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04 Jun 2025

10 Musicians Who Have Joined OnlyFans

Cardi B, Bhad Bhabie & Lily Allen have all made accounts on the platform.

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Cardi B attends the Messika Paris Womenswear Spring-Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on September 26, 2024 in Paris, France.

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In an age where connecting with fans can be more difficult than ever, many musicians have found a platform where they can strip away the barriers between themselves and their audience — plus, in some cases, a few layers of clothing.

The platform in question is OnlyFans, a website created for, well, creators, which gives users total control over when and how fans consume their content. Taking away the need for middlemen distributors and removing some of the artificiality that has overtaken other social media channels, OnlyFans allows people to choose exactly what they want to post and how much money — if any — they want to charge for access to that content, as well as build a rapport with follower bases that’s often more focused and engaged than any given star’s audience is outside of the site.

With its opportunities for connection and added income through its subscription model, it’s a no-brainer why musicians might want to sign up for OnlyFans, especially in an increasingly difficult economy for performers. But the platform’s reputation for hosting an abundance of NSFW content also precedes it, which could be why many musicians have strayed from it in favor of similar subscription-based spaces such as Patreon.

That said, there have been a handful of musical artists who have made their mark on OnlyFans, whether it was simply to communicate with fans and share exclusive content, or to partake in some of the more explicit content creation the site is best known for. To see some of the most notable musicians who have done so, keep reading to see Billboard‘s lineup below.

04 Jun 2025

Young Thug Recalls Getting ‘Stood Up’ By Mariah The Scientist on Their First Date

Young Thug and Mariah The Scientist have been going strong for four years — even remaining together through Thugger’s two-plus-year incarceration — but their relationship may have never gotten off the ground if the YSL rapper didn’t remain persistent.

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Thug and Mariah sat down for a couple’s quiz with GQ on Wednesday (June 4), and Thugger accused the “Burning Blue” singer of standing him up on their first date.

“I don’t know what you wore on the first date because you stood me up,” Thug said. “How about that? I don’t know what you had on.” Mariah was taken aback and denied skipping out on the date. “This is crazy,” she replied. “No I did not.”

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When they settled on their real first date, there was still a debate over what Mariah had on, as Thug suggested she had on black attire at an all-white affair.

“I had on white and some jeans,” she said. “Zero points. Ain’t had no black on. My pants was kinda dark.”

Young Thug was released from jail on Halloween (Oct. 31) after being arrested as part of the YSL RICO case in May 2022. Mariah made appointment visits to support her man and hold him down during his incarceration.

Last month, Mariah earned her highest-charting hit on the Billboard Hot 100 when “Burning Blue” debuted at No. 25. As for Thug, fans are anticipating his UY SCUTI album, which he joked with GQ that the project would be released on June 37.

Watch the full Couples Quiz below. Talk about Thug and Mariah’s first date takes place around 4:20.

04 Jun 2025

BE:FIRST’s ‘GRIT’ Debuts at No. 1, CANDY TUNE’s ‘BAIBAI FIGHT!’ Breaks Into Top 20 on Japan Hot 100

BE:FIRST’s “GRIT” blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, on the chart released June 4.

The CD version of the track went on sale on May 28, two days after being dropped digitally. The song launched with 105,783 copies to hit No. 2 for sales, while dominating downloads, radio airplay, video views and coming in at No. 4 for streaming.

“Muchu” by the boy band also jumped 15-8 to break into the top 10. It’s a track off the group’s ”GRIT” single and was digitally released ahead of the title track on Apr. 25. It topped downloads on the chart released Apr. 30 and debuted on the Japan Hot 100 at No. 13. This week, the release of the CD version fueled the track and downloads gained 180% compared to the week before, while streaming is up 102%, and video up 135%.

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Hey! Say! JUMP’s “encore” bows at No. 2. The eight-member boy band’s 35th single is being featured as the theme song for the drama series starring member Keii Inoo. The track rules sales with 213,556 copies sold in its first week, while hitting No. 16 for downloads, No. 63 for streaming, No. 23 for radio and No. 21 for video.

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Mrs. GREEN APPLE’s “KUSUSHIKI” rises a notch to No. 3. Streams, downloads, and karaoke for the track gained this week, possibly powered by the new YouTube Premium commercial featuring the song, released May 28. 

At No.4 is the title track of OCTPATH’s seventh single, “Mata Natsu ni Kaerou” (Let’s go back to summer again). The track written by RYOJI from Ketsumeishi sold 75,111 copies in its first week to hit No. 3 for sales.

