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Alessia Cara was set to kick off her 2025 tour next month in support of her recent album, Love & Hyperbole. However, the pop star took to social media on Friday (March 28) to reveal that the U.S. leg of the tour has been postponed.
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“I cried about it then patched it up with ice cream. I’m so so so sorry, my US friends 💔 I’ll make it up to you, I promise!!!! thank you. I love you,” she wrote in the caption to the statement, in which she shared that “there are truly so many factors that lead to this (reluctant) decision, all of which were genuinely and completely out of my control.”
She continued, “Touring, especially today, is challenging and involves to many little moving parts. Bottom line is we couldn’t make it all work on time. Disappointing you guys is killing me, because everything I’ve put into this has been for you and I know how excited you’ve been, but I can only hope you understand.”
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The “Scars to Your Beautiful” singer noted that the rest of the tour, which will take place across Canada, Asia, Australia and Europe, will go on as planned. “As soon as I have new information on the new US dates, I will let you know,” she wrote, adding that original tickets will be honored on the new dates.
“I love you so much,” the Grammy winner concluded her statement. “I can’t apologize enough and I’ll make it up to you. See you soon.”
Cara’s Love & Hyperbole arrived on Valentine’s Day and featured singles “Dead Man,” “Slow Motion,” and “Obvious.”
See the full list of tour dates here, and see Cara’s full statement below.
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco aren’t done with their I Said I Love You First rollout. The recently engaged couple unveiled the deluxe version of their album on Friday (March 28) with two new tracks. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Among the new songs is the fan-favorite […]
Doechii banks her second No. 1 on Billboard’s Rhythmic Airplay chart as “Denial Is a River” storms to the summit of the list dated April 5. The new champ jumps from No. 5 to crown the list as the most-played song on U.S. panel-contributing rhythmic radio stations for the tracking week of March 21-27, according to Luminate, and improved 13% in plays for the latest tracking period compared to the week prior.
Before “Denial is a River,” released and promoted to radio through Top Dawg/Capitol Records/ICLG, Doechii ruled Rhythmic Airplay with “What It Is (Block Boy).” The single, which features Kodak Black, reigned for one week in June 2023.
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As “Denial” takes the throne, it ousts GELO’s “Tweaker” after a one-week stay in the penthouse. The former leader slips to No. 2 following a 7% decline in plays for the tracking week.
Doechii’s latest coronation arrives just one day before the Grammy Award-winning rapper/singer is set to receive another honor: officially accepting the coveted Woman of the Year title at Billboard’s 2025 Women in Music event. The ceremony will occur tomorrow night (March 29) in Los Angeles, with other honorees including Rising Star winner Muni Long and Icon Award recipient Erykah Badu.
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Beyond its Rhythmic Airplay crown, “Denial Is a River” continues to make waves across other radio formats. It repeats its No. 12 best on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, where, despite no change in rank, the song earned 6% more plays in the latest tracking week. Meanwhile, it pushes 26-23 on Pop Airplay thanks to a 4% boost in plays at mainstream top-40 radio stations. The concurrent improvements from different sectors spark its 28-27 gain on the all-genre, audience-based Radio Songs chart, where the single leaps 10% in weekly audience to 24.4 million.
While “Denial is a River” builds its radio results, Doechii’s latest single, “Anxiety,” is generating favorable momentum. The Gotye-sampling single, which had a nearly six-year journey from initial recording to release, drives 33-21 on Rhythmic Airplay in its second week on the chart from a 181% surge in plays, winning it the weekly Greatest Gainer honor for the largest increase in plays among all tracks. Similarly, “Anxiety” races 36-28 on Pop Airplay thanks to a 199% vault in plays (snagging another Greatest Gainer prize) and debuts at No. 32 on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay.
All charts dated April 5 will update on Billboard‘s website this Tuesday, April 1.
Alex Warren has gone back to back with a second week at No. 1 on the U.K. Singles Chart with “Ordinary” (March 28). The rising U.S. singer-songwriter and former Hype House member first hit the top spot last week for his maiden No. 1 single. “Ordinary” is the most streamed track in the U.K. over […]
Harry Styles made his cab driver do a double take during a recent drive to London.
A private pink taxi service owner named Paula shared on Instagram March 23 that she’d given the pop star a ride to the English capital without even realizing who her famous passenger was at first. Sharing a selfie she took with Styles after the fact, the driver wrote, “Picked up this young fella on my way home tonight.”
