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The 2025 Billboard Latin Music Awards is finally here. Hosted by Goyo, Elizabeth Gutiérrez and Javier Poza, the annual award show will broadcast live at 8 p.m. ET at the James L Knight Center in Miama, Florida. The show will air live on Telemundo, which you can stream online with DirecTV.
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Puerto Rican megastar and the upcoming Super Bowl LX halftime headliner Bad Bunny leads the night with a whopping 27 total nominations. Fuerza Regida comes in second with 15, Rauw Alejandro with 14, Karol G and Tito Double P, each with 10 nods and Peso Pluma with 9 mentions. See the full list of nominees here. On top of his lengthy list of nominations, Bad Bunny is also set to receive the Latin Artist of the Century award.
Here’s everything you need to know about the Billboard Latin Music Awards, including how to watching online without cable.
The 2025 Billboard Latin Music Awards, at a Glance:
When: Thursday, October 23 at 8 P.M. ET
Where: James L Knight Center in Miama, Florida
Broadcast: DirecTV (Telemundo), Peacock, Fubo
Host: Goyo, Elizabeth Gutiérrez and Javier Poza
Who’s Performing at the 2025 Billboard Latin Music Awards?
Tonight’s performance lineup includes Daddy Yankee (DY), Grupo Frontera, Kapo, Abraham Mateo, Ángel Lopez, Arthur Hanlon, Danny Ocean, Ozuna, Olga Tañón, Laura Pausini — this year’s Billboard Icon Award recipient — La Arrolladora Banda El Limón de René Camacho, Beéle, Juan Duqu, Musza, Netón Vega, NXNNI, and Óscar Maydon.
How to Watch the 2025 Billboard Latin Music Awards Online
The 2025 Latin Billboard Awards will broadcast live on Telemundo. If you don’t have cable, DirecTV, Peacock and Fubo are great affordable options to stream the show live online.
DirecTV
Join DirecTV with a five-day free trial to enjoy live entertainment, like the 2025 Latin Billboard Awards, as well as your favorite sports, TV shows and movies. The streaming service’s signature packages feature more than 90 channels: Telemundo, ABC, TNT, ESPN, NBA TV, ESPN2, FS1, SEC, MLB Network, TLC, CBS, USA, Bravo, E!, BET, MTV and more.
A subscription to DirecTV — which comes with Telemundo — gets you access to live TV, local and cable channels, starting at $49.99 for the first month of service ($89.99 per month afterwards). The service even offers a five-day free trial to watch for free, if you sign up now.
Peacock
With Peacock, there is no free trial for new users but the platform offers cheap plans starting at just $10.99 per month, or you can get an annual plan for $109.99 per year (which gets you 12 months of streaming for the price of 10).
Also, Peacock and Apple TV have recently joined forces to give new and returning subscribers more originals, live sports and music programming at one low price. Prices start at $14.99 per month for the Apple TV and Peacock Premium (ad-supported) bundle, which is a nearly a 38% savings, if you were to subscribe individually. You can also upgrade to the Apple TV and Peacock Premium Plus (ad-free) bundle for $19.99 per month, a savings of almost 35% the individual streaming plans.
Fubo
Fubo’s streaming plans start at $59.99/month (regularly $79.99) after a 5-day free trial. Fubo Pro, one of the cheapest among the aforementioned streaming plans, includes 202 channels, 1000 hours of Cloud DVR and streaming on up to 10 screens. For Spanish speakers, Fubo Latino is $19.99/month (regularly $32.99/month) to stream 62 channels.
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Courtney Barnett is back on our screens and behind the wheel once again with “Stay In Your Lane.”
The celebrated Australian singer and songwriter was the musical guest Wednesday (Oct. 22) on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where she roused night owls with her new single.
“Stay In Your Lane” (via Mom+Pop Music) is a blast of ‘90s-leaning indie rock, and is Barnett’s first new material since the 2023 instrument LP End Of The Day and her first new lyrical piece since the 2021 album Things Take Time, Take Time, which cracked the Billboard 200 chart, debuted in the top 40 on the Official U.K. Chart, and impacted the top 10 in her homeland.
