Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez & More: A History of Female Pop Stars Overlooked by Oscars

When the 2022 Oscar nominations were unveiled last week, a lot of fans were surprised that Lady Gaga‘s buzzy performance in House of Gucci didn’t make the cut. And their confusion didn’t come out of nowhere: Gaga’s turn as Patrizia Reggiani in the Ridley Scott-directed film had already garnered her acting nominations with the Screen Actors Guild, the BAFTAs, the Critics’ Choice Awards, the Golden Globes and even a win for best actress from the New York Film Critics Circle.

But Gaga is hardly the first female pop star to be overlooked by the Academy (her 2019 double-nomination for lead actress and best original song for A Star Is Born notwithstanding). The snub brought to mind Jennifer Lopez‘s omission from the 2020 Oscar nods, when she was thought to be a strong contender for her performance as a veteran exotic dancer in Hustlers. Oh, and there’s another female musician whose name was left on the cutting-room floor just this year: Haim‘s Alana Haim was a possible best supporting actress nominee for her debut film role in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza.

On the latest Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith (with an expert assist from Billboard awards editor Paul Grein!) are digging into the history of our favorite pop divas being passed over by the Oscars.

Also on the show, we’ve got chart news about how the music of Encanto continues to hold firm atop both the Billboard 200 albums chart and on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, and how Nicki Minaj and Lil Baby blast straight in at No. 2 on the Hot 100 with their collaborative single “Do We Have a Problem?”

The Billboard Pop Shop Podcast is your one-stop shop for all things pop on Billboard‘s weekly charts. You can always count on a lively discussion about the latest pop news, fun chart stats and stories, new music, and guest interviews with music stars and folks from the world of pop. Casual pop fans and chart junkies can hear Billboard‘s executive digital director, West Coast, Katie Atkinson and senior director of Billboard charts Keith Caulfield every week on the podcast, which can be streamed on Billboard.com or downloaded in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast provider. (Click here to listen to the previous edition of the show on Billboard.com.)

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Snoop Dogg Says Death Row Records Will Be ‘An NFT Label’

Death Row Records will be “an NFT label” and the first major record company to operate in the metaverse, according to its new owner Snoop Dogg, who dropped the news during a Clubhouse chat on Tuesday (Feb. 15).

“We will be putting out artists through the metaverse,” said the rapper, who added, “Just like [Death Row] broke the industry when we was the first independent to be major, I want to be the first major in the metaverse.”

Snoop Dogg revealed the news during a conversation hosted by Clubhouse creator Will Weinbach, who created a room titled “I’m Not Leaving This Room Until Snoop Dogg Joins” on Monday, a day after the rapper performed at the Super Bowl Halftime Show. Snoop Dogg joined the room 14 hours later.

Snoop Dogg’s purchase of Death Row Records from the Blackstone-controlled MNRK Music Group (formerly eOne Music) was announced on Feb. 9. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, though a source told Billboard that the agreement on the use of the Death Row brand – including the label’s IP, trademark, name and logo – had been finalized, while the purchase of the Death Row recording catalog was expected to close soon.

This is far from Snoop Dogg’s first foray into NFTs and the metaverse. In March 2021, the rapper announced he would be releasing his first NFT collection, “A Journey with the Dogg,” on Crypto.com. In September, he claimed he was the user behind the Twitter account @CozomoMedici, which garnered significant interest due to its owner’s well-documented speculation in the NFT space and ownership of hundreds of NFTs. He additionally owns virtual real estate in the Sandbox gaming metaverse, which is slated to drop the Snoop Dogg-inspired NFT/playable avatar collection “The Doggies” this month.

Following his announcement of the Death Row acquisition, Snoop Dogg revealed that he would be making his new album, B.O.D.R. (Bacc on Death Row), available via blockchain in partnership with blockchain gaming platform Gala Games. The album can be purchased in the form of “Stash Box” NFTs, each of which contains one of 17 songs off B.O.D.R. and goes for $5,000 apiece (there were 16,093 out of 25,000 Stash Boxes remaining at the time of publishing). Gala has claimed that holders of the Stash Boxes will receive “exclusive drops,” including films, comics, images and unique concert opportunities. “Think of the Snoop Dogg Stash Box as a lifetime membership to an elite club,” states a recent post on Gala Games’ official blog.

