The steamy opening shot of the “Umbrella” video is a fitting analogy for the way Rihanna truly arrived in 2007. As smoke wafts around a latex-leotard-clad mystery woman in the visual, the camera pans ...

Find out where Britney Spears' comeback, Live Earth, the iPhone debut and Jay-Z's 10th No. 1 album landed in Billboard's top 25 music news stories of the year. (Getty Images photo) By Empty, The ...

In a move likely designed to deny Britney Spears her only possible personal victory of 2007, Billboard made a last-minute change to the way it tallies album sales, allowing Vulture’s Beatles, the ...

Fox’s annual “Billboard Music Awards” kudocast is getting a little more country, and a little less rock and roll. Actually, make that a lot more country: Nothing’s official yet, but Fox is expected to ...

Slate Plus members: Get your ad-free podcast feed. The chart-topping hits of 2007 featured Beyoncé at peak pop and Kanye West ahead of the curve with electronic dance music. Why do the hits of 2007 ...

At least, The Police earned No. 1 on the year’s top tours tally. They had the highest-grossing tour, bringing in $212 million (and counting), while the Genesis reunion tour lagged way behind in second ...