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Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” remains the biggest song in the world, as it notches a fifth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 and a third week atop Billboard Global Excl. U.S.
As previously reported, the song takes over at No. 1 on the U.S.-based Billboard Hot 100.
Meanwhile, sombr scores his first Global 200 top 10 with “Back to Friends” (up 17-9) and MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng and Shenseea’s “Shake It to the Max (Fly)” surges to the top tier on Global Excl. U.S. (16-10), likewise becoming the first top 10 on the tally for each act.
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The Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.
Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.
“Ordinary” leads the Global 200 with 70.1 million streams (up 1% week-over-week) and 13,000 sold (up 17%) worldwide May 23-29. Further sparking its profile, Warren performed the song on the American Music Awards, broadcast on CBS, May 26.
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” holds at No. 2 on the Global 200, after 18 weeks at No. 1 starting last September (second only to the 19 weeks at No. 1 for Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” since the chart began); ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” repeats at No. 3, after 12 weeks at No. 1 starting in November; Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” keeps at No. 4, following three weeks at No. 1 last August; and Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” lifts 6-5 after seven weeks on top starting in February 2024.
sombr’s “Back to Friends” hits the Global 200’s top 10, bounding 17-9 with 37.7 million streams (up 13%) worldwide. The singer-songwriter (real name Shane Boose) is charting his first two Global 200 entries in the top 20 simultaneously – “Undressed” jumps 19-13, likewise hitting a new high, with both tracks having benefitted from exposure on TikTok.
“Ordinary” rules Global Excl. U.S. with 50.9 million streams (up 1%) and 5,000 sold (up 6%) outside the U.S.
“Die With a Smile” is steady at No. 2 after 17 weeks atop Global Excl. U.S. starting last September. Only “APT.,” which holds at No. 3, has led longer: 19 weeks, beginning in November. “Birds of a Feather” ascends 5-4, following three weeks at No. 1 last August, and JIN’s “Don’t Say You Love Me” dips to No. 5 a week after it debuted at No. 4.
Plus, MOLIY, Silent Addy, Skillibeng and Shenseea’s “Shake It to the Max (Fly)” swoops into the Global Excl. U.S. top 10, bounding 16-10 with 31.2 million streams (up 21%) and 1,000 sold (up 29%) outside the U.S. The track leads the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart for a fourth week.
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated June 7, 2025) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, June 3. For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard’s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.
Though Taylor Swift’s victory in the years-long fight for ownership of her masters dominated last week’s headlines, there were also a slew of head-turning news items in the R&B and hip-hop worlds. Clipse — comprised of Pusha T and No Malice — made its grand return on Friday (May 30) with “Ace Trumpets,” in which […]
Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” ascends to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the singer-songwriter’s first leader on the list. It rises from No. 4, after reaching a previous No. 2 best.
Warren becomes the first male soloist to earn an initial Hot 100 No. 1 this year.
“Ordinary,” the 1,181st No. 1 in the Hot 100’s 66-year history, rose to the top of both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts in May. On the Hot 100, Warren charted one prior entry, “Burning Down” (No. 69 peak, last October). Concurrent with the coronation of “Ordinary,” he adds his second top 40 Hot 100 hit, as “Bloodline,” with Jelly Roll, debuts at No. 32.
Before concentrating on music full-time, Warren grew a following in Hype House, a group of TikTok content creators that frequently collaborated. He signed to Atlantic Records in 2022.
“In my career, I have been so open with my friends who follow me,” Warren, who co-authored “Ordinary,” told Billboard earlier this year. “They know everything about me and we’re so connected, and I love that. I’m thinking of these people while I’m writing these songs, because I’m thinking about what I would want to hear if I was still going through that.”
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The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts (dated June 7, 2025) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, June 3. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.
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Cardi B and Stefon Diggs have taken their romance to the grid. After a few months of dating rumors, the couple has gone Instagram official, with the rapper sharing a slew of steamy snaps featuring the NFL star Sunday (June 1).
In one photo of the pair, they cuddle up on a yacht while a bikini-clad Cardi wraps a leg around Diggs as he appears to lean in for a kiss. The Bronx native also shared a video of herself twerking against the wide receiver as he flashes a big smile.
“Chapter 5 ……Hello Chapter six,” Cardi captioned the post, in which she also showed off a room full of roses — possibly sent by Diggs.
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In the comments, many of the musician’s famous friends shared support. “that’s my girl,” wrote Kehlani, while GloRilla replied, “Badddd.”
“Absolutely,” wrote SZA, adding a string of saluting emojis.
The milestone comes a few months after Cardi and the athlete first sparked dating rumors in the fall, later spending Valentine’s Day together in Miami. In April, they attended Coachella together, followed by a courtside date at a New York Knicks vs. Boston Celtics game in May.
Cardi’s romance with Diggs also marks her first public relationship since filing for divorce from Offset in late July, shortly after which she welcomed Baby No. 3 with the Migos star. The two rappers are parents to 6-year-old daughter Kulture, 3-year-old son Wave and new little girl Blossom. (Diggs has a daughter, Nova, from a past relationship.)
