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01 Dec 2025

Megan Thee Stallion’s Boyfriend Klay Thompson Names His Boat After Her

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Megan Thee Stallion could be playing some more “Captain Hook” at sea this year. The Houston Hottie’s boyfriend, Klay Thompson, showed off his boat’s new name over the holiday weekend, which pays homage to Megan with the SS Stallion.

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The NBA star took to his Instagram Story on Sunday (Nov. 30) with a photo of the docked vessel with Megan Thee Stallion on board. “SS Stallion Houston, Tx,” the boat’s blue decal reads.

Megan spent Thanksgiving with the Thompson family as Klay and the Dallas Mavericks were in the midst of a West Coast road trip.

The Houston rapper posted a TikTok recapping her day of cooking for the Thompson family for Thanksgiving. From the mac and cheese to the turkey and barbecue baked beans, Megan did it all with a Southern twist — she makes sure to refer to stuffing as dressing.

“I was really nervous, ‘cause I was like, ‘Dang, I’m really finna cook for my man and his whole family.’ I hope they love this because I got to show them that I really love they son,” she explained.

It looked like it was 10s across the board for Megan Thee Chef, as Klay gave his stamp of approval with a clean plate and Thompson’s father, Mychal, allegedly told Meg she could open up her own restaurant.

Megan Thee Stallion and her NBA boo have been going strong since the summer, when the couple went public with their relationship in July at the inaugural Pete & Thomas Foundation Gala. The final game of the Mavericks’ road trip will take place on Monday (Dec. 1) with Dallas in Denver to take on the Nuggets.

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01 Dec 2025

Rihanna Reacts As ‘Anti’ Becomes First Album By a Black Female Artist to Spend 500 Weeks on Billboard 200

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Rihanna has Anti on the brain this week, as the album — which remains her most recent full-length a decade after its release — has just clocked a historic 500th week on the Billboard 200.

On the chart dated Dec. 6, 2025, the critically acclaimed LP ranks at No. 134, recording a milestone 500th nonconsecutive week on the ranking. It marks the first album by a Black female soloist in Billboard chart history to spend that much time on the Billboard 200.

And in a post on X reacting to the news on Monday (Dec. 1), Ri proudly wrote, “God ain’t forget bout me!”

The album’s reign is certainly impressive, especially considering the fact that the Fenty mogul hasn’t dropped an LP since it came out in January 2016. Spending most of the past 10 years focusing on her fashion and beauty empires and raising her family with A$AP Rocky, Ri has only released a few sparse singles — including the Oscar-nominated “Lift Me Up” for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in 2022 — in the years that followed Anti.

At its peak, Anti spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Featuring numerous Billboard Hot 100 hits — such as “Work” featuring Drake, “Needed Me” and “Love on the Brain” — the project also earned several Grammy nominations, including best urban contemporary album.

Also on Monday, Ri celebrated a very different milestone. Sharing photos of herself in her home country on X, the star wrote, “Congratulations to Barbados, MY HOME, on our 59th year of Independence and our 4th year as a Republic! Today also marks the installation of our 2nd President, His Excellency Lieutenant Colonel The Most Honorable Jeffrey Bostic, who alongside our Honorable Prime Minister Mia Mottley will continue to lead Barbados with excellence!!”


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01 Dec 2025

Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 Countdown For December 6th, 2025 | Billboard News

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Christmas is in full swing on the Hot 100 with Wham!’s “Last Christmas,” Brenda Lee and more entering the top 10, but will any of these Christmas classics sweep the No. 1 spot?

Tetris Kelly: This is the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 for the week, dated December 6th. “Opalite” falls down to No. 10 as Leon slips to nine. “Jingle Bell Rock” appears at No. 8, while Brenda Lee is in at seven. Wham!’s “Last Christmas” is at six. While Mimi brings her Christmas classic to the top five. Still at No. 4 is Olivia Dean. Alex Warren is holding on to No. 3, and “Golden” is holding it down at No. 2. So now, with eight weeks at No. 1 is Taylor Swift with “The Fate of Ophelia.” If you want more Billboard, make sure you hit the subscribe button and ring the bell to be notified on all our latest videos.

01 Dec 2025

Taylor Swift’s ‘The Fate of Ophelia’ Ties ‘Anti-Hero’ as Her Longest-Leading Hot 100 Hit: 8 Weeks at No. 1

Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” rules the Billboard Hot 100 for an eighth week, tying “Anti-Hero” as her longest-leading hit.

