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Trending on Billboard The Latin Recording Academy announced on Wednesday (Oct. 29) that Maluma and Roselyn Sánchez will host the 26th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. The Colombian hitmaker will make his hosting debut. Meanwhile, Sánchez returns for the eighth time as host of the Latin Grammys, including her most recent stint in 2023. The Latin Grammys will air […]
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For months, it looked like the Grammy race for best new artist was likely to come down to Alex Warren and sombr. But a couple of things happened in the past few weeks to make the race more competitive – Olivia Dean exploded with a top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100 (“Man I Need”) and a top 10 album on the Billboard 200 (The Art of Loving). And the Recording Academy ruled Leon Thomas eligible, even though he won a Grammy three years ago for co-writing SZA’s “Snooze.” Now, we have a real race.
With the nominations set to be announced next Friday (Nov. 7), all four of these artists certain to be nominated for best new artist, along with Lola Young. After that, it gets harder to choose, but the field will be rounded out with three other nominees, culled from a list of 337 eligible names.
Final-round voting begins Dec. 12 and extends to Jan. 5. So Dean has about six weeks for her profile to continue building before the first votes are cast.
If Dean (or Young) winds up winning, this will be the ninth year in a row that a solo woman has been named best new artist. The streak started in 2018 with Alessia Cara and has continued with Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, Megan Thee Stallion, Olivia Rodrigo, Samara Joy, Victoria Monét and Chappell Roan.
If Warren, somber or Thomas takes the prize, they’d be the first male artist to win since Chance the Rapper in 2017.
The Marías, which span multiple genres and languages, also have a good chance of being nominated. If they were to win, they’d be the first group (defined as an act with three or more members) to take the prize since fun. in 2013. Three other groups are seen as having a reasonably good shot at a nod: Sleep Token, KATSEYE and The Red Clay Strays.
Some of the top contenders have already won new artist prizes at other shows. Warren won best new artist at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 7. Thomas won best new artist at the BET Awards on June 9. Zach Top, Ella Langley and The Red Clay Strays won the new male, female, and duo/group prizes at the Academy of Country Music Awards on May 8. Myles Smith won the rising star award at the Brit Awards on March 1.
Even some acts that won new artist awards in 2024 are eligible. Megan Moroney won new artist of the year at the 2024 Country Music Association Awards and new female artist of the year at the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards. The Red Clay Strays won emerging artist of the year at the 2024 Americana Music Honors & Awards.
(The Grammys in recent years have erred on the side of being inclusive in this category. In previous eras, they almost seemed to be looking for nitpicky reasons to kick artists out – just ask the people around Whitney Houston and Richard Marx who are probably still smarting over their exclusions.)
BigXthaPlug and Bailey Zimmerman, who collaborated on the top five Hot 100 hit “All the Way,” are competing against each other here. Sleep Token and Ken Carson, who both landed No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200, are eligible. So is Role Model, who made a vivid impression late in the eligibility year with his irresistible breakthrough hit “Sally, When the Wine Runs Out.”
Other strong contenders, not already mentioned, include Ravyn Lenae, Mariah the Scientist, Addison Rae, Jessie Murph, Gigi Perez, Riley Green, October London, Sam Fender, Reneé Rapp, PinkPantheress, Tucker Wetmore, ATEEZ, Central Cee, Lil Tecca, Parker McCollum and Keke Palmer.
The eligibility period for the 68th Grammy Awards is Aug. 31, 2024, through Aug. 30, 2025. While the Grammys set a minimum number of releases an artist must have to qualify in this category (five singles/tracks or one album), there is no maximum. Instead, the Grammys’ rules and guidelines booklet says nominations for the honor hinge on when “the artist had attained a breakthrough or prominence” — and it delegates that determination to a screening committee.
Artists are allowed to appear on the entry list for best new artist three times, after which they are ruled ineligible for future consideration.
Here are the eight leading nominees for best new artist. The artists are shown in alphabetical order, which is how they’ll be listed on the Grammy nominees list.
Olivia Dean
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For all the meticulous planning that mothers and fathers do before the big day arrives, things have a tendency to go sideways while babies are being born. Just ask Justin Bieber, who earlier this week fessed up to kind of losing his cool in the delivery room when wife Hailey Bieber was giving birth to their son, Jack Blues Bieber, last August.
