Beth Garrabrant After a massive debut, Taylor Swift‘s The Tortured Poets Department spends a second week at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart. As previously reported, the album debuted with 2.61 million units a week ago. In it second week, it sold 439,000 units. Billboard says that’s the biggestRead More →

Rosalind O’Connor/NBC via Getty Images Dua Lipa pulled double duty on Saturday Night Live on May 4, and she announced that she was determined to make us forget that “Go girl, give us nothing” meme that’s dogged her career for years. “Tonight, I promise, I’m gonna give you everything!” she declared —Read More →

Kevin Winter/Getty Images Ed Sheeran released two albums last year, – (Subtract) and Autumn Variations, which will have to be enough for fans for a while. People asked Sheeran if there was anything he could share about possible new music, and all he said is “that I’m working on them and they’re newRead More →

Tyrone Lebon The spring of the pop girlies continues. Dua Lipa has released her long-awaited third album, Radical Optimism, hot on the heels of blockbuster releases by Ariana Grande, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift — with Billie Eilish waiting in the wings. But Dua loves the fact that so many women are crushing it simultaneously. “We’re in aRead More →

Beth Garrabrant Taylor Swift‘s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, isn’t just a record breaker in her home country — it’s a smash all over the world. Billboard reports that Tay’s surprise double album just broke the record for the biggest global streaming week since the publication introduced its global chart inRead More →

Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Rare Beauty Selena Gomez has made mental health the beneficiary of her Rare Beauty makeup line and Rare Impact charitable fund, and she showed her dedication to the cause by hosting her third annual Rare Beauty Mental Health Summit. Sharing a collection of photos and videosRead More →

Michael Becker / FOX On May 1, American Idol season two winner Ruben Studdard and runner-up Clay Aiken were revealed as “The Beets” on FOX’s The Masked Singer. But even though they had to wear crazy costumes that limited their movements, the two told Billboard that competing on Idol was much scarier.Read More →