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National Bikini Day is perfect time to shop for new swimwear! In honor of the unofficial holiday, celebrated every year on July 5, we rounded up a collection of nine affordable bikinis to shop for summer.

The modern two-piece bikini was first introduced in July 1946 by French designers and competitors Jacques Heim and Louis Réard. Heim’s design was nicknamed the “atom” and marketed as the “world’s smallest bathing suit,” while Réard named his design after the coral island Bikini Atoll. Since then, the bikini has grown to become one of the most popular (if not the most popular) kind of swimwear.

From solids to patterns, keep reading for our roster of budget-friendly bikinis to rock poolside, or sport on the beach.

H&M Padded Bikini Top

$8.99

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Grab your beach bag and sunglasses! This mix and match bikini top (and bottom) from H&M retail for $8.99 each and are available in black, yellow and red. The fully-lined bikini comes in sizes XL-XL.

Charo Women’s Scalloped Bikini

$15.99 $17.99 11% off

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This nylon-spandex bikini from Walmart features adjustable straps and a scalloped trim, scooped-neck design. The bikini is available in sizes S-XL and comes in green, orange, black and red, though its sold out in select colors.

geluboao Womens Black Bikini Set High Waisted V Neck Swimsuit

$29.99

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Another simple but stylish bikini choice. This Amazon bikini comes in over 24 different colors and patterns including black, white, red, brown, pink, orange, purple, green, light green, lake green, blue, royal blue and light blue. Sizes range from XS-XL.

ASOS Curve Mia Bikini Top in Tomato Stripe

$17.50 $23 24% off

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This plus-size bikini is $17.50 for the top and $22.50 for the bottoms. The top and bottom are available in size plus sizes 14-26. Find more plus size bikinis from ASOS here.

Shade & Shore Women’s Shirred Bandeau Bikini Top

$16 $20 20% off

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Target is perfect for finding affordable bikinis. This Shade & Shore bikini top is on sale for $16 and available seven colors including black shine, blue shine, green shine, silver shine, orange striped and pink striped. The bikini comes is sizes XS-3X and you can mix up the bottoms.

Pink Queen Women’s Removable Strap Bikini

$30.99

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This Amazon bikini set includes a bandeau top (with removable padding) and high-waisted bottom. You can get it in dozens of different colors and patterns and in sizes ranging from S-XL

Out from Under Vivien Ruffle Triangle Bikini Top

$39

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This bikini top and (and bottom) retails for $39 each at Urban Outfitters. The triangle-cut top ties at the neck and back features ruffled trim throughout. The bikini is available in polkadot, seed packets, pink and digital fruit designs (sizes XS-XL).

SummerSalt the Triangle Bikini Top

$24.99 $50 50% off

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Save 50% off this SummerSalt bikini top while supplies last. The two-piece set comes in a range of colors including olive green, deep sea blue, sea urchin (black) as well as leopard print, polka dot, florals and striped designs. Shoppers can use code SP530 to save up to 30% off at SummerSalt.

For more summer essentials, check out the best slides and platform sandals, maxi dresses and jeans shorts to buy for summer.

It looks like Bunnie XO and Jelly Roll had an excellent time celebrating America’s birthday this year. On Thursday (July 4), the podcaster shared a video on TikTok of her fun-filled Independence Day with the country star and their family, featuring swimming, grilling and, yes, lots of fireworks.

Jelly kicks off the clip by greeting Bunnie’s followers. “Hi everybody,” he says, smiling and waving at the camera. “Happy Fourth of July!”

The video then cuts to clips of the couple enjoying poolside festivities with what appears to be their extended family — pet dogs included. The group swims and enjoys food made on the grill before sunset before watching a colorful firecracker display after nightfall.

In the dark, the Dumb Blonde host plants a kiss on her husband’s cheek before Jelly turns to kiss her on the lips. At the end of the video, Bunnie shows off a surprisingly convincing Jennifer Coolidge impression by quoting one of the actress’ iconic Legally Blonde 2 lines: “You look like the Fourth of July. It makes me want a hot dog real bad.”

