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Trending on Billboard Sir Rod Stewart has extended his globe-hopping One Last Time tour yet again. After taking the greatest hits outing across Europe, Asia and North and South America over the past year and a half, the pop icon announced another round of shows in the U.S. next spring and summer on Friday morning […]
Does this mean The Weeknd and the Grammys are on the outs again?
11/7/2025
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Kendrick Lamar leads the 2026 Grammy nominations with nine nods, including album, record and song of the year. It’s the third time Lamar has been the leading nominee. He also led the field at the 2016 ceremony with 11 nods and at the 2019 ceremony with eight.
Lamar is followed on this year’s leaderboard by Jack Antonoff, Cirkut and Lady Gaga, with seven nods each; Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter, Serban Ghenea and Leon Thomas, with six each; and Clipse, Doechii, Sounwave, SZA, Turnstile, Tyler, the Creator and Andrew Watt, with five each.
This is the third time Lamar has been nominated for album, record and song of the year in the same year. Bad Bunny, Carpenter and Gaga were also nominated in all three of those categories this year. It’s the second year in a row that Carpenter has managed that sweep, the first time Gaga has done it since 2010, and the first time Bunny has ever done it.
Lamar is the first solo artist from any genre to be nominated for album of the year with five consecutive studio albums. Donald Fagen was nominated with five consecutive studio albums, but that combines solo and Steely Dan projects.
Lamar also becomes the first rapper to receive five album of the year nods as a lead artist. He had been tied with Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, with four album of the year nods. Lamar’s nods are for good kid, m.A.A.d. city (2014), To Pimp a Butterfly (2016), DAMN. (2018) and Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2023). Lamar was also nominated for the Black Panther soundtrack (2019), but not as a lead artist.
Lamar and SZA become the first occasional duet partners to receive two record of the year nods. They were nominated seven years ago for “All the Stars” and are nominated again for “luther.”
Bad Bunny is the first Latin artist to receive Grammy nods for album, record and song of the year in the same year. He is nominated in the album category for the second time with Debí Tirar Más Fotos, after first being nominated three years ago with Un Verano Sin Ti. These are the only all-Spanish-language albums to be nominated in the category. He is also nominated for record and song of the year with “DtMF.” The latter is the second all-Spanish-language song to be nominated for both record and song of the year, following Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito” (featuring Justin Bieber).
Bunny is also on track to become the first artist to be an album of the year contender in the same year that he was a Super Bowl halftime headliner since Justin Timberlake achieved both feats in 2004. JT was up for album of the year with his solo debut, Justified, and co-headlined the Super Bowl show with Janet Jackson, P. Diddy, Nelly, Kid Rock and Jessica Simpson. Bunny will be the first sole headliner (not part of a multi-artist show) who was nominated for album of the year in the same year that they headlined the Super Bowl show since U2 in 2002.
This marks the first time that three albums have been nominated for both album of the year and best rap album. Lamar’s album is joined in the finals in both categories by Tyler, the Creator’s CHROMAKOPIA and Clipse’s Let God Sort Em Out.
This was the year K-pop finally made its presence felt in the marquee categories. “APT.,” ROSÉ’s hit collab with Bruno Mars, is the first song by a Korean pop artist to receive a record of the year nod. “Golden,” from KPop Demon Hunters, is the first song co-written by a Korean songwriter, EJAE, to receive a song of the year nod. KATSEYE, the “global girl group” nominated for best new artist, includes one member from South Korea, YOONCHAE.
“APT.” is Mars’ seventh hit to receive a record of the year nomination. Billie Eilish received her sixth nod in the category (in just seven years) for “Wildflower”; Lamar his fifth for “luther.” (That makes him the first rap artist with five record of the year nods. He had been tied with Jay-Z with four each.)
Doechii’s “Anxiety” is the first song that samples a previous record of the year winner (“Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye featuring Kimbra) to be nominated for that same award.
Seven of the nominees for record of the year are also nominated for song of the year. The only difference between the two sets of nominees is that Chappell Roan’s “The Subway” is up for record and not song, while “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters is up for song and not record. It’s the first time there was just one difference in the two lists since the 2015 ceremony, when Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy” (featuring Charli xcx) was up for record but not song, while Hozier’s “Take Me to Church” was up for song but not record.
