LISA‘s “Rockstar” has topped this week’s new music poll that features artists in various genres of music.

Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (June 28) on Billboard, choosing the BLACKPINK rapper, singer and dancer’s new solo single as their favorite new music release of the past week.

“Rockstar” brought 73% of the vote on the poll, securing a notable edge ahead of new releases from Camila Cabello (C,XOXO), Megan Thee Stallion (Megan), Imagine Dragons (Loom), Kelsea Ballerini with Noah Kahan (“Cowboys Cry Too”), and others.

“Rockstar” was released under the new partnership between RCA Records and LISA’s management company, LLOUD Co., which she founded earlier this year. The song was first teased on TikTok earlier this month when LISA joined the social media site and set a Guinness World Record by gaining 1 million followers in just over two hours.

LISA co-wrote “Rockstar” with Brittany Amaradio, James Essien, Lucy Healey, Ryan Tedder and Sam Homaee and was produced by Tedder and Homaee.

“​​Gold teeth sitting on the dash, she a rockstar/ Make your favorite singer wanna rap, baby, la la/ ‘Lisa, can you teach me Japanese?’ I said, ‘Hai hai’/ That’s my life life, baby I’m a rockstar,” LISA raps on the chorus.

LISA went to her native Thailand to shoot the dance-heavy music video, taking over the streets of Bangkok for the shoot. The clip features Thai transgender influencers Chinnawat Promsri, Bruze Kachi-sarah and Aëffy.

Trailing behind “Rockstar” on this week’s poll is the “other” category, with 16% of the vote, followed by Camila Cabello’s fourth studio album, C,XOXO, which brought in nearly 5% of the vote.

See the final results of this week’s poll below. Check out Billboard‘s Friday Music Guide to catch up with more must-hear releases from this week.

Six different women are in the top 10 on the latest Billboard 200 albums chart (dated July 6), marking the first time that’s happened in nearly five years — and the first time this decade.

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Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department holds at No. 1 for a 10th consecutive week, Gracie AbramsThe Secret of Us debuts at No. 2, Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft is No. 4, Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess is No. 6, Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine is No. 8 and Charli XCX’s Brat is No. 9. (The July 6-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on July 2.)

The last time there were at least six different women (or women-led acts) in the top 10 was nearly five years ago. It last happened on the Sept. 21, 2019-dated chart, with Swift’s Lover (No. 1), Melanie Martinez’s K-12 (No. 3), Lizzo’s Cuz I Love You (No. 6), Eilish’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (No. 8), Lana Del Rey’s Norman F—ing Rockwell! (No. 9) and all-women band The Highwomen’s self-titled album (No. 10).

The last time the top 10 housed six albums by women, including multiple albums by the same artist, was earlier in 2024, on the Jan. 27-dated chart. That week, Swift had three albums in the top 10, joined by albums from Kali Uchis, Nicki Minaj and SZA.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise 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. The new July 6, 2024-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on July 2. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department achieves a 10th consecutive and total week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart (dated July 6). With a 10th week atop the list, Swift has now collected three albums with at least 10 weeks at No. 1, as it joins 1989 and Fearless, each with 11 weeks on top.

Swift is just the fifth act with three or more albums to spend 10 or more weeks at No. 1, standing alongside Whitney Houston (three albums, in 1986-93), The Beatles (four, 1964-67), The Kingston Trio (three, 1959-69) and Elvis Presley (four, 1956-61). Swift is the only act with three albums to spend at least 10 weeks at No. 1 this century.

The Tortured Poets Department earned 115,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending June 27 (down 9%), according to Luminate. The album debuted atop the chart dated May 4 and has yet to relinquish the No. 1 slot.

Swift adds her 79th career week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, extending her record among soloists. (Presley has the second-most among soloists, with 67.) The total encompasses her 14 No. 1 albums. (She’s tied with Jay-Z for the most No. 1s among soloists.)

