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The 2025 Grammy Awards held Feb. 2 shine bright on both the Billboard 200 albums and Billboard Hot 100 songs charts (dated Feb. 15), as a starry lineup of winners and performers racked up big gains. Let’s take a look at some notable movers and shakers on both lists.
On the Billboard 200
Kendrick Lamar’s GNX gains 9% in equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the tracking week ending Feb. 6 (65,000), according to Luminate, though the album is pushed down a spot to No. 4. While Lamar did not perform on the Grammy Awards, he did win five trophies — the most of any artist this year — with two of those presented on-air during the CBS television broadcast: record of the year and song of the year, both for “Not Like Us.” Lamar also took home the awards for best rap performance, best rap song and best music video – all for “Not Like Us.” (“Not Like Us” is not included on any of Lamar’s albums, but GNX is his most recent album release.)
Lamar has four more albums on the Billboard 200 — and all post gains. Good Kid, M.A.A.D City climbs 31-27 (21,000; up 11%), DAMN. rises 36-29 (20,000; up 9%), To Pimp a Butterfly rises 196-167 (9,000; up 9%) and Mr. Morale and The Big Steppers reenters at No. 185 (8,500; up 13%).
Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft gains 47% (jumping 10-5), following her performance of the album’s “Birds of a Feather” on the show. The album was also nominated for multiple awards, though did not win. Eilish also logs gains on the Billboard 200 with When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (95-83; up 10%), Happier Than Ever (135-115; up 17%) and Dont Smile at Me (reentering at No. 160; up 14%).
Best new artist winner Chappell Roan sees her The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess bound 14-6 with a 56% gain in units earned. Roan performed the album’s “Pink Pony Club” on the show.
Two-time winner Sabrina Carpenter is pushed down 6-7 with Short n’ Sweet, despite a gain of 20%. Carpenter won best pop vocal album (for Short n’ Sweet), which was presented on air, and best pop solo vocal performance (for the album’s “Espresso”). Carpenter also performed a medley of “Espresso” and “Please Please Please” on the broadcast. An earlier Carpenter album, Emails I Can’t Send, also logs a gain on the chart, increasing by 8% and climbing 131-125.
Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department bumps 11-9 with an 8% increase, even though the album didn’t win any of the six awards it and its songs were nominated for. Still, Swift was an attendee at the event, was frequently seen by the CBS cameras, and presented the best country album award to Beyoncé for Cowboy Carter.
Speaking of Cowboy Carter, the album of the year winner gallops back onto the chart, reentering at No. 19 with 25,000 units earned — up 254%.
Doechii, who performed on the show and won the on-air-presented best rap album award for Alligator Bites Never Heal, sees that album vault 62-14 for its best week yet, gaining 107% to 31,000 units earned.
Best new artist nominee and show performer Benson Boone gets a big boost, as his Fireworks & Rollerblades album rises 49-23 with 24,000 units earned — up 44%. On the show, he performed an acrobatic rendition of the album’s “Beautiful Things.” Fellow best new artist nominees, and performers, Teddy Swims and Shaboozey also see gains — the former for I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1), which rises 25-24 with an 8% increase, and the latter for Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going, which rises 50-38 with a 13% gain.
All eight of the best new artist nominees had their own dedicated solo performance on the CBS broadcast: Boone, Carpenter, Doechii, Khruangbin, Raye, Roan, Shaboozey and Swims. (While Raye and Khruangbin aren’t on the Billboard 200, they also see gains with their most recent albums. Raye’s My 21st Century Blues is up 65% to 5,500 units; and Khruangbin’s A La Sala is up 36% to nearly 2,000 units.)
Performer and three-time winner Charli XCX sees her Brat album bump 52-26 with 22,000 units earned — up 38%. Brat won best dance/electronic album and best recording package, while the set’s “Von Dutch” won best dance pop recording. While none of Charli’s awards were presented during the CBS broadcast, she performed a medley of the album’s “Von Dutch” and “Guess” on the show.
Kendrick Lamar & More Leap on the Hot 100
As previously reported, the Hot 100’s top 10 reflects Grammy action, led by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile,” which won for best pop duo/group performance during the CBS broadcast. The pair also performed on the show, but didn’t sing “Die With a Smile,” instead, they did a cover of The Mamas and the Papas’ “California Dreamin’” in tribute to Los Angeles following the January wildfires in the area.
Songs in the top 10 by Eilish, Shaboozey, The Weeknd and Playboi Carti, and Benson Boone also bask in a post-Grammy glow.
