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It may have been months since their concurrent Wicked and Emilia Pérez awards cycles ended, but Selena Gomez is still in Ariana Grande‘s corner.
In a sweet post to Instagram Stories on Friday (May 23), the Rare Beauty founder reshared a video from February’s Santa Barbara International Film Festival — featuring Gomez hugging the “Yes, And?” singer from behind and giving her a kiss on the shoulder by the red carpet — and shared some kind words for her friend. “I’m reminded that women can always be supportive of each other,” the Only Murders in the Building actress wrote.
Gomez also added, “I love you Ari.”
The two former child actresses bonded this past year as both of their onscreen projects — Grande played Glinda in Wicked while Gomez starred as Jessi in Emilia Pérez — were nominated in many of the same awards categories in 2025. At the Academy Women’s Luncheon in December, the pair sat next to each other and gushed about their blossoming friendship.
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“I really love watching this moment happen for Selena,” the Victorious alum told Variety at the time of Gomez’s then-recent Golden Globes nomination. “I know how hard she’s worked and how long she’s waited. I recognize that, because it resonates with me, so I know that feeling. So when you can reach out to your friends in the industry and say, ‘Great work, congratulations,’ why not do it? I don’t know Selena as well as I wish I did, so I’m excited to sit next to her today.”
“Ariana texted me and it was the sweetest note and it was about six in the morning,” Gomez added, noting that Grande was one of the first people to congratulate her. “We sent each other voice messages. It was very exciting.”
The “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)” musician is currently gearing up to do the Wicked promo and awards cycle all over again, with the November premiere of Part 2 getting closer and closer each day. Earlier in May, Universal shared For Good‘s first official poster as well as a release date for the sequel’s trailer: June 4, when the first film will return to theaters for one night only in the United States and Canada.
For Gomez, the focus shifted to music after the Emilia Pérez fanfare wrapped, with the star releasing a joint album with fiancé Benny Blanco. Titled I Said I Love You First, the project reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200.
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As spring is winding down, Alex Warren and Jelly Roll, Joe Jonas and more are heating things up with new music released this past week. Nearly a month after debuting the song live during the TikToker’s guest appearance at the “Son of a Sinner” musician’s Stagecoach set in April, the twosome have dropped new duet […]
Sheryl Crow unfurled her new single “I Know” on Friday (May 23) in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month. On the tender ballad, the nine-time Grammy winner lays out the importance of empathy and connection as she sings, “But maybe I could hold your hand/ And count the teardrops as they flow/ And promise never […]
Alex Warren is closing in on chart history as “Ordinary” hits a 10th consecutive week at No. 1 on the U.K.’s Singles Chart dated May 23. By heading into double-figures, he now matches Harry Styles’ “As It Was” (2022), Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” (2023) and Dave and Central Cee’s “Sprinter”(2023) as one of the U.K.’s longest […]
Miley Cyrus isn’t above making sacrifices for her art. While guesting on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Friday (May 23), the pop star revealed that she caught a “brutal” infection in her leg after filming a not-so-hygienic scene for her upcoming Something Beautiful film — resulting in a condition that was so nasty, even her doctors were grossed out.
As seen in some of the previews for Something Beautiful — the accompanying visual to Cyrus’ fast-approaching album of the same name — the musician at one point rolls around on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the film. But while breaking down the scene for Kimmel, Cyrus revealed that she didn’t have the budget to rent out the iconic strip, so she simply went and filmed there in the middle of the night — meaning there was no time or opportunity for her team to clean the ground on which countless people tread day in and day out, before she fully subjected herself to any germs and bacteria on the premises while shooting.
About a month later, the Grammy winner says she had to go to the ICU because her “leg began to disintegrate” around her knee. “The doctor goes, ‘Do you have any idea why you would have such a brutal infection on your kneecap?’” she said, noting that her mind immediately flashed back to writhing around on the unspeakably dirty Walk of Fame.
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“To have a surgeon look at you and say, ‘Yuck,’” Cyrus continued as audience members laughed. “Like, they open up cadavers, they see inside the guts of humans, and they’re looking at me telling me I’m disgusting.”
Fans can check out a snippet of the scene in question in trailers for Something Beautiful, but they won’t get to see the full thing until the film premieres in theaters for one night only on June 12 in the United States and Canada, and June 27 worldwide. The album itself drops May 30, with Cyrus unveiling the tracklist — featuring collaborations with Brittany Howard and Naomi Campbell — earlier in May.
Cyrus’ conversation with Kimmel comes just one day after her sit-down with Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe went live, featuring the Hannah Montana alum getting candid about her sobriety. “I’ve learned this about myself over the years,” she said in the interview. “The sobriety is like, that’s like my God. I need it, I live for it. I mean that it’s changed my entire life.”
She also opened up about why winning her first-ever Grammys — best pop solo performance and record of the year for Billboard Hot 100-topping hit “Flowers” — in 2024 was a “healing” experience for her. “I think somewhere inside of me, I needed maybe to hold a trophy and just feel for a moment that I have something that I can hold in my hands that feels like a true achievement,” she told Lowe.
