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21 Nov 2025

Sebastian Yatra, Maria Becerra & More: Who Had the Best New Latin Music Release This Week?

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This week, Billboard’s New Music Latin playlist — curated by Billboard Latin and Billboard Español editors — features fresh new music including Maria Becerra’s third studio album Quimera, Tainy and Karol G’s melancholic reggaetón “Única” and “LA FKN VIBRA,” a first collaborative effort by Sebastian Yatra and Xavi.

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On her new studio album, Becerra opens up about a dark moment in her life following a second ectopic pregnancy that led to her hospitalization. It was during her recovery that the Argentine artist created her 17-track project, bringing to life four alter egos: Shanina, Gladys, Jojo and Maite.

“I had just gone through a very difficult health situation, a huge loss,” she recently told Billboard. “I was in a very hopeless, sad and empty emotional state … it was a harsh dose of reality. I went through many phases. When I was at my peak of recovery, that was the Jojo moment — unconsciously, everything was connected to my recovery and my emotional states.”

Also new this week, Sebastian Yatra and Xavi joined forces on “LA FKN VIBRA,” a catchy reggaetón song with subtle regional Mexican melodies that best represent those who know how to live life to the fullest and simply understand the vibe.

Other new releases this week include Santa Fe Klan’s new album, Baile Cholo, a unique collab between Arcángel and Grupo Firme, and Kany García’s latest tune. Which release this week do you think is best? Give these new releases a spin and vote for your favorite new Latin music release below:

Editor’s Note: The results of the weekly New Music Latin poll will be posted if the poll generates more than 1,000 votes. This poll closes at 7:30 a.m. ET on Monday, Nov. 24.

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21 Nov 2025

A New ‘Favorite Country Song’: HARDY Scores His Fifth Top 10 on Country Airplay Chart

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HARDY cracks the top 10 of Billboard’s Country Airplay chart for a fifth time as “Favorite Country Song” surges 12-7 on the list dated Nov. 29, up 17% to 20.5 million in audience Nov. 14-20, according to Luminate.

The track, which HARDY cowrote alongside six others, including Nate Smith, reaches the region almost two years after “Truck Bed” last put him there in February 2024. That song went all the way, becoming his third No. 1 that March, further cementing his momentum as both an artist and a writer.

“Favorite Country Song” is just one piece of HARDY’s current chart impact. He’s on the list three times over as his own rising hit joins two Morgan Wallen singles with a HARDY writing credit. HARDY cowrote Wallen’s “I Got Better,” which topped the chart in October and ranks at No. 6, as well as “I Ain’t Coming Back” (featuring Post Malone), at a new No. 24 high (8.2 million, up 10%).

HARDY has stacked 14 Country Airplay No. 1s as a cowriter, including three that he recorded, a run that began with Wallen’s “Up Down” (featuring Florida Georgia Line) in 2018. To date, 41 songs by 31 artists have reached the chart with HARDY’s name in the liner notes as a writer.

Dawn of ‘Midnight’

Nate Smith shows up elsewhere on Country Airplay as he and Tyler Hubbard bow at No. 34 with “After Midnight” with 4.6 million in audience. The track gives Smith his second-highest debut, following “Drinkin’ Buddies,” his 2024 collaboration with Lee Brice and Hailey Whitters, which opened and peaked at No. 26 that May. It’s Hubbard’s fourth top 40 premiere as a solo act (apart from his output in Florida Georgia Line); he started at a No. 19 best with “Undivided,” with Tim McGraw (an eventual No. 16 hit), in 2021.

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21 Nov 2025

Bunnie Xo Reveals She Has to Turn Herself in to Jail: ‘I’m Going to Vlog It’

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Bunnie Xo is headed to the slammer, and she’s taking fans with her. As revealed on the Friday (Nov. 21) episode of her Dumb Blonde podcast, the host — who is married to Jelly Roll — has to turn herself in to serve time for unknowingly driving for years with a suspended license, with everything apparently tying back to a minor driving incident from half a decade ago.

Broaching the subject with her characteristic bluntness, Bunnie broke the news to listeners by saying simply, “You guys, I’m going to jail.”

“Why would I not tell the internet this? I tell the internet everything anyways,” she continued, laughing. “So, uh, your girl got in trouble with the law.”

The YouTuber went on to explain that she was recently pulled over by an officer who, after running her information through his system, informed her that her license had been suspended over an unpaid ticket she’d gotten in 2020 while driving home from a family vacation in Alabama. “Do I remember getting this ticket?” she said. “Absolutely not.”

