Argentinians Roze Oficial, Max Carra, Valen and Ramky En Los Controles lead the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 chart as “Tu Jardín Con Enanitos” holds steady at No. 1 for a second week on the ranking dated July 26. The song became Valen’s first entry when it debuted at No. 23 (June 7-dated list).

BLACKPINK returns after almost three years with the Hot Shot Debut of the week, “Jump.” The Diplo-produced song, arrives at No. 42. The group last secured an entry through the No. 36-peaking “Shutdown” in September 2022.

Meanwhile, Duki secures six simultaneous songs –the most by an artist on the current chart– all stemming from his new album 5202. The set was preceded by two songs, “[FREE] 5202 Type Beat”, which rises 73-32 and taking the Greatest Gainer honors after climbing 41 spots.

Meanwhile, “Golfista” dips 34-38. The set’s four new recruits include “aGaRRo La PLaTa,” with Cluster, which opens at No. 55, “2tonos” launches at No. 57; “Toc Psycho x CRYPTONITA” debuts at No. 91, while Yo-Yo bows at No. 93.

Cardi B is being sued for assault and battery for throwing a microphone at a fan who splashed the rapper with a drink during a Las Vegas concert in 2023.

In July 2023, a viral video showed Cardi (Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar) hurling her microphone at a concertgoer whose drink hit the rapper mid-performance of “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)” at Las Vegas’ Drai’s Beachclub. The incident was reported to local police, who performed a brief criminal investigation but decided not to file charges.

Now the alleged victim — a Cleveland, Ohio resident suing under the pseudonym Jane Doe — is bringing a civil lawsuit over the incident. Doe’s complaint, filed on Monday (July 21), says Cardi had no reason to get so mad when she threw her drink; according to the legal filing, Cardi had actually been asking fans to help her cool off during the hot outdoor concert.

“Multiple attendees responded in kind, throwing drinks toward the stage, several of which visibly reached Cardi B and the surrounding performance area,” write Doe’s lawyers. “Plaintiff, acting in accordance with the environment created by Cardi B’s express words and conduct, and in a manner consistent with other attendees, splashed a small portion of her drink in Cardi B’s direction. In apparent anger and without warning, Cardi B suddenly and forcefully threw her microphone directly at plaintiff.”

Doe says she suffered physically and emotionally from being hit with Cardi’s microphone, and that she was harassed and embarrassed when the incident went viral. This distress was further “exacerbated” when the microphone in question was auctioned off for nearly $100,000 on eBay, the lawsuit says.

The woman is suing Drai’s Beachclub for negligence in addition to the assault and battery claims against Cardi, alleging the venue’s security failed to intervene or de-escalate the incident. She says Drai’s should have known Cardi might get violent because the rapper had thrown a microphone at a DJ in a similar altercation the night before.

Reps for Doe claim they’re using the pseudonym because the plaintiff “is currently suffering from mental health issues as a result of the incident and does not want to be identified due to potential backlash.”

The woman herself says in a statement that she’s “seeking justice in the hopes of holding Cardi B accountable for her misdeeds, as no celebrity is above the law.”

“What has been written off as a joke by many people is actually a traumatic experience that has significantly impacted my well-being and quality of life,” Doe adds.

Cardi’s legal team, meanwhile, is dismissing the lawsuit as a “transparent and pitiful attempted financial shakedown.”

“The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and the Clark County District Attorney’s Office closed this matter for insufficient evidence a long time ago, but apparently the opportunity to try to make money off of a celebrity was too much for some willing law firm to pass up,” says Cardi’s attorney, Drew Findling.

Miley Cyrus‘ recent show in Paris celebrating her biggest streaming hits on Spotify was an intimate affair, with only a few of her most devoted listeners on the platform getting to attend. But now, everyone else can see what they missed with Wednesday’s (July 23) release of a concert film documenting the event.

Now available to play back on Spotify, the pop star’s Billions Club Live With Miley Cyrus: A Concert Film features her exclusive 30-minute set at Maxim’s de Paris on June 18, performed in front of a group of handpicked admirers making up her top listeners on Spotify. Singing a handful of the biggest hits from her nearly two-decade career — including a mash-up of fan-favorite smashes “The Climb” and “We Can’t Stop” — the rare performance gave Cyrus a chance to pay tribute to all of the songs she’s had surpass a billion Spotify streams.

