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BTS members Jimin & Jung Kook have completed their military service and were released on Tuesday, June 10th. We take you inside the joyous moment and what the boys had to say! Are you excited for BTS’ reunion? Let us know in the comments! Tetris Kelly: Jimin and Jung Kook of BTS have returned from […]
We caught up with Snoop Dogg, Ciara, Keke Palmer, Jermaine Dupri, and more on the red carpet of the 2025 BET Awards and found out their all-time favorite Mariah Carey song.
What’s your favorite Mariah Carey song? Let us know in the comments!
Keke Palmer: You’ll always see my baby
Snoop Dogg: I would be like “Mariah. You know, when I was in jail, ‘Vision of Love,’ we used to sit around waiting for that video to come on. I can’t believe I did a song with you.”
Ciara: Oh my gosh, there’s so many hits.
Lauren-Ashley Beck: Mariah Carey is being nominated for an icon award this evening, what is your favorite Mariah Carey song?
Amerie: My favorite? “We Belong Together.”
Lucky Daye: I like the one she did with. Uh, is it Ol’ Dirty Bastard.
Oh yes, I can see the music video.
Ciara: That right there, by far, is one of the most timeless records that is special.
Jermaine Dupri: “My All.” I know y’all thought I was gonna say one of my songs.
We did.
Jermaine Dupri: She knows that’s my song. Yeah, I love that song. I wish I would have made that song,
We gotta get you on the stage. Okay, that was amazing. I have chills, actually.
Amerie: That’s my son’s favorite Christmas song. He actually liked it outside of Christmas, but he just started dancing and running around. Yeah, it’s just great, like she created a new classic.
Billboard’s Dance Moves roundup serves as a guide to the biggest movers and shakers across Billboard’s many dance charts — new No. 1s, new top 10s, first-timers and more.
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This week (on charts dated June 14, 2025), Tate McRae, D.O.D., Sammy Virji and others achieve new feats. Check out key movers below.
Tate McRae
Tate McRae is back at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Dance/Pop Songs chart with her new song, “Just Keep Watching.” She released the track May 30 via Apple/Atlantic from F1 the Album, the soundtrack to the film F1, starring Brad Pitt. The set arrives June 27, the same day that the movie premieres in North American theaters.
The song opens with 11.4 million official U.S. streams, 1.3 million radio audience impressions and 1,000 downloads sold in its opening week (May 30-June 5), according to Luminate. It also debuts at No. 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 — the highest launch on the chart this week.
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McRae has been one of the top-performing artists on the Hot Dance/Pop Songs chart dating to its launch in January. She led the inaugural list dated Jan. 18 with “It’s Ok I’m Ok” (which spent four weeks on top) and returned with two-week leader “Revolving Door” in March. The only other artist to top the chart since its start is Lady Gaga, whose “Abracadabra” has ruled for 15 weeks.
D.O.D.
The British DJ and producer tops a Billboard chart for the first time this week thanks to his song “Wrap Yourself Around Me,” featuring NORTH. The track, released in February on Armada Music, rises 3-1 on Dance/Mix Show Airplay with an 18% gain in plays among 24/7 dance reporters and pop stations’ mix show hours.
D.O.D. charted two other songs on Billboard’s charts before this week: “So Much in Love” reached No. 8 on Dance/Mix Show Airplay in August 2023 and “Somedays,” with Sonny Fodera and Jazzy, also hit No. 8 on the chart in November 2024 (as well as No. 15 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs this April).
As for NORTH, the song grants the singer her first No. 1 with her initial chart entry.
Sammy Virji & Issey Cross
The acts each earn their first Billboard radio chart hit this week with their collaboration, “Nostalgia.” Released April 25 on Polydor/Capitol/ICLG, the song debuts at No. 40 on Dance/Mix Show Airplay (up 12%).
Both artists are up-and-coming on Billboard’s charts. Virji had logged one chart hit before this week: “Summertime Blues,” with Chris Lake and Nathan Nicholson, reached No. 48 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs in May 2024. Issey Cross claims her first chart appearance.
