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SKE48’s “Ano koro no kimi wo mitsuketa” debuts at No. 1 on this week’s Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated Aug. 30 to Sept. 5. The Nagoya-based girl group’s 28th single was powered by physical sales, selling 234,600 copies in its first week to come in at No. 1 for the metric, while also coming in...

Artist Mentioned Diplo On a warm Wednesday afternoon in early September, a light rain of ash falls on Gerlach, Nevada. Under a cloud of bruise-toned smoke that’s drifted 120 miles from the south — where the Caldor Fire is decimating structures and more than 200,000 acres of forest and counting near Lake Tahoe — a steady parade...

Ariana Grande stars on the October 2021 cover of Allure, where she discussed being startled by hearing her own song in the Gossip Girl reboot series. The 28-year-old superstar was having a casual HBO Max and chillax night starting the new Gossip Girl, which premiered on the streaming service on July 8 and has already been enrolled for a sophomore...

Since debuting in 2016, BLACKPINK has been busy not only making music, but collecting accolades. Besides climbing up the charts with their catchy tunes, the quartet of Lisa, Jennie, Rosé, and Jisoo has been raking in numerous firsts as an all-female K-pop group. With their debut studio album not even out yet (it’s coming this...

Some young superstars in the making shined bright this week with their debut releases, as well as one streaming reissue. The 23-year-old singer Chlöe Bailey, known mononymously as Chlöe and representing one-half of R&B duo Chloe x Halle, carves a braggadocios pop lane for herself on her debut solo single, “Have Mercy,” and its accompanying bootylicious music video. Rising...

First Country is a compilation of the best new country songs, videos & albums that dropped this week. Mickey Guyton, “Love My Hair” Inspired to detail her own story after seeing a video of a young girl who was sent home from school because her hair was deemed by school officials as “too distracting,” Guyton...

When Wizkid initially released his second major-label album on RCA, Made In Lagos, last September, it made a quick critical splash, riding its notable collaborations (Skepta, Damian Marley, Burna Boy, H.E.R., Ella Mai) and up-tempo, breezy vibe to the top half of the Billboard 200. But it was almost a year before the album truly...

K-pop’s transition into the English market continues with Monsta X, the most recent group in the genre to sing outside of their usual Korean. On Friday (Sept. 10), Monsta X released “One Day” — their newest single — in English, along with a video to accompany the track. The video for the introspective and melancholic...

Keyword of the week for many musicians was “expansion.” Cardi B and Offset expanded their blended family with the addition of their baby boy over the weekend, while Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott announced their family is growing with another baby along the way. Jenner’s estranged brother-in-law Kanye West‘s lengthy album Donda has proven fruitful for him as...

Click to watch embedded media Metroid is one of the most beloved series in gaming, and when a new entry releases it is a big deal. We’ve already seen a few trailers that highlight her new abilities, and a few weeks back, I wrote an opinion on why the next Metroid should take inspirations from indie...

Billboard and Honda debuted their first official TikTok Hashtag Challenge with #CurameChoreo today, partnering with global music sensation Rauw Alejandro as part of the Honda Stage music program. Building on the original #Curame TikTok challenge inspired by Rauw’s hit song “Cúrame,” Billboard and Honda are encouraging fans to learn a new set of dance moves...

Months after the trial between Epic Games and Apple began, a ruling has been filed which finds Apple not in violation of existing Anti-trust laws at the state level in California nor federal. This ruling doesn’t move the needle in how Apple operates its App Store, nor does it allow other marketplaces to exist on...

In a series of tweets on Thursday night (Sept. 9), Halsey shared her struggles with feeling comfortable in their body after giving birth. “My pregnancy has changed my body so much,” wrote Halsey, who welcomed their first child, Ender, on July 14 with partner Alev Aydin. “Learning how to have a personal sense of style when...

Following the launch of Spotify Greenroom, the live audio platform is set to debut its new weekly hip-hop show Most Necessary: Live with host Brian “B. Dot” Miller. On Tuesday (Sept. 14), B. Dot will bring Spotify’s Most Necessary playlist to life to discuss rising hip-hop artists, debate trending topics in the genre and dive deep into...

Netflix’s Outer Banks claims three of the top five entries on Billboard’s Top TV Songs chart, powered by Tunefind, for August 2021, including the No. 1 in Celeste’s “Strange.” Rankings for the Top TV Songs chart are based on song and show data provided by Tunefind and ranked using a formula blending that data with...

It is in a few weeks, on September 24 to be precise, that PS5 owners will be able to put an end to Death Stranding: Director’s Cut. In order to raise the hype a little more, Sony Interactive Entertainment and Kojima Productions offer what they call the “Final Trailer” which has the particularity of having...