Liam Payne’s tragic death at the age of 31 on Wednesday (Oct. 16) has provided the pop world a sorrowful opportunity to reflect on his legacy as a member of One Direction and as a solo artist. Payne helped 1D conquer the world as an integral part of the five-piece pop group, then moved on recording on his own with his debut single, “Strip That Down” featuring Quavo, which became a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2017.
Less clear, however, is the status of Payne’s unreleased solo material — and whether a follow-up to his debut album, 2019’s LP1, was completed upon his passing.
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Following One Direction’s final studio album, 2015’s Made In The A.M., Payne signed a solo deal with Republic Records in 2016, and “Strip That Down” streaked to a No. 10 peak on the Hot 100 upon its May 2017 release. Payne’s debut solo album, LP1, arrived through Republic in December 2019 and featured a wide array of collaborators, including Zedd, J Balvin, A Boogie wit da Hoodie and Rita Ora.
This March, Payne released “Teardrops,” a snappy rhythmic pop track with a booming chorus that allowed the singer to showcase his falsetto. “Teardrops” — which was co-written with Jamie Scott and *NSYNC star JC Chasez — marked Payne’s first single since 2021’s “Sunshine,” which he contributed to the soundtrack for the animated film Ron’s Gone Wrong.
“‘Teardrops’ is about the vulnerability of heartbreak and the challenge of overcoming those moments,” Payne said in a press statement upon the new single’s release. He added that the track was “the start of a new beginning,” with more music planned for 2024.
Prior to the release of “Teardrops,” Payne had spent extended time in the studio with Scott, the British songwriter-producer who had contributed to One Direction smashes like “Story of My Life,” “Night Changes” and “Drag Me Down,” and co-written hits like “Cold Water” by Major Lazer and “This Town” by Payne’s 1D band mate Niall Horan. In a press release, Payne had described working with longtime collaborator Scott on new music as a “year-long process of self-reflection.”
“Teardrops” has earned 3 million official U.S. streams to date, according to Luminate, but did not chart on the Hot 100. Outside of an acoustic version of “Teardrops” released later in March, no other material from Payne had been released in 2024, and an official follow-up to LP1 had yet to be announced.
Reps for Republic Records did not respond to requests for comment about the status of Payne’s unreleased music, although the label did release a statement on Thursday morning (Oct. 17) honoring the singer: “We are deeply saddened and devastated by the tragic passing of Liam Payne, an extraordinary artist whose music touched millions. His legacy will live on through the timeless work he created, and he will forever be remembered as an icon of his generation. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends, and fans during this difficult time.”
Meanwhile, fans have flooded the comments of Payne’s official YouTube videos with remembrances and appreciations. “Liam Payne, You have put smiles across billions of fans,” reads the highest-rated comment on the clip for the “Teardrops” acoustic version. “I hope you rest in peace.”
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Gracie Abrams’ “I Love You, I’m Sorry” reaches a new high on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart at No. 4, while KSI’s “Thick of It” featuring Trippie Redd also lands in the top 10.
Tetris Kelly: Half of the top 10 are new to this week’s chart, with a total of four debuts. “Maps” by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs holds on to the top spot for a second week on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 for the chart posting Oct. 17. At No.3 is “Pose for Me” by John Mackk and Natalie Nunn thanks to a viral lip-synching trend. Gracie Abrams’ “I Love You, I’m Sorry” returns to the chart at No. 4. It peaked at 34 last month after dropping out of the top 50. KSI and Trippie Redd’s “Thick of It” debuts at No. 6, while Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues” debuts at seven after being used in relation to the recent hurricanes. And our final top 10 debut comes from Akon. His new track Akon’s “Beautiful Day” lands at No. 8.
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.
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Cardi B is loving the new chapter in life as she dives into being a single woman following her July split from estranged husband Offset, when she filed for divorce for a second time.
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The Bronx bombshell joined an X Spaces Wednesday afternoon (Oct. 16), during which she provided fans with an update on all things Cardi B as she navigates motherhood for a third time after giving birth in September.
