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Kendrick Lamar & SZA’s old-school R&B smash “Luther,” now is in its fifth week atop the Billboard Hot 100, sounds like a natural to receive Grammy nods for record and song of the year when the nominations for the 2026 awards are announced later this year. The song, a nod to R&B legend Luther Vandross, contains a sample of Vandross and Cheryl Lynn’s 1982 rendition of “If This World Were Mine,” which was originally recorded in 1967 by another legendary pair, Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. Its multi-format success in 2025 shows that old-school R&B songwriting values can still be embraced in today’s hip-hop-dominated R&B culture.
But while “Luther” may find favor next year with Grammy voters, Vandross had to wait nine years from his first Grammy nominations in 1982 until he finally won. His Grammy track record stood at 0-9 until he finally scored a W with “Here and Now,” which was voted best R&B vocal performance, male in 1991.
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Vandross was nominated for best new artist at the 1982 ceremony, but lost to Scottish pop singer Sheena Easton (who got off to a faster start, with a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, “Morning Train (Nine to Five),” and another top five hit with the Oscar-nominated James Bond theme “For Your Eyes Only”). More surprisingly, Vandross was nominated for best R&B vocal performance six times before he finally won in that category. That’s striking because Vandross is regarded as one of the premier R&B male vocalists of his time, and of all time.
Vandross, who suffered a severe stroke in 2003 and died in 2005 at age 54, won four Grammys during his lifetime. He won four more in the year following his death, including song of the year for “Dance With My Father,” which he co-wrote with Richard Marx.
Vandross isn’t the only R&B veteran who had to wait a good long while to finally win a Grammy. Gaye, who both wrote and recorded the original version of “If This World Were Mine,” had to wait even longer (15 years from the time of his first nomination) to win his first Grammys in 1983. His Grammy track record stood at 0-8 before he finally won best R&B vocal performance, male for his smash “Sexual Healing” and best R&B instrumental performance for an instrumental version that appeared on the B-side of that smash. Tragically, he was killed by his father less than 14 months after his belated double-Grammy triumph.
Vandross and Gaye have nothing on Lionel Richie, whose Grammy track record was a dismal 0-18 before he finally won best pop vocal performance, male, for “Truly,” also in 1983. Richie went on to win album of the year (for Can’t Slow Down) and song of the year (for “We Are the World,” a co-write with Michael Jackson), so we tend to think of him as Grammy royalty, but he had to wait a long while to be admitted to the club.
Lamar’s “Squabble Up” is also a strong candidate for Grammy nods in marquee categories. If either “Luther” or “Squabble Up” wins record or song of the year, coming on the heels of his wins in both categories on Feb. 2 with “Not Like Us,” Lamar would make Grammy history. He would become the fourth artist to win back-to-back Grammys for record of the year (following Roberta Flack, U2 and Billie Eilish), and only the second songwriter to win back-to-back Grammys for song of the year (following Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II, who won for co-writing H.E.R.’s “I Can’t Breathe” in 2021 and Silk Sonic’s “Leave the Door Open” the following year).
The nominations for the 68th annual Grammy Awards are expected in November. The ceremony is expected in February 2026.
ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” rebounds for a record-extending 18th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart. The collaboration first inhabited the penthouse in November 2024.
Meanwhile, Lady Gaga and Mars’ “Die With a Smile” scores a 13th week atop the Billboard Global 200 chart, dating to its first frame at No. 1 last September.
Plus, Playboi Carti debuts two songs in the Global 200’s top 10 and one in the Global Excl. U.S. top 10 and Chappell Roan’s “The Giver” arrives in the Global 200’s top tier.
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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.
“APT.” rises from No. 2 on Global Excl. U.S. with 76.7 million streams (down 3% week-over-week) and 6,000 sold (down 12%) outside the U.S. March 14-20.
“Die With a Smile” drops to No. 2 after 11 weeks atop Global Excl. U.S. beginning last September; Doechii’s “Anxiety” jumps 7-3 for a new high; JENNIE’s “like JENNIE” backtracks to No. 4 from its No. 3 best; and Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” falls 4-5, after three weeks on top in August.
