The No. 1 Christian artist topping the charts has no soul — thanks to AI

The No. 1 Christian artist topping the charts has no soul — thanks to AI

The devil is in the details. An AI-generated Christian artist named Solomon Ray has taken the gospel music world by storm after topping the iTunes and Billboard charts with his album “Faithful Soul.” Described as a “Mississippi-made soul singer carrying a Southern soul revival into the present” on his Spotify profile, Ray made waves after … Read more

That Breaking Rust song topping the Billboard country charts? It’s AI-generated

That Breaking Rust song topping the Billboard country charts? It’s AI-generated

Breaking Rust is breaking hearts — but he’s totally fake. “Walk My Walk,” an AI-generated track from the AI artist Breaking Rust, has topped the Billboard Country Digital Song Sales chart since the week of Nov. 8. The AI artist Breaking Rust and its country song “Walk My Walk” has taken the music world by storm. Breaking Rust … Read more

Bruno Mars joins music royalty with debut album history — and admits he hates one of his biggest hits

Bruno Mars joins music royalty with debut album history — and admits he hates one of his biggest hits

Bruno Mars has officially joined music royalty despite publicly admitting he can’t stand one of the songs that got him there. The pop superstar’s 2010 debut album Doo-Wops & Hooligans has just entered one of music’s most exclusive clubs, spending a jaw-dropping 750 weeks on the Billboard 200 albums chart. That puts it alongside all-time classics from … Read more

I’m so desperate for love — I’m taking this drastic and potentially dangerous measure to find it

I’m so desperate for love — I’m taking this drastic and potentially dangerous measure to find it

On the hunt for love, Eric Jonas first looked for a sign from above.  But when none of the twinkling stars in the sky granted his wish, the resourceful singleton decided to take matters into his own hands.  “I bought some poster-board, made a sign that says ‘I’M SINGLE’ and stood on overpass above Highway 101 in … Read more

The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ breaks Spotify record with whopping 5 billion streams

The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ breaks Spotify record with whopping 5 billion streams

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” is the record that keeps on giving. The 2019 track has officially become the first song in Spotify’s history to hit a whopping five billion streams. Just days earlier, it landed on Billboard’s Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs of the 21st Century chart. Abel Tesfaye attends Lionsgate’s “Hurry Up Tomorrow” World Premiere on … Read more

Lou Christie, famous for Billboard No. 1 single ‘Lightnin’ Strikes,’ dead at 82

Lou Christie, famous for Billboard No. 1 single ‘Lightnin’ Strikes,’ dead at 82

Singer Lou Christie, famous for Billboard charting singles “Lightnin’ Strikes” and “Rhapsody in the Rain,” died Wednesday at age 82, according to his family. Christie died at home in his native Pittsburgh following a short illness of an undisclosed nature, Francesca, his wife, told The Hollywood Reporter. “It is with deep sorrow that we share … Read more

Michael J. Fox’s ‘Back to the Future’ guitar has been missing for decades — and a new doc is hunting it down

Michael J. Fox’s ‘Back to the Future’ guitar has been missing for decades — and a new doc is hunting it down

The power of — a doc. Michael J. Fox famously rocked out on guitar to Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode” in an iconic scene from “Back to the Future.” But now it’s more like “Johnny B. Gone”: The instrument Fox’s Marty McFly played at the Enchantment Under the Sea high school dance has been missing … Read more

Controversial ad for a ‘beef fat’ sunscreen has people shaking their heads: ‘For skin as healthy as a McDonald’s fry’

Controversial ad for a ‘beef fat’ sunscreen has people shaking their heads: ‘For skin as healthy as a McDonald’s fry’

A photo of a billboard for a beef-tallow sunscreen by a brand called Primally Pure has people doing a double-take. Along with a photo of the product, the ad reads, “Poison-free SPF with tallow. Next to that ad, there is a photo of a blonde woman under text that reads: “The sun isn’t poison but … Read more

Soundgarden to release final album with late frontman Chris Cornell: ‘It’s a gift to Chris’

Soundgarden to release final album with late frontman Chris Cornell: ‘It’s a gift to Chris’

Soundgarden will rise — and rock — again. And, yes, with Chris Cornell. Indeed, the black hole that was left when the grunge god died by suicide in 2017 will be filled with some sun again: The band plans to release the final album made with its frontman. “It would be a great gift to … Read more

All the celebrities at the Billboard Music Awards 2024: Shaboozey, Jelly Roll and more

All the celebrities at the Billboard Music Awards 2024: Shaboozey, Jelly Roll and more

The 31st Billboard Music Awards are here! Take a look at the biggest stars of the music industry who came together under one roof for the 31st annual award show! Shaboozey Billboard via Getty Images Jelly Roll Billboard via Getty Images Michelle Buteau Billboard via Getty Images Teddy Swims performs Penske Media via Getty Images The Billboard Music Awards, … Read more

