Musician Michael Bearden will serve as music director of The Oscars for the second year in a row, it was announced on Tuesday (Feb. 3). The Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 15, at The Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. Bearden — a keyboardist, arranger, conductor and composer — received a Primetime Emmy nomination
Gracie Abrams celebrated boyfriend Paul Mescal’s 30th birthday on Monday (Feb. 2) by shouting her love for the Hamnet actor from the rooftops. Okay, it was from her Instagram, but the 26-year-old “Felt Good About You” singer made no secret of how much Mescal means to her in a series of pictures in which the
Billboard U.K. is heading down to the seaside city of Brighton for a second consecutive year, as part of an exclusive stage takeover at The Great Escape. The festival, which takes place May 13-16, will play host to the latest Billboard U.K. Live event, following last year’s headline performance from English Teacher. Explore See latest
Chuck Negron, founding member and lead vocalist of Three Dog Night, has died. He was 83. Negron died Monday (Feb. 2) at his home in Studio City, California, surrounded by family, according to a statement shared with Billboard. No immediate cause of death was announced, though the singer had been living with chronic obstructive pulmonary
While Bad Bunny used one of his Grammy acceptance speeches on Sunday night to condemn escalated operations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents across the country, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell doesn’t seem to be expecting to hear the same message this Super Bowl Sunday. During a pre-Super Bowl press conference on Monday (Feb. 2),
Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Minneapolis” was the highest-selling song in the United States last week, even with it being available for just two days of the tracking period, debuting at No. 1 on Billboard’s Digital Song Sales chart dated Feb. 7. In the week ending Jan. 29, “Streets of Minneapolis” sold 16,000 downloads, according to
Chappell Roan is having a good laugh after her barely-there 2026 Grammys red-carpet outfit made headlines around the world on Sunday night. The controversial look — a custom maroon Mugler gown based on the designer’s 1998 nipple-ring dress — started out covered in a sheer cape before Roan shed the layer and unveiled the topless
In an upcoming podcast appearance, Nicki Minaj touches on why she’s chosen to get more involved in conservative politics recently — revealing that it wasn’t Donald Trump‘s policies, but the way he’s “been treated” by the public that inspired her to start publicly supporting him. In preview clips reshared by the rapper on X on
SZA was among the artists to speak out against ICE at the Grammy Awards. After collecting a pair of Grammy trophies on Sunday night (Feb. 1), the superstar singer slammed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after being asked by Variety about the importance of artists speaking up. Explore See latest videos, charts and news “It’s
Charli xcx‘s 2024 Brat album changed her trajectory as an artist — but with it came a lot of new eyeballs on her at all times. And that was one of the main points of inspiration for creating The Moment, the British dance-pop star’s mockumentary that premiered on Jan. 30. The chaotic, Aidan Zamiri-directed film
