Categoría: Billboard

Two of country music’s most unfiltered, visionary artists —Jelly Roll and Eric Church — will close out 2025’s annual Country Radio Seminar in Nashville by teaming up for an unscripted, intimate conversation. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The event will take place on Friday, Feb. 21, as the two CMA Award-winning artists close out this year’s radio-focused seminar, which runs Feb. 19-21 at the Omni Hotel in Nashville. The annual seminar features a mix of radio and music industry-focused panels, networking events, concert, label luncheons and the annual New Faces of Country Music Showcase. (Jelly Roll was a featured performer in the New Faces of Country Music showcase in 2023, while Church was part of the showcase in 2007.) Last year’s Country Radio Seminar featured conversations from artists including Lainey Wilson, Trisha Yearwood and Megan Moroney. “We are thrilled to have Eric Church and Jelly Roll close out CRS 2025,” RJ Curtis, Executive Director of CRS, said in a statement. “Their ability to connect with fans and push the boundaries of the genre makes this session a perfect culmination of this year’s seminar.” Jelly Roll recently earned his first all-genre Billboard 200 chart-topping album with Beautifully Broken, and was nominated for entertainer of the year at the 2024 CMA Awards. Last year also saw the Antioch, Tenn., native launch his Beautifully Broken headlining arena tour and play his first international tour dates. He appeared at the Kids’ Choice Awards and on WWE, and teamed with MGK for the collaboration “Lonely Road,” as well as with Post Malone for the song “Losers” as part of Posty’s F-1 Trillion album. Earlier this year, following the devastation of Hurricane Helene, which impacted Church’s home state of North Carolina, he released the song “Darkest Hour (Helene Edit)” and teamed with Luke Combs, Billy Strings and more to hold Concert for Carolina, a benefit concert that raised more than $24 million for hurricane relief efforts. Source link

Bad Bunny may be a global hitmaker, but at times, he still feels like a rookie. That’s what the Puerto Rican superstar (real name Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe during an interview in which he spoke about his latest album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos, and how he’s been reflecting on his own career and life now that he’s been in the industry for a decade. “I’ve been reflecting about my whole life, my history, and also about my career, when I’ve been doing all these years, I’m about to turn 10 years in the industry,” he told Lowe. “And that’s f–king crazy because sometimes I feel that I’m a rookie, this is my first year! This is my first album to me.” Debí is Bad Bunny’s sixth studio album, and it’s a celebration of Puerto Rico and the sonic heritage that has influenced his music. The 17-track album, released Sunday (Jan. 5), includes collaborative efforts with Chuwi, Dei V, Omar Courtz, Pleneros de la Cresta and RaiNao — all Puerto Rican acts. Throughout, he takes traditional Afro-Puerto Rican styles such as plena and jíbara, and fuses them with contemporary reggaetón and synths. During the interview, he also revealed that his favorite track is the third one on the set, titled “Baile Inolvidable,” which was recorded with young musicians from Escuela Libre de Música. “It’s a song that I have in my mind for maybe two years. The whole composition, the whole song, it was in my mind way before the song was created,” he expressed. Benito also spoke about aging, and recalled a dark moment in his life. He shared that in his 20s, he felt depressed. “I remember when I turned 20, I was depressed. I thought that I was I was going to die. It was the end of my life. I was, Oh, my God, I’m 20! I’m a f–king old man! I’m about to die! This is the end! I remember,” he said. “I’m just learning not to think too much and just trust in the life and God and the process and everything and enjoy the moment. But now I’m 30, people start to ask you, ‘Are you going to marry? Are you going to have kids?’ You start to think, ‘Am I wrong?’” Check out the full interview above, in which Bad Bunny also reveals whether he’ll be touring in Europe this year. Source link

