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08 Jul 2024

Ariana Grande Shares Studio Footage to Celebrate 4 Months of ‘Eternal Sunshine’: ‘So Grateful’

A year ago, fans weren’t certain when they’d ever get a new album from Ariana Grande. Now, the world has had Eternal Sunshine for exactly four months, an anniversary the pop star commemorated by sharing studio footage from the project’s recording process on Instagram Sunday (July 7).

In the clips, Grande records and edits vocals for the singles “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” and “The Boy Is Mine” — which peaked at Nos. 1 and 16 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively — sometimes sitting alone at her computer and other times joined by producers Max Martin and Ilya. In one snippet, she tells the camera, “I think there’s something special here,” before recording herself laying down melody passes for what would become “Supernatural.”

In another video, Martin looks confused as Grande aims her selfie camera at him with a filter activated that superimposes three white bunnies around his face. “Why?” he says dumbfoundedly as the vocalist laughs.

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“wanted to share a few more of my favorite eternal sunshine studio memories,” Grande captioned the post. “these make me so happy. i cannot believe how much has happened already or that it has already been (and only been) four months.”

“so grateful for all of the beautiful eternal sunshine memories so far and for all that is to come!” she added. “love you all so.”

After several weeks of tinkering in the studio, Eternal Sunshine arrived March 8. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and stayed in the top spot for two weeks, led by the Hot 100-topping “Yes, And?”

And though she’s still busy with Wicked press obligations and her R.E.M. Beauty business, Grande has managed to keep the album era running strong. Most recently, she dropped a music video for “The Boy Is Mine” starring Penn Badgley, shortly after which she recruited icons Brandy and Monica for an all-star remix of the track.

“i cannot wait for everything that has yet to come within this eternal sunshine cycle (that has only just begun & may it never end),” she teased back in April. “thank you for your love.”

See Grande’s post below.

08 Jul 2024

Sean “Diddy” Combs Resurfaces On Instagram, Page Still Scrubbed

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Sean “Diddy” Combs made a return to Instagram last Friday amid the bevy of mounting legal matters he’s currently facing. Based on recent appearances in the public, Diddy is continuing to live life on his terms while keeping any commentary about the several lawsuits he’s facing to himself.

Most media outlets, including ours, have kept a close eye on Diddy’s social media accounts and the mogul and producer shared a video of him entering his private jet and conversing with the pilot last Friday (July 5). In the video, Combs is seen walking up to the jet and greeting the crew while approaching a welcome mat that read “Combs Air” before saying “There’s no place like home.”

This latest video emerged just a tenth lawsuit was filed by former adult film actress Adria English last week. English claims that Combs forced her into performing sex acts at his annual all-white Labor Day parties in Long Island, N.Y. English added in her lawsuit that she was forced to take drugs and to lace the liquor in the party with ecstasy among other claims.

This past weekend, Diddy was seen in images taking part in white water rafting with friends in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Further, while he isn’t speaking with the media, the Bad Boy Records founder is allowing his attorney to deliver statements to the press and shooting down the allegations levied against him.

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08 Jul 2024

The Air Jordan 8 “Aqua” To Return In 2025

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When the Air Jordan 6 “Aqua” colorway released last year many sneakerheads began to call on Nike to just re-release the classic Air Jordan 8 in the “Aqua” colorway as it’s been almost 10 years since we’ve seen them.

Apparently Nike heard our cries loud and clear and according to Nice Kicks the “Aqua” colorway to the Air Jordan 8 is set to return in 2025! With 2025 already jam packed with classic Air Jordan retros such as the “White Cement” 4’s, “Metallic” 5’s, and of course the Air Jordan 1 High ’85 “Bred”‘s, Nike is trying to ensure that next year is a banner one for the company as 2024 is proving to be, well, a dud.

Now that heads will be getting a chance to get their feet in some classic Air Jordan 8’s (which originally dropped in 1993), once can only wonder what else Nike has up it’s sleeve for 2025.

Per Nice Kicks:

Re-released in 2007 and again in 2015, the Air Jordan 8 “Aqua” captured the hearts of sneaker enthusiasts and will return in Summer 2025, a decade after its last appearance.

The Air Jordan 8 “Aqua” releases in Summer 2025 for $210 via SNKRS and select retailers.

Easily a double-up or triple-up if you got the funds.

Check out pics of the kicks and let us know if you’re as excited as we are for 2025 in the comments section below.

08 Jul 2024

How to Get Tickets to Missy Elliott’s Out of This World Tour

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Missy Elliott is taking fans on an intergalactic with Ciara, Busta Rhymes and Timbaland. Out of This World – The Missy Elliott Experience, the Grammy winner’s first headlining tour, rolls into Oakland, Calif. on Tuesday (July 9).