Just outside the Hot 100’s top 10, Lamar’s “Not Like Us” vaults 29-15 with a 55% blast to 19.2 million official U.S. streams. The Drake-eviscerating track, which topped the chart for two weeks last May and July, swept all five of its Grammy nominations.
Roan surges with two songs in the Hot 100’s top 25: “Pink Pony Club” (45-18, a new high, surpassing its prior No. 26 peak) and “Good Luck, Babe!” (30-23, after reaching No. 6). The songs soared by 98% to 13.4 million streams and 26% to 13.2 million streams, respectively, after she performed “Pink Pony Club” and won the Grammy for best new artist, accepting the award with her buzzy speech calling for improvements in artists’ healthcare.
Plus, Doechii’s “Denial Is a River” hits the Hot 100’s top 40, jumping 55-27, up 66% to 13.8 million streams. It’s a new best rank for the rapper, who previously hit a No. 29 high in October 2013 with “What It Is (Block Boy)” featuring Kodak Black.
The NBA continues to innovate with its All-Star Weekend and announced on Tuesday (Feb. 11) that four-time NBA All-Star Celebrity Game MVP and comedian Kevin Hart will serve as the first-ever NBA All-Star Game emcee. There will be a star-studded cast of performers hitting the stage throughout the Bay Area’s All-Star Weekend, with the NBA […]
This year’s Stagecoach Country Music Festival will feature an eclectic slate of acts leading its Palomino Stage lineup this year, when the festival returns to the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif., on April 25-27.
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Lana Del Rey, Nelly and Sammy Hagar will headline the stage over the course of the three nights, with Rey heading up the Friday (April 25) lineup, followed by Nelly on Saturday and Rock n’ Roll Hall of Famer Hagar on Sunday.
A promo poster for the fest notes that Del Rey’s Friday night performance will be “a very special country set,” while Nelly’s Saturday performance will celebrate 25 years since the release of his signature song “Country Grammar.”
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Also on the Friday night bill are Whiskey Myers, Sierra Ferrell, Nikki Lane, Drake Milligan, Tanner Usrey and Noeline Hofmann.
Del Rey is set to release the country-influenced project The Right Person Will Stay in May. Ferrell picked up four wins at this year’s Grammys, taking home four trophies: best Americana album (Trail of Flowers), best American roots song (“American Dreaming”), best Americana performance (“American Dreaming”) and best American roots performance (“Lighthouse”). Hofmann recently teamed up with Zach Bryan for the song “Purple Gas,” which reached No. 69 on the Billboard Hot 100 last year. Meanwhile, Whiskey Myers recently announced they will team with Tedeschi Trucks Band for a co-headlining tour this year.
Alongside Nelly, Saturday night’s lineup will feature Koe Wetzel, Dylan Gossett, Tommy James & the Shondells, Crystal Gayle, Myles Kennedy and Kashus Culpepper. Wetzel recently notched a multiweek Billboard Country Airplay No. 1 with the Jessie Murph collaboration “High Road’ while the Big Loud Texas/Mercury Records-signed Dylan Gossett is known for songs including “Coal.” Meanwhile, Gayle has earned more than a dozen Hot Country Songs chart-toppers over the years, including signature songs such as 1977’s “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue” and 1978’s “Talking in Your Sleep.”
The three-day Palomino stage lineup will conclude on Sunday with Hagar as well as performances from “Slide” hitmakers Goo Goo Dolls, as well as eight-time Country Airplay No. 1 hitmaker Tracy Lawrence, and performances from Treaty Oak Revival, The Bacon Brothers, Angel White and Waylon Wyatt.
This year’s main stage headliners will be Jelly Roll, Luke Combs and Zach Bryan, who made his own Palomino Stage debut in 2022. Other artists who have played the Palomino Stage over the years include Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, George Jones, John Prine, Jerry Lee Lewis, Smokey Robinson, Emmylou Harris, Glen Campbell, Kenny Rogers and Charley Pride.
See the full lineup poster for Stagecoach’s Palomino Stage below:
Palomino Lineup Poster
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As he nears the end of his run in Broadway‘s Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, singer Adam Lambert celebrated his run with a stunning performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday night (Feb. 10).
Dressed in all-black and wearing some glossy black lipstick and eyeshadow, Lambert performed “I Don’t Care Much,” the melancholy act II ballad sung by his character in the show, the Emcee. Dropping his character’s German accent, the American Idol alum sauntered through the jazzy number, placing particular emphasis on its harsh lyrics.