Brandy is ready to share her life’s story. The superstar revealed via People that she is set to publish a currently untitled memoir this fall. The story will delve into her early life in Mississippi, through launching her debut self-titled album at 15 years old and the experiences she’s had throughout her acting and music careers, including becoming the first Black actress to play a Disney princess when she took on the titular role in 1997’s Cinderella. She also took to Instagram to share a statement about the exciting news, noting, “Writing my memoir was one of the most challenging yet rewarding experiences of my life. I allowed myself the space to be fearless and vulnerable to reveal some of my most intimate moments. For the first time, I am sharing my story–honest, unfiltered and not through the lens of media or critics.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news She continued, “From singing in church as a little girl in McComb, Mississippi, touring across the world, starring as Moesha, and becoming the first Black Cinderella—I’ve experienced unforgettable highs. But what you didn’t see were the struggles behind the scenes, the trials that tested my spirit and shaped the woman I am today.” Brandy concluded, “This memoir is more than a book; it’s a reflection of resilience, hope, and rediscovering myself beyond the fame, the music and the spotlight. This memoir is a lifetime in the making, and I hope my words bring inspiration as you navigate your own journey.” See her post here. The memoir is set to be released on Oct. 7, 2025 via Hanover Square Press, and is available for preorder. Source link

The Contenders is a midweek column that looks at artists aiming for the top of the Billboard charts, and the strategies behind their efforts. This week, for the upcoming Billboard 200 albums chart dated Jan. 18, 2025, we look at whether new releases from Lil Baby or Bad Bunny can unseat a reigning blockbuster that dates back to 2022.   Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Lil Baby, WHAM (Quality Control/Motown): One of the biggest names in music at the turn of the 2020s, Atlanta rapper Lil Baby has been less dominant on the charts the past couple years but still draws a good deal of attention every time out. On Friday (Jan. 2), he released his new set WHAM – not named after the ‘80s U.K. duo who just hit a new peak of No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 with the holiday staple “Last Christmas,” but an acronym standing for Who Hard as Me – with 15 brand new cuts, including features from fellow ATL superstars Future, Young Thug and 21 Savage and other big names like Travis Scott, GloRilla and Rod Wave.   The set is off to a strong start on streaming – particularly on Apple Music, where it continues to litter the top 100 of its real-time chart five days after release, while also claiming the No. 1 spot with the Future and Thug teamup “Dum, Dumb and Dumber.” It should also be helped by sales of the set’s deluxe digital edition on Baby’s webstore available for $4.99, which boasts four new songs not currently available on DSPs, including another Future collab in “99.” (He also has a standard CD available for purchase at his webstore, along with a couple “Fan Packs” that include additional merch, offering a discount on the CD if you buy the merch along with it.)   It should all add up to WHAM having a pretty good chance to make it big on the Billboard 200 next week. If it can claim the top spot, it would be Lil Baby’s fourth consecutive visit there this decade, after previously hitting No. 1 with 2020’s My Turn, 2021’s Lil Durk teamup The Voice of the Heroes and 2022’s It’s Only Me.   Bad Bunny, Debí Tirar Más Fotos (Rimas): Another one of the biggest stars of the early 2020s, Bad Bunny dropped his new album Debí Tirar Más Fotos (I Should Have Taken More Photos) on Sunday (Jan. 5). The 17-track LP – which contains just a handful of collaborations, and none with household-name artists – has been hailed by critics as a “homecoming” for the artist born Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, who spends much of the set dabbling in genres native to his home country of Puerto Rico like salsa and plena.   Fotos has seen robust early returns on streaming, though it has yet to produce a clear breakout hit, and neither of its advance tracks (“El Clúb” or “Pitorro de Coco”) made much of an impression on the Hot 100 upon their release. The album is also currently available for physical release, with only a digital version available on his webstore and iTunes for $4.99. Its debut numbers will also certainly be dampened by the set’s Sunday release, which means it will be missing two days’ worth of consumption from its first week of tracking.   