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Eiichiro Oda’s ONE PIECE CHOPPER’s Vol. 1 opens at No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Book Hot 100 released April 30. The title is the debut volume of CHOPPER’s, a spinoff project centered on the character Chopper from Oda’s ONE PIECE. The book depicts the beloved doctor’s everyday life and outings in the real world, […]

SYDNEY, Australia — Six the best independent artists from the state of New South Wales take their places in MusicNSW’s inaugural Ambassador Program. Alex The Astronaut, Jamaica Moana, Jannah Beth, SPEED’s Jem Siow, Velvet Trip’s Zeppelin Hamilton and The Buoys’ Zoe Catterall are the first cohort, announced Friday, May 1. Related “Each of the artists […]

It’s a busy week on the Top Album Sales chart (dated May 2), as six albums debut in the top 10, including the ninth leader for TOMORROW X TOGETHER. The group’s latest release, 7TH YEAR: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns, starts atop the chart with 67,000 copies sold in the United States in […]

Is Charli xcx gearing up to reveal her rock summer? The singer announced a very special event for her New York fans in an Instagram post on Tuesday (April 28) in the form of a note scrawled on a piece of paper with the heading: “New York, May 2026 CONVERSATIONS.” Explore See latest videos, charts […]

ElevenLabs has launched a newly revamped iteration of ElevenMusic, its AI-powered music platform. Through it, fans can stream, create and remix music, turning them from “passive listeners into active participants,” according to a blog post. This follows the August 2025 launch of ElevenMusic’s original AI music model under the same name, which allowed users to […]

The rumors of a a rift between Jack Antonoff and Taylor Swift have been greatly exaggerated. At least according to Bleachers leader Antonoff, who visited Howard Stern’s SiriusXM show on Tuesday (Apr. 28) to plug his band’s upcoming fifth studio album, Everyone For Ten Minutes, and swat away those whispers about why he wasn’t involved […]

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A month after Army aviators (briefly) sparked an investigation into their motives for doing a fly-by at Kid Rock‘s Nashville estate, the “Devil Without a Cause” rapper was sitting in the actual gunner’s seat of an Apache helicopter on Monday (April 28) for a fly-around promoted on socials by Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth. Explore See […]

Megan Thee Stallion‘s final curtain call is coming a bit earlier than expected. The rapper announced via Instagram on Monday (April 27) that she’ll be departing the cast of Broadway‘s Moulin Rouge! The Musical after her performance on Friday. She was originally scheduled to perform in the show through May 17. “Hotties, my last performance […]

South Korean police are taking a cautious stance on whether to re-file an arrest warrant for HYBE Chairman Bang Si-hyuk, who is accused of pocketing hundreds of billions of won in illicit gains by misleading investors ahead of the company’s IPO. At a regular press briefing held Monday (April 27) at the National Police Agency […]