“Tonight we’re celebrating the Billions Club,” the star, dressed in a glamorous blue crystal gown, told the crowd after opening the show with eight-week Billboard Hot 100-topper “Flowers” in the film. “That’s something I’m very proud to be a part of. Without each of you, the billion doesn’t even exist. That’s how important and crucial you are to the success in my life, the confidence and the goals that I’ve achieved because of you and your support.”

The event — and now, the concert film — mark the latest chapters in Spotify’s mission to commemorate its top artists and the fanbases they nurture on the platform. Ariana Grande and Cardi B have both looked back on their ten-digit-surpassing tracks on episodes of the streamer’s Billions Club video series, while The Weeknd played the first-ever Spotify Billions Club Live show in December.

Cyrus is fresh off the release of new full-length Something Beautiful, which debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 in June. With it, the Hannah Montana alum unveiled an accompanying film, emphasizing throughout the rollout that the LP is a visual album.

Her show in Paris was particularly special, as Cyrus rarely performs live these days. The Grammy winner has been open about why she’s chosen not to tour anymore, most recently speaking on the subject with Good Morning America.

“I do have the physical ability, and I have the opportunities to tour,” she explained on the program earlier in July. “I wish I had the desire, but I don’t … It’s really hard to maintain sobriety when you’re on the road, which is a really important pillar of stability in my life. It’s really hard to keep mental wellness [on tour]. You have so many thousands of people screaming at you, so dopamine, you’re feeling a lot of love, and then you totally crash at the end of the show. You start thinking that one person loving you’s not enough, it needs to be 10,000, it needs to be 80,000.”

Watch Cyrus’ Spotify Billions Club concert film below.

Denver band Destiny Bond had been touring in Europe and recording a new album when a petition to stop Punk in the Park, a festival in the group’s hometown, circulated online a few months ago. The band then learned that the festival’s promoter, Cameron Collins of 15-year-old Brew Ha Ha Productions in California and Texas, had made donations totaling $978.39 to Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign as well as Republican fundraising groups. 

Upon arriving home and recovering from jet lag, vocalist Cloe Madonna and guitarist Amos Helvey suggested the band consider the implications more thoroughly. After coming together to discuss, the band decided that playing the festival was “completely avoidable,” says drummer Adam Croft. “That’s when we made the decision to drop.”

Destiny Bond and Time X Heist, a Denver hardcore band, were the two acts that suddenly pulled out of the lineup just as the three-day festival began Friday (July 18). (Mark Frandsen, vocalist for Time X Heist, says in an email: “We dropped off in solidarity with Destiny Bond.”) Their departures drew press coverage and social-media attention — and, Croft says, “weird Instagram comments, a couple weird emails” — and prompted a reply from Collins, Brew Ha Ha’s founder and president. In a statement to reporters, he said the company’s events are “not about politics — they’re about music, connection and good times.”

At Brew Ha Ha’s festivals over the years, including California’s Punk In Drublic and Arizona’s Desert Roots, Collins adds. “I’ve proudly provided a platform for artists to reach hundreds of thousands of fans. We’ve paid millions of dollars in artist guarantees, and not once have I ever censored or restricted a band’s message or voice. Our track record speaks for itself.”

Some of the Punk In the Park headliners, which included Bad Religion, Pennywise and Descendents, chose to express their dissatisfaction with the Trump Administration onstage. “If you’re coming under the punk-rock banner and you voted for that f–king guy, and you support that f–king s–t that they’re doing, you’ve twisted your mind into knots,” Ken Casey of Dropkick Murphys, a prolific Trump critic, told the festival crowd Sunday night. “The far right ain’t the new punk — you heard it here first.” (Two days after its set, the band declared on Instagram: “Upon finding out that Brew Ha Ha promotions donated to the Trump campaign we will not be playing any more Punk in the Park shows. We kept our commitment to the Denver show because we didn’t want to leave our supporters who bought tickets holding the bag.”)

Artists over the years have enraged politicians for expressing their views from the stage, from the Dixie Chicks criticizing President George W. Bush and the Iraq War in 2003 — essentially getting themselves banned from country radio — to Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder impaling a Bush mask with a microphone that same year, prompting boos, walkouts and extensive media coverage. In May, Bruce Springsteen ripped Trump during a concert in Manchester, England, inspiring the president to declare the rock hero “highly overrated,” “dumb as a rock” and so on.

