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Welcome to the three-comma club, Beyoncé.

She’s one of the new additions to Forbes’ 2026 America’s Richest Self-Made Women list. What put her over the top? According to the publication, it was her 2025 Cowboy Carter tour, which grossed more than $450 million in ticket sales and merchandise. Beyoncé is tied at #39 on the list with several other women, including fellow musician Rihanna.

With an estimated net worth of $1 billion, much of Rih’s wealth comes from her non-music ventures: Fenty Beauty and Savage X Fenty. The mother of three is reportedly working on a new album, which would be her first since 2016’s Anti.

The only other musician on the list is Taylor Swift, who ranks at #23 with a net worth of $2 billion.

Forbes also named Oprah Winfrey one of America’s richest self-made women; she lands at #16. She built a media and business empire from her hit talk show, has real estate in California and Hawaii, and in 2020 sold most of her stake in the OWN channel to owner Warner Bros. Discovery in exchange for company shares. Forbes estimates her worth at $2.8 million.

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Many rockers have had their instruments stolen, but few can say that their ordeal ended as happily as that of Korn bass player Ra Diaz.

According to the police department in Henderson, Nevada, several weeks ago Diaz’s entire bass collection was stolen from a storage unit — a collection he’d spent years building. But when a local saw one of the stolen basses being sold at a store, they called the Property Crimes Unit; an officer went on to recover every one of Diaz’s stolen instruments.

One of the recovered instruments is decorated with the Chilean flag, which Diaz had planned to play in his home country during the band’s concert there in May. In a new video posted by the department, Diaz, speaking from Chile, offered his thanks.

“Honestly, getting this Chilean flag bass [back] was pretty emotional. It means a lot to me personally … so having it again in my hands, it’s huge,” Diaz said. He added that he dedicated the band’s show to “not only all my Chilean friends and family and people” but also to “the men and women of the Henderson Police Department.”

He added, “We really appreciate everything you do for us, so thank you so much.”

In April, Korn premiered their first new music in four years with the single “Reward the Scars,” which they recorded for the Diablo IV video game.

Following a series of shows in South America and Mexico, Korn will start a run of European and U.K. dates in October.

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Carly Pearce is joining the lineup for Thursday’s free Billboard Country Live concert at Category 10 in Nashville. 

She’ll take the stage alongside previously announced acts The Red Clay Strays, Chase Rice, Corey Kent, Drew Baldridge, Hunter Hayes, Lanie Gardner, The Band Perry, The Grimm and Ty Myers.

Tucker Wetmore is Friday’s headliner, with Alana Springsteen, Alexandra Kay, Ashley Cooke, Braxton Keith, Kaitlin Butts, Priscilla Block, Something Out West and Stella Lefty all set to play as well.

Billboard kicked off its three-day takeover at Category 10 with Wednesday’s Country Power Players gathering. 

“The House That Built Me” co-writer Tom Douglas gave Miranda Lambert the Icon Award, while HARDY officially named Tucker Billboard‘s Rising Star.

Comedian Matt Rife presented the Strays the Groundbreaker honor, while Clint Black gave Riley Green the Hitmaker Award.

You can RSVP for the free shows at live.billboard.com/country. 

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Katy Perry has added another stop to her summer European festival tour, thanks to Dua Lipa.

Dua posted a video on Instagram featuring a phone call from Katy, who tells her rehearsals for her summer festival run are “intense.”

“I’m going all over Europe, June to the end of August,” she says.

“Amazing,” Dua responds. “Are you gonna be anywhere where I can come see you?”

“I’m actually gonna be in this place called Prishtina,” Katy answers, referring to the capital of Kosovo, where Dua’s family is from and where she spent part of her childhood.

“No way,” says Dua. “What are you doing there?”

“Funny you should ask,” Katy replies, grinning. “I’m actually playing this festival called the Sunny Hill Festival!”

The Sunny Hill Festival is organized each year by Dua and her father. While Dua typically performs at the event, she also books a wide variety of international talent.

“Oh my God! You’re coming to my hometown, KP!” yells Dua.

“I just wanna say thank you so much for inviting me to come there,” Katy says. “Because I have so many fans that I’m excited to meet.  And of course, all of your fans as well. Are you gonna be there?”

