The No. 1 spot has a new ruler, but who could it be? Does a Christmas classic take the throne? Keep watching to find out!

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Christmas continues to take over the charts but a classic takes the top spot. M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes” comes in at number one on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 for the chart posting December 26th. The 2008 hit has found new life on the platform thanks to a new dance trend. Mariah Carey climbs back up to No. 2. “All I Want for Christmas” bounds back from number 8. Another Christmas classic returns to the top 10. Wham’s “Last Christmas” jumps from 20 to 7. And our only new track in the top ten this week is “Peggy” by CeeChynaa. Every Thursday, Billboard will bring you the verified list of the hottest songs on TikTok by monitoring music discovery and engagement on the platform in the United States. To find the TikTok Billboard Top 50 each week, users can simply go to any sound detail page and tap the top right button to access the charts page.

Beyoncé may have wrapped her Christmas Day Halftime Show performance, but famous fans such as Serena Williams and Reneé Rapp still aren’t over it.

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Following the 32-time Grammy winner’s high-production showcase midway through the Houston Texans vs. Baltimore Ravens game Wednesday (Dec. 25), the tennis legend took to X to gush about Bey’s star power. “Honestly can’t get enough of you,” Williams wrote moments after Bey exited the field.

A certain Mean Girls star had paragraphs’ worth of praise to share about Bey’s performance on Instagram Stories. “I’m not f—ing kidding ya’ll don’t GET IT!!!!!,” Rapp wrote over a black background. “WHY AM I CRYING DURING A DRUMLINE?? SHE’S BEEN IT SHE’S STILL IT SHE WILL ALWAYS BE IT!! BEYONCÉ TILL I DIE.”

“like this is the worlds most beautiful person alive,” the “Snow Angel” singer continued in a second post. “you wanna talk about being a FAN?! SHE MADE A FAN OUT OF ME YOUNG AND KEPT IT THAT WAY HOW ARE YOU STILL THAT FINE AND PERFORMING LIKE THAT!!! full body chills.”

The “Break My Soul” vocalist’s halftime offering was certainly one for the history books, with the show marking the first time Bey performed any songs from her Billboard 200-topping album Cowboy Carter. Shaboozey, Post Malone, Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy and Reyna Roberts all joined her to help sing their respective collaborations from the Grammy-nominated LP — including “Sweet Honey Buckiin,’” “Levii’s Jeans” and “Blackbiird” — while Bey’s eldest daughter, Blue Ivy, accompanied her mom on the field for a few dance numbers.

During and after the show, Bey also received support from both of her Destiny’s Child bandmates. Michelle Williams was on hand at NRG Stadium to cheer the Ivy Park founder on, sharing an on-site photo on Instagram Stories during the performance, while Kelly Rowland reposted a clip on her Story of the “Irreplaceable” musician and Blue Ivy dancing together during “Texas Hold ‘Em” and wrote, “SHUT IT DOWN!!!!”

Luckily for Williams, Rapp, the Destiny’s Child women and every other person in the Beyhive who loved the musician’s showcase, Netflix will soon drop a Beyoncé Bowl special featuring footage from the 12-plus-minute set. The streamer aired the performance — plus the Kansas City Chiefs vs. Pittsburgh Steelers and Texans-Ravens games — live on Christmas Day.

Shortly after the show, Bey also teased that she has a new project coming in 2025, dropping a cryptic video of her riding a horse and swinging an American flag. “1.14.25,” reads a message at the end of the clip, which Live Nation reposted on socials — a move that has many fans convinced the star is planning to embark on a tour next year.

Kendrick Lamar was rap’s undoubted MVP of 2024 and Billboard‘s Greatest Pop Star of the Year, and Eminem thinks his epic run is going to continue into 2025.

While Em and Lamar will be facing off in the best rap performance category at the 2025 Grammy Awards, Eminem believes that K. Dot is going to “sweep” all seven of his nominations come Feb. 2.

Slim Shady and Paul Rosenberg celebrated 20 years since the launch of their SiriusXM station Shade45 on Christmas Eve when they joined DJ Whoo Kid for an interview on the channel, which ended with Em giving Lamar his props.

“It’s very stiff competition,” Eminem said of his Grammy-nominated peers. “Kendrick is gonna sweep that sh–. He’s going to, and he should.”

