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Kendrick Lamar makes history as the first musician in a Gatorade commercial, Shaboozey stars in the NBA’s playoff commercial, and celebrities are sharing their playoff predictions. Keep watching for the latest updates of musicians in sports! What did you think of Kendrick Lamar’s Gatorade commercial? Let us know in the comments below! Tetris Kelly: Kendrick […]
Vybz Kartel has returned to the U.S. for the first time after 20 years in prison to perform two sold-out shows in Brooklyn, N.Y. We go behind the scenes with the King of Dancehall to see how he feels about being back on tour, his show essentials and more!
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Vybz Kartel:Hi, my name is blank. Wagwan. My name is Vybz Kartel, and I’m here in Brooklyn with Billboard. Where are you?
Interviewer:All right, World Boss, how does it feel to be back in New York?
It feels blessed, you know, because, remember, it’s been 20 years, so for me to be here now, it’s just a feeling of jubilation. It’s a triumphant feeling.
Team Member:This is for you. Congratulations, two sold-out shows, where you need to be love, where the people are.
I’m here with my family, not just my family, family. I’m here with CJ, the promoter, she’s family as well. TJ, Scatter, the whole crew. It feels amazing, and I feel blessed.
What do you remember about the last time you performed in New York?
Sir, I do not remember anything. But in my defense, it’s been 20 years. But if you’re talking about, like, being in the streets mingling with the people from Bronx to Brooklyn to Queens, Flatbush, I’m in White Plains, so it’s giving nostalgia.
What are your dressing room essentials?
My dressing room essentials are beautiful women, expensive clothes and God around us.
What does your preshow routine look like?
Drinking with beautiful women, expensive clothes and God around us.
What song are you most excited to perform?
Oh, “Brooklyn Anthem.” Come on, this is BK.
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Luis R Conriquez has recently faced public backlash for not performing his narcocorridos at his concert due to a ban by Texcoco, and we’re taking a deeper dive into the genre’s controversial history. Keep watching to learn more about the debate on the genre. Do you think narcocorridos should be banned? Let us know in […]
Vinyl releases from Post Malone, Taylor Swift, Gracie Abrams and more were among the top-sellers from Record Store Day (RSD) 2025 in the United States, according to Luminate.
The yearly independent record store celebration was held on April 12 this year and offered an array of unique and limited-edition albums and singles (mostly vinyl pressings) issued for RSD. More than 300 titles were released for RSD 2025 at independent record stores across the U.S.
Post Malone had both the top-selling RSD 2025 album and single. His Post Malone Tribute to Nirvana, pressed on yellow-colored vinyl, was the top-seller among albums. The album was recorded in 2020 during a livestream that raised funds for The World Health Organization in support of COVID-19 relief efforts. Joining Malone for the livestream were Travis Barker (drums), Nick Mack (guitar) and Brian Lee (bass). The RSD 2025 vinyl release is also a charitable affair, as, according to the RSD organization, 100% of net proceeds from the sale of the vinyl will be donated to MusiCares’ Addiction Recovery/Mental Health division.
Tribute to Nirvana also bows at No. 2 on the April 26-dated Top Album Sales chart, where half of the top 10 are RSD 2025 titles. (Bon Iver‘s new studio album SABLE, fABLE — not an RSD 2025 release — debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales, scoring the artist his second leader.)
The Nos. 2-5 biggest selling RSD 2025-exclusive albums were: Gracie Abrams’ Live From Radio City Music Hall (double-vinyl set), Rage Against the Machine’s Live On Tour 1993 (double-vinyl set), Laufey’s A Night at the Symphony: Hollywood Bowl (double-vinyl set) and Charli xcx’s 2017 mixtape Number 1 Angel (on apple-colored vinyl).
Meanwhile, in terms of the top-selling RSD 2025 singles, Taylor Swift’s “Fortnight,” featuring Malone (on 7-inch vinyl) was the biggest seller. The Nos. 2-5 selling RSD 2025 singles were Charli xcx’s “Guess,” featuring Billie Eilish (on 7-inch vinyl); The Killers and Bruce Springsteen’s three-song “Encore at the Garden” (on 12-inch vinyl); The Cure’s “Alone” (Four Tet Remix) (on 12-inch vinyl) and Eddie Vedder’s “Save It for Later” / “Room at the Top” (on ocean floor-colored 12-inch vinyl).