Jack Antonoff had both good and bad news in this year’s nominations. He has two nominations in each of three high-profile categories – album, record and song of the year. That brings his career total of song of the year nominations to eight, which puts him in a tie with his frequent collaborator Taylor Swift for the most nods in the history of the category. But he was passed over for a nod for producer of the year, non-classical nod for the second year in a row.
The nominees for producer of the year, non-classical are Dan Auerbach (his fifth), Blake Mills (his third), Dijon (his second) and Cirkut and Sounwave (the first for each).
Amy Allen and Henry Walter also each have two song of the year nominees this year.
Leon Thomas is the only best new artist nominee who is also nominated in another “Big Four” category. His Mutt is vying for album of the year. Alex Warren, thought to be a sure thing for record and song of the year nods, wasn’t nominated in either category.
Three songs from Sinners are competing for best song written for visual media. Only two other films have ever had three or more nominees in this category. Waiting to Exhale had three in 1997; Barbie had four two years ago.
In best traditional country album, there is a rare instance of a parent and child competing in the same category. Willie Nelson, 92, is nominated for Oh What a Beautiful World. His son, Lukas Nelson, 36, is nominated for American Romance.
Barbra Streisand is nominated for best traditional pop vocal album for The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2, 62 years after she received her first three nods for The Barbra Streisand Album and its standout track, “Happy Days Are Here Again.” That puts her in a tie with composer John Williams for the longest span of Grammy nominations. Williams received his first nod in 1962 and his three most recent nods in 2024.
Streisand also received her 14th nomination in the category of best traditional pop vocal album – a category she has yet to win. Will this be her year? She’s competing with Laufey, who won in this category two years ago; Lady Gaga, who won twice for collabs with Tony Bennett; Elton John & Brandi Carlile; Jennifer Hudson; and Laila Biali, a Canadian jazz singer and pianist who has worked with Chris Botti and Sting.
The late pianist, composer and bandleader Chick Corea received two nominations, bringing his career total of nods to 77, a total topped by only four people in Grammy history: Beyoncé (99), Jay-Z (89), Paul McCartney (84) and Quincy Jones (80). Corea died in 2021 at age 79.
All of the nominees for songwriter of the year, non-classical, have been nominated in that category previously. This is the third nod for Amy Allen, Edgar Barrera and Jessie Jo Dillon; the second for Tobias Jesso Jr. and Laura Veltz.
As always, best audio book, narration and storytelling recording provided an eclectic batch of nominees. This year’s nominees are The Dalai Lama; Fab Morvan, the surviving member of Milli Vanilli; Supreme Court justice Ketanji Brown Jackson; comedian (and five-time Grammy host) Trevor Noah; and Kathy Garver, who played the oldest child on the 1960s sitcom Family Affair.
Final-round voting extends from Dec. 12 to Jan. 5. The 68th annual Grammy Awards will be presented at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Feb. 1.
Trending on Billboard Leda Chang has been named senior vice president of global brand and audience for Warner Music Group’s global catalog division, a newly created role aimed at accelerating the company’s artist-focused marketing strategy. Reporting to global catalog president Kevin Gore, Chang will lead efforts to deepen fan engagement and unlock new growth opportunities […]
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Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
All Things LightJesse Brock, Jon Castelli, Tyler Johnson, Nick Lobel, Simon Maartensson, Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell, Anders Mouridsen, Ryan Nasci, Ernesto Olivera-Lapier, Ethan Schneiderman & Owen Stoutt, engineers; Dale Becker, mastering engineer (Cam)
ArcadiaNeal Cappellino & Gary Paczosa, engineers; Brad Blackwood, mastering engineer (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)Joseph Lorge, Blake Mills & Sebastian Reunert, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (Japanese Breakfast)
