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Updated todayOctober 12, 2026
Music/Releases
2hollis’ Pirouette: Release Date, Tracklist, Cover Art and Everything We Know
The Star follow-up lands Nov. 11 on Interscope with 16 songs, three of them already out. Here’s what’s confirmed and what he’s still keeping hidden.
Music/Features
Nettspend at 19: Fame Is 'A Gift and a Curse,' and NXO Is Next
Music/Tours
Sienna Spiro Takes Her Gold Debut on the Road, Starting Tuesday at the Ryman
Music/Tours
Tyla’s A*POP World Tour Starts Monday in Paris: Every Date, From Zénith to Johannesburg
Music/Features
The Underground Is Local Again: 10 Artists Running 2026, From EsDeeKid to Bby Kell
Music/Features
Yung Lean Is Having His Biggest Year Without Releasing an Album
Music/Charts
Drake’s HABIBTI (FOMO) Is Tracking for No. 2 as Coachella 2027 Talk Builds
Music/Live
Tinashe Joins Charli xcx at ACL for the Live Debut of “Nobody Wanna Dance Anymore”
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Troye Sivan, Remi Wolf, Gunna and the Releases That Matter Right Now
Troye Sivan’s fourth album leads a stacked Friday that also brought Joyce Wrice’s long-awaited MACHIKO, FOLA’s 9 and a Coco Gauff cameo.
Music/Releases
Daddy Yankee Announces 'LA POSTAL,' a 15-Song Concept Album About Love
Music/Tours
Fuerza Regida’s First U.S. Stadium Tour Grossed $53.2 Million, and JOP Says They’re ‘Already in 2032’
Music/Industry
Drake, BTS and Stray Kids Are Sitting Out the 2027 Grammys. Here’s Why
Music/Industry
Gunna Launches SB THE LABEL and Takes Coco Gauff to the Court in “Pop It”
Music/Interviews
Jay-Z Finally Answers Ye’s ‘Big Brother’ Coldplay Line: ‘We Don’t Own People’
Music/Releases
Ken Carson and Destroy Lonely’s Long-Awaited ‘00Twinz’ Is Reportedly Due This Month
Music/Tours
Macklemore, Ed Sheeran and Robert Kraft: How 'Free Palestine' Upended a Stadium Tour
Five weeks after two opening sets at MetLife, Sheeran has new openers, Macklemore has a sold-out benefit tour, and the dispute has spread to other stages.
Music/Live
Milo J Will Headline Estéreo Picnic 2027, Billed Alongside Travis Scott and Charli xcx
Music/Industry
Why OutKast Is Suing Ovrkast. Over Two Letters
Music/Tours
Remi Wolf Gets Raw on 'Mud,' Then Books Radio City and Red Rocks
Music/Releases
Slayyyter Directs Her Own 'I Think He's Got a Girl' Video Ahead of 'Wor$t Man in America'
Music/Industry
Summer Walker Invoked California’s Seven-Year Rule. Interscope Wants $50 Million
Music/Releases
Troye Sivan Swaps the Club for Longing on 'She's the Best,' Then Drops His 'Gayest' Video Yet
Music/Industry
Suno Vocals, Bot Streams and Fake Fan Pages: How AI and Manufactured Hype Hit Music This Week
A streaming fraudster got 18 months, masked rappers defended their Suno-made voices, and marketers explained how “fan” pages get made. Here's what's real.
Music/Features
Bby Kell Is Atlanta's 'GIRLY POP' Princess
Music/News
Drake, Bruno Mars and Karol G’s Playful Love Triangle, Post by Post
Music/News
KATSEYE's Sophia Returns in January. Here's Where the Group's Lineup Stands
Music/Interviews
Thom Yorke Tells Harry Styles the Radiohead Reunion Made Him 'Massively Crash'
Music/News
Don Toliver Calls His Drake Collab 'Everything I Could Possibly Ever Want,' and Submits Himself for Best New Artist
Music/Interviews
Olivia Rodrigo Draws a 'Hard Line' on AI, and Owns the Dress Meg White Wore on 'Elephant'
Music/News
Quavo Answers QRÖMELIFE’s Rough First Week: ‘1 Chapter Into Book of QRÖME’
Early projections put the Pharrell-produced album near 13,000 first-week units. Quavo’s reply on X: this is only the beginning.
