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Elizabeth Hurley has anything but an achy breaky heart when it comes to Billy Ray Cyrus, with whom she said she’s “very happy” in a new interview.
While walking the red carpet for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s 2025 Hot Pink Party Tuesday (May 13), the actress looked slightly caught off guard when Entertainment Tonight asked about her connection with the country star — but that didn’t stop her from gushing about her new sweetheart.
“Billy’s a very, very fabulous person,” she told the outlet. “He’s a very gentle man, very nice.”
Smiling, Hurley added, “We’re very happy.”
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The comments come nearly a month after the British model and Cyrus debuted their romance on Instagram, celebrating Easter by posting a photo of a sweet kiss they shared outdoors. Both parties have since shared more PDA-filled snaps with each other on the app, and two days prior to the BCRF event, the Hannah Montana actor praised Hurley’s performance in Bryan Adams’ new “Never Ever Let You Go” music video.
“I should be jealous, but WOW !!!!!!” he wrote on Instagram. “Congratulations @bryanadams for your great new video with my beautiful girlfriend @elizabethhurley1.”
Of getting Cyrus’ seal of approval on the video, Hurley told ET, “It’s fabulous.”
“It’s very nice when people close around you are happy for you when you do well,” she added.
The couple’s romance comes about three years after they filmed Netflix’s Christmas in Paradise together. The two stars reconnected this year when Hurley reached out to Cyrus via text, something he recounted on Apple Music’s The Ty Bentli Show in April.
“She’s so impressively brilliant,” he said of Hurley at the time. “She reminds me a lot of Dolly Parton. She’s a very smart businesswoman. If you can laugh together, you can make it through everything.”
Watch Hurley gush about Cyrus below.
Just five months after delivering his Missionary album with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg has announced plans for his Iz It a Crime? album, which will arrive on Thursday (May 15).
The project boasts 21 tracks in total, with features sprinkled across the effort from Pharrell Williams, Sexyy Red, Wiz Khalifa, Charlie Bereal, Jane Handcock, October London and more. The title track also fittingly heavily samples Sade’s “Is It a Crime.”
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“Just some of the things that I do, that I’ve done, that have been speculation, and I just want to ask the question, ‘Is it a crime? Is it a crime for me to do the things that I do,” Snoop told Access Hollywood of the project on Tuesday (May 13). “Is it a crime for me to take care of people, to love people, to be there for people? Is it a crime for me to be me?”
With Snoop back at the helm of Death Row Records, he stopped by The Breakfast Club Wednesday (May 14) to open up about feeling inspired to continue rapping even as an elder statesman in hip-hop.
“I’m an MC and I love to rap and I love to make music, and people love my voice and they love when I make great records,” he said. “When I don’t make great records, people let me know that as well.”
Snoop continued: “I hear all of that and it makes me say to myself, ‘I should treat myself like a musician and not like a rapper.’ If you a musician, you can make music until you die, but when you’re a rapper they try to put a cap on you.”
An accompanying Iz It a Crime? short film is also set to serve as a visual companion to the music project. The flick was previewed during a private screening in NYC on Tuesday night.
Iz It a Crime? is set to be Snoop Dogg’s 21st studio album. He’s been busy in 2025, as Snoop contributed to Death Row’s Altar Call compilation gospel album in April, which is a tribute to the Long Beach legend’s late mother.
Find the Iz It a Crime? cover art and tracklist below.
Billboard’s Producer Spotlight series highlights creatives currently charting on Billboard’s producer rankings. Whether they are new to the industry or have been churning out hit after hit, the intention is to showcase where they are now, and their work that’s having a chart impact.
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Regional Mexican group Fuerza Regida scores a historic week thanks to the arrival of its new album, 111XPANTIA. The project launches at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 (dated May 17), behind Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos, with 76,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in its opening week (May 2-8), according to Luminate. It becomes the highest charting Spanish-language album in history by a duo or group, and sets a new mark as the highest charting regional Mexican album ever.
This week also marks the first in the 69-year history of the Billboard 200 in which Spanish-language albums hold the top two spots.
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The forces behind Fuerza Regida’s record-breaking debut include lead singer Jesús Ortiz Paz and producers Moisés López and Meñostyle.
Ortiz Paz, López and Meñostyle rank at Nos. 1, 2 and 3, respectively, on Billboard’s Latin Producers chart, thanks to their work on the album. The group places 15 songs on Hot Latin Songs, including all 12 from the non-deluxe version of 111XPANTIA. (The three songs below not on the set are noted with an asterisk.)
