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09 Apr 2024

J. Cole Apologizes to Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift Teases Lyrics From ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ & More | Billboard News

Taylor Swift teases eclipse-themed lyrics from her upcoming album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department,’ while her ex Calvin Harris’ wife reveals she listens to Taylor Swift when the DJ isn’t around. J. Cole apologizes to Kendrick Lamar at Dreamville Fest after releasing “7 Minute Drill,” a response to Kendrick Lamar’s verse on “Like That.” JT has been fighting with everyone including her fellow City Girls member Yung Miami after trading blows with GloRilla. Bryson Tiller opens up about his new self-titled album, Billboard explains Future’s chart success ahead of his and Metro Boomin’s second collab album ‘We Still Don’t Trust You’ and Conan Gray tells us about his new album ‘Found Heaven.’

Tetris Kelly
We talk about Taylor’s new music and how her exes’ wife is listening. While Conan Gray chats Olivia Rodrigo with us. We sat down with Bryson Tiller, the City Girls are fighting while JT has her own beef with GloRilla and J. Cole responds to Kendrick’s diss and are going in depth on Future. This is Billboard News for Tuesday April 9th, here’s three things you need to know in Hip-Hop. Is everything okay with the City Girls? Miami called out JT online for sneak dissing her on solo songs she said, “For you to come on here and try to play the victim is crazy, Jatavia you have been sneak dissing me for the last couple of days a b*tch trying to kick me, while I’m down and play into these narratives is dangerous when I’ve been nothing but a friend to you.” JT responded “Oh Wow, you’re really losing it. If you thought this why not speak to me about it., attention seeking as usual,” but Miami eventually said she wants what’s best for JT and they hopped on the phone and both said “I love you” in a post on X. We love a happy ending. But will it be that for JT and GloRilla? Why did you feel the need to pop up on JT so hard? After releasing a track where she called for rap girls unity. JT called GloRilla corny, and so many exchanges went down with both of them calling each other “ugly” and Glo saying, “What you want me to say I didn’t slap you but I hit you with a purse instead.” But J. Cole is calling for peace after exchanges with him and Drake and Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole took to the stage with Amazon at ‘Dreamville’ Fest and ended it all.

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09 Apr 2024

Billboard Explains: Future’s Success on the Charts

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Can Future snag another No. 1 album? In anticipation of Future and Metro Boomin’s second collaboration project We Still Don’t Trust You, let’s look back at Future’s Billboard chart accomplishments. This is Billboard Explains: Future’s Success on the Charts.

Future’s first chart appearance came thanks to his feature role on YC’s “Racks” in 2011, which reached No. 42 on the Hot 100 and No. 4 on the Hot Rap Songs chart.

Since then, Future has been racking up the Hot 100 hits. He currently has 185, the fourth most of any artists, behind Drake, Taylor Swift and Lil Wayne. The rapper has 15 top 10s, including smashes like “Mask Off” and “Life Is Good.” The Billboard chart-topper has three Hot 100 No. 1s: his feature on Drake’s “Way 2 Sexy”; “Wait for U” with Drake and Tems; and “Like That,” his collab with Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar.

Over on the Billboard 200, Future has nine No. 1 albums including DS2 in 2015, I Never Liked You in 2022 and most recently, We Don’t Trust You with Metro Boomin, earlier this month.

Future made history on the Billboard 200 in 2017 when his Future and Hndrxx albums were No. 1 in back-to-back weeks, making him the first solo artist to knock himself out of the No. 1 spot.

Will his upcoming project with Metro Boomin be his 10th No. 1 album? Only time will tell.

09 Apr 2024

Conan Gray Talks New Album ‘Found Heaven,’ Olivia Rodrigo, Working With Max Martin & More | Billboard News

Conan Gray talks about his newly released third album, Found Heaven; how he shares Olivia Rodrigo’s love for pop punk; working with producers such as Max Martin, ILYA, Greg Kurstin and Shawn Everett; how falling in love and the heartbreak that followed served as inspiration for the album; why he decided to name one of his songs “Alley Rose” and more!

Conan Gray:
Everything has ups and downs in this whole album is highs and lows. Hey, y’all, it’s Conan Gray and you’re watching Billboard News.

Lyndsey Havens:
Hey, I’m Lyndsay Havens for Billboard News, and we are here with rising superstar singer-songwriter Conan Gray.

