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20 Nov 2023

Taylor Swift Routs The Beatles In U.K. Albums Chart Race

Swifties saw off Beatlemania in a close race for the U.K. albums chart crown.

Taylor Swift enters a third straight week at No. 1 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart with 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (via EMI), the fourth in her six rerecorded LP projects.

In doing so, Swift denies the Beatles a record-extending 16th No. 1 with 1967-1970 (also known as the Blue album) (both via Apple Corps), which reenters the chart at No. 2, and 1962-1966 (the Red album), close behind at No. 3.

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The Beatles had led both the U.K.’s midweek singles and albums charts with 1967-1970 and “Now And Then,” respectively, and were on track for a rare chart double. Neither title finished in first place when the Official Charts were published last Friday, Nov. 17.

Coincidently, 1967-1970 and 1962-1966 return to their respective original peaks, locked in on release back in 1973. A composite boxed set of the two LPs, released to celebrate the release of “Now and Then,” the Beatles’ recent U.K. No. 1 single, arrives at No. 33 on the national albums survey.

Further down the albums tally, Chase & Status make a splash with 2 RUFF, Vol. 1 (EMI), new at No. 4, for the drum ‘n’ bass duo’s fifth U.K. top 10 appearance.

Closing out the top five is Quarter Life Crisis (Polydor), the debut studio album from South Africa-born, London-based artist Baby Queen. It’s new at No. 5.

As Noah Kahan embarks on his U.K. tour, the Vermont singer-songwriter’s third studio LP Stick Season (Island) powers 22-6, a new peak position. The title track, meanwhile, lifts 8-5, a new peak on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, while another album track, “Northern Attitude,” sits at No. 16.

Reissues of sets by Passenger (All the Little Lights at No. 7 via Cooking Vinyl) and New Order (Substance at No. 10 via Rhino) return to the top 10, as new releases from Chris Brown (11:11 at — you guessed it — No. 11 via Chris Brown Entertainment/RCA), James Marriott (Are We There Yet? at No. 17 via James Marriott), Chris Stapleton (Higher at No. 22 via EMI), PinkPantheress (Heaven Knows at No. 28 via Warner Records), and The Kid LAROI (The First Time at No. 29 via Columbia) impact the top 40 on debut.

19 Nov 2023

Jermaine Dupri, Ludacris & T.I. Salute ‘Hip-Hop Through the Charts’ for 2023 Billboard Music Awards

In addition to honoring the top hitmakers of the year, the 2023 Billboard Music Awards are also celebrating hip-hop’s 50th anniversary with the invaluable assistance of three rap pioneers.

“Hip-Hop Through the Charts” finds Jermaine Dupri, Ludacris and T.I. sharing insider memories about their various career-building Billboard chart achievements as well as their reflections on hip-hop’s musical and cultural impact.

Watch all three interviews below with Vibe editor Datwon Thomas for illuminating sound bites excerpted from the trio’s individual chats :

Jermaine Dupri on…

“Money Ain’t a Thang,” featuring Jay-Z, from Dupri’s 1998 debut studio album Life in 1472 (No. 3 on Billboard 200; No. 1 for two weeks on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums): “When I did ‘Money Ain’t a Thang,’ the company, Columbia, they didn’t have really no idea what Jay-Z meant to the culture. They were actually asking me like: Why did I want this song to be my first single when I had ‘Sweetheart’ with Mariah [Carey]? … They thought they could do more with ‘Sweetheart.’ It’s crazy, because that’s just like this era and this time of these 30 years ago. [It] was such a learning period for so many people.”

Mariah Carey’s “Always Be My Baby” (Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 for two weeks, 1996): “That record taught me that it wasn’t really about first and second singles. It’s just about great songs.”

Ludacris on…

What hip-hop means to him: “Hip-hop is everything to me. It’s how we talk, it’s how we dress, it’s how we walk. … Like, everything I do is to give back to the culture that gave me.”

Usher’s “Yeah!” featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris (Hot 100 No. 1 for 12 weeks, 2004): “Soon as Lil Jon sent me the record, I was like, ‘This is out of here’ before I even got my verse on there. That’s why you see me at the beginning of the record, a verse, and at the end: ‘Take that and rewind it back.’ I’m trying to get on as many parts of the record as possible. I knew what it was. It’s crossed three generations. … That’s when you have the hit record of a lifetime.”

