Maná Returns to Latin Airplay Top 10 Thanks to ‘Te Lloré Un Río,’ With Christian Nodal

Maná is back in the top 10 on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart for the first time since 2016, as “Te Lloré Un Río,” with Christian Nodal, improves 14-6 on the June 25-dated ranking.

“Te Lloré Un Río” ascends with 7.54 million in audience impressions, up 29%, earned in the U.S. in the week ending June 19, according to Luminate. Maná’s new version of the song returns the group to Latin Airplay’s upper tier for the first time in over five years, when the band took over the throne with “Rayando El Sol,” with Nicky Jam, for one week in Oct. 2016. The group has accumulated a total of 18 top 10s dating back to its first in 1995.

The new version of “Te Lloré Un Río” with Nodal’s vocals tinted with mariachi and banda sinaloense sounds, is the sixth song from Maná’s collaborations project which launched in 2019. The series has seen Mana re-record new versions of its older songs with new guest collaborators Four out of those have reached Latin Airplay: “Rayando El Sol,” with Pablo Alborán (No. 33 high, June 2019), “Eres Mi Religión,” with Joy (No. 33, July 10, 2021), “Mariposa Traicionera,” with Alejandro Fernández (No. 47, Feb. 2022),  and “Te Lloré Un Rio.”

Maná’s original version of “Te Lloré,” was released as part of the Mexican group’s Dónde Jugarán Los Niños?, which was released in 1994 and reached No. 4 on Top Latin Albums (the band’s first entry on the list).  The track pre-dates the Latin Airplay list as it launched Nov. 2, 1994.  It has since generated 51.4 million U.S. streams, according to Luminate.

“Te Lloré,” with Nodal, was released Feb. 25 via Warner Latina. It becomes Nodal’s 14 top 10 and his sixth through a collaboration.

Over on Hot Latin Songs, the regional Mexican-peppered tune also benefits from its airplay push as it debuts atNo. 50. It’s Maná’s first visit to the airplay-, digital sales-, streaming-blended ranking since 2016. The song has generated 8.5 million streams to date.

Beyond its Latin Airplay top 10 ranking, “Te Lloré” scoots 10-3 on Regional Mexican Airplay with 45% gain in plays, to become the largest percentage gain among the chart’s 40 titles.

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Universal Music Launches Media Platform to Better Connect Artists With Brands

Universal Music Group for Brands (UMGB) has launched an advanced media and data platform designed to more easily connect brands with exclusive UMG artist content, the company announced Wednesday (June 22).

Called the UMusic Media Network, the platform will give brands access to UMG’s inventory of music video content spanning all leading social platforms as well as UMG data and insights, allowing them to hyper-target audiences at scale. Content offered through the network will include official music videos, songs and lyrics videos, artist vlogs and lifestyle content from UMG-owned platforms including Rebel Labs, Mercury Studios and Polygram Entertainment. The network will also offer branded content and partnership opportunities across all of UMG’s labels and artists.

UMGB claims to boast tens of thousands of hours of video content and over 4 trillion minutes of UMG content on YouTube. Its consolidated digital properties also draw over 150 million unique visitors every month across desktop, smartphones and tablets in the U.S. alone, according to the company.

The UMusic Media Network will be led by Richard Yaffa, executive vp, global head of UMGB, and Morgan Buksbaum, senior vp of media and properties at UMGB. The platform is fully integrated into UMG’s global operations, pulling on the resources of divisions including commercial services & UMGB; digital strategy; data, e-commerce and media; and digital rights administration.

The network’s public launch comes on the heels of a year-long beta program that UMGB claims has resulted in millions of views for advertiser content.

“Through this cutting-edge new platform, UMG artists can create destination programming exclusively for brands, giving our partners the ability to hyper-target culturally relevant content where they have not been able to do before,” said Yaffa in a statement.

Added Michele Anthony, executive vp at UMG, “The UMusic Media Network combines the unique collective resources that only UMG, as the world’s leading music-based entertainment company can provide to partners, creating an unrivalled service that leverages and delivers the reach, power and influence that great music and artist content can bring, while creating value for our artists, labels and our partners.”

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The Best Pride Merch Available on Amazon

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Pride Month ends next week, but love is love all year long! For those attending New York City Pride on Friday (June 24) and other Pride celebrations, we collected a list of rainbow T-shirts, fans, flags, shoes, face masks and other merch that you can buy on Amazon in honor of Pride Month. (By the way: Amazon Prime members get free shipping on millions of items. Click here to start your free 30-day trail to Amazon Prime.)