“Life has been really weird,” she said. “I’m single and I’ve been having fun, but I feel like me being single and me having fun, I have to stop it because I don’t want it to get in the way of my work … I’m paranoid to give people my time, I’m just playing around right now. [laughs] I just want peace.”
Cardi B and Offset’s relationship issues got messy and spilled over into social media while she was in France for Paris Fashion Week in late September, when the Migos rapper accused Cardi of cheating on him while pregnant.
“I feel like two weeks ago, there was a lot of beef. I feel like things are calming down right now. I don’t want to have beef with anybody that I love,” she added. “All the divorce things that happen, I want peace and I want friendship. I just want, like, a healthy co-parenting relationship, and co-parenting means no f–king, no flirting … I want peace. I want to be like my mom and my dad, they don’t f–k with each other, they just there for me and my sister.”
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While she’s having fun as a single woman for the first time since becoming a superstar, Cardi doesn’t want to lose focus of her career goals.
“Baby, I’m in heat right now,” she admitted. “So far I’m having a lot of fun. Somebody gave me a reality check yesterday: ‘You out here having fun, and it could distract you from your personal life, but don’t let it distract you from your work!’”
Cardi continued regarding juggling motherhood: “I’m also balancing my motherhood right now. I feel like I gave birth five months ago, but I really have a baby, baby. Sometimes my body be feeling weird, but of course, I gave birth six weeks ago. A lot of balancing going on right now.”
On the music side, the wait continues for Cardi B’s anticipated sophomore album. She also promised that the project is coming soon, but hasn’t shared a release date yet. “Album is coming really, really soon, announcements is coming really really soon,” she vowed. “Things are getting more done now! I’m not pregnant no more.”
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Anyone who has been involved, even tangentially, in pop duo Tegan and Sara‘s fanbase over the course of the last two decades can attest to just how tight-knit the Canadian performers are with their followers. Seen as a community of like-minded (and largely queer) individuals keen on making safe, inclusive spaces for one another, the Tegan and Sara fan community is commonly lauded as a good example of what pop fandom can look like.
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Seated at a desk in her hotel room, Tegan Quin describes to Billboard a very different feeling she’s developed about her fans. “If we’re being truthful and honest, then I have to say that I’m afraid of our audience,” she offers, grimacing as she says it.
It may sound like an odd statement coming from Tegan — that is, until you’ve watched the new documentary Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara (debuting Friday, Oct. 18 on Hulu). Over the course of an hour and a half, Tegan, Sara and documentarian Erin Lee Carr (Britney vs. Spears, Mommy Dead and Dearest) walk audiences through an elaborate scheme that began around 2008, in which an anonymous individual posed as Tegan online and proceeded to exploit, manipulate and harass both the duo and their fans for over a decade.
Throughout the course of the film, the Quin sisters and Carr detail how Fake Tegan (often referred to in the doc as “Fegan”) hacked the singer’s personal files in 2011, giving them access to everything from unreleased demo recordings to photos of her real passport — much of which they used to convince fans and friends alike that they were the real Tegan. As they try to uncover the culprit, Tegan and Carr simultaneously interview a number of the fans who found themselves on the receiving end of Fegan’s scheme, examining how these scams work, and the emotional toll they take on their victims.
It’s a story that Tegan originally never intended to tell the public — the doc details the band’s efforts to protect themselves and their fans by not giving more voice to the online imposter. But after listening to the hit podcast Sweet Bobby, which details a similar true story of a woman caught in an intricate web of internet deception, she felt the urge to finally speak about her own experience.
“I ended up telling the Fake Tegan story to a friend, and he said, ‘You should write that down,’” Tegan tells Billboard. After writing out everything she could remember from her experience with her catfisher, Tegan approached podcaster and Rolling Stone contributing editor Jenny Eliscu to ask for advice on what to do with it. Eliscu introduced Tegan to Carr, who urged her to tell the story on camera.