Also in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200, Gracie Abrams lands her first top 10-charting set and best week ever by units, as The Secret of Us bows at No. 2. Plus, Peso Pluma captures his second top five-charting effort with the No. 5 arrival of Éxodo.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise 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. The new July 6, 2024-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on July 2. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Of The Tortured Poets Department’s 115,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 87,000 (down 7% — it’s No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums for a 10 th week; its SEA units equal 113.21 million on-demand official streams of the deluxe edition’s 31 songs), album sales comprise 28,000 (down 16%) and TEA units comprise less than 1,000 (up 24%).

As noted above, Swift is the fifth act with three or more albums to spend 10 or more weeks at No. 1. She joins Whitney Houston (her self-titled album with 14 weeks in 1986, Whitney with 11 in 1987 and The Bodyguard soundtrack with 20 weeks in 1992-93); The Beatles (Meet the Beatles! with 11 in 1964, A Hard Day’s Night soundtrack with 14 in 1964, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band with 15 in 1967 and Abbey Road with 11 in 1969-70); The Kingston Trio (The Kingston Trio at Large with 15 in 1959, Sold Out with 12 in 1960 and String Along with 10 in 1960); and Elvis Presley (his self-titled album with 10 in 1956, the Loving You soundtrack with 10 in 1957, the G.I. Blues soundtrack with 15 in 1960-61 and the Blue Hawaii soundtrack with 20 in 1961-62).

As The Tortured Poets Department has spent its first 10 weeks at No. 1, it joins just four other albums that have achieved that same feat: Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time (first 12 weeks at No. 1, of its total 19 weeks at No. 1 in 2023-24); Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album (all 10 of its weeks at No. 1 were from its debut atop the chart, 2021); Whitney Houston’s Whitney (all 11 of its weeks at No. 1 were from its debut atop the chart, 1987); and Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life (first 13 weeks at No. 1, of its total 14 weeks at No. 1 in 1976). (For context, today it’s common for albums to debut at No. 1. However, before 1991, when the Billboard 200 began utilizing Luminate’s electronically monitored tracking information, only six albums debuted at No. 1, including Whitney and Songs in the Key of Life.)

The Tortured Poets Department is the first album by a woman to spend 10 weeks in a row at No. 1 since 2012, when Adele’s 21 strung together 10 straight weeks at No. 1 (of its total 24 nonconsecutive weeks atop the list) that January-March.

With 10 weeks at No. 1, The Tortured Poets Department is one week away from tying Swift’s personal record for her most weeks atop the list, as both 1989 and Fearless each notched 11 weeks at No. 1.

In the 21st century, only 11 albums including The Tortured Poets Department have spent at least 10 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Swift has three of them (1989 and Fearless, each with 11, and Poets with 10), Adele (21, with 24, and 25, with 10) and Wallen (One Thing at a Time, 19, and Dangerous: The Double Album, 10) each have two; and while Bad Bunny (Un Verano Sin Ti, 13), Drake (Views, 13), the Frozen soundtrack (13) and SZA (SOS, 10) represent the rest of the No. 1s with 10 or more weeks on top since the turn of the century.

Gracie Abrams scores her highest-charting album, and first top 10, on the Billboard 200 as her second full-length studio set, The Secret of Us, debuts at No. 2 with 89,000 equivalent album units earned, also her best week by units. Of that sum, album sales comprise 50,000 (her best sales week ever — it’s the top-selling album of the week and debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 38,000 (equaling 47.57 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 13 songs) and TEA units comprise 1,000.

Abrams previously charted with her debut full-length effort, Good Riddance, which debuted and peaked at No. 52 in March of 2023. The recent Grammy nominee for best new artist made her Billboard Hot 100 songs chart arrival later in 2023, when Noah Kahan’s “Everywhere, Everything,” featuring Abrams, hit No. 79 in December. On the June 22, 2024-dated chart, the new album’s “Close to You” debuted at No. 49.

