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14 Mar 2024

PartyNextDoor Releases ‘Real Woman’ Single: Stream It Now

PartyNextDoor released his new single “Real Woman” Friday (March 15) after finishing his headlining set at Billboard’s THE STAGE at SXSW in Austin, Texas.

And while closing out his set, Billboard‘s latest cover star revealed the news all of his fans have been waiting for: His forthcoming fourth studio album, PARTYNEXTDOOR 4, will be released on April 26 via OVO Sound. It marks his first full-length album in four years since Partymobile, which debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 and peaked at No. 4 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

The album also arrives 10 years after his debut album, PARTYNEXTDOOR 2. Its second single “Her Way” experienced a lot of success last year: The sped-up version of the song became 2023’s most popular TikTok song in Canada and third-most popular in the United States.

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Produced by Noah “40” Shebib, Eli Brown and Prep Bijan, “Real Woman” employs bright, twinkling synths, trap hi-hats and a backing choir for the hypnotic late-night anthem. The single follows “Resentment,” which debuted in the top 10 of Hot R&B Songs last July, and “Her Old Friends” from January 2023.

The R&B singer-songwriter and producer talked about his highly anticipated LP in his recent Billboard cover story. “This is the hardest I’ve ever worked on an album. This is the proudest I’ve felt,” he said. “I’m excited to grind even more for the next [one]. I’m in love with how hard you should work for it.”

Following his SXSW set, Party will perform at Rolling Loud California tonight before traveling to Australia next week for the five-date Souled Out festival.



14 Mar 2024

Luck Ra & Khea’s ‘Hola Perdida’ Leads Billboard Argentina Hot 100 For a Third Week

Luck Ra and Khea’s “Hola Perdida” holds steady at No. 1 on the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 chart (dated March 16) for a third week.

It’s the longest-leading song for Luck Ra who last ruled the 100-deep tally through “Además De Mi (Remix)” for one week in 2021.

FloyyMenor and Cris MJ’s “Gata Only” climbs 4-3, the highest ranking for the latter since “Marisola (Remix),” his team-up with Standly, Nicki Nicole and Duki, landed at the summit for two weeks in charge in Jan. 2023.

Ivy Queen earns her first entry as “Primer Aviso,” with Maria Becerra, starts at No. 19, the Hot Shot Debut of the week.

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Meanwhile, Latin Grammy-winning producer and musician Angel Lopez concurrently scores his first chart appearance with a cumbia and bolero-flavored version of his 2000s hit “A Puro Dolor,” with Emanero and Rusherking, which debuts at No. 31.

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Q’Lokura scores the Greatest Gainer of the week as “Cuarteto Sessions #3” rockets up the chart with a 28-rank hike. The song rises from No. 83 to No. 55.

Two other songs debut this week, Enrique Iglesias and Yotuel’s “Fría” opens at No. 76, while Pharrell Williams and Miley Cyrus’s first partnership, “Doctor (Work It Out),” bows at No. 94.

14 Mar 2024

*NSYNC Reunited, Dua Lipa Announces New Album, Cardi B Loses A Tooth & More | Billboard News

*NSYNC reunited at Justin Timberlake’s one-night-only show in Los Angeles. The group performed a few hits and their new track ‘Paradise’ which will be featured on Timberlake’s upcoming album ‘Everything I Thought It Was.’ Dua Lipa announced that her new album ‘Radical Optimism’ will be out May 3rd. Lil Nas X is set to collaborate with Skaiwater. Cardi B accidentally loses a veneer after taking a bite out of a bagel. And more!

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JT reunited *NSYNC on tour and Billboard was on the scene. Dua announces an album, Lil Nas X gains a collab and Cardi loses a tooth. We’re backstage with Katy Perry and Kylie Minogue. We run down the TikTok Billboard Top 50. We sit down with Morat.

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Happy Thursday friends I’m Tetris Kelly for Billboard News. It’s March 14th, and I still cannot believe what I witnessed last night at Justin Timberlake’s concert. You know Billboard is giving you all the access.

