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Trending on Billboard U.S. Marshalls arrested a suspect in the shooting of Sauce Walka and the murder of rapper Sayso P. As reported by local Memphis outlet Action News 5, Marshalls arrested 23-year-old Kevin “KJ” Brown in Clarksville, Tennessee, on Wednesday (Oct. 22). He was charged with first-degree murder, two counts of employing a firearm […]
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First July, then August, now September: The Summer I Turned Pretty is yet again a dominant force on Billboard’s Top TV Songs chart, powered by Tunefind (a Songtradr company), occupying the September 2025 tally’s top eight and nine of its top 10, led by music from Taylor Swift.
Rankings for the Top TV Songs chart are based on song and show data provided by Tunefind and ranked using a formula blending that data with sales and streaming information tracked by Luminate during the corresponding period of September 2025.
After a three-season run on Amazon Prime Video, The Summer I Turned Pretty concluded with three final episodes on Sept. 3, 7 and 17 (with a full-length film to follow as a continuation of the finale — look out, Top Movie Songs chart).
Four of the songs on the September 2025 chart are courtesy of Swift, including the No. 1. “Dress,” from 2017’s Reputation, bows atop the survey after its feature in the series finale. That’s on the strength of 10.3 million official on-demand U.S. streams and 3,000 downloads in September 2025, according to Luminate.
Of the four, two were heard in the finale, while the other two were in the penultimate episode. “Out of the Woods (Taylor’s Version),” also from the finale, ranks at No. 4 (4.1 million streams, 1,000 downloads), followed by “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” and “The 1” from the next-to-last episode at Nos. 7 and 10, respectively.
But The Summer I Turned Pretty wasn’t just a vehicle for Swift’s catalog. Noah Kahan’s Gracie Abrams-featuring version of “Everywhere, Everything” ranks at No. 2 after its turn in the finale (10.7 million streams, 1,000 downloads), while Harry Styles’ “Sign of the Times” is No. 3 (10.4 million streams, 2,000 downloads) after an appearance in the penultimate episode.
One song, meanwhile, is from the Sept. 3 edition: Franz Ferdinand’s “Take Me Out,” at No. 8 (12.6 million streams, 1,000 downloads).
The lone non-The Summer I Turned Pretty entry is courtesy of Gen V, which premiered its second season on Sept. 17. The fellow Amazon Prime Video series’ position is No. 9 via Frankie Valli’s “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” (10.9 million streams, 1,000 downloads).
See the full top 10 below.
Rank, Song, Artist, Show (Network)1. “Dress,” Taylor Swift, The Summer I Turned Pretty (Amazon Prime Video)2. “Everywhere, Everything,” Noah Kahan with Gracie Abrams, The Summer I Turned Pretty (Amazon Prime Video)3. “Sign of the Times,” Harry Styles, The Summer I Turned Pretty (Amazon Prime Video)4. “Out of the Woods (Taylor’s Version),” Taylor Swift, The Summer I Turned Pretty (Amazon Prime Video)5. “Scott Street,” Phoebe Bridgers, The Summer I Turned Pretty (Amazon Prime Video)6. “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart,” Taylor Swift, The Summer I Turned Pretty (Amazon Prime Video)7. “I Only Have Eyes for You,” The Flamingos, The Summer I Turned Pretty (Amazon Prime Video)8. “Take Me Out,” Franz Ferdinand, The Summer I Turned Pretty (Amazon Prime Video)9. “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” Frankie Valli, Gen V (Amazon Prime Video)10. “The 1,” Taylor Swift, The Summer I Turned Pretty (Amazon Prime Video)
Bad Bunny, who, last we checked, is a citizen of the United States and has become the enemy of right-wing criticism from the MAGA faithful. Bad Bunny can now breathe a sigh of relief as the NFL has decided to keep the Puerto Rican superstar on the bill for the Super Bowl LX Half Time Show.
In a report from the Associated Press, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, no stranger to combating controversy around musical acts on one of the biggest stages in the world, offered a brief statement to those who decried the decision to have Bad Bunny perform at Super Bowl LX.
“It’s carefully thought through,” Goodell said during a news conference after the NFL’s annual Fall League meeting. “I’m not sure we’ve ever selected an artist where we didn’t have some blowback or criticism. It’s pretty hard to do when you have literally hundreds of millions of people that are watching.”