T.I. on…

His long and successful career in hip-hop: “Man, it feels like a lot of work, a lot of hard work that paid off. I’m the proudest of the music we made then. It inspired so much to happen that has evolved to still be relevant now.”

“Whatever You Like” (Hot 100 No. 1 for seven weeks, 2008): “I think that was my first solo No. 1. We was on a run, you dig? And had a great time in spite of a pretty dark moment that I was going through. I was fighting a fed case and preparing for prison. My whole thing was just focus on doing the most we can … being as productive as we can and progressive as we can with this time. And ‘Whatever You Like’ was definitely the catalyst of that moment.”

19 Nov 2023

Jack Harlow Unseats The Beatles For First U.K. No. 1 With ‘Lovin On Me’

Move over the Beatles, Jack Harlow is now in charge of the U.K. singles chart.

The Louisville rapper reaches the summit at the first attempt with “Lovin On Me” (via Atlantic), his fourth top 10 and debut leader on the national singles tally.

“Lovin On Me,” which samples Cadillac Dale’s 1995 R&B track “Whatever,” is the most-streamed track in the U.K. during the latest cycle, with 5.1 million streams, the Official Charts Company reports.

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Previously, Harlow cracked the top frame with 2021 Lil Nas X collaboration “Industry Baby” (No. 3 peak), 2022’s “First Class” (No. 2) and 2023 Jung Kook collab “3D” (No. 5). As previously reported, “Lovin On Me” is the new leader on Australia’s singles survey.

Also new to the Official U.K. Singles Chart, published Friday, Nov. 17, is Dua Lipa’s “Houdini” (Warner Records) which pulls a magic trick with its appearance at No. 2.

The first track from Lipa’s forthcoming third studio album, “Houdini” features production from Tame Impala maestro Kevin Parker and Danny L Harle. Lipa now boasts 14th U.K. top 10 hits, including four No. 1s.

After a record-setting stint at No. 1, and taking honors at the midweek stage of the chart race, the Beatles’ “last” song “Now And Then” (Apple Corps) is dislodged from the summit, tumbling 1-6.

Meanwhile, notes the OCC, drum & bass pair Chase & Status (Saul Milton and Will Kennard) become the first group to collect four simultaneous U.K. top 40 singles since 2010. The duo rack them up with “Baddadan” featuring Bou, Flowdan, IRAH, Triggah and Takura (down 9-10 via EMI), “Liquor and Cigarettes” with Hedex and ArrDee (unchanged at No. 17 via EMI), Stefflon Don collab “Selecta” (new at No. 27 via EMI) and “Disconnect” with Becky Hill (down 27-37 via Polydor).

British drill rapper Mazza L20 snags his first Official Singles Chart entry with “Murdaside” (Mazza L20), new at No. 18, while PinkPantheress and Central Cee arrive at No. 20 with “Nice to Meet You” (Columbia/ Parlophone). PinkPantheress already has three solo U.K. top 40 appearances, and Central Cee has 21.

Finally, the Christmas bells are ringing once again on the U.K. chart as yuletide favorites from Wham! and Mariah Carey make their annual pilgrimage into the top 40. Just one week after setting a record for the earliest appearance of a Christmas song on the tally, Wham‘s “Last Christmas” (Epic) improves 37-26 and “Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (Columbia) lifts 40-28.

19 Nov 2023

2023 Billboard Music Awards: Behind-the-Scenes Photos

See all of the behind-the-scenes photos from the 2023 Billboard Music Awards in the gallery below.

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Karol G at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards at Line 204 in Los Angeles. The show will air on November 19, 2023 on BBMA.watch.

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The 2023 Billboard Music Awards rolled out Sunday night (Nov. 19) across BBMAs.watch and BBMA and Billboard social channels, delivering eight brand-new performances, plus acceptance speeches from some of the night’s biggest winners.

But beyond the show, what went down behind the scenes?

Now that you’ve seen the 2023 BBMAs, you can enjoy all the backstage magic that went into creating these new performances.