HANA’s “ROSE” is up a position to No. 5. Karaoke and radio for the new girl group’s debut single gained 106% and 110%, respectively. HANA made headlines recently when awarded the Best New Artist (Singer) award at the ASIA STAR ENTERTAINER AWARDS 2025 Presented by ZOZOTOWN.

In other chart moves, CANDY TUNE’s “BAIBAI FIGHT!” soars 62-19. The song was released in April 2024, but the seven-member ASOBISYSTEM girl group performed it on YouTube’s THE FIRST TAKE (May 23) and also at the KAWAII LAB. SESSION Vol.14 in Makuhari event on May 25. Streams are up 148% compared to last week and video soared 317%, placing the song in the top 20 for the first time.

The second half of the year begins this week for Billboard Japan’s charts, and recurrent rules have been implemented on the Japan Hot 100 and Hot Albums tallies. The Streaming Songs chart is exempt from the recurrent criteria, and will be calculated in the same way as it has been up to the 2025 mid-year list.

The Billboard Japan Hot 100 combines physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, video views and karaoke data.

See the full Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, tallying the week from May 26 to June 1, here. For more on Japanese music and charts, visit Billboard Japan’s English X account.

04 Jun 2025

Vic Mensa Shares Emotional Video Explaining the Toll of the Streaming Era on Artists

Vic Mensa has shared his thoughts on being an artist in the streaming era, and spoke about the heavy emotional toll it can take on a rapper.

On Tuesday (June 3), the Chicago rapper hopped on social media and recalled an emotional breakdown he had in the shower after thinking deeply about the intense public perception artists deal with in 2025 surrounding an artist in the streaming era.

“Just broke down in the shower, thinking about the weight of being an artist in a time when work is so devalued and depreciated, the impact on the mental health of artists this streaming era has created,” Mensa said, with tears on his face.

Vic went on to speak about producer James Blake‘s latest platform Vault, where artists can upload unreleased music directly to fans. Mensa spoke about the time someone asked why they should pay $10 to one artist when they can pay the same for access to a streaming giant.

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“At the time, I was like, you know, that’s so fried of a mentality, but today, it kind of hit me how it impacts the mental health of artists. People feel like, ‘That s—t not worth $10?’” Vic said, appearing to get more worked up. “It’s heartbreaking, but it’s hilarious at the same time, like not worth 10 bucks. Artists are already people that are predisposed to suicide … and to add into that a dimension of economic inequity so profound that not even the record labels know what to do about this. They don’t even know how to get the money right now.”

Vic added in the caption that he had “immense fear in posting this,” but added it’s “real.”

The rapper dropped his last LP Victor in 2023. Watch Vic speak more about his struggle with the reality of the modern music industry in the video below:

04 Jun 2025

SZA’s ‘SOS’ Breaks Michael Jackson’s Record for Most Weeks at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

SZA’s SOS sails into uncharted waters on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart by becoming the longest-running No. 1 title in the chart’s 60-year history. The juggernaut earns the achievement with a 38th nonconsecutive week at No. 1, on the chart dated June 7, breaking its tie with Michael Jackson’s Thriller, which set the previous record of 37 weeks in 1983-84.

The new title-holder attains its historic week with 47,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the tracking week of May 23-29, according to Luminate, a 2% increase from the prior week. In total, SOS has spent 129 weeks on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and has never fallen outside the top 10.

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SOS, SZA’s sophomore studio album, was released in December 2022 as the long-awaited follow up to the singer-songwriter’s acclaimed debut LP, 2017’s Ctrl. The set opened at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and sparked hit singles such as “Kill Bill,” which spent a then-record 21 weeks at No. 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and “Snooze,” which spent 13 weeks at No. 2 on the chart. The album received a second wind in December 2024 with its deluxe LANA edition’s release that added more than a dozen songs to the track list, including hits “Saturn” and “30 for 30.”

As SOS rewrites the record books, here’s an updated look at the albums with the most weeks at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums since the chart launched in 1965.

