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09 Mar 2024

TWICE & LE SSERAFIM Make History as First Two All-Woman Groups at Nos. 1 & 2 on Top Album Sales Chart

TWICE and LE SSERAFIM make history on Billboard’s 32-year-old Top Album Sales chart (dated March 9), as the South Korean female pop groups debut at Nos. 1 and 2 — marking the first time two all-women groups have been in the top two positions at the same time.

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Top Album Sales’ chart history dates to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Luminate.

TWICE’s With YOU-th launches at No. 1 with 90,000 copies sold in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 29, according to Luminate. LE SSERAFIM’s Easy starts at No. 2 with 34,000 copies sold. The majority of each album’s sales come from CD purchases in assorted collectible editions, as is usual with major K-pop releases

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Also in the top 10 of the new Top Album Sales chart, the latest albums from French Montana and Ace Frehley arrive, while BTS’ former No. 1 Love Yourself: Tear re-enters the chart in the top 10 following its release on vinyl.

Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Luminate. Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

For TWICE, With YOU-th marks the fourth No. 1 on Top Album Sales and fifth top 10 overall. For LE SSERAFIM, Easy is the act’s third top 10 set.

At No. 3 on Top Album Sales, French Montana’s Mac & Cheese 5 debuts with 22,500 copies sold. Of that sum, physical sales comprise 19,000 (9,000 on vinyl — his best week on the configuration, 10,000 on CD) and digital sales comprise about 3,500. Sales were boosted by the album’s availability across six CD variants (three alternative covers, and three signed editions each with a different cover) and three vinyl variants (all with alternative covers) — and all were sold through the artist’s webstore. The physical albums were deeply discounted to $5 for standard vinyl and CD editions, and $10 for the signed CD editions. The digital album was also issued in three variants: a standard album (clean and explicit), a deluxe edition (with one bonus track, clean and explicit) and a super deluxe edition, dubbed the “Versions” variant (with all of the album’s standard explicit tracks, plus versions of each song in clean, sped-up, slowed-down, instrumental and acapella mixes).

Mac & Cheese 5 is French Montana’s fourth top 10-charting effort on Top Album Sales and his highest-charting set yet, surpassing the No. 4 peak of his three earlier top 10 sets.

Ace Frehley logs his highest-charting album ever on Top Album Sales, as his latest release, 10,000 Volts, charges in at No. 4 with 13,000 copies sold. Of that sum, vinyl sales comprise 5,500, marking the former KISS guitarist’s biggest sales week on vinyl since Luminate began tracking sales in 1991. In total, 10,000 Volts is Frehley’s fifth top 10-charting set on Top Album Sales.

BTS’ former No. 1 Love Yourself: Tear re-enters Top Album Sales at No. 5 with about 9,500 sold — nearly all from vinyl sales, as the album was released on the configuration for the first time during the tracking week. With nearly 9,500 copies sold on vinyl, the album also bows at No. 1 on the Vinyl Albums chart, BTS’ second leader on that list, following Love Yourself: Her in 2023.

Four former No. 1s, all from Taylor Swift, are next on Top Album Sales. 1989 (Taylor’s Version) falls 3-6 (9,000; down 19%); Lover dips 4-7 (7,000; down 22%); Midnights slips 7-8 (6,000; down 19%); and Folklore descends 8-9 (nearly 6,000; down 21%). Bob Marley and The Wailers’ Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and The Wailers, rises 11-10 (nearly 6,000; though down 17%), marking the set’s first week in the top 10 since April 17, 2021, when it ranked at No. 9. (The album earlier peaked at No. 5 on the Sept. 20, 2014-dated chart.) The hits album returns to the top 10 on the latest chart following publicity and promotion generated by the release and success of the Marley biopic film Bob Marley: One Love.

In the week ending Feb. 29, there were 1.276 million albums sold in the U.S. (up 9.4% compared to the previous week). Of that sum, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) comprised 976,000 (up 13.8%) and digital albums comprised 300,000 (down 2.9%).

There were 533,000 CD albums sold in the week ending Feb. 29 (up 30.6% week-over-week) and 438,000 vinyl albums sold (down 1.7%). Year-to-date CD album sales stand at 3.875 million (down 29.9% compared to the same time frame a year ago) and year-to-date vinyl album sales total 4.197 million (down 47.3%).

