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JoJo Siwa definitely has some complicated feelings about Miley Cyrus joking about her sexuality. The Dance Moms alum opened up about feeling judged by one of her idols in a post on Thursday (June 12).
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Sharing a throwback photo on Instagram of herself from her fifth birthday party — which was Miley-themed — Siwa wrote that the “Flowers” singer “is my day 1.” “I wasn’t sure how I felt about things for a couple of days,” she continued. “I don’t believe what Miley said at world pride was ill intended, honestly I think it was meant to be a joke, but just not very good one haha. Not what the world, or myself needs to hear any day of the week.”
The post comes five days after Cyrus — who identifies as pansexual and is in a relationship with musician Maxx Morando — quipped in a video that played during the WorldPride festival in Washington, “Alright, I’m going back in to get some more pretzels and find JoJo Siwa and bring her back out.”
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The clip was filmed inside a closet, implying that the Hannah Montana star was jokingly trying to say that Siwa no longer identifies as part of the LGBTQ community. In fact, the So You Think You Can Dance veteran still identifies as queer, despite what many on the internet have been saying about her new romance with Celebrity Big Brother costar Chris Hughes, before which Siwa had mostly publicly dated women as well as nonbinary partner Kath Ebbs.
But even though she felt hurt by Cyrus’ comment in the moment, Siwa says that everything is good between them. “I messaged miley light heartedly about it and she replied and said ‘All love. Always,’” wrote Siwa, also sharing a photo she snapped with MC at a past event. “Honestly the most beautiful thing I’ve learned in the last 5 years is that love is a gorgeous rainbow.”
“Don’t question yourself, don’t second guess yourself, just love,” Siwa added. “People judge no matter what, and it can be very hard, especially when it comes from someone you love, and look up to… but if you feel happy and content with yourself, that’s most important. You get one life… hold onto it, make it yours, find your happy, and love.”
The situation comes shortly after the internet went haywire over the “Karma” singer confirming her relationship with Hughes. “It’s not platonic anymore,” she told The Guardian on June 1.
Drama has also surrounded the timing of Siwa’s breakup from Ebbs — who said that her now-ex dumped them at the Big Brother wrap party — but the YouTuber shared her side of the story in a recent interview on Gyles Brandreth’s Rosebud podcast.
“I had all these realizations in my life, things that I wasn’t happy [with], and things that I was being OK with that I should never have been OK with,” she said. “I’m not happy, so I need to handle things, and I did very quickly once I got out of the [Big Brother] house. Over a little bit of time, I realized that I started to feel something for Christopher that I never intended to, but I couldn’t not feel. And I’m a very, very lucky girl because he was feeling the same thing.”
For a lot of people — Sabrina Carpenter included — the online drama surrounding her supposed part in Olivia Rodrigo‘s “Drivers License” love triangle drama feels like a lifetime ago.
But in 2021, the debacle was pretty much all anyone could talk about, with the internet casting the “Espresso” singer in the “other woman” archetype after actor Joshua Bassett reportedly broke up with his High School Musical: The Musical: The Series castmate to start dating Carpenter. It all stemmed from lyrics on Rodrigo’s Billboard Hot 100-topping debut single, on which she sings, “You’re probably with that blonde girl, who always made me doubt.”
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Years later, the Girl Meets World alum is far better known for her own chart-toppers such as “Please Please Please” following the success of her breakthrough 2024 album Short n’ Sweet, and Carpenter and Rodrigo have even been spotted looking friendly at events in the years since the drama unfolded. But in her Rolling Stone cover story published Thursday (June 12), the two-time Grammy winner shared what being the target of so many rumors taught her.
“All I knew was that it wasn’t going to stop me from doing what I loved, ever,” she told the publication. “That’s kind of how I’ve always felt. Sometimes, it’s about how you are able to be resilient. What that era taught me was to just trust myself, and trust that everything is going to work out the way it’s supposed to, and trust that relationships are put into your life for a reason. You might not see that in the moment, but you see it later.”
Noting that she “didn’t really intentionally” try to change public opinion of her post-“Drivers License,” Carpenter revealed whether or not she ever ruminates on that time period. “I don’t think about it, ever,” she deadpanned.
