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23 Jul 2024

BLACKPINK’s LISA Is Louis Vuitton’s Newest House Ambassador

LISA has always been known for her impeccable style, which made her the easy choice to become Louis Vuitton’s newest House Ambassador, the brand announced on Tuesday (July 23).

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Per a press release from the brand, the 27-year-old BLACKPINK star “sets trends and approaches her craft with fearless authenticity,” and the company was inspired by her “bold” style when she attended the recent Louis Vuitton Women’s FW24 show in Paris, France.

“I am very excited to welcome Lisa as a House Ambassador. She has a daring spirit and charisma that I find incredibly compelling. She is as bold and creative with her music as she is with her fashion, and it is a privilege to accompany her on this journey”, Nicolas Ghesquière, Louis Vuitton’s artistic director of women’s collections, shared in a press statement.

It’s been an exciting year already for LISA, who landed her first Billboard Global Excl. U.S. No. 1 with her solo hit, “Rockstar,” which opened at the summit. The song was first teased on TikTok in May when LISA joined the social media site and set a Guinness World Record by gaining 1 million followers in just over two hours. That’s just one in an impressive and expanding collection of records smashed by LISA alongside her BLACKPINK groupmates Jennie, Rosé and Jisoo.

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“Rockstar” arrived on the heels of LISA signing with RCA Records in anticipation of her upcoming solo efforts, inking a deal that will allow her to retain ownership of her master recordings.

23 Jul 2024

Double Win for Venesti: ‘Es Normal’ Tops Latin Rhythm Airplay & Latin Pop Airplay Charts

Venesti celebrates a double win with “Es Normal,” as his latest single crowns Billboard’s Latin Rhythm Airplay and Latin Pop Airplay charts (dated July 27). The track is the fourth single from parent album De La Nada to enter a Billboard chart.

“It’s really important to lead the Latin Rhythm Airplay and Latin Pop Airplay charts, both for me and my team,” Venesti tells Billboard. “Actually, it’s the song we picked as (the) first single and the one I listen to the most.”

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On Latin Rhythm Airplay, “Es Normal” ascends from No. 3 to crown the 25-song ranking with a 21% gain in audience impressions, up 6.6 million, logged during the July 12-18 tracking week, according to Luminate. With the ascension, Colombian Venesti picks up his second No. 1, after the one-week takeover of “Umaye” last October.

Further, the new champ also takes indie label AP Global to its second coronation on Latin Rhythm Airplay –and third top 10 overall– after it secured its first top 10 through “Pura Maldad” in June 2023.

“When we were composing the song, I was going through a real-life situation about mistrust and chatter, so we decided to write it because so many people go through the same thing,” Venesti remembers. “When the person involved heard it, she started questioning whether I had changed. But nothing, it’s been proven that such is the case, and yes, that makes the song even more special for both, me and my team.”

The Pop-Afrobeat “Es Normal” also stands steady at No. 1 for a second week on Latin Pop Airplay. There, it joins Venesti’s first champ, “No Es Normal,” with Nacho and Maffio, which held strong at the summit for 10 weeks, the longest-leading song in 2024 so far.

“Es Normal” joins three other songs stemming from Venesti’s debut studio album De La Nada, released Sept. 28 on AP Global. Those songs are the No. 11-peaking “Necesidad” (Latin Rhythm Airplay, Dec. 2022), and top 10s “Pura Maldad” (No. 10 high, June 2023) and as mentioned, “Umaye,” which granted Venesti his first ruler on any chart.

Beyond Latin Rhythm Airplay and Latin Pop Airplay, Venesti reaches for his third top 10 on the overall Latin Airplay, where “Es Normal,” produced by Milo Beat, jumps 8-4. The Colombian singer-songwriter and producer landed two champs previously on the overall radio ranking, both in less than a year: “Umaye” (Dec. 2023) and “No Es Normal,” with Nacho and Maffio, in March.

23 Jul 2024

The Weeknd Previews Euphoric Song Teasing Final Installment of Trilogy

They say good things come in threes, and The Weeknd is putting the finishing touches on his After Hours/Dawn FM trilogy.

Abel posted the cinematic trailer previewing the intoxicating track on Tuesday (July 23), which is another signal the third chapter is on the way from the Canadian crooner.

