Halsey has revealed a disturbing incident they experienced with a “powerful” music executive that invaded her privacy. “I was out and I was with this executive, like this really powerful executive who works in music in some capacity. It was very celebratory, and there was a lot of industry talk,” Halsey told the host of […]

The Latin Grammy Premiere ceremony taking place on Nov. 14 will be hosted by María Becerra, Juliana and Luísa Sonza, Variety can exclusively confirm. The event — which will be live streamed across all Latin Academy platforms ahead of the Latin Grammys — will also feature performances by nominees Fonseca, Ale Acosta and Valeria Castro, […]

What was that? Anitta and the Weeknd’s new single “São Paulo” arrived Wednesday afternoon alongside an unsettling video featuring the Brazilian pop star with a pregnant belly that sings. The odd visualizer comes just in time for Halloween and depicts Anitta in distress as she walks around New York in lingerie. Surrounded by flashing lights, […]

Don Omar has shared his endorsement for Kamala Harris as the next United States president. The Puerto Rican-bred superstar penned a lengthy statement uploaded to his social media on Tuesday addressed to his 12.6 million followers. “Puerto Rico is my homeland and my identity, and today more than ever, I raise my island’s flag with […]

Anitta, Edgar Barrera, Becky G, Eladio Carrión, Kali Uchis, as well as previous nominees Pitbull and Reik have been added as performers for the upcoming Latin Grammy Awards in Miami on Nov. 14. Also on the lineup are current nominees Darumas, Emilia, Leonel García, Grupo Frontera, Danny Ocean, Silvia Pérez Cruz and Carlos Rivera. Already […]

Morgan Wallen’s latest offering, a track dubbed “Love Somebody,” is the No. 1 song in the United States this week. The lone single, released Oct. 18, follows the success of his and Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help,” which opened at No. 1 in May, and led Billboard’s Hot 100 songs chart for six weeks. “Love […]

Rising artists Latin Mafia — comprised of siblings Mike (producer), Emilio (singer) and Milton (singer) De La Rosa — are touring the United States for the first time in their career. Fresh off a nomination for best new artist at the upcoming Latin Grammy Awards, the trio will play Los Angeles’ Hollywood Palladium and the […]

Chappell Roan demanded an apology from a photographer on the red carpet for Olivia Rodrigo’s “Guts World Tour” premiere. She accused the photographer of “being disrespectful to me at the Grammys,” and claimed they had “yelled” at her during a Grammy party, as heard in a video of the confrontation circulating online. In the video, […]

Lady Gaga debuted her new single “Disease” — an electro-pop song about curing a lover’s “tortured” disease — on Thursday night. The upbeat track was written by Michael Polansky, Gaga, Andrew Watt and Cirkut, with the latter three also credited as producers. “Disease” is the first single from Gaga’s seventh studio album, which she first […]

Shortly after Rebeca Léon stopped managing Rosalía in 2023, the team behind her Lionfish Entertainment company embarked on a six-month journey to building a boy band from scratch. Inspired by K-Pop’s high-performance dancing, combined with Latin music’s accelerated growth, Léon and her team approached over 500 Latin American boys until she found five that would […]

Tyler, The Creator has announced a 2025 world tour in support of his forthcoming album “Chromakopia,” which is set for release on Oct. 28. Promoted by AEG Presents, “Chromakopia: the World Tour” will feature special guests Lil Yachty and Paris Texas and spans North America, Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand over the […]

Spirit Music Group has formed a creative joint venture with Autumn Rowe, establishing Honest Songs Music and Lyrics. Rowe has collaborated with Dua Lipa, Diana Ross, Pitbull, Zendaya, Ava Max, FKA Twigs and Leona Lewis, to name a few. Through the JV deal, Rowe and Spirit Music Group have also signed Mira Housey to a […]

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.” […]

UPDATE: After he postponed the launch of his first-ever headlining tour last week due to the “heartbreaking loss” of Liam Payne, Zayn has announced the rescheduled U.S. dates for his international tour. The former One Direction singer revealed in an Instagram post that he’ll be picking back up the U.S. dates of his tour on […]

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 […]