We have photos from inside each of the night’s performances, including Mariah Carey’s winter wonderland; KAROL G’s water-soaked stage; Tate McRae’s “greedy” gala; NewJeans’ colorful display; Peso Pluma’s boxing ring; Bebe Rexha & David Guetta’s cinematic set; Stray Kids’ “S-Class” and “LALALALA” medley; and Morgan Wallen’s ballpark home run.

There are also backstage portraits of the performers and more moments you didn’t catch during Sunday’s show.

In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, the BBMAs and Spotify Fans First teamed up to identify fans who consumed the most hours of music over the past year and helped drive their favorite artists to the top spots on the Billboard charts. These fans received a “golden ticket” granting them access to attend the BBMA performances curated by their favorite artists. Marriott Bonvoy, Marriott’s travel program and marketplace, presented this year’s BBMAs. Other sponsors included Lexus, who surprised one lucky fan with VIP treatment with a private ride in a luxury Lexus vehicle to a one-of-a-kind performance.

See all of the behind-the-scenes photos from the 2023 Billboard Music Awards in the gallery below.

19 Nov 2023

Morgan Wallen, Taylor Swift & More Set Records at 2023 Billboard Music Awards

Morgan Wallen amassed 11 Billboard Music Awards wins on Sunday (Nov. 19), which represented the greatest one-year tally by any artist since Drake received 12 awards in 2019. Taylor Swift won 10 BBMAs this year, bringing her career total to date to 39 – which puts her in a tie with Drake for the most of all time. (Drake won five awards this year to advance to that same total.)

Wallen won awards for both top Billboard 200 album (One Thing at a Time) and top Hot 100 song (“Last Night”). It’s the first time one artist has swept both of those key awards in the same year since Usher scored in 2004 with Confessions and his megahit “Yeah!” (featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris). (Note: The BBMAs were on hiatus from 2007-10.)

Wallen had previously won four BBMAs. His new career total of 15 awards puts him second only to Garth Brooks among country artists. Brooks has won 20 BBMAs.

Swift won top artist for the third time, which puts her in a tie with Drake for the most wins in that category. Swift also won top Billboard 200 artist for a record-extending sixth time, and top female artist for a record-extending fifth time.

Wallen thoroughly dominated the country categories, winning top country artist, top country album, top country song and top country tour.

Drake was equally dominant in the rap field, winning top rap artist for a record-extending fifth time, top rap tour for the second time, and top rap album (Her Loss) and top rap song (“Rich Flex”) for his successful collaboration with 21 Savage.

SZA and Zach Bryan were nearly as dominant in R&B and rock, respectively. SZA won top R&B female artist, top R&B album (SOS) and top R&B song (“Kill Bill”). But the award for top R&B touring artist went to Beyoncé.

Bryan won top rock artist, top rock album (American Heartbreak) and top rock song (“Something in the Orange”). But the award for top rock touring artist went to Coldplay.

Bryan and SZA each won four BBMAs this year. Bryan’s wins include the key category of top new artist. He was a first-time BBMAs winner. SZA had won two BBMAs previously.

21 Savage, Bad Bunny, Beyoncé and Miley Cyrus each won three awards. This brings Beyoncé’s total to 16, which puts her in a tie with Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey for the most BBMAs by a woman of color. Carey won a special Chart Achievement Award this year for the historic success of her single “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” which topped the Billboard Hot 100 every year from 2019 through 2022, and may return to the top spot this year as well.

Beyoncé and Bad Bunny nearly swept the top awards in their fields. Beyoncé won top dance/electronic artist and album (Renaissance), but the award for top dance/electronic song went to David Guetta and Bebe Rexha for “I’m Good (Blue).”

Bunny won top Latin artist for the fourth consecutive year and top Latin album for the third time in four years (Un Verano Sin Ti), but Eslabon Armado x Peso Pluma won top Latin song for “Ella Baila Sola.”

Fuerza Regida, KAROL G and The Weeknd each won two awards. Fuerza Regida won the all-genre top duo/group award over Eslabon Armado, Fifty Fifty, Grupo Frontera and Metallica. Impressively, three of these five groups come from the Latin music world.

The Weeknd’s two awards bring his career total to 22, which puts him in fourth place on the all-time BBMAs leaderboard, behind Drake and Swift with 39 each and Justin Bieber with 26. Garth Brooks is in fifth place all-time, with 20, followed by Adele, Usher and Kanye West, with 18 each.