Still, Bad Bunny will always be a factor in the Billboard 200 albums race when he releases a new LP. Like Lil Baby, he has sent his last three albums this decade to No. 1 on the chart: 2020’s El Último Tour del Mundo, 2022’s Un Verano Sin Ti and 2023’s Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana.   SZA, SOS (Top Dawg/RCA): SZA’s R&B sophomore blockbuster SOS had already been a 10-week No. 1 on the Billboard 200 from late 2022 to early 2023, and one of the most acclaimed and beloved albums of the first half of the 2020s. But at the beginning of this year, SOS returned to the top of the chart, thanks to a boost provided by the release of its deluxe edition, titled LANA. The re-release featured 14 totally new cuts (as well as the previously released Hot 100 top 10 hit “Saturn”), including “30 for 30,” a collaboration with her upcoming stadium tour co-headliner Kendrick Lamar.   The set has now reigned on the Billboard 200 for the first two chart weeks of the calendar year, with six-figure units posted in each frame. Those numbers will likely slip a little in the third week of release for LANA, but considering SOS remained one of the top-streamed albums for years after its release even before she dropped the deluxe edition – it was still No. 15 on the Billboard 200 in the final chart week of 2024 – it should still be a very strong performer on the chart next week, and hardly a low bar to clear for either Baby or Bunny.   Source link

Corridos singer-songwriter Netón Vega is igniting curiosity with new single “Loco.” His first venture into reggaetón, the track rallies 18-2 on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart (dated Jan. 11), to become his fourth top 10 and ties his best rank. The chart blends streams, airplay and sales to rank the most popular Latin songs of the week in the U.S. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The Mexican singer-songwriter (from La Paz, Baja California Sur) is set to release his debut album, De Mi Vida Mi Muerte, on Jan. 20 (his birthday), which will house “Loco” as its first single. The song traces its new No. 2 peak largely to 8 million official U.S. streams (up 166%) registered during the Dec. 27-Jan. 2 tracking week, according to Luminate. It unlocks Vega’s second No. 1 on Latin Streaming Songs. With the percentage increase, “Loco” also launches at No. 44 on the all-genre Streaming Songs chart and locks a No. 50 debut on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100. Vega, known more for corridos and penning songs for Peso Pluma and Tito Double P, has also collaborated with Natanael Cano, Gabito Ballesteros, Luis R Conriquez and other regional Mexican greats, with songs that have earned him three other top 10s on the Hot Latin Songs chart. Among them are “Si No Quieres No” with Conriquez and “La Patrulla” with Pluma; both reached a No. 2 high in June and September 2024, respectively. In comes “Loco,” released Dec. 20 via Josa Records, for Vega’s first Hot Latin Songs top 10 of the new year and a new sound that has conquered the Latin rhythm audience. The reggaetón track has generated a combined 63,000 videos on TikTok. No video for the song has been released yet. On a global leval, “Loco” earns Vega his highest debut on the Billboard Global 200, starting at No. 57, the Hot Shot debut of the week, with 20.3 million streams worldwide. Plus, it launches at No. 132 on the Global Excl. U.S. chart, with 12.4 million clicks outside the States. Further, following his change of sound, Vega secures his first appearance on the Billboard Artist Hot 100. The chart measures artists’ activity across key metrics of music consumption: album sales, track sales, radio airplay and streaming. Using a methodology comprising those metrics, the chart provides a weekly multi-dimensional ranking of artist popularity. Bad Bunny’s Second Single From New Album Debuts Also on Hot Latin Songs, two songs from Bad Bunny’s sixth solo studio album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos, rank in the top 10. “El Clúb” moves 10-9 with 4.6 million audience impressions and 4.5 million official U.S. streams. “Pitorro de Coco,” meanwhile, visits the chart for the first time, starting at No. 10, for Benito’s record-extending 79 career top 10s. The song registered 5.2 million official streams, suffice for a No. 9 debut on Latin Streaming Songs. Elsewhere, “Pitorro de Coco” makes its debut across four other charts: No. 91 on Billboard Hot 100, No. 103 on Billboard Global 200, No. 135 on Global Excl. U.S. and No. 2 on Latin Digital Song Sales. Source link

