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16 Nov 2023

Tate McRae Shares the Secrets Behind Her Hits, Biggest Music Inspirations & More | Billboard Cover

Rising pop star Tate McRae reveals all about her biggest career hits to date and reacts to seeing them appear on the Billboard charts, shares how artists like Noah Kahan, Rosalía, and Post Malone inspire her, talks about how excited she is for the Billboard Music Awards, how she went from aspiring dancer to rising pop star and more.

Tate McRae
When Billboard on Instagram posts that top 10 picture and to see like my name beside like Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny is just like so next level. Yeah it feels very surreal what’s happening right now.

Tate McRae
Hey, my name is Tate McRae and today we’re gonna be climbing the charts, looking at how my music is charted and also my idols, how they’ve charted. I remember the day I was on a walk with my mom. And I remember I was like, oh my god, I’m No. 1 on like the Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart. And I was like, this is the biggest day of my life. When “You Broke Me First” hit 17 it’s pretty wild, because I feel like I’ve just been watching my favorite artists of all time on that chart. And I think at first, I didn’t realize the capacity of what “You Broke Me First” had done until I actually like got to L.A. and realized that it had, you know, gotten to a specific spot and gotten that big. When I wrote “You Broke Me First” I was 16. I was like, I have put this song out. I really want to the first time I’d like film, my first ever like legit music video was with my friend. Like back in Calgary, on Video Star on my phone, it’s only two passes of the entire music video. It’s so crazy. It has like so many views now. And it’s so strange to just look back and see that it was literally made on an iPhone.

Watch the full interview above!

15 Nov 2023

‘Dream Academy’ Finalists Talk Favorite Memories, Meeting LE SSERAFIM & More | Billboard News

The top 10 contestants from HYBE and Geffen’s ‘The Debut: Dream Academy’ sat down to talk to Billboard News’ Tetris Kelly about their favorite memories that they’ve shared together, getting to meet LE SSERAFIM, their biggest inspirations and more. The top 10 contestants hail from all over the world: Daniela (USA), Lara (USA), Megan (USA), Sophia (Philippines), Manon (Switzerland), Emily (USA), Ezrela (Australia), Samara (Brazil), Marquise (Thailand) and Yoonchae (South Korea). The finale airs on November 17th.

Tetris Kelly
It’s Tetris with Billboard News hanging out with my friends from the Dream Academy. Hi, ladies! I mean, what a journey it’s been. And now we’re here at the top 10. So now that we’re here, what would you say has been the hardest part of the journey?

Samara
I think the hardest part so far has been saying goodbye to the other girls. It’s obviously very sad. Yeah, I’m still so happy to be here with all of these beautiful nine girls.

Tetris Kelly
And speaking of being here, with all the other girls, you guys have created a sisterhood. I mean, you guys live together. So tell me what it was like to share that bond.

Emily
I feel like our bond is truly unbreakable. I think it’s a bond like no other. I think having girls from all over the world is such a special and unique experience. And I think to be able to share these moments of, moments that we’ll cherish for the rest of our lives together has, you know, created this bond with one another that’s truly unbreakable. And it’s such a blessing to be able to experience it with such amazing girls.

Tetris Kelly
Well, now I want to know about some of these moments, because I know there’s things that are happening that are behind the scenes. So tell me: What’s a funny memory that you guys think you will hold on to?

Watch the full interview above!

15 Nov 2023

Dream Academy Finalist Interview, ENHYPEN Talk ‘Baby Shark’s Big Movie’ & More | Billboard News

Cardi B, Offset, Lance Bass and ENHYPEN are all tagging along for Baby Shark major movie debut. The three stars and K-pop boy band, plus Cardi and Offset’s kids Kulture and Wave, will all play their aquatic alter-egos in the animated children’s film, arriving Dec. 8 on Nickelodeon and Paramount+. The top 10 contestants from HYBE and Geffen’s ‘The Debut: Dream Academy’ sat down to talk to Billboard News’ Tetris Kelly about their favorite memories that they’ve shared together, getting to meet LE SSERAFIM, their biggest inspirations and more. The top 10 contestants hail from all over the world, including Daniela (USA), Lara (USA), Megan (USA), Sophia (Philippines), Manon (Switzerland), Emily (USA), Ezrela (Australia), Samara (Brazil), Marquise (Thailand) and Yoonchae (South Korea). The finale airs on November 17th. Rolling Loud California announced their star-studded lineup for the 2024 festival weekend, however not everyone is happy. The festival announced Lil Uzi Vert as a headliner for the event, but the rapper quickly took to social media to express their confusion over their name being on the list. Billboard announced chart staple Mariah Carey as the sixth performer at the Billboard Music Awards, Sunday, November 19th. And more!

Tetris Kelly:
We have ENHYPEN talking Cardi B and ‘The Baby Shark Movie.’ The Dream Academy top 10 chats with us ahead of their finale. Mariah Carey is bringing her Christmas cheer to the BBMAs, while Lil Uzi Vert may not be bringing theirs to Rolling Loud, and we get Latin with Marshmello.

