Via a new court filing in his legal battle with Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner, the singer is creatively arguing that an AI chatbot entrenched his beliefs about them. ... Read full Story
The company says it repped the R&B legend for years on tricky rights issues "at no cost to her" — in return for a 50 percent cut of her royalties "in perpetuity." ... Read full Story
Because co-founder Emmanuel de Buretel celebrates the label's 20th anniversary by looking back at its history of breaking acts using a boutique approach. ... Read full Story
Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” breaks the record for the longest-running No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100, Kelly Clarkson’s “Underneath the Tree” enters the top 10, and Nat “King” Cole, Ariana Grande and more continue to climb the chart. Mariah Carey: It’s amazing. Honestly, it really is. Tetris Kelly: […] ... Read full Story
Mariah Carey’s holiday hit, “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” breaks the record for the longest running No. 1 song on the Hot 100 at 20 weeks, and we got the pop star’s reaction to achieving this milestone! Tetris Kelly: Okay, Mariah, I have been so excited and nervous to do this, but I […] ... Read full Story
After the success of his hit record "Fall Back," Lithe talks to Billboard about navigating fame, working with Don Toliver and releasing his new project, Euphoria. ... Read full Story
The singer, who has a long history of legal problems, is facing new criminal charges for allegedly destroying hookahs and assaulting a man. ... Read full Story
“Crammed into a tiny apartment in Greenwich Village, they [Yoko Ono and John Lennon] immersed themselves in the city’s counterculture, absorbing progressive politics whenever they weren’t glued to the television set. Lennon’s celebrity secured the duo a large platform to espouse these ideas ...” — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Pitchfork, 11 Oct. 2025
Did you know?
As you might guess, the words espouse and spouse are hitched, both coming from the Latin verb spondēre, meaning “to promise” or “to betroth.” In fact, the two were once completely interchangeable, with each serving as a noun meaning “a newly married person” or “a partner in marriage” and also as a verb meaning “to marry.” Their semantic separation began when the noun espouse fell out of use. Nowadays, espouse is almost exclusively encountered as a verb used in the figuratively extended sense “to commit to and support as a cause.”