Bunnie said she immediately paid off the the ticket once it was brought to her attention, assuming that her license would be automatically reinstated as a result. She was wrong.

Cut to a few days ago, Bunnie was once again pulled over for speeding — a charge she jokingly said she could not “confirm or deny” — during which time she was informed by a different officer that her license was still invalid. “He’s like, ‘Sometime this week, you need to go down to the jail and book yourself in,’” she recalled on Dumb Blonde, emphasizing that she’d had no idea the entire time that she was committing an “arrestable offense.”

“I got my lawyer on it, whatever,” she added. “It looks like your girl is gonna have to go book herself in. If I do — you guys have seen all my past mug shots — I’m going in glammed the f–k up, baby, and I’m going to vlog it.”

As Bunnie touched on during the podcast, this isn’t the first time she’s had a brush with the law. Earlier in November, she shared seven mugshots from her past arrests on Instagram, including one from when she was 26 and was taken into custody after “soliciting an undercover cop on a casino floor.”

“I’m not ashamed of these photos,” she wrote at the time. “They remind me who I used to be, & how far grace has carried me.”

In the comments, Jelly Roll — who recently shared a video of himself tearing up over his new Grammy nominations and shaving off his beard for the first time in years — praised his wife. “I would have never became the man I am with out you,” he wrote at the time. It was your story that inspired mine, it was always you I was trying to be like.”

“While people talked about us, judged us, wished on our downfall, we just stayed the course and believed what God had for us no man could take away,” added the country star, who has also been open about spending time in and out of jail when he was younger.

Watch Bunnie explain why she’s turning herself into jail below.

21 Nov 2025

Every Musician Taylor Swift Has Name Dropped (Or Hinted At) In Her Songs

From Tim McGraw to 50 Cent, here are all the musicians Swift references across her 12 studio albums.

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Taylor Swift (L) and Stevie Nicks perform onstage during the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center on January 31, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.

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Taylor Swift has been collaborating with musicians for almost her entire career — but her lyrical references to musicians date back even further.

“Bubbly” singer Colbie Caillat was the first artist Swift tapped for a feature, joining her on “Breathe” from her second studio album, Fearless, in 2008. Since then, artists across genres, including Ed Sheeran, The Chicks, Kendrick Lamar, Lana Del Rey, Bon Iver and Sabrina Carpenter, have joined the pop superstar for a verse or two.

On the other hand, Swift’s first mention of a musician was on her debut single, “Tim McGraw,” which became her first Billboard Hot 100 hit when it debuted on the chart dated Sept. 23, 2006. “When you think Tim McGraw/ I hope you think my favorite song” was the lyric that took the country world by storm, introducing a then-17-year-old Swift to the music scene in Nashville. Swift was massive fan of McGraw at the time, and his music captured the high school relationship she wrote about in her freshman math class.

“Tim McGraw” was just the beginning. Swift has since name-dropped a number of famous faces in lyrics across her 12. “Dear John” probably includes her most infamous namedrop (albeit, never confirmed to be about John Mayer, but widely speculated). “Style” includes her most popular name drop (“You’ve got that James Dean, daydream look in your eye”). And The Tortured Poets Department album probably contains the most name drops across a handful of different songs.

Below, however, Billboard revisits only Swift’s musician name drops — whether direct or indirect — in chronological order. Check them out:

Tim McGraw

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Song: “Tim McGraw”

Album: Taylor Swift (2006)

Lyrics: “When you think Tim McGraw/ I hope you think my favorite song” and “When you think Tim McGraw/ I hope you think of me”

Swift’s history with name-dropping starts at the very beginning of her career with her 2006 debut single and first-ever Billboard chart entry. Not only is the song titled after the country legend who served as one of Swift’s idols growing up, she repeats his name throughout the chorus.
James Taylor

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Song: “Begin Again”

Album: Red (2012)

Lyric: “You said you never met one girl who had/ As many James Taylor records as you/ But I do”

On her fourth album’s closing track, Swift shares she’s ready to start anew following heartbreak. Throughout the song, she reflects on different memories of a past romance — and listening to singer-songwriter James Taylor was one of them.
[Richard] Burton & [Elizabeth] Taylor

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Song: “…Ready For It?”

