Queer Necessities: Billboard Pride’s June 2019 Playlist
Happy Pride Month, everyone! Before we dive deeper into the annual festivities we're proud to present the latest edition of Queer Necessities, our monthly LGBTQ-driven playlist from Billboard Pride...
View ArticleMika Pays Tribute to the Little Things (Literally) in ‘Tiny Love’ Video: Watch
When it comes to writing love songs, artists tend to focus on the larger-than-life, grandiose aspects of infatuation. But pop star Mika, as per usual, is different — he wants to talk about the small...
View ArticleMika Returns: How the Glam-Pop Star Rejected Industry Standards to Make His...
Each month, Billboard Pride celebrates an LGBTQ act as its Artist of the Month. Our September selection: Mika. It’s early afternoon on a Thursday in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and despite his cool...
View ArticleMika Goes Cruising for a Forbidden Love in ‘Sanremo’ Video
After four years away from the spotlight, Mika has finally returned with his new album My Name Is Michael Holbrook — and he's giving fans yet another reason to celebrate the news. On Friday (Oct. 4),...
View ArticleMika to Perform, Fortune Feimster to Host & Lil Nas X to Appear at LA’s GLAAD...
Even with an already star-studded lineup, the 31st GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles are ready to bring even more queer stars to the stage. On Thursday (March 5), GLAAD announced exclusively to...
View ArticleMika Shares Letter to the Lebanese People ‘Devastated by the Apocalypse’
A massive warehouse explosion in Beirut last Tuesday (Aug. 4) killed at least 157 people and injured thousands more, devastating the city’s port area. As investigators continue to comb through the...
View ArticleMika Announces ‘I Love Beirut’ Livestream Benefit Concert: ‘It’s Part of My...
British-Lebanese glam-pop star Mika continues showing support to his birthplace of Beirut by hosting a benefit concert following the deadly blast at the city’s port earlier this month. He will perform...
View ArticleMika’s Beirut Benefit Concert Raises More Than $1 Million
Earlier this month, pop singer Mika took to the internet to help raise money for the people of Beirut following the deadly explosion that killed 157 people in August. Now, the star is ready to show...
View ArticleEurovision Has Long Struggled, With Varying Success, to Hold a Politics-Free...
The European Broadcasting Union has long mandated that politics should be kept out of the Eurovision Song Contest. The policy has not always worked. While Eurovision officials have tried to create an...
View ArticleBillboard China & TME Partner to Release ‘THE ONE Endless Dream’ Album
On Sept. 15, Billboard China and QQ Music, a subsidiary of Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), launched the original music collection THE ONE Endless Dream. Over the past six months, through a...
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