“Words sound false when your coat’s too thin/ Feet don’t waltz when the roof caves in,” he belted. “So if you kiss me, if we touch/ Warning’s fair; I don’t care very much.”
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Lambert released his rendition of the song as a single back in December, and in an interview with radio presenter Elvis Duran, explained the track’s painful meaning in the larger context of the show. “It’s like a torch song,” he said. “It’s really beautiful, and this is in the second act when things are sad, and it’s a song about indifference, and kind of just saying ‘I give up.’”
Cabaret takes place in Berlin during the late 1920s and early 1930s, as the Nazi party rose to power. In “I Don’t Care Much,” Lambert’s Emcee sings about Germany’s apathy in the face of the Nazis’ fascist, antisemitic rhetoric. While he was recording the song, Lambert says he couldn’t help but think about the parallels between that story and today’s politics.
“The day after the [2024 U.S.] election, I know we all felt some kind of way. We recorded this right around election week,” he explained. “I kept going back to how I felt, how a lot of the people that I know in my community felt [after the election], and it was this feeling of … ‘I don’t know what else to do, except to say that I guess I don’t care now as a coping mechanism.’”
Lambert currently stars in the production alongside Auli’i Cravalho (as Sally Bowles), with both of their last performances slated for March 29. Starting on March 31, the roles of the Emcee and Sally will be taken over by country singer-songwriter Orville Peck and Tony-nominated actress Eva Noblezada.
Watch Lambert’s full performance of “I Don’t Care Much” above.
Ye’s — formerly known as Kanye West — Yeezy website has been taken down following backlash to the sale of his swastika T-shirt in recent days.
The rapper’s website used Shopify to make e-commerce transactions. Variety reported on Tuesday (Feb. 11) that Shopify said Ye had violated the company’s terms in recent days.
“All merchants are responsible for following the rules of our platform,” a spokesperson for Shopify relayed to Variety. “This merchant did not engage in authentic commerce practices and violated our terms, so we removed them from Shopify.”
In place of the Yeezy website is now an error message that reads, “Something went wrong. What happened? This store is unavailable.”
Billboard has reached out to reps for West and Shopify.
Just prior to the website’s shutdown, Ye paid for a Super Bowl commercial promoting Yeezy and encouraging fans to shop the marketplace. He shot the spot on an iPhone while sitting in a chair at the dentist. Variety reports the ad was shown on three Fox stations, including KTTV Los Angeles.
“What’s up, guys? I spent all the money for the commercial on these new teeth,” he says in the clip while showing off his diamond-encrusted teeth. “So, once again, I had to shoot it on the iPhone. Um … go to Yeezy.com.”
Before deactivating his X account on Monday (Feb. 10), the rapper spent the weekend going on several X tirades filled with antisemitic, misogynistic and homophobic remarks, which also included him calling for the freedom of Diddy and praising Hitler.
Ye’s latest string of hate speech has been rebuked by the Anti-Defamation League, Friends star David Schwimmer and Charlie Puth, who took to his Instagram Story to beg the Chicago native to stop posting.
“@ye The message you are sending out to the world is incredibly dangerous,” wrote Puth. “Please man, I beg you to stop. You are selling a T-shirt with a Swastika on it, and MILLIONS of people are influenced by you. Please I BEG you to stop, PLEASE.”
Winter Music Conference 2025 has announced a long phase one list of speakers for its March event in Miami.
The dance industry conference, returning to Miami Music Week for the first time since 2019, will feature input from artists including Aluna, LP Giobbi, Hayla, Sydney Blu and more.
Additionally, programming will include more than 60 industry representatives from a wide range of labels, management companies, agencies, publications, streaming services and more. See the complete list of phase one names and companies below.
Panels themes, keynote speakers and more will be announced in the coming weeks, with the event also set to feature mixers, a pool party and workshops, along with the inaugural hybrid awards show from the EDMAs and IDMAs. The Conference and tangential events will happen at Eden Roc Miami Beach Resort on March 26-28. Tickets are on sale now.
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Winter Music Conference is owned by Ultra Music Festival, which kicks off in Miami the same day the conference ends, Friday, March 28. Launched in 1985, Winter Music Conference was held every March in Miami (prior to the pandemic) and is part of the larger event known as Miami Music Week, a marathon of dance music performances and parties. Drawing an estimated 100,000 attendees and 3,500 music professionals from more than 70 countries at its height, WMC hosts a schedule of events, parties, seminars and workshops and serves as one of the largest industry networking events in the dance/electronic music genre.