“The Fate of Ophelia” has been No. 1 in each of its weeks on the Hot 100 so far, dating to its mid-October debut; “Anti-Hero” began its reign upon its arrival in November 2022.

Elsewhere in the Hot 100’s top 10, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” leads four festive holiday songs rising in the region, up from No. 8 to No. 5. It’s joined by Wham!’s “Last Christmas” (11-6), Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” (13-7) and Bobby Helms’ “Jingle Bell Rock” (14-8).

Plus, Leon Thomas’ “Mutt,” at No. 9 on the Hot 100, reaches No. 1 on the Radio Songs chart.

Check out the full rundown of this week’s Hot 100 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 Dec. 6, 2025) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Dec. 2. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram. Plus, for all chart rules and explanations, click here.

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.

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01 Dec 2025

Evanescence Announce Dates For 2026 World Tour Featuring Spiritbox, Poppy, K. Flay & Nova Twins

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Evanescence is gearing up for their first major headlining world tour in four years. The Amy Lee-led group announced the dates for their upcoming 2026 world tour on Monday (Dec. 1), revealing a list of 47 dates across North America, the U.K. and Europe.

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The run is slated to kick off on June 11 at the iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Fla., before moving on to Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Ontario, Quebec, Indiana, Missouri, Arizona, California, Utah, Ohio and Michigan. It will then hop over to the U.K. and Europe for summertime gigs in Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham and London, as well as shows in Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal.

“This year has been so inspiring in so many ways, creating so much new music, playing some bucket-list shows and working with so many artists that give us life,” said Lee in a statement. “We are taking all of that fire and energy and inspiration and building it into an epic 2026 for our fans. Collaborating with K. Flay, Poppy, and Courtney Le Plante made me want to create a world where we could share stages together, and I’m thrilled we are going to make it happen! I can’t wait to share what we’ve been working on, and I can’t wait for this incredible tour.”

The shows will feature special guests Spiritbox and Nova Twins on the North American leg, Poppy and Nova Twins opening the non-U.K. concerts and K.Flay — who is featured on Evanescence’s latest single, “Fight Like a Girl” — opening the U.K. stops. K.Flay will also work as the support act on the tour’s final stop at the storied Red Rock Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colo. on Oct. 26.

Tickets will be available starting with a Citi pre-sale beginning on Tuesday (Dec. 2) at 8 a.m. local time through Thursday (Dec. 4) at 10 p.m. local time; details for the Citi pre-sale are here. Evanescence and Spiritbox pre-sales will follow on Tuesday beginning at 12 p.m. ET, with more pre-sales scheduled throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale on Friday (Dec. 5) at 10 a.m. local time here.

Evanescence is teaming up with non-profit PLUS1 to donate $1 from every ticket to support groups providing humanitarian aid and medical relief around the world.

Check out the dates for Evanescence’s 2026 world tour below:

  • June 11: West Palm Beach, Fla. @ iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
  • June 12: Tampa, Fla. @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
  • June 14: Alpharetta, Ga. @ Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
  • June 15: Nashville, Tenn. @ Bridgestone Arena
  • June 17: Raleigh, N.C. @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
  • June 18: Charlotte, N.C. @ PNC Music Pavilion
  • June 20: Camden, N.J. @ Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
  • June 21: Mansfield, Mass. @ Xfinity Center
  • June 23: Saratoga Springs, N.Y. @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center
  • June 24: Wantagh, N.Y. @ Northwell at Jones Beach Theater
  • June 26: Holmdel, N.J. @ PNC Bank Arts Center
  • June 27: Bristow, Va. @ Jiffy Lube Live
  • June 29: Toronto, ON @ RBC Amphitheatre
  • June 30: Montréal, QC @ Centre Bell
  • July 8: Tinley Park, Ill. @ Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
  • July 9: Noblesville, Ind. @ Ruoff Music Center
  • July 11: North Little Rock, Ark. @ Simmons Bank Arena
  • July 12: Kansas City, Mo. @ MORTON Amphitheater
  • July 14: Albuquerque, N.M. @ Isleta Amphitheater
  • July 15: Phoenix, Ariz. @ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
  • July 17: Chula Vista, Calif. @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
  • July 20: Mountain View, Calif. @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
  • July 22: Ridgefield, Wash. @ Cascades Amphitheater
  • July 23: Auburn, Wash. @ White River Amphitheatre
  • July 25: Salt Lake City, Utah @ Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
  • July 28: St. Louis, Mo. @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
  • July 30: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio @ Blossom Music Center
  • Aug. 1: Cincinnati, Ohio @ Riverbend Music Center
  • Aug. 2: Clarkston, Mich. @ Pine Knob Music Theatre
  • Sept. 8: Leeds, UK @ First Direct Arena
  • Sept. 10: Manchester, UK @ Co-op Live
  • Sept. 11: Birmingham, UK @ Utilita Arena Birmingham
  • Sept. 13: London, UK @ The O2
  • Sept. 16: Brussels, BE @ Forest National
  • Sept. 17: Paris, FR @ Accor Arena
  • Sept. 19: Frankfurt, DE @ Congress Center Messe Frankfurt – Festhalle Frankfurt
  • Sept. 20: Dortmund, DE @ Westfalenhallen Dortmund
  • Sept. 22: Amsterdam, NL @ Ziggo Dome
  • Sept. 23: Hamburg, DE @ Barclays Arena
  • Sept. 25: Berlin, DE @ Velodrom
  • Sept. 26: Munich, DE @ Olympiahalle
  • Sept. 28: Bologna, IT @ Unipol Arena
  • Sept. 29: Zurich, CH @ Hallenstadion Zurich
  • Oct. 1: Barcelona, ES @ Palau Olimpic Badalona
  • Oct. 2: Madrid, ES @ Palacio Vistalegre
  • Oct. 4: Lisbon, PT @ MEO Arena
  • Oct. 26: Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre


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01 Dec 2025

Ariana Grande Posts ‘Loving Reminder’ About Commenting on People’s Bodies: ‘It’s Dangerous’

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Ariana Grande‘s physical appearance has been dissected by the public numerous times over the years, but amid the rollout for the Wicked movies, the speculation has arguably reached a fever pitch — leading the performer to speak out about the issue once again.

In a post on Instagram Stories over the weekend, Grande posted a clip from a 2024 interview in which she discusses the dangers of openly criticizing people’s bodies in today’s society. “resharing this from last year,” she wrote Saturday (Nov. 29). “as a loving reminder to all.”

In the interview with French journalist Sally, the R.E.M. Beauty founder discusses how her body has been the subject of public discourse since she first rose to fame as a teenager. “I have heard it all. I’ve heard every version of it, of what’s wrong with me,” Grande said at the time. “And then you fix it, and then it’s wrong for different reasons.”

“It’s something that is uncomfortable no matter what scale you’re experiencing it on,” she continued in the December 2024 conversation as Cynthia Erivo sat next to her. “In today’s society, there’s a comfortability that we shouldn’t have at all commenting on other’s looks, appearance, what they think is going on behind the scenes, or health … I think it’s dangerous for all parties involved.”

The two-time Grammy winner’s post comes amid mounting concern for Grande’s health, with people online increasingly picking apart photos and videos — including shots of the star in Wicked: For Good, which premiered in November — of her, with many pointing out that she looks thinner than she used to. Others have speculated that the star is unhealthily slender — something she’s also addressed in the past.

“There are many different ways to look healthy and beautiful,” she said in a 2023 TikTok. “I know personally for me, the body that you’ve been comparing my current body to was the unhealthiest version of my body. I was on a lot of anti-depressants and drinking on them and eating poorly, and at the lowest point of my life when I looked the way you consider my ‘healthy.’ But that, in fact, wasn’t my healthy.”

“I think we should be gentler and less comfortable commenting on people’s bodies — no matter what,” she added at the time. “If you think you’re saying something good or well-intentioned, whatever it is. Healthy, unhealthy, big, small, this, that, sexy, not sexy … We just shouldn’t. We should really work towards not doing that as much.”


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01 Dec 2025

50 Cent’s ‘Sean Combs: The Reckoning’ Netflix Doc Features Never-Before-Seen Diddy Footage & Interviews With Trial Jurors

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50 Cent’s Sean Combs: The Reckoning documentary is set to hit Netflix on Tuesday (Dec. 2), and ahead of the explosive four-part docuseries’ arrival, 50 and director Alexandria Stapleton sat down with Robin Roberts for Good Morning America on Monday (Dec. 1) to reveal details of the opus about the Bad Boy Records founder’s fall from grace.

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The Reckoning obtained never-before-seen footage of Diddy that was reportedly slated for a doc that he was allegedly filming before the embattled Bad Boy mogul’s arrest in September 2024. One scene finds him in conversation with his legal team, imploring them to up their game.