Album: reputation (2017)

Lyric: “And he can be my jailer, Burton to this Taylor/ Every love I’ve known in comparison is a failure”

Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor infamously married and divorced twice, and on verse two of her reputation opener, she uses the failed relationship to highlight the media attention surrounding her love life. Her lover (at the time) knew the risks of dating Taylor Swift, but he loved her anyway — and she was convinced the relationship would be forever.
Drake

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Song: “I Forgot That You Existed”

Album: Lover (2019)

Lyric: “And I couldn’t get away from ya/ In my feelings more than Drake, so yeah”

On the first track of her first self-owned album, Swift shares plainly that she’s moving on. In her self reflection, she realizes she has spent way too much time thinking about her past lover, but she also doesn’t resent him for living in her mind rent-free: “It isn’t love, it isn’t hate, it’s just indifference.”
[Bruce] Springsteen

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Song: “London Boy”

Album: Lover (2019)

Lyric: “And you know I love Springsteen, faded blue jeans, Tennessee whiskey”

She’s an all-American girl, and he’s a British lad. Swift dives deep into U.K. culture in her bouncy Lover track, but not before she name checks the Jersey native alongside some of the most American things about her.
Este [Haim]

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Song: “no body, no crime” (feat. HAIM)

Album: evermore (2020)

Lyrics: “Este’s a friend of mine”, “Este’s been losing sleep”, “Este wasn’t there”, “Sleeps in Este’s bed and everything”, “Good thing Este’s sister’s gonna swear she was with me”

Taylor Swift writing about murder was not in our 2020 bingo card. On this evermore track, Swift tells a fictional story centered around a character with the same name as the featured band’s bassist and the narrator’s revenge plot to kill the man who allegedly killed her friend.
Janet [Jackson]

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Song: “Snow on the Beach” (feat. Lana Del Rey)

Album: Midnights (2023)

Lyric: “But your eyes are flying saucers from another planet/ Now I’m all for you like Janet”

Janet is such a common name that this subtle lyric in the somber Midnights track could almost be up for interpretation. But the words right before the namedrop confirm it is indeed a Miss Jackson reference: “All For You” is the title of her second-longest charting Billboard Hot 100 No. 1.
Charlie Puth

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Song: “The Tortured Poets Department”

Album: The Tortured Poets Department (2024)

Lyric: “You smoked and ate seven bars of chocolate/ We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist”

Although Charlie Puth is just one of several names mentioned in Swift’s 2024 album’s title track, his was the one that stood out most. The seemingly random namedrop of the current pop singer-songwriter initially felt out of place for a project with so many Victorian-era references. It does beg the question: Is Charlie Puth really underrated?
Patti Smith

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Song: “The Tortured Poets Department”

Album: The Tortured Poets Department (2024)

Lyric: “You’re not Dylan Thomas, I’m not Patti Smith/ This ain’t the Chelsea Hotel, we’rе modern idiots”

The title track of Swift’s eleventh studio album follows a developing relationship between two creatives, who are extremely self-aware of how pretentious they are. They know they aren’t renowned writers — like Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and singer-songwriter Patti Smith — by any means, but that doesn’t stop them from playing in to the “tortured poet” role.
The Blue Nile

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Song: “Guilty As Sin?”

Album: The Tortured Poets Department (2024)

Lyric: “Drownin’ in the Blue Nile/ He sent me ‘Downtown Lights’/ I hadn’t heard it in a while”

This TTPD track opens with a subtle nod to the 1980s Scottish band to help illustrate Swift’s conflict for having a crush when she knows she shouldn’t. The theme of the group’s 1989 song “The Downtown Lights” goes hand in hand, capturing a similar internal struggle.
Stevie Nicks

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Song: “Clara Bow”

Album: The Tortured Poets Department (2024)

Lyric: “You look like Stevie Nicks/ In ’75, the hair and lips/ Crowd goes wild at her fingertips/ Half moonshine, a full eclipse”

Swift’s non-Anthology edition closer of TTPD ends with some self-reflection. The title itself pays homage to a 1920s silent film star, but in mentioning the Fleetwood Mac star, she dives deeper into her love/hate relationship with fame.
Taylor Swift

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Song: “Clara Bow”

Album: The Tortured Poets Department (2024)

Lyric: “You look like Taylor Swift/ In this light, we’re lovin’ it/ You’ve got edge, she never did/ The future’s bright, dazzling”

Eighteen years into her career, Swift finally namedropped herself. For the very last lines to the standard version of her eleventh studio album, she passes on the torch — encouraging future pop stars to make their own name for themselves.
Elizabeth Taylor

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Song: “Elizabeth Taylor”

Album: The Life of a Showgirl (2025)

Lyric: “I’d cry my eyes violet, Elizabeth Taylor/ Tell me for real, do you think it’s forever?”