Though the Ultra Music Festival was originally spawned by the conference, it eventually surpassed it in terms of influence, and its parent company went on to acquire WMC in 2018.
Winter Music Conference 2025 Industry Speakers:
Alex Greenberg – Falcon PRAlex Jukes – Jukebox PR/The TribesAndy Daniell – Defected RecordsAnna Horowitz – WMEBina Fronda – Ultra RecordsBlake Coppelson – Proximity II Kompass Music GroupCameron Sunkel – EDM.comCandace Silva-Torres (p/k/a SiLVA) – KCRWaCarly Peterson – CircaCelena Fields – EVENChris Johnson – SoundCloudChuck Fishman – Soul Clap RecordsConnie Chow – FUGA II shesaid.so AMSCristiana Votta – Alegria AgencyDani Chavez – Good Girl ManagementDani Deahl – BandLabDanny Klein – SPIN Magazine II Robot SunriseDavid Waxman – Ultra RecordsDeron Delgado – EMPIRE Dance/DirtybirdDilini Weerasooriya – Merrill Wealth Management (Bank of America)Dorothy Caccavale – FM Artists/Three Six ZeroEddie Sears – Republic RecordsElyn Kazarian – Women In Visuals/dublabEmma Hoser – Liaison ArtistsEric Silver – Red Light ManagementEryk Puczek – FriendsOfFriends.AgencyGavin Ryan – Big Beat Records/Atlantic RecordsGeorge Hess – G5 EntertainmentGina Tucci – 146 RecordsHallie Halpern – SeriouslyHallie StudiosHarmony Soleil – c895 SeattleHilary Gleason – BacklineJason Adamchak – Calculated Creative AgencyJaye Hamel – 1of1 CustomJeroen te Rehorst – BEAT Music Fund/ArmadaJess Page – RareformJordyn Reese – Do Better For ArtistsKat Bein – Super Kat WorldKatie Bain – BillboardKatie Knight – Can U Put Me On Guestlist PodcastKyle Jones – EDM.comLauren Anderson – LabelWorxLewis Kunstler – 2 + 2 Management II Young Art RecordsLorne Padman – Dim Mak RecordsMatt Sherman – Sherm In The Booth Podcast II Hood Politics RecordsMegan Venzin – DJ MagNicholas Saady – Pryor Cashman LLPOlivia Mancuso – Elevated Frequencies PodcastOllie Zhang – 88risingPaula Quijano – Little Empire MusicPete Anderson – ETP AgencyPeter Slayton – Slayton CreativeSam Mobarek – Major Recordings (Warner Records)Seth Shapiro – Shapiro Legal, PLLCShannon Herber – Wise River ConsultingSilvia Montello – Voicebox ConsultingSimon Scott – Cirkay LTDSonya Okon – Helix Records/Ultra PublishingSteph Conlon – Easier SaidTaryn Haight – WassermanTom Williams – L’Affaire MusicaleVivian Belzaguy Hunter – Ultra Music Festival II Ascendance Sustainable EventsWatse de Jong – Manager, Martin GarrixWill Scott – Helix Records / Ultra Publishing
Jimmy Kimmel is coming to Taylor Swift‘s defense after Donald Trump taunted the pop star on social media following the 2025 Super Bowl. On the latest episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! Monday (Feb. 10), the late-night host recapped the night prior’s big game — which ended with the Kansas City Chiefs losing 22-40 against the […]
Ariana Grande has seen how fans have been shipping her with Cynthia Erivo during the Wicked promotional cycle, to the point where some people think there’s actually something going on between the two stars in real life.
And in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter published Tuesday (Feb. 11), the “Yes, And?” singer addressed the theories surrounding her relationship with her costar. “People think we’re secretly married,” she told the publication.
It’s clear to anyone watching that Grande and Erivo are very close, often comforting each other during teary-eyed interviews and red-carpet appearances. But some fans have taken things one step further and have started speculating that there’s a romantic connection between them, despite the fact that both women are in relationships with other people; the Victorious alum has been dating fellow Wicked star Ethan Slater since 2023, while the Pinocchio star has reportedly been with actress Lena Waithe for several years.
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So why the rumors? Grande says it’s likely “the Gelphie stuff,” aka people shipping her Wicked character, Glinda, with Erivo’ s Elphaba.
