First Country: New Music From Maddie & Tae, Kenny Chesney, Lee Brice & More

The coronavirus outbreak has forced rockers Linkin Park to press pause on the band’s first new material since the death of frontman Chester Bennington.

It's been a weird season of Roswell, New Mexico so far for Max Evans (Nathan Parsons).   After dying via sacrifice in the season one finale, he's been dead for months, appearing only in nightmares had by Rosa (Amber Midthunder) and hallucinations had by Isobel (Lily Cowles). Now, he's been revived, thanks to the heart of an alien enemy and a little help from the formerly dead girl he sacrificed himself for.

Moving forward, Billboard's Viva Friday has been rebranded as “First Stream Latin," a compilation of the best new Latin songs, albums and videos recommended by the Billboard Latin editors. Check out this week's picks below.

As the coronavirus pandemic continues, music fans everywhere are looking for an escape from their reality. So, Billboard Pride is proud to present First Out, a weekly roundup of some of the best new weekly music releases from LGBTQ artists.

As we continue to troop through the pandemic, music has undoubtedly been our saving grace. Following the releases of DaBaby, 21 Savage, and dvsn last week, fans are in for more a treat today (April 24), with new material from Lil Baby, YoungBoy NBA, T-Pain and more.

Fans of The Rolling Stones received an unexpected treat on Thursday when the band released a surprise new single, “Living in a Ghost Town”.

By Will Thorne

As we approach the end of week five of quarantine, today (Apr. 17) is jam-packed with new releases. Can DaBaby deliver another "BOP?" Can OVO's R&B twosome dvsn keep their label's blistering run alive with their new album? Check out some of our favorite releases from today below. 

Lee Brice performed a Billboard Live At-Home concert Thursday (April 16) to raise money for Meals on Wheels America, which delivers food to senior citizens in need.Brice got more acquainted with his latest single "One of Them Girls," which he released just last week, taking it for a spin on his acoustic guitar ("I wrote this right before we recorded our last session," he said), but the rhythmic track about a woman who plays hard to get relates to the difficult recording process for the country

Alessia Cara, Lee Brice, Grouplove and more are partnering with Billboard for another week of Billboard Live At-Home sessions, and it's all for a good cause!

Ava DuVernay, Tyler Perry, Viola Davis, Lee Daniels and many more industry luminaries today paid tribute to Charles Gregory Ross after the Emmy-nominated hairstylist lost his battle with the coronavirus yesterday.

English pop sensation Rita Ora has fast-become one of the most influential women in pop music. She has had an incredible career since she first burst onto the scene back in 2008. It was then when she signed a massive deal with Roc Nation and ultimately went on to dropping her debut album ‘Ora’ in 2012.

Drake continued his busy 2020 on Monday night by teasing half-a-dozen unreleased songs, including tracks with Playboi Carti, Popcaan, and Fivio Foreign. He previewed the tracks during an appearance on OVOMark’s Instagram Live.

Roswell, New Mexico's Isobel Evans has been through a lot over the past few weeks.  First, she discovered that her husband was not who she thought he was, and was secretly an evil alien who compelled her to kill someone a decade ago. Then he died, and her brother Max died, and the girl she had been compelled to kill came back to life.

First Country is a compilation of the best new country songs, videos and albums that dropped this week.The much anticipated sophomore album by Sam Hunt dropped today (April 3), and Southside proves that the best things in life are well worth the wait.

Lorde may have some music in the works.

The New Zealand artist is thought to be working on the follow-up to 'Melodrama'

Keith Urban just dropped his new music video for “God Whispered Your Name”.

Grimes wants you as her art director.