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Long Island University Brooklyn students have more reason to stay on campus this semester. After over a year of construction, the Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment opened the doors to its state-of-the-art Dolby Atmos pro studio on Thursday (Sept. 19).
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The innovative 2,4000 square-foot studio will immediately be made available to students and immersed into programs and various workshops throughout the fall.
Equipped with four iso booths, a tracking and control room featuring ground-breaking technology to ensure students have all of the proper resources to be able to operate in various roles involving recording, producing and mixing in the studio after graduation.
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“This new Dolby Atmos studio further solidifies our school’s place at the forefront of music education,” Said Gimel “Young Guru” Keaton in a statement. “Every detail in the facility was methodically curated for our students and I’m excited for them to maximize their learning experience on campus and prepare to enter the workforce with an unprecedented advantage.”
It’s a full-circle moment for Guru, who serves as the Director of Music Technology, Entrepreneurship and Production at the Roc Nation School of Music. Gu had the studio modeled after the famed Baseline Studios in Manhattan where he honed his craft as an engineer and assisted Jay-Z in recording a plethora of classic tracks throughout his Hall of Fame career.
Enter Dave Malekpour, who was responsible for designing Baseline Studios in 2000, and the Pro Audio Design president helped integrate the Roc Nation School of Music facility over two decades later.
“The system we’ve developed represents the most powerful and detailed 9.1.4 Dolby Atmos setup, which reflects the distinct sound and culture of Roc Nation, and paving the way for the next generation of audio professionals,” said Malekpour. ”This has been a thrilling project from start to finish, made all the more rewarding by our collaboration with Tressa Cunningham, Young Guru and the LIU team, with the support of both Malekpour Design Partners and the Pro Audio Design teams, culminating in a world-class, industry-leading system perfected by our build team to meet the most exacting specifications.”
With the ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, the future-forward studio on campus becomes one of the largest professional Dolby Atmos recording studios in all of New York.
“We’re thrilled to open this next-generation studio to bolster our curriculum and better serve our ambitious students,” added Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment dean Tressa Cunningham. “Our new facility will enable students to gain immersive experience using the latest technology to put themselves in the strongest positions to thrive after graduation. It also creates a new opportunity for the School to engage with the larger creative community.”
Find another photo of the brand new studio on LIU Brooklyn’s campus below.
The Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment at Long Island University (LIU) announced the opening of a new, state-of-the-art Dolby Atmos® studio on campus that will be integrated into the curriculum and create an array of immersive learning opportunities for students.
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Eighteen years after releasing her debut self-titled studio album, Paris Hilton is back on Billboard’s album charts with her follow-up project Infinite Icon.
The album debuts at No. 38 on the latest Billboard 200 chart (dated Sept. 21) with 18,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in its opening week (ending Sept. 12), according to Luminate. It features A-list collaborations with Meghan Thee Stallion, Rina Sawayama, Meghan Trainor and Sia.
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Her first album, Paris, reached No. 6 on the Billboard 200 in September 2006, and included “Stars Are Blind,” her debut single that climbed to No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 a month prior.
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While Hilton hasn’t charted an album since then, she hasn’t been totally absent from the charts. She’s charted three songs on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, all since 2013: “Good Time” featuring Lil Wayne (No. 19 peak in 2013), “High Off My Love” (No. 35; 2015) and “B.F.A. (Best Friend’s Ass)” with Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike (No. 45; 2019). She’s also released other collaborations with Sia, Steve Aoki, Kim Petras and Lil Wayne, among others.
For Infinite Icon, Hilton recruited a team of top-level producers and songwriters to pull the project together. Jesse Shatkin is credited as a producer on all 12 of the album’s tracks. He’s previously worked with Sia, Kelly Clarkson, Miley Cyrus and Ellie Goulding, among others. Notably, he co-producer Sia’s “Chandelier” and One Direction’s “Perfect,” which both reach the top 10 of the Hot 100 (at Nos. 8 and 10, respectively).
