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Hip-Hop has spoiled us. In the 50 years since a group of kids decided to throw a party in the Bronx, the genre has grown and blossomed in ways Kool Herc couldn’t have imagined. Hip-hop left New York and moved south to Atlanta, Miami, Memphis, and Houston, and west to Chicago and St. Louis. It […]
06/18/2024
Our picks of the best songs from the most packed first half of a year in recent memory.
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Katie Atkinson, Eric Renner Brown, Hannah Dailey, Stephen Daw, Angel Diaz, James Dinh, Frank DiGiacomo, Thom Duffy, Griselda Flores, Josh Glicksman, Paul Grein, Lyndsey Havens, Rylee Johnston, Elias Leight, Meghan Mahar, Taylor Mims, Gail Mitchell, Jessica Nicholson, Danielle Pascual, Isabela Raygoza, Dan Rys, Michael Saponara, Damien Scott, Andrew Unterberger, Christine Werthman
06/18/2024
06/17/2024
Our favorite LPs from a year that’s wasted no time getting busy with the big releases.
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Katie Atkinson, Katie Bain, Dave Brooks, Eric Renner Brown, Hannah Dailey, Stephen Daw, Kyle Denis, Angel Diaz, Frank DiGiacomo, Thom Duffy, Griselda Flores, Josh Glicksman, Elias Leight, Joe Lynch, Heran Mamo, Taylor Mims, Jessica Nicholson, Danielle Pascual, Isabela Raygoza, Kristin Robinson, Jessica Roiz, Dan Rys, Michael Saponara, Damien Scott, Andrew Unterberger, Christine Werthman
06/17/2024
There’s a lot that goes on in a Big Body Bes video. He might be posted up in his favorite bodega drinking an ice cold Country Club, curling an EZ bar dipped in flames, or breaking bread at a cuchifrito. One thing is for certain, though, he’s going to be outside with the back block […]
This Pride Month, Billboard asked artists to write a series of love letters to their LGBTQ fans, highlighting what the community means to them, as people and as artists.
Shady’s back, tell a friend. Eminem returned with “Houdini,” his first single of 2024 on Friday (May 31). Em attempted to turn the clock back with the single and his early 2000s Slim Shady alter ego. “Houdini” serves as the start of the rollout for the Detroit legend heading into his The Death of Slim […]
05/31/2024
The experts help us rank the 20 shows that artists and publishers are most looking to get their songs onto in 2024.
05/31/2024
05/30/2024
Brought a friend to karaoke night? Looking to make a new one? Here are the 100 songs that you should turn to.
05/30/2024
05/23/2024
Rappers have been going too far for a long time.
05/23/2024
“This might not sound right, but it’s alright, it’s real/ I’m findin’ my way on the highway this year.” The chorus of “Concrete Kisses,” delivered in a peaceful lilt and surrounded by homespun guitars, gets at the heart of Room Under the Stairs, Zayn’s fourth solo studio album and what is clearly a transitional project […]