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27 May 2025

Alex Warren’s ‘Ordinary’ Holds at No. 1 on Both Billboard Global Charts

Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” remains the biggest song in the world, as it notches a fourth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 and a third week atop Billboard Global Excl. U.S.

Meanwhile, Morgan Wallen adds two Global 200 top 10s, led by “What I Want,” featuring Tate McRae, from his new album, I’m the Problem, which launches at No. 1 on the U.S.-based Billboard 200 with the year’s biggest week by equivalent album units. Plus, JIN’s “Don’t Say You Love Me” debuts in the top 10 of both global surveys, as the BTS member’s parent album Echo starts at No. 3 on the Billboard 200.

The Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.

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Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

“Ordinary” leads the Global 200 with 69.7 million streams (up 1% week-over-week) and 11,000 sold (down 5%) worldwide May 16-22.

“Die With a Smile” holds at No. 2 on the Global 200, after 18 weeks at No. 1 starting last September (second only to the 19 weeks at No. 1 for Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” since the chart began); ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” repeats at No. 3, after 12 weeks at No. 1 starting in November; and Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” keeps at No. 4, following three weeks at No. 1 last August.

Wallen’s “What I Want,” featuring McRae, debuts at No. 5 on the Global 200 with 39.3 million streams and 2,000 sold worldwide. Plus, his “Just in Case” hits the top 10 for the first time, at No. 9 (surging from No. 56), with 32.1 million streams (up 83%) and 3,000 sold (up 53%) worldwide. Wallen ups his count to five career Global 200 top 10s and McRae, two; her “Greedy” led the list for two weeks in November-December 2023.

Also in the Global 200’s top 10, JIN’s “Don’t Say You Love Me” enters at No. 7 (42.8 million streams, 32,000 sold worldwide). Here’s an updated count of BTS members’ Global 200 top 10 totals as soloists: Jung Kook (five); Jimin, JIN (three each); V (two); and Suga (one). BTS boasts 11 top 10s as a group.

“Ordinary” crowns Global Excl. U.S. with 50.4 million streams (up 3%) and 5,000 sold (down 5%) outside the U.S.

“Die With a Smile” is steady at No. 2 after 17 weeks atop Global Excl. U.S. starting last September. Only “APT.,” which holds at No. 3, has led longer: 19 weeks, beginning in November. “Birds of a Feather” is likewise stationary, at No. 4, following three weeks at No. 1 last August.

Meanwhile, JIN’s “Don’t Say You Love Me” enters Global Excl. U.S. at No. 5 (38.9 million streams, 19,000 sold worldwide). Here’s an updated rundown of BTS members’ Global Excl. U.S. top 10 totals as soloists: Jung Kook (seven); Jimin (five); JIN, V (four each); and j-hope and Suga (one each). BTS has banked 11 top 10s as a group.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated May 31, 2025) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, May 27 (one day later than usual due to the Memorial Day holiday in the U.S. May 26). For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard’s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

27 May 2025

Morgan Wallen Charts Record-Breaking 37 Songs on Billboard Hot 100 Simultaneously

Morgan Wallen claims a massive week on Billboard’s charts (dated May 31), as the country superstar breaks his own record for the most songs ever charted on the Billboard Hot 100 in a single week. He sends a staggering 37 songs onto the latest chart, with all except for one from his new album, I’m the Problem.

The 37-song set debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 493,000 equivalent album units, according to Luminate, marking the biggest week of 2025 for an album by that metric.

Of Wallen’s 37 entries on the current Hot 100, 36 are from the new album. The one track missing, “Lies Lies Lies,” reached No. 7 last July and wrapped its run in January. Wallen’s one entry on the chart not from the new project is Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help” featuring Wallen; it ranks at No. 19 in its 54th week on the chart, following six weeks at No. 1.

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Before this week, the record for the most titles on the Hot 100 in a single week was also held by Wallen: 36, on March 18, 2023, powered by his album One Thing at a Time. That week, he broke Drake’s five-year-old record of 27 songs in 2018 from his album Scorpion. (Drake’s then-unprecedented record has since been broken six times.)

