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20 Nov 2024

Counting Down Dolly Parton’s Best Songs of All Time  | Billboard News

Dolly Parton is our No. 1 country artist of all time, and to celebrate the queen, we are going through her sweet success and counting down Billboard’s top 10 staff picks for best Dolly Parton songs of all time.

Tetris Kelly:

It’s the CMA’s and we’re celebrating our No.1 country artist of all time, the queen of country music herself, Dolly Parton! Out of one hundred top country artists, Dolly reigned supreme as number one per our editorial staff so we’re counting down Billboard’s top 10 staff picks for best Dolly Parton songs of all time! At No.10 is one of her early top 20 hits on the Hot 100, “Two Doors Down.” Dolly shared the unlikely inspiration for the song on ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show.’ The No.9 song is definitely one that helped make Dolly a pop icon, “9 to 5.” The song was written for the 1980 film of the same name which Dolly Parton also starred in. The song was not only a commercial success, earning her first No.1 on the Hot 100. It also served as an anthem for working women everywhere in the early 1980s. “9 to 5” earned Dolly nominations from both the Grammys and Oscars and has continued to build her legacy. At No.8 is a song that is very close to Dolly’s heart, “Coat of Many Colors.” The inspiration for the song is from a coat that Dolly’s mother made for her. A replica for the coat was a popular attraction at Dollywood for many years. No.7 is a song that continued Dolly’s success on the charts, “Love is Like a Butterfly.” The song was Dolly’s 5th No.1 on the Hot Country Songs chart. At No.6 is a song Dolly Parton covered and made all her own, “Old Flames Can’t Hold a Candle to You.” The song was written by accomplished songwriter Pebe Sebert. Pebe’s daughter, Kesha also did a cover of the song for her EP ‘Deconstructed’ in 2012. The No.5 song helped establish Dolly as a premiere singer/songwriter, “Touch Your Woman.” The song helped Dolly earn another top 10 on the Hot Country Songs chart. At No.4 is widely considered Dolly Parton’s signature song, “Jolene.” The song became her second No.1 on the Hot Country Songs chart.

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20 Nov 2024

CMA Awards 2024: Photos From the Red Carpet

The 2024 CMA Awards are officially here, with country’s biggest and brightest stars taking over the red carpet at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.

Morgan Wallen leads this year’s nominees with seven nods. Cody Johnson and Chris Stapleton follow with five nods each, while Post Malone and Lainey Wilson each got four. Louis Bell, Luke Combs, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins, Jelly Roll, Megan Moroney and Kacey Musgraves all received three nominations.

The show — hosted by Luke Bryan, Peyton Manning and Wilson — will also feature a number of star-studded performances. Bryan, Combs, Johnson, Moroney, Musgraves, Malone, Stapleton, Wilson, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Brooks & Dunn, Eric Church, Riley Green, Sierra Hull, Jelly Roll, Noah Kahan, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Ella Langley, Ashley McBryde, Thomas Rhett, Shaboozey, Teddy Swims, Molly Tuttle and Bailey Zimmerman are all set to take the stage.

Meanwhile, Simone Biles, Clint Black, Jeff Bridges, Mark Collie, Jordan Davis, Freddie Freeman, Don Johnson, Jackson Laux, Little Big Town, Dustin Lynch, Katharine McPhee, The Oak Ridge Boys, Taylor Frankie Paul, Carly Pearce, Caleb Pressley, Nate Smith, Daniel Sunjata, Mitchell Tenpenny and Billy Bob Thornton will also join the fun as the evening’s presenters.

The 58th Annual CMA airs live from Bridgestone Arena on ABC and next day on Hulu. To celebrate the country-filled night, check out our gallery of photos from the red carpet below.

20 Nov 2024

Kenia Os on Her Friendship With Bella Poarch & Juanpa in ‘Behind the Photo’ | Behind The Photo | Billboard

Kenia Os explains her friendship with Bella Poarch & Juanpa, her process with ‘K23’ and more in ‘Behind the Photo.’

