Amy Sussman/WireImageImagine a Taylor Swift song with a Lil Nas X verse. It could’ve happened — but apparently, Nas just wasn’t feeling it.Speaking to E! at the GLAAD Media Awards in LA, the “Old Town Road” rapper said, “We were working on something. She offered to let me try a verse on something, but I…

Columbia Records Miley Cyrus has released the first taste of her new album, Something Beautiful, but it’s not exactly a song. Instead, “Prelude” features Miley speaking over an orchestral piece of music that’s a bit reminiscent of the Stranger Things theme. “Like when following an image from a train, your eyes can’t keep the passing landscapes…

Frank Lebon When most artists do a “fan edit” of one of their videos, they just have fans submit clips of themselves dancing to their song and edit them together. But Lady Gaga isn’t most artists. Gaga teamed with Mastercard to create an “Abracadabra” fan edit, directed by Parris Goebel, the same person who choreographed…

Petra Collins Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco have received a nice engagement present: a number-two debut for their first joint album, I Said I Love You First. The album debuts at #2 on the Billboard 200, giving Selena her seventh top 10 album and Benny’s first. The album sold 120,000 units in its first week,…

Christopher Polk/Penske Media Gracie Abrams, Doechii, Tyla and Meghan Trainor were among the honorees at this year’s Billboard Women in Music event, a gala hosted by Laverne Cox that was held March 29 in LA. Gracie performed her song “I Love You, I’m Sorry,” and then received her Songwriter of the Year award from Grammy winner Victoria…

Disney/Ben Hider Tate McRae was a big winner at the Juno Awards — the Canadian equivalent of the Grammys — Sunday night in Vancouver, but she wasn’t there to accept her honors. Tate headlined Lollapalooza Brazil on March 29, so she couldn’t attend the untelevised Junos gala that night, nor the show on Sunday night…

Disney/Randy Holmes Before Myles Smith was an award-winning, chart-topping musician, the “Stargazing” artist owned a successful business management company. He says that experience has taught him a valuable lesson: He should never complain about how hard he has to work now. On Monday night in Vancouver, Myles starts the nearly sold-out North American leg of…

Capitol Records When Katy Perry released her latest album 143, she faced criticism from fans who were dismayed that she’d reunited with producer Dr. Luke for the project — but now it appears she wasn’t entirely to blame for that. The issue was that, while Dr. Luke co-wrote and produced many of Katy’s biggest hits…

Lola Young has topped the charts in her native U.K., and now she’s got a #1 hit in the U.S.: “Messy” has hit #1 on Billboard‘s Alternative Airplay ranking. And on the other side of the pond, Alex Warren, who has yet to top a chart in the U.S., is #1 for a second week on the…

Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images Ed Sheeran is opening his pop-up experience, The Old Phone Pub, in Ipswich, Massachusetts, on Friday. In honor of the occasion, he appeared on a local TV station to deliver the weather forecast for the town, which is the sister city of his hometown of Ipswich, England. Standing in front…