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“Gotta get this off my chest” she chants in the chorus, leading a full band. “This never would’ve happened if I stayed in my lane, stayed the same way.”
Watch Barnett’s late night performance of “Stay In Your Lane” below.
The Grammy Award-nominated Melbourne artist has been quietly revving up her full-scale return to the stage with a string of intimate shows at Levon Helm Studios and in Joshua Tree, and a date booked next month at Odeon Theatre in Hobart, Tasmania.
Barnett emerged in the 2010s as one of Australia’s finest indie exports. Her debut full-length album from 2015, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, peaked at No. 4 in Australia, and blasted into the top 20 in the United Kingdom and the United States, and won the Australian Music Prize, awarded to the best Australian album, regardless of critical success; along with a trio of ARIA Awards and a nomination for best international female at the BRIT Awards. Then, her solo follow-up from 2018, Tell Me How You Really Feel, cracked the top 10 in the United Kingdom, led several Billboard charts and peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard 200.
A collaborative project with Kurt Vile, 2017’s Lotta Sea Lice, was another success story, reaching No. 5 in Australia, No. 11 in the U.K., and No. 51 in the U.S.
There’s no word yet on when that next, fourth solo studio album will see the light of day.
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Melbourne, Australia — Paul Dainty is embarking on a new voyage in artist management.
The legendary Australian concert promoter joins forces with his son, Sam Dainty, on Voyager Management Group, which launches proper with its first signing, Charly Oakley.
Voyager was initially created with Brian Walsh, the late publicist and executive director of television at pay-TV platform Foxtel, and is completely separate to TEG Dainty, which Paul Dainty continues to lead.
The new venture serves to oversee several agencies, including IMC and Mark Gogoll Artists, and Monument Management, explains Sam Dainty, a film and TV professional who came on to board in 2022 to help operate the business and was mentored largely by Walsh, who passed in 2023.
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“Charly is the first artist Paul has managed and the first artist signed to us,” Sam Dainty tells Billboard. “We had hoped to do this further down the line but when we discovered Charly we were just so impressed and wanted to get moving.”
Paul Dainty knows something about talent. The U.K.-born impresario has forged an impressive career in his adopted homeland, producing tours and concerts with the world’s leading rock and pop artists, and selling more than 50 million tickets along the way.
The Melbourne-based executive established the Dainty Group/Dainty Corporation in the early 1970s, and got on a roll early on with the Bee Gees, Diana Ross, Cat Stevens and the Jackson Five. Dainty produced the Rolling Stones’ tour of 1973, a visit that would set up the success that followed.
It was Dainty who produced ABBA’s 1977 tour of Australia, a visit that remains the stuff of legend. Through the friendships made on that trip, ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus entrusted Dainty to tour Mamma Mia! 25 years later.
Dainty has also produced tours for the likes of Paul McCartney, U2, Guns N’ Roses, Eminem, David Bowie, George Michael, Prince, Katy Perry, and Britney Spears, and expanded the business into international markets.
He continues to serve as president and CEO of TEG Dainty, which, since 2016, has been a part of the TEG Group. The following year, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM), and in 2023, he was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for his “distinguished service to the community”. Upcoming TEG Dainty shows include national treks by Ricky Martin, Oprah, and Richard Marx.
A 22-year-old pop singer and songwriter, Oakley celebrates their new deal with the release of a debut single “Against The Odds” through AWAL. Oakley will support the release with a launch show next Thursday, Oct. 30 at Night Cat in Fitzroy, Melbourne.
Oakley is a special artist with the world at their feet, Sam Dainty reckons.
“We believe that Australian talent is extremely under-represented on a global stage, we have ambition for Charly in the future to be a huge name and figure in the music world,” Dainty says. “We have been able to give Charly the platform to receive feedback, help and guidance from not only us but huge names in the music industry and they have confirmed out belief in the artist and now it is time for the world to begin to hear the music.”
