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29 Aug 2023

HYBE x Geffen Records Announce Contestants for Forthcoming Global Girl Group | Billboard News

Class is finally in session for ‘The Debut: Dream Academy.’ HYBE and Geffen Records revealed Monday evening (Aug. 28) the 20 talented contestants from around the world who will be competing for a spot in the first-ever HYBE x Geffen Records global girl group.

Tetris Kelly
The world’s next biggest girl group is on the way and Billboard has all the details.

Tetris Kelly
Super labels Geffen and HYBE have teamed up to bring you a global group of epic proportions. HYBE’s Bang Si-hyuk and Geffen CEO John Janick kicked off the announcement of their joint venture. And yesterday I hosted a panel discussion with the team behind ‘The Debut: Dream Academy,’ a training and development program looking to form a girl group comprised of young women from around the world.

Tom March
There’s going to be fans right from the beginning in multiple countries all around the world helping us pick the artists to form the group.

Tetris Kelly
The event introduced us to the 20 young women from around the world competing for a spot in the girl group being formed at the end of the program. Starting on September 1, you’ll see the women from Korea, Japan, Brazil, Argentina, the US and so many more countries show their skills on YouTube.

Tetris Kelly
Over the span of 12 weeks, we’ll see the girls go through the audition process and fans will be able to vote via TikTok and Weverse who they want to ultimately end up in the group. The results of the audition process will be announced live on November 17. Not only that, they’re capturing the entire process to air in a docuseries on Netflix next year. Who is your initial bias? Let us know in the comments. You can see more details on ‘The Debut: Dream Academy’ and the full list of contestants on Billboard.com.

29 Aug 2023

HYBE & Geffen Global Girl Group Update, Selena on ‘Single Soon’ Rumors & More | Billboard News

HYBE & Geffen give an update on their new global girl group competition. Selena Gomez responds after rumors swirl that her new track “Single Soon” is about her ex The Weeknd. Nicki Minaj teases her new single “Last Time I Saw You.” Cardi B gives an update on her new music. Victoria Monét reveals she would like to work with Megan Thee Stallion on the “On My Mama” remix. And more!

Tetris Kelly:
The labels behind BTS and Olivia Rodrigo are forming the ultimate girl group. ATEEZ stops by our studio. Selena Gomez clears up rumors about her ex. Nicki and Cardi are teasing music. And Jon Batiste teaches us his favorite slang.

I’m Tetris Kelly for Billboard News. It’s Tuesday, August 29th, and yesterday, I helped announce one of the coolest projects in music: The world’s next biggest girl group is on the way, and Billboard has all the details.

Super labels Geffen and HYBE have teamed up to bring you a global group of epic proportions. HYBE Chairman Bang Si-Hyuk and Geffen CEO John Janick kicked off the announcement of their joint venture. And yesterday I hosted a panel discussion with the team behind “The Debut: Dream Academy,” a training and development program looking to form a girl group comprised of young women from around the world.

Tom March:
There are going to be fans right from the beginning in multiple countries all around the world helping us pick the artists to form the group.

Tetris Kelly:
They then introduced us to the 20 young women from around the world competing for a spot in the girl group being formed at the end of the program. Starting on September 1st, you’ll see women from Korea, Japan, Brazil, Argentina, the US and so many more countries show their skills on YouTube.

Watch the full video above!

28 Aug 2023

NMixx Talk About Touring Memories, Their 2nd Anniversary, KCON & More | Billboard News

K-pop girl group NMixx talk about their favorite tour memories, their second anniversary, their experience at KCON 2023, the viral clip of a baby at their show, and more!

Tetris Kelly
And I mean, we all saw it on TikTok. About the baby thing. I was like, oh my God, is that a baby on the stage? Like, well, you guys were shocked.

Kyujin
Actually, it’s very oh, it was so dangerous. So give babies back to the mother.

Watch the full interview above!