Overall year-to-date album sales total 10.783 million (down 35.3% compared to the same year-to-date time frame a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales stand at 8.113 million (down 40.2%) and digital album sales total 2.669 million (down 13.7%).

09 Mar 2024

Alicia Villarreal Performs for Female Inmates & More Uplifting Moments in Latin Music

From career milestones to new music releases to major announcements and those little important moments, Billboard editors highlight uplifting moments in Latin music. Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week.

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Alicia Villarreal visits inmates in Mexico

For International Women’s Day, Mexican singer Alicia Villarreal paid a special visit to female inmates at a women’s reintegration center in Guadalajara, Jalisco. There, she spent around three hours touring new installments, including a library, a chapel and workstations, and gave an empowering speech. She also performed for the inmates two of her greatest hits: “Te Quedó Grande La Yegua” and “Te Aprovechas.”

Karol G is Woman of the Year

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The Colombian hitmaker was honored with Woman of the Year at the Billboard Women in Music event on Wednesday (March 6). After receiving the award from Colombian actor and producer Sofía Vergara, Karol went on to give a passionate acceptance speech. “In the midst of my desire, in the midst of wanting to make music even if it was just for me, I decided that if my environment did not change, I was the one who had to change and I was the one who was going to do it,” Karol said. “And that I wasn’t going to let being a woman be an obstacle or define my capabilities, but that it was going to be my strength, it was going to be my motive and my reason.”

She also performed a salsa version of her hit song “Amargura.” See her performance here.



Girl-power anthems

In the spirit of Women’s History Month, Billboard has compiled a list of the best Latin female anthems. From Jenni Rivera’s “Ovarios” to Shakira’s Bizarrap session and Paulina Rubio’s’ “Yo No Soy Esa Mujer,” these are the songs that continue to make us feel empowered. The list includes impactful songs across different music genres that may have marked a before and after in the artist’s career but also became a timeless staple for their fans. See the list here.



Carlos Vives’ special award

The Colombian singer-songwriter will be honored with this year’s ASCAP Founders Award, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) announced. “Carlos has led a new generation of Latin artists bringing Colombian music sounds to music fans around the world,” said Paul Williams, ASCAP chairman of the board and president, in a statement. “His talent and passion for Latin music and culture are unmatched. His accomplishments have paved the way for so many others and we are thrilled to present him with our highest honor, the ASCAP Founders Award.” 

The presentation of the award will take place April 2 at the 2024 El Premio ASCAP in Miami, an invitation-only event that celebrates this year’s ASCAP Latin Music Award winners.

The Montreux Jazz Festival Miami is a wrap

The Montreux Jazz Festival Miami — headlined and co-owned by Jon Batiste — made its grand debut at The Hangar in Coconut Grove on March 1. The three-day festival included sets by Cuban musician Cimafunk, Emily Estefan — daughter of Gloria and Emilio Estefan — Daryl Hall, Cuban piano legend Gonzalo Rubalcaba, and The Wailers, among many more. Special guest appearances included Brazilian chanteuse Lia de Itamaracá, who performed alongside Batiste marking her first-ever set outside of Brazil. And Will Smith, who had a cameo rap performance.

09 Mar 2024

All of Bad Bunny’s No. 1 Hits: ‘Titi Me Preguntó,’ ‘Yonaguni’ & More

Bad Bunny is a bonafide hitmaker who has the numbers to prove it.

The artist born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio turns 30 years old tomorrow (March 10) and in celebration, Billboard has compiled all of his 14 songs to have topped the Hot Latin Songs chart. The chart ranks the most popular Latin songs of the week, blending airplay, streaming and digital sales data.

Since his breakthrough year in 2016, the Puerto Rican superstar has only doubled down on his global domination. Bad Bunny scored his first leader on the tally in May 2018 thanks to the star-studded “Te Boté” featuring Casper Mágico, Nio García, Darell, Nicky Jam and Ozuna. Subsequently, his Drake-assisted “Mía,” from his debut album X100PRE, also topped the chart for 16 weeks that same year.

Bad Bunny, who’s currently on his Most Wanted Tour, has since landed at No. 1 on 12 more occasions, including six solo hits. His longest-running title is the edgy reggaetón jam “Dákiti” with Jhay Cortez, which debuted and peaked at No. 1 in November 2020, and ruled for 27 weeks.