It’s time! And as we celebrate Mariah, we have a lot of stories for our November 15th episode of Billboard News. So let’s start with a song you all know. Cardi B, ENHYPEN, Lance Bass and more — ‘The Baby Shark’ trailer has arrived and they are all in it and we talked to our friends ENHYPEN about getting involved.

Watch the full video above!

15 Nov 2023

Billboard Music Awards Performer Profile: Mariah Carey | Billboard Music Awards 2023

Billboard announces Mariah Carey will be performing at the Billboard Music Awards 2023. Billboard runs through some of her biggest chart highlights.

Mariah Carey:
“Vision of Love” was my first No. 1 on the Hot 100. It was an amazing moment ’cause I never thought that song would be a big hit at all. To me, that wasn’t what was popular, that just something very different.

Tetris Kelly:
Mariah Carey has been a staple on the Billboard charts since her first single, “Vision of Love,” hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 in 1990. She is arguably the most impressive Hot 100 artist, with the most No. 1s on the Billboard Hot 100 for a solo artist, with 19 total.

Here are some of her other record-breaking No. 1 stats: She has the most weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with 91 total. She is the female songwriter with the most Hot 100 hits, 18. She is the only artist to send her first five singles to No. 1 on the Hot 100. She had a record 11 consecutive years with at least one Hot 100 No. 1 hit from 1990 to 2000.

Mariah Carey:
Thank you, Billboard, for letting me grow up on the charts with you.

Tetris Kelly:
The Queen of Christmas is set to deliver the first-ever award show performance of “All I Want for Christmas Is You” on the 2023 Billboard Music Awards. And the song has a huge history on the Billboard charts, including these impressive stats: It became Mariah’s 19th Hot 100 No. 1 in 2019. It spent 12 total weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 over its lifetime. It’s only the second holiday song to reach No. 1 on the Hot 100, after “The Chipmunk Song” in 1958.

Mariah Carey is the queen of the Billboard Hot 100 and we can’t wait to see the icon hit the BBMA stage on Sunday.

Watch the full video above.

15 Nov 2023

Marshmello’s 5 Favorite Latin Things | Billboard

Marshmello tells Billboard all about his five favorite Latin things.

Marshmello:
Yo, what’s up? This is Marshmello, and here are five of my favorite Latin things.

My favorite Latin word I actually learned from working with Manuel. The word is “chimba.” And chimba means like, “that’s fire” or like, they use it a lot in the studio like, you know, “that’s sick,” “that’s fire” and I love it so I was always saying throughout the camp.

My favorite Latin dish would have to be paella. It is incredible and I love it.

My favorite Latin vacation — it was half vacation, half in the studio — was the Dominican Republic with Tokischa, that was really crazy and fun.

I would say my favorite Latin song would be “El Merengue” by Manuel Turizo, and this guy named Marshmello.

I would say my favorite Latin athlete, legend, who will forever be a legend is Messi.

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14 Nov 2023

Lady A on ‘Love You Back,’ Request Line Tour, Career Longevity & More | Billboard News

Country band Lady A talks about their single “Love You Back,” unique request line tour, 15-year career longevity, the recent surge in country music popularity, Charles opens up about being one year sober, and more.

Speaker
Can I have your attention please?

Stephen Daw
Of course they do it on a Monday. It works, gang, you did it. Good job.

Charles Kelley
How’s it going, everybody? This is Lady A.

Hillary Scott
And you’re watching Billboard News.

Stephen Daw
I’m very, very stoked about the new single. It’s so, so cool. Tell me a little bit about what went into writing this.

Hillary Scott
Well, this one, it’s actually a really cool story. So, you know, we write 80% of our own music. And then we learned early on in our career that you never say no to a great song, whether we write it or not. And so this was one that a really good friend of ours and co-writer, her name is Emily Weisband, sent this song to Charles.

Charles Kelly
So I called her up and I said, Hey, let’s find an hour, I want to come over. You play Hillary, I’ll play me. And let’s see if this fits before I even send to them. For sure. Just sometimes I just like to save some time and just see if something is even in the realm of our world. And it just felt so much like us. And the minute I sent it to the gang, they were like, “Oh, wow”. I mean, we’ve had a handful of songs like — most of the music from us, we’ve written like “Need You Now,” “Run to You” — but “American Honey” was one that we didn’t write. Sometimes you get songs that you feel. You’re like, y’all wrote this for us?

Hillary Scott
And that’s what it felt like, yeah.

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14 Nov 2023

Billie Eilish Opens Up About Sexuality, Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Can’t Catch Me Now’ Video & More | Billboard News

Olivia Rodrigo dropped the music video for her new track “Can’t Catch Me Now” for ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes.’ In a recent interview, PinkPantheress gave her unfiltered thoughts on her biggest hit to date. Billie Eilish opened up to ‘Variety’ about being physically attracted to women, not feeling like a woman and more. Lady A stopped by Billboard News and talked about going back to their roots, their upcoming tour, finding longevity in the industry and more. K-pop group Stray Kids will be the sixth performer at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, November 19th.