Here’s an updated look at the most simultaneous Hot 100 hits in a single week.

Songs on the Hot 100, Artist, Chart Week:

  • 37, Morgan Wallen, May 31, 2025
  • 36, Morgan Wallen, March 18, 2023
  • 32, Taylor Swift, May 4, 2024
  • 31, Playboi Carti, March 29, 2025
  • 31, Taylor Swift, May 11, 2024
  • 28, Morgan Wallen, March 25, 2023
  • 27, Drake, July 14, 2018
  • 26, Taylor Swift, May 18, 2024
  • 26, Taylor Swift, Nov. 27, 2021
  • 25, Taylor Swift, July 22, 2023
  • 25, Lil Baby, Oct. 29, 2022

Plus, here’s a rundown of Wallen’s tracks on this week’s Hot 100 (all are debuts except where noted):

  • No. 1, “What I Want,” feat. Tate McRae
  • No. 2, “Just in Case” (up from No. 11; new peak)
  • No. 3, “I’m the Problem” (up from No. 6; peaked at No. 2)
  • No. 7, “I Got Better”
  • No. 8, “Superman” (up from No. 16; new peak)
  • No. 10, “Love Somebody” (up from No. 18; peaked at No. 1 for one week)
  • No. 15, “I Ain’t Coming Back,” feat. Post Malone (up from No. 25; peaked at No. 8)
  • No. 19, “I Had Some Help”; Post Malone feat. Wallen (down from No. 13; peaked at No. 1 for six weeks)
  • No. 20, “20 Cigarettes”
  • No. 21, “Kick Myself”
  • No. 22, “Eyes Are Closed”
  • No. 25, “Falling Apart”
  • No. 29, “Skoal, Chevy, And Browning”
  • No. 31, “TN”
  • No. 32, “Where’d That Girl Go”
  • No. 34, “Kiss Her in Front of You”
  • No. 40, “I’m a Little Crazy” (up from No. 52; peaked at No. 17)
  • No. 41, “If You Were Mine”
  • No. 42, “Missing”
  • No. 45, “Smile” (up from No. 68; peaked at No. 4)
  • No. 46, “Genesis”
  • No. 48, “Don’t We”
  • No. 50, “Dark Til Daylight”
  • No. 51, “Interlude”
  • No. 52, “Number 3 and Number 7,” feat. Eric Church
  • No. 54, “Revelation”
  • No. 60, “Jack and Jill”
  • No. 63, “Come Back as a Redneck”
  • No. 65, “Miami”
  • No. 69, “The Dealer” feat. ERNEST
  • No. 70, “Leavin’s the Least I Could Do”
  • No. 72, “Drinking Til It Does”
  • No. 73, “Nothin’ Left”
  • No. 79, “LA Night”
  • No. 83, “Whiskey in Reverse”
  • No. 84, “Working Man’s Song”
  • No. 88, “Crazy Eyes”

With 29 debuts, Wallen ups his career total to 105 Hot 100 chart hits. He becomes the 21st artist to join the elite 100 Hot 100 hits club — and is the first artist that primarily records country music. He also pushes his career sums to four No. 1s, eight top five hits, 17 top 10s, 29 top 20 entries and 48 top 40 hits.

27 May 2025

Which Performance From the 2025 American Music Awards Was Your Favorite? Vote!

The 2025 American Music Awards saw some of the world’s biggest stars flock to Las Vegas Monday night (May 26), with many of them delivering show-stopping performances in between presentations of awards that the internet is still talking about the next day.

The first of those showcases came at the very beginning of the ceremony, with Jennifer Lopez — who also hosted the event — opening with a dance medley set to some of the past year’s biggest hits, from Kendrick Lamar’s “TV Off” to Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” and Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather.” After making out with her backup dancers and pulling off a number of jaw-dropping flips, the “Jenny From the Block” singer ceded the stage to a performance list that also included Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani, Lainey Wilson, Reneé Rapp and Becky G with Manuel Turizo.