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Stadium shows, records set on the Billboard charts, awards. All of it, nice. But for Teddy Swims, the moment he knew he’d really “made it” was when he collaborated with The Wiggles.
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No lie. Swims is at the back-end of an action-packed tour of Australia and New Zealand, during which he performed at the NRL Grand Final, delivered a keynote at SXSW Sydney, and, yes, performed on stage with The Wiggles.
This morning, Swims stopped by Nova 100’s Jase & Lauren for a chat about the land Down Under, his tattoo obsession, and realizing his dream as an unofficial Wiggle.
The Wiggles joined Teddy Swims onstage during his concert at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena on Oct. 15, for a medley of “Rock-A-Bye Your Bear,” “Hot Potato” and “Fruit Salad.”
“Yeah, that was the coolest thing ever,” he remarks. “So, I reached out to them years ago when I first started coming up on Instagram, because they’re really my heroes growing up, and always wanted to collab with them. And so I reached out to them, like, ‘you’re my heroes. I love you’.”
Fortune smiled on Swims as he greeted the children’s entertainers backstage on the Today Show, ahead of the Oct. 5 rugby league finale.
“I met them in the hallway, and they were like, ‘you want to play ‘Fruit Salad’ with us?’ And I was like, ‘oh my god!’… I was absolutely starstruck.”
Swims played his cards right and asked The Wiggles to join him at a show, which they did.
“Oh dude, it was so sick,” he recounts. “We did this whole three song medley, and the whole band was involved. It was the coolest thing ever. I think it was, like, I even said it afterwards, that was my ‘made it’ moment for me.”
Swims has some serious runs on the board. He made history in July when “Lose Control” became the first song in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to spend triple-digit weeks on the chart, as it reached its milestone 100th frame. The next best is Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves,” which logged 91 weeks on the tally in 2021-22.
The Atlanta-born singer’s blend of R&B, country and soul has seen him fly high on Australia’s charts, too. In January, Swims’ I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2) opened at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart, while “Lose Control” went to No. 4 on the national singles survey.
Speaking on Australian breakfast radio, Swims admitted he’s “running out of space” for new ink, but there are countless blank canvases among his pals.
“Right before my son was born,” he notes, “I was trying to take a couple months off the booze and so we’d always have kind of party after the show in the green room and stuff, there’s so many people. So I was like, instead of fighting the urge to drink, I could just pull the tattoo machine out and all the drunks would just let me tattoo them.”
Swims’ I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy Tour of Australasia continues tonight, Oct. 23 with the second of three dates at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena. Matt Corby is the support act and Frontier Touring is producing the trek, which ends Oct. 29 with a sold out concert at Perth’s RAC Arena.
Stream his Nova interview below.
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Swapmeet and 水中スピカ Suichu Spica are winners of the third annual Justin Cosby Music Prize, presented following their respective appearances at South by Southwest Sydney 2025.
Hailing from Adelaide, Swapmeet scoops the Justin Cosby best emerging artist honor, awarded to the local or international artist showing the most potential, a nod to their artistic merit and “export readiness.”
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“Since we announced Swapmeet on the lineup, the band attracted a significant amount of industry interest thanks to their quality songwriting and cohesive production,” explains SXSW Sydney head of music Claire Collins. “Throughout the week, they backed up the buzz with a compelling show, producing gorgeous indie anthems punctuated by a punk spirit. We can’t wait to see what they do next.”
Meanwhile, Kyoto, Japan math rock act 水中スピカ Suichu Spica collect the Justin Cosby best performance prize, recognition of an outstanding live effort at an official SXSW Sydney event.
Their “flawless live sets throughout the week were one of the true highlights of SXSW Sydney this year,” says SXSW Sydney music program manager Reg Harris. “Each show featuring a tight setlist filled with intricate guitar tapping, sparkling vocals, ever changing time signatures and cinematic crescendos.”