“Singer gets first national chart ink exclusively in Billboard,” read a caption on page 65 of the issue dated July 1, 2006. “Song title name-checks fellow artist.” The blurb included an arrow pointing directly to the single debuting at the No. 60 anchor spot on the Hot Country Songs chart: “Tim McGraw,” by then-16-year-old Taylor Swift. By the end of the first quarter of the 21st century, Swift had rewritten numerous vaunted Billboard chart records. As Billlboard celebrates the first 25 years of the 21st century with charts recapping the top artists, albums and songs in that span, we’re also looking back at some of the most impressive achievements on the Billboard 200 albums chart and the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart earned by Swift — the No. 1 act on Billboard’s Top Artists of the 21st Century retrospective. Below, check out 13 of Swift’s most news-making feats on the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 through the end of 2024 (and run down even more here). Plus, browse highlights of Billboard’s Top Artists of the 21st Century chart and the entire 100-position ranking in Billboard’s charts menu. Then, check back Thursday (Jan. 9) for the unveiling of Billboard’s Top Billboard 200 Albums of the 21st Century chart and Friday (Jan. 10) for the premiere of Billboard’s Top Hot 100 Songs of the 21st Century chart. Billboard’s Top Artists, Top Billboard 200 Albums and Top Hot 100 Songs of the 21st Century recaps reflect performance on weekly charts dated Jan. 1, 2000, through Dec. 28, 2024. The Top Artists category ranks the best-performing acts in that span based on activity on the Billboard 200 and Hot 100. (Titles released prior to mid-1999 are excluded, although such entries that appeared on the Billboard 200 or Hot 100 in that span contribute to the calculation of the Top Artists chart.) Additional reporting by Xander Zellner Most Billboard 200 No. 1 Albums Among Women Swift scored 14 Billboard 200 No. 1s between 2008 and 2024, the most among women dating to the survey’s start in March 1956. She first led with Fearless and most recently ruled with The Tortured Poets Department. Most Weeks Spent at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Among Soloists Across her 14 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200, Swift rang up 86 weeks at No. 1, the most among soloists in the chart’s archives. Her most recent leader, The Tortured Poets Department, dominated for a personal-best 17 weeks from charts dated May 4 through Dec. 21, 2024. Only Soloist to Earn New No. 1 Albums on the Billboard 200 in Six Consecutive Calendar Years Swift tallied new No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 in 2019 (Lover); 2020 (Folklore and Evermore); 2021 (Fearless [Taylor’s Version] and Red [Taylor’s Version]); 2022 (Midnights); 2023 (Speak Now [Taylor’s Version] and 1989 [Taylor’s Version]); and 2024 (The Tortured Poets Department). She is the only soloist to score new No. 1s in six consecutive calendar years in the list’s history. First Artist With Hot 100’s Entire Top 10 On the Hot 100 dated Nov. 5, 2022, Swift became the first artist to claim the entire top 10 of the Hot 100 in a single week, thanks to songs from her album Midnights, which simultaneously launched atop the Billboard 200. Most Hits on the Hot 100 From No. 1 on Down Swift is the only act to monopolize the Hot 100’s top 10 in a single frame – and has done so twice. On the May 4, 2024-dated chart, she outpaced her own record, holding the top 14 spots with tracks from her album The Tortured Poets Department, which the same week soared in atop the Billboard 200. Most Top 10 Hot 100 Hits from One Album Swift has achieved 10 Hot 100 top 10s from both Midnights and The Tortured Poets Department. Only Woman to Replace Herself at No. 1 on the Hot 100 Swift’s “Blank Space” ended the reign of her “Shake It Off” on the Hot 100 dated Nov. 29, 2014. She replaced herself at No. 1 again on the Nov. 11, 2023-dated chart, when “Is It Over Now (Taylor’s Version) [From the Vault]” interrupted the command of “Cruel Summer.” The other acts to supplant themselves atop the chart: The Beatles, Boyz II Men, Puff Daddy, Ja Rule, Nelly, OutKast, Usher, T.I., The Black Eyed Peas, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber, Drake and BTS. Longest Hot 100 No. 1 “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” –  at 10 minutes and 13 seconds in length (for its dominant version) – debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 