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Billboard, 8 May 2026

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Billboard is an American magazine that produces news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style related to the music industry. It is known for its music charts, including the Hot 100, Billboard 200 and Global 200, tracking the most popular songs and albums in different genres.

In This Edition

ArticleFINDING HER VOICE

After years lan­guish­ing in label limbo, RAYE struck out on her own — and with her megaam­bi­tious recent album, she’s rid­ing her inde­pend­ence toward global super­star­dom. THE OTHER DAY, RAYE WAS rewatch­ing one of her old inter­views. On screen,...

FINDING HER VOICE

ArticleINDIE POWER PLAYERS

Bill­board’s annual list — led by Exec­ut­ives of the Year Tim Put­nam and Zena White of Par­tisan Records — cel­eb­rates the most influ­en­tial record labels, dis­tri­bu­tion com­pan­ies and asso­ci­ations in the inde­pend­ent space today. THE NIGHT...

INDIE POWER PLAYERS

ArticleBELIEVE IT OR NOT

French music com­pany Believe spent the last 20 years build­ing a local-music empire around the world. Can it suc­ceed in the United States? ON A BITTERLY COLD, BLUSTERY PARISIAN even­ing, 17,000 people are packed into the Accor Arena on the banks of...

BELIEVE IT OR NOT

ArticleWHY I WENT INDIE

Five prom­in­ent artists recount the long and wind­ing roads that led them to inde­pend­ence — and what they learned on the way. Bebe Rexha The pop singer signed to Warner Records more than a dec­ade ago, releas­ing her first three albums on the...

WHY I WENT INDIE