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The Backstreet Boys are psyched that they will be the first pop group to take the stage at Las Vegas’ Sphere in July, and when Billboard asked what fans can expect from the shows, AJ McLean promised, “one incredible experience,” while Nick Carter added “sensory overload.”
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In addition to performing their 1999 career-peak Millennium album in full along with some greatest hits and new single, “Hey,” McLean teased that there might be “some new adaptations of things,” requesting that attendees pack “something all white” for the 12-show run that will bring McLean, Carter, Brian Littrell, Kevin Richardson and Howie Dorough to the high-tech venue in July.
The Boys, who are now men in their mid-to-late 40s and early 50s, said they’ll be bringing their friends, and families, along for the ride, with McLean reminiscing about going from the original in-the-round configuration for the first Millennium run to the bump-up to the most state-of-the-art, “sonically overwhelming… visually outstanding” venue on the planet. (Check out the full interview in the video above.)
They’re also psyched to make history as the first pop band to touch down in the futuristic arena that to date has hosted U2, Phish, Dead & Company, the Eagles, EDM act Anyma and, later this spring, Kenny Chesney.
“Die hard fans are going to get a great experience, a great nostalgic moment,” McLean said, with Dorough revealing that they are working on the setlist at the moment. “Even just playing the whole Millennium album, there’s some deep cuts in there that we were just discussing the other day,” Dorough said. “[We were] reminiscing about some of the songs like ‘The Perfect Fan’ and ‘No One Else Comes Close to You’ [and ‘Spanish’] Eyes,’ which are songs that the fans probably haven’t heard since the Millennium tour.”
The 25th anniversary celebration of the album that topped the Billboard 200 for 10 weeks and has sold more than 24 million copies to date coincides with the July 11 release of Millennium 2.0, a two-CD collection featuring a remastered version of the original — including the hits “I Want It That Way” and “The One” — along with six demos from the sessions for the album, as well as b-sides from international releases, six live tracks and the previously unheard track “Hey.”
Richardson said “Hey” was tracked during the session for their 2019 DNA album, and while they all agreed it was a “beautiful song,” it didn’t quite fit that LP’s vibe. Not to worry, though, it will get its live debut on what McLean said will be the “massive” stage set-up that will include the men pulling off some of their most iconic choreography, and maybe some new moves.
As for who they would like to see at the Sphere once they’re done burning up the stage, Richardson said for sure Coldplay while Carter joked that he’s like to see, well, the Backstreet Boys.
The BSB will touch down at the Sphere on July 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26 and 27, as well as August 1, 2 and 3. The artist presale for the shows is open now, with the general on-sale slated to launch on Friday (Feb. 21) at 9 a.m. PT here.
While cameras were rolling on Sabrina Carpenter and Dolly Parton‘s music video set for their new remix of Billboard Hot 100-topper “Please Please Please,” the former was totally professional. But between takes, she fangirled exactly as much as anyone would having the Queen of Country on set with them.
In a behind-the-scenes video from the shoot posted to Parton’s official TikTok account Wednesday (Feb. 19), Carpenter — dressed in a checkered pinup leotard and a teased-to-the-heavens hairdo — loudly gasps with delight when she arrives on set to find her legendary collaborator already there, modeling sparkly shoulder pads and sunglasses.
“You look so cute!” Carpenter chirps ecstatically, smiling at the “Jolene” singer. “You look amazing.”
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The clip then shows footage of the pair bonding inside the rusting pickup truck used in the music video to tow a kidnapped man whose face is covered by a bag (but whose outfit just so happens to match one worn by Carpenter’s ex Barry Keoghan in the original “Please Please Please” visual). “We’re in a pickup truck,” the Girl Meets World alum tells the camera while leaning in close to Parton in the TikTok. “Big hair. The stars are all really aligning.”
After showing a few more shots of the two women filming the Thelma & Louise-esque project, the behind-the-scenes camera circles back to the duo having a love fest between takes. “We’re little, we’re blonde and we love each other,” the country icon says as Carpenter cackles.
“Two blondes are one thing, a collab with @Sabrina Carpenter is another,” reads Parton’s caption.
