Santos Bravos debut EP Dual has topped Billboard’s Latin music poll published on March 13.

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 Latin band’s six-track album as their favorite music release of the week.

Dual generated more than 98% of the vote, beating out other new album releases including Piso 21’s Trescender, Laura Pausini’s Yo Canto 2, Yahritza y Su Esencia’s Metamorfosis and Jorge Drexler’s Taracá.

Dual — home to the group’s debut single “0%” — perfectly showcases Santos Bravos’ two-sided musical identity: the “santo” side rooted in the energetic, melodic and emotional Latin pop sound, and “bravo,” representing intensity and instinct backed by reggaetón and global club sounds.

“This means we have the best fans in the world,” group member Gabi previously said to Billboard of Santos Bravos’ rapid success. “Without them, none of this would be possible. I think it’s because of how authentic we are. We don’t try to be someone we’re not. We always try to keep it real.”

“We all come from different places and have different personalities that our fans can resonate with,” Drew added. “We all have a different story to share, and our fans grow and learn from us each.”

Last year, Drew, Gabi, Kauê, Alejandro and Kenneth became HYBE’s first all-male Latin group. HYBE is known for forming successful groups including K-pop giants BTS and girl pop group KATSEYE.

Editor’s Note: The weekly New Music Latin poll results are posted if the poll generates more than 1,000 votes. See the full results below:


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Harry Styles’ “American Girls” debuts in the top five of the Hot 100 and Taylor Swift nabs two spots, but who will take No. 1 this week?

Tetris Kelly: This is the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 for the week dated March 21. “Opalite” falls to 10. Harry’s back up to No. 9. Taylor grabs another top 10 at eight. “Golden” rises a spot as does “Stateside” to six. “Ordinary” holds on to No. 5. “American Girls” debuts at four. “I Just Might” is down to three, with “Man I Need” up to two. And landing a third week at No. 1 is Ella Langley.

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Spain will be the final stop of Shakira’s Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour, featuring multiple dates and a special production for those shows, the artist revealed in a preview of her interview with the RTVE show Al Cielo Con Ella published Sunday (March 15).

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In the teaser, the singer confirms that the final leg of the tour will take place in Spain with a setup designed specifically for the event: “I’m going to go all out because Live Nation is preparing a stadium for these concerts. It will be called Estadio Shakira,” the artist revealed in the preview. “It’s going to be something out of this world, a production that I don’t think has been seen before in Spain.”

While she didn’t specify the city or exact number of dates, the announcement of a temporary or custom venue bearing her name suggests a large-scale concert format. In recent years, artists such as Adele have presented residencies in temporary stadiums built specifically for a limited series of shows in Europe.

The Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour, which began on Feb. 11, 2025, and continues throughout this year, set a Guinness World Record as the highest grossing tour of all time by a Hispanic artist. The historic tour grossed $421.6 million and sold 3.3 million tickets across 86 shows, according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore.

Sunday’s announcement also follows Shakira’s historic free show at Mexico City’s Zócalo, where she broke records by gathering an estimated 400,000 people, as well as her recent nomination to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

The full interview with journalist Henar Álvarez will air on RTVE’s La 1, though the network has yet to confirm the date.


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Fetty Wap is back. The “Trap Queen” rapper announced his new album Zavier on Monday (March 16). It will serve as his first LP since being released from prison in January.

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“I’m just happy and grateful to be back and thankful that my fans didn’t forget about me. I’m so thankful to my family, fans and team for holding me down,” Fetty said in a statement about the project. “This new music is a reflection of a new chapter in my life. I just want to bring back good energy and good vibes. I love y’all.”

With Zavier set to arrive on March 27, Fetty raised hype around the project with a cinematic trailer on Monday, which finds him detailing where he’s at in life after returning to the rap game following a three-year prison sentence.

“When you lose the money everybody think that’s the worst part,” Fetty said in the black-and-white clip. “When it get real quiet that’s when it hit different. I got so used to hearing Fetty everywhere I go, before I even knew who Zavier was. Somewhere in all that, I became a character in my own life. People really loved what I could provide for real, not who I really was.”

Zavier boasts 17 tracks and serves as Fetty’s first full-length release since 2023’s King Zoo. Features on the project remain unknown.

