Music

All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Few things bring people together like the holidays and music, and there are few musical fan bases as loyal as Deadheads. […]

We’re still awaiting word on who will play the next James Bond following Daniel Craig’s retirement from the iconic role in 2021 after five films. But on Thursday night (Dec. 11) we learned that rock icon Lenny Kravitz will slip into the role of a Bond villain named Bawma in the upcoming video game 007: […]

All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. There’s a new Dyson Airwrap on the market, and it’s the brand’s most futuristic hair tool yet. The Dyson Airwrap i.d. […]

It’s the most wonderful time of the year for music publications: year-end list season. On Billboard, we spent all of Tuesday (Dec. 9) rolling out our year-end charts, and the next two days revealing our staff’s picks for the 50 best albums and 100 best songs of 2025. (No spoilers here, but definitely check out […]

Taylor Swift either has too many, or not enough songs. Or simply, not enough spare time. When Swift dropped by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Wednesday night, Dec. 10, the outgoing host asked the pop superstar to name her top five TayTay songs. Tough call, even for Swift. With that quiz, Swift joined […]

Billboard has been publishing weekly rankings in one form or another for more than a century. Early in the 1900s, Billboard presented charts detailing the popularity of sheet music in the U.S. In July 1940, Billboard unveiled its first chart ranking the sales of recorded songs, the 10-position “National List of Best Selling Retail Records,” […]

SYDNEY, Australia — With a string of new leadership promotions in Australian, Southeast Asia and further afield, Warner Music is laying down what its top brass anticipates will serve as a multi-lane highway for its artist roster. Unveiled Wednesday, Dec. 10, Warner Music Australasia and SE Asia elevate several key executives, a move designed to […]

To the rest of the world, Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift are two of the most famous and successful musicians alive — but to each other, they’re just brother and sis. In a new podcast interview with The Hollywood Reporter posted Monday (Dec. 8), the British singer-songwriter opened up about his close bond with the […]

Bill Hauritz, the impresario who launched the Woodford Folk Festival, one of Australia’s largest and longest-running camping fests, and a treasure in the live events calendar, has died at 71. The festival began life as the Maleny Folk Festival in 1987, an end-of-year gathering on the Sunshine Coast hinterland. As word spread of its unique […]

Cynthia Ervio‘s future is unlimited, especially after she made history with her nomination ahead of the 2026 Golden Globes. On Monday (Dec. 8), Erivo earned her second nomination in the category of best performance by a female actor in a motion picture – musical or comedy at the 2026 Golden Globes for her work on […]