The best albums of 2020 so far: Official Charts staff picks

Pete Best, the drummer Ringo Starr replaced in the Beatles, has led the birthday greetings to the rocker as he turns 80.

The Beatles‘ original drummer Pete Best and singer Paul McCartney have led well-wishes to Ringo Starr on his 80th birthday.Best, who was replaced by Starr in 1962 before the band achieved global fame, wrote on Twitter: “Thought about it and thought why not. Happy Birthday Ringo.

"50 States, 50 Television Shows," considered which TV shows are most synonymous with each state.

After a two-week poll circulated asking Billboard readers to vote for the best dad in Latin music, fans crown Richard Camacho of the Latin pop group CNCO.

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series actor Joshua Bassett has fired back at allegations of sexual assault made against him on social media.

Mickey Madden, the bassist for Maroon 5, was apprehended by the authorities on Saturday afternoon due to a domestic violence call, Page Six revealed. Page Six says that the LAPD confirmed that charges had been laid against the 41-year-old bass guitarist.

In recent weeks, a series of companies have banded together to boycott advertising on Facebook for the month of July in order to pressure the company to do more to combat racist, hateful and violent posts on its platform.

American corporate giants Ford, Pepsi and Microsoft are the latest blue-chip companies to join the growing advertising boycott of Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram over its failure to deal with hate speech and misinformation on its platform. “We are pausing all national social media advertising for the next 30 days to re-evaluate our presence on these platforms,” Ford said in a statement to Ad Age.

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series actor Joshua Bassett is the latest Hollywood star to face sexual assault allegations from an account on social media and now he’s speaking out in response.

This year, Black Music Month took a different turn. Because of the horrific deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and more at the hands of police, we at Billboard hope to uplift and empower African Americans during this cloudy and dubious time. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for the remainder of the month, an artist will provide a playlist designed to remedy the heartaches endured by the Black community.

Official Charts has completed its definitive series of UK chart books with the release of four new volumes spanning the 2010s.

Official Charts is proud to present a definitive series of UK chart books, designed to chronicle the history of the Official Singles and Albums Charts.

It was 50 years ago this week that the most successful group in Billboard Hot 100 history enjoyed what was essentially their chart swan song. The Beatles, band behind a still-record 20 No. 1 singles on the chart, topped the Hot 100 on June 13, 1970 for what would be the final time, with the Phil Spector-produced megaballad "The Long and Winding Road."

In a battle of icon vs. icon, the Official Singles Chart this week in 2002 saw an unlikely tussle between Kylie Minogue and Elvis Presley for the Number 1 spot. 

In a battle of icon vs. icon, the Official Singles Chart this week in 2002 saw an unlikely tussle between Kylie Minogue and Elvis Presley for the Number 1 spot. 

Emiliano Granada Berlin-based sales outfit M-Appeal has acquired Colombian film “Night of the Beast,” produced by Fidelio Films and directed by Mauricio Leiva-Cock — the emerging showrunner behind Netflix’s “Green Frontier” and Movistar’s “Capital Noise.”Leiva-Cock’s debut feature, “Night of the Beast,” is an urban road trip that follows two Bogota teenagers trying to get into the first Iron Maiden concert in Colombia, a historic event that had been awaited for three decades by fans of the