Fetty Wap (born Willie Junior Maxwell II) was released from prison in January — 11 months ahead of his expected December release — after serving more than three years behind bars on federal drug charges.

Fetty will hit the road for a handful of northeast shows in April following the project’s arrival. The trek kicks off with a homecoming show in Montclair, N.J., on April 4, before heading to Hartford, Conn.; Albany, N.Y.; and Stroudsburg, Penn.

Watch the album trailer above and find the Zavier cover art below.

Fetty Wap, 'Xavier'

Fetty Wap, ‘Xavier’


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And that’s a wrap on awards season!

On Sunday night (March 15), the incomprehensibly lengthy 2025-26 awards cycle officially came to a close with the 98th Academy Awards. Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another — which stars R&B powerhouse Teyana Taylor and 2010s queer rap scene standout Junglepussy — took home best picture, alongside five additional wins, including best adapted screenplay, best director and the inaugural best casting award.

Longtime collaborators and box office titans Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan won their first Oscars for Sinners, their masterful, horror-infused ode to the Mississippi Delta and 1920s blues music. Coogler won best original screenplay, and Jordan brought the Dolby Theater to its feet with his win for best actor in a leading role. Just as impressive was DP Autumn Durald Arkapaw’s triumph as the first woman and first Black person to win best cinematography. As if four wins weren’t already enough to weep happy tears over — Ludwig Göranssson also won best original score — the cast of Sinners brought the film’s instantly iconic juke joint scene to the Oscars stage.

Led by cast members Miles Caton, Jayme Lawson, Li Jun Li, Buddy Guy and Jack O’Connell, the “I Lied to You” medley also featured Sinners soundtrack contributors Brittany Howard and Alice Smith, Grammy-winning country star Shaboozey, best original song nominee Raphael Saadiq, Grammy-nominated blues rock guitarist Eric Gales, Grammy-winning blues artist Bobby Rush, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and boundary-breaking Black ballerina Misty Copeland.

Beyond the convergence of film and music, this weekend also delivered several albums that plunged social media timelines into bottomless discourses — namely, Jack Harlow’s Monica. On his new set, the Louisville rapper trades bars for neo-soul-adjacent crooning, which naturally turned him into both a lightning rod for cultural debates and the Internet’s favorite joke of the weekend.

With Fresh Picks, Billboard aims to highlight some of the best and most interesting new sounds across R&B and hip-hop — from a sunny Leven Kali alum cut to another Samara Cyn banger. Be sure to check out this week’s Fresh Picks in our Spotify playlist below.


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Morgan Wallen has already dominated radio with hits such as “20 Cigarettes” and “I Got Better.” Now, he’s gearing up to launch his own station on SiriusXM, when the exclusive, year-round country music channel Morgan Wallen Radio kicks off April 7 on channel 64 and on the SiriusXM app.

The channel will be curated and presented by the country star, and will include a mix of his biggest hits and fan favorite tunes. Morgan Wallen Radio will feature songs hand-picked by Wallen, as well as exclusive commentary and behind-the-scenes stories from him as he prepares for his upcoming Still the Problem 23-date stadium tour.

Some of the channel’s programming will include “Still the Problem Tour” segments, which will take listeners behind the scenes during his trek, with rehearsal stories and drop-ins from his band and opening acts. “808 to 865” will feature Wallen spinning his favorite hip-hop songs. Meanwhile “One Track At a Time” will find Wallen sharing his favorite new music and recent finds.

“Listeners can expect to hear a lot of things that I listen to on a day-to-day basis, which is probably a lot different than what most people expect,” Wallen said in a statement. “I will be personally curating the music so they will get a glimpse into my world. I’m excited for everyone to hear it.”

Morgan Wallen Radio will be available for free in all SiriusXM-equipped vehicles from April 7 to May 6, offering non-subscribers an opportunity to experience the new channel.

To celebrate the new channel, 19-time Billboard Music Award winner Wallen is set to host an intimate live performance at Nashville venue The Pinnacle on April 2. The performance will broadcast on April 7 at 5 p.m. ET to kick off the channel.

Previous artists who have performed exclusive shows for SiriusXM listeners include Chris Stapleton, Coldplay, Metallica and Ed Sheeran. SiriusXM’s country channel lineup also includes artist-branded channels from Carrie Underwood, Chris Stapleton, Eric Church, Kenny Chesney and Willie Nelson.

