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• Here Are All the Presenters & Performers for 2020 Grammys
    The 62nd annual Grammy Awards are going down Sunday, Jan. 26, and there are a lot of A-list stars who will be at LA's...
• D Smoke Organizes a Heist in Dangerous 'No Commas' Video: Watch
  After making his presence known last year, D Smoke is gearing up for an even bigger 2020. The Inglewood, Calif. native released the second single off...
• Chance the Rapper to Host MTV & Quibi's 'Punk'd' Reboot
  "You just got Punk'd!" is what Chance the Rapper will be shouting this year. MTV and mobile video platform Quibi announced on...
• Stone Temple Pilots Cancel Acoustic Tour Due to Injury
  Stone Temple Pilots have announced the cancellation of their 2020 Perdida acoustic tour that was set to kick off on Feb. 5 in Vancouver. The group...
• Meet the Best Latin Pop Album Nominees at the 2020 Grammys
  The 2020 Grammys ceremony is two days away, and Latin artists can’t wait to hear the final results. One of the strongest categories ...
• L Devine Is Sick of the Same Tedious Routine on New Single 'Boring People': Watch
  It's easy to find yourself stuck in a rut, doing all of the same things over and over again until you find yourself disinterested. L Devine knows...
• Grammy Darling H.E.R. Explains 'Why Authenticity Is Coming Back' to R&B
  It's impressive when a new artist scores 10 Grammy nominations in just two years, but to do so with no proper album under your belt is almost...
• Years After Winning an Academy Contest, Bebe Rexha Comes Full Circle at Grammy in the Schools Live!
  Back in high school in Staten Island, N.Y., a talented but less assured Bebe Rexha entered a contest sponsored by the Recording Academy. The...
• 10 Things We're Looking Forward To at the 2020 Grammys
  Each year the Grammy Awards are held, there’s no telling which moments will be hot topics the following day. Who would have predicted that the...
• Politics As Usual? Candidates Crave Musician Endorsements -- But They Don't Always Work
  In November, Andrew Yang sang along to Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo's performance of "Say It Ain't So" at a campaign rally in Des...
• Watch J.S. Ondara's Voice Soar in Spellbinding Tiny Desk Concert
  Here at Billboard, we've been excited about J.S. Ondara for some time; the Kenya-born, Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter possesses a downright...
• From Calvin Harris to Megan Thee Stallion, What's Your Favorite New Release This Week? Vote!
  The end of another week means another wave of new music, and this week's new releases run the gamut from hip-hop and country to Latin, rock,...
• How J Balvin, Mon Laferte & More Are Fusing Music and Politics to Stand Up For Latin America
  MIAMI — During his November 2019 concert in front of 45,000 fans in his hometown of Medellín, Colombia, J Balvin did something he never...
• Griselda Brings Their Buffalo Grit to 'Fallon' For 'Dr. Bird's' Performance: Watch
  Griselda is looking to build on a strong 2019 campaign. The lyrical trio that calls Buffalo, New York home checked off another box in their ascension...
• Jody Gerson Reacts to Executive of the Year Honor & Praises Billie Eilish, Rosalía, Lizzo & Shawn Mendes
  Universal Music Publishing Group chairman/ceo Jody Gerson caught up with Billboard on the red carpet at the 2020 Billboard Power Event on Thursday (...
• Which 2020 Grammys Performance Are You Most Looking Forward To?
    The 2020 Grammys will have nearly 30 performers ready to take the stage at Los Angeles' Staples Center this Sunday, but who are you...
• Miley Cyrus, Diplo and More Try the 'Dolly Parton Challenge'
  Dolly Parton kicked off the first viral meme of 2020 on Tuesday (Jan. 21) and everyone from Miley Cyrus to Diplo and LL Cool J are joining in on the...
• Bonus Round: Here's Why Artists Keep Adding Tracks to Old Albums
  In October, when Chris Brown decided to release 10 new songs, RCA Records decided not to make them available as a new collection of tracks. Instead,...
• Lucian Grainge Praises Taylor Swift's Talent & Charisma: 'She Could Be Someone That Runs For President'
  Universal Music Group chairman/CEO Sir Lucian Grainge spoke with Billboard on the red carpet at the 2020 Billboard Power Event on Thursday (Jan. 23...
• Here's What Went Down at Spotify's Best New Artist Party With Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X, Rosalia and More
  On Thursday (Jan. 23), three nights before the annual Grammy awards, all eight best new artist nominees delivered stadium-level...
• How Teen Producer Kid Culture Made the Beat For Justin Bieber's 'Yummy'
  Two years ago, Kid Culture — a then 16-year-old producing prodigy from Seattle — created a bouncy beat with fellow producer...
• Hot Country Knights Enlist Travis Tritt, Tiffani Thiessen For 'Pick Her Up' Video: Watch
  Hot Country Knights called in its famous friends for the band’s debut video for “Pick Her Up,” which was released today (Jan. 24)....
• First Stream: New Music From Calvin Harris, Megan Thee Stallion, Hayley Williams & More
  Billboard’s First Stream serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be...
• Roy Hargrove Estate Launches Firm to Manage Late Musician's Recordings
  The estate of acclaimed jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove has established Roy Hargrove Legacy LLC. The new company will manage the late musician’s...
• Scott Borchetta Says He's Still Rooting For Taylor Swift: 'She's Brilliant & We've Had a Historic Run'
  Big Machine Label Group founder/president/ceo Scott Borchetta spoke with Billboard on the red carpet at the 2020 Billboard Power Event on Thursday (...

