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Jellybean Johnson, the Minneapolis musician and producer who was the drummer for the Prince-affiliated funk-rock group The Time, has died. He was 69. His cause of death is unknown. TMZ first reported Johnson’s passing, noting that he died Friday night (Nov. 21) according to a statement obtained by his family. Explore See latest videos, charts […]

From career milestones to new music releases to major announcements and those little important moments, Billboard editors highlight uplifting moments in Latin music. Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Paola Jara & Jessi Uribe Welcome Baby Girl Música popular power couple Paola Jara and Jessi Uribe […]

British music has had such a banner year in 2025, that Radiohead’s return has flown a touch under the radar. With Olivia Dean, Yungblud, Lola Young and RAYE all conquering the Billboard charts in the U.S., and Oasis putting on the biggest tour of the year, the return of the art-rock fivepiece after an seven-year […]

Thirty years ago, Toronto’s Rheostatics went high-concept with Music Inspired by the Group of Seven, a National Gallery of Canada commission to pay homage to early 20th century Canadian landscape painters. It was an arty and abstract conceptual piece, incorporating free-form composition and recorded dialogue from the painters and historical figures such as Britain’s Queen […]

YEONJUN’s debut solo project NO LABELS: PART 01 debuts at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated Nov. 22). The TOMORROW X TOGETHER member’s album sold 27,000 copies in the United States in the week ending Nov. 13, according to Luminate. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Plus, Hayley Williams, ROSALÍA, sombr […]

A week ago, an incident involving a man charging at Ariana Grande on the Wicked red carpet in Singapore made headlines — not just because of how terrifying it was, but also due to the heroic way Cynthia Erivo immediately stepped in to protect her costar. Viral videos from the premiere show how the culprit […]

It was officially ladies’ night at the 2025 CMA Awards on Wednesday (Nov. 19), with host Lainey Wilson and Ella Langley leaving the night’s biggest winners. Wilson beat some stiff competition to take home the top prize, entertainer of the year, and her Whirlwind project was also named album of the year Who took home […]

Suno, the leading AI tool for making music, said on Wednesday it raised $250 million from a group of investors led by Menlo Ventures that values the company at $2.45 billion. Other investors in the series C round included NVIDIA’s venture capital arm NVentures, Hallwood Media, Lightspeed and Matrix. Related Founded in 2023, Suno’s music […]

Great minds, we’ve been led to believe, think alike. And cracking young artists, it would appear, hail from New South Wales’ Central Coast. Ninajirachi and Boy Soda are two of those cracking artists who, on the eve of the ARIA Awards, enjoyed a full circle moment. Both are poised to play a big part at […]

HarbourView Equity Partners and Grammy Award-winning artist and producer Hit-Boy have joined forces in an exclusive partnership. Following the conclusion of Hit-Boy’s 18-year publishing agreement with Universal Music Publishing Group, the new alliance finds HarbourView collaborating on forthcoming titles written by Hit-Boy. Transaction terms were not disclosed. In announcing the news, HarbourView founder and CEO […]