Also, Jamaica Moana is named as recipient of the Walk to Austin Award, presented for the first time in partnership with Johnnie Walker Black Ruby. As part of their victory spoils, the trailblazing Māori/Samoan rapper and songwriter will perform at SXSW 2026 in Austin, Texas.
A music industry panel selected Moana on the basis of exceptional creativity, originality and potential to connect with a global audience.
The Justin Cosby Music Prize is named in the memory of Inertia Music co-founder Justin Cosby, who died in June 2021.
The much-loved independent music executive was a regular attendee at SXSW and his meticulously-prepared spreadsheet planner was shared widely among the Australian industry professionals making the journey to Austin each year, notes SXSW Sydney organizers in a statement.
The judging panel comprises industry leaders from independent record labels, community radio, venues, festivals and local and international media.
The inaugural Justin Cosby Music Prize was awarded in 2023 to Otoboke Beaver (best performance) and Miss Kaninna (best emerging artist), and was last year presented to Voice of Baceprot and DEVAURA.
TEG produced the third-annual SXSW Sydney, which was presented Oct. 13 – 19 and featured a program heaving with 1,600 events and networking sessions, plus a music festival lineup with more than 300 performances.
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If Charlie Puth is nervous about becoming a dad, he’s not showing it.
The pop artist was the musical guest Tuesday night on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where he performed his new song “Changes” and sat for a chat with the late-night show’s host.
At the top, Puth confirmed what many of his fans already. “I’m gonna be a dad,” he told Fallon.
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We’re aware of the good news because Puth used the music video for “Changes” as the platform for his big reveal. Around the 2:30 mark in the Charlotte Rutherford-directed clip, Puth and his wife Brooke Sansone both place their hands on her belly, a sign that changes are coming.
“I didn’t leave much up to the imagination there,” he admitted to Fallon. “But yeah, we’re expecting a baby in March.”
He’s not giving away the gender just yet, but it’s safe to say the bub will be immersed in music. Puth plans to revisit what him mom did for him, by placing headphones on Sansone’s pregnant tummy.
“I hope baby likes music, because it’s the only thing I’m good at,” he quipped. “I think I listened to James Taylor and Luther Vandross, I got a wide array of music. So I’ll do the same thing, whether Brooke likes it or not.”
This will be the first child for the Puth and Sansone, who began dating in 2022 and were married in September 2024.
Puth stuck around the NBC studios for a performance of “Changes,” lifted from his forthcoming fourth studio album Whatever’s Clever!, also due out next March, for what will be a busy month for the growing family.
Whatever’s Clever!, will be Puth’s fourth album and a follow-up to 2022’s Charlie, which yielded the Billboard Hot 100 top 40 singles “Light Switch” and “Left and Right” (with BTS’ Jung Kook).
Watch Puth’s performance of “Changes” and his goofy Hundred Percent sketch with Fallon.
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Robert Irwin tangles with snakes during the day, nails dolphin dives at night. And based on his latest performance on Dancing With The Stars, the Australian wildlife conservationist should go far in the competition.
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On Tuesday night (Oct. 21), the DWTS celebrities celebrated the forthcoming sequel to Jon M. Chu’s Wicked with routines set to songs from the popular musical-turned-film. Chu even stopped by to join regular judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli.
Irwin gave it his best shot with a jazz performance of “Dancing Through Life”. The 21-year-old and his professional partner Witney Carson completed an energetic, free-flowing performance with smiles glued to their faces. Irwin gave viewers a little more than they bargained with a perfect dolphin dive early in their routine, and pulled off a floor slide that’d make Bruce Springsteen proud.
When the votes were counted, 39 out of a possible 40 points went to the pairings of Jordan Chiles and Ezra Sosa, and Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas, while Irwin and Carson nabbed nines from all four of the judges, for 36/40.
Irwin, the son of the late “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin, will be hoping to emulate the success of his older sister Bindi, who won the 21st season of DWTS, in 2015.