“When you gaze long enough into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you,” he wrote in the caption while quoting German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.

The dreamy trailer features a kid looking to outrun a dark world where external forces are attempting to capture him. He makes a great escape for the heavens while The Weeknd’s ominous vocals provide the soundtrack.

“I’m falling at the speed of light/ I’m staring at your shrinking face, don’t cry,” Abel croons on the track that appears to be titled “The Abyss.”

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It’s been over two years since Dawn FM and fans are chomping at the bit for Abel’s next era of music. “This sounds insane,” one fan wrote while another added: “THE KING IS BACK !!!”

There are even fans that believe this era could outweigh 2012’s Trilogy compilation album. “Off rip 10x better than the first Trilogy and it’s not even complete yet,” they declared on X. “Forget world building, this is something built beyond our own understanding!”

2024 is shaping up to be another busy campaign for The Weeknd, who will be returning to South America for a one-night-only show in São Paulo, Brazil on Sept. 7 at Estádio MorumBIS. The Live Nation concert will feature “never-before-seen production,” per a press release.

He previously performed in São Paulo for a pair of dates as part of his After Hours Til Dawn Tour in October 2023. Abel’s trek ranked eighth on Billboard Boxscore’s top tours of 2023 with a gross of $192.5 million.

Dawn FM arrived in January 2022 and debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 148,000 total album-equivalent units sold in the first week.

23 Jul 2024

Ryan Reynolds Finally Addresses Those Taylor Swift ‘Deadpool’ Cameo Rumors: ‘There Are Surprises’

Jimmy Fallon cut straight to the chase when interviewing Ryan Reynolds on Monday’s Tonight Show, asking the question Swifties all over the world have been dying to know the answer to: Is Taylor Swift in Deadpool & Wolverine?

The actor’s response, however, might leave them disappointed (although, if you think about it, he didn’t actually deny it). “I wish,” he said, joking: “If I ever stop, she’d make a good Deadpool. She’s funny, funny, funny!”

Even if the pop star isn’t in the project, there will be other famous faces who make appearances. “We don’t really have cameos as much as surprises,” Reynolds confirmed on the talk show. “The folks that do show up in the movie — I have no idea how we’ve managed to keep it secret, given the Internet, somehow it hasn’t come out — they have beginnings, middles and ends. It’s not just like, ‘Hey, there’s that person!’ and we move on. They’re there for a reason.”

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The interview follows years of speculation that Swift is involved in the upcoming superhero film, which also stars Hugh Jackman and arrives in theaters Friday. The most recent bout of rumors surged earlier this month when Reynolds appeared to re-create the 14-time Grammy winner’s Evermore album cover in his Deadpool suit. Before that, a poster for the project featured Eras Tour-inspired friendship bracelets.

But why would Swift appear in a Deadpool film to begin with? Well, the singer has been close friends with Reynolds and his wife, Blake Lively, for years and at one point borrowed the Free Guy star’s actual suit to dress up as Deadpool for Halloween. Plus, his character sported a T-shirt with Swift’s cats, Meredith and Olivia, printed on the chest in Deadpool 2.

“Yes, I had a T-shirt made,” he said of the tee in a recent SiriusXM Town Hall, joking that Swift took legal action against him in response. “I was sued. I lost everything in that one. And getting sued by a friend is tough to swallow. Also, she has just a lot of very, very powerful lawyers. I found out later those are just the paralegals. The real lawyers didn’t even bother with it.”

Watch Reynolds’ Tonight Show interview above.

23 Jul 2024

Tony Hale Recalls Receiving the Phone Call to Appear With ‘Queen’ Beyoncé in Super Bowl Ad

Tony Hale is no stranger to working alongside some of Hollywood’s biggest stars thanks to his work in projects like Veep, Arrested Development, Inside Out and more. However, it’s not every day you get to star alongside Beyoncé in a Super Bowl ad.

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The actor appeared in the iconic Verizon 2024 Super Bowl commercial that confirmed that Bey had Cowboy Carter up her sleeves. The minute-long ad finds comedian Hale challenging Bey to do something so big, it “breaks” Verizon’s 5G internet service. To do so, she does a ton of activities like running a lemonade stand for fans, playing the saxophone, introduces her own “Beyonc-AI” technology, parodies Barbie as “Bar-Bey” and announcing her candidacy for “Beyoncé of the United States” — but nothing worked.

