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The artist born Chris Comstock, known to millions of fans as Marshmello, has a long history with pop-punk as both a fan of the genre and through his ‘Mello collabs with A Day to Remember and Yungblud.
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Now, Comstock is taking off his helmet and digging deeper into the scene with his new pop-punk band, Underbrook. The six-man group released its debut single, the driving, anthemic “Heads Up” on Friday, (June 20.)
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“This isn’t a nostalgia play — this is who I’ve always been at my core,” Comstock said in a statement. “Underbrook is about channeling the emotions and chaos that shaped me, and giving them a voice through the music that first made me feel understood. ‘Heads Up’ is just the beginning.”
The group features Comstock on lead vocals, along with drummer James Brownstein and Hayden Tree, who’s also the lead singer for Crown the Empire, on bass. Josh Strock, who’s written and produced for artists including Motionless In White, Fever 333 and Machine Gun Kelly, is on guitar alongside fellow guitarist Danny Couture, a writer and producer for acts including Bring Me the Horizon, 24kGoldn and Marshmellow, and the group’s third guitarist Jake Torrey, who has written and produced for Linkin Park, Twenty One Pilots and Yungblud.
Of his and the band’s influences in pop-punk and alt-rock, Comstock cited “everyone from New Found Glory, to The Story So Far, to Two Door Cinema Club and The Strokes. We all listen to a wide range of music, but we can all agree that we love those bands. That DNA definitely made its way into Underbrook.”
While there aren’t yet details about the next Underbrook release, the band’s Instagram account suggests there’s more on the way in advising to “get to know us.” The account also features clips of the group in the studio.
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As summer continues to heat up, stars such as Cardi B, Lorde and Benson Boone spent their Friday (June 20) dropping new singles and albums.
Cardi kept her fans fed with the long-awaited release of her latest single “Outside,” a scathing diss track aimed directly at her soon-to-be-ex-husband Offset. Amidst the many fiery bars the Bronx-native drops throughout the track, she saves some of the best for the songs opening moments, referring to her ex and his ilk as “Good-for-nothing, low-down dirty dogs, I’m convinced/ Next time you see your mama, tell her how she raised a b—h.”
Meanwhile, Lorde hit the nail on the head with her final preview of Virgin on “Hammer,” a pulsating pop anthem that serves as “an ode to city life and horniness,” as she said on X. The synth-heavy production sees Lorde embracing her fluidity throughout the song, as she sings on the pre-chorus that “I burn and I sing and I scheme and I dance/ Some days I’m a woman, some days I’m a man.”
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Elsewhere, back-flipper-in-chief Benson Boone delivers his much-anticipated sophomore album, American Heart, featuring previous singles “Sorry I’m Here For Someone Else” and “Mystical Magical,” while Public Enemy take to the streets with the group’s new protest single, “March Madness,” railing against gun violence, corrupt politicians and police violence.
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Also this week, Karol G celebrates her past as well as her future with the sunny new album Tropicoqueta, Haim turn up the volume on their established pop-rock sound with their fourth studio album I Quit, Megan Moroney laughs off a loser ex who comes crawling back on “6 Months Later” and Sombr finds himself pining for a love that never was on his latest single “We Never Dated.”
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Alex Warren has reclaimed the top spot on the U.K. Singles Chart from Sabrina Carpenter on Friday June 20. The latter debuted at No. 1 with “Manchild” last week, disrupting Warren’s lengthy stay at the summit. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news His “Ordinary” is back at the […]
SZA might be extraordinarily busy as she prepares to head overseas with her and Kendrick Lamar‘s Grand National Tour — but that didn’t stop her from swooping in for a quick recording session with her friend Lizzo.
In a series of posts to her Instagram Stories early Friday (June 20), SZA teased fans with a forthcoming collaboration between her and the “Juice” singer. What started as a glimpse of Lizzo’s own new music in the video, the “Luther” singer started sharing clips of her voice playing alongside Lizzo’s in the background. “Working on a guest star for bookie @lizzobeeating’s new mixtape,” SZA wrote in one caption, while calling their link-up a “lil after-dinner session” in another.
