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The Billboard chart is still fully in the holiday spirit, while Mariah Carey sets a new record. Watch the full video to find out who’s on top. Tetris KellyThis is the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 for the week dated December 30th. “Sleigh Ride” slips to No. 10, while “Felix Navidad” joins the top 10. […]
Josh Groban spoke with Billboard’s Executive Features Editor Rebecca Milzoff about leaving Sweeney Todd, earning a Grammy nod for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2023 Broadway Cast Recording), the 20th anniversary of his album Closer, working with David Foster, his friendship with Leslie Odom Jr. and Josh Gad, and more.
Josh Groban:The Jonas Brothers were across the street from us at The Marquee. They would come out to greet stage door, right at the time that I think, like, I don’t want to spoil anything, but there’s a big death at the end with a quiet moment right afterwards, and so the audience would chuckle because this very serious dramatic death would happen and then there would be these just absolute screeching, scream outside the theater.
Hi, it’s Josh Groban, and you’re watching Billboard News.
Rebecca Milzoff:Hi, everyone. Welcome to Billboard News. I’m Rebecca Milzoff, executive features editor at Billboard, and I’m here today with Josh Groban.
Josh Groban:Hi!
Rebecca Milzoff:Hi, Josh.
Josh Groban:Thanks for having me.
Rebecca Milzoff:You may not remember, but we actually met once before six years ago, when you were making your Broadway debut in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812.
Josh Groban:I do remember that. Yes, I knew when we met that we’d met before, I just couldn’t remember exactly when it was.
Rebecca Milzoff:Well, I remember that you said at the time that you were excited by educated risks.
Josh Groban:Yes.
Rebecca Milzoff:I thought that was such a great thought and I imagine Sweeney was very much one of those.
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It’s Friday, Dec. 22, and we’re breaking down the biggest music drops of the week! Tetris Kelly:This week’s got a lot of rap, some club beats and a bunch of K-pop. It’s Dec. 22, and we’re kicking this Friday Music Guide off with my BTS boy, Jimin. Jimin gave his fans a parting gift as […]
Here are the most successful Christmas songs that have gone to No. 1 on the Billboard charts. Evan Burke:Oh, it’s definitely that time of the year as Mariah reminded us, but even though everybody increases the spirits on their Yuletide playlist every year during the holidays, only three Christmas tracks have topped the Billboard Hot […]
JID’s “Surround Sound” tops the TikTok Billboard Top 50 for a second week with Lana Del Rey and Nicki Minaj securing spots in the Top 10. Tetris Kelly:JID holds on to the top spot while Lana Del Rey and Nicki Minaj break into the Top 10. JID’s “Surround Sound” featuring 21 Savage and Baby Tate […]
JID’s “Surround Sound” remains at No. 1 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 dated Dec. 23, holding off a challenge from a pair of Christmas songs in Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” and The Ronettes’ “Sleigh Ride.”
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The TikTok Billboard Top 50 is a weekly ranking of the most popular songs on TikTok in the United States based on creations, video views and user engagement. The latest chart reflects activity Dec. 11-17. Activity on TikTok is not included in Billboard charts except for the TikTok Billboard Top 50.
“Surround Sound,” which features 21 Savage and Baby Tate, maintains its reign on the TikTok Billboard Top 50, leading for a second week as the viral song continues to be used in a variety of ways, chiefly its Ceiling Challenge in which creators tape a phone or camera above them and do a choreographed dance below.
The Dec. 8-14 Billboard chart tracking week saw “Surround Sound” leap another 11% to 9.8 million official U.S. streams, according to Luminate.
Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (which concurrently returns to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, as previously reported) and the PhatCap! trap remix of The Ronettes’ “Sleigh Ride” rank at Nos. 2 and 3 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50, respectively. Four of the top 10 are holiday tunes, with Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” at No. 6 and Wham!’s “Last Christmas” at No. 8 also appearing.
Six-week No. 1 “My Love Mine All Mine” by Mitski remains at No. 4, while the top five receives a new challenger for the top of the tally in Lana Del Rey’s “Let the Light In,” featuring Father John Misty, at No. 5.
“Let the Light In,” from Del Rey’s latest album Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, has vaulted in streams in recent weeks via a trend that involves tying a pink bow to various people, animals or objects for what they call a coquette aesthetic.
It’s not the only song from either artist on the latest list. Del Rey’s “Margaret,” this time featuring Bleachers, appears at No. 13, while Father John Misty’s “Real Love Baby” ranks at No. 48. “Margaret” draws closer to the top 10 after initially scoring virality in October with users (mostly women) explaining what their “Roman Empire is,” referencing the trend in which women asked men how often they thought about the Roman Empire.
“Margaret” concurrently returns to the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart at No. 45, its first time on the ranking since its debut (at No. 43) in April.
