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Trending on Billboard U.S. Marshalls arrested a suspect in the shooting of Sauce Walka and the murder of rapper Sayso P. As reported by local Memphis outlet Action News 5, Marshalls arrested 23-year-old Kevin “KJ” Brown in Clarksville, Tennessee, on Wednesday (Oct. 22). He was charged with first-degree murder, two counts of employing a firearm […]
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First July, then August, now September: The Summer I Turned Pretty is yet again a dominant force on Billboard’s Top TV Songs chart, powered by Tunefind (a Songtradr company), occupying the September 2025 tally’s top eight and nine of its top 10, led by music from Taylor Swift.
Rankings for the Top TV Songs chart are based on song and show data provided by Tunefind and ranked using a formula blending that data with sales and streaming information tracked by Luminate during the corresponding period of September 2025.
After a three-season run on Amazon Prime Video, The Summer I Turned Pretty concluded with three final episodes on Sept. 3, 7 and 17 (with a full-length film to follow as a continuation of the finale — look out, Top Movie Songs chart).
Four of the songs on the September 2025 chart are courtesy of Swift, including the No. 1. “Dress,” from 2017’s Reputation, bows atop the survey after its feature in the series finale. That’s on the strength of 10.3 million official on-demand U.S. streams and 3,000 downloads in September 2025, according to Luminate.
Of the four, two were heard in the finale, while the other two were in the penultimate episode. “Out of the Woods (Taylor’s Version),” also from the finale, ranks at No. 4 (4.1 million streams, 1,000 downloads), followed by “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” and “The 1” from the next-to-last episode at Nos. 7 and 10, respectively.
But The Summer I Turned Pretty wasn’t just a vehicle for Swift’s catalog. Noah Kahan’s Gracie Abrams-featuring version of “Everywhere, Everything” ranks at No. 2 after its turn in the finale (10.7 million streams, 1,000 downloads), while Harry Styles’ “Sign of the Times” is No. 3 (10.4 million streams, 2,000 downloads) after an appearance in the penultimate episode.
One song, meanwhile, is from the Sept. 3 edition: Franz Ferdinand’s “Take Me Out,” at No. 8 (12.6 million streams, 1,000 downloads).
The lone non-The Summer I Turned Pretty entry is courtesy of Gen V, which premiered its second season on Sept. 17. The fellow Amazon Prime Video series’ position is No. 9 via Frankie Valli’s “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” (10.9 million streams, 1,000 downloads).
See the full top 10 below.
Rank, Song, Artist, Show (Network)1. “Dress,” Taylor Swift, The Summer I Turned Pretty (Amazon Prime Video)2. “Everywhere, Everything,” Noah Kahan with Gracie Abrams, The Summer I Turned Pretty (Amazon Prime Video)3. “Sign of the Times,” Harry Styles, The Summer I Turned Pretty (Amazon Prime Video)4. “Out of the Woods (Taylor’s Version),” Taylor Swift, The Summer I Turned Pretty (Amazon Prime Video)5. “Scott Street,” Phoebe Bridgers, The Summer I Turned Pretty (Amazon Prime Video)6. “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart,” Taylor Swift, The Summer I Turned Pretty (Amazon Prime Video)7. “I Only Have Eyes for You,” The Flamingos, The Summer I Turned Pretty (Amazon Prime Video)8. “Take Me Out,” Franz Ferdinand, The Summer I Turned Pretty (Amazon Prime Video)9. “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” Frankie Valli, Gen V (Amazon Prime Video)10. “The 1,” Taylor Swift, The Summer I Turned Pretty (Amazon Prime Video)
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Demi Lovato is hoping that fans can learn from her struggles. In a raw interview with Las Culturistas hosts Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers posted Wednesday (Oct. 22), the star reflected on the choice to be transparent about their past experiences with eating disorders and substance abuse, despite the stigma surrounding them.
“I had a decision that had to be made when I had gone to treatment for the first time,” the singer began. “I had this very public outburst when I was 18 … and in that moment, my manager at the time asked me, like, ‘Do you want to be public with what you’re going through, or do you want to sweep it under the rug and not talk about it?’”
Despite the manager telling her, “You have a right to both” and “You don’t owe anybody anything,” Lovato decided to be open with fans. “I was like, ‘I didn’t have a role model at 13 that was speaking up about eating disorders, and I need to be that role model for someone else.’”
