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Belying its title, Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” remains a steadily dominant hit, topping Billboard’s Radio Songs chart for a 26th week – tying The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” for the most time spent at No. 1 in the survey’s history.
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” previously logged a record-tying 19 weeks at No. 1 on the streaming-, airplay- and sales-based Billboard Hot 100, beginning last July.
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The track holds atop Radio Songs with 63.2 million in audience Jan. 17-23, essentially even week-over-week, according to data tracker Luminate. The chart reflects all-format airplay on more than 1,000 monitored radio stations; Pop Airplay chart reporter KDHT (Hits 95.7) Denver has played the song the most to date: more than 4,000 times.
Here’s a rundown of the longest-leading Radio Songs No. 1s, dating to the chart’s December 1990 start:
26 weeks, “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Shaboozey, beginning Aug. 10, 2024
26, “Blinding Lights,” The Weeknd, April 18, 2020
18, “Flowers,” Miley Cyrus, Feb. 25, 2023
18, “Iris,” Goo Goo Dolls, Aug. 1, 1998
16, “Girls Like You,” Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B, Aug. 4, 2018
16, “We Belong Together,” Mariah Carey, May 28, 2005
16, “Don’t Speak,” No Doubt, Dec. 7, 1996
15, “Easy On Me,” Adele, Dec. 4, 2021
14, “High Hopes,” Panic! at the Disco, Dec. 1, 2018
14, “No One,” Alicia Keys, Nov. 3, 2007
14, “Because You Loved Me,” Celine Dion, April 13, 1996
“A Bar Song (Tipsy),” on American Dogwood/EMPIRE, with country radio promotion by Magnolia Music, dominated the Country Airplay chart for seven weeks beginning last August, the longest No. 1 run for a first entry, and ranks in the top 10 for a record-extending 30th week.
The song also made history as the first to hit the top five (or even top 10) on Country Airplay, Pop Airplay, Adult Pop Airplay (two weeks at No. 1 on each chart) and Rhythmic Airplay (No. 3 peak).
“There were many, many doubters of our ability to work this record at radio,” EMPIRE COO Nima Etminan told Billboard after “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” hit No. 1 on the Hot 100. “The industry loves telling independents that there’s a ceiling to what they can do on their own, and this was no different. We were told it can’t be done, and, as we like to do, we proved them wrong. We’ve assembled a fantastic team that we had full faith in – and they delivered.”
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Selena Gomez broke down in tears on Monday morning (Jan. 27) in an Instagram post in which she promised to do anything she can to help undocumented Mexican nationals in the midst of the new Trump administration’s nationwide crackdown on undocumented non-citizens.
According the People magazine, the Texas-born singer whose grandparents immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico without proper documentation posted a since-deleted Instagram Story in which she weeped alongside the caption, “I’m sorry” and a Mexican flag emoji. “All my people are getting attacked, the children,” Gomez added in the video that can be seen here. “I don’t understand. I’m so sorry, I wish I could do something but I can’t. I don’t know what to do. I’ll try everything, I promise.”
President Trump began his second administration last week by vowing to unleash a nationwide immigration crackdown. CNN reported that over the weekend nearly 1,000 people the administration deemed national security threats were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers along with agents from a variety of federal agencies including the FBI, DEA and U.S. Marshals Service in Chicago, Atlanta, Puerto Rico, Colorado, Los Angeles, Austin, TX and elsewhere.
People said that in another since-deleted Instagram Story, Gomez wrote, “Apparently it’s not ok to show empathy for people.” According to reports, TV doctor Phil McGraw joined U.S. border czar Tom Homan in a highly choreographed raid in Chicago in which the daytime talk show host asked some detainees where they were from and whether they were legal citizens.
At press time a spokesperson for Gomez had not returned Billboard‘s request for further comment on the singer’s posts.
Gomez, 32, has been a strong advocate for the immigrant community before, including producing the 2019 Netflix series Living Undocumented, a doc that told the story of eight families who agreed to let film crews follow them as they faced potential deportation under the first Trump administration. At the time, Gomez slammed what she dubbed the Trump team’s cruel treatment of immigrant families, including its widely criticized separation of children from their families.
“I can’t even imagine what these kids being separated from their families are going through,” she said in February 2020. “It’s something that is going to traumatize them for the rest of their lives. And it just seems animalistic.” In October 2019, Gomez also penned a poignant essay for TIME magazine, in which she wrote about her aunt and grandparents crossing the border into the U.S. from Mexico.