28 Aug 2023

Adele Stands Up for a Fan, J-Hope Goes Top 10, NMIXX Talk Tour Memories & More | Billboard News

Adele stands up for a superfan during her concert over the weekend, BTS’ J-Hope and Doja Cat make it into the top 10 of our Billboard 200 and Hot 100 charts, while Travis Scott and Oliver Anthony Music remain on top. Meghan Trainor and the Jonas Brothers take home wins at this years 2023 Streamys. Tim McGraw tells us five things you didn’t know about him. K-pop girl group NMIXX tell us about their second-year anniversary, their favorite memories from tour, a viral clip of a baby onstage at one of their shows and more.

Tetris Kelly
No stranger to the charts. Adele is still killing it in Vegas, and this past weekend was an eventful one. Adele continues her residency in Vegas, and if you didn’t think it could get more epic, it just did.

Tetris Kelly
Adele got involved with a superfan in the audience who kept being confronted by security in a viral video making the rounds online.

Watch the full video above!

25 Aug 2023

Sabrina Carpenter Talks About Opening for Taylor Swift on the Eras Tour, Being a K-Pop Stan & More | Billboard News

Sabrina Carpenter talks about opening up for Taylor Swift on the Latin American leg of the superstar’s Eras tour, how she thinks of her viral “Nonsense” outros, being a K-pop stan, her new fragrance Sweet Tooth Caramel Dream and more!

Sabrina Carpenter:
I’ve been growing up with her advice in her song, because it’s very much like a how-to book on how to survive as a young woman. Hey, what’s up? It’s Sabrina Carpenter and this is Billboard News.

Rania Aniftos:
Hi, everybody. It’s Rania Aniftos with Billboard News, and I’m here with one of my favorite artists, Sabrina Carpenter.

Sabrina Carpenter:
Hello.

Rania Aniftos:
Hey.

Sabrina Carpenter:
Hi.

Rania Aniftos:
This looks a little different than the usual Billboard set because we are here behind the scenes of your new fragrance Caramel Dream.

Sabrina Carpenter:
Yeah, we on set for sure.

Rania Aniftos:
We drenched ourselves in it earlier.

Sabrina Carpenter:
We smell crazy good right now.

Rania Aniftos:
So good, haha! Yeah, I mean, it’s your second fragrance.

Sabrina Carpenter:
Yeah.

Rania Aniftos:
How exciting.

Sabrina Carpenter:
Yeah, I feel I mean, I feel so lucky to make one fragrance, let alone two. It’s also really nice because you know, when you get, like, a pet, and, like, the pet is, like, kind of lonely and you’re, like, “Ah, I need to get another cat now because the cat is alone.” That’s how I feel about the fragrance because, like, the first one now has, like, a sister. It has a companion. But they’re both very different and unique in their own special ways. So it’s hard to choose a favorite — much like your children, like your pets. And yeah, I’m so passionate about the fragrance because it smells … it smells incredible. I mean, it’s all the things that I love and and it’s very aligned with, like, where I’m at in life right now.

Watch the full interview above to see what she has to say about opening for Taylor Swift, being a K-pop fan and more!

25 Aug 2023

Liam Payne Postpones Tour, New Music From Selena Gomez, Miley, Burna Boy & More | Billboard News

It’s Friday and we’ve got a ton of new music! Selena Gomez returns with “Single Soon,” Miley Cyrus thinks back to when we “Used to Be Young,” Burna Boy drops his seventh studio album ‘I Told Them’ & more! Liam Payne has been hospitalized and is postponing his tour, the former One Direction member announced on his social media accounts. We have margaritas with the queen of margaritas herself, That Chick Angel. And more!

Tetris Kelly
Liam Payne of One Direction has a health scare. I down margaritas with viral sensation That Chick Angel. Sabrina Carpenter talks opening for Taylor Swift. We take you inside a Drake concert and the BLACKPINK pop-up. Plus our Friday music guide is stacked with new tracks.