The remaining contestants in this 34th season of Dancing With the Star includes TV personality Dylan Efron and influencer Jen Affleck. However, Pentatonix’s Scott Hoying and Rylee Arnold are no longer competing for the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy, following their elimination on Tuesday evening.
Dancing with the Stars airs live Tuesdays on ABC and Disney+, and streams the next day on Hulu. The finale will be on Nov. 25.
See the full list of scores from “Wicked Night” (week six) of DWTS season 34 below.
Alix Earle and Val Chmerkovskiy: 35/40
Robert Irwin and Witney Carson: 36/40
Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas: 39/40
Dylan Efron and Daniella Karagach: 32/40
Andy Richter and Emma Slater: 27/40
Elaine Hendrix and Alan Bersten: 36/40
Jen Affleck and Jan Ravnik: 32/40
Danielle Fishel and Pasha Pashkov: 36/40
Jordan Chiles and Ezra Sosa: 39/40
Scott Hoying and Rylee Arnold: 28/40 (ELIMINATED)
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John Williamson, the Australian “bush music” legend, has criticized a nationwide anti-immigration protest where his signature song, “True Blue,” was reportedly played without his approval.
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Thousands gathered in several Australian capital cities last Sunday, Oct. 19 for the “March for Australia” rallies, which formed as a collective voice against the federal government’s immigration policies, and for counter protests. Williamson, not for the first time, has called out the unauthorized use of his music.
Turning to Facebook, Williamson writes: “‘True Blue’ is a song for all Australians and should not be hijacked by any group that seeks to use the song to sow division. I believe in a multicultural society – one where all Australians come together in unity to celebrate our unique multicultural nature and freedoms.”
A decade ago, the ARIA Hall of Famer put conservative event organizers on blast for attempting to weaponize his famous song. Back in 2015, he shared a post on Facebook in which he noted that “True Blue” was reportedly being used at rallies by various groups including the Reclaim Australia movement, and “did not have my approval to use it.” On that occasion, he wrote, “I would prefer the song be used to celebrate togetherness in our great country. How about holding a rally for ‘Love’ and see who turns up. Hatred never solves anything.”
A musician and conservationist, Williamson’s career spans more than 50 years. The 79-year-old has sold more than 5 million albums and accumulated upwards of one billion streams. Over time, he has collected 28 Golden Guitar awards, four ARIA Awards, and on Australia Day 1992, was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) “for service to Australian country music and in stimulating awareness of conservation issues.” Williamson performed at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and in 2010 he was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.
Since its release in 1982, “True Blue” song has become part of the fabric of Australian culture, and is regularly played at sporting events and ceremonies, including Steve “Crocodile Hunter” Irwin’s public memorial service, where he performed it twice on acoustic guitar.
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Tyla talks about hosting the Kid’s Choice Awards, loving KATSEYE’s “Gnarly” and her excitement to watch their performance at the show, performing at Coachella, what fans can expect from her new music, why she wanted to be a part of The Smurfs soundtrack and more!
Tetris Kelly: Tyla is hosting the Kids Choice Awards, and before the big show, we got her to talk about new music and so much more.
Tyla: This is my first time not trying to think about it too much. Like, I’m literally just gonna be my vibe. You know, Tyla vibe. Fun, I love partying, so this is a warehouse party, so it’s my lane, so I’m just gonna have fun with the kids.
I’ve actually met [KATYSEYE]. Like, a while ago, I was shooting for Vogue, and they came to me, and they’re like, “Hi, we are new group, KATSEYE,” and they wanted to sing “Water” for me. And, like, they literally the cutest group … So, yeah, they’re cute. I’m excited to see their performance.
Coachella was insane. It was my first time performing there, so that was really fun. Like, especially the second week, I was vibing, yeah, and now I have some more in Europe and everything.
I literally love The Smurfs and Rihanna being Smurfette. So I’m happy that I’m a part of that one.
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