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10 Apr 2023

Nick Cannon Makes the Rounds as the Easter Bunny for Several of His 12 Kids

Nick Cannon was quite the busy bunny on Sunday as he visited several of his children and their mothers for the Easter holiday.

The host of The Masked Singer donned his own Easter Bunny costume for the occasion to surprise his tots, including Zion Mixolydian, Zillion Heir and Beautiful Zeppelin with Abby De La Rosa; Legendary Love with Bre Tiesi; and Halo Marie with Alyssa Scott (see a pic here).

Meanwhile, Mariah Carey helped her own Easter Bunny hide a giant golden egg in the backyard for twins Moroccan and Monroe — though it was a markedly different bunny costume than the one her ex-husband donned in all the other photos on social media.

According to her Instagram Stories, LaNisha Cole spent Easter Sunday on the Santa Monica Pier with 6-month-old Onyx Ice and filmmaker Brian Paul Kuba. And Brittany Bell’s three kids — Golden Sagon, Powerful Queen and Rise Messiah — took their own adorable portraits with the Easter Bunny in their Sunday best, while Cannon shared a sweet snap of baby Rise in his own Easter basket.

While he shares 12 kids with six different women, Cannon recently opened up in a recent interview with The Shade Room that he wishes he had also had kids with his Love Don’t Cost a Thing co-star and ex-girlfriend Christina Milian, whom he dated from 2003 to 2005. In the very same chat, he referred to Carey — whom he was married to from 2008 to 2016 — as both a “gift from God” and “the coolest person I ever met.”

10 Apr 2023

10 Cool New Pop Songs to Get You Through the Week: Ellie Goulding, NewJeans, JP Saxe & More

Looking for some motivation to help power you through the start of another work week? We feel you, and with some stellar new pop tunes, we’ve got you covered.

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These 10 tracks from artists including Ellie Goulding, NewJeans, JP Saxe and more will get you energized to take on the week. Pop any of these gems into your personal playlists — or scroll to the end of the post for a custom playlist of all our 2023 pop faves.

Ellie Goulding, “Just For You”

“When I listen back to it I visualize myself floating, slowly downwards but never falling,” Ellie Goulding says of her new full-length Higher Than Heaven in a press release, and album highlight “Just For You” does provide that feeling of gradual, serene collapse. Goulding has long excelled at this type of sleek synth-pop track, but “Just For You” sounds especially centered in its dance floor shimmer, the rush of the bridge hovering above warm sighs and coos. – J.L.

JP Saxe, “I Don’t Miss You”

JP Saxe’s new single was co-written by, and features guitar work from, his current touring partner, John Mayer — and you can hear his influence on the song’s pillowy melodies and Saxe’s relaxed vocal approach. The intensity of recent singles like “When You Think of Me” suited Saxe’s range well, but a song like “I Don’t Miss You” offers an unexpected, delightful release of the thematic and sonic tension that’s been building in the singer-songwriter’s catalog. – J.L.

Wallice, “Best Friend”

When Wallice tours with The 1975 later this summer, new single “Best Friend” is going to hit those sprawling crowds like a shot of adrenaline: regardless of whether or not you know the lyrics to the chorus, that hook flares up with abandon and the guitars buzz like the song is angling for spins on a long-lost ‘90s alt-rock radio station. The last 10 seconds of “Best Friend” offer the listener a chance to his or her breath, and considering the preceding swirl, it’s much-needed. – J.L.

Overmono, “Good Lies”

While British duo Overmono have been sharing previews of new album Good Lies over the past few months, the title track demonstrates just how far the electronic pair is reaching: the entrancing two-step that Smerz’s voice follows on the track, paired with the waning synths, helps underline the festival-ready power of that garage beat kicking in. “Good Lies” sounds primed to make a lot of people groove along in unison, in a way that Overmono hasn’t quite unlocked before now. – J.L.