The post comes just five days after the pair’s duet version of “Please Please Please” arrived on Valentine’s Day, along with the rest of Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet deluxe version. Announced shortly after the original LP took home best pop vocal album at the 2025 Grammys, the expanded edition also includes four new songs: “15 Minutes,” “Couldn’t Make It Any Harder,” “Busy Woman” and “Bad Reviews.”
On release day, Carpenter and Parton also posted a video of their first time meeting, which included an adorable bonding moment over their shared short statures. “I didn’t know how tall you were … you’re like my height!” the 5-foot “Espresso” artist gushed in the clip while hugging her longtime hero, later saying she “can’t wait” to look like Parton when she gets older.
Watch Carpenter fangirl over Parton on the set of “Please Please Please” below.
Rizzle Kicks has learned not to question a bolt from the blue. While working on the lyrics for its mighty new LP, Competition is for Losers, the duo – comprised of rappers Jordan Stephens and Harley Alexander-Sule – was struck by moments of synergy. The two members had entered the studio with the intention to make “an album talking about exactly where we’re at in our lives,” says Alexander-Sule, 14 tracks of fluorescent-hued pop-rap that celebrate a journey to embracing stillness over momentum, peace over chaos.
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The pair’s freewheeling spirit shines on the record because of how easily its bars dip and traverse through different moods. Tracks like “Everything’s Aligned” and “Javelin” hone in on the realization that something truly powerful can still exist and thrive after years of fear have been pushed aside: for Stephens and Alexander-Sule, it’s a friendship that has withstood everything it has been through.
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Rizzle Kicks formed in Brighton as teenagers in 2008, having attended music workshops together, and then south London’s BRIT School, which also helped to launch the careers of Adele, Lola Young and Olivia Dean. Within three years, it became one of the biggest acts in the U.K. For a moment in time, 2011 debut album Stereo Typical felt omnipresent; it blasted from car windows, it shot over TV montages, it echoed through shopping centres.
The 2011 hits “Down With the Trumpets” and “Mama Do the Hump” both went platinum. A breezy approach to music-making conjured images of giddy misadventures, cider-soaked conversations among friends that would roll until dawn, in-jokes formed from the simple, shared pursuit of a laugh. Rizzle Kicks defined a specific, more innocent time in youth culture, so much so that TikTok has turned to labelling any glimpse of sunshine in the U.K. as “Rizzle Kicks weather”.
Shortly after they released its second LP Roaring 20s in 2013, which landed at No. 3 in the Official U.K. Album Charts, the pair say they had lost a sense of purpose. They started to drip-feed a number of singles and EPs, and diversified into acting, but many of these one-off releases felt like “treading water,” Alexander-Sule notes.
Rizzle Kicks attempted to create another album, which never came out, while a U.K. tour booked for late 2016 was called off before the pair even hit the road. Though Stephens and Alexander-Sule remained close during this period, for a number of years, the question of working together again was scrupulously avoided.
They soon shifted towards solitary creative work, including respective solo material. There was broadcasting and some literary projects (2024 memoir Avoidance, Drugs, Heartbreak and Dogs and children’s book The Missing Piece) for Stephens, and for Sylvester, writing with the likes of ascendant British acts Rachel Chinouriri and Tom Grennan.
Rekindling their creative partnership as Rizzle Kicks after more than a decade necessitated an open mind for Stephens and Alexander-Sule, and a willingness to let go. Speaking over Zoom, the pair discuss new beginnings, last November’s comeback gig at KOKO in London, and the greater purpose of their comeback.
Jordan, on Miquita Oliver and Lily Allen’s Miss Me? podcast, you spoke about witnessing “rebellious joy” at your comeback gig. What does that phrase mean to you?
Jordan: I guess I’d be careful about [the energy] being seen as rebellion, but it was incredible. If I’m feeling pumped, I’m thinking of [Irish rap trio] Kneecap – they’re actively doing guerrilla marketing, picking court cases against the government – that’s so serious! But my understanding of the gig at KOKO versus my understanding of the gigs we did 10 years ago is that the joy we’re providing feels a little bit different in these tough times.
