BTS’ J-Hope & TOMORROW X TOGETHER to Perform at Lollapalooza 2022

Lollapalooza is making history with this year’s festival, as J-Hope of BTS is set to headline the main stage on Sunday (July 31). The performance marks the first South Korean artist to headline a main stage at a major U.S. festival.

J-Hope is replacing Doja Cat on the lineup, as the “Woman” singer announced in May that a medical issue with her tonsils requiring surgery will sideline her planned tour with The Weeknd and festival dates this summer. “Hi guys. I wanted you to hear it from me first,” she started the message, with white text over a background. “Unfortunately I have to have surgery on my tonsils asap. The surgery is routine but the recovery is going to take awhile due to swelling. That means I have to cancel my festival run this summer as well as The Weeknd tour. I feel horrible about this but can’t wait for this to heal and get back to making music and create an experience for y’all.”

Additionally, TOMORROW X TOGETHER will be performing at the four-day event, marking their United States festival debut. The group is fresh off the release of their new project, Minisode 2: Thursday’s Child, which scored TOMORROW X TOGETHER its third No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated May 28).

Lollapalooza is set to take over Chicago’s Grant Park from July 28 to July 31. Four-day and one-day General Admission, GA+, VIP and Platinum Tickets, along with Destination Experience Hotel Packages are available here. Kids 10 and under get in free with a ticketed adult.

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Will One Direction Ever Reunite? And Who Else Do We Want to See Back Together? A Wish List

One Direction is back in the headlines in a big way, with the release of Harry Styles‘ blockbuster third album Harry’s House and Liam Payne‘s controversial interview with Logan Paul, during which he aired some dirty laundry from his boy-band days. All this 1D talk has us wondering: What might the future hold for the group?

On the latest episode of the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking all about the potential of a One Direction reunion and what it could look like. But that’s not all: We’re also talking about some other groups who have broken up or gone on hiatus that we would love to see back together again some day.

Who makes our wish list? Listen to the podcast below to find out.

Also on the show, we’ve got chart news on how Kate Bush gets her first top 10 hit ever on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart with “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” following the 1985 song’s prominent use in the latest season of Stranger Things and how Def Leppard lands a fifth straight decade of top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 chart, as the rock band’s newest release Diamond Star Halos debuts at No. 10 on the tally.

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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Mario Bautista’s ‘Brindo’ is His First No. 1 on a Billboard Airplay Chart

Mexican artist Mario Bautista claims his first No. 1 on a Billboard airplay chart as “Brindo,” with Banda El Recodo de Cruz de Lizárraga, hits No. 1 on the Regional Mexican Airplay chart dated June 11. El Recodo clocks its 17th champ.

“Brindo” posted a 20% gain in audience impressions, to 7.8 million, earned in the U.S. in the week ending June 5, according to Luminate. It dethrones Eden Muñoz’s “Chale!” after three weeks at No. 1 — the first leader for the singer-songwriter and producer after becoming a solo act.

The original “Brindo,” billed solely to Bautista, was released Sept. 9, 2021. The regional Mexican collaboration with Banda El Recodo was announced via Twitter in January. The anticipatory buildup likely fueled the remix to debut on Regional Mexican Airplay at No. 40 on the March 26-dated survey.

With the 3-1 lift in its 12th week, Banda El Recodo secures its 17th win and enters a tie with Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga for the second-most leaders, just behind Calibre 50’s 21 No. 1s.

Further, 26-year-old Bautista is the fifth soloist to capture his first No. 1 on Regional Mexican Airplay in 2022.

Here’s the scoreboard:

Artist, Title, Date
Maluma, “Cada Quién,” with Grupo Firme, Feb. 5
Banda Rancho Viejo de Julio Aramaburú, “Me Vale Perderte,” April 16
Virlan García, “Híbrido,” May 14
Eden Muñoz, “Chale!”, May 21
Mario Bautista, “Brindo,” with Banda El Recodo, June 11

Elsewhere, “Brindo” moves up the overall Latin Airplay chart with a 8-4 climb.

Bautista gained notoriety as YouTuber for his sketch comedy, also becoming popular in his native Mexico as a pop singer and R&B performer. “Brindo” is his first regional Mexican release.

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Julia Garner Is Reportedly Cast to Play Madonna in Biopic & Fans Are Loving It: ‘The Oscar Is Hers’

Julia Garner, known for her leading roles in Ozark and Inventing Anna, has been offered the role of Madonna in the upcoming biopic about the pop icon, Variety reported on Tuesday (June 7).