Other festival acts have faced backlash for pointed comments about the Israel-Gaza Conflict. At Coachella in April, Irish rappers Kneecap projected messages accusing Israel of genocide and demanding, “Free Palestine,” leading Sharon Osbourne and others to demand that their visas be revoked. Earlier this month, punk-rap duo Bob Vylan harshly criticized Israel and its military at Glastonbury in the U.K., calling for “death to the IDF” — and a U.S. official revoked their visas.

Fat Mike, frontman for NOFX and co-founder of indie label Fat Wreck Chords, recently told Billboard that punk bands, never known for their reluctance to speak out about politics, have been fearful to do so since Trump won the 2024 presidential election. “How politics are right now, it’s not good for punk rock,” he said. “A lot of bands are scared because of Trump and his followers. They love to hate and take revenge.”

Croft, Destiny Bond’s drummer, acknowledges the band has played shows by top promoters Live Nation and AEG, both of which have executives and board members who’ve donated to and supported Republicans over the years. Phil Anschutz, owner of AEG, is a conservative billionaire who has donated $247,100 to the National Republican Congressional Committee in 2025 as well as other GOP campaigns. “Those monopolies — Live Nation, AEG — they’re inevitable,” Croft says. “But Brew Ha Ha Productions is not inevitable. We don’t have to work with this guy [Collins] specifically, and if we can avoid it, we should.

“At the end of the day, this Trump supporter — this guy who gave money to Donald Trump — is making money off of all of us coming together and saying, ‘F–k ICE,’ ‘Protect trans kids,’ giving each other a pat on the back, feeling like we did something,” Croft adds, “In reality, all we did was give him our ticket money and our performance. At the end of the day, only one guy won if this festival did well – and that guy wanted Donald Trump to be our president.”

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You can now attend KCON LA 2025 even if you’re not in SoCal by streaming the music festival exclusively through Amazon Music.

The highly anticipated K-pop festival is set to take place Aug. 1-3 in Los Angeles at the Crypto.com Arena. The exciting event will feature a curated lineup of performances by top girl and boy groups like aespa, HxW (SEVENTEEN), i-dle, KEY, MONSTA X, RIIZE, NMIXX, NCT 127, P1Harmony, ZEROBASEONE and many more. You can stream KCON with a subscription to Amazon Prime, which will run you $14.99 a month. You can also just get an Amazon Music subscription for $11.99. That’ll give you that coveted access to Amazon Music so you can tune in to the stream. The stream will also be available on Twitch and Prime Video. This is a must-see for K-pop fans everywhere.

Think of it this way: A single-day pass for the festival starts at $61, while concert tickets can range from $79 to $260 for premium options. You’ll be getting access to the concert for a fraction of the price — no crowds and no waiting around. Just you and the music. Accompanying the three-day stream, you’ll also be able to tune in to special broadcasts of iconic K-pop chart show M COUNTDOWN.

To prep for the occasion, fans can tune in to Amazon Music’s ”K-POP NOW” playlist, which features a curated experience of all of the artists set to perform during KCON LA. You’ve got major bangers like aespa’s “Drama,” SHINee’s “Poet | Artist,” and SEVENTEEN’s “Thunder” that you need to learn fan chants for. Start studying up while you can!

KCON LA began back in 2012 when K-pop first hit the scene in America. The festival has gone strong ever since, offering fans of the popular genre a place to express themselves while celebrating some of the biggest acts in the industry. This year’s lineup features well-established names like NCT 127, P1Harmony, Aespa, MONSTA X, KEY, HWASA and i-dle. You’ve also got less senior acts new on the scene like NMIXX, RIIZE, MEOVV, IVE, Kep1er and CRAVITY who are given a massive stage to perform for new and older fans, giving them the exposure they deserve.

See the full list of performers below:

aespa
ALLDAY PROJECT
Baby DONT Cry
CHOIHOJONG
CRAVITY
HWASA
HxW (SEVENTEEN)
i-dle
IDID
IS:SUE
IVE
izna
JACKSON WANG
JO1
Kep1er
KEY
LEE YOUNGJI
MEOVV
MONSTA X
NCT 127
NMIXX
NOWZ
P1Harmony
RIIZE
Roy Kim
YUQI
ZEROBASEONE