Chris Kirkpatrick
It was us singing and we’ve done that together. And we just fall right back into it when we’re together.

Tetris Kelly
*NSYNC is back and we can’t believe it doesn’t in the boys took over the Wiltern last night and we take you there and Billboard All Access

Tetris Kelly
It was Justin Timberlake’s one night only concert at the Wiltern and he dipped into new tracks from his new album and his classic hits.

Tetris Kelly
And the crowd went crazy when he invited R&B Star Coco Jones to join him on stage for “ICU.”

Tetris Kelly
And then our lives were changed forever. Justin reunited all the guys of *NSYNC and they did “Bye Bye Bye.”

Tetris Kelly
and “It’s Gonna Be Me.” And debuted their brand new track “Paradise” that will be featured on his album.

Watch the full video above!

14 Mar 2024

Kylie Minogue Gives Her Best Advice to Her Younger Self | Billboard Women In Music 2024

Australian pop star Kylie Minogue emphasizes the importance of one’s own uniqueness when giving advice to her younger self backstage at Billboard’s Women In Music 2024.

Kylie Minogue
Some advice I would give my younger self would be that there is one you. You may want to be a better you. I think you need to accept the you that is not ideal or doesn’t, you know, live up to your expectations all the time. We are all one of a kind and we are works in progress.

14 Mar 2024

Young MC Leads Top TV Songs Chart Via ‘Rookie’ Synch for ‘Bust a Move’

Young MC’s 1989 top 10 hit “Bust a Move” is No. 1 on a Billboard chart in 2024, reaching the top spot on the Top TV Songs chart, presented by Tunefind (a Songtradr company), for February 2024.

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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 February 2024.

“Bust a Move,” which peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1989, sported a synch in ABC’s The Rookie, sending it to No. 1 on Top TV Songs after being heard in the second episode of the series’ sixth season on Feb. 27.

In February 2024, “Bust a Move” earned 3.2 million official on-demand U.S. streams and 1,000 downloads, according to Luminate.

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“Bust a Move” reigns over Gordon Lightfoot’s “If You Could Read My Mind,” which bows at No. 2 following a synch in Amazon Prime Video’s The Grand Tour on Feb. 16. The track snagged 3.7 million streams and 2,000 downloads in February 2024.

Like “Bust a Move,” “If You Could Read My Mind” was a top 10 hit on the Hot 100 (as well as the first top 10 for both acts), albeit earlier, peaking at No. 5 in February 1971.

A pair of songs from HBO’s True Detective round out Top TV Songs’ top four in Mazzy Star’s “Into Dust” and The Beatles’ “Twist and Shout” at Nos. 3 and 4, respectively. The former was in episode four of the fourth season (Feb. 4), while the latter followed in episode six (Feb. 18).

“Into Dust” racked up 802,000 streams and 1,000 downloads in February 2024, while “Twist and Shout” boasted 6.4 million streams and 1,000 downloads.

They’re not the only True Detective synchs on the latest chart. The show also appears at No. 9 via Billie Eilish’s “Everybody Dies,” also from episode four, via 1.3 million streams.

See the full top 10, also featuring music from Will Trent, Mr. & Mrs. Smith and One Day, below.

Rank, Song, Artist, Show (Network)

  1. “Bust a Move,” Young MC, The Rookie (ABC)
  2. “If You Could Read My Mind,” Gordon Lightfoot, The Grand Tour (Amazon Prime Video)
  3. “Into Dust,” Mazzy Star, True Detective (HBO)
  4. “Twist and Shout,” The Beatles, True Detective (HBO)
  5. “Gimme Three Steps,” Lynyrd Skynyrd, Will Trent (ABC)
  6. “Sandstorm,” Darude, Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Amazon Prime Video)
  7. “This Is the Day,” The The, One Day (Netflix)
  8. “Love Ballad,” LTD, Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Amazon Prime Video)
  9. “Everybody Dies,” Billie Eilish, True Detective (HBO)
  10. “Feels Good,” Tony! Toni! Toné!, Will Trent (ABC)

14 Mar 2024

Justin Timberlake Reunites *NSYNC at Warm-Up Concert In Los Angeles

Justin Timberlake got the old band back together when he reunited with *NSYNC on Wednesday night (March 13) during his pre-album-release show at The Wiltern in Los Angeles.