Ricky Montgomery, “Eraser”

The central push-pull of Ricky Montgomery’s new single “Eraser” is in the declarative statements and rhetorical questions, as the singer-songwriter tries to grapple with who he is and how life’s lessons can help prepare him for the next phase of his professional and personal life. And while “Eraser” is defined by that searching, the songwriting is rendered with such care and succinct messaging that the listener can’t help but pay attention to Montgomery, whose Warner Records debut arrives later this year. – J.L.

Mahalia, “Terms and Conditions”

Mahalia has described new single “Terms and Conditions” as “a love letter to myself whilst being a warning to others”; that might read as defensive, but the track bathes the listener in self-sufficient power, with the R&B star examining her boundaries while encouraging others to set their own. “Terms and Conditions” finds Mahalia applying her technical skill to a successful songwriting concept, and using that compound to send her artistry upward. – J.L.

Corook, “CGI”

The type of breathy funk-pop that Corook attempts to pull off on new track “CGI” often includes a high degree of difficulty, but (unlike too much actual CGI) the movements come across naturally, as if Corook’s recording career has been winding up to eventually strike this pose. In some ways, they have: “CGI” is about the intense attraction Corook feels for their girlfriend after five years together, grounding a universal feeling in a personal reality. – J.L.

Yaeji, “Passed Me By”

All of Yaeji’s striking new album, With A Hammer, is worth perusing, but new single “Passed Me By” best encapsulates her ambition, shapeshifting into different melodies and mixes in jarring fashion — but also giving the listener a drooping “na-na-na” hook to grab onto and shake for all its worth. Yaeji’s voice (and the way that it’s produced) will always be a calling card, but the manipulation of the scenery around that voice is what makes “Passed Me By” truly sing. – J.L.

NewJeans, “Zero”

NewJeans have made their return, but not in a typical way — the K-pop girl group’s newest single, “Zero,” actually serves double duty as an advertisement for Coca-Cola’s zero-calorie beverage. The result is as refreshing as a cold sip: incorporating a well-known Korean nursery rhyme dating back to the 1940s into the catchy chorus (“coca cola mashita”/“coca cola is delicious”), the track is infectious while pushing the group’s sonic boundaries through use of sputtering, bouncy breakcore beats. – Starr Bowenbank

Baby Storme, “Alt Disco”

Baby Storme gives Jenna Ortega’s iconic dance in Wednesday a second life in the video for her new track “Alt Disco.” Shedding the pain and heartache discussed in previously released track, “Painkillers,” the New York native is ready for a night on the town and brings her closest friends along for the ride. The sparse instrumental, which features light guitar work and synth, highlights the purity of Storme’s vocals and allows them to shine. – S.B.

10 Apr 2023

Howard Stern Is ‘Dumbfounded’ Over Kid Rock & Travis Tritt’s Transphobia

Howard Stern is speaking out following Kid Rock and Travis Tritt’s transphobic responses to trans activist Dylan Mulvaney teaming up with Anheuser-Busch to promote the brand’s Easy Carry Contest.

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“I thought there must be a piece of this story that I’m missing,” the host said during his SiriusXM radio show on Monday (April 10). “I’m not bothered by gay people or transsexual people. They don’t impact my life, they don’t hurt my life. I love when people are in love. You wanna be a woman? Be a woman. You wanna be a dude, be a dude. Be whatever you f—ing want. As long as you ain’t hurting anybody, I’m on your team.”

Stern’s thoughts come a week after Rock posted a video to his social media accounts wearing a white MAGA hat. “Grandpa’s feeling a bit frisky today,” he shared, adding that he wants to make his message as “clear and concise as possible.” He then shot a semi-automatic rifle at three cases of Bud Light, telling the camera, “F— Bud Light, and f— Anheuser-Busch.”

Tritt, meanwhile, shared a series of tweets announcing that he would no longer be working with Anheuser-Busch and removing all of the company’s products from his tour hospitality rider. “I know many other artists who are doing the same,” the singer claimed.

“I wish I could call Kid Rock and have him come on the show and just tell me ‘Why are you so upset about this? How is it hurtful?’ I don’t know why he got so upset,” Stern continued. “Kid Rock, I know him. He’s got a great life. He transitioned from some kid in Michigan to a rock superstar! I’m really dumbfounded by why someone would care so much that they would blow up a can of Bud Light and say, ‘F— Anheuser-Busch.’ I don’t get it.”