Tetris Kelly
Who’s ready for music and margaritas? It’s Friday, August 25th. And I’m so excited for today’s show. You’ll see why. But first let’s jump into new music from our Friday Music Guide.

Tetris Kelly
Selena Gomez’s new single “Single Soon” isn’t coming soon. It’s here now.

Tetris Kelly
More new music coming throughout the show, but for now it’s time for our top story.

Liam Payne
Hey guys, this really is the last news I wanted to be telling you. Basically I’ve been a little bit unwell recently and I ended up in the hospital with a bad kidney infection.

Tetris Kelly
Shocking news as we find out Liam Payne of One Direction has a major health scare and postpones his tour. We have all the information and updates on his condition.

Tetris Kelly
“Sunshine” singer Liam Payne has been hospitalized for a serious kidney infection, a condition he said “I wouldn’t wish on anyone.” He has been advised to postpone his tour.

Liam Payne
We started rehearsals and I’ve just been advised that now’s really not the right time to be on the road trying to recover from this. Please look out for ways to refund your tickets. I’m looking forward to seeing you guys soon.

Tetris Kelly
His tour was scheduled to begin September 1 in Peru. Wishing him a speedy recovery

Watch the full video above!

24 Aug 2023

Tim McGraw on His New Album ‘Standing Room Only,’ Upcoming Tour & More | Billboard News

Country superstar Tim McGraw tells us all about his brand-new album ‘Standing Room Only,’ his upcoming tour, the current rise of country music, and more!

Tim McGraw
As far as throwing stuff, I don’t think I could tolerate that. Hopefully I’m quick enough to dodge. Yeah. Anything now, but you know soft goods I’m used to having thrown, but nothing solid.

Tim McGraw
Hi, I’m Tim McGraw and this is Billboard News.

Tetris Kelly
It’s Tetris with Billboard News and I’m chilling with country music legend Tim McGraw. Thanks for coming!

Tim McGraw
Thank you, man. Thanks for having me

Tetris Kelly
We got to talk about the 17th studio album you put together. How do you even keep yourself motivated to make music at this point? I haven’t done anything 17 times!

Tim McGraw
Anything 17 times? Nothing?

Tetris Kelly
Nothing.

Tim McGraw
Actually, it seems like there’s been more because I’ve been doing it for 30 years, I guess a little over 30 years. It seems like there’s more albums out there. If you count all the greatest hits.

Tim McGraw
What usually happens is when I get ready to do a project, I sort of had these ideas of the kinds of music and kind of messages I want to sing about, kind of sonically what I want the record to sound like. So I’ll start writing songs with the themes that I want. And I’ll finish a song and I think ‘This is pretty good. This is kind of what I wanted to say.’ So I might cut this one. And then sure enough, like Tom Douglas, or Lori McKenna, or the Warren Brothers will send me a song. And it’s saying what I was trying to say, but way better, so then my song goes into the bin. And so I made one song on the album that I wrote, which song was that “Nashville, CA/L.A. Tennessee.”

Watch the full video above!

24 Aug 2023

Blueface Reportedly Stabbed in LA, Cardi B Threatens to Sue X User, Selena Reacts to AI & More | Billboard News

Cardi B threatens to sue an X user over Offset AI video and Selena Gomez reacts to an AI version of herself singing The Weeknd’s “Starboy.” Tim McGraw stopped by Billboard News to talk about his new album ‘Standing Room Only,’ country music dominating the charts and more. Blueface was reportedly stabbed during a boxing gym altercation in LA. Dua Lipa is on the cover of ‘Vogue France’ and opens up about her thoughts on motherhood and how she feels about listening to her own music. And more!

Tetris Kelly:
Cardi B and Selena Gomez are cracking down on AI. Did Blueface get stabbed? Dua Lipa is getting candid with ‘Vogue.’ We have country music legend Tim McGraw in studio and the songs of the summer for 2021.