Greg Kurstin worked on Hilton’s Sia collaboration “Fame Won’t Love You.” Kurstin is perhaps best recognized for his work with Adele (including her No. 1s “Hello” and “Easy On Me”), but he’s also produced and written songs for Kelly Clarkson (including her No. 1 “Stronger [What Doesn’t Kill You]”), P!nk, Tate McRae, Miley Cyrus and Halsey. He’s also spent 14 total weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Producers chart.
Alex Frankel is also credited as a producer on six songs from Infinite Icon. Frankel is half of the synthpop indie duo Holy Ghost!, and has also worked on music with fellow indie acts the Juan MacLean and U.S. Girls.
Other producers on the project include Kid Harpoon, Banx & Ranx, Dallas Caton, House of Wolf and Naliya.
Zach Bryan knows all too well he made a mistake, and he’s acknowledging it. The country star shared a lengthy explanation and apology on Thursday (Sept. 19) after tweeting two days earlier “eagles > chiefs / Kanye > Taylor,” then asking followers, “who’s with me.”
“for the record guys I wasn’t coming for Taylor the other night,” he wrote in an Instagram Story he paired with the pop superstar’s Post Malone Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 collab “Fortnight.” “I was drunkenly comparing two records and it came out wrong. I know there’s a lot of stuff that clouds around Ye and I was speaking purely musically. I love Taylor’s music and pray you guys know I’m human and tweet stupid things often. Hope one day I can explain this to her.”
The country singer — has since deactivated his X account — went on to explain that he gets in trouble on the social media platform too much, and will be staying off of it. “I’m sorry to any Taylor fans I pissed off or let down.” he added.
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In a second Story featuring “The Albatross,” the “I Remember Everything” singer explained that he’s been going through a tough time, and shared his appreciation for the 14-time Grammy winner. “To be completely honest, it just came off as rude and desensitized to Taylor. I respect her so much as a musician that the last thing I want is people thinking I don’t appreciate and love what she has done for musician,” he wrote, before offering a public service announcement. “Love you guys and hope you guys understand. Don’t drink and tweet. Don’t drink and tweet!”
But he wasn’t done there. The country star continued to express his love for Swift in a third Story. “Taylor has been a force of nature for as long as we’ve all been growing up and I admire that,” Bryan wrote in part. “I never want people to think I have a hint of malice or meanness towards anyone, ever, that’s why I’m saying all this.”
Bryan, who won the Grammy for best country/duo performance for his No. 1 Hot 100 hit “I Remember Everything,” went on to elaborate on the tough time he’s had in a fourth Story. “This year has been an awful lot on me in personal ways that no one knows and I’ve been trying to cope and balance too many things at once,” he explained. “So I’m going to take a breather from tweeting stupid stuff, finish my tour, and ground myself somehow in the midst of all this. I feel very, very blessed each day.”
Billboard has reached out to Swift’s rep for comment.
The pop superstar and Ye have a long had bad blood, dating back to the 2009 VMAs, when the rapper grabbed the mic from Swift as she was accepting the award for best female video, and made his infamous “Imma let you finish” speech. Then there was the “Famous” lyric by the controversial rapper — who in recent years has faced mounting criticism for his hate speech — calling the “Anti-Hero” singer a “b—h” that included what Swift in 2023 called the “frame job” phone call of her allegedly approving the lyric, and more.
Bryan is set to perform at the Bourbon & Beyond music festival in Louisville, Ky., on Saturday (Sept. 21). His Quittin Time tour then resumes Nov. 17 in Canada, before swinging back into the U.S. for a series of shows beginning Nov. 22 in Tacoma, Wash.
The Eagles paid loving tribute to their late friend and collaborator J.D. Souther on Wednesday (Sept. 18) in a heartfelt message posted just a day after the singer/songwriter/actor died at 78. “We have lost a brother, a friend and a brilliant collaborator, and the world has lost a great songwriter, a pioneer of the Southern California sound that emerged in the 1970s,” the veteran easy rocking band wrote. “J.D. Souther was smart, talented, well-read, and in possession of a wicked sense of humor. He loved a good meal, a good movie, and a good Martini … and he loved dogs, adopting many, over the course of his lifetime.”
