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Trending on Billboard More than a decade after first stringing together two No. 1s in a row on Billboard’s Adult Alternative Airplay chart, Of Monsters and Men does it a second time, topping the Nov. 22-dated tally with “Ordinary Creature.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news However, unlike the previous edition of the feat, […]
6ix9ine’s Florida home was reportedly the target of a home invasion on Sunday night (Nov. 16). According to TMZ, Tekashi’s mother was held against her will as four masked gunmen ransacked the residence while looking for keys to his cars and cash around the house. Police officers responded to a robbery-in-progress call at 6ix9ine’s home, […]
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Five Finger Death Punch extends its record No. 1 streak on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart (dated Nov. 22), while BABYMETAL becomes the first Japanese act to top the survey.
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“The End,” Five Finger Death Punch’s latest radio single, featuring Japanese rockers BABYMETAL, ascends 2-1 to become the former’s 17th leader and 13th in a row, the lengthiest streak in the ranking’s history, which dates to 1981.
The run began in 2018 with “Sham Pain” and includes two leaders in 2025 alone, with “The End” preceded by the one-week reign of “I Refuse,” featuring Maria Brink, this July.
With 17 rulers, Five Finger Death Punch maintains its standing as the act with the third-most Mainstream Rock Airplay No. 1s.
Most No. 1s, Mainstream Rock Airplay:21, Shinedown19, Three Days Grace17, Five Finger Death Punch14, Foo Fighters14, Metallica13, Disturbed13, Godsmack13, Linkin Park13, Van Halen
“The End” was initially recorded for the Ivan Moody-led band’s 2022 album AfterLife and was redone for this year’s BEST OF (Volume 2) release, which introduced re-recordings of Five Finger Death Punch hits.
As for BABYMETAL, the band becomes the first act, lead or featured, from Japan to top Mainstream Rock Airplay. While it’s also the first act based on the Asia continent to rule the ranking, it has two colleagues in some regards; Asking Alexandria was originally formed in the United Arab Emirates before an early move to England, while System of a Down began in the United States but three of its four members were born abroad (Serj Tankian and John Dolmayan in Lebanon to Armenian parents, Shavo Odadjian in Armenia), while its fourth, Daron Malakian, was born in the U.S. to Armenian parents.
Concurrently, “The End” rises 19-17 on the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart with 2.5 million audience impressions, up 16%, in the week ending Nov. 13, according to Luminate.
All Billboard charts dated Nov. 22 will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Nov. 18.
From babies to albums, the past weekend was packed with new arrivals.
On Thursday (Nov. 13), Cardi B announced that she and her boyfriend, New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs, welcomed their first child together, a baby boy. While his name is still unconfirmed, Cardi’s baby boy joins her three kids with ex-husband Offset: 7-year-old daughter Kulture, 4-year-old son Wave, and 1-year-old daughter Blossom. Fittingly, the Bronx star used “Hello,” a triumphant cut from her new Am I the Drama? LP, to announce the news, which also alluded to her imminent Little Miss Drama world tour kickoff (Feb. 11, 2026).
While Bardi expanded her family, her Drama collaborator, Summer Walker, expanded her discography. On Friday (Nov. 14), the ATL R&B superstar unleashed her third studio album, Finally Over It, a conclusion to the trilogy she began with her 2019 debut studio album, Over It. Featuring an army of guest stars — including Anderson .Paak, Teddy Swims, Doja Cat, Latto, Sexyy Red, Chris Brown, Bryson Tiller, Monaleo, GloRilla, Mariah the Scientist, and more — Finally Over It also flips classics from Beyoncé (2003’s “Yes”) and Mariah Carey (1995’s “Always Be My Baby”).
In less celebratory news, Tyler, the Creator was forced to reschedule this year’s edition of Camp Flog Gnaw, which was slated to take over the Dodger Stadium Grounds last weekend (Nov. 15-16), due to an “incoming atmospheric rain storm.” The festival’s lineup will evolve to accommodate the new dates, but Tyler himself will still take the stage mere weeks after scoring five 2026 Grammy nominations, including album of the year and best rap album with Chromakopia and best alternative music album with Don’t Tap the Glass. Camp Flog Gnaw 2025 will now take place next weekend (Nov. 22-23).
With Fresh Picks, Billboard aims to highlight some of the best and most interesting new sounds across R&B and hip-hop — from Gabriel Jacoby’s soulful new joint to a standout track from Wale’s latest album. Be sure to check out this week’s Fresh Picks in our Spotify playlist below.