“Listen to me, I am going to let you professionals look at the situation and come back to me with a solution,” Diddy said from what appears to be a hotel room. “Y’all are not working together the right way. We’re losing.”

There’s another scene that shows Diddy amongst the people in Harlem and then asking for hand sanitizer after getting into his car. “I been out in the streets amongst the people, I gotta take a bath. The amount of people I’m coming into contact with, that’s what I have to do,” Diddy said.

50 believes that the scene is a look into Combs’ manipulative ways. “It shows you his character,” longtime Diddy antagonist 50 told Roberts. “What’s the odds you would do that in front of a camera? That’s one of the moments he forgot he was on tape.”

A spokesperson for Combs relayed to the New York Times that they were “deeply concerned” about the inclusion of “private moments” before Diddy’s indictment that are included in the docuseries. “None of this was obtained from Sean Combs or his team, and its inclusion raises very serious questions about how this material was accessed and why Netflix chose to use it,” said Combs spokesperson Juda Engelmayer.

The G-Unit mogul pushed back against the narrative that he’s using the docuseries to needle his longtime foe instead of uplifting the victims’ stories.

“What they consider a pre-existing beef for 20 years is me being uncomfortable with him suggesting he takes me shopping,” 50 Cent added. “I looked at it like I was a tester — like, ‘Maybe you will come play with me.’”

The four-part series also includes interviews with two jurors who delivered the mixed verdict that found Combs guilty of prostitution charges in his federal trial, but dodging charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. Combs was ultimately sentenced to 50 months in prison in October.

The Reckoning — which hits Netflix on Tuesday — will explore Combs’ federal trial and history of alleged sexual abuse. He’s repeatedly denied sexually assaulting anyone despite testimony from two former girlfriends at his trial alleging physical, emotional and sexual abuse. The doc will see contributions from former associates, friends, artists and employees who came forward to detail the world behind the Bad Boy empire.

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01 Dec 2025

50 Cent’s ‘Sean Combs: The Reckoning’ Netflix Doc Features Never-Before-Seen Diddy Footage & Interviews With Trial Jurors

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50 Cent’s Sean Combs: The Reckoning documentary is set to hit Netflix on Tuesday (Dec. 2), and ahead of the explosive four-part docuseries’ arrival, 50 and director Alexandria Stapleton sat down with Robin Roberts for Good Morning America on Monday (Dec. 1) to reveal details of the opus about the Bad Boy Records founder’s fall from grace.

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The Reckoning obtained never-before-seen footage of Diddy that was reportedly slated for a doc that he was allegedly filming before the embattled Bad Boy mogul’s arrest in September 2024. One scene finds him in conversation with his legal team, imploring them to up their game.

“Listen to me, I am going to let you professionals look at the situation and come back to me with a solution,” Diddy said from what appears to be a hotel room. “Y’all are not working together the right way. We’re losing.”

There’s another scene that shows Diddy amongst the people in Harlem and then asking for hand sanitizer after getting into his car. “I been out in the streets amongst the people, I gotta take a bath. The amount of people I’m coming into contact with, that’s what I have to do,” Diddy said.

50 believes that the scene is a look into Combs’ manipulative ways. “It shows you his character,” longtime Diddy antagonist 50 told Roberts. “What’s the odds you would do that in front of a camera? That’s one of the moments he forgot he was on tape.”

A spokesperson for Combs relayed to the New York Times that they were “deeply concerned” about the inclusion of “private moments” before Diddy’s indictment that are included in the docuseries. “None of this was obtained from Sean Combs or his team, and its inclusion raises very serious questions about how this material was accessed and why Netflix chose to use it,” said Combs spokesperson Juda Engelmayer.

The G-Unit mogul pushed back against the narrative that he’s using the docuseries to needle his longtime foe instead of uplifting the victims’ stories.

“What they consider a pre-existing beef for 20 years is me being uncomfortable with him suggesting he takes me shopping,” 50 Cent added. “I looked at it like I was a tester — like, ‘Maybe you will come play with me.’”

The four-part series also includes interviews with two jurors who delivered the mixed verdict that found Combs guilty of prostitution charges in his federal trial, but dodging charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. Combs was ultimately sentenced to 50 months in prison in October.