Your third album, the highly anticipated Found Heaven is out. Now let’s start by looking backwards a little bit: When exactly did you start the process? And how do you know that you are ready for a new album to begin?

Conan Gray:
So I started the like ideation of the album while I was on tour during the Superache tour. So a year and a half ago, almost two years ago, I would go, I’d finish the shows. And then I would go into the basement of all the venues that I would play because there’s always a piano in the basement because of like, the orchestra shows they do these theaters that I was playing. And I would play I would just write songs, like while they were loading up the vans, and play in the basement, like in the dark. And that’s kind of when the first … that’s when I started noticing, like, these different kinds of themes that I was writing about and realizing like, oh, maybe … maybe I am ready to start working on another album. And then the very first song that I wrote for the album was “Found Heaven” the song.

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08 Apr 2024

Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Debuts At No. 1 & Her Collaborators React, Morgan Wallen Arrested In Nashville | Billboard News

Morgan Wallen was arrested on April 7th after allegedly throwing a chair off a roof of a bar in Nashville. The incident reportedly took place at Eric Church’s Chief’s Bar. The CMT Awards 2024 were last night and we’re showing you is everything you missed. Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and her collaborators are celebrating the news. And more!

Tetris Kelly
Morgan Wallen is arrested in Nashville. While the rest of country music was celebrated in Austin, we chat with Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ collaborators. We’re on tour with Larry June and reveal who’s on the top of the Hot 100.

Tetris Kelly
Happy Monday, y’all! It’s Billboard News for Monday, April 8th. We have such a show for you today. So let’s jump into our top story. Morgan Wallen was arrested last night on three felony charges. Here are the details.

Tetris Kelly
Just days after kicking off his 2020 ‘One Night At A Time’ tour, Morgan Wallen was arrested in Nashville on April 7, his attorney confirmed in a statement saying at 10:53pm Sunday evening,. Morgan Wallen was arrested in downtown Nashville for reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct. He is cooperating fully with authorities. They also confirmed his release from jail. According to WSNV the arrest warrant revealed that while in was at Eric Church’s Chiefs bar in Nashville on the opening weekend, when witnesses said he threw a chair off the roof of a six story building. The chair reportedly landed just three feet away from two Metro Nashville police officers who were standing outside of the bar on Broadway. After speaking with bar staff and witnesses offices reviewed security footage to confirm Morgan’s alleged action. According to WKRN a witness reportedly told officers they saw Wallen pick up the chair throw it over him, laughing afterwards, Morgan Wallen was charged with three felony counts of reckless endangerment and one misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct. He posted a $15,250 bond to secure his release. His next court date is scheduled for May 3rd the same day his tour is scheduled for Nashville.

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08 Apr 2024

The Black Keys Celebrate New Album ‘Ohio Players’ at Highland Park Bowl: See Photos From the Performance

Hours before their album Ohio Players dropped on Friday (April 5), Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney of The Black Keys held an intimate release party and concert for fans. But instead of a traditional stage, the pair set up shop in a Los Angeles bowling alley — a perfect callback to their new record’s sporty cover, on which a woman in vintage clothing takes aim at a row of pins.

Standing in front of the lanes at Highland Park Bowl, the duo was joined by a section of horn players as they performed songs from the 14-track LP — which features cameos from Beck, Juicy J and Lil Noid — as well as hits like “Gold on the Ceiling,” “Howlin’ for You” and “Lonely Boy.” Auerbach and Carney were separated by a rack of red bowling balls for the performance. 

The event came nearly three months after the rockers dropped “Beautiful People (Stay High),” the lead single from Ohio Players. The track peaked atop the Alternative Airplay chart in March, securing the band its seventh No. 1 on the ranking. 

The new album was also led by singles “I Forgot to Be Your Lover” and “This Is Nowhere,” as well as “On the Game,” which The Keys co-wrote with Oasis singer/songwriter Noel Gallagher. “We had this epiphany: ‘We can call our friends to help us make music,’” Carney said of the collaborations on Ohio Players in a statement.

“No matter who we work with, it never feels like we’re sacrificing who we are,” added Auerbach. “We’d never worked harder to make a record. It’s never taken us this long to make an album. We took our time and did it right.”