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Here Are the Lyrics to Silk Sonic’s ‘Smokin Out the Window’

Silk Sonic keep bringing the silky-smooth throwback R&B to the charts, and their top five Billboard Hot 100 hit “Smokin Out the Window” is no exception.

The third single from An Evening With Silk Sonic — the debut album from the duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak — is a hilarious take on a relationship gone wrong. Catch every lyric from the smoky hit below:

Wait a minute, this love started off so tender, so sweet
But now she got me smokin’ out the window
Mh, mh, mh

Must’ve spent thirty five
Forty five thousand up in Tiffany’s (oh, no)
Got her bada– kids runnin’ ’round my whole crib
Like it’s Chuck E. Cheese (whoa, whoa)
Put me in a jam with her ex-man in the UFC
Can’t believe it (can’t believe it)
I’m in disbelief

This bi— got me payin’ her rent, payin’ for trips
Diamonds on her neck, diamonds on her wrist
And here I am all alone (all alone), uh
I’m so cold, I’m so cold
You got me out here

Smokin’ out the window (smokin’ out the window)
Singin’, “How could she do this to me?”
(How could she do this to me?)
Oh, I thought that girl belonged to only me (mmh)
But I was wrong
‘Cause she belong to everybody, everybody, ooh

Just the other night she was grippin’ on me tight
Screamin’, “Hercules” (Hercules, Hercules)
Got me in the club lookin’ for a new love
Someone help me please (help me please, help me please)
Baby, why you doin’ this? Why you doin’ this to me, girl?
Not to sound dramatic, but I wanna die

This bi— got me payin’ her rent, payin’ for trips
Diamonds on her neck, diamonds on her wrist
And here I am all alone (all alone)
I’m so cold, I’m so cold
You got me out here

Smokin’ out the window
(Smokin’ out the window of the Benzo, the Benzo)
Singin’, “How could she do this to me?” (How? How could she do this?)
Oh, I thought that girl belonged to only me (one thing’s fasho)
(One thing’s fasho)
But I was wrong (I was wrong)
‘Cause she belong (she belong)
To everybody, everybody (yeah, she belong to everybody)
That girl there, she belong to everybody, ooh

(Oh, no)
Look here, baby, I hope you found whatever it is that you need
But I also hope
That your triflin’ a– is walkin’ ’round barefoot in these streets
Look out

Girl, it breaks my heart that you ain’t right here with me
Now I gotta give you back (gotta give you back)
To the city, oh, you got me

Smokin’ out the window (hoo-ooh)
Singin’, “How could she do this to me?” (How could you?)
(How could you do this, baby?)
Oh, I thought that girl belonged to only me (woo-hoo, ooh)
But I was wrong (I was wrong)
‘Cause she belong (she belong)
To everybody, everybody (yeah, she belonged to everybody)
(Yeah, yeah, she belonged to everybody) ooh

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Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Written by: Brandon Anderson, Peter Hernandez, Dernst Emile II

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Here Are the Lyrics to SZA’s ‘I Hate U’

SZA‘s “I Hate U” started out on SoundCloud, gained steam on TikTok… and then was released to the world in December.

The R&B smash with the unconventional path — SZA’s very first No. 1 on Billboard‘s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 — continues to make strides. Find every word to the breakup banger below:

I be so sick of you n—as, y’all contradicting
I be so bored with myself, can you come and f— me?
I feel so ordinary, sad when you around me
Treat me like corduroy, wear me out
Arguments, you air me out
Trippin’ ’bout your whereabouts
I can’t keep no conflict with you
Boy, can we just rub it out?
I don’t want no static with you, you know you my plug
And I can’t shake this habit, no

I’ve been up, baby
Heavy reminiscin’
Heavy on the missin’ you
Wish it was different than what it was (oh yeah)
I’ve been up, baby
Lost in the lie of us
Lost, ain’t no findin’ us
I’ve been up, baby

And if you wondered if I hate you (I do)
Sh–ty of you to make me feel just like this
What I would do to make you feel just like this
And if you wondered if I hate you (fuck you)
Sh–ty of you to make me feel just like this
What I would do to make you feel just like this

Used to be too solid ’til you scrambled me
Used to be your rider, you mishandle me
Used to be nonviolent ’til you ambushed me
Now I’m out here wildin’ with you
Now I’m out here, silent treatment, that mean no permission (no)
Missionary gettin’ borin’, can you switch positions? (Yeah)
Hard to save your soul, you don’t ever listen, no (no)