“Obviously, I wrote the story, so I was ready to tell the story. Was I ready to hand it off to somebody? Was I ready to have a full film made about this? No,” Tegan says, still squirming in her seat. “I was projecting fear — fear that we’d alienate our audience, fear we would agitate Fake Tegan, fear that people would be like, ‘Who cares?’”
Even before Fake Tegan began terrorizing their community, Sara describes how she and her sister had begun to grow slightly wary about the reality of fame. Where the early days of their career saw the duo regularly interacting with their fans after shows, continued success and more frenzied interactions with fans forced the pair to reconsider their approach.
“It was such a part of indie and punk culture to bro down with the people in the audience, to go sell merch and have a beer with your fans after the show,” Sara says. “To then say at some point that you don’t want to stand outside in the dark with strangers after we’ve played a show and done press all day … those were such small changes we made, but they had such a big cultural punch within our community.”
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Enter Fegan; after successfully hacking an iDisk for the pair’s management, the catfish began posing on early message boards and social media sites like Facebook and LiveJournal as Tegan, creating connections, friendships and occasionally even romantic relationships with fans. They would send through unreleased recordings and unposted, personal photos of both Tegan and Sara, using them as supposed proof that they were who they said they were to the fans they were scamming.
In detailing multiple fans’ conversations with Fegan, Fanatical does not aim to criticize or mock people who fell for this scheme — it often does the opposite, taking great lengths to show that, given the right set of circumstances, anyone could be entrapped by a scammer.
Tegan even explains that earlier cuts of the documentary featured an FBI investigator hired by Carr to talk the band and their team through just how complex Fegan’s operation was — and how they created multiple accounts using a variety of different IP addresses to fool everyone. “Witnessing that forensic investigation removed any part of me still thinking, ‘Why would people fall for this?’ This took time and money and sophistication, and yet we so often just go, ‘Well, that person clicked on a link, what an idiot,’” she says. “You can’t watch this film and think that our fans fell for an easy-to-figure-out ruse — Erin was so clear that she wanted people to watch this film and actually feel compassion and empathy for these fans.”
As the documentary goes on, Carr and the Quin sisters begin to examine how fan behavior can turn toxic. The film shows how, as time went on and the band’s fan base grew, online interactions with fans began to grow scarier, where addresses and phone numbers for the band’s family members and significant others would getting posted on message boards, leading to the kind of harassment that’s become all too common for celebrities in the modern day.
“This happens to almost every celebrity [who reaches that level of fame] — actors, politicians, athletes. musicians, you name it,” Sara tells Billboard. “And I think we, as a culture, have to look at the way that we treat people in positions of power and celebrities.”
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It’s a refrain with renewed significance in 2024, as artists like Chappell Roan begin to confront the harsh reality of what bad behavior from fans looks like. But Sara points out that this kind of behavior was perpetuated long before Roan asked her fans to leave her alone, and yet we only find ourselves at the beginning of this conversation today.
“What’s the real problem that causes this? Why is it a story right now, and why wasn’t it a story when other people asked to be left alone?” she posits. “This is a product of the culture we’ve created. If we don’t like the behavior — and it seems that most of us don’t like it — then what does that say about the culture we’ve built around art?”
That culture, Tegan notes, was largely built by one specific group of people. “The billionaires that own the record labels and the streamers and the people working for them are guilty,” she says. “They are driving artists to build obsessive, parasocial, frantic fanbases on social media platforms where we basically have to pay to access our mailing lists. So many artists are walking around, millions of dollars in debt so that our fans can listen to music for free on streaming services but spend $5k to go see a show, which only builds even more frantic competitiveness among the fans. Every part of our industry is broken, so I understand why people in the industry say ‘I don’t know how to fix bad fan behavior,’ and then run away.”
In one particularly wrenching scene of the doc, Tegan participates in a tense phone call with a fan (referred to anonymously in the film as “Tara”) who fell victim to Fegan’s scam. In earlier scenes, it’s revealed that this fan also actively fought with and bullied other fans, and even wrote and published a fan-fiction story about Tegan and Sara involving incest.
