German band Scorpions postpones Las Vegas residency after drummer Mikkey Dee is diagnosed with sepsis
The residency was originally set to launch on February 28 and run through March 11 as part of the band’s 60th anniversary celebration at Planet Hollywood’s PH Live. “We regret to inform you that due to Mikkey Dee’s ongoing recovery from his recent hospitalization, we have made the decision to postpone our Coming Home to […]
Bad Bunny is the new king of the United States
By Carlos Passage, Billboard Colombia Bad Bunny’s “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” crowns No. 1 this week on the Billboard 200 list, the 200 best-selling albums in the United States.The list will be officially updated on Tuesday, January 21. After debuting last week at number 2 with 122,000 copies sold, Bad Bunny did not give up […]
The fight against fraud in DSPs (digital service providers) does not stop
If you are a new artist with big dreams and want your songs or videos to have millions of streams or views overnight to impress colleagues, fans and the media, don’t take the easiest step, which is ultimately the most dangerous, as well as illegal: hiring warehouses or bot farms to inflate the numbers. By […]
TikTok has officially shut down in the US
TikTok has become unavailable in the US as of today (January 19), following the implementation of a ban or divestment law targeting Byte Dance, the platform’s parent company. TikTok maintains that without firm guarantees, it cannot keep the app running in the US, leaving millions of users and creators in limbo. Meanwhile, the company remains […]
Billboard: The future of radio in the United States this year
iHeartMedia remains the bellwether for radio in the U.S.: The 860-station, 10,000-employee company has more broadcast radio listeners today than it did a decade ago. A Luminate study from December reports that 54% of millennials and 38% of Gen Z listeners discover new music through traditional AM-FM radio. But the growth of streaming platforms like […]
DEBI TIRAR MAS FOTOS OF BAD BUNNY, THE #1 ALBUM ON BILLBOARD’S TOP STREAKING ALBUMS CHART
By Carlos Passage, Billboard Colombia Bad Bunny’s DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS sold 122,000 copies this week, making it the second most popular album on the Billboard 200 list that ranks the 200 best-selling albums in the United States every week. It was only surpassed by WHAM by 30-year-old rapper Lil Baby, who achieved sales of […]
Billboard releases new chart: Hot Dance/Pop Songs
Billboard’s inaugural Hot Dance/Pop Songs chart officially kicked off this week with Tate McRae’s “It’s Ok I’m Ok” at No. 1. The 15-spot chart ranks the biggest dance/pop hits of today. These songs must feature dance-focused vocals, melodies and choruses from artists who do not have roots in the dance/electronic genre. The songs on the […]
Village People to perform at Donald Trump’s inaugural events
“We know this won’t make some of you happy, but we believe music should be performed without regard to politics. Our song “Y.M.C.A” is a global anthem that will hopefully help unite the country after a tumultuous and divided campaign in which our preferred candidate lost. Therefore, we believe now is the time to unite […]
Lil Baby Vs Bad Bunny
Lil Baby will score his fourth No. 1 album on the U.S. Top 200 albums chart tomorrow with WHAM, which sold 140,000 copies. DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOTos, the album from Bad Bunny, had to settle for second place with 122,000 units sold. Lil Baby is 30 years old and was born in Atlanta.
Elton John’s Diamonds collection is the best-selling album of the week in England
Diamonds finally reached number one in its 374th week on the chart, almost eight years. It is the ninth time that Elton John has had an album at number one on the UK album chart. The first time he achieved a number 1 was in 1973 with his album Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The […]
