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14 May 2024

Mustard Earns His First Hot 100 No. 1 as a Producer Thanks to Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’

As Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” launches at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (dated May 18), the rapper lands his fourth leader on the list as a recording artist. Meanwhile, its producer, Mustard, tops the Hot 100 for the first time in that role.

Mustard produced five previous Hot 100 top 10s, dating back over a decade. Here’s a recap of his top-peaking hits on the chart as a producer:

  • No. 1, one week to date, May 18, 2024, “Not Like Us,” recorded by Kendrick Lamar
  • No. 5, July 21, 2018, “Boo’d Up,” Ella Mai
  • No. 6, Oct. 25, 2014, “Don’t Tell ‘Em,” Jeremih feat. YG
  • No. 7, July 2, 2016, “Needed Me,” Rihanna
  • No. 7, Feb. 18, 2012, “Rack City,” Tyga
  • No. 8, April 7, 2018, “Freaky Friday,” Lil Dicky feat. Chris Brown

As for Lamar, he solely wrote “Not Like Us,” the top-charting Hot 100 hit amid his fiery diss track battle with Drake. He co-wrote his previous three No. 1s as a recording artist.

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Solely-written Hot 100 No. 1s have all but disappeared since the start of the 2000s. Here’s a look at the share of leaders authored by a single person over the past seven decades (following the survey’s 1958 start):

  • 1960s: 29%
  • 1970s: 44%
  • 1980s: 42%
  • 1990s: 24%
  • 2000s: 6%
  • 2010s: 4%
  • 2020s: 7%

This decade, just five of 76 songs to hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 for the first time have been written by one person (a 7% showing that, while diminished compared to much of the chart’s history, marks the highest since the ‘90s). Unexpectedly tying holiday cheer to Lamar and Drake’s chilly clash, “Not Like Us” is the chart’s first solo-penned leader since Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” led for three weeks beginning in December; Johnny Marks wrote the carol, which was originally released in 1958.

Before that, Oliver Anthony Music’s self-authored “Rich Men North of Richmond” ruled the Hot 100 for two weeks beginning last August. The other two solely-written No. 1s in the 2020s led back-to-back in 2022 (marking the first set of consecutive such leaders since 2000): the ensemble Encanto hit “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves,” penned by the group’s Dave Bayley.

14 May 2024

Sped-Up, Slowed-Down & Nowhere to Be Found: Why Artists Are Moving TikTok-Friendly Remixes Off Their Spotify Pages

Not long after Artist Partner Group (APG) signed Odetari — who specializes in glitchy, racing electronic tracks — last year, the label set up a second Spotify profile for him. Odetari “frequently has two to three different versions of records coming out a month,” explains Corey Calder, svp of marketing and creative services at APG. “If we were to have that all sit on his page, it would feel cluttered and make it hard for his fanbase to follow and track it all.”

This means that “HYPNOTIC DATA – Slowed & Reverbed” and “GMFU – Sped Up” live on a Spotify page called ODECORE, while the original hits will be found by anyone scrolling through Odetari’s own Spotify profile. And this split artist identity is part of a growing trend where acts keep one Spotify account for “official” releases, plus a side account for alternate versions. 

Odetari’s labelmate 6arelyhuman puts remixes on Spotify under the name Sassy Scene. A Spotify account named Mei Mei The Bunny has only uploaded sped-up versions of Laufey singles, four to date. Mark Ambor has a breakout hit in “Belong Together;” his team uploaded the sped-up remix to Spotify through a separate account titled Lucky Socks. 

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Even just a few years ago, creating alternate Spotify accounts for alternate versions of hit singles would’ve seemed wildly unnecessary. But user remixes and edits have proliferated and become popular soundtracks on short-form video platforms like TikTok. 

Listeners often don’t care whether the “slowed and reverbed” sound they find on streaming is an official version generating income for the artist they like or a random upload — they just want to play the track that’s stuck in their head. As a result, labels adjusted by starting to release their own alternate reworks to satisfy this portion of the population. If they’re going to stream “Belong Together (Sped Up)” anyway, it might as well be a version that makes money for Ambor.

