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Who Should Selena Gomez Collaborate With Next? Vote!
Selena Gomez got the Blinks buzzing all over social media when she confirmed her upcoming collaboration with Blackpink, but who should she work with next? Her dinner pal Niall Horan already dished about being “ready when Sel is” regarding their collab, so maybe it’s time to finally deliver. But recently, the 28-year-old singer disclosed she’s ready to work with her BFF Taylor Swift already. “I’ve always dreamt of doing a song with Taylor. We both wanted to do that,” she said while crashing a game of Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Aug. 5 with “Past Life” remix partner Trevor Daniel. “Everything remains in our friendship. It just feels like we’re family. I’ve known her for 13 or 14 years now. She’s been my best friend. But, we’ve talked...
Juice WRLD Sprouts Wings in Dreamy Animated Video For ‘Smile’ With The Weeknd
Juice WRLD is trapped in a bubble in the animated visual for the late rapper’s collab with The Weeknd, “Smile.” The KDC Visions-created clip for the posthumous single finds Juice wandering through fields of flowers and butterflies as he moons about doing anything he can to make his lover smile, even as the devil on his shoulder warns of imminent danger. As Juice bounces among the flowers and approaches a glowing door, the scene cuts to a woman (who looks a lot like the rapper’s real-life girlfriend) lying on a bed surrounded by pictures of him, looking longingly at a shrunken version of the MC singing to her from inside a snow globe. As she gazes up with sad eyes at a painting of her beloved on the wall, it comes alive and Juice grows a pair of white angel wings. {&...
Cardi B Joins OnlyFans, So That’s Where You’ll Find ‘WAP’ Outtakes and ‘Private Stuff’
Cardi B has never been shy about sharing on her socials, but now she’s joined a suddenly-hot subscription service where she promises to spill even more. “Ok guys so now you can subscribe to my only fans! Yes I’ll be putting by BTS from WAP there !” Cardi wrote, promising to reveal some of the behind-the-scenes action from her collab with Megan Thee Stallion. “And my day to day content.Also any rumors floating around.NO I WONT BE SHOWING P—Y , T—IES AND A– .LINK IN BIO…It will be a place for only me and my fans.” In a video message to announce her OnlyFans, Cardi said that not only will she pull back the curtain on the “WAP” shoot, but also the “whole process” or recording it, from the day before to the day she tr...
20 Questions With Carlos Rivera: The Mexican Crooner on His Journey to Abbey Road & New Single
It’s not every day that an artist gets to record at the iconic Abbey Road in London, which is why for Carlos Rivera it wasn’t enough to just include the 10 songs in his 2018 Guerra album. The Mexican singer-songwriter has now re-released the tracks and this time on his first-ever vinyl. “We had been wanting to do something special with these songs since recording at Abbey Road was a dream come true for me,” Rivera tells Billboard. “It’s not like any other studio where you can pay to record. To get there, I had to tell them my personal story. I told them I was a from the smallest state in Mexico, Tlaxcala, and that I always dreamed of becoming a singer and record at Abbey Road. I think they were touched by my story.” The vinyl includes the 10 songs ...
Pentatonix’s Kirstin Maldonado & Kevin Olusola Share Their Quarantined Recording Process — And What’s Next for the Group
Pentatonix’s Kirstin Maldonado remembers when she called her bandmate Kevin Olusola in a mild panic, as she was setting up her new home studio as the group was settling into quarantine earlier this year. “I was like, ‘Kevin, I have this, this and this. What cords am I missing? What do I need? What am I doing? Like, what is happening?,’” she now recalls, laughing. Eventually, Maldonado got her studio together, and her and Olusola — along with the other three members of Pentatonix: Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying and Matt Sallee — dived into recording their new covers EP, appropriately titled At Home. The six-song project, which was released on June 24, includes the group’s takes on Billie Eilish’s “When the Party’s Over,” The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” and Dua Lipa’s “Break My Heart,” and came a...
How Harry Styles’ ‘Watermelon Sugar’ Became His First No. 1 Single on the Hot 100
This year was already an incredibly fruitful one for Harry Styles on Billboard charts, thanks to the consistent success of his Billboard 200 No. 1 album Fine Line and its top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hit “Adore You.” But now, he’s scaled to new heights – garnering his first No. 1 on the Hot 100 with the Fine single “Watermelon Sugar.” On the latest Pop Shop Podcast (listen below), the team reviews just how “Watermelon Sugar” surged from No. 7 to No. 1 on the Aug. 15-dated chart, the tune’s wild success at radio over the past few months and what helped make “Watermelon Sugar” such a smash hit. So far, since Fine Line’s release last December, the set has yet to depart the top 25 on the weekly Billboard 200 chart, and has earned over 1.6 million equivalent album units in the U.S., according...
