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Ariana Grande is rethinking what touring looks like as she heads into a new chapter of her career.
In a newly published conversation with Nicole Kidman for Interview magazine on Nov. 24, the singer and actress opened up about her upcoming Eternal Sunshine world tour, revealing that the run will be intentionally smaller than the massive global treks she’s mounted in the past.
“We’re doing a small amount compared to what I used to do back in the day. I think it’s 45 shows,” Grande said. “It’s not that small, but it’s at least half of what I used to do.”
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The 2026 tour follows her Billboard No. 1 album Eternal Sunshine, released earlier this year, and marks her return to full-scale live performance after stepping away from music to film the two-part Wicked movie franchise. That period, Grande said, played a transformative role in reshaping her relationship with fame, creativity and the pressures that accompany commercial success.
“I’ve just been healing my relationship to music and touring over the past couple of years,” she told Kidman, explaining that acting helped her reconnect with the joy of creating without the intensity that once accompanied her pop stardom. She described Eternal Sunshine as an album that allowed her to rebuild her process: “I think the time away from it helped me reclaim certain pieces of it and put certain feelings that maybe belonged to my relationship to fame… in a box somewhere else.”
Grande said her time playing Glinda in Wicked and Wicked: For Good helped her “take baby steps toward healing,” particularly around the anxiety she felt early in her pop breakout. “I think it just held some traumas for me before, and I feel those dissipating,” she said. “That is such an extraordinarily beautiful thing.”
She also reflected on how she has learned to detach from public commentary and criticism, saying that she now relies on meditation rather than internalizing negative reactions. “Should that dance have to be a part of being an artist,” she wondered, “or should that just be put in a box far away from me?”
Grande’s Eternal Sunshine tour will launch in June 2026 in Oakland, Cali., before heading through North America and Europe, concluding in London in late August.
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This month, Sabrina Carpenter said hello to Paul McCartney and goodbye to her Short n’ Sweet Tour.
In an Instagram post on Monday (Nov. 24) — one day after the pop star played her final show of the year-plus tour — the former Beatle shared a photo of himself and Carpenter in a backstage area at one of his concerts. In the snap, McCartney poses with an arm around the Gen Z star’s shoulders as she smiles at the camera.
In his caption, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer called his meet-up with Carpenter one of the “highlights” of his ongoing Got Back Tour. “best show ever,” the Girl Meets World alum commented on the post, which she reshared onto her Story.
Also on her Story, Carpenter reflected on wrapping her own tour in support of the Billboard 200-topping albums Short n’ Sweet and Man’s Best Friend, with her final show going down at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday (Nov. 23). “short n sweet tour for life,” she wrote, posting a photo of herself posing beneath the stage.
Carpenter added, “sorry for crying during espresso.”
The two-time Grammy winner definitely has cause to feel emotional. The close of Short n’ Sweet comes after she spent more than a year on the road, originally kicking off the trek in September 2024. She’s since completed two North American legs, plus a run of shows in Europe.
Midway through the tour, she dropped Man’s Best Friend, which features Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single “Manchild.” Along the way, she also made headlines numerous times for her series of “arrests” at shows, giving out fuzzy pink handcuffs to celebrity guests such as Millie Bobby Brown, SZA, Gigi Hadid, TWICE and, at the last show in L.A., Miss Piggy.
“You’re so funny, Miss Piggy, wow!” Carpenter said during the hilarious exchange with the Muppet. “You’re like the only celebrity I get nervous to be around. I’m getting really flustered … We’ve arrested so many beautiful individuals and I feel like tonight is your night.”
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Joni Mitchell is coming to the Junos.
The legendary singer/songwriter will receive a lifetime achievement award at the 2026 Juno Awards on March 29. The announcement was made at a media event in Hamilton, Ontario on Monday (Nov. 24). She’ll become just the third person to receive the honor, following executive Pierre Juneau (1989) and Anne Murray (2025).
“The distinction recognizes Joni Mitchell’s outstanding artistic contributions and enduring impact on global music culture,” the Junos share in a statement. “Mitchell, a four-time Juno Award winner and Companion of the Order of Canada, will be celebrated for her trailblazing artistry that has inspired generations of creators across genres.”
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The Canadian icon was recently honoured by the SOCAN Awards, but was not able to make the trip to Toronto for the awards, instead receiving a special ceremony at her home in Los Angeles. Due to health concerns, Mitchell rarely travels and has toured modestly since her 2022 comeback. The organizers of the Junos say she will be in Hamilton to receive the 2026 honour.