Goodell continued, “We’re confident it’s going to be a great show. He understands the platform that he’s on, and I think it’s going to be exciting and a united moment,” concluding the defense of the Spanish-speaking American singer with, “He’s one of the leading and most popular entertainers in the world. That’s what we try to achieve. It’s an important stage for us. It’s an important element to the entertainment value.”
President Donald Trump claimed that he didn’t know who the singer born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio was during a Newsmax interview. Further, Turning Point USA, the right-wing group founded by the late Charlie Kirk, said it would like to put on a halftime show of its own in defiance of the NFL’s move.
On social media, fans of Bad Bunny and the NFL alike are chiming in with thoughts regarding Goodell’s decision.
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Bad Bunny, who, last we checked, is a citizen of the United States and has become the enemy of right-wing criticism from the MAGA faithful. Bad Bunny can now breathe a sigh of relief as the NFL has decided to keep the Puerto Rican superstar on the bill for the Super Bowl LX Half Time Show.
In a report from the Associated Press, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, no stranger to combating controversy around musical acts on one of the biggest stages in the world, offered a brief statement to those who decried the decision to have Bad Bunny perform at Super Bowl LX.
“It’s carefully thought through,” Goodell said during a news conference after the NFL’s annual Fall League meeting. “I’m not sure we’ve ever selected an artist where we didn’t have some blowback or criticism. It’s pretty hard to do when you have literally hundreds of millions of people that are watching.”
Goodell continued, “We’re confident it’s going to be a great show. He understands the platform that he’s on, and I think it’s going to be exciting and a united moment,” concluding the defense of the Spanish-speaking American singer with, “He’s one of the leading and most popular entertainers in the world. That’s what we try to achieve. It’s an important stage for us. It’s an important element to the entertainment value.”
President Donald Trump claimed that he didn’t know who the singer born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio was during a Newsmax interview. Further, Turning Point USA, the right-wing group founded by the late Charlie Kirk, said it would like to put on a halftime show of its own in defiance of the NFL’s move.
On social media, fans of Bad Bunny and the NFL alike are chiming in with thoughts regarding Goodell’s decision.
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Demi Lovato is hoping that fans can learn from her struggles. In a raw interview with Las Culturistas hosts Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers posted Wednesday (Oct. 22), the star reflected on the choice to be transparent about their past experiences with eating disorders and substance abuse, despite the stigma surrounding them.
“I had a decision that had to be made when I had gone to treatment for the first time,” the singer began. “I had this very public outburst when I was 18 … and in that moment, my manager at the time asked me, like, ‘Do you want to be public with what you’re going through, or do you want to sweep it under the rug and not talk about it?’”
Despite the manager telling her, “You have a right to both” and “You don’t owe anybody anything,” Lovato decided to be open with fans. “I was like, ‘I didn’t have a role model at 13 that was speaking up about eating disorders, and I need to be that role model for someone else.’”
“It was this responsibility that I was willing to take on because I wish that I could have had that growing up,” Lovato added.
The Camp Rock alum has long been open about their past battles with self-harm, bulimia, substance abuse and bipolar disorder, delving into them in documentaries such as 2017’s Simply Complicated and 2021’s Dancing With the Devil. One pivotal incident occurred in 2010 when an 18-year-old Lovato punched backup dancer Alex Welch while on tour with the Jonas Brothers, after which the vocalist entered rehab to address “emotional and physical issues.”
“When you punch someone on a plane, enough is enough,” she recalled in a 2011 interview with Elle. “Right after, I texted my mom and just said, ‘I’m sorry.’”
Lovato is now doing better than ever, with the star gearing up to release new album It’s Not That Deep on Friday. The project was led by singles “Fast,” “Here All Night” and “Kiss.”
Listen to Lovato’s full guest episode of Las Culturistas below.
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Podcasters Leo Rojas (Venezuela), DimeloKing (Colombia), and Jorge “Molusco” Pabón (Puerto Rico) shared some secrets for making podcasts a successful and profitable product on Wednesday (October 22) at Billboard Latin Music Week 2025.
During the panel “The Power of Podcasters,” moderated by Dominican journalist and host Tony Dandrades, the three experts discussed the benefits they’ve found in this audio format, which has become a powerful content generator for different sectors, including the music and entertainment industry, as it explores new forms of monetization.