Most Weeks at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart
38, SOS, SZA, 2022-25
37, Thriller, Michael Jackson, 1983-84
29, Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em, M.C. Hammer, 1990
26, Just Like the First Time, Freddie Jackson, 1986-87
23, Can’t Slow Down, Lionel Richie, 1983-84
20, Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder, 1976-77
20, Street Songs, Rick James, 1981
20, Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon, Pop Smoke, 2020-21
19, Purple Rain, Prince and The Revolution, 1984
18, The Temptations Sing Smokey, The Temptations, 1965
18, Bad, Michael Jackson, 1987-88

Since a methodology change to Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in February 2017 added streaming and individual track sales into the chart’s calculations, albums tend to spend much longer on the list due to consistent streaming activity. Prior to the switch, the chart’s ranks were based solely on traditional album sales. A growing shift toward longer track lists, too, has helped many popular albums retain strong chart positions as multiple popular songs from an album have provided a foundation for steady streaming numbers.

Due to the shifts, several longevity milestones have been rewritten in recent years. In addition to holding the No. 1 record for decades, Thriller also had the most weeks in the top 10 of Top R&B/Hop-Hop Albums, at 76 frames in 1983-84. While no album matched that total for over 30 years, six albums have now passed Thriller’s top 10-week count, all of which were released in 2012 or later.

Elsewhere on Billboard’s charts, SOS captures a 112th week at No. 1 on Top R&B Albums, far and away the longest leader on the 12-year-old list. On the all-genre Billboard 200, SOS ranks at No. 2, after having ruled the chart for 12 nonconsecutive weeks since its No. 1 arrival in 2022.

04 Jun 2025

Barry Manilow on His Farewell Concerts (‘It Is Goodbye’) & Why Today’s Lyrics Sound Like a ‘Run-On Sentence’

“My mother always wanted me to be a doctor,” Barry Manilow quipped on stage Tuesday (June 3) night at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena. “She would be so proud!”

Manilow indeed became a doctor during his Detroit tour stop, when six cap-and-gowned faculty members from Chicago’s VanderCook College of Music (the only U.S. school that specializes in teaching music educators) presented him with an honorary Doctor of Music Education honoris causa. The honorary degree, according to VanderCook President Kimberly Farris, recognized “your enduring dedication to music education,” which, she added, “resonates deeply with our mission.” The degree specifically saluted the Manilow Music Project, which he says has spent $10 million during the past 15 years providing musical instruments to schools and honoring music educators. On Tuesday, Manilow presented a $10,000 grant to a teacher from Detroit’s Cass Technical High School.

Donning his own cap and gown and accepting the degree, Manilow explained that “the VanderCook College stands for everything I believe in. Their commitment to music teachers and my passion for getting playable instruments for young people go hand in hand. That’s why it really speaks to me.” He gave special thanks to his drummer, Yolandus “YL” Douglas, for spearheading the honor.

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“This is such a meaningful honor,” Manilow continued. “I’ve gotten awards before — Emmys, Grammys, People’s Choice Awards. Most of them were always honoring me as a singer, songwriter and performer, and they were always great. I’m always so grateful for them. But this is the first time that anybody has acknowledged me as being a musician, so thank you all…I’ll never forget this.” Manilow then tossed his mortarboard into the crowd as his band played “Pomp and Circumstance.”

The show was part of the 81-year-old Manilow’s continuing The Last Concerts series he’s playing in “these cities that have been so supportive” during his 52-year recording career. Prior to the Detroit stop he told Billboard that the endeavor has put him in a reflective space. “It’s like, ‘What? Am I the only one left?’” he says. “It’s Billy Joel, and Elton (John) is not well and Rod (Stewart) and Neil (Diamond). Diana Ross is still in great shape I think. There must be only a handful of people in my world that are still there. I’m still healthy. I’m strong and I’ve still got my voice and my energy. The night I can’t hit the F natural on ‘Even Now,’ that’s the night I throw in the towel. But I can still do it.”

Though he “never got to know” Joel, Manilow adds that he wishes that Piano Man well in his struggle with the brain disorder Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) that has taken him off the road. “Oh, it’s so horrible, so horrible,” Manilow says. “It just broke my heart when I heard about Billy Joel. I’m such a fan of his work. I really hope he’s able to get back to it.”

Manilow’s work, meanwhile, isn’t just onstage these days. By the end of the summer Manilow hopes to release a new album, his first since Night Songs II in 2020. “This’ll probably be my last album,” he notes, adding that, “I’ve been working on it for a long time…for so long that the style of music has changed. [laughs] I had to go back and redo (the songs) so they sounded a little more contemporary. I had to take all the strings out, all the background vocals out ‘cause they don’t do that anymore. They don’t use strings and background vocals and all that. Even I heard that it sounded dated, so we had to go back and redo it.”