When Tegan called out this behavior and asked Tara to explain why they would do that, she’s immediately met with a stunning response: “You weren’t affected in that capacity,” Tara said, claiming her actions had no impact on the pop singer’s life. “It barely skimmed the surface.”
As shocking as the scene is, Tegan says that it’s a refrain she heard from multiple victims of Fake Tegan. “[There were] multiple victims who didn’t think that I would care about what was happening to me. That I was rich and famous and didn’t give a s–t,” she explains. “I was like, ‘Oh no! We’re f–ked if we think that just because someone is in a band, they are somehow impervious to judgement and vulnerability and sadness!’”
It’s why, as Sara points out, so many artists feel fear when it comes to their fans. “We seem like we have all the power, and in a lot of cases we do — we have security, and barricades in place [at concerts]. But that security and those barricades are there because we are vulnerable to the mass of people who are coming to see us perform,” she explains. “We don’t say to our audience, ‘Hello, Cleveland! We’re super afraid of all of you, because there are 5,000 of you, and if you decided to, you could overrun Bill, John and Mark here up at the barricade and tear us limb from limb!’ The power structure is weird.”
At the film’s screening at the Toronto International Film Festival, both Tegan and Sara say they found themselves surprised when the audience began laughing during a section of the film that showed social media messages from other fandoms threatening to dox their favorite artists’ critics. While Tegan says they likely laughed because “this is the first time in the film that it’s not about us, and they’re trying to get that nervous energy out,” she couldn’t help but feel a little concerned.
“They were also laughing because that’s just what we do now — we laugh at each other. We watch videos of each other failing and doing stupid s–t and saying dumb s–t, and we take glee and pleasure from that,” she says, sighing. “It’s why I hope people just experience some compassion watching this movie.”
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Breakaway is breaking out. The touring electronic music festival announced Thursday (Oct. 17) that it’s expanding to six new markets in 2025.
These new cities are Atlanta; Dallas; Huntsville, Ala.; Philadelphia; Phoenix and a yet to be announced Northern California city.
The festival will throw two-day events in these cities next year, along with previously its previously established markets of Tampa, Fla.; Columbus, Ohio; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Worcester, Mass.; and Charlotte, N.C.
These events will start in April of 2025 and continue on through October, with the energy drink Celsius once again coming on as Breakaway’s presenting sponsor. Lineups for these shows will be announced in the coming months.
“2024 was Breakaway’s biggest year to date,” says Breakaway co-founder Zach Ruben. “We can’t be more excited to have a bigger and more electric year in 2025 by bringing a premium festival experience, presented by Celsius, to six brand new markets. This partnership has given us the tremendous ability to expand the festival into more cities across the nation while continuously enhancing the festival’s experience and value.“
Breakaway launched in 2016 in Columbus, Ohio, with dance and hip-hop acts including Alison Wonderland, Dillon Francis, Rae Sremmurd and RL Grime. Founded by Ruben and Adam Lynn, the event is focused on college towns, modeling itself as a dance and pop-driven Vans Warped Tour and bringing an approachable high-end dance experience to underserved markets.
In its eight years of existence, the festival has hosted marquee dance acts including The Chainsmokers, Deadmau5, Illenium, Tiësto, John Summit and many more.
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Prime Video is bringing the creepy factor all throughout October with a practically endless library of Halloween movies and TV series for you to stream at your leisure. The best part? Prime members can access Prime Video Originals such as House of Spoils for no extra cost, giving you your own thrilling lineup of horror, supernatural and family-friendly flicks to watch all season long.
It’s not just Prime Originals available, either — the streaming platform is home to a variety of member-exclusive content that you can watch for free. Plus, the site offers rental and purchase options for new movies and classics such as Tim Burton’sBeetlejuice, Beetlejuice that you can stream through video-on-demand — and for a budget-friendly cost.
Don’t have a Prime membership? Amazon is offering a 30-day free trial for new users who sign up, which will give you the entire Halloween season to binge-watch all the hair-raising content you could want. Once the free trial is over, you’ll be charged the regular subscription fee of $14.99 a month, or $139 a year.
