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08 Mar 2024

Shenseea On Her Second Album, Real Life Inspiration Behind Her Songs & More | Billboard News

Jamaican artist Shenseea talks about her second album, the real inspiration behind her songs, why the dragon is an important symbol to her, her son and how she loves to dress him, writing music to help and relate to other women, her previous big collaborations with Major Lazer, Kanye West, Christina Aguilera and more!

Shenseea
It’s just like me coming back stronger than ever because I’ve been through a lot for the past two years. I’m going to be riding a dragon, don’t tell nobody. Hey guys, it’s your girl Shenseea and you’re watching Billboard News.

Tetris Kelly
Hey it’s Tetris with Billboard News, I am being blinded by the star power today from my girl, Shenseea.

Tetris Kelly
You picked the great time to come by.

Shenseea
Yes!

Tetris Kelly
Your new album is about to come out very soon, ‘Never Gets Late Here.’ How are you feeling?

Shenseea
I’m feeling really good. You know, I’m excited. It’s my second project. So a little bit nervous. But you know, because you know, you set a tone with the first one. And you should always try to beat the first one. So it’s a little bit pressuring. But I’m still excited and just going with it nonetheless,

Tetris Kelly
Well, let’s talk about the title first ‘Never Gets Late Here.’ What does that referencing, it means?

Shenseea
It means to me, timeless music you can put on this album, and it just never gets old. You know, it’s pretty deep. And I love timeless music. That’s the type of music that I grew up on. And that’s the type of music I think that lasts and really inspires great artists to come. And I want to be able to do that as well, because I’ve been inspired by many great artists.

Tetris Kelly
That’s a great goal to set out on.

Shenseea
Yes.

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07 Mar 2024

Biggest Performances, Best Acceptance Speech Moments & More At Women In Music 2024 | Billboard News

Billboard recaps our 2024 Women In Music biggest performances, best acceptance speech moment, all the stars meeting backstage and more!

Danielle From NewJeans
That was crazy, Oh my god!

Katy Perry
Hi guys!

Rania Aniftos
From the most incredible performances to heart-stopping speeches, women rocked Los Angeles’ YouTube Theater last night on and backstage. Hey everybody it’s Rania Aniftos at Billboard Women In Music recapping everything you missed at the year’s biggest celebration of women. Guests packed into the lively venue that was decked out for the night. Tracee Ellis Ross hosted the event and our rising star Victoria Monét kicked it off with an energetic performance.

Rania Aniftos
We watched as Ice Spice accept our Hitmaker honor. Shout-out to all the women in the Bronx, shout-out to all the women in New York. Shout-out to all the women in this building right now. Y’all look really pretty. And we saw our powerhouse Charli XCX take the stage. And then they both hung out backstage with Katy Perry, girl power indeed! Demi Lovato teamed up with global force Luísa Sonza with vocals that captivated the crowd.

Rania Aniftos
And are not “Super Shy” group of the year asked What’s your ETA? I absolutely loved the NewJeans performance. And speaking of performances, Karol G killed it. And not only that she gave such an inspiring speech.

Karol G
It might be the most significant and important recognitions of all my career. This is super special.

Rania Aniftos
And all the night’s action wasn’t just on stage. We saw stars like Lainey Wilson and NewJeans meeting and posing backstage and Kylie Minogue and Young Miko signing away epic polaroids. I had so much fun tonight for all things women in music, head over to Billboard.com

07 Mar 2024

Looking Back At Past Woman Of The Year Honorees: Billie Eilish, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga & More | Billboard News

Billboard takes a look back at the past Women Of The Year honorees at Billboard Women In Music event.

Katy Perry:
I like to be viewed as a strong woman and I think that’s what Billboard is basically saying.

Tetris Kelly:
Every year, Women in Music honor some of the best to ever do it and none more important than our Woman of the Year. Today we’re discussing a few of them, including the youngest to ever win. The girl power has never been stronger.

Katy Perry:
I was also a bit surprised because I thought my year was over.

Tetris Kelly:
2012 was the year Katy Perry wrapped up her California Dream Tour earned her seventh No. 1 song on the Hot 100 and took home Billboard’s Woman of the Year.

Katy Perry:
I don’t really like to call myself a role model for my fans, but I hope that I am an inspiration for them, especially young women.

