(according to http://www.billboard.com) The murder trial of Torrence Hatch, better known as rapper Lil’ Boosie, has taken a number of surprising turns in its first three days. On Monday, witness “Marlo Mike” Louding, who had previously confessed to killing Terry Boyd for $2,800 from Boosie, changed his story. According to Baton Rouge, Louisiana’s NBC affiliate, […]

Nicki Minaj’s second LP Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded debuted this week and all eyes are on the YMCMB rapper-turned-pop star to see how her sales compare to her debut Pink Friday.   Billboard magazine reports, Nicki’s heavily hyped, polarizing second album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded will hit #1 on the album charts. Industry sources speculate […]

By Richard Smirke, London Hackers have reportedly stolen more than 50,000 music files from Sony Music, including Michael Jackson’s entire back catalog and a large number of unreleased songs from the late King of Pop. According to British newspaper The Sunday Times, the theft took place in April last year when hackers attacked Sony’s PlayStation […]

Jay-Z  released a song for his daughter, Blue Ivy Carter “Glory” Less than a week old Princess Carter has hit the Billboard music charts! She is…

Nicki Minaj was recently honored by Billboard, and tears rolled down her cheeks as she talked about the award and shouted out Country superstar Taylor Swift. Nicki accepted the magazine’s Rising Star Award and became emotional about when talking about what it meant to her to be recognized by this publication. See how pretty Nicki […]

Weezy made Hip-Hop history this week when he became the first Hip-Hop artist to ever have 11 singles on the Hot 100 list, simultaneously. Eight singles from his new album Tha Carter IV debuted on the coveted list. Add that on to the 3 singles he already on the list, and he hits eleven. Matching […]

Drake‘s “Take Care” and “Cole World: The Sideline Story” by J. Cole are two projects that millions are anxious to hear, and they are two of the two artists selected by Billboard.com for their Fall’s Most Anticipated Albums list. Estelle, Akon, Trey Songz, The-Dream and Mary J. Blige were also included. See who else made the cut […]

West Coast rapper Game has taken over the Number one spot with his The R.E.D. Album as the nation’s top album. Game’s album nearly sold 100,00 copies in its first seven days. The rapper proceeded to celebrate his album’s sales by hitting up Twitter. “R.E.D. album #1 in the world ! 96,418 copies sold in […]

After fellow Destiny’s Child bandmate Beyoncé revealed the title of her album, Kelly Rowland follows suit by sharing the name of her third music project. Rowland tells Billboard that her third solo album and first for Universal Motown will be titled Here I Am. “I wanted people to know that this is the record, the sound I’ve been working toward… […]

Lil Wayne will have a number one album to celebrate when he's released from jail next month.

A Billboard in Grand Junction, Colorado is causing controversy in its depiction of President Barack Obama. While the owner has remained anonymous, the artist, Paul Snoder has come forward to claim the work. KJCT8 reports: “To not put my name on it would be saying that I’m embarrassed or afraid, or ashamed of what I’ve […]

Trey Songz just narrowly missed opening at number one on the Billboard 200 chart