The second track to her twelfth album pays tribute to the iconic movie star, who Swift said herself “is one of the most ultimate, quintessential showgirls I could ever imagine.” Although Elizabeth Taylor is primarily an actress, she did have a few roles that required her to sing — most notably, in the 1977 film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music.
50 Cent

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Song: “Ruin the Friendship”

Album: The Life of a Showgirl (2025)

Lyric: “And it was not/ An invitation/ But as the 50 Cent song played/ Should’ve kissed you anyway”

Swift is bringing us back to high school with this feel-good Showgirl track. Her mention of 50 Cent helps paint the picture of a former crush who she wishes she took a chance with, even if it meant ruining the friendship. As for Fiddy’s reaction? He was thrilled.
…And Some Unconfirmed Mentions
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Sometimes, Swift’s namedrops aren’t as obvious. However, some fans have their theories. Check out the three unconfirmed musician mentions in her catalog below.

John Mayer
- Song: “Dear John”
- Album: Speak Now (2011)
- Lyrics: “Dear John, I see it all now that you’re gone” and “Dear John, I see it all now, it was wrong”
Lucy Dacus
- Song: “The Tortured Poets Department”
- Album: The Tortured Poets Department (2025)
- Lyrics: “Sometimes, I wonder if you’re gonna screw this up with me/ But you told Lucy you’d kill yourself if I ever leave”
Jack Antonoff
- Song: “The Tortured Poets Department”
- Album: The Tortured Poets Department (2025)
- Lyrics: “And I had said that to Jack about you, so I felt seen”

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21 Nov 2025

Whitesnake’s David Coverdale Waves a Poignant, Emotional Goodbye in Band’s Final Video For String-Laden Remix of ‘Forevermore’

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A week after announcing his retirement from music, Whitesnake singer David Coverdale, 74, added an emotional coda to his nearly six-decade music career. The group released the moving music video for a remix of the title track from the band’s 2011 album, “Forevermore,” produced by the singer and featuring a new orchestral arrangement from the Hook City Strings.

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The video directed by Payton Murphy is a trip down memory lane, featuring shots of a grey-haired Coverdale, famous for his flowing blonde hair, singing the tune’s nostalgic lyrics amid shots of his family and wife of 28 years Cindy Barker. “Looking back across the years/ The good times and the bad/ All echo in my mind,” Coverdale sings plaintively from a room festooned with candles and draped in white curtains, lamenting the mix of “sweet and bitter memories” he’s left behind.

“For you will be my life/ And I will feel your heart beat forevermore,” he croons while pounding his fist over his heart as the all-white-clad string players add a layer of extra gravitas to the already elegiac song in the clip that has the feel of a memorial video.

Coverdale revealed his plans to hang it up last week in an Instagram video in which he sipped a glass of wine while delivering the news. “Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, brothers and sisters of the Snake, a special announcement for you,” Coverdale said in the clip. “After 15 years plus… the last few years have been very evident to me that it’s time really for me to hang up my rock and roll platform shoes and my skin-tight jeans. And as you can see, we’ve taken care of the lion’s wig. But it’s time for me to call it a day. I love you dearly. I thank everyone who’s assisted and supported me on this incredible journey. All the musicians, the crew, the fans, the family. It’s amazing.”

In addition to fronting 1980s metal act Whitesnake — whose 1987 smash “Here I Go Again” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 28 weeks on the chart, followed by No. 2 hit “Is This Love” later that year — Englishman Coverdale replaced singer Ian Gillan in Deep Purple in 1973, fronting that band until their break-up in 1976. He released a pair of R&B/blues-influenced solo albums in the late 1970s before forming Whitesnake in 1979. He later also formed a duo with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, releasing the album Coverdale-Page in 1993.

In the ensuing years Coverdale bounced between more solo work and a series of reunions with Whitesnake until a sinus infection in 2022 stopped him from touring with the group.

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21 Nov 2025

‘Forget Me Nots’ Singer Patrice Rushen Is Among 2026 NEA Jazz Masters

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The National Endowment for the Arts has announced the 2026 recipients of the Jazz Masters Fellowship, billed as the highest award bestowed by the United States on jazz musicians and advocates. They are pianist, composer, musical director and educator Patrice Rushen; vocalist, composer and arranger Carmen Lundy; drummer, percussionist, composer and educator Airto Moreira; and jazz broadcaster Rhonda Hamilton, who is set to receive the 2026 A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship for Jazz Advocacy.

