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Trending on Billboard Olivia Dean has criticized major ticketing companies after fans flagged steep resale prices for seats on her newly announced Art of Loving Live tour. The British singer addressed the issue directly on Instagram soon after general on-sale opened. In her first post, she told fans her team was “looking into” unexpected resale […]
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Olivia Dean took a couple minutes out of her day on Friday (Nov. 21) to put Ticketmaster, Live Nation and AEG Presents on blast for the resale ticket prices to her 2026 North American tour.
Tickets to Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving Tour went on sale to the general public on Friday and quickly sold out in minutes.
With some resale prices climbing into the thousands of dollars, the “Man I Need” singer voiced her disgust with Ticketmaster, Live Nation and AEG Presents in an Instagram Story.
“@Ticketmaster @Livenation @AEGPresents you are providing a disgusting service,” she wrote. “The prices at which you’re allowing tickets to be re-sold is vile and completely against our wishes. Live music should be affordable and accessible and we need to find a new way of making that possible. BE BETTER.”
Dean added in a separate IG Story that her team was looking into the matter. “I’m sorry that there seems to be an issue with ticket re-selling and pricing. My team are currently looking into it,” she continued. “It is extremely frustrating as the last thing I want is for anyone to be scammed or overcharged for our show. Please be wary buying tickets in the comment sections as it is most likely a scam.”
Ticketmaster later reshared the singer’s Instagram Story that called out the company, writing on its own account: “We support artists’ ability to set the terms of how their tickets are sold and resold. @oliviadeano, we will cap resale prices on our site at face value and hope other resale sites will follow.”
The ticket company explained in a July blog post how its Face Value Exchange works, and how it tries to give fans the “best chance to buy tickets at the original price set by artists.”
Billboard has reached out to Ticketmaster, Live Nation and AEG Presents for comment.
Olivia Dean’s 2026 tour kicks off in the U.K. and Europe, beginning with Glasgow, Scotland, in April, and wraps June 20 in Dublin. Her U.S. summer trek is slated to kick off in San Francisco on July 10, and she’ll be making stops in Los Angeles, New York City, Atlanta, Toronto, Las Vegas, Boston, Houston and finish up in Austin on Aug. 28. The Art of Loving Tour’s NYC dates include four shows at Madison Square Garden.
Dean had been opening for Sabrina Carpenter on the final leg of the singer’s Short n’ Sweet Tour, and announced her own North American headlining trek earlier in November.
The British pop star has gained significant momentum in recent months, following her Saturday Night Live debut Nov. 15, and her subsequent trip to Australia, where she performed a show in Sydney and at the 2025 ARIA Awards.
Dean currently has four tracks on the Billboard Hot 100, including “Man I Need” sitting at No. 5. The 26-year-old’s The Art of Loving album is also slotted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 dated Nov. 22.
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OK, this is definitely what dreams are made of. Hilary Duff has announced that after more than a decade, she’s finally coming back with a new album titled Luck…or Something.
As revealed Friday (Nov. 21), the singer-actress’ first full-length since 2015’s Breath In. Breathe Out. is set to drop Feb. 20. “I am often asked how I still have my head on straight after growing up in this industry,” she said in a statement about the project. “The album title is my way of answering that question.”
“It’s luck, but there’s also a lot of weight in the ‘… or something,’” she continued. “Many of the things I’ve been through along the way are held there, and I feel like ultimately that’s what’s shaped me.”
Luck…or Something will be Duff’s sixth studio album. She dropped her first LP in 2002, starting off with holiday album Santa Claus Lane. The next year, she followed it up with Metamorphosis, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 — a feat she outdid in 2005 with her two-week chart-topping compilation Most Wanted.
On the cover of her new album, the Lizzie McGuire alum lies on a carpeted floor in a simple magenta sweater and sheer stockings, gazing up at the ceiling. The Luck…or Something tracklist will feature comeback single “Mature,” which Duff cowrote with her husband, producer Matthew Koma, and released on Nov. 6.
“‘Mature’ is a little conversation that my present self is having with my younger self,” the performer said of her song at the time it dropped. “The two of us are reflecting on a past experience and sending love to each other. It’s a chuckle, a wink and a sense of being grateful that we are sure footed in where we landed.”
Duff has been gearing up for a full-fledged musical comeback since September, when she signed a new label deal with Atlantic Records. She also has a docuseries tracking her return to music in the works.
Just ahead of Luck…or Something‘s release, Duff will embark on an intimate run of performances kicking off Jan. 19, featuring stops at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, HISTORY in Toronto, the new Brooklyn Paramount theater and the Wiltern in Los Angeles.
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Justin Bieber helping you out after your car breaks down? Never say never.
That exact situation just happened to an artist who goes by Buku Music on TikTok, as captured in a recent video shared to the platform. In the clip, the user sits on the side of the road, looking hopeless after the car he was driving stopped working. All of a sudden, a different car pulls over, leaving Buku looking perplexed.
“I might be tripping, but I think that Justin Bieber just stopped to help me,” he says, still filming himself. “Are you Justin Bieber?”
The Canadian pop star then appears in front of the camera, giving Buku a hug. “Yeah, what’s up, bro? Love you, too, yes sir,” Bieber says before assessing the situation. “What happened?”
“Do you really want to know? My life is f–ked, bro,” Buku replies, laughing.
The content creator then cuts the camera before checking back in to update viewers on what happened next. Apparently, the Grammy winner led him in a healing prayer that set Buku’s mind at ease.
Fans in the comments were just as blown away by the twist of fate as Buku. “God literally sent you Justin Bieber,” one person wrote, while another replied, “Is Justin Bieber your fairy godmother?”