Meanwhile, Un Verano Sin Ti — which became Bunny’s second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 and stayed atop the tally for 13 weeks — is the set that has produced more No. 1 hits for the singer, including “Moscow Mule,” “Titi Me Preguntó” and the Chencho Corleone-assisted banger “Me Porto Bonito.”

In honor of Bad Bunny’s 30th birthday on March 10, check out all of his No. 1 hits (ranked chronologically by peak date).

08 Mar 2024

BLACKPINK’s Jennie Teams Up With Brockhampton’s Matt Champion for ‘Slow Motion’

The ultimate team-up arrived on Friday (March 8), when BLACKPINK’s Jennie and Brockhampton’s Matt Champion came together to release a brand new collaboration, titled “Slow Motion.”

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“If I could stop time for real/ Would make it any easier for me to love you?/ ‘Cause you know I’m shy for you still/ So bad that it kills/ And I can’t help but feel/ Like we’re moving in slow motion,” they sing on the atmospheric track’s chorus.

The new song comes a little over a year after Brockhampton released their final album, The Family, and the subsequent “parting gift”, TM. Champion took on the role of EP to finish TM after the group started the album during a two week trip to Ojai, Calif., in 2021, but never fully completed it.

Jennie, meanwhile, announced in December that she is launching a new label and company called OA. “Hi, this is Jennie. This year was filled with many accomplishments, and I’m so thankful for all the love I’ve received,” the K-pop singer wrote on her Instagram Story. “I’m also about what’s to come, as I start my solo journey in 2024 with a company that I have established called OA. Please show lots of love for my new start with OA and of course BLACKPINK. Thank you.”

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In addition to releasing long-awaited solo music in 2023, she also made her acting debut in the HBO drama series The Idol and was named an honorary Member of the Order of the British Empire. 

Listen to “Slow Motion” below.

08 Mar 2024

4Batz Gets the Drake Stimulus Package, But Will It Work?

Drake making songs with up-and-coming artists is a story as old as time. The “Drake Effect” is a real thing and has been studied by music scholars across the globe. Usually it works in the artist’s favor, like when he linked up with the Migos on the “Versace (Remix).” The song went crazy on the charts and their careers took off. But then there are times when the song performs well, yet it doesn’t translate to longevity like with BlocBoy JB and “Look Alive.” Now it’s newcomer 4Batz’s turn.

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Earlier this week, social media went abuzz when the Canadian superstar teased a remix of 4Batz’s “date @ 8” on his Instagram Story. Then the mysterious R&B singer with an affinity for shiesties posted this video on his X account:

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Not gonna lie, this video had me hype. I couldn’t really make out what the song actually sounded like, but they all seemed pretty excited, so I was expecting a certified banger that Flex could drop bombs on. When the Dallas-based singer appeared out of thin air with “act i: stickerz ’99′” back in the fall of 2023 (the first upload of “act i” on YouTube was on Sept. 16, 2023), a Drake collaboration felt like a no-brainer. Some have compared 4Batz to a thugged out Brent Faiyaz or Weeknd. I’ve seen others say he makes R&B music for stick up kids. And I, too, think he makes love songs for the thugs. You know, the ones that also happen to be real lovers. The thugs with big hearts, kind of like Method Man on “All I Need”.

That’s why everyone saw the Drake stimmy coming from a mile away. He is the Certified Lover Boy, after all. Ultimately, though? I was a bit disappointed. Other than some fans on X complaining that the song wasn’t available in the U.S., this didn’t take over my timeline. Usually when Drake remixes a newcomer’s popular song, everything stops for a moment. However, last night most of X was still high on the Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets game because on Thursday nights, my sports and music worlds collide on social media. The “act ii: date @ 8 (remix)” didn’t stop all of us in our tracks. I actually didn’t even think to listen to it until 12:30am. My timeline usually explodes around midnight when some heat drops. That was a telling sign for me. So once I finally checked it out, I was let down.

The remix as we know it has changed. There was once a time when a remix meant a different beat and new verses. Nowadays, we get a verse tacked on to the original song. The aforementioned Method Man and Mary J. Blige song is actually the remix to the original album version in which MJB doesn’t make a appearance. No one remembers the OG version. The same can be said about Craig Mack’s “Flava In Ya Ear (Remix)” where the beat was the same, but Craig Mack added a new verse to go alongside verses from Biggie, Rampage, LL Cool J, and Busta Rhymes.