The streaming service Audiomack found that uploads of “manipulated songs” by labels — official tracks sped and slowed, pitched up and down, muffled and reverbed — shot up at the end of 2022. The number of these releases has continued to rise rapidly ever since, climbing from under 1,000 a quarter to around 6,000 a quarter.

These remixes can thrive in their own streaming ecosystems. Universal Music Group launched a Spotify account called Speed Radio that only posted sped-up versions of label releases; sped up nightcore did the same for singles from Warner Music Group. 

The goal was “to create another mechanism for growth and a new algorithmic pocket on streaming services that helps increase visibility and discovery,” says Nima Nasseri, a former UMG executive whose role involved helping the company market user-generated remixes. As these Spotify pages amassed followers who enjoyed sped-up audio, they allowed new remixes to reach a larger audience by standing on the shoulders of their predecessors. 

Some remix-focused side accounts exhibit clear links back to the mothership in a way that also helps drive awareness of the main artist project — ODECORE and Sassy Scene songs usually credit Odetari and 6rarelyhuman, respectively, as collaborators. Some of these alter-ego accounts, like Lucky Socks, maintain a degree of anonymity. 

But both cater to a demand: Anyone searching Spotify for a sped-up version of 6rarelyhuman’s “Faster n Harder” finds the Sassy Scene version first. 6rarelyhuman picks up plays (and royalties) that might otherwise have been steered towards an entrepreneurial cover artist. 

ODECORE has an additional function, according to Calder: Eventually, the goal is to turn it into a “sub-label” featuring music from artists signed to Odetari. “Ideally we’ll have a built-in audience already,” Calder says. ODECORE currently has more than 430,000 followers on Spotify, according to Chartmetric; that group functions as a potential launching pad to help Odetari’s future signings reach a wider listenership.

“A lot of what we do internally at APG is create multiple profiles for artists across social channels, and we’ll run fan pages in-house for our artists,” Calder continues. “We have these secondary and tertiary brands that are always on in the background. And so we just applied that same thinking to a Spotify profile.” 

At the moment, the primary downside to releasing remixes under an alter ego is that they don’t count towards the success of the original on the Billboard charts. If artists put out a remix under their own name, consumption of that new version also counts towards chart position (generally, as long this happens within 18 months of the original track’s release and the original is still a “current” on the charts). That’s why stars often put out remixes with big names attached when they’re in tight races for the top spot on the Hot 100. But if Ambor’s alternate version of “Belong Together” is attributed to Lucky Socks, he gets no help from the extra consumption. 

Ben Klein, president of Ambor’s label, Hundred Days Records, acknowledges that “commercially, it makes a lot more sense” to put out remixes under the same artist project. But Ambor is not competing for No. 1 — at least not yet, as the song has only reached No. 84 on the Hot 100 — and the team chose to release “Belong Together (Sped Up)” under a goofy alternate name anyway. 

“We actually took inspiration from the Laufey team when we came up with the idea,” Klein says. “When Mark thinks about his profile, he wants it to be a representation of his music. A sped-up version is meant to be a fun, playful way for people to engage with the song on social media. It’s not a direct connection to his artistry. And I think he just wanted to keep it separate for that reason.”

Calder believes “a lot more new artists” will take a similar approach in the future. As streaming platforms try to capitalize on the homemade remix eruption by adding their own audio manipulation tools, it’s easy to imagine artists encouraging fans to mess with their songs by saying that the most popular fan edit will be posted to an official artist account. Just not the official artist account. 

14 May 2024

Warner Music Boosts Mexican Music Division With New Team and Strategy

Warner Music is restructuring its Mexican music division to strengthen its market presence and product quality, the label tells Billboard. The revamped division will feature a culturally attuned A&R team and a strategic marketing framework designed to promote artist development across multiple territories.

The initiative will be led by Tomas Rodríguez, president of Warner Music Mexico & Mexican Music, who will be spearheading the restructured division from Mexico. “The expertise, adaptability, and market acumen of the Mexican Music team will bolster our vision for the genre’s development and globalization, cementing Warner as a protagonist,” he said in a statement.

