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21 Nov 2024

Metro Boomin Says ‘Personal Issue’ With Drake That ‘Really Hurt’ Him Led To Their Beef

You might recall that Future and Metro Boomin‘s hit two-fer We Don’t Trust You and it’s sequel album, We Still Don’t Trust You, were larded with shots at Drake. Not only from the two stars whose names were on the cover, but also from The Weeknd, A$AP Rocky and Kendrick Lamar. At the time, the barrage of disses were a head-scratcher to some, since Drizzy had worked with all parties in the past, even if some of those relationships had sometimes run hot and cold.

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Now, according to a series of tweets from hip-hop journalist Elliott Wilson of pages from the new Men of the Year issue of GQ in which Hitmakers of the Year Future and Metro Boomin dig into the origins of their beef with Drake, the heart of the matter was personal, not professional.

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“Me and [Drake], we had a personal issue, and for the record, not over no girl or nothing silly like that,” Metro told GQ senior editor Frazier Tharpe about the war of words sparked by the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Kendrick Lamar-featuring song he produced for the first Trust You volume, “Like That”; that track was a response to the 2023 Drake/J. Cole song “First Person Shooter.”

“It was a personal issue that really hurt me and disappointed me,” Boomin’ said, without specifying what he was referring to. “But if you take all the rap entertainment out of it, it’s like, have you ever been real cool with somebody, and y’all fell out over something? It happens every day. It’s just regular s–t. This just happens to have an audience.”

As for chatter that Boomin’ cooked up his two-album set with Future with the explicit aim of dumping on Drake, the producer/songwriter said that was “for sure” nonsense. “People really think we sat for two years, making two albums [to be] like, Yo, f–k this dude. What kind of s-t is that?,” Boomin, 31, said. “You really think we are going to spend that much time, effort, resources on just trying to get at somebody on an album? Blowing budgets on two albums—going over budget? That’s some serious hate. Neither one of us rock like that.”

Though the albums kicked up a lot of dust and attention, Boomin told the magazine that he did have some regrets about how he handled the issue online in a series of tweets attacking Drake in response to Drizzy firing back with his own Metro/Lamar diss tracks, “Push Ups” and “Family Matters.”

“Now I did have my moment online, which I do regret. I should have been stronger than that. That was out of character for me,” Boomin said. “But at a certain point, it’s like, I don’t rap, bro, so you’re going to just s–t on me on all of these songs […] I’m not going to get in the booth, so I’m finna tweet at you.”

While Boomin was willing to open up about his feelings about the feud, Future was more circumspect, saying, “There was a beef?… I didn’t even know there was a beef. I didn’t even know they had nothing going on. I ain’t never participated in rap battles, man.”

Despite his seemingly joking response, Future did wonder why no one asked him if he was upset at being left out of the “Big Three” list on “First Person Shooter,” on which Cole claimed he, Drake and Lamar are the undisputed top tier of modern hip-hip.

“I’m supposed to be the one who gets mad; I’m still confused about that,” Future told GQ, according to Wilson’s posts. “Nobody cares what I think. That’s what was so f–ked up about the s–t. To the point where I’m so player that I ain’t even said anything to the public about how I feel about it. Like, why is everybody mad when he was talking about me on my song? So y’all just forgot about me, I ain’t part of this Big Three, I’m nobody on my song, man.”

At press time a spokesperson for GQ had not responded to Billboard‘s request for confirmation of the quotes posted by Wilson.

Last month, in a tweet from jail, Young Thug called for peace between Drake, Future and Metro. “@Drake @1future @MetroBoomin we all bruddas. Music aint the same without us collabin,” wrote the MC who was released from jail after cutting a plea deal in his long running YSL RICO case in Georgia.

21 Nov 2024

Tomorrowland Winter 2025 Lineup Will Feature Afrojack, Steve Aoki & More

The winter edition of Belgian dance mega-festival Tomorrowland has announced a sprawling lineup for its event this March in the French Alps.