Freshest Find: Gabriel Jacoby, “Gutta Child”
Trending on Billboard Ariana Grande is going for a Saturday Night Live three-peat, with the sketch comedy series announcing Monday (Nov. 17) that she’ll soon be returning to 30 Rock for her third time helming an episode. Coming just over a year after the Wicked star last hosted SNL, the next Grande-led episode will air […]
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Nicki Minaj confirmed that she will be speaking at an upcoming event with U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz about the alleged religious persecution of Christians in Nigeria.
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Time magazine correspondent Eric Cordellessa broke the news regarding Minaj and Waltz’s event slated for Tuesday (Nov. 18).
“U.S. envoy to the UN @michaelgwaltz and rap superstar @NICKIMINAJ will deliver remarks early this week on the persecution of Christians in Nigeria,” he wrote on Sunday (Nov. 16). “The unexpected collaboration was arranged by Trump advisor @AlexBruesewitz, who will also speak at the Tuesday event.”
Waltz called Minaj “arguably the greatest female recording artist” and a “principled individual” who has refused to “remain silent in the face of injustice.”
“I’m grateful she’s leveraging her massive platform to spotlight the atrocities against Christians in Nigeria,” he added. “And I look forward to standing with her as we discuss the steps the President and his administration are taking to end the persecution of our Christian brothers and sisters.”
The Young Money rapper responded to Waltz on X, explaining that she will “never stand down in the face of injustice.”
“Ambassador, I am so grateful to be entrusted with an opportunity of this magnitude,” she replied. “I do not take it for granted. It means more than you know. The Barbz & I will never stand down in the face of injustice. We’ve been given our influence by God. There must be a bigger purpose.”
Ambassador, I am so grateful to be entrusted with an opportunity of this magnitude. I do not take it for granted. It means more than you know. The Barbz & I will never stand down in the face of injustice. We’ve been given our influence by God. There must be a bigger purpose. 🎀 https://t.co/Mdh0nBWwm1— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) November 17, 2025
Earlier in November, Minaj responded to Trump’s comments regarding Christianity “facing an existential threat” in Nigeria.
“Reading this made me feel a deep sense of gratitude. We live in a country where we can freely worship God. No group should ever be persecuted for practicing their religion,” she wrote. “We don’t have to share the same beliefs in order for us to respect each other. Numerous countries all around the world are being affected by this horror & it’s dangerous to pretend we don’t notice. Thank you to The President & his team for taking this seriously. God bless every persecuted Christian. Let’s remember to lift them up in prayer.”
Reading this made me feel a deep sense of gratitude. We live in a country where we can freely worship God. No group should ever be persecuted for practicing their religion. We don’t have to share the same beliefs in order for us to respect each other. Numerous countries all… pic.twitter.com/2M5sPiviQu— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) November 1, 2025
Nigeria’s population of 220 million is split about evenly between Christians and Muslims. Trump previously said he planned to add the West African nation to the list of “Countries of Particular Concern” and has threatened to take military action against the nation.
“If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing,’ to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities,” the president wrote on Truth Social.
A Nigerian presidential spokesman told The Associated Press that the U.S. can not “carry out any military operation” in Nigeria over the claims of religious persecution of Christians. Spokesman Daniel Bwala added that this is “Trump’s style of going forceful in order to force a sit-down and have a conversation.”
The Associated Press also found that location plays a heavier factor for murder victims rather than the individual’s religion in Nigeria. “There is no systematic, intentional attempt either by the Nigerian government or by any serious group to target a particular religion,” Information Minister Idris Muhammed told The Associated Press, while downplaying reports of religious persecution.
Similarly, over the weekend a group of prominent white Afrikaners in South Africa pushed back against what Trump has claimed is a “white genocide” in the majority black nation under the “Not in Our Name” banner. They refuted Trump’s repeated claims that the nation’s minority group is facing an “existential threat” as his administration has prioritized resettling white South Africans over refugees from other war-torn nations fleeing well-documented persecution and threats to their lives.
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Disney+ dropped the two-and-a-half minute trailer for the upcoming refresh of The Beatles Anthology series. The beloved documentary chronicling the formation, fame and frenzy surrounding the Fab Four — which was originally broadcast in 1995 in the U.S. and U.K. before being released on video — will make its streaming debut on the service beginning Nov. 26.
The first three episodes will drop that day, followed by parts 4-6 on Nov. 27 and episode 7-9 on Nov. 28. The series has been restored and expanded from eight to nine episodes, including a new ninth ep featuring what a release promised was, “illuminating and previously unreleased footage of Paul, George and Ringo during the creation of the original 1990s Anthology series and music project.”