Mitchell has received many prestigious career accolades both in her native Canada and internationally. She was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1981 and received the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada’s highest honour in the performing arts, in 1996. In 2002 she was named a Companion of the Order of Canada, Canada’s highest civilian honour. In January 2007 she was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Mitchell received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy in 2002. She was named MusiCares Person of the Year in 2022. In 1995, Mitchell received Billboard‘s Century Award. In 1996, she was awarded the Polar Music Prize. In 1997, Mitchell was inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2020, she received the Les Paul Award, becoming the first woman to be so honoured. In 2021, Mitchell received the Kennedy Center Honors. In 2023, she was named by the Library of Congress as that year’s recipient of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.
In another announcement at the event, held at the just-opened TD Coliseum in downtown Hamilton, the site of the upcoming awards, global pop artist Nelly Furtado was named as an inductee into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, an honour she’ll accept at the 2026 Junos. A 10-time Juno winner and 2024 host, Furtado also has one Grammy and one Latin Grammy to her name and has sold more than 35 million albums worldwide.
The biggest cheers of the morning came when the parochial Hamilton attendees welcomed the news that hometown rock heroes Arkells will perform at the big show. The group has won nine Junos, while The Beaches, the other star rock act named as a performer, have won five trophies, including group of the year at the 2025 Juno Awards. The band were recently also named Billboard Canada’s Women of the Year 2025. Other artists to appear on the awards show will be named later.
Those speaking at the event included Juno host committee co-chairs Tim Potocic, head of Sonic Unyon and Supercrawl, and Ryan McHugh, manager of tourism & events for the city of Hamilton. In welcoming the Canadian music industry to Hamilton, Potocic declared that the Junos “mean that the whole music scene here gets electric for a whole week, and beyond. The spotlight is f— huge.”
Hamilton mayor Andrea Horwath and Stan Cho, the Ontario minister of tourism, culture and gaming were also at the announcement. After quoting a Luke Combs song lyric, Cho noted that the province is investing $1.5 million in the 2026 Junos. Horwath reiterated the commitment of Hamilton city council to support and strengthen the music community and declared that serving as Juno hosts “is another incredible moment for Hamilton.”
“We have a deeply rooted passion for music here,” she said. “It is part of who we are and the fabric of our city. Hamilton has nurtured generations of extraordinary performers, songwriters, producers and industry professionals.”
Allan Reid, president & CEO of CARAS/Juno Awards added that Hamilton has previously hosted six Juno Awards ceremonies, the most of any city other than Toronto, with 2026 marking the city’s return as host for the first time in a decade. “Hamilton has always been a city that lives and breathes music,” he said. “2026 is Hamilton’s Year of Music, and that is fitting for a city that may well host more independent musicians per capita than just about any other city in the world.”
On hand representing Oak View Group (owner of the new TD Coliseum) was senior VP and TD Coliseum general manager Nick DeLuco, while Chiefs of Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and Six Nations of the Grand River extended a welcome.
The Hamilton Junos host committee has set a target of raising $100K for MusiCounts, Canada’s music education charity associated with CARAS/The Juno Awards, with two-thirds of that figure already raised. In turn, the MusiCounts Industry Exchange program will bring together 10 educators and 10 emerging artists from the Hamilton area. The Junos will air live across Canada at 8 pm on CBC’s radio, TV and digital channels. Tickets go on sale Friday, November 28 at 10 am ET at ticketmaster.ca/junos
Additional reporting by Paul Grein.
This story originally appeared in Billboard Canada.
Trending on Billboard The show must go on, even during the holidays. On Monday (Nov. 24), Taylor Swift unveiled a collection of limited-edition holiday vinyl for The Life of a Showgirl — but Swifties better put the variants on their Christmas Wi$h Li$ts fast. With three new vinyl versions of Showgirl now listed under the […]
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As with all Billboard lists, we’ve made the Holiday 100 and checked it twice, as the ranking returns to Billboard’s charts menu. The survey ranks the top seasonal songs of all eras via the same formula used for the Billboard Hot 100, blending streaming, airplay and sales data.
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Mariah Carey‘s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” – which rises three spots to No. 8 on the Hot 100 – rules the Holiday 100 dated Nov. 29 for a 66th week of the chart’s 74 total weeks since the tally originated in 2011.
The only other Holiday 100 No. 1s to date: Justin Bieber’s “Mistletoe,” for a week in the 2011 holiday season; Pentatonix’s “Little Drummer Boy” (one, 2013) and “Mary, Did You Know?” (two, 2014); Ariana Grande’s “Santa Tell Me” (one, 2014); and Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” – which reigned for three weeks on both the Holiday 100 and Hot 100 in 2023, granting the legendary singer a gift 65 years in the making, following the song’s 1958 release.
Carey’s carol is up on the Holiday 100’s housetop with 15.7 million streams (up 14% week-over-week), 9.7 million airplay audience impressions (up 82%) and 1,000 sold (up 13%) in the United States Nov. 14-20, according to Luminate.
The song also boasts top honors on Billboard’s Greatest of All Time Holiday 100 Songs chart.