The bill includes Tomorrowland regulars Afrojack, Amelie Lens, Steve Aoki, Axwell, Nervo, Armin van Buuren and Kolsch, along with a flurry of acts including Agents of Time, Joris Voorn, LP Giobbi, Hugel, Nina Kraviz and Alok.

The seven-day destination event takes place March 15-22 at Alpe d’Huez, a ski resort in the French Alps roughly two and a half hours southeast of Lyon. 2025 marks the fifth edition of the event, which will host a crowd of roughly 22,000. While lodging packages for Tomorrrowland Winter 2025 are sold out, four-day and one-day passes are still available.

Artists will play across seven indoor and outdoor stages on the mountain and in the ski resort. The Tomorrowland Core stage, which has hosted events around the world with a focus on techno and house artists, will make its Tomorrowland Winter debut at the event.

Addionally, the festival will host a series of special back-to-back sets, with Armin van Buuren playing b2b Joris Voorn, HAAi playing b2b with DJ Boring, Kölsch playing b2b Kevin de Vries, NERVO playing b2b B Jones and Pablo Bozzi playing b2b with Jennifer Cardini.

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Founded by brothers Michiel and Many Beers in 2005, the original Tomorrowland happens every summer in Boom, Belgium, typically bringing in a crowd of 400,000 during each of its two back to back weekends.

See the Tomorrowland Winter lineup below:

Tomorrowland Winter 2025

Tomorrowland Winter 2025

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21 Nov 2024

Which Performance at the 2024 CMA Awards Was Your Favorite? Vote!

Many of country music’s biggest names were all under one roof Wednesday night (Nov. 20) for the 2024 Country Music Association Awards, where stars such as Jelly Roll, Shaboozey and more took the stage for a number of memorable performances.

In addition to sentimental tributes to George Strait — which was led by one of the night’s hosts, Lainey Wilson, with Jamey Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Parker McCollum and Chris Stapleton — Kris Kristofferson and Toby Keith, some of this year’s biggest hits were showcased live at the Bridgestone Arena, including ‘Boozey’s 18-week Billboard Hot 100-topper “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” and Luke Combs’ stage-shaking “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma” from the smash Twisters soundtrack. Jelly performed not once, but twice, first joining Brooks & Dunn for a moving take on their “Believe” collaboration and later recruiting Keith Urban for a fiery rendition of the Tennessee breakout star’s “Liar.”

Stapleton also frequented the performance stage multiple times in between winning three awards — more than anyone else this year — opening the show with Post Malone for “California Sober” and duetting Morgane Stapleton on “What Am I Gonna Do?” in addition to joining in on the Strait tribute. The “Psycho” rapper-turned-country star also returned to the stage solo to sing his emotional ballad “Yours,” while Kelsea Ballerini and Noah Kahan teamed up to harmonize on their song “Cowboys Cry Too.”

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Those are only a few of the performances that took place at this year’s awards, which were also hosted by Peyton Manning and Luke Bryan. Between numbers, the work of numerous Nashville heroes was honored with the giving out of crystal trophies. In addition to the “White Horse” singer winning male vocalist of the year, single of the year and song of the year, Morgan Wallen took home entertainer of the year, Wilson snagged female vocalist of the year and Cody Johnson won album of the year for Leather.

Vote for your favorite CMAs performance of 2024 below.

21 Nov 2024

Miley Cyrus Fires Back At ‘Flowers’ Copyright Lawsuit With Claims Of A ‘Fatal Flaw’: No Bruno Mars

Miley Cyrus has filed her first response to a lawsuit claiming her “Flowers” infringes the copyright to Bruno Mars’ “When I Was Your Man,” arguing the case has a “fatal flaw”: That Mars and his other co-writers chose not to sue.

Filed in September, the lawsuit claims the chart-topping hit stole numerous elements from the earlier song and “would not exist” without it. But it wasn’t filed by Mars — the case was lodged by an entity called Tempo Music Investments that bought out the rights of one of his co-writers.