Rushen, Moreire and Lundy have all received Grammy nominations. Rushen also landed a top 30 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982 with “Forget Me Nots,” which has often been sampled and interpolated.

The NEA will honor the 2026 Jazz Masters at a free concert on Saturday, April 18, at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and streamed online.

“As we celebrate America’s 250th anniversary in 2026, the NEA is proud to also honor these individuals who have played a significant role in jazz, considered one of our country’s greatest cultural gifts to the world,” NEA senior advisor Mary Anne Carter said in a statement. “As with our nation, jazz is an art form with a rich heritage that continues to evolve, thanks to those who have dedicated their lives and creativity to this music over generations.”

The NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships are awarded to living individuals based on nominations from the public including members of the jazz community. NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships are $25,000. Since 1982, the National Endowment for the Arts has awarded 181 fellowships to important figures in jazz.

Rushen’s career has bridged jazz, R&B, classical and pop. Rushen was the first woman to serve as musical director for the Grammy Awards, the Emmy Awards and the NAACP Image Awards.

“It is an absolute honor to be named an NEA Jazz Master,” Rushen said in a statement. “To even be considered among those whose love of this art form has contributed to the music at the highest level, is an indescribable feeling. I am humbled and grateful.”

Hamilton played a key role in the early days of jazz radio station WBGO-FM and has served as a trusted guide for generations of jazz listeners, including in her current role as host of a weekday radio show on KKJZ-FM in Los Angeles.

Lundy’s artistry has significantly influenced modern jazz over a career spanning more than five decades and including more than 150 published songs.

Moreira is a defining voice in jazz percussion, proficient at instruments ranging from the tambourine to the bongos.

Visit the NEA site for more information about the 2026 NEA Jazz Masters.

21 Nov 2025

Ja Rule Clears Up Rumors He Was Jumped in New York City: ‘Not a Scratch on Me’

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Ja Rule was involved in a heated moment in New York City on Thursday (Nov. 21).

The incident was first reported by blogger Tasha K, who claimed on X that the Queens rapper was allegedly jumped outside of New York City restaurant Sei Less. Ja Rule later debunked the report on social media and posted the following on X: “Tasha why you lying to these good ppl,” he wrote. “Yes some b–ch a– n–as tried to jump me, No it wasn’t at sei less and I’m chilling smoking a joint watching SVP wit not a scratch on me.”

Upon hearing Ja’s response, Tasha corrected herself on Instagram, admitting she had incorrectly reported that it was at the restaurant. “As I said @jarule Story Developing…. Bottom line, I heard you got your a$$ beat… ain’t nobody lie on you… this is why I thought it was Sei Less.. they ran down on you tho… Glad you ok!! #Receipts,” she posted.

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A spokesperson for Sei Less tells Billboard that no incident occurred at the restaurant on Thursday.

The screenshots in question claiming an incident occurred that Tasha shared on social media were between her and an unknown source who allegedly witnessed Ja Rule’s attack at the Brandy and Monica concert. Video footage surfaced allegedly showing Ja’s attack, but without the indication on the location. Later, Ja Rule posted a clip of himself laughing off rumors and wrote, “Believe half of what you see and none of what you read…we good over here.”

Sources tell Billboard that a scuffle occurred at the side stage between Ja Rule and a group of men, but was contained shortly after by security. Billboard has reached out to Ja Rule’s reps for comment.

Before this incident, Ja Rule and his arch nemesis 50 Cent continued to be front-page material, as they’ve exchanged numerous shots this year, further elongating their longtime feud. Ja was recently on Carmelo Anthony’s 7 PM in Brooklyn Podcast, where he dissected his feud with 50.

“I felt like I made the better records,” he said at the time. “I feel like my records aged better, still. So, that’s how I feel inside. I don’t know how everybody else feels.”

He added: “You don’t gotta love both, but you gotta respect both. You gotta appreciate both, and that’s just what it is. Even in rap competitions and battles and beefs and s–t like that, I have a very different take on it than everybody does. He has a take on it that was his take.”

21 Nov 2025

Hilary Duff Announces First Album in 10 Years ‘Luck…or Something’ About Keeping Her ‘Head on Straight’ Through Fame

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OK, this is definitely what dreams are made of. Hilary Duff has announced that after more than a decade, she’s finally coming back with a new album titled Luck…or Something.