That Wasn’t A DreamJoseph Lorge & Blake Mills, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (Pino Palladino, Blake Mills)
Best Engineered Album, Classical
Cerrone: Don’t Look DownMike Tierney, engineer; Alan Silverman, mastering engineer (Sandbox Percussion)
Eastman: Symphony No. 2; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2Gintas Norvila, engineer; Jennifer Nulsen, mastering engineer (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra)
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk DistrictShawn Murphy & Nick Squire, engineers; Tim Martyn, mastering engineer (Andris Nelsons, Kristine Opolais, Günther Groissböck, Peter Hoare, Brenden Gunnell & Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Standard StoppagesSean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, Bill Maylone, Judith Sherman & David Skidmore, engineers; Joe Lambert, mastering engineer (Third Coast Percussion)
YuleMorten Lindberg, engineer; Morten Lindberg, mastering engineer (Trio Mediæval)
Producer of the Year, Classical
Blanton Alspaugh• All Is Miracle – The Choral Music of Kyle Pederson (Timothy J. Campbell & Transept)• Heggie: Intelligence (Kwame Ryan, Janai Brugger, Jamie Barton, J’Nai Bridges & Houston Grand Opera)• Marsalis: Blues Symphony (Jader Bignamini & Detroit Symphony Orchestra)• Massenet: Werther (Robert Spano, Matthew Polenzani, Isabel Leonard & Houston Grand Opera)• The Mirage Calls (Charles Bruffy & Kansas City Chorale)• Sheehan: Ukrainian War Requiem (Michael Zaugg, Axios Men’s Ensemble & Pro Coro Canada)• Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain (Christopher Gabbitas & Phoenix Chorale)
Sergei Kvitko• Biedenbender: Enigma; River of Time (Kevin L. Sedatole & Michigan State University Wind Symphony)• Chiaroscuro (Vedrana Subotic)• Dancing in a Still Life (Tasha Warren)• Excursions (Vuorovesi Trio)• Four Hands. Two Hearts. One Hope. Ukrainian and American Music for Piano Duo (Mykhailo Diordiiev & Anastasiia Larchikova)• Here and Now – Trumpet Music by Virginia Composers (Jason Crafton, Richard Masters, Annie Stevens & Paul Langosch)• Lansky: Touch and Go (Gwendolyn Dease)• Orbiting Garden (William Hobbs)• Would That Loving Were Enough (Haven Trio)
Morten Lindberg• Fred Over Jorden (Peace to the World) (Elisabeth Holte, Kjetil Bjerkestrand & Uranienborg Vokalensemble)• Stjernebru (Anne Karin Sundal-Ask & Det Norske Jentekor)• Yule (Trio Mediæval)
Dmitriy Lipay• Heggie: Before It All Goes Dark (Joseph Mechavich, Megan Marino, Ryan McKinny & Music of Remembrance Ensemble)• Odyssey (Jorge Glem, Gustavo Dudamel & Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Of Venezuela)• Ortiz: Yanga (Gustavo Dudamel, Alisa Weilerstein & Los Angeles Philharmonic)
Elaine Martone• Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra)• Chopin & Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonatas (Brian Thornton & Spencer Myer)• Dear Mrs. Kennedy (Ryan Townsend Strand)• Eastman: Symphony No. 2; Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 (Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestra)• LeFrak: Romántico (Sharon Isbin, Lopez-Yañez & Orchestra Of St. Luke’s)• Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 & Symphony No. 29 (Garrick Ohlsson, Franz Welser-Möst & The Cleveland Orchestrea)• The Poet & The Prodigy (Debra Nagy & Mark Edwards)• Shapes in Collective Space (Tallā Rouge)• Songs of Orpheus (Kelley O’Connor)
Best Immersive Audio Album
All American F***boyAndrew Law, immersive mix engineer (Duckwrth)
ImmersedJustin Gray, immersive mix engineer; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Justin Gray, Drew Jurecka & Morten Lindberg, immersive producers (Justin Gray)
An Immersive Tribute to Astor Piazzolla (Live)Andrés Mayo & Martín Muscatello, immersive mix engineers; Andrés Mayo & Martín Muscatello, immersive producers (Various Artists)
TearjerkersHans-Martin Buff, immersive mix engineer; Hans-Martin Buff, immersive producer (Tearjerkers)
YuleMorten Lindberg, immersive mix engineer; Morten Lindberg, immersive mastering engineer; Arve Henriksen & Morten Lindberg, immersive producers (Trio Mediæval)
Best Instrumental Composition
“First Snow,” Remy Le Boeuf, composer (Nordkraft Big Band, Remy Le Boeuf & Danielle Wertz)
“Live Life This Day: Movement I,” Miho Hazama, composer (Miho Hazama, Danish Radio Big Band & Danish National Symphony Orchestra)
