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24 Nov 2025

Mariah Carey & Pentatonix Take Over Christmas Shows | Billboard News

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Billboard News, presented by Amazon Prime, takes a closer look at the hottest holiday concerts of 2025. Pentatonix has become an end of year staple and the perfect occasion to enjoy some holiday cheer. They are taking their “Christmas in the City” show on the road with a 26-show run throughout the whole season. The Queen of Christmas also has live shows this year. Mariah Carey will take over the Las Vegas strip with a nearly three-week Park MGM residency. “Christmastime in Las Vegas” starts just after Thanksgiving.

Tetris Kelly:

If you want to grab the holiday vibes in person, here’s where you need to go. Presented by Amazon Prime. Pentatonix voices are everywhere during the holiday season, and now you can hear them in person during their massive Christmas in the City tour. Shows are throughout the season and the country concluding in Fort Worth, Texas on December 22. And every year, if you get the chance to see the queen of Christmas live, you absolutely have to. Mariah Carey is setting up shop on the Strip for Christmastime in Las Vegas. Catch her at the Park MGM through December 13. 

24 Nov 2025

JOP From Fuerza Regida Talks ‘Don’t Fall in Love’ Fest | Billboard News

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JOP brings his personal playlist to life with performances by Netón Vega, Óscar Maydon, Future, Snow tha Product and more at the “Don’t Fall in Love” festival in San Bernardino. Billboard brings you exclusive backstage interviews and the best on-stage moments! Did you go to the festival this weekend? Let us know!

JOP:

We named it “Don’t Fall in Love,” simple and straightforward, so you don’t fall in love, then. Don’t fall in love until you’re fifty, more or less. It’s eighty percent of my personal playlist. Every year those b-stards get tougher. We have a surprise with Travis Barker, yes.

Netón Vega:

I don’t know how to dance or anything, but I like it when I’m partying and stuff. But on stage, well, mostly I improvise. I get up there, depending on the vibe, I start dancing. It’s not like I have something rehearsed or anything.  This album, Delirium, is something new, it’s a new project. Uh, we’d never done anything like this, but we wanted to do something like this. Well, something with more energy than what we’re used to, but we’ll still stay true to what I’ve always done, to what my strength is, it’s my, it’s what I am.

Snow Tha Product:

The most important thing for me is to hold that Mexican flag high. So, I don’t give a f–k if there’s some Chicano person that’s like: “But I’m Chicano.” And I’m like: “Okay, cool.” And I’m Mexican-American and I’m here and I’m very proud of where I come from, and I’m always gonna speak up for people who can’t speak up.

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20 Nov 2025

Dave East & DreamDoll Go Head to Head on the Best Strip Club Anthems of All Time | Billboard Unfiltered

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In this week’s episode of Unfiltered, rappers Dave East & DreamDoll debate the best, top five strip club anthems of all time. Stay tuned to hear what their top picks are! What are your top five strip club anthems of all time? Let us know in the comments!

Carl Lamarre:

Hey! What’s good, y’all? Can I get a “yerrr”? 

Audience:

Yerrr!

Carl Lamarre:

I love that. Welcome to Billboard Unfiltered, a special episode today. I’m your Senior Director of R&B & Hip-Hop, Mr. Carl Lamarre, and today we’re introducing our panelists. First up, coming to the stage, we’ve got New York’s very own Dave East. Woo! My brother, Dave East. Next up, we’ve got the original, Ms. DreamDoll! Then next we’ve got Billboard’s very own Michael Saponara! And of course, we have our host for Billboard Unfiltered, Ms. Delisa Shannon! 

Delisa Shannon:

Okay, okay, okay. All right, y’all. Let’s just get into it, shall we? All right, this is Billboard Unfiltered, where we discuss hot-button topics. Now, everyone will have 90 seconds to present their opening statements. I, with a little help from y’all — yes, this is interactive — y’all will help me crown the person with the best take of the day. Then that person will get 60 seconds to give their unfiltered take. All right? Mm-hmm. We also have these lovely bullsh– buzzers. Let me break this down for y’all. If any one of y’all says something flagrant, you are allowed one bullsh– buzzer a day. Okay? Don’t get crazy with it because I will count that one and take it away if I have to.

DreamDoll:

Can we push somebody else’s button?

Delisa Shannon:

You know what? 

DreamDoll:

Come on. 

Delisa Shannon:

You get that one, and that’s the one you get. So whatever you do with it… I trust you. Okay? All right. 

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20 Nov 2025

CMA Rehearsals With Tucker Wetmore & Old Dominion: Behind the Scenes | All Access

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Tucker Wetmore & Old Dominion take us behind the scenes of their CMA Awards rehearsals before the big show and discuss what went into these performances.

Tetris Kelly:

The CMAs took over Nashville this week, and Tucker Wetmore and Old Dominion show you what went down behind the scenes in Billboard All Access. Let’s check out Tucker’s rehearsal.

Tucker Wetmore:

Tucker Wetmore, here for rehearsal. 

Security:

Yeah, you’re good. 

