Elias Leight

1 week ago | billboard.com | Christopher Claxton |Kyle Denis |Elias Leight |Jason Lipshutz

Neither country star Bailey Zimmerman or rap hitmaker BigXthaPlug had ever hit the top five of the Billboard Hot 100 before — but now they both have together, with their new team-up “All the Way.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The relationship-gone-bad trap ballad bows at No. 4 on the Hot 100 (Apr. 19) this week, and features BigX taking on the rap verses in between Zimmerman’s sweet-and-sour sung hook. The combination has proven particularly...

1 week ago | billboard.com | Elias Leight |Dan Rys |Glenn Peoples |Marc Schneider

In early March, a new James Brown recording strutted onto a Billboard chart for the first time in more than three decades. But Brown, the incendiary funk pioneer who died in 2006, wasn’t going viral on TikTok or putting out albums of previously unreleased material. Instead, he had been sampled by the rapper 310babii, who credited the Godfather of Soul as a featured artist on the new track, titled “Bad.” When the single subsequently hit the Rhythmic Airplay chart, Brown came along for the ride.

3 weeks ago | billboard.com | Bill Donahue |Elias Leight |Gail Mitchell |Chris Eggertsen

SiriusXM wants a federal judge to dismiss a class action claiming the company earns billions by foisting a deceptive “royalty fee” on subscribers, arguing there’s “nothing misleading” about its pricing. The lawsuit, filed in federal court last year, claims that SiriusXM adds a huge “U.S. Music Royalty Fee” onto the advertised price — an “invented” charge with a deceptive name designed to falsely make consumers think that it’s mandated by the government to pay for music rights.

3 weeks ago | billboard.com | Elias Leight

Billboard Women in Music 2025 In 1986, Simone Bouyer worked a day job in Chicago at the advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather while painting in her spare time. “I was having a problem getting my art shown,” she recalls. Bouyer was Black and queer, and “there was nowhere we could look in popular culture and see our experiences reflected,” she says. “So we thought, ‘Let’s do it ourselves,'” — and launched the Holsum Roc Gallery with Stephanie Coleman.

3 weeks ago | billboard.com | Elias Leight |Gail Mitchell |Chris Eggertsen |Dave Brooks

Julie Greenwald was in Los Angeles, on the set of the video shoot for Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga‘s “Die With a Smile,” when she found out her life was about to look very different. “All of a sudden, I get told, ‘Hey, we’re gonna change your role,'” she recalled. “It was wild. I’ve been on this run for 35 years. But listen: shit happens.