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Trending on Billboard 50 Cent is looking to go from “In Da Club” to the wedding reception. The G-Unit sat down with ExtraTV on Wednesday (Oct. 22), during which 50 relayed he’d gladly accept an invite to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding. “I would make my way over there,” 50 said when asked if […]
Trending on Billboard Chappell Roan is walking the walk. After advocating for the LGBTQ+ community throughout her career, the pop star has announced a fund called the Midwest Princess Project supporting vulnerable trans youth. The news came in the form of an Instagram post on Thursday (Oct. 23), with Roan writing, “I am so excited […]
Trending on Billboard Is Spotify becoming more than just a place to stream songs? This week, Spotify’s global head of marketing and policy, music business, Sam Duboff, joins host Kristin Robinson to talk about how the platform is evolving to serve both artists and fans in new ways. From developing AI tools with the music […]
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For the third month in a row, KPop Demon Hunters controls Billboard’s Top Movie Songs chart, powered by Tunefind (a Songtradr company), with music from the Netflix juggernaut ruling the top seven of the 10-position September 2025 tally.
Rankings for the Top Movie Songs chart are based on song and film data provided by Tunefind and ranked using a formula blending that data with sales and streaming information tracked by Luminate during the corresponding period of September 2025. The ranking generally includes newly released films from the preceding three months, with exceptions given to movies whose music is still experiencing a high volume of public interest.
That last part is key here: While KPop Demon Hunters was originally released on June 20, a date that might normally make it ineligible for the September 2025 Top Movie Songs chart, the film’s continued stranglehold on pop culture is difficult to ignore. In fact, its top dog, HUNTR/X’s “Golden,” reigned on the weekly Billboard Hot 100 for the entirety of September, a reign that began in August and continued into October; it ranks at No. 3 on the latest survey.
So it’ll be unsurprising that “Golden” is No. 1 on September 2025’s Top Movie Songs list, too. That month, the song accumulated 160.2 million official on-demand U.S. streams and sold 36,000 downloads, according to Luminate. While other songs from the soundtrack racked up sizable metrics, no other broke 100 million streams or even more than 15,000 downloads in that span.
It’s the third month at No. 1 for “Golden,” which initially debuted atop the July 2025 tally alongside other songs from the movie. Saja Boys’ “Soda Pop” remains at No. 2 for a second month (it was No. 4 on the July list) as the top “Golden” competitor, earning 92.7 million streams and 14,000 downloads.
The sum-of-its-parts soundtrack even ruled the Billboard 200 for the first time in September, rising to No. 1 on the Sept. 20 ranking after six weeks in a row at No. 2. It’s since crowned the Oct. 11 chart, too.
All of which is to say: Don’t expect the KPop Demon Hunters dominance to wane on Top Movie Songs anytime soon.
After holding down the top seven, the remainder of the September 2025 tally features music from Gabby’s Dollhouse, Weapons and The Wrong Paris. The former leads at No. 8 thanks to its synch of ROSE and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” (29.9 million streams, 5,000 downloads), a No. 3 hit on the Hot 100 in February.
See the full top 10 below.
Rank, Song, Artist, Movie
“Golden,” HUNTR/X, KPop Demon Hunters
“Soda Pop,” Saja Boys, KPop Demon Hunters
“How It’s Done,” HUNTR/X, KPop Demon Hunters
Your Idol,” Saja Boys, KPop Demon Hunters
“What It Sounds Like,” HUNTR/X, KPop Demon Hunters
“Takedown,” HUNTR/X, KPop Demon Hunters
“Free,” EJAE & Andrew Choi, KPop Demon Hunters
“APT.,” ROSE & Bruno Mars, Gabby’s Dollhouse
“Beware of Darkness,” George Harrison, Weapons
“Getaway,” Harper Grace, The Wrong Paris
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Fred Armisen has few equals when it comes to committing to the bit. Whether he’s playing Prince or gold-toothed Venezuelan timbales player Fericito on Saturday Night Live, Dave, Spyke or Bryce on Portlandia, or Uncle Fester on Wednesday, he inhabits his characters so completely that they can be uncomfortable to watch—especially when those characters lack any self-consciousness, are painfully naive, talentless or annoying. It’s a trick he brought to his public persona as well, especially his bits with Seth Meyers as the drummer of the 8G Band on Late Night, explaining that he was releasing his first fragrance (a suspiciously dark liquid that smelled like ink) or launching his own celebrity circus.