“Lord, That’s A Long Way,” Sierra Hull, composer (Sierra Hull)
“Opening,” Zain Effendi, composer (Zain Effendi)
“Train to Emerald City,” John Powell & Stephen Schwartz, composers (John Powell & Stephen Schwartz)
“Why You Here / Before the Sun Went Down,” Ludwig Göransson, composer (Ludwig Göransson Featuring Miles Caton)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
“Be Okay,” Cynthia Erivo, arranger (Cynthia Erivo)
“A Child Is Born,” Remy Le Boeuf, arranger (Nordkraft Big Band & Remy Le Boeuf)
“Fight On,” Andy Clausen, Addison Maye-Saxon, Riley Mulherkar & Chloe Rowlands, arrangers (The Westerlies)
“Super Mario Praise Break,” Bryan Carter, Charlie Rosen & Matthew Whitaker, arrangers (The 8-Bit Big Band)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
“Big Fish,” Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, Nate Smith & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Nate Smith Featuring säje)
“How Did She Look?,” Nelson Riddle, arranger (Seth MacFarlane)
“Keep an Eye on Summer,” Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)
“Something in the Water (Acoustic-Ish),” Clyde Lawrence, Gracie Lawrence & Linus Lawrence, arrangers (Lawrence)
“What A Wonderful World,” Cody Fry, arranger (Cody Fry)
Best Orchestral Performance
“Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L’Ouverture; Ballade Op. 4; Suites From ’24 Negro Melodies,’” Michael Repper, conductor (National Philharmonic)
“Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie,” Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
“Ravel: Boléro, M. 81,” Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Of Venezuela)
“Still & Bonds,” Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra)
“Stravinsky: Symphony In Three Movements,” Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
Best Opera Recording
“Heggie: Intelligence,” Kwamé Ryan, conductor; Jamie Barton, J’Nai Bridges & Janai Brugger; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Houston Grand Opera; Gene Scheer)
“Huang Ruo: An American Soldier,” Carolyn Kuan, conductor; Hannah Cho, Alex DeSocio, Nina Yoshida Nelsen & Brian Vu; Adam Abeshouse, Silas Brown & Doron Schachter, producers (American Composers Orchestra; David Henry Hwang)
“Kouyoumdjian: Adoration,” Alan Pierson, conductor; Miriam Khalil, Marc Kudisch, David Adam Moore, Omar Najmi, Naomi Louisa O’Connell & Karim Sulayman; Mary Kouyoumdjian, producer (Silvana Quartet; The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street)
“O’Halloran: Trade & Mary Motorhead,” Elaine Kelly, conductor; Oisín Ó Dálaigh & John Molloy; Alex Dowling & Emma O’Halloran, producers (Irish National Opera Orchestra; Mark O’Halloran)
“Tesori: Grounded,” Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Ben Bliss, Emily D’Angelo, Greer Grimsley & Kyle Miller; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus; George Brant)
Best Choral Performance
“Advena – Liturgies For A Broken World,” Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Simon Barrad, Emily Yocum Black & Michael Hawes; Conspirare)
“Childs: In the Arms of the Beloved,” Grant Gershon, conductor (Billy Childs, Dan Chmlellnskl, Christian Euman, Larry Koonse, Lyris Quartet, Anne Akiko Meyers, Carol Robbins & Luciana Souza; Los Angeles Master Chorale)
“Lang: Poor Hymnal,” Donald Nally, conductor (Steven Bradshaw, Michael Hawes, Lauren Kelly, Rebecca Siler & Elisa Sutherland; The Crossing)
“Ortiz: Yanga,” Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Grant Gershon, chorus master (Los Angeles Philharmonic & Tambuco Percussion Ensemble; Los Angeles Master Chorale)
“Requiem of Light,” Steven Fox, conductor; Emily Drennan & Patti Drennan, chorus masters (Brian Giebler & Sangeeta Kaur; The Clarion Choir)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
“Dennehy: Land Of Winter,” Alan Pierson & Alarm Will Sound
“La Mer – French Piano Trios,” Neave Trio
“Lullabies for the Brokenhearted,” Lili Haydn & Paul Cantelon
“Slavic Sessions,” Mak Grgić & Mateusz Kowalski
“Standard Stoppages,” Third Coast Percussion
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
“Coleridge-Taylor: 3 Selections From ’24 Negro Melodies,’” Curtis Stewart; Michael Repper, conductor (National Philharmonic)
“Hope Orchestrated,” Mary Dawood Catlin; Jesús David Medina & Raniero Palm, conductors (Venezuela Strings Recording Ensemble)