Across Lamar’s seven noms, there are categories where he’s double-dipping with dual consideration thanks to his Mustard-produced “Not Like Us” Drake diss and his assist on Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That,” both of which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 2024.

Eminem is competing in a stacked best rap performance category with his The Death of Slim Shady lead single “Houdini” in the mix.

The Detroit icon also earned a nomination in the best rap album category for The Death of Slim Shady, which Lamar’s GNX won’t be in since it was released outside of the Grammy calendar for 2025 so it will compete for a nom at the 2026 awards.

Eminem has long hailed Kendrick Lamar’s greatness as he declared that K. Dot was “at the very, very top tier of lyricists. Not just of this generation, but of all time.”

They also hit the Super Bowl stage together in 2022 when the big game came to Los Angeles for the Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show headlined by Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre.

Listen to the full interview below. Kendrick’s Grammy talk begins shortly after the 30-minute mark.

Paris Hilton wants you to unwrap her, but she didn’t leave much to take off in a cheeky holiday video set to Ariana Grande‘s “Santa Tell Me” on Christmas Day.

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In an NSFW clip posted to Instagram on Wednesday (Dec. 25), the businesswoman leaves little to the imagination while wearing red pumps and matching fingerless gloves, covered up by nothing else save for a large red ribbon shaped into a Christmas bow. While staring flirtatiously at the camera, Hilton dances along to the explicit version of the Wicked star’s festive 2014 bop, singing, “Oh, I wanna let him unwrap me, like ooh/ Get on top of him, by that fireplace, ooh.”

“My presence is a present,” the Paris and Nicole: The Encore star wrote in her caption, adding the hashtags #ThatsHot and #Slivmas.

Hilton’s video comes the same week “Santa Tell Me” reaches a new peak at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, spending its very first week in the chart’s top 10 since its release a decade prior. To celebrate the evergreen hit’s 10-year anniversary, Grande recently shared a live performance video of the tune on her YouTube channel.

“celebrating ten years of Santa Tell Me !” she wrote on Instagram at the time. “thank you so much for all of the love you have shown this record over the past decade. wishing you all a happy, happy holiday !”

In addition to the racy clip, the “Stars Are Blind” singer shared a number of photos in her bow attire and other skin-showing holiday outfits on Instagram this week. She also worked a few wholesome family shots into her feed, posing in PJs with husband Carter Reum, son Phoenix and daughter London.

Hilton is fresh off the release of her album Infinite Icon, which debuted at No. 38 on the Billboard 200.

John Legend is interviewed by his daughter Luna, and she asks him questions about his new children’s album, My Favorite Dream. He shares what inspired him to take on a kid’s album, celebrating Get Lifted and more. Keep watching to see his cute interview with his daughter!

John Legend:
Lately, we’ve been getting some good advice about like phones and social media and how dangerous they are, and how we’re not gonna let you have a smartphone until you’re like, 16 years old. What do you think of that advice? 

Luna:
How about we– 

John Legend:
Compromise? 

Luna:
How about we compromise on nine?

John Legend:
Hi, Luna! 

Luna:
Hi, Dad. 

John Legend:
How are you? 

Luna: 
Good. 

John Legend:
I’m really excited to talk with you today. Have you ever done an interview before?

Luna:
I did because for my homework. 

John Legend:
Oh yeah, they asked about your name and how you got your name, and they asked you to interview your parent to see why they named you the thing that they named you. 

Luna:
Yeah.

Producer:
Tell him it was a forgettable interview. 

John Legend:
See I forgot all about. It must have not made an impression.

Luna:
Dad, why did he want to make a children’s album? 

John Legend:
I wanted to make a children’s album because now that I have four kids, and I’ve watched all of you guys react to music and fall in love with music in different ways, I felt like I was inspired to write an album for my kids and then for all the other kids that are out there and their parents, too. 

Luna:
That’s so cool. How did you come up with the title? My Favorite Dream?

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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce celebrated their second Christmas as a couple this year, and part of their to-do list appears to have been sending holiday presents to the Kansas City Chiefs tight end’s teammates and their families.