Malone also served as the RSD 2025 Ambassador, and earlier said in a statement upon his selection: “What an honor, I can’t believe I was chosen to be Record Store Day’s Ambassador for 2025. Record Store Day is so important and I really hope to do my part to keep it alive.” Malone follows such recent RSD Ambassadors as Paramore (2024), Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires (2023), Swift (2022), Fred Armisen (2021), Brandi Carlile (2020) and Pearl Jam (2019).
Top-Selling Record Store Day 2024 Exclusive Albums at Independent Record Stores in the U.S.Rank, Artist, Title1. Post Malone, Post Malone Tribute to Nirvana (yellow-colored vinyl)2. Gracie Abrams, Live From Radio City Music Hall (double vinyl)3. Rage Against the Machine, Live On Tour 1993 (double vinyl)4. Laufey, A Night at the Symphony: Hollywood Bowl (double vinyl)5. Charli xcx, Number 1 Angel (apple-colored vinyl)6. Wallows, More (evergreen and white-colored vinyl)7. Talking Heads, Live On Tour (double vinyl)8. Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac (picture disc vinyl)9. Gorillaz, Demon Days Live From the Apollo Theater (red-colored double vinyl)10. The Doors, Strange Days 1967: A Work In Progress (translucent blue-colored vinyl)11. The Replacements, Tim (transparent purple-colored double vinyl)12. Grateful Dead, Beacon Theatre, New York, NY 6/14/76 (180-gram five vinyl set)13. The Cure, The Head On the Door (picture-disc vinyl)14. The Ramones, Loco Live (blue and red-colored double vinyl)15. Soundtrack, The Virgin Suicides (25th Anniversary Edition) (blue-colored vinyl)16. Queen, De Lane Lea Demos (vinyl)17. Wu-Tang and Mathematics, Black Samson, The Bastard Swordsman: Wu-Tang, The Saga Continues Collection (180-gram double vinyl)18. The Rolling Stones, Out of Our Heads (U.S.) (180-gram clear-colored vinyl)19. Elton John, Live at the Rainbow Theatre With Ray Cooper (180-gram vinyl)20. David Bowie, Ready, Set, Go! (Live, Riverside Studios ’03) (180-gram double vinyl)21. Thin Lizzy, Jailbreak (Alternate Version) (vinyl)22. Judas Priest, Live in Atlanta ‘82 (red-colored double vinyl)23. Young Thug, Barter 6 (silver-colored double vinyl)24. Vince Guaraldi, Selections From ‘It’s The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown’ (10-inch easter egg-shaped, colored vinyl)25. Beabadoobee, Live and Acoustic In London (red slushie-colored vinyl)Source: Luminate, for the week ending April 17, 2025
Top-Selling Record Store Day 2025 Exclusive Singles at Independent Record Stores in U.S.Rank, Artist, Title1. Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone, Fortnight (7-inch vinyl)2. Charli xcx featuring Billie Eilish, Guess (7-inch vinyl)3. The Killers & Bruce Springsteen, Encore at the Garden (Badlands / Dustland / Born to Run) (12-inch vinyl)4. The Cure, Alone (Four Tet Remix) (12-inch vinyl)5. Eddie Vedder, Save It for Later / Room at the Top (ocean floor-colored 12-inch vinyl)6. David Gilmour With Romany Gilmour, Between Two Points (Vita Brevis/Between Two Points [Live From the Royal Albert Hall] / Between Two Points [GENTRY Remix] / Between Two Points [GENTRY Remix Edit] / Between Two Points [Album Version]) (clear-colored 12-inch vinyl)7. Waxahatchee, Much Ado About Nothing / Mud / Next to Me (7-inch vinyl)8. Tom Waits, Get Behind the Mule (Spiritual) / Get Behind the Mule (7-inch vinyl)9. Geddy Lee, The Lost Demos (Gone / I Am… You Are) (12-inch vinyl)10. George Harrison, Be Here Now / Beck, Be Here Now (12-inch vinyl)Source: Luminate, for the week ending April 17, 2025
When romantic comedy 10 Things I Hate About You was released in 1999 — a seminal time for the Shakespeare adaptation-as-teen-movie — it was a watershed pop cultural moment. The winning take on The Taming of the Shrew cemented the star power of actors Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and boasted a spunky […]
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Michael Uzowuru and J. White Did It are seasoned hitmakers on Billboard’s producer charts. The pair share the top spot on Billboard’s latest R&B Producers ranking (dated April 26, 2025) thanks to their work on SZA and Kendrick Lamar’s “30 for 30.” Uzowuru spends a 10th total week at No. 1, while J. White Did It (real name: Anthony Jermaine White) spends a 13th week on top.
