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13 Dec 2024

Behind the Scenes of Megan Moroney’s BBMAs Performance | Billboard Music Awards 2024

A behind-the-scenes look at Megan Moroney’s BBMAs performance for the 2024 Billboard Music Awards.

Jessica Candage:
The vibe on set has been such a buzz. People are really excited to be here with Megan, being outside of the city of Nashville, just kind of seeing it from a distance is really beautiful, and seeing her just be a big star with the city behind her, it’s really, really cool.

Megan Moroney:
I guess I’m the only artist performing in Nashville, so we’ve got the skyline in the back. Broadway is not too far away, so we might get into that later.

Jessica Candage:
When we heard she was gonna be on the Billboard Awards, we immediately started putting our heads together on creating the perfect glam look to go with the rhinestone red, and we knew it just had to be all about like a shimmery red lip, and not to compete too much with the rhinestones. So I think we found the perfect balance for Meg.

Megan Moroney:
So I kind of really wanted to bring one of my live shows to the Billboard Music Awards, and I wanted it to feel like it feels on tour, and so it’s gonna be really interactive with the crowd, and just kind of bring you some of my live show to a music award performance.

13 Dec 2024

Billboard Latin Artist on the Rise: Óscar Maydon Reveals What Convinced Him to Pursue a Music Career

As Billboard Latin Artist on the Rise, Óscar Maydon talks about what convinced him to invest in his music career. Watch the singer reflect on his rising star. 

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Óscar Maydon:

What’s up, guys? It’s your friend, Óscar Maydon. And I am the Billboard Artist Latin… What’s up, guys? It’s your friend, Óscar Maydon. And I’m Billboard’s Latin… Billboard’s? Let’s see, just one more, one more, one more, one more. What’s up, guys? It’s your friend, Óscar Maydon. And I’m Billboard’s Latin Artist on the Rise. My first introduction to music was during the pandemic. I wanted to earn money because I was used to working and they closed everything down. I said, “Now, what do I do to survive?” I started with friends and colleagues. I would say, “I’ll sell you a corrido! Do you want a corrido? I’ll make you a corrido.” It was there that the love for the composition of a song was born. And I grabbed a guitar and started to make corridos for different people. Then, my first song came out, which was “De La Nació.” I sold it to a friend and that’s where my world begins in music, to really make music because I have always like music, but I never actually created it. I never had that intuition or knew that I could do it. I grew up with my grandparents and I remember we did vacation trips in June, July for our long vacations. I was listening to… I was born and raised with norteño, with all of regional Mexican like Joan Sebastian, Juan Gabriel, Los Muecas.

13 Dec 2024

Behind the Scenes of Fuerza Regida’s BBMAs Performance | Billboard Music Awards 2024

A behind-the-scenes look at Fuerza Regida’s BBMAs performance for the 2024 Billboard Music Awards.

Manny Bonilla:
Dick Clark Productions contact me to direct this multi-cam performance of Fuerza, and it’s pretty big deal.

Janeth Briceno:
The movement was created for Manny, our director, and he talked about 360s everything like bird eyes, they want dancing around the audience. So everything like a big party.

Manny Bonilla:
She’s the one. I’m ready. I’m ready. This is the Mayan Theater. It’s a gorgeous theater. We trimmed it on its head. We put the stage right in the middle of the pit, and we shot back into the audience.

Janeth Briceno:
Well, the idea was, he thought about a video like, something very sexy. They want dancers around him. He said, “Just, I want something sexy.”

Manny Bonilla:
I’ve always had fun working with dancers the problem solving of, “Hey, this is a problem.” And then you show to them. They’re like, “Oh.” And then they go do something else. These dancers that we had here were absolutely phenomenal. I think they absolutely crushed it. Janeth is unbelievable. We’ve been working together for like, 25 years. I didn’t know she was on this project, and I saw her face on a Zoom call, and I was just like, yeah, Janeth!