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Two people who received gifts from the pop superstar and Kelce were Sheawna Weathersby and her boyfriend, Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones. The women’s clothing entrepreneur shared a photo of a cluster of presents sent by Swift and the tight end — which included an orange Louis Vuitton bag — on Instagram Stories Wednesday (Dec. 25) and wrote, “So blessed and grateful this holiday season … Thank yoouuu Tay Tay!”

The haul also featured two boxes with velvet ribbon and mixed-and-matched holiday wrapping, on one of which Swift wrote in her famous loopy handwriting, “Merry Christmas She She! Love, Tay Tay!”

On a tag attached to a large Santa-print gift bag, the “Anti-Hero” singer drew a few stars and wrote, “Merry Christmas She She and Chris! Travis and Taylor.”

Swift and Weathersby have become pals in the year and a half since Swift first started dating the New Heights podcaster over the summer of 2023. In September, the two women shared selfies from their shared suite at Arrowhead Stadium following the Chiefs vs. Cincinnati Bengals game, as well as posed for photos with Chariah Gordon — who is engaged to Kansas City wide receiver Mecole Hardman Jr. — which Weathersby shared on Instagram.

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On Christmas Day this year, Kelce and his teammates were busy facing off against the Pittsburgh Steelers, winning 29-10. Exactly one year prior, Swift — wearing a custom “#87” Santa hat — celebrated Christmas at Arrowhead, where the Chiefs defeated the Las Vegas Raiders just two months before the Kansas City team won the 2024 Super Bowl.

The 14-time Grammy winner wasn’t present for the Chiefs’ Christmas Day game this year, but she did attend her boyfriend’s match against the Houston Texans four days prior. Swift arrived at Arrowhead Dec. 21 dressed for the season in a furry red coat and black cap, marking the first game she was able to catch since the early December close of her historic Eras Tour.

“The unbelievable Eras Tour has come to an end,” Kelce recently congratulated his superstar girlfriend on New Heights. “Shout out to everybody that was a part of that show. Obviously, it’s her music, her tour and everything, but that was a full production, man. That thing was the best tour in the world because of a lot of people, but mostly because of Taylor.”

In this, the last week of 2024, CBS will air two Grammy Greats specials, both co-hosted by CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King. Both shows will also stream on Paramount+. Here are details.

Grammy Greats: The Stories Behind the Songs

Air date: Friday, Dec. 27, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

Co-hosted by King and four-time Grammy nominee Mickey Guyton, this two-hour special dives into the stories behind the winners of the Grammy for song of the year. The show will feature newly recorded interviews, previously aired performances and exclusive behind-the-scenes footage.

Featured songwriters and songs include Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald – “What a Fool Believes” (the 1980 winner), Sting’s “Every Breath You Take” (1984), Alicia Keys’ “Fallin’” (2002), John Mayer’s “Daughters” (2005), Amy Winehouse’s “Rehab” (2008), Adele’s “Hello” (2017, co-written with Greg Kurstin), Billie Eilish and Finneas’ “Bad Guy” (2020) and Bonnie Raitt’s “Just Like That” (2023).

Grammy Greats: The Most Memorable Moments

Air date: Sunday, Dec. 29, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

Co-hosted by King and five-time Grammy winner Jimmy Jam, this two-hour special celebrates some of the most memorable moments in Grammy history. The show combines newly recorded interviews and previously aired performances and promises “a behind-the-scenes look at how the Grammy team responds to unexpected events.”

Featured artists include Brandi Carlile, Dua Lipa, Keith Urban, St. Vincent and Chris Martin.

The 67th annual Grammy Awards are set to air/stream on Sunday, Feb. 2, at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT on CBS and Paramount+.

Lele Pons, Majo Aguilar and Lupita Infante share their favorite makeup trends, what they love to listen to while getting ready and more!

Lele Pons:
It’s Shakira’s step, the one like this, that has to be the single one. 

Lupita Infante:
With those toloches, some corridos tumbados.

Majo Aguilar:
“Lose Yourself” by Eminem. I listen to that song quite a bit, actually. 

Lele Pons:
What I listen to when I’m glamming is a lot of Taylor Swift — a lot. I like all the songs, all the albums, all of them. All from Taylor Swift, Gracie, Shakira, obviously. Also Kelly Clarkson, I love. I love the songs from way back.

