Fuerza Regida earns its sixth top 10 on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart as Dolido Pero No Arrepentido – EP debuts at No. 7 on the list dated Feb. 24. The romantic six-track set also starts at No. 3 on Regional Mexican Albums.

According to Luminate, Dolido Pero No Arrepentido, released Feb. 9 via StreetMob/Rancho Humilde/Sony Music Latin, starts with 14,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 15.

One unit equals to one album sale, 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams for a song on the album.

Most of the album’s opening sum derives from SEA units, which equates to 18.44 million official on-demand U.S. clicks of the album’s songs in its first week.

As the EP arrives, Fuerza Regida captures its sixth top 10 on Top Latin Albums and its ninth on Regional Mexican Albums. Here’s a look at the San Bernardino, Calif.-based group’s six visits to the upper region on the overall Latin albums tally:

Peak, Title, Peak Date
No. 8, Del Barrio Hasta Aquí, July 20, 2019
No. 4, Adicto, April 25, 2020
No. 2, Sigan Hablando.: II, Jan. 28, 2023
No. 3, Pa Que Hablen.: I., April 15, 2023
No. 2, Pa Las Baby’s Y Belikeada, Nov. 4, 2023
No. 7, Dolido Pero No Arrepentido – EP, Feb. 24

Further, as Dolido debuts on Top Latin Albums, it joins another Regida album in the top tier: Pa Las Baby’s Y Belikeada, which holds strong at its No. 2 debut for a third week.

Regida also stirs up things on the multi-metric Hot Latin Songs ranking, as the complete new EP debuts. In total, the five-member group scores 37 chart visits, the most for a regional Mexican ensemble this decade. Only one other regional Mexican act has collected more in the ‘20s: Peso Pluma, with 44 total entries.

Dolido’s six new tracks join seven other Regida songs. Here’s the countdown on Hot Latin Songs which blends radio airplay, streaming data, and downloads:

No. 4, “Harley Quinn,” with Marshmello
No. 9, “Que Onda,” with Calle 24 and Chino Pacas
No. 14, “Tu Name” (debut)
No. 18, “Brillarosa” (debut)
No. 20, “Excesos”
No. 22, “Crazyz”
No. 24, “Barbiez”
No. 26, “Enculada” (debut)
No. 27, “Una Cerveza,” with Manuel Turizo
No. 30, “Tacata (Remix), with Tiagz & El Alfa
No. 32, “Falsa” (debut)
No. 35, “Oye” (debut)
No. 44, “PXTXS” (debut)

In addition to its top 10 premieres on Top Latin Albums and Regional Mexican Albums, Dolido begins at No. 69 on the all-genre Billboard 200, Regida’s second-highest debut among four entries, after the No. 14 debut and peak by Pa Las Baby’s Y Belikeada last Nov.

The new Feb. 24, 2024-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Feb. 21, one day later than usual, owed to the Presidents’ Day holiday in the U.S. on Feb. 19.

Beyoncé was ready for her renaissance back in 2013 when she chopped off her long locks for a stylish pixie cut, and now, she’s explaining why she made the major hair transformation at the time.

“I remember the day I decided to just cut all my hair off. I didn’t have a particular style in mind. It wasn’t an aesthetic choice, but it was a very big emotional transformation and metamorphosis that I was going through,” she told Essence magazine in an interview promoting her new hair-care line Cécred, which launches Tuesday (Feb. 20) on Cecred.com. “So much of my identity as a performer has been connected to flowing hair. Cutting my hair off was me rebelling against being this woman that society thinks I’m supposed to be.”

“Something about the liberation of becoming a mother made me want to just shed all of that,” continued the star, who welcomed her and Jay-Z’s first child, daughter Blue Ivy, in January 2012. “It was a physical representation of me shedding the expectations put upon me. I just wanted it off.”

The superstar went on to say that at the time, her hair was luscious and long, and that her longtime friend and hairstylist wasn’t exactly excited about her decision. So naturally, she took matters — and her hair — into her own hands. “I just got the scissors and chopped it off. It was very intentional. And it was what I needed to do,” Bey revealed. “And after that, I became super brave. It was the first step to many more audacious decisions I made in my life and my career that have led to who I am now.”

That was one of several hair memories that the 32-time Grammy winner, who has more gramophones than than any artist ever, shared with the magazine. The “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer revealed that she also struggles with psoriasis on her scalp.  “The relationship we have with our hair is such a deeply personal journey,” she said. “From spending my childhood in my mother’s salon to my father applying oil on my scalp to treat my psoriasis — these moments have been sacred to me.”

She later added in the interview: “Hair is our lineage — it’s our family story.”

See Beyoncé’s Essence cover below:

Don’t fall down and smack your head on the pavement at this news, but there’s a new Miranda Priestly in town. Vanessa Williams is set to portray Runway‘s intimidating editor in chief in the West End musical of The Devil Wears Prada, the production announced on Monday (Feb. 19).

In a video shared to Instagram, the singer-actress struts through an office in orangey-red strappy stiletto heels, the book in her hands, before throwing her jacket over a desk as only Miranda Priestly could, then sitting down and swiveling around in her chair to remove her sunglasses. “Don’t just sit there,” Williams-as-Miranda says icily to the camera. “Go buy tickets … or something!”

The show — based on the bestselling novel and hit 2006 movie starring Meryl Streep as Miranda and Anne Hathaway as her less-than-fashion-forward assistant — is set to launch in October at London’s Dominion Theatre, and will feature an original score by five-time Grammy winner Elton John, with lyrics Shaina Taub, as well as choreography by Tony winner Jerry Mitchell, who previously worked on Kinky Boots, Hairspray and more.

Streep’s iconic portrayal of the powerful editor in chief earned her a 2007 Oscar nomination for best actress. But Williams isn’t coming into the role without her own experience. The singer — whose hit “Save the Best for Last” topped the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks in 1992 — has played a powerful editor herself. She portrayed MODE boss Wilhelmina Slater in the hit ABC dramedy Ugly Betty — which also starred America Ferrera — from 2006 to 2010, during which she earned three Primetime Emmy nominations for best supporting actress in a comedy.

Watch the announcement that Vanessa Williams is the next to play Miranda Priestly below:

Guitar in hand, Babyface crooned the national anthem at the 2024 NBA All-Star Game on Sunday (Feb. 18).

“Anthem ready,” he posted on X (formerly Twitter) ahead of his performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at this year’s game.

Babyface’s folksy rendition of the standard had his name trending on social media Sunday night.

“That was the most tender lovin’ national anthem ever,” one viewer tweeted.

“I didn’t have ‘Babyface on the acoustic guitar’ as a candidate for best anthem I’ve ever heard … but something about that was awfully powerful. Maybe because he’s from Indianapolis, but I don’t know. That one hit hard,” another noted.

“The best thing the the NBA did this weekend was get Babyface to come sing in his hometown,” agreed another viewer.

Others couldn’t help but comment on a certain meme-ready reaction to Babyface’s vocals.

“Babyface done turned the National anthem into an Adult Alternative Top 40 hit!” one viewer exclaimed on X.

In August, the legendary singer, songwriter and producer scored his first top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 specifically as a producer in 23 years, thanks to his work on SZA’s “Snooze.” He’d last appeared in the top 10 as a producer in December 2000, with P!nk’s “Most Girls.” Of Babyface’s top 10 Hot 100 hits in any role (producer, writer or recording artist), seven have hit No. 1. They’ve combined to spend 51 weeks at the summit of the chart.

Watch Babyface sing the National Anthem in Indianapolis at the 2024 NBA All-Star Game below.