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After OG coach Blake Shelton‘s final spin last month, The Voice is continuing its reinvention of the coaches panel. While the upcoming fall season 24 will feature Shelton’s wife, Gwen Stefani, alongside fellow returning judges Niall Horan and John Legend, as well as newcomer Reba McEntire, the following season will seriously mix things up.
Come spring 2024, season 25 will bring even bigger changes, with Grammy-winning country duo Dan + Shay joining the lineup as the series’ first-ever coaching duo. They will join Legend and McEntire, along with returning season 23 fan-favorite coach Chance the Rapper.
Though The Voice has never had a two-headed coaching team, Dan + Shay are not strangers to the franchise, as they stepped in as Shelton’s battle advisors in season 20.
Before all that change, though, McEntire will slide into the spot vacated by Shelton for the upcoming fall season 24. Earlier this year, McEntire was asked if she thought she’d make a good replacement for Shelton, revealing that she was almost one of the original Voice judges. She told ET that she was offered a role on the show before it debuted in 2011, with producers pivoting to Shelton when Reba passed.
“I got [a look at] the Holland version of The Voice. They sent it to me and I said, ‘I can’t see me doing that,’” she said in February of her feelings after seeing the original version of the show that went on to spawn a global franchise. “Because, you know, I’m a gypsy at heart,” added McEntire, 68, of her desire not to be tied to one project for so long.
McEntire didn’t totally bail, though, acting as a mentor to Team Blake in 2011, returning in 2015 and then again this past season as a Mega Mentor.
Check out the Dan + Shay tease below.
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Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” adds a 19th week atop Billboard’s streaming-, airplay- and sales-based Hot Country Songs chart (dated June 24), matching his longest command among seven career No. 1s. “Last Night” retains the Hot Country Songs penthouse as it concurrently dominates Country Airplay for a seventh week (33 million impressions, down 2%). It also […]
In honor of Father’s Day, Gwen Stefani took to Instagram on Sunday (June 18) to celebrate the ultimate stepdad, her husband Blake Shelton. Father’s Day also happened to fall on Shelton’s 47th birthday this year, so the No Doubt singer doubled up on the love in her social media post. “happy bday and fathers day, @blakeshelton country […]
Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” tops Billboard’s Country Airplay chart (dated June 24) for a seventh consecutive, and total, week – as he now boasts the two longest-leading No. 1s on the chart this decade. His single “You Proof” ruled for a record 10 weeks beginning last October.
In the tracking week ending June 15, “Last Night” earned 33 million audience impressions (down 2%) on Country Airplay chart reporters, according to Luminate.
The song (on Mercury/Republic/Big Loud), which John Byron, Ashley Gorley, Jacob Kasher Hindlin and Ryan Vojtesak co-wrote, became Wallen’s ninth Country Airplay leader (on the May 13 chart).
“Last Night” ties for the fourth-longest Country Airplay command. Here’s a look at the longest-leading No. 1s since the survey began in January 1990.
Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist(s), Date Reached No. 1:
10, “You Proof,” Morgan Wallen, Oct. 15, 2022
8, “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere,” Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett, Aug. 9, 2003
8, “Amazed,” Lonestar, July 17, 1999
7, “Last Night,” Morgan Wallen, May 13, 2023
7, “Beautiful Crazy,” Luke Combs, March 2, 2019
7, “Live Like You Were Dying,” Tim McGraw, July 17, 2004
7, “There Goes My Life,” Kenny Chesney, Dec. 20, 2003
7, “Have You Forgotten?,” Darryl Worley, April 5, 2003
7, “The Good Stuff,” Kenny Chesney, July 27, 2002
Notably, Wallen and Chesney are the only acts with two Country Airplay No. 1s to reign for at least seven weeks each.
Meanwhile, “Last Night” has crossed over to pop and adult radio, marking Wallen’s first top 10 on both Adult Pop Airplay and Pop Airplay, as it rises to Nos. 8 and 9 on the June 24-dated tallies, respectively. The song has also crowned the all-genre, multi-metric Billboard Hot 100 for 10 weeks running.
New Top 10s
Jelly Roll banks his second Country Airplay top 10 as “Need a Favor” pushes 12-9 (17.5 million, up 13%). The song is the lead single from the his inaugural country album, Whitsitt Chapel, which arrived at No. 2 on the June 17 Top Country Albums with 90,000 units – the largest week for an initial entry since the chart transitioned to a consumption-based methodology (from one based on pure sales) in February 2017.