Also on Kimmel, Cyrus performed “More to Lose,” one of the singles off Something Beautiful. The album has also been led by “Prelude,” “End of the World” and its title track.
Watch Cyrus’ full Jimmy Kimmel Live interview above.
Alex Warren, whose hit ballad “Ordinary” has spent the last three weeks at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 – and the last nine weeks at No. 1 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart – is set to perform on the 2025 American Music Awards, Billboard can exclusively reveal.
The 51st AMAs are set to “kick off summer” from the Fontainebleau Las Vegas on Monday, May 26. The show will air live coast-to-coast at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS and stream on Paramount+ in the U.S.
This will be Warren’s first awards show performance, though a performance on the finale of the Netflix series Love Is Blind on March 9 is credited with giving “Ordinary” a critical boost. Warren is considered a likely Grammy contender for best new artist. The nominations for the 68th annual Grammy Awards will be announced later this year.
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Warren, 24, is one of three performers announced for the AMAs so far who are in their 20s, along with Benson Boone, 22, and Reneé Rapp, 25.
Jennifer Lopez will host the show for the second time. Sir Rod Stewart is set to receive a lifetime achievement award. Janet Jackson is set to receive an ICON Award. All three of these artists will also perform on the show, along with Gwen Stefani, Gloria Estefan, Lainey Wilson and Blake Shelton.
The American Music Awards is the world’s largest fan-voted awards show. Tickets to the show are available now on Ticketmaster.
Kendrick Lamar leads this year’s AMA contenders with 10 nominations, followed closely by Post Malone with eight nods, and Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan and Shaboozey, with seven each.
Nominees are based on key fan interactions – as reflected on the Billboard charts – including streaming, album and song sales, radio airplay and tour grosses. These measurements are tracked by Billboard and Luminate, and cover the data tracking eligibility period of March 22, 2024, through March 20, 2025.
Fan voting is now closed, with the exception of collaboration of the year and social song of the year, which will remain open for web voting through the first 30 minutes of the AMAs broadcast via VoteAMAs.com.
The AMAs and Easy Day Foundation, a Las Vegas-based nonprofit organization committed to helping veterans transition to civilian life, will partner to present several in-show moments that celebrate veterans while raising funds for a variety of national and local organizations.
The American Music Awards are produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a joint venture between Eldridge Industries and Billboard parent company Penske Media.
On Friday (May 23), 13 artists were presented with iHeartRadio Titanium Awards for reaching 1 billion spins of their songs across iHeartRadio stations in 2025 — and Billboard can exclusively reveal the new honorees. Artists that reached the milestone include: Benson Boone with “Beautiful Things”; David Guetta and Bebe Rexha with “I’m Good (Blue)”; Doja […]
Miley Cyrus brought raw vulnerability to Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday (May 22), performing her latest single “More to Lose” in a striking, emotionally-charged moment on the late-night stage.
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Wearing a dark hooded coat and surrounded by a live band and string ensemble, the Grammy winner delivered a stirring rendition of the song beneath dramatic spotlights, echoing the somber, cinematic visuals from the track’s music video released earlier this month.
“On a song like ‘More to Lose,’ I try to keep it a singular take,” Cyrus previously explained in a video shared to Instagram. “I add my harmonies, ad-libs at the end, but it’s really a song that’s more of a story and I never want that to be interrupted or overthought or chasing perfection.”
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“I never wanted More to Lose to feel perfect, I wanted it to sound meaningful and emotional,” she added.
The performance arrives just one week before the release of Something Beautiful, Cyrus’ highly anticipated ninth studio album, due May 30. The record is led by “More to Lose,” April’s “End of the World,” and recent tracks “Prelude” and the album’s title track. It also features collaborations with Naomi Campbell and Brittany Howard.
The pop star is set to debut a visual album companion to Something Beautiful at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 6. Described as “a one-of-a-kind pop opera,” the film is directed by Cyrus with Jacob Bixenman and Brendan Walter.
In a recent interview with Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe, Cyrus reflected on her journey to self-acceptance and sobriety — and how it shaped this new creative era. “The sobriety is like, that’s like my God. I need it, I live for it,” she said. “It’s changed my entire life.” Her 2023 smash “Flowers,” which earned her her first-ever Grammys, served as the breakthrough. “It was some sort of key right into the lock of all healing,” she added.
With Something Beautiful, Cyrus continues that journey — and if “More to Lose” is any indication, she’s not shying away from the parts that hurt.
Joe Jonas released his long-awaited sophomore solo album, Music For People Who Believe in Love, on Friday (May 23) via Republic Records. Preceded by singles “Work It Out,” “What This Could Be” and “Heart By Heart,” the studio set arrives nearly a decade and a half after the Jonas Brothers heartthrob’s first solo offering with […]