Also on Monday night, Alex Warren made his award show debut by performing smash hit “Ordinary” live for the first time in such a setting, while Gloria Estefan got the crowd up and dancing with a medley featuring “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You,” “La Vecina (No Sé Na)” and “Conga.” Janet Jackson also barreled through a string of her own hits moments before accepting the 2025 Icon award, and Rod Stewart later closed out the show in celebration of the AMAs honoring him with a Lifetime Achievement certification.

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But while the AMAs were full of great live moments, Billboard wants to know which one was your absolute favorite. From Benson Boone’s backflipping to Lopez’s daring display, vote for your personal top performance of the night below.

The American Music Awards are produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a joint venture between Eldridge Industries and Billboard parent company Penske Media.

27 May 2025

Teddy Swims’ ‘Lose Control’ Notches Record-Breaking 92nd Week on Billboard Hot 100

The endurance of Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control” hits new historic heights as the song logs a record-breaking 92nd week on the Billboard Hot 100. The single surpasses the run of Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves,” which ran up 91 weeks in 2021-22, for the most time spent on the chart dating to its Aug. 4, 1958, inception.

“Lose Control” debuted at No. 99 on the Hot 100 dated Aug. 26, 2023. It led for a week in March 2024, and became the year’s No. 1 song. It ranks at No. 11 on the latest list, dated May 31, 2025.

The soulful smash has also amassed a record 63 weeks in the Hot 100’s top 10. (Songs have generally logged longer runs on the chart, and at No. 1 and in the top 10, since the survey adopted electronically tracked Luminate data in November 1991.)

Along the way, “Lose Control,” on SWIMS Int./Warner Records, has also ruled the following Billboard charts: the all-format Radio Songs and Digital Song Sales surveys, Adult Contemporary, Adult Pop Airplay, Adult R&B Airplay and Pop Airplay. It also hit No. 2 on Adult Alternative Airplay and the top five on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S.

“Lose Control” has even outlasted two follow-up singles that each hit the Hot 100’s top 40: “The Door” (No. 24 peak, last October) and “Bad Dreams” (No. 30, earlier this May). Both songs also reached the top 10 on Adult Pop Airplay and Pop Airplay. Another of Teddy Swims’ hits, “Are You Even Real,” with Giveon, topped Adult R&B Airplay in April.

“Teddy Swims is a once-in-a-generation talent who defies genres, making him truly unique in today’s music landscape,” Warner evp of promotion and commerce Mike Chester told Billboard last year. “When we began promoting ‘Lose Control,’ our journey was carefully planned. From the start, we noticed that the song was resonating in various pockets of culture, creating a strong and diverse fanbase.”

The artist born Jaten Dimsdale, in Conyers Ga., in 1992, and who made his overall Billboard chart debut in 2021, was nominated for best new artist at the Grammy Awards this year. “I love always watching your updates,” he mused of Billboard News’ weekly recap of the Hot 100’s top 10. “It’s like, ‘Here comes Teddy Swims!’ I hope you never stop saying that. I’m grateful.”

Below, browse a rundown of the longest-charting hits in the Hot 100’s history.

27 May 2025

Joe Jonas Releases Deluxe ‘Music For People Who Believe in Love’ Edition With New Song, Three Live Tracks

Talk about bonus Jonas. Just five days after dropping his long-awaited sophomore album, Music For People Who Believe in Love, Joe Jonas quickly followed up on Tuesday morning (May 27) with an expanded edition of the LP. The deluxe version features the new mid-tempo pop rocker “Water Under the Bridge,” on which Jonas sings, “I said some s–t, you said some s–t back/ And all it cost me was a heart attack,” before breaking into a rap-like verse on the song about accepting that a relationship is beyond repair.