The “Taste” artist, who earlier in the story revealed that she sometimes wears a brown wig to disguise herself in public, jokingly added, “I’ve tried being brunette, and it didn’t look good on me, so this is what it is.”
It’s not the first time Carpenter has addressed what happened in 2021. She dropped the singles “Skin” and “Because I Liked a Boy” as presumed responses to feeling misunderstood by the public amid the criticism. She also told Billboard in October of that year, “It’s such a waste of time, because you’ll never know the truth.”
“That’s part of the fun of it, I guess,” she added at the time. “But at the same time, there are real people. I will say, that’s the hardest thing — trying to be truthful to yourself, make art that feels real and exciting, but then also knowing that [you’re writing] about humans going through what we’re all going through on a daily basis.”
The Rolling Stone interview comes just one day after Carpenter announced her new album, Man’s Best Friend, which follows the release of lead single “Manchild” earlier this month. The LP will drop Aug. 29, almost exactly one year after she released Short n’ Sweet.
It’s an unusually short break between albums nowadays, but as Carpenter pointed out in the cover story, her idols — from Dolly Parton to Linda Rondstadt — used to do the same thing back in the day. “They would release a 10-song album every year,” she said. “I’m like, ‘When did we stop doing that?’ Writers write, they make music, and they release music.”
“If I really wanted to, I could have stretched out Short n’ Sweet much, much longer,” Carpenter added. “But I’m at that point in my life where I’m like, ‘Wait a second, there’s no rules.’ If I’m inspired to write and make something new, I would rather do that. Why would I wait three years just for the sake of waiting three years? It’s all about what feels right. I’m learning to listen to that a lot more, instead of what is perceived as the right or wrong move.”
It’s been a week of “Weird Al” on Billboard.com. Our recent cover star and indie spirit award recipient comes to us at a fascinating place in his career, where despite having recorded only sporadically over the past decade, he’s in many ways at a career peak — culturally ubiquitous, about to embark upon the biggest […]
Love is in the air, and wedding bells are in the future. Dua Lipa has revealed that she’s engaged to Callum Turner.
Engagement rumors began to heat up around Christmas time last year when the British pop star was seen sporting a dazzling rock around her finger, but Dua Lipa confirmed that the Fantastic Beasts actor put a ring on it in an interview with British Vogue published on Thursday (June 12).
“Yeah, we’re engaged. It’s very exciting,” Dua said. “This decision to grow old together, to see a life and just, I don’t know, be best friends forever – it’s a really special feeling.”
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Turner got some help from the singer’s closest friends, as well as Dua’s sister, Rina, with designing the custom ring. “I’m obsessed with it,” Dua gushed about the diamond. “It’s so me. It’s nice to know the person that you’re going to spend the rest of your life with knows you very well.”
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For now, there’s no rush for wedding plans with the Grammy-winning star currently on a world tour and Turner shooting for a movie.
“I want to finish my tour, Callum’s shooting, so we’re just enjoying this period,” she explained. “I’ve never been someone who’s really thought about a wedding, or dreamt about what kind of bride I would be. All of a sudden, I’m like: ‘Oh, what would I wear?’”
Dua and Turner were first publicly linked in January 2024 when the couple was spotted together at an afterparty for the Masters of the Air premiere. The singer says they actually first met at The River Cafe in London after being introduced by the restaurant’s co-founder. Lipa explained that they had so many friends in common, and about a year later, they ran into one another at another restaurant, this time in Los Angeles.
By chance, they both had been reading the same book, Trust by Hernan Diaz, which made Dua feel they were “1,000 percent” destined to eventually be together.
Dua Lipa continues her Radical Optimism Tour with shows in Belgium before returning to London next week, when she’ll take over Wembley Stadium.
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The vocalist dropped her first-ever LP in 1990 and immediately became a chart-topping sensation.
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Paul McCartney has paid tribute to the late Brian Wilson, 82, whose death was announced on Wednesday (June 11), calling his songs “achingly special” and that “I loved him.”
Yesterday, news broke that the Beach Boys leader had died, but a cause and date of death has not yet been announced. A post on Wilson’s official Instagram account wrote, “We are at a loss for words right now. Please respect our privacy at this time as our family is grieving. We realize that we are sharing our grief with the world.”
