BTS’ ARIRANG debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated April 4), scoring the reunited pop group its seventh leader. The set opens with 641,000 equivalent album units earned — the largest week for an album by a group since the chart began measuring by units in December 2014. Of that sum, 532,000 are in pure album sales (purchases of physical and digital albums), landing BTS the biggest sales week for an album by a group in more than a decade.
The Killers will headline the UEFA Champions League Final Kick Off Show presented by Pepsi, Billboard U.K. can exclusively reveal.
The performance will take place just minutes ahead of the final’s kick off at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary, on May 30.
Sublime are gearing up to release their first new album in 30 years. On Wednesday (March 25) the ska punk trio featuring original members drummer Bud Gaugh and bassist Eric Wilson and now fronted by Jakob Nowell — son of late frontman Bradley Nowell — revealed that they’ve completed work on Until the Sun Explodes.
IVE is expanding its world tour, with the girl group exclusively announcing via Billboard on Wednesday (March 25) that the <SHOW WHAT I AM> world tour will now include a slew of dates in North America and additional performances in Asia.
Kesha just wrapped the final U.K. dates of her cheekily titled T–s Out tour. And though she’s just days removed from winding down that nearly one-year outing, on Monday morning (March 23) the “Joyride” singer announced her next major road trip, The Freedom Tour.
Wu-Tang Clan are giving fans another chance to see them one last time. On Monday morning (March 23) the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame hip-hop collective announced another run of North American shows on their ongoing farewell tour, Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chapter.
PinkPantheress’ “Stateside,” with Zara Larsson, glides a spot to No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts. The song has grown in prominence since Alysa Liu skated to it in her exhibition performance at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics Feb. 21, two days after she became the women’s figure skating champion, winning the first gold medal in the event for the United States in 24 years.
BTS' long-awaited comeback album is off to a blockbuster start on streaming platforms.
Shakira will take her historic world tour this fall to Madrid, and she will do so in a special way. The Spanish superstar will offer a three-night residency at the Shakira Stadium, a temporary 4.2-acre (185,000-square-meter) venue that will integrate cinema, gastronomy, literature and exhibitions curated by the artist herself under the title Es Latina.
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