“We got chatting, and I said, ‘You really sound like Harry Styles,’” she added. “He said ‘That’s because I am Harry Styles.’ He was such a friendly young chap!”
In the snap, Paula leans out her driver’s-side window as the “Watermelon Sugar” singer — sporting a trim mustache, baseball cap and blue button-down — smiles politely at the camera. On Friday (March 28), Paula reshared the picture onto her Story and wrote, “I drove Harry Styles in One Direction all the way to LONDON.”
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Based on his serendipitous taxi ride, it seems that Styles is back in his home country after spending time in Japan earlier this month. The Grammy winner participated in the Tokyo marathon March 2, finishing in 6,010th place out of a group of more than 37,000 runners, and averaging about 7:47 per mile.
From Tokyo to London, Styles is all over the map, but one place he isn’t headed anytime soon is Las Vegas. At least, he isn’t setting up shop in Sin City for a 2025 residency at The Sphere, as was widely rumored up until March 13, when a rep for the venue shut down the speculation via a statement shared exclusively with Billboard.
“To set the record straight, there has never been plans for Harry Styles to perform at Sphere,” the spokesperson said at the time.
Styles hasn’t toured since 2023, when he closed out his global Love On Tour after two years on the road. His last album, Harry’s House, arrived in 2022. In addition to spawning 15-week Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single “As It Was” and spending two weeks atop the Billboard 200, the LP won album of the year at the following year’s Grammys.
Billie Eilish just revealed which female rapper has her vote for GOAT status — and given the fact that the MC in question is widely regarded as the Queen of Rap, the “Bad Guy” singer’s answer probably won’t be a surprise.
In a Complex video posted Thursday (March 27), Eilish and best friend/influencer Quen Blackwell discussed their greatest-of-all-time picks for a variety of different subjects. When it came to best female rapper, the nine-time Grammy winner didn’t need to think twice.
“Nicki Minaj is like, obviously …,” Eilish said. “Nicki is GOAT, for sure.”
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The star also shared her GOAT life-anthem songs, revealing, “Honestly, I’ve been listening to a lot of old Gaga — like, ‘Poker Face,’ ‘G.U.Y.,’ ‘Alejandro’ — that is my s–t right now.”
As for her favorite album to cry to, Eilish selected Sufjan Stevens’ Carrie & Lowell. “‘Fourth of July,’ specifically on that album, is so upsetting,” she told Blackwell. “Deeply, deeply upsetting. And so beautiful and just so dark.”
And when it came to GOAT vocalists, the California native had a few different answers. “Off the top of my head, Ella Fitzgerald is, like, my favorite singer,” she said. “Or f–king Tori Kelly. I’ve actually been a Tori Kelly fan since I think I was 11.”
“Beyoncé, I mean, duh,” Eilish added. “That’s duh. [Her voice] is so perfect. Perfect. Unbelievable. I’ve never heard her sing, like, a flat note ever.”
Eilish is currently on a short break from her ongoing Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour, which kicked off in North America in the fall. Following a run of Australian dates earlier this year, the two-time Oscar winner will resume the trek April 23 in Sweden to kick off a European leg lasting through July.
Her third studio album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, dropped in May 2024. The project reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and spawned Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hits “Lunch” and “Birds of a Feather.”
Watch Eilish discuss her GOAT choices above.
Ariana Grande goes on quite the journey in her new Brighter Days Ahead short film, which arrived Friday morning (March 28), just hours after the release of the pop star’s deluxe Eternal Sunshine album. In the 26-minute visual co-directed by Grande and Christian Breslauer, the two-time Grammy winner sings selections from both the original Eternal […]
British singer Duffy has been off-the-radar for much of the past decade after revealing in 2020 that she was the victim of a terrifying assault and kidnapping in 2015. The Grammy winner took her latest tentative step back into the spotlight this week when she made a brief cameo in a TikTok video posted by […]
Dua Lipa is marking the fifth anniversary of her Grammy-winning sophomore album Future Nostalgia with a remix of one of its biggest hits, enlisting Australian pop star Troye Sivan for a brand-new version of “Physical.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Released Friday (March 28), the reimagined track […]
Time to enjoy some Brighter Days Ahead. Ariana Grande unveiled the highly anticipated deluxe edition of her Billboard 200 chart-topping album, Eternal Sunshine, on Friday (March 28). Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The extended edition of the original 13-song project features six new tracks, including “Twilight […]