It’s hard right now. I really, really hate saying that everything seems like it’s the end of the world. I don’t like being apocalyptic. But we’re seeing the worst of everything in the world right now; the news and social media is just more shocking than ever. The lane in which we exist might be more necessary, as we value community and live music. Being in a place with people who have a mutual interest is hugely important nowadays.
Are there any of your older songs that feel more potent or relevant now when playing them live?
Jordan: I loved playing the older songs [at KOKO]! In my mid 20s, after we put Rizzle Kicks on ice, I spent a lot of time dealing with stuff to do with being in the pop industry; how I felt about my own self-worth and understanding of achievement. In that time, through the work I’ve done on myself, I’ve turned around and realised that [Rizzle Kicks] did so well at such a young age.
I actually really reveled in playing the songs that everybody loves. We made a breakthrough as being carefree, f–king joyful young men, you know? And that’s what we were talking about in the music. Don’t get me wrong, tracks like [2013’s] “Lost Generation” were politically-charged, to an extent. But we weren’t mouthy – ultimately, we just wanted to give people a good time.
Was there anything that shifted in your personal lives that made it the right time to return to music?
Harley: Making music with Jordan is my favorite thing in the world, and I just wanted that feeling back. Before, I was definitely struggling a lot with my mental health, and just over time, that got better. I spent a lot of time with people I love, and eventually, the desire to get back in the studio started to outweigh the pressure of returning to the stage. Other than the initial, overwhelming period after the news was out, I’ve dealt with everything a lot better than I could have anticipated.
Did you ever worry that the public’s reaction to the comeback wouldn’t meet your own expectations?
Harley: “I mean, if anything, when we announced that we were going to come back the response was overwhelming. I remember the day we put the KOKO tickets on sale, I said to my manager, ‘I’d be really happy if we could sell 300 tickets on the first day, that’d be great.’ And then it sold out in 15 seconds!
Jordan has remained in these media spaces over the years, but I’ve definitely been away from the world for a long time, so I found it quite overwhelming at first. There’s quite a lot of schools around where I live, and I was getting hounded for the first couple of weeks because our comeback videos were getting shared loads. I can’t believe how excited people were.
We’re not trying to base this whole comeback on nostalgia, however. We want this to be something that can grow from here. We want to be in a space where we can continue to make albums and tour; we want this to be consistent, not just a ‘flash in the pan’-type situation. We could have easily released a song, done a tour, made a bit of cash, and then f–ked off again. The fact that this album has been in the works for four or five years is testament to how seriously we’re taking this era. We really want to push ourselves and progress.
How different does it feel to be writing from a place of acceptance in your life?
Jordan: For me, personally, I was so chaotic on the last album. This is the complex thing of mixing drugs with creativity, is that we have this whole historical notion around being a ‘tortured genius.’ I was messed up by crazy ideas, I needed grounding – but at the time, even Harley struggled to do that with me. I don’t have any real vivid memories of that time, other than I know where I recorded it, and I know I involved a bunch of my family in the process.
In the past, I would have been eating loads of sugar, doing drugs and drinking [during recording]. Now I’m just drinking maybe one coffee. I’m thinking more logically and rationally; I’m a better rapper; I’m more relaxed and comfortable in the studio. I had great lyrics back in the day, but nowadays, I deliver bars with a little bit more confidence.
But also, I write so much slower than I used to! That’s one thing, I guess, that’s a blessing and a curse in a way. When I was younger, I used to think so fast, and sometimes I’d only be able to think in rhyme. But now, I only have one or two thoughts at a time. Sometimes they trouble me, but they’re calmer. So if I’m writing a rap, I don’t just write rap verses for no reason. I’m there for three or four hours writing a 16-bar verse, just because I’m chilling!
A$AP Rocky was full of emotions in the moment a jury ruled he was not guilty in his 2021 felony shooting case Tuesday (Feb. 18). So much so, he leapt straight over a courtroom barrier into the arms of the first person he wanted to celebrate with: Rihanna. In a news clip from a […]
“I’ve been bursting at the seams to be able to talk about this stuff,” Chloe Moriondo tells Billboard of her upcoming album, Oyster. The singer-songwriter shifted her aesthetic across her three previous albums, from the ukulele twee on 2018’s Rabbit Hearted. to heartfelt pop-punk on 2021’s Blood Bunny to fuzzed-out, radio-ready melodies on 2022’s SUCKERPUNCH.