dated Nov. 27, 2021. Most Hot 100 Top 10s Among Women Swift boasts 59 Hot 100 top 10s. She first reached the region with “Change” on the chart dated Aug. 30, 2008, and upped her count to 59 on the May 4, 2024-dated chart, thanks to 10 from The Tortured Poets Department. Most Hot 100 Top 40 Hits Among Women Swift has scored 165 top 40 Hot 100 hits. She first reached the region with her debut hit “Tim McGraw,” which peaked at No. 40 on the chart dated Jan. 13, 2007. Most Simultaneous Hot 100 Top 40 Hits Marking a week that Casey Kasem would surely have had fun counting down, Swift banked 26 top concurrent 40 Hot 100 hits on the May 4, 2024-dated Hot 100, all from The Tortured Poets Department. Most Hot 100 Hits Overall Among Women Swift has sent 264 songs onto the Hot 100. Notably, eight have peaked at her signature number, 13: “Teardrops on My Guitar,” “White Horse” (both in 2008), “Ours” (2011), “State of Grace” (2012), “Gorgeous” (2017), “The Last Great American Dynasty” (2020), “Mastermind” (2022) and “The Alchemy” (2024). First Artist to Rank at No. 1 Four Times on the Year-End Top Artists Chart Swift crowned Billboard’s year-end Top Artists charts in 2009, 2015, 2023 and 2024, becoming the first act with four annual titles (dating to the category’s 1981 inception). Source link

LaVar Ball’s only rival might be the late Joe Jackson. LiAngelo Ball #18 of the Charlotte Hornets stands on the court in the fourth quarter during a preseason game at Spectrum Center on Oct. 5, 2022 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Eakin Howard/Getty Images This song is everywhere. Last night (Jan. 7), the Inside the NBA TNT crew played “Tweaker” throughout various breaks and highlights. South Carolina Women’s Basketball head coach Dawn Staley liked the song enough to record herself listening to it during practice and posted it on her Instagram. Multiple professional locker rooms celebrated wins as “Tweaker” in the background, like the Detroit Lions after beating the Vikings for the division and the No. 1 seed in the playoffs. The song has even been referenced on the news in West Virginia. Since that clip of LiAngelo Ball aka G3 aka Gelo played the song in his car for popular streamer n3on, the song has truly taken on a life of its own. Some hate the track and think it’s mid, while others are having fun with the novelty of it all. Either way, he’s winning — because he’ll be performing at Rolling Loud California later this year and the song is doing numbers on Spotify and YouTube, with over four million plays and counting on both platforms. After years of trying to make it and stay in the NBA, the middle Ball brother may have finally found his true calling. “Tweaker” is resonating with folks because it sounds like the music they grew up on, and it has a catchy hook. There’s also the novelty factor: People are going to have fun with a song made by someone out of the Ball family. We’ve missed the family’s patriarch LaVar’s antics, and his son coming out with a banger is going to get some attention. Whether you’re a fan of the song or not, you really can’t get too mad at those that are choosing to have some fun with it. Social media loves the song — especially users on X — so we compiled a list of some of the funnier memes we’ve come across this past week or so. Check out our picks below. Madden Music Imagine loading up Madden 2004 into your PS2 and this banger comes on? I’ll be ready to run through a wall and do my Ray Lewis dance. LeBron James, Certified Tweaker Some kids will never understand the time and effort it took to listen to music before streaming came along. You either had to purchase a song or album from a real life store or from the digital iTunes store. Then you had to burn it onto a CD and label it properly, so you could listen to it in your car or on a Discman like LeBron is doing in the video below. “Tweaker” Sounds Like a Fresh Pack of White Tees Honestly, “Tweaker” feels more like late ’90s/early ’00s Big Tymers than it does mid ’00s Atlanta Snap era, but we’re going to allow it due to semantics. The Wire, “Hamsterdam” (S3, E4) The original version features the guys in the car mean muggin’ Cutty as Ludacris’ “Splash Waterfalls” plays. I think “Tweaker” fits better in that situation. The Regular Show, “Slam Dunk” (S3, E6) R.I.P. Basketball King Carl Weathers. May he swerve and bend corners on that big basketball court in the sky. Brian Pumper Dancing, Part 1 B. Pumper has gone the way of the burned CD and it’s also where most of his work lives. Brian Pumper Dancing, Part 2 If you say Brian Pumper’s name three times, he appears and dances just like this. A Nice Coogi Will Never Go Out of Style I have some on my eBay watchlist. I might finally pull the trigger. *Flex Bomb* Midnight Club Menu Music Ah, s—t, here we go again. *fires up the PS2* NBA Ballers Menu Music Starbury doing And1 tricks with his iced-out chain swinging around is what nostalgia is all about. I never owned this game, but I wish I did now. WWE Entrance Music Cryme Tyme is such a ridiculous concept, but the song fits them well. The 2000s were a different era. Now go throw on “Tweaker” and hit your little cousin with a G9. Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox Sign Up The Daily A daily briefing on what matters in the music industry By providing your information, you agree to our Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services. // This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Source link

LaVar Ball’s only rival might be the late Joe Jackson. LiAngelo Ball #18 of the Charlotte Hornets stands on the court in the fourth quarter during a preseason game at Spectrum Center on Oct. 5, 2022 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Eakin Howard/Getty Images This song is everywhere. Last night (Jan. 7), the Inside the NBA TNT crew played “Tweaker” throughout various breaks and highlights. South Carolina Women’s Basketball head coach Dawn Staley liked the song enough to record herself listening to it during practice and posted it on her Instagram. Multiple professional locker rooms celebrated wins as “Tweaker” in the background, like the Detroit Lions after beating the Vikings for the division and the No. 1 seed in the playoffs. The song has even been referenced on the news in West Virginia. Since that clip of LiAngelo Ball aka G3 aka Gelo played the song in his car for popular streamer n3on, the song has truly taken on a life of its own. Some hate the track and think it’s mid, while others are having fun with the novelty of it all. Either way, he’s winning — because he’ll be performing at Rolling Loud California later this year and the song is doing numbers on Spotify and YouTube, with over four million plays and counting on both platforms. After years of trying to make it and stay in the NBA, the middle Ball brother may have finally found his true calling. “Tweaker” is resonating with folks because it sounds like the music they grew up on, and it has a catchy hook. There’s also the novelty factor: People are going to have fun with a song made by someone out of the Ball family. We’ve missed the family’s patriarch LaVar’s antics, and his son coming out with a banger is going to get some attention. Whether you’re a fan of the song or not, you really can’t get too mad at those that are choosing to have some fun with it. Social media loves the song — especially users on X — so we compiled a list of some of the funnier memes we’ve come across this past week or so. Check out our picks below. Madden Music Imagine loading up Madden 2004 into your PS2 and this banger comes on? I’ll be ready to run through a wall and do my Ray Lewis dance. LeBron James, Certified Tweaker Some kids will never understand the time and effort it took to listen to music before streaming came along. You either had to purchase a song or album from a real life store or from the digital iTunes store. Then you had to burn it onto a CD and label it properly, so you could listen to it in your car or on a Discman like LeBron is doing in the video below. “Tweaker” Sounds Like a Fresh Pack of White Tees Honestly, “Tweaker” feels more like late ’90s/early ’00s Big Tymers than it does mid ’00s Atlanta Snap era, but we’re going to allow it due to semantics. The Wire, “Hamsterdam” (S3, E4) The original version features the guys in the car mean muggin’ Cutty as Ludacris’ “Splash Waterfalls” plays. I think “Tweaker” fits better in that situation. The Regular Show, “Slam Dunk” (S3, E6) R.I.P. Basketball King Carl Weathers. May he swerve and bend corners on that big basketball court in the sky. Brian Pumper Dancing, Part 1 B. Pumper has gone the way of the burned CD and it’s also where most of his work lives. Brian Pumper Dancing, Part 2 If you say Brian Pumper’s name three times, he appears and dances just like this. A Nice Coogi Will Never Go Out of Style I have some on my eBay watchlist. I might finally pull the trigger. *Flex Bomb* Midnight Club Menu Music Ah, s—t, here we go again. *fires up the PS2* NBA Ballers Menu Music Starbury doing And1 tricks with his iced-out chain swinging around is what nostalgia is all about. I never owned this game, but I wish I did now. WWE Entrance Music Cryme Tyme is such a ridiculous concept, but the song fits them well. The 2000s were a different era. Now go throw on “Tweaker” and hit your little cousin with a G9. Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox Sign Up The Daily A daily briefing on what matters in the music industry By providing your information, you agree to our Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services. // This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Source link