Just a couple of weeks after attending the Knicks game with Diggs, Cardi sounded off at her estranged husband for requesting spousal support amid their divorce proceedings. “You such a f–king p—y a– n—a,” she told ‘Set on X Spaces in late May. “Word to my mother, I want you to die, but I want you to die f–king slow. When you die, I want you to die slow in the bed. And when you die, n—a, you gotta think of me.”
It’s no coincidence that the two songs tied for most weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 toe the line between country and rap. Lil Nas X set the record with his Billy Ray Cyrus-featuring “Old Town Road” in 2019, and late last year, Shaboozey tied the record when “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” hit the same 19-week mark.
“Country and rap might come from different worlds, but they thrive on the same foundation — raw storytelling and authenticity,” UnitedMasters director of A&R Aaron Hunter says.
Hybrids of country and hip-hop have a long history in popular music, dating back to the 1980s including hits like Sir-Mix-A-Lot’s “Square Dance Rap,” Kool Moe Dee’s “Wild Wild West” and Shawn Brown’s “Rappin’ Duke” (which The Notorious B.I.G. sampled in “Juicy” a decade later).
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This year has brought an even bigger boom of successful crossovers between the genres. Post Malone’s Big Ass Stadium Tour with Jelly Roll — two artists with roots in hip-hop now making country music — has so far featured special guests including Eminem and Quavo. Dallas rapper BigXthaPlug teamed with Bailey Zimmerman for “All the Way,” a top five hit on the Hot 100, while ERNEST and Snoop Dogg released their country collaboration, “Gettin’ Gone.”
On the festival front, the country-heavy Stagecoach was more rap-inclusive in 2025, with Nelly and T-Pain playing to major audiences. Meanwhile, Morgan Wallen’s Sand in My Boots Festival had Wiz Khalifa, 2 Chainz and Three 6 Mafia onstage.
“Both genres share the same theme of heartbreak, life stories and struggle, whether it’s rural life or urban hustle, and that grit creates a natural connection,” Hunter says. He also points to the rising use of trap drums and 808s in country and rap, which has “blurred lines, making collaborations feel less forced and more like a shared language.”
BigXthaPlug will follow the success of “All the Way” with a country-trap project this summer that will include guest appearances from Jelly Roll, Post Malone and Shaboozey. Even though the Dallas native never listened to country music growing up, he has felt a warm welcome from the Nashville community. “My fan base is the country world’s fan base,” he says. “They was messing with me, [but] now it’s a full acceptance.”
This story appears in the May 31, 2025, issue of Billboard.
This week’s crop of new tunes features fresh music from Hudson Westbrook, Madeline Merlo, Gavin Adcock, Dylan Scott and Lauren Watkins. Westbrook and Scott offer up amorous new songs while Watkins and Merlo each delve into non-linear trajectory of heartache’s aftermath. Beyond love and loss, Adcock’s latest finds him singing of bad decisions and corresponding consequences.
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Find all of these and more in Billboard‘s roundup of the best new country songs of the week below.
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Hudson Westbrook, “Texas Forever”
Westbook offers up one of his most tenderly sentimental tracks to date on this song touting how some things will forever be entwined, such as the words “Texas Forever” and his unyielding affections with his lover, even as he has to leave home for the road. “The highway’s in my veins, but you’ll always have my heart,” he sings, further evincing his talents as a dynamic country vocalist. The song is the title track to his upcoming debut album, out July 25.
Madeline Merlo, “Middle of the Bed”
This plaintive slice of pop-country centers on a post-heartbreak healing process that isn’t quite complete. Fusing her honeyed vocal with a slick, prominent instrumentation that captures both the freeing feeling of being emotionally on the mend, while still hinting at how moments of brooding and longing flare up in the darkest nights. “I reach for you like we ain’t broke up/ For a second even wonder where you went,” she sings. “Middle of the Bed” is featured on Merlo’s most recent EP, One House Down (From The Girl Next Door).
Gavin Adcock, “Morning Bail”
Just days after being arrested in Tennessee on charges of reckless driving and violation of open container laws, Adcock seemingly tipped his hat to the incident in his new release, “Morning Bail.” “I gotta quit drinkin’ on a broken heart,” he sings, pouring his grainy vocal over cut-to-the-quick lyrics about a night of drinking that quickly gets out of hand. Adcock has quickly gained a reputation as rowdy performer as comfortable with a rollicking barn-burner as he is with a confessional, unfiltered track, and this song only adds to that status.
Lauren Watkins, “I’ll Get Through It”
Watkins revels in a confident swagger on this jaunty, uptempo track aimed at helping the brokenhearted dance through the pain–with the help of some songs on the jukebox and a favored alcohol. “I got a hangover in store/ But just like you walking out that door/ I’ll get through it,” she sings, infusing the song with an unapologetic, grit-your-teeth determination. The song offers a taste of her musical evolution since her 2024 project The Heartbroken Record, and fans will get to hear more when she makes her Grand Ole Opry debut June 20.