Vote for the Best 2000’s Latin Hit: Enrique Iglesias, Ricky Martin, Thalia & More
While Bad Bunny, J Balvin, and other reggaeton stars dominate the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart in the new era, the scenario was different 20 years ago. The Hot Latin Songs chart, which currently blends airplay, streaming data, and digital sales, was then dominated mainly by pop ballads and some tropical anthems with chart-toppers such as Chayanne, Thalia, and Marc Anthony, to name a few. In the year 2000, 18 Latin bops hit No. 1, showcasing the variety in musical taste and consumption. {“nid”:”9429942″,”type”:”post”,”title”:”Thalia, Marc Anthony & More Latin Artists Who Had No. 1 Billboard Hits 20 Years Ago”,”relative_path”:”\/articles\/columns\/latin\/9429942\/hot-latin-songs-hits-in-2000\/...
A Sweet Ascent: Ozuna’s ‘Caramelo’ Hits No. 1 on Latin Airplay Chart
As Ozuna’s “Caramelo” hits No. 1 on the Latin Airplay chart (dated Aug. 15), he nabs his 20th leader on the list which launched in 1994. The song hikes 5-1 in its eighth week on the chart (up 41% in audience impressions to 1 million, in the week ending Aug. 9, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data). The new achievement places him in a tie with Daddy Yankee for the third-most No. 1s among all acts on Latin Airplay, both with 20. Above them are only Enrique Iglesias who continues at the helm with 31 No. 1s and J Balvin with 23. “I am extremely grateful for the great support and acceptance that ‘Caramelo’ has had,” Ozuna tells Billboard. “I’m super happy with the news that there are already 20 No. 1 singles in my career. We are working hard to continue providing good music. Stand by for ENOC, c...
Muse Announces ‘Simulation Theory’ IMAX Movie Experience & Limited-Edition Box Sets: Watch the Trailer
Muse is reliving its Simulation Theory Tour days by bringing them to the silver screen. MUSE – Simulation Theory: The IMAX Experience will be available in select IMAX theaters around the world next Monday, Aug. 17 before coming to iTunes, Amazon and Google Play starting next Friday, Aug. 21. Directed by Lance Drake, who shot every promo video for the English rock band’s 2018 album by the same name, the sci-fi concert film-narrative film hybrid was filmed at London’s O2 Arena in September 2019 and follows a team of scientists investigating the source of a paranormal contagion around the world in efforts to save humanity, which sounds eerily familiar to the coronavirus pandemic. The Simulation Theory movie also features 22 songs and the never-before-heard score from Muse...
Let’s Rewind Through Sen. Kamala Harris’ Mood Playlist
Former Vice President and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden announced Sen. Kamala Harris as his VP pick Tuesday (Aug. 11), so Billboard is revisiting and rewinding through her mood playlist. Last year during a segment on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Harris sat down and ran through her favorite tracks for any given scenario, from what to play at the cookout (Beyoncé‘s Lemonade) to what reminds her of her college days at Howard University (Salt-N-Pepa’s “Push It”) to what she loved as a child (Aretha Franklin’s “Young, Gifted and Black”). But most importantly and timely, her presidential song pick is “One Nation Under a Groove” by Funkadelic. Artists including John Legend, Cher, Justin Timberlake, Hayley Kiyoko and more chee...
Cardi B Wishes More Male Rappers Would Speak Out About the Murder of Breonna Taylor
Elle unveiled Cardi B as their September cover star on Tuesday (Aug. 11), and in her cover story, the outspoken rapper got candid about the murder of Breonna Taylor, her upcoming sophomore album and more. “That is so insane to me,” she said of the 26-year-old EMT, who was fatally shot while asleep by three Louisville police officers executing a no-knock search warrant on her apartment back in March. “[I saw] Breonna Taylor’s name everywhere, but I didn’t really know her story. What they did to her is really f–ked up. Really f–ked up. What’s the excuse? Why is the cop not in jail? Wasn’t what he did a crime? It’s a crime! And no apology. No apology. No video of the cop coming out crying, ‘I f–ked up. I don’t this. I don’t that.’ Nothing. It’s nothing. I d...
Are Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin Trying to Become Parents During Quarantine?
Celebrities are making all kinds of things during the COVID-19 pandemic: bread, viral TikTok videos, surprise albums and unnecessarily elaborate meals. And while we won’t know until later this year, some of them might also be cooking up lockdown babies. Not Justin Bieber and wife Hailey Bieber, though. While promoting the YouTube web series Justin Bieber: Seasons at the PaleyFest LA even on Friday (Aug. 7), the 23-year-old newlywed model was asked if she and her hubby are planning to expand their family with all the time off this year. “We didn’t make any babies, so that’s that,” Hailey said. “Honestly, I really do think we’ve enjoyed this time,” she added, describing how the filming of the series coincided with the couple trying to figure out their new relationship status as t...