“In 1992, I was born a U.S. citizen thanks to their bravery and sacrifice,” she wrote. “Over the past four decades, members of my family have worked hard to gain United States citizenship. Undocumented immigration is an issue I think about every day, and I never forget how blessed I am to have been born in this country thanks to my family and the grace of circumstance.”
The flurry of raids have mostly drawn praise from Trump’s MAGA followers and Republican lawmakers, while officials in some states have decried the actions. NBC reported that Newark, NJ leaders and immigrant rights activists complained that ICE agents entered the back of a business in the city and arrested three workers without proper documents, while also detaining and questioning employees who are U.S. citizens.
Among other tactics employed so far by the Trump camp as part of its immigration crackdown are the shutting down of the CBP One asylum app, the clearing of the way for immigration authorities to make arrests in schools, churches and hospitals and a rush of active duty troops to help build border barriers and escort people onto removal flights.
LISA couldn’t be more excited to paint the town red with Doja Cat, whom she called her “dream” duet partner ahead of the duo’s upcoming “Born Again” collaboration with Raye.
In a new interview with Capital Breakfast‘s Jordan North posted Monday (Jan. 27) — seemingly filmed before the BLACKPINK star announced her new project featuring Doja and the “Escapism” musician on Jan. 24 — LISA was immediately ready with her answer when asked which artist is her “dream” collaborator. “I want to team up with Doja Cat,” she said, smiling excitedly.
The Thai performer coyly said that she wasn’t sure if she could call Doja a friend just yet, but noted that they’re both “in the same company.” Both LISA and the “Woman” musician are signed to RCA Records, the former in partnership with her self-owned LLOUD company and the latter through RCA’s Kemosabe Records imprint.
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The interview comes three days after LISA announced that she was joining forces with Doja and Raye on “Born Again,” sharing a chic photograph of the trio posing in glamorous black cocktail dresses on Instagram. The girl group star also revealed at the time that the new track will drop 7 p.m. ET on Feb. 6.
A few weeks after “Born Again,” LISA’s debut solo album, Alter Ego, will arrive Feb. 28. So far, the K-pop phenom has released three singles from the project: “Rockstar,” which reached No. 70 on the Billboard Hot 100, “New Woman” with Rosalia and “Moonlit Floor (Kiss Me).”
Recorded partially in Thailand while LISA was filming The White Lotus — “I don’t sleep,” she joked on Capital Breakfast of making her acting debut and music at the same time — Alter Ego will find the star exploring five different inner personas, each of which have their own names and character traits. Her favorite is one named Vixi, she revealed on the show, because “she’s the bada–, she’s a villain.”
“I was trying so many different kinds of music styles while I was recording,” LISA added of her album. “I was like, ‘Oh, well I’ve never done this kind of stuff before, but it sounds great. Why not just kind of like put all the different styles into the album and call it Alter Ego?’”
As for Doja, the Los Angeles native hasn’t dropped an album since 2023’s Scarlet, which reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200. Her most recent project wasn’t music-related at all, but rather a charitable undertaking supporting wildfire relief in her home city; earlier this month, the Grammy winner unveiled a line of custom merchandise that’ll funnel 100% of its proceeds to the American Red Cross’ efforts in Southern California as the L.A. area rebuilds from the deadly fires that have left tens of thousands of residents displaced with immeasurable damages to the city’s infrastructure.
See the “Born Again” announcement below.
Lady Gaga is getting ready to unleash mayhem on her Little Monsters, with the pop superstar finally announcing her highly anticipated seventh studio album Monday morning (Jan. 27). Shortly after fans woke up to find billboards in New York City displaying a black-and-white photo of the star with her new album’s title and release date […]
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Looks like Martha Stewart never got the Brat summer memo last year. In a hilarious new teaser for Uber Eats’ upcoming Super Bowl commercial, the businesswoman lets Charli XCX know in no uncertain terms that she’s never heard of her before.
Sitting next to the “Guess” singer as they both take part in a trend called “We Listen and We Don’t Judge,” Stewart kicks things off with a gentle dig at her counterpart’s stage moniker. “Honestly, Charli, when my agent first sent me your name, I thought it was the wifi password,” the culinary guru says as the Grammy nominee chuckles.