13 Dec 2024

Yeison Jiménez Plays Finish the Lyrics: Watch

Yeison Jiménez played Finish the Lyrics to some of his biggest hits including “Aventurero,” “Ya No Mi Amor” and more!

Yeison Jiménez:
I’m Yeison Jiménez and I’m with Billboard. Today we are going to Finish the Lyrics.

And I don’t run from anyone/ I never humiliate anybody/ I am who I am.

I’d like to know about that. 

When you are humble you succeed everywhere/ They get scared.

I like that one a lot.

I’m already forgetting that he cheated on me/ So please bring more bottles. 

How can I forget if I wrote that part?

It’s now over/ Not anymore my love/ I’m not a fool anymore/ Who suffered for you/ Who did everything.

I don’t want honors/ Tears or flowers/ I want to rest.

This song is my latest release with Luis Alfonso, I like it too much.

The dogs barking/ And the bill filling up/ And to make it hurt/ I’m still singing in Billboard

13 Dec 2024

Behind the Scenes of SEVENTEEN’s BBMAs Performance | Billboard Music Awards 2024

A behind-the-scenes look at SEVENTEEN’s BBMAs performance for the 2024 Billboard Music Awards.

Kylie Kang:
Hi, we’re the directing duo, seven to five, and my name is Kylie and his …

Jihoon Jeon:
Jihoon Jeon. Because we had a limited amount of time to develop a performance that felt as live as possible, we thought a lot about how to make each movement feel smooth and cohesive by looking at it widely to bring the live aspect to life.

Kylie Kang:
Also because we’ve worked on their music videos, we thought it would be good to contain that message and extend it with the theme of a guerrilla concert, portraying SEVENTEEN spreading love in a variety of spaces. To add we meet a lot of different artists, but out of all of them SEVENTEEN truly feel like artists.

Jihoon Jeon:
They’re so great, the members are so nice, so talented and so energetic, and when we get them challenging movements, they do so well with the acting they’re asked to do at specific times. They really feel like veterans.

13 Dec 2024

Billboard & Vibe Staffers React to Allegations Made Against Jay-Z | Billboard Unfiltered

In today’s the 25th episode of Billboard Unfiltered, Billboard staffers Kyle Denis and Carl Lamarre are joined by Vibe‘s Regina Cho and Amber Corinne. Together, they dissect Billboard’s 10 Hottest Female Rappers of 2024, discuss who fell off the list, share their personal favorites and explain why each rapper earned her ranking. They also react to Jay-Z’s assault allegations, his response and more.

Carl Lamarre:
I wouldn’t be surprised if he goes from 10 to one. 

Kyle Denis:
Oh, you’re predicting it?

Regina Cho:
I personally feel like the girlies were kind of just like, “OK the boys are fighting. I want to have fun. Like pack it up, like, please. Where’s Latto? Where’s Glo? Let’s go on tour, let’s wear our cheetah prints.”

Amber Corinne:
I do think that Jay-Z might have known that this was coming and that’s why the response was so quick. I do believe it might’ve been prepared already.

Carl Lamarre:
Yo , yo, yo. What’s going on, y’all? Welcome to a fresh episode of Billboard Unfiltered, No. 25! What it do? What it do? It may look a little different because we fired some cads, but we got some fresh superstars. Brother Kyle is still in the building.

Kyle Denis:
I try to stay in the building.

Regina Cho:
You kept the job.

Carl Lamarre:
I’m still here. But no, we have two amazing superstars representing Vibe magazine. To my left, Ms. Amber Corrine, news staff writer, a beast all across. Make sure y’all see her interviews with the Rhythm + Flow cast.

Amber Corinne:
Go watch that.

Carl Lamarre:
Ms. Latto, Luda, DJ Khaled. We have … can I say an award winning? Can I do that?

Regina Cho:
Oh my goodness, I was not prepared for this.

Carl Lamarre:
An award winning podcast. She is also the associate news editor for Vibe magazine, Ms. Regina Cho. 