“My heart is full,” Bunnie wrote in her caption, with Jelly adding in the comments, “Love this family.”

The Fourth of July festivities come at an exciting time for the couple, who recently started their IVF journey. Last month, Bunnie shared a video of Jelly talking about their goal to become parents together on the Bussin’ With the Boys podcast and wrote: “We had planned on doing this privately, but decided our IVF journey needed to be shared because we’ve always been so open.”

“And w/ all odds stacked against us, it’s already been hard and we have only just begun,” the mogul added at the time. “We have been meeting with IVF doctors & exploring all our options to add to our family.”

Watch Bunnie’s TikTok video below.

The ominous 42 Dugg whistle is filling the air once again. The Detroit rapper returned Thursday (July 4) to deliver his 4eva Us Never Them debut album via 4PF/CMG and Interscope Records.

Filled with 22 tracks. Dugg enlists his school principal growing up in Detroit for a feature on the opener and then invites Sexyy Red, Meek Mill, Lil Baby, Jeezy, EST Gee, Rylo Rodriguez and Blac Youngsta to execute his vision.

“She made me do it,” Dugg told Way Up With Angela Yee of having his principal on the album. “I love her to death. She was writing me in jail, getting me through and helping me and telling me what to read and what songs I should be on. She went to jail after me. She got out, I went to jail. She holding it down.”

It’s been three years since his last solo project with 2021’s Free Dem Boyz and Dugg’s first since being released from jail in October after spending 17 months behind bars for weapon possession charges.

Dugg revealed on Instagram that “Fresh From the Feds,” “Wrong Right” and “Still Bout You” round out his top three tracks on the album. 42 dropped off another visual from the album with the gritty EST Gee-assisted “Since When” video arriving on Friday (July 5).

Lil Baby took part of his assist on “No Love” to show some love to Young Thug and revealed that he’s sent $1 million to cover some of Thugger’s legal fees, who remains on trial as part of the YSL RICO case. Thug has been behind bars and held without bond since May 2022.

“Don’t tell on your brother, don’t say nothing them lawyers comin trill/ Send an M to Slime for legal fees, I really f–k with twin,” he raps on the track.

42 Dugg’s Free Dem Boyz mixtape reached No. 8 on the Billboard 200 and he’ll look to top that with his debut album.

Stream 4eva Us Never Them below.

Two Canadian legends are three spots apart on the charts this week.

Celine Dion and Avril Lavigne both have new debuts on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart. Dion lands at No. 68 for the soundtrack to her new documentary, I Am: Celine Dion, chronicling her struggles with Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS). Lavigne comes in at No. 71 with Greatest Hits, her new compilation of fan favorites.

Though neither is a blockbuster debut, both chart placements show that two of Canada’s biggest stars in the 2000s still have staying power. Dion’s soundtrack features many of her biggest hits, including “My Heart Will Go On” and “Pour que tu m’aimes encore,” as well as a score by Redi Hasa.

Lavigne isn’t quite as decorated as Dion, but the Napanee, Ontario pop-punk singer has been stepping into a new echelon of Canadian legends as of late, with recognition from Canada’s Walk of Fame as well as a recent appointment to the Order of Canada. Greatest Hits comes alongside a tour of the same name, which just saw Lavigne play at Glastonbury to one of the U.K. festival’s biggest crowds this year. – Rosie Long Decter

Anthem Music Publishing’s Gilles Godard Enters Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame

The Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) has announced Gilles Godard as the 2024 Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame Stan Klees Builder inductee. Both Godard and recently named fellow Hall Of Fame Artist inductee k.d. lang will be honored and celebrated in an induction ceremony during Country Music Week 2024, taking place in Edmonton from September 11–14.

A native of Cornwall, Ontario, Godard boasts over five decades of music industry experience and currently serves as the president of Anthem Music Publishing Nashville. He began his career with Anthem (formerly known as ole) as a writer, working his way up through various key positions. Godard oversees Anthem’s extensive roster of country songwriters including Canadians Meghan Patrick, Chris Buck, Jimmy Thow and Patricia Conroy.