Tributes have been shared by a number of musical greats who were inspired by Wilson’s songwriting genius, including Bob Dylan, Elton John, Questlove and more.
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On his Instagram account on Thursday (June 12), McCartney wrote, “Brian had that mysterious sense of musical genius that made his songs so achingly special. The notes he heard in his head and passed to us were simple and brilliant at the same time.”
He added, “I loved him, and was privileged to be around his bright shining light for a little while. How we will continue without Brian Wilson, ‘God Only Knows’. Thank you, Brian. – Paul.”
Wilson’s work on the seminal LP Pet Sounds (1966) was hugely influential on McCartney and The Beatles’ subsequent studio albums, particularly Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967). McCartney cited “God Only Knows” as one of “the best songs ever written” and in 2000, inducted Wilson into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Speaking during the ceremony, McCartney declared his admiration for Wilson’s work. “In the ’60s, particularly, he wrote some music that when I played it, it made me cry and I don’t quite know why. It wasn’t necessarily the words or the music, it’s just something so deep in it, that there’s only certain pieces of music that can do this to me… I think it’s a sign of great genius to be able to do that with a bunch of music and a bunch of notes. And this man, he deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, that’s for sure.
He added, “So thank you, sir, for making me cry. For having that thing you can do with your music – you just put those notes, those harmonies together, stick a couple of words over the top and you’ve got me, any day.”
Following the release of Pet Sounds, Wilson was increasingly impacted by mental health struggles and he was eventually diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder. In February 2024, it was announced that he was diagnosed with dementia. Wilson is survived by his daughters Carnie and Wendy from his 1964 marriage to Marilyn Rovell, as well as his five adopted children with his wife Melinda Ledbetter, who passed in early 2024. Read Billboard’s full obituary here.
Lorde was on the air with BBC Radio 1 recently — and unbeknownst at first to Gracie Abrams, Charli xcx and Chappell Roan, they were, too.
In a TikTok clip posted Wednesday (June 11), the New Zealand native played a hilarious game of “Sitting or Standing” on the English radio station, during which she was tasked with guessing whether a few of the famous friends in her contact list were on their feet or seated at that very moment before calling to check. Starting with the “That’s So True” singer, Lorde incorrectly bet that she would be sitting.
“I’m standing, should I sit?” a confused-sounding Abrams answered after picking up the phone, sweetly adding, “I love you.”
The Auckland native was 0 for 2 when she also guessed that the “Pink Pony Club” artist would be sitting down. “I’m so sorry, I’m on Radio 1, I’m doing this horrible show where they make me ask this ridiculous question,” a playfully frustrated Lorde explained to Roan after hearing her answer, to which the perplexed latter asked, “Wait, so is this on the radio?”
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When it came time to call Charli, the “Von Dutch” singer was immediately suspicious as Lorde asked whether she was sitting or standing. “What is happening?” she said warily. “I’m lying down.”
“I’m so hungover,” Charli drawled as the “Royals” singer laughed. “Oh, hi everyone. I can’t believe I’m on the radio like this.”
“You’re perfect,” Lorde responded. “Keep lying down, I love you. I owe you.”
The two-time Grammy winner has strong friendships with all three of the artists she called. In her April Billboard cover story, Abrams gushed that her pal is “like 800 years old inside … whenever we’re together, I feel my nervous system regulate differently,” while Roan said last year that Lorde reached out and gave her a list of advice for handling the “abusive” elements of fame.
Lorde’s relationship with Charli has been a little bumpier, with the two women going through a rough patch before publicly resolving their issues on the “Girl, So Confusing” remix supporting Charli’s Brat album. They would later team up to perform the track during Charli’s Coachella set earlier this year.
The “Green Light” artist is now gearing up to drop an LP titled Virgin on June 27, marking her first full-length in four years. So far, she’s shared two singles from the project: “What Was That” and “Man of the Year,” which has recently been taking flight on TikTok thanks to a trend that finds users posting screenshots of toxic messages sent by ex-boyfriends.
Also on Monday, Lorde hilariously reacted to the trend by posting a video of herself widening her eyes and shaking her head in disappointment. “These messages…….,” she wrote in her caption.