The series follows John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison as they look back on the legendary band’s eight-year rise to global superstardom, with the Disney+ version slated to feature a new restoration of the footage and a sound mix overseen by the Apple Corps production team working in conjunction with director Peter Jackson’s Park Road Post crew in Wellington, New Zealand.
The trailer opens with the voice of Lennon describing the origins of the group. “I met Paul and said, ‘do you want to join me band?’… Then George joined. Then Ringo joined,” he says. What follows is a whirlwind tour through the group’s early years, with Ringo explaining, “We’ve heard it from everybody else, now you can hear it from us” as archival footage has Lennon lamenting, “the demand on us was tremendous.”
The clip then takes us from a series of high points, the group’s legendary Feb. 1964 Ed Sullivan appearance that launched a million bands to the first-ever major stadium rock show at New York’s Shea Stadium in 1965, which was followed by a second show at Shea that Starr completely forgot about. “I thought we only played there once,” Starr says. “How was it?”
The new ninth chapter finds the then living members — McCartney, Starr and Harrison — regrouping in 1995 to work on the first “new” Beatles song since the group’s split in April 1970, “Free as a Bird.” In addition to the original doc series, The Beatles Anthology project included a four-volume set of double albums (which also contained another “new” song “Real Love”) as well as 2000 coffee table book.
“Nothing will ever break the love we have for each other,” says Lennon, who was murdered by a crazed fan outside his New York apartment building on Dec. 8, 1980. “The Beatles exist without us,” adds Harrison, who died in 2001 of cancer at age 58.
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Trending on Billboard Bella Hadid is keeping it one hundred about her love for Taylor Swift‘s biggest The Life of a Showgirl hit. In a recent TikTok, the model kneels on a sandy beach with a friend and does some of the viral choreography to “The Fate of Ophelia,” smiling as she mouths along to […]
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One of the Nashville music industry’s most festive weeks launched on Sunday night (Nov. 16), as performing rights organization SESAC honored the songwriters and music publishers behind the year’s most-performed country and Americana songs during its annual Nashville Music Awards. The soiree welcomed more than 500 songwriters, music publishers and other music creatives at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in downtown Nashville.
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Stephen Wilson, Jr., who is up for new artist of the year at Wednesday night’s CMA Awards, opened the show by offering a powerful rendition of his song “Gary.”
“That was the best way to start a show,” said SESAC Sr. VP, Head of Nashville Creative Shannan Hatch, who spearheaded the evening along with SESAC senior directors, creative services ET Brown and Lydia Cahill.
Emily Ann Roberts performed in honor of SESAC affiliates Jim Lauderdale and Steve Bogard’s recent induction to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, with her renditions of the Bogard-written “Carried Away” (recorded by George Strait) and Lauderdale’s “Hole in My Head,” which was also recorded by The Chicks on their 1999 Fly album.
“This song raised me up and made me love country music,” Roberts said of “Hole in My Head.”
Kelsea Ballerini took part in the evening, honoring her longtime co-writer and producer Alysa Vanderheym with her honor for the song “Baggage,” from Ballerini’s current Grammy-nominated project Patterns.
“She’s one of the most inspired, hard-working and fearless people I’ve ever had the pleasure to know and make music with, and as her friend, it makes me really happy to see her honored by SESAC tonight,” Ballerini said of Vanderheym.
Megan Moroney’s “Am I Okay?” earned the song of the year title, and Moroney was honored for her role in writing, publishing and performing the song. Moroney is up for six CMA nominations this year, with three of those nominations being for “Am I Okay?” During the evening, Moroney was also honored for her work on the song “Break It Right Back.”
Songwriter Jessie Jo Dillon honored Moroney, saying, “You are an absolute force. There is no one like you in the country music genre right now. We are so lucky to have you not only as an artist but a songwriter… I’m blessed to watch how much your music connects to fans.”
Standing alongside Dillon, Moroney was visibly emotional in accepting the honor, telling the industry audience, “I don’t think I would get through life without this outlet [songwriting]… country music, hell yeah.”
Moroney also performed her recent release “Beautiful Things,” from her upcoming album Cloud 9, set to be released in February.
Warner Chappell Music was named publisher of the year, marking the music publisher’s fifth win in the last eight years. Among the hit songs the company was honored for publishing are “Cowboy Songs,” “I Am Not Okay,” “Single Again” and “Baggage.”
Michael Tyler was named songwriter of the year. Tyler has written hits including George Birge’s “Cowboy Songs,” Bailey Zimmerman’s “Holy Smokes” and Corey Kent’s “This Heart.” He was celebrated by receiving a custom-created Gibson guitar, while Jostens provided a custom ring.