Ye, as West is now known, won one award this year – top gospel artist. This is his fourth consecutive win in that category, which extends his record as the category leader. Kirk Franklin and Tasha Cobbs Leonard have each won twice in the category.

Lauren Daigle won top Christian artist for a record-extending fourth time.

Luke Combs was a finalist in 10 categories, but didn’t receive any BBMAs. He went up against the unstoppable Wallen in eight of those categories. Ariana Grande was a finalist in five categories and likewise didn’t win any. She lost to the red-hot Cyrus in three of those categories.

Metallica is the only rock group to be a finalist for the overall top duo/group award. So, one might logically expect them to win top rock/duo group. They lost to Arctic Monkeys. How can that be? These two awards measure success on different charts. The overall top duo/group award is based on performance on the Hot 100 and the Billboard 200. The top rock duo/group award is based on performance on Billboard’s Hot Rock Songs and Top Rock Albums charts.

Harry Styles’ “As It Was” was a finalist for top BB global (excl. U.S.) song. The song was released on April 1, 2022, seven months before the beginning of this year’s eligibility tracking period (Nov. 4, 2022 through Oct. 12, 2023). It’s remarkable that the song still had enough firepower to be a finalist when its first seven months of activity weren’t counted. You already knew the song was a monster hit. Here’s more proof.

The 2023 Billboard Music Awards Presented by Marriott Bonvoy took place Sunday night on BBMAs.watch and across BBMA and Billboard social channels.

19 Nov 2023

After the 2023 Billboard Music Awards, Who Is the All-Time Biggest Winner?

Taylor Swift and Drake both had good nights at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday (Nov. 19). Swift won 10 awards, which brought her career total to 39. Drake won five awards, which brought his career total to – would you believe? – also 39. As a result, the two chart titans are tied for the most career wins at the BBMAs.

Swift won top artist for the third time at this year’s BBMAs, having previously won in 2013 and 2015. That ties Drake for the most wins in this category. He took that title in 2017, 2019 and 2022.

Swift won top Billboard 200 artist for a record-extending sixth time. Drake has won that award three times.

Both artists have won top Billboard 200 album twice. Swift won that award with Red in 2013 and 1989 in 2015. Drake won with Views in 2017 and Scorpion in 2019.

Swift’s 10 awards this year constitutes her best showing at the BBMAs to date. She previously won eight awards in both 2013 and 2015.

Drake’s best year at the BBMAs to date was in 2017, when he won 13 awards. He came close to that mark in 2019, when he won 12 awards. This is the second year in a row in which he has won five awards.

The two artists have been chart rivals since they debuted in the 2000s. Swift first hit the Billboard 200 in November 2006, nearly three years before Drake made his debut in October 2009.

On the Billboard 200, their stats are pretty evenly matched. Both have had 13 No. 1 albums and 16 top 10 albums. If you look at total weeks at No. 1 on that chart, Swift is far ahead: 65 weeks to 35 weeks.

On the Billboard Hot 100, Drake is ahead, with 13 No. 1 hits, compared to 11 for Swift, and 76 top 10 hits, compared to 49 for Swift. If you look at total weeks at No. 1 on that chart, Drake is way ahead: 56 weeks to 33 weeks for Swift.

Drake acknowledged Swift’s chart potency in the lyrics to “Red Button,” the opening track from his surprise Scary Hours 3 EP, which dropped on Friday (Nov. 17) as part of an expanded edition of his recent For All the Dogs album.

“Taylor Swift the only n—a that I ever rated/ Only one could make me drop the album just a little later/ Rest of y’all I treat you like you never made it/ Leave your label devastated/ Even when you pad the stats, period, I never hated,” he raps on the song.

Last year, Drake bumped the release of Her Loss, his collab album with 21 Savage, which was originally scheduled for Oct. 28, 2022, to Nov. 4, seemingly to avoid competing with the second week of Swift’s Midnights. The strategy worked: Her Loss bumped Midnights out of the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 – though Swift, being Swift, reclaimed the top spot the following week (and held it for six nonconsecutive weeks, compared to just that solitary week for Her Loss).

Will Swift or Drake break their tie and pull ahead at next year’s BBMAs? Stay tuned. It’s unlikely that any other artist will overtake them anytime soon. The No. 3 artist on the all-time BBMAs leaderboard is Justin Bieber with 26 wins, followed by The Weeknd with 22 and Garth Brooks with 20.

