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The Billboard Family Hits of the Week compiles what’s new and worth your family’s time in music, movies, TV, books, games and more. Forget the mind-numbing scrolling and searching “what to watch for family movie night” … again. The best in family entertainment each week is all in one place, in this handy guide. Isn’t it satisfying to […]
La Bichota, it’s officially a Bratz! On Monday, Nov. 25, the lifestyle and fashion doll brand Bratz announced the launch of its Bratz x Karol G Collector Doll. Following Karol G‘s 2024 Latin Grammy win for best urban music album, the brand, celebrated for its bold self-expression, transformed the Colombian musician’s 2023 Latin Grammys look […]
11/22/2024
Family friendly tunes from Rudolph, the Grinch and more.
11/22/2024
The Billboard Family Hits of the Week compiles what’s new and worth your family’s time in music, movies, TV, books, games and more. Forget the mind-numbing scrolling and searching “what to watch for family movie night” … again. The best in family entertainment each week is all in one place, in this handy guide. Isn’t it satisfying to […]
Sesame Street‘s Oscar the Grouch Wicked‘s Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) can relate to each other when it comes to being green — so why not sing about it together? Just ahead of the opening weekend of Wicked in theaters, Erivo paid a visit to Oscar the Grouch for a duet of a classic, “It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green,” originated by Kermit the Frog on both Sesame Street and The Muppet Show in 1970.
Their collaboration was unveiled on Sesame Street‘s official YouTube channel Wednesday morning (Nov. 20). Elphaba in Wicked is famously green, just like Oscar, though Erivo appears as herself in this performance of the oft-covered, Joe Raposo-penned song. Among the many covers of “Bein’ Green” that have been recorded over the years are versions by Frank Sinatra (1971), Van Morrison (1973), Diana Ross (1974), Ray Charles (1975), Don Henley (1994) and Tony Bennett (1998).
In this version, Oscar — who seems to just want to fit in with the neighborhood trash cans he frequents — sings, “It’s not easy bein’ green/ Having to spend each day the color of the leaves/ When I think it could be nicer being gray or rust or puce/ Or something much less colorful like that.”
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“Hold on,” Erivo interrupts, cleverly pointing out, “Now, I know a thing or two about being green … And you should like — well, no, love — being green, Oscar.”
“Really? You’re talking to a grouch here,” Oscar says in the video.The actress responds with a reminder to be proud of who you are, and then lends her gorgeous voice to the next verse, making all things green sound simply sublime: “Because green is the color of slime/ And green can be gross and moldy-like/ And green can be smelly like a stinkweed, or angry like an alligator, or sour like a pickle.”
Their voices come together as Erivo harmonizes with the green monster of Sesame Street, singing, “When green is all there is to be/ It could make you wonder why/ But why wonder, why wonder?”
“I am green and it’ll do fine/ It’s yucky, and I think it’s what I want to be,” Oscar decides.
But don’t worry. He snaps out of that sweet moment just in time to tell the movie star to “Scram!”
“Never change, Oscar,” says Erivo.
Watch their “It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green” duet below. Wicked officially opens Nov. 22, with early screenings in select theaters on Nov. 20.
Elmo’s traveled from Sesame Street all the way to a chicken shop in London to go on a date with Amelia Dimoldenberg.
The Chicken Shop Date creator/stae has had dates with many famous faces in her 10-year journey to find love at the chicken shop — most recently, Andrew Garfield. (If you’re one to read the comments, you’ll know fans of both have been convinced he’s the one.)
From the music world, Burna Boy, Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX, Cher, Billie Eilish, Jack Harlow, Matty Healy, Rema, Rosalia, Ed Sheeran and SZA are among the many talented artists who’ve been to the chicken shop with Dimoldenberg. British rapper Ghettz was her first date, in 2014, for the series that’s become a short-form comedy hit on YouTube.
You might say she went for a different type for the latest episode of Chicken Shop Date.
Dimoldenberg invited Elmo, the lovable puppet from Sesame Street, out for a playdate version of one of her typical dates. She met with him at the chicken shop only to learn he doesn’t eat chicken, that he can match her deadpan delivery, and that he also has an innate talent for making the moment awkward.
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“Does Elmo like nuggets?” she asks to open the episode, which dropped Friday (Nov. 15) on YouTube.
“Well, Elmo does vegetarian nuggets,” Elmo replies.
“Oh, you’re a vegetarian?” Amelia asks.
“Well, Elmo knows lots of chickens, you know. Elmo has friends that are chickens,” he says.
Elmo dishes the truth to his date about hugs (ask first), getting out of your head, and learning a word called “patience.” He also shouts out Beyoncé in hopes of bringing her to both Sesame Street and Chicken Shop Date — a move that Dimoldenberg warns him is desperate, before admitting that she’s desperate to be getting advice about romance from Elmo.
