10 Artists Who Pioneered Working Remotely

By Ben Croll

By Variety Staff

By Jazz Tangcay

The natural tendency is to move on and recognize other artists. But these next-year hits were so strong that they overcame that natural tendency.

They don't call it "that difficult second album" for nothing – many artists find following up a debut doesn't quite work out as they'd hoped. Dua Lipa has certainly bucked that trend, taking her second record Future Nostalgia to Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart.

A new HBO Latin America series focuses on the lives of three members of the LGBT community in São Paulo, Brazil. (Photo courtesy HBO)

With lockdown now in full swing, and rumblings in corners of the internet that an extension of the stay-at-home order may be on the cards, the Coronavirus pandemic has taken its toll on our collective psyche and way of life. We all need to grab whatever emotional pick-me-up we can find – and, WOW, did we find one recently.

By Malina Saval

The Guild of Music Supervisors will launch a free weekly online educational series Thursday featuring top music supervisors, composers and artists.

Ingrid Andress ascends to No. 1 on Billboard's Emerging Artists chart (dated April 11), becoming the top emerging act in the U.S.

"Artists in this country are under massive pressure."

By Elsa Keslassy

Welcome back to Takeover Tuesday, where each week, Billboard taps chart-topping artists and tastemakers to compile their very own playlist exclusive to Billboard's Spotify account. We give the artists free rein to base the list on whatever subject they choose. The only rule? Make it as creative and unique to them as possible.

This past week, Dua Lipa achieved something no other English female has since the very first Official Singles Chart nearly 68 years ago.

The lawsuit sought upwards of $100million in damages

The music world has experienced some big losses in recent weeks, including Kenny Rogers and Bill Withers. Rogers was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013.

Post Malone's "Circles" has been a fixture in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 since it debuted in September -- for 31 consecutive weeks. As my colleague Gary Trust pointed out Monday (April 6), it's just two weeks away from tying the all-time record for most weeks in the top 10.

The music publishers have adopted "a more flexible distribution schedule" due to the coronavirus pandemic