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Normani announces her debut album ‘Dopamine’ is on the way. Lady Gaga teases her Fortnite Festival performance. Selena Gomez shares her single “Love On” and meets a fan who is fighting cancer. Billboard explains Ice Spice’s meteoric rise on the Billboard charts. Bobby Caldwell’s “What You Won’t Do For Love” tops the TikTok Billboard Top […]
To celebrate Black History Month, Billboard is highlighting R&B and hip-hop artists you should know like Tyla, FLO and Cash Cobain. Tetris KellyAn Afrobeats queen, a sampling king and a girl group that makes you want to stand in your mirror and sing. This Black History Month, Billboard and Bose are celebrating by highlighting some […]
Bobby Caldwell’s classic “What You Won’t Do for Love” zooms in at No. 1 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart dated Feb. 24 following a new, largely food-based trend on the platform. Tetris KellyA new leader and two fresh new faces — we’ve got a batch of new bops in the top 10. Tetris […]
Ariana Grande is gearing up to release her new album ‘Eternal Sunshine.’ The singer has revealed a few song titles and has been announced as a musical guest on ‘SNL’ next month. Nicki Minaj has invited comedian and actor Katt Williams on tour. Questlove defends Sexyy Red after she is announced to perform at the […]
For Black History Month, Billboard is celebrating by highlighting some of the greatest Black executives in music, and today we’re celebrating MVD publicists Massah David and Miatta Johnson. The sibling duo, who are repping Liberia, founded the boutique creative agency MVD Inc. with the goal of amplifying Black storytelling, and they do it by producing […]
Narrator: NewJeans is just getting started on the Billboard charts, but the K-pop group has made quite an entrance, and that’s why they are Billboard‘s Women in Music Group of the Year. This is Billboard Explains NewJeans’ fast rise on the charts. In just a few short years, the girl group has dominated the Billboard […]
Ayra Starr talks about the international success of her song “Rush,” becoming the youngest African female artist to surpass 100 million views on YouTube, getting her first Grammy nomination, her aspiration to be a teenage pop star, the growth of popularity of the Afrobeats genre and where she sees the future of the genre going and more!
Ayra StarrI wasn’t here two years ago, now I’m doing an interview with Billboard.
Rania AniftosFresh off the Grammys, girl.
Ayra StarrHello, I’m Ayra Starr and you’re watching Billboard News.
Rania AniftosHey everybody, its Rania Aniftos with Billboard News and I am so excited. We have the Afrobeats queen herself in the studio today, Ayra Starr.
Ayra StarrHello!
Rania AniftosWelcome to the studio.
Ayra StarrThank you for having me. I’m excited.
Rania AniftosYou were just nominated for your first-ever Grammy nomination. How did that feel?
Ayra StarrAmazing. I had a great time at the Grammys. All the parties even before the Grammys, I was just like, oh, like, I’m at the Grammys. You can see me at the red carpets. I was having a good time. Let me tell you.
Rania AniftosWas there something that surprised you over the course of the week that you were like, I was expecting this, but this happened instead.
Ayra StarrTo be honest like anytime I come to LA, I’m always like indoors and never do anything and people like people know me, but people don’t really know me. They know my music, but they don’t know me. This time, every room I walked into: Ayra Starr! I was fangirling over the people who are fangirling over me, like, “You know me!” And it was the best thing.
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