Tucker Wetmore:

Yeah, thanks, man. I’m excited to see a bunch of people. Lainey, my buddy, BigX, I’m excited to see him do his thing up there. I’m excited to see Ella’s song too. I’m just excited for the whole night honestly.

Guest 1:

Tucker, we need you to grab your ears.

Tucker Wetmore:

Mariah Carey’s stuck in my head. How do I psych myself up to perform? Well, this is my first, like, big one, I guess. I don’t really know. If I’m being honest, I’m really scared. I’m nervous, but I’m excited. So I’ll probably do some jumping jacks, maybe backflip, I don’t know. Pray. I’m gonna pray. I’m wearing something a little more elevated onstage for the performance, more elevated than the usual shows. Got Wrangler Jeans on as usual. I think I’m doing like an all-brown type thing. American hat on top.

Tetris Kelly:

Next, Old Dominion welcomed us into their rehearsal.

Matthew Ramsey:

I mean, the longer this goes, we’re just more grateful and just honored that we’re here and able to perform at this level. So everything past the first one has been great, so it’s a little nerve-racking, but we’re super proud of where it is.

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20 Nov 2025

Inside the Rise of AI Music: How Imogen Heap Is Shaping the Future | Billboard On The Record

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AI is reshaping the music industry, and Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and producer Imogen Heap breaks down what this moment really means for creators. She joins host Kristin Robinson to unpack how she’s blended technology with artistry for two decades, the rise of generative AI and why it’s becoming harder to tell where human creativity ends and machine production begins.

Heap explains the urgent need for better metadata, identity layers and contributor search tools, and what it will take to set the right standards before AI becomes fully embedded in the music industry. She discusses the possibility of labels signing AI artists, the fears and misconceptions surrounding AI-generated work and why she believes art still matters if it resonates, no matter how it’s made. Heap also reflects on building her career independently, the flaws in traditional major label deals, and the innovations behind her Mi.Mu gloves as she envisions the future of human-driven music in an AI-powered era.

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Billboard On The Record is a podcast in partnership with SickBird Productions. 

Kristin Robinson:

When AI becomes the next popstar, who gets the spotlight? The artist or the algorithm? You might’ve caught recent headlines about so called Ai artists, or artists that heavily rely on AI tools like image, voice, or music models to make their songs. There’s one artist, Xania Monet for example, who recently signed a record deal and is climbing the Gospel Charts and is playing on radio stations across the country.

Meanwhile, last week a bunch of songs in the top 10 of the Country Sales chart were also songs that stemmed from this kind of AI artist. At a time when AI generated songs seem to be exploding, cropping up everywhere from TikTok trends to Billboard charts, it felt like the perfect time to dive into how this will impact artists and what can be done to protect human creativity in the process. And I couldn’t dream of a better guest to join me here today to discuss this topic than Imogen Heap. Welcome back to On the Record, a music business podcast from Billboard and SickBird Productions. As always, I’m your host Kristin Robinson and I’m thrilled to have Imogen Heap on the show today to talk about the rise of generative AI and how it will impact artists. Imogen is a multi Grammy winning singer, songwriter, producer, engineer and technologist who has been making music for over 2 decades now. And it’s clear that she still is somehow a few steps ahead of the rest of us.

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18 Nov 2025

Sombr’s ‘Back to Friends’ Breaks Into Top 10 & Meghan Trainor Talks ‘STILL DON’T CARE’ | Hot 100 Show

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In this week’s episode of The Hot 100 Show, Billboard chart experts explain Sombr’s breakthrough into the top 10 of the Hot 100 with “Back to Friends,” they break down best new artist correlations with the Hot 100, the resurgence of R&B, and Taylor Swift’s “Opalite” possibly surging to No. 1. Meghan Trainor stopped by and shared some behind-the-scenes moments for her song “STILL DON’T CARE” and talks her new album and going on tour.

Who do you want to see hit No. 1 this week? Let us know in the comments!

Meghan Trainor:

Hi, I’m Meghan Trainor, and this is The Hot 100 Show.

Tetris Kelly:

That’s right, we got my girl Meghan Trainor on the show today with some big announcements, and also a contender has made it into the top 10. Let’s jump right in. This is the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 for the week dated November 22. Sombr makes it to the top 10. Morgan stays locked at nine, Kehlani slips to No. 8. Listen, I don’t want to shade Xander or Delisa here, but Trevor, my boy, second contender you got in the top 10. Sombr’s made it. 

Trevor Anderson:

You seen that? I know. I know. I just, I just know what I’m doing. That’s all I can say. But of course, shout-out to Sombr. You know, I thought maybe it could be a Sombr September. I’ll take a Sombr November. That’s still a W in my book, but obviously a huge achievement for Sombr to get that first top 10 on the Hot 100. This is one of those songs too, kind of like we saw with “Mutt” and Leon Thomas. This song has been around for a while. It’s been out, I think even since the end of last year, kind of made a top 100 debut earlier this year, took about seven, eight months to get to the top 10 in its 33rd week. So again, just one of those things where we’re talking about a lot of songs that feel like they’re staying on forever. But there’s also this other sort of story and arc going on, where we have these underdog songs kind of moving into the top. I know one thing Gary points out is, how many best new artist contenders are in the top 10 right now. So kind of this pick, you know, this sort of a duality, where it’s either you’re hanging out for a long time or you’re coming through and finally finding that breakthrough hit.