Dylan Scott, “Till I Can’t, I Will”
A steady, hard-driving rhythm underpins this hearty, romantic track, which finds Scott declaring his enduring affections for his lover. Vocally, he delivers this track with an easygoing charisma. Featured on Scott’s new album Easy Does It, this song is upbeat, breezy and ripe for summer tour dates. Scott wrote the song with Jesse Frasure, Ashley Gorley, Chase McGill and Taylor Phillips.
Miley Cyrus thinks that Billy Ray Cyrus‘ new romance with Elizabeth Hurley is something beautiful.
In an interview with The New York Times published Saturday (May 31), the pop star was candid about her thoughts regarding her father’s relationship with the English actress, which she compared to mom Tish Cyrus finding love again with actor Dominic Purcell. “As I’ve gotten older, I’m respecting my parents as individuals instead of as parents,” Miley began.
“My mom’s really loved my dad for her whole life, and I think being married to someone in the music industry and not being a part of it is obviously really hard,” she continued. “And so I think I took on some of my mom’s hurt as my own, because it hurt her more than it hurt me as an adult, and so I owned a lot of her pain. But now that my mom is so in love with my stepdad, who I completely adore, and now that my dad, I see him finding happiness, too — I can love them both as individuals instead of as a parental pairing.”
“I’m being an adult about it,” she added. “At first it’s hard, because the little kid in you reacts before the adult in you can go, ‘Yes, that’s your dad, but that’s just another person that deserves to be in his bliss and to be happy.’ My child self has caught up.”
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The “Flowers” singer’s parents were married for nearly 30 years before divorcing in 2022, after which Tish — who has worked for years as Miley’s manager — married Purcell in August 2023. Two months later, Billy Ray would marry singer-songwriter Firerose, though the “Achy Breaky Heart” crooner would file for divorce after seven months of marriage in 2024.
Billy Ray has since started dating Hurley, with the couple making their relationship Instagram official on Easter. “She’s so impressively brilliant,” he said of his Christmas in Paradise costar on Apple Music’s The Ty Bentli Show in April. “She reminds me a lot of Dolly Parton. She’s a very smart businesswoman. If you can laugh together, you can make it through everything.”
Throughout the changes in Tish and Billy Ray’s love lives, rumors that Miley was estranged from her dad continuously circulated. In May, however, the Grammy winner put those to bed with a statement on Instagram Stories, writing, “My dad and I have had our challenges over the years … I’m at peace knowing bridges have been built and time has done a lot of healing.”
While speaking to NYT, Miley doubled down. “No,” she replied when asked whether she was “still estranged” from Billy Ray. “I think timing is everything.”
As for her mom, the Hannah Montana alum recently paid tribute to Tish on “End of the World,” one of the singles from new album Something Beautiful, which dropped May 30. According to Miley, she wrote the track when her mom left her for a week to vacation in Italy, admitting, “I’m too old to feel that way, but that’s how I felt.”
“My mom called me and said: ‘I don’t know why, but I want to cry today,’” Miley added to NYT. “‘I’m looking out my window, and there’s nothing out there for me, because you’re back home.’”
Olivia Dean has announced details of her upcoming second studio album, The Art of Loving, and shared lead single “Nice to Each Other.” Dean will release her new LP on Sept. 26 via Capitol Records, and it will be the follow-up to 2023 debut Messy. Her debut album hit No. 4 on the U.K.’s Official […]
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JoJo Siwa and Chris Hughes have gone bed selfie official. The pair who appeared on Celebrity Big Brother UK earlier this year first sparked rumors of a possible romance after they seemed to get close during the taping of the series and Siwa broke up with her then-partner, Kath Ebbs, at the wrap party.
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Less than a month later, Siwa and Hughes appear to be the real deal. Both have been posting snuggly pictures together for the past few weeks. But after Hughes shared a snap of the happy couple in bed together on Snapchat on Sunday (June 1), with Siwa, 22, resting her head on a shirtless Hughes’ chest, Siwa told The Guardian newspaper that “it’s not platonic anymore, and it’s been a beautiful development, a beautiful connection, and I’m absolutely head-over-heels for him and he’s the same way.”
Siwa and Hughes appeared to bond on Big Brother after Hughes stood up for the singer when cast member Mickey Rourke, 72, made a series of homophobic remarks he later apologized for. In the Guardian interview, Siwa appeared to swat away suggestions that the pair were playing up their romance for the cameras before their run in the house ended.
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“No, this is a very genuine connection, we’re not faking a thing,” Siwa — who dated Mark Bontempo in 2020 before coming out as queer and dating a series of women — told the paper. As for suggestions that their made-on-TV romance is a PR stunt for the cameras from the performer who has been in the public eye since bursting onto the scene more than a decade ago on Dance Moms, Siwa said that’s not at all the case.
“Clearly, you’ve never been around us. I won’t ever speak for him, but for me personally, the happiness in my life just radiates off of me right now,” she said. “Literally yesterday, I was massaging my cheeks; I’ve never [before] been in pain from smiling so much.”
Siwa and Hughes are all over each others’ feeds, with Hughes playing a big role in a series of pics JoJo posted around her May 19 birthday, including a roll of snaps in which they share a cozy breakfast, Hughes stacks up a pile of gifts for Siwa and another bed selfie where they are smiling at the camera.