FX has dropped the first teaser for its upcoming docuseries about late hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur and his activist mother, Afeni Shakur. In celebration of Mother’s Day on Sunday (May 8), the Disney-owned cabler shared a 47-second trailer for the five-part documentary series Dear Mama, titled after Tupac’s 1995 hit song. In the teaser, Afeni […]
Month: May 2022
Kanye West is planning to release a new music video on Mother’s Day. The 44-year-old rapper and fashion mogul, who now goes by Ye, is scheduled to drop a visual for his 2021 song “Life of the Party” on Sunday (May 8) at 6:45 p.m. PT/9:45 p.m. ET, according to a press release. The six-and-a-half-minute […]
Arcade Fire returned to Saturday Night Live on May 7 to perform a pair of tracks from the band’s sixth album, WE, and deliver a powerful message about abortion rights. The Canadian indie rock stalwarts launched their fifth appearance on the late-night sketch comedy show with a scorching performance of “Unconditional I (Lookout Kid),” which […]
Saturday Night Live‘s cold open on May 7 tackled everything from the Supreme Court document leak signaling that Roe v. Wade would be overturned to the Amber Heard and Johnny Depp defamation trial. The 13th century England sketch starred host Benedict Cumberbatch, Andrew Dismukes, Alex Moffat, Kate McKinnon, Chris Redd and Cecily Strong. “It’s just […]
Mickey Gilley, the piano-playing crooner who grew up with his cousins Jerry Lee Lewis and Reverend Jimmy Swaggart, passed away May 7 at age 86 in Branson, Mo. Between 1968 and 1989, Gilley posted 46 entries on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, which included 17 No. 1s among 34 top 10s. He also posted 27 […]
Bad Bunny‘s new album Un Verano Sin Ti is already making a splash on streaming services. In its first day of release, Friday (May 6), the Puerto Rican star broke two records, Spotify announced. Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti became the most-streamed album in 2022 so far. The artist also reached the milestone of becoming […]
Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film Urban Cowboy and a nationwide wave of Western-themed nightspots, has died. He was 86. Gilley died Saturday (May 7) in Branson, Missouri, where he helped run the Mickey Gilley Grand Shanghai Theatre. He had been performing as recently as last month, but was […]
From career milestones and new music releases to major announcements and more, Billboard editors highlight the latest news buzz in Latin music every week. Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week. Maluma’s Social Work in Colombia At his successful “Medallo en el Mapa” concert this past weekend, where he had special guests […]
Paulo Londra replaces himself at No. 1 on the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 chart as his first collaboration with Bizarrap, “Paulo Londra: BZRP Music Sessions, Vol. 23,” debuts at the summit on the April 30-dated ranking. The session sends Londra’s “Plan A” to No. 2 after its five-week reign. Londra is the second act this […]
Balancing motherhood and careers is tricky under any circumstance, but working moms in the music industry —whether they’re artists, creatives or executives — have to balance a particularly delicate set of challenges that includes unpredictable schedules, physical appearance expectations and navigating a male-dominated field. As part of our ongoing series on motherhood and work, a […]