During one of his now-daily Twitch streams, Bieber described to some friends what it felt like when things got tense between him and the couple’s doula, a non-medical professional who is on hand to provide emotional and physical support during birth. In a grab of the chat from a fan, Bieber says, “I remember dealing with, like… there was tension with… ’cause we had a doula and then we had a nurse as well, and the nurse and the doula were really kind of butting heads.”
Adding to the tension, Bieber said, “then I was butting heads with the doula, and it was just like this… and I was hella emotional because it’s like, this is like one of the most important times of your life, and I remember just like, I think I was being really strong with the doula.” Bieber said his advocacy made wife Hailey feel anxious. “So she’s like, ‘you need to apologize to the doula,’” he said she told him. “Just clear the air.”
So, the “Sorry” singer said he apologized, explaining that his emotions were running high at that moment. “‘I don’t want you to take away from my moment either as the dad,’” he said he told the doula. “‘I got this too.’ There’s times when I need to console Hailey and I felt like she was pushing me to the side so that she could do [her job],” said the singer, who noted that he felt he had “good instincts too” as a first-time dad.
While baby Jack has seemingly not shown up to hang out in the playpen Bieber set up in the middle of the giant studio where he is streaming on Twitch, the singer has been busy since launching the feed last week. So far, he has played a lot of basketball with his crew, sung what sounded like the beginnings of a new song on Monday and, on Wednesday (Oct. 29), did an intense trainer-led group workout with his boys.
Trending on Billboard The NFL is adding more firepower to the Super Bowl LX musical lineup. In addition to halftime headliner Bad Bunny, the football league’s hospitality provider, On Location, announced on Tuesday (Oct. 28) that Sting will headline a Super Bowl-branded concert at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, two days before […]
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Reneé Rapp’s North America trek has come to a premature end, on doctor’s orders.
After health problems forced her to delay shows in Atlanta (Oct. 26) and Tampa (Oct. 27), the pop singer and former Sex Lives of College Girls star has postponed a third consecutive show — the homecoming finale on this Bite Me Tour, originally scheduled for tonight, Oct. 29 at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC.
“As of right now,” she writes on Instagram Stories, “I still don’t have a voice. I’m recovering slowly,” she adds, “but still not in a place where I am able to perform safely” at her hometown show. “I am so sorry and heartbroken that I have to postpone”.
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The Charlotte show has been rescheduled for Nov. 7, and all original tickets will be valid for the new date.
As previously reported, the Tampa show is now set for Nov. 4 and the Atlanta stop has been nudged to Nov. 5.
“Again,” she continues, “I want to stress that I know the time and effort and preparation attending a show takes. I promise you it doesn’t go unnoticed or unseen. I’m taking this time to recover and then next week for these rescheduled shows I will give you the best version of me. The best version of this show that I love so much. The show you deserve to see.”
On the weekend, Rapp revealed she had never had to reschedule a concert — until now. “I’ve been pushing through an illness but my body has finally given out,” she wrote. “My doctors have told me that it isn’t safe to perform due to the need for vocal rest and physical recovery.”
After completing those North American dates, Rapp will cross the Atlantic in early 2026 for a European jaunt that’s booked to star March 11 at Lotto Arena in Antwerp, Belgium, followed by dates in the Netherlands, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, where here sophomore collection Bite Me hit No. 1 in August, for her first leader.
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Cornel Wilczek, Megan Washington and Bluey composer Joff Bush were in the winners’ circle Tuesday night, Oct. 28, as the 2025 Screen Music Awards were presented in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley.
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With two donut-shaped trophies, Wilczek, the Melbourne-based composer, was the big winner on the night, taking out best music for a television drama (Fake) alongside 2024 emerging screen composer of the year champion Alex Olijnyk; plus best opening title television theme with Thomas Rouch for the Netflix adaptation of the Jane Harper book, The Survivors.
Washington, winner of several ARIA Awards, including best female artist back in 2010, now has a Screen Music Award for her collection. The homegrown talent won for best original song composed for the Screen with “Dream On,” lifted from How to Make Gravy, the film adaptation of Paul Kelly’s beloved Christmas song.
The gravy kept flowing as Electric Fields, who performed the song in the movie, closed the evening with a stunning performance, accompanied by a choir led by Deline Briscoe.
Another Queensland creative, the celebrated children’s screen composer, Joff Bush, scooped most performed screen composer – overseas for his work on Bluey, the most-streamed show in the United States in 2024. Bush won the same category in 2023.