“30 for 30” ranks at No. 2 on the Hot R&B Songs chart, after spending six weeks at No. 1, via 29 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 2% week-over-week) and 9.3 million official U.S. streams, according to Luminate. The song also ranks at No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100, after hitting No. 10 to become Uzowuru’s first top 10 as a producer and J. White Did It’s fourth. It was released in January on the Lana deluxe reissue of SZA’s 2022 album SOS.
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Uzowuru began producing in the early 2010s with west coast rappers Vince Staples, Earl Sweatshirt and Domo Genesis. Since then, he’s worked with Frank Ocean (Blonde), Childish Gambino (Bando Stone & The New World), Rosalía (Motomami), Kevin Abstract (American Boyfriend), Beyoncé (The Lion King: The Gift) and Halsey (The Great Impersonator), among others.
Michael Uzowuru’s Production History on the Hot 100SZA with Kendrick Lamar, “30 for 30,” No. 10, 2025 (J. White Did It)SZA, “Scorsese Baby Daddy,” No. 41, 2025 (Tyler Johnson, Tyler Page, Owen Stout)SZA, “Notice Me,” No. 44, 2022 (Teo Halm, Carter Lang, thankgod4cody)SZA feat. Travis Scott, “Open Arms,” No. 54, 2022 (Teo Halm, Rob Bisel)SZA, “Diamond Boy (DTM),” No. 60, 2025 (Carter Lang, Declan Miers, The Antydote, Solomonophonic)SZA,” Another Life,” No. 63, 2025 (Rob Bisel, Sir Dylan)Childish Gambino, “Lithonia,” No. 69, 2024 (Childish Gambino, Ludwig Göransson, Max Martin)SZA, “Crybaby,” No. 70, 2025 (Carter Lang, thankgod4cody, Declan Miers)Halsey, “Lucky,” No. 88, 2024 (RAHM, Sir Dylan)Frank Ocean, “Nights,” No. 98, 2016 (Frank Ocean, Vegyn, Buddy Ross)
As for J. White, the producer/songwriter first broke through in 2017 thanks to his work with Cardi B. He produced three tracks from her debut album, Invasion of Privacy, including its Hot 100 No. 1s “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)” and “I Like It.” He subsequently produced a third No. 1, via Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage,” featuring Beyoncé, in 2020, and later, tracks with 21 Savage, Doechii, Flo Milli and Latto.
J. White Did It’s Production History on the Hot 100Cardi B, “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves),” No. 1, three weeks, 2017 (Laquan Green)Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé, “Savage,” No. 1, one week, 2020Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin, “I Like It,” No. 1, one week, 2018 (Craig Kallman, Tainy, Invincible)SZA with Kendrick Lamar, “30 for 30,” No. 10, 2025 (Michael Uzowuru)Cardi B, “Money,” No. 13, 2018Doechii ft. Kodak Black, “What It Is (Block Boy),” No. 29, 2023Polo G, “Bad Man (Smooth Criminal),” No. 49, 2021Cardi B, “Money Bag,” No. 58, 2018 (Laquan Green)Iggy Azalea, “Sally Walker,” No. 62, 2019
Billboard launched the Hot 100 Songwriters and Hot 100 Producers charts, as well as genre-specific rankings for country, rock & alternative, R&B/hip-hop, R&B, rap, Latin, Christian, gospel and dance/electronic, in June 2019, while alternative and hard rock joined in 2020, along with seasonal holiday rankings in 2022. The charts are based on total points accrued by a songwriter and producer, respectively, for each attributed song that appears on the Billboard Hot 100. The genre-based songwriter and producer charts follow the same methodology based on corresponding “Hot”-named genre charts. As with Billboard’s yearly recaps, multiple writers or producers split points for each song equally (and the dividing of points will lead to occasional ties on rankings).
The full Hot 100 Songwriters and Hot 100 Producers charts and full genre rankings can be found on Billboard’s charts page.