After Good Riddance debuted, Abrams joined her pal Swift as an opening act for 29 dates of the latter’s stadium-filling The Eras Tour between April and August 2023. She’ll rejoin Swift as an opening act come October, when The Eras Tour returns to the U.S. and Canada, staying on through the trek’s final show in Vancouver on Dec. 8.

During the new album’s release week, Abrams joined Swift onstage in London (June 23) at Wembley Stadium during The Eras Tour for the first live performance of the album’s “Us,” featuring Swift.

The first-week sales of The Secret of Us was supported by the album’s availability across seven vinyl variants (all color variations, two of which were signed and exclusive to Abrams’ webstore, as well as one that was exclusive to Target with an alternative cover). Vinyl sales accounted for 41,000 of the album’s total sales for the week — her best week on vinyl, and the sixth-largest week for a vinyl set in 2024.

Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping One Thing at a Time rises 4-3 on the Billboard 200 with 73,000 equivalent album units earned (up less than 1%) and Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft dips 2-4 with 70,000 (down 17%).

Peso Pluma lands his second top five-charting album as Éxodo enters at No. 5 with 64,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise essentially all of that sum, equaling 87.51 million on-demand official streams of the album’s 24 songs. (Album sales and TEA units comprise less than 1,000 units combined; the album was available to purchase only as a digital download.) The guest-laden effort includes collaborations with Anitta, Cardi B, DJ Snake, Eslabon Armado, Junior H, Quavo and Rich the Kid, among many others.

The success story of Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess continues to add new chapters, as the album rises 8-6 (a new peak) on the Billboard 200 with 61,000 equivalent album units earned (up 32%), a new single-week high in units for the artist. Of that sum, album sales comprise 15,000 (up 87%, her best sales week yet) and SEA units comprise 46,000 (up 21%, equaling 60.5 million official on-demand streams of the set’s 14 songs — its best streaming week yet).

Wallen’s former leader Dangerous: The Double Album bumps 10-7 on the Billboard 200 with 43,000 equivalent album units earned (down 1%). Ariana Grande’s chart-topping Eternal Sunshine returns to the top 10, vaulting 23-8 with 41,000 units (up 87% thanks largely to sales of a signed CD sold exclusively in Grande’s webstore for a limited time).

Rounding out the top 10 of the new Billboard 200 are Charli XCX’s Brat (holding at No. 9 with nearly 41,000; down 8%) and Shaboozey’s Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going (rising 12-10 with almost 41,000; up 1%).

With Swift, Abrams, Eilish, Chappell Roan, Grande and Charli XCX at Nos. 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 9, respectively, there are six albums by women in the top 10 for the first time since the Jan. 27-dated chart. That week, Kali Uchis, Nicki Minaj, SZA and Swift were in the top 10, with Swift holding three titles in the region. Further, this week marks the first time there are at least six different women (or women-led acts) in the top 10 in nearly five years. It last happened on the Sept. 21, 2019-dated chart, with Swift’s Lover (No. 1), Melanie Martinez’s K-12 (No. 3), Lizzo’s Cuz I Love You (No. 6), Eilish’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (No. 8), Lana Del Rey’s Norman Fucking Rockwell! (No. 9) and all-women band The Highwomen’s self-titled album (No. 10).

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

Justin Timberlake jokingly referenced his arrest for allegedly driving while intoxicated at his tour stop in Boston.

On Saturday (June 29), the 43-year-old singer and actor cracked a one-liner about the incident during his concert at Boston’s TD Garden amid his Forget Tomorrow world tour.

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“So, uh, is there anyone here tonight that is driving?” Timberlake asked the cheering crowd in a fan-captured clip posted on TikTok. “No, I’m just kidding,” he quickly added.

The comment drew a mix of gasps and laughter from the crowd. The “SexyBack” followed the wisecrack by asking the audience who’s attending for the first time and who’s seen him before, according to TMZ.

Timberlake was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated in Sag Harbor, N.Y. on June 17. He was arraigned on one count of “driving while intoxicated” the following day.