This track has some of those features, but they aren’t significant enough to make a big deal about. Drake’s contribution, while good in terms of sound and bars, feels stitched on like bad patchwork. We don’t even get a new verse from 4Batz. This feels like two different songs and is essentially a home game for the Canadian rapper in that it doesn’t challenge him. It’s almost too on the nose. Drake does go into his real yearner bag, though, and delivers a good verse. “A thousand on your f—kin’ hair/Two hunnid on your f—kin’ nails,” he croons, essentially reminding 4Batz that he’s dealing with cats in different tax brackets now. It would’ve been cool if 4Batz added a verse to 40’s breakdown. These two collaborating on, say, “act iv” would’ve hit much harder, hopefully they’ll work together in the near future. I must admit, though, Drake’s addition sounds great on some good speakers, streets just needed 4Batz to go in too. That would’ve knocked this remix out of the park because these two are a match made in Thug Matrimony.

Shouts to the real lovers, the real yearners, the real tricksters, though. I’m calling it now, Thug Love is making a comeback this summer. Somebody get Ja Rule and Bobby Brown on the phone.

08 Mar 2024

King Princess Opens Up About Meeting Christina Aguilera: ‘I Love When a Pop Girl Is Mean’

King Princess appreciates the culture of pop divas.

The “1950” singer (real name Mikaela Straus) was a guest on a recent episode of the Queer the Music podcast, where they opened up about accidentally meeting Christina Aguilera in the studio.

“I love when a pop girl is mean,” Straus said, before explaining that they were working on music with their friend Teo in Mark Ronson’s studio when Xtina accidentally walked in. “She saw us and was like, ‘Oh,’ and she walked out and I was like, ‘Oh my God, that was Christina Aguilera,’” they recalled

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Straus and Teo then got up to leave, as it was time for Aguilera’s studio session with Ronson. However, the producer went on to introduce the duo to the “Genie in a Bottle” star. “Mark said, ‘Did you meet Mikaela and Teo?’ And [Aguilera] goes, ‘Yeah, I saw the children.’ That meant a lot to me,” Straus said with a laugh.

On Friday (March 8), Aguilera celebrated International Women’s Day with a powerful message on Instagram. “In 2024, we face challenges we never could have imagined. But in the face of adversity, we must stand stronger and fight harder. I look towards a hopeful future where my daughter’s voice will not just be heard, but truly valued and respected. Let’s continue to uplift and empower the women around us, on International Women’s Day and every day,” she wrote alongside black-and-white photos of herself leaning against a balcony ledge.

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Watch King Princess break down the moment with Christina Aguilera below.

08 Mar 2024

Future & Metro Boomin Reveal ‘We Don’t Trust You’ Double Album Release Dates in Prodigy-Assisted Trailer

The wait is finally over. Thanks to fans’ patience, Metro Boomin and Future are giving away two albums for the price of one as the legendary duo teased their long-awaited joint effort with a trailer on Friday (March 8).

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Young Metro and Pluto revealed the double-albums will be titled We Don’t Trust You — which plays off Metro Boomin’s “If Young Metro don’t trust you, I’m gon’ shoot you” producer tag that Future coined.

Part one of We Don’t Trust You arrives on March 22 and a second offering and entirely separate album will be unleashed on April 12. “Great things come to those who wait,” Metro wrote to Instagram captioning the trailer.

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As far as the cinematic teaser goes, the clip finds Metro and Future cruising in a luxury SUV flanked by the barren desert. They hop out in Black suits as Prodigy provides the braggadocios soundtrack with the late Mobb Deep rapper dissing the rest of his undeserving hip-hop competition.

“A lot of f—ing garbage a– rappers running around,” P declares in disgust. “These n—-s ain’t supposed to be rapping, man. This game is meant for a select few. It’s a select few and that’s what it is today. Always remember that. Ain’t nothing change. F— all these n—-s.”

“We don’t trust you n—s,” Future says. 2Pac’s trust issues close out the trailer: “I don’t trust no motherf—ing body.”

It’s been a long journey getting to lift off for the anticipated joint albums from the Atlanta running mates who haven’t worked together since making magic with “Mask Off,” which reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2017.

We Don’t Trust You will serve as Metro Boomin’s follow-up to the Grammy-nominated Heroes & Villains and Future’s first effort since 2022’s I Never Liked You.