Dua tells her, “I’m gonna be there, singing every single word!”

The Sunny Hill Festival runs from July 31 through Aug. 2, with Katy set to perform on opening night. Past Sunny Hill Festival performers have included Miley Cyrus, Calvin Harris, Bebe Rexha and Shawn Mendes.

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Violet Grohl made her solo TV debut Wednesday night on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.

The singer performed “Bug in the Cake,” a track off her recently released debut album, Be Sweet to Me.

While this may have been her TV debut as a solo artist, Violet has previously performed on TV with her rock star dad, Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl.

Violet recently launched her first-ever headlining tour in Los Angeles. She’s due to play in Brooklyn, New York, on Thursday. She also just added 18 new headlining shows, including stops in Boston, Milwaukee, Seattle, San Francisco, Phoenix and Denver. Tickets for all new shows go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. local time.

A complete list of dates can be found at VioletGrohl.com.

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The first nightly concert of CMA Fest 2026 takes over Nashville’s Nissan Stadium Thursday, with Jason Aldean set to go on at 11:30 p.m. CT as the headliner. 

More than 20 years into his career and hot on the heels of his new Songs About Us album, you don’t have to worry about the superstar going anywhere — unless you want him to, that is. 

“If it ever gets to a point where I don’t wanna [make records or tour] or people just kinda move on,” he says, trailing off as he contemplates the possibilities. “I mean, I also know that every artist kinda has a shelf life, and at some point people are gonna move on and we’re gonna kinda phase out probably.”

“And when that happens, then we’ll reevaluate,” he continues. “My goal is to keep making music that is relevant that I think is cool and hopefully people wanna hear.”

The Georgia native looks to King George as a role model. 

“I look at guys like George Strait who’ve been around forever,” Jason says. “If he dropped a new album tomorrow, I would be all over that thing going to listen to it. So, that’s the goal.”

“I’ve always said I think the fans will tell you when it’s time to take a break or back off or do something else. But hopefully we’ll be able to tour for the rest of my life on these songs and this career that we’ve built,” he adds.

Night one at Nissan Stadium kicks off with Caylee Hammack singing the national anthem at 7:45, with Rhett Akins, Tucker Wetmore, Ella Langley, Deana Carter and Gretchen Wilson set to play before Jason goes on. 

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Billy Joel spent 10 years performing at New York’s Madison Square Garden, and now he’s lent the title of one of his signature songs to a collection of merch that celebrates the Garden’s other residents — The Knicks — making it to the NBA Finals.

Called the New York State of Mind collection, the collab with the Sportiqe brand is now available online, and inside New York City’s NBA Store. It includes a hoodie and a tee, each one sporting the Knicks logo and the words “New York State of Mind.”

The collection is the start of future Sportiqe Billy Joel merch collabs, which will tie in with other New York teams and venues through 2026. The brand did something similar in 2025 with Frank Sinatra and the New York Yankees.

Sportiqe co-founder Jason Franklin says in a statement, “I started taking piano lessons when I was 8 years old because I loved Billy Joel – the first song I ever learned to play was one of his songs. Thirty-six years later, it’s incredibly meaningful to launch this collaboration during the Knicks’ long-awaited return to the Finals.”

The Knicks will play the San Antonio Spurs at the Garden during games 2, 4 and, if necessary, 6.

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Welcome to the three-comma club, Beyoncé.

She’s one of the new additions to the 2026 Forbes list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women. What put her over the top? According to the publication, it was her 2025 Cowboy Carter tour, which grossed more than $450 million in ticket sales and merchandise. Beyoncé is tied with several other women for #39; the list includes 43 women in total.

Among the musicians featured, Taylor Swift ranks the highest at #23, with an estimated net worth of $2 billion. That’s based on royalties from her music, income from touring, her music catalog — which is worth an estimated $600 million — and a real estate portfolio worth $110 million.

The only other musician on the list is Rihanna, who also ranks at #39 with an estimated net worth of $1 billion. However, that’s not from her music. Much of her wealth comes from her cosmetics line, Fenty Beauty, and her Savage X Fenty lingerie line. The mother of three is allegedly working on a new album, which would be her first since Anti released in 2016.

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