So when Armisen appeared on Netflix’s Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney last March and announced he was about to release an album of sound effects on the Drag City label, it was hard to tell if it was real, a joke, or an Andy Kaufman-esque bit that lived in the space between reality and comedy. Even Mulaney seemed uncertain. And when Armisen played a few sound effects, the straightforwardness of it all only fed the uncertainty.
Turns out, Armisen was not kidding — at least not joking about releasing an album of unadorned recordings of . . . sounds. Drag City released 100 Sound Effects in late September. As the Chicago label’s co-founder Dan Koretzky put it: “Fred proposed a sound effects record, and thinking he meant a tribute to The Jam, we were thrilled! When we realized it was a record of actual sound effects, we were overjoyed!” Koretzky was referring to Paul Weller-led band’s 1980 near-masterpiece Sound Affects, and the cover of Sound Effects pays homage to that album. It is also dedicated to the late producer and indie rock icon Steve Albini, who helped Armisen find L.A. recording studios for the project before he died last year.
100 Sound Effects actually contains a 101st bonus track — a throwback to the full flowering of the CD format in the 1990s and 2000s. The recordings range from seven seconds to one minute and 49 seconds. (A nine-track compilation on Spotify combines a number of effects by subject.) Comedian friends also feature on some of the tracks, including Tim Heidecker, Mary Lynn Rajskub (remember her in that torture procedural 24?) and his wife Riki Lindhome.
In interviews for the album, Armisen has said he hopes some of the recordings will actually be used by the entertainment industry. Licensing fees are a little unlikely, given the ready availability of royalty-free sound libraries. But Koretzky does not sound like someone concerned about how much the album sells or streams. Asked why his label would commit to an album with little commercial potential, he replied via email: “We may have different definitions of commercial success.”
Given Armisen’s commitment to the project and his craft, Billboard committed to listening to and ranking the tracks on 100 Sound Effects. That said, 101 entries do not follow. Some of the sound effects are slight variations on a theme, such as breaking glass, and, for the purpose of this article, are evaluated as a group.
Fred Armisen, “100 Sound Effects”
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Track 101: “Fred Walking to Control Room”
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Country singer Jameson Rodgers allegedly hurled a “full, unopened beer can” into a concert crowd and hit a fan during a 2022 festival on the Jersey Shore – and an appeals court now says Sony Music must continue to face the resulting lawsuit filed by the injured woman.
Samantha Haws sued Rodgers, Sony and others, claiming the incident at the 2022 Barefoot Country Music Festival in Wildwood, NJ, had left her with “severe and permanent injuries.” She even sued MillerCoors because it was a can of Miller Lite that Rodgers allegedly threw.
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Sony wants to be dismissed from the case, arguing that it cannot be sued in New Jersey because it isn’t based in the state and didn’t operate the festival. But a lower judge denied that request last year – and a New Jersey appeals court upheld that ruling on Wednesday.
In recent years, there’s been a disturbing trend of objects being thrown at concert performers. NBA YoungBoy stopped a show earlier this month after fans threw objects, Luke Combs was hit in the face during a July concert, and Bebe Rexha needed stitches after being hit with a smartphone, leading to criminal charges against the offender.
But there’s also been multiple incidents involving objects thrown by the artists, often resulting in legal action. 50 Cent was sued last year over an incident in which he threw a microphone off-stage in frustration, allegedly hitting a stagehand. Cardi B hurled a mic at a fan who threw a drink at her at a 2023 Las Vegas concert, resulting in another lawsuit.
In her July 2024 case, Haws claims that Rodgers and/or others “threw full, unopened cans of Miller Lite beer from the stage into the crowded audience” at the Barefoot Festival. She says one struck her “violently and without warning in the head and facial area,” leaving her with “severe, painful and permanent bodily injuries.”
Sony, named as a defendant in the case because Rodgers is signed to Columbia Nashville, immediately moved to exit the case. The company argued that it didn’t organize or market the festival or pay for or provide security for it. But a judge said last year that Rodgers had potentially performed at the festival as Sony’s agent, which could legally put the company on the hook for his actions.
In Wednesday’s decision, the New Jersey appeals court rejected Sony’s appeal of that ruling. It said there was “no error” by the lower judge because Haws had established a “business relationship between Sony and Rodgers related to live performances” and the label “would be subject to specific jurisdiction if Rodgers was acting on Sony’s behalf at the time Haws was injured.”
The ruling does not mean Sony is liable to Haws, or that her allegations will ultimately be proven. Instead, it merely sets the stage for more litigation over whether Sony was sufficiently involved to face the lawsuit. Reps for Sony, and both reps and an attorney for Rodgers did not immediately return requests for comment on Thursday.
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Kim Kardashian and Ye (formerly Kanye West) finalized their divorce in 2022, but sharing four children means they will be involved in one another’s lives for the foreseeable future.