The deluxe version also features live versions of the songs “Heart By Heart,” “What This Could Be” and “Honey Blonde” from Jonas’ recent Vevo live session. In a statement about the release, Jonas said, “This album has been a long time coming, and it holds a whole lot of my heart. It’s the most personal music l’ve ever made, full of the messy, beautiful, confusing, and hopeful parts of love and life. Making this record was a special journey that I feel so lucky to have had so many people that I deeply admire join me on.”

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The original release — Jonas’ first solo effort since 2011’s Fastlife — was preceded by the singles “Work It Out,” “What This Could Be” and “Heart By Heart.” Jonas has supported the LP by playing a string of pop-up shows across the U.S. in Miami, Los Angeles, Nashville and Dallas, topped by a one-night-only gig on Sunday (May 25) at the Bowery Ballroom in New York where he was joined by guests including brothers Nick, Kevin and Franklin Jonas, as well as Sierra Ferrell, Eva Noblezada, Reeve Carney, Paris Carney and Zane Carney, as well as Jack Lawless.

Among the special treats for fans at the show, the Jonas Brothers played the unreleased song “When You Know” from the group’s upcoming Greetings From Your Hometown (Aug. 8) album.

Listen to “Water Under the Bridge” below.

27 May 2025

Nikki Glaser Admits She Was ‘Clowning’ for a Taylor Swift Announcement at the 2025 AMAs

Nikki Glaser was one of countless Swifties who was a little let down after the 2025 American Music Awards ended with no word from Taylor Swift, despite a trail of seeming clues leading up to the show that fans had thought meant the pop superstar be making an appearance or announcing something major on Monday night (May 26).

But in the hours before the ceremony ended in Las Vegas — back when Swiftie hopes were still high — the comedian gushed in a red carpet interview with Billboard that she was indeed “clowning” over the possibility of the pop superstar showing up to unveil either a brand new album or Reputation (Taylor’s Version). “I did see a list on Instagram tonight of all the Easter eggs that say that she’s going to be here,” Glaser said, noting that she was trying not to think too much about it, lest she “freak out.”

“I’m usually someone that doesn’t clown, and I’m like, ‘Guys, don’t get your hopes up,’” she continued while speaking to QTCinderalla and Billboard’s Tetris Kelly. “But I think I’m clowning.”

Ultimately, Swift didn’t even attend the awards, much less share news about a new project. The no-show came weeks after fans first noticed that the 14-time Grammy winner’s online store had changed to display a menu reading, “Apparel, Music, Accessories, Sale,” spelling out “AMAs” with each word’s first letter. Swifties — Glaser included — also discovered that several items on the website were on sale for 26% off their original price, matching the May 26 date of the ceremony.

“It’s too much of a coincidence with all the 26s lining up,” Glaser gushed to Billboard. “What else could it be? There’s gotta be something, and if there’s not … I have a feeling she’s holding onto [Reputation (Taylor’s Version)] for a long time. I think that girl’s got new music for us — that’s my prediction.”

But despite her excitement, the TV personality noted that she would be happy even if Swift didn’t make any moves that night. “Even if she doesn’t show up, we love it,” added Glaser, who later presented new artist of the year to Gracie Abrams. “Thank you for the puzzle.”

Though Monday’s goose chase ended up leading to a dead end, Swift is famous for teasing things months in advance and leaving Easter eggs for her fans to decode. The practice dates back to the very beginning of her career, when she used to hide secret messages in her CD lyric booklets by not-so-randomly capitalizing letters. In the 20 years since, Swifties have gotten used to scanning everything from her outfits to her Instagram captions for subtle clues about her next steps.

Glaser has long been a fan of the “Fortnight” singer, revealing in December that she’d spent nearly $100,000 to see Swift on 22 Eras Tour shows in 2023 and 2024. “She has no idea who I am, but I’m just the biggest fan,” the comedian said in July of being “addicted” to the concerts on Jimmy Kimmel Live. “I want to just see it as much as possible, it’s the thing that makes me happiest in the world.”

