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Andrew Rea is the latest YouTube creator to convert his audience into a diversified consumer business.

Founding singer of costumed disco band and co-writer of such classics as “Macho Man” and “In the Navy,” passed on Monday (June 30) after a “short but aggressive illness.”

We’re halfway through 2026, and the music industry has already had its fair share of headline-making moments. From Spotify’s AI remix plans and Drake’s surprise three-album drop to company mergers and antitrust battles, Billboard‘s business editorial team breaks down the biggest stories shaping the industry so far this year. They also revisit the predictions they […]

“Tim McGraw” by Swift, then 16, entered Hot Country Songs.

The new company will operate as a record label, management company, publisher and on special projects.

Lee Christian returned on May 22 with ‘New Shoes‘, a single featuring French rapper Nick Tamair. Emerging from Oxford’s underground, Christian first made his mark fronting the incendiary rock outfit Smilex, whose “one band riot” reputation was cemented by Nightshift Music Magazine and a string of UK tours alongside XFM, Drowned In Sound, The Damned [Continue]

A hundred million people have now made music with Suno. Let that sit for a second. The biggest names in music software have spent decades building their audiences, and a single AI tool blew past most of them in under two years. My honest reaction is that it’s both impressive and a bit boring at …

The uncomfortable truth about AI music’s biggest year yet

Most advice on how to promote your music on YouTube involves shooting high-production music videos, maintaining weekly vlogs, or filming endless behind-the-scenes content. For independent music producers, songwriters, and artists, this creates a massive barrier to entry. Your best work is done in the studio, not behind a camera. The reality is that you do …

How to promote your music on YouTube (without becoming a full-time video creator)

Billboard can exclusively reveal the new specialist law firm serving Australasia’s music, media and arts industries — Hewitt Glass Law.

The pushbacks came after the legendary group had to reschedule a June 24 show in Fort Worth over travel and border-related delays.