The band — whose current lineup includes founding singer/drummer Don Henley, as well as guitarist Joe Walsh, bassist Timothy B. Schmit and guitarist/vocalists Deacon Frey and Vince Gill — continued with an homage to the versatile Souther’s many loves and contributions to their legendary songbook.
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“Born in Detroit and raised in the Texas Panhandle, he was a student of the deep roots of the best American music – from country, to jazz, to classical, as well as ‘Standards’ from the Great American Songbook – and that knowledge and appreciation informed his work,” they wrote. “He was a crucial co-writer on many of our most popular songs, including, ‘The Best of My Love,’ ‘New Kid in Town,’ and ‘Heartache Tonight.’ J.D. also collaborated on many of Don Henley’s solo works, including ‘The Heart of the Matter,’ ‘Little Tin God,’ ‘If Dirt Were Dollars’ and ‘Talking to the Moon.’”
According to a statement on his official website, John David “JD” Souther — also known for his collaborations with Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Dan Fogelberg, Bonnie Raitt, Roy Orbison and for his acting roles in My Girl 2 and Postcards From the Edge — died peacefully at his home in New Mexico on Tuesday. Souther’s longtime friendship with Frey resulted in his collaborations on many Eagles songs, including “James Dean” and “Doolin-Dalton,” helping to make Souther — whose voice bore an eerily similar tone to Frey’s — a staple of the 1970s California country-rock scene.
“We mourn his loss and we send our condolences to his family, his friends, and his many fans around the world,” the Eagles added. “He was an extraordinary man and will be greatly missed by many. Adios, old friend. Travel well.”
Former Eagles guitarist/vocalist Don Felder also posted a tribute, writing, “It is with heavy heart to start the day with the news of JD’s passing. The invisible Eagle has left the nest. His writing contribution and vocal contributions to the music industry has been a blessing to the whole world. He will be missed but his songs will live on forever.”
Souther was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2013, but never reached the pinnacle of success with his solo work as the Eagles’ lofty heights, landing his biggest chart success with his 1979 No. 7 Billboard Hot 100 single “You’re Only Lonely.”
Donations in Souther’s honor can be made to the Best Friends Animal Society.
Billboard and Telemundo have unveiled the first wave of performers set to take center stage at the 2024 Billboard Latin Music Awards on Sunday, Oct. 20.
Bringing their latest collaborations and hit singles to the awards ceremony are confirmed acts Fuerza Regida, Grupo Niche, Luis Alfonso, Maria Becerra, Xavi and Yandel. The announcement comes one week after the Billboard Latin Music Awards revealed its 2024 finalists.
With eight entries, including artist of the year, Fuerza Regida is one of the top finalists at the awards show. Xavi is a seven-time finalist, and both Grupo Niche and Yandel have one entry.
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Karol G leads the list with 17 entries in categories including artist of the year, tour of the year, Global 200 Latin artist of the year, and top Latin album of the year for Mañana Será Bonito (Bichota Season).
The Colombian superstar is followed by Bad Bunny and Peso Pluma with 15 nods each. Bunny competes, among others, for artist of the year, global 200 artist of the year, and tour of the year. While La Doble P is also up for artist of the year, global 200 artist of the year, in addition to songwriter of the year, and regional Mexican album of the year for Éxodo.
The 31st annual ceremony will be broadcast at 9 p.m. ET on Sunday, Oct. 20 via Telemundo. It will simultaneously be available on the Spanish entertainment cable network Universo, on Peacock and the Telemundo app, and in Latin America and the Caribbean through Telemundo Internacional.
The Billboard Latin Music Awards — the only awards that recognize the most popular albums, songs and performers in Latin music, according to Billboard‘s weekly charts — coincide with Billboard Latin Music Week, which returns to Miami Beach Oct. 14-18 with a roster of star speakers including Alejandro Sanz, Gloria Estefan, Danny Ocean, Peso Pluma and many more. Get your tickets today for the Billboard Latin Music Week 2024 here.