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The tour launched July 4 in Vancouver, B.C., and will stop in Houston, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Denver, New York and other cities through August.

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Keep reading for details on where to score tickets and how much they cost.

How to Get Tickets

Tickets for the Out of This World Tour are available at Ticketmaster, StubHub, Vivid Seats and Seat Geek. Prices range from around $200+ for seats in the first section of each respective venue.

Some of the less expensive tickets are priced under $100, but the seats are further away from the stage. However, if you do some digging, you might be able to score resale tickets under $200 for tickets in the 100 and 200 sections closest to the stage.

If you plan to attend shows in one of the larger cities, tickets prices will likely be higher than other stops on the tour. For example, some of the cities that are selling faster than others include Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York, Houston, Philadelphia and Hampton, Va.

Want to save on your ticket purchase? Use code BB2024 to save $20 off when you spend $200 or more at Vivid Seats.

The Out of This World tour is scheduled to stop in Oakland, Los Angeles and Las Vegas this week.

On Sunday, Elliott took to Instagram to show her gratitude for fans after performing in Seattle.

“This PICTURE HERE is ELECTRIC,” she wrote. “I am Humbly Grateful Seattle y’all SHOWED UP & SHOWED OUT for our 2nd show #OutOfThisWorldTour from TOP to BOTT0M y’all was turnt ?? & Vancouver yall made the 1st tour date 1 to remember!!! welcome back to EARTH safely! Next Spaceship757 will be landing in OAKLAND.”

The hip-hop icon will host a free event for fans in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 10. Click here for more details.

08 Jul 2024

LISA Earns Her First Billboard Global Excl. U.S. No. 1 With Debut of ‘Rockstar’

LISA’s “Rockstar” launches at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, becoming her first leader. She becomes the third member of BLACKPINK with a solo No. 1 on the survey, with the group itself having notched three chart-toppers. BLACKPINK was already the only group with multiple members that have led the list solo and now becomes the first act with as many as three members with No. 1s on their own.

Plus, two songs enter the Global Excl. U.S. top 10: Jimin and Loco’s “Smeraldo Garden Marching Band” debuts on the chart at No. 7 and Karol G’s “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido” jumps 12-8.

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On the Billboard Global 200, Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” rebounds from No. 2 for a second week at No. 1, while LISA’s “Rockstar” rolls in at No. 4.

The Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.

Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

LISA’s “Rockstar” arrives at No. 1 on Global Excl. U.S. with 94.2 million streams and 44,000 sold outside the U.S. June 28-July 4, following its June 27 release.

The Thai rapper, singer and dancer, who earned two prior top Global Excl. U.S. top 10s, is the third member of BLACKPINK with a solo No. 1 on the chart, while the South Korean group itself has logged three leaders. Here’s a look at their No. 1s, all of which have debuted in the top spot:

  • “Rockstar,” LISA, one week at No. 1 (to date), Jul 13, 2024
  • “You & Me,” Jennie, one, Oct. 21, 2023
  • “Shut Down,” BLACKPINK, one, Oct. 1, 2022
  • “Pink Venom,” BLACKPINK, three weeks, beginning Sept. 3, 2022
  • “On the Ground,” Rosé, one, March 27, 2021
  • “Lovesick Girls,” BLACKPINK, one, Oct. 17, 2020

BLACKPINK previously made history as the only group with more than one member that has led Global Excl. U.S. solo. It now becomes the first act with as many as three members with No. 1s as soloists. (The group’s Jisoo has hit a No. 2 best, with “Flower” in April 2023.)

Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” dips to No. 2 after six weeks atop Global Excl. U.S. beginning in May and her follow-up “Please Please Please” falls 2-3, two weeks after it reigned; Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” slips to No. 4 from at its No. 3 high; and FloyyMenor and Cris Mj’s “Gata Only” retreats 4-5 after reaching No. 3.

Jimin and Loco’s “Smeraldo Garden Marching Band” debuts at No. 7 on Global Excl. U.S. with 94.2 million streams and 34,000 sold outside the U.S., following its June 28 release. Jimin notches his fourth top 10 on the chart, tying V for the second-most among BTS members, following Jung Kook with six (including three No. 1s). The group’s Jin and SUGA each boast one top 10, while BTS has banked 11 (including seven No. 1s). Loco logs his first entry on the tally.

Elsewhere in the Global Excl. U.S. top 10,  Karol G’s “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido” surges to No. 8 from No. 12, where it debuted a week earlier. Released June 20, the song, Karol G’s seventh top 10 on the chart, drew 46 million streams (up 15%) in its second full tracking frame.

Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” reheats 2-1 for a second week atop the Global 200, three weeks after it first led, with 92.9 million streams (down 6%) and 9,000 sold (down 9%) worldwide June 28-July 4.

