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Cardi B has been named the recipient of the 2020 Billboard Woman of the Year.She will be feted alongside Dolly Parton, Dua Lipa, and Jennifer Lopez at the 15th annual Women in Music celebration on December 10, 2020.Just days after landing an Icon honor at the People’s Choice Awards on Sunday, J.Lo will be feted with another Icon prize by Billboard as part of the virtual event, hosted by Teyana Taylor.Previous Icons have been awarded to Alanis Morissette, Aretha Franklin, and Shania Twain.Dua

The Rolling Stones have topped Billboard’s new Money Makers list of the highest-paid musicians in America.The Start Me Up hitmakers edged out Ariana Grande for the top spot with an estimated $63 million 2019 haul.Revealing the list on Monday (August 17, 2020), a Billboard spokesman says, “The rock ‘n’ roll legends secured the top spot as the top live band of the year in the United States, taking home $65 million for the year.

Summer is in full swing and even though the global pandemic has ruined most vacation plans, it has not stopped music artists from working.

In a move sure to be controversial among pop’s upper echelon, Billboard has today announced that merchandise and concert ticket bundles no longer count towards album placements on the Billboard 200 albums chart. This means that albums received when fans purchase a t-shirt or concert ticket, for example, will not be reflected in any official tallies, regardless of whether the album price was built into the bundle cost.

Soul legend Betty Wright has died, aged 66.

Cher always thought Donald Trump was an attention-seeking fool long before he became U.S. President, recalling the times she used to watch him look stupid in Aspen, Colorado.

Nick Cannon hopes he has put an end to his public spat with Eminem.

Dua Lipa is continuing to promote her chart-topping album Future Nostalgia from lockdown.

The Weeknd has landed a second successive week at the top of both the U.S. singles and albums charts.

Diplo has called out established dance music stars for “copying” emerging producers’ sounds.

Meghan Trainor was “rattled” after her follow-up tunes failed to replicate the success of her 2014 hit All About That Bass.

BTS have tied Justin Bieber’s record for the most weeks at the top of Billboard’s Social 50 chart.