19 Nov 2023

Taylor Swift Says ‘Thank You 10 Million Times’ for 10 Wins at 2023 Billboard Music Awards

On Sunday night (Nov. 19), Taylor Swift added to her already-impressive career win total at the Billboard Music Awards with 10 brand-new wins — and she’s thanking the Swifties for making it all happen.

“Well this is unreal,” she said in her acceptance speech, shot backstage at her blockbuster Eras Tour. “The fact that you guys have given me 10 Billboard Awards — I’m talking to the fans specifically. None of this happens without you. The Billboards base everything off of what you are listening to and what you’re passionate about, and I’m so honored that this year you made The Eras Tour so magical. You went and saw the movie, you cared about my re-recordings. I just love you so much.

“I feel like the luckiest person in the world to have you in my corner and caring about the music that I make,” she concluded. “So thank you — thank you, thank you, thank you 10 million times — for this.”

Swift was the biggest female winner of the night, and second only to Morgan Wallen’s 11 wins for overall leader. But when it comes to historic wins, Swift’s 10 new prizes plus Drake’s five new prizes put the superstar artists in a tie for the all-time winningest artists at the Billboard Music Awards with 39 awards apiece.

On Sunday night, Swift was victorious in these 10 categories: top artist, top female artist, top Billboard 200 artist, top Hot 100 songwriter, top Radio Songs artist, top Song Sales artist, top Billboard Global 200 artist, top Billboard Global Excl. U.S. artist, top country female artist, and top selling song for “Anti-Hero.”

Heading into Sunday’s show — which was presented by Marriott Bonvoy — Swift was the leading finalist, with nods in 20 categories.

Swift is currently on the international leg of her Eras Tour, performing shows Sunday night and a makeup show Monday night in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, before heading across the country to São Paulo next weekend.

19 Nov 2023

Morgan Wallen Is the Top Winner at 2023 Billboard Music Awards: ‘I Don’t Have Enough Hands for Them All’

Morgan Wallen was the top winner at Sunday night’s (Nov. 19) 2023 Billboard Music Awards, taking home 11 trophies.

He also performed his fan-favorite song “’98 Braves,” from One Thing at a Time, and in a nod to the song, Wallen performed — and accepted his trophies — at Atlanta’s Truist Park, home of the Atlanta Braves baseball team. The performance and acceptance speech were filmed amid Wallen’s two-night run of sold-out shows at the venue on Nov. 10-11, as part of his current One Night at a Time world tour.

Just before Wallen offered his acceptance speech, the camera zoomed in on the 11 trophies he took home this year, including top male artist, top Hot 100 artist, top streaming songs artist, top country artist, top country male artist and top country tour.

Wallen’s One Thing at a Time project, which spent 16 weeks atop the Billboard 200 this year, won for top Billboard 200 album and top country album, while his song “Last Night,” which spent 16 nonconsecutive weeks atop the Hot 100, was named top Hot 100 song, top streaming song and top country song.

The evening was made extra special, as Wallen was introduced by ’98 Braves pitchers Tom Glavine and John Smoltz.

“We may have come close in ’98, but this guy really hit it out of the park tonight,” Smoltz said.

Wallen began his acceptance speech by referencing “’98 Braves,” written by Josh Miller, John Byron and Travis Wood.

“Like the song says, ‘You win some, you lose some,’” Wallen said, going on to reference this year’s CMA Awards, where he was nominated three honors and got shut out. “The last awards show I went to, we came home empty-handed. This one, I don’t have enough hands for them all. So either way, I promise I’m gonna stay the same, whether we come home with 10 or zero. I’m gonna give y’all my all, every single night and every time I go into the studio. … All these awards are really, it’s for my fans. So thank you guys so much.”

He continued: “You took a boy from east Tennessee, driving a two-door Toyota Tacoma, and turned me into one of Billboard‘s top artists. God bless y’all.”

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Morgan Wallen at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia. The show will air on November 19, 2023 on BBMA.watch.

