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21 Dec 2023

JID’s ‘Surround Sound’ Remains Atop TikTok Billboard Top 50, Timothee Chalamet Debuts

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.

20 Dec 2023

Madonna’s Top 5 Hot 100 Hits: ‘Like A Virgin,’ ‘Crazy For You,’ ‘Take A Bow’ & More | Billboard News

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 kicked off her U.S. leg earlier this month. In celebration of the Queen of Pop, we are taking a look at Madonna’s five biggest hits on the Billboard Hot 100.

Since arriving on the Hot 100 dated October 29th, 1983 with “Holiday,” Madonna has earned a total of 58 chart hits including 38 top 10s.

Let’s kick it off with “Vogue” at No. 5. Her tribute to voguing in the New York City ball scene is as iconic as its glamorous black and white music video directed by David Fincher.

One of Madonna’s more controversial hits lands at No. 4 “Like a Prayer.” The song premiered in a two-minute Pepsi commercial in February of 1989 but by early April after pressure from conservative protests, Pepsi canceled the ad campaign and ultimately pulled out of sponsoring an upcoming tour for Madonna. Thirty-four years later, in September of this year, Pepsi released the shelved commercial to the praise of Madonna who wrote on Instagram, “The commercial was immediately canceled when I refused to change any scenes in the video where I was kissing a Black saint or burning crosses. So began my illustrious career as an artist refusing to compromise my artistic integrity. Thank you, Pepsi for finally realizing the genius of our collaboration.”

At No. 3 is “Take A Bow.” Even though the two songs above it had stronger overall chart performances on the Hot 100, “Take A Bow” actually spent more time at No. 1 than any other Madonna song, seven weeks in early 1995. After scoring a No. 1 hit in almost every year since 1984, “Take A Bow” was her first chart-topper in three years. Madonna co-wrote and co-produced the song with Babyface.

“Crazy For You” takes the silver medal. The track was written and recorded for the 1985 film Vision Quest and showed a new side to Madonna as her first ballad to top the Hot 100. After spending three weeks at No. 2 on the chart, it finally knocked the all-star charity single “We Are the World” by U.S.A. for Africa out of the top for one week.

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19 Dec 2023

Brandy Talks Her First Christmas Album, Playing Cinderella Again & More | Billboard News

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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18 Dec 2023

Pop Culture Rewind: Christina Aguilera’s Biggest Career Achievements | Billboard News

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 Rewind.

The year was 1999, and Christina Aguilera’s self-titled first album was sprinkled with three Hot 100 No. 1 hits like “What a Girl Wants” and “Come on Over.” She quickly grabbed a fourth chart topper with the iconic 2000s moment that was the remake of “Lady Marmalade.”

Her fan-favorite album Stripped spawned classics like “Dirrty,” “Beautiful” and “Fighter.” By 2006, she was slaying in a Pepsi commercial and released her second No. 1 album Back to Basics. She has continued to entertain us with a musical movie, a stint as a television mentor and several albums we love. Today we say happy birthday to Xtina, and thank her for making us all fighters.

We’ll have another huge moment for you next week in our Pop Culture Rewind.

15 Dec 2023

E-40 on Working With YoungBoy Never Broke Again, His Cookbook With Snoop & More | Billboard News

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-40
Um, 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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15 Dec 2023

Nicki Minaj Dances With Kai Cenat, New Music From Karol G, DDG & More | Billboard News

Nicki Minaj makes a guest appearance on Kai Cenat’s Twitch stream to talk about her new album ‘Pink Friday 2.’ Katharine McPhee and David Foster share their Christmas playlist. We run down some new music releases from Karol G, Reneé Rapp & Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Baby, Eladio Carrión, DDG in our Friday Music Guide and more!

Tetris Kelly
Nicki Minaj gets spicy on YouTube with Kai. New hits from Karol G, Reneé Raps and Megan Thee Stallion, we went to see Cardi B and Madonna. We sit down with the legendary E-40 ,and get in the spirit with David Foster and Katharine McPhee. It’s Friday December 15th, I’m Tetris and welcome to our last Billboard News episode of the year. Let’s start things off with our Friday music guide we’re getting a little mean with this one.

Tetris Kelly
‘Mean Girls’ star and pop star Reneé Rapp teams up with Megan Thee Stallion for “Not My Fault” off the new movie soundtrack.

Tetris Kelly
So much new music coming, but for now let’s get into the news.

Tetris Kelly
After a three hour delay Nicki Minaj put up to Kai Cenat’s live stream on Twitch at 3am to an audience of over 350,000 viewers.

Tetris Kelly
Perched on a pink throne fitting for the queen of rap.

Tetris Kelly 1:24
Nicki Minaj joined YouTuber KC3 for a late night livestream where Nicki was quick to call out the streamers lack of hospitality.

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15 Dec 2023

Don Omar Opens Up About Rivalry With Daddy Yankee & Shares His Thoughts on His Retirement | Billboard News

Don Omar stopped by Billboard News and spoke with Billboard‘s Latin Chief Content Officer, Leila Cobo about his longstanding rivalry with Daddy Yankee, gives his thoughts on his retirement and more.

