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Alex Warren has achieved a rare chart feat on the U.K.’s Official Singles Chart with his song “Ordinary” (May 16).
With its ninth week at No. 1, he is now the longest-running U.S. male solo chart-topper in over 70 years, surpassing Elvis Presley in the process. The King had an eight-week stay at the summit in 1960 with “It’s Now or Never,” one of 21 No. 1 singles in the U.K.
Florida-born artist Slim Whitman earned an 11-week stint at the top spot in 1955 with “Rose Marie,” the title track from the 1954 western epic starring Ann Blyth and Howard Keel.
In its 13th week on the Billboard Hot 100, “Ordinary” is now up to No. 2, closely trailing Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther,” which has had a 12-week stay at the summit. “Ordinary” has also hit the top spot on the Global 200 for a second consecutive week.
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Speaking to Billboard in January, Warren discussed using challenging moments in his personal life, including the passing of both of his parents and his stint of homelessness, in his material.
“I recently started doing this thing where I write about those [experiences], and I try to take control in a way,” he said. “For me, something really beautiful is taking something so sad and dark, and what most would view as something that ruined their life, and turn it into something that can help people.”
The remainder of the top five remains relatively unchanged with Ravyn Lenae’s “Love Me Not” (No. 2), Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club” (No. 3), and WizTheMC and Bees & Honey’s “Show Me Love” (No. 4) all maintaining their positions from last week.
Sombr’s breakout hit “Undressed” is in the top five for the first time (No. 5), up one place from the previous week, while his song “Back to Friends” also rises three spots to No. 12.
The week’s highest new entry comes from Calvin Harris and Clementine Douglas, as their collaboration “Blessings” lands at No. 8. The feat gives Harris his 45th top 10 hit.
Barbra Streisand has recruited Paul McCartney to join forces for a new version of his 2012 single “My Valentine,” which was released Friday (May 16) via Columbia Records. “What if it rained? We didn’t care/ He said that someday soon the sun was gonna shine/ And he was right, this love of mine/ My valentine,” […]
Kelly Clarkson kicked off The Kelly Clarkson Show on Thursday (May 15) by performing “Still Bad” with help from Lizzo herself.
The R&B star opened the number with Clarkson ably handling harmony duty on the first verse before the pair launched into the track’s celebratory chorus in unison, singing, “I don’t need him, I need a drink/ Let’s turn this pain into some champagne, baby/ Like cheers, bi—, it’s been a day/ Might take that last flight out to Vegas, what y’all think?”
For the second verse of the breakup anthem, Lizzo cedes the floor to the talk show host with a tossed-off “Tell ’em, Kelly!” At which point America’s original idol swaggers, “Plot twist: I’m doing great/ I make that been-through sh– look sexy anyway/ I don’t need him, I need to throw ass, been a minute/ Break fast with my bi—es/ Real love, real life, damn, I’ve been missing.”
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“Still Bad” serves as the latest single from Lizzo’s upcoming fifth studio album, Love in Real Life, which is set to drop sometime later this year. The project was also preceded by the title track as its swinging, rock-infused lead single. Meanwhile, Clarkson just unveiled her new single “Where Have You Been.”
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This week’s batch of episodes on The Kelly Clarkson Show have been filled with special musical numbers beyond the host’s usual daily Kellyoke picks, including in-studio performances by Ledisi, Sierra Hull and Operation Mincemeat star Jak Malone, as well as appearances by Bernadette Peters, Darren Criss, Blake Shelton, Anna Kendrick and more.
Watch Lizzo and Kelly duet on “Still Bad” below.
Lola Young’s “Messy” makes a clean sweep across three Billboard airplay charts, tying a regal hit from more than a decade earlier for a rare achievement. “Messy” rises two places to No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult Pop Airplay chart (dated May 24). The song tops a third individual-format radio ranking, after it led Pop Airplay […]
LISA and Tyla unveiled the scorching music video for their collaborative single, “When I’m With You,” on Friday (May 16).
As the Olivia De Camps-directed visual opens, the onset of a heatwave is announced over the radio promising “the hottest summer ever recorded.” The two international stars trade lines on the first verse, — LISA fanning herself from the comfort of a lounge chair and Tyla hanging with friends at a salon — before coming together to dance through the song’s chorus.
Later, a shirtless Mason Gooding makes an appearance during the second verse, flirting poolside with LISA as she raps, “Quick trip, won’t wait and I’m there for you/ Good girl, I’ll dare, but I’m bad for you/ Elevate my space and my bed for you/ Anyways, any day, I’ll make plans for you.”
