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Billie Eilish’s anthem of dark optimism, “Birds Of A Feather” hit streaming platforms on May 17, 2024, from her third studio album, Hit Me Hard And Soft. This week, it still has a place in Billboard’s ...

Marian Anderson rejected fear and anger, choosing music and song as her response to the injustice of discrimination—building ...

With 27, Drake has more songs in the top 500 than any other artist, while Taylor Swift comes in second place with 14. Mariah ...

The only place Billie Holiday received vocal instruction also gave her bad-girl cred and an ambitious spiritual discipline. It was The House of the Good Shepherd for Colored Girls, a Catholic convent.

Billie Holiday is one of the foremost vocalists in jazz, whose emotional depth and unique phrasing inspired generations of singers to experiment with form and pitch fluctuation. Nicknamed “Lady ...

Orchestrated by Rezső Seress in 1933 and covered by Billie Holiday, this song is considered the most depressing ever committed to record ahead of Blue Monday 2025. | Canva/Getty ...

As a part of its 2024-25 Season, The Billie Holiday Theatre will present the next edition of BILLIE & BEYOND, a new expansive music series inspired by the artistry and legacy of the institution ...

Billie Holiday's rendition of "Strange Fruit" remains a testament to injustice decades after the singer's death.

On Oct. 5, 1958, Billie Holiday took the stage at the inaugural Monterey Jazz Festival. Then America’s preeminent jazz singer, she closed the event with an effortlessly sophisticated 11-song set ...

In 1959, during what would be the final months of her life, Billie Holiday was unwell. The singer—who had honed her art in the brothels of Baltimore, fronted orchestras led by Count Basie and ...