Rolling Stone©

• YG Arrested on Robbery Charges Days Before Grammys Performance
  Rapper is set to perform at Nipsey Hussle tribute
• Jonas Brothers Announce Las Vegas Residency
  Band will perform new song "What a Man Gotta Do" at the Grammys this Sunday
• How Detroit Music Found Its New Soul
  A huge Third Man pressing plant, a studio churning out future stars, and cool garage-rock clubs are reinvigorating the Rust Belt capital
• Girl in Red’s ‘Kate’s Not Here’ Will Have You Questioning Your Sanity
  Her voice is the ghost in the dark, the voice in your head telling you to keep it together while simultaneously mocking your inability to do just that
• Grammy Task Force Demands ‘Real and Constructive Change’ After CEO Ousting
  'Those seeking to make such reforms need to be supported, not impeded,' the Tina Tchen-chaired task force writes
• Demi Lovato Wrote New Grammys Song Four Days Before Her Overdose
  Lovato will premiere 'Anyone' during the Grammys telecast this Sunday
• Voodoo Ceremonies and Cross-Cultural Jams: Inside Jackson Browne’s All-Star Haiti Benefit LP
  With help from Jenny Lewis, a member of the Head and the Heart, and others, the singer-songwriter forged new musical alliances, documented on 'Let the Rhythm Lead'
• Hot Country Knights Recruit Tiffani Thiessen for ‘Pick Her Up’ Video
  Dierks Bentley-fronted band goes all-in on Nineties nostalgia
• Rival Sons’ Jay Buchanan Wants to Unify the Subsets of Rock & Roll
  The band is nominated for two Grammys at Sunday's awards, including Best Rock Album, for 2019's 'Feral Roots'
• Justin Bieber Celebrates Marriage, Survival at Los Angeles Album Playback
  Shuffling between somber and playful, singer chokes up, salutes his wife and team, and discusses his 'growth from a boy to a man'