Stern added that Rock himself is “flamboyant in his own way,” often wearing “a feather boa, maybe a mink coat” to his show when he would join as a guest. “I feel Kid Rock, his songs are all about living life the way you want, ‘I’m doing my thing man and f— you if you’re not with me,” he continued, then turning his thoughts to Tritt. “Travis Tritt’s statement was, ‘Other artists who are deleting Anheuser-Busch products from their hospitality rider might not say so in public for fear of being ridiculed and canceled. I have no such fear.’ I would like to interview the guy. I’m coming from a place of, ‘Why you care so much?’”

In a statement received by Billboard since the controversy, a Anheuser-Busch spokesperson said, “Anheuser-Busch works with hundreds of influencers across our brands as one of many ways to authentically connect with audiences across various demographics. From time to time we produce unique commemorative cans for fans and for brand influencers, like Dylan Mulvaney. This commemorative can was a gift to celebrate a personal milestone and is not for sale to the general public.”

10 Apr 2023

Jimin Stars in Sparkling New Tiffany & Co. Campaign

Tiffany & Co. unveiled its newest campaign on Monday (April 10) starring BTS‘ Jimin alongside Zöe Kravitz and Gal Gadot.

Titled “This Is Tiffany,” the campaign features the K-pop idol draped in a number of dazzling pieces from the luxury brand’s signature Tiffany HardWear collection, including a pavé diamond-encrusted link necklace and matching bracelet — both of which sparkle against his sleek, black tuxedo jacket.

“Gentlemen, start your engines. House ambassador Jimin of BTS is going places in Tiffany HardWear,” Tiffany & Co. wrote on the company’s official Instagram account, sending ARMY into a frenzy over Jimin’s role as ambassador. “Exuding elegance in everything he does,” one fan commented, while another simply declared, “Jimin is the hottest man ever.”

“Our ‘This Is Tiffany’ campaign is an authentic homage to individual style,” said Alexandre Arnault, Tiffany & Co.’s evp of product and communication, in a statement. “We may make the jewelry but it’s house ambassadors like Zoë, Jimin of BTS and Gal who give meaning to the collections and make our pieces all their own.”

Jimin’s latest glitzy modeling campaign arrives right on the heels of his debut solo album FACE, which was released at the end of last month. The six-track project included singles “Set Me Free Pt. 2” and “Like Crazy” and rocketed to No. 2 on the Billboard 200. The latter single also delivered Jimin his first-ever solo No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, making him the first South Korean solo artist to top the all-genre tally in its nearly 65-year history.

Get a look at Jimin’s “This Is Tiffany” campaign below.

10 Apr 2023

Miley Cyrus’ ‘Flowers’ Tops Billboard Global Charts, Jisoo’s ‘Flower’ Blooms at No. 2

Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” remains the biggest song in the world, as it adds an 11th week at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated April 15).

Plus, Jisoo becomes the third member of BLACKPINK to have hit the top 10 on each chart, as her single “Flower” debuts at No. 2 on both rankings. Additionally, Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma’s “Ella Baila Sola” reaches the top 10 of both tallies, rising to No. 8 on Global Excl. U.S. and No. 9 on the Global 200.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. surveys, 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.

Here’s the Dirt on ‘Flowers’ & ‘Flower’ on Global 200

Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” logs an 11th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200. It ties The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber’s “Stay” (2021) for the third-longest command since the Global 200 began, after only Harry Styles’ “As It Was” (15 weeks, 2022) and Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (13 weeks, 2020-23).

Jisoo’s “Flower” sprouts at No. 2 on the Global 200 with 108.7 million streams and 21,000 sold worldwide in its first week, ending April 6, following its March 31 release.