Back in March, Lizzo announced that she was officially “done” preparing her new album Love in Real Life, adding that she “got an emergency root canal, announced SNL & finished my album all in one day.” While it’s unclear whether Love in Real Life is the “mixtape” SZA referred to in her post, the album has yet to receive an official release date.
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Earlier this week, SZA opened up to Chappell Roan about her friendship with Lizzo during a conversation for Interview Magazine. Speaking about the first time she and the “About Damn Time” singer met, SZA praised the “organic and very random” connection they immediately shared. “One day, we were on the same tour, and I was like, ‘We’re about to drive out to Lake Michigan, do you want to come?’ And she was like, ‘Yeah, let’s go,’” SZA recalled. “And then we just got drunk and hung out, and we kept doing that, and then our lives and careers progressed, and we kept talking and hanging out.”
The new song wouldn’t be the first time the pair have worked together, either. Back in 2023, SZA appeared on a revamped version of Lizzo’s 2022 hit “Special.” In May, Lizzo even crashed the stage during SZA and Lamar’s tour stop in Los Angeles to perform the track with her on stage.
The news comes after SZA and her co-headliner Lamar wrap the first leg of their 2025 Grand National Tour. Starting in July, the pair will begin performances across Europe — including shows in Paris, London, Barcelona and Rome — and close out their headline-making run with a set of shows in Australia this December.
Forrest Frank’s “Your Way’s Better” stalled the three-month reign of Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” on the monthly Top Gabb Music Songs chart when it reached No. 1 on the April 2025 tally, and now he’s joined Gaga and Mars as the only other act with a multi-month No. 1, reigning again on the May 2025 survey.
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Billboard has partnered with Gabb Wireless, a phone company for kids and teens, to present a monthly chart tracking on-demand streams via its Gabb Music platform. Gabb Music offers a vast catalog of songs, all of which are selected by the Gabb team to include only kid- and teen-appropriate content. Gabb Music streams are not currently factored into any other Billboard charts.
“Your Way’s Better” rules Top Gabb Music Songs for a second month, concurrent with the release of the song’s parent album, Child of God II, which debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200 dated May 24.
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The song has topped the Hot Christian Songs chart for the last five weeks (dating to May 24) and has reached a best so far of No. 61 on the all-format Billboard Hot 100. It ranks at No. 68 on the latest list.
“Your Way’s Better” is one of a whopping five Frank songs on the May 2025 Top Gabb Music Songs chart, thanks to a pair of debuts joining the three songs he already boasted on the ranking. “No L’s” and “B.I.G.” debut at Nos. 14 and 19, respectively, while “Drop!” reaches a new peak of No. 13 and “Up!,” a collaboration with Connor Price, remains at its No. 25 best.
Frank’s five songs on the ranking equals the record set by Imagine Dragons on the inaugural Top Gabb Music Songs list for October 2024 — though notably, while Frank has the No. 1 song, Imagine Dragons’ best that month was No. 16, with “Bones.”
Other moves on the latest chart include a three-spot leap for Alex Warren’s “Ordinary,” which reaches a new peak of No. 3 after its No. 6 debut on the April tally. “Ordinary” has spent two weeks so far at No. 1 on the Hot 100, beginning with the June 7 survey.
The only non-Frank debut of the week belongs to Morgan Wallen, whose “What I Want,” which features Tate McRae, starts at No. 11. It was also a No. 1 on the Hot 100, debuting atop the May 31 list.
See the full top 25 below.