Looking for more savings? Adults 18-24 and students can take advantage of a six month free trial in addition to a 50% off subscription price through Amazon’s student membership. Qualifying government programs can get you access to the EBT/Medicaid membership that comes with a 30-day free trial and half-off membership fee.
And, in case you need some streaming inspiration, keep reading to see ShopBillboard‘s favorite picks.
What Are the Best Halloween Movies & TV Shows on Prime Video?
Clear your weekend plans and check out the the best Halloween movies and TV shows on Prime Video you can stream now.
This Prime Original stars Ariana DeBose as an ambitious chef who opens a restaurant in a remote estate. As she struggles to ward off her growing self-doubt and the everyday chaos in the kitchen, another, more sinister presence starts to threaten her and her staff.
Chucky gets a modern makeover in this 2019 remake of the classic horror film. In this new version, a mom surprises her 13-year-old son with a new toy doll for his birthday. What she doesn’t realize, though, is the bloodlust the doll has — and her family is his next victims.
Take a break from the chills with this dark comedy horror set in the 1980s. As two best friends navigate the trials and tribulations of high school, things only get more complicated when one of them becomes possessed by a demon.
Based on the hit video game series, Five Nights at Freddy’s follows Mike (Josh Hutcherson) who, after getting fired from a previous job, accepts a gig working at an abandoned children’s restaurant. What he doesn’t expect, is for the animatronics to come to life at night — and with a killer appetite.
Lisa Frankestein (Kathryn Newton) feels like an outcast at school and within her family. Everything changes when she accidentally brings a deceased Victorian back to life kickstarting a hilarious adventure full of love, body parts and murder.
Sydney Sweeney trades high-school drama for a spooky film set in the Italian countryside. An American nun travels to a convent in Italy where she’s immediately met with a warm welcome, but as she gets to know her new home, dark and horrifying secrets the church has been harboring begin to come to light.
Zach Cooper (Dylan Minnette) is anything but happy to have moved from his city life to a small town. His mind soon changes after meeting his gorgeous neighbor Hannah — who also happens to be the daughter of Goosebumps author R.L. Stine. When Zach accidentally knocks over one of Stine’s books, the monsters from his stories come to life and it’s up to the group to get them back onto the pages.
Late night dips won’t feel the same after watching Night Swim. The movie centers on a family who move into a new home with an in-ground swimming pool. In true horror fashion, the home houses secrets and as the family settle in, a malevolent force is unleashed ready to rain terror.
Continuing the iconic horror movie franchise is The Exorcist: Believer, which sees what happens when not one, but two girls are possessed by demons. Wracked with fear and worry, the two families work together to try and bring their daughters back to the land of the living.
Speak No Evil follows an American family who escape to the countryside to visit a British family they met on vacation. What was meant to be a peaceful getaway soon takes a wicked turn as their hosts’ true intentions come to light.
Dakota Fanning stars in this thriller as Mina, who is tasked with driving a rare bird to its new owner. Her journey is cut short when her car breaks down and she’s stranded in a forest with three strangers and mysterious creatures who you must allow to watch you at night, or face death.
Scooby Doo and the gang are back for another mystery-solving adventure — and this time they’ve got help from none other than Bill Nye the Science Guy and Elvira Mistress of the Dark. Toxic ooze has suddenly created an army of evil pumpkins and now the friends must quickly figure out who started the spill and how to reverse its mayhem.
A ghost specialist (Bill Pullman) brings his daughter Kat (Christina Ricci) to a haunted house in Maine to attempt to communicate with the ghosts living there in the family-friendly film Casper. While exploring, Kat meets the friendly ghost Casper (voiced by Devon Sawa) who quickly falls in love with her, but their relationship is complicated and not just since he’s a ghost, but his ghostly uncles can’t stop their mischievous antics.
Abigail combines frights and laughs in this horror-comedy that reimagines bloodthirsty vampire stories. A heist takes a deadly turn after a group kidnaps a young girl who turns out to be a vampire looking for blood and revenge.