“It was this responsibility that I was willing to take on because I wish that I could have had that growing up,” Lovato added.
The Camp Rock alum has long been open about their past battles with self-harm, bulimia, substance abuse and bipolar disorder, delving into them in documentaries such as 2017’s Simply Complicated and 2021’s Dancing With the Devil. One pivotal incident occurred in 2010 when an 18-year-old Lovato punched backup dancer Alex Welch while on tour with the Jonas Brothers, after which the vocalist entered rehab to address “emotional and physical issues.”
“When you punch someone on a plane, enough is enough,” she recalled in a 2011 interview with Elle. “Right after, I texted my mom and just said, ‘I’m sorry.’”
Lovato is now doing better than ever, with the star gearing up to release new album It’s Not That Deep on Friday. The project was led by singles “Fast,” “Here All Night” and “Kiss.”
Listen to Lovato’s full guest episode of Las Culturistas below.
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Bono and The Edge of U2 accepted the 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize on behalf of the band on Tuesday. The award was presented for embodying the legacy of the legendary folk singer. The event was held at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma – and marked the first time Bono and The Edge had been there since a U2 tour stop in 1981 to promote the band’s debut album, Boy.
The 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize celebration was hosted by the Woody Guthrie Center. Preceding the award presentation, Bono and The Edge participated in an onstage conversation about art and activism with producer and musician T Bone Burnett.
“Our favorite protest songs always had a sense of vision, something to aim for. … You don’t talk about the darkness, you make the light brighter,” The Edge said, adding: “I believe music can actually change the mood of the room and actually shift a culture.”
Bono credited Bob Dylan for leading U2 to Guthrie’s music. “Bob Dylan really did bring us to the place where the song was an instrument to open up worlds. And the world of Woody Guthrie, I wouldn’t have entered if not for Bob.”
Bono also alluded to the current challenges confronting America. “America is the greatest song still yet to be written. The poetry is there but it’s still being written… don’t imagine it will continue to be extraordinary on its own, that if you fell asleep and woke up in twenty years, the world would be fairer or freer. It won’t, that’s not the way it works.”
When speaking with Burnett about the songwriting process relative to protest songs, Bono said, “You can’t write a song to order.” He read lyrics to a song that is a work-in-progress, written about the killing of Palestinian activist Awdah Hathaleen in July by an Israeli settler.
Bono and The Edge surprised attendees with a six-song performance, including two songs in which they included snippets of Woody Guthrie songs (“Running to Stand Still” with a snippet of “Bound for Glory) and “Pride (In the Name of Love)” with a snippet of “Jesus Christ”). Other U2 songs in their set were “Mothers of the Disappeared,” “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” “One” and “Yahweh.”
Guthrie’s granddaughter Anna Canoni and Woody Guthrie Center director Cady Shaw also spoke at the event. “Woody and U2 have been aligned for decades,” Canoni said. “Whether it is protesting against war and violence, standing up for humanitarian rights, singing about greed, corruption and injustice.”
The event served as a fundraiser to support the Center’s educational programs, public concerts, exhibitions and the legacy of Woody Guthrie. The event was presented by the Harper House Music Foundation.
The Woody Guthrie Prize seeks to recognize artists who reflect Guthrie’s belief that music can be a force for social justice and change. Previous honorees include Tom Morello, Pete Seeger, Mavis Staples, Kris Kristofferson, John Mellencamp, Chuck D, Joan Baez, Bruce Springsteen and Pussy Riot, as well as groundbreaking TV producer Norman Lear.
Guthrie’s most famous song is “This Land Is Your Land,” which he wrote in February 1940 in response to what he felt was the overplaying of Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America” on the radio. Guthrie died in 1967 at age 55 from complications of Huntington’s disease. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as an early/musical influence in 1988 and received a lifetime achievement award from the Recording Academy in 2000.
U2, which also includes Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr., has won 22 Grammys, more than any other group or duo in history. Their Grammy collection includes two awards for album of the year, two for record of the year and two for song of the year. U2 was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2005 and were recently named Fellows of The Ivors Academy, the highest honor in British songwriting.
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Miley Cyrus is channeling a painful memory into music for one of the most highly anticipated films of 2025: Avatar: Fire and Ash.
As announced Wednesday (Oct. 22), the pop star will contribute an original song to the Avatar sequel’s soundtrack. Sharing a snippet of the track on social media, Cyrus shared that she was inspired by her own experience with losing her Malibu home to a devastating fire in 2018 while working on the track.