Jisoo becomes the third member of star South Korean pop quartet BLACKPINK to have hit the Global 200’s top 10 solo. Here’s a recap of their solo top 10 hits:

Rosé, “On the Ground,” No. 1 (one week), March 27, 2021
Lisa, “Lalisa,” No. 2, Sept. 25, 2021
Jisoo, “Flower,” No. 2, April 15, 2023

As a group, BLACKPINK boasts four Global 200 top 10s, including two No. 1s: “Pink Venom” (for two weeks last September) and “Shut Down” (one week, last October). (The foursome’s Jennie has yet to hit the Global 200. Still, the first member of the group to release solo music, she topped Billboard’s World Digital Song Sales chart with “Solo” in December 2018, before the global surveys began.)

Also notably, “Flower” makes the third-biggest streaming start for an artist’s proper debut focus track since the global charts originated. Its 108.7 million first-week streams worldwide trail only the opening frames of Lisa’s “Lalisa” (152.6 million, Sept. 25, 2021) and Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” (130.1 million, Jan. 23, 2021).

The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Die for You” holds at No. 3 on the Global 200, after reaching No. 2; Jimin’s “Like Crazy” drops 2-4 in its second week; and Rema and Selena Gomez’s “Calm Down” rebounds 6-5, after hitting No. 3 in January.

Also in the Global 200’s top 10, Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma’s “Ella Baila Sola” ascends 11-9, with 63.9 million streams (up 23%) and 1,000 sold (up 24%) worldwide.

Quartet Eslabon Armado, from California, achieves its first Global 200 top 10, while Peso Pluma, from Mexico, adds his second, in as many weeks: “La Bebe,” with Yng Lvcas, holds at its No. 7 high in its second week in the region.

Cyrus, Jisoo Also Nos. 1 & 2 on Global Excl. U.S.

As on the Global 200, Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” claims an 11th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart. Only Harry Styles’ “As It Was” has led longer since the latter list began (13 weeks, 2022).

Jisoo’s “Flower” debuts at No. 2 on Global Excl. U.S. with 103.3 million streams and 16,000 sold outside the U.S. March 31-April 6.

Jisoo is the third member of BLACKPINK to have reached the Global Excl. U.S. top 10 solo, as she earns the fourth solo top 10 hit among them. Here’s a recap of their solo top 10s:

Rosé, “On the Ground,” No. 1 (one week), March 27, 2021
Lisa, “Lalisa,” No. 2, Sept. 25, 2021
Lisa, “Money,” No. 7, Oct. 23, 2021
Jisoo, “Flower,” No. 2, April 15, 2023

BLACKPINK has notched four Global Excl. U.S. top 10s, including three No. 1s: “Lovesick Girls” (for one week in October 2020), “Pink Venom” (three weeks, last September) and “Shut Down” (one week, last October).

Jimin’s “Like Crazy” descends 2-3 in its second week on Global Excl. U.S.; Karol G and Shakira’s “TQG” falls 3-4, after it debuted at No. 1 on the March 11 chart; and The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Die for You” drops 4-5, after reaching No. 3.

Elsewhere in the Global Excl. U.S. top 10, Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma’s “Ella Baila Sola” jumps 12-8, led by 46.3 million streams (up 24%). Eslabon Armado earns its first top 10 on the tally, while Peso Pluma banks his second; “La Bebe,” with Yng Lvcas, ranks at No. 7, a week after reaching the tier with a 20-6 vault.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated April 15, 2023) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (April 11). 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 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.

10 Apr 2023

Dee Snider on Letting Gun Control Advocates Use ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’: ‘Sometimes You Have to Say Enough is Enough’

Dee Snider isn’t gonna take it anymore. The Twisted Sister singer says the time has come to stand up to those who would use his band’s most famous song to promote conspiracy theories.

“QAnon uses it all the time as their battle cry,” Snider tells Billboard about the long-running conspiracy theory that posits that the world is run by a shadowy group of Satan-worshiping pedophiles that allegedly includes prominent Democrat politicians and Hollywood celebrities.

“And people are like, ‘Dee, you support QAnon?’ No I do not so I need to speak out,” he adds as an explanation for why he recently agreed to a fan’s request to use his band’s 1984 Billboard Hot 100 No. 21 hit “We’re Not Gonna Take It” as their anthem in the decadeslong fight to ban the type of military-style assault weapons frequently used in mass shootings in the U.S.