Fuerza Regida on the May 17 Hot Latin Songs Chart:
No. 2, “Me Jalo,” with Grupo Frontera*
No. 3, “Por Esos Ojos”
No. 11, “Peliculiando”
No. 14, “Marlboro Rojo”
No. 16, “GodFather”
No. 22, “Aniesdad”
No. 25, “Tu Sancho”
No. 26, “Ayy Weyy”
No. 31, “Caperuza”
No. 32, “Como Capo,” with Clave Especial*
No. 34, “Nocturno”
No. 35, “Chavalitas”
No. 37, “Chaka”
No. 38, “Chufulas”
No. 40, “Coqueta,” with Grupo Frontera*
Ortiz Paz tops the Latin Producers chart thanks to his production on all 15 songs above, along with Clave Especial and Edgardo Nuñez’s “Tu Tu Tu” (No. 13). López ranks at No. 2, thanks to his work on 13 of the songs above (he didn’t produce “Como Capo” and “Coqueta”). Meñostyle follows at No. 3, with production on nine cuts above, including “Por Esos Ojos” “Peculiando” and “Marlboro Rojo.”
Additional collaborators on 111XPANTIA impact Billboard’s Latin Songwriters and Latin Producers charts. Miguel Armenta ranks at No. 7 on Latin Producers (and No. 4 on Latin Songwriters) via his production on six songs above, as well as Los Dareyes de La Sierra and Tito Double P’s “Vita Fer” (No. 33 on Hot Laton Songs); Jorsshh places at No. 3 on Latin Songwriters for co-writing nine Fuerza Regida tracks; and Daniel Gutiérrez places at No. 8 on Latin Songwriters on the strength of seven credits.
Ortiz Paz has helped Fuerza Regida play a key role in helping regional Mexican music cross over to the mainstream. The group became one of the first regional Mexican acts to appear on the Hot 100, when it debuted in 2023 with its Grupo Frontera collaboration, “Bebe Dame.” The band has now charted 13 songs on the Hot 100, part of a growing wave of regional Mexican acts finding mainstream success in the U.S. that includes fellow rising stars Gabito Ballesteros, Ivan Cornejo, Junior H and Peso Pluma.
Billboard launched its songwriters and producers charts in June 2019, including those for individual genres. The charts are based on total points accrued by a songwriter and producer, respectively, for each attributed song that appears on their respective “Hot” or “Top” chart. As with Billboard’s yearly recaps, multiple writers or producers split points for each song equally (and the dividing of points will lead to occasional ties on rankings).
The full Latin Songwriters and Latin Producers charts, plus those for other genres, can be found on Billboard.com.
The “She Wolf” is on the prowl again. Global superstar Shakira performed to a sold-out crowd at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday (May 13), kicking off the U.S. leg of her successful Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour. As the tour slogan suggests, “women don’t cry,” they dominate stadiums! […]
Good news! Fans are finally getting their first looks at Wicked: For Good, with Universal Pictures announcing the release date of its first trailer while unveiling the film’s poster Wednesday (May 14).
As revealed first on the official Wicked Instagram account, the sequel’s official poster finds leading ladies Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande — who portray Elphaba and Glinda in the live-action musical duology, respectively — looking stoic as they stare each other down while standing on opposing rocky cliffs separated by a deep ravine. At the bottom, the franchise’s famous Yellow Brick Road leads the way to the Emerald City, which looms on the horizon in the center.
“You will be changed,” reads text on the poster, a play on the lyrics to Elphaba and Glinda’s “For Good” duet from the Wicked Broadway musical, on which the films were based.
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The poster offers fans their first visual of the sequel to Jon M. Chu’s first Wicked film, which hit theaters in November 2024 and has so far grossed $755.4 million worldwide — more than any other film adaptation of a Broadway musical — as of Monday (May 12). It also shows Erivo and Grande’s characters in brand new outfits, with the former embracing her persona as the Wicked Witch of the West in her signature pointy hat and an edgy black coat that billows out behind her, while the latter wears a tiara and multicolored ballgown.
But while the artwork is all viewers get for now of Wicked: For Good, they’ll soon get their first proper view of the November-slated installment. Shortly after unveiling the poster, the Wicked Instagram account announced that the sequel’s trailer will premiere in theaters on June 4 as the first film returns to the big screen for one night only in the United States and Canada.
“We know you’ve been waiting for this, and it’s finally coming,” Erivo says in a video sharing the news, standing next to the “Positions” singer.
“You will be changed …,” adds Grande before the Pinocchio star finishes, “For good.”
Tickets for Wicked‘s single-night return to theaters are on sale now. The announcement comes just two days after NBC revealed that a Wicked event special featuring Grande, Erivo and some “special guests” would both air on the network and stream on Peacock in November.