“Having been personally affected by fire and being rebuilt from the ashes, this project holds profound meaning for me,” she wrote. “Thank you, [James Cameron], for the opportunity to turn that experience into musical medicine. The film’s themes of unity, healing, and love resonate deeply within my soul, and to be even a small star in the universe the Avatar family has created is truly a dream come true.”
In the sneak peek at the song, Cyrus sings over a lush orchestral arrangement, “Even through the flames, even through the ashes in the sky/ Baby when we dream, we dream as one.”
Avatar: Fire and Ash is set to premiere in theaters in December, more than 15 years after the first film in the franchise came out. The original Avatar — which starred Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana — is considered the highest grossing movie of all time, raking in more than $2 billion in the box office.
Cyrus has been open about how seriously the 2018 wildfire affected her. At the time, she posted that the home she shared with then-husband Liam Hemsworth had been completely destroyed, though all of her animals were safely evacuated.
When wildfires again broke out in California this year, Cyrus again touched on the experience. “It’s a feeling you don’t ever forget,” she said. “Walking up to the door you would pass through daily, looking forward to being greeted by the ones you love like you always do but instead being met by a pile of ash and rubble.”
See Cyrus’ announcement below.
Honored to support Avatar: Fire and Ash with an original song I’ve written with Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt. Having been personally affected by fire and being rebuilt from the ashes, this project holds profound meaning for me. Thank you, Jim, for the opportunity to turn that… pic.twitter.com/OyHvzZJhXp— Miley Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) October 22, 2025
Trending on Billboard Nicki Minaj has continued to troll Jay-Z with various AI-generated images and shots on social media, and 50 Cent has enjoyed the fireworks with his popcorn out. The G-Unit mogul reposted an AI-generated video Minaj posted of Jay-Z in a pink wig to his Instagram on Tuesday (Oct. 21), which he’s since […]
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Brace yourself for another jump in your monthly bills: Spotify is expected to raise its subscription prices in the U.S. early next year. According to multiple equity analysts, the streaming company is likely to implement a price hike by the first quarter of 2026, continuing a trend that’s changed what consumers pay to stream music and vastly improved the company’s bottom line.
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In a Tuesday (Oct. 21) investor note, Morgan Stanley analysts pointed to Spotify’s price increases in Australia in September as “the beginning of a pricing cycle in ’26” and a move that “creates a template” for pricing in other markets in which Spotify bundles music and audiobooks. The price increase in Australia amounted to 14% for individual plans and 17% for multi-person family plans.
Likewise, analysts at J.P. Morgan expect a U.S. price increase will come “by year end or early 2026,” they wrote in an Oct. 14 note. The analysts estimated that recent price increases — which included Germany, Austria and Lichtenstein — represent just 25% to 30% of subscription revenue and could account for incremental annual revenue of 380 million euros ($441 million). A U.S. price increase would be even more impactful, they added, driving 425 million ($493 million) of annual incremental revenue.
Guggenheim expects a U.S. price increase to be announced by the end of the year, with the financial impact hitting Spotify’s income statement in early 2026, analysts wrote in an Aug. 18 note to investors. The analysts believe that the latest round of licensing agreements with record labels “included pending increases in per-subscriber minimum fees,” which would lead to higher prices paid by subscribers.
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In the U.S., a Spotify individual plan was raised to $11.99 per month in July 2024. The price had gone unchanged since launching in the U.S. in 2011 until Spotify bumped the price to $10.99 in July 2023. The family plan increased from $15.99 to $16.99 in 2023 and further rose to $19.99 in 2024.
Spotify executives have not explicitly said they intend to further raise prices in the coming months. Instead, management frequently talks about the company’s efforts to make Spotify a more valuable experience, which gives it the ability to raise prices without losing subscriptions. This “value-to-price” ratio has become a key metric that helps guide Spotify. As co-president Alex Norström explained during a May 1 earnings call, the company “takes steps to balance the value-to-price ratio,” adding value and then adjusting the price “when it makes sense for the market.”
Raising prices has been instrumental in helping Spotify become a more profitable company. Looking ahead, Morgan Stanley analysts believe Spotify is likely to achieve 14% to 15% compound annual revenue growth through 2028. Analysts Benjamin Swinburne and Cameron Mansson-Perrone “see significant margin potential still ahead as the company follows product enhancements with price increases and diversifies into higher margin products” in its subscription segment. Put another way, the analysts see room for Spotify’s financials to improve as it raises prices and adds additional products such as a “superfan” tier on top of the standard subscription price.