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18 Nov 2025

Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 Countdown For Nov. 22, 2025 | Billboard News

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Sombr’s “Back To Friends” enters the top 10 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, while “Mutt” and Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need” keep on climbing up. Can “Ordinary” or “Golden” retake No. 1? 

Tetris Kelly:

This is the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 for the week dated November 22. Sombr makes it to the Top 10. Morgan stays locked at No. 9. Kehlani slips to No. 8. “Mutt” is up to No. 7. Justin Bieber is still at No. 6, while “Opalite” drops to No. 5. And “Man I Need” is up to No. 4. “Ordinary” is still at No. 3, as is “Golden” at No. 2. For the 6th week, Taylor takes No. 1 with “The Fate of Ophelia.” If you want more Billboard, make sure you hit the subscribe button and ring the bell to be notified on all our latest videos.

18 Nov 2025

Max B Sits Down for His First Interview Since Being Released From Prison | In Conversation

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In his first sitdown interview since being released from prison, Max B talked with Billboard‘s hip-hop editor Angel Diaz about a wide range of topics that include his first day out and reuniting with French Montana, how he’s readjusting to life outside and reviving his career, his friendships with the younger generation of rappers such as the late Mac Miller, Wiz Khalifa and Cash Cobain, his love for the Knicks and much more.

Angel Diaz: This is In Conversation with Max B, the boss of Biggaveli. Welcome back home, man. 

Max B: Thank you, beloved. The one and only. 

So let’s get started. You came home Nov. 9, right? French’s birthday, and you went straight to the Jets game. Can you kind of talk about why you were at the you were, like, on the field and everything. 

Well, that was kind of like one of the signs where I knew I was, it was, I was like, the come out was gonna be impactful. So it just so happens I’m a Jet fan, anyway. 

OK, all right. 

So, you know, we needed to win. You know, it all ran good company that day. We wanted to win. And I wanted to, you know, finally meet Shedeur Sanders. So it was love, one of the fun days I’ll remember for a long time, very long time.

So how crazy was it, though, when you was on the field and you saw Method Man taking pictures?

I thought he found some type of loopholes. I said, “You don’t found some loopholes to the game.” And I’m like, “OK, do they let the guys take, you know, maybe you need some type of little photo, the little, you know?”

Yeah, like, he’s, like– 

And they gonna give you a job, a volunteer, doing some photo. You be caught sight sidelined the game. You get to see all the players. You get, like, that’s some official s–t. So it was good shout-out to Meth, yo, because I been a Method fan forever. So to see him like that on that in that circumstance, it was just like, I knew the day was just beginning. I’m like, it’s gonna get more exciting.

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17 Nov 2025

Trueno On Collaborating With Gorillaz on ‘The Manifesto’ | Billboard News

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Trueno talks on working with Young Miko and going on tour with Damon Albarn.

Trueno:

Well, precisely, the collaborations I have are with two friends, one female and one male, who I consider to be two of the strongest hip-hop representations that Latin America has to offer. Young Miko is a beast, and Akapellah is another beast. I love that hip hop is increasingly taking up more space in the Latin Grammys and awards in general, that we’re increasingly present. And then there’s “Fresh,” one of my favorite songs of those I’ve made recently, so I’m very happy that they specifically chose that one from all the songs on the deluxe album. While I love the others, “Fresh” is still one of my absolute favorites.

Interviewer:

Now, speaking of the latest album, the deluxe, it’s nominated for a Grammy this year—congratulations as well. 

Thank you. 

What do you feel this project has done, perhaps different, from what you’ve done in the past? 

Well, precisely, EL ÚLTIMO BAILE has two parts. There’s what I released in 2024, which is EL ÚLTIMO BAILE regular, and then the extended version, which is the deluxe. For me, these two parts signify the two stages of hip hop: the first fifty years and the second fifty years. I feel that the deluxe brings forward more of what’s coming in the future, introducing fresher sounds, a bit of the West Coast that’s popular now, some drill, and boom bap combined with Premier’s scratch. It’s like, in the second part of EL ÚLTIMO BAILE, I tried to propose a bit more for the future, whereas the first part was more of a tribute. I’m very happy that this is how people recieved it, and I love it.

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17 Nov 2025

Khalid Awarded With First Disruptor Award at Billboard Live Music Summit | Billboard

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Billboard along with Live Music Summit presenting partner VENU awarded Khalid with the first Disruptor Award at this year’s event. After the summit, some of the industry’s top executives gathered for a Music & Money Dinner where they enjoyed food, custom cocktails, and a thought-provoking conversation lead by Billboard’s Editor-in-Chief, Hannah Karp, with VENU CEO and Chairman, J.W. Roth and industry veteran Tommy Ginoza.