Photo by Marcus Ingram/Getty Images Chris Brown has made Billboard history, securing his 100th week at #1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart. His song “Residuals” helped him achieve the feat, as it landed the #1 spot for the first time in its 27 weeks on the chart. He’s now the second artist, following Drake, to reach 100 weeks on…
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Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Roc Nation Serena Williams is setting the record straight about her appearance during Kendrick Lamar‘s Super Bowl halftime show. Alongside a video capturing behind-the-scenes moments ahead of the show, she explained she was called to join K.Dot because of her victory dance at the 2012 Olympics. “When @kendricklamar and team called and was…
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Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Fanatics Kendrick Lamar recently became the first solo hip-hop act to headline a Super Bowl halftime show, and it seems Travis Scott wants to join him on the history-making list. In a cover story for Billboard‘s Sports Issue, he said that he has his heart set on one day headlining…
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Paula Lobo/ABC Colman Domingo is opening up about the “hopeful” message of his latest Oscar-nominated film, Sing Sing. Domingo, whose work in the film earned him an Academy Award nomination for best actor, stopped by Good Morning America on Monday to reflect on what this project means to him. “It’s such an incredibly hopeful film, and I think…
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Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage Ashanti has broken her silence on the death of Irv Gotti, who helped launch her music career. She was signed to his label Murda Inc. in the 2000s, and he produced some of her biggest songs. “I can’t believe things ended like this….and it makes me so sad,” she wrote on Instagram, alongside a…
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Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Kanye West can’t tell us nothing … at least not on the social platform X. His account has been deactivated after making several posts calling for Diddy‘s freedom, among other things. “This account doesn’t exist,” his profile now reads. It’s not clear whether X removed Ye from the platform or he chose to…
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Andre D. Wagner After taking over the Caesars Superdome for his Super Bowl halftime performance with SZA, Kendrick Lamar has announced he’s taking their Grand National Tour to Europe and the U.K. The trek is scheduled to begin two weeks after the end of the North American leg, with K. Dot and SZA visiting a total of…
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Parkwood Entertainment Due to fan demand, Beyoncé has added more dates to her upcoming Cowboy Carter tour. The tour schedule now includes two more nights at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, taking place June 14 and June 16, which will wrap her five-night run in the city. There will also be a third night in Chicago, Paris and…
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XO/Republic It seems as though The Weeknd‘s album Hurry Up Tomorrow was, indeed, highly anticipated. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 490,500 units — more than any album since Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department debuted with 2.6 million in 2024. It’s also The Weeknd’s largest sales…
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Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Kendrick Lamar rocked the Caesars Superdome during the Apple Music Super Bowl 59 halftime show. The GNX rapper electrified the crowd with a medley of his hits at halftime, where he was joined by special guests SZA and Samuel L. Jackson, the latter of whom who was dressed as “Uncle Sam” in red, white,…
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