Rubén Abraham, Warner Music’s GM of Mexican music, will oversee the A&R and marketing teams from Los Angeles, aligning strategies across the United States and Mexico. “We’re primed to offer the industry’s premier platform for the genre, supported by top-notch professionals and tailored negotiation options that cater to both present needs and future prospects of Mexican Music,” he said.

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The division’s A&R team will include Brian Plascencia as director of A&R. Plascencia brings extensive experience from previous roles at Universal Music and Univision Records and as a West Coast label manager at Machete Music, where he was instrumental in launching artists such as Larry Hernandez, Fidel Rueda, El Potro de Sinaloa and Roberto Tapia. As a founding partner at Alianza Records, Plascencia has also developed artists like Grupo H-100 and Edicion Especial.

Elsewhere, the A&R team will include associate director of A&R Armando López, who brings over a decade of expertise in marketing, musical production and concert promotion. Cesar Carrillo has been appointed senior manager of A&R, with an 18-year track record in the regional Mexican music scene. His experience spans music production, artist management for acts like Tomas Ballardo and Los Buitres de Culiacán and booking for Legado 7 with Lumbre Music. AT FM Entertainment, he assisted in managing schedules for música mexicana giants such as Ramón Ayala, Banda Machos and Fidel Rueda.

María Angela Batiz, the label’s director of marketing for Mexican music, will continue to play a crucial role with her extensive experience and expertise in the genre, leading the development of marketing strategies and campaigns across the department.

Warner Music’s expansion in Mexican music is supported by its collaboration with the company’s independent distribution and label services arm ADA, enabling a range of services and partnership opportunities.

Warner Music’s Mexican music roster also includes Grupo Codiciado, El Komander, Pesado, DannyLux and Los Aptos.

14 May 2024

The Co-op Flop: Inside the Chaotic Launch of OVG’s ‘Game Changing’ UK Arena — and What Comes Next

British rock band Elbow was never supposed to be the first act to play Co-op Live — the United Kingdom’s newest and biggest entertainment arena. That honor was originally supposed to go another Greater Manchester local, comic Peter Kay, who grew up in the nearby town of Bolton, and was slated to officially open the 23,500-capacity venue in on April 23.

But construction delays led to the cancellation of Kay’s shows and subsequent gigs for The Black Keys, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Keane, Olivia Rodrigo, as well as a five-night run by Take That. After weeks of false starts, executives with building co-owner and developer Oak View Group — partners on the project with City Football Group (the parent company of Manchester City football club) – insist tonight’s (May 14) long-scheduled Elbow show at Co-op Live will go ahead. Across the live business, executives will be keeping a close eye on how events unfold in Manchester, where the much-hyped project is located.  

Billed as a “game-changing” best-in-class new arena facility, Co-op Live has long been positioned as an important international pivot for co-owner Oak View Group, the LA-based arena development company launched by OVG chairman and CEO Tim Leiweke a decade ago. OVG has successfully designed, built and opened more than a dozen successful arenas in the U.S. including Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle and UBS Arena in New York and has a full slate of arena development projects in progress in Brazil, Nigeria, Canada and Wales. The firm has also confirmed that it’s in talks to open a new arena in West London.

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Arena construction is challenging under the most ideal conditions, and delays are common, but the arena’s aggressive opening calendar, with more than a dozen concerts planned in its first month, became a liability and source of embarrassment for the company as the delays worsened.

The first signs of problems became apparent at a press launch and invite-only test concert on April 20, headlined by U.K. acts Everything Everything and Rick Astley. OVG’s Leiweke travelled to England to be at the launch, which was attended by Billboard, and told guests of his extreme pride at what OVG and its partners had built in Manchester, which he enthusiastically called “one of the greatest cities on the face of the Earth.”

Foreshadowing some of the issues that were soon to follow, Leiweke urged those present to be patient as his team hosted an audience inside Co-op Live for the first time. “It won’t be perfect,” he said. “Please bear with us as we get through the growing pains and learn tonight how to better operate this building.”

As Leiweke spoke, extensive construction work could be seen and heard taking place in the background. At the time, only the ground floor and sections of the first floor were open to visitors. In those areas, lights, cables and wires could be seen hanging loosely from fittings. Temporary wall and floor coverings were a common sight and only a small number of toilets were accessible. The cold temperature inside the building suggested either its heating system was not working or had not been switched on.