“What do you think Cookie Monster would make of chicken shops?” she wonders at another point.
“A mess,” Elmo says.
“Right,” says Amelia.
Watch Elmo on Chicken Shop Date below to see how the date went.
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Need a pep talk from your kids’ favorite pups? PAW Patrol and Cameo Kids introduced “Pup Talk” on Friday (Nov. 15), a cute campaign aimed to bring preschoolers and families closer to their favorite PAW Patrol characters.
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Meghan Trainor received the first “Pup Talk” call on Friday. “Every day, I wake up wanting to lead with self-love and positivity, not only for myself and my family, but for my fans,” the mom of two said in a statement. “But we all have those moments of doubt, especially when I’m trying to reach so many people. Rubble and Chase showed up at the perfect time with the perfect message and reminder that while I can’t fix the whole world, I’m proud of all I’m doing!”
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PAW Patrol shared the video of Trainor’s “Pup Talk” on Instagram with the caption, “Even supermom performers with tremendous hair need a little PupTalk sometimes!”
PAW Patrol’s Marshall and Chase have officially joined the Cameo Kids family, and Skye will be available in December. Pup Talks are perfect for birthdays, holiday greetings and opportunities to offer encouragement. Fans can send personalized, animated message from Marshall, Chase or Skye for just $25 per Cameo.
Saturday Night Live star Kenan Thompson and San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy will be next in line to receive a Pup Talk. The campaign will commence during an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Dec. 18.
“PAW Patrol is a household name,” said Doug Wadleigh, Spin Master’s president of toys. “Our pups and their adventure-filled stories reinforce problem-solving and self-belief. With this campaign, we aimed to extend our reach beyond family rooms and playrooms, transporting the pups into pop culture moments and delivering their signature paws-itivity to some prominent personalities.”
Cameo Kids offers personalized calls with other characters and shows, such as Grace’s Corner, Sesame Street, Baby Shark and Cocomelon. Cameo users can also purchase calls from musicians, reality stars, actors, athletes and more.
PAW Patrol airs on Nickelodeon and streams on Paramount+. Fans of the series can stream episodes thorugh DirecTV, Philo, the Roku Channel, Prime Video and Apple TV.
Planning for the “paw-lidays”? You can find PAW Patrol toys and other gear at Walmart, including the PAW Patrol Rescue Wheels Super Loop Tower, a 12-inch Huffy bike and the Walmart-exclusive PAW Patrol stories. Walmart’s early Black Friday sale launched earlier this week.
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She’ll show you what shoes to wear, how to fix your hair — and while she’s at it, Ariana Grande will also tell you the correct lyrics to her character Glinda’s signature song in Wicked. Shortly after the fast-approaching musical film shared extended looks at a few of its featured songs on Instagram Wednesday (Nov. […]
“Hard to Wait for Christmas,” a sweet holiday duet by Lady A‘s Hillary Scott and her daughter Eisele Kaye, has arrived to get you in the Christmas spirit.
The surprise holiday song was released Friday (Nov. 15).
“We hope this song makes families smile and encourages them to laugh and have fun together as they wait patiently (or not!) for Christmas,” Scott says in a statement about the festive new tune featuring her 11-year-old. “My favorite line from the song is about how it feels better to give than to receive, and if we could say anything about the Christmas season, it is that we hope you have a giving heart. That’s what really makes Christmas special — the gift of your time to the people you love, and the gift of your generosity to those in need.”
On Instagram Friday morning, Scott announced the song to fans: “Eisele and I have an early Christmas present for you… Our new Christmas song ‘Hard To Wait For Christmas’ is OUT NOW!”
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“Last year Eisele, her dad, and I sat and wrote this song after a little family drama trying to explain to her sisters, Betsy and Emory, why we were not able to open every single day of the advent calendar. This conversation led into all the other reasons why it is hard to wait for Christmas,” wrote Scott, who’s a Grammy Award-winning artist with country trio Lady A and Christian group Hillary Scott & The Scott Family; both acts have topped various Billboard charts.
Hillary Scott ft. Eisele Kaye, “Hard to Wait for Christmas”
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She added, “Our hope is that this song makes your family smile and lean into the playful spirit of the holiday season while you wait 40 more days until Christmas. We wish you a Merry Christmas.”
“It’s hard to wait for Christmas/ All the joy there is to share/ Like cookies baking in the oven/ The sweetest smell that fills the air/ Let’s hold our hope/ And shine our light/ Before it’s Christmas Eve/ We know this season’s so much more/ Than presents and a tree/ But honestly … It’s hard to wait for Christmas,” the mother-daughter duo sings together with joy, trading lead vocals on the chorus. You can feel them smiling throughout the recording.