Guggenheim has a $850 price target, suggesting 19% upside from Tuesday’s $689.21 closing price. Morgan Stanley has an $800 price target while J.P. Morgan is slightly more bullish, forecasting a price target of $805.
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The Cult have announced that they will be taking a hiatus following the conclusion of their current North American tour.
In a statement shared with Billboard by frontman Ian Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy, the band announced that they’d be taking a long break from touring to focus on other creative endeavors.
“Mother Nature has a cycle of change and evolution that is inevitable,” the statement began. “The moon’s phases change, tides rise and fall. Change is necessary for creation and rebirth. It is with this in mind that, following the remaining dates on our current North American The Cult/Death Cult 8525 Tour, we have decided to step away from touring for an undetermined amount of time. We have toured extensively over the last few years and we shall now shift our focus to writing, recording new music, and exploring other projects that shall be revealed over time. It is a time for us to turn inward to recharge our spiritual batteries.”
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The Cult went on to add that they have five more shows left in their tour, and that they look forward to celebrating them with their fans.
“When we return to the stage, it shall be with an even stronger fire and energy that we will share with all of you. Ours is a communal bond, and it will not be broken, simply paused. Until then, we have five remaining shows on this current tour, culminating at The Shrine in Los Angeles on Oct 30. Please join us for what has been an incredible celebration of 40 years of The Cult and Death Cult.”
Additionally, Astbury and Duffy shared their own individual comments at the end of the statement.
“It’s been a beautiful three years celebrating our music with The Cult family around the world. Now it’s time to go home and spend time with our own families, and create some new music,” Billy wrote.
Meanwhile, Ian added, “My deepest gratitude to all who attended and immersed themselves in our world. I am deeply grateful to be connected to our Cult family as we ready ourselves for our final five shows for some time, and we take the opportunity to dive deeper into our next creative adventures. More shall be revealed. Blessings to you all.”
Founded in 1983 under the name Death Cult, the British group shortened their name to The Cult in January 1984. The British rock group have dropped 11 studio albums, with their most recent, Under the Midnight Sun, arriving back in 2022.
Read the full statement on their Instagram below.
Trending on Billboard Jason Aldean’s first career retrospective, 30 Number One Hits, debuts at No. 4 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart (dated Oct. 25). It also starts at No. 21 on the all-genre Billboard 200 with 22,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending Oct. 16, according to Luminate. The […]
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Yes, baby, Madison Beer has announced the release date for her upcoming album, Locket, which will arrive in January 2026.
Beer made the news official via Instagram on Wednesday (Oct. 22), while also revealing the project’s cover art, which finds the pop star holding a golden heart-shaped locket.
Locket is slated to be released on Jan. 16 via Epic Records, and Beer shared that she’s never been “so proud” or “excited” about a project in her career.
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“Locket , my new album , will be yours 1.16 you can preorder it now – link is in my bio (♡ ˘͈ ᵕ ˘͈ ) !!!!!!!! i really can’t believe i am saying this,” she captioned her post. “This album means the world to me, i’ve never been so proud or excited about something n i am soooooo beyond excited for you to listen :’)) this project is my world locket 1.16 !!!”
The artist also said in a press release, “After writing the album, it feels like each song lives within this metaphorical locket for safekeeping. Each album feels like an era and once the albums are out in the world the chapter for me, usually with what I wrote about, is closed.”
The 26-year-old set the table for the album with a trio of singles: “Yes Baby,” “Bittersweet” and “Make You Mine.”
Beer released a self-directed visual for the airy “Bittersweet” on Monday (Oct. 20), which finds her evading paparazzi and arguing with The Summer I Turned Pretty star Sean Kaufman.
“I think the album has such duality — there are songs that are upbeat but still emotional,” she told Vogue of Locket in an interview also published Oct. 22. “It’s a real roller coaster.”
It’s been a fun month for Beer. She made her Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show debut Oct. 15 in Brooklyn, where she sported wings and performed tracks such as the aforementioned “Bittersweet” and “Make You Mine” during the show.
Beer’s last album, Silence Between Songs, arrived in September 2023 and reached No. 86 on the Billboard 200. The dreamy pop project was also nominated for best immersive audio album at the Grammy Awards.
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