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Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign’s “Carnival” takes the No. 1 spot on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart for the first time. Tetris Kelly: We got a new leader on top of the charts, plus another track breaks into the top 10. Ye and Ty Dolla $ign’s “Carnival” takes the top spot on the […]
Billboard takes a look back at the past Woman of the Year honorees at theBillboard Women in Music event. BeyoncéThank you, Billboard, for this honor. I’m very humbled. Thank you. Tetris KellyEvery year, Billboard Women in Music honors some of the best to ever do it and none more important than our Woman of the […]
Camila Cabello talks about her rumored relationship with Drake and teases her upcoming track “i luv it” on the latest episode of ‘Call Her Daddy.’ BTS’ V teases his new single with a short film, and the guys of TXT announce their 6th mini album titled ‘minisode 3: TOMORROW.’ Stray Kids’ Felix took over the […]
Ice Spice opens up about her friendship with Taylor Swift, being inspired by Lana Del Rey and Rihanna, her four Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 Hits and more. BLACKPINK’s Lisa attended Taylor Swift’s show in Singapore and Rosé was front row at the Chanel fashion show in Paris. AESPA’s Karina shared a heartfelt apology to […]
Hailing from Bath, England, PinkPantheress has quickly morphed into a global phenomenon thanks to her sleek, catchy blend of U.K. garage, drum and bass and bedroom pop. After a couple of minor hits on TikTok back in 2021, the “Break It Off” singer parlayed her proclivity for viral success into a world-conquering Ice Spice-assisted smash and a terrific debut LP.
An acclaimed producer in her own right, PinkPantheress co-produced every track on Heaven Knows — just one of many reasons she was a clear choice to be honored as Billboard Women in Music‘s Producer of the Year for 2024.
PinkPantheress first made her Billboard Hot 100 debut with the hit single “Boy’s A Liar, Pt. 2” (with Ice Spice). Although it was just her first entry on Billboard’s marquee singles chart, the track flew all the way to a peak of a No. 3. As “Boy’s A Liar, Pt. 2” scaled the charts, PinkPantheress’ production contributions netted her a No. 12 peak on Hot 100 Producers.
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Over on the Billboard 200, she has charted a pair of titles. In 2021, her To Hell With It mixtape — which featured early hits “Break It Off” and “Just for Me” — reached No. 73 on the ranking. Two years later, Heaven Knows — her debut album, featuring “Mosquito,” “Boy’s A Liar, Pt. 2” and “Nice to Meet You” (with Central Cee) — peaked at No. 61. PinkPantheress has also found some noteworthy success on Billboard’s genre charts. On Hot Rock/Alternative Songs, she has four career appearances, including “Break It Off” (No. 30) and the Willow-assisted “Where You Are” (No. 22).
With her career already yielding such impressive returns, it’s clear that PinkPantheress’ Producer of the Year honor is just the beginning for the young multi-hyphenate.
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Luke Hemmings talks about his new solo song “Shakes,” stepping out on his own as an artist, finding his own sound, feeling nervous about performing on his own for the first time, what he wants fans to learn about him from this new solo project, whether the 5SOS guys have heard his new solo songs and more!
Luke Hemmings:All these emotions I have inside of me … get get them out. And I think I’ve learned that I’m a very emotional person. And I think I have something to say, as an artist of my own. Hey, it’s Luke Hemmings, and this is Billboard News.
Rania Aniftos:Everybody, it’s Rania Aniftos, and welcome back to Billboard News. We have such an exciting guest in studio today: We have the one and only Luke Hemmings! Welcome.
Luke Hemmings:Hell yeah, thank you. Thanks for having me.
Rania Aniftos:So the new single — “Shakes” — it sounds so great. I love this next era for you. Tell me a bit about the inspiration behind it, the songwriting process.
Luke Hemmings:“Shakes” was written, like, maybe a year ago, at this point, and started in New York. I already had, like, a few ideas for the album from, like, writing on the road. And, like, a lot of it was written in hotels and, like, planes and all the sadm boring places. That’s where a lot of it came from.
Rania Aniftos:Introspective places.
Luke Hemmings:Very introspective. And this was written, the chorus was written in New York, and it was like experimenting with pitching my voice. That’s why the chorus kind of sounds like me, but it also has like other layers of like pitch vocals. Anyway, very boring nerdy stuff. But I was getting, like, more, I don’t know, just trying out stuff. So experimenting with different perspectives.
The first album was very, like, coming from what I … my experiences, and like, how I see things. So I was like, let’s try something else, not thinking that it would turn out to be the first single. And then, like, nine months later, wrote the verses for it. And yeah, I was trying to just listen to a lot of like, The Verve, and Blur and M83 and Beachouse and stuff. So that’s kind of where the inspiration came from.
But the way I write things for this project is very chaotic. So it will be like, I’ll write a piece here. And then, like, won’t write anything, the rest of it for, like, nine months. So it’ll, like, turn out to be this mishmash of, I don’t know, a story, but it still has that same emotion and feeling.
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Cher is set to receive the Icon Award at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards. Justin Timberlake, Green Day, TLC, Jelly Roll, Tate McRae and more will perform at the show. V of BTS has announced the release date for his new track “FRI(END)S.” Justin Bieber celebrated his 30th birthday and his loved ones took to […]
Tetris Kelly:With new music in from SZA, can Beyoncé hold on to the top spot? This is the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 for the week dated March 9th. Falling to No. 10 is Taylor Swift. “Snooze” is at No. 9. “Greedy” stays in last week’s spot. Zach and Kacey rise two slots to No. […]
It’s the first Friday in March and we have a ton of new tracks to run through. Cardi B makes her return to music with her new song “Like What (Freestyle),” Miley Cyrus teams up with Pharrell for “Doctor (Work It Out),” Galantis, David Guetta and 5 Seconds of Summer dropped their new collab “Lighter” […]
Matisyahu opens up about his new EP ‘Hold The Fire,’ what inspired him to write his upcoming song “Ascent” that speaks out against rising antisemitism, becoming an independent artist, why his trip to Israel following the October 7th attacks made him hopeful for the future, his two concerts that were canceled in Arizona and more.
MatisyahuI was feeling really hopeless about what the future is going to look like for all of us and went to Israel and it renewed my faith in humanity.
MatisyahuWhat’s up, this is Matisyahu and you’re watching Billboard News.
Rania AniftosHey, everybody, it’s Rania Aniftos with Billboard News and we’re sitting here today with Matisyahu. You have a new EP out, ‘Hold the Fire.’ There’s something I’ve always liked about your music, is it’s always music with a message. So tell me a bit about the theme surrounding this EP and the inspiration when writing it.
Matisyahu Sure, the theme comes from, the basis is a dream that I had maybe about 10 years ago in my early 30s, as I was playing lots of shows and started out, you know, with my career and then had a family and lived in New York and moved to LA, but playing, really grinding and playing lots of shows a year, like maybe 200 shows a year in order to survive, you know, up until COVID. One of the themes that became relevant to me is: How do you still stay in love with music after you’ve beenplaying so many shows and playing those songs over and over again? And I went through a complicated relationship with the music because it’s like your dream when you’re a teenager, and then it becomes reality. And then it’s like your dream come true. And then you’re making music and there’s the art and there’s the business, then there’s like, it’s like a relationship, you know. This EP is called ‘Hold The Fire’ and it’s about stamina, as an artist, and it’s about how to not let … your fire go out. But at the same time, you know, if you still stoke your fire too much, you could burn everything up and you could burn up in your own fire. And I guess the idea in the opening track is called “Fireproof.”
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