Looking for a queer-owned beverage to support? Check out Say Gay Rosé. The Asian-owned and queer-owned wine brand features a sugar-free, dry, sparkling canned rosé that’s perfect for summer and available at Drizly, Total Wine and SayGayRose.com. A portion of Say Gay Rosé sales supports LGBTQ charities in cities where the brand is sold.

Keep reading for a list of Pride merch that we found on Amazon. The items listed can also be purchased as a gift for Pride. And did we mention that everything is under $40?

Happy Pride Month!

Love Wins T-Shirt

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Love wins! This rainbow tee is available in men’s and women’s sizes ranging from small to 3XL. Choose from a 10 different colors including black, red, purple and blue.

Human Rainbow T-Shirt

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This “Human” tee with rainbow text comes in various colors including black, blue and gray. Other Pride shirts you might like are the Gay Pride Science Is Real tee ($19.99) and the Purride Rainbow T-Shirt ($20.99).

 

Staont Rainbow Flag

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Put your flags up! This rainbow flag measures 3 x 5 feet, making it large enough to wrap around yourself and wear as a cape. If you’d rather use it more traditionally, the double-printed flag is designed to hang by itself or slip into a flag pole. Click here for handheld Pride flags.

 

Starqueen Unisex Adult Pride Canvas Shoes

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These Canvas sneakers feature a rainbow heart on one side and “Pride” on the other side. The lightweight, lace-up sneakers are available in black or white and in unisex sizes ranging from 5-9.

Balasami Metallic Rainbow Bikini

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It’s bikini season! Show your pride in this rainbow metallic triangle bikini. This festive two-piece is available in sizes S-XL. Want rainbow swim trunks instead? Click here.

Nanafast Titanium Stainless Steel Rainbow Bracelet

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Add a little Pride to your wrist with this cute bracelet. The budget-friendly jewelry piece has a stainless-steel magnetic clasp that makes it easy to put on and take off.

Bedbay Rainbow Rainbow Flag Throw Blanket

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Snuggle up with this rainbow throw blanket, available for a twin, queen or king-size bed. Soft, breathable and lightweight, this premium microfiber blanket features vibrant colors and warm flannel, plus it’s easy to store or pack up and carry around.

Giavuwn Embroidered Pride Hat, 2 Pack

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These rainbow baseball caps are perfect for couples! The cotton baseball caps feature an embroidered rainbow heart on the front and a metal buckle closure in the back to adjust the size. The baseball caps come with matching rainbow bracelets.

Home Tune Rainbow Tumbler with Straw

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Thirsty? Drink your favorite ice coffee and more in this glittery rainbow tumbler with an attached straw. The 21 oz. tumbler is double-walled to keep beverages cold or hot for a longer time.

OMyTea Rainbow Fan

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Practical and affordable, this rainbow fan is perfect for Pride celebrations! It adds a little extra drama to any look, and it’ll keep you cool when it’s hot. According to the seller, this rainbow fan is 100% handmade with “high quality fabric and bamboo.”

Spacelab Rainbow Heart Sunglasses

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These stylish shades feature rainbow colored lenses and a glittery frame, complete with UV protective an impact resistant lenses. Find more rainbow colored shades here.

Montagnes Rainbow Mask, 2 Pck

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The pandemic isn’t over yet. If you’re still masking up, why not make it festive with a Pride face mask? The design pictured above feature the word “Love” written in white cursive with a rainbow heart and “Love Is Love” in rainbow script.

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Beyoncé & Drake Collide on the Dance Floor: Breaking Down the Surprise A-List Releases

Just one week ago, fans had no clue about Beyoncé‘s Renaissance or Drake‘s Honestly, Nevermind, beyond some subtle social media hints from Queen B. Now, we have a full new album from Drake and a release date (July 29) for Beyoncé, as well as the first taste of her project in lead single “Break My Soul.”

And in a further coincidence, both Drizzy and Bey have taken their sounds in a decidedly dancey direction, with Drake teaming up with some unexpected electronic artists for the project and Beyoncé reuniting with queen of bounce Big Freedia on her house-inspired new song.

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking all about the left-field releases from these A-list artists and what we think about their dance-floor moves.