Tetris Kelly:
In 2015, Lady Gaga ventured into jazz, acting and became Billboard’s Woman of the Year.

Lady Gaga:
What I really want to say is that it is really hard sometimes for women in music. It’s like a f–king boys club that we just can’t get into.

Tetris Kelly:
Giving an inspiring speech with a bit of humor.

Lady Gaga:
Sorry, Grandma.

Tetris Kelly:
But ultimately, keeping it real.

Lady Gaga:
I might not be a lot of things but I can write songs and I can sing.

Tetris Kelly:
Four years later, Billy Eilish took home the honor, the same year she released her debut album.

Billie Eilish:
It’s really weird to be a Woman of the Year at 17.

Tetris Kelly:
Billie became the youngest artist to be named Woman of the Year

Billie Eilish:
Women who in the past have like, done what they weren’t supposed to do, has made my life a lot easier and made me able to do what I want and be what I want.

Tetris Kelly:
What will happen this year when we honor Karol G? Tune into Women in Music March 7 at 5pm PT on BillboardWomenInMusic.com

07 Mar 2024

Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign’s ‘Carnival’ Tops The TikTok Billboard Top 50 | Billboard News

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 TikTok Billboard Top 50 for the chart posting March 7. Users have been lip-syncing and posting tons of videos to the hit. Another rapper breaking into the top 10, 21 Savage’s “redrum” climbs to No. 8.

The song goes well with any kind of video and is not tied to any particular trend.

Two songs return to the top 10, Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” at No. 7 and BossMan Dlow’s “Get In With Me” at No. 10.

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.

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06 Mar 2024

Looking Back at Past Billboard Woman of the Year Honorees: Beyoncé, Taylor Swift & More | Billboard News

Billboard takes a look back at the past Woman of the Year honorees at theBillboard Women in Music event.

Beyoncé
Thank you, Billboard, for this honor. I’m very humbled. Thank you.

Tetris Kelly
Every year, Billboard Women in Music honors some of the best to ever do it and none more important than our Woman of the Year. Today, we’re discussing a few of them — even one who has had this honor multiple times. Let’s hear it for the girls!

Beyoncé
My niche is empowering other women. They look up to you for more than just your music.

Tetris Kelly
The year was 2009. And the Woman of the Year was Beyoncé. The superstar stunned at the Pierre Hotel in New York and, at the time, she couldn’t believe the year she was having and was as humble as ever.

Beyoncé
I can’t believe all of the things I’ve been blessed to do this year. And I know it would not be possible without my family.

Tetris Kelly
Madonna is one of our most legendary honorees. She grabbed the award in 2016 and gave one of the event’s most talked-about speeches.

Madonna
People say that I’m so controversial. But I think the most controversial thing I have ever done is to stick around.

Tetris Kelly
Though the world is currently in their Taylor Swift era, we honored her as a Woman of the Year in both 2011 and 2014. But that’s not it. In 2019, she became our Woman of the Decade.

Taylor Swift
What does it mean to be the Woman of this Decade? Somewhere right now, your future Woman of the Year is probably sitting in a piano lesson or in a girls choir. And today, right now, we need to take care of her.

Tetris Kelly
What will happen this year when we honor Karol G? Tune in to Women In Music on March 7th at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. OT on BillboardWomenInMusic.com.

06 Mar 2024

Camila Cabello Talks Drake & Teases New Music, V’s ‘FRI(END)S’ Short Film & More | Billboard News

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 runway at the Louis Vuitton fashion show in Paris. We take a look back at the past Woman of the Year honorees at Billboard Women in Music, and Billboard explains why Karol G is this year’s Woman of the Year!

Tetris Kelly:
Camila Cabello talks Drake and teases new music. The girls of K-pop stun while the boys share music and Felix makes his runway debut. We break down our Woman of the Year Karol G’s success and take a look back at previous Women in Music honorees.

Happy Wednesday, March 6th. This is Billboard News and Women in Music is upon us, but before we dive into all our girl power content, let’s check in with today’s top story.

Camila Cabello chats Drake’s spicy vacation and gets in Heat with Jimmy Butler, all while teasing her new single. Singer Camila Cabello and rapper Drake had the Internet buzzing in viral videos of them in Turks and Caicos a couple of months back. And she stopped by the ‘Call Her Daddy’ podcast to set the record straight.

Alex Cooper:
You were on a vacation with Drake.

