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Trending on Billboard Billboard Canada is celebrating the next generation of music industry leaders. Billboard’s prestigious 40 Under 40 has long recognized the young executives and innovators shaping the global music business. Now, for the first time, Billboard Canada is bringing this recognition north of the border — highlighting the next wave of leaders driving the country’s evolving music industry. Related Billboard’s 40 Under 40 list is coming to Canada. The inaugural edition will be unveiled in a special editorial package and exclusive launch event on November 20, 2025 at Soho House Toronto. This evening will gather honourees, artists and key figures from across the industry for an evening dedicated to honouring achievements and fostering connection throughout Canada’s music ecosystem. 40 Under 40 will spotlight a cross-section of young executives, visionaries and leaders making an impact across the Canadian music industry — across labels, management, live music, streaming, radio and other sectors. Nominations are open now. The deadline to submit is Friday, October 24, 2025.  Read more and submit a nomination here. – Billboard Canada Vancouver Eras Tour Audience Featured on Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’  Vancouver makes an unexpected cameo on Taylor Swift‘s new album. Last December, the mega pop star wrapped up The Eras Tour

At a conference on Wednesday (Oct. 8), Warner CEO Robert Kyncl said "it makes a lot of sense" to strike such a partnership, without naming the streaming giant. Warner Music Group CEO Robert Kyncl speaks during the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles on October 8, 2025. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images Trending on Billboard If you thought we were at peak biopic, you may have been wrong — as a new deal suggests you should probably expect many more films and documentaries about music legends in the future.   Warner Music Group (WMG) is “close to an agreement” with Netflix to create movies and documentaries based on the company’s artists and songs, according to Bloomberg . WMG, which shut down its internal division that produced film and TV shows earlier this year and is looking to outsource that work, the report claimed.    Related Speaking at the Bloomberg Screentime conference on Wednesday (Oct. 8), WMG CEO Robert Kyncl did not confirm a pending partnership but laid out numerous reasons why the company should work with a global streaming platform. “Our company has a tremendous catalog: Prince, Madonna, Fleetwood Mac,” Kyncl said. “It just goes on and on and on.

Cross is back on the case: Season 2 of the Prime Video crime drama will premiere Wednesday, Feb. 11 on the streamer with the first three episodes, with new episodes airing weekly after that, leading up to the March 18 finale. Prime Video announced the news Thursday at the show’s panel at New York Comic Con. The streamer also dropped a tense teaser for the new season — which you can watch above — with Aldis Hodge’s D.C. detective Alex Cross declaring, “This begins and ends with me.” We also catch a glimpse of new cast addition Matthew Lillard as Cross is warned, “If anyone hears about this, you’re done.” Cross also encounters what looks like a weird cult, with a woman ominously telling him, “We know everything about you.” In Season 2, Cross “is in pursuit of a ruthless vigilante who is hunting down corrupt billionaire magnates,” per the official synopsis. Based on James Patterson’s bestselling Alex Cross book series, Cross stars Hodge (who also serves as an executive producer) as the title character. Isaiah Mustafa, Alona Tal, Samantha Walkes, Juanita Jennings, Caleb Elijah, Melody Hurd, and Johnny Ray Gill all return for Season 2, along with new cast additions Lillard

If you asked me fifteen years ago if I thought Channing Tatum would still be making movies into the next decade, the answer would’ve been “no.” Keep in mind that Tatum’s most high-profile roles up to that point were Step Up and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. With his subsequent films, Tatum proved to have real range as a comedic performer (21 Jump Street), dramatic actor (Foxcatcher), and someone who should’ve gotten their own X-Men movie (Deadpool & Wolverine). You can’t always judge a book by its cover. How fitting that Tatum would give one of his best performances in Roofman, a film that isn’t entirely what it seems. It tells the true story of Jeffrey Manchester (Tatum), a retired soldier who wants to provide his children with nice things. While Manchester has a head on his shoulders, he chooses to put his mind toward crime. He makes a living robbing McDonald’s restaurants by entering through the roof, earning the nickname “the Roofman.” The authorities eventually catch up to Manchester, and the judge throws the book at him. Although he’s sentenced to 45 years, it isn’t long until Manchester flies the coop, crashing in a Toys “R” Us while