“Favor” follows “Son of a Sinner,” which became Jelly Roll’s first Country Airplay No. 1, in his first appearance on the chart, in January. Concurrently, he has another song on the latest list, as “Save Me,” with Lainey Wilson, climbs 50-48 (1.2 million, up 2%).
Plus, Jon Pardi nets his 10th Country Airplay top 10 as “Your Heart or Mine” rises 11-10 (17.3 million, up 7%). It follows “Last Night Lonely,” which became his fifth No. 1 last September.
Jelly Roll achieves a first on Billboard’s charts as “Need a Favor” rises from No. 12 to No. 9 on the Country Airplay tally dated June 24, with 17.5 million audience impressions June 9-15 on the ranking’s panel of reporting stations, according to Luminate.
Now that it’s within Country Airplay’s top 10, the song becomes the first ever to have hit the top 10 of both Country Airplay and Mainstream Rock Airplay.
“Need a Favor” concurrently spends a fourth week in a row at its No. 3 high on Mainstream Rock Airplay.
The format-specific radio charts have existed simultaneously since the chart week of Jan. 20, 1990, when Country Airplay began. Mainstream Rock Airplay’s history stretches back to March 21, 1981.
Late last year, Jelly Roll became the eighth act to have scored a top 10 on both charts, albeit with separate songs. He first hit the top 10 of Mainstream Rock Airplay with “Dead Man Walking,” which led for a week in May 2022, while “Son of a Sinner” reached No. 1 on Country Airplay this January.
At the time, the list of other acts who have appeared in the top 10 of both charts included Bon Jovi, Zac Brown Band, Brantley Gilbert, Kid Rock, Dave Matthews (solo on Country Airplay and fronting Dave Matthews Band on Mainstream Rock Airplay), Sting and Travis Tritt.
Since then, a ninth has added his name to the list: HARDY, whose “Jack” reached No. 3 on Mainstream Rock Airplay in March; he has notched three top 10s on Country Airplay.
Of those nine acts, Bon Jovi, Brantley Gilbert, Jelly Roll and Zac Brown Band are the only ones with No. 1 placements on both surveys.
Unlike with the clear crossover appeal of “Need a Favor,” the artists above with top 10 ranks on both charts have largely not had individual songs make both lists. One hit previously reached the top 20 of both tallies: Kid Rock’s “All Summer Long” rose to No. 4 on Country Airplay and No. 17 on Mainstream Rock Airplay in 2008.
In addition to its Mainstream Rock Airplay and Country Airplay success, “Need a Favor” concurrently bullets at its No. 6 best on the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart with 3.3 million audience impressions. In addition to its mainstream rock radio airplay, the song is bubbling under Alternative Airplay.
On the most-recently published, June 17-dated multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Country Songs charts, “Need a Favor” placed at Nos. 2 and 4, respectively. Along with its airplay, the song earned 11.2 million official streams and sold 7,000 downloads in the United States June 2-8.
“Need a Favor” is the lead single from Whitsitt Chapel, Jelly Roll’s latest studio album, and his first country set. It debuted at Nos. 1 and 2 on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums and Top Country Albums charts dated June 17, respectively, with 90,000 equivalent album units earned.
All charts dated June 24 will update on Billboard.com Wednesday, June 21 (a day later than usual due to the Juneteenth holiday in the U.S. Monday, June 19).
Dolly Parton‘s rock experiment rolled on Friday (June 16) with the release of two more songs from the country icon’s upcoming full-length rock debut, Rockstar. Digging into a song she’s always loved, Parton teams up with Heart’s Ann Wilson on a straightforward cover of the latter’s signature 1975 jam “Magic Man (Carl’s Version).”
“I’ve always wanted a reason to sing ‘Magic Man’ by Heart and it was one of my first choices for the album,” Parton said in a statement. “I was so happy that Ann Wilson agreed to sing it with me. Nobody can out sing Ann, but I gave it my darndest, and we added a few lines that were not in the original. We wanted to have a few things that made it seem like ours. Thank you, Nancy, for letting me fill in for you on this. Hope I’ve made you both proud. I think it’s magic!”
Indeed, three minutes in, Parton and Wilson trade lines in a new verse that conjures yet more mystery. “A magic man with luring eyes, changed the course of my young life/ He was a magic man/ I was oh so quick to learn, I was caught up in the burn/ Of the magic man,” they sing. “No one else could understand, unless you’ve loved a magic man.”
Parton’s first rock collection is due out on Nov. 17 and will feature 30 songs, including 21 covers and nine originals. One of those fresh tracks also dropped Friday, “Bygones,” featuring Judas Priest singer Rob Halford, as well as Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx and touring guitarist John 5.