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Oyster, due out Mar. 28 on Public Consumption/Atlantic Music Group, functions as an amalgamation of those sounds, while also featuring the 22-year-old’s most vulnerable lyrics by far. “This feels like a very special project,” says Moriondo. “I’m nervous, as I always am before releasing things, but especially because this one’s so personal.”
On Wednesday (Feb. 19), Moriondo released the second preview of the album with “Hate It,” a gleefully unhinged pop track with a creeping bass line and an obsessive protagonist (“Wanna wear your body and trade places / Everybody loves you, and I hate it,” Moriondo sings on the chorus). After showcasing a sardonic streak on SUCKERPUNCH, Moriondo lets the dark humor simmer on the track while the listener is urged to hum along.
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“It’s one of the only non-aquatic songs off the album,” Moriondo says of “Hate It,” which is surrounded by songs titled “7 Seas,” “Abyss” and “Shoreline” on Oyster. “I did stick very thematically with the ocean, water and all things aquatic in general. But ‘Hate It’ was an oddball, and it just proved to me that I’m going to continue writing murderous pop love songs till I die, I’m pretty sure. And we just couldn’t leave her off the album.”
Moriondo began working on the new album in early 2023, tinkering on songs for weeks at a time in London and Los Angeles, while also processing the worst breakup of her life. Heartbreak, and how to manage its aftereffects, serves as the undercurrent of Oyster, from the mournful piano ballad “Pond” to the reflective bedroom-pop track “Raw” to the breathtaking “Siren Calling,” which offers closure within the final track.
“It was very cathartic to be able to pour out everything that had been going on in my brain and in my life,” Moriondo notes. “It was nerve-wracking, in some ways. I kind of felt like a baby sea turtle — flopping around, confused — for the first couple sessions and the first couple songs. I felt a little bit nervous, but it also felt like an outpouring of pent-up energy and emotion that I was excited to finally be able to release.”
Not only does Oyster represent the cohesive front-to-back listen of Moriondo’s career, but the singer-songwriter says that she wants every aspect of this album campaign to feel part of a whole — and that she became more hands-on with the planning of execution of this rollout than she’s ever been.
“With this album, I’ve just learned how crucial it can be to be as involved as possible creatively, with every facet of the album,” she says. “With an album like Blood Bunny or Rabbit Hearted., I was so young, and I say this as a term of endearment, but I was still very ignorant to a lot of things. I don’t think I poured as much of myself as I could have into a lot of my previous stuff, in terms of the touring, the vinyl packaging, just the life and blood of it. So I think I’m much more connected creatively to this album than I have been.”
After releasing “Shoreline” as the first taste of Oyster last month, Moriondo also announced a spring headlining tour, which kicks off on Apr. 24 in Detroit. She says that ideas for performing these new songs live have dominated her thoughts for months, and she hopes that her shows are as freeing for her fans as making this album proved to be for her.
“The people who come to my shows, whether they’re longtime fans or new fans or boyfriends or parents of fans, can expect to experience a very immersive show,” Moriondo says with a laugh. “A lot of dancing, a lot of potential crying, and something reminiscent of the Jellyfish Jam from Spongebob.”
How you like that! BLACKPINK announced its highly anticipated 2025 world tour dates on Wednesday, Feb. 19, revealing that the global trek will kick off in July.
The K-pop supergroup consisting of JENNIE, ROSÉ, JISOO and LISA revealed that the limited run of shows will begin with a pair of shows July 5 and 6 at the Goyang Stadium in Seoul, South Korea, followed by stops in Los Angeles, New York City, Paris, Barcelona and more. The tour ends Aug. 15 with a stop at London’s famed Wembley Stadium, which will also mark the first time that a K-pop girl group has ever headlined the venue.
Though not mentioned in the press release, the group’s Instagram post announcing the tour dates also revealed that 2026 shows are also coming to the Tokyo Dome in mid January.
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Tickets for the shows go on sale Feb. 27 via Live Nation. Onsale start times will vary by market.