Juice WRLD (born Jarad Higgins) died on Dec. 8, 2019 at age 21 due to an accidental oxycodone and codeine intoxication. Since then, his estate has consistently released new music from the late musician to the degree that he’s charted more songs since he died than he did while he was alive.
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Juice WRLD’s estate released two new songs on Sept. 9 packaged together as part of the rapper’s The Pre-Party, titled “World Tour (Aquafina)” and “Lightyears” featuring Young Thug.
Both songs debut on Billboard’s latest Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart (dated Sept. 21) at Nos. 34 and 39, respectively. He’s now charted 87 total songs on the chart. Of those, only 29 debuted while he was living.
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Juice WRLD teased both songs on social media while he was still living. In 2018, he previewed “World Tour (Aquafina)” on Instagram Live, rapping “I’m a real n—a, nah, I’m not an actor/ Double cup with that red lean, I’ma sip classy/ Dior on my feet, I feel classy.” Juice and Young Thug both teased “Lightyears” before the COVID shutdown in February 2020.
Both songs are slated to appear on Juice’s forthcoming The Party Never Ends album, which Billboard reported is expected to be the rapper’s third and final posthumous album. His first posthumous LP, Legends Never Die, spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart in July 2020. His second, Fighting Demons, debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the chart in December 2021. While he was alive, Juice earned three top five albums on the Billboard 200: Goodbye & Good Riddance (No. 4; 2018), Future & Juice WRLD Present…WRLD on Drugs with Future (No. 2; 2018) and Death Race For Love (No. 1; 2019).
On the Billboard Hot 100, Juice has charted 80 total songs, most recently with “Lace It,” with Eminem and Benny Blanco, in December (No. 85 peak). Of those, 25 debuted while he was alive.
Of course, many other artists have posthumously debuted on Billboard’s charts. Eight artists even earned posthumous Hot 100 No. 1s, including: Otis Redding, Janis Joplin, Jim Croce, John Lennon, The Notorious B.I.G., Soulja Slim, Static Major and XXXTentacion. On the Billboard 200, the late Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke landed his second No. 1 album in 2021 (with Faith) after he was murdered in 2020. 2Pac, who was murdered in 1996, earned eight top 10 albums following his death, including three No. 1s.
The Kylie locomotive is gathering steam.
The Australian pop princess Kylie Minogue will drop the sequel to Tension on Oct. 18, and will support the release with a major world tour, including stops in her homeland, Asia and the United Kingdom.
Tension II will collect 13 new songs, and is led by the first single “Lights Camera Action,” due out Sept. 27. The set also houses the previously-released dance cut “Edge of Saturday Night” with The Blessed Madonna plus collaborations with Orville Peck, Bebe Rexha and Tove Lo, and Sia.
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“I am beyond excited to announce the Tension Tour 2025,” she says in a statement. “I can’t wait to share beautiful and wild moments with fans all over the world, celebrating the Tension era and more! It’s been an exhilarating ride so far and now, get ready for your close up because I will be calling Lights, Camera, Action … and there will be a whole lot of Padaming!”
Kylie kicks off her homecoming tour of Australia with a concert Feb. 15 at Perth’s RAC Arena. That leg should help make up for the disappointment of this year’s Splendour In The Grass cancellation, where Kylie was booked to headline what would have been her first concert Down Under in five years, since her seven-date run in support of Golden in 2019.
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Kylie’s career is on fire. Tension hit No. 1 in the U.K. and Australia, and yielded the global hit “Padam Padam,” which cracked the U.K. top 10 and won an ARIA for best pop release.
Earlier this year, she collected the Global Icon Award at the BRIT Awards, becoming just the second woman to win it following Taylor Swift in 2021, and backed it up with the Billboard Women in Music Icon Award.
Also, Kylie nabbed a Grammy Award (best pop dance recording) for “Padam Padam,” completed her inaugural Las Vegas Residency, and signed with United Talent Agency (UTA) for live representation in the U.S. and Canada and acting roles worldwide.
The Melbourne-raised, London-based artist has amassed over 80 million record sales worldwide, 5 billion streams and nine No. 1 albums in the U.K., where she is the only female artist to score an albums chart leader in five consecutive decades.