Last September, Metro championed the upcoming joint LPs as the album of the year for 2024. “AOTY

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Metro Boomin has teased various records with Future during DJ sets over the last year and one unreleased song gained a ton of traction on social media, which he previewed in December at Travis Scott’s Audemars Piguet launch party in NYC.

We Don’t Trust You isn’t the only plan for a Metro release in ’24, as he’s hinted at delivering three albums this year.

Look for Metro/Future albums on March 22 and April 12. For now, watch the We Don’t Trust You trailer below.

08 Mar 2024

Who Should Win Best Original Song at the 2024 Oscars? Vote!

From pen to paper to film, five standout original songs are now on their way to the Oscars.

The competition for best original song is as fierce as it is diverse in 2024, with ballads from the glitzy pink world of feminist dolls going head to head with music from films about Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, the Osage Nation Native American tribe and Jon Batiste’s harrowing love story with Suleika Jaouad.

All five of the nominated tracks will be performed live at the ceremony, which airs Sunday (March 10) on ABC. Billie Eilish will sing “What Was I Made For?” from the Barbie soundtrack with her brother/producer Finneas on the Dolby Theatre stage, while the Greta Gerwig film’s executive soundtrack producer Mark Ronson and Ryan Gosling will deliver what’s sure to be a Ken-ergetic showcase of “I’m Just Ken,” alongside co-writer Andrew Wyatt. “What Was I Made For?” recently took home best original song at the 2024 Golden Globes, while “Ken” won in the same category at this year’s Critic’s Choice Awards.

Also in the running are Flamin’ Hot song “The Fire Inside,” written by Diane Warren and performed by Becky G; Scott George’s “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” from Killers of the Flower Moon, performed by the Osage Singers; and Batiste‘s “It Never Went Away” from his documentary American Symphony, co-written with Dan Wilson.

Beyond the best original song buzz, this year’s Oscars will feature appearances from Ariana Grande, Bad Bunny, Melissa McCarthy, Emily Blunt, Cynthia Erivo, America Ferrera, Sally Field, Ben Kingsley, Issa Rae and more. And while it’s up to the Academy which candidates receive honors, here, you get to decide.

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Vote for who you think should win best original song at the 2024 Oscars below.

08 Mar 2024

Bryce Dessner Discusses the ‘Marathon’ of Scoring John Wilkes Booth Thriller ‘Manhunt’ & Taylor Swift’s ‘Genius’

Bryce Dessner, composer, guitarist and former Yale history major, confesses that he and his twin, Aaron – with whom he makes up two-fifths of indie rock outlet The National – have a bit of a fixation with a certain chapter of the American experiment.

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“My brother and I have always been passionate Civil War buffs,” he tells Billboard from Melbourne, where the band has just played two shows at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. “For years we used to name National demos after Civil War battles – I think the song ‘Ryland’ was called ‘Fredericksburg.’”

You could call it kismet that the 47-year-old composer’s latest scoring endeavor is for Apple TV+’s Manhunt, a historical crime thriller centered around the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination in 1865. The seven-part series, which premieres March 15, follows U.S. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, played by The Crown’s Tobias Menzies, as he tracks down Anthony Boyle’s runaway John Wilkes Booth – a bloody, intense chase that Dessner says was like “running a marathon seven times” to write the music for.

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To capture the scale of the tragedy’s impact — which risked putting Lincoln’s post-war plans for Reconstruction on the brink of collapse — Dessner threaded subtle electronic embellishments into an orchestral tapestry of strings and brass, all while honoring the American folk traditions of the time with the occasional fiddle or banjo. His attention to detail even led him to Nashville, Tenn., where he purchased a classic, early ‘60s J-50 Gibson guitar specially for the project. 

“It’s quite minimal but very specific,” he says of the soundtrack, which follows his previous work on films such as Alejandro González Iñárritu’s The Revenant and Zach Braff’s A Good Person. 

The cello, for example, unofficially serves as Booth’s sonic mascot, as demonstrated in the moments leading up to the fatal gunshot at Ford’s Theatre in episode 1. The droning instrument lurks beneath the surface as Boyle meditatively recites dialogue in sync with the play being performed onstage before bursting into the president’s box at what he clearly hopes is the juiciest moment to aim, fire, and declare, “Freedom for the South!” 

More than 150 years after the fact, the National is coming down from two back-to-back albums — First Two Pages of Frankenstein, which debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200, and Laugh Track. The projects were released just five months apart in 2023, but Dessner says the band is already back to the drawing board. 

