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14 Mar 2024

Kelly Clarkson Channels Her Country Roots With Chris Stapleton ‘White Horse’ Cover

Kelly Clarkson tapped into her country roots during The Kelly Clarkson Show on Thursday (March 14), when she took on Chris Stapleton’s “White Horse” during her popular Kellyoke segment.

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The Texas native performed the 2023 track backed by her instrumentalists, affectionately called My Band Y’All, dressed in tailored black pants, topped with a white button-down shirt and a silver vest. “If you want a cowboy on a white horse / Ridin’ off into the sunset / If that’s the kind of love you wanna wait for / Hold on tight, girl, I ain’t there yet,” she sings in the chorus.

“White Horse” appears on Stapleton’s 2023 fifth studio album, Higher, and was co-written with Semisonic’s Dan Wilson. The album was produced by Stapleton with Morgane Stapleton and Dave Cobb, and recorded at Nashville’s RCA Studio A. The 14-song album features work from Cobb (acoustic guitar, eclectic guitar), J.T. Cure (bass), Paul Franklin (pedal steel), Derek Mixon (drums), Morgane (background vocals, synthesizer, tambourine) and Lee Pardini (organ, piano). The album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

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Stapleton will be heading to Saturday Night Live as musical guest on April 13, with Ryan Gosling as host, marking the third time he’s served as musical guest on the show.

Watch Kelly Clarkson perform Chris Stapleton’s “White Horse” for Kellyoke below.


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14 Mar 2024

Stephen Colbert Says He Would ‘Murder’ for His ‘Queen’ Taylor Swift

Stephen Colbert is as loyal a Swiftie as they come. On a recent episode of The Late Show, the talk show host told his guest of the night, Paul Rudd, that he would go to life-or-death extremes to make Taylor Swift happy — all because she treated his daughter with kindness more than a decade ago.

Recalling how he took his daughter Madeline — who was 14 at the time — to the Grammys in 2008, Colbert gushed Wednesday night (March 13), “Taylor was so nice to her that, to this day, I would murder for her if she wanted me too.”

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“I’m like, ‘Whatever you want, my queen,’” he added. “‘I will murder for you.’”

The Colbert Report alum previously told the story of how he introduced Madeline to Swift at the Grammys in a 2022 clip from his late-night show. “She turns around and goes, ‘Pretty girl!’ and comes and puts her arms around her and goes, ‘Oh you look amazing!’” he recalled at the time, mimicking how the “Anti-Hero” singer wrapped his daughter in a big hug. “She just praises my daughter for how she looks for, like, 30 seconds.”

“I would jump off a cliff into a pit of spikes for that woman for how nice she was to my daughter,” he’d added. “You’ve got to remember that!”

On Wednesday’s episode, Rudd also opened up about his love for Swift, especially when it comes to her effect on the NFL since dating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. “This whole thing is very exciting,” the actor, a longtime Chiefs fan, told Colbert. “I see those stories about the dads and their daughters, and their interests in watching the games together. I get all choked up watching it.”

In May, the Ant Man star attended one of the 14-time Grammy winner’s Eras Tour shows at MetLife Stadium, where he accepted friendship bracelets from fans and bumped into singer-songwriter Claud — who then invited him to star in the Phoebe Bridgers-backed artist’s music video after confessing they had another track coincidentally titled “Paul Rudd.”

“I thought, there’s so much support and love and positivity,” Rudd said of the concert. “To feel that feeling with that many people — it was incredible.”

Watch Colbert and Rudd discuss their Swiftiehood below.

14 Mar 2024

Justin Timberlake Shares Star-Studded Montage of One-Night-Only LA Show: ‘Love Y’all’

Justin Timberlake kicked off his Everything I Thought It Was era with a bang on Wednesday night (March 13), where he celebrated the upcoming released with a one-night-only concert at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, which not only featured appearances from Coco Jones and Tobe Nwigwe, but also brought *NSYNC together for the ultimate reunion.

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The 43-year-old singer took to Instagram to reflect on the evening, sharing a montage of best moments from the night, including the performances, the excited fans, the surprise guests and more. “One night only. Thank you to my @nsync brothers, @tobenwigwe, and @cocojones for coming out last night,” he captioned the post. “LOVE Y’ALL.”

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At the event, Timberlake welcomed Chris Kirkpatrick, JC Chasez, Lance Bass and Joey Fatone on stage to perform their hits “Bye Bye Bye” and “It’s Gonna Be Me” and debuted the new collaborative track “Paradise.” He performed “Sanctified” with Nwigwe, two months after they performed the Everything I Thought It Was track Saturday Night Live in January. Coco Jones, meanwhile, performed  “Until the End of Time” with Timberlake, 17 years after it was released as a 2007 duet with Beyoncé.

