The 14 recordings inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame this year are wide-ranging in every way. Two of the inducted albums – 2Pac’s All Eyez on Me and Janet Jackson’s Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814 – topped the Billboard 200. Others didn’t chart at all. Two of the inducted recordings were awarded Grammys when…
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St. Louis CITY SC, the fourth-year Major League Soccer team, has unveiled a unique “Tina Turner Kit,” a first-of-its-kind collaboration with sporting giant adidas that pays tribute to the two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee — and to the city that helped shape her. The club’s tribute marks adidas’ first‑ever kit collab with…
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Adam Sandler has received numerous awards for comedy, most notably the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2023. On Thursday, he’ll be honored for his songwriting. Sandler, 59, is set to receive the ASCAP Founders Award, which is presented to songwriters and composers who have made pioneering contributions to music by inspiring and influencing…
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Zayn Malik is gearing up to release his fifth solo album, Konnakol — but in his upcoming interview on Call Her Daddy, he revealed that he’s still mind-blown he even got to make his prior four LPs in the first place. In a preview of the podcast episode — which Billboard is exclusively premiering Tuesday…
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HONG KONG — Roslyn Pineda is the new president, Asia for Sony Music Publishing. With immediate effect, Pineda succeeds longtime SMP Asia president Carol Ng, who will remain with the company until her planned retirement at the end of March, according to a company memo. Pineda is a Sony Music stalwart, with two-and-a-half decades’ service with the music…
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Tame Impala just might make a triumphant homecoming in the not-too-distant future. Kevin Parker’s psychedelic pop project has got the year started in the best possible fashion, by collecting a second successive Grammy Award in the category for best dance/electronic recording, winning for “End of Summer.” Then, last Friday, the West Australian dropped a remix for…
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Guns N’ Roses will rock Australia’s City of Churches this November for a one-off show. The rock legends are booked to headline the 2026 bp Adelaide Grand Final Sunday Concert on Sunday, Nov. 29, a show that waves the checkered flag on the Supercars season. GN’R follow AC/DC, who in 2025 had the honors of wrapping the…
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On Thursday (Feb. 5), Best Coast frontwoman Bethany Cosentino was the first artist signed to the powerful Wasserman agency to speak out over revelations that its founder and CEO, Casey Wasserman, had carried on a flirtatious relationship with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell — the main accomplice of convicted child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein —…
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There are a handful of pending bills before the 119th Congress that are being closely watched by the music industry. These pieces of federal legislation could affect artists, consumers and companies across many different areas of the business, including songwriting, licensing, tourism, royalties, ticketing and live performances. Many of these bills have bipartisan support from…
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To celebrate its 40th anniversary, the ARIA Awards will induct six legends of the Australia music scene into the Hall of Fame during a “landmark” event in Sydney this June. Explore See latest videos, charts and news The special stand-alone show will be presented Thursday, June 11 at Carriageworks, Sydney, on Gadigal land, honoring “some…
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