Modeling the arc of Act II in the Wicked stage musical, For Good is expected to pick up during the aftermath of the events of the first film. Elphaba is forced into hiding after the Wizard of Oz (portrayed by Jeff Goldblum) convinces the realm that she’s, well, wicked. Meanwhile Glinda assumes her role as people’s princess and government mouthpiece in the absence of her best frenemy.
“It gets messy,” Chu told Variety of the sequel’s plot in January. “I think if [audience members] are following the emotions of this movie, they’ll walk with us.”
See the new Wicked: For Good poster and trailer announcement below.
Megan Thee Stallion has shut down rumors she’s been banned from the Met Gala over using her phone from inside the venue at this year’s event. People caught up with the Houston Hottie on Tuesday (May 13), and she dispelled any notion of being banned for posting to social media from the Met Gala, as […]
Celine Dion went back to the start on Tuesday (May 13). The singer sent a surprise video to the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest expressing her gratitude and love for the singers, organizers and viewers during the first semi-final round.
“Dear Eurovision family and contestants. I’d love nothing more than to be with you in Basel right now. Switzerland will forever hold a special place in my heart. It’s a country that believed in me and gave me the chance to be part of something so extraordinary,” Dion, 57, said in the video that was broadcast on a big screen on the main stage on Tuesday night.
“Winning the Eurovision song contest for Switzerland in 1988 was a life-changing moment for me and I’m so thankful for everyone who supported me,” she continued. “Now, 37 years later, it’s so beautiful and emotional to see Switzerland winning and hosting this incredible event once again. To the people of Switzerland, thank you for your love. This night is yours and I hope you feel as proud as I do.”
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Before she became a global phenomenon, Dion won the Eurovision Contest representing Switzerland in 1988 with the song “Ne partez pas sans moi.” Dion, who had already released more than half a dozen French-language albums at that point, issued her first English-language LP, Unison, two years later, in 1990.
Her message also included a French-language portion in which she said, “Music unites us, not only this evening, not only at the moment. Wonderful. It is our strength, our support and our support in the moments where we need it. I love you all, Europe and the rest of the world, of course. Kisses, I love you.”
Among the acts who made it through during Tuesday’s cut-down round are Norway’s Kyle Alessandro, Albania’s Shkodra Elektronike, Sweden’s KAJ, Iceland’s VÆB, the Netherlands’ Claude, Poland’s Justyna Steczkowska, San Marino’s Gabry Ponte, Estonia’s Tommy Cash, Portugal’s NAPA and Ukraine’s Ziferblat, with Azerbaijan, Belgium, Cyprus, Croatia and Slovenia getting eliminated. The next semi-final round will take place on Thursday (May 15) and feature performances from Armenia, Australia, Austria, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Serbia, and the United Kingdom, with the top 10 advancing to the Grand Final.
According to CNN, after the Dion message aired a number of singers from last year’s contest performed a cover of the diva’s winning song from 1988.
The video from Dion was her latest appearance in the wake of a long lay-off due to the singer’s battle with the rare neurological disorder Stiff-Person Syndrome, which caused her to call off all live dates and resulted in a retreat from the spotlight for nearly two years as she battled the debilitating effects of the disorder. She made her triumphant return to the spotlight last summer when she performed at the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics.
Check out Dion’s message below.
Rihanna fans who are desperate for new music don’t need to feel blue any longer — the superstar finally has a new song coming out soon, recorded for the Smurfs movie soundtrack.
As revealed Wednesday (May 14) with the release of the film’s new trailer, Ri will drop a track called “Friend of Mine” on Friday (May 16). The teaser also features snippets of the song, which finds the Fenty mogul singing over a dreamy Afrobeats-inspired dance track, “You’re looking like a friend of mine.”
Starring Ri as the voice of Smurfette opposite John Goodman, James Corden, Nick Offerman, Sandra Oh and more, the Smurfs movie is set to hit theaters July 18. In addition to the “Umbrella” singer’s new song, its soundtrack will also feature Tyla as well as a song called “Higher Love” by DJ Khaled, Cardi B and DESI TRILL, which dropped in February.
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The new teaser opens with a shot of Rihanna — aptly wearing a blue jacket and blue beads in her hair — dancing in the studio as she records some of Smurfette’s lines. It then shows a preview of the film’s storyline, with the residents of Smurf Village traveling to the real world to save Papa Smurf (Goodman) after he’s kidnapped by evil wizard Gargamel (J. P. Karliak).
In addition to starring and singing in the film, Ri also served as an executive producer on the latest addition to the Smurfs franchise. While announcing the project back in 2023 at that year’s CinemaCon alongside Paramount and Nickelodeon, the musician — who was pregnant with second son Riot Rose at the time — said, “I get to show up in my PJs in my third trimester … I hope this gives me cool points with my kids one day.”