Regina Cho:
Hello Carl, look at us podding together!

Keep watching for more!

13 Dec 2024

Behind the Scenes of Tyla’s BBMAs Performance | Billboard Music Awards 2024

A behind-the-scenes look at Tyla’s BBMAs performance for the 2024 Billboard Music Awards.

Richard Godfrey:
The building we’re sitting in the pub, the Counting House, is 500 years old, and we’re right in the heart of London, in the Old City of London. And the good thing is the pub has been renovated in that time, and so it’s in pristine condition and ready to go for this amazing music shoot for Billboard.

Tanisha Scott:
The creative for this is we are bringing a true, Amapiano party into a true, authentic English pub.

Lee-Ché:
Amapiano is a South African dance and music genre. And I say “dance” because with the music, there’s movement that comes with it, and it’s very innate and very connected to our culture.

James Barnes:
Shooting on five cameras. So we have a Steadicam, we have a tower cam, we have handhelds, all to get all the best angles all at once at the same time. But the one thing that maintains is the feeling of it being alive, certainly the vocal.

Tanisha Scott:
I absolutely love working with Tyla. She’s a global superstar right there in the making.

Lee-Ché:
In rehearsal, she’s very much softer and lighter when it comes to the moment, which is like a moment like right now, there’s something that switches on where, in her eyes, in her body, in the language that she produces with her body, it sounds on camera. It’s something that’s captivating. And I get captivated still to this day.

13 Dec 2024

Behind the Scenes of Shaboozey’s BBMAs Performance | Billboard Music Awards 2024

A behind-the-scenes look at Shaboozey’s BBMAs performance for the 2024 Billboard Music Awards.

Shaboozey:
I’ve never done anything like this, but I’m excited for it. When I heard “Bar Song” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, you know, it’s indescribable.

Ben Mor:
We are here at the beautiful W in Hollywood, and we are going to capture Shaboozey performing two very different songs. Thanks, brother. Hell yeah. Let’s kill it. Man, working with an artist like Shaboozey is great because he knows how he wants to be presented, and he has a really strong sense of style.

Shaboozey:
Good Lord, I’m usually a rugged environment sort of guy, but this elevated look, this is taking me on my comfort zone, and I’m excited to see how it all comes together.

Carly Van Sickle:
W Hollywood is a perfect location for these performances because it really sits at the intersection of where the energy of Hollywood and the music scene meet and collide.

Ben Mor:
We’re really making amazing use of the space. “A Bar Song” is opening the show, which I’m really excited about. The first shot actually is outside, and we push into a billboard, which is gonna bring us into the hotel, and then he’s gonna connect to this amazing grand staircase. It’s gonna be high energy. There’s gonna be hundreds of fans.

Shaboozey:
Two to three to the four. “Highway” to me really does reflect how I’m feeling and things that I’ve went through and experiences I’ve had, but it resonates with me, and I think it resonates with other people as well.

Watch the full video above!

12 Dec 2024

The Red Clay Strays Accept Top Country Duo/Group | Billboard Music Awards 2024

The Red Clay Strays accept the Top Country Duo/Group award at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards.

The Red Clay Strays:
Hey, everybody, we’re The Red Clay Strays. Just wanted to say thank you for this awesome award, Top Country Group. This is from Billboard, and it’s a huge honor. It’s all statistic based. So thank you to our fans for listening to us. It means a lot, and what a milestone. Looking forward to playing for y’all some more next year. How about you coming? Thank you.

12 Dec 2024

Jack Antonoff Accepts Top Hot 100 Producer | Billboard Music Awards 2024

Jack Antonoff accepts the Top Hot 100 Producer award at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards.

Jack Antonoff:
Billboard. Thank you so much for this award. I love these records. I think everyone who listened to them and who got them to this crazy point that means a lot to me. And I’m at work right now, and I’m gonna stay at work and talk to you guys soon. Thank you so much.