Daft Punk
The legendary DJ duo’s 2013 album Random Access Memories spends a 500th week on the Top Dance Albums chart, at No. 20. The LP is just the fourth album to reach the 500-week milestone in the chart’s 24-year history, after Lady Gaga’s The Fame (586 weeks), David Guetta’s Nothing But the Beat (542) and Gorillaz’s Demon Days (539).
Ángela Aguilar just released her newest album, ‘Nadie Se Va Como Llego,’ and she shares her experience producing her music for the first time, collaborating with Marc Anthony, why she decided to produce, her opinion on speaking up about immigrant rights, working with her husband, Christian Nodal, and more!
What’s your favorite song from Ángela Aguilar’s new album? Let us know in the comments!
Griselda Flores: Hi, I’m Billboard’s Griselda Flores, and I’m joined by singer, songwriter and producer Ángela Aguilar. Ángela, how are you?
Ángela Aguilar: I’m good, good to see you again. That sounds interesting. That’s new for me.
“Producer” is new for you.
“Producer” is new for me.
Yes, and we’re definitely going to talk about that. How are you doing today?
I’m excited. I’m hungry. I am ready to eat.
Yes, so we’re at El Paseo Inn restaurant in La Placita Olvera in LA. Do you have any memories of La Placita Olvera? Because I know you lived between Mexico and the US, but you were born in LA.
Yeah, I was born here. You know, I grew up here, and for me, this was a very important place that I would only take like very special people to go with me because there’s a statue of my grandfather here, and it’s right where he used to sleep on the bench when he was homeless.
No!
Yeah. So it’s very, very important to me to see how much we’ve grown and how much you know our love for Mexican music has continued to nurture different people.
And what about LA? What’s your relationship to LA now?
I was born and raised Angeleno. This is where I studied. This is where I went to school. This is, you know, the city that saw me grow up. But at the same time, it was like 50/50, so I was in Mexico 50% of the time, here 50% of the time.
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After a big weekend at Money In The Bank, Triple H tells Billboard anything is possible when it comes to Cardi B hosting the first ever two-night WWE SummerSlam August 1- 2 at MetLife Stadium. Noah Reardon: You mentioned it’s a busy summer. So with Cardi B hosting SummerSlam, what can we expect from that […]
Can Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” hold on to No. 1? Tetris Kelly: This is the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 for the week, dated June 14, “Nokia” drops to No. 10, as “Beautiful Things” is up to nine. “Lose Control” stays at No. 8, so does “Die With A Smile” at seven, and “A Bar Song […]
Laufey shares how Disney has inspired her music, why she chose Suki Waterhouse to go on tour with her, and teases her new album!
Are you excited for her new album? Let us know in the comments!
Tetris Kelly: Hanging out with Laufey at the House of Mouse. How’s it feel to be here tonight?
Laufey: I’m so excited. There’s like, I’m seeing already so much, like, many ears and bows and like-
It’s the merch for me.
It’s always the merch for me.
I mean, what is your Disney experience like? What has the brand meant to you?
Oh, my God. I mean, it’s just my childhood, right? I think growing up, I didn’t really have… I always loved, like, old music, old sounds. I didn’t have much context for it, but I always heard it in movies. And like, the way I told my friends about my music and, like, my musical aspirations was kind of always through the lens of music. It’s like you listen to the music from, like, the old Peter Pan movies, like the old Disney princess movies. It’s that kind of vintage sound is everything that I strive for in my modern project. So it means a lot to me.
I love that you can connect all the lines there. And I mean you’re gonna be taking the music out on the road with Suki Waterhouse. We’re so excited about that. So how did you decide to partner with her? And what’s it gonna be like on the road?
Oh, my God. I mean, I’m such a fan of hers, I kind of, I wanted it to be like a girly show. Like I was like, I need a girl.
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On Friday (June 6), Lil Wayne continued his beloved decade-spanning series, Tha Carter, with the installment’s sixth entry. With a career built on longevity, evolution and unrelenting dominance, Wayne’s career arc is rare, but similar to that of another cultural titan: the Black Mamba, the late NBA great Kobe Bryant.
