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Bonnie Raitt, who was honored with the Icon Award, used the Billboard Women in Music stage to address the crisis in Ukraine.

Olivia Rodrigo has been named Woman of the Year by Billboard, landing her in the same company as Taylor Swift, Cardi B and Billie Eilish

We found Santa’s magic formula for creating holiday pop perfection using data. With Christmas in the air and Mariah climbing the charts once again, it’s the perfect time to break down all of our favorite holiday hits.

Olivia Rodrigo’s hit song “Good 4 U” has recently been updated to include songwriting credits for two notable contributors: Paramore’s lead vocalist Hayley Williams and former guitarist Joshua Farro.

Actor Sacha Baron Cohen is suing a Massachusetts cannabis dispensary over a billboard featuring an image of his character from the movie “Borat,” court documents show. He said the Somerset dispensary, Solar Therapeutics, Inc., plastered the persona on the billboard without his permission for weeks, reaching hundreds of thousands of people. Baron Cohen, along with his California-based company Please You…

A Maryland man is desperate to find a kidney donor, and his family has an eye-catching strategy to try to find a match.

Drivers entering the District via South Capitol Street will now see a large billboard on the left near Audi Field.   It features an oil painting that depicts the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.  Painter Don Perlis’s work, entitled “Floyd,”  is an unflinching look at the moment burned indelibly into the conscious of so...

Those entering D.C. on South Capitol Street will see a large, new billboard near Audi Field featuring an oil painting depicting the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. News4’s Jackie Bensen talked to the creator of a project that’s been met with some controversy.

The 2020 Billboard Music Awards arrive on NBC tonight…nearly six months later than originally planned. Kelly Clarkson returns as host for a third time, and one that’ll certainly be different due to COVID-19.

Mariah Carey may not care about the presents, but she got a big gift Monday when her holiday classic “All I Want For Christmas Is You” became a No. 1 single — 25 years after its release. Billboard announced that the Christmas anthem hit the top of the Hot 100 chart for the first time since it was released in…

Taylor Swift used the Billboard Women in Music stage to address a series of issues including her ongoing beef with Scooter Braun. Swift was awarded the first-ever woman of the decade honor during the 14th annual event Thursday night, the eve of her 30th birthday. Her acceptance speech lasted more than 15 minutes as she spoke about witnessing institutionalized sexism…

Like tens of thousands of Americans with failing kidneys, Antonio Calderon relies on dialysis awaiting a transplant donor from a registry.

As fans around the globe have shown, Latin urban music is here to stay. But it’s not always obvious from the roster at the big mainstream award shows, NBC News reports. For Billboard’s Leila Cobo, that’s a reason to make sure the 2019 Latin Music Billboard awards, set to air on April 25, puts a spotlight on artists like Ozuna,...

A new billboard has a lot of people talking in Grand Junction, Colorado. It has the letters GOP on it, but it’s mixed in with symbols from the Soviet Union. It went up near the Rimrock shopping center earlier this week.

After all the backlash and media attention the sign got, Burkett Outdoor Advertising said they are taking the sign down immediately.

Janet Jackson’s icon status is being confirmed at the Billboard Awards. The superstar is set to get the Billboard Icon Award at the May 20 ceremony in Las Vegas, hosted by Kelly Clarkson. She’ll also reward fans with a performance on the live telecast, her first televised performance in nine years. Past award recipients include Prince, Stevie Wonder, Cher, Neil...

A guerrilla art collective claimed credit Thursday for changing a freeway-side billboard inviting Las Vegas tourists to fire high-powered assault-style rifles to read, “Shoot A School Kid Only $29.”

Jennifer Hudson has been cast in the forthcoming Aretha Franklin biopic. Clive Davis revealed the news Saturday night at his annual pre-Grammys party, where the singer performed a medley of Franklin’s hits—including “Respect,” “Rock Steady” and “Think.” While introducing her performance, Davis said Hudson had “been anointed by Aretha herself.” Calling Hudson “a transcendent performer,” Davis—who signed both singers to...

Google launched a tribute to the late Selena Quintanilla Monday night. October 17, 1989 is the date that Selena released her first studio album.