Travis Scott will be making his return to Coachella. The Houston rap star confirmed Wednesday (Nov. 20) — after rumors circulated online — that he’ll be heading to Indio, California, to perform at Coachella in 2025 and he’s appearing to tease some new music. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, […]

BBC Radio 1 shared details of its Sound of 2025 longlist on Wednesday (Nov. 20). Among the shortlisted acts for the annual new music prize are Chappell Roan, Mk.gee, Doechii and Confidence Man. Also included on the list are Mercury Prize 2024 winners English Teacher, as well as contemporary jazz group Ezra Collective, who scooped the trophy the year prior.  Last year’s BBC Sound of poll was won by baroque-pop band The Last Dinner Party, with runners-up including Olivia Dean, Peggy Gou and Tyla. Notable previous winners include Adele (2008), Florence + The Machine (2009), Sam Smith (2013) and Sam Fender (2019).  Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news This year’s selected judging panel was made up of over 180 artists and industry tastemakers, including journalists, radio pluggers and broadcasters, as well as global superstars Dua Lipa and Elton John. Further details of the panel and how the list was compiled are available via BBC Radio 1’s Sound of 2025 website. Trending on Billboard The top five from the list will be revealed in early January on Radio 1. Each day from Jan. 6 through Jan. 10, a countdown will take place to reveal the eventual winner.  In December, Radio 1 will host a special gig hosted by Jack Saunders and Sian Eleri, two of the station’s presenters. BBC Radio 1 Sound of 2025 LIVE will take place on Dec. 2 at London’s Maida Vale studios with performances from artists on the longlist. Fans can apply for tickets on the BBC Shows and Tours website until Nov. 27. “The Radio 1 Sound of 2025 list this year is one of the strongest in a while,” said Saunders in a press release. “It’s a reflection of the freedom artists are feeling creatively at the moment. Can’t wait to see who the top five are!” Co-host Eleri added: “I am in awe of Sound of 2025’s longlisters. What a roster! It is such a heady mix of musical styles – there really is something for everyone. Throughout my teens I always looked forward to seeing this longlist drop to discover who’ll be the next ‘big thing.’ If this list is anything to go by, 2025 is gonna be one hell of a year. They define the promise of today, and the stars of tomorrow.” BBC Radio 1 Sound of 2025 longlist: Barry Can’t SwimChappell RoanConfidence ManDoechiiEnglish TeacherEzra CollectiveGood NeighboursKneecapMk.geeMyles SmithPozer

The 2024 CMA Awards have arrived! Going into Wednesday’s (Nov. 20) ceremony at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, Morgan Wallen is the leading nominee, racking up seven nods, including for the night’s top honor: entertainer of the year. Following Wallen, Cody Johnson and Chris Stapleton have five nods each; Post Malone and Lainey Wilson each nabbed four; and Louis Bell, Luke Combs, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins, Jelly Roll, Megan Moroney and Kacey Musgraves have three apiece. But who will emerge the night’s big winner? Follow along with Billboard all night as we keep track of the winners, updating live. Entertainer of the year Luke Combs Trending on Billboard Jelly Roll Chris Stapleton Morgan Wallen Lainey Wilson Single of the year Award goes to artist(s), producer(s) and mix engineer(s) “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Shaboozey; Producers: Sean Cook, Nevin Sastry; Mix Engineer: Raul Lopez “Dirt Cheap” – Cody Johnson; Producer: Trent Willmon; Mix Engineer: Jack Clarke “I Had Some Help” – Post Malone (Feat. Morgan Wallen); Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins; Mix Engineer: Ryan Gore “Watermelon Moonshine” – Lainey Wilson; Producer: Jay Joyce; Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce “White Horse” – Chris Stapleton; Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton, Morgane Stapleton; Mix Engineer: Vance Powell Album of the year   Award goes to artist, producer(s) and mix engineer(s) Deeper Well – Kacey Musgraves; Producers: Ian Fitchuk, Kacey Musgraves, Daniel Tashian; Mix Engineers: Shawn