“It was ascertained that the defendant was operating said vehicle in an intoxicated condition in that his eyes were bloodshot and glassy, a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage was emanating from his breath, he was unable to divide attention, he had slowed speech, he was unsteady afoot, and he performed poorly on all standardized field sobriety tests,” according to the police report filed by officer Michael Arkinson.

“I had one martini and I followed my friends home,” Arkinson also quoted the 10-time Grammy winner as saying in his report.

Last week, Timberlake broke his silence following the arrest during his show at Chicago’s United Center on June 21.

“It’s been a tough week,” the singer told concert-goers. “I know I’m hard to love sometimes but you keep loving me right back.” He added, “We’ve been together through ups and downs and lefts and rights … but you’re here and I’m here, and nothing can change this moment right now.”

JT’s lawyer Edward Burke Jr. has stated that he will “vigorously” defend the star against the allegations. “He will have a lot to say at the appropriate time,” Burke said in a statement.

Timberlake’s next court hearing is scheduled for July 26, the same day he is scheduled to perform at Tauron Arena Krakow in Poland.

Diplo is speaking out after being accused of violating “revenge porn” laws.

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The 45-year-old DJ and producer, whose real name is Thomas Wesley Pentz, took to social media on Friday (June 28) to address a civil lawsuit accusing him of sharing sexually-explicit videos and images of a former romantic partner without her permission.

“Don’t believe what you read in the news,” Diplo wrote on Instagram alongside a carousel of images and videos of himself. “I don’t own a 100 million dollar mansion, I didn’t pay 450k euros to rave in Ibiza and I didn’t send dirty snapchats in 2017.”

He added, “Let’s talk about how lucky I am to party with you guys and how good the raves are here in Europe .. (Athens Croatia Prague done .. París up next).”

In a complaint filed Thursday (June 27) in Los Angeles federal court, an unnamed Jane Doe accuser claimed the DJ/producer recorded their sexual encounters and shared the materials with others on Snapchat “without plaintiff’s knowledge or consent.”

In her complaint, the woman claims she had consensual sexual relationship with Diplo from 2016 to 2023. During that time, she says she occasionally “gave defendant Diplo permission to record them having sex, but never gave him permission to distribute those images and videos to third parties and reiterated that he was not to record them without her explicit consent.”

In a statement on Friday, Diplo’s attorney Bryan Freedman strongly denied the new allegations by referencing previous lawsuits claiming abuse by the artist.

“In every case where there has been an allegation of improper conduct made against Wes, the result has been either an immediate dismissal of a bogus lawsuit coupled with an apology, a court-ordered award for Wes in excess of $1.2 million, or the slow demise of an obvious shakedown attempt that has gone absolutely nowhere,” Freedman said.

“Time and again, Wes has been targeted by a group of untrustworthy individuals and their unscrupulous lawyers, cobbling together falsehoods in search of a meritless payday. This suit seems to be just more of the same, which is why we have no reason to believe that this will end any differently than all the others.”

See Diplo’s response on Instagram here.

Deny K and Ángel Dior’s latest collaboration, titled “WOA,” has topped this week’s new music Latin poll.

In a poll published on Friday (June 27) — in support of the weekly New Music Latin roundup and playlist, curated by Billboard Latin and Billboard Español editors — music fans voted for the emerging artists’ latest collaboration as their favorite music release of the week.

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“WOA” generated more than 50% of the vote, beating out other new releases that dropped this week, including Manuel Turizo’s heartfelt ballad “Dios Te Cuide,” Alvaro Soler’s summer anthem “Te Imaginaba,” HaAsh’s “El Cielo Te Mandó Para Mí” and Buscabulla’s “11:11,” their first single in four years.

Coming in second place in this week’s poll is Xavi’s “OOTD” with 42% of the vote. The Mexican-American artist’s latest track stays true to that tumbados románticos signature style he’s known for — but also drifts a bit more uptempo — previews his upcoming album.