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Rendering of the interior of Co-op Live in Manchester, England.

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Hours before doors opened that night, Co-op Live announced it had cancelled thousands of free tickets for the test event, provoking an angry backlash from disappointed fans on social media. Inside the venue, the show went ahead smoothy in front of several thousand people — but it was hardly the grand unveiling OVG were hoping for and was overshadowed by negative headlines.

Less than 48 hours later, Co-op Live began detailing the construction issues delaying the building’s opening, starting with power supply issues that would push back shows for Kay, the comic, and The Black Keys by one week.

That news was followed by the surprise resignation of Co-Op Live building manager Gary Roden, who came under fire from the UK based Music Venue Trust for criticizing a proposal to raise money for venue preservation by adding a surcharge to Co-op Live and other U.K. arena tickets. The next day, the rescheduled opening shows by The Black Keys and Kay were postponed for a second time.

In an interview with the Manchester Evening News, Leiweke said Brexit, Covid and a record amount of rainfall were in part to blame for the delays to the project, while a joint statement from Manchester City Council and the city’s emergency services on April 26 blamed outstanding issues should been fixed in advance of opening including “a fully tested emergency services communication system… some remaining internal security systems, and fire safety measures.”

On May 2, during a soundcheck for A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, a piece of the building’s ventilation system fell from the ceiling, shaking confidence in the building’s readiness. That led to another round of cancellations at Co-op Live, including upcoming shows by Rodrigo, Keane and Take That.

In response, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and Take That’s teams jumped into action and moved their concerts (six in total) to Manchester’s rival arena facility, the ASM Global-operated AO Arena, who’s general manager Jen Mitchell relished the opportunity, telling Billboard, “Everyone really pulled everything out of the bag at the last minute. It’s been a lot of late-night calls and problem solving, but in the best possible way.”

Mitchell declines to discuss operations at Co-op Live but says she empathizes with the issues the venue has experienced. “Arenas are big venues and there’s always challenges around those, and opening any space comes with its own [unique] challenges,” she says.

In Roden’s absence, Co-op Live is now managed by Rebecca Kane Burton, the former GM of London’s O2 arena, which is owned and operated by AEG. 

Over the past two weeks, contractors have been working overtime to fix outstanding issues to the building and get it ready for tonight, insiders tell Billboard. An inspection by Co-op Live subcontractor, SES, found that the issues with its ventilation system, which led to the pulling of A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie’s May 2 show, was the result of “an isolated manufacturing fault.”

Sources tell Billboard that all premium member spaces for which tickets have been sold are up and running, including the venue’s deluxe spaces, Ciroc Lounge and AMP Club. As compensation for recent disruptions, ticket holders for all postponed shows would be offered a free drink and food item of their choice when visiting the arena, Co-op Live said.

“I think the lesson to be learned in all of this, is never over promise and under deliver because it will catch you out,” says Mark Borkowski, founder of London-based communications agency Borkowski and an expert in crisis and reputation management.

“The magnifying glass is now on them but if they can get it right, and they have got to get it right, then all of this will be forgotten.” says Borkowski.

He cites the troubled birth of London’s Millennium Dome, which was subsequently redeveloped as The O2 arena, as an example of high-profile building projects that experience major teething problems before eventually turning it around.    

“No project of this scale runs to plan,” adds Borkowski. “The negative headlines that surrounded the Millennium Dome totally dwarfed what’s going on in Manchester, but now [The O2] is held up as one of the best in the world. Co-op Live can use that as exemplar of what they need to do.”

14 May 2024

Trump Praises The “Late, Great Hannibal Lecter” At New Jersey Rally

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Donald Trump gave praise to the popular movie villain Hannibal Lecter during his campaign speech over the weekend.

Former President Donald Trump praised another big name during a campaign rally held on the beach in Wildwood, New Jersey, over the weekend. The cannibalistic (and fictional) serial killer Hannibal Lecter from The Silence of the Lambs, made famous on the film and television screen by actors Sir Anthony Hopkins and Mads Mikkelsen. Trump made the statements while disparaging immigrants arriving at the nation’s southern border.

