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American Idol contestant Doug Kiker has died at age 32. The singer’s sister, Angela Evans, shared the news with a Facebook post on Wednesday, writing, “It is with a heavy heart that we have to announce the passing of my brother Douglas Kiker.” “He was sooo loved and will be missed by so many!” she […]
T-Pain loves him some Wiscansin. The rapper-singer announced on Thursday (March 13) that he’s heading to Milwaukee for his two-day Wiscansin Festival, which is set for June 13 and June 14. The Florida native and some of his musician friends will take over The Rave/Eagles Club on June 14 for his fourth annual Wiscansin Fest. […]
Justin Bieber is feeling introspective. In a vulnerable post to his Instagram Stories on Thursday (March 13), the pop star shared some raw musings about his self-esteem, confessing that he often feels “unequipped and unqualified.”
In black text over white background, Bieber began, “People told me my whole life, ‘wow Justin u deserve that.’”
“I personally have always felt unworthy,” he continued. “Like I was a fraud. Like when people told me I deserve something. It made me feel sneaky like. Damn if they only knew my thoughts. How judgmental I am, how selfish I really am. They wouldn’t be saying this.”
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The two-time Grammy winner added, “If you feel sneaky welcome to the club. I definitely feel unequipped and unqualified most days.”
Bieber’s post comes as he’s been teasing that he’s working on new music a full four years after his last album, 2021’s Justice, which spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The day before his message about self-worth, he posted a photo of himself recording in a music studio, tinkering with a piano.
The singer has been active on social media in recent weeks, with other past posts of note including a video of himself smoking what appeared to be a blunt or cigar while dancing and listening to Don Toliver’s “Hardstone National Anthem.” Before that, he shared a video of himself freestyling over a beat while hanging with a friend, rapping, “High like a fly guy/ I fly high like a magpie/ I go high like a bad guy.”
Both clips came shortly after a rep for Justin and his wife, model Hailey Bieber — with whom he welcomed a son named Jack Blues in August — shut down rumors that he was using hard drugs. In a statement shared with TMZ at the time, the rep called the speculation “exhausting and pitiful,” and added, “Despite the obvious truth, people are committed to keeping negative, salacious, harmful narratives alive.”
Bieber’s latest note also isn’t the first time he’s leveled with fans in a serious way in recent weeks. In February, he wrote on his Story, “It’s time to grow up. Changing is about letting go!”
“Are you tired of trying to follow all of the rules in hopes to get the results you crave?” he added at the time. “Ive found love to be more powerful than rules. I tried to follow the rules. Im not good at it … Today im letting go and remembering the weight isnt on me to change. The weight is on God. So I give all my insecurities and my fears to him this morning. Because I know he gladly takes it. Asking Jesus to genuinely help me with simply the next step today.”
Lizzo is continuing the rollout of her upcoming musical era with a video for her latest single, “Still Bad.” The clip seemingly continues the story from her comeback track, “Love in Real Life,” released in February. That video ends at nighttime, with the superstar dancing in the street with zombies as a white car pulls […]
Country Music Hall of Fame duo Brooks & Dunn has rescheduled its concert that had been slated for Thursday night (March 13) at United Supermarkets Arena on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, after an explosion in a tunnel apparently sparked fires around the campus on Wednesday evening, leading to power outages […]
Ramón Ayala has revealed the date for his final concert, marking the end of a successful career that began in the 1960s. The final show of the norteño music legend will take place on Sept. 13 at the Arena Ciudad de México, as announced on his social media.
“After 60 years of career, the King of the Accordion is bidding farewell to his audience in style with two concerts on the ‘Historia de un Final’ tour,” the post reads, also referencing his show scheduled one day earlier at the Arena Monterrey. It was in that city where the musician began his journey alongside Cornelio Reyna, with whom he formed Los Relámpagos del Norte, before continuing with his own group, Ramón Ayala y los Bravos del Norte.
In February 2024, Ayala announced the tour El Principio de un Final, which was not completed due to differences with the promoter. Instead, he began that March the ‘Historia de un Final’ trek, with which he has toured dozens of cities in Mexico and the U.S.
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In an exclusive interview with Billboard Español ahead of the tour, Ayala conveyed last May the excitement he felt about going on with his career after more than half a century on the road. “Knowing that there’s a large audience that follows us both in Mexico and in the United States, that fills our concerts and is awaiting our new music, motivates me,” he said.
Ayala’s musical journey began when he was just five years old and he accompanied his father playing the accordion to bring money home in his native Monterrey, Nuevo León, cradle of one of the three strands on which regional Mexican music is based: norteño, mariachi and banda sinaloense.
Throughout his long-lasting career, he has recorded over 100 albums, two of which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Regional Mexican Albums chart: Arriba El Norte (1991) and Antología De Un Rey (2004). He’s also placed 12 songs on Hot Latin Songs, including “Del Otro Lado del Portón”, at No. 12, and “Quémame los Ojos”, at No. 19. And he’s received two Grammy Awards and two Latin Grammys, among other accolades.
An undisputed icon of regional Mexican music, many contemporary artists of the genre often include Ayala classics, like “Tragos de Amargo Licor,” in their concerts — among them Edén Muñoz and Alfredo Olivas, whom the veteran musician has cited among his favorites of the new generation.
Playboi Carti is having himself a busy week. Not only is the eccentric Atlanta rapper expected to finally drop his third album this week, he also interviewed FKA Twigs for i-D’s latest cover story and revealed that the unlikely pair go way back. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and […]
Jack Harlow‘s 2020 breakout hit “Whats Poppin” becomes his first Diamond-certified record by the Recording Industry Association of America, the RIAA announced on Thursday (March 13). The Diamond plaque also doubled as a birthday present, considering the news arrived on Harlow’s 27th birthday. Diamond certification is given to artists whose songs have moved 10 million units. According […]
King Vamp is back. Playboi Carti has finally announced that his highly anticipated I Am Music album will be released on Friday (March 14). Fans of Carti can collectively exhale temporarily and celebrate the “trim” moment, as he’d call it, with the countdown clock starting toward Friday. Carti shared posts to X and Instagram late […]
Mayhem, Lady Gaga’s long-awaited new studio album finally arrived on March 7 via Interscope Records, and within a week, fans have already decided on their favorite tracks. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Billboard shared a poll earlier this week asking the Little Monsters to vote for […]