But Charli immediately gives it right back to Stewart. “Well, when my agent told me you were doing this, I thought you’d be doing the catering,” she tells the author, who later asks the musician, “But seriously, who are you again?”
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Both Charli and Stewart will star in Uber Eats’ commercial airing Super Bowl Sunday, which this year takes place Feb. 9. Matthew McConaughey will also appear in the advertisement, leading the “Apple” artist and TV personality on quest to prove that football was invented just to sell food.
“It was cute filming my first Super Bowl campaign with Uber Eats!” Charli said of the commercial in a statement. “Matthew and Martha are obviously legends, so I felt right at home.”
The songwriter also filmed a solo teaser for the campaign that’s more in line with the vibes of her year-defining 2024 album Brat — which reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200 — with Charli breaking down football positions in “club terms.” “The quarterback — he’s like the DJ,” she says, wearing sunglasses while sitting on a conference room table. “He controls the vibe. Bad quarterback, bad vibe.”
“The defensive lineman is sort of like a bouncer, I suppose — you have to get past him if you want to score,” she continues. “The tight end? No translation needed, babe.”
Watch Charli XCX and Martha Stewart’s Super Bowl ad teasers below.
Katy Perry is bringing her Lifetimes Tour to the U.S. this spring and summer. On Monday morning (Jan. 27), the singer announced the first American dates for the tour in support of her 143 album, which will kick off with a May 7 show at the Toyota Center in Houston.
The outing will then swing through Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, Las Vegas and Austin, TX before hitting Dallas’ American Airlines Arena on May 21. June will find Perry playing a string of previously announced arena gigs across Australia, before she makes her way back to the U.S. for July stops in Phoenix, Anaheim and Inglewood, CA and San Francisco before wrapping up that leg at Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena on July 21.
The rest of the summer is a mix of previously announced Canadian shows in late July and early August and yet another run of U.S. gigs in Detroit, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Neward, Baltimore, Raleigh, Nashville, Atlanta and Tampa, winding down on August 23 at Keseya Center in Miami. After that, Perry heads down to South America and then back to Europe in the fall for a run currently slated to wrap up on Nov. 5 at the Accor Arena in Paris.
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Tickets for the U.S. dates of the Live Nation-promoted tour will be available starting with Citi and Verizon presales beginning on Tuesday (Jan. 28) at 10 a.m. local time through Thursday (Jan. 3) at 10 p.m. local time; click here for Citi ticket info and here for Verizon ticketing info. The general onsale will begin at 10 a.m. local time on Friday (Jan. 31) here.
Katy Perry 2025 Lifetimes Tour U.S. dates:
May 7 — Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
May 9 — Oklahoma City, OK @ Paycom Center
May 10 — Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center
May 12 — Chicago, IL @ United Center
May 13 — Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
May 15 — Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
May 17 — Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena
May 20 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center
May 21 — Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
July 12 — Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center
July 13 — Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center
July 15 — Inglewood, CA@ Kia Forum
July 18 — San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center
July 21 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
August 3 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
August 6 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena (newly announced Canadian show)
August 8 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden
August 9 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
August 11 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
August 14 — Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
August 15 — Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena
August 17 — Raleigh, NC @ Lenovo Center
August 19 — Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
August 20 — Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
August 22 — Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
August 23 — Miami, FL @ Kaseya Center
On Sunday (Jan. 26), it was Travis Kelce‘s turn to sing in the spotlight. As Taylor Swift looked on from the field, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end celebrated his team winning the AFC Championship following a tight battle with their frequent rivals, the Buffalo Bills, with a little ditty. After Kelce and the gang […]
Tate McRae‘s “Sports Car” has emerged as the winner of this week’s new music poll, which highlights fresh tracks from a variety of artists across genres.
The song was voted the top new release by music fans in a poll published Friday (Jan. 24) on Billboard.
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“Sports Car” took home 25% of the vote, narrowly beating other notable new releases like Sexyy Red and Bruno Mars‘ “Fat Juicy & Wet,” Djo‘s “Basic Being Basic,” Travis Scott‘s “4×4” and Central Cee‘s Can’t Rush Greatness, among others.
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“Sports Car” crackles with energy, much like the pop star’s recent singles, with a whispered chorus that draws listeners in before sending them into a danceable frenzy. Co-written by McRae, Ryan Tedder, Grant Boutin and Julia Michaels, the song will appear on her upcoming third album, So Close to What, set for release on Feb. 21 through RCA Records.
