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J-Hope teased new music, ‘The Beginning of a New Dream,’ and also announced his solo tour, ‘Hope on the Stage,’ for this year. Keep watching for all the updates!

Tetris Kelly:

He’s our hope. He’s J-Hope and he’s back. And you’re going to want to get those wallets ready. We’re talking about J-Hope’s music and tour comeback. BTS’ J-Hope is teasing brand-new music and it’s coming soon. ‘The Beginning of a New Dream’ is coming March this year. And that’s not it for our Hobi. He’s going on tour! His first solo tour titled “Hope on the Stage” is hitting Korea, the States, Mexico, Japan and so much more between February and June. If it’s anything like “Hobipalooza” we are in for a treat.

Some ticketing details are postponed due to the wildfires in LA, but get info and updates at Billboard.com.

Billboard reveals the Top Hot 100 Songs of the 21st Century, and we’re sharing the top three that dominated the Hot 100 from January 1, 2000, through December 28, 2024. 

What’s your favorite song of all time? Let us know in the comments!

Tetris Kelly:

Billboard has ranked the top 100 songs of the 21st century. And while the list is full of your favs that have been killing it since year 2000, right now we’re giving you a taste of the top 3. At No. 3 The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber with “Stay.” The team-up topped the Hot 100 for seven weeks in 2021, marking The Kid LAROI’s first No. 1 and Bieber’s eighth and most recent. At No. 2 is “Uptown Funk!” by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars. Ronson and Mars’ hit ruled the Hot 100 for 14 weeks in 2015, the longest leading of Bruno’s nine career No. 1s. And at No. 1 is The Weeknd with “Blinding Lights.” The song led the Hot 100 for four weeks in 2020, among 90 weeks on the chart overall, the longest stay on the ranking of all-time for a soloist. Billboard’s top songs of the 21st century recap reflects performance on weekly charts dated Jan.1, 2000, through Dec.28, 2024. Find the complete top artist, top albums, and top songs list at Billboard.com.

Megan Thee Stallion was granted a civil restraining order against Tory Lanez that will bar him from any harassing conduct over the next five years. Keep watching for both of their testimonies, and for the full story.

Tetris Kelly:

Megan Thee Stallion has been granted a restraining order against Tory Lanez a month after Meg’s Lawyers filed a petition for a restraining order against Tory Lanez due to what her lawyers warned that Lanez has continued to “terrorize her” with a “campaign of harassment” even as he sits behind bars. At Thursday’s court hearing, Judge Richard Bloom granted Meg a civil restraining order that will bar Lanez from any harassing conduct for the next five years. This ruling comes after the “Roc Steady” rapper gave a tearful testimony via livestream, telling the judge that she hasn’t “been at peace since I was shot” and is “just tired of being harassed.” Meg continued: “it just seems like I have to relive it every day. The person who shot me won’t let me forget it.” She later added: “I’m scared that when he gets out of jail he’s going to still be upset with me” and then she said, “I feel like maybe he’ll shoot me again and maybe this time I won’t make it.”

Judge Bloom issued the order from the bench, saying that Megan had shown a “credible threat of violence.”

The order bars a wide range of conduct, including any contact or harassment through any means. At Thursday’s hearing, Lanez’s attorney Michael Hayden argued that his client was “not threatening the petitioner in any way.”

Keep watching for more.

Billboard is ranking the Top 200 Albums of the 21st Century, and we’re sharing our some albums in the top five and how they broke records on the Billboard 200.

What’s your favorite album of all time? Let us know in the comments!

Tetris Kelly:

Billboard has ranked the Top 200 albums of the 21st century. And while the list is full of your faves that have been killing it since the year 2000, right now we’re giving you a taste of the top 5. At No. 5 is ‘Hamilton: An American Musical.’ The show soundtrack peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, after the show’s Disney+ premiere, becoming the highest-charting cast recording since 1969, when ‘Hair’ spent 13 weeks at No. 1. At No. 3 is Taylor Swift’s ‘Fearless.’ T-Swift’s first No. 1 on the Billboard 200, topped the chart upon its debut in 2008 and tallied 11 weeks in the spot and became the first of 14 No. 1 albums for the superstar – the most of any act in the 25-year span. And at No. 1 Morgan Wallen’s ‘Dangerous: The Double’ album. After debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in January 2021, it remained on top through March 27, becoming the first album to spend its first 10 weeks atop the list since Whitney Houston in 1987. Billboard’s Top Albums of the 21st century recaps reflect performance on weekly charts dated Jan.1, 2000, through Dec.28, 2024. Stay tuned for the top songs coming at you tomorrow on Billboard socials.

ROSÉ went on ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show’ and shared some secrets about her latest album ’Rosie,’ while SEVENTEEN’s BSS make a return with ‘Teleparty.’ Keep watching for all the K-pop updates!

Tetris Kelly:

From ROSÉ’s talk show confessions to a new SEVENTEEN subunit EP, we’re breaking down what’s poppin’ in K-pop. ROSÉ sat down with Kelly Clarkson to discuss her new album ‘Rosie’ and just how honest it is. And you know we’re big fans of SEVENTEEN, and their subunit BSS has returned close to two years after their debut EP, sharing their new three-track ‘Teleparty.’ In addition to the new music, Seungkwan, DK and Hoshi act as apparent “ambassadors of youth” in a trailer for the EP.

Lil Baby just released the deluxe version of WHAM, and his new track “Running This Shit” has fans speculating that he’s shading Gunna. Keep watching to see where the song may be addressing Gunna.

Tetris Kelly:
Did Lil Baby just call out Gunna on a new track? Lil Baby recently released the deluxe version of his album Wham, which features a new track “Running This Shit.” The song has fans speculating about whether Lil Baby is referring to his former collaborator Gunna as a “rat.”

On the track’s second verse, Lil Baby raps: “I don’t care what he did, he a rat still/ And I said what I said, don’t at me.”

Lil Baby hasn’t hidden his feelings towards Gunna as of late. While speaking on Charlamagne Tha God’s Out of Context interview series, the rapper had this to say:

Charlamagne Tha God:
What’s the relationship with you and Gunna right now?

Lil Baby:
We don’t got no relationship.

Tetris Kelly:
We’ll continue to follow this story as it evolves. We reached out to Gunna and Lil Baby for comment. You can take a listen for yourself on the WHAM deluxe.

For more hip-hop news, keep it locked here at Billboard.