In her first response to the allegations on Wednesday, attorneys for Miley said that the total lack of involvement from Mars and two other co-writers was not some procedural quirk in the case, but rather a “fatal flaw” that required the outright dismissal of the lawsuit.

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“Plaintiff unambiguously [says] that it obtained its claimed rights in the ‘When I Was Your Man’ copyright from only one of that musical composition’s four co-authors,” write Cyrus’ attorneys. “That is a fatal and incurable defect in plaintiff’s claim.”

Repped by Peter Anderson of the law firm Davis Wright Tremaine, Cyrus argues that Tempo’s acquisition of a “partial interest” from songwriter Philip Lawrence gave the company only “non-exclusive rights” to the song. Under federal copyright law, her lawyers say such limited rights don’t give him “standing” to sue – a crucial requirement for any lawsuit in the U.S. legal system.

“Plaintiff brings this copyright infringement action alone — without any of that musical composition’s co-authors or other owners,” Anderson writes. “Without the consent of the other owners, a grant of rights from just one co-owner does not confer standing.”

Responding those arguments from Cyrus, Tempo Music lead counsel Alex Weingarten told Billboard on Thursday that the motion from her attorneys was “intellectually dishonest” and that the group clearly had standing to pursue the lawsuit.

“They’re seeking to make bogus technical arguments because they don’t have an actual substantive defense to the case,” said Weingarten, an attorney at the firm Willkie Farr. “We’re not an assignee; we’re the owner of the copyright. The law is clear that we have the right to enforce our interest.”

“Flowers,” which spent eight weeks atop the Hot 100, has been linked to “Your Man” since it was released in January 2023. Many fans immediately saw the Cyrus track as an “answer song,” with lyrics that clearly referenced those in the Mars song. The reason, according to internet sleuths, was that “Your Man” was a favorite of Cyrus’ ex-husband Liam Hemsworth – and her allusions were a nod to their divorce.

When “Flowers” was first released, legal experts told Billboard that Cyrus was likely not violating copyrights simply by using similar lyrics to fire back at the earlier song – a time-honored music industry tradition utilized by songs ranging from Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama” to countless rap diss records.

But Tempo sued in September, claiming “Flowers” had lifted numerous elements beyond the clap-back lyrics, including “melodic and harmonic material,” “pitch ending pattern,” and “bass-line structure.” The case said it was “undeniable” that Cyrus’ hit “would not exist” if not for “Your Man.”

In Wednesday’s response, attorneys for Cyrus also take aim at the substance of those allegations, arguing that the two songs show “striking differences in melody, chords, other musical elements, and words.” They say the songs might share a “few” similarities but “none of which is protected by copyright.”

“The songwriter defendants categorically deny copying, and the allegedly copied elements are random, scattered, unprotected ideas and musical building blocks,” Anderson writes.

But the filing mostly left those arguments for another day, instead focusing on the requirement that only “exclusive” copyright owners can file infringement lawsuits – a rule that Cyrus’ lawyers exists for a “simple” reason.

“In the case of joint works, the co-authors are joint owners of the exclusive copyright rights, each owning a non-exclusive interest in the undivided whole,” they write. “As a result, a single co-author of a copyright interest, acting alone, cannot assign or license exclusive rights because those rights also are owned by the assignor’s or licensor’s co-authors.”

21 Nov 2024

Shaboozey Responds to Cody Johnson Producer’s ‘Kicking Shaboozey’ CMA Awards Comment

Shaboozey is taking things in stride after Wednesday night’s (Nov. 20) CMA Awards — and following a curious comment from Cody Johnson’s producer Trent Willmon.

At the CMAs — which were held at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena — Shaboozey was nominated for new artist of the year and single of the year for “A Bar Song (Tipsy).” The smash hit has led the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 for 18 nonconsecutive weeks, and is one week away from setting a new record. Shaboozey also performed during the ceremony.