Playboi Carti’s “Evil J0rdan” debuts at No. 6 on Global Excl. U.S., led by 36.8 million streams outside the U.S. The rapper adds his fourth top 10 on the chart.
“Die With a Smile” continues atop the Global 200 with 102.1 million streams (down 12%) and 8,000 (down 19%) worldwide. At 13 weeks, the song ties for the third-longest No. 1 run since the chart began, matching Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers.” The only hits to lead longer: Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (19 weeks) and Harry Styles’ “As It Was” (15).
Notably, “Die With a Smile” has drawn more than 100 million streams worldwide each week since the Global 200 chart dated Sept. 14, upping its record total on the latest list to 29 such weeks.
“APT.” holds at No. 2 on the Global 200, following 12 weeks at No. 1 starting in November, and Doechii’s “Anxiety” ascends 6-3 for a new best.
Playboi Carti’s “Evil J0rdan” and “Rather Lie,” featuring The Weeknd, debut at Nos. 4 and 6 on the Global 200 with 67.1 million and 54.1 million U.S. streams worldwide, respectively. Playboi Carti pushes his career count to six top 10s on the chart and The Weeknd to 15.
Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” descends to No. 5 from its No. 3 Global 200 high.
Plus, Chappell Roan’s country track “The Giver” moseys onto the Global 200 at No. 10 with 40 million streams and 8,000 sold worldwide March 14-20, following its March 13 release. The singer-songwriter earns her second top 10, after “Good Luck, Babe!” hit No. 5 in September.
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated March 29, 2025) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, March 25. 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.
Mt. Joy have awaken from their winter hibernation with a new single, “Coyote,” an infectious homage to the energy and excitement one experiences on the cusp of breaking through.
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The track is the first from the Philadelphia indie rockers’ fourth studio album, Hope We Have Fun (out May 30 on Futures x Bloom Field). It arrives ahead of the April 19 kickoff to their 2025 North American tour.
Frontman Matt Quinn tells Billboard the first single was inspired by the sounds of coyotes in Los Angeles’ San Rafael Hills and the energy found in young groups of coyotes, commonly called a band. Quinn says the song is a celebration of the make-it-or-break-it energy the band experienced grinding it out on the road and the surprising paradigm shifts that followed their crossover success.
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Last year, the five-piece group hit a number of touring milestones, performing at both New York’s Madison Square Garden and Denver’s Red Rocks Amphitheater and selling more than 180,000 tickets on their biggest tour yet.
Success has brought changes to the way the band tours, Quinn tells Billboard. “The shows have gotten quite a bit bigger and that changes the day pretty dramatically for us. We don’t have to set the whole thing up ourselves which gives us a lot more time to work on new things we want to try to incorporate into the live shows,” he explains.
“I will say, though, there is something awesome about the adventure of being in a van and pulling over at random roadside attractions and being late to a venue load-in because you took a detour and saw a random man’s petting zoo,” Quinn added. “Now we drive in the middle of the night so it’s just truck stops and Nintendo Switch.”
A complete list of tour stops from the band’s 2025 run can be found below. Listen to “Coyote” here.