Music/News
Rihanna Says She's Sitting on 'At Least 17 Vaults' of Unreleased Music
Music/Features
LISA’s Big Fall, Explained: Always Lalisa, Press Play and a Vegas First
Music/Interviews
Young Thug Says He’s Going ‘Real R&B’ on a Mary J. Blige-Inspired Album Due This Year
Music/Charts
Taylor Swift’s “Patient Zero” Ends Ella Langley’s Record 24-Week Run at No. 1
Music/Releases
Miranda Lambert Went Country Disco on 'Crisco,' With Strings, Studio 54 Nods and Ella Langley
Music/Features
fakemink Archive, backfromparadise and 'Playuncle Farti': Inside Spotify's Burner-Account Boom
Music/Tours
Carly Rae Jepsen Takes 'Day and Night' on a 26-Date 2027 Tour, With Her First Headline Shows at the Forum and MSG
The spring run opens in Edmonton on April 15, plays Red Rocks and closes in Montreal, behind a 24-track double album that debuted at No. 29.
Music/News
Kid Rock's Christian Album Features Eminem on '7 Sins,' and Eminem Fans Are Not Sure It's Real
Music/Releases
Lil Nas X Returns With 'World's Greatest!' and Dedicates the Video to His Late Mother
Music/Releases
Yung Miami Opens Her Debut Album Rollout With a Trailer Made of Her Critics
Music/Releases
The Best New Music of September 2026: Miley, Carly Rae Jepsen, beabadoobee, Tinashe and Six More
Music/Releases
Mei Semones Signs to Verve/Interscope and Announces Howl, With a Werewolf Convenience-Store Video
Music/Releases
Megan Thee Stallion Brings Back Tina Snow on “Tina Tuesday Freestyle,” the First Taste of Act III
Music/Features
Four Rising Artists From a Crowded Week: Jae Stephens, Dexter and the Moonrocks, Klein and Brakence
A pop debut with a villain's smile, a West Texas rock band with a Hot 100 hit, a surprise ambient fairy tale and a comeback with a date.
Music/Releases
Stevie Wonder Unvaults Four Songs From the Key of Life Sessions, Timed to the Minute of the Wrap
Music/Features
The 2026 VMAs Performances That Mattered: Madonna’s Restroom, LISA’s Tuk-Tuk and a Very Divided George Michael Tribute
Music/Live
Madonna Opens the VMAs From a Graffiti Bathroom, Then Wins Artist of the Year: ‘I Dove Onto the Stage’
Music/Live
Sienna Spiro Performs “Great Expectation” on a Giant Turntable, Then Wins Best New Artist at the VMAs
Music/News
Madonna Wins Seven VMAs, Taylor Swift Takes Video of the Year and Sienna Spiro Is Best New Artist
Music/Releases
Taylor Swift Adds “Patient Zero,” “Cleveland!” and Two More Songs to Showgirl With The Encore
Music/Features
12 Albums Worth Clearing Your Fall For: Fontaines D.C., U2, Remi Wolf, Anderson .Paak and Cordae and More
A release calendar from Oct. 2 to Nov. 13, built from Pitchfork's fall preview and this week's U2 announcement.
Music/Tours
Macklemore Announces a ‘Free Palestine Tour’ for Dublin, Paris and London After Losing His Ed Sheeran Slot
Music/Releases
Madonna and Charli xcx Settle the ‘Dancefloor Is Dead’ Debate With “Danceteria Afterhours”
Music/Releases
U2 Announce Carnaval de Luz, Their First Album in Nine Years, With Dolly Parton’s Last Vocal on the Closer
Music/Charts
Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” Passes Mariah Carey for the Longest No. 1 Run in Hot 100 History
Music/Charts
Jhené Aiko Finally Lands a No. 1 Album, 13 Years After Her Chart Debut, With Kendrick Lamar Along for the Ride
Music/Releases
AZ Chike’s Major-Label Debut Has Tyler, the Creator, Pharrell and Kendrick Lamar’s Fingerprints, but No Kendrick Verse
Music/Features
GTA VI’s Soundtrack, Explained: Six New Songs From Travis Scott, Yung Lean, Keith Richards and More
Atlantic and Rockstar unveiled a 34-song album for Nov. 19 and put six singles out today. Here's who's on them and what they sound like.