“Inheritances,” Adam Tendler
“Price: Piano Concerto In One Movement In D Minor,” Han Chen; John Jeter, conductor (Malmö Opera Orchestra)
“Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos,” Yo-Yo Ma; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
“Shostakovich: The Piano Concertos; Solo Works,” Yuja Wang; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Alike – My Mother’s Dream, Allison Charney, soloist; Benjamin Loeb, conductor (National Symphonia Orchestra)
Black Pierrot, Sidney Outlaw, soloist; Warren Jones, pianist
In This Short Life, Devony Smith, soloist; Danny Zelibor, pianist; Michael Nicolas, accompanist
Kurtág: Kafka Fragments, Susan Narucki, soloist; Curtis Macomber, accompanist
Schubert Beatles, Theo Hoffman, soloist; Steven Blier, pianist (Rupert Boyd, Julia Bullock, Alex Levine, Andrew Owens, Rubén Rengel & Sam Weber)
Telemann: Ino – Opera Arias For Soprano, Amanda Forsythe, soloist; Robert Mealy, Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors (Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra)
Best Classical Compendium
Cerrone: Don’t Look Down, Sandbox Percussion; Jonathan Allen, Victor Caccese, Christopher Cerrone, Ian Rosenbaum, Terry Sweeney & Mike Tierney, producers
The Dunbar/Moore Sessions, Vol. II, Will Liverman; Jonathan Estabrooks, producer
Ortiz: Yanga, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer
Seven Seasons, Janai Brugger, Isolde Fair, MB Gordy & Starr Parodi; Nicholas Dodd, conductor; Jeff Fair, Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakeley, producers
Tombeaux, Christina Sandsengen; Shaun Drew & Christina Sandsengen, producers
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Cerrone: Don’t Look Down, Christopher Cerrone, composer (Conor Hanick & Sandbox Percussion)
Dennehy: Land of Winter, Donnacha Dennehy, composer (Alan Pierson & Alarm Will Sound)
León: Raíces (Origins), Tania León, composer (Edward Gardner & London Philharmonic Orchestra)
Okpebholo: Songs in Flight, Shawn E. Okpebholo, composer (Will Liverman, Paul Sánchez & Various Artists)
Ortiz: Dzonot, Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Alisa Weilerstein, Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic)
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SEVENTEEN sub-group CxM dropped a remix of their single “5, 4, 3 (Pretty Woman)” on Friday (Nov. 7) featuring rapper Flo Milli. The song, which first appeared on HYPE VIBES, the debut mini album from SEVENTEEN members S.COUPS and MINGYU, gets an injection of even more energy from the “Never Lose Me” MC, who weighs in on being pretty and powerful.
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“You gotta be tall, dark and handsome I’ll be your sexy little dancer/ Make this your pretty woman anthem he said I’m so hard to handle/ I step up in the room all eyes on me/ Don’t wanna look away ’cause the body so tea/ I told you pretty girls rock, pretty girls on top,” Milli raps over the song’s effervescent, bouncy arrangement, which features an interpolation of the chorus and hook of late rock icon Roy Orbison’s 1964 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit “Oh, Pretty Woman.”
The original version of the song featured Philly rapper/singer Lay Bankz and appeared on CxM’s six-track debut, which dropped in late September. In addition to “5, 4,3 (Pretty Woman),” it featured the moody mid-tempo pop dance tunes “Worth It” and “For You,” as well flute-forward hip-hop banger “Fiesta” and the ballads “Young Again” and “Earth.”
HYPE VIBES debuted at No. 71 on the Billboard 200 album chart, marking the highest-ever ranking by a K-pop unit album on the U.S. tally; the EP also topped the Billboard Emerging Artists chart for three weeks. Both members of the 13-man South Korean boy band also had a hand in songwriting and composition all six tracks on the EP.
The whole group — which also features members JEONGHAN, JOSHUA, JUN, HOSHI, WONWOO, WOOZI, THE 8, DK, SEUNGKWAN, VERNON and DINO — will continue playing shows on their New World tour later this month when they kick off a three-night stand in Nagoya, Japan on Nov. 27, followed by three nights in Osaka (Dec. 4, 6, 7) before winding down the year with a pair of shows (Dec. 11-12) in Tokyo and two more in Fukuoka, Japan (Dec. 20-21).
Listen to “5, 4, 3 (Pretty Woman)” with Flo Milli below.