Meanwhile, Johnson was a big winner during the evening, picking up album of the year for his project Leather, which featured his recent hits “The Painter” and “Dirt Cheap.” It was a crowning moment for the Texas native known affectionately by fans as CoJo, who has been steadily building his reputation for recording stellar songs and putting on high-energy concerts.

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When Johnson and his producer Willmon took the stage to accept the honor, Willmon told the audience, “It takes an army of people to make a great record, but I gotta tell ya, this is for this cowboy who’s been kicking shaboozey for a lot of years, y’all.”

Many country music fans took to social media with anger and confusion over the comment, which seemingly threw shade at Shaboozey, though some were not certain if the comment was a deliberate dig at the “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” hitmaker, or an unfortunate attempt at a joke that simply came off wrong.

Either way, Shaboozey doesn’t seem bothered by the comment. Shaboozey tweeted a photo of himself after the show, with the caption, “Ain’t nobody kicking me!”

Shaboozey may not have taken home a CMA trophy, but he has more shots at awards accolades ahead of him, as he’s up for five Grammy Awards in 2025, including multiple nominations for “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” in the categories of best country song, best country solo performance and song of the year. Shaboozey is also up for the Grammy for best new artist, while the song “Spaghettii,” his collaboration with Beyoncé and Linda Martell on the pop superstar’s Cowboy Carter, is up for best melodic rap performance.

21 Nov 2024

Watch All the 2024 CMA Awards Performances

Wednesday night’s (Nov. 20) 58th annual Country Music Association Awards showcased the best and brightest that country has to offer, from its rising stars to a moving tribute to the man they call the King of Country, George Strait.

It also featured multiple appearances from fresh-to-the-genre rapper-turned-crooner Post Malone, as well as a couple spotlight moments for Jelly Roll, who cemented his status as one of the brightest, most inspiring singers in Nashville when he held his own with Brooks & Dunn during a performance of their inspiring gospel-tinged track “Believe.”

Malone and Chris Stapleton kicked things off with their duet “California Sober,” followed by new artist of the year winner Megan Moroney’s glitzy “Am I Okay?” and Shaboozey’s ramble through his ballad “Highway,” which gave way to his 18-week Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 smash “A Bar Song (Tipsy).”

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Other notable duets came from Kelsea Ballerini and Noah Kahan on “Cowboys Cry Too,” Thomas Rhett and Teddy Swims mashing up “Somethin’ ‘Bout a Woman” and “Lose Control,” and Cody Johnson and Carrie Underwood’s “I’m Gonna Love You.”

Though he went into the night with seven nominations, entertainer of the year winner Morgan Wallen was a no-show, while Stapleton had a great night, winning three of the top five prizes, including single of the year and song of the year for “White Horse.”

If you missed some, or all, of the action, check out all of the 2024 CMA Awards performances below.

Post Malone and Chris Stapleton

The dynamic duo opened the show in style with a run through their weed-is-acceptable anthem from Posty’s hit debut country album, F-1 Trillion.

Megan Moroney

The new artist of the year honoree brought the glam with a bedazzled performance of the title track from her latest album, Am I Okay?

Shaboozey

For a minute there it seemed like this year’s breakthrough country superstar might eschew his ubiquitous hit in favor of the more contemplative new single, “Highway.” No worries, though, he also came through with a high-spirited take on “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” that had the all-star crowd at Bridgestone Arena dancing and singing along.

Ella Langley and Riley Green

After winning musical event of the year before the broadcast, the duo performed their honored old-school duet, “You Look Like You Love Me,” with Langley moseying to the stage after starting out on the arena floor as she sang-talked her way to the barroom set on the main stage. Green followed suit, making the same slow walk with his trusty acoustic slung across his chest.