Bey then decided that announcing new music is the only way. “OK, they ready,” she says from a rocket ship. “Drop the new music.”

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“They called me and they said, ‘Hey, do you want to be in a Super Bowl ad?’” Hale recalled of finding out about the gig with “the Queen” during a Monday night (July 22) interview on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “I was like, ‘Yeah,’ and they said, ‘It’s with a music artist.’ I was like, ‘Great.’ They were like, ‘Beyoncé,’ and I was like, ‘Sorry?’”

He continued, “I finally am doing something cool that my daughter thinks is cool, but I couldn’t tell her because I signed an NDA.”

However, he still found ways to tease the appearance for his daughter. “Actually, they did these teasers beforehand of me in front of a lemonade stand and she immediately got it and was like, ‘Dad?’ And I just texted back an emoji of a bee.”

Watch the full interview below.


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23 Jul 2024

Country Musicians Who Have Voiced Support for Donald Trump in the 2024 Election

A handful of country artists, including Jason Aldean and Brian Kelley, were part of this year’s Republican National Convention.

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Donald Trump shakes hands with Jason Aldean as his wife singer Brittany Kerr looks on, on the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 18, 2024.

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With little more than 100 days before the 2024 presidential election, artists are aligning with the candidate of their choice. While the majority of musicians tend to keep their political preferences to themselves — in part for fear of alienating their audience — more and more country artists are speaking out in support of Republican nominee and former president, Donald Trump.

Country music and conservative politics have been hand in hand for more than 50 years. As Richard Nixon ran for re-election in 1972, he began peeling away working and middle class Southern whites, who had previously voted Democratic. Concurrently, country music began shifting to the right, culminating in the Country Music Association making a compilation album for Nixon that year called Thank You, Mr. President, according to NPR. The shift built on Merle Haggard’s culturally groundbreaking 1969 hit “Okie from Muskogee,” which took on San Francisco “hippies” and praised a way of life where “we still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse.”

While many pop and hip-hop artists, including Ariana Grande, Cardi B, Charli XCX, Lil Nas X, Lizzo, Demi Lovato and Katy Perry have rushed to voice support for Vice President Kamala Harris, who is poised to be the Democratic candidate following President Joe Biden’s July 21 announcement that he will no longer seek reelection, country artists have been slower to voice their choice. However, a number have been very vocal in aligning with Trump, one even going so far as to release a song that echoes Trump’s talking points.

Below are country artists who have proudly declared their support for Trump.

23 Jul 2024

These Were the 10 Most Played Tracks at Weekend 1 of Tomorrowland 2024

Tomorrowland is currently in the eye of the storm, with the first weekend of the dance mega-festival in Boom, Belgium, wrapping up Sunday (July 23), and the second weekend kicking off again this Friday, July 26.

Betwixt events, festival organizers have released a list of the 10 most played tracks of weekend one, with the data compiled by the festival’s music monitoring team in conjunction with online DJ database 1001 Tracklists.

The unranked list is a mix of classic dance tracks and newer material, with music released in the past few weeks showing up alongside EDM classics by genre mainstays and even music from the turn of the millennium. Genre-wise, the list is across the board, featuring melodic techno, EDM, afrohouse and dance remixes of classic songs. Check the list below.

The first weekend of Tomorrowland 2024 drew 200,000 festivalgoers from around the world to a 9,000-acre festival site, where hundreds of DJs played across 16 stages. 2024 marks the show’s 20-year anniversary.

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Kaaze Feat. Alina Pozi, “Papi” (2024)

Argy & Omnia, “Aria” (2023)

Sebastian Ingrosso & Tommy Trash Feat. John Martin, “Reload” (2012)

Swedish House Mafia Feat. John Martin, “Don’t You Worry Child” (2012)

Marlon Hoffstadt aka DJ Daddy Trance, “It’s That Time” (2023)

Gotye Feat. Kimbra, “Somebody That I Used To Know (Sidepiece Edit)” (2024)


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Adam Port & Stryv Feat. Malachiii, “Move” (2024)

Chase & Status & Bou, Feat. Trigga, IRAH, Flowdan & Takura, “Baddadan” (2023)

Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike & Tiesto & W&W Ft Dido, “Thank You (Not So Bad)” (2024)

Tomcraft, “Loneliness” (2002)

23 Jul 2024

Hailey Bieber Opens Up About ‘Emotional’ Moments During Pregnancy & Trying to ‘Soak In’ Alone Time With Justin Bieber

Hailey Bieber is gearing up for motherhood, and the model opened up about her pregnancy journey for a new W Magazine cover story.

