The Richest YouTuber In The World Made $26 Million In 2019 & Is 8-Years-Old

At just 8 years old, Ryan Kaji aka Ryan’s World is the highest-earning YouTube star 2019. His unboxing videos and science experiments have reportedly earned him $26 million from June 2018 to June 2019. With 22.9 million subscribers, he’s absolutely crushing the YouTube game. The young superstar has already signed a contract for his …

Noisia Debuts BANGER New Collab with Skrillex & It’s Exactly What Skrillex Fans Have Been Wanting

One ID bound to make bass heads everywhere stop dead in their tracks to listen is most definitely this Skrillex x Noisia collaboration. A short clip the new ID captured below exposes the mind-blowing bass soon to blast the scene with its straight up powerhouse production. It’s immediately apparent this …

Above & Beyond Treat Fans With Live Version Of Three Fan-Favorite Tracks

As one last treat in 2019, Above & Beyond have gifted fans with live/club versions three their fan-favorite tracks: “Out Of Time,” “Is It Love? (1001),” and “Alone Tonight.” The group revealed the EP yesterday, adding the description, “‘Out Time’ Club Mix, first played at #ABGT100 in 2014, alongside the …

Rezz, Subtronics, and Alison Wonderland as Baby Yoda — Twitter Threads [PHOTOS]

The seventh episode the The Mandalorian was aired on Disney+ this week, and with it, one this year’s most viral figures: Baby Yoda. The small child, whose species is unknown except that it bears a resemblance to Jedi Master Yoda, has taken the world by storm, inspiring merchandise, tattoos, memes, …

Snails Drops New EP With Subtronics, Kill The Noise & Sullivan King, Wooli & More

Out now is the new EP from Snails, World Of Slime, featuring one the most impressive rosters collaborators in the producer’s career. The Slimeageddon EP last year was a good start, with Adventure Club, Boogie T, Wooli, Zeds Dead & Akylla, and more. But WOS fully eclipses it by including features from Barely …

NGHTMRE's Hip Hop Collab "CASH COW" Gets The Absolutely Insane Bass VIP It Deserved

At the beginning this year, NGHTMRE dropped a new hip hop collaboration with A$AP Ferg, “Redlight.” The hip hop threw f some fans, but not to worry, they dropped a massive VIP a little while later. More recently, NGHTMRE dropped another hip hop record, this time with Gunna, “CASH COW.” …

San Holo Drops Long-Awaited Remix Pack for His Debut Album & It’s Massive

With hardly any fanfare from San Holo or bitbird, the album1 (a lot remixes) album just dropped today; though, you might have caught onto this release if you’ve been following any the fifteen remixers on the project who all helped to build hype on their own. San Holo’s debut album, album1, was released …

Skrillex Drops Four New Remixes for Grammy-Nominated Single “Midnight Hour”

If you didn’t think you could possibly love a remix “Midnight Hour” as much as the original — well, you were dead wrong. Skrillex, Boys Noize and Ty Dolla $ign have released a new collection remixes for their Grammy-nominated song, “Midnight Hour.” This outstanding four-track remix pack features Four Tet, Mall Grab, …

Tomorrowland Extends Contract To 2034

Tomorrowland will continue on for the foreseeable future, as the iconic music festival has ficially announced its renewal through 2034. Tomorrowland shared the great news on Friday, that a long-term agreement has ficially been made with the town Boom. This means Tomorrowland will stick around for quite a while longer …

Ultra Miami's Bayfront Park Gets Major Environmentally Friendly Upgrade

Ultra Miami‘s home Bayfront Park is getting a major upgrade with its brand new, environmentally friendly strategy. According to a report, Florida Power & Light (FPL) is integrating over 500 solar panels to power events, such as Ultra Music Festival. It’s expected that the new installments will generate more power …

New Netflix Movie Is About This Rising EDM Star’s Family Story

The duo  Ishaan Chaudhary and Will Curry, more popularly known as MEMBA, has made waves over the past couple years, especially as members the Foreign Family Collective. Their SAGA-II EP out earlier this year is a perfect example their talent in the studio. But Chaudhary in particular has a more interesting family history. …

Live Nation Settles with Justice Department Outside Court & That’s Not Good for Music

At the end last week, the US Department Justice was preparing legal action against Live Nation for violating its consent decree established when the company bought Ticketmaster in 2010. Now, the DOJ and Live Nation have come to a settlement that does little to address the concert promoter’s alleged violations …

EDM Absolutely Dominated The Facebook Live Video Charts for 2019

Every year, it seems that new media mediums are popping up. And if they’re there, why not track them? Billboard developed its own Top Facebook Live Videos chart, a monthly look at the widest-reaching and most-reacted-to videos posted by musicians on Facebook Live, as tracked by media analytics company Shareablee. The …

New Artist Profile: Indigenous Canadian Rapper Hope Makes a Case for the 'Red Man'

Hip hop newcomer Hope’s bio names his First Nation British Columbian tribe, the Leq’a:mel, in the very first sentence, so it’s only fair that we do the same. Between his album title, the album cover which shows a childhood image Hope with redacted text that presumably used to contain his …

Audien Shares his Inspirations and Challenges with 'Escapism' [Interview]

The last times we talked about Audien, it was around the release his latest singles for his then upcoming debut album. The singles “Buzzing” with singer/songwriting enigma Nevve and “Favorite Sound” with indie-pop band Echosmith became teasers to a new chapter in Audien’s musical career. Fast forward to now where the …