The Skims mogul opened up about the fallout from her relationship with West during the season seven premiere of Hulu‘s The Kardashians on Thursday (Oct. 23), which she says “tested” her in ways she didn’t see coming as she wanted to “protect” her kids as best she could.
“I was pretty tested, I will say. Very tested,” she said. “I mean, I have psoriasis again. I felt it. I mean, I felt more stressed, probably just because I had to super protect what I had to protect. My kids are involved now.”
Kardashian added that she’s most worried about how the kids will handle their father’s public outbursts. “My poor kids,” she continued. “Everyone around can handle it, but … protect my babies. They’re gonna know things. They’re gonna grow up. They’re gonna see. So my job as a mom is to just make sure that at a time when that behavior is happening, is just to make sure that they are protected.”
She explained how it isn’t as easy as “walking away” from the relationship with Ye since they have children together. “I’m happy it’s over,” the reality star said. “My ex will be in my life no matter what. We have four kids together.”
Kardashian also pushed back against West’s narrative that she’s attempting to keep the children from seeing him.
“As much as people think that I have the luxury of walking away and not dealing ever again, that’s not my reality. This person — we have four kids together,” she said on the reality show. “It’s very confusing because it’ll be all this talk on the internet of like, ‘I’m keeping the kids.’ He’s never once called and asked [to see them].”
She added: “But then I’ll wake up, and it’s on Twitter that I’m keeping the kids. So it’s just … When it’s not true and not rational, I just have to like … I can’t engage all the time. It’s a divorce, not a kidnapping. We haven’t left! We’re in the same spot. We have the same address, so he knows where his kids are.”
Elsewhere in the episode, Kardashian opened up about health issues she’s suffered as a result of the stresses in her life. Her psoriasis flared up for the first time since getting divorced, and she was also diagnosed with a brain aneurysm.
When it comes to Ye’s troubling issues, Kardashian always felt it was a reflection of her, but recently, that hasn’t been the case.
“It was the first time I think one of my kids knew what was happening,” she said on The Kardashians. “I’ve been able to hide it for so long. I always felt like I had a little bit of like Stockholm syndrome, to where I always felt really bad and always protected and always wanted to help … And this was the first time I didn’t feel that responsibility personally.”
West and Kardashian share four children: North, 12; Saint, 9; Chicago, 7; and Psalm, 6. Kardashian filed for divorce in early 2021, and the case was settled in November 2022.
Watch the season seven trailer of The Kardashians below.
Trending on Billboard The CMA Awards are less than a month away, and Lainey Wilson is getting ready. After cohosting last year with Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning, the nine-time CMA Awards winner will be the sole host for the 59th annual CMA Awards, slated for Nov. 19 on ABC. In a clip exclusive to […]
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Halle Bailey takes Tetris out for a vegan lunch at H.O.P.E. Healthy Organic Positive Eating! While nibbling, they chat about the highs and lows of her first solo album, ‘Love? Or Something Like It,’ new collaborations with her girls, the legacy of ‘The Little Mermaid’ and growing up in the industry.
Halle Bailey:
Hi! Welcome!
Tetris Kelly:
Thanks for hanging out with me today.
Of course, thanks for having me here.
It’s like, what they know about you, we’re about to find out, okay? All right, Ms. Bailey, tell me about H.O.P.E. What is your connection to this restaurant?
Oh my goodness, okay. So, I was vegan when I first moved out to California about, oh my gosh, like, 14 years ago now. Geez, it’s been a long time since I’ve been here!
You’re a local now!
I was vegan for 13 years, but now I’m not anymore. When I got pregnant, I wanted to eat meat. But this place? I still go to this place. I swear by it—it’s so good. So, the fact that we’re here today is really freaking awesome, so thanks.
I love that. And then you said that when you got pregnant, you wanted meat. What was the first thing you needed so badly?
I needed… Oh, why are we saying this in this restaurant?
Oh, sorry.
It was Chick-fil-A nuggets.
You’re right, you’re right. Okay, I just needed to know—for my own research. I needed to know what the item was. Hey, how’s it going?
Waitress:
Hi! Great!
Okay, so can we please start with your spring rolls, then your green curry dumplings, and your Muay Thai wings, because I want him to try it just to see.
Waitress:
Of course.
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Trending on Billboard Grimes is known for changing up her appearance in unorthodox ways, but even she was surprised when no one batted an eye at her riskiest alteration yet: a face tattoo. On Wednesday (Oct. 22), the singer-producer shared a selfie showing off the ink, which appears to be a faded ring around her […]