Graduates of the treatment program can shave up to a year off their prison sentences — but there's a catch. Sean "Diddy" Combs attends Day 1 of 2023 Invest Fest at Georgia World Congress Center on August 26, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. Paras Griffin/Getty Images Sean “Diddy” Combs has gotten a judge’s approval to participate in the federal prison system’s in-house drug abuse rehab program while serving his sentence for prostitution crimes. Judge Arun Subramanian said in a Wednesday (Oct. 8) order that Combs qualifies for the Bureau of Prisons’ Residential Drug Abuse Program, known as RDAP. Combs, who has been in a pretrial jail facility since his arrest last year, was sentenced last week to another three years in prison for orchestrating drug-fueled sex marathons known as “freak-offs” between his girlfriends and male escorts. Related While the rapper has vehemently denied that his freak-offs violated federal law, his lawyers conceded during trial that he “obviously has a drug problem.” Combs’ team wrote in a recent letter to the court that the nine-month treatment program would help him “address drug abuse issues,” and prosecutors took no position on the matter. Combs has not yet been assigned a prison to serve

The eye-popping allegations are part of two new lawsuits between the singer and her longtime manager, Jeff Evans. Andra Day at the BET Awards 2025 held at the Peacock Theater on June 09, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Christopher Polk Trending on Billboard Andra Day and her manager of more than a decade are dramatically parting ways with a pair of dueling new lawsuits, each accusing the other of hoarding more than their fair share of royalty payments. Day (Cassandra Monique Batie) began working with manager Jeff Evans in 2010, five years before the success of her debut Grammy-nominated album, Cheers to the Fall, and its breakout single, “Rise Up.” The two remained in business together for years, but their relationship deteriorated over a series of financial disputes that have now ended up in court. Related Evans was the first to sue, claiming in a complaint submitted on Monday (Oct. 6) in Los Angeles court that Day is refusing to honor contract provisions that entitle him to a 40% royalty on her publishing and a 20% commission on other profits. The Evans lawsuit alleges that Day has withheld this money since 2024. He wants a judge to declare that he’s

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OpenAI is taking on TikTok with an AI video generator and social app. Could it spell the end to digital marketing, social media and rights management as we know it? In this photo illustration, The Sora 2 logo is displayed on a smartphone with an Open AI logo in the background. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Trending on Billboard Ronald McDonald DJing a Boiler Room set. SpongeBob flexing to phonk music while standing beside a sports car. Donkey Kong rapping about his bench presses. This is the weird new world of Sora 2, a generative video platform from OpenAI that doubles as a short-form social media app. Launched on Tuesday (Sept. 30) on an invite-only basis, this app is essentially TikTok — except everything is fake. And while it would be easy to dismiss it as just an “AI slop machine,” as many detractors have, it could also prove to be the future of social media — and a majorly disruptive force in the music industry. It’s clear from just a few minutes on the app that Sora uses a lot of music to score its videos. What’s not clear is if Sora has struck any licensing agreements with the

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The KPop Demon Hunters phenomenon is everywhere these days — even on Saturday Night Live . The mega-hit Netflix movie was at the center of a sketch in Saturday’s SNL season premiere, with host Bad Bunny playing a man named Thomas who was obsessed with the movie. In fact, he even labeled his brunch companions “stupid dummies” for not being as obsessed as he was. But he was comforted by the fact that “I have Huntr/x on my side,” imagining the band from the movie singing the chart-topping song “Golden,” with the real singers — Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami — popping up in his fantasy. While his brunch mates insisted on talking about other subjects, Thomas screamed out in terror as the demon Jinu (played here by Bowen Yang) popped in to demand their souls — and to sing “Soda Pop,” which turned one of Thomas’ friends into a drooling demon. They were all saved, though, when Huntr/x joined them at the brunch table to sing “Golden,” complete with backup dancers. Press PLAY below to watch the sketch in full, and give this week’s SNL a grade in our poll.