Jeff Jones will exit as the CEO of the Beatles’ Apple Corps Ltd after 17 years in the role, the company has announced Monday. Apple Corps Ltd was founded in 1968 by the Beatles to control the band’s interests across music, film, publishing and more. Jones’ last efforts as CEO included spearheading the 2023 release […]

Jelly Roll nabs his first-ever No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with “Beautifully Broken.” The LP opens with the third-largest units sold — 161,000 equivalent album units earned, per Luminate — for any country album in the United States this year, following the releases of Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” and Post Malone’s “F-1 Trillion.” […]

Zayn has postponed the launch of his first-ever headlining tour, citing the “heartbreaking loss” of Liam Payne. On Saturday, Zayn issued a statement via Instagram explaining he had made the decision to postpone the U.S. leg of his solo tour. The shows are being rescheduled to January, with new dates to be announced soon. Tickets […]

After nearly half a decade spent obsessively keeping up with One Direction in my youth, one of the first things I did after finding out Liam Payne died in Buenos Aires on Oct. 16 was re-open the Twitter (now X) fan account I dedicated to the band in 2012. To my surprise, I wasn’t the […]

In the early days of One Direction’s world-dominating stardom, Liam Payne, who died Wednesday at the age of 31, was known as the ringleader of the teenage quintet. As a teen, Zayn Malik was too shy to deliver the high notes he’s known for today, which made Payne the backbone of the emotive chorus lines […]

Metallica and Linkin Park will headline Sick New World 2025 as part of a stacked lineup that also boasts Evanescence, Acid Bath, Queens Of The Stone Age, Gojira, Mastodon, Enemy, Testament and more. Taking place April 12 on Las Vegas Festival Grounds, Sick New World will be a tour stop for multiple acts on the […]

Julieta Venegas, Vivir Quintana, Diana Rodríguez and Ana Rosa Santiago have been named Leading Ladies of Entertainment honorees by the Latin Recording Academy. The program, created eight years ago, honors and recognizes professional and “socially conscious women” in the arts and Latin entertainment fields who have made impactful contributions and “inspired future leaders,” per a […]

Coldplay earns their first leader on the Billboard 200 in over a decade with their eco-friendly “Moon Music” LP. The set enters with 120,000 equivalent album units earned, of which 106,000 are in traditional album sales, according to data from Luminate. “Moon Music,” Coldplay’s 10th studio effort, marks the band’s highest opening week in the […]

Reservoir Media has inked a new publishing deal with Grammy and Juno award-winning singer-songwriter k.d. lang. The deal includes her future works and an unspecified portion of her catalog, according to a press release. In the early 1980s, lang began releasing music as the singer for country-swing band the Reclines. She went on to release […]

Becky G has released a new music video for her single “Otro Capítulo” (“Next Chapter”), a focus track of her new album, “Encuentros.” This is the second música mexicana album Becky has released, also the follow-up to her 2023 collection, “Esquinas,” which included collaborations with Peso Pluma, Ivan Cornejo, DannyLux and other música mexicana stars. […]

For much of the lead-up to his debut album “Next,” Xavi has been in a transitional period. After signing to Interscope at 17 years old in 2022, the Mexican-American singer-songwriter used his label advance to buy a street racing truck that he ended up crashing, leaving him in a days-long coma with a fractured skull. […]

Scooter Braun has again weighed in on his and Taylor Swift’s highly publicized feud over her music rights. After the 2019 debacle became the subject of a new Max documentary this summer (“Taylor Swift vs Scooter Braun: Bad Blood“), Braun told an audience at the Bloomberg Screentime event in Los Angeles on Tuesday that he […]

The U.S Latin recorded-music industry posted record revenue of $685 million, marking significant growth in physical sales and strong streaming numbers, according to the RIAA’s mid-year Latin music report. This is the third consecutive mid-year report from the RIAA to show Latin music revenue is growing faster that of the general music market. The U.S. Latin […]

Taylor Swift has donated $5 million in relief efforts for communities struggling in the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton. On their social media, the non-profit organization Feeding America released a statement from CEO Babineaux-Fontenot confirming Swift’s “generous donation.” “We’re incredibly grateful to Taylor Swift for her generous $5 million donation to Hurricanes Helene and […]

Shaboozey‘s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” has now led the Hot 100 songs chart for 13 weeks, easily reigning as the longest-running No. 1 single of the year. “A Bar Song” holds more than double the weight of Post Malone and Morgan Wallen’s “I Had Some Help,” or the second longest-running single of the year, with […]

Luke Bryan clarified the polarizing comments he made about Beyoncé’s CMA Awards snub, claiming he felt the need to refine his take due to “the ridiculous nature” of the discourse it kickstarted online. In speaking with SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen on Oct. 1, Bryan responded to a question about Beyoncé’s lack of nominations by saying Beyoncé […]

At last, Charli XCX has revealed the features on her upcoming “Brat” remix album: Ariana Grande, Julian Casablancas, BB Trickz, Bon Iver, Bladee, the 1975, the Japanese House, Tinashe, Shygirl, Jon Hopkins and Caroline Polachek, in addition to previously released remixes. Dubbed the “Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat” album, the 16-song […]

Sony Music Publishing has signed songwriter and producer Julian Bunetta to a global publishing agreement. Bunetta’s recent work includes co-writing and co-producing Sabrina Carpenter’s No. 1 single, “Espresso,” in addition to Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control,” which scored No. 1’s on Top 40 and on the Billboard Hot 100. Bunetta said, “I’m excited to be working […]