TikTok Who? Triller Overtakes TikTok In US, Signs On Marshmello & More As Partners

Triller has reportedly overtaken TikTok in the United States with 26.5 million monthly average users and more than 75 million total users. It’s also the 28th most downloaded app overall. Millions have made Triller videos on the fly including Chance the Rapper, Justin Bieber, Rae Sremmurd, Rita Ora, Kevin Hart and more, …

Spotify Finally Launches Its Long-Awaited “Friend” Feature

Spotify is changing the way we interact with friends on the platform. A new feature called “Tastebuds” allows users to explore the musical tastes their friends. Until this point, Spotify has seriously lacked on features to allow friends to interact the platform. “Friend Activity” has been available for quite some time, …

The Best Selling EDM Vinyl of the Decade Should Come As No Surprise

Daft Punk‘s iconic album Random Access Memories is ficially the best-selling dance music album on vinyl the decade. According to Official Charts, Random Access Memories beat out every other dance music album in vinyl sales over the past 10 years. In the UK, it placed as the 62nd 100 best-selling vinyl record the 2010s. The …

Bassnectar, Subtronics & More of EDM React To The Successful Impeachment of President Trump

Yesterday, President Trump became the third sitting president to ever be impeached in the history our nation. The implications such a ruling are beyond the scope Your EDM, but that hasn’t stopped some our industry’s most notable figures from speaking up and voicing their joy about the news. See some …

Nightlapse, Roland Clark Deliver New Single "Changed Minds" & It Feels Like An Instant Classic [Area10/Ultra Music]

Peter Williamson and Andy Manning Nightlapse are a Liverpool duo primed and ready to lead the next wave the tech house movement.  They were initially brought on to remix “Body 2 Body” and “Back & Forth” for legendary producer MK, and did so perfectly. The guys have became fast favorites …

NEW: Louis The Child, Shöckface, deadmau5, Hex Cougar – Your EDM | Week In Music

The month December undoubtedly feels like one the craziest yet, not only are the holidays quickly approaching a plethora irresistible records have been dropping like flies. This week we saw a new compilation album by deadmau5’s mau5trap label, a new Louis The Child single with Naomi Wild & Couros, a …

Tekashi 6ix9ine Won’t Be Released For A While Now, Receives Official Prison Sentence

After a very public imprisonment and series hearings, rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine has ficially received a sentence 24 months in prison and 5 years supervised release as a result his cooperation as state’s witness. Tekashi, real name Daniel Hernandez, was facing 47 years to life in prison for a litany criminal acts, but …

REPORT: YouTube Views Will Count Towards Album Charting In 2020

YouTube plays will soon count toward Billboard‘s most reputable albums chart, according to a new report. Starting January 3rd and moving forward, the publication will incorporate YouTube views for the Billboard 200 chart. Music video streams from other services — Apple Music, TIDAL and VEVO — will also be counted for. As the …

Madeon Says FL Studio Is “Objectively” The Best DAW – Here’s Why

If you’ve ever wondered how Madeon makes such gorgeous creations, he tells all in a new interview with Music Radar. Madeon reveals tips and tricks music production and songwriting he’s picked up along the way. From his earliest, humble beginnings, trying to sound like Daft Punk with Audacity effects, to making …

$61 Million Worth of MDMA Smuggled In BBQ Grills Seized In Massive Drug Bust

A multinational drug bust has resulted in the seizure a massive amount drugs — street valued at $61 million. The Australian Border Force (ABF) announced Tuesday that two men were arrested for allegedly smuggling 645 kilograms MDMA inside hundreds  aluminum barbecues. The first, a 33-year-old Canadian suspect and the other, a 30-year-old …

Armin van Buuren Joins with World Wide Fund To Stop Plastic Pollution – Sign His Petition

Armin van Buuren and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) are joining forces to motivate millions people to join the movement to stop plastic waste being dumped in oceans. WWF announced that as Global Oceans Ambassador, Armin will contribute to the worldwide #BeatPlastic campaign. Armin van Buuren said his …

Live Nation Stocks Dive As Department of Justice Plans Legal Action Against Mega-Promoter

Directly after news broke the Department Justice‘s plans to take legal action against Live Nation, the company’s stock dropped significantly. On December, 13, Live Nation shares closed at $64.34, down 7.3% or $5.09. At the time this writing they’re down to $63.56. Even so, Live Nation shares have increased approximately 30.6% this year. …

Bailo Drops A "H4EATER" On Us & It's Free [The Treatment Records]

Bailo has rapidly become the most promising upcoming producer trap music. He’s had quite a year, kicking it f with what has already become one for the biggest Hard Trap anthems the year, “FUCCBOI”, released Geffen Records with Lil Jon and Styles and Complete. He’s also received support from the biggest …

Alison Wonderland Invited To Star Wars World Premiere After Using Baby Yoda In Her Visuals

Alison Wonderland is out here living her best life — she’s been invited to the premiere  Star Wars: The Rise Skywalker. This comes after the DJ/producer showed her love for Star Wars, especially Baby Yoda from The Mandalorian, during a recent live show. Apparently executive producer the Disney+ series, Jonathan Favreau saw …

Grabbitz Releases Captivating Club Mix Of His Latest Hit, "Roam With You"

Grabbitz released his newest original single “Roam With You” last month, further proving his multi-instrumentalist and forward thinking pop prowess. Of course, he’s been proving that since he started switching things up late 2018 with “Polaroid” so this really shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. But, I’d be lying …