Tim McGraw Departs Sony Music Nashville: Exclusive

Sony Music Entertainment says Cox Communications deserves to pay the $1 billion jury verdict levied against it in December for facilitating a “massive scale” piracy scheme, according to a new court motion filed Friday. The motion was lodged in response to Cox’s request on Jan. 31 asking a judge to.

Throughout his life, Kobe Bryant was an incredibly proud #GirlDad. The basketball icon was the father of four daughters he shared with widow Vanessa Bryant — Natalia, 17, Bianka, 3, Capri 8 mos., and Gianna, who tragically passed with Kobe at the age of 13.

Laura Monks and Tom Lewis have been upped to co-managing directors, Decca Records Group, Decca president Rebecca Allen announced Feb. 21, along with a wave of other promotions at the company. Both will continue reporting to Allen.

A Missouri state lawmaker is pushing a bill that would make it easy for parents to sue schools if their children are “subjected to” anything LGBTQ.

Tim McGraw is a “girl dad,” just like Kobe Bryant! That was the term the 52-year-old country music sensation borrowed on the same day Kobe and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, were remembered at their Celebration Of Life event inside Los Angeles’ Staples Center on Feb. 24.

Following his departure from Sony Music Nashville earlier this year,Tim McGraw is returning to Big Machine Records, where he had a tremendously successful run during the 2010s.

Country singer-songwriters Doug Stone and Terry McBride have signed with APA Nashville, the agency’s partner and co-head of worldwide concerts Steve Lassiter announced Feb. 6.

Caleb Caudle changed up everything on his upcoming new album Better Hurry Up -- from which the track "Let's Get," featuring Willie Nelson harmonica player Mickey Raphael and Courtney Marie Andrews, is premiering exclusively on Billboard today (Feb. 20).The album was recorded during a period of transition for the country singer-songwriter.

Part of Wilmslow Road and Oxford Road will close tonight for several hours as hundreds of students take part in a protest march against sexual violence.

Nashville veterans Chuck Rhodes, Mike Meade, Amy Aylward and Wayne Halper, along with Bob Frank, Ted Ellis, Tom Cross and Chuck McDowell III, have launched Fusion Entertainment Company, it was announced Wednesday (Feb. 12).

After getting the band back together in 2019, Billboard confirmed on Wednesday (Feb. 12) that Three 6 Mafia is reuniting for a string of concerts around the United States in 2020.

Trouble. Lindsay Lohan’s father, Michael Lohan, was arrested for allegedly assaulting his estranged wife, Kate Major, in New York on Monday, February 10, Us Weekly can confirm.

During Sunday night's Academy Awards, ABC surprised fans by dropping a sexy promo spot featuring its current Bachelor, Peter Weber, shirtless and crafting clay a la the iconic scene in the Oscar-winning film. ET's Lauren Zima spoke with Rob Mills, the network's Senior Vice President of Alternative Series, Specials & Late-Night Programming, exclusively on Monday morning.

Rising teen pop star Christian Lalama has unveiled the music video for his new single "Miss Me," premiering exclusively on Billboard Wednesday (Feb. 5).In the clip, the sixteen-year-old singer hits the recording studio, a dance rehearsal and a photo shoot, all while crooning about the girl pining for him back home.

LONDON — Sony Music is further expanding its footprint in the podcast world through a global partnership with Somethin' Else, the U.K.'s biggest independent audio and podcast producer. Terms were not disclosed for the deal, which will see Sony Music and Somethin' Else develop original, not-necess

Sony Corp.'s music operations continued to grow in the company's fiscal third quarter but due to an extraordinary gain reported in the year-earlier period, those operations showed a decline in operating profit.For the three-month period ended Dec.