Music/News
A Songwriter Leads the 2026 Latin Grammy Nominations, With Karol G, Rosalía and CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso on His Heels
Music/News
Drake’s “Not So Short Film” *FOMO* Arrives With a “Choosin’ Texas” Remix and a 2027 Tour Tease
Music/Features
Indie’s Short-Film Season: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Conor Oberst and Wet Leg’s Rhian Teasdale Step Behind and In Front of the Camera
Music/Releases
Lambrini Girls Announce *No Refunds*, a Darker Second Album, and Share “Bang Bang Bang”
Music/News
Macklemore Is Removed From Ed Sheeran’s U.S. Tour After Venues Object to His “Free Palestine” Remarks
Music/Charts
Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” Ties the Hot 100 Record With a 22nd Week at No. 1, as *Dandelion* Returns to the Top
Music/Tours
Oasis Announce Live ’27: 38 Shows, 11 Nights in Manchester and a Return to Knebworth
The Gallaghers’ 2027 run opens in Glasgow, plays only new cities outside their hometown and ends with four nights at the Knebworth Park where they made history in 1996.
Music/Releases
Jhené Aiko’s *Westside Whimsy* Is Out, With a New Kendrick Lamar Verse on “So Good”
Music/News
Lil Durk Is Found Not Guilty in His Murder-for-Hire Trial, but Stays in Custody for a Second Case
Music/Tours
Harry Styles Extends *Together, Together* Into 2027 With His First Solo Stadium Run in the U.S. and Canada
Music/Releases
Shygirl Announces *Swallow!*, Her First Album in Four Years, and Shares “Lucky (Hymn)”
Music/Releases
Slayyyter Answers Her Own Hit With “Crank 2” and a Self-Directed Video
Music/News
Snoop Dogg Will Host the 2026 VMAs in Los Angeles, Where Nirvana Gets the Video Vanguard Award
Music/Releases
Jhené Aiko Announces *Westside Whimsy*, Her First Album in Six Years, for Friday
The follow-up to 2020’s *Chilombo* arrives Sept. 11 on Def Jam, with a cover of the singer in crystal tears and a ’90s California mood.
Music/News
D’Angelo’s Son SwayvoTwain Will Play the Notorious B.I.G. in Snoop Dogg’s Biopic
Music/Features
Two 23-Year-Olds Built Canada’s Biggest Underground Rap Festival, and Four Cancellations Didn’t Stop It
Music/Live
Ye Brings Out Big Sean, 2 Chainz, Future and Twista at Soldier Field, Ending a Five-Year Feud
Music/News
Bad Bunny Wins Reversal in the Reggaeton Lawsuit That Put Nearly 2,000 Songs at Risk
Music/Live
Drake Plays *Iceman* Live for the First Time, Surprising Toronto at Don Toliver’s Scotiabank Arena Show
Music/News
Miley Cyrus Is Now Just Miley, With a New Album and Two Hollywood Bowl Nights
Music/Releases
The Best New Music of August 2026: Phoebe Bridgers, Erykah Badu and The Alchemist, Karol G, Sam Smith and Six More
Ten releases from the month's four Fridays, from a long-awaited Bridgers album to a Badu and Alchemist record that finally dropped and a Busta Rhymes sequel built on J Dilla beats.
Music/Releases
Erykah Badu and The Alchemist Finally Release Before the World Blows, 16 Tracks and a Year of False Starts Later
Music/Releases
Busta Rhymes Finishes Dillagence II With a Posthumous J Dilla Beat and an Unfinished D'Angelo Vocal
Music/News
Dolly Parton Dies at 80, and Her Last Song Is Locked in a Box Until 2046
Music/News
Lil Durk's Murder-for-Hire Trial Opens With Two Versions of the Same Man: Prosecutors' “Architect” vs. a Defense “Big Fish”
Music/Releases
Olivia Rodrigo's “Serena Joy” Sold Out 500 CDs at One Record Shop. Now It's on Streaming
Music/Live
Bad Bunny Closes the Debí Tirar Más Fotos Tour in San Juan, Turning a Homecoming Into a Message About the Island
Music/Releases
Stella Lefty Follows Her Top 5 Hit “Boston” With Debut Album Long Way Home
The 24-year-old country-pop singer from suburban Chicago co-wrote all 14 songs, and she picks Elvis, Stevie Nicks and SZA as the voices she turns up.