Top Gabb Music Songs, May 2025
“Your Way’s Better,” Forrest Frank (=)
“Sorry I’m Here for Someone Else,” Benson Boone (=)
“Ordinary,” Alex Warren (+3)
“Beautiful Things,” Benson Boone (+1)
“Die With a Smile,” Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars (-1)
“APT.,” ROSE & Bruno Mars (-3)
“Love Somebody,” Morgan Wallen (=)
“Stargazing,” Myles Smith (+3)
“Slow It Down,” Benson Boone (+1)
“Pink Pony Club,” Chappell Roan (-2)
“What I Want,” Morgan Wallen feat. Tate McRae (debut)
“God’s Plan,” Drake (-3)
“Drop!,” Forrest Frank (+4)
“No L’s,” Forrest Frank (debut)
“Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma,” Luke Combs (=)
“Butterfly Effect,” Travis Scott (-2)
“Please Please Please,” Sabrina Carpenter (+1)
“Deja Vu,” Olivia Rodrigo (-5)
“B.I.G.,” Forrest Frank (debut)
“Face 2 Face,” Juice WRLD (-8)
“Heat Waves,” Glass Animals (+1)
“Stressed Out,” Twenty One Pilots (-6)
“Let You Down,” NF (+1)
“Too Sweet,” Hozier (-1)
“Up!,” Forrest Frank & Connor Price (=)
DROPS: “Nothing Else,” Forrest Frank feat. Thomas Rhett; “Pink Skies,” Zach Bryan; “Thick of It,” KSI feat. Trippie Redd
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“Mariah Carey’s latest hit is a great achievement, considering she is a legacy artist on the Billboard Hot 100. Out of her 50 career entries, 19 are No. 1s and, by the end of the year, she may hold the record for the longest-running No. 1, ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You.’
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“On a side note, Mariah has Hot 100 No. 1s in eras dominated by physical releases (1990s), digital distribution (2000s) and streaming (‘10s, ‘20s).”
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Lambs are smiling this week, as Carey claims her 50th Hot 100 hit, “Type Dangerous.”
The feat had Carey fans, and chart fans, noting the impressive percentage of her career entries that have gone to No. 1 or the top 10 on the Hot 100. With 50 making for easy math (phew), her 19 No. 1s translate to a 38% success rate in ruling the chart, while her 28 top 10s make for 56% of her charted titles hitting the top 10.
How do those numbers compare to others over the Hot 100’s nearly 67-year history?
Twenty-five acts have notched eight or more Hot 100 No. 1s. Among them, here’s a ranking of the artists with the highest rate of chart entries having hit No. 1, through the survey dated June 21.
Artist, Percentage of Hot 100 Entries Hitting No. 1:
George Michael, 42% (8 No. 1s of 19 total entries)
Mariah Carey, 38 (19 of 50)
The Beatles, 27.8 (20 of 72)
Whitney Houston, 27.5 (11 of 40)
The Supremes, 27 (12 of 45)
Phil Collins, 25.9 (7 of 27)
Bruno Mars, 25.7 (9 of 35)
Michael Jackson, 25.5 (13 of 51)
Katy Perry, 25 (9 of 36)
Janet Jackson, 24 (10 of 41)
Rihanna, 22 (14 of 63)
Bee Gees, 20.9 (9 of 43)
Madonna, 20.7 (12 of 58)
Paul McCartney, 19 (9 of 47)
Usher, 17 (9 of 53)
Stevie Wonder, 16 (10 of 63)
The Rolling Stones, 14 (8 of 57)
Elton John, 13 (9 of 71)
Beyoncé, 8.5 (9 of 106)
Ariana Grande, 8.4 (8 of 95)
Justin Bieber, 7.6 (8 of 105)
Elvis Presley, 6.4 (7 of 109)
The Weeknd, 6 (7 of 117)
Taylor Swift, 5 (12 of 264)
Drake, 4 (13 of 358)
George Michael reigns with the best percentage of Hot 100 hits reaching No. 1, at 42%. In baseball terms, that’s a Ted Williams-esque .420 batting average. Carey follows at a likewise Cooperstown-worthy .380.
Notably, Michael’s total covers only his solo Hot 100 hits, including Wham!’s “Careless Whisper,” on which he’s also listed as a solo featured artist. If rolling up the duo’s history — three No. 1s among nine entries — into his as a soloist, Michael would still rank first with a 39% rate of topping the Hot 100, just above Carey’s 38%.
Clearly, the relatively recent evolution of music consumption works against this stat, as Drake (4%), Taylor Swift (5%) and The Weeknd (6%) round out the ranking above. Unlike in prior eras, so-called album bombs have swelled certain acts’ totals of charted hits — and in a week that Swift holds the top 14 titles, only one can be No. 1. If anything, their placements on the list above make for a badge of honor, with Drake boasting a record 358 career entries and Swift, a runner-up 264.