Thomas Rhett and Teddy Swims

Dressed in their finest black leathers, Rhett and Swims started in the venue’s backstage area and slow walked into the spotlight for a rumble through the former’s soulful “Somethin’ ‘Bout a Woman” from Rhett’s seventh studio album, About a Woman. Keeping the love vibes going, they pivoted to Swims’ equally impassioned Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit “Lose Control.”

Luke Combs

Combs lit up the stage with his Twisters soundtrack hit “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma,” barreling through the rock-tinged track on a set featuring giant rusty oil derricks, towering pyro effects and digital lightning flashing behind him.

Kelsea Ballerini and Noah Kahan

Ballerini and Kahan performed their duet “Cowboys Cry Too” — the lead single from Ballerini’s recently released fifth album, Patterns — live for the first time together on TV.

Cody Johnson and Carrie Underwood

With images of snow-capped mountains behind them, Johnson and Underwood gave us all the feels with their moving duet from the deluxe edition of his 2023 Leather album.

Chris Stapleton

The night’s big winner proved why he’s a humble Nashville favorite son with an unadorned, mesmerizing performance of his Higher ballad “What Am I Gonna Do,” accompanied by his “secret weapon,” wife singer/songwriter Morgane Stapleton.

Kacey Musgraves

Musgraves didn’t need anything besides her trusty acoustic and her bell-clear voice to strum her way through the wonder-of-the-universe single “The Architect” from this year’s Deeper Well album.

Brooks & Dunn and Jelly Roll

The triple-threat trio brought the CMAs to church with their emotional, soaring performance of the beloved duo’s gospel-tinged “Believe,” backed by a full orchestra and swaying choir.

Lainey Wilson

The evening’s co-host took the crowd to a nighttime tailgate party with her impassioned run through her latest single, “4x4xU,” surrounded by roaring campfires and glittering stars.

Bailey Zimmerman

Injecting some rock energy into the proceedings, Zimmerman cut loose with his twangy “New to Country” on a set accented by a four-wheeler, his initials in towering red letters and a bunch of Solo cup-swigging bros playing beer pong with a wrestler.

George Strait tribute featuring Lainey Wilson, Jamey Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Parker McCollum and Chris Stapleton

The beloved King of Country got his proper respect during a nine-minute, all-star tribute that kicked off with Wilson performing “Amarillo By Morning,” followed by Johnson’s take on “Give It Away,” Lambert and McCollum joining in on “Troubadour” and the Country Music Hall of Famer himself popping out with Stapleton for their collab, “Honky Tonk Hall of Fame.”

Ashley McBryde

McBryde’s reverential tribute to late country outlaw Kris Kristofferson via his classic “Help Me Make It Through the Night,” brought a hush over the arena as her crystalline voice was accompanied by a series of pictures of the beloved singer who died at 88 in September.

Luke Bryan

The American Idol judge and night’s co-host kept it simple with a bare bones, earnest run through his top 5 Country Airplay hit, “Love You, Miss You, Mean It.”

Eric Church

In his ongoing quest to keep a light on those Americans in his home state of North Carolina impacted by Hurricane Helene, Church played “Darkest Hour,” a song he released last month to help with recovery efforts. The impassioned Van Morrison-like ballad, which found Church backed by a horn and string section and choir, featured projected images from the aftermath of the devastating storm.

Editor’s note: At press time Post Malone’s solo performance of his ballad “Yours,” Jelly Roll and Keith Urban’s team-up on “Liar” and the “American Girl” finale with Dierks Bentley, Molly Tuttle, Sierra Hull and Bronwyn Keith-Hynes were not available on the CMAs YouTube feed.

21 Nov 2024

Travis Scott, Lady Gaga & Post Malone To Headline Coachella 2025

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Years after Coachella removed Travis Scott from their lineup due to the tragic events of Astroworld in 2021, it seems like Cactus Jack is back in the good graces of the annual concert event as he and a few other big name artists are set to headline Coachella come 2025.