Time travel and murder are at the core of this slasher comedy starring Kiernan Shipka. The infamous “Sweet Sixteen Killer” returns 35 years after a murder spree left one woman’s friends dead. After another victim is claimed, 17-year-old Jamie (Shipka) accidentally travels back in time to 1987 where she must quickly figure out who the masked killer is before he strikes again.
Beetlejuice comes back to life for the sequel, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, starring Michael Keeton as the trickster demon alongside Catherine O’Hara, Winona Ryder and Jenna Ortega. See the Deetz family return home after a tragedy disrupts the family, but things only take a turn for the worse when Lydia’s (Ryder) daughter accidentally finds a portal into the afterlife.
An elite academy houses budding performing artists including the timid Juliet Lowe (Sydney Sweeney) and her twin sister Vivian in this supernatural horror movie. Overshadowed by her twin, Juliet discovers a dead student’s notebook and attempts to outshine her sister using notes found within its pages, but soon sinister forces begin disrupting her life.
Prime Video doesn’t just have thrilling movies to stream. If you have extra time on your hands check out a couple of haunting series below.
Themis a limited anthology series with the first season set in 1950 during the Great Migration. When a black family moves from North Carolina to an all-white neighborhood in Los Angeles, they’re met with taunting neighbors on top of otherworldly, supernatural forces looking to destroy the family’s idyllic life.
Psycho fans can go back in time to before the killer events took place in and see the beginnings of the eerie Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) and his strange relationship with Norma, his mother. Bates Motel takes place during Norman’s childhood, where you’ll see some of the key events that helped shape him into become the infamous killer you know of today — including a mysterious secret the town he moves to would do anything to protect.
The hit video game Fallout is brought to life in this sci-fi dystopian series starring Ella Purnell as the optimistic Lucy MacLean. Set in a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles, Lucy must leave the safety of her underground bunker and travel aboveground in search of her father, but with radiation having wiped out most of the population, what’s left behind is a society of bandits and mutants.
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Eslabon Armado received a special recognition during the Una Noche de Música Mexicana event — part of Billboard Latin Music Week 2024 — on Wednesday night (Oct. 16), for taking their song “Ella Baila Sola” to No. 1 globally. The group received the award from Pedro Zamora, CEO of the entertainment company Zamora Live, and Rosy Oros, director of Iconos magazine, in the presence of Leila Cobo, Billboard‘s chief content officer for Latin/Spanish.
The Azteca nightclub in South Beach served as the venue where emerging artists from independent labels Vizual and Infinifox also performed.
Vizual, the company led by Víctor Zambrano, a renowned producer of regional Mexican music who was instrumental in the rise of Carin León, introduced the audience to Héctor Rubio, one of the new promises of corridos tumbados. Rubio recently joined Peso Pluma, with whom he collaborated in “Se Volvieron Locos,” on 10 dates of the Mexican star Exodus Tour. He has also written songs performed by artists such as Alex Favela, Grupo Selectivo, Octavio Cuadras and Yeri Mua.
Also from Vizual, Arsenal Efectivo showcased their unique blending style of trap and corridos. The Mexican-American band started in 2015 and shortly after their debut album, En La Fuga, reached the top 10 on Billboard‘s Regional Mexican Albums chart.
Infinifox also presented two of its talents, one of them Juan Carlos “El Conde,” who has written songs for acts such as Banda MS and Chuy Lizárraga. El Conde’s offer includes romantic songs accompanied by band and mariachi as well as an equestrian show, as he is an expert in charrería. He recently released the song “A Rienda Suelta,” a collaboration with Bronco’s vocalist Lupe Esparza, which he performed solo at Una Noche de Música Mexicana.
The cumbia group La Sonora Vainilla added a cheerful touch to the night with their versatility. Formed in Jalisco, Mexico, they have established in the U.S., where they continue to gain followers.