Don Omar:
Yo conocí a Raymond Ayala, porque tuve la oportunidad de trabajar con Raymond y él conoció a William. Esos dos personajes con los que la gente no se da mucho por ahí, porque cuando se encuentran con nosotros somos Daddy Yankee y Don Omar. Y algo que yo siempre admiré de Raymond es que Raymond era Daddy Yankee 24/7. No importaba dónde estuviera, he was Daddy Yankee, the brand, y el product, el artista, se manejó así, se cohibió. Quizás de las mismas cosas como yo también me he cohibido de muchas. Cuando yo escuché que Raymond estaba dejando —y no es dejando, porque Raymond ya lo hizo todo— por encontrar paz interior, lo respeté más que nunca. Porque la gente no hace eso. La gente no lo deja todo, y cualquier persona que sepa algo de la industria puede tener claro que Daddy Yankee lo tenía todo. Cuando puedes dejar todo por alinearte espiritualmente, tú ahora sí mereces todo. Yo no lo voy a hacer. Cuando yo siento que necesito un año, dos años, tres años, yo me voy. Y los quiero y los adoro y cuando pueda nos vemos, pero yo necesitaba esos espacios de mi vida para no seguir siendo Don Omar y poder ver la vida como William.

Leila Cobo:
Y para tu mental health, tu tranquilidad, necesitas lo que necesitas.

Don Omar:
Para crecer. Y yo creo que Raymond era uno de los tipos de temple frío. Frío. Cuando tú puedes escoger, “no importa si duele, no importa si necesito ayuda, no importa si estoy triste, yo soy el artista”, usted tiene una coraza de acero. Y cuando supe que su nueva búsqueda estaba en eso, ese día terminó de ganar mi respeto por completo. Por completo.

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14 Dec 2023

Drake & Camila Cabello Dating Rumors, Luke Combs Accidentally Sues Fan & More | Billboard News

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Drake and Camila Cabello have sparked dating rumors after being seen together in Turks and Caicos. Luke Combs is making things right with a fan after accidentally suing her for $250,000. Billboard looks back at *NSYNC’s hits, career and chart achievements. Jared Leto showed off some new Thirty Seconds to Mars merch on Billboard Live Shopping Week with talkshoplive and more!

Shop Jared Leto & Thirty Seconds to Mars’ new merch here: https://talkshop.live/watch/p-qgQwldDNb3

Tetris Kelly:
Drake and Camila Cabello fuel romance rumors. Luke Combs accidentally sues a fan for a quarter of a million dollars. Jared Leto brings the latest Thirty Seconds to Mars merch to talkshoplive. We look back at some of *NSYNC’s biggest achievements. And we run down the top songs on TikTok.

I’m Tetris Kelly. This is Billboard News. It’s Thursday, December 14th, and today’s show has romance, drama, nostalgia — we got it all. So let’s kick things off with a possible new “it” couple. You didn’t see this one coming. In viral videos from every angle, rapper Drake and singer Camila Cabello were spotted living it up in Turks and Caicos.

As if Drake’s vacation hair wasn’t viral enough, the rapper has now been spotted with “Havana” singer Camila Cabello. The 26-year-old Fifth Harmony star was rocking a black bathing suit, talking to a colorful 37-year-old Drake. It’s a popular spot in Turks and Caicos called Noah’s Ark Beach Club, which Drake goes to so much that they put up a billboard of his album ‘For All the Dogs.’ But my question is: What comes of this? Are we expecting a banging new track or music’s shiny new couple? Guess we’ll have to see how this one plays out!

Watch the full video above!

14 Dec 2023

Jared Leto Shows Off New Thirty Seconds to Mars Merch on TalkShopLive | Billboard News

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‘Tis the season of giving, and Jared Leto is making holiday shopping easier with his livestream to wrap up Billboard Live Shopping Week with TalkShopLive, by showing off new Thirty Seconds to Mars merch.

Tetris Kelly:
All month long, Billboard and TalkShopLive have teamed up to bring you gift ideas for this holiday season. And last night, Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman Jared Leto went live to bring you the band’s latest merch and answer your questions, like this one fan asking for forgiveness.

Jared Leto:
“I grabbed your butt during the show in Georgia 2007. I’m so sorry. Will you forgive me?” Well, are you sorry?

Tetris Kelly:
To grab any of the items Jared featured plus a Thirty Seconds to Mars VIP experience, hit the link here.

14 Dec 2023

JID’s ‘Surround Sound’ Crowns TikTok Billboard Top 50 | Billboard News

There’s a new No. 1 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 in JID’s “Surround Sound,” featuring 21 Savage and Baby Tate, which vaults from No. 5 to the top of the chart posting Dec. 14.

Tetris Kelly
We’ve got a new leader while Christmas hits keep climbing the chart. JID’s “Surround Sound” bounced from No. 5 to the top spot on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 for the chart posting December 14. The track featuring 21 Savage and Baby Tate is trending thanks to a dance trend everyone is hopping on. Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” holds on to the No. 2 spot while two other holiday hits break into the top 10. The Ronettes’ “Sleigh Ride” glides to No. 6 because of a trap remix while Wham!’s “Last Christmas” lands at 7.

Every Thursday Billboard will bring you the verified list of the hottest songs on TikTok by monitoring music discovery and engagement on the platform in the United States. To find the TikTok Billboard Top 50 Each week, users can simply go to any sound detail page and tap the top right button to access the charts page.