In February, however, the Someday You’ll Die stand-up explained why she would never approach her idol in person. “Taylor, she’s just — everyone wants a piece,” she said on Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard of bumping into the pop star at award shows. “I will never be the one to be like, ‘Excuse me!’ There’s no way that she’s dying for that on a night like this where everyone’s doing it. And of course, she would be so nice. I know exactly how it would go down, but I don’t wanna take someone’s energy away that I require their energy to be put into making great music.”

27 May 2025

Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae’s ‘What I Want’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

Morgan Wallen’s “What I Want,” featuring Tate McRae, blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The collaboration between the country and pop stars – from Wallen’s new album, I’m the Problem, which soars in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 2025’s biggest week by equivalent album units – is Wallen’s fourth Hot 100 leader and McRae’s first. She surpasses her prior No. 3 best set by “Greedy” in January 2024. In March, McRae notched her first Billboard 200 No. 1 with So Close to What; she’s the first artist this year to lead both lists for the first time.

Wallen previously topped the Hot 100 with “Love Somebody,” also on I’m the Problem, for a week upon its debut in November; as featured on Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help,” which bowed at No. 1 in May 2024 and led for six weeks; and with “Last Night,” for 16 weeks beginning in March 2023, before wrapping as the chart’s top hit that year.

Wallen boasts six songs in all in the latest Hot 100’s top 10, with “I Got Better” also debuting, at No. 7, and “Superman” flying 16-8 in its second week on the chart. He has now charted nine top 10s from I’m the Problem; only Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department and Midnights (10 top 10s each) have yielded more, with Drake’s Certified Lover Boy also having generated nine.

Meanwhile, Wallen claims the top three spots on the Hot 100, with “What I Want” followed by “Just in Case” at No. 2 and “I’m the Problem” at No. 3 – as he becomes the first artist that primarily records country music to have monopolized the top three in a single week over the chart’s 66-year history.

Browse the full rundown of this week’s top 10 below.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts (dated May 31, 2025) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, May 28 (a day later than usual due to the Memorial Day holiday May 26). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

27 May 2025

Joy Crookes Announces Upcoming Sophomore LP ‘Juniper,’ Shares U.K. Tour Dates

Joy Crookes has announced details of her forthcoming sophomore album, Juniper, and shared news of an upcoming headline tour in the U.K. and Ireland.

The London-based singer-songwriter will share Juniper on Sept. 26; it will be her first full-length LP since 2021’s Skin, which landed at No. 5 on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart. Following its release, Crookes was nominated for two BRIT Awards in the best new artist, and best pop/R&B artist categories, as well as earning a nod for the 2022 Mercury Prize for Skin.

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Crookes has shared a number of singles throughout 2025, including “Pass the Salt” featuring Vince Staples, “Mathematics” with U.K. grime legend Kano, “I Knew You’d Kill” and, on May 23, new single “Carmen.” All four tracks will feature on the forthcoming record.

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Upon the announcement, Crookes said that the LP was informed by mental health challenges in the run-up to writing and recording. “I was in the trenches,” she said in a statement. “But the studio became my solace. What you hear is live and direct from that time.”

Crookes celebrated the news with a flurry of activity over the Bank Holiday weekend. On Thursday (May 22) the 26-year-old played a surprise pop-up show at London’s People’s Park Tavern, and followed that up with a performance at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Liverpool. In June, she’ll head to Glastonbury Festival and follows her huge 2022 appearance on the Pyramid Stage.

This coming November, she’ll kick off a European tour in Dublin, Ireland, before heading through the U.K., including stops at London’s O2 Academy Brixton and the Manchester Academy. The tour will then run through mainland Europe into early December.