“I probably could have hid it until the end, but I didn’t enjoy the stress of not being able to enjoy my pregnancy outwardly,” she explained of announcing her pregnancy at the six-month mark. “I felt like I was hiding this big secret, and it didn’t feel good. I wanted the freedom to go out and live my life.”

Since the beginning of her relationship with husband, Justin Bieber, Hailey has been dealing with online scrutiny — something she says hasn’t gotten easier, especially in pregnancy. “People have made me feel so bad about my relationship since day one. ‘Oh, they’re falling apart. They hate each other. They’re getting divorced.’ It’s like people don’t want to believe that we’re happy,” she said. “I used to try to act like it hurts less and less. I’ve tried to think that you get used to it at a certain point, that this is what’s going to be said and this is how people are going to be. But I realize that it doesn’t actually ever hurt any less.”

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To help, she’s actually been savoring time with Justin before the baby arrives. “In the beginning [of pregnancy], it was super emotional for me,” she recalled. “Like, ‘I love this human so much. How can I possibly bring someone else into this?’ I’m trying to soak in these days of it being Justin and me, just the two of us.”

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The “Love Yourself” singer and Rhode founder announced that they are expecting their first child together back in May, when they took to Instagram to share a series of photos and videos from a film shoot they did among a vast meadow, in which Hailey is seen wearing a skin-tight lace gown, cradling her growing baby bump as Justin snaps photos of her. In one of the clips, the couple also renewed their vows.

The couple officially wed in September 2018 at a New York City courthouse. A year later, they flew down to the Montage Palmetto Bluff hotel in South Carolina with their friends and family for a more traditional wedding ceremony and star-studded party.

23 Jul 2024

Eminem Charts 16 Songs From ‘The Death of Slim Shady’ on Hot 100 & Surpasses 100 Career Hits

Eminem has a massive week on Billboard’s charts (dated July 27) thanks to his new album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce).

Released July 12 on Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records, the set debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 281,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in its opening week, according to Luminate. It arrives with the biggest week (by units) for a rap album in 2024.

The set becomes Eminem’s 11th career Billboard 200 No. 1, tying Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand and Ye (formerly Kanye West) for the fifth most, after The Beatles (19), Jay-Z (14), Taylor Swift (14) and Drake (13).

All 16 songs (excluding spoken-word skits) on the album concurrently land on the Billboard Hot 100, led by lead single “Houdini” at No. 10. Here’s a recap (all of which are debuts except where noted).

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Eminem on the July 27, 2024-dated Hot 100:

  • No. 10, “Houdini” (up from No. 18; peaked at No. 2 in June)
  • No. 19, “Habits,” with White Gold
  • No. 20, “Renaissance”
  • No. 21, “Fuel,” with JID
  • No. 24, “Tobey,” with Big Sean & BabyTron (up from No. 27; new high)
  • No. 25, “Brand New Dance”
  • No. 27, “Somebody Save Me,” with Jelly Roll
  • No. 30, “Evil”
  • No. 31, “Trouble”
  • No. 37, “Lucifer,” with Sly Pyper
  • No. 39, “Antichrist”
  • No. 45, “Guilty Conscience 2”
  • No. 56, “Temporary,” with Skylar Grey
  • No. 59, “Road Rage,” with Dem Jointz & Sly Pyper
  • No. 69, “Bad One,” with White Gold
  • No. 72, “Head Honcho,” with Ez Mil

“Somebody Save Me” notably reworks Jelly Roll’s “Save Me” (with Lainey Wilson), which ranked in the Hot 100’s top 40 earlier this year after reaching No. 19 last November. “Save Me” also topped the Country Airplay chart for two weeks in December.

With 14 debuts, Eminem ups his career total from 98 to 112 Hot 100 entries. He becomes the 19th act to chart at least 100 songs dating to the survey’s 1958 inception and now has the 11th-most appearances.

