This week’s new music releases brought fans a variety of new tunes from some of today’s hottest rappers, rock legends, pop songstresses and country stars. Pop Smoke returned with a posthumous album featuring a star-studded track list, Rage Against the Machine‘s Tom Morello brought a politically righteous tune, and Kanye West teamed with Travis Scott […]

Lil Wayne is celebrating the fifth anniversary of his Free Weezy Album (FWA) by sharing a revamped version of the project on all music streaming platforms. The set was previously only available on TIDAL. Originally released in 2015, the 15-song FWA — Wayne’s 11th studio effort — featured guest appearances by Wiz Khalifa, Young Jeezy, […]

In hopes of tapping into the vein of nostalgia and honor legends, DJ Cassidy will be kicking off his new Pass the Mic series, he tells Billboard.  The concept came into fruition when Cassidy was having a conversation with Earth, Wind, & Fire‘s Verdine White, and one of the group’s renowned records, “That’s the Way […]

John Legend, The Black Eyed Peas, Lady A and more will perform during NBC’s 44th annual Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular on Saturday (July 4). Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular will air Saturday at 8:00 p.m. ET on NBC. An encore presentation of the event will follow from 10:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. ET. […]

6ix9ine‘s steady release of new music continues. The 24-year-old New York rapper took to Instagram on Thursday (July 2) to announce that his new song “Yaya” and its accompanying music video will drop Friday at 11:30 a.m. PT/2:30 p.m. ET. “THIS IS THE BEST ONE I DID SO FAR,” he captioned the announcement. In late […]

DaBaby collects his second No. 1 on Billboard’s Rhythmic Songs airplay chart — and first with lead billing — as “Rockstar” ascends from the runner-up rank on the list dated July 4. The single, which features Roddy Ricch, rises through a 3% boost in plays in the week ending June 28, according to Nielsen Music/MRC […]

There were some truly catchy tunes during the summers of the 1990s. And the ones topping Billboard‘s Songs of the Summer chart that decade featured several declarations of love, to topics such as … ahem … women’s ample backsides. Yes, summer tunes in the ’90s were full of love, lust and just plain fun. Among […]

With the return of Billboard‘s Songs of the Summer chart for 2020, we’re feeling a bit nostalgic for the warm-weather music of decades past. Every other week on Thursday, we’ll be revisiting a past decade to see which tunes ruled the chart. Grunge may have made some mighty big waves during the 1990s, but it […]

Ty Dolla $ign‘s name gets constantly etched next to musical greats, and on Wednesday (July 1), he solidified a dream team of Kanye West, FKA twigs and Skrillex for his latest collaboration “Ego Death.” In his recent Beats 1 interview, he told Zane Lowe that he “was just trying to achieve greatness” with a ‘Ye feature, and “Ego Death” […]

It’s a good time for new blood in the Hot 100’s top tier this week. While SAINt JHN’s viral “Roses (Imambek Remix)” leaps into the top five for the first time (8-4), two other artists appear in the top 10 for the first time: Jack Harlow and Lil Mosey. Harlow jumps 18-8 this week with […]