“Thank you, Jesus, because without Jesus, I would be hanging shingles on a roof somewhere in Missouri right now,” Tyler said, before thanking his family (who were in attendance) and his publishers. He thanked some of his first co-writers in Nashville, Jaron Boyer and Ben Stennis. “They took me under their wing and how write a song and sing a demo vocal and most importantly, they taught me about Jesus and showed me what it means to be a good husband and father and friend… you don’t know how much it shaped me as a person.”
For a full list of honorees, visit sesac.com.
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This week, Carly Pearce gets vulnerable about the sacrifices often required to chase the dream of being in the spotlight, while Kashus Culpepper returns with smoldering track about heartbreak and denial. Also issuing new songs this week are Muscadine Bloodline, Waylon Wyatt, Owen Riegling and bluegrass artist Irene Kelley.
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Check out all of these and more in Billboard‘s roundup of some of the best country, bluegrass and/or Americana songs of the week below.
Carly Pearce, “Dream Come True”
In her latest, Grammy Award and CMA Awards winner Pearce lays bare the deep sacrifices that have been required for her to chase her dreams in music, from missing a friend’s wedding due to being on the road, to seeing personal life splashed across the headlines. “Nobody tells you everything you’re gonna lose/ Tryin’ to make the dream come true,” she sings softly, putting her heart and vulnerability at the fore on this unfiltered, introspective track. She wraps the song with devastating final lines about about not seeing her mother as often as her parent grows older, and grapples with the temptation to quit music, though quickly remembering how hard not only she, but her parents, have worked for her to have the career she has. Pearce proves yet again why she’s an artist unafraid of writing deep and etching songs that cut to the core.
Kashus Culpepper, “In Her Eyes”
Since breaking through and gaining acclaim with songs such as “After Me?” and “Believe,” Culpepper follows with this eruption of raging soulfulness, as he sings of the tugging truth that a potential lover, whose “hair shined like sin” and who is as deceptive as she is tempting. “In Her Eyes” froths and surges into a percussion and electric guitar-ripped freefall, commandeered by Culpepper’s soul-scraping, angst-fueled rasp of a voice. Culpepper wrote “In Her Eyes” with Oscar Charles and Brent Cobb, and the song is part of Culpepper’s upcoming project Act I, out in January 2026.
Muscadine Bloodline, “Peter From Picayune”
Duo Muscadine Bloodline delivers its second album of 2025 with Longleaf Lo-Fi, veering from the grizzled rock and full-bodied sound of …And What Was Left Behind and offering up a scaled-back, low-production project that feels tailor-made for the season. Among the standouts is an official studio version of a song the duo first previewed for fans a few years ago. The duo’s Charlie Muncaster and Gary Stanton are heartfelt and unhurried as they unfurl a vivid tale of South Mississippi native Peter, a young man who enlists in the Marines to serve his country when he doesn’t have enough money to enroll in college. They chronicle his deployment overseas and his determination in the heat of battle, with the acoustic-centered production lending extra somberness to lines such as “That boy wouldn’t want a welcome home parade/ Wouldn’t wanna talk about it anyway,” as the song stands as a stellar, humble tribute to military members and their sacrifices.
Waylon Wyatt, “Frostbite”
In his latest, Arkansas native Wyatt delivers a haunting performance, with his voice threading through somber fiddle, organ and guitar. He draws a parallel between the bitter ache of heartbreak and loneliness and the stark, frozen quiet of deep winter. “I’ve been yearning for some burning back in my life/ But it seems to me to be more like frostbite,” he sings, as he distills the yearning for love and sting of loss into piercing lyrics.
Owen Riegling, “Phone Call From Home”
Canadian country singer Riegling has been piling up the career milestones this year, signing with Big Loud, and seeing his album Bruce County (From the Beginning) named album of the year at the Canadian Country Music Awards. He follows his breakthrough with songs such as “Taillight This Town” with this slice of polished, swaggering country-rock, which conveys feelings of chasing dreams through long flights far from home, and piling up bleary-eyed late nights and long days — but still knowing that that familiar feeling of home is there on the other end of the line. Here, Riegling offers more evidence why his smooth vocals and vibrant songwriting are making him an artist on the cusp of wider acclaim.
Irene Kelley feat. Kruger Brothers, “Coal Dust”
Kelley teams with The Kruger Brothers as she pays homage to her grandparents’ story of being hardworking immigrants seeking to build a new life in the United States, and particularly her grandfather’s journey of working in the unforgiving coal mines in order to provide for his family. Kelley’s warm, conversational singing style is astutely complemented by warm guitar, banjo and mandolin. Kelley wrote this tender tribute with Bobby Starnes.