For Drake, his next move better be his best move. The 6 God revealed he’s back in the studio as he turns the page to a clean slate in the new year. Drizzy took to Instagram for a colorful post on Tuesday night (Jan. 7) as he got back to work while showing off his studio setup while rocking a crochet hat and baby blue silk top matching his Chrome Hearts travel bag. “I thought this through,” Drake captioned the post. Another photo also found him donning a money sign chain to go with his nails painted with the same symbol. The money signs have previously been hinting toward his upcoming collab album with PartyNextDoor, but the highly anticipated project remains without a release date. Plenty of Drake’s peers hopped into the comments section, hyped at the idea of new music being on the way. Sexyy Red, Reese LaFlare, Blocboy JB and even Riff Raff showed him some love. “They ain’t ready,” Big Sexyy wrote. Drake kicked off 2025 making a statement with the arrival of his “Fighting Irish Freestyle,” which was quickly scrubbed from its producer Conductor Williams’ YouTube account following its release. On the track, Drizzy appeared to be targeting NBA star LeBron James, who was in attendance for Kendrick Lamar’s Pop Out concert in June. The Fighting Irish also served as the mascot for LeBron’s high school team when he attended St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Ohio. “The world fell in love with the gimmicks, even my brothers got tickets, seemed like they loved every minute/ Just know the s–t is personal to us and wasn’t just business/ Analyzing behavioral patterns is somewhat suspicious,” Drake raps on the track. Source link

Jonathan Bailey and Selena Gomez were the only actors to receive 2025 Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for both film and television work. Bailey was nominated twice for Wicked, as member of the ensemble cast and in the supporting actor category, and once for Bridgerton, as a member of the ensemble cast. Gomez was nominated as a member of the casts of both Emilia Pérez and Only Murders in the Building. Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo each received both ensemble and individual nominations for their work in Wicked. Likewise, Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton and Monica Barbaro each received two nods for their work in A Complete Unknown. Chalamet plays Bob Dylan, Norton plays Pete Seeger and Barbaro plays Joan Baez. Wicked received a total of five nominations, tying the all-time record for most nominations by a film. Previous films that received five SAG Award nods were Chicago, Doubt, Shakespeare in Love, The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All at Once. Other films with multiple nominations were A Complete Unknown and Emilia Pérez with four each; Anora with three; and Conclave and The Last Showgirl with two each. Shōgun was the most nominated TV program with five nods, followed by The Bear with four and The Diplomat with three. Twenty actors received their first individual acting nods this year. Bailey and Grande are among them, as are such veterans as Harrison Ford, Demi Moore and Daniel Craig. Pamela Anderson, Tadanobu Asano, Monica Barbaro, Kristen Bell, Adam Brody, Yura Borisov, Nicola Coughlan, Richard Gadd, Karla Sofía Gascón, Jessica Gunning, Mikey Madison, Cristin Milioti, Zoe Saldaña, Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai were among the acting nominations. Bell, nominated for outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series for the Netflix hit Nobody Wants This, will host this year’s SAG Awards. Legendary actress and activist Jane Fonda will be presented with the Life Achievement Award, SAG-AFTRA’s highest honor. The 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, produced by Silent House Productions in partnership with SAG-AFTRA, will stream live globally