Tetris Kelly:
Olivia Rodrigo opens up about her new tracks. Billie Eilish is candid about her sexuality. The Stray Kids are playing the BBMAs. PinkPantherss is not happy with her hit. And we have Lady A in the studio.

Hey, ya’ll! Welcome to Billboard News for Tuesday, November 14th. We’ve got a lot of News including updates on the BBMAs so let’s get into it.

First, with a girl who likes to spill her ‘GUTS.’ You can’t catch Olivia Rodrigo but we caught her at ‘The Hunger Games’ premiere as she dropped the video for her song from the soundtrack.

Where my ‘The Hunger Game’ fans at? Olivia Rodrigo just dropped the video for “Can’t Catch Me Now” from ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ soundtrack. Just last night Olivia hit the carpet at the premiere and chatted with ‘The Hollywood Reporter’s Tiffany Taylor about creating the song with the character Lucy Gray in mind.

Watch the full video above!

14 Nov 2023

Billboard Music Awards Performer Profile: Stray Kids | Billboard Music Awards 2023

Billboard announces Stray Kids will be performing at the Billboard Music Awards 2023. Billboard runs through some of Stray Kids’ biggest chart highlights.

Stray Kids:
When ODDINARY first charted, we felt so thrilled after our fans started congratulating us, so yeah, it was very huge for us.

Tetris Kelly:
K-pop group Stray Kids is celebrating a huge year on the Billboard charts. Our BBMAs finalist and performers have had five hits on the Billboard Global 200 chart, nine hits on the Billboard Global Excl. US chart and three No. 1s on the Billboard 200, including this year’s 5-Star, which spent one week at No. 1.

Stray Kids:
Being the creatives of our own music, we think first place on the charts is very, very meaningful.

Tetris Kelly:
The K-pop group is a finalist in two BBMAs categories, including top global K-pop artists and top K-pop album for 5-Star.

Let’s take a look at their biggest hit to date: “Maniac” landed at No. 21 on the Global 200 chart and No. 15 on the Global Excl. US chart.

Stray Kids are making waves on the Billboard charts with No. 1 albums and hit songs. We can’t wait to see them light up the BBMAs stage on Nov. 19.

Watch the full video above!

13 Nov 2023

Taylor Swift Kisses Travis Kelce, Troye Sivan Reacts to ‘SNL’ Sketch & More | Billboard News

Taylor Swift changes the lyrics to “Karma” and kisses Travis Kelce after her concert in Buenos Aires. The singer also made a speech imploring people not to throw things onstage. Drake announces dates for the ’It’s All A Blur Tour – Big As The What?” with J. Cole. Troye Sivan reacts to an ‘SNL’ sketch starring host Timothée Chalamet about the TikTok trend he started with his song “Got Me Started.” Billboard announces country superstar Morgan Wallen as the fifth performer at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, November 19th. We also reveal the top 10 for this week’s Hot 100 chart.

Tetris Kelly:
Drake’s hitting the road with a new tour partner. Taylor Swift brings her man to Argentina and continues to dominate the charts. Troye Sivan gets the ‘SNL’ treatment. Morgan Wallen is set to take the BBMAs stage.

Welcome to another week of Billboard News. I’m Tetris Kelly. It’s Monday, November 13th, and we’re kicking things off with Taylor Swift’s time in Argentina.

Big weekend for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce fans, as she changes her lyrics, and they share some sweet PDA. She also addresses fans throwing gifts onstage. This is Tetris Kelly reporting for your Eras Tour update.

How sweet! In a viral clip we’ve seen from multiple angles, Taylor Swift ran up to boyfriend Travis Kelce after her show and gave him a kiss. The Chiefs player flew all the way to Argentina to catch her Eras Tour, where multiple fans caught him vibing in the crowd with Taylor’s dad. Taylor even shouted him out from the stage, changing her lyrics in “Karma” to say “Karma is the guy on the Chiefs coming straight home to me,” as the internet, her dancers and even Travis fell apart. And lastly, Taylor’s mostly avoided things being thrown at her but now that it’s happened, she addressed the crowd.

Taylor Swift:
“It really freaks me out when stuff gets thrown on the stage because if it’s on the stage, then a dancer can trip on it. I love that you brought presents and that is so nice but just can you please not throw them on the stage? I love you so much.”

Watch the full video above!

13 Nov 2023

Hot 100 Chart Reveal: Nov. 18 | Billboard News

Jung Kook gets his second top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 this year. The Beatles notched their first top 10 since 1996. Can Taylor Swift keep her current hot streak on the Hot 100 going? Watch the full video to find out.

Tetris Kelly:
This is the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 for the week dated Nov. 18.

Morgan Wallen is back in the top 10 with “Last Night,” his “Thinking About Me” is at No. 9.

Keeping it country with “Fast Car” at No. 8.

The Beatles are back with their first top 10 since 1996.

Zach and Kacey are at No. 6.

Jung Kook debuts at No. 5.

SZA’s “Snooze” is back up to four.

Taylor’s “Is It Over Now?” drops from No. 1 to No. 3, and Doja Cat is back up to No. 2.

And back at No. 1 is Taylor Swift with “Cruel Summer.”