Majo Aguilar:
Suddenly, you may be listening to something more relaxed, in case you wants to be calm, which can be Parcels, for example. If I suddenly want more empowerment, I could listen to “Lose Yourself” by Eminem. I listen to that song quite a bit, actually. 

Lupita Infante:
That new era of Mexican music with those toloches, a few corridos tumbados because I feel that a lot of interesting things are happening. 

Lele Pons:
I don’t know if it’s a beauty trend, but I really like it. Red lips on all women. I mean, a little bit on the eyes, almost nothing, the skin is very natural, but I love red lips — how cool is that. 

Majo Aguilar:
I think it’s a bit obvious, my current beauty trend. Normally, I’m a little more laid back with my looks, but I’m bringing a vibe of Mexican Golden Age cinema, which caught my attention, like those great movie divas María Félix, Flor Silvestre.

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Ozuna is bringing his success and life story to a new film called Odisea (Odyssey), marking his debut as executive producer; the project will be released under his own production company Bear with Oz Films.

Named after the artist’s 2017 debut studio album — which spent 46 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart — the biopic will tell the story of triumph on how Juan Carlos (portrayed by the artist himself) became a global Latin music sensation.

Odisea is a project that we worked on with great dedication with the goal that my story can serve as an inspiration to children and young people to not stop pursuing their dreams, and never give up until they achieve them,” the artist born Juan Carlos Ozuna Rosado said in a press release provided to Billboard. “We all have the ability to do it despite the obstacles that we face along the way. I am a living example of that.” 

The forthcoming film, which does not yet have a premiere date, is directed by Spanish filmmaker Alexis Morante, and was filmed in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and New York. Produced by Zumaya Cordero with Caribbean Films, it stars Ozuna and a cast that includes Jorge Ledenborg Jr., Dania Ramírez, Ana Maria Estupiñán, Jencarlos Canela, Jessica Cediel, Laura Gómez, Israel Lugo, Sawandi Wilson, and Milly Quezada.

“For me, directing Odisea has been a challenge in every sense, both artistic and technical. … A film that faces a novel way of narrating to portray the essence of an interplanetary star of current music who, far from losing his roots, brings them to the foreground of a story full of feeling and inspiration,” Morante noted in the press release. “A film built from cinematic fiction, but which crosses the border of reality again and again with an actor interpreting his own life as I have never seen before.”

Watch the trailer for Odisea below: 

SEVENTEEN made sure its CARATs had a shiny and bright Christmas this year. The K-pop group delivered a rollicking take of Brenda Lee’s holiday classic “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” during The Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade special, which aired on ABC and Disney+ on Wednesday (Dec. 25).

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“These superstars have been selling out stadiums on a huge new tour,” Dancing With the Star‘s Alfonso Ribeiro said as he introduced the group alongside his co-host Julianne Hough. “Give it up for SEVENTEEN!”

Members of the group then appeared on Toy Story Land’s Slinky Dog Coaster in the Hollywood Studios portion of the Florida theme park, expressing excitement as the ride begin. Seconds later, SEVENTEEN — appearing in matching outfits comprised of red sweaters and blue jeans — popped up on a stage adorned with festive Christmas trees to begin their performance of Lee’s holiday hit, bedazzled microphones in their hands.

At the end of the joyful performance, three of the members knelt on the stage while the remaining eight stood behind. “Happy holidays from Walt Disney World!” they wished fans.

SEVENTEEN’s performance on the Disney special marked the first time a K-pop group delivered a set on The Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade.

But there was another present waiting for CARATs on Thursday (Dec. 26), when SEVENTEEN’s special unit BSS — which is comprised of SEUNGKWAN, DK and HOSHI — announced that its second single album, TELEPARTY, would be arriving Jan. 8. According to the press release, the title is a portmanteau of “telepathy” and “party,” and that the trio hopes to remind fans to “pause and savor the ordinary yet precious moments of everyday life” with the album.

To emphasize this message, an accompanying teaser video features the three artists working to relieve the stress and bring joy in various people’s lives, from offering students a study break, to taking an overtime shift for an exhausted worker, and joining two elderly folks in love. The video ends with a message from SEUNGKWAN, DK AND HOSHI saying, “Youth is coming your way right now with BSS.”

Watch SEVENTEEN’s Christmas performance above, and the BSS single album teaser below: