Billboard staffers weigh in on AI’s role in songwriting, marketing strategies, predictions for lawsuits & chart-topping hits.

Billboard's Makin' Tracks looks at the writing and recording behind Jackson Dean's "Make a Liar." By Tom Roland In November 1978, The Pointer Sisters arrived on the Billboard Hot 100 with a bit of an ...

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While 2025 pop was mostly led by established A-listers with already-minted legacies, one still-rising star danced her way into their ranks, building her own legacy in real time.

The industry-first, seminanual benchmark polls artist managers, lawyers and indie executives for their expectations for catalog investment trends.

The singer tells Billboard about taking on the Phil Collins hit, and what it would mean if she earns an Oscar nod.

A breakdown of all the post-Dead touring iterations.

One of the biggest artists of the 2020s returned with another dominant year in 2025 - one that brought also him closer to the pop world than perhaps ever before.

Billboard Magazine's 2026 print schedule, including both publication dates and the corresponding themes for each issue.

Plus, Bruno Mars' "I Just Might" debuts in the top five & Zara Larsson's resurgent "Lush Life" reaches the Global Excl. U.S. top 10.

Jamie MacDonald's first two radio singles topped Billboard's Christian AC Airplay chart.

Everyone's pre-January pick for breakout star of the year did indeed break out in 2025, with a spectacular early run that caught the entire pop world's attention.