Everett, Konrad Snyder Fathers & Sons – Luke Combs; Producers: Luke Combs, Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton; Mix Engineer: Chip Matthews Higher – Chris Stapleton; Producers: Dave Cobb, Chris Stapleton, Morgane Stapleton; Mix Engineer: Vance Powell Leather – Cody Johnson; Producer: Trent Willmon; Mix Engineer: Jack Clarke Whitsitt Chapel – Jelly Roll; Producers: Andrew Baylis, Brock Berryhill, Zach Crowell, Jesse Frasure, David Garcia, Kevin “Thrasher” Gruft, Austin Nivarel, David Ray Stevens; Mix Engineers: Jeff Braun, Jim Cooley Song of the year  Award goes to songwriter(s) “Burn It Down”; Songwriters: Hillary Lindsey, Parker McCollum, Lori McKenna, Liz Rose “Dirt Cheap”; Songwriter: Josh Phillips “I Had Some Help”; Songwriters: Louis Bell, Ashley Gorley, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins, Austin Post, Ernest Keith Smith, Morgan Wallen, Chandler Paul Walters “The Painter”; Songwriters: Benjy Davis, Kat Higgins, Ryan Larkins “White Horse”; Songwriters: Chris Stapleton, Dan Wilson Female vocalist of the year  Kelsea Ballerini Ashley McBryde Megan Moroney Kacey Musgraves Lainey Wilson Male vocalist of the year Luke Combs Jelly Roll Cody Johnson Chris Stapleton Morgan Wallen Vocal group of the year Lady A Little Big Town Old Dominion The Red Clay Strays Zac Brown Band Vocal duo of the year   Brooks & Dunn Brothers Osborne Dan + Shay Maddie & Tae The War and Treaty Musical event of the year  Award goes to artists and producer(s)  “Cowboys Cry Too” – Kelsea Ballerini (with Noah Kahan); Producers: Kelsea Ballerini, Alysa Vanderheym “I Had Some Help” – Post Malone (Feat. Morgan Wallen); Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins “I Remember Everything” – Zach Bryan (ft. Kacey Musgraves); Producer: Zach Bryan “Man Made a Bar” – Morgan Wallen (feat. Eric Church); Producer: Joey Moi WINNER: “you look like you love me” – Ella Langley (feat. Riley Green); Producer: Will Bundy Musician of the year Tom Bukovac – Guitar Jenee Fleenor – Fiddle Paul Franklin – Steel Guitar Rob McNelley – Guitar Charlie Worsham – Guitar Music video of the year  Award goes to artist(s) and director(s) “Dirt Cheap” – Cody Johnson; Director: Dustin Haney “I Had Some Help” – Post Malone (Feat. Morgan Wallen); Director: Chris Villa “I’m Not Pretty” – Megan Moroney; Directors: Jeff Johnson, Megan Moroney “The Painter” – Cody Johnson; Director: Dustin Haney “Wildflowers and Wild Horses” – Lainey Wilson; Director: Patrick Tracy New artist of the year Megan Moroney Shaboozey Nate Smith Mitchell Tenpenny Zach Top Bailey Zimmerman     Weekly national “American Country Countdown” (Kix Brooks) – Cumulus/Westwood One “Country Gold with Terri Clark” (Terri Clark) – Westwood One WINNER: “Crook & Chase Countdown” (Lorianne Crook and Charlie Chase) – Jim Owens Entertainment “Highway Hot 30 with Buzz Brainard” (Buzz Brainard) – SiriusXM “Honky Tonkin’ with Tracy Lawrence” (Tracy Lawrence and Patrick Thomas) – Silverfish Media Daily national WINNER: “The Bobby Bones Show” (Bobby Bones, Amy Brown, “Lunchbox” Dan Chappell, Eddie Garcia, Morgan Huelsman, “SZN Raymundo” Ray Slater, “Mike D” Rodriguez, Abby Anderson, “Kick Off Kevin” O’Connell, and Stephen “Scuba Steve” Spradlin) – iHeartMedia “Michael J On Air” (Michael J. Stuehler) – iHeartMedia “Nights with Elaina” (Elaina Smith) – Westwood One / Cumulus Media “PickleJar Up All Night with Patrick Thomas” (Patrick Thomas) – PickleJar / Cumulus Media “Steve Harmon Show” (Steve Harmon) – Westwood One / Cumulus Media Major market “The Andie Summers Show” (Andie Summers, Jeff Kurkjian, Donnie Black, and Shannon Boyle) – WXTU, Philadelphia, Pa. “Chris Carr & Company” (Chris Carr, Kia Becht, and Sam Sansevere) – KEEY, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn. WINNER: “Frito & Katy” (Tucker “Frito” Young and Katy Dempsey) – KCYY, San Antonio, Texas “The Morning Wolfpack with Matt McAllister” (Matt McAllister, Gabe Mercer, and “Captain Ron” Koons) – KKWF, Seattle, Wash. “The Most Fun Afternoons With Scotty Kay” (Scotty Kay) – WUSN, Chicago, Ill. Large market “Dale Carter Morning Show” (Dale Carter) – KFKF, Kansas City, Mo. “Heather Froglear” (Heather Froglear) – KFRG, Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif. WINNER: “Jesse & Anna” (Jesse