Camila Cabello:
Oh God, it was vacation plus some work.

Alex Cooper:
Oh, oh.

Tetris Kelly:
OK, girl, we’re listening. She’s been busy promoting her new single, and she did so in the cutest jersey at the Miami Heat game. She gave player Jimmy Butler one with her song title on it and he wore it immediately. We love to see the support. She posted a teaser to social media saying the track is coming sooner than we think and all I can think is girl be safe in that car.

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05 Mar 2024

Ice Spice On Advice From Taylor Swift, BLACKPINK’s Lisa at Eras Tour & More | Billboard News

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 fans after news broke that she is dating actor Lee Jae Wook. The legendary girl group, Spice Girls celebrated the 30th anniversary of their first audition. And more!

Tetris Kelly
Ice Spice talks Lana and Taylor, the latest on Lisa, Jennie and Karina, a girl power throwback from the Spice Girls. We sit down with 5sos’ Luke Hemmings and look at Women In Music honoree PinkPantheress’success. Happy Tuesday March 5, I’m Tetris and this is Billboard News. It’s no secret it is the week of Women In Music, and we’re giving out all the flowers. Let’s kick things off with our interview with Ice. Ice Spice gets advice from Taylor Swift as she discusses Lana Del Rey and some other inspirations that may shock you, Billboard chatted with the princess let’s dive in. Fact is that Taylor Swift and Ice Spice have been proven to be new besties and Taylor is a good friend telling Ice, “No matter what just keep making music and everything’s going to be fine.” And it is Ice scored four Billboard Hot 100 top tens in 2023 saying her favorite was “Princess Diana” with Nicki Minaj. And she hit up the Super Bowl with Tay and Lana Del Rey who was real inspo, our Women In Music honoree talked about her favorite hitmakers. “I would say Lana Del Rey, I’m obsessed with her and I feel like all of her songs are hits even the ones that aren’t as big as the others, Rihanna too. I have both her and Del Rey’s vinyls, Taylor Swift, of course. Nicki Minaj. Drake, the list is long.” And we can add you right to the top of our lives, Ice Spice.

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05 Mar 2024

Billboard Explains: PinkPantheress’ Impressive Chart Record

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.

After the video, catch up on more Billboard Explains videos and learn about Peso Pluma and the Mexican music boom, the role record labels play, origins of hip-hop, how Beyoncé arrived at Renaissance, the evolution of girl groups, BBMAs, NFTs, SXSW, the magic of boy bands, American Music Awards, the Billboard Latin Music Awards, the Hot 100 chart, how R&B/hip-hop became the biggest genre in the U.S., how festivals book their lineups, Billie Eilish’s formula for success, the history of rap battles, nonbinary awareness in music, the Billboard Music Awards, the Free Britney movement, rise of K-pop in the U.S., why Taylor Swift is re-recording her first six albums, the boom of hit all-female collaborations, how Grammy nominees and winners are chosen, why songwriters are selling their publishing catalogs, how the Super Bowl halftime show is booked and more.

05 Mar 2024

Luke Hemmings Talks New Solo Song ‘Shakes,’ Finding His Own Sound & More | Billboard News

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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04 Mar 2024

BTS’ V’s Upcoming Track, Justin Bieber Turns 30, Drake to Pay for Fan’s Home & More | Billboard News

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 social media to share sweet messages for the singer. Drake promised a fan he would pay off their late mother’s home. And more.

Tetris Kelly:

V arrives with new music, plus updates on Justin Bieber and Drake. Find out who is on the top of this week’s chart. We have details on the iHeartRadio Awards. And tell you about one of our Women in Music honorees.

Happy Monday March 4th. I’m Tetris and welcome to Billboard News. We have such a busy week this week with Women in Music and can’t wait to take the ride with you. But let’s get started with the news.

Cher is being honored in a big way, as Justin Timberlake, TLC and more are announced to perform. We’re giving you the details on the iHeartRadio Awards. The 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards go down on Monday, April 1st and now we know who’s performing. The show will feature performances by Justin Timberlake, Green Day, TLC, Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson, Tate McRae and more.

Cher is set to receive the 2024 iHeartRadio Icon Award at the show. Bon Jovi, Elton John, Jennifer Lopez and P!nk are previous recipients of the award. Cher is also among this year’s nominees for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

And that might have been our top story but that is far from it all.

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