Eventually, the video culminates with the K-pop idol and South African Grammy winner taking a dip in the pool during the song’s chant-ready outro, singing, “You must be outta your, outta your, outta your mind/ Can’t tell me nothing ’bout, nothing ’bout, nothing ’bout mine.”
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“When I’m With You” is the latest track off LISA’s debut solo album, Alter Ego, to get the music video treatment following lead single “Rockstar,” Rosalía collab “New Woman,” “Moonlit Floor (Kiss Me),” the Doja Cat and RAYE-assisted “Born Again” and “FUTW,” which featured the Thai superstar stepping into the shoes of her alter ego, VIXI.
The studio set debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 upon its March release, and since then, LISA has brought Alter Ego to Coachella and walked the carpet of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for her very first Met Gala.
Meanwhile, Tyla dropped her latest single, “Bliss,” earlier this month, just days before also making a splash on the Met Gala carpet in a pinstripe Jacquemus suit. Next, she’s set to host the 2025 Kids Choice Awards on June 21.
Watch LISA and Tyla’s “When I’m With You” video below.
At first blush, Rihanna’s “Friend of Mine” does not sound like a single from a kids movie. Unlike the superstar’s previous soundtrack work for films like Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Home, which tended to veer toward sweeping pop balladry, “Friend of Mine” is a thumping club track, with Rihanna’s voice positioned as an elliptical refrain over a house beat.
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Jon Bellion, who co-wrote and co-produced the track last year, was initially surprised to hear that the song would be featured in the upcoming Smurfs film, in which Rihanna is voicing Smurfette. Then he considered the sonic profile of “Friend of Mine,” and understood its mass appeal. “From a product standpoint, I don’t think you get such major chords and such a positive [message] over a dance record that doesn’t sound like a kids movie too often,” he tells Billboard. “So when do you nail the feel-good, family-friendly, high-taste, deep ‘90s nostalgia, that can also be played into the kids movie? Shoot it out into the world!”
That’s exactly what Rihanna did on Friday (May 16) with “Friend of Mine,” which precedes the Smurfs soundtrack (out June 13 through Roc Nation Distribution) and her star turn in the Smurfs film (in theaters July 18). Three years after her last music release, Rihanna has offered “Friend of Mine” as a long-awaited check-in with fans, and an unexpected song of the summer bid.
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The song came together during one of Bellion’s writing camps at his vacation home in the Hamptons last summer, with the studio veteran producing the song with Pete Nappi and Fallen, and all three receiving co-writing credits along with Elijah Noll, Elkan, Tenroc and Rihanna. That group of writers and producers are part of Beautiful Mind Projects, Bellion’s management, publishing and label company, and Bellion — who’s helped artists like Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus and Maroon 5 score pivotal hits in recent years — says that the energy heard on “Friend of Mine” is a reflection of his collective’s collaborative spirit.
“It was a bunch of people having a blast, doing a music camp together, jamming on some DJ s–t and playing chords and just having fun,” he says. “And I think that that’s probably why it ended up sounding so new. It just felt like a natural thing, with a bunch of guys who like being around each other and want to make great s–t.”
“Working with [Jon] is always exciting because you know you’re going to walk away with a real song,” the producer Fallen, who’s also worked with artists like Doja Cat and Summer Walker, tells Billboard in a statement. “He sees things through. He’s the kind of person who will spend an entire week on a single track if that’s what it takes. We spent about three days on ‘Friend of Mine,’ just refining and dialing it in. Coming from the hip-hop world, I’m used to making five songs in a single session, so this level of detail was new for me. But it’s been the most valuable lesson I’ve learned working with him.”
One of Bellion’s earliest hits as a co-writer was “The Monster,” the 2013 smash from Eminem and Rihanna that topped the Hot 100 chart for four weeks. In the decade-plus since that breakthrough, he’s stayed in touch with Rihanna’s team, and says that he’s contributed “a couple songs” to her camp over the years that have yet to be released.
Considering that Rihanna’s output has been scant since her 2016 album ANTI, Bellion was uncertain that “Friend of Mine” would see the light of day, but the spontaneity of the track’s creation stood out in his mind when it came together last year. “The song is raw — like, she didn’t really mix it further than the two track that we sent out,” he says. “We [sent] it out, and I had it on my phone for a few days, and I just remember, every morning I’d wake up listening to it. I’d listen to it in the shower, like, ‘This is kind of jamming!’”
