As expected, the 2022 BET Awards, hosted by Golden Globe winner Taraji P. Henson, on Sunday night (June 26) delivered incredible performances, star presenters, hilarious jokes, and an undeniably uplifting energy that permeated from inside Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater throughout the entirety of the live show. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest…
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Drake’s “Jimmy Cooks,” featuring 21 Savage, blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. The collaboration marks Drake’s 11th Hot 100 No. 1 and 21 Savage’s second. Drake also debuts two other songs in the Hot 100’s top 10 from his new album, Honestly, Nevermind – which likewise launches as his…
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Westside Boogie has spent the past three years in therapy, but found that it was detrimental to his usual creative process. The Compton rapper’s 2019 debut Everythings For Sale was saturated in melancholy, laden in self-doubt, self-hatred, infidelity, and exhaustion – all the things therapy helps to remedy. Explore See latest videos, charts and news…
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Like most Drake albums, Honestly, Nevermind fixates on what happens with love: when it ends, when it begins and the messy middle passage in between. The 14-track offering – which landed Drake his 11th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 – is laced with a number of dance- and Caribbean-inspired beats, and only includes…
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The 2022 BET Awards took place in Los Angeles on Sunday (June 26) at the Microsoft Theater, and brought out some of the most prominent artists across the hip-hop, R&B, and Gospel spaces. From Sean “Diddy” Combs anchoring a mega-set for his lifetime achievement award performance to the young stars such as Jack Harlow, Latto,…
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It’ll be “Culture’s Biggest Night.” That’s what BET Networks is promising when the 2022 BET Awards air live Sunday (June 26) at 8 pm EST. And with host Taraji P. Henson presiding over a performance lineup that boasts a newly added Lil Wayne joining Lizzo, Jack Harlow, Latto, Muni Long, Roddy Ricch and many others,…
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Miley Cyrus may seem like a go-with-the-flow person, but when it comes to a TV special like NBC’s Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party, she’s all about structure. Because of COVID, which prevented rehearsals and special guest appearances and prompted multiple location changes, the Miami-set live show had its fair share of challenges. Explore Explore See…
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The Ledger is a weekly newsletter about the economics of the music business sent to Billboard Pro subscribers. An abbreviated version of the newsletter is published online. How does HYBE survive financially while BTS goes on break and its members pursue solo projects? Since HYBE can’t replace BTS, it will need to recreate the group…
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First Stream Latin is a compilation of the best new Latin songs, albums and videos recommended by the Billboard Latin editors. Check out this week’s picks below. Chayanne, “Te Amo y Punto” (Sony Music Latin) Chayanne is back! The Puerto Rican singer delivers his first song in four years titled “Te Amo y Punto,” which…
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This week in dance music: Domino Records agreed to pay Four Tet a 50% royalty on streaming and downloads after a years-long dispute, we ran down the seven dance music producers on Drake’s surprise house album, we spoke with Andy Butler of Hercules & Love Affair, we re-lived Splash House 2022 with exclusive festival sets…
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