Tack and Anna Marie) – WUBE, Cincinnati, Ohio “Mike & Amanda” (Mike Wheless and Amanda Daughtry) – WQDR, Raleigh-Durham, N.C. “On-Air with Anthony” (Anthony Donatelli) – KFRG, Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif. Medium market “Brent Michaels” (Brent Michaels) – KUZZ, Bakersfield, Calif. “Joey & Nancy” (Joey Tack, Nancy Barger, and Karly Duggan) – WIVK, Knoxville, Tenn. “New Country Mornings with Nancy and Woody” (Nancy Wilson and Aaron “Woody” Woods) – WHKO, Dayton, Ohio “Scott and Sarah in the Morning” (Scott Wynn and Sarah Kay) – WQMX, Akron, Ohio WINNER: “Steve & Gina In The Morning” (Steve Lundy and Gina Melton) – KXKT, Omaha-Council Bluffs, Neb.-Iowa Small market “Dan Austin Show” (Dan Austin) – WQHK, Fort Wayne, Ind. “Dave and Jenn” (Dave Roberts and Jenn Seay) – WTCR, Huntington-Ashland, W. Va. WINNER: “The Eddie Foxx Show” (Eddie Foxx and Amanda Foxx) – WKSF, Asheville, N.C. “Hilley & Hart” (Kevin Hilley and Erin Hart) – KATI, Columbia, Mo. “Officer Don & DeAnn” (“Officer Don” Evans and DeAnn Stephens) – WBUL, Lexington-Fayette, Ky. Major market KCYY – San Antonio, Texas KKBQ – Houston, Texas KYGO – Denver, Colo. WXTU – Philadelphia, Pa. WINNER: WYCD – Detroit, Mich. Large market WIRK – West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, Fla. WMIL – Milwaukee-Racine, Wis. WINNER: WQDR – Raleigh-Durham, N.C.       WSIX – Nashville, Tenn. WWKA – Orlando, Fla. Medium market KXKT – Omaha-Council Bluffs, Neb.-Iowa WBEE – Rochester, N.Y. WIVK – Knoxville, Tenn. WLFP – Memphis, Tenn. WINNER: WUSY – Chattanooga, Tenn. Small market WCOW – La Crosse, Wis. WKML – Fayetteville, N.C. WKXC – Augusta, Ga. WXFL – Florence-Muscle Shoals, Ala. WINNER: WYCT – Pensacola, Fla.

The 2024 CMA Awards are officially here, with country’s biggest and brightest stars taking over the red carpet at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.Morgan Wallen leads this year’s nominees with seven nods. Cody Johnson and Chris Stapleton follow with five nods each, while Post Malone and Lainey Wilson each got four. Louis Bell, Luke Combs, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins, Jelly Roll, Megan Moroney and Kacey Musgraves all received three nominations. The show — hosted by Luke Bryan, Peyton Manning and Wilson — will also feature a number of star-studded performances. Bryan, Combs, Johnson, Moroney, Musgraves, Malone, Stapleton, Wilson, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Brooks & Dunn, Eric Church, Riley Green, Sierra Hull, Jelly Roll, Noah Kahan, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Ella Langley, Ashley McBryde, Thomas Rhett, Shaboozey, Teddy Swims, Molly Tuttle and Bailey Zimmerman are all set to take the stage. Meanwhile, Simone Biles, Clint Black, Jeff Bridges, Mark Collie, Jordan Davis, Freddie Freeman, Don Johnson, Jackson Laux, Little Big Town, Dustin Lynch, Katharine McPhee, The Oak Ridge Boys, Taylor Frankie Paul, Carly Pearce, Caleb Pressley, Nate Smith, Daniel Sunjata, Mitchell Tenpenny and Billy Bob Thornton will also join the fun as the evening’s presenters. The 58th Annual CMA airs live from Bridgestone Arena on ABC and next day on Hulu. To celebrate the country-filled night, check out our gallery of photos from the red carpet below. Ashley Cooke Image Credit: Michael Buckner Ashley Cooke at The 58th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 20, 2024 in Nashville. Blanco Brown Image Credit: Michael Buckner Blanco Brown at The 58th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 20, 2024 in Nashville. Hunter Hayes Image Credit: Michael Buckner Hunter Hayes at The 58th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 20, 2024 in Nashville. Colbie Caillat Image Credit: Michael Buckner Colbie Caillat at The 58th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on Nov. 20, 2024 in Nashville. Josh Phillips Image Credit: Michael Buckner Josh Phillips at The 58th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 20, 2024 in Nashville. Chapel Hart Image Credit: Michael Buckner Trea Swindle, Danica Hart, Devynn Hart of Chapel Hart at The 58th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 20, 2024 in Nashville. Tigirlily Gold Image Credit: Michael Buckner Krista Slaubaugh, Kendra Slaubaugh of Tigirlily