Una Noche de Música Mexicana was a journey through different musical currents, from trap, to corridos tumbados, traditional styles, and even cumbia. The event was organized by Zamora Entertainment and Zamora Live, companies headed by Pedro Zamora, who was recently included in the Billboard Latin Power Players list. A major promoter of regional Mexican music for nearly 30 years, he also serves currently as president of the association Promotores Unidos USA. Based in New York, he has dedicated his life to creating shows to present Mexican artists.
Latin Music Week coincides with the 2024 Billboard Latin Music Awards set to air at 9 p.m. ET on Sunday, Oct. 20, on Telemundo. It will simultaneously be available on Universo, Peacock and the Telemundo app, and in Latin America and the Caribbean through Telemundo Internacional.
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Zach Bryan recently said that he doesn’t want to be known as strictly a “country musician.” Luckily, an upcoming collaboration with one of hip-hop’s greatest living legends (Snoop Dogg!) might just help with that.
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On Thursday (Oct. 17), the 52-year-old rapper revealed on Today that he and the “I Remember Everything” singer-songwriter have a little something in the works. “Zach sent me a song,” he shared with the show’s hosts. “I gotta put a verse on it.”
“I’m inspired, seeing that with him, with The Boss, Bruce Springsteen,” Snoop added of Bryan’s recent conversation with the “Born to Run” icon for Rolling Stone, in which the younger musician explained why he doesn’t like to be labeled under any given genre.
“I want to be a songwriter, and you’re quintessentially a songwriter,” Bryan told Springsteen at the time. “No one calls Bruce Springsteen — hate to use your name in front of you — but no one calls Bruce Springsteen a freaking rock musician, which you are one, but you’re also an indie musician, you’re also a country musician. You’re all these things encapsulated in one man. And that’s what songwriting is.”
The Boss agreed that Bryan has potential beyond the country landscape, telling the “Something in the Orange” artist he sees “so much — and I don’t want to call it rock — just energy in your performance.” “You bust all those different genre boundaries down,” Springsteen added in the Musicians on Musicians feature.
If Bryan is looking to expand his sound further, he’s come to the right collaborator. The Doggfather is one of music’s most versatile duet partners, guesting on songs with everyone from Katy Perry to Bruno Mars, Mariah Carey, Benny Blanco and BTS, Jason Derulo, Akon, The Pussycat Dolls and more. Most recently, Snoop worked with a number of artists on the soundtrack for Peacock’s film Bosco.
Watch Snoop talk about working with Bryan below.
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The air was thick on Wednesday (Oct. 16) with anticipation at Wynwood Marketplace as attendees of the Billboard Latin Music Week 2024 gathered for what was billed as Next Gen Reggaetón: An Evening Curated by J Balvin. The event, sponsored by Cheetos and part of a series entitled the House of Huella, promised to spotlight rising stars in the reggaetón genre: Omar Courtz, Saiko, and Dei V.
Little did the crowd know, they were in for a massive surprise. The night kicked off with fiery sets from fresh talents Omar Courtz, followed by Saiko and then Dei V, each bringing their unique flavors and rhythms to the eager audience. Yet, the atmosphere shifted dramatically when J Balvin himself took the stage, unannounced, sending an electrifying charge through the crowd.
Dressed casually yet strikingly in a white T-shirt and light blue jeans, Balvin — with his hair in cornrows — looked every bit the reggaetón titan he is. He opened with “Mi Gente,” a global hit that normally never fails to pump up the volume. Despite a brief hiccup with the audio system at the very start, Balvin’s charisma and energy quickly overcame the technical glitch, and he had the crowd dancing with fervor.
His performance of “Doblexxo,” a hit from his latest album Rayo, originally featuring Feid, was particularly riveting. Balvin delivered the song with such passion and precision that it arguably surpassed the recorded version, resonating deeply with the audience and confirming its place as a new reggaetón classic.
Not content to rest on his laurels, Balvin also dipped into his reservoir of revered hits. Tracks such as “I Like It” and “Reggaetón” had attendees shouting lyrics in unison, while his rendition of “Tata” showcased the potent Latin drill style that has been captivating the urban music landscape. Furthermore, collaborations such as “Loco Contigo” and “Con Altura” reminded everyone of Balvin’s versatility and global appeal.