As revealed Friday (Nov. 21), the singer-actress’ first full-length since 2015’s Breath In. Breathe Out. is set to drop Feb. 20. “I am often asked how I still have my head on straight after growing up in this industry,” she said in a statement about the project. “The album title is my way of answering that question.”

“It’s luck, but there’s also a lot of weight in the ‘… or something,’” she continued. “Many of the things I’ve been through along the way are held there, and I feel like ultimately that’s what’s shaped me.”

Luck…or Something will be Duff’s sixth studio album. She dropped her first LP in 2002, starting off with holiday album Santa Claus Lane. The next year, she followed it up with Metamorphosis, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 — a feat she outdid in 2005 with her two-week chart-topping compilation Most Wanted.

On the cover of her new album, the Lizzie McGuire alum lies on a carpeted floor in a simple magenta sweater and sheer stockings, gazing up at the ceiling. The Luck…or Something tracklist will feature comeback single “Mature,” which Duff cowrote with her husband, producer Matthew Koma, and released on Nov. 6.

“‘Mature’ is a little conversation that my present self is having with my younger self,” the performer said of her song at the time it dropped. “The two of us are reflecting on a past experience and sending love to each other. It’s a chuckle, a wink and a sense of being grateful that we are sure footed in where we landed.”

Duff has been gearing up for a full-fledged musical comeback since September, when she signed a new label deal with Atlantic Records. She also has a docuseries tracking her return to music in the works.

Just ahead of Luck…or Something‘s release, Duff will embark on an intimate run of performances kicking off Jan. 19, featuring stops at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, HISTORY in Toronto, the new Brooklyn Paramount theater and the Wiltern in Los Angeles.

21 Nov 2025

Max B Returns to the Stage as Surprise Guest at Brandy & Monica’s NYC Show: ‘He’s Back’

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Max B touched down at Barclays Center for the first time when he appeared as a special guest on Brandy and Monica’s joint tour stop in Brooklyn on Thursday night (Nov. 20).

The Wave God hasn’t wasted any time since being released from prison earlier this month. Monica welcomed Max to the stage with a warm embrace, and the Harlem native shook up the shocked arena crowd. “Welcome home, my brother,” Monica said after performing “U Should’ve Known Better.”

“New York, stand up! He’s back,” Max shouted to the audience. “Where my ladies at, Barclays?” He led into a performance of his 2008 Wave Pack track “Sexy Love” to continue with another chapter added to his comeback tour.

Max B wasn’t the only special guest to pop out at Thursday’s show. Fabolous, Fat Joe, Ciara and Tyrese also made surprise appearances, as captured in videos by Billboard‘s Kyle Denis.

It feels like the Silver Surfer has lived 15 different lives and completed plenty of side quests in his two weeks since being released from prison after serving a 16-year sentence. For context, the Barclays Center opened 13 years ago in 2012, so it was Max’s first time checking out the house that Hov built.

Max B isn’t letting his foot off the gas as he looks to continue his winning streak with the release of new music. The Wave God is slated to drop off his The First Purge (Patient Zero) project on Black Friday (Nov. 28).

Watch his performance at Brandy and Monica’s show below:

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21 Nov 2025

John Summit’s Experts Only Festival Will Return in 2026: Here’s When Tickets Start Going on Sale

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John Summit announced Friday (Nov. 21) that his Experts Only festival will return for year two in 2026.

The news comes after a successful 2025 debut this past September, when the fest happened on Randall’s Island in New York City with a lineup including Summit collaborators and compatriots including Kaskade, Cassian, Green Velvet, Layton Giordani, LP Giobbi, Pete Tong and two headlining sets from Summit himself. The festival drew approximately 50,000 fans over its two days, organizers report.

Experts Only 2026 will happen Sept. 19-20. The event will once again be produced with in partnership with Medium Rare, Relentless Beats and EMW. A ticket presale happens on Nov. 25, with additional sales to be announced.

Experts Only Festival is, of course, named after Summit’s Experts Only label, which releases music by Summit and a crew of producers, and which ranked No. 1 on Beatport’s global label chart in 2024 and for much of 2025. Talking to Billboard about the label in September, Summit says throwing a festival to showcase all the music was “the obvious next step.” He added: “I’ve grown close friendships with everyone, too, so it’s going to feel like a family affair and not a big corporate festival where we just tried booking DJs that would sell as many tickets as possible.”

Meanwhile, Friday also saw the release of a drum and bass edit of Summit’s own remix of Delerium’s 1997 classic “Silence” by English producer Dimension. The track is out via Tomorrowland Music; listen to it below.

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