of songwriter-producer greats, have racked up a handful No. 1 rock hits for everyone from Halestorm to Bad Wolves.
Addded Jul 13, 2022