The amount of news we have today is stressing me out! Plus, I’m so excited about Tim McGraw. So let’s just get right into this AI mess. Cardi B and Selena Gomez speak out on AI, and it may end up in court.

Cardi B:
You’re gonna be getting sued and we’re gonna make an example out of you.

Tetris Kelly:
Cardi B is threatening to sue one X user after they allegedly posted fake photos and AI-generated voice messages showing evidence Offset cheated on Cardi.

Cardi B:
That was a terrible AI voice by the way so yeah.

Tetris Kelly:
Cardi went on to dox the X user and their father, so it’s turning into a whole mess. Selena Gomez is also putting her two cents in on AI. After someone posted an AI-generated Selena cover of The Weeknd’s ‘Starboy,’ she hopped in the comments section to post “Scary.” They joined the long list of musicians against AI, like Ed Sheeran, Drake and Billboard cover star Lil Wayne.

Watch the full video above!

24 Aug 2023

Billboard’s Top 5 Songs of the Summer 2021 | Billboard News

Billboard looks back and counts down the top five songs that ruled the summer of 2021.

Rania Aniftos:
We’re getting to the last few years before our big reveal. 2021, full-on pandemic, big songs as we tried our best to stay safe that summer. Let’s jump right into No. 5, The Weeknd’s massive hit alongside Ariana Grande. “Save Your Tears” is first on our list.

Our next song features two female R&B superstars teaming up for a massive summer hit. Doja Cat’s “Kiss Me More” featuring SZA comes in at No. 4.

Dua Lipa had us all feeling like we were defying gravity with her No. 3 hit on the Hot 100 songs of the summer. “Levitating” comes in next.

Our No. 2 hit is a revenge song set against an upbeat pop sound. Olivia Rodrigo flawlessly makes us feel powerful with “Good 4 U.”

K-pop wins big in 2021 with the No. 1 song of the summer, and the genre’s reigning superstars — the boys of BTS — helped us feel good all summer long with their hit “Butter.”

We are so close to our winning summer song. Next week, we’ll look at 2022 before we reveal the biggest song of the summer.

Watch the full video above!

23 Aug 2023

Oliver Anthony Music’s Rapid Rise, Drake’s Son Adonis Draws New Album Cover & More | Billboard News

Oliver Anthony Music topped the Hot 100 this week and we’re taking a look at his rapid rise and his controversial start. Drake’s son Adonis created the cover art for his new album ‘For All The Dogs.’ Flo Rida held a little fan while performing his hit song ‘Low.’ Echosmith siblings Sydney and Noah Sierota play Never Have I Ever. And more!

Tetris Kelly:
Oliver Anthony Music has listeners divided. Drake gets some help from his son on his new album. A baby at a Flo Rida concert is the talk of the internet. We learned five things about Erika Jayne and play Never Have I Ever with Echosmith.

Hey y’all, I’m Tetris Kelly for Billboard News. It’s Wednesday, August 23rd. And let’s talk about our current leader on the Hot 100.

Oliver Anthony seemingly came out of nowhere to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, but is he already becoming the rich man he sings about? And did he lose support from his right-wing fans already? We have his new music and everything that’s been going on with the soulful singer.

As “Rich Men North of Richmond” had its historic ride to the top of our charts, a lot of conversation happened online questioning if the song has a divisive meaning or is it just an anthem for the right. Well, Oliver has spoken on the topic.

Oliver Anthony Music:
“I mean, we are the melting pot of the world. And that’s what makes us strong, it’s our diversity and we need to learn to harness that and appreciate it and not use it as a political tool.”

Tetris Kelly:
Some conservatives have already turned on him, calling him a “scam” and accusing him of faking his accent. While others pointed out he never said he was conservative. I’m just confused about what’s even controversial about diversity.

And is he becoming a rich man? In his Hot 100-topping week, Billboard estimates he earned over $350,000 in royalties. On the heels of his history-making No. 1 viral hit, Oliver has dropped a video for his new single “I Want to Go Home.”

Watch the full video above!