Watch Lorde call up Abrams, Roan and Charli on BBC Radio 1 and check out her “Man of the Year” TikTok below.
We caught up with Snoop Dogg, Ciara, Keke Palmer, Jermaine Dupri, and more on the red carpet of the 2025 BET Awards and found out their all-time favorite Mariah Carey song.
What’s your favorite Mariah Carey song? Let us know in the comments!
Keke Palmer: You’ll always see my baby
Snoop Dogg: I would be like “Mariah. You know, when I was in jail, ‘Vision of Love,’ we used to sit around waiting for that video to come on. I can’t believe I did a song with you.”
Ciara: Oh my gosh, there’s so many hits.
Lauren-Ashley Beck: Mariah Carey is being nominated for an icon award this evening, what is your favorite Mariah Carey song?
Amerie: My favorite? “We Belong Together.”
Lucky Daye: I like the one she did with. Uh, is it Ol’ Dirty Bastard.
Oh yes, I can see the music video.
Ciara: That right there, by far, is one of the most timeless records that is special.
Jermaine Dupri: “My All.” I know y’all thought I was gonna say one of my songs.
We did.
Jermaine Dupri: She knows that’s my song. Yeah, I love that song. I wish I would have made that song,
We gotta get you on the stage. Okay, that was amazing. I have chills, actually.
Amerie: That’s my son’s favorite Christmas song. He actually liked it outside of Christmas, but he just started dancing and running around. Yeah, it’s just great, like she created a new classic.
Thanks to their iconic catalog of sun-soaked anthems that could seemingly melt the coldest of climates, the Beach Boys boast one of the most accomplished histories ever on the Billboard Hot 100.
The Beach Boys debuted on the Hot 100 dated Feb. 17, 1962, at No. 93, with “Surfin.” That October, their second entry, “Surfin’ Safari,” reached No. 14, marking their first of 35 top 40 hits.
The band kept catching waves to higher Hot 100 crests, with “Surfin’ U.S.A.” becoming its first of 15 top 10s, hitting No. 3 in May 1963.
“I Get Around” became the Beach Boys’ first Hot 100 No. 1 on July 1964. They reigned again with “Help Me, Rhonda” in May 1965, “Good Vibrations” in December 1966 and “Kokomo” in November 1988. With its lattermost leader, the band set two records at the time: It established the longest span of No. 1s for any act (24 years and four months) and closed the longest gap between trips to the top (21 years and 10 months).
Notably, Brian Wilson was not a part of the recording of “Kokomo.” As reported June 11, the founding member and essential creative force of the band passed away at age 82. Along with the group’s 55 Hot 100 hits logged through 1989, he charted one solo entry: “Caroline, No” rose to No. 32 in April 1966. (He was also the title subject of a Hot 100 hit: Barenaked Ladies’ “Brian Wilson” reached No. 68 in 1998.) “I am proud that I have weathered not just one storm, but a lifetime of storms,” Wilson mused to Billboard in 2015. “Proud that I have stuck with my music and musical convictions. And proud — really proud — to have proven stronger than many imagined me to be.”
The Beach Boys’ Hot 100 history has expanded in recent years thanks to its 1963 classic “Little Saint Nick.” In both the 2023 and 2024 holiday seasons, the carol jingled to a No. 25 high, the band’s best rank since “Kokomo” in December 1988.
The Beach Boys have also continued to chart new music this century. In June 2012, That’s Why God Made the Radio cruised onto the Billboard 200 at its No. 3 peak, marking their 14th and most recent top 10 album – and their highest placement on the chart in 38 years.
In honor of the group’s beloved songs that make it feel like an endless summer when listening any day of the year, count down the Beach Boys’ 40 biggest Hot 100 hits below. Beyond their highest-charting entries — which helped lead to the band’s induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 and a lifetime achievement award from the Recording Academy in 2001 — the ranking includes favorites whose legacies have outpaced the reach of their original runs, such as “God Only Knows” (a perhaps surprising, in retrospect, No. 39 peak) and “Don’t Worry Baby” (No. 24).
The Beach Boys’ Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits chart is based on actual performance on the weekly Hot 100 chart from its Aug. 4, 1958, inception, through June 14, 2025. Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. 100 earning the least. Due to changes in chart methodology over the years, eras are weighted to account for different chart turnover rates over various periods.