The 2025 world tour will be the first time BLACKPINK has gone on the road as a group since the Born Pink World Tour, which ran from 2022 to 2023. That trek landed the K-pop group on the Billboard‘s 2023 Top Tours chart, having sold 703,000 tickets over 29 shows during the period of eligibility; the trek grossed $148.3 million.
The group first teased the upcoming tour on Feb. 5. At the time, little information was revealed, with BLACKPINK sharing just a quick teaser video of fans screaming in massive venues, the four women on stage and the clip ending with the message “2025 World Tour” in pink lettering over a black background.
Over the past year, JENNIE, ROSÉ, JISOO and LISA have taken a break from group duties to focus on their own solo projects. LISA’s solo effort, Alter Ego, arrives at the end of the month on Feb. 28, while JENNIE‘s Ruby arrives a week later on March 7. JENNIE is also dropping a collab track with Doechii titled “ExtraL” this Friday (Feb. 21). And just last week on Valentine’s Day, JISOO dropped her mini solo album, AMORTAGE. ROSÉ’s solo album rosie arrived in early December, and also features her Billboard Hot 100 No. 3 hit “APT.” alongside Bruno Mars.
LISA, who also confirmed that a BLACKPINK tour was coming this year in her November Billboard cover story, expressed excitement about the trek at the time. Said the pop star: “I can’t wait.”
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Justin Timberlake, BTS’ J-Hope, Gracie Abrams, Raye and Benson Boone are among the headliners for 2025’s Lollapalooza Berlin. Among the other acts slated to perform on July 12 and 13 at Olympic Park and the Olympic Stadium in Berlin are: Armin Van Burren, Brutalismus 3000, Ive, The Last Dinner Party, Dom Dolla, John Summit, Artemas, Shaboozey, Royel Otis, Ashnikko, Magdalena Bay, Sofi Tukker, Bigxthaplug and Mark Ambor, among many others.
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Tickets for the festival are on sale now.
Lollapalooza Berlin was the first European extension of the beloved Lolla brand, first touching down in 2015, shifting between a series of different venues before finding its permanent home in the Olympic Park in the heart of Berlin.
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Last year’s fest featured a similarly eclectic lineup topped by Sam Smith, Martin Garrix, Burna Boy, OneRepublic, Seventeen, The Chainsmokers and solo sets from former One Direction band mates Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson.
The 2025 Berlin edition will also host Mother Mother, Mahmut Orhan, Argy, Mark Ambor, Bunt., Nora En Pure, Miss Monique, Anna, Flo, Joey Valence & Brae, Neil Frances Present Club NF, Benjamin Ingrosso and Wasia Project, among others. The set from J-Hope will come following the conclusion of the K-pop superstar’s Hope on the Stage 2025 solo world tour, which will kick off on Feb. 28 with the first of two shows at KSPO Dome in Seoul, South Korea before jumping to the Barclays Center in New York and winding down on June 1 with the second of two shows at the Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, Japan.
Check out the poster for the 2025 Lollapalooza Berlin festival below.
Beyoncé has added a fourth and final date at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz stadium as part of her anticipated 2025 Cowboy Carter & the Rodeo Chitlin’ Circuit tour. The singer announced on Wednesday (Feb. 19) that the addition of the July 14 show — which will now serve as the final stop on the outing slated to kick off in Los Angeles on April 28 — has set a record for the most performances at 75,000-plus capacity home of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons.
There will be a series of pre-sales for the new date ahead of the general on-sale, which will kick off on Friday (Feb. 21) at 12 p.m. local time here. A Beyhive pre-sale for the new date will begin on Wednesday at 12 p.m. ET through Thursday (Feb. 20) at 11 a.m. ET.
The Live Nation-promoted tour in support of Bey’s Grammy-winning Cowboy Carter album will play multiple dates across the U.S. and Europe this summer, kicking off with five dates at L.A.’s SoFi Stadium, followed by a three-night stand at Chicago’s Soldier Field and five gigs at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.
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The production will then jump to London for six shows at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium between June 5-June 16, a three-night stand at Stade de France in Paris and the back to the U.S. for a pair of hometown shows at NRG Stadium in Houston. The tour will wind-down with a pair of gigs at Northwest Stadium in Washington, D.C. and the four shows in Atlanta on July 10, 11, 13 and 14.