“Silence of the Lamb,” Trump said. “Has anyone ever seen The Silence of the Lambs? The late great Hannibal Lecter is a wonderful man,” the former President said. “He oftentimes would have a friend for dinner. Remember the last scene? ‘Excuse me. I’m about to have a friend for dinner.’ And this poor doctor walks by,” he continued. “I’m about to have a friend for dinner. But Hannibal Lecter,” he added before finishing: “Congratulations. The late great Hannibal Lecter. We have people that are being released into our country that we don’t want in our country.”

Trump’s praise of a macabre serial killer wasn’t the only verbal gaffe that he made to the crowd in attendance, at one point stating that he was “up here screaming like a lunatic” during another attack on President Joe Biden. The audience was reported to have 80,000 people, with New York Giants Hall-of-Famer Lawrence Taylor making an appearance. But one reporter with the Philadelphia Inquirer noted that many began to leave as Trump began to speak.

The former president and presumptive Republican nominee held court over only his third campaign rally since the beginning of his “hush money” trial involving adult film star Stormy Daniels, taking place in New York City. The trial, now in its fourth week, has restricted Trump from doing more due to his being required to attend save for Wednesdays when the court is in recess. He spent time calling the proceedings a “Biden show trial,” and even called the trial “bull—“, encouraging some in the audience to chant the obscenity. That trial resumed on Monday (May 13) with his former fixer Michael Cohen on the stand, with expectations that the prosecution will rest at the end of the week.

14 May 2024

Diddy Seeks Dismissal Of Jane Doe’s Assault Lawsuit, Claims It Never Happened

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Diddy is fighting to keep his name clean. He has asked a judge to dismiss Jane Doe’s claims that he and two other men sexually assaulted her.

US Weekly is reporting that the esteemed record producer has filed a motion to get a 2023 lawsuit dismissed. On Friday, May 10, TMZ obtained the documents where Puff’s legal team call out that this is the victim’s “second attempt to state an entirely false and hideous claim against the Combs Defendants.” The paperwork states she missed her window of time to properly file the lawsuit as per the Adult Survivors Act. (The unidentified woman says that she was sex trafficked and gang raped back in 2008 when she was only 17-years-old.)

Additionally, Diddy’s lawyer mentions that lawsuit should be tossed out due to her inability to provide specifics. “Plaintiff cannot allege what day or time of year the alleged incident occurred, yet purports to miraculously recall the most prurient details with specificity. Accordingly, this case should be dismissed now, with prejudice, to protect the Combs Defendants from further reputational injury and before more party and judicial resources are squandered,” the filing read.

On Dec. 6, 2023 Diddy refuted these allegations via social media. “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. For the last couple of weeks, I have sat silently and watched people try to assassinate my character, destroy my reputation and my legacy,” he wrote on Instagram. “Sickening allegations have been made against me by individuals looking for a quick payday. Let me be absolutely clear: I did not do any of the awful things being alleged. I will fight for my name, my family and for the truth.”

Former Bad Boy Entertainment executive Harve Pierre is also named in the lawsuit; he has also denied the allegations.

14 May 2024

Michelle Wie West Says Taylor Swift Wearing Her Custom ‘TNT’ Diamond Bracelet Was ‘The Craziest Thing’

Retired golf champ Michelle Wie West is still a bit shocked at the killer product placement she scored earlier this year when Taylor Swift modeled a piece from Wove’s Michelle Wie West collection during some celebratory PDA at the AFC championship game.

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While hugging boyfriend Travis Kelce, Swift was spotted wearing the diamond-encrusted “TNT” friendship bracelet. Fallon put up a pic of the now iconic squeeze Swift laid on Kelce on the field, with Wie West saying that the precious moment was all thanks to the Super Bowl champ star tight end.

“It’s like a really upscale friendship bracelet really inspired by Taylor,” Wie West said of the nearly $6,000 customizable piece that has diamonds and beads and is likely out of the range of most Swifties looking to spice up their outfits for the Eras Tour.

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“I messaged him [Kelce] and I was like, ‘hey, we made a bracelet inspired by Taylor, like, we would love to just give her one. I don’t care what she does with it,’” Wie West said of her message to the NFL player who she’d previously met at Justin Timberlake’s annual celebrity golf tournament. “‘I just want it to be given to her… in the proximity of her,’” Wie West added.

