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Ariana Grande at TD Garden: How to Get Last-Minute Tickets
Ariana Grande’s “Eternal Sunshine Tour” arrives at Boston’s TD Garden this week for three shows, though two of the original dates have been rescheduled due to a production issue flagged less than a month before the run. All three nights are officially sold out through the venue box office and Ticketmaster, but resale options remain…
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bbno$ Challenges Guiness World Record With Upcoming Roblox Concert – Billboard
Canadian artist bbno$ is staging a virtual Roblox concert that aims to challenge the Guinness World Record for the largest concert held in a video game. The event highlights the growing scale of music performances in online games while using its revenues to support online child-safety work. Running from 25 July to 1 August in…
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Capitol CMG Must Face Lawsuit Over Canceled Deal to Buy Christian Hip-Hop Label, Judge Says
A US federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing Capitol Christian Music Group (Capitol CMG), a Universal Music Group imprint, of improperly abandoning a done deal to acquire Christian hip-hop label Reach Records at the last minute. Judge Waverly Crenshaw ruled on Tuesday that Reach’s claims, if proven, could indeed expose Capitol CMG…
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Country Up-And-Comer of the Month Cameron Whitcomb Talks New Hit ‘Kingdom of Fear’ & Journey From ‘American Idol’ to Winning CCMA Awards
Cameron Whitcomb, Billboard’s Country Up-and-Coming Artist for July, is enjoying a breakthrough moment on both sides of the border, driven by his new single “Kingdom of Fear” and a wave of award recognition in Canada. The Alberta-born singer, 23, led nominations at the Canadian Country Music Awards with seven nods, tied with Josh Ross, underlining…
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Brennan Wedl – “Let’s Be Models”
Nashville singer-songwriter Brennan Wedl has released a new track, “Let’s Be Models,” as the latest preview of their upcoming self-titled debut album. The song follows lead single “Pretty Little Fantasy” and continues to build anticipation ahead of the record’s release next month via ANTI-. Alongside “Let’s Be Models,” Wedl has also shared a rerecorded version…
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Born 52 Years Ago Today in Tennessee, the Bluegrass Gospel Singer Who Inspired Carly Pearce and Co-Wrote a Martina McBride Hit With Her Husband
Sonya Isaacs Yeary, known for her work with the family bluegrass gospel group the Isaacs, was born in LaFollette, Tennessee, on 22 July 1974. As a solo artist and songwriter, she has charted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs list and co-wrote “I’m Gonna Love You Through It” with her husband Jimmy Yeary, which became…
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Pitbull to Join 2026 Billboard Latin Music Week for Exclusive ‘Superstar Q&A’
Pitbull has been added to the lineup for Billboard Latin Music Week 2026, where he will take part in an exclusive “Superstar Q&A” session. The event, regarded as the longest-running and most influential gathering in Latin music, returns to the Faena Forum in Miami Beach from 19 to 22 October, and his appearance follows a…
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Shania Twain on Her Most Personal Album Yet, ‘Little Miss Twain’: ‘It Brings Me Joy to Share That Part of Me’
Shania Twain has released her seventh studio album, “Little Miss Twain,” out on 24 July, which she describes as her most personal work to date. The record revisits her childhood in Timmins, a mining and lumber town in northern Ontario, before she became a global country-pop star, drawing on intimate memories she previously felt were…
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Victoria Monét reveals second album Frequency of Love, out October
Victoria Monét has announced her second studio album, *Frequency of Love*, due for release on 2 October via RCA Records. The follow-up to her 2023 debut *JAGUAR II* — which won the Grammy for best R&B album and saw Monét named best new artist, while its lead single “On My Mama” earned further nominations for…
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Music Business Stories to Watch in the Last Half of 2026
Billboard’s staff have outlined the music business stories they expect to shape the second half of 2026, following a first half marked by the BMG-Concord merger, the Live Nation antitrust trial verdict, and Casey Wasserman’s departure from his agency, now rebranded THE•TEAM. Key themes include how the industry will continue adapting to artificial intelligence, whether…