The result, he says, is “a Barry pop album. I think people who like what I do will like this album; I don’t know about everybody else who likes today’s music, but it’s a solid album.” Manilow adds that he’s not trying to compete with the current crop of chart toppers and Grammy winners.

“The songwriting has changed,” he notes. “Young people don’t write the way I was trained to write. There’s no verse which goes into the chorus which goes back to the verse which goes to ending, and you change keys. They don’t do that. They start the song and then they just…it feels like a run-on sentence to me. I can’t find the hook. I can’t find the chorus. It just keeps on going, and then it ends. That’s not what this album is, and that’s not the way I know how to write, and I think my contemporary songwriters and people I work with would say the same.”

This year, in fact, marks 50 years since Manilow scored his first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit, “Mandy,” while January will mark 50 years since his second No. 1, “I Write the Songs,” which was penned by Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys. Both were recommended to him by Arista Records then-chief Clive Davis, and Manilow laughs as he recalls their professional relationship. “Every time Clive gave me an idea I would turn it down — every single time I would turn it down.” His objection to that one, in particular, was pointed: “I can’t sing a song where it says, ‘I write the songs’; people will think I’m this egomaniac. I won’t do it! Same thing with any of the other ones. I turned them all down. But Davis was relentless; ‘You’ve got to try it. You’ve got to try it!’ So I would put my arranger hat on and crawl into these songs and figure out how I can do these songs so I can be proud of it.”

“I Write the Songs,” of course, remains cemented into Manilow’s setlists, including his “lifetime” residency at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, which resumes on June 12. There’s no end date in sight, he insists, but having already done a One Last Time! tour back in 2015 Manilow insists that he’s not kidding about each stop being the final performance in each city.

“It’s a bittersweet experience for me because I know that I’m not coming back here and (the fans) know I’m not coming back here. And when I finish and I say ‘goodbye’ it is goodbye,” he says. “I’ve never felt that before. Usually I know that (on) the next tour, I’ll probably come back here. But this time I know I’m not coming back to these cities. I’ve been doing this for so many years, and I’ve done these cities over and over and over, but this is it.”

04 Jun 2025

How Pentatonix’s Scott Hoying — A ‘Disney Stan Deep Down’ — Became Part of ‘World of Color Happiness!’ Show at Disneyland

It’s an understatement to say it was a dream come true for Pentatonix’s Scott Hoying to write and record the new song “Great Rainbow” for the 70th anniversary of the Disneyland Resort.

The Grammy winner tells Billboard he’s a “Disney stan, deep down.” But Hoying didn’t stop with one song: He can be heard throughout the new Disney California Adventure Park nighttime spectacular World of Color Happiness!, including harmonizing on new renditions of familiar Disney favorites like “I 2 I” (from A Goofy Movie) and “Nobody Like U” (from Turning Red).

World of Color Happiness! is a razzle-dazzle show that, per Disney, “explores happy through a kaleidoscope of emotions,” as told through visual projections on choreographed fountains enhanced with lighting, lasers, flames and of course, a musical soundtrack.

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The entire show, staged on Paradise Bay, is hosted by Joy and the other Emotions from the animated film Inside Out 2, while a pre-show moment kicks off with The Muppets – who, like Disneyland, celebrate their 70th anniversary in 2025. (In the show, Boyz II Men are heard singing The Muppets’ iconic tune “The Rainbow Connection.”) Then, following the show, Hoying’s soaring “Great Rainbow” is heard in full while the fountains and lights in the Bay dance along to the tune. The track was created by an army of more than 100 musical individuals – including an orchestra, choir and a team of production technicians and wizards.

Much of the music from World of Color Happiness!, including “Great Rainbow,” can also be found on the recently released album from Walt Disney Records, Music From Disneyland Resort 70th Celebration.

So what does it feel like for Hoying to quite literally be part of a show at a Disney park, where his voice is heard by guests most every night?

“I don’t even have the words to accurately explain. It is such a dream of mine. There’s videos of me at [age] 3 singing ‘I Just Can’t Wait to Be King’ [from The Lion King] for anyone that would listen. I am such a Disney stan, deep down. I know the catalog through and through.

“To help create the soundtrack to such amazing memories that kids get to have – it’s just a dream,” he adds. “It gives me a sense of purpose and fulfillment that’s really, really meaningful.”