Kenia Os:

Hi, I’m Kenia Os and we are ‘Behind the Photo’ with Billboard. In here, I was living in the studio in the 50/20 studios for my album ‘K23’ and I was looking at the lyrics, I don’t know specifically which lyrics they are, but surely one that remained. And nothing, the truth is that this session was very nice. A lot of songs came out and many of them didn’t make the album, but the best ones got in, I promise you. This photo is with my great friend, Bella Poarch. We were in Los Angeles and we got together to record content. We had just recorded our first song together. We currently have two. And nothing, it was very nice and we were recording content, TikToks, and we took these cute pictures with an aesthetic camera. Okay, this photo with Juanpa, with a great friend. We were in Paris for the Olympics and you don’t know how difficult it was to take pictures on this trip because we were planning to make a reel of photos for this trip. But the light, specifically, that week it was raining, it was cloudy, overcast, everything looked gray, but we put in some editing and put in a blue sky, but actually it was gray, it was super cloudy. But we wanted our photo in the Eiffel Tower very aesthetic.

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20 Nov 2024

Here Are the Best Red Carpet Photos From the 2024 Billboard No. 1s Party

The second annual Billboard No. 1s Party kicked off the upcoming 2024 Billboard Music Awards on Tuesday night (Nov. 19), and the star-studded event took over The h.wood Group’s Keys nightclub on Los Angeles’ Sunset Strip.

Among the A-list attendees included AJ McLean and Howie Dorough from Backstreet Boys, A$AP Ferg, Bella Poarch, K-pop group BEWAVE, Flavor Flav, FloyyMenor, Jake Shane, Tiffany Haddish and Zedd, among others. Ferg was also in attendance, fresh off the release of his new album Darold.

Tres Generaciones Tequila is the official tequila of Billboard and the 2024 Billboard Music Awards, and the bash included specialty curated cocktails, including Trespresso Martini, The Tres ‘73 and Tres Generaciones Añejo.

Information about the 2024 Billboard Music Awards will be announced in the coming weeks. To celebrate, we’ve compiled some of the best photos from the red carpet at the Billboard No. 1s Party. Check them out in our gallery below.

20 Nov 2024

Will Post Malone Be Headlining Coachella 2025? | Billboard News

Post Malone seemed to tease that he will be performing at Coachella in 2025, and fans have done some digging. Keep watching for the full story!

Tetris Kelly:
Will Post Malone headline Coachella in 2025? The “Pour Me a Drink” singer hinted he’ll be headlining Coachella with an IG post saying that he’ll be on the Big Ass Stadium Tour 2025 with singer-songwriter Jelly Roll. Fans quickly noticed the two dates listed were a pair of shows on April 13th and April 20th in Indio, Calif., aka, Coachella weekend! Internet sleuths also noticed that Post Malone’s Indio dates don’t feature his Big Ass Tour tourmates Jelly Roll or Sierra Ferrell. Coachella has not yet announced the lineup for next year’s show. Neither spokespersons for Post Malone or Coachella have answered Billboard‘s request for confirmation of his booking. We’ll just have to wait and see who really takes the stage! For more Coachella updates stay tuned here at Billboard News.

19 Nov 2024

Inside Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet LA Tour Stop: From Domingo to Xtina

When Sabrina Carpenter set up shop in Los Angeles for three dates of her Short n’ Sweet Tour, she brought out the big guns. There was Christina Aguilera. There was Jack Antonoff. And then there was Domingo.

On the new Pop Shop Podcast, we welcome Billboard deputy editor Lyndsey Havens so she and Katie can tell Keith all about their night out at the Forum for night 2 in LA, where Carpenter’s pop-star vision finally became a reality with a huge stage production and an even bigger fanbase.

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Plus, Lyndsey sat down last week with Billboard cover star Olivia Rodrigo for a Superstar Q&A at the Billboard Live Music Summit, and she tells us all about her panel discussion with the Guts-y singer.

Also on the show, we’ve got chart news on how Shaboozey scores an 18th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” leaving the song just a week away from tying the all-time record for the most weeks at No. 1 set by Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus. Plus, Gracie Abrams gets her first Hot 100 top 10 with “That’s So True,” Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” hits No. 1 on the Pop Airplay chart, and Dean Martin scores his first new hit on the Adult Contemporary chart since 2006 with an unearthed live recording from 1952 of a certain Christmas classic.

The Billboard Pop Shop Podcast is your one-stop shop for all things pop on Billboard’s weekly charts. You can always count on a lively discussion about the latest pop news, fun chart stats and stories, new music, and guest interviews with music stars and folks from the world of pop. Casual pop fans and chart junkies can hear Billboard’s executive digital director, West Coast, Katie Atkinson and Billboard’s managing director, charts and data operations, Keith Caulfield every week on the podcast, which can be streamed on Billboard.com or downloaded in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast provider. (Click here to listen to the previous edition of the show on Billboard.com.)