The New York Times©

• What Taylor Swift Reveals in the New Documentary ‘Miss Americana’
  It covers pressure not to speak out politically and an eating disorder kept at bay as she questions her eagerness to please. What’s missing? Her feud with Scooter Braun.
• How the Grammys and Deborah Dugan Went From Hello to War in 5 Months
  Accusations of harassment, favoritism and bullying have overshadowed Sunday’s show and pitted the Recording Academy against its suspended chief executive.
• Will Lizzo Rule the Grammys Like She Owned 2019?
  She has eight nominations Sunday night, a performance slot and the devotion of fiercely loyal fans. What’s behind this Lizzo momentum? Let’s discuss.
• Behind a ‘Best New Artist’ Nod: Yola’s 20 Years of Experience
  The 36-year-old singer and songwriter’s “genre-fluid” country-soul music has been nominated for four Grammy Awards.
• Pearl Jam Dances to a Different Beat, and 11 More New Songs
  Hear tracks by Megan Thee Stallion, Hayley Williams, Jessie Reyez and others.
• Protesters and Politicians Rally to Protect Berlin’s Clubs
  Nightclubs have a unique role in the city’s culture and economy. But real estate investors and infrastructure projects have put many venues at risk.
• Pinegrove Reckons With the Past and Renovates Its Sound
  Returning with its fourth album after its singer faced an accusation of sexual coercion, a band known for baring it all holds back.
• 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend
  Our guide to pop and rock shows and the best of live jazz happening this weekend and in the week ahead.
• Overlooked No More: Judee Sill, Singer Whose Life Was Tragically Cut Short
  The story that runs parallel to Sill’s rising stardom was one of misfortune and adversity that culminated in her death at the age of 35.
• Juice WRLD Cause of Death: Autopsy Shows Rapper Died of Accidental Overdose
  The 21-year-old artist, whose real name was Jarad A. Higgins, went into convulsions during a drug raid at Midway Airport in Chicago.
• 5 Grammy Artists You Need to Hear
  The dozens of categories include many musicians worth discovering. Listen to our critics’ picks here.
• When a Critic Put on the ‘Best of All American Operas’
  Anthony Tommasini recalls organizing a student production of Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein’s “The Mother of Us All” in the early 1980s.
• The Detroit Symphony Needed a Fill-In. It Found a Music Director.
  The Italian conductor Jader Bignamini, 43, will succeed Leonard Slatkin next season.
• Grammys Chief Calls Her Removal Retaliation for Exposing ‘Boys’ Club’
  Deborah Dugan, who was placed on leave, said that the Recording Academy’s lawyer sexually harassed her and that she had complained about financial and voting irregularities.
• It’s ‘Salome.’ But With Puppets.
  A new staging in Austria looks all the more unusual viewed side-by-side with the Vienna State Opera’s classic production.
• Aidy Bryant’s Week: Music and More Music, With a Side of Garbage
  The comedian and star of “Shrill” shared what she watched, read and listened to last week.
• I Quit a Famous Rock Band
  Steve Gorman played drums in the Black Crowes from 1987 to 2001. Then again from 2005 to 2014.
• David Olney, 71, Singer-Songwriter, Dies Onstage
  He wasn’t as famous as those who sang his songs, but he was revered by them. After apparently suffering a heart attack, mid-song, he stopped and said, “I’m sorry.”
• Mac Miller and Jon Brion Had a Vision. It Almost Came True.
  After the rapper’s sudden death in 2018, the producer did his best to “get out of the way” of recordings that represented a bracing left turn for a still-evolving artist.
• What Winter Jazzfest Says About Where the Music Is Going in 2020
  New York’s most buzzed-about jazz event put a spotlight on innovative vocalists, the power of local scenes and older artists discovering new paths forward.
• Jimmy Heath, 93, Jazz Saxophonist and Composer, Is Dead
  Mr. Heath, whose compositions became part of the midcentury jazz canon, found new prominence in middle age as a co-leader of a band with his two brothers.
• A Dance Steals the Show at an Opera Festival
  Prototype, an annual exploration of new opera, encompassed “Cion,” a haunting South African mixture of choreography and voice.
• Barry Tuckwell, French Horn Virtuoso, Is Dead at 88
  He was widely considered to be the finest player of his era and was said to have “inspired every generation of horn player for the past 70 years.”
• Peter Larkin, Stage Designer With a Funky Asterisk, Dies at 93
  His Broadway work won him four Tony Awards. A different audience knew another of his designs: the Parliament-Funkadelic Mothership.
• Eminem Faces Backlash Over Lyrics About Deadly Attack at Ariana Grande Concert
  The mayor of Manchester, England, said a new song by the rapper was “unnecessarily hurtful and deeply disrespectful.”
• Norma Tanega, Who Sang About a Cat Named Dog, Dies at 80
  She had only one hit record, but it was a memorable one: a quirkily titled song about freedom, dreaming and her cat, who really was named Dog.

BBC Latest Releases©

• The Invisible - Rispah
  A set of contemplation and catharsis, maintaining its emotional grip for a long time.
• Ladyhawke - Anxiety
  Pip Brown’s overdue second LP is as tight and catchy as a baseball mitt.
• Bobby Womack - The Poet
  Womack updates his material for the 80s, creating grown-up sensual soul.
• TrioVD - Maze
  One of the most inventive and transgressive albums you’ll encounter this year.
• Jack Savoretti - Before the Storm
  Third album of gruffly sensitive strum-pop from tousle-haired Italian-English Londoner.
• Flats - Better Living
  Debut album from a band that probably relishes getting on as many nerves as possible.
• George Frideric Handel - Alceste (soprano: Lucy Crowe; tenor: Benjamin Hulett; bass-baritone: Andrew Foster-Williams; Early Opera Company; conductor: Christian Curnyn)
  The incomplete ‘incidental music’ for Alceste, conducted with liveliness and sensitivity.
• Gallon Drunk - The Road Gets Darker From Here
  Seventh album of darkly rockin’ blues from Londoners channelling spirits of New Orleans.
• Karin Krog and Bengt Hallberg - Cabin in the Sky
  Krog is on absolutely top form, while Hallberg sounds just like himself.
• Hollie Cook - Prince Fatty Presents Hollie Cook in Dub
  Modern-day dub with authentic depth.
• The Band Perry - The Band Perry
  Radio-friendly country fare, exceptionally produced but lacking originality.
• Dexys - One Day I’m Going to Soar
  Dexys are back with wisdom and wings. Some of us never doubted.
• Public Image Ltd - This is PiL
  Rotten returns with a curious mixture of rage and nostalgia.
• The Pond - The Pond
  An elegant, charming and quietly profound record.
• Architects - Daybreaker
  A fine fifth album from the Brighton metallers, set to stand the test of time.
• Regina Spektor - What We Saw From the Cheap Seats
  The truth about Regina Spektor is that quirky isn't the half of it.
• 2:54 - 2:54
  A collection of mature and addictive tracks from sisters doing it their own way.
• The Bamboos - Medicine Man
  The Australians’ hybrid soul and funk sound continues to impress.
• Rumer - Boys Don’t Cry
  Sarah Joyce covers male songwriters both culty and canonical on album number two.
• Sugar - Copper Blue
  NME’s Album of the Year for 1992 reissued with a wealth of worthwhile extras.