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour — summing it up by the numbers

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour — summing it up by the numbers

It’s the end of an era. Twenty-one months after opening at Arizona’s State Farm Stadium, Taylor Swift will bring her historic Eras Tour to a close this weekend at BC Place stadium in Vancouver, Canada. Changing the concert business — and changing the culture period — the blockbuster trek will go down as the highest-grossing … Read more

Billboard slammed for ‘nasty’ Taylor Swift and Kanye West clip that ‘falsely depicted her’

Billboard slammed for ‘nasty’ Taylor Swift and Kanye West clip that ‘falsely depicted her’

Do they still have “Bad Blood”? Billboard is offering an apology to Taylor Swift after the entertainment giant used an image of her wax figure from a Kanye West music video to highlight her achievements. “We are deeply sorry to Taylor Swift and all of our readers and viewers that in a video celebrating Swift’s achievements, we … Read more

Taylor Swift ranked No. 2 on Billboard’s ‘Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century’ list

Taylor Swift ranked No. 2 on Billboard’s ‘Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century’ list

Following a lengthy countdown spanning several months, Billboard has now announced its pick for “greatest pop star of the 21st century” … Beyonce. The former Destiny’s Child star, who went solo in 2003, pipped the best-selling pop star of the 21st century to the post: Taylor Swift had to settle for a number two placing. … Read more

Jason Aldean’s wife blames ‘wokeness’ for Billboard 100 greatest country artists of all time list snub

Jason Aldean’s wife blames ‘wokeness’ for Billboard 100 greatest country artists of all time list snub

Country music star Jason Aldean‘s wife, Brittany Aldean, is blaming “woke” politics for why her husband was left off Billboard Magazine’s “100 Greatest Country Artists of All Time” list this week. Billboard published its staff-selected list this week of the 100 best country artists spanning over the past 100 years. The list drew criticism on … Read more

Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ — 30 years of the holiday classic by the numbers

Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ — 30 years of the holiday classic by the numbers

When Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” was released 30 years ago on Oct. 29, 1994, it began her ascent to the Queen of Christmas throne. Three decades later, the 55-year-old pop superstar is everybody’s favorite holiday diva. “It’s the gift that keeps on giving — to her fans and to Mariah,” … Read more

Beyoncé snubbed in 2024 CMAs nominations — despite topping country charts with ‘Cowboy Carter’

Beyoncé snubbed in 2024 CMAs nominations — despite topping country charts with ‘Cowboy Carter’

Texas, hold up! Despite her historic success on the country charts this year, Beyoncé was shut out of the nominations for the 2024 CMA Awards released Monday. In a snub, there were no nominations for “Cowboy Carter” or its hit single “Texas Hold ’Em,” which went No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums and … Read more

How Beyoncé, Post Malone, Bruce Springsteen and more have gone — and changed — country

How Beyoncé, Post Malone, Bruce Springsteen and more have gone — and changed — country

Everyone knows that Bruce Springsteen was born to rock. But even a certified rock god like the Boss is rolling into country territory now: This week his “Sandpaper” duet with Zach Bryan marks the first time that Springsteen has ever appeared on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart since the New Jersey legend first greeted … Read more

How a ‘Cancun’ billboard became an NBA controversy with Clippers and Mavericks

How a ‘Cancun’ billboard became an NBA controversy with Clippers and Mavericks

Nothing like some good old-fashioned billboard drama to spice up the NBA playoffs. The controversy began before Game 5 of the Clippers-Mavericks first-round playoff series Wednesday night, when images surfaced of a billboard outside of Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles that read, “Dallas to Cancun.” Some speculated the giant promotion, in which the travel-based site … Read more

I pay $400-a-week to advertise myself on a billboard to find a girlfriend

I pay 0-a-week to advertise myself on a billboard to find a girlfriend

A “lonely” man tired of being single has decided to erect a giant $400-a-week billboard seeking “marriage and karaoke.” Love-lorn Al Gilberti, 70, has paid for the billboard to be erected advertising his wish for a partner. Found in Sweetwater, Texas, US, it has already been a success, with Al receiving over 400 calls and … Read more

‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ singer Bonnie Tyler feels extra love for her hit song ahead of the eclipse

‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ singer Bonnie Tyler feels extra love for her hit song ahead of the eclipse

The eclipse will “turn around bright eyes” across the nation. The 1983 hit song “Total Eclipse of the Heart” is getting a surge of love ahead of Monday’s solar eclipse. Over four decades after its release, the power ballad, the biggest career hit for Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, is the No. 1 song added to user-generated “eclipse” playlists on … Read more