HOPE WE HAVE FUN TOUR
04/19 – John Paul Jones Arena – Charlottesville, VA
04/21 – KEMBA Live! – Outdoors – Columbus, OH
04/25 – Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre – Charlotte, NC
04/26 – High Water Festival – North Charleston, SC
05/04 – BEACHLIFE FESTIVAL – Redondo Beach, CA
06/06 – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre – Sterling Heights, MI
06/07 – Stage AE – Outdoors – Pittsburgh, PA
06/08 – The Governors Ball Music Festival – New York, NY
06/10 – Midway Lawn at Champlain Valley Expo – Essex Junction, VT
06/12 – MegaCorp Pavilion – Newport, KY
06/13 – Merriweather Post Pavilion – Columbia, MD
06/14 – Bonnaroo – Manchester, TN
06/17 – Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park – Indianapolis, IN
06/19 – Thompson’s Point – Portland, ME
06/20 – Green River Festival – Greenfield, MA
06/20-06/22 – Mountain Jam Music Festival – Highmount, NY
06/28 – BST Hyde Park – London, UK
07/04-07/05 – Zootown Festival – Missoula, MT
07/23-07/27 – FloydFest – Floyd, VA
07/27 – Newport Folk Festival – Newport, RI
08/09 – Scotiabank Saddledome – Calgary, AB
08/10 – Edmonton Folk Festival (Gallagher Park) – Edmonton, AB
08/12 – Twilight Concert Series at Library Square – Salt Lake City, UT
08/14 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, CO
08/15 – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre – Denver, CO
08/17 – Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater – Nampa, ID
08/19 – Deer Lake Park – Burnaby, BC
08/20 – WAMU Theater – Seattle, WA
08/22 – Hayden Homes Amphitheater – Bend, OR
08/23 – The Greek Theatre – Berkeley, CA
08/24 – Santa Barbara Bowl – Santa Barbara, CA
08/26 – The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park – San Diego, CA
09/11 – Budweiser Stage – Toronto, ON
09/12-09/14 – Borderland Music Festival – East Aurora, NY
09/13 – United Center – Chicago, IL
09/16 – The Armory – Minneapolis, MN
09/17 – Kohl Center – Madison, WI
09/20 – TD Garden – Boston, MA
09/23 – Koka Booth Amphitheatre – Cary, NC
09/24 – ExploreAsheville.com Arena – Asheville, NC
09/26 – TD Pavilion at The Mann – Philadelphia, PA
09/27 – TD Pavilion at The Mann – Philadelphia, PA
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Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” leads the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart for a fifth total and consecutive week. The single, whose title is a tribute to late R&B icon Luther Vandross, who is sampled on the track, became Lamar’s sixth No. 1 and SZA’s third. Both Lamar and SZA extend their longest career Hot […]
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Grimes was recently diagnosed with both ADHD and autism, the singer revealed in a lengthy X post sharing her thoughts on childhood learning disabilities.
While calling out what she sees as a social media “subculture” of “extreme infohazards” posing as helpful online mental health resources, the “Oblivion” artist wrote, “Got diagnosed w adhd/ autism this year and realized I’m prob dyslexic which is why I can’t spell at all without spellcheck.”
“I feel like, had we known this when I was a child I would have worked so much less hard, been on drugs, and so many of the weird obsessions and motivations I had would have been seen as pathological,” she continued. “I could have written off certain things that were very hard for me but I’m glad I over came them.”
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Noting that she thinks too many people are “self-diagnosing” mental health conditions, Grimes added, “My adhd symptoms were infinitely worse when I wasn’t an avid reader. An adhd account trying to pathologize one of the best things a child can do to help with adhd (and also become an auto didact and knowledgeable person etc etc) is so dark … I think the nature of this uninformed social media mental health subculture is rly a big concern.”
The Mayo Clinic defines ADHD, or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, as a condition marked by difficulty paying attention, hyperactivity and impulsive behaviors, while autism spectrum disorder is listed as a condition “related to brain development that impacts how a person perceives and socializes with others.”
The American Psychiatric Association estimates that 8.4% of children and 2.5% of adults have ADHD, while the CDC says that about 1 in 36 children have been identified with autism spectrum disorder.
Grimes hasn’t released an album since 2020’s Miss Anthropocene, which reached No. 32 on the Billboard 200. She has, however, dropped a string of singles and collaborations in the years since, including her most recent track “Idgaf” — a recovered unreleased demo that the Canadian musician finally added to streaming services in February.
Around the same time as the new track dropped, Grimes once again addressed how ex partner Elon Musk brought their 4-year-old son, X, with him to the White House earlier that month. “I would really like people to stop posting images of my kid everywhere,” she told TIME in a Feb. 24 feature of the highly publicized ordeal. “I think fame is something you should consent to. Obviously, things will just be what they are.”