How about artists’ rates of hitting the Hot 100’s top 10?
Again, in looking at the 25 artists with eight or more Hot 100 No. 1s, here’s a rundown of the acts with the highest frequencies to date of chart entries having hit the top 10.
Artist, Percentage of Hot 100 Entries Hitting the Top 10:
George Michael, 79% (15 top 10s of 19 total entries)
Janet Jackson, 65.9 (27 of 41)
Madonna, 65.5 (38 of 58)
Michael Jackson, 59 (30 of 51)
Whitney Houston, 58 (23 of 40)
Bruno Mars, 57 (20 of 35)
Mariah Carey, 56 (28 of 50)
Phil Collins, 52 (14 of 27)
Rihanna, 51 (32 of 63)
Paul McCartney, 48.9 (23 of 47)
The Beatles, 48.6 (35 of 72)
tie, The Supremes, 44.4 (20 of 45)
tie, Stevie Wonder, 44.4 (28 of 63)
Elton John, 41 (29 of 71)
The Rolling Stones, 14 (23 of 57)
Katy Perry, 39 (14 of 36)
Bee Gees, 34.8 (15 of 43)
Usher, 33.9 (18 of 53)
Justin Bieber, 25 (26 of 105)
Ariana Grande, 23.2 (22 of 95)
Elvis Presley, 22.9 (25 of 109)
Beyoncé, 22.6 (24 of 106)
Taylor Swift, 22.348 (59 of 264)
Drake, 22.346 (80 of 358)
The Weeknd, 17 (20 of 117)
George Michael again takes top honors, with a lofty 79% of the late singer-songwriter’s Hot 100 hits having reached the top 10. (His only four that didn’t: “Waiting for That Day,” No. 27 peak, 1991; the song’s B-side that became popular amid the Gulf War, “Mother’s Pride,” No. 46, 1991; “Somebody to Love,” with Queen, No. 30, 1993; and “Killer”/“Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone,” No. 69, 1993.)
As with his percentage of No. 1s, Michael would still rank first on the list above if factoring in Wham!, whose nine Hot 100 hits have resulted in seven top 10s — an almost identical high rate, 78%, to his 79% solo. It took some time for the totals to nearly align: Following its 1984 release, Wham!’s “Last Christmas” jingled to the top 10 at last in 2021, reaching a No. 3 best this past holiday season. (Michael is also two-for-two on songs named “Freedom.”)
Carey has the eighth-best rate of Hot 100 charted titles making the top 10, and the fourth-best among women, after Janet Jackson, Madonna and Whitney Houston, with all four driven largely by their sterling track records (of tracks, or records) in the ‘80s and/or ‘90s.
Two coincidences stand out above. Paul McCartney has hit the Hot 100’s top 10 with 48.9% of his solo entries on the chart, just a touch above the Beatles’ 48.6% showing. Meanwhile, it takes three decimal points for Swift (22.348%) to place just above Drake (22.346%) when it comes to their titles reaching the top 10.
One other act comes to mind regarding this research. Of the 307 artists with at least five Hot 100 top 10s, only one has perfect attendance in terms of all its entries on the chart having reached the top 10. In fact, all five hit the top five, and three ascended to No. 1 — “Baby Don’t Forget My Number,” “Girl I’m Gonna Miss You” and “Blame It on the Rain” all led, “Girl You Know It’s True” hit No. 2 and final charted single “All or Nothing” peaked at No. 4.
Milli Vanilli, thus, owns a unique slice of Hot 100 history, even if it’s somewhat owed to the abrupt end of its chart run. Perhaps the mark adds further shine to the pair, which in recent years has been looked upon much more kindly than when it was always a lock for the chart’s upper reaches.
Miley Cyrus came out of nowhere and didn’t give no warning when she made a surprise appearance at Beyoncé‘s Cowboy Carter concert at the Stade de France stadium in Paris on Thursday (June 19). The “Flowers” singer shared a video of the on her social media pages, showing the two vocal powerhouses delivering the live […]
Calum Hood, best known as the bassist for 5 Seconds of Summer, has officially made his solo breakthrough.
