YouTube Music Continues to Struggle Against Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music — With Spotify Attracting Five Times as Many Paying Subscribers In the US
Is the race for subscribers over? A breakdown of US-based DSP market share, Q3 2025 (Source: DMN Pro) YouTube was one of the first major players in music streaming, thanks to a video platform that quickly absorbed millions of music videos, live tracks, lyric videos, and sing-along covers. But given its immense first-mover advantage, why […]
‘You’re Always Trying For All Killer, Not Filler’: Wolfgang Van Halen Talks Mammoth’s ‘The End’
Wolfgang Van Halen considers his group Mammoth to be “still very much a new band” — which makes The End seem an odd title for its third album. “It is,” Van Halen — who plays all the instruments and sings all the vocals on the Mammoth recordings — acknowledges to Billboard via Zoom. “That’s not […]
Leon Thomas Turns Up the Funk on New ‘PHOLKS’ EP: Stream It Now
Earlier this year at Coachella, funk forefather George Clinton gifted Leon Thomas a custom hat, lauding him as one of the contemporary torchbearers of the genre. A few months later, not only is Thomas still riding high on the success of “Mutt,” but he’s also doubling down on his funk inclinations with a new seven-song […]
Megan Thee Stallion Enters Her ‘Lover Girl’ Era With Spicy New Single: Stream It Now
Megan Thee Stallion is in her “Lover Girl” era. The Houston Hottie returned on Friday (Oct. 24) to deliver her second single of 2025 with “Lover Girl.” Meg has posted several teasers of the track earlier in October before slapping an official release date on the Total-sampling single. “My man, my man, my man, my […]
Demi Lovato Drives the Fast Lane in Return to Pop With ‘It’s Not That Deep’ Album: Stream It Now
Demi Lovato’s “Here All Night.” The singer returns to her pop roots for her ninth studio album, It’s Not That Deep, which hits streaming services on Friday (Oct. 24). After seemingly throwing a funeral for her pop era with the rock-tinged Holy Fvck in 2022, Lovato pivots into her electro-pop bag for It’s Not That […]
British Live Music Organizations Commit to Gender-Balanced Leadership With New Pledge
Women In CTRL, a non-profit advocacy group, announced Thursday (Oct. 23) that more than a dozen British live music organizations have signed a pledge designed to strengthen inclusion targets across the industry. The Seat at the Table Inclusion Pledge, the first of its kind in the U.K., is centered around a new sector-wide commitment to […]
‘Absolutely Starstruck’: Teddy Swims Recounts Collaborating With His ‘Heroes’ The Wiggles
Stadium shows, records set on the Billboard charts, awards. All of it, nice. But for Teddy Swims, the moment he knew he’d really “made it” was when he collaborated with The Wiggles. No lie. Swims is at the back-end of an action-packed tour of Australia and New Zealand, during which he performed at the NRL […]
Swapmeet, 水中スピカ Suichu Spica Win Justin Cosby Music Prize For 2025
Swapmeet and 水中スピカ Suichu Spica are winners of the third annual Justin Cosby Music Prize, presented following their respective appearances at South by Southwest Sydney 2025. Hailing from Adelaide, Swapmeet scoops the Justin Cosby best emerging artist honor, awarded to the local or international artist showing the most potential, a nod to their artistic merit […]
Jelly Roll Calls Cheating on Wife Bunnie Xo One of His ‘Worst Moments,’ But ‘We’re Stronger Than We Could Have Ever Been’
Since Jelly Roll arrived on the country scene over the past three years, he’s always put his wife Bunnie Xo and their relationship front and center at awards shows and on red carpets. But there was a time years ago when the hitmaker was struggling with substance abuse issues and their marriage wasn’t always picture-perfect. […]
Superstar Q&A with Daddy Yankee | Billboard Latin Music Week 2025
Daddy Yankee in conversation with Leila Cobo, Chief content officer Latin/Español, Billboard.