Joy Crookes U.K. and EU tour dates:

  • Nov. 3 – Dublin, Ireland @ Olympia
  • Nov. 10 – Glasgow, UK @ O2 Academy
  • Nov. 11 – Leeds, UK @ O2 Academy
  • Nov. 12 – Manchester, UK @ Academy 1
  • Nov. 14 – Birmingham, UK @ O2 Academy
  • Nov. 15 – Bournemouth, UK @ O2 Academy
  • Nov. 16 – Bristol, UK @ O2 Academy
  • Nov. 18 – London, UK @ Brixton
  • Nov. 24 – Brussels, Belgium @ Ancienne Belgique
  • Nov. 26 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg
  • Nov. 28 – Hamburg, Germany @ Docks
  • Nov. 29 – Cologne, Germany @ Live Music Hall
  • Dec. 1 – Zurich, Switzerland @ X-tra
  • Dec. 2 – Paris, France @ Salle Pleyel
  • Dec. 4 – Berlin, Germany @ Tempodrom
  • Dec. 7 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Vega Main Hall
  • Dec. 8 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Cirkus
  • Dec. 9 – Oslo, Norway @ Rockefeller

27 May 2025

Mustard Serves Up His Spin on ‘New York Groove’ to Launch 2025 U.S. Open Campaign

Mustard loves him some tennis. The Los Angeles-bred producer has teamed up with the 2025 U.S. Open to launch the Major’s Spectacular Awaits campaign on Tuesday (May 27).

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While ushering in a new sound on the West Coast’s rap scene, Mustard shows some love to the Big Apple by putting his own spin on a “New York Groove” remix for the U.S. Open ad.

“This is where barrier breakers meet dream chasers,” Mustard says in the clip starring plenty of tennis legends. “And the OGs meet the next-to-bes. Where the stars under these lights meet a whole new electricity.”

Mustard caught the tennis bug a few years ago and has been an avid player and fan since picking up the racket three years ago.

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“Mustard is a perfect match for the U.S. Open,” said Nicole Kankam, who serves as the USTA’s managing director, in a statement. “His undeniable presence at the forefront of pop culture combined with his love for the sport of tennis makes him the quintessential voice of the 2025 US Open that’s set to be bigger and better than ever.”

American Express pre-sale tickets went on sale on Tuesday morning for the 2025 U.S. Open, which will once again be hosted in Queens and is set to close out the summer in New York City, running from Aug. 18 through Sept. 7. The general public will have its shot on Ticketmaster starting on Friday (May 30).

Powerhouses Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka will look to defend their titles this summer at the U.S. Open, and fans can expect plenty of celebrities in attendance, and maybe even Mustard himself will catch some action under the bright lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Watch the Spectacular Awaits ad featuring Mustard’s take on “New York Groove” below.

27 May 2025

MGK Said He Had a Very Good Reason For Skipping 2025 American Music Awards After Walking Red Carpet

You might have noticed that Machine Gun Kelly walked the red carpet at Monday night’s (May 26) 2025 American Music Awards, but did not appear to make it into the actual ceremony in Las Vegas. According to E! News, the “Cliché” singer had to bail on his first major event since welcoming a child with ex Megan Fox in March because their daughter was home sick with a fever.

“Baby’s great,” he told E! of the child whose name the former couple have not yet revealed. “She has a little bit of a fever, so I’m gonna just walk the carpet and go back, you know what I mean, and handle my business. Give her my pheromones, and let her heal up.”

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MGK, 35, who also has a 15-year-old daughter, Casie, with ex Emma Cannon, told E! that family always comes first. “I was born to be a dad. Yeah, it’s my purpose,” he said. Before taking his leave, MGK spoke to Billboard on the AMAs red carpet about recording the new single in his living room after his studio burned down, switching things up with with “new pictures in his art gallery” and returning to the Warped Tour.

To date, like many celebrity parents, Machine Gun (born Colson Baker) and Fox have kept details and photos of their daughter offline, though the proud dad did share a sneaky selfie last week in which fans could get a glimpse of the three-month-old in a baby carrier strapped to the rapper/singer’s chest reflected on a shiny car door.

The rapper-turned-singer is riding high at the moment after his pop-leaning latest single, “Cliché,” topped Billboard’s new music poll on Friday (May 23). Fans chose it as their favorite new track of the week, with the tune running up 38% of the vote as it edged out new songs from Joe Jonas, Burna Boy, Travis Scott, Karol G and Alex Warren with Jelly Roll.