Check out the updated list of dates for the tour below (new show in bold):
April 28 – Inglewood, CA @ SoFi Stadium
May 1 – Inglewood, CA @ SoFi Stadium
May 4 – Inglewood, CA @ SoFi Stadium
May 7 – Inglewood, CA @ SoFi Stadium
May 9 – Inglewood, CA – SoFi Stadium
May 15 – Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field
May 17 – Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field
May 18 – Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field
May 22 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium
May 24 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium
May 25 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium
May 28 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium
May 29 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium
June 5 – London, UK @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
June 7 – London, UK @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
June 10 – London, UK @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
June 12 – London, UK @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
June 14 – London, UK @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
June 16 – London, UK @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
June 19 – Paris, France @ Stade de France
June 21 – Paris, France @ Stade de France
June 22 – Paris, France @ Stade de France
June 28 – Houston, TX @ NRG Stadium
June 29 – Houston, TX @ NRG Stadium
July 4 – Washington, D.C. @ Northwest Stadium
July 7 – Washington, D.C. @ Northwest Stadium
July 10 – Atlanta, GA @ Mercedes-Benz Stadium
July 11 – Atlanta, GA @ Mercedes-Benz Stadium
July 13 – Atlanta, GA @ Mercedes-Benz Stadium
July 14 – Atlanta, GA @ Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Before he began dating Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce was a typical bro, bro. At least according to former NFL quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, who sat down with Trav’s big brother, fellow retired NFL great Jason Kelce, on this week’s Fitz & Whit podcast to talk beer pong and the tremendous growth they’ve seen in Travis since […]
Paquita la del Barrio will be honored at Premio Lo Nuestro 2025 with an emotional performance by Pepe Aguilar and his children Leonardo y Ángela Aguilar, Billboard can exclusively announce Wednesday (Feb. 19).
The iconic Mexican ranchera singer, known for denouncing macho culture and attitudes in songs like “Tres Veces Te Engañé,” “Rata de Dos Patas” and “Las Rodilleras,” died this week at her home in Veracruz, Mexico, at age 77.
“Honoring the legacy of Paquita la del Barrio for me is a great responsibility and a true privilege. Her voice was an echo in the soul of our people, and her courage in telling stories paved the way for many generations,” Pepe Aguilar said in a statement, adding that he hopes “that this tribute is as significant with the depth of her spirit.”
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“Paquita la del Barrio taught us that a woman’s voice should never be silenced — she always sang what she felt, without fear and without excuses,” added Ángela Aguilar. “I had the incredible honor of opening her concerts when I was younger, witnessing firsthand the magic she created on stage. Having her as part of [my family’s show] Jaripeo Sin Fronteras was just as special — a true testament to the impact she has had on generations of artists.”
Meanwhile, Leonardo Aguilar expressed: “All my life I have been surrounded by powerful women — whose strength, resilience and passion have shaped who I am. Paquita la del Barrio personified that strength, breaking barriers and giving a voice to those who needed it most.”
With a career spanning over five decades, Paquita la del Barrio was an idol in popular music. In 2011, she received the Billboard Regional Mexican Music Award “La Voz,” and 10 years later, in 2021, she was recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Billboard Latin Music Awards for her exceptional career.
Born in Veracruz, Mexico, Francisca Viveros Barradas (her real name) discovered her powerful voice as a child while singing at school festivals. In the 1970s, she formed the duo Las Golondrinas with her sister Viola, and in 1984, she released her debut album, El Barrio de los Faroles, as Paquita la del Barrio. Since then, she recorded over 30 albums, which sold more than 30 million copies, with hits that also include “Las Mujeres Mandan,” “La Última Parada,” “Me Saludas a la Tuya,” “Soltero Maduro, Chiquito” and “Hombres Malvados,” among others.
In its 37th edition, the Premio Lo Nuestro ceremony will be broadcast live on Thursday (Feb. 20) starting at 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT on Univision, UNIMÁS and ViX. Co-hosted by Laura Pausini, Thalia, and Alejandro Espinoza, it will feature performances by Becky G and Carín León, who lead this year’s list of nominees, as well as Shakira, Grupo Frontera, Marc Anthony, Will Smith and many more.