Carpenter’s “Please Please Please” places at No. 2 on the Global 200, following two weeks at No. 1. Already the first artist to hold the chart’s top two spots for three consecutive weeks, the singer-songwriter-actress extends her achievement to a fourth frame.

Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” holds at its No. 3 Global 200 high; LISA’s “Rockstar” enters at No. 4, marking her third top 10; and Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” keeps at No. 5, after hitting No. 3.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated July 13, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, July 9. For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard’s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

08 Jul 2024

Shaboozey Celebrates ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy)’ Hitting No. 1 on Hot 100: ‘Take a Double Shot of Whiskey 4 Me’

Shaboozey notched his first Billboard Hot 100 chart topper with “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” which topped the tally on the chart dated July 13, 2024.

Upon seeing the news, the 29-year-old musician took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to celebrate. “WE DID IT YALL,” he wrote alongside a tweet of the new chart achievement, before adding, “WE NO. 1, I LOVE Y’ALL. HAPPY A BAR SONG DAY. TAKE A DOUBLE SHOT OF WHISKEY 4 ME!”

“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” — which interpolates J-Kwon’s 2004 smash “Tipsy” — concurrently notches a fourth week atop the Hot Country Songs chart. No song by a Black man, or one known to be biracial, had previously topped both charts. He is the second Black artist overall to achieve the feat – following Beyoncé with “Texas Hold ‘Em.”

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Shaboozey was featured on Bey’s Cowboy Carter album earlier this year, on “SPAGHETTII” and “SWEET HONEY BUCKIIN’.” He told Billboard back in May: “What I loved about [the] Beyoncé album is the inspiration and the influence that she had are probably the same as mine. We’re studying the same things.”

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He added of the inspiration behind “A Bar Song,” “I had been wanting to flip a 2000s song for a while. I just said, ‘Everybody at the bar getting tipsy,’ and then we were like, ‘Oh, sh-t!’ The producer picked up the guitar and started playing the chords, and then we started writing, just having fun and being creative.”

08 Jul 2024

Robert Glasper Talks Luther Vandross Documentary, Upcoming Napa Valley Festival & All That Jazz

Robert Glasper stays busy. When Billboard recently caught up with the five-time Grammy winner, it was on the eve of his performance — with his band and special guest Yebba — at the annual Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival on June 16. And between rehearsals for that performance, he was in the midst of recording his next album.

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And this after announcing the arrival of his latest album, Let Go, just a few days prior. The release of the meditative instrumental album, one of several planned projects via an exclusive partnership with Apple Music, also coincided with the music platform’s celebration of jazz during Black Music Month.

Thanks to critically acclaimed, burgeoning jazz artists such as Grammy winner Samara Joy, fellow Grammy winner Laufey and 2023 Mercury Music Prize winner Ezra Collective, jazz has been making some headlines in the last several years. And as a noted jazz artist himself, Glasper is here for this new wave.

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“I think that people are OK with jazz moving into the modern times,” he says. “People are kind of letting go and allowing it to do what it needs to do. We already have jazz history. But new things [in jazz] also need to be done so that the new things can, in turn, make history. People like Samara Joy … she’s a breath of fresh air. She obviously has studied the history of the music, but you can hear her through it as well. And she’s not afraid of genre-hopping either. I love the fact that she’s steeped so deep in gospel music and R&B. People are seeing others like Esperanza [Spalding] and Gregory Porter, who are bringing jazz into a new day.

“They’re saying it’s OK to learn the history,” continues Glasper, “but don’t get held back by it. That lesson is being taught. And a lot of people are embracing this new wave of artists who are telling their stories and aren’t afraid to do so.”

Now back in the studio recording his next album for Apple Music, Glasper describes the forthcoming project as half jazz and half hip-hop. With fellow musicians Walter Smith on tenor saxophone, Keyon Harrold on trumpet, Vicente Archer on bass, Kendrick Scott on drums and Mike Moreno on guitar, Glasper is currently recording the album’s jazz half. 

“We’re recording some jazz tunes in a very acoustic, sextet style,” Glasper explains. The other half of the album will be hip-hop versions of those jazz songs. I’m going to have different hip-hop producers sample each of those songs and make a hip-hop beat out of it.”

In the meantime, Glasper is busy ramping up for Blue Note Jazz Festival Presents: The Black Radio Experience. As earlier announced, John Legend, Jill Scott and André 3000 are headlining the Napa Valley, Calif., event during Labor Day weekend (Aug. 30-Sept. 1). The festival, a partnership between Blue Note Entertainment Group and Black Radio Productions, will be hosted by Sway Calloway. 

