While Avril Lavigne's "Hello Kitty" video has raised the hackles of plenty of Western pundits, thanks to imagery that many perceive as culturally insensitive, the view from Tokyo is far more sanguine.

Billboard continues Girl Group Week by featuring Brett Anderson, the leader of all-female rock group the Donnas.

Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande have teased a collaboration before, but now there's visual proof that the pair of pop superstars have spent studio time together.

Billboard's new cover story focuses on the King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson, going behind the scenes with the super-producers who sifted through nearly two-decades of MJ's studio outtakes in an attempt to produce what they hope will be a posthumous hit record, "Xscape." Antonio "L.A." Reid, Timbaland, Rodney Jerkins and J-Roc -- the "Xscape" team -- take Billboard into the making of the album, which features the just-released Justin Timberlake-MJ duet "Love Never Felt So Good."

Recent use of the drug and the levels identified likely played a role in the 25-year-old's death, a British detective chief inspector said Thursday.