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JT and *NSYNC made hearts race, and set charts alight, during their golden run in the 1990s and early 2000s, before going on hiatus in 2002. The boy band — or, now, man band — was back to their old ways in L.A., a full-body workout ahead of Timberlake’s Forget Tomorrow World Tour.

Tonight’s “One Night Show” will be a hard act to follow. Timberlake, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick and Lance Bass performed their smash ’90s hits “Bye Bye Bye” and “It’s Gonna Be Me” and debuted the new collaborative track “Paradise.”

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The surprise reunion was their first onstage since an appearance at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards last September. Prior to that, the “It’s Gonna Be Me” singers last strutted their stuff as the full, five-piece unit back in 2013, for JT’s Video Vanguard Award medley.

Later, in 2019, Chasez, Kirkpatrick, Fatone and Bass joined Ariana Grande onstage during her headlining Coachella set for a performance of “Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored” and “Tearin’ Up My Heart.” On that occasion, Timberlake wasn’t in the place.

Timberlake did return to his roots — and the studio — with *NSYNC in 2023 for “Better Place,” which accompanied the JT-starring animated family film Trolls Band Together. The track bowed at No. 25, for *NSYNC’s lucky 13th appearance on the Billboard Hot 100.

All told, *NSYNC has earned six top 10 hits on the Hot 100, including “Bye Bye Bye” (No. 4), “This I Promise You” (No. 5) and “It’s Gonna Be Me” (No. 1, two weeks). On the Billboard 200, the lads have notched four top 10 titles, including the No. 1 albums No Strings Attached (eight weeks) and Celebrity (one week).

JT’s concert acts as a curtain raiser for the release Friday (March 15) of his sixth solo album Everything I Thought It Was and the kick-off of his Forget Tomorrow World Tour on April 29 at Rogers Arena, in Vancouver, Canada.

The forthcoming album, led by the single “Selfish,” marks JT’s first solo release in more than five years. EITIW is the follow-up to his 2018 solo LP Man of the Woods, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Earlier this week, Timberlake had a debut performance of the EITIW song “No Angels” on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

14 Mar 2024

El Fantasma’s ‘El Exitoso’ Travels to No. 1 on Regional Mexican Airplay Chart

El Fantasma’s “El Exitoso” continues to find success on Billboard’s Latin airplay charts (dated March 16) as the track surges 5-1 on Regional Mexican Airplay and rallies 18-2 on the overall Latin Airplay tally.

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“El Exitoso” climbs 5-1 on Regional Mexican Airplay with a robust 72% gain in audience impressions, to 8.3 million, earned during the March 1-7 tracking week, according to Luminate.

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As “El Exitoso,” released last October via Afinarte, advances to the summit, it ejects “Por El Contrario,” by Becky G, Leonardo Aguilar, and Angela Aguilar, from the lead. The latter falls to No. 3 with a 20% drop in impressions, to 6.8 million.

With the new success, El Fantasma captures his sixth No. 1 on Regional Mexican Airplay, which began when “Encantadora” took over the radio ranking for four weeks in 2019. Here’s a recap of all the champs:

Peak, Title, Artist, Weeks at No. 1
June 1, 2019, “Encantadora,” four
Aug. 14, 2021, “Soy Buen Amigo,” one
Sept. 25, 2021, “Tus Desprecios,” with Pepe Aguilar, one
Oct. 1, 2022, “Soldado Caído,” one
Sept. 9, 2023, “La Vida Cara,” one
March 16, 2024, “El Exitoso”

Thanks to “El Exitoso,” Afinarte leads Regional Mexican Airplay for a second term in 2024, after the label last led through Los Dos Carnales’s “Gracias a Ti,” for one week in charge on the Feb. 24-dated list. The label picks up its 10th champ overall.