Hoying found his way to World of Color Happiness! thanks to his work on Walt Disney World’s Epcot spectacular Luminous: The Symphony of Us. That show, which premiered in December 2023, featured a song Hoying co-wrote (with A.J. Sealy and Sheléa, performed by Sheléa) titled “Heartbeat Symphony.” Perhaps surprisingly, the song was selected for the show in a “blind” audition, so to speak, where the writers were not revealed during the initial selection process.

Stef Fink – who was the music producer for Luminous and World of Color Happiness! – invited Sealy and others to “blind submit” songs for Luminous. Sealy called up Hoying (whom Fink did not know personally at the time), and the pair submitted a track, which was among the songs the Disney team initially selected for consideration. Then, Sheléa teamed with Hoying and Sealy, and the three tinkered with the track and added Sheléa’s vocals to the demo, and Disney ultimately selected the song for the show.

So when it came time for World of Color Happiness! to begin production, the relationship Hoying and Fink had built with Luminous graduated to a new level. Knowing that World of Color Happiness! was going to be a “more vocal-forward and a more pop-forward show,” Fink thought of bringing Hoying into the creative process. “I like to surround myself with people who are smarter and musically better than I am, so I was like, ‘Scott, what are you doing?’”

On this show, Scott “stepped into so many different roles creatively, by himself and alongside me,” Fink says. “He’s not just a singer on the show and he’s not just a vocal arranger – he really informed a lot of our fun decisions, along with our incredible creative director Steve Davison and our entire team over at Disney Live Entertainment.”

The creative synergy between Fink and Hoying extended to the new song “Great Rainbow,” which the pair wrote and produced together, with Hoying singing the track alongside an orchestra and choir.

Recording the song with a live orchestra was “one of the best parts of the whole experience and why I have so much respect for the Disney Music team, because they don’t cut corners,” Hoying says, stressing the lengths Disney will go to for authenticity and accuracy in their music production.

“It’s so cool to work on a project that has so much integrity for music. … I don’t get to record with an orchestra very often – obviously, Pentatonix is a cappella – and it was so magical. As magical as you’d think it’d be. I was just bawling [in the studio] to the point where I was like, ‘All right, it’s kind of cute to cry for a second, but now it’s kind of getting crazy.’ [Laughs] I was just so moved. It was the most beautiful thing I ever heard.

“And the concept of the show is about connection, and to see 70 people who all dedicated their life to their instrument come together and play an arrangement that I worked on and they loved to play, and it made this beautiful sound… and I was like, ‘Humans, we’re all connected!’ I was just in my feels and just going through it. It was just magical.”

04 Jun 2025

803Fresh’s Viral ‘Boots on the Ground’ Rises to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart

803Fresh’s “Boots on the Ground” is flying high on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart as it rises from the runner-up spot to top the list dated June 7. The viral, line-dance track ascends by becoming the most played song on panel-contributing adult R&B radio stations in the United States in the tracking week of May 23-29, according to Luminate. “Boots” boosted 1% in plays for the week, compared to the previous tracking frame.

With “Boots on the Ground,” 803Fresh, born Douglas Furtick, earns his first No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay with his maiden entry. The new champ knocks out Summer Walker’s “Heart of a Woman” after its two-week turn in the penthouse.

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Released and promoted by Snake Eyez/KG Music Group, the Southern soul “Boots on the Ground” sprouted across social media through a viral line dance created by Tre Little, often performed with a fan in hand. On TikTok, the song’s audio has been synced to more than 94,000 videos, and celebrities including Beyoncé, Kamala Harris and Michelle Obama have performed the routine.

Beyond its Adult R&B coronation, “Boots on the Ground” exhibits its first signs of crossover appeal with a No. 34 debut on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart. There, the track improved 7% in week-over-week plays. Thanks to its strength at the adult format and rising traction in the mainstream sector, the single pushes 8-6 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, which ranks songs by combined audience totals from both formats. Despite the position gain to a new peak, the song remained essentially even in audience impressions.

Airplay gains, in turn, have helped the song’s standing on the multimetric Hot R&B Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts, which also add streaming and sales data into their ranks. On the former, “Boots” climbs 9-8 to a new high and slides one spot (21-20) from its best position on the latter ranking.

04 Jun 2025

A-ha Frontman Morten Harket Reveals Parkinson’s Diagnosis, Says He’s Done ‘Treating It as a Secret’

After battling Parkinson’s disease for some time in private, A-ha‘s Morten Harket is now sharing his diagnosis with the public.

