Celia Cruz will be honored with a tribute performance at the 2025 Billboard Latin Women in Music awards, Billboard and Telemundo announced on Tuesday (April 15). In honor of her centennial this year, the memorable Queen of Salsa — who was born in 1925 and died in 2003 due to a brain tumor — will
The MATI Festival and Conference is returning for its fifth edition in St. Louis, Missouri later this year, organizers announced on Tuesday (April 15). Taking place Sept. 12-14 in the Grand Center Arts District, the festival — which is leaning into the acronym for Music at the Intersection — will feature over 100 performances and
In a year that has already seen explosive comeback concerts (Vybz Kartel‘s Freedom Street and subsequent sold-out Brooklyn shows) and head-turning headliner announcements (Buju Banton leads this year’s BET Experience lineup) from reggae and dancehall‘s brightest stars, Alkaline is looking to add his name to the list. The dancehall icon, whose hits include anthems such
Our staff’s favorite songs from a year that confirmed that hip-hop and R&B were now at top 40’s center, but also had plenty of great rock, country and dance-pop to go around. By  Rania Aniftos, Katie Atkinson, Katie Bain, Eric Renner Brown, Anna Chan, Hannah Dailey, Stephen Daw, Kyle Denis, Griselda Flores, Paul Grein, Jason
It has been nearly eight months since disgraced hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested and sent to New York’s notorious Metropolitan Detention Center to await trial on sex trafficking and racketeering charges. And while the formerly high-flying Bad Boy Records CEO and billionaire entrepreneur was used to the finest things in his former life,
Just weeks after being named Billboard‘s 2025 Woman of the Year, Doechii is heading to the Create & Cultivate Festival to inspire women in business as the event’s headlining performer. As announced exclusively by Billboard on Tuesday (April 13), the Swamp Princess will take the stage at Rolling Greens DTLA in Los Angeles in front
Where’s the beef? Fans think it’s cooking between Kesha and Katy Perry, especially after the former posted an interestingly timed selfie with a plastic Wendy’s cup just hours after the fast-food chain penned a shady comment on X about the latter. In the photo uploaded Monday night (April 14), the “Tik Tok” singer, wearing a
The K-pop stars are focusing on personal projects, but existing songs give a taste of what’s «Yet to Come» for each member’s solo career. BTS Courtesy of BIGHIT The members of BTS are going solo — but don’t worry, they are not disbanding. Just days after the release of their 2022 anthology album Proof —
Yeisy Rojas’ “Inmigrante y Qué?” has topped Billboard’s latest Latin music poll published on Friday, April 11. In support of the weekly New Music Latin roundup and playlist, curated by Billboard Latin and Billboard Español editors, readers voted for the emerging artist’s new track as their favorite music release of that week. The Cuban singer’s poignant single — a fusion of rumba
Two heavy metal icons are teaming up for a 22-city co-headlining tour this fall. Original shock rocker Alice Cooper, 77, will share stages with British hard rock legends Judas Priest for the Live Nation-produced outing that is slated to kick off on Sept. 16 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, MS. The tour will