So, when it came to tying the song to intelligent gun control, Snider, a proud gun owner, said the answer was simple: “Yeah, I support this cause. It’s an important one.” In fact, when the request came in, Snider’s exact words in an enthusiastic tweet were, “I am a gun owner… That said, HELL YEAH YOU CAN USE ‘WE’RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT’ AS YOUR ANTHEM! Assault weapons were never meant for anything but combat!”

Asked if he made the decision in the wake of the recent mass shooting at Nashville’s Covent School in which the assailant killed three 9-year-old children and three adults, Snider said, “it goes on and on. In the wake of the one before that and the one before that. It’s just insane, it’s ridiculous and it’s something we just talk about forever.”

As Snider suggested, following the nation’s 132nd mass shooting so far this year — there was yet another one on Monday (April 10) in Louisville in which four people were killed and eight injured — gun rights advocates are afraid “to give an inch because people will take a mile. We’ve seen that with so many things before, but sometimes you have to say enough is enough.”

Snider — who was revealed last week as Doll on The Masked Singer — said that when he wrote “We’re Not Gonna Take It” he purposely left the meaning open to interpretation, even as he confirms that the underlying message is one about “everybody’s freedom and rights.” But, as he’s been vocal about in the past, he sometimes “disagrees strongly” with some of the people who’ve co-opted it and made it seem like he supports their cause.

Case in point, after initially giving his Celebrity Apprentice boss and friend Donald Trump permission to use his band’s signature rebel anthem on the campaign trail during the recently indicted one-term president’s first White House bid in 2016, Snider later asked The Donald to stop playing it at his rallies.

At the time he said, “It wasn’t an endorsement. We all have friends who have different views politically but you can go on vacation with them… But I had to ask him to stop using the song. I said, ‘I didn’t realize some of the things you were going to represent — the wall, banning Muslims. I can’t get behind some of these things,’ and he said ‘OK’ and stopped using it and that was it.”

Check out Snider’s tweets below.

10 Apr 2023

Here’s Why Lizzo is Declaring Herself a ‘Disney Princess’ Following ‘Mandalorian’ Cameo

Lizzo is reasoning that she’s officially a Disney princess, and she’s got some sound logic to back it up. Following her cameo as the “Dutchess” of Plazir-15 in a recent episode of The Mandalorian, the 34-year-old hitmaker posted a TikTok declaring herself amongst the ranks of Cinderella, Mulan and Snow White.

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“YALL I JUST REALIZED THAT IM ROYALTY IN STAR WARS WHICH IS DISNEY WHICH MAKES ME A DISNEY PRINCESS,” she wrote in the TikTok, in which she confidently ruffles her hair and poses with a pair of sunglasses.

In her caption, though, the “Truth Hurts” musician did amend her statement to be slightly more accurate: “*Disney Dutchess.”

Fans in her comments were definitely down with the idea of Princess Lizzo, with one fan entertaining the idea: “Brunch with Princess Tiana, GRWM videos with Snow White, vacationing with Moana.”

“Screaming,” Lizzo replied to the commenter.

The Grammy winner guest starred in the Star Wars spinoff’s “Chapter 22: Guns for Hire” episode alongside Jack Black’s Captain Bombardier, the two of them playing leaders of the far-off planet Plazir-15. Pedro Pascal’s titular character crosses paths with the powerful couple while on a side quest search for the former crew of Bo-Katan (played by Katee Sackhoff).

“When I was a young girl my dad introduced me to Star Wars like a rite of passage,” Lizzo wrote April 6, one day after the episode aired on Disney+. “The [trilogies] are his favorite movies and quickly became mine. When Jon Favreau called me and offered the role of The Dutchess I cried all day wishing my dad was still with us cus he’d be so proud.”

“Star Wars was a dream I never thought was possible— but thanks to Jon, Bryce, and everyone in the galaxy I am now part of the ever-expanding saga of the stars,” she added. “I am in honorable company and forever grateful. This is The Way…. and May the Force be with you.”