I’ve been up, baby
Heavy reminiscin’
Heavy on the missin’ you
Wish it was different than what it was (oh yeah)
I’ve been up, baby
Lost in the lie of us
Lost, ain’t no findin’ us
I’ve been up, baby

And if you wondered if I hate you (I do)
Sh–ty of you to make me feel just like this
What I would do to make you feel just like this
And if you wondered if I hate you (f— you)
Sh–ty of you to make me feel just like this
What I would do to make you feel just like this

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Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Written by: Solana Imani Rowe, Cody Fayne, Dylan Patrice, Robert Bisel, Carter Lang

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Here Are the Lyrics to Nicki Minaj & Lil Baby’s ‘Bussin’

Nicki Minaj and Lil Baby were a musical combo that was so nice, they did it twice.

Only a week after releasing their “Do We Have a Problem?” collab — which debuts at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week — Minaj and Baby are back again with “Bussin,” which dropped on Friday. But what are they talking about in their new lyrics?

Find every word from Nicki Minaj and Lil Baby’s “Bussin” below:

Yeah, my connect just now sent my wrist back
Tell these bi—es, “Give my drip back”
Strawberry Ferrari, whip that
Like to look back when he h-h-h-h-hit that
A– and thighs, that’s where I’m thick at
Told his ex she ain’t gettin’ that di– back
I call Baby, “Yo, where that stick at?”
Tell that boy come get his sh– back
If they act up, we gon’ fix that
My new n—a ain’t with that chit chat
You know, you ain’t gettin’ your bi— back
Man, I do it, bi—, I did that
Wish a bi— would, I ain’t takin’ my wish back (woo)
This cost half a ticket, plus tax
Big ol’ Draco for a mishap
It say, “Barbie” on my wrist tat’
I ain’t at the bus stop, but my n—as bust back (bust back)

VVS’s bu-bu-bussin’
A– so fat, it’s bu-bu-bussin’
Bag so full, it’s bu-bu-bussin’
Drivin’ foreigns, bi—es bussin’ (Queen)

We run sh–, no question
Bad lil’ bi— get wet, I’m bussin’
Don’t like good boys, I like hustlers
I don’t talk a lot, I got a few questions
I’m that guy, don’t miss your blessings
Life’s too short to be around here stressin’
A– so fat, when she walk dress lift up
Nobody move but us, it’s a stickup (brrr-brrt)
S790 sound like it got hiccups
No matter what, when I call, I’ll pick up
Tell me all the business, I ain’t spittin’ my teacup
Go to sleep in Paris, wakin’ up in Mykonos
I’ma lil’ busy, go shoppin’ ’til I finish
Send-send me with an AMEX, I don’t need a limit
Every-every bit of seven hundred, this is not a rental
Yellow-yellow Lamborghini coupe, this is not a lemon

VVS’s bu-bu-bussin’
A– so fat, it’s bu-bu-bussin’
Bag so full, it’s bu-bu-bussin’
Drivin’ foreigns, bi—es bussin’ (Queen)

I’m tryin’ to ball, I just copped me some hoops
Blonde on my inches, brown on the roots
Ca-Candy apple sticky, red bag, not the fruit
Co-copped me them cute double C’s on my boot
I’ma lil’ busy, go shop until I finish
Send-send me with an AMEX, I don’t need a limit
Every-every bit of seven hundred, this is not a rental
Yellow-yellow Lamborghini coupe, this is not a lemon
I f— him like a boss, Dolce Gabbana scarf
Burberry, ask Siri, I don’t ever take a loss
Big whips, sound like his drip
Big stick, a hundred clips
If it’s givin’ what it’s ‘posed to, I might put it on the lip (woo)

VVS’s bu-bu-bussin’
A– so fat, it’s bu-bu-bussin’
Bag so full, it’s bu-bu-bussin’
Drivin’ foreigns, bi—es bussin’
VVS’s bu-bu-bussin’
A– so fat, it’s bu-bu-bussin’
Bag so full, it’s bu-bu-bussin’
Drivin’ foreigns, bi—es bussin’ (Queen)

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Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

Written by: Cyrick Palmer, Dominique Jones, Joshua Goods, Onika Maraj, Rahsul Barnes Greer, Terrell Greenlee

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