Beyond its Regional Mexican Radio reign, “El Exitoso” also conquers new territory on the overall Latin Airplay ranking, where it flies No. 18-2. With the rise, El Fantasma collects his 10th top 10 there, and achieves his best chart performance to date. Previously the singer-songwriter reached a high of No. 4 with “El Selectivo” in May 2023.

13 Mar 2024

‘The Masked Singer’: Reality-TV Star Unmasked on ‘Wizard of Oz’ Night

There was no place like The Masked Singer on Wednesday, March 13, as the quirky singing contest celebrated “Wizard of Oz” night.

Cleocatra, The Beets, Gumball and Afghan Hound took turns on the mic, each of them facing the prospect of going home early.

The resplendent canine performed “The Lion Sleeps” by the Tokens, the upright feline tackled “Stormy Weather” by Etta James, the sugar-ball dispenser performed a medley of “If I Only Had A Heart” by Jack Haley and “Heartbeat Song” by Kelly Clarkson, and those constantly-smiling roots performed Michael Buble’s “Home.”

The dog and the candy were at the bottom of the list, and they entered a battle to “Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead.” The winner, survives. The loser, bye-bye.

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“Wizard of Oz” night wasn’t magical for Afghan Hound, who, after the performances, found herself in the dog house.

The mask came off, revealing reality-TV star, actor, influencer and former beauty queen Savannah Chrisley of Chrisley Knows Best.

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The stint behind the helmet was, no doubt, a welcome distraction for Chrisley, whose parents were jailed last year after being convicted of federal bank fraud and tax evasion in June 2022.

“Honestly, my life over the past year has changed drastically,” she explained when her identify was revealed and host Nick Cannon asked why she decided to participate in this 11th season. “Lost both my parents to the federal system. And now I have custody of my 15-year-old brother and 10-year-old sister,” a comment that drew concerned faces from judges Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg, Ken Jeong and newbie Rita Ora.

“So, if I can teach them anything it’s, take every opportunity that comes your way and don’t back down.”

There were lessons learned for Chrisley, too. “I know singing is not for me. I don’t know what a note is, nor do I know what rhythm is,” she continued. “But, it was a good experience.”

Another reason for competing in this 2024 season is “because I know my parents can watch it. And that was a big thing for me.”

Chrisley as Afghan Hound follows the exit of Kevin Hart (as Book) on last week’s season premiere of The Masked Singer.

Watch Afghan Hound’s performances and unmasking below.


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13 Mar 2024

(G)I-DLE Scores Fourth Top 10 on Album Sales Chart With ‘2’

(G)I-DLE collects its fourth top 10-charting album on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated March 16), as the South Korean pop group’s latest release, 2, debuts at No. 4 with 8,500 copies sold in the U.S. in the week ending March 7, according to Luminate.

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Also in the top 10 of the latest Top Album Sales chart, Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson lands his first solo top 10 as his new set The Mandrake Project bows at No. 5. Plus, ScHoolboy Q’s new Blue Lips starts at No 6, marking his fourth top 10-charting effort.

Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Luminate. Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

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TWICE’s With YOU-th holds at No. 1 on Top Album Sales with nearly 17,000 sold (down 82%), after debuting atop the list a week ago. LE SSERAFIM’s Easy is also a non-mover, sitting at No. 2 in its second week with 10,500 (down 69%). Taylor Swift’s chart-topping 1989 (Taylor’s Version) rises 6-3 with nearly 9,000 (down 5%).

(G)I-DLE’s 2 debuts at No. 4 with 8,500 sold – essentially all from CD sales. The set was available in four collectible CD editions, including one Target-exclusive variant. All packages contained branded paper merchandise, some of which is randomized.

