Lainey Wilson may be in the middle of a major international run, but when it comes to career milestones, few moments top being able to call Dolly Parton a friend. Appearing live in studio on Nova 96.9’s Ricki-Lee & Tim in Sydney, Australia, on Monday morning (Feb. 16), the Grammy-winning country star reflected on her…
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Joel Madden says there’s one Australian rock anthem he wishes he’d written — and it belongs to Silverchair. Speaking on Triple M’s Homegrown with Matty O, the Good Charlotte frontman was asked to name an Australian song he would have liked to claim as his own. After listing several tracks he admires, Madden ultimately chose…
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All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. The 2026 Winter Olympics are in full swing, and while the Mariah Carey-led Opening Ceremony captured the attention of millions of…
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MBW Explains is a series in which we dig behind the headlines, via data and context, to improve your understanding of key stories. Only MBW+ subscribers have unlimited access to these articles. MBW Explains is supported by Reservoir. HYBE’s latest earnings call offered a clear signal of where the K-pop giant’s priorities lie in 2026:…
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A so-called ‘activist’ investor based in London called Independent Franchise Partners (IFP) has built a 3.01% stake in Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music company, according to a filing published by the Dutch financial markets regulator, the AFM. The filing shows that IFP held 55,155,646 ordinary shares in UMG as of last Monday (February…
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Taylor Swift‘s “Opalite” is the soundtrack in a new NBC Olympics preview that has the pop star introducing Team USA figure skaters Alysa Liu, Amber Glenn and Isabeau Levito — a trio of athletes also known as “The Blade Angels.” “Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like to introduce you to Amber, Alysa and Isabeau, three American showgirls on ice…
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J. Cole is hitting the road in support of his latest album. On Monday (Feb. 16), the 41-year-old rapper announced his upcoming worldwide The Fall-Off Tour in support of his Billboard 200–topping album, The Fall-Off. The headlining arena run will visit more than 50 cities across 15 countries, making stops throughout North America, Europe, the…
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“The idea for that song came from personal experience,” Billy Steinberg said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times, as chronicled in Fred Bronson’s The Billboard Book of Number One Hits, about Madonna’s “Like a Virgin.” “I wasn’t just trying to somehow get that racy word virgin in a lyric,” mused Steinberg, who co-authored…
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Billy Steinberg, the Grammy-winning songwriter who co-wrote such pop classics as Madonna’s “Like A Virgin,” Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors” and the Bangles’ “Eternal Flame” that were some of the biggest, most indelible hits of the 1980s and beyond, has died, his attorney confirmed to Billboard. Steinberg, who was 10 days away from his 75th birthday,…
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Austrian public prosecutors filed terrorism-related charges Monday (Feb. 16) against a 21-year-old defendant who they say planned to carry out an attack on one of Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna in August 2024. Vienna public prosecutors said in a statement that the unnamed defendant had declared allegiance to the Islamic State group by sharing propaganda material and videos via…
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