Later on, Saiko joined the Colombian artist to perform “Gaga,” Dei V on “La Noche” and last but not least, Omar Courtz jumped in to deliver heady verses with J Balvin on “En Alta,” all from his latest album.
The event underscored J Balvin’s role as a torchbearer for the genre. His ability to bridge the old with the new, all while promoting the next generation of artists, testified to his influence and dedication to the music that has shaped his career.
Latin Music Week coincides with the 2024 Billboard Latin Music Awards set to air at 9 p.m. ET on Sunday, Oct. 20, on Telemundo. It will simultaneously be available on Universo, Peacock and the Telemundo app, and in Latin America and the Caribbean through Telemundo Internacional.
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Gracie Abrams’ Emily in Paris synch earns the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Top TV Songs chart, powered by Tunefind (a Songtradr company), for September 2024.
Rankings for the Top TV Songs chart are based on song and show data provided by Tunefind and ranked using a formula blending that data with sales and streaming information tracked by Luminate during the corresponding period of September 2024.
“Close to You” appears in the fourth-season finale of Emily in Paris, the Lily Collins-starring Netflix series. The full season premiered Sept. 12.
The song earned 21.7 million official on-demand U.S. streams and sold 3,000 downloads in September, according to Luminate. It peaked at No. 49 on the June 22-dated Billboard Hot 100 and ranks at No. 90 on the most recently published, Oct. 19-dated chart.
Rihanna’s “Love on the Brain,” which appears in the debut season of fellow Netflix series Nobody Wants This, places at No. 2 on Top TV Songs. It racked up 16.4 million streams and sold 2,000 in September.
The track, from her album Anti, is heard in the third episode of the series, which stars Kristen Bell and Adam Brody. The single hit No. 5 on the Hot 100 in 2017.
The song is one of three from Nobody Wants This on the 10-position Top TV Songs chart, joined by Frank Sinatra’s “Theme From New York, New York” (No. 8; 3.4 million streams, 1,000 sold) and HAIM’s “Now I’m In It” (No. 10; 515,000 streams).
Netflix continues its domination of Top TV Songs’ top three with Crowded House’s “Don’t Dream It’s Over,” at No. 3 after playing in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. The song, a No. 2 Hot 100 hit in 1987, drew 8.1 million streams and sold 2,000 in September.
The classic also reaches Billboard’s Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart dated Oct. 19 (with older songs eligible to make Billboard’s multimetric song charts if ranking in the top half and with meaningful reasons for their resurgences). It enters at No. 16 and finds its way onto Rock Digital Song Sales at No. 14 and Alternative Streaming Songs at No. 23.
Milli Vanilli’s “Blame It on the Rain,” also featured in Monsters, likewise hits Top TV Songs, at No. 6 (3.4 million streams, 2,000 sold). Catalog gains for the duo — multiple songs by the pair are featured in Monsters — drives its 4 EP onto the Billboard 200 at No. 197 with 8,000 equivalent album units. It marks Milli Vanilli’s first appearance on the chart in nearly 34 years, since the chart dated Oct. 27, 1990.
See the full Top TV Songs top 10, also featuring music from The Penguin, Tell Me Lies and Agatha All Along, below.
Rank, Song, Artist, Show (Network) 1. “Close to You,” Gracie Abrams, Emily in Paris (Netflix) 2. “Love on the Brain,” Rihanna, Nobody Wants This (Netflix) 3. “Don’t Dream It’s Over,” Crowded House, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (Netflix) 4. “9 to 5,” Dolly Parton, The Penguin (HBO) 5. “Ms. Jackson,” OutKast, Tell Me Lies (Hulu) 6. “Blame It on the Rain,” Milli Vanilli, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (Netflix) 7. “Heads Will Roll,” Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Agatha All Along (Disney+) 8. “Theme From New York, New York,” Frank Sinatra, Nobody Wants This (Netflix) 9. “The Promise,” When in Rome, The Penguin (HBO) 10. “Now I’m In It,” HAIM, Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
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