“Hard to Wait for Christmas” is available to stream now on Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, Amazon Music and YouTube Music. The track was produced by Scott, Chris Tyrrell and Ryan Gore.
Scott shared some adorable holiday memories — like a home video of herself singing “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” as a little girl, and one of a younger Eisele singing “Jingle Bells” — on Instagram leading up to Friday’s song release.
Plus, on release day, she unveiled the official visualizer for “Hard to Wait for Christmas,” which shows Hillary and Eisele in the recording studio and spending time with the whole family (mom Hillary, dad Chris, Eisele, and younger sisters Betsy and Emory), all dressed beautifully for a holiday card photo shoot. It’s fun to get a glimpse at everyone’s personalities (and to spot Eisele rocking a cool Niall Horan concert tee!).
The “Hard to Wait for Christmas” video, which might inspire you to start baking cookies this weekend, can be seen on Scott’s YouTube channel. If you want to learn the words to the song with your own kids, check out the cute advent calendar-themed lyric video, too.
Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” tops the first Top Gabb Music Songs chart as the most-played song on Gabb Wireless phones during October 2024.
As announced Nov. 14, Billboard has partnered with Gabb Wireless, a phone company for kids and teens, to present a monthly chart tracking on-demand streams via its Gabb Music platform. Gabb Music offers a vast catalog of songs, all of which are selected by the Gabb team to include only kid- and teen-appropriate content. Gabb Music streams are not currently factored into any other Billboard charts.
Boone’s “Beautiful Things” leads the inaugural 25-position list, one of two songs from the pop singer-songwriter in the initial top 10. Released in early 2024, “Beautiful Things” peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March and ranks at No. 8 on the latest, Nov. 16-dated survey. It earned 82.7 million official U.S. streams on Billboard in October 2024, according to Luminate.
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Boone also appears in the top 10 of Top Gabb Music Songs via “Slow It Down,” at No. 9; it peaked at No. 32 on the Hot 100 in September.
Country music is represented in Gabb’s top 10 by Luke Combs’ “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma,” at No. 2. Combs’ contribution to the Twisters: The Album soundtrack peaked at No. 13 on the Hot 100 in August and at No. 3 on the Hot Country Songs ranking in September.
And at No. 3 comes the top hip-hop entry (as well as the newest release in the top 10, as the song arrived on Oct. 3): KSI’s “Thick of It,” featuring Trippie Redd. Known not just as a musician but also as a YouTube star, boasting nearly 25 million subscribers, KSI’s latest release reached No. 64 on the Hot 100 dated Oct. 26.
Continuing a trend of genre variety, Hozier’s “Too Sweet” represents rock/alternative music in Top Gabb Music Songs’ top 10, at No. 4. It’s one of two songs in the top 10 to reach No. 1 on the Hot 100 — alongside Sabrina Carpenter’s “Please Please Please,” at No. 8 — having ruled for a week in April.
Then there’s NF, who charts the most appearances in the top 10 with three in all; “Let You Down,” from 2017’s Perception, leads the group at No. 5, followed by “Hope” at No. 7 (from his 2023 album of the same name) and “The Search” at No. 10 (the title track to his 2019 album).
NF doesn’t stop there; the rapper also boasts the No. 13 song with “Motto,” giving him four total entries on the inaugural Top Gabb Music Songs chart. That’s the second-most of any act, behind Imagine Dragons, which has five, led by “Bones” at No. 16.
Speaking of Imagine Dragons: “Radioactive” (No. 19) and “Demons” (No. 21), both from the band’s 2012 album Night Visions, are the oldest songs on the chart. The aforementioned “Thick of It” is the newest.
See the full top 25 below.
Top Gabb Music Songs, October 2024
1. “Beautiful Things,” Benson Boone2. “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma,” Luke Combs3. “Thick of It,” KSI feat. Trippie Redd4. “Too Sweet,” Hozier5. “Let You Down,” NF6. “Golden Hour,” JVKE7. “Hope,” NF8. “Please Please Please,” Sabrina Carpenter9. “Slow It Down,” Benson Boone10. “The Search,” NF11. “Heat Waves,” Glass Animals12. “Stressed Out,” Twenty One Pilots13. “Motto,” NF14. “Stargazing,” Myles Smith15. “Deja Vu,” Olivia Rodrigo16. “Bones,” Imagine Dragons17. “Eyes Closed,” Imagine Dragons18. “Pink Skies,” Zach Bryan19. “Radioactive,” Imagine Dragons20. “Enemy,” Imagine Dragons21. “Demons,” Imagine Dragons22. “She’s All I Wanna Be,” Tate McRae23. “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love),” Ariana Grande24. “I Am Not Okay,” Jelly Roll25. “Sunroof,” Nicky Youre & Dazy