Ella Langley and Morgan Wallen’s new duet, “I Can’t Love You Anymore,” makes a record-setting start in the Billboard Hot 100’s top 10, while accounting for another honor last achieved in the early 1980s.

The single starts at No. 7 on the Hot 100 (dated May 9) — becoming the first song by two core-country acts in lead roles ever to debut in the chart’s top 10.

Regardless of debut position, it’s the first Hot 100 top 10 by two acts known for primarily recording country music, both in lead roles, since Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton’s “Islands in the Stream.” The Bee Gees-written classic ruled the chart for two weeks in October-November 1983.

A few collaborations, however, by two country-focused artists have reached the region during the last four decades-plus — just not any with both acts equally billed as leads. In 2024, for instance, Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help,” featuring Wallen, led for six weeks, with the song from the former’s first album in the genre, F-1 Trillion. It followed Zach Bryan’s Kacey Musgraves-featuring “I Remember Everything,” which reigned in its debut week in 2023.

The 2000s welcomed one Hot 100 top 10 team-up by core-country artists: Carrie Underwood’s “I Told You So,” featuring genre legend Randy Travis (No. 9, 2009). His original version led the Hot Country Songs chart in 1988.

From the 1990s, two songs are worthy of honorable mentions. “From This Moment On” reached No. 4 on the Hot 100 in 1998; credited on the Hot 100 to Shania Twain, the ballad became a hit at country radio thanks in part to its version with Bryan White. Plus, Tim McGraw’s “It’s Your Love,” with Faith Hill, hit No. 7 in 1997; on the song by the couple, which had married the year before, McGraw receives lead billing. (On Hot Country Songs, they share six top 10s, though only one with both as leads: 2017’s “Speak to a Girl.”)

Meanwhile, Rogers and Parton ended a much briefer break between Hot 100 top 10s by two lead country acts than Langley and Wallen do on the latest chart. Prior to “Islands in the Stream,” Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle’s “You and I” hit No. 7 in February 1983.

“I Can’t Love You Anymore,” released April 24, begins with 16.7 million official U.S. streams, 10.8 million in radio airplay audience and 10,000 sold through April 30, according to Luminate. It’s Langley’s third Hot 100 top 10 and Wallen’s 19th.

All charts dated May 9 will update Tuesday, May 5, on Billboard.com.

Dayseeker rules a Billboard chart for the first time, topping the May 9-dated Mainstream Rock Airplay survey with “Crawl Back to My Coffin.”

The group reigns with its fifth song on the tally. It first made the list in 2022 when “Without Me” debuted at No. 37 that December, eventually peaking at No. 20 in early 2023. Dayseeker’s previous best before “Coffin” was the No. 7-peaking “Pale Moonlight,” the first of its two top 10s, last year.

Dayseeker, formed in 2012 in California, first appeared on any Billboard chart when Origin reached Heatseekers Albums in 2015. It made its first Billboard 200 appearance last year when Creature in the Black Night bowed at No. 79. “Crawl Back to My Coffin” is the latter set’s second single.

The band is the fifth act to reign on Mainstream Rock Airplay for the first time in 2026, via three songs. “End of You,” a collaboration between Poppy, Amy Lee and Courtney LaPlante, was the first, followed by Pierce the Veil with “So Far So Fake.” The pace is in line with 2025, when 10 acts earned initial leaders by the end of the year.

The song also marks the first No. 1 on Mainstream Rock Airplay for Spinefarm Records, 11 years after its first appearance on the tally.

“We are very proud to celebrate Dayseeker’s first No. 1 rock song as well as Spinefarm’s,” Jonas Nachsin, Spinefarm worldwide GM, tells Billboard. “The band and our label have been building towards this achievement with a steady climb upwards over the last few years that has now resulted in this moment. Dayseeker are absolutely on the rise as fans are connecting to the band around the world in bigger and bigger numbers, and their ascent has no limits given their unique musical and emotional blend that has connected on such a real and visceral level. Onwards Dayseeker!

“Thank you to radio and our friends at Landshark for the support.”

Concurrently, “Coffin” lifts 15-14 on the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart with 2.7 million audience impressions in the week ending April 30, a boost of 14%, according to Luminate. That’s the band’s top-charting song on the list, having exceeded the No. 34 peak of “Pale Moonlight.”

“Coffin” also rose 14-13 on the most recently published, multimetric Hot Hard Rock Songs list (dated May 2, reflecting data accumulated April 17-23). In addition to its radio airplay, the track earned 531,000 official streams in the United States.

Creatures in the Black Night, Dayseeker’s sixth studio album, has earned 89,000 equivalent album units to date.

All Billboard charts dated May 9 will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, May 5.

Britney Spears has been sentenced to probation after taking a plea deal for her March DUI arrest in Ventura County, California.

The pop star received the year-long probation sentence on Monday (May 4) after pleading guilty through her attorney to a misdemeanor charge known colloquially as a “wet reckless.” This is downgraded from the more severe count driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol in her criminal complaint last week.