An accomplished writer, publisher, artist and producer, Godard’s talents have earned him two CCMA Awards, two BMI Awards, four SOCAN Awards including an International Songwriter Achievement Award, a Felix Award and multiple JUNO Award nominations. Over 400 of his songs have been recorded, including by artists such as Terri Clark, Patty Loveless, Anne Murray, Ricky Skaggs, Tommy Hunter, Blackhawk, Tracy Byrd, The Road Hammers, Colleen Peterson and Ronnie Prophet. – Kerry Doole

Karan Aujla Becomes the First Punjabi Artist Featured In Apple Music’s Up Next Program

Karan Aujla is continuing to break new ground this year.

The Punjabi-Canadian musician became the first artist of Punjabi descent to win the Juno Fan Choice Award in March, and now he’s the first Punjabi musician to be featured as part of Apple Music’s global Up Next initiative.

The program highlights emerging stars, devoting Apple Music’s editorial resources to uplifting featured artists through original short films, interviews with Apple Music radio hosts and more. Aujla’s short film finds him venturing into his favourite spots in Vancouver, like barbershop Eddy’s, and reflecting on his musical ambitions.

“I feel like my music helped a lot of people that don’t know my language,” he says in the film. “There don’t have to be barriers around it, like ‘Oh, this is this is a Punjabi song. I can’t listen to this.’ I don’t think that’s right. I listen to Spanish music all the time. I don’t know a word of Spanish.”

Aujla hopes that Punjabi music will have its own “Despacito,” moment, he says, referring to the Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee song’s international impact, as the Punjabi wave continues to rapidly grow in markets outside of India.

Aujla got his start as a lyricist in Vancouver working with Punjabi artists like Diljit Dosanjh, but has since made his own name as an artist, reaching No. 5 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart last year with Making Memories, his collaborative album with producer Ikky.

Aujla also has a new EP, Four Me, as he prepares to kick off his first Canadian tour this summer that will take him to three arenas around the country. – RLD

Cardi B (born Belcalis Almanzar) has been sued for copyright infringement by Joshua Fraustro and Miguel Aguilar, who make up producer duo Kemika1956, alleging that the Grammy-winning rapper used their “Greasy Frybread” track without permission in her hit single “Enough (Miami).”

According to court documents filed in Texas federal court on Wednesday (July 3), Fraustro and Aguilar released “Greasy Frybread” featuring Punkin’ Lusty on Nov. 9, 2021, via Tattoo Musik Group Studios. The complaint adds that the track later gained recognition on streaming services and was used in the FX series Reservation Dogs.

In addition to Cardi B, “Enough (Miami)” producers OG Parker (Joshia Parker) and DJ SwanQo (James Steed) are named as defendants in the lawsuit, along with Celebrity Booking Agency, Cardi B’s label Atlantic Records and its parent company, Warner Music Group.

“Enough (Miami)” was released on March 15, 2024, through Atlantic Records. The single peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and currently boasts more than 46 million streams on Spotify alone.

The plaintiffs are requesting statutory damages; a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction to prevent further infringement, followed by a permanent injunction; a court order requiring the defendants to recall and destroy all infringing copies of the work; and declaratory relief establishing the plaintiffs’ alleged ownership of the copyrighted material in question.

Cardi B, Warner Music Group/Atlantic Records, OG Parker, DJ SwanQo and Celebrity Booking Agency did not immediately respond to Billboard‘s requests for comment.

Cardi B is no stranger to copyright litigation. In August, the Bronx native and her “WAP” collaborator Megan Thee Stallion took a legal victory when they won a copyright lawsuit that had been filed against them over the track. In that case, a Manhattan federal judge tossed the lawsuit after ruling that the lyrics Cardi and Meg were accused of copying — “p—- so wet” and “n—– wild’n” — weren’t original enough to be covered by copyright law.