19 Nov 2024

Rihanna Is No. 3 for Billboard’s Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century | Billboard News

Rihanna takes No. 3 for Billboard’s 25 Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century, and we’re breaking down why the pop diva has earned her rank with her Hot 100 No. 1s, Billboard Music Awards and more! Which Rihanna song is your favorite? Let us know in the comments!

Tetris Kelly:

With 14 Billboard Hot 100 No.1s, 12 Billboard Music Awards and the most No.1 hits of any artist in the 21st century, our No. 3 greatest pop star of the 21st century is the Bajan queen herself, Rihanna! Rihanna began her music career at 17 after a successful audition with then Def Jam label heads Jay-Z and L.A. Reid. She quickly found success with “Pon de Replay,” her lead single off her debut album reaching No.2 on the Hot 100. And the first single “S.O.S.” off her sophomore album becoming her first No.1 on the Hot 100. Rihanna was quickly making a name for herself and growing up fast. After the success of her first two albums, Rihanna was ready to do something different. Enter her third album ‘Good Girl Gone Bad.’ The album’s title was a sign that Rihanna was growing up, leaving her good girl image behind, and that the singer was ready to take full control of her music as well as her look to become the Bad Gal we know and love today. And RiRi did just that, debuting her new edgy look with “Umbrella.” “Umbrella” became one of Rihanna’s biggest and most well-known hits, spending 7 weeks at No.1. The success of “Umbrella” and ‘Good Girl Gone Bad’ helped cement Rihanna as a pop icon. As Rihanna continued to change her look throughout the years, she also experimented with her sound.

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19 Nov 2024

Eslabon Armado Plays Finish the Lyrics

Eslabon Armado finished the lyrics to some of their major hits, including “Ella Baila Sola,” “Con Tus Besos” and more.

Eslabon Armado:
Hi, we’re Eslabon Armado here. We’re with Billboard and we’re going to Finish the Lyrics of our own songs. 

“You are a beautiful hottie/ That’s why for you I must be a bandit …”

No? Oh! Blondie! Wait, I don’t know how it goes. This is an old one. This is from Desvelado.

“Baby, every kiss you’d give me …”

Oh my god!

“To forget about that/ among drinks and kisses/ By the beach, perfect/ And when you said/ I love you.”

“To take you wherever you want/ like a princess/ To make your wishes come true, oh/ That’s why I work for you/ To give you a better life.”

19 Nov 2024

BLACKPINK’s LISA Announces ‘Alter Ego,’ Her Debut Solo Album | Billboard News

LISA has officially announced her highly anticipated solo debut album, Alter Ego, and we have all the details. 

Tetris Kelly:
After weeks of teasing, LISA has officially announced her debut solo album is finally on the way. Fans have waited until the cryptic timer on Lisa’s website counted down to zero. The BLACKPINK star revealed her solo debut album titled Alter Ego will release Feb. 28, 2025.

She also showed off the album’s art cover, with her rocking spike black nails and a 3-minute teaser on her YouTube channel to get the fans even more hyped for her solo debut. Speaking to Billboard for her cover story, LISA spoke about working on the album and being a perfectionist.

LISA told Billboard:

LISA:
Everything’s there. I think they’re going to be shocked at how capable I am [at] doing so many things.

Tetris Kelly:
We can’t wait to hear Alter Ego once it drops. Stay tuned for more news here at Billboard.

19 Nov 2024

Cardi B Says She’s Aiming to Release Her Sophomore Album In 2025 | Billboard News

Cardi B is ready to drop her sophomore album in 2025, reveal her businesses and more! Keep watching to see the singer talk about her new endeavors! 

Tetris Kelly:
Cardi B teases a new album?

Cardi B:
Next year, my album will be out, my secret businesses will be out.

Tetris Kelly:
Rap superstar Cardi B took to IG Live over the weekend to tease the release of her much anticipated sophomore album. She previously shared, “It’s gonna be amazing and unique because everything I do it gotta be amazing and unique. I’m sorry for the delay. It’s not gonna be a crazy delay. It’s gonna come out amazing.” Fans have been waiting since 2018 for a follow-up to Cardi’s breakout album, Invasion of Privacy, but it looks like the wait may be over soon.

Cardi B:
I can’t tell you what I’m working on. Hopefully next year, I get me a little boyfriend; I’m hoe-less right now.

Tetris Kelly:
It sounds like Cardi B is going to make a huge impact come 2025 and we couldn’t be more excited. Billboard has reached out to Cardi’s reps for comment.