Noting that she doesn’t normally “really care about football” that much, Wie West said after the game she started screaming at her phone. “I was like, ‘Oh my God!’,” she recalled yelling, which alarmed her husband, who thought something bad had happened. “I was like, ‘Taylor Swift is wearing my bracelet!’” she told him. “It was just like the craziest thing.”

Playing dumb, Fallon asked if “TNT” was a reference to dynamite, with Wie West helpfully suggesting it might also refer to “Travis ‘n Taylor.”

“I was just… I can’t believe it,” Wie West said, still looking shocked.

Watch Wie West on The Tonight Show below.

14 May 2024

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom’s Daughter Daisy Dove Made Her First Public Appearance During ‘American Idol’

Like a lot of celebrity couples, Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have made a point of keeping their family life private, which so far has meant that the world has not gotten many glimpses of their three-year-old daughter, Daisy Dove Bloom.

But on Sunday night (May 12), the adorable toddler made a brief appearance on camera during that night’s episode of American Idol. It helped that the ABC series’ theme for the night was Disney and mama Perry took a spin on Instagram to flip into something more Cinderella. Plus, it was Mother’s Day, so double bonus.

As evidenced by screenshots snapped by KatyCats, at one point during the show the camera swung over to Daisy sitting in her dad’s lap while wearing her own Cinderella dress. The glimpse of Daisy came as Perry was celebrating becoming a mother in another Instagram post featuring a pic of her positive pregnancy test, a snap of the moment she informed Bloom, as well as the backstage hugs she shared with Idol co-stars Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan when she informed them that she was “very pregnant.” The rest of the reel featured snaps from throughout the singer’s pregnancy as well as a sweet message of gratitude.

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“Today I told my mother that the day I realized how much she loved me is the day I had my own daughter, Daisy Dove… there is nothing like a Mother’s love… never take it for granted… Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers and caretakers — any way you come,” Perry wrote.

Check out a fan snap of the precious moment and Perry’s post below.

14 May 2024

Kelly Clarkson Talks Losing ‘A Lot’ of Weight on Prescription Medication: ‘Everybody Thinks It’s Ozempic, But It’s Not’

Kelly Clarkson and Whoopi Goldberg bonded on Monday (May 13) over their recent weight loss journeys. While appearing on Clarkson’s daytime talker, Kelly complimented The View co-host, telling her, “Every time I run into you, you look younger! You’re like Benjamin Button. It’s like crazy every time you walk in!”

Goldberg, 68, in turn, said that’s because of all the weight she’s lost, which she pegged as “almost two people,” with Clarkson noting “I’ve lost a lot as well,” which Whoopi said she’d noticed.

In a rare public comment from an A-lister about their use of the weight loss drugs that have come into vogue over the past few years, EGOT winner Goldberg said she’s been using “the wonderful shot that works for folks who need some help.”

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“Mine is a different one than people assume,” said Clarkson, 42. “I ended up having to do that too because my blood work got so bad.” While Clarkson did not specify which drug she was using, Goldberg noted that the decision to try medical weight loss intervention is good for people like them who have “issues.”

Clarkson said she wasn’t planning on discussing her weight loss with Goldberg, but once the subject came up the singer said, “I didn’t see it,” describing reviewing tape of a birthday show she did last April at the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles that surprised her. “We were watching it back and I paid to have it taped and I was going to release it… and then my doctor chased me for like two years and I was like, ‘no, I’m afraid of it. I already have thyroid problems.’ I was afraid. Everybody thinks it’s Ozempic, it’s not, it’s something else.”

Ozempic is an FDA-approved injectable medication originally formulated to help adults with type 2 diabetes manage their blood sugar. But the drug, as well as others like it, have proven to have weight loss properties that have led to a surge in off-label prescribing due to its additional ability to trick the brain into thinking the patient is full. Clarkson said the unnamed drug she’s taking “aids in helping break down the sugar [because] obviously my body doesn’t do it right.”