Trending on Billboard NBC’s new Wicked: One Wonderful Night special was a celebration of the music and magic of Jon M. Chu’s live-action duology, but apparently, there wasn’t any room for mention of one of the project’s most important core themes. According to numerous outlets who were at the live-music event’s taping, Marissa Bode — […]
Trending on Billboard The Recording Academy is unveiling the nominations for the 68th annual Grammy Awards on a livestream on its YouTube channel, and you can find out who is competing in the six highest-profile categories right here. We’ll show you the full list of nominees in each of those categories – along with our […]
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Quincy Jones, the late legendary producer, songwriter and composer extraordinaire, returns to the top of a Billboard chart for the first time since his death on Nov. 3, 2024, thanks to his production work on Michael Jackson’s 43-year-old classic “Thriller.”
The song, which Jones produced, makes its annual Halloween resurgence across multiple Billboard charts dated Nov. 8. “Thriller” reenters the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 32 and rises 7-4 on Hot R&B Songs and 18-5 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. According to Luminate, the song raked in 8.9 million official U.S. streams (up 74% week-over-week), 4.2 million in radio airplay audience (up 90%) and 2,000 downloads sold (up 101%) Oct. 24-30. With Halloween falling on a Friday this year — the first day of the next data tracking period — the song is likely to see an even bigger bump on next week’s Nov. 15-dated charts.
Thanks to his work on “Thriller,” Jones hits No. 1 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Producers and R&B Producers charts. It’s the first time he’s ranked at No. 1 on a Billboard chart since Feb. 9, 2019, when he led the since-discontinued Jazz Digital Song Sales chart with 1981’s “One Hundred Ways” featuring vocalist James Ingram. Before that, he last placed at No. 1 on March 6, 1999, when his album From Q, With Love ruled both the Jazz Albums and Contemporary Jazz Albums charts.
Over his seven-decade career, Jones helped shape modern popular music, producing seminal works by Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Lesley Gore and the Brothers Johnson, among many others. He produced 12 No. 1 hits on the Hot 100 in his lifetime, nine of which were sung by Jackson.
In addition to his behind-the-scenes triumphs, Jones earned many other No. 1s under his own name. He topped Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs with “Stuff Like That” (1978), “I’ll Be Good to You” featuring Ray Charles and Chaka Khan (1990), “The Secret Garden” (1990) and “Tomorrow (A Better You, Better Me)” with Tevin Campbell (1990). He also led Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums with Body Heat (1974) and Back on the Block (1990); Dance Club Songs with “I’ll Be Good to You” and “Stomp” featuring the Cast of Stomp/The Yes/No Productions (1996); and Contemporary Jazz Albums with Back on the Block (1990), Q’s Jook Joint (1995) and From Q, With Love (1999).
Billboard‘s R&B/Hip-Hop Producers and R&B Producers charts are based on total points accrued by a producer for each attributed song that appears on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot R&B Songs, respectively. For songs with multiple producers, every credited producer splits points equally (which occasionally leads to ties on rankings).
The full R&B/Hip-Hop Songwriters and R&B/Hip-Hop Producers charts, plus those for other genres, can be found on Billboard.com.
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Kanye West has attempted to take a step in the right direction by righting his wrongs.
In the past, Ye has made disgusting comments against Jewish people that came off as antisemitic. Even to the point that Ted Duetch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee, spoke out against it, “This is blatant antisemitism, and it’s disgusting. Ye is profiting off of Jewish-hatred, and the music industry needs to step up and speak out against this obscenity.”
Fast forward to the current time, Kanye has had a change of heart and met with Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto to take accountability for his comments.
In an intimate one-on-one with the Rabbi, Ye appears to be sitting down, holding his hands, giving him a sincere apology for his past actions, “I feel really blessed to be able to sit with you here today and take accountability. I was dealing with some various issues, so it would take my ideas and have me taking them to the extreme, where I would forget about the protection of the people around me. So I wanted to come take accountability.”
The private meeting was posted online by Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, where he seemed to have accepted his apology, “Ye came with humility to seek forgiveness and a new chapter of repentance and love among human beings.”
It was also stated that the Rabbi welcomed Kanye West warmly. Social media has been going crazy after the clip surfaced of Kanye apologizing to the Rabbis for his past antisemitic comments. Folks online had mixed feelings about the apology.
1. Users react to Kanye’s apology
2. Kanye a clone?
3. More commentary on Ye’s apology
4. Ye got a new accent?
5. Some users believe Kanye is attempting to turn a new leaf.
6. Some are claiming they’ve seen this story before…
7. Nicki Minaj reacts
8. Are we proud of Ye?
9. Photo of Kanye West and Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto
10. Some fans are calling for Ye to bring back Sunday Service
