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This week, there’s a new No. 1 song in the U.K., and the musicians behind the tune make history as they conquer the competitive tally.Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ collaboration “Unholy” doesn’t just reach the top spot on the U.K. songs chart this frame, it actually debuts there.That’s a surefire sign that not only do the two artists have a real hit on their hands, but that interest in their duet was incredibly high and that their fan bases acted fast to support the tune.“Unholy” marks Smith’s eighth No.

“Die With a Smile” — the powerhouse pairing of Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars — went No. 1 two weeks ago, it was almost more like, “Die already!”Don’t get me me wrong — the belt-for-your-life ballad was one of the best songs of 2024, living every bit up to its superstar supersizing.But the single came out way back in August — the dog days of summer, not the gray days of winter. So how the hell is this single topping the Billboard Hot 100 for the third straight week?“Die With a Smile” is not the only recent hit that has seemed to live forever … and ever.

Dua Lipa has reacted to her latest album ‘Radical Optimism‘ not being nominated at the 67th annual Grammy Awards.In a new interview with Billboard UK, the pop star discussed her 2020 album ‘Future Nostalgia’ earning her the award for Best Pop Vocal Album at the Grammys in 2021, sharing that the LP allowed her to “grow as an artist, to push boundaries and change” and helped her have “the confidence to make ‘Radical Optimism‘.”Released on May 3 2024, her third studio LP peaked at Number One on the UK Charts and Number Two on the US Billboard 200. However, it was not nominated for any awards at the 67th Grammy Awards which are set to take place on February 2 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California.Speaking about the album and the lack of Recording Academy nominations, Lipa told the outlet: “I’m so proud of ‘Radical Optimism’ and where it’s brought me.

Taylor Swift will bring her historic Eras Tour to a close this weekend at BC Place stadium in Vancouver, Canada.Changing the concert business — and changing the culture period — the blockbuster trek will go down as the highest-grossing tour of all time, becoming the first to haul in over $1 billion.“From attendance to size, it just kind of captured the imagination of the world for two years,” said Dave Brooks, Billboard senior director of live music and touring. “There’s really nothing [like it] that we’ve ever seen before.”In fact, Brooks credits the Eras Tour with helping to “restart the economy” after the pandemic.“It had a huge impact — from hotels to transportation to restaurants,” he said.

X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday.“We have removed the clip from our video and sincerely regret the harm we caused with this error.”In the video montage celebrating Swift’s accolades after being named the second-greatest pop star of the 21st century, Billboard mistakenly included a clip from West’s controversial 2016 “Famous” music video, which featured a naked wax figurine of the pop star laying in the rapper’s bed.While Billboard removed and reposted the video celebrating Swift, the apologetic statements comes after receiving backlash online, as Swifties slammed the clip as “problematic,” “nasty” and “a slap in the face.” Meanwhile, according to Time, hashtags such as #BillboardIsOverParty and #BillboardApologizeToTaylor trended on X.The Post has reached out to Swift’s representatives for comment.The music video and song — in which he says, “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex/ Why? I made that bitch famous” — is part of a yearslong feud between West and Swift dating back to 2009.Swift took issue with the lyrics and the depiction of herself in West’s music video in 2016, and Kim Kardashian, the rapper’s wife at the time, attempted to defend her husband by claiming that he got approval from the “Lavender Haze” crooner before releasing it. As alleged proof, Kardashian posted video footage from a phone call between West and Swift, in which the singer seemingly agreed to her inclusion in West’s song.

her husband’s conservative political beliefs.“Remember when I said it’s been a journey standing up for what we believe in??” she wrote.“This is a prime example of Jason being left out of things in the industry.”[Billboard] your wokeness obviously overrides your ability to give credit where it’s due, and it’s sad,” her post continued.The “Try That in a Small Town” singer and his wife have been outspoken supporters of President-elect Donald Trump over the years, and were spotted sitting next to Trump on the fourth night of the Republican National Convention this past July.Two of Aldean’s bandmates, bassist Tully Kennedy and guitarist Kurt Allison, also suggested the magazine’s snub was influenced by politics.“It ain’t always easy standing up for what you believe in,” Kennedy wrote in an Instagram post. “I don’t know whats funnier @billboard ..

Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” was released 30 years ago on Oct. 29, 1994, it began her ascent to the Queen of Christmas throne.Three decades later, the 55-year-old pop superstar is everybody’s favorite holiday diva.“It’s the gift that keeps on giving — to her fans and to Mariah,” said Gary Trust, managing director of charts and operations at Billboard, to The Post.“It ranks at No.

Beyoncé was shut out of the nominations for the 2024 CMA Awards released Monday.In a snub, there were no nominations for “Cowboy Carter” or its hit single “Texas Hold ’Em,” which went No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums and Hot Country Songs charts, respectively — making Bey the first black woman to accomplish those feats in the predominantly white genre.“Cowboy Carter” — which featured everyone from Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson to Miley Cyrus and Post Malone — spent four weeks at No.

Bruce Springsteen was born to rock.But even a certified rock god like the Boss is rolling into country territory now: This week his “Sandpaper” duet with Zach Bryan marks the first time that Springsteen has ever appeared on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart since the New Jersey legend first greeted us from Asbury Park, N.J. on his debut album way back in 1973.And not only does Springsteen hit No. 26 on the Hot Country Songs chart with his genre — and generation-crossing collaboration from Bryan’s new album, “The Great American Bar Scene,” but he scores his first appearance on the overall Hot 100 tally since 2009.Forty years after “Born in the USA,” the man has been revived at the ripe old age of 74.And the No.

freestdcheck.org and a photo of the Empire Polo Club, site of Coachella festival, which takes place annually over two separate weekends, with the first three days of musical acts starting on April 12. The festival is expected to draw about 125,000 revelers.

“Texas Hold ’Em” singer made a last-minute pitch to country upstart Willie Jones to appear on her new “Cowboy Carter” opus — with the album deadline fast approaching to make her March 29 release date — it was either go big or stay home.“It was literally in the fourth quarter,” Jones, 29, told The Post of recording his “Just for Fun” duet with Beyoncé in the final stages of “Cowboy Carter.” “It was literally … end of February, February 20-something.”Jones got the call that would change his life from Alex Vickery, who produced his vocals on “Just for Fun” — which, despite its title, is a decidedly moody meditation.“She’s like, ‘Are you sitting down?’ I was like, ‘Yeah.’ And she’s like, ‘You know Beyoncé is working on a country album … [and] she loves your voice.’ I was like, ‘Are you serious?’ She was like, ‘Can you come out here tomorrow?’ I was like, ‘Send the car.’ ”And now the Shreveport, Louisiana native is galloping into history as one of the Black country artists spotlighted by Beyoncé Knowles Carter on “Cowboy Carter” — the undisputed event record of 2024 — which just scored the biggest sales week of the year in its chart-topping debut on the Billboard 200. Released to rave reviews (including mine), the LP also made Queen B the first Black woman to reign over the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, while simultaneously holding the top three spots on the Hot Country Songs chart led by her No.

solar eclipse. Over four decades after its release, the power ballad, the biggest career hit for Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, is the No.

with no explanation after Lopez previously announced three additional shows in Miami, Toronto and New York in February. A source told The Post that the tour had added those dates due to popular demand.A veteran music industry insider, who has worked with some of the biggest stars in music, told The Post: “If they’re canceling tour dates with someone at her level, it’s bad, very bad.” “There are only a few people who can still draw the crowds after decades, like Springsteen or Madonna,” the music industry insider said.

“Carnival” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart Monday, you can’t tell Kanye West nothing.Indeed, the rapper and hip-hop mogul celebrated his fifth chart-topper — which also features Ty Dolla $ign, Rich the Kid and Playboi Carti — by slamming everyone from Drake and Hailey Bieber to his former Yeezy collaborators at Adidas and all of his perceived enemies “that watched me have my kids taken out of my control.”“Rich Ty Carti and the supporters that stood by us though everything This number #1 is for you it’s for the people who won’t be manipulated by the system,” wrote West in a since-deleted Instagram post full of “f–k you’s.”Then West — who officially changed his name to Ye in 2021 — proceeded to rip into Adidas, which dropped his Yeezy line in 2022 after he had made a series of antisemitic and other controversial remarks.“f–k adidas and everybody who works there or with them,” he wrote.“Anyone who goes to school with anyone who’s [sic] parents work at adidas.