Deny K, an emerging Colombian act signed to Empire Records, teams up with Dominican rapper and singer Ángel Dior who comes off a streak of major collaborations, including Karol G (“Ojos Ferrari”) and performing alongside Bad Bunny during the Puerto Rican star’s show in the Dominican Republic. The club-ready track thrives off a hypnotizing and captivating dembow beat that powers “WOA.” The music video was filmed in Miami and directed by Robot Vision.

While Deny K and Ángel Dior’s team-up, plus Xavi’s new track, brought in the majority of the votes, see the final results of this week’s new music release poll below.

Zach Bryan welcomed the “Hawk Tuah” girl onstage during his concert at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium on Saturday (June 29).

During the latest stop of his Quittin Time Tour, the 28-year-old country star surprised the crowd by bringing out viral sensation Hailey Welch — aka “Hawk Tuah” girl — to help sing the encore “Revival.”

Welch, 23, has taken the internet by storm after being featured in an on-the-street video interview discussing what drives a man crazy in bed. “You gotta give ’em that ‘hawk tuah’ and spit on that thang!” she says in the clip.

Dressed in a cowboy hat, cut-off shorts and boots, Welch strutted out on stage holding a drink and sang “Revival” along with Bryan. She even gave the crowd a loud “hawk tuah!” before walking off to roaring cheers.

Elsewhere during Saturday’s show, Bryan was joined by fellow country star Kacey Musgraves to perform their “I Remember Everything,” which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 2023.

Bryan is gearing up for the release his upcoming studio album, The Great American Bar Scene, on July 4 through Warner Records. The 18-track project will include 17 songs and a poem, highlighted by the preview releases of “Pink Skies” and “Purple Gas.” A double vinyl version of The Great American Bar Scene is also slated to be released on Oct. 10.

In addition to prepping new music, Bryan has been headlining his Quittin Time Tour, which welcomes a slate of openers including Sheryl Crow, Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Turnpike Troubadours and The War & Treaty.

Watch “Hawk Tuah” girl’s appearance at Bryan’s Nashville show here and here.

In an emotional evening, Manuel Carrasco left his mark on Spanish music history by becoming the first national artist to fill the renovated Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid. With more than 60,000 fans in attendance, the Andalusian singer closed his Corazón y Flecha tour with a flourish on Saturday (June 29).

“Good evening, Madrid! They ask what the secret is. There is no secret or talisman. The only secret and the greatest treasure is you who have come to join me tonight,” Carrasco said as he welcomed his fans. “It’s so beautiful it doesn’t seem real, it doesn’t seem true. I’m filling the Bernabéu without Real Madrid playing. Let’s live the moment!”

Carrasco rose to fame in 2002 competing in reality show Operación Triunfo. Since then, he has built a successful career with nine studio albums and numerous milestones. In 2022, he set a record by gathering more than 74,000 people at La Cartuja in Seville, the largest audience at a concert by a solo Spanish artist. Now, he has repeated the feat by filling the Santiago Bernabéu.

The concert on Saturday, which lasted two and a half hours, was a celebration of his career and was full of surprises and guests. The first was Niña Pastori, with whom he performed “Ayer noche” and “Amor de San Juan.” Shortly after, Luis Fonsi appeared on stage to sing “Coquito” and “Échame la culpa” with Carrasco, and Camilo also joined him, singing “Salitre” and “Vida de rico.”

Later in the evening, Malú took the stage to sing “Que nadie,” followed by an emotional performance of “Libélula,” dedicated to the memory of the Spanish influencer and activist Elena Huelva. However, the highlight of the night came with Juanes, who performed “Ya no” and “A Dios le pido,” unleashing a frenzy.

In a particularly memorable moment, Carrasco also performed a song written especially for the occasion, waving an LGBT flag and advocating for the end of the war and the suffering of Palestinian children. And during his performance of “Volviste,” five couples got engaged as Carrasco mingled with the audience. They were selected from a total of 954 marriage proposals received by the show’s producers.