on Netflix Sunday, Feb. 23, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT from the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles. Here’s the complete list of nominations. Outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role Adrien Brody, The Brutalist Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown Daniel Craig, Queer Colman Domingo, Sing Sing Ralph Fiennes, Conclave Outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl Cynthia Erivo, Wicked Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Pérez Mikey Madison, Anora Demi Moore, The Substance Outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role Jonathan Bailey, Wicked Yura Borisov, Anora Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice Outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown Jamie Lee Curtis, The Last Showgirl Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson Ariana Grande, Wicked Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez Outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture A Complete Unknown — Monica Barbaro, Norbert Leo Butz, Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Dan Fogler, Will Harrison, Eriko Hatsune, Boyd Holbrook, Scoot McNairy, Big Bill Morganfield, Edward Norton Anora – Yura Borisov, Mark Eydelshteyn, Karren Karagulian, Mikey Madison, Aleksey Serebryakov, Vache Tovmasyan Conclave – Sergio Castellitto, Ralph Fiennes, John Lithgow, Lucian Msamati, Isabella Rossellini, Stanley Tucci Emilia Pérez – Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Zoe Saldaña Wicked – Jonathan Bailey, Marissa Bode, Peter Dinklage, Cynthia Erivo, Jeff Goldblum, Ariana Grande, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Michelle Yeoh Outstanding action performance by a stunt ensemble in a motion picture Deadpool & Wolverine Dune: Part Two The Fall Guy Gladiator II Wicked Outstanding performance by a male actor in a television movie or limited series Javier Bardem, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story Colin Farrell, The Penguin Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer Kevin Kline, Disclaimer Andrew Scott, Ripley Outstanding performance by a female actor in a television movie or limited series Kathy Bates, The Great Lillian Hall Cate Blanchett, Disclaimer Jodie Foster, True Detective: Night Country Lily Gladstone, Under the Bridge Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer Cristin Milioti, The Penguin Outstanding performance by a male actor in a drama series Tadanobu Asano, Shōgun Jeff Bridges, The Old Man Gary Oldman, Slow Horses Eddie Redmayne, The Day of the Jackal Hiroyuki Sanada, Shōgun Outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series Kathy Bates, Matlock Nicola Coughlan, Bridgerton Allison Janney, The Diplomat Keri Russell, The Diplomat Anna Sawai, Shōgun Outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This Ted Danson, A Man on the Inside Harrison Ford, Shrinking Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building Jeremy Allen White, The Bear Outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary Liza Colón-Zayas, The Bear Ayo Edebiri, The Bear Jean Smart, Hacks Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series Bridgerton — Geraldine Alexander,Victor Alli, Adjoa Andoh, Julie Andrews, Lorraine Ashbourne, Simone Ashley, Jonathan Bailey, Joe Barnes, Joanna Bobin, James Bryan, Harriet Cains, Bessie Carter, Genevieve Chenneour, Dominic Coleman, Nicola Coughlan, Kitty Devlin, Hannah Dodd, Daniel Francis, Ruth Gemmell, Rosa Hesmondhalgh, Sesley Hope, Florence Hunt, Martins Imhangbe, Molly Jackson-Shaw, Claudia Jessie, Lorn MacDonald, Jessica Madsen, Emma Naomi, Hannah New, Luke Newton, Caleb Obediah, James Phoon, Vineeta Rishi, Golda Rosheuvel, Hugh Sachs, Banita Sandhu, Luke Thompson, Will Tilston, Polly Walker, Anna Wilson-Jones, Sophie Woolley The Day of the Jackal — Khalid Abdalla, Jon Arias, Nick Blood, Úrsula Corberó, Charles Dance, Ben Hall, Chukwudi Iwuji, Patrick Kennedy, Puchi Lagarde, Lashana Lynch, Eleanor Matsuura, Jonjo O’Neill, Eddie Redmayne, Sule Rimi, Lia Williams The Diplomat — Ali Ahn, Sandy Amon-Schwartz, Tim Delap, Penny Downie, Ato Essandoh, David Gyasi, Celia Imrie, Rory Kinnear, Pearl Mackie, Nana Mensah, Graham Miller, Keri Russell, Rufus Sewell, Adam Silver, Kenichiro Thomson Shōgun — Shinnosuke Abe, Tadanobu Asano, Tommy Bastow, Takehiro Hira, Moeka Hoshi, Hiromoto Ida, Cosmo Jarvis, Hiroto Kanai, Yuki Kura, Takeshi Kurokawa, Fumi Nikaido, Tokuma Nishioka, Hiroyuki Sanada, Anna