Eternal Sunshine.The set arrived on Friday, March 8, to positive reviews and intense streaming activity from fans eager to hear what one of the biggest pop artists on the planet had come up with.The full-length includes the superstar’s new single, “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love),” which could easily become another smash.“We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” is an electro-pop/synth-pop tune about a love gone awry, one that cannot be morphed into a friendship.It’s both energizing and perfect for the dance floor while also being restrained. Grande doesn’t belt her way through the cut.

“The Greatest Love Story Never Told” when the Bronx-born diva questions just how much the public might care about her — and her much-hyped comeback album “This Is Me… Now” — in today’s pop landscape.After all, it has been 10 years since Lopez’s last studio LP, 2014’s “A.K.A.” — and a whole 22 years since 2002’s “This Is Me… Then” gave her two of her biggest hits in “Jenny from the Block” and “All I Have.” “I didn’t even have to make the record,” says Lopez, 54, in the doc, which premiered on Prime Video Monday night.“It’s not like anybody was clamoring for the next J.Lo record, you know what I mean?”Well, damn, she was sure right about that.Despite a major promotional campaign — including a star-studded short film, “This Is Me… Now: A Love Story,” that accompanied the album release — Lopez’s ninth studio LP made an absolutely abysmal debut on the Billboard 200 at No. 38.Just to put that into perspective, seven of the singer’s previous studio albums debuted in the Top 10 — with 2001’s “J.Lo” opening all the way up at No.

Morgan Wallen — who has ruled the country and pop charts this year — is offering “no excuse” for the racial-slur scandal that threatened to get him canceled in 2021.“There’s no excuse. I’ve never made an excuse.

Billboard Hot 100 chart that was released on Monday.That’s almost exactly 63 years after the tinsel tune first hit the Hot 100, at No. 64, on Dec. 12, 1960.Lee’s third career chart-topper — and first since 1960’s “I Want to Be Wanted” — previously peaked at No.

2024 Grammy nominations were announced.But even as top contenders SZA, Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo were already getting fitted for gowns, something was amiss.The fact that the nominees for music’s top prize were being announced before anyone got to chow and cocktail down for Friendsgiving — let alone Thanksgiving — made it feel way too early in the awards season.I mean, Mariah Carey didn’t even have enough time to properly defrost.Add to that the fact that the 2023 Country Music Awards took place just two days before the 2024 Grammy nominations were announced — and you knew that something just ain’t right with music award shows.That trend continued on Sunday night, when the Billboard Music Awards took the pre-Thanksgiving weekend spot long occupied by the American Music Awards — and turned it into one big turkey. (To make matters even weirder, both the BBMAs and the AMAs are owned by the same parent company.)Indeed, while the BBMAs were previously aired on NBC — these awards were relegated to a damn Billboard website.

2023 Billboard Music Awards are finally here — and, naturally, Taylor Swift is taking the lead with 20 nominations out of the 69 categories.Swift, who is currently on her Eras Tour in Brazil, is the most decorated female BBMAs artist of all time with 29 wins. On Sunday night, some of her nods include for Top Artist, Top Hot 100 Songwriter, Top Billboard 200 Album (“Midnights”).The “Archer” singer is followed on the leaderboard by Morgan Wallen, SZA, The Weeknd, Drake and Zach Bryan.The Billboard Awards kick off at 8 p.m.

GLAAD magazine. “It’s both hard to do those and hard to unravel those, and what I’m basically describing is a divorce, you know? And that’s very hard.

Jimmy Buffett died of skin cancer, sales of the legendary songwriter’s tracks collectively rose over 7,000%, according to to data from Luminate published by Billboard.For the tracking week dated Sept. 1 through Sept.