“Friend of Mine” will mark Ri’s first release since 2022’s “Lift Me Up” from the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack. She hasn’t dropped an album since 2016’s Anti, which spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
The new trailer comes a week after Ri attended the Met Gala with partner A$AP Rocky, who was one of the event’s co-chairs this year. On the red carpet, she showed off her baby bump, revealing that she’s expecting her third child with the rapper.
And though fans have been waiting for a new Rihanna album for nine years at this point, the musician says that her latest pregnancy isn’t going to stop her from working on Anti‘s follow-up. “Noooooo!” she told Entertainment Tonight when asked whether that would be the case on the Met red carpet May 5. “Maybe a couple videos! I can still sing!”
Watch the new Smurfs trailer and listen for snippets of Ri’s new song “Friend of Mine” below.
Billboard’s Dance Moves roundup serves as a guide to the biggest movers and shakers across Billboard’s many dance charts — new No. 1s, new top 10s, first-timers and more.
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This week, on charts dated May 17, HUGEL, Flume, RÜFÜS DU SOL and others achieve new feats. Check out key movers below.
HUGEL, David Guetta, Kehlani & Daecolm
HUGEL, David Guetta, Kehlani and Daecolm make a splashy entrance on the latest Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart with their new collaboration, “Think of Me.” Released May 2 via Virgin/Capitol/ICLG, the track debuts at No. 10 with 1 million official U.S. streams earned in its first week, according to Luminate, making it the highest debut on the chart.
The song is a notable entry for all four acts:
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HUGEL: The French DJ earns his seventh entry on the chart, and second top 10 after “I Adore You,” with Topic and Arash featuring Daecolm, in January (No. 8 peak).
David Guetta: The superstar DJ adds his record-extending 96th entry on the chart (dating to its January 2013 start), and record-tying 27th top 10, matching Kygo for the most in the chart’s history.
Kehlani: She collects her third entry and second top 10, following her feature on Calvin Harris’ “Faking It,” also featuring Lil Yachty (No. 6, 2018).
Daecolm: The singer-songwriter posts his second entry, following his feature on “I Adore You.”
Flume, JPEGMAFIA & Ravyn Lenae
Flume, JPEGMAFIA and Ravyn Lenae’s new collaboration, “Is It Real,” debuts at No. 17 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, powered almost entirely by its first-week streams (792,000). The song appears on Flume and JPEGMAFIA’s new four-track EP, We Live in a Society.
The track is Flume’s 33rd on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, and first since 2023’s “Chalk 1.3.3. (2017 Export wav),” with Jim-E Stack (No. 44 peak). The new entry also earns JPEGMAFIA and Lenae their first appearances on the chart.
RÜFÜS DU SOL
The Australian trio returns to Hot Dance/Electronic Songs with “In the Moment,” new at No. 21 thanks to a 10% boost in U.S. streams (to 662,000). Released on the act’s album Inhale / Exhale in October, the track is now receiving a new wave of momentum following the arrival of Inhale / Exhale Remixed on May 2. The new set includes the same tracklist as the original but with new mixes of the songs. The “In the Moment” update features Swiss electronic duo Adriatique. (Per Billboard chart rules, all versions of the song are combined into one listing and billed toward the version receiving the most activity.) Inhale / Exhale debuted and peaked at No. 3 on Top Dance Albums in October.
Lady Gaga, Marshmello, Kane Brown, David Guetta, Sia
Looking at the tops of Billboard’s dance rankings, these artists and titles continue their leads:
Hot Dance/Electronic Songs: Marshmello and Kane Brown’s “Miles On It” has now spent a full year at No. 1. It rules for a 52nd week on the strength of 8.4 million radio audience impressions and 5.8 million streams. Only two songs have spent more time in the lead: Marshmello and Bastille’s “Happier” (69 weeks) and David Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue)” (55).
Hot Dance/Pop Songs, Top Dance Albums: Lady Gaga’s “Abracadabra” spends a 12th week at No. 1 on Hot Dance/Pop Songs, while parent album MAYHEM rules Top Dance Albums for a ninth week.
Dance/Mix Show Airplay: Guetta and Sia’s “Beautiful People” leads for a third week, thanks to a 3% gain in plays among 24/7 dance reporters and pop stations’ mix show hours.
On a Friday night in late February, Tems was having dinner with the owners of San Diego FC, celebrating her new position as a partner in the MLS club. The next day, a video went viral of the 29-year-old Nigerian musician, known for her enviable levels of cool, briefly losing it while watching the club’s […]