The Emmy-winning star earned the opportunity to play Madonna in the Universal Pictures film after a long process, which included choreography sessions with the singer’s choreographer, as well as choreography, singing and reading sessions with Madonna herself. Other actresses who auditioned for the coveted role include Florence Pugh, Odessa Young and Alexa Demie.

Madonna will be directing the biopic herself and Amy Pascal is set to produce the movie, which was co-written by Secretary writer Erin Cressida Wilson. A production timeline and other principal cast is still unknown.

Garner has won two Emmys for her role as Ruth Langmore in the Netflix crime drama series Ozark, and most recently starred in the streamer’s Shonda Rhimes series Inventing Anna. On the film side, Garner has appeared in indie fare like The Assistant and Grandma.

Following the big news, Madonna and Garner fans alike flooded Twitter with excitement, tons of Ozark references and certainty that the casting decision was the right one — beyond the duo’s obvious physical likeness. See some of the best reactions we compiled below.

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Christian Nodal Captures Fourth Top 10 on Regional Mexican Albums Chart With ‘Forajido’

Christian Nodal scores his fourth straight top 10 on the Regional Mexican Albums chart as his most recent project, Forajido, debuts at No. 6 on the June 11-dated ranking.

The six-track EP opens with 3,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending June 2, according to Luminate. Forajido was released May 27. It’s Nodal’s first set after he joined Sony Music Latin earlier this year.

The Regional Mexican Albums chart ranks the most popular regional Mexican albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, comprising album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album.

Forajido’s streaming activity makes up for most of its opening sum. That equates to 4.66 million on-demand official streams of the album’s songs in its opening week.

Forajido gives the 23-year-old his fourth consecutive top 10 after three earlier No. 1s, all through UMLE, dating back to his first leader — and maiden entry — on Regional Mexican Albums, Me Dejé Llevar. That 13-track effort held strong at the summit for a record 73-week run, the most among all male acts, and the second-most overall, trailing only Selena’s Amor Prohibido, which racked up a total of 97 total weeks at No. 1 since the chart launched in 1985.

Forajido gives Nodal his first debut on Regional Mexican Albums after two years. He last premiered on the 20-deep tally with 2020’s Ayayay!, which remained at the penthouse for seven straight weeks.

Elsewhere, Forajido lands at No. 28 on the all-Latin genre Top Latin Albums.

The set yielded two songs on the all-metric Hot Latin Songs chart: “La Sinvergüenza” (No. 20 high in Dec. 2021) and “Ya No Somos Ni Seremos” (No. 8 peak, March 5-dated survey). Meanwhile “Vivo En El 6” peaks at No. 14 on Regional Mexican Airplay.

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Cardi B Sprays Whipshots Into Fans’ Mouths, Rocks a Rainbow Bodysuit at West Hollywood Pride

Cardi B surprised fans at the West Hollywood Gay Pride Parade on Sunday (June 5) and, as expected, she brought the party by giving attendees shots of Whipshots, her vodka-infused whipped cream collaboration with Starco Brands.

Rocking a sparkling rainbow bodysuit and a blonde wig with red and purple streaks, the “I Like It” rapper was seen dancing on a float as she sprayed her alcohol-infused snack into the mouths of onlookers.

“When I woke up today, ‘letting Cardi B put it in my mouth’ wasn’t on my to-do list, but you always gotta be prepared for the opportunities that come your way,” one fan hilariously wrote on Twitter alongside a photo of their interaction with Cardi.

In another video shared to Twitter, Cardi is onstage at a club, where she encourages one onstage fan to lick some Whipshot off another attendee’s butt cheek and subsequently cheers into the microphone after.

Pride Month is part celebration, part activism for the LGBTQ+ community that takes place throughout the month of June, rooted in the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, when police raided a popular gay bar called The Stonewall Inn in New York City’s West Village. While police raids were common in gay bars at the time, on June 28, 1969, the patrons fought back, launching the days-long Stonewall Riots. The first Pride parade occurred one year later, in 1970.

Every June is filled with parades, protests and drag performances, plus memorials and celebrations of life for those who lost their lives to HIV/AIDS, in an effort to support and uplift the LGBTQ+ community. For more information and resources, check out youth.gov’s website here.

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