“Sports Car” follows McRae’s recent singles “2 hands” and “It’s ok I’m ok,” the latter of which topped Billboard’s Hot Dance/Pop Songs chart.
In March, the singer-songwriter will launch her Miss Possessive Tour, which will travel across South America, Europe, the U.K. and North America. The Live Nation-produced trek begins March 18 at Mexico City’s Pepsi Center and will wrap up on Sept. 27 at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles. Benee will support on all European/U.K. dates, while Zara Larsson will join McRae for the U.S./Canada leg of the tour.
Taking second place in the poll is the “other” category, which garnered nearly 24% of the vote. Sexyy Red and Bruno Mars’ “Fat Juicy & Wet” secured third place with 22% of the vote. The track marks Mars’ third collaboration in recent months, following his Billboard Hot 100-topping “Die With a Smile” with Lady Gaga and “APT.” with Rosé.
Check out the full results of this week’s poll below, and head over to Billboard’s Friday Music Guide for more must-hear releases.
Gracie Abrams just announced Dora Jar as the opening act for her upcoming tour dates in Europe. In a bewildering move, a fan planning to attend the February-March leg of Abrams’ Secret of Us Tour started a petition to replace Jar as the opener.
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A screenshot shared on social media shows that the petition was created on Change.org.
Though Jar has previously been the supporting act for Billie Eilish and The 1975 on arena tours, and toured in support of her own album this past fall, the petition’s creator — under the pseudonym Dexter Morgan — wrote, “Many fans, including myself, are baffled by the recent announcement … We are perplexed as we do not recognize her, and with less than two weeks till the tour, it’s virtually impossible to familiarize ourselves with her slow-paced songs.”
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They claimed, “For a memorable concert experience, an opening act should set the mood and get the crowd excited, but Dora’s slow tempo songs may not achieve this goal.”
What’s more perplexing: The petition organizer attempted to source Billboard to strengthen their statement that “upbeat opening acts are essential” at a concert. No citation link was shared, and no previous article appears to have been published on this website with those exact words, or arguing that opinion. (For what it’s worth, you won’t find this Billboard editor demanding upbeat openers.)
Jar responded politely when discovering the petition’s existence Friday night (Jan. 24).
“Don’t worry this doesn’t bum me out! I’m hear to perform for all the music loving open hearted fans. those who aren’t interested can go buy merch while I’m playing (but they might as well let me entertain them tho..;)) an overwhelming amount of fans have been so kind & excited,” she said in response to a message spotted on X (formerly Twitter).
Later she joked, “signed the petition but rehearsing these songs just in case I remain the opener! Love u Dexter.”
In another message Jar expressed thanks to fans of Abrams who’ve stepped in with words of support: “Hate comes with the job, the truth is this is the biggest outpouring of love I’ve ever received from a fanbase who is still unfamiliar with me. Gracie has beautiful open hearted fans and I am so excited for this.”
By Saturday, Abrams got word of the ill-mannered petition and spoke out on behalf of Jar.
“Just hearing about this absolute ridiculousness . . . so wildly uncool and bizarre and also just does not remotely add up. I’ve only seen everyone’s total excitement and I couldn’t be luckier or prouder to share a stage with this talented wonder. Stream everything she’s ever made whether or not you’re coming to the show. Dora forever and ever,” Abrams commented on Stereogum’s Instagram post about the situation.
Jar’s debut full-length album, No Way to Relax When You Are on Fire, was released in September, featuring the single “She Loves Me.” The album followed two EPs, 2022’s Comfortably in Pain and 2021’s Digital Meadow.
She first shared the news that she’ll join Abrams on her European trek, which kicks off in Madrid on Feb. 8 and runs through Glasgow on March 12, on Friday (Jan. 24).
“PINCH ME!!!!” Jar captioned the announcement on Instagram. “To all the beautiful Gracie fans in Europe and the UK: it is such an honor to announce that I will be playing some of my songs for you , opening for our golden hearted living legend GRACIE ABRAMS!!! A privilege to soon share the stage and this experience with you @gracieabrams. Can’t wait to see you all, I will share a playlist soon with some songs that I’ll be playing so you can get familiar and sway with me xoxox.”