Dickinson’s The Mandrake Project starts at No. 5 with 8,000 sold, landing the Iron Maiden singer his first solo top 10 effort. The set was available to purchase as a standard digital album, in four CD variations (a standard edition, two with enhanced packaging, and one with a signed insert), and a pair of vinyl LPs (including one with a signed insert).

ScHoolboy Q’s Blue Lips debuts at No. 6 with nearly 8,000 sold – with more than half of that sum from vinyl sales (4,000 – his best week ever on vinyl). The set was issued in just one vinyl edition, pressed on translucent blue-colored vinyl.

Four former No. 1s round out the latest top 10: Swift’s Lover is steady at No. 7 (7,000; down 2%), Swift’s Folklore rises 9-8 (6,000; up 2%), Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts jumps 16-9 (5,500; up 14%) and Swift’s Midnights dips 8-10 (nearly 5,500; down 10%).

In the week ending March 7, there were 1.153 million albums sold in the U.S. (down 9.6% compared to the previous week). Of that sum, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) comprised 850,000 (down 12.9%) and digital albums comprised 304,000 (up 1.4%).

There were 442,000 CD albums sold in the week ending March 7 (down 17.1% week-over-week) and 403,000 vinyl albums sold (down 7.9%). Year-to-date CD album sales stand at 4.318 million (down 30.3% compared to the same time frame a year ago) and year-to-date vinyl album sales total 4.601 million (down 47.8%).

Overall year-to-date album sales total 11.936 million (down 36% compared to the same year-to-date time frame a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales stand at 8.963 million (down 40.6%) and digital album sales total 2.973 million (down 16.2%).

13 Mar 2024

Selena Gomez on Mental Health Struggles, Ariana Grande on Mariah Carey Collab & More | Billboard News

Selena Gomez opened up about her mental health on a SXSW panel and revealed that she “had to hit rock bottom” before overcoming her mental health struggles. Perrie Edwards, formally of Little Mix, announced her debut solo album which is set to feature RAYE and Ed Sheeran. Flo Milli’s “Never Lose Me” has gone viral and she is now teaming up with SZA for the remix. Tyla gave BLACKPINK’s Lisa a sneak peek at her upcoming album and teased that collaboration could be in the works. Ariana Grande details how Mariah Carey ended up on the “yes and?” remix. And more!

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Selena opens up about hitting a mental health rock bottom. Perrie Edwards recruits a record breaker, a Flo Milli/SZA remix and Tyla’s possible K-pop crossover. Ariana Grande gushes about Mariah Carey. Charli XCX gives advice to her younger self and The Stage at South by Southwest headliner Illenium covers Billboard.

What’s good, music lovers? It’s Wednesday, March 13th. I’m Tetris Kelly and this is Billboard News. It’s the middle of the week and it is as busy as ever. Here’s our top story.

Selena Gomez:
It’s funny because all the things I was been b*tching about then I’m very grateful for now so it’s really ironic.

Tetris Kelly:
Selena Gomez that she hit rock bottom before grappling with her mental health. South by Southwest is in full swing in Austin, Texas and Billboard is on site and bring you the news.

Selena Gomez:
It was about our journeys and we ended up relating a lot to each other and it was a turning point and I think it was more like how can we do that for other people.

Tetris Kelly:
Miss. Gomez was with her mother and discussed her vulnerable 2022 documentary ‘My Mind & Me’ at South by Southwest. The panel is titled ‘Mindfulness Over Perfection: Getting Real on Mental Health.’

Selena Gomez:
I think the moment I did that I felt this insane amount of release because there wasn’t any hiding anymore. There wasn’t- there wasn’t just this image that people can see and think oh, it looks nice, and it was probably one of the hardest moments of my life.

Tetris Kelly:
The 31-year-old filmed the doc over the course of six years and touches on her diagnosis with bipolar disorder.

Selena Gomez:
It’s helped release a lot of anxiety of keeping it in just to let people know I’m having- I’m having a hard day or or I just need a minute.

Tetris Kelly:
Gomez recently released her new single “Love On” which debuted at No. 56 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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