10 Apr 2023

Morgan Wallen’s ‘Last Night’ Returns to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” rebounds to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. It first reigned four weeks earlier, marking the country singer-songwriter’s initial leader on the list.

The track is from Wallen’s LP One Thing at a Time, which spends a fifth week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated April 15, 2023) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (April 11). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Up 3-1 on the Hot 100, “Last Night,” released on Big Loud/Mercury/Republic Records, drew 35.1 million streams (down 2%) and 29.7 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 25%, good for the chart’s top Airplay Gainer award) and sold 10,000 downloads (up 1%) in the March 31-April 6 tracking week, according to Luminate.

The track tops the all-genre Streaming Songs chart for a fifth week; holds at No. 3 on Digital Song Sales, following a week at No. 1; and jumps 30-21 on Radio Songs. A growing multi-format radio hit, it ascends to No. 17 on the Country Airplay chart, No. 21 on Pop Airplay and No. 23 on Adult Pop Airplay.

“Last Night” concurrently leads the Hot Country Songs chart, which uses the same methodology as the Hot 100, for a ninth week. It became just the 20th song to have topped both tallies – and the first by a solo male unaccompanied by any other acts in over 42 years, since Eddie Rabbitt’s “I Love a Rainy Night” ruled Hot Country Songs for a week in January 1981 and the Hot 100 for two weeks that February-March.

As “Last Night” has now ruled Hot Country Songs for nine weeks and the Hot 100 for two, it’s the first song with multiple weeks atop each chart since Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” (10 and three weeks at No. 1, respectively) in 2012. It’s the first such hit by a solo male and no accompanying acts since Glen Campbell’s “Rhinestone Cowboy” (three and two weeks, respectively) in 1975. The only other titles by unaccompanied solo males to have topped Hot Country Songs and the Hot 100 for multiple weeks each: Charlie Rich’s “The Most Beautiful Girl” (1973), Bobby Goldsboro’s “Honey” (1968), Jimmy Dean’s “Big Bad John” (1961), Marty Robbins’ “El Paso” (1959-60) and Johnny Horton’s “The Battle of New Orleans” (1959).

SZA’s “Kill Bill” rises 4-2 on the Hot 100, adding an eighth week at its No. 2 high. It wins top Sales Gainer honors (6,000, up 158%, helped by 69-cent sale-pricing in the iTunes Store), as it zooms 25-8 to become her fifth top 10 on Digital Song Sales.

“Kill Bill” simultaneously dominates the multi-metric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot R&B Songs charts for a 16th week each. On Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, it passes Mary J. Blige’s “Be Without You” (15 weeks at No. 1 in 2006) for the longest reign for a song by a woman in a lead role since the survey became an all-encompassing genre chart in 1958.

Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” slips 2-3 on the Hot 100, after eight weeks at No. 1, starting upon its debut in January. It logs an eighth week atop Radio Songs (102.2 million in audience, down 4%).

Metro Boomin, The Weeknd and 21 Savage’s “Creepin’ ” rebounds 5-4 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 3; The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Die for You” lifts 6-5, following a week at No. 1 in March; and PinkPantheress and Ice Spice’s “Boy’s a Liar, Pt. 2” pushes 7-6, after hitting No. 3.

Rema and Selena Gomez’s “Calm Down” climbs 8-7 for a new Hot 100 high. It tops the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart for a 32nd week, extending the longest command since the list began a year ago (in partnership with music festival and global brand Afro Nation).

Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero” reverses course, 9-8, on the Hot 100, following a personal-best eight weeks at No. 1 in November-January. It has spent 23 weeks in the top 10 – one week shy of Swift’s longest stay in the region, set by “Shake It Off” in 2014-15.

Coi Leray’s “Players” rises 10-9 on the Hot 100, returning to its best rank, as it leads the multi-metric Hot Rap Songs chart for a fourth week.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Bailey Zimmerman’s “Rock and a Hard Place” re-enters the tier, up 13-10, revisiting its best rank first reached two weeks earlier. As previously reported, the songs tops Country Airplay for a third week.

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated April 15), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (April 11).

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.