Meanwhile, Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks extended their impressive streak, scoring most performed screen composer – Australia for the 11th time, thanks to their work on Farmer Wants a Wife, LEGO Masters, MasterChef and Travel Guides.
Jed Kurzel nabbed feature film score of the year for the British period action-drama Tornado, his fourth win in the category after Monkey Man (2024), Slow West (2015) and Snowtown (2011).
Veteran screen composer Christopher Gordon was awarded the coveted distinguished services to the Australian screen award in recognition of his “extraordinary body of work and enduring contribution to the screen music industry.”
Legendary Australian director Bruce Beresford was on hand to present the trophy to Gordon, with whom he has collaborated on several acclaimed films including Ladies in Black and Mao’s Last Dancer.
“I feel like such an imposter, there are so many people worthy of this award,” Gordon remarked, before exploring his self-destructive 20s and how he got a fresh, healthier mindset through his connections with the Screen Writers Guild. “I got my life together.” He continued, “the support that I felt and the sense of community with other composers was extremely important for me.” He also discussed the drought he experienced between film scores, something every creative needs to prepare for. “You really need patience in this business.”
Stage and screen star David Wenham hosted the ceremony alongside Mark Coles Smith and Nathalie Morris, with Erkki Veltheim returning as music director, helming a live orchestra performing selections from nominated works.
The evening got away with a bloody Halloween trick, with a creepy orchestral piece set to a grisly edit from Wolf Creek, the horror film which this year celebrates its 20th anniversary.
Wenham would describe the moment as “probably the most terrifying opening to an awards, ever.” It was a good thing the hundreds of guests at Fortitude Music Hall had finished their dinner.
Presented for the first time in the Sunshine State, the annual ceremony is an initiative of APRA AMCOS and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC).
During his third and final speech leading the AGSC as president, Dale Cornelius touched on streaming quotas, AI, the human condition and more. Cornelius will hand the reins over to composer and Go-Betweens great Amanda Brown, who was in the audience, but not before he returned to the stage to collect the win for best music for a short film, for The Way Home.
Timing is everything. And, with the federal government on Monday ruling out a controversial proposed exemption to the Copyright Act that would allow for text and data mining, the timing wasn’t lost on guests and speakers.
“This is a massive win,” Jenny Morris, chair of APRA AMCOS, remarked from the podium. And not just for APRA AMCOS members, “but for every creator in the room and the country.” She continued, “we said ‘no.’ And importantly, we said no together…when we unite, when we speak with one voice, we are unstoppable.”
The music community, she continued, had real cause to celebrate after a such an “historic” victory.
Click here for the full list of 2025 Screen Music Awards winners.
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Tame Impala’s first full-length studio album in five years, Deadbeat, makes a splashy start on Billboard’s charts, as the set launches at No. 1 on six different rankings (dated Nov. 1). It bows at No. 1 on Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums, Top Alternative Albums, Top Dance Albums (the act’s first entry on the list), Vinyl Albums and Indie Store Album Sales.
Deadbeat also lands in the top 10 on the all-genre Billboard 200 (No. 4, the act’s third top five-charting project), Top Album Sales (No. 2), Top Current Album Sales (No. 2) and Top Streaming Albums (No. 7).
Deadbeat is Tame Impala’s (Kevin Parker) first release for Columbia Records after signing with the label in July. According to a press statement announcing the album in September, the project was inspired by the Western Australia rave scene.
The album debuts with 70,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week ending Oct. 23, according to Luminate, with 38,000 of that sum in pure album sales — individual purchases of physical and digital copies of the album. Vinyl sales account for 28,000 of that total — the best week ever on vinyl for Tame Impala.
Tracks from Deadbeat also take over Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, with eight of the album’s cuts populating the 25-position ranking, including six of the top 10. “Dracula” debuts at No. 1 (the act’s first No. 1), followed by fellow new entries “My Old Ways” (No. 3), “No Reply” (No. 5), “Oblivion” (No. 7), “Not My World” (No. 8), “Afterthought” (No. 10), “End of Summer” (No. 11) and “Ethereal Connection” (No. 12).
Over on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, 11 of the 12 tracks from Deadbeat dot the 50-position tally: “Dracula” (rising 7-3, a new peak), “My Old Ways” (No. 8, debut), “Loser” (40-13, a new peak), “No Reply” (No. 17, debut), “Oblivion” (No. 21, debut), “Obsolete” (No. 22, debut), “Piece of Heaven” (No. 23, debut), “Not My World” (No. 24, debut), “Afterthought” (No. 27, debut), “End of Summer” (No. 31, reentry) and “See You On Monday (You’re Lost)” (No. 36, debut).