Taking to Instagram to announce their upcoming lineup, the “SICKO MODE” rapper will be joining the likes of Post Malone, Green Day and Lady Gaga when Coachella kicks off their two-weekend event on April 11-13 and April 18-20. Other notable names joining the festivities will be the likes of Missy Elliott, GloRilla, Megan Thee Stallion, and even Three 6 Mafia. We hope Three 6 Mafia breaks out their Oscar trophy from 2006. Don’t let that accomplishment die, y’all!

Taking to Instagram to announce his return to Coachella, Travis Scott posted a pic of next year’s concert event and in the caption wrote:

“NEW CHAPTER

NEW PERFORMANCE

NEW COACHELLA BY LA FLAME AND CACTUS JACK

FIRST OF ITS KIND

PS YALL ? GOT TILL APRIL CAUSE

IM COMING.”

Is Travis Scott planning on dropping some new work in preparation for his return to Coachella? Could he possibly bring out Young Thug to the festivities and have the crowd go berserk? Guess we’ll have to wait and see.

Tickets for the 2025 Coachella will be available for presale on Friday (Nov. 22), at 11 a.m. PT on their website here.

What do y’all think of next year’s Coachella lineup? Will y’all be attending? Let us know in the comments section below.

21 Nov 2024

7 Reggaetón Duos Still Going Strong Today: Jowell y Randy, Alexis y Fido, & More

After a trajectory that spans over 20 years, Zion y Lennox are parting ways.

Zion (real name: Felix Gerardo Ortiz Torres) announced the news on his Instagram account, where he revealed that after a “careful evaluation” since the beginning of 2024, he made the decision to separate from his long-time duo member, Lennox (real name: Gabriel Enrique Pizarro).

“This decision reflects his commitment to continue expanding his legacy in music, focusing on his next project, The Perfect Melody II, and the projects that will follow its release,” reads official press statement. “As a team, we reaffirm that this separation is strictly professional and does not imply any kind of personal conflict beyond the differences in the current priorities of each artist.”

Zion y Lennox now join a wave of popular Puerto Rican duos who have parted ways to pursue solo careers including Plan B, Nova y Jory, Ñejo & Dálmata, and R.K.M. y Ken-Y, to name a few.

Meanwhile, other reggaetón pairs are still going strong, such as J-King y Maximan, who have had a 17-year career and are currently making the rounds with their new single “La Conversación Remix” featuring Ken-Y.

“He and I have known each other since we were 9 years old,” J-King says to Billboard of the duo’s longevity. “We got through the fights, the ego, the battles that didn’t make sense and we were able to move forward. And it’s also recognizing that at the end of the day I can’t eat without him and he can’t eat without me. In addition to that, he brings to the table a talent that I also bring and by complementing that talent, the duo was created.”

Below, check out some emblematic Latin urban duos going strong today:

21 Nov 2024

Snoop Dogg to Close Out Season 3 of ‘Amazon Music Live’ Series With Black Friday Performance

Allow Snoop Dogg to be the soundtrack to your Black Friday shopping spree. The West Coast icon is set to close out season three of Amazon’s Amazon Music Live series with a career-spanning performance on Black Friday (Nov. 29).

Following the conclusion of the Kansas City Chiefs and Las Vegas Raiders Black Friday Football game on Amazon Prime Video, Snoop will take the stage at 7 p.m. ET.

As a lover of both the NFL and hip-hop, it’s only fitting Snoop is closing out season three. The Doggfather’s performance will be live-streamed on Prime Video as well as Twitch.

The Death Row legend is slated to run through classics from his decorated catalog and give fans a taste of his upcoming joint album with Dr. Dre titled Missionary. Snoop follows in the footsteps of previous AML performers such as Big Sean and Jelly Roll this season. Girl group TWICE is set to perform on Thursday (Nov. 21), and will be the first K-pop group to take the Amazon Music Live stage.

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Before Missionary hits streaming services on Dec. 13, Snoop and Dre gave fans a sneak peek of the LP during a live episode of Drink Champs at ComplexCon in Las Vegas over the weekend.