The TikTok Billboard Top 50’s highest debut of the week belongs to Nicki Minaj’s “Everybody,” featuring Lil Uzi Vert, which bows at No. 9. The new song is the 11th track on Minaj’s latest album, Pink Friday 2, which simultaneously bows at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
“Everybody” isn’t the only song from Pink Friday 2 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50; “FTCU” debuts at No. 18. But “Everybody,” which samples Junior Senior’s “Move Your Feet,” has users doing just that on TikTok, with a variety of dancing clips among the sound’s top uploads of the week.
It bows at No. 26 on the Hot 100, the top debut from Pink Friday 2, via 16 million streams and 6,000 downloads.
Finally, Timothee Chalamet makes an appearance on a Billboard chart thanks to his rendition of “Pure Imagination” from the movie Wonka, which debuts at No. 27 after the film’s Dec. 15 premiere. Usages of the song include footage of the movie, the red carpet at its premiere, reviews of Chalamet’s singing voice and more.
See the full TikTok Billboard Top 50 here, also featuring debuts from NLE Choppa, Jhene Aiko, Trippie Redd and more. You can also tune in each Friday to SiriusXM’s TikTok Radio (channel 4) to hear the premiere of the chart’s top 10 countdown at 3 p.m. ET, with reruns heard throughout the week.
In honor of Madonna’s The Celebration Tour, we are breaking down the singer’s most iconic tracks on the Hot 100. Madonna:’80s, ’90s, 2000s. Four decades of music avec moi. Welcome to the party, b*tches. Eric Frankenberg:After a delayed start due to a medical emergency, Madonna’s Celebration Tour is in full swing and the living legend […]
R&B singer Brandy talks about making her first Christmas album Christmas With Brandy, singing with her daughter on the album, reprising her iconic role as Cinderella in Descendants: The Rise of Red, her role in the new Christmas movie on Netflix called Best. Christmas. Ever!, having her own brandy with Stella Rosa and more!
Gail Mitchell:Are we thinking about working on B8? Since your last time album was B7?
Brandy:I would love to start working on B8. OK, I really would. I … that’s … that’s in the plan. OK, for sure. I love how you called it B8.
Gail Mitchell:Again manifesting.
Brandy:I love that.
Hi, I’m Brandy, and you’re watching Billboard News.
Gail Mitchell:Hi, this is Gail Mitchell, executive director of R&B and hip-hop for Billboard magazine, and I’m so excited. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen this woman, but this is one of the timeless voices of music — Grammy Award-winning singer Brandy.
Here you are with a Christmas album. The very first one, really, and a movie as well — Christmas With Brandy. I can’t believe it is your first holiday.
Brandy:Yes, I can’t believe it either. Because I love Christmas and I love Christmas carols, and so I can’t believe it’s my first one.
Gail Mitchell:How did you make a Christmas album? A Brandy album.
Brandy:Well, I’ve had a great team of people to work with me producers, nephew. One of the writers is Sebastian Kole, Tatiana Clark, India Kearney. I just had a really good team around me. And they really helped me put my own spin on the classics and helped me put together some originals that I’m really proud of.
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To celebrate Christina Aguilera’s birthday, Billboard looks back at her hits and biggest career and chart achievements. Evan Burke:She’s beautiful in every single way, and today we’re celebrating Christina Aguilera’s 43rd birthday by looking back at some of our favorite career and chart achievements of this “Dirrty” diva — all in this week’s Pop Culture […]
Bay Area rapper E-40 talks with Carl Lamarre — Billboard‘s deputy director of R&B/hip-hop — about his new album Rule of Thumb: Rule 1, collaborating with YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Gucci Mane and Too Short on the album, almost working with Nipsey Hussle, his favorite memories of Tupac, his entrepreneurship side hustles such as his cookbook with Snoop Dogg and more!
Carl Lamarre:Happy birthday, brother E-40!
E-40:Thank you. Appreciate it, brother.
Carl Lamarre:We have these complimentary birthday shots — any word you want to say.
E-40:I ain’t above you.
Carl Lamarre:I ain’t above you.
E-40:I ain’t below you.
Carl Lamarre:I ain’t below you.
E-40:But I’m right beside you …
Carl Lamarre:But I’m right beside you.
E-40:Cheers, playa.
Carl Lamarre:Cheers, playa playa!
What’s really going on, y’all? I’m Billboard Deputy Director of R&B/Hip-Hop, Mr. Carl Lamarre, and we are here with brother E-40. How are you? How are you feeling overall, man?
E-40:I feel good, man. I really feel good. I’m happy. I’m in a happy space. God is great.
Carl Lamarre:This year … 50 years of hip-hop. You’ve been celebrating a lot of wins, but I’m just curious: Overall, what does 50 years of hip-hop mean to you?
E-40Um, it means everything. They didn’t think to get this far, you know? Now it’s the No. 1 genre of music. Hip-hop, man, you see it in commercials, you see it in movies, you see it everywhere. It’s all related to sports and entertainment, and from the urban community. And look at it now! It even became even suburbian — it’s everywhere like air. You can’t get away from it, man! Fifty years — shoutout to … Kool Herc and the founders of hip-hop. Thank you!
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