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Kobe defied physics with his aerial acrobatics and rim-rocking jams. Wayne trounced his competition with punishing punchlines and steely wordplay.
Like Wayne, Bryant’s early beginnings were rocky. Drafted by the Charlotte Hornets in the 1996 NBA Draft, a 17-year-old Bryant was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for Vlade Divac. Bryant, who was a heralded high school phenom at Lower Merion in Philadelphia, was relegated to the bench his rookie season, backing up Eddie Jones. His minutes were inconsistent. He averaged a putrid six points per game. He shot four airballs in a crucial playoff game against the Utah Jazz. Lakers head coach Del Harris wasn’t keen on playing the rookie, though fans saw the spark. When Bryant showed glimmers of greatness, even in small increments, we stopped and took notice.
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Wayne’s career started earlier than Bryant’s. He signed with Cash Money at 11, before dropping Tha Block is Hot at 17. Powered by Juvenile, B.G., and Turk, Wayne was a young upstart, sliding in as an edgy wildcard capable of pouncing on any beat with ruthless intentions. Raw and unpolished, Wayne’s swaggering energy was the catalyst for hits like “Bling Bling” and “We on Fire.” Before vaulting into superstar territory, Wayne was a quintessential role player, playing alongside starry teammates — most notably, Juvenile. Juvie enjoyed a fruitful run in the late ’90s, courtesy of his RIAA-certified 4x platinum album 400 Degreez, and the success of “Ha” and “Back That Thang Up.” Like Bryant, who played alongside three all-star caliber talents in Jones, Nick Van Exel and Shaquille O’Neal, Wayne bided his time behind rap vets. But, when Wayne and Bryant’s names were called, neither flinched under the bright lights.
For both superstars, it wasn’t about endorsements and commercials. Their wins didn’t happen overnight. They trudged through the mud, battled against rivals, and tried to usurp their idols. Kobe had MJ. Wayne had Jay. Still, their admiration never blurred their undying ambition: Bryant’s “Mamba Mentality” was fueled by obsessiveness. After thousands of hours in the film room, Bryant’s level of authority on the court mirrored Wayne’s unmatched studio effort.
When Bryant delivered masterclasses on how to be clutch, Wayne taught MCs how to be prolific, dropping thousands of songs with charm and wit. Bryant was considered a flashy dunker, a human highlight reel devoid of a jumper. With hard work and dedication, he became a gutsy shot-taker, a five-time NBA champion, and spiritual backbone for a dynasty. As for Wayne, he flipped the script from being a Hot Boy sidekick to a mixtape monster and later a rap icon, all without a pen. Wayne and Bryant scoffed at their respective scouting reports during their rookie years and rewrote their legacies.
From Bryant’s nine-game streak of 40 points in February 2003 to his sacred 81-point game in January 2006, to even his seven-game winners in the 09-10 season, he was considered the gold standard of the NBA’s first decade of the 21st century, while Wayne’s Carter series and fiery mixtape run with Da Drought and Dedication simultaneously had him in the Best Rapper Alive category.
Kobe chased NBA greatness. Wayne chased lyrical immortality. Different courts. Same mentality.
Griselda Flores caught up with El Malilla at Suenos Festival, and he defines “Mexican Reggaeton,” discusses his dream of touring the U.S. and more! El Malilla: The special case with Mexican reggaeton is that – Hey, how’s it going, everyone? I’m El Malilla, and this is Billboard, VIP Access. Griselda Flores: We’re with El Malilla […]
The BET Awards’ 25th-anniversary show takes place Monday, June 9, and we’re breaking what you can expect, including Kendrick Lamar’s 10 nominations, tributes to Snoop Dogg and Mariah Carey, and more. Are you excited for the BET Awards? Let us know in the comments. Tetris Kelly: Kevin Hart, Tyla, Kendrick Lamar, Doechii and more will […]