The night culminated with “Hasta por la mañana,” closing a tour that began more than a year ago in Miami and took Carrasco throughout Spain, playing for over 300,000 fans.

“The last arrow”, as theshow was titled, not only celebrated the success Carrasco’s album Corazón y Flecha (Heart and Arrow) but also consolidated Carrasco as an icon of contemporary Spanish music. Carrasco ended the concert as he had begun each of the shows on this tour: launching an arrow, but this time, surrounded by his children.

“Now, it’s time to say goodbye, lower the curtain to make way for new horizons. I hope we meet again on the road or in the stars. Thank you, Madrid. I love you very much. Thank you so much for tonight,” he said, before disappearing behind the stage.

Since debuting in Brooklyn in 2018, LadyLand – a queer music festival organized by New York City nightlife force Ladyfag – has hosted performances by everyone from Eve to Kim Petras to Christina Aguilera to Honey Dijon to Gossip. After several successful years at Brooklyn Mirage, the festival moved to the Under the ‘K’ Bridge Park in 2023, a uniquely NYC locale that – when not hosting fashion-forward queer music fests – is a surprisingly green public park under the Kosciuszko Bridge in an industrial part of Greenpoint.

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Once attendees get over their ‘where the hell am I walking to?’ trepidation, people quickly acclimate to the spacious, easy-to-navigate and visually stunning location. It’s a perfect spot for a Pride Month celebration, and who better to celebrate in 2024 than Madonna, hot off her career-spanning Celebration Tour?

Seven months after bringing that blockbuster trek to Barclays Center, the Queen of Pop returned to Brooklyn on Saturday (June 29) for the second night of LadyLand 2024 (Tinashe and Slayyyter rocked night one) to help close out Pride Month.

There had been rumors that Madonna, who was not on the festival’s bill, would make a surprise appearance at LadyLand before it was officially announced on Instagram on Thursday (June 27). But even after her presence at the fest was confirmed, no one quite knew what was going to happen. Would she come out during Tokischa’s set to perform their “Hung Up on Tokischa” collab, a reworking of her classic 2005 single, while making out with the Dominican rapper, as they did during Pride 2022 at Manhattan’s Terminal 5? Pop up while Arca – who made an onstage cameo during Madonna’s recent Barcelona tour stop – was performing? Spin a tune during the DJ set by Bob the Drag Queen, the Drag Race champ who deftly emceed her Celebration Tour?

Around midnight on the Fist Stage, attendees found out: Madonna was there to judge. Not the audience (though she may have been doing that, too), but a coterie of ballroom performers vogueing down the runway during a segment called the Vogue Ball House Battle that echoed the “Vogue” portion of her recent tour. Madonna, Arca, Bob the Drag Queen, Tokischa and Sevdaliza served as judges on a vogueing competition, flashing 10s for the various houses. And just like on her tour, preteen daughter Estere was there, only this time she gave a pre-vogue DJ set.

“Thank you New York City,” said Madonna after it wrapped. “Without you I am nothing.”

NYC’s Pride March, the city’s premier Pride Month event, takes over Manhattan on Sunday (June 30) in commemoration of the Stonewall Riots that marked the beginning of the modern LGBTQ rights movement.

Martin Mull, the comedic actor best known for his roles on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and Roseanne, died on Thursday, June 27. He was 80. Though Mull never reached the highest ranks of comedy stardom, he had a long and active career and received both a Grammy nomination and a Primetime Emmy nod.

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His daughter, TV writer and producer Maggie Mull (Family Guy) shared the news of his death on Instagram.

“He was known for excelling at every creative discipline imaginable and also for doing Red Roof Inn commercials,” she wrote. “He would find that joke funny. He was never not funny. My dad will be deeply missed by his wife and daughter, by his friends and coworkers, by fellow artists and comedians and musicians, and — the sign of a truly exceptional person — by many, many dogs.”

Mull was born in Chicago on Aug. 18, 1943. He moved with his family to North Ridgeville, Ohio when he was two. They lived there until he was 15, when his family moved to New Canaan, Connecticut.