Also on the show, we’ve got chart news on how BTS score their sixth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with the retrospective compilation Proof — just as the South Korean pop group announced they were going on a break to pursue solo projects. Plus, Joji charts his first top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart with “Glimpse of Us,” while Carrie Underwood keeps up her streak on the Billboard 200, as her latest effort, Denim & Rhinestones, marks her 10th consecutive top 10 album.

The Billboard Pop Shop Podcast is your one-stop shop for all things pop on Billboard‘s weekly charts. You can always count on a lively discussion about the latest pop news, fun chart stats and stories, new music, and guest interviews with music stars and folks from the world of pop. Casual pop fans and chart junkies can hear Billboard‘s executive digital director, West Coast, Katie Atkinson and Billboard’s senior director of charts Keith Caulfield every week on the podcast, which can be streamed on Billboard.com or downloaded in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast provider. (Click here to listen to the previous edition of the show on Billboard.com.)

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Meghan Trainor Announces New Single ‘Bad For Me’ With Teddy Swims

Good news, Meghan Trainor fans. The star’s upcoming single “Bad For Me” with Teddy Swims is on its way.

Trainor took to social media on Tuesday (June 21) to reveal that the song will be arriving on Friday (June 24). She shared the news along with the cover art, which features the musical collaborators in enchanting green outfits, sitting among a floral landscape at sunset.

When teasing the song on TikTok, fans got a taste of the lyrics that capture an addiction to a toxic relationship. “Please don’t make promises that you can’t keep / Your best intentions end up hurting me / No matter what I love you endlessly.”

Trainor released her latest album, Treat Myself, in January 2020. “I’ve heard weird opinions from everyone [about what the album should be], so I kept writing the best songs I could,” she told Billboard of the album. “Every time I accomplished a new step in my songwriting world, my brain would go, ‘Uh-oh, the rest of the album needs to be this good.’ And finally I got to a place where my label and I were like, ‘Okay, I can’t beat these songs.’ ”

“I wanted respect from other musicians, I didn’t care if radio would play it or not,” she said of tracks like “Wave.”

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Offset Goes Down Water Slide With Kulture in Adorable Video

Offset treated three-year-old Kulture to some fun father-daughter time at a waterpark, according to a video his wife Cardi B shared on her Instagram Story over the weekend, and the clip has since been circulating around social media.

In the heartwarming video, the Migos rapper is seen holding his smiling daughter’s hand as they slide down a waterslide together. Kulture instantly starts squealing with joy when they make it to the bottom, and the duo burst into an adorable dance.

For Father’s Day, Cardi and the couple’s kids, Kulture and Wave, brought the Migos MC breakfast in bed on Sunday (June 19) as he was swarmed by four of his five offspring.

They brought in a tray piled high with a breakfast fit for a king, with bacon, pancakes, eggs, pastries, potatoes, sausage, chicken and a big pile of fruit.

In fan-captured video from Cardi’s Insta Story, a surprised-looking Offset marvels at the big plate in front of him but it’s unclear if he even got a chance to dig in, since the clip then cuts to him leading the kids down the steps to the front hallway of the couple’s mansion, which is festooned with a giant Father’s Day balloon display.

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Luke Combs Welcomes Baby Boy With Wife Nicole on Father’s Day

Luke Combs celebrated Father’s Day by becoming a dad, as he and wife Nicole welcomed their son Tex Lawrence Combs into the world.

“Welp he decided that Fathers Day would be a good time to show up,” Combs posted on Facebook. “I couldn’t agree more. Me and @nicolejcombs are over the moon in love with this little guy. Mama and baby are healthy and we’re back home now with family. Life is good. Everyone welcome Tex Lawrence Combs to the world!”

Nicole also shared the good news on Instagram, along with a photo of the couple and their newborn child.

“It’s going to be hard to top this past Father’s Day,” she posted. “Welcome to the world, Tex Lawrence Combs. You are the best chillest angel boy and I’m so happy I was chosen to be your mom. These are the days.”

Combs commented on his wife’s Instagram post, saying, “You crushed it my love!”

The couple wed during a beachside ceremony in Florida in August 2020. The couple became engaged in 2018, after two years of dating.

“Yesterday was the best day of my life. I got to marry my best friend. I love you @nicohocking, here’s to forever,” Combs posted on Instagram after the ceremony.

Combs has more to celebrate, as he releases his upcoming album, Growin’ Up, this Friday. He’s already released a string of songs from the album, including “Doin’ This” and his latest, “The Kind of Love We Make.” The album also includes a collaboration with Miranda Lambert on the song “Outrunnin’ Your Memory.”

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