Music

Singer-songwriter Jason Nelson earns his fifth No. 1 on Billboard’s Gospel Airplay chart (dated Jan. 25) as “Yahweh,” featuring Melvin Crispell III, rises a spot to the top of the Jan. 25-dated survey. During the Jan. 10-16 tracking week, the song increased by 8% in plays, according to Luminate. Nelson, who hails from Baltimore, co-authored […]

Splendour in the Grass, one of Australia’s most prominent music festivals, will not be going ahead in 2025. The decision to not return following the unceremonious cancelation of its 2024 event was confirmed by promoters Live Nation in a statement given to Rolling Stone AU/NZ. “The festivals team has our full support to bring Splendour […]

After delaying the announcement of their planned 2025 tour due to the devastating Los Angeles wildfires, Nine Inch Nails revealed the dates for the Peel It Back Tour 2025 on Wednesday morning (Jan. 21). The band’s first live run since 2022 is slated to kick off at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland on June 15 and […]

After reality TV stars Heidi Montag and husband Spencer Pratt lost their home in the Pacific Palisades wildfire in Los Angeles, an outpouring of support drives Montag’s 2010 album Superficial and its songs to debuts across a range of Billboard’s charts (all dated Jan. 25) – including the Billboard 200, Top Album Sales, Top Dance […]

Jason Aldean is mashing the pedal this year, announcing the dates for his 2025 Full Throttle North American tour on Tuesday (Jan. 21). The Live Nation-produced outing is slated to kick off on May 23 at the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, OH and take the “Try That in a Small Town” singer across […]

Chart-topping Japanese pop group BE:FIRST is finally expanding onto the global stage with their first-ever world tour. Following the boy band’s eight No. 1 hits on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, Billboard can exclusively reveal that BE:FIRST is embarking on a world tour this year titled -Who Is BE:FIRST?-. Launching on April 22 in […]

Australia’s music industry is mourning the loss of Matthew Capper, the long-serving former managing director of Warner Chappell Australia, who died unexpectedly earlier this month following a surgical procedure. Capper suffered a ruptured appendix in late December, and could not fight off the infection after the operation, reads a statement from his family. A stalwart […]

Almost 60 years to the day since it was first recorded, the original lyrics to Bob Dylan‘s “Mr. Tambourine Man” have sold at auction for a total of $508,000. The lyrics were sold via Julien’s Auctions alongside a number of other Dylan items – including a signed oil painting and numerous pieces of original art […]

Will 2025 bring a new Justin Bieber album? Mixed in among Bieber’s weekend Instagram photos of wildlife, ice skating with wife Hailey, and frolicking in a snowy landscape in only underwear are new images of the singer apparently recording music. Bieber uploaded a couple pictures of himself singing with headphones on and mic in hand […]

Taylor Swift was joined by the Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark to cheer on Travis Kelce and the Chiefs at Saturday’s (Jan. 18) divisional round game in Kansas City, where the Chiefs defeated the Texans. For at least part of the game, Swift and Clark sat side-by-side in a suite, surrounded by the singer’s dad, Scott, […]