Gold at The 58th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 20, 2024 in Nashville. Moriah Smallbone Image Credit: Michael Buckner Moriah Smallbone at The 58th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 20, 2024 in Nashville. Ian Bohen Image Credit: Michael Buckner Ian Bohen at The 58th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 20, 2024 in Nashville. Tiera Kennedy Image Credit: Michael Buckner Tiera Kennedy at The 58th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 20, 2024 in Nashville. Riley Green Image Credit: Michael Buckner Riley Green at The 58th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 20, 2024 in Nashville. Megan Moroney Image Credit: Michael Buckner Megan Moroney at The 58th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 20, 2024 in Nashville. Dax Image Credit: Michael Buckner Dax at The 58th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 20, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. The Oak Ridge Boys Image Credit: Michael Buckner Richard Sterban, William Lee Golden, Duane Allen of The Oak Ridge Boys at The 58th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 20, 2024 in Nashville. Daniel Sunjata Image Credit: Michael Buckner Daniel Sunjata at The 58th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 20, 2024 in Nashville. Mitchell Tenpenny Image Credit: Michael Buckner c at The 58th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 20, 2024 in Nashville. O.N.E The Duo Image Credit: Michael Buckner Prana Supreme Diggs, Tekitha Washington of O.N.E The Duo at The 58th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 20, 2024 in Nashville. Sarah Trahern Image Credit: Michael Buckner Sarah Trahern at The 58th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 20, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. Cody Johnson Image Credit: Michael Buckner Cody Johnson at The 58th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 20, 2024 in Nashville. The War and Treaty Image Credit: Michael Buckner Michael Trotter Jr., Tanya Trotter of The War and Treaty at The 58th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 20, 2024 in Nashville. Dasha Image Credit: Michael Buckner Dasha at The 58th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 20, 2024 in Nashville. Jeff Bridges Image Credit: Michael Buckner Jeff Bridges at The 58th Annual CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 20, 2024 in Nashville.

As TDE continues to celebrate their 20th anniversary, the Compton record label has announced their 11th annual Christmas concert, toy drive, and community giveback. SZA, ScHoolboy Q, Jay Rock, Doechii, Isaiah Rashad, SiR, Ab-Soul, Ray Vaughn, Zacari and Kal Banx are all set to perform alongside special guests. Prior special guests have included the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Big Sean, and A$AP Ferg, so you wouldn’t want to miss out if you’re in town. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The event consists of two days. Trending on Billboard First, on Thursday, Dec. 12, there will be a concert and toy drive and then, on Friday, Dec. 13, family friendly activities, a raffle with gift giveaways, and a job fair that offers employment on site, and are aligned with creating reentry pathways for ex-offenders. They’ll also be giving away free haircuts and family holiday photos like you used to get at the local department store. If you want to get into the concert, fans can gain entry by bringing unwrapped toys, new clothes/shoes, or other donations. TDE CHRISTMAS Courtesy Photo The two-day event presented by TDE’s charity Top Dawg Love the Kids, has become a holiday tradition for Nickerson Garden residents in the Watts neighborhood and surrounding LA communities. TDE founder Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith and TDE rapper Jay Rock both grew up in the Nickerson Garden Housing Projects and this is a way for them to give back to the community that helped shape them into the successful men they are today. Gates open for the concert on Dec. 12 at 11:00 a.m. PST and Community Giveback on Dec. 13 will be from 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. PST. Both will be located at 11251 Compton Ave. Los Angeles, C.A. 90059.