JT’s sixth studio album, Everything I Thought It Was, is out on Friday (March 15) and marks his first full-length album since 2018’s Man of the Woods. The album features previously released singles “Drown” and “Selfish,” which debuted at No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100, earning Timberlake his highest debut in six years on the tally. The lead single from Everything I Thought It Was also marked Timberlake’s 29th top 40 hit as a soloist.

14 Mar 2024

Ariana Grande Reacts to Christina Aguilera Giving ‘The Boy Is Mine’ Her Stamp of Approval

Ariana Grande‘s late ’90s, early aughts R&B-infused track “The Boy Is Mine” just got a stamp of approval from one of the era’s greats: Christina Aguilera.

In an Instagram video shared by the “Beautiful” singer Thursday (March 14), she shows off her glamorous beaded leotard and black boots as a wind machine creates ripples through her platinum hair. As she smizes for the camera and strikes different poses, Grande’s Eternal Sunshine number — which is quickly becoming a fan favorite — plays throughout the clip.

“The boy is mine, I can’t wait to try him/ Let’s get intertwined/ The stars, they aligned,” the R.E.M. Beauty founder sings on the track. “The boy is mine, watch me take my time/ I can’t believe my mind/ The boy is divine.”

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Reposting the video to her Story, Grande showed her gratitude by simply writing, “love you,” alongside four teary-eyed emojis.

“The Boy Is Mine” is one of 13 tracks on the Victorious alum’s new record, which dropped March 8. Preceded by just one single — the Billboard Hot 100-topping “Yes, And?” — Eternal Sunshine is already gunning for a No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200.

Leading up to the album’s release, Grande revealed that she thinks of “The Boy Is Mine” as a “bad girl anthem.” “It’s kind of like, okay, ‘I’ll play the bad girl, here’s your bad girl anthem,’” she told Zane Lowe in a recent Apple Music 1 interview. “I kind of was like, ‘This is a very bad idea, I think, but there is a large group of my fans that really, they do love a bad girl anthem.’ And this is kind of an elevated version of that.”

See Xtina’s video set to Grande’s “The Boy Is Mine” below.

14 Mar 2024

Justin Bieber’s 30 Biggest Hot 100 Hits, From ‘Baby’ to ‘Peaches’

Justin Bieber has been a chart-topping pop star for most of his life, signing with Scooter Braun at just 13 years old after captivating the web with his covers on YouTube.

At 27, the baby-faced, swoop-haired Canadian singer became the youngest solo artist in history to notch 100 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, a singular feat he reached in 2021. In spite of his age, however, the record was well over a decade in the making, starting with his debut single “One Time,” which peaked at No. 17 on the ranking in 2010.

He scored his first top 10 hit with the Ludacris-featuring “Baby,” which was as inescapable as it was hard to unstick from inside one’s head back in 2010. Over the years, Bieber would continue turning in Hot 100 smashes, including “As Long as You Love Me” with Big Sean, “Somebody to Love” with Usher and “Boyfriend.”

His first No. 1 on the chart came in 2015 with “What Do You Mean?” — but it certainly wouldn’t be his last. The singer would go on to top the listing again and again with songs like “Sorry,” “Love Yourself,” “Despacito” and “Peaches,” to name just a few.

Keep reading to see the star’s biggest hits on the Hot 100, including peak positions, peak dates and, when applicable, weeks at No. 1. But, be warned: Side effects of this list may include Bieber Fever.

Justin Bieber’s Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits ranking is based on weekly performance on the Hot 100 through the charts dated March 16, 2024. Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at lower spots earning the least. Due to changes in chart methodology over the years, eras are weighted differently to account for chart turnover rates during various periods.

14 Mar 2024

Zayn Malik Recalls Saving Harry Styles From a Pyrotechnic Mishap at a One Direction Concert

On the latest episode of Sean Evans’ Hot Ones Thursday (March 14), Zayn Malik recalled a time he encountered something even more fiery than the tear-inducing wings on the show: a pyrotechnical mishap at a One Direction concert many years ago, during which he saved bandmate Harry Styles from walking straight into special-effects flames.

“It’s actually amazing, ’cause it makes me look great,” the “Pillowtalk” singer joked of his superhero moment. “On stage, Harry was right next to a pyro, and the pyro was about to go off, because they were on timers. He had a towel over his head, and he had his head over the pyro and he didn’t see that the pyro was there.”

In footage from the 2013 incident, a concerned-looking Malik darts over to the “As It Was” musician — too busy wiping his face and hair with a towel to notice where he was going — and moves him away from the flames just in time. Meanwhile, Niall Horan and Liam Payne continue on with their business on stage, with only Louis Tomlinson appearing to notice what was happening to the side.