Artists With the Most Hot 100 Hits:

  • 333, Drake
  • 264, Taylor Swift
  • 207, Glee Cast
  • 199, Future
  • 186, Lil Wayne
  • 157, Kanye West
  • 148, Nicki Minaj
  • 140, Lil Baby
  • 117, Chris Brown
  • 117, Travis Scott
  • 112, Eminem
  • 109, Elvis Presley (whose career launch predated the Hot 100’s start)
  • 108, Lil Uzi Vert
  • 106, Beyoncé
  • 105, Jay-Z
  • 105, Justin Bieber
  • 104, YoungBoy Never Broke Again
  • 103, 21 Savage
  • 101, The Weeknd
    (as of July 27, 2024)

Of Eminem’s 112 Hot 100 entries, 63 have reached the top 40. That’s the eighth most, after Drake (205), Swift (165), Lil Wayne (88), Elvis Presley (81), Ye (78), Nicki Minaj (75) and Future (67).

Meanwhile, thanks to their featured appearances on The Death of Slim Shady, Sly Pyper, Dem Jointz and Ez Mil all score their first career Hot 100 visits.

Sly Pyper, who debuts via “Lucifer” and “Road Rage,” is a longtime songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist who has also collaborated with Dr. Dre, The Game, Kendrick Lamar, Shaggy and Snoop Dogg in various roles. He previously worked on Eminem’s No. 1 albums Recovery (2010) and Music to Be Murdered By (2020).

Dem Jointz is likewise an established songwriter-producer who claims his first Hot 100 hit under an artist billing with “Road Rage.” Before this week, he logged seven songs on the chart as a credited producer: Eminem’s “Lock It Up,” featuring Anderson .Paak (No. 89 peak in 2020); Ye’s “Jail” (No. 10, 2021), “Believe What I Say” (No. 28, 2021), “Jail Pt. 2” (No. 63, 2021) and “New Again” (No. 68, 2021); Fivio Foreign’s “City of Gods,” featuring Ye and Alicia Keys (No. 46, 2022); and BTS’ “Run BTS” (No. 73, 2022). Dem Jointz has also collaborated with aespa, Dr. Dre, Janet Jackson, NCT 127 and Rihanna. Dem Jointz (real name: Dwayne Abernathy Jr.) shared the 2022 Grammy Award for best rap song for his contributions to Ye’s “Jail.”

Ez Mil also earns his first Hot 100 entry, thanks to his featured credit on “Head Honcho.” The rapper first reached Billboard’s charts in August 2023 with another Eminem collab: “Realest” reached No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart. The 25-year-old, from the Philippines, signed a joint venture deal with Shady Records, Aftermath and Interscope.

23 Jul 2024

Eminem Fans React to Bengals Quarterback Joe Burrow’s Slim Shady-Inspired Look

NFL star Joe Burrow was bumping Eminem’s new album so much this past week that the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback showed up to training camp doing his best Slim Shady impression.

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Burrow traded his golden locks for a clean buzz cut with a bleach blond significantly lighter than his natural color. The LSU alum wore a pink T-shirt and floral shorts to complete his Slim Shady-inspired transformation.

“Guess who’s back,” the team captioned Tuesday’s (July 23) photos in an homage to the rapper. Eminem fans picked up on Burrow’s new look and the pics quickly went viral sweeping social media by storm.

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“Will the real Joe Burrow please stand up,” one person commented while another added, “He watched Barbie last night and listened to Eminem on the way in this morning.”

While The Death of Slim Shady executed an attempt to kill off Em’s alter ego, fans joked that Burrow’s new look served as the resurrection. “Eminem really killed Slim Shady, just for Joe Burrow to bring him back to life,” one person tweeted.

Joe Burrow isn’t the only Bengals star rocking the buzz cut for training camp, as wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase cut his signature braids for a fresh start.

Burrow and the Bengals are seeking a return to form after missing the playoffs last season. While the Bengals don’t play Eminem’s Detroit Lions in the regular season, perhaps the pair of Super Bowl hopefuls can link up in February and face-off at SB LIX in New Orleans.

Eminem’s The Death of Slim Shady dethroned Taylor Swift’s three-month reign atop the Billboard 200, with Em’s album earning 281,000 total album-equivalent units in the first week to give Slim his 10th chart topper.

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