The Reckoning — which hits Netflix on Tuesday — will explore Combs’ federal trial and history of alleged sexual abuse. He’s repeatedly denied sexually assaulting anyone despite testimony from two former girlfriends at his trial alleging physical, emotional and sexual abuse. The doc will see contributions from former associates, friends, artists and employees who came forward to detail the world behind the Bad Boy empire.

Watch 50 Cent’s full interview with GMA below.


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01 Dec 2025

Ed Sheeran & Taylor Swift Had a ‘4-Hour Catch-Up’ on ‘Life Stuff’ After He Missed Her Engagement News

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Ed Sheeran may love to use a loop pedal on stage, but in life, he’s often out of the loop due to his refusal to own a phone. That’s why he found out about longtime bestie Taylor Swift‘s engagement to Travis Kelce weeks after the fact.

But after learning about the “Fate of Ophelia” singer’s big news at the same time as the rest of the world via her August announcement on Instagram, the British pop star apparently had a long conversation with Swift to get caught up to speed. Revealing that he met up with her just “a week after” he revealed to Andy Cohen in September that he’d not been privy to Swift’s engagement before the general public, Sheeran told Access Hollywood in a Nov. 28 interview, “When I saw Taylor, we had like a four-hour catch-up.”

“I’m not self-conscious about my relationship with her,” he continued, noting that he and his pal spent the time talking about “life stuff” together. “We’ve been friends for many years. We’re super close, and we see each other when we see each other. And when we see each other, we lock back into where we left off,” Sheeran added.

The two titans of pop music have indeed been close for a long time, with the pair coming together in 2012 for a collaboration on Swift’s Red album titled “Everything Has Changed.” Sheeran then joined the 14-time Grammy winner on the road for her Red Tour, and the two have teamed up on a number of tracks since.

Despite their bond, Swift forgot to tell Sheeran directly about her engagement because of his commitment to staying off the grid. “He doesn’t have a phone,” the Eras Tour headliner lamented to Jimmy Fallon in October. “And this is one thing I love about him … But when I’m going through, saying, ‘Hey, who should we call? Who should we FaceTime?’ I’m going through my texts and being like, ‘Who have I texted within the last like, month of my life?’”

But while he may have been late to the proposal news, Sheeran will definitely be at Swift’s nuptials to the Kansas City Chiefs tight end (that is, assuming the happy couple sends him an invite with the date and location by post rather than text or email). On U.K.’s Hits Radio Breakfast Show in October, Swift confirmed that Sheeran will be on the guest list and added that it will be “hard to keep” him from giving an impromptu performance at the reception.

“It’s like, Ed, if there’s a stage you know that you’ll be on it,” she said at the time. “He knows what people want, and he wants to give people what they want.”

Watch Sheeran discuss his recent catch-up with Swift below.


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01 Dec 2025

Nick Jonas Announces First Solo Album in Five Years, ‘Sunday Best,’ Says It Was ‘Truly 33 Years in the Making’

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It’s time to pull out those ties, suit jackets, church hats and pearls, because Nick Jonas is slipping into his Sunday Best era with a new solo album coming in 2026.

On Monday (Dec. 1), the Jonas Brothers star announced that he’s gearing up to release his first solo full-length LP in five years, Sunday Best, on Feb. 6. The 11-track project will explore Nick’s life as a husband to actress Priyanka Chopra and a dad to their daughter, Malti, according to a release.

“I’m so excited to share these new stories, candid thoughts, quiet walks home in the city, and snapshots of my life over these past few years,” the pop-rocker said in a statement. “And while this album was made over the course of the last two years, it was truly 33 years in the making.”

On Instagram, Nick shared the Sunday Best cover art, which features him looking at his reflection in a bathroom mirror while getting dressed for the day in khakis. On the wall behind him hangs a piece of construction paper with three paint handprints on it, most likely to represent the musician, his wife and their child.

Serving as Nick’s fifth solo album, Sunday Best will follow 2021’s Spaceman, which reached No. 12 on the Billboard 200. He’s released two albums with brothers Joe and Kevin since: 2023’s The Album and 2025’s Greetings From Your Hometown, both of which charted in the top 10.

As a soloist, Nick has also charted eight songs on the Billboard Hot 100 over the course of his career, including top 10 hit “Jealous.”

The singer has spent much of this year on tour with his brothers in celebration of their 20th anniversary as a band. They currently have dates scheduled through the very end of December, closing out 2025 with a performance at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood on New Year’s Eve.

See Nick’s announcement for Sunday Best below.


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