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19 Nov 2023

Morgan Wallen Scores a Home Run With ‘’98 Braves’ Performance From Atlanta Ballpark at 2023 Billboard Music Awards

Morgan Wallen was the night’s biggest winner — taking home 11 awards — during Sunday’s (Nov. 19) 2023 Billboard Music Awards, and he was the final performer of the night as well.

Instead of offering up one of his massive 2023 hits — such as “Last Night,” which dominated radio over the past year — Wallen instead paid homage to the evening’s performance venue by singing a fan favorite. Wallen performed “’98 Braves” from Atlanta’s Truist Park, home of the Atlanta Braves baseball team. The performance came during Wallen’s headlining One Night at a Time tour, which has been extended into 2024.

“’98 Braves” serves as a bittersweet tribute to Major League Baseball’s Atlanta Braves, who won 106 regular-season games in 1998 – but failed to triumph in the World Series that year. “If we were a team and love was a game/ We’d been the ’98 Braves,” Wallen sings in the chorus. “’98 Braves” debuted at No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 (and No. 11 on the Hot Country Songs chart) upon the release of Wallen’s One Thing at a Time album earlier this year.

The crowd was filled with Wallen fans and baseball fans, with many wearing Braves hats and shirts. Also in the audience were ’98 Braves pitchers John Smoltz and Tom Glavine, who introduced Wallen when he accepted his 11 Billboard Music Awards trophies following the performance.

Wallen was named the Billboard Music Awards’ top male artist, top Hot 100 artist, top streaming songs artist, top country artist and top country male artist, and also earned top country tour. Wallen’s One Thing at a Time album was also named top Billboard 200 album and top country album, while “Last Night” was celebrated as the top Hot 100 song, top streaming song and top country song.

The 2023 Billboard Music Awards Presented by Marriott Bonvoy took place Sunday night on BBMAs.watch and across BBMA and Billboard social channels.

19 Nov 2023

Stray Kids Light Up the Stage With ‘S-Class’ & ‘LALALALA’ Performances at Billboard Music Awards

Stray Kids is on fire — literally. This year, the group sent its album 5-Star to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and has become one of the hottest K-pop groups on the scene, appearing at Lollapalooza and the VMAs — and now, the 2023 Billboard Music Awards Presented by Marriott Bonvoy.

The group — which consists of members Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin and I.N — delivered a pyrotechnics-filled performance of singles “S-Class” and “LALALALA” for their BBMAs debut on Sunday (Nov. 19). The showcase kicked off with “S-Class,” which saw the K-pop idols wearing military-inspired ensembles as they hit the track’s viral choreography.

A few members had their chance to shine during the performance’s transition moment into “LALALALA,” with Hyunjin stepping up to the plate for an energetic solo dance break complete with a fleet of background dancers. Bang Chan hinted at the larger than life set design before expertly hitting intricate dance moves alongside Changbin and Felix, the latter of whom grabbed the camera to take the boys up to a white elevated stage, where they all continued into “LALALALA.”

Stray Kids’ performance wasn’t the only highlight of the group’s evening. The K-pop stars also took home the top K-pop album award for 5-Star. The set was up against finalists FACE by BTS’ Jimin, 2nd EP ‘Get Up’ by NewJeans, The Name Chapter: Temptation by TOMORROW X TOGETHER and Ready to Be by TWICE.

5-Star crowned the Billboard 200 in June and spent a total of 16 weeks on the chart. While accepting the award, the group made sure to thank its devoted fans, STAY, for their unwavering support throughout the years.

“We would like to thank all of our STAYs and all the Stray Kids everywhere all around the world. Without the love and support from everyone, we would probably not have made it this far, and if wasn’t for the people that have been running by our side this whole time, the music that we create would not have been able to reach the people in need,” Bang Chan said on behalf of the group. “So us, Stray Kids, would like to say thank you to STAY and Billboard for giving us an unforgettable gift. We promise to return the favor with our upcoming music, performances and love.”

Changbin delivered the rest of the group’s acceptance speech in Korean and stated that winning the award was a result of the “tremendous love that STAY has shown us.” He continued, “Thank you for loving the albums, music and performances that shows our group’s unwavering color. We have a lot in store, so please keep an eye out for us and all of the amazing things that we have ready.”

Watch Stray Kids’ performance of “S-Class” and “LALALALA” at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards Presented by Marriott Bonvoy above, as well as the group’s top K-pop album acceptance speech below.