Music/Features
Phoebe Bridgers' Lost Weekend, Explained: Grief, a New Love and the Quietest Record She's Made
Music/Features
Role Model Wants to Bring Back Heartland Rock. Pitchfork Wonders If He Needs the Costume
Music/Live
DJ Envy Calls Chris Brown the Greatest Performer Ever After the R&B Tour's MetLife Stadium Run
Music/Features
Karol G's No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto, Explained: A Heartbreak Album With Drake, Bruno Mars and Oklou
Music/Releases
Ravyn Lenae Follows a Hot 100 Hit With Blue Island, and the Critics Can't Agree How Free She Sounds
Music/News
Ariana Grande Tells a Chicago Crowd Her Break Was Planned: “Not a Reactive or Impulsive Thing”
Music/Charts
Charli xcx's Rock Pivot Opens at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, Tying Brat's Peak, and No. 1 on Album Sales
Music, Fashion, Film moved 75,000 units, landed behind only Morgan Wallen and Olivia Rodrigo, and gave her a first No. 1 on Top Album Sales. Billboard's staff debated what No. 3 means.
Music/Releases
The Best New Music of July 2026: Madonna, Future, Steve Lacy, Charli xcx, Ariana Grande and Six More
Music/Releases
Slayyyter's “Brand New Chanel$” Is the Heartbreak Flip of Her Own Hit, Out Now With a Self-Directed Video
Music/News
Ye Settles Former Assistant Lauren Pisciotta's Lawsuit, With Terms Undisclosed
Music/News
Ariana Grande Sues Unnamed Hackers Over Stolen Songs, Photos and Footage Days Before *Petal*
Music/Features
The 2026 World Cup Became a Jukebox: Shakira's Record Run, a 67,000-Voice Sing-Along and Kermit at Halftime
Music/Releases
Charli xcx Directs Vincent Cassel Through a Very Bad Day on Set in the “Camera” Video
Music/Features
Steve Lacy Put a Question Mark on *Oh Yeah?*, and the Doubt Is the Point
Four years after *Gemini Rights* made him a pop star, Lacy returns with 10 self-produced songs, a Portishead detour, a SZA duet and a new clarity about words.
Music/Tours
Elena Rose, the Songwriter Behind “Mamiii,” Will Play Stadiums for the First Time Opening for Karol G
Music/Live
Jay-Z Closes Yankee Stadium at Nearly 3 A.M. With Rihanna, Beyoncé and Usher After a Three-Hour Delay
Music/Interviews
Baby Rose Wrote Most of *Yearnalism* in the Last Hour of Sessions, and Now She's Opening Arenas for Olivia Dean
Music/Releases
Future Returns With *The Real Me*, a 22-Track Album He Says Is About Showing Who He Really Is
Music/Live
Justin Bieber Joins Madonna, Shakira and BTS for the World Cup Final Halftime Show
Music/News
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Marry at Madison Square Garden, With Adam Sandler Officiating
Music/Releases
The Best New Music of June 2026: Olivia Rodrigo, Vince Staples, Tierra Whack, Taylor Swift and Seven More
Eleven releases from a month of Cure duets, Cry Baby, toy pianos and a Philadelphia museum, with a few rising names mixed in among the headliners.
Music/News
Ms. Lauryn Hill Takes BET’s First Living Legend Icon Award, With SZA, Doechii, Nas and Doja Cat Doing the Honors
Music/Features
The Best Songs of 2026 So Far: Drake, Olivia Rodrigo, Don Toliver, Taylor Swift and the Rest of the Midyear Lists
Music/Releases
Future Sets July 10 for The Real Me, Calls It “Album of the Century” and Drops “Radio” Friday
Music/Features
The Best Albums of 2026 So Far: Drake, BTS, Don Toliver, J. Cole, Olivia Rodrigo and More
Music/Releases
Ken Carson Sets July 3 for xperiment, His Fifth Album, After Pulling a Surprise Onstage With Playboi Carti
Music/Releases
Tierra Whack Opens Whack’s Museum on Juneteenth, With Bars, Two Blunt Singles and a Number for Apologies
Music/Features
The Knicks Won, and New York Hip-Hop Wrote the Soundtrack
From Cardi B’s halftime set to a Wu-Tang prophecy, Fivio’s freestyle and a parade float that held half of Rap City, how a 53-year drought ended to the sound of the five boroughs.
Music/News
Tay Keith, the Memphis Producer Behind “Sicko Mode” and “Pound Town,” Dies at 29
Music/Tours
Vince Staples Is Taking the Cry Baby Band on the Road, and Says the Baby on the Cover Is You
Music/News
Taylor Swift Surprised the Toy Story 5 Premiere, Joined Randy Newman Onstage and Set Off Oscar Chatter
Music/Live
Olivia Rodrigo Brought Out Robert Smith at Primavera Sound, and the Duet Is on Her New Album
Music/Live
Phoebe Bridgers Locked Up the Phones at Madison Square Garden, Played Eight New Songs and Announced a Fall Tour
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