Podcasts “give a voice to those who previously had no voice,” Pabón opined. “Before, breaking into radio was almost impossible; today, anyone who can buy a microphone, a camera, and understand how to create good content can do so.”
Rojas emphasized that podcasts now allow artists to tell a story to their fans and explain why they make their music. “It allows them to be more real, more human,” said the Venezuelan, who hosts the podcast “Escuela de Nada” with Chris Andrade and Nacho Redondo.
Here are five lessons we learned from these famous podcasters:
1. Know Your Audience
“El Molusco” Pabón believes that to make a podcast successful, you must know the audience you will be speaking to, as well as come up with a concept for it. “That video that will change your life will always come along.”
2. Someone else’s success won’t always be yours
DimeloKing points out that some people expect what’s successful on other podcasts to be successful on theirs as well. Some “hope their content will go viral, but you have to put in the work to make that happen.”
3. Take elements from the internet that add to your content
Leo Rojas recommends taking everything you find online that adds to your content. “If you want to be successful, you have to be present on everything that exists on the internet,” he points out.
4. Short Content
DimeloKing says that short content is much more functional. “Of my three Facebook accounts, I have a team for each account.”
5. Recruit superfans
“A superfan is someone who consumes your content on all platforms. They’re someone who consumes everything you do, so you’ve got a percentage of their consumption,” says Rojas about recruiting followers who follow you on all your social media platforms.
Spanning more than 30 years, Latin Music Week is the single-most important and largest gathering of Latin artists and industry executives in the world. The event also coincides with the 2025 Billboard Latin Music Awards, set to air Thursday, Oct. 23, on Telemundo and Peacock, where Bad Bunny will be honored as Top Latin Artist of the 21st Century.
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Tropical music stars from different styles and countries came together on Wednesday (Oct. 22) at Billboard Latin Music Week 2025 to discuss the cultural impact their respective genres have had on new generations and how they have embraced it. The panel included iconic Puerto Rican merengue singer Olga Tañón; legendary Peruvian cumbia and merengue band Grupo 5; Puerto Rican singer Guaynaa, who has experimented with urban music, salsa and more; emerging Cuban reparto musician Bebeshito; and Argentine cuarteto star Luck Ra.
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In the panel “The Cumbia and Tropical Music Explosion,” presented by Andrea Ramírez PR and moderated by Jessica Roiz of Billboard, Tañón and the members of Grupo 5 recounted their first experiences in music; Tañón in the 1990s, when she thought an audition she attended was to be a Spanish-language rock singer; and the South American group in the 1970s, when they began with ballads and later adopted cumbia as their sound to liven up local parties.
“I didn’t want to be a merengue singer; I’m a merengue snob,” said the artist nicknamed “Woman of Fire.” “I started out doing ballads, Spanish rock, and you used merengue at home to sing and dance, but when they auditioned me, I thought it was for a Spanish rock band.” She recalled that the band’s leader told her that anyone who sings well can sing anything, so she prepared, auditioned, and was chosen, beginning her love affair with the Dominican genre.
In a fluid dialogue, the artists shared with the audience their opinions on how new Latin stars have reinvented salsa, such as Bad Bunny on his acclaimed album Debí Tirar Más Fotos, a musical genre that had its heyday in the late 1960s, marked by legends like Celia Cruz and Willie Colón.
Below are some of the best quotes from the discussion:
Olga Tañón, on the expiration date of a genre: “The musical DNA of a country, which is the culture of a country, will never die. Never. Not merengue, not salsa, not cumbia.”
Christian Yaipén (Grupo 5), on how to make music transcend fads: “We’re always focused on making music in the best way possible to bring it to the audience’s hearts, not just thinking about trends and passing things. My brother Elmer taught me that songs don’t catch on overnight; songs don’t reach No. 1 the following month.”
Guaynaa, on why new generations are experimenting with tropical music: “The first angle is the record label, systematically; and the second is the angle of the street, of the people [who demand it]. The question at the time of creating is how we can impact culture.”
Bebeshito, on the genre of reparto and its success coming from a country like Cuba without digital platforms: “Reparto is made internationally by Cubans (…) This support doesn’t come digitally from the island, but the support from the heart does.”
Luck Ra, on cumbia and cuarteto as the common thread of his work: “There are new [musical] schools that come with a lot of hunger. It’s something that brings you joy, that makes you dance. Cumbia and cuarteto are something that can be heard anywhere in the world.”