Clarkson described screening the footage of the birthday show in her house in New York as she was preparing to release the performance, “and then all of a sudden I paused it and I was like, ‘who the f–k is that?!’ I swear to God! It sounds insane.” Goldberg said she had a similar experience while on the set of the historical drama Till, where she said a woman on the set thought the comedian/actress was wearing a “fat suit.” At her heaviest, Goldberg said she was around 300 pounds, with Clarkson, 5’3″, noting that at one point she weighed 203 pounds.

“I was indignant! I was like, ‘this is not a fat suit! This is me!’ And then I saw…” Goldberg said. “You see it and you’re like, ‘she’s about to die of a heart attack,’” Clarkson responded. The strangest part, Clarkson said, was that she never saw herself as being overweight, was never insecure about her body, and, despite what she said some people thought, she was happy.

Goldberg put it in relatable comedic terms, joking that Clarkson was just living her life, then adding, “If you’re not rolling over on somebody…” which led to Kelly getting real about how unconcerned she was. “I’m gonna be real with you, I was ridin’ high with someone and I did not know!… I watched that show and I was like, ‘she is… any second now gonna die.’”

In an interview in February on her show with Kevin James, Clarkson said she was diagnosed as pre-diabetic, which motivated her to lose weight. At the time she said, “I wasn’t shocked. I was a tiny bit overweight. So, yeah, I wasn’t shocked by it. But they did. They were like, ‘You’re prediabetic. You’re right on the borderline.’ And I was like, ‘But I’m not there yet.’ And then I waited two years and then did, however, move into the — I was like, ‘OK, I’ll do something about it.’”

Around the same time, Clarkson said after moving to New York with her two young children she began to lose some weight by walking around the city constantly, watching her diet and using an infrared sauna. “I eat a healthy mix. I dropped weight because I’ve been listening to my doctor — a couple years I didn’t,” she said at the time. “And 90 percent of the time I’m really good at it because a protein diet is good for me anyway. I’m a Texas girl, so I like meat — sorry, vegetarians in the world!”

Watch Goldberg on the Kelly Clarkson Show below.

14 May 2024

Universal Australia, One Day Recordings Strike Joint Venture

SYDNEY, Australia — Universal Music Australia forms a strategic relationship with hip-hop specialist One Day Entertainment, a bond both parties are confident will unearth and launch more Aussie acts.

Through the agreement, One Day Recordings will work closely with UMA label EMI Music Australia on developing and exposing local talent, both here and abroad.

The joint venture, say reps for UMG, ought to strengthen the major music company’s Australian artist roster by “drawing on One Day Recordings strong A&R connections within the domestic market.”

Over the past few years, notes EMI managing director Mark Holland, “I’ve seen their drive, tenacity, and hunger to succeed in the music business first-hand and am keen to help find and nurture the future generation of musicians alongside them.”

The One Day team, he continues, is “already proving to be a strong A&R source in the domestic market, utilizing their established position in artist and studio management, as well as touring and event promotion.”

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Financial terms weren’t disclosed.

Launching in 2013 as an artist collective comprised of Horrorshow, Spit Syndicate, Joyride and Jackie Onassis, One Day Entertainment began life as a events brand.

In 2019, Sydney-based One Day Entertainment changed gears and diversified into artist and producer management, led by co-founders Nick Lupi and Adit Gauchan.

Currently, One Day manages ARIA Award winning, Grammy- nominated producer 18YOMAN, and 2024 APRA Music Award-winning hip-hop ONEFOUR, the subject of the Netflix documentary, Against All Odds. One Day’s roster also includes Chillinit and tiffi.

“The team at One Day,” says UMA president and CEO Sean Warner, “combined with our team at EMI Australia, will bring something unique and fresh to the domestic music ecosystem. Warner adds, “we are always on the hunt for new and up-and-coming talent, and with the help of Nick and Adit, alongside our in-house A&R teams, we aim to expand our roster even further – I’m looking forward to what this next chapter of our partnership brings.”

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The JV is announced after an impassioned plea from the artist management community on the eve of the APRA Awards, with a common goal to fix Australian artists’ “discoverability” problem. One solution, pitched by the Association of Artist Managers, is Michael’s Rule, a three-pronged industry code that would require all major tours in these parts to feature a local support act.