10 Apr 2023

Mariah Carey Celebrates Easter With ‘Bunny Kisses’ & a ‘Huge Side of Gratitude for All!’

Mariah Carey took to social media on Sunday (April 9) to give the Lambs a peek at her festive Easter celebrations with Dem Babies and friends.

“Happy Easter!!” the singer captioned a video featuring a late-night visit from none other than the Easter Bunny himself. As an instrumental version of her 2008 single “I’ll Be Lovin’ U Long Time” plays, a pajama-clad Carey sneaks the Easter Bunny downstairs to help him plant a giant golden egg in the backyard for her 11-year-old twins to find in the morning.

The Lambily absolutely loved seeing the certified Queen of Christmas teaming up with yet another holiday icon, with one writing, “DANG you know the Easter bunny too?! I’m envious.” Another fan was using Mariah’s discography for their own Easter celebrations, “Happy Easter to you and your family Queen! Currently listening to Fly Like a Bird on this Holy Sunday…love you!”

In another clip posted hours later, Mimi wrote, “Bunny kisses and orange soda with a huge side of Gratitude for All! Happy Easter!” and showed off the sweet gray bunny she’d adopted for the holiday. (“Does he eat, like, little carrots and stuff?” she asks as Roc and Roe play with their new pet in the grass.)

The Elusive Chanteuse, who’s set to headline L.A.’s Pride in the Park along with Megan Thee Stallion this coming June, most recently celebrated her latest “anniversary” of turning a year older with a tropical vacation that involved jumping off yachts and nearly swimming with sharks.

Check out Mariah’s bunny-filled Easter festivities below.

10 Apr 2023

ABBA Guitarist Lasse Wellander Dies at 70: ‘He Will Be Deeply Missed & Never Forgotten’

Lasse Wellander, longtime guitarist for ABBA, has died at 70, the band confirmed in a statement on Monday (April 10). A second statement was posted to Wellander’s official Facebook page, and revealed that he passed away on Friday, April 7, due to cancer.

“Lasse was a dear friend, a fun guy and a superb guitarist. The importance of his creative input in the recording studio as well as his rock solid guitar work on stage was immense,” band members Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Frida (Anni-Frid) Lyngstad wrote in an Instagram post featuring the late guitarist.

ABBA concluded its Instagram statement by adding, “We mourn his tragic and premature death and remember the kind words, the sense of humour, the smiling face, the musical brilliance of the man who played such an integral role in the ABBA story. He will be deeply missed and never forgotten.”

A statement on the late artist’s Facebook page was also remembered the guitarist. “It is with indescribable sadness that we have to announce that our beloved Lasse has fallen asleep. Lasse recently fell ill in what turned out to be spread cancer and early on Good Friday he passed away, surrounded by his loved ones,” the message read. “You were an amazing musician and humble as few, but above all you were a wonderful husband, father, brother, uncle and grandfather. Kind, safe, caring and loving … and so much more, that cannot be described in words. A hub in our lives, and it’s unbelievable that we now have to live on without you.”

While Wellander was not a part of ABBA’s core lineup, he served as the group’s lead guitarist for decades, starting in 1974, and played on several of ABBA’s recordings, live concerts and tours in 1975, 1977, 1979 and 1980. Most recently, Wellander’s guitar playing appeared on ABBA’s 2021 album, Voyage, which hit No. 2 on the Billboard 200.

Wellander also had a series of musical endeavors outside of ABBA, first dating back to 1968 and his teenage years while playing in Peps & Blues Quality, which later reformed to become Nature with Mats Ronander as its singer and harmonica player. (When Nature disbanded in 1977, Wellander and Ronander teamed up to form Wellander & Ronander.)

Other groups the guitarist played in included Zkiffz (1980), Little Mike and the Sweet Soul Music Band (1983–1986), Stockholm All Stars (1985–1988), Low Budget Blues Band (1983–1994) and the Vikings (2004). Wellander recorded solo music of his own through the 1970s to 1990s, and went on a hiatus of making his own material until 2017, when he released multiple singles and an album, Lasse Wellander 2017/2018. His latest solo release was single “O Come, All Ye Faithful” in November of 2022.