Spanning more than 30 years, Latin Music Week is the single-most important and largest gathering of Latin artists and industry executives in the world. This year’s star-studded lineup includes Aitana, Alofoke, Anuel AA, Bebeshito, Carlos Vives, Carín León, Danny Ocean, DJ Khaled, Daddy Yankee (DY), Emilia Mernes, Ivy Queen, Gloria Estefan, Grupo 5, Kapo, Laura Pausini, Luck Ra, Netón Vega, Olga Tañón, Óscar Maydon, Ozuna, Pablo Alborán, Rawayana, Suzette Quintanilla, Tokischa, Xavi, and Yailin La Más Viral, to name a few.
Latin Music Week also coincides with the 2025 Billboard Latin Music Awards, set to air Thursday, Oct. 23, on Telemundo and Peacock, where Bad Bunny will be honored as Top Latin Artist of the 21st Century.
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Carlos Vives, Emilia, Wisin and Xavi — the artists behind the 2026 Telemundo World Cup anthem — discussed their process during “The Music of the World Cup” panel at the 2025 Billboard Latin Music Week on Wednesday (Oct. 22), moderated by sports anchor and lead premier league host, Carlota Vizmanos.
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“This song is for the family,” Carlos Vives said of the official song for the FIFA World Cup 2026, that will premiere at the Billboard Latin Music Awards on Oct. 23. “In a world where war and hatred are the norm, soccer is the complete opposite. What a great opportunity for this song to speak to that and for Telemundo to be the message that brings it.”
During the discussion, all three of the panelists shared their own personal connections to the sport. “I’m grateful for the opportunity; I’m happy to represent Mexico,” Xavi added. “Honestly, [this opportunity] fell on me like a bucket of water. I’m still processing it. Despite being from different worlds, we all have something in common — and that’s soccer, and that’s why it’s about unity.”
“Soccer unites us,” Vives added. “It’s brotherhood, it’s friendship, it’s love. Even though it’s competition and rivalry, it’s fair play. That’s why it unites us all.”
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“It’s truly something I remember on Sundays: getting together with friends and family, having a barbecue, and waiting for the game. It was a ritual,” Emilia noted.
Meanwhile in Puerto Rico, soccer is “growing tremendously,” said Wisin. “It’s a door that opens to work internationally and have another chance to do something great.”
Spanning 36 years, Latin Music Week is the single largest gathering of Latin artists and industry executives in the world. This year’s event — which also features Carín León, Daddy Yankee, Ivy Queen, Gloria Estefan, Kapo, Laura Pausini, Netón Vega, Ozuna, Pablo Alborán, and Xavi, among others — hosts panels, marquee conversations, roundtables, networking and activations, in addition to its celebrated Billboard En Vivo showcases.
Latin Music Week also coincides with the 2025 Billboard Latin Music Awards, set to air Thursday, Oct. 23, on Telemundo and Peacock, where Bad Bunny will be honored as Top Latin Artist of the 21st Century.
Billboard’s Live Music Summit will be held in Los Angeles on Nov. 3. For tickets and more information, visit the Live Music Summit website.
In celebration of the late R&B legend D’Angelo, Billboard takes a look at some of his biggest hits and career highlights. The visionary performer, who died in October 2025 at age 51 of cancer, was an innovative singer, songwriter and producer who shaped the 1990’s neo-soul movement alongside contemporaries including Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill and Maxwell.D’Angelo, born Michael Archer, charted eight titles as an artist on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, three albums on the Billboard 200, and numerous entries on R&B/hip-hop tallies. His highest-charting Hot 100 hit, “Lady,” stands as his lone top 10, having hit No. 10 on March 30, 1996. It was also nominated for a Grammy Award in 1997 for best male R&B vocal performance. The single is from his also Grammy-nominated debut album, Brown Sugar, which reached No. 22 on the Billboard 200, as well as No. 4 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.
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Brown Sugar additionally yielded Hot 100 hits in the title track (No. 27, August 1995), “Cruisin’ ” (No. 53, December 1995), and “Me and Those Dreamin’ Eyes of Mine” (No. 74, December 1996).
After a four-year break, D’Angelo returned with his sophomore album, Voodoo, which debuted at No. 1 on the Feb. 12, 2000-dated Billboard 200, where it reigned for two weeks. The LP ruled Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for four weeks. Its biggest single, “Untitled (How Does It Feel),” hit No. 25 on the Hot 100 and dominated the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart for six weeks (his sole leader on the list). Both the album and single won Grammy Awards in 2001, for best R&B album and best male R&B vocal performance, respectively.
