Billboard unveiled its full list of year-end music charts for 2018 today, including Top Artist, Top New Artist, Hot 100 Songs and Billboard 200 Albums, featuring Drake, Taylor Swift, Cardi B, Ariana Grande, Camila Cabello and more. Canadian singer-rapper Drake ruled the charts this year, leading the year-end Top Artists ranking with the success of his Billboard 200-topping album Scorpion and its many hit singles on the weekly Billboard Hot 100 chart, including the No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 song of the year, 'God's Plan.' Drake is the first rap act to be the overall Top Artist of the year since 50 Cent in 2005, and just the third rap artist to ever lead the category, after 50 Cent and Nelly.
Billboard, the leading destination for charts, news, trends and innovations in music, announced today that Grammy-nominated, platinum-selling singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding will host its 13th Annual Women in Music event on December 6 in New York City. For the first time, Billboard will present the Executives of the Year Award to four powerhouse females for their incredible leadership in the music industry: Danielle Aguirre, Executive VP/General Counsel for the National Music Publishers Association; Dina LaPolt, Founder/Owner of LaPolt Law, who serves as legal counsel to the Songwriters of North America; Jacqueline Charlesworth, of counsel, Covington & Burling; and Susan Genco, Co-President, Azoff MSG Entertainment.
GRAMMY Award winning DJ/producer David Guetta delivers an artistic and fun music video today with “Say My Name” single features J Balvin and Bebe Rexha – displaying a metaphor in the lyrics with fire, water, earth and air visuals – WATCH HERE!
MTV today announced it will bring back its legendary 'MTV Spring Break' in 2019, expanding its fast-growing live events business on the heels of its acquisition of SnowGlobe Music Festival. The all-new 'MTV Spring Break' will be held March 19th-21st at the Grand Oasis Hotel in Cancún, Mexico featuring its signature mix of high-energy performances, surprise celebrity guests, and thousands of young people from around the U.S. For the first time, MTV will also concurrently host alternative Spring Break events for the rising tide of young activists who use their free time to give back.
'Saturday Night Live' has released the promo for this weekend's episode with Jonah Hill hosting and musical guest Maggie Rogers. In the promo, Pete Davidson, a cast member on the show, proposes to Rogers--poking fun at his recent broken engagement with singer Ariana Grande.
Jonah Hill will return to Studio 8H for the fifth time when he hosts 'Saturday Night Live' on Nov. 3. Hill's feature directorial debut, 'Mid90s,' is currently in theaters.
Two-time Grammy nominees DISTURBED have announced the Evolution World Tour, an extensive international arena tour that kicks off January 9th in San Diego, CA, and will see the multi-platinum-selling rock band headlining venues across the U.S. and Canada with Three Days Grace supporting.
Fans of the legendary David Axelrod will have something to be thankful for on Record Store Day Black Friday! Now-Again will release Axelrod's Earth Rot album and Get On Down will be releasing Axelrod's Pride concept LP. Both albums saw David Axelrod finding a musical partnership with his son, Michael, and show the span of Axelrod's musicianship from jazz to psychedelic pop. His spectrum of sounds have been famously sampled by the likes of Dr Dre, Snoop Dog, DJ Shadow, A Tribe Called Quest, Schoolboy Q, Wu-Tang Clan, Mac Miller, Lil Wayne, Eminem, Earl Sweatshirt, Common an many more.
The Oracle Group announces Former Cash Money Records artist Tab 'Hot Boy Turk' Virgil Jr. takes you on a journey of deep spiritual and mental growth as he reveals how he dealt with the struggles of growing up in the infamous New Orleans' Uptown Magnolia Projects, his heroin and cocaine addiction, his incarceration, and how he survived the challenges thrown his way with pure grit, tenacity, and the unconditional love from his family in his new book, 'The AutoThugOgraphy of Turk' (Hardcover: Wahida Clark Publishing: ISBN: 978-1947732216).
New York City-based The Knocks (comprised of Ben “B-Roc” Ruttner and James “JPatt” Patterson) release their second full length LP New York Narcotic today through Neon Gold/Big Beat Records, featuring a slew of incredible guest vocalists including Foster the People, Method Man, Big Boi, Sir Sly, Alexis Krauss from Sleigh Bells and Sofi Tukker.
Latin Grammy-nominated artist Ricky Remedy unleashes a fierce collection of trap productions on his Dim Mak debut EP Triage. Opening with “Road Rage (Go Stoopid),” premiered today on Run The Trap, Ricky teams up with Philadelphia's ferocious rapper Bok Nero to seamlessly merge the hip hop and electronic sides of trap. Ricky punches up the 808s and distorted synths on “PREE MI,” keeping the energy flowing with the help of vocals from Yuneer Gainz. With one last flex, the EP is rounded out by a scorching bass house hybrid “Diamonds On Me.”
As the kick-off to this year's highly anticipated “2018 American Music Awards,” chart-topping artists Kane Brown and Ella Mai, singer and American Music Award winner Normani and award winning singer/songwriter Bebe Rexha today announced the nominations LIVE from YouTube Space LA. The event was livestreamed on the official American Music Awards YouTube channel (YouTube.com/TheAMAs) and included a panel discussion about the nominations with the presenting talent and Billboard correspondent Chelsea Briggs. Hosted by Tracee Ellis Ross, the “2018 American Music Awards” will broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Tuesday, October 9 at 8:00pm ET on ABC.
KCRW announced today the line-up for the 2018 Masquerade, L.A.'s iconic Halloween extravaganza, featuring Santigold (DJ Set), White Denim, Wajatta, D?M-FunK, Cherry Glazerr, Shannon Shaw, Brothers Griiin, Lucent Dossier, as well as KCRW DJs Gary Calamar, Raul Campos, Chris Douridas, Jose Galvan, Marion Hodges, Travis Holcombe, Anne Litt, Liza Richardson, Jeremy Sole, Anthony Valadez, and Dan Wilcox, on Saturday, October 27, from 9:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m., at the historic Los Angeles Theatre. KCRW's Masquerade, dubbed “legendary” by Time Out, and “the best costume party in town” by Edge is a feast for the senses, a glamorous and gritty mash-up of eccentricity, featuring DJs, bands, special musical guests, performance artists, and much more.
Today, Epic Records is proud to announce the signing of multi-platinum, multi-Grammy Award-winning artist/producer/actor/entrepreneur Tip 'T.I.' Harris. Along with the label signing, T.I. has shared his first taste of new music with two brand-new tracks, available today at all DSPs: “Jefe (featuring Meek Mill)” and “Wraith (featuring Yo Gotti). T.I. is set to release his eagerly anticipated 10TH studio album and first full-length in four years, Dime Trap, later in 2018.
GRAMMY award-winning DJ/producer David Guetta's recent collaboration “Don't Leave Me Alone” (link) featuring Anne-Marie has reached 30 million streams worldwide in just 3 short weeks. In celebration, the official music video directed by Hannah Lux David arrives today which marks her most recent music video directed for David following “Hey Mama” ft. Nicki Minaj which has amassed 1 billion views – among her music videos for Ariana Grande, Halsey, Demi Lovato, and Lil Wayne.