Ticking off a lineup that also features Andra Day, Common with Pete Rock, Musiq Soulchild, Nile Rodgers and Christian McBride (more info here), Glasper — also doubling as artist in residence — says the festival “will be a tad bit more intimate than last year. We’re looking forward to a great weekend.”

Offstage, Glasper has been busy working on various television projects since scoring the music for Peacock’s The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reboot Bel-Air in 2022 with fellow artist/musician Terrace Martin. Those projects include creating the original score for the current Apple TV+ limited series The Big Cigar. With a cast that includes André Holland and Glynn Turman, the six-part drama chronicles Black Panther founder Huey P. Newton’s escape from the FBI to Cuba. 

Glasper, who also counts The Photograph and season two of HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty among his film and television credits, most recently did the music for the forthcoming documentary about R&B/pop singer/songwriter legend Luther Vandross. Luther: Never Too Much, directed by Dawn Porter, is slated to premiere next year on CNN, OWN and Max.

“Luther was the soundtrack to my childhood,” Glasper tells Billboard about the chance to work on the documentary. “We didn’t have a family gathering without Luther’s music playing. Doing the music for this doc was close to my heart. It felt like him.”

08 Jul 2024

Lia Set to Rejoin ITZY | Billboard News

After being on hiatus since September to focus on her mental health, Lia is ready to rejoin ITZY. The announcement was made during their fifth-year anniversary livestream. Keep watching to learn more!

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Lia of ITZY got emotional rejoining the group ahead of their next comeback. Fans were treated to a surprise when Lia made an appearance with a new ‘do during their fift- anniversary livestream, and JYP Entertainment released a statement on the group’s official app sync. “After careful discussion with Lia, we decided to return to activities, starting with ITZY’s new album, which is scheduled to be released in the second half of the year, but the crew will complete any planned events with the current four members until their new album.”

Lia’s been on a hiatus from the group since September, missing their latest mini album, Born to Be, and their world tour. JYP said she was prioritizing her mental health, and now Lia’s symptoms of tension and anxiety have improved a lot through treatment and rest.

So congrats, Lia. We’re looking forward to your comeback.

08 Jul 2024

A Release Calendar of Music Documentaries in 2024

So long as there are music fans, there will always be an audience for music documentaries. That’s why several new ones are on the way in 2024, from intriguing deep dives into music history, to behind-the-scenes looks at how music new and old was written, made and performed.

And to keep you from missing any new ones, Billboard has compiled a list of all the real-world films and series coming to screens this year, many of them available to watch at home with various streaming services such as Disney+, Hulu, Prime Video, Paramount+, Peacock and Apple TV+. Here you’ll find docu-projects covering music of all genres as well as artists of all backgrounds, with up-close peeks at locations all over the world that are rich with musical influence. Some are emotional, some are hard-hitting; some are whimsical and joyous. Others will transport you to places you may have never heard of, or take you behind doors that you otherwise never would have had access to. But all of them should teach you something that you didn’t know before, no matter how big of a music buff or history connoisseur you might be.

Keep reading to see an evolving list of music documentaries arriving this year — sorted in order of their release dates and featuring the respective platforms you can watch them on — below. And remember to check back periodically as Billboard continues to update this list with projects that haven’t yet been announced but are sure to become fan favorites in the coming months!

08 Jul 2024

Melissa Etheridge Recalls Performing at Prisons as a 12-Year-Old in ‘I’m Not Broken’ Clip

Melissa Etheridge is documenting her special concert to uplift the incarcerated women at Topeka Correctional Facility in a new two-part series, Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken.

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In a preview clip shared exclusively with Billboard, the country superstar recalls performing at prisons as a child. “When I was 12 years old, I had just played the guitar and I had been writing folk songs. It’s 1973, and we played the VA Center, which was interesting,” she revealed. “Then, we had been asked to do the show at the federal penitentiary. When I sang, that audience made me feel like a female Johnny Cash. It was electric. Then, I played the state penitentiary, then I played the women’s penitentiary. It’s so funny to come here to prison and say, ‘This is my favorite prison and I had such a great experience here.’ But it really was.”

She continued, “Going inside those walls as a 12 year old was informative to me as a child.”

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Premiering July 9 on Paramount+, the docuseries will follow Etheridge as she plans to bring happiness to the Topeka Correctional Facility after receiving letters from some of its residents. Eventually, Etheridge writes an original song in their honor and performs it for them at the facility, which is located in her hometown in Kansas. The show will also touch on how many of the residents struggle with substance abuse issues, something Etheridge has a personal connection to. The “I’m the Only One” singer lost her son Beckett to an opioid addiction in 2020, when he was just 21 years old.

Watch the clip from I’m Not Broken exclusively via Billboard below.