Mull had his first taste of success as a songwriter. He wrote the novelty song “A Girl Named Johnny Cash,” an answer song to Shel Silverstein’s “A Boy Named Sue,” which was a 1969 crossover smash for Johnny Cash. Singer Jane Morgan recorded Mull’s song and took it to No. 61 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart in 1970.

Mull had a minor hit on the Billboard Hot 100 as an artist in 1973, “Dueling Tubas,” a parody of “Dueling Banjos,” which was featured in the 1972 movie Deliverance. Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell’s instrumental smash “Dueling Banjos” logged four weeks at No. 2; “Dueling Tubas” reached No. 92.

Mull also released a series of comedy albums in the ’70s. His self-titled debut album, released by Capricorn in 1972, featured such well-known musicians as Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Levon Helm from The Band, Keith Spring from NRBQ and Libby Titus.

Two of Mull’s comedy albums made the Billboard 200 — I’m Everyone I’ve Ever Loved (1977) and Sex & Violins (1978). The latter album received a Grammy nomination for best comedy recording, but lost to Steve Martin’s smash hit A Wild and Crazy Guy. Both of Mull’s Billboard 200 albums were released on ABC Records. He also bubbled under the chart with albums released on Capricorn and Elektra.

In the early-to-mid 1970s, before his career as an actor really took off, Mull was mostly known as a musical comedian, performing satirical and humorous songs. He opened in concert for such top music stars as Randy Newman and Sandy Denny, Frank Zappa, Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen.

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Mull’s breakout acting role was as Garth Gimble in Norman Lear’s 1976 soap opera parody Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. He also starred in the spin-off talk show parodies Fernwood 2 Night (1977) and America 2 Night (1978). He played talk show host Barth Gimble (Garth’s twin brother), opposite Fred Willard, who played sidekick and announcer Jerry Hubbard.

Mull appeared in 49 episodes of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, which was a big cult hit; 44 episodes of Fernwood 2 Night; and 65 episodes of America 2-Night.

Mull appeared in two more long-running TV series. He played Roseanne Barr’s gay boss (and later business partner), Leon Carp, on 46 episodes of her smash sitcom Roseanne (1991-97). His sexual orientation was treated matter-of-factly. That was groundbreaking on TV at the time, when gay characters rarely appeared at all. Mull was also a creative consultant on the fourth season of that show and wrote the episode “Tolerate Thy Neighbor.”

He played the nosy Principal Willard Kraft on 39 episodes of Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1997-2000).

Mull also appeared as a voice actor on numerous episodes of Family Dog, Teamo Supremo, Danny Phenom and American Dad!

Mull received a Primetime Emmy nomination for outstanding guest actor in a comedy series in 2016 for playing Bob Bradley on HBO’s Veep. Given his long career in TV, the nomination was overdue and most likely given in recognition of a lifetime of solid work.

Mull made his film debut in FM, a 1978 film about an FM radio station. He played the libidinous DJ Eric Swan. The FM soundtrack album, featuring many of the top rock stars of the era, rose to No. 5 on the Billboard 200.

Mull went on to play Teri Garr’s boss Ron Richardson in 1983’s Mr. Mom; Colonel Mustard in the 1985 comedy Clue; and Justin Gregory in 1993’s Mrs. Doubtfire, to cite three of his most successful films.

He also starred in commercials for Michelob and Pizza Hut, and in a series of television and radio spots for Red Roof Inn with his old pal and co-star Fred Willard. (Hence his daughter’s affectionate jibe above.)

Mull began painting in the 1970s. One of his paintings, titled After Dinner Drinks (2008), is owned by Steve Martin. Martin used it as the cover of Love Has Come for You, an album he recorded with Edie Brickell that received a Grammy nod for best Americana album.

Twice divorced, Mull was married to singer Wendy Haas. Mull died at his Los Angeles home following what his family described as “a valiant fight against a long illness.”