Parton said in the statement that “Bygones” is one of her favorite tracks from the album. “The song fits with so many couples and coupling my voice with Rob, one of my all-time favorites, made it even more special,” she said of the quickstep midtempo rocker on which she and the leatherbound metal yowler meld their sugar and spikes vocals in growly harmony.
“I’m sorry, so sorry/ How long must you punish me/ Why can’t we just move on/ Let bygones be bygones/ But you never will,” they sing on the chorus. The two tracks were preceded by the Parton-penned first single, “World on Fire,” which charted at No 1 on the Billboard rock digital songs chart last month.
Listen to “Magic Man” and “Bygones” below.
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Thursday’s (June 15) “Can’t Cancel Pride 2023 — The Future Starts Now” concert will feature Brandi Carlile, Adam Lambert, Ciara, Big Freedia, Kesha and more. The fourth annual concert, hosted by JoJo Siwa “will focus on the LGBTQ+ community’s past achievements, the urgency of the present moment and hope for our future,” according to a statement on the event’s site.
Other acts slated to perform or appear at the show that will take place at 8 p.m. ET include: Billy Porter, Kayley Kioko, Fletcher and Kelsea Ballerini. In addition, Carlile will be presented with the 2023 Elton John Impact Award for her humanitarian work with the Looking Out Foundation, which amplifies the impact of music by funding and empowering frequently overlooked organizations.
The one-hour concert, which will stream on iHeartRadio’s YouTube and Facebook pages, will also be available on demand through June 30 on iHeartRadio’s Facebook and YouTube pages, Revry, the Roku Channel and the Advocate Channel.
“This year we shine a spotlight on how far we’ve come and how much more there is to do to fuel equality and inclusion in support of these important organizations making the world better for the LGBTQ+ community everyday around the nation,” said Gayle Troberman, chief marketing officer for iHeartMedia, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The event began during the COVID-19 pandemic and has raised more than $11 million to date for the six participating charitable organizations: GLAAD, The Trevor Project, National Black Justice Coalition, SAGE, Centerlink and OtRight International.
“I’m proud that Can’t Cancel Pride has raised over $11 million dollars to help fund organizations that offer critical support, from youth services to elderly care, and to continue to partner with some of the world’s best and brightest LGBTQ+ and ally performers to support and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community,” said Brent Miller, Can’t Cancel Pride co-founder and P&G senior director, global LGBTQ equality & inclusion.
See the event poster below.
Tracy Chapman rises from No. 3 to No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Songwriters chart (dated June 17), leading for the first time, thanks to Luke Combs’ cover of her classic hit “Fast Car.”
Combs’ version of the song, on which Chapman is the sole credited writer, holds at its No. 2 high on the Hot Country Songs chart and jumps 8-4 on the Billboard Hot 100 – out-peaking Chapman’s original recording, which reached No. 6 on the Hot 100 in 1988.
Combs’ cover hits new heights with 34.2 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 30%), as it surges at country, pop and adult formats; 20.2 million U.S. streams (up 1%); and 9,000 downloads sold (up 4%) June 2-8, according to Luminate.
Chapman has tallied five entries on the Hot 100 as a billed recording artist: “Fast Car” (No. 6 peak in 1988), “Talkin’ Bout a Revolution” (No. 75, 1988), “Baby Can I Hold You” (No. 48, 1988), “Crossroads” (No. 90, 1989) and “Give Me One Reason” (No. 3, 1996).
Combs’ “Fast Car” is the third version of Chapman’s breakthrough song to chart on the Hot 100. It follows Chapman’s original and Jonas Blue’s dance cover, featuring Dakota (No. 98 peak, 2016).
Notably, as Chapman crowns Country Songwriters, she earns her first No. 1 placement on a Billboard chart since 2000, when her single “Telling Stories (There Is Fiction in the Space Between)” topped the Adult Alternative Airplay chart for eight weeks. Before that, she ruled the Billboard 200 with her debut self-titled album in August 1988, as well as Adult Pop Airplay for eight weeks in 1996 with “Give Me One Reason.”
Chapman’s eponymous debut album marked her first chart appearance when it entered the Billboard 200 chart dated April 30, 1988. “Fast Car” followed on Adult Contemporary and Mainstream Rock Airplay that May, and then the Hot 100 that June. She has won four Grammy Awards, including best female pop vocal performance for “Fast Car” and best rock song for “Give Me One Reason.”
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 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 genre-specific rankings can be found on Billboard.com.