Bellion couldn’t recall another Rihanna single that sounded quite like “Friend of Mine” — and he says that, at some point after the song was finished, the realization hit him that unexplored territory was exactly what she had been searching for. “She’s not looking for ‘We Found Love 2.0,’ or ‘Work 2.0,’” he says. “The arrangement and the feel feels all very new — very cutting-edge, in front of what the next wave will be, because she usually tries to do that every time she puts something out.”
“Friend of Mine” arrives shortly before Bellion’s third studio album, Father Figure, is released on June 6; the project marks his first solo full-length in seven years, and features guest turns from Luke Combs, Pharrell Williams and Jon Batiste. While Father Figure includes deeply personal reflections on fatherhood and its challenges, Bellion is glad that “Friend of Mine” has arrived a few weeks beforehand, to give him a chance to pull off something he has yet to accomplish professionally.
“My whole career, I’ve wanted [a song] that plays at all the events — all the baby showers and sweet sixteens and wedding and Bar Mitzvahs,” Bellion says with a laugh. “I don’t think I’ve ever really had one of those, so it feels great, and hopefully it does well.”
Morgan Wallen has his sister, Ashley, to thank for his new collaboration with pop star Tate McRae.
The country star and Canadian singer pair for the shimmering “What I Want,” about two broken hearts who find solace in each other, if only temporarily, on Wallen’s new album, I’m the Problem, which came out Friday (May 16).
“My sister turned me on to Tate and her music a few years ago and I’ve been a fan ever since,” Wallen tells Billboard. “She is a true pop star, a prolific songwriter and is also an extremely underrated vocalist.”
It turns out this duet has been a few years in the making. “We have known each other for a couple years and have been talking about doing a song together if the right one came about,” Wallen continues.
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“What I Want” wasn’t originally intended to be a duet, “but after listening to it a few times, she kept coming to my mind as someone that would really give the song a dynamic element that I felt it deserved,” Wallen says. He co-wrote the track with McRae, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Ryan Vojtesak, John Byron and Joe Reeves.
Wallen has long wanted to record a duet with a woman, but was being very selective. In a Billboard interview at the end of 2023, the country star said, “I’ve reached out to a couple of people, and they’ve turned me down.” He declined to name names. “I just really want certain people, and I haven’t gotten the chance to do it yet. I’m going to keep trying to write songs for it or write with them.”
Wallen has released a number of successful collaborations with male artists, including “I Had Some Help,” his massive hit with Post Malone, as well as songs with Eric Church, Chris Stapleton, Florida Georgia Line and rapper Lil Durk. In addition to McRae, the new album also includes duets with Church, HARDY, ERNEST and Post Malone.
Like Wallen’s, McRae’s career is on fire. She earned her first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 earlier this year with So Close To What, which came out Feb. 21. She is on a worldwide Miss Possessive arena tour that comes to the U.S. in August.
Travis Kelce flew solo at Patrick Mahomes’ charity auction Thursday night (May 15), but Taylor Swift‘s presence was still felt — especially during one hilarious moment when the Kansas City Chiefs tight end withdrew his bid on a guitar signed by his superstar girlfriend.
In a clip filmed by one attendee of the 15 and the Mahomies Foundation’s Golf Classic gala in Las Vegas, Kelce stands near his table with his bidding paddle in hand as an auctioneer fields offers on an acoustic guitar autographed by Swift. As the asking bid rises, the New Heights podcaster changes his mind and withdraws from pursuing the item, quipping, “I just realized I have that already.”
As Kelce sits back down with a cheeky grin, Mahomes — who stands nearby — bursts out laughing with the rest of the event’s attendees. The quarterback’s wife, Kansas City Current co-owner Brittany Mahomes, also sits at their table, covering her face as she chuckles.
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Founded by Patrick Mahomes in 2019, 15 and The Mahomies is “dedicated to improving the lives of children” and supporting initiatives that “focus on health, wellness, communities in need of resources and other charitable causes,” according to the charity’s website. In 2024, Kelce attended the same gala with the “Fortnight” singer on his arm, at one point auctioning off four tickets to Swift’s Eras Tour for $80,000.
The event comes just a few days after the Grotesquerie star and Swift stepped out together in Philadelphia for a Mother’s Day gathering at a restaurant, marking one of the first times the couple has been seen out in public in the past few months. Since concluding her Eras trek in December, the 14-time Grammy winner has largely been staying out of the spotlight (although fans do suspect she’s gearing up to announce something at the 2025 American Music Awards on May 26).
