Billboard's first look at some of the top contenders in the biggest categories at the 68th annual Grammy Awards.

Even though Beyoncé and Jay-Z still top the list for most tickets sold with 2.2M, Billboard suggests that Lamar and SZA could ...

Luther Vandross didn’t just sing love songs. He invented the kind of vocals that make you want to text your ex, light a candle, and dramatically stare out a window all at once. While Vandross is ...

Our ultimate streaming playlist for the summer of 2025 includes bangers, breezy pop, and low-key gems from Sabrina Carpenter, ...

Sabrina Carpenter, SZA, Ariana Grande and Jack Black won multiple awards at the 2025 Kids’ Choice Awards on June 21. Here's the full winners list.

But here's the rub: Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "Luther" held the No. 1 spot on the ... a tender R&B ballad that samples Luther Vandross and Cheryl Lynn's 1982 rendition of "If This World Were Mine." ...

Perhaps. But here's the rub: Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "Luther" held the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for 13 weeks in 2025 — over half the year so far. Popularity makes the contender.

Biggest song of the year, and therefore the default song of the summer: “Luther,” Kendrick Lamar and SZA Is a song released in November too dated to qualify for song of the summer? Perhaps.

I met Nile Rodgers as we were putting the first issue of SPIN together. We were introduced by our mutual (and still) friend ...