“When I wrote [it], I had absolutely no idea the impact the song would eventually have worldwide,” Carey marveled of “All I Want for Christmas Is You” in 2021. “I’m so full of gratitude that so many people enjoy it with me every year.”
Rounding out the Holiday 100’s top five are Wham!’s 1984 anthem “Last Christmas” — at a new No. 2 high; Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” (No. 3); Bobby Helms’ “Jingle Bell Rock,” from 1957 (No. 4); and Grande’s “Santa Tell Me” (No. 5).
Meanwhile, three songs reach the Holiday 100 for the first time: Gwen Stefani’s new Amazon Music original, “Shake the Snow Globe” (No. 76); Skillet’s “O Come, O Come Emmanuel,” also new this year (No. 79); and Lindsey Stirling’s “Carol of the Bells,” from 2017 (No. 82).
The entire latest Holiday 100, and all other seasonal charts — Top Holiday Albums, Holiday Streaming Songs, Holiday Airplay, Holiday Digital Song Sales, Holiday 100 Songwriters and Holiday 100 Producers — along with all additional rankings, will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Nov. 25.
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HUNTR/X’s “Golden,” from Netflix’s record-breaking animated movie KPop Demon Hunters, tops the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts for a 17th week each. The song became the first No. 1 on each list for the act, whose music is voiced by EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI, in July.
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Meanwhile, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” merrily makes its way back to the Global 200’s top 10 (18-6); RAYE adds her second top 10 on the chart with “Where Is My Husband!” (13-7), which also becomes her third top 10 on Global Excl. U.S. (13-5); and Olivia Dean notches her second Global 200 top 10 with “So Easy (To Fall in Love)” (14-8).
The Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.
Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.
“Golden” tops the Global 200 with 102.3 million streams (down 7% week-over-week) and 10,000 sold (down 14%) worldwide in the week ending Nov. 20.
The song has the third-longest command since the Global 200 began in September 2020. “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has ruled for 19 weeks since that December and Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” dominated for 18 weeks starting in September 2024.
Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” holds at No. 2 on the Global 200, after two weeks at No. 1 in October; Dean’s “Man I Need” rises a spot to a new No. 3 best; Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” falls 3-4, following 10 weeks on top beginning in May; and Swift’s “Opalite” keeps at No. 5, after hitting No. 2.
“All I Want for Christmas Is You” sleigh-rides 18-6 on the Global 200 with 39.4 million streams (up 28%) and 3,000 sold (up 23%) worldwide.
“Where Is My Husband!” jumps 13-7 on the Global 200, led by 35.1 million streams (up 14%) globally. RAYE earns her second top 10 on the chart, after “Escapism,” featuring 070 Shake, hit No. 7 in January 2023.
Plus, “So Easy (To Fall in Love)” flies 14-8 on the Global 200 (36.1 million streams, up 15%, worldwide). Dean, thus, charts both of her career top 10s on the ranking simultaneously.
“Golden” leads Global Excl. U.S. with 80.1 million streams (down 6%) and 6,000 sold (down 8%) beyond the U.S.
“Golden” ties for the second-longest No. 1 run on Global Excl. U.S., tying “Die With a Smile.” The songs trail only ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’ “APT.,” which led for 19 weeks in 2024 into this year.
“The Fate of Ophelia” repeats at No. 2 on Global Excl. U.S. after two weeks on top in October; “Man I Need” lifts 4-3 for a new high; and “Ordinary” slides 3-4 after eight weeks at No. 1 starting in May.
“Where Is My Husband!” bounds 13-5 on Global Excl. U.S. (28.3 million streams, up 14% outside the U.S.) It’s RAYE’s third top 10 on the chart, after “Escapism” (No. 6, January 2023) and “Prada,” with casso and D-Block Europe (No. 8, October 2023).
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Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” rules the Billboard Hot 100 for a seventh week, having led in each of its weeks on the chart so far.
Of Swift’s 13 career Hot 100 No. 1s, “The Fate of Ophelia” is her third to have ruled for at least seven weeks. It trails only “Anti-Hero” (eight, beginning Nov. 5, 2022) and ties “Blank Space” (seven, Nov. 29, 2014).
Meanwhile, “The Fate of Ophelia” is the first song to spend its first seven weeks on the Hot 100 at No. 1 since BTS’ “Butter” in June-July 2021. No song has led the chart longer consecutively from its debut since Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” was No. 1 in its first eight weeks in January-March 2021.
Elsewhere in the Hot 100’s top 10, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” returns to the region, making a three-place festive flight to No. 8. The modern classic, from 1994, has led for 18 total weeks dating to its first in 2019.
Check out the full rundown of this week’s Hot 100 top 10 below.
The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts (dated Nov. 29, 2025) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Nov. 25. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram. Plus, for all chart rules and explanations, click here.
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‘Ophelia’ Streams, Airplay & Sales