Deadbeat has also given Tame Impala its first entries on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100, as “Dracula,” which debuted in October, vaults into the top 40 for the first time, rising 59-33. Meanwhile, “My Old Ways” and “Loser” debut at Nos. 56 and 91, respectively.
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Julia Wolf went from a relatively unknown artist to notching a Drake collaboration seemingly overnight. The emerging singer joined the Zach Kang Show on Monday (Oct. 27), where she detailed how a Drake Instagram follow and DM led to them eventually collaborating on “Dog House” in September.
“We were freaking out, it was like 6 in the morning… It’s 6 a.m. and Tanner’s waking me up [at] 6 in the morning — ‘Champagnepapi followed you!’” she recalled. “Then it’s freaking Drake, and he DMs me lyrics of ‘In My Room.’ How do you have a regular day?”
Wolf explained that it was actually someone else who put him on and requested a Julia Wolf song when he was DJing for friends at a club.
“Drake was DJing with a group of five or six people at the back of a club,” she said. “He was playing all sorts of music and then this one girl, who was a friend of a friend, went up to him and was like, ‘Can you play ‘In My Room’ by Julia Wolf?’ He said he played it and stopped everything and reached out to me then and there. It was so cool. He’s a super open-minded guy.”
Wolf immediately got to writing after Drake asked her about any unreleased demos she had lying around that he could possibly use.
“That first day he was like, ‘Send me some demos.’ I had no demos to give him, so I went to my room. Literally just writing anything I can over [sic] loops,” she said. “I’m like, ‘What can I possibly say that Drake can resonate with?’ He’s resonating with ‘In My Room,’ he’s loving the album, he’s saying, ‘This is so me.’”
Wolf continued: “Out of the four or five things was ‘Dog House.’ It’s actually part of a larger song. The part in ‘Dog House’ was the chorus I had at the end. I sent it and it was immediate. He was like, ‘This is the one, this is my life. This is our song.’”
Plenty of time went by and Wolf was left in the dark as she had no idea what she sent would be turned into. Eventually, that changed on Sept. 9 when Drake’s “Dog House” arrived featuring YEAT with a photo of Wolf as the cover art.
The BYNX-produced track debuted at No. 54 on the Billboard Hot 100 and cracked the top 10 of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
Watch the full interview below. Talk about Drake starts just shy of the 39-minute mark.
Trending on Billboard Following the release of her searing new album West End Girl, Lily Allen says she’s leaving her past exactly where it belongs: the past. In a conversation with Interview Magazine published Tuesday (Oct. 28), the British singer — who split from actor David Harbour after four years of marriage in February — […]
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Juvenile says he’s responsible for 50 Cent‘s legendary Shady Records deal — and he says 50 can attest to it.
In an interview with Nyla Symone, Juvenile explained how after 50’s near-fatal shooting, he became a pariah of the music industry and that no one wanted to work with him.
“I got 50 Cent his record deal with Eminem,” Juvenile explained. “Ask 50, he’ll tell you, yeah, Juve was the one. 50 couldn’t really go to the studio at the time, and I was one of the first cats with a studio bus, so I let him record on my bus, him, [Tony] Yayo, and [Lloyd] Banks.”
Juve said that Eminem invited him to a music video set while filming for D12 in New York City, and that he brought along former G-Unit president Sha Money XL.
“When I went over there with Sha Money, my first thing was telling him the type of music Em doing and the type of music 50 doing with the diss thing…that’s going to work if he go with him. And it worked,” Juvenile explained, adding that 50 even wrote about Juve’s role in his book, though didn’t specify which one.
Billboard has reached out to 50 Cent’s team for comment.
50 Cent actually recently joked that he’s finally leaving G-Unit, claiming its because Tony Yayo took too long to diss Jim Jones and Memphis Bleek. In a video posted to 50 Cent’s Instagram, the mogul is seen making some jokes while aboard a private jet with Tony Yayo about leaving G-Unit.
I’ve been doing some soul searching, and I think I want out the group, OK?” Fif told Yayo.
“If anything, you just kicking us out the group,” Yayo responded.
“Took too long to respond to Jimmy and Memphis Bleek,” 50 Cent continued. “I’m saying, n—as is talking mad sh–, though. You not even like that.”
Check out a clip from Juvenile’s interview below.