By way of a letter written by the band’s biographer, Jan Omdahl, the singer broke the news to fans that he has been receiving treatment for the neurological disorder “in recent years,” undergoing surgeries last June and December to implant symptom-reducing electrodes on both sides of his brain. Harket also said that he’d been having conflicting feelings for quite some time about whether he should go public with his diagnosis.

“Part of me wanted to reveal it,” he told Omdahl. “Like I said, acknowledging the diagnosis wasn’t a problem for me; it’s my need for peace and quiet to work that has been stopping me. I’m trying the best I can to prevent my entire system from going into decline. It’s a difficult balancing act between taking the medication and managing its side effects.”

“It used to bother me to think about my sickness becoming public knowledge,” Harket added. “In the long run, it bothers me more to have to protect something that is strictly a private matter by treating it as a secret.”

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According to the Mayo Clinic, Parkinson’s is a “movement disorder of the nervous system that worsens over time,” often causing tremors and affecting the motor skills of patients. There is no cure for the degenerative disease, but medicines and surgery can help ease symptoms.

For Harket, both treatment paths have “led to a dramatic improvement in his symptoms,” though he still faces regular exhaustion and strain. He also said that his singing abilities have been affected, but it’s not of primary concern for him right now.

“I don’t feel like singing, and for me that’s a sign,” he told Omdahl. “The question is whether I can express myself with my voice. As things stand now, that’s out of the question … I see singing as my responsibility, and at certain moments I think it’s absolutely fantastic that I get to do it. But I’ve got other passions too, I have other things that are just as big a part of me, that are just as necessary and true.”

Even so, the Norwegian singer has been working on new music throughout his journey with Parkinson’s, revealing that he has “great belief” in the material that’s sprung out of this period in his life. “I’m not sure if I’ll be able to finish them for release,” Harket said. “Time will tell if they make it. I really like the idea of just going for it, as a Parkinson’s patient and an artist, with something completely outside the box.”

He also added that — while appreciative of the concern fans will undoubtedly have for him as they learn of the news — he’s already weary from the anticipation of all the messages of sympathy and unsolicited advice headed his way. “Don’t worry about me,” he said when asked what he wants listeners to know at this time. “Find out who you want to be — a process that can be new each and every day. Be good servants of nature, the very basis of our existence, and care for the environment while it is still possible to do so.”

Harket added, “Spend your energy and effort addressing real problems, and know that I am being taken care of.”

Over the past couple of decades, cases of disability and death caused by Parkinson’s have been “rapidly spreading,” according to the World Health Organization. As of 2019, an estimated 8.5 million people had the disease, an ever-growing population that also includes stars such as Michael J. Fox, Ozzy Osbourne, Foreigner’s Mick Jones, Neil Diamond, Linda Ronstadt and Marc Cohn, who have all been open about their diagnoses.

A-ha was one of the defining pop groups of the 1980s, landing three entries on the Billboard Hot 100 in the second half of the decade: “The Sun Always Shines on T.V.,” “Cry Wolf,” and No. 1 hit “Take on Me.” The group is comprised of Harket and friends Magne Furuholmen and Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, who formed the group in Oslo in 1982.

04 Jun 2025

Fuerza Regida’s JOP, Gabito Ballesteros & Lupillo Rivera Join ‘Pase a la Fama’ TV Show

Fuerza Regida’s Jesús Ortiz Paz (JOP), Gabito Ballesteros and Lupillo Rivera join the new reality show Pase a la Fama, set to premiere Sunday (June 8) on Telemundo.

The three Mexican artists will form part of the music competition series — focused on discovering the next great regional Mexican band — as mentors, where they will guide the contestants before they perform in front of the previously announced judges Ana Bárbara, Adriel Favela and Horacio Palencia.

In each episode, participants — who are vying for a $100,000 prize, a record deal with HYBE Latin America and will be crowned the next regional Mexican band — are expected train, perform and face challenges at a bootcamp during their mentorship.

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“We are proud to partner with HYBE Latin America on a multifaceted journey to showcase the importance of music to Latin audiences throughout the U.S.,” Javier Pons, CCO and head of Telemundo Studios, previously said in a press release. “With Pase a la Fama, music fans will witness firsthand the energy, identity and dreams of this new generation of talented musicians looking to make it in today’s highly competitive music industry.”

Isaac Lee, chairman of HYBE Latin America, added: “Pase a la Fama is a love letter to the power of music and the creative process behind building something unforgettable. From the roots of our artists to the global reach of our vision, this series shows what’s possible when talent and opportunity collide.”

Pase a la Fama premieres at 9 p.m. ET on June 8 via Telemundo.