Known for his lengthy sabbaticals, D’Angelo’s next LP did not arrive until December 2014. Black Messiah debuted at No. 1 on Top R&B Albums and No. 5 on the Billboard 200. The record also earned him two Grammy wins, for best R&B album and best R&B song, for the single “Really Love,” which peaked at No. 4 on Adult R&B Songs in May 2015.
D’Angelo’s Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits
1. “Lady” (No. 10 peak on March 30, 1996)2. “Brown Sugar” (No. 27, Aug. 19, 1995)3. “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” (No. 25, Feb. 19, 2000)4. “Cruisin’ ” (No. 53, Dec. 2, 1995)5. “Me and Those Dreamin’ Eyes of Mine” (No. 74, Oct. 12, 1996)
D’Angelo’s Biggest Billboard Hot 100 hits chart is based on actual performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100, through the Oct. 25, 2025, ranking. Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. 100 earning the least. Due to changes in chart methodology over the years, eras are weighted to account for different chart turnover rates over various periods.
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Bono and The Edge of U2 accepted the 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize on behalf of the band on Tuesday. The award was presented for embodying the legacy of the legendary folk singer. The event was held at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma – and marked the first time Bono and The Edge had been there since a U2 tour stop in 1981 to promote the band’s debut album, Boy.
The 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize celebration was hosted by the Woody Guthrie Center. Preceding the award presentation, Bono and The Edge participated in an onstage conversation about art and activism with producer and musician T Bone Burnett.
“Our favorite protest songs always had a sense of vision, something to aim for. … You don’t talk about the darkness, you make the light brighter,” The Edge said, adding: “I believe music can actually change the mood of the room and actually shift a culture.”
Bono credited Bob Dylan for leading U2 to Guthrie’s music. “Bob Dylan really did bring us to the place where the song was an instrument to open up worlds. And the world of Woody Guthrie, I wouldn’t have entered if not for Bob.”
Bono also alluded to the current challenges confronting America. “America is the greatest song still yet to be written. The poetry is there but it’s still being written… don’t imagine it will continue to be extraordinary on its own, that if you fell asleep and woke up in twenty years, the world would be fairer or freer. It won’t, that’s not the way it works.”
When speaking with Burnett about the songwriting process relative to protest songs, Bono said, “You can’t write a song to order.” He read lyrics to a song that is a work-in-progress, written about the killing of Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen in July by an Israeli settler.
Bono and The Edge surprised attendees with a six-song performance, including two songs in which they included snippets of Woody Guthrie songs (“Running to Stand Still” with a snippet of “Bound for Glory) and “Pride (In the Name of Love)” with a snippet of “Jesus Christ”). Other U2 songs in their set were “Mothers of the Disappeared,” “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” “One” and “Yahweh.”
Guthrie’s granddaughter Anna Canoni and Woody Guthrie Center director Cady Shaw also spoke at the event. “Woody and U2 have been aligned for decades,” Canoni said. “Whether it is protesting against war and violence, standing up for humanitarian rights, singing about greed, corruption and injustice.”
The event served as a fundraiser to support the Center’s educational programs, public concerts, exhibitions and the legacy of Woody Guthrie. The event was presented by the Harper House Music Foundation.
The Woody Guthrie Prize seeks to recognize artists who reflect Guthrie’s belief that music can be a force for social justice and change. Previous honorees include Tom Morello, Pete Seeger, Mavis Staples, Kris Kristofferson, John Mellencamp, Chuck D, Joan Baez, Bruce Springsteen and Pussy Riot, as well as groundbreaking TV producer Norman Lear.
Guthrie’s most famous song is “This Land Is Your Land,” which he wrote in February 1940 in response to what he felt was the overplaying of Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America” on the radio. Guthrie died in 1967 at age 55 from complications of Huntington’s disease. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as an early/musical influence in 1988 and received a lifetime achievement award from the Recording Academy in 2000.
U2, which also includes Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr., has won 22 Grammys, more than any other group or duo in history. Their Grammy collection includes two awards for album of the year, two for record of the year and two for song of the year. U2 was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2005 and were recently named Fellows of The Ivors Academy, the highest honor in British songwriting.