As a member of 5SOS, Hood has already topped the Australian charts five times, with all five of the group’s studio albums reaching No. 1 — from their self-titled debut in 2014 to 5SOS5 in 2022. With ORDER Chaos ORDER, Hood continues the band’s winning streak, this time as a solo artist.
The 29-year-old features in the latest issue of Rolling Stone AU/NZ, where he opened up about the band’s enduring creative engine. “The 5SOS cog in the music world never stops,” he said.
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“There’s always people dreaming up things — ‘What if we do this, what if we do that?’ So fear not, because there’s always something going on.”
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It’s a huge week for homegrown talent on the ARIA Albums Chart. Western Sydney drill group ONEFOUR entered at No. 2 with Look At Me Now, their first full-length release. Meanwhile, psych-rock veterans King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard debuted at No. 5 with Phantom Island, continuing a prolific streak that now includes 27 studio albums and 19 ARIA top 10 entries. Despite that, a No. 1 album still eludes the band.
“Three Aussie debuts in the Top 5 is an absolutely massive result,” ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd said in a statement. “Congratulations to ONEFOUR and King Gizz, but particularly to our new No. 1 Calum and his team for delivering a breakthrough hit album and proving that new Australian music absolutely can cut through.”
Elsewhere in the top 20, Spacey Jane’s third LP If That Makes Sense climbs 21-13 in its sixth charting week, as the band continues its Australian headline tour.
On the ARIA Singles Chart, California-based singer Alex Warren logs a 13th consecutive week at No. 1 with “Ordinary.” The track now ties for the fifth-longest reign in ARIA chart history. However, no Australian songs appear in the current top 50.
Lorde has dropped the “Hammer,” giving fans the final taste of her upcoming fourth album before its official arrival next week.
With Virgin scheduled for release on June 27, Lorde took to social media earlier this week to reveal that one final single would be dropping in the lead-up – joining the recently-released cuts “What Was That” and “Man of the Year.”
On Instagram Wednesday (June 18), Lorde explained that the new song would be titled “Hammer.” “First song on the album,” she wrote in her caption. “An ode to city life and horniness tbh.”
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Arriving on Friday (June 20), the euphoric new single features co-production by Lorde and Jim-E Stack, and launches with an electronic passage which has drawn similarities to Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” by some online commentators.
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Lyrically, the track also references Lorde’s previous comments surrounding the forthcoming recording, including that of rebirth, and also of her relationship toward gender – as evidenced in the line, “Some days I’m a woman, some days I’m a man.”
The line echoes the singer’s recent comments about fostering a close friendship with Chappell Roan in the past year, with the pair also discussing Lorde’s changing relationship with gender. “[Chappell Roan] asked me this … She was like, ‘So, are you nonbinary now?’” Lorde recalled.
“I was like, ‘I’m a woman except for the days when I’m a man,’” the singer continued. “I know that’s not a very satisfying answer, but there’s a part of me that is really resistant to boxing it up.”
Gender is one of several topics Lorde has promised to explore on Virgin, which drops June 27 via Republic Records featuring additional production from Fabiana Palladino, Andrew Aged, Buddy Ross, Dan Nigro and Dev Hynes of Blood Orange. The singer-songwriter has also said that the album was informed by her experiences with disordered eating, quitting birth control and breaking off a longterm relationship.
“THE COLOUR OF THE ALBUM IS CLEAR,” she described the project when announcing it back in April. “LIKE BATHWATER, WINDOWS, ICE, SPIT. FULL TRANSPARENCY. THE LANGUAGE IS PLAIN AND UNSENTIMENTAL. THE SOUNDS ARE THE SAME WHEREVER POSSIBLE. I WAS TRYING TO SEE MYSELF, ALL THE WAY THROUGH. I WAS TRYING TO MAKE A DOCUMENT THAT REFLECTED MY FEMININITY: RAW, PRIMAL, INNOCENT, ELEGANT, OPENHEARTED, SPIRITUAL, MASC.”
The release of “Hammer’ will also be accompanied by a Renell Medrano-directed music video, which will premiere via YouTube at 9am ET on Friday, June 20.
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