The early returns saw the project draw rave reviews, as LeBron James, Jamie Foxx, Travis Kelce, Tony Yayo, Russ and more celebrities gave Snoop Dogg his flowers in his IG comment section.

Missionary marks the reuniting of Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg on a full-length project for the first time since Snoop’s 1993 Doggystyle debut album. The hitmakers have kept details of the LP on the low, but some special guests expected to appear on the album include Sting and Jelly Roll.

Jelly Roll raved about landing the collaboration in an October interview with Bootleg Kev, during which he confirmed his cameo.

“I won’t say anything about the record because he didn’t, but man, it’s special. It is really good,” he said. “I’m legitimately on the Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre album. It’s crazy. It’s unreal. Dude, Jimmy [Iovine] hits John [presumably Jelly Roll’s manager John Meneilly] and says, ‘Can we get on a FaceTime with Jelly Roll and Dre?’ I’m like, ‘Dr. Dre?’ I get on a FaceTime from my back porch. I’m like a kid. Jimmy’s there and I’m already like, ‘I cannot believe it’s Jimmy Iovine.’”

21 Nov 2024

Beyonce’s ‘Diva’ Hits New TikTok Billboard Top 50 Peak as Yeah Yeah Yeahs Rule Again

Beyoncé‘s “Diva” nears the No. 1 spot on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart, but it’s Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ “Maps” that remains atop the Nov. 23-dated tally for a seventh week.

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The TikTok Billboard Top 50 is a weekly ranking of the most popular songs on TikTok in the United States based on creations, video views and user engagement. The latest chart reflects activity from Nov. 11-17. Activity on TikTok is not included in Billboard charts except for the TikTok Billboard Top 50.

“Maps” again reigns over Alphaville’s “Forever Young”; the pair of tunes have been Nos. 1 and 2 for six weeks in a row, dating back to the Oct. 19 ranking.

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But while the top three had also been static for four straight weeks, with Akon’s “Akon’s Beautiful Day” at No. 3 during that span, the top three gets a shake-up in the form of Beyoncé’s “Diva,” which jumps 6-3 in its fourth week on the ranking (“Akon’s Beautiful Day,” meanwhile, drops to No. 8).

TikTok uploads showing off creators’ diva-esque behavior continues to drive the ascension of “Diva,” originally released on Beyoncé’s 2008 album I Am…Sasha Fierce.

In the week ending Nov. 14, “Diva” sported an 11% gain in official U.S. steams to 2.6 million earned, according to Luminate.

Aphex Twin’s “QKThr” rises back to its No. 4 peak (after initially attaining it on the Oct. 26 ranking), while Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” rounds out the top five, leaping 7-5. Carey returns to the top five at virtually the same time as she did last year, as the holiday standard first hit No. 5 on the Nov. 25, 2023, tally, the first holiday season of the TikTok Billboard Top 50’s existence.

Other holiday-related moves include Wham!’s “Last Christmas” (down 13-14) and Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” (up 22-21).

Gracie Abrams’ “That’s So True” reaches a new peak within the top 10, rising 8-6 in the song’s third week on the list. Concurrently the multimetric Billboard Hot 100 chart’s greatest gainer in streaming (up 25% to 23.5 million streams, good for No. 1 on the Streaming Songs ranking), “That’s So True” remains driven by lip-synching content and other edits.

And one song hits the top 10 of the TikTok Billboard Top 50 for the first time: Grace McGuigan’s cover of “Amazing Grace,” which launches 21-10 in its second week. McGuigan’s cover of the religious standard, given a wide release earlier this month, has been used in a variety of ways on TikTok, from post-U.S.-election content to sports teams’ uploads and much more.

See the full TikTok Billboard Top 50 here. You can also tune in each Friday to SiriusXM’s TikTok Radio (channel 4) to hear the premiere of the chart’s top 10 countdown at 3 p.m. ET, with reruns heard throughout the week.