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The Contenders is a midweek column that looks at artists aiming for the top of the Billboard charts, and the strategies behind their efforts. This week, for the upcoming Billboard Hot 100 dated June 21, we look at the chances of Sabrina Carpenter’s new single to enter atop the Hot 100 – and the competition it faces from Alex Warren’s reigning champ.
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Sabrina Carpenter, “Manchild” (Island/Republic): When “Ordinary” was revealed as the No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 a couple weeks ago, rocketing past all three Morgan Wallen songs that had moved above it in the top three the week before, it looked like it might have a relatively clear path to rule the chart for a long time. Then, last Tuesday (June 3), an announcement came that made it clear its competition would soon be stiffer than expected: Sabrina Carpenter, one of the decade’s biggest breakout pop stars, would be returning with a brand new single.
“Manchild,” written and produced by Carpenter along with the dream team behind her first Hot 100 No. 1, “Please Please Please” — Jack Antonoff and Amy Allen – debuted on Thursday night (June 5) after just a few days of teasing. The song, packed with the hooks and humor that elevated Carpenter to superstar status during her Short n’ Sweet era, also came with an (at times literally) explosive new video seemingly custom-designed for screengrab memes. It got off to a similarly incendiary start on streaming, bowing atop the Spotify Daily Top Songs USA chart with about twice the streams of the No. 2 song.
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Those streaming numbers fell significantly over the weekend, but have rebounded slightly over the week, and now look to portend a very strong showing for “Manchild” on DSPs. Whether it will be enough to help the song capture the Hot 100’s top spot is another matter – particularly as it gets started on radio, where it’s off to a solid start, even threatening a Radio Songs chart debut in its first week, but obviously lags behind Carpenter’s enduring 2024 hits “Espresso” and “Taste,” which still have a fairly considerable presence on the airwaves.
It will help “Manchild” that the song is selling fairly well, having spent most of the past four days in the top five of iTunes’ real-time chart. It even returned to No. 1 following the Tuesday discounting of the song to 69 cents – which, along with a vinyl single now available for purchase on her webstore (including the exclusive B-side “inside of your head when you’ve just won an argument with a man”), would seem to indicate that Carpenter’s team likely feels like the No. 1 is within reach. It should be a close race regardless, and may come down to the final days – if not the final hours – of tracking-week consumption.
Alex Warren, “Ordinary” (Atlantic): After capturing the top spot on the Hot 100 two weeks ago, “Ordinary” shows no real signs of slowing down, as its radio play continues to rise – up 8% in all-format airplay June 6-9, according to Luminate — and streaming and sales both remain highly stable. Despite its follow-up, the Jelly Roll collab “Bloodline,” debuting last week, it doesn’t seem like Alex Warren‘s new song has sapped any of the “Ordinary” momentum, as the latter remains the early Song of the Summer frontrunner.
Even if “Manchild” does manage to topple it on next week’s chart, “Ordinary” has the consistent cross-platform success to challenge for the top spot for many weeks still to come – and could take back over from Carpenter’s latest almost immediately, once the first-week streaming and sales numbers from the latter inevitably recede in week two. And Warren announced last week that the release of new set You’ll Be All Right, Kid (Pt. 2) will arrive on July 18, and likely further extend the prominence of “Ordinary” even deeper into the summer.
Morgan Wallen, “What I Want” (feat. Tate McRae) & “Just in Case” (Mercury/Big Loud/Republic): Speaking of songs still growing on radio, both of Morgan Wallen’s top-performing songs on the Hot 100 are also continuing to make their presence increasingly felt on the radio: Country radio single “Just in Case” climbs 38-37 on Radio Songs this week is up 7% in all-format play June 6-9, while the Tate McRae-featuring “What I Want,” being promoted to pop, surges 37%. The problem, as always with Morgan, is himself: Older hits “I’m the Problem,” “Love Somebody” and even his spring 2024 Post Malone collab “I Had Some Help” are still outperforming the rising songs across radio formats, and Wallen may need to be patient with those songs’ slow demises on the airwaves before those newer songs can fully take over.