“I wish I could unsee some things,” the two-time Grammy winner said of the sexual artwork people have made using their characters’ likenesses. “I mean, wow, I had a feeling, but I didn’t know it would be on this scale or this graphic.”
To be fair, the theory that Elphaba and Glinda are more than just friends is a little less unfounded than the theories about their real-life counterparts. Grande has said herself that she thinks her character “might be a little in the closet,” and in January, she told Variety, “[Glinda] loves Elphaba so much, and that forgiveness and that unconditional love that they share — I think they’re in love with each other.”
Despite the pervasiveness of the speculation surrounding Grande and Erivo, it’s not the first time the “We Can’t Be Friends” artist has had to deal with whispers about her love life during the Wicked era. The rumor mill went crazy when it was first reported in 2023 that she and Slater were in a relationship following their respective splits from ex-husband Dalton Gomez and ex-wife Lilly Jay, a tabloid cycle Grande slammed as “bulls–t” in a September Vanity Fair article, adding, “The most disappointing part was to see so many people believe the worst version of it.”
Now, Grande tells THR that dealing with rumors will “never be unpainful.” “But also, I walk with the awareness that I’m an artist and this is a path that I’ve chosen,” she added. “So I just try to protect myself so that I never start to resent the art.”
See Grande on the cover of THR below.
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Chris Brown scores a historic milestone on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, becoming the second artist to reach 100 cumulative weeks at No. 1 on the radio ranking, across 11 No. 1 songs in his career. The R&B hitmaker achieves the feat on the list dated Feb. 15 as current single “Residuals” jumps 2-1 for its first week in the top slot. The singer joins Drake, who has a record 176 weeks at No. 1 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, in the triple-digit club among all artists since the chart launched in 1992.
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A CBE/RCA Records release, “Residuals” crowns R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, which ranks songs by combined audience totals from adult R&B and mainstream R&B/hip-hop radio stations, with 15.8 million audience impressions in the tracking week of Jan. 31-Feb. 6, according to Luminate, up 3% from the previous week’s 15.3 million.
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The single advances to the summit in its 27th week on the list, the seventh-longest wait in the chart’s history. After 11 nonconsecutive weeks in the runner-up spot, “Residuals” likely crosses the finish line with added buzz from its official music video release on Jan. 23 and its nomination for best R&B performance at the Grammy Awards. While the track lost its nod at the Feb. 2 ceremony, Brown won best R&B album for 11:11, his second career trophy.
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Brown’s 100 weeks at No. 1 are spread across 11 No. 1s. Notably, more than half of his career total derives from just two songs: “No Guidance” featuring Drake, and a collaboration with Young Thug, “Go Crazy.” The former logged 27 weeks on top in 2019-2020, while the latter dominated for 29 frames in 2020-21. At the time, both tracks set records for the longest run by any song in the chart’s history; SZA’s “Snooze,” at 37 weeks in charge, now holds the title.
To recap his 100 weeks at the summit, here’s a review of Brown’s 11 No. 1s on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay:
“Say Goodbye,” six weeks at No. 1, beginning Oct. 14, 2006
“Deuces,” feat. Tyga and Kevin McCall, nine, Sept. 11, 2010
“Look at Me Now,” feat. Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes, eight, April 2, 2011
“Loyal,” feat. Lil Wayne and French Montana or Too $hort or Tyga, eight, June 7, 2014
“New Flame,” feat. Usher and Rick Ross, four, Oct. 25, 2014
“Hold You Down,” DJ Khaled feat. Chris Brown, August Alsina, Future and Jeremih, five, Nov. 15, 2014
“All Eyes on You,” Meek Mill feat. Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj, one, Sept. 26, 2015
“No Guidance,” feat. Drake, 27, Aug. 24, 2019
“Go Crazy,” with Young Thug, 29, Aug. 22, 2020
“Under the Influence,” two, March 25, 2023
“Residuals,” one (to date), Feb. 15, 2025
With an 11th No. 1, Brown breaks a tie with Beyoncé for sole possession of the fourth-most leaders on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay. Drake leads the count with 29, with Usher (16) and Lil Wayne (12) in second and third place, respectively.
Elsewhere, “Residuals” pushes 15-13 on Adult R&B Airplay, sparked by a 49% surge in weekly plays. It also repeats at No. 6 on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, a chart it topped for four weeks in December-January, and essentially remains even in plays with last week’s total.