“The Tension era has been so special to me,” Kylie adds. “I can’t possibly let it be over just yet! Welcome to ‘Tension II’.”
Visit kylie.com for tour dates. More countries and dates will be announced over the coming weeks, reps say.
Tension II tracklist:
Lights Camera Action
Taboo
Someone For Me
Good As Gone
Kiss Bang Bang
Diamonds
Hello
Dance To The Music
Shoulda Left Ya
Edge Of Saturday Night (with The Blessed Madonna)
My Oh My (with Bebe Rexha & Tove Lo)
Midnight Ride (with Orville Peck & Diplo)
Dance Alone (with Sia)
LISA is heading to the runway. The BLACKPINK superstar is set to take the stage and perform at the highly anticipated return of the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. The announcement comes amid an exciting year for LISA, as the K-pop icon stepped into a new phase of her solo career outside of BLACKPINK with “Rockstar,” which […]
Welcome to history, Green Day. The pop-punk trio celebrated a major career milestone this week when their breakthrough third studio album, 1994’s Dookie, was certified double-diamond. With that honorific, the group’s major label became just the 13th album ever to be RIAA certified for sales of more than 20 million units in the U.S., joining […]
The road goes on forever for Metallica. The veteran rockers announced on Thursday morning (Sept. 19) that their M72 world tour will stretch into a third year when they play 21 North American dates from April-June.
The shows will kick off on April 12 in Las Vegas with a festival gig at the NV Sick New World @ Las Vegas Festival Grounds before a run up north for a two-night stand in Toronto, then back down for a double-down stand at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, a pair of appearances at the Sonic Temple festival in Columbus, OH, followed by stadium shows in Philadelphia, Charlotte, Atlanta, Tampa (their first visit to the city in 15 years) and Houston before winding down with gigs on June 27 and 29 at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver. The run will also include a pair of Bay Area hometown shows on June 20 and 22 that will be their debut gigs at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.
Openers on the run will include Pantera, bass player Robert Trujillo’s former band, Suicidal Tendencies, as well as Limp Bizkit and Ice Nine Kills. Two-night tickets for the new No Repeat Weekends and tickets for single-night gigs will go on sale on Sept. 27 at 10 a.m. local time, with a fan presale kicking off on Sept. 23 at 10 a.m. local time; click here for ticketing information.
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The M72 tour kicked off in Amsterdam in 2023 and has played to more than three million fans to date, highlighted by their No Repeat Weekend tradition, in which each night of their two-night stands feature totally different setlists and support acts.
Check out the dates for Metallica’s M72 2025 North American shows below:
April 12 — Las Vegas, NV @ Sick New World @ Las Vegas Festival GroundsApril 19 — Syracuse, NY @ JMA Wireless Dome *April 24 — Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre *April 26 — Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre +May 1 — Nashville, TN @ Nissan Stadium *May 3 — Nashville, TN @ Nissan Stadium +May 7 — Blacksburg, VA @ Lane Stadium *May 9 — Columbus, OH @ Sonic Temple @ Historic Crew StadiumMay 11 — Columbus, OH @ Sonic Temple @ Historic Crew StadiumMay 23 — Philadelphia, PA @ Lincoln Financial Field +May 25 — Philadelphia, PA @ Lincoln Financial Field *May 28 — Landover, MD @ Northwest Stadium *May 31 — Charlotte, NC @ Bank of America Stadium *June 3 — Atlanta, GA @ Mercedes-Benz Stadium *June 6 — Tampa, FL @ Raymond James Stadium +June 8 — Tampa, FL @ Raymond James Stadium *June 14 — Houston, TX @ NRG Stadium *June 20 — Santa Clara, CA @ Levi’s Stadium +June 22 — Santa Clara, CA @ Levi’s Stadium *June 27 — Denver, CO @ Empower Field at Mile High +June 29 — Denver, CO @ Empower Field at Mile High *
* Pantera and Suicidal Tendencies support+ Limp Bizkit and Ice Nine Kills support