Billboard has reached out to Bieber’s reps for comment.
The act of kindness on the musician’s part reflects the family values he shared on Instagram in September. In a photo he posted of the framed “Bieber Family” guidelines he has displayed in his home for himself, Hailey Bieber and their 1-year-old son, Jack Blues, one of the listed tenets was “We value Generosity and graciously giving time, money and respect to people on our path.”
In addition to helping the occasional distressed driver, Justin has been hard at work these days preparing for his 2026 Coachella headlining set. To do so, he’s been holing up in a warehouse with his band and creative team, capturing his rehearsals in hours-long Twitch livestreams.
The singer is also fresh off of receiving numerous Grammy nominations for his work this past year. In addition to Swag earning nods for both album of the year and best pop vocal album earlier in November, his hit song “Daisies” is up for best pop solo performance, while “Yukon” is in competition for best R&B performance.
Watch the Biebs help out a stranded driver below.
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Michael Bublé’s evergreen Christmas album returns to No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Holiday Albums chart (dated Nov. 22), rising 2-1. The set, which was released in 2011, has notched a total of 61 weeks atop the list.
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Also on the chart, new projects from Brad Paisley, Trisha Yearwood and Herb Alpert all debut.
The Top Holiday Albums chart ranks the 50 most popular seasonal albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each units equals one album sales, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The Top Holiday Albums chart will continue to be published on a weekly basis through early January of 2026, when it will jingle away until the next holiday season. (The chart generally returns to Billboard’s weekly chart menu every October.)
Paisley’s Snow Globe Town debuts on the list at No. 15, marking his second charting project on the tally. He previously visited the chart with the 2006 release Brad Paisley Christmas, which peaked at No. 2 in January 2007. Snow Globe Town includes eight newly-penned songs and a selection of classic holiday favorites like “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire)” and “Jingle Bell Rock.”
Snow Globe Town also enters at No. 15 on Top Album Sales, No. 14 on Top Current Album Sales and No. 49 on Top Country Albums.
Yearwood’s new Christmastime bows at No. 36 on Top Holiday Albums, and the project includes new takes on classics like “My Favorite Things,” “Pure Imagination” and “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town.” The album also boasts a new original track, “Merry Christmas, Valentine,” co-written and performed by Yearwood and Garth Brooks.
Christmastime also starts at No. 50 on the Top Current Albums chart.
Rounding out the debuts on Top Holiday Albums is Alpert’s Christmas Time Is Here, entering at No. 44. The project, which marks Alpert’s third holiday set, also bows at No. 4 on Contemporary Jazz Albums and No. 18 on the overall Jazz Albums chart. Christmas Time Is Here includes the legendary trumpeter, composer and record label executive’s takes on “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” “Santa Baby” and “Winter Wonderland.”
Alpert’s first seasonal project, 1968’s Christmas Album, reached No. 1 on Billboard’s then-titled Christmas LP’s chart, while his second holiday set, 2017’s The Christmas Wish, reached No. 5 on Top Holiday Albums in 2017.
Trending on Billboard Tate McRae is putting a bow on the So Close to What era with the release of her Billboard 200-topping album’s deluxe edition on Friday (Nov. 21). The 22-year-old is set to add her top three Billboard Hot 100 hit “Tit for Tat” to the project, along with four new songs titled […]
Trending on Billboard At the end of an exhaustive press tour leading up to the premiere of Wicked: For Good, Ariana Grande has revealed that she has COVID-19. In a post on Instagram Stories posted Thursday (Nov. 20) — just one day before the Wicked sequel is set to hit theaters worldwide — the singer-actress […]
Bad Bunny is set to headline the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show in 2026. But that leaves a few more open musical positions for others during the NFL’s biggest night — including the pre-game’s national anthem. With a memorable run of artists in the past 10 years taking this slot — think of […]
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The Kid LAROI announced the release date for his first new full-length album in two years on Thursday morning (Nov. 20). Before I Forget is due out on Jan. 9 via Columbia Records, with the album’s first single, the R&B ballad “A Perfect World” out now.
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“In a perfect world we’d have it all figured out/ Baby, you would be my girl/ And if they talk, let them talk, baby/ I hate the way you love it when you hurt me/ But we could stick it out, we’ll make it work babe,” the singer croons in a falsetto whisper on the song’s chorus over a silky arrangement.
At press time a full track list had not yet been released, but the album is set to also include his previously released single, the skittery break-up ballad “A Cold Play.”
In a message on his Instagram announcing the album, the singer said the LP is a fresh take replacing a previously recorded album that he tossed. “I made this album in the last 4 months. I had a whole other album that was completed but I scrapped it,” he wrote alongside the cover art, which depicts the singer’s head floating just above the surface of the water. “started again from scratch with the exception of 1 song. it’s my favorite thing I’ve ever made. it’s also the most personal thing I’ve ever made. sorry it’s taken a while. I hope that it resonates with you in some way cause it means a hell of a lot to me. I love you and thank you for supporting me always.”
Last week, LAROI posted footage from the NFL halftime show in Berlin where he performed “A Perfect World” and “A Cold Play” during the game between the Indianapolis Colts and Atlanta Falcons.
LAROI, 22, released his full-length debut album, The First Time, in Nov. 2023, with a follow-up deluxe edition adding Lil Yachty to a guest list on the original that included BTS’ Jung Kook, YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Future, Central Cee and Robert Glasper, among others. The singer’s 2020 mixtape, F*ck Love, topped the ARIA Charts in his native Australia, then hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart a year after its release.
Listen to “A Perfect World” below.
