Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" has topped the Billboard Hot 100 for a record-breaking 20th total week.
Country superstar Morgan Wallen has become the Recording Industry Association of America's highest certified country artist of all time.
Discogs, the music discovery and record collecting platform, has unveiled its list of most collected vinyl albums Of 2025.
The Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF) posthumously inducted Donna Summer, who passed away in 2012, during an intimate ceremony that took place earlier this week in The Butterfly Room at Cecconi's in West Hollywood, California.
Rapper Young Thug proposed to singer-songwriter Mariah the Scientist onstage during his Hometown Hero: Young Thug & Friends - A Benefit Concert at Atlanta's State Farm Arena on Tuesday, December 16.
Global superstar Mariah Carey has been announced as the first major international guest who will be among the leading performers at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.
Global superstar Taylor Swift's album The Life of a Showgirl has scored its ninth non-consecutive week atop the all-genre Billboard 200 albums chart.
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has announced its 2026 lineup, with The Eagles, Stevie Nicks, Rod Stewart, Kings of Leon, Lainey Wilson, Teddy Swims, Lorde, and Jon Batiste topping the bill.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Climate Machine, with support from Coldplay, Warner Music Group, Live Nation, and Hope Solutions, has released the first comprehensive annual carbon emissions calculation of the live music industry in the U.S. and U.K.
Guns N' Roses have revealed Public Enemy, Ice Cube, The Black Crowes, Pierce The Veil and Barbarians of California will join them as support acts on the North American leg of the band's upcoming world tour.
Alex Warren, whose song "Ordinary" from his You'll Be Alright, Kid earned him his first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and spent 10 weeks atop the list, has been named Billboard's Top New Artist of 2025.
Global superstar Taylor Swift's album The Life of a Showgirl has been named Billboard's top album of the year.
Billie Eilish recently shared a trailer for her 3D concert film, Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard And Soft: The Tour (Live In 3D).
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars' ballad "Die With a Smile" tops Billboard's year-end 2025 Hot 100 Songs chart.
Country superstar Morgan Wallen has finished atop Billboard's year-end Top Artists chart for the first time following the huge success of his 2025 album I'm the Problem.
December 19, 2025 15:10 ET U.S. inflation data and interest rate decisions by major central banks were the highlights of this busy week for economics news flow. Employment data and survey results on the housing markets also gained attention in the U.S. In Europe, the European Central Bank and Bank of England announced their policy decisions and macroeconomic projections.