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“You see me run from one side of the stage and push him out of the way,” Malik continued in between bites of spicy chicken. “And the pyro explodes in front of his face — that was really dangerous.”

The former boy bander also fondly reminisced about the group’s go-to song for when technical difficulties with the speaker system occurred at shows. “We’d just burst into ‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,’ a capella,” he told Evans, laughing. “Just do the whole performance of that until the microphones were working again.”

“That was the thing that we had in our back pocket always like, ‘If the microphone goes, we’ve always got that,’” he added. “As if it was some amazing performance. Funny times.”

The new interview comes just one day after Malik announced his fourth solo album, Room Under the Stairs, which will arrive May 17. The artist told Evans that the project features a “very different sound” compared to anything he’s preciously released, adding that it’s “really raw and honest.”

“I hope people get that when they listen to it,” he continued. “I hope they get some insight into how I’m feeling and the things I’ve been going through over the last six or seven years while I’ve been writing this record.”

“I recorded most of it in a tiny little shoe cabinet in my house,” Malik added. “I felt like it was fitting to name it after that room so people can get even more sentiment into what the whole idea behind it was.”

Watch Malik on Hot Ones above.

14 Mar 2024

Jennifer Lopez Cancels 7 Dates on 2024 North American Tour, Adds Second Nights in NY, Toronto, Miami

Jennifer Lopez has added, and subtracted, a number of dates on her upcoming 2024 This Is Me… Now the Tour. The singer/actress’ first North American tour in five years lost seven stops this week according to listings on Ticketmaster, which now shows that a run of shows from August 20-31 have been canceled and dropped from the itinerary; at press time sources tell Billboard that the dates were scotched due to routing issues but that new shows have been added and will be announced soon.

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The now canceled gigs were slated to take place on August 20 in Cleveland at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, August 22 in Nashville at Bridgestone Arena, August 24 in Raleigh at PNC Arena, August 25 in Atlanta at State Farm Arena, August 27 in Tampa at Amalie Arena, August 30 in New Orleans at Smoothie King Center and August 31 in Houston at Toyota Center; those dates were part of the original routing announced on Feb 24.

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In the meantime, Live Nation announced on Thursday (March 14) that in response to demand, Lopez has added second dates in Miami, Toronto and New York. The 30-city tour that is scheduled to kick off on June 26 in Orlando at the Kia Center, will now feature an additional date at Kaseya Center in Miami on June 29, a second night at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on August 3 and a double-up on August 17 at Madison Square Garden in the singer’s hometown of New York, which is now the final announced date on the tour.

Lopez is hitting the road in support of her This Is Me… Now album — which debuted at No. 38 on the Billboard 200 — and the pair of companion films, This Is Me… Now: A Love Story and The Greatest Love Story Never Told, which were all released last month.

Tickets for the newly added dates are on sale now via a JLo Fan Club presale, as well as Citi and Verizon presales, with the latter two ending at 10 p.m. local time on Thursday (March 14).

Revised This Is Me… Now The Tour dates below.

June 26 — Orlando, FL @ Kia Center

June 28 — Miami, FL @ Kaseya Center

June 29 — Miami, FL @ Kaseya Center – new date

July 2 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center

July 3 — Edinburg, TX @ Bert Ogden Arena*

July 5 — San Antonio, TX @ Frost Bank Center

July 6 — Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center

July 9 — Phoenix, AZ @ Footprint Center

July 11 — Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum

July 13 — Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center

July 16 — San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center

July 17 — Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center

July 19 — Palm Springs, CA @ Acrisure Arena

July 20 — Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena*

July 22 — Denver, CO @ Ball Arena

July 24 — Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center

July 26 — Rosemont, IL @ Allstate Arena

July 27 — Indianapolis, IN @ Gainbridge Fieldhouse

July 30 — Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena

July 31 — Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena

August 2 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena*#

August 3 — Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena*# – new date

August 5 — Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre*#

August 7 — Boston, MA @ TD Garden

August 9 — Belmont Park, NY @ UBS Arena

August 10 — Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center

August 13 — Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center

August 14 — Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena

August 16 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

August 17 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden – new date

*Verizon Up Presale Not Applicable | #Citi Presale Not Applicable 

14 Mar 2024

Dua Lipa Gets New Wax Figure at Madame Tussauds Ahead of Her New Album: See the Photo

Dua Lipa is stepping into a new era following the announcement for her upcoming album Radical Optimism, but not before having her past few years of Future Nostalgia immortalized by Madame Tussauds. 