Metacritic©

• X: The Godless Void and Other Stories by ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
  The 10th full-length release for the Austin-based alternative rock band was produced by the band's own Conrad Keely and Charles Godfrey.Label: Dine AloneRelease Date: Jan 17, 2020
• Mind Hive by Wire
  The latest full-length studio release for the British post-punk band features an eight-minute-long track.Label: Pink FlagRelease Date: Jan 24, 2020
• Hotspot by Pet Shop Boys
  The 14th full-length studio release for the British synth-pop duo features a guest appearances from Years & Years and was produced by Stuart Price.Label: X2Release Date: Jan 24, 2020
• The Neon Skyline by Andy Shauf
  The sixth full-length release for the Canadian pop singer-songwriter was mixed by Rob Schnapf.Label: Anti-Release Date: Jan 24, 2020
• Power by Twin Atlantic
  The fifth full-length release for the Scottish alternative rock band is said to be "inspired by colours, moods, [and] memories."Label: VirginRelease Date: Jan 24, 2020
• Marigold by Pinegrove
  The fourth full-length release for the New Jersey indie rock band was recorded in upstate New York.Label: Rough TradeRelease Date: Jan 17, 2020
• Thin Mind by Wolf Parade
  The fifth full-length release for the indie rock band sees it returning to its three-person line-up of Dan Boeckner, Spencer Krug, and Arlen Thompson.Label: Sub PopRelease Date: Jan 24, 2020
• Sing in a World That's Falling Apart by Black Lips
  The ninth full-length studio release for the Atlanta garage rock band features influences from country music.Label: Fire RecordsRelease Date: Jan 24, 2020
• Bonny Light Horseman by Bonny Light Horseman
  The debut full-length release for the trio that includes Anaïs Mitchell, Josh Kaufman and Eric D. Johnson includes new interpretations of traditional folk songs, many hundreds of years old.Label: 37d03dRelease Date: Jan 24, 2020
• Jesus Is Born by Sunday Service Choir
  The debut full-length release for the gospel choir featured in Kanye West's Jesus Is King album includes gospel versions of songs by Ginuwine, Jeremih, Sia, Soul II Soul, SWV, and Kanye West.Label: N/ARelease Date: Dec 25, 2019
• Everything Else Has Gone Wrong by Bombay Bicycle Club
  The first full-length studio release in five years for the British indie rock band was produced with John Congleton.Label: CarolineRelease Date: Jan 17, 2020
• Manic by Halsey
  The third full-length release for the alternative pop artist features guest appearances Dominic Fike, Alanis Morissette and BTS' Suga.Label: CapitolRelease Date: Jan 17, 2020
• I Disagree by Poppy
  The third full-length release for the artist first discovered on YouTube is the first on the Sumerian Records label.Label: Sumerian RecordsRelease Date: Jan 10, 2020
• There Is No Year by Algiers
  The third full-length release for Atlanta-based quartet was produced by Randall Dunn and Ben Greenberg.Label: MatadorRelease Date: Jan 17, 2020
• Countless Branches by Bill Fay
  The latest full-length release for the British singer-songwriter was produced by Joshua Henry. Label: Dead OceansRelease Date: Jan 17, 2020
• R.Y.C. by Mura Masa
  The second full-length release for the electronic producer features guest appearances from Clairo, Georgia, Ned Green, Ellie Rowsell, slowthai, Tirzah, and Wolf Alice.Label: InterscopeRelease Date: Jan 17, 2020
• Debris by Keeley Forsyth
  The British singer-songwriter worked with composer Matthew Bourne and producer Sam Hobbs on her debut full-length release.Label: The Leaf LabelRelease Date: Jan 17, 2020
• Music To Be Murdered By by Eminem
  The surprise release from the Detroit rapper features guest appearances from Anderson.Paak, the late rapper Juice WRLD, Q Tip, and Ed Sheeran.Label: Shady Records / InterscopeRelease Date: Jan 17, 2020
• Circles by Mac Miller
  The sixth and final studio release for the rapper was completed with the help of Jon Brion. Label: Warner RecordsRelease Date: Jan 17, 2020
• Seeking Thrills by Georgia
  The second full-length release for the British electo-pop artist features guest appearances by Maurice and Shygirl.Label: DominoRelease Date: Jan 10, 2020