Defendants are typically offered this sort of plea deal in cases of low blood alcohol levels or other mitigating factors following a DUI arrest. According to the Associated Press, a prosecutor stated during Monday’s hearing in Ventura that Spears had taken “full responsibility” for the incident. She’ll now serve a year of probation, during which she’ll have to participate in a DUI education program and continue regular therapy and psychiatry. Spears herself did not appear in court.

Spears’ attorney, Michael Goldstein, said in a statement following the plea hearing that the singer “has accepted responsibility for her conduct.”

“She has taken significant steps to implement positive change which is clearly reflected in the Ventura County District Attorney’s decision to reduce the charge in this case and dismiss the DUI,” added Goldstein. “Britney appreciates this discretion and is also grateful for the outpouring of support she has received.”

Spears was arrested the evening of March 4 after the California Highway Patrol found her driving “erratically at a high rate of speed on southbound US-101.” At the time, her reps said, “This was an unfortunate incident that is completely inexcusable. Britney is going to take the right steps and comply with the law and hopefully this can be the first step in long overdue change that needs to occur in Britney’s life.”

The following month, Spears checked herself voluntarily into a treatment facility. She was formerly charged by the Ventura County DA’s Office this past Thursday (April 30).  

Some artists will do just about anything to promote their new album. But only Kacey Musgraves is willing to suit up in a giant armadillo costume and head down to the local Walmart to wander the aisles and ask if they have her new Middle of Nowhere album in stock. “I don’t recognize that name,” a helpful employee at the megastore tells the singer when she inquires about her LP in a hilarious promo video the singer posted over the weekend. (Watch it in full below).

After pulling off an impressive forward roll in the store, Musgraves finally finds a display packed with vinyl copies of her mesmerizing seventh album, on which she teams up with fellow Texan Willie Nelson on the twangy “Uncertain, TX,” as well as Miranda Lambert on the hilarious “Horses & Divorces” and bluegrass phenom Billy Strings on the dreamy “Everybody Wants To Be a Cowboy.”

She grabs a couple LPs before moseying over to a Barnes & Noble, where she delights some little girls by casually skulking around in the spotted costume and saying hello before looking up armadillo facts in a children’s book, crawling around on all fours and grabbing some more vinyl. Next stop: Target, where Musgraves paws at that store’s vinyl rack and appears to get revved up while straddling some of her merch.

It’s all smiles and fun and games until the end of the clip, where, like so many armadillos, Musgraves ends up on her back as roadkill in the middle of a street.

Middle of Nowhere is the frisky follow-up to the singer’s more inward-looking 2024 LP Deeper Well and includes the playful single, “Dry Spell,” on which Musgraves comes up with endless ways to describe not getting any for nearly a year. “I’m so lonely, lonely with a capital H/ If you know what I mean/ I’ve been sitting on the washing machine,” she sings cheekily on the spare country pop unintentional abstinence lament.

Musgraves is in the midst of a three-show blitz in her native Texas at Gruene Hall in New Braunfels — there are shows scheduled for tonight (May 4) and tomorrow (May 5) — where she will be joined by the Mariachi Brothers. The McAllen-area siblings, Antonio, Caleb and Joshua Gámez-Cuéllar, were arrested along with their family by ICE and detained in Texas for about two weeks before they were released in March amid growing unrest over the Donald Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policies. They played on Capitol Hill last year at the invitation of Rep. Monica De La Cruz, a Republican congresswoman who has been a vocal supporter of President Trump and his wide-ranging immigration crackdown.

Check out Musgraves’ armadillo promo stunt below.

Jelly Roll couldn’t be prouder of his bloodline. The country star became emotional after escorting his daughter, Bailee Ann, to her last high-school dance, where the teenager was crowned prom queen by her classmates.

In a post on his Story on Saturday (May 2), the country star shared a photo of Bailee smiling in her green dress, tiara and “prom queen” sash. “My little angel is the Prom Queen,” he wrote alongside several sobbing emojis, according to People.

The event was a family affair for Jelly and Bunnie Xo, who married the Grammy winner in 2016 and shares custody of his eldest child. The Dumb Blonde host posted a behind-the-scenes video of her 17-year-old stepdaughter getting ready for the prom, including the moment Bailee walked down the staircase to show off her gown for the first time.

“Beautiful dress, baby!” Jelly cheers in the clip, which ends with footage of Bailee’s name being read off as the winner of the prom queen vote.

The singer and Bunnie also posted a before-and-after video of themselves and Bailee showing off their looks for the milestone night. “Let’s goooooo biscuit,” he commented.

Bailee isn’t the only one in her family who is prom royalty. In December, Jelly’s daughter threw a surprise prom for her parents, who never got to attend their own dances back when they were in high school. “She crowned us King and Queen, and we danced and sang like teenagers who finally got their moment,” Bunnie wrote of the occasion at the time.

Jelly is also Dad to son Noah from a previous relationship. The hitmaker and Bunnie are currently trying to grow their family via IVF.

In her 2026 memoir, Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic, the podcaster revealed that she and Jelly already have a surrogate picked out for when the time comes. She wrote: “With how much IVF has advanced over the years, and with the help of the most unselfish woman willing to carry twins for us, we’ll be able to make our baby dreams come true.”