The museum’s Orlando location will unveil a new wax figure of the 28-year-old singer Friday (March 15), paying tribute to her Future Nostalgia Tour. The model poses in a lacy, hot pink bodysuit and matching opera gloves, a replica of the outfit Dua wore during her high-grossing 2022 trek. 

With one arm draped over her head, the lifelike copy wears sparkly eye shadow and sports recreations of the real “Levitating” musician’s arm tattoos. 

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“When the world stopped in 2020, Dua Lipa was the first artist to ensure we all kept dancing in our living rooms with her smash record, Future Nostalgia,” said Paul Gould, general manager of Madame Tussauds Orlando, in a statement. “This figure is a love letter to the superstar and album that held our spirits high during a truly unprecedented time.” 

“Her impact on pop music is inspiring,” Gould added. “Her addition to Madame Tussauds Orlando is a celebration of her undeniable influence on culture and music across the globe.” 

Released at the very beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Future Nostalgia reached a peak of No. 3 on the Billboard 200 in March 2021, almost a full year after it debuted on the chart. It spawned two of Dua’s biggest singles to date — “Levitating” and “Don’t Start Now,” both of which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. 

On Wednesday (March 13), the Argylle star announced that her highly anticipated third studio album Radical Optimism is set to arrive May 3. She also unveiled the project’s tracklist and cover art, which features her swimming with what appears to be a shark fin lurking just a few feet away. 

See Dua’s new wax figure below.

Dua Lipa

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14 Mar 2024

Meghan Trainor Announces New Album ‘Timeless’ & North American Tour: See the Dates

Meghan Trainor is all new, unveiling a fresh single, album announcement and tour dates Thursday (March 14) — but somehow, she’s staying timeless at the same time.

The Grammy winner revealed that her sixth studio album, Timeless, is set to arrive June 14 via Epic Records, sharing the album cover — on which she poses in long black gloves and cobalt blue tights — via Instagram. “I cannot believe it has been 10 years since this all started,” the singer said in a statement.

“I have never been more grateful for this life that my incredible Megatronz have gifted me with,” she continued. “This new album and tour are all for them and my beautiful family.”

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Ahead of the project’s release, Trainor dropped a new single “Been Like This” featuring T-Pain. The uptempo track opens with a jazzy intro and features a trumpet counter melody throughout. “She’s cute and she’s classy, thick, bold and sassy/ She knows what she do when she moves,” she sings, with the “Buy You a Drank” rapper joining in for the second verse.

On top of that, the “All About That Bass” musician shared dates for her Timeless Tour, kicking off in September with a show in Cincinnati. Featuring special guests Natasha Bedingfield, Paul Russell, TikToker Chris Olsen and Trainor’s brother, Ryan, the trek will find the singer-songwriter making stops in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, New York, Toronto, Texas and more places, closing with a finale performance at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif.

Stream Trainor’s new single, see her album announcement, and check out the dates to her upcoming tour below.

14 Mar 2024

Taylor Swift Confirms This ‘1989’ Fan Favorite Is the Third Acoustic Song in Disney+ ‘Eras Tour’: Watch

You can hear it in the silence, you can feel it on the way home, and you can see it in the Disney+ extended cut of Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour film: “You Are in Love,” aka the third of four bonus acoustic tracks confirmed for the movie’s upcoming streaming version. 

The pop star announced via Good Morning America Thursday (March 14) that footage of her performing the 1989 fan favorite on piano will be included after it was previously cut from the theatrical and on-demand releases of her blockbuster concert picture. This week, she’s been confirming the additions of one surprise song at a time on the talk show, starting with “Maroon,” — which was previously revealed in the film’s trailer — then “Death by a Thousand Cuts.” 

Swift also shared a sneak peek at her performance of “You Are in Love” at SoFi Stadium, where Eras Tour was filmed over the course of six nights. In the clip, she sits at her now iconic piano painted with colorful flowers, smiling into the crowd as they wave their light-up bracelets in the air. 

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“You can hear it in the silence/ You can feel it on the way home,” she sings into a golden microphone. “You can see it with the lights out, lights out/ You are in love.” 

The Eras Tour movie will become available on Disney+ at 9 p.m. ET March 14. In addition to the four new acoustic songs, “Cardigan” will be shown for the first time. 

The “Anti-Hero” singer’s flick first premiered in AMC theaters in October, instantly becoming the top-grossing concert film in history with more than $92.8 million after just one weekend. In December, she made a slightly expanded version available to rent on-demand in celebration of her 34th birthday, featuring her performances of “Wildest Dreams,” “The Archer” and “Long Live.” 

Watch Swift sing “You Are in Love” in the new Disney+ sneak peek below.