“We don’t fully understand how we released two records last year,” he says with a laugh. “It’s fairly shocking, because it usually takes us forever to make one record, but to make two in a year … We were just so excited about music and this intense, prolific period that we wanted to get them out there.”  

“But yeah,” he adds. “We’ve started writing again.” 

So, too, have Dessner’s friends and past collaborators, including St. Vincent’s Annie Clark. The musician recently unveiled a new single, “Broken Man,” and announced her album All Born Screaming. 

“She’s one of my really old friends,” Dessner says. “She and I met playing in Sufjan Stevens’ band in the early 2000s — I think Annie was like 18 or 19. It’s always exciting to see what she’s doing, and mind-blowing.” 

As for Taylor Swift, whose Folklore and Evermore albums he helped work on with his brother, Dessner says he’s “very excited” for Tortured Poets Department to arrive April 19. “It’s good,” he reveals, smiling. “I can’t say too much but, as usual, she’s a genius.”

08 Mar 2024

Here Are the Performers & Presenters for the 2024 Oscars

This long awards season will come to an end on Sunday (March 10) when the 96th Oscars are presented at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. Oppenheimer is expected to be the night’s big winner, with eight or so awards. Barbie didn’t get as much awards season love as expected, but it is likely to finish second on the night with two Oscars. No other film is expected to win more than one award, though there are often surprises.

All five nominated songs will be performed on the show. Billie Eilish and Finneas will perform “What Was I Made For?,” which is expected to win best original song. It will be third Oscar performance in five years. They sang The Beatles’ poignant “Yesterday” as the In Memoriam song four years ago and their nominated “No Time to Die” two years ago. (That James Bond song went on to win the award).

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Becky G will perform “The Fire Inside” from Flamin’ Hot. It will be her second performance, but her first in the solo spotlight. She was one of eight artists featured on “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from Encanto two years ago. That song wasn’t nominated, but it was a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for five consecutive weeks, so Oscar producers booked the performance anyway. (They’re no dummies.)

Ryan Gosling is set to perform “I’m Just Ken” from Barbie in tandem with the song’s co-writer, Mark Ronson. It will be Gosling’s first Oscar performance. He and Emma Stone declined to perform the nominated “City of Stars” from La La Land (the eventual winner) seven years ago.

If it seems like the presenters list is especially long this year, and includes an oddly high percentage of past Oscar winners, you’re on to something. The Oscars will revive a presentation tactic last used 15 years ago in which five former winners in each of the four acting categories will individually pay tribute to this year’s nominees and then award this year’s winners, in effect welcoming them to the club.

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, the stars of the upcoming Wicked, were both announced as presenters. It would not be a surprise if they did something together.

The Oscars have not yet announced who will perform in the In Memoriam spot.

Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel for the fourth time, the 96th Oscars will air live on ABC and broadcast outlets worldwide on Sunday, March 10 at the new, earlier time of 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.

Raj Kapoor is executive producer and showrunner. Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan are also executive producers. Hamish Hamilton is directing the show. Rickey Minor is music director.

Here are the performers and presenters who have been announced for the 2024 Oscars.

Performers

Ryan Gosling with Mark Ronson, “I’m Just Ken” from Barbie

Billie Eilish with Finneas, “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie

Jon Batiste, “It Never Went Away” from American Symphony

Becky G, “The Fire Inside” from Flamin’ Hot

Scott George with The Osage Singers, “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” from Killers of the Flower Moon

Presenters

Mahershala Ali

Emily Blunt

Bad Bunny

Nicolas Cage

Jamie Lee Curtis

Cynthia Erivo

America Ferrera

Sally Field

Brendan Fraser

Ryan Gosling

Ariana Grande

Chris Hemsworth

Dwayne Johnson

Michael Keaton

Regina King

Ben Kingsley

Jessica Lange

Jennifer Lawrence

Melissa McCarthy

Matthew McConaughey

Kate McKinnon

Rita Moreno

John Mulaney

Lupita Nyong’o

Catherine O’Hara

Al Pacino

Michelle Pfeiffer

Ke Huy Quan

Issa Rae

Tim Robbins

Sam Rockwell

Octavia Spencer

Steven Spielberg

Mary Steenburgen

Anya Taylor-Joy

Charlize Theron

Christoph Waltz

Forest Whitaker

Michelle Yeoh

Ramy Youssef

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