During her time off, Swift has seemingly been prioritizing family time. Travis’ older brother, retired Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, recently revealed that the singer-songwriter had made time to meet his and Kylie Kelce’s new daughter, Finnley, whom they welcomed in April.
“We were fortunate to have them all in,” Jason told Entertainment Tonight on Monday (May 12). “It doesn’t happen often — everyone’s busy — but it was really special.”
Doechii’s “Anxiety” rises a spot to No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart dated May 24.
The song becomes Doechii’s first leader on the list. She hit a previous No. 3 peak with her first entry, “What It Is (Block Boy),” featuring Kodak Black, in November 2023.
Notably, “Anxiety” interpolates Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” (featuring Kimbra), which ruled Pop Airplay for three weeks in 2012. It’s not the first Pop Airplay No. 1 to have reworked a prior leader; Latto’s 2023 No. 1 “Big Energy,” via a remix, samples Mariah Carey’s 1995 leader “Fantasy” (with both stemming from Tom Tom Club’s “Genius of Love”), while Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You,” from 2017, gives partial writing credit to three authors of TLC’s 1995 No. 1 classic “No Scrubs.”
(“Somebody That I Used to Know” itself samples Luiz Bonfá’s “Seville,” from 1967.)
Meanwhile, “Anxiety” follows the chart-topping crossover success of “Somebody That I Used to Know.” “Anxiety” led Rhythmic Airplay for two weeks earlier in May. It concurrently climbs 7-6 on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, 15-14 on Dance/Mix Show Airplay and 21-16 on Adult Pop Airplay.
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Gotye’s smash ruled Adult Alternative Airplay, Adult Contemporary, Adult Pop Airplay, Alternative Airplay, Dance/Mix Show Airplay, Pop Airplay and the all-format Radio Songs chart. It dominated the multimetric Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks and finished 2012 as the year’s top song.
“Anxiety,” on Top Dawg/Capitol/ICLG, surged by 11% in pop radio plays May 9-15. (The Pop Airplay chart ranks songs by weekly plays on more than 150 mainstream top 40 radio stations monitored by Mediabase, with data provided to Billboard by Luminate.) Leading supporters for the song among Pop Airplay reporters include KMVQ and KYLD San Francisco, WBBM Chicago and SiriusXM’s Hits 1.
On March 29, Doechii was honored with the 2025 Woman of the Year award at Billboard’s Women in Music celebration. “I cannot believe it was just two years ago I stood on this stage and accepted the Billboard Rising Star Award,” she said in her acceptance speech. “And here I am … Always go full out, always go hard and always be fab.”
All charts dated May 24 will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, May 20.
Bad blood is still brewing. Donald Trump made yet another jab at superstar Taylor Swift in a post on his Truth Social platform on Friday (May 16).
Eight months after he shared on the same social media platform that he hates the 14-time Grammy winner, the twice-impeached president posted, “Has anyone noticed that, since I said ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s no longer ‘HOT?’”
Billboard has reached out to Swift’s rep for comment.
The insult seemingly came out of thin air, as Swift has not spoken about Trump since endorsing Democratic nominee Kamala Harris for president in September. Her support of President Joe Biden’s vice president came after the business mogul shared an AI image of the “Anti-Hero” singer falsely endorsing him for a second term in office.
“It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter. The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth,” the star wrote of the fake image at the time. “I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.”
Swift concluded that message — which was accompanied by a photo of her with her beloved cat Benjamin Button — by signing off as “Childless Cat Lady,” a dig at Vice President JD Vance’s comments about Democrats who don’t have kids.
Five days after the superstar backed his opponent, Trump posted on Truth Social in all caps, “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!”
While they never had mad love for each other, Trump — who in May 2024 was convicted of 34 felony counts in his hush money case — did previously appreciate the singer-songwriter. In August 2012, he wrote on X (then Twitter) to thank the star for a photo, closing his message with “you are fantastic!” Months later in October, he congratulated her on landing the co-hosting gig announcing the Grammy nominations special, ending his tweet with “Taylor is terrific!”
But once Swift began sharing her political leanings in 2018, when she urged the voters of Tennessee to vote against Republican Marsha Blackburn in the midterms, Trump’s opinion of the star shifted. “Let’s just say I like Taylor’s music about 25% less now, OK?” he told reporters at the White House.
