K-Pop supergroup BTS and its Mexican ARMY became one once again on Thursday (May 7) during the highly anticipated return of the South Korean giants to the Latin American country after a nine-year hiatus. For the first of three nights at the GNP Seguros Stadium in Mexico City, the septet dazzled its local fandom with Spanish dialogue, cowboy hats and T-shirts that read “Ciudad de México.”
Any of the touchstones you might associate with No Doubt — their Orange County upbringing, their Tragic Kingdom breakthrough, their skater-influenced style, their intraband-romance-fueled lyrics, their Jamaica-inspired recordings — were put on supersize display during the first show of their Las Vegas Sphere Residency on Wednesday night (May 6). And at the front of it all was Gwen Stefani, who is officially the first female headliner of the state-of-the-art venue, following a string of classic rockers, dance producers, country stars and boy banders taking the stage since Sphere’s September 2023 opening.
After a previous pair of runner-up results, Kehlani achieves their first No. 1 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Top Hip-Hop Albums chart with their self-titled album, released April 24 on Tsunami Mob/Atlantic Records. Kehlani begins with 69,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States for tracking week of April 24-30, according to Luminate.
Chris Brown's 12th studio album, Brown, is set to arrive Friday (May 8), and CB revealed the star-studded cast that’s joining him on the LP on Tuesday (May 5), which serves as the singer’s 37th birthday.
The Virginia legend took it back to 1966 for a vintage black-and-white trailer revealing his loaded guest list by turning his features into classic R&B singers who are part of the lineup for “A Night of Soul” at the “House of Brown.”
Following her historic performances in Brazil over the weekend — which drew an estimated two million people to Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro — Shakira announced on Tuesday (May 5) five additional U.S. dates for her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour.
Sabrina Carpenter is checking items off her pop icon bucket list at a rapid pace. After teaming up with Madonna on the bubbling dance track “Bring Your Love” from the Queen of Pop’s upcoming Confessions II album last week, Carpenter ticked off another Mt. Olympus of diva collabs at the Met Gala on Monday night (May 4) when she took the stage with Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks for a meditative cover of her band’s legendary 1975 ballad “Landslide.”
The Eagles have added more 2026 dates to theirc Sphere residency, extending their run as the artist with the most dates at the Las Vegas immersive venue to 64.
Shakira gave a free concert on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday night (May 2), an event that the city’s mayor said drew 2 million people to one of the world’s most iconic waterfronts.
The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady gaga last year, which also were attended by huge crowds that danced on the sprawling sands. For Shakira, it was part of her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, or Women No Longer Cry, world tour named after her 2024 album.
Foo Fighters find the middle ground between a zombie attack and a mosh pit in the new music video for “Spit Shine,” a track off their latest album, Your Favorite Toy.
Dave Grohl wrote and directed the grisly, blood-soaked clip which begins with an alert system warning: “This is not a test — a viral outbreak has occurred. It is highly contagious and potentially lethal. Please stay indoors and do not panic.” The camera then cuts to the Foo Fighters, dressed in nice, clean, crisp white outfits, performing to an ecstatic crowd similarly dressed in nice, clean, crisp white outfits. (Casting for the video was helmed by Grohl’s daughter, Harper.)
Diljit Dosanjh appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon this week, marking his second appearance on the U.S. late-night program — the first Punjabi artist to be on a late night T.V. show twice.
Speaking with Jimmy Fallon, Dosanjh discussed his ongoing AURA World Tour and recent performances across North America, including stadium-scale shows in Canada. During the segment, he referenced his sold-out concert in Vancouver, where he performed to a crowd of more than 55,000 attendees, making history as the first Punjabi artist to sell out the stadium venue twice.
Katy Perry is turning her Lifetimes Tour into a concert film, with Tribeca Film Festival announcing Tuesday (April 28) that it will premiere The Lifetimes Tour – Live From Paris at this year’s event.
If there was one message BTS fans wanted to deliver to the superstar band on Saturday (April 25) at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., it was this: we stayed, and it was worth the wait.
The Queen of Pop has coronated Sabrina Carpenter as the next pop princess to reign alongside her, with Madonna announcing Monday (April 27) that she and the Gen Z superstar have teamed up on “Bring Your Love,” the lead single from Madonna’s Confessions II album, following their surprise Coachella performance.
New Kids on the Block fans might have thought they knew what to expect of the boy band’s upcoming Las Vegas shows, but as Billboard can exclusively announce, the members are completely revamping their live show for their final 16 performances at Dolby Live at Park MGM.
Do you wanna dance? Good, because 50 years ago Thursday (April 23) The Ramones released their self-titled debut album, the punk rock atom bomb that blew our minds with such classics as “Blitzkrieg Bop,” “Beat on the Brat,” “Judy Is a Punk,” “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend,” “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue,” “53rd & 3rd” and “Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World,” among others.
A Twitch streamer by the name of Kishka has apparently uncovered the release date for Drake's upcoming album, Iceman. The content creator, who you can see in a few clips atop the sculpture chipping away at the ice last night, went live this afternoon, where he showed viewers a blue waterproof bag before driving to Drake’s house, where he was allegedly gifted $100,000, as well as the news that the album is set to arrive May 15.
A surprise single deserves a surprise fall tour. After dropping the melancholy single “Ride Lonesome” with no notice on Monday (April 20), Beck has unveiled the dates for his upcoming 25-date fall Ride Lonesome tour.
Soon after surprise Coachella performance with Sabrina Carpenter, Material Girl shares “first taste” of new album but not the “lead single”
Sabrina Carpenter's Coachella weekend two headlining set on Friday night became one of the festival’s most memorable moments in recent history, when Madonna crashed the stage for a show-stopping surprise appearance.
Tyla and labelmate Zara Larsson are bringing the Y2K nostalgia in their new collab, “She Did It Again.”
The track blends R&B with pop elements and pays homage to one of the greatest pop stars of the 21st century, Britney Spears herself. The duo trade verses on the lead single from Tyla’s upcoming sophomore album, A-Pop. “I’m addictive, baby, what you want me to do?/Not a quick fix, one hit might ruin you,” warns Tyla before Larsson drops the throwback line over the beat: “Put a man on his knees, not trying to tease/Oops, did it again like Britney.”
In a moment that captured the heart and soul of Las Vegas, global music icon Bruno Mars announced a $1 million gift to Intermountain Health Nevada Children’s Hospital during a live event at Toshiba Plaza with thousands of people in attendance, marking a powerful milestone in the hospital’s campaign for kids.
Chris Brown and Usher are hitting the road together this summer for the R&B Tour(short for the Raymond & Brown Tour). The 33-date trek is set to invade stadiums across North America, and the pair of R&B powerhouses revealed the dates on Tuesday (April 14) after first announcing the tour on April 10.
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman joined the singer-songwriter on stage to perform the iconic 1996 hit.
Sombr helped Billy Corgan make his Coachella Festival debut by inviting him on stage to perform a classic Smashing Pumpkins single.