See exclusive photos from The Black Keys’ whimsical bowling alley Ohio Players celebration below.

08 Apr 2024

Larry June Takes Fans Behind the Scenes of His Rolling Loud LA Set | Billboard News

Billboard followed Larry June as he prepared for his electrifying set at Rolling Loud LA. He gave us an inside look at his trailer, wardrobe and tour must-haves. We see him interact with his fans prior to the show, be interviewed backstage and more!

Larry June:
What up, Billboard? It’s Larry June, and welcome to my Tour Stop. Good job, Billboard! Numbers, man. Numbers, baby. Sock it to me. Sock it to me. Good job, Billboard. Sock it to me. Sock it to me. For real. Sock it to me.

Let me show ya’ll this trailer real quick. Sipping this alkaline water and s–t. Something light. See right here is the trailer. They always give us good gifts, stuff, Zig-Zags, you know what I mean. Stiiizy came through and blessed us.

Drew (Larry June’s manager):
Alright, we’re here at Rolling Loud 2024. We got a couple of interviews.

Larry June:
Deez nuts.

Drew:
He’s doing some interviews with his lunch. We’re doing interviews with Rolling Loud and we’re gonna do one for Power 106.

Speedy:
Ten-year anniversary of Rolling Loud and I’m joined by someone from California.

Keats:
The best artist in my opinion on the set, my favorite artist, Larry June.

Larry June:
We gotta have the backup. You know what I’m saying? We must stay fresh. We ain’t playing no motherf–king games. After this s–t, they gotta call me Billboard Larry.

Got my son. He ain’t drinkin, you know what I’m saying. No organic. What is you doing? Not organic.

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08 Apr 2024

Billboard Hot 100 Countdown For April 13th | Billboard News

Tetris Kelly:
With ‘Cowboy Carter’ finally out, can Beyoncé top Future and Metro Boomin to return to the top?

This is the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 for the week dated April 13th.

“Type Shit” falls to No. 10.

Ariana is up a spot to No. 9. “Lovin On Me” slips down to No. 8.

And ‘Cowboy Carter’s “JOLENE” debuts at No. 7.

Beyoncé and Miley grab No. 6 with “II MOST WANTED.”

Teddy Swims is at No. 5.

“Too Sweet” moves up to No. 4 as Benson Boone stays locked at No. 3.

“TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” is back in the top 10 at No. 2.

And for a second week, Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar are at No. 1.

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07 Apr 2024

Jelly Roll On Winning Big, How He’s Celebrating & Wanting to Try Acting | CMT Awards 2024

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07 Apr 2024

Reyna Roberts Reacts To ‘Cowboy Carter’ Reaching No. 1 on The Billboard 200 & Talks Reuniting With “BLACKBIIRD” Collaborators On Stage | CMT Awards 2024

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07 Apr 2024

2024 CMT Music Awards Photos: Winners, Performers, Backstage & More

The 2024 CMT Music Awards brought together the best and brightest of country music on Sunday night (April 7) to the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, to celebrate the top country videos of the year.

Leading the performances on Sunday’s show was an all-star tribute to late country legend Toby Keith, which included Brooks & Dunn, Lainey Wilson and Sammy Hagar with Lukas Nelson, as well as baseball star Roger Clemens.

CMT brought more stars together onstage, including collab performances from Little Big Town and Sugarland; NEEDTOBREATHE and Jordan Davis; Old Dominion featuring Megan Moroney; and Parker McCollum featuring Brittney Spencer.

Rounding out the performers list were Cody Johnson, Jelly Roll, Keith Urban, Lainey Wilson, a solo Moroney, Sam Hunt, Trisha Yearwood, Jason Aldean and Bailey Zimmerman. Plus, the night’s host, Kelsea Ballerini, pulled double-duty by also performing on the show.

Speaking of Ballerini, in a surprise mini-performance, Melissa Etheridge joined the host onstage for an impromptu duet on the singer/songwriter’s 1994 hit “Come to My Window.” In addition to her performance, Yearwood also took home the inaugural June Carter Cash Humanitarian Award at the show.

Some cute couples stole the show in the crowd and backstage, including Ballerini and her actor boyfriend Chase Stokes and Jelly Roll and his ride-or-die wife Bunnie XO.

But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. For all the best moments onstage and backstage during the 2024 CMT Music Awards, check out the full gallery below.