“Morgan Wallen is undeniably one of the most influential forces shaping and creating music today,” Scott Greenstein, president and chief content officer at SiriusXM, said in a statement. “At SiriusXM, we’re always looking for ways to bring fans closer to the artists they love, and this launch does just that, from a channel curated by Morgan himself to an exclusive concert experience that gives listeners unprecedented access to his music, his influences, and his live performance.”


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The stars came out to shine on Sunday night (March 15) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood for the 98th annual Academy Awards, where Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another won six Oscars, including best picture, best casting and best director.

Close behind was Ryan Coogler’s vampire drama Sinners, which netted star Michael B. Jordan his first best actor award over such heated rivals as Leonardo DiCaprio and Timothée Chalamet.

And while the Conan O’Brien-hosted show remarkably came in on-time, once the best picture statue was handed out, it was time to party at the various post-Oscars soirees around town.

As usual, one of the night’s biggest afterparties was the one hosted by Vanity Fair at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which drew Oscar-winner EJAE — one of the voices of KPop Demon Hunters fictional band HUNTR/X and a co-writer of Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 smash “Golden — as well as Brandi Carlile, Dua Lipa, Tate McRae, Shaboozey, Olivia Rodrigo, Diane Warren, Mick Jagger, Rita Ora, Ciara, Lizzo, Teyana Taylor, Karol G, Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra, Queen Latifah, Usher, Troye Sivan, Travis Scott and Gracie Abrams.

Another Oscar staple, Elton John’s AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party drew the likes of such young proteges as Lola Young, Yungblud and Dua Lipa, who arrived in a totally different outfit, naturally.

Keep scrolling to check out some of the best photos from the Oscars 2026 afterparties.

 

Bruno Mars isn’t leaving the door open for any misconceptions about his thoughts on Taylor Swift. After fans online thought he might have indirectly dissed the pop superstar, the Silk Sonic artist clarified his stance in a comment on X on Sunday (March 15).

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Responding to a post with an apparent screenshot of Mars appearing to “like” an Instagram video hating on Swift, he wrote, “Taylor has always been supportive and kind to me.”

Mars added, “Only love over here.”

Billboard has reached out to Swift’s rep for comment.

The alleged screenshot in question shows a frame of a video of Swift performing on stage at one of her Eras Tour shows in 2023 or 2024. Text on screen refers to the 14-time Grammy winner as “talentless.”

Billboard could not verify the screenshot, and the account on which it was supposedly posted seems to have disappeared.

Mars and Swift are two of the biggest artists of their generation, often taking turns dominating the charts. The former recently scored his 10th Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 with “I Just Might” — which has ruled the ranking for three weeks so far — before which the pop superstar’s “The Fate of Ophelia” spent 10 weeks atop the chart.

Mars is also fresh off of the release of his first solo album in a decade, The Romantic. The LP dropped Feb. 27 and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The last time the performer dropped an album was in 2016, with 24k Magic reaching No. 2 on the chart; the year prior was also the last memorable time Mars and Swift memorably intersected on social media, with the former jokingly joining in on Swift’s spat with Nicki Minaj at the time. While the two women were trading barbs about VMA nominations — later making amends and performing together at the ceremony — Mars posted on X, “Yo I want in on this twitter Beef!! VMAs is the new WWF!! @edsheeran F–k You!”

Sheeran jokingly responded at the time, “@BrunoMars any way we do dis you gon’ come up short.”


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Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” rebounds a spot for a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song first led the chart in February and added its second frame on top two weeks ago.

Notably, “Choosin’ Texas” ties for the most weeks ever spent atop the Hot 100 for a song by a woman that also hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, matching Taylor Swift’s three-week reign with “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” her first Hot 100 leader, in 2012.

“Choosin’ Texas” and “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” stand above three other No. 1 country hits by women that led the Hot 100 for two weeks each: Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em,” in 2024, and Dolly Parton’s “Islands in the Stream,” with Kenny Rogers (1983), and “9 to 5” (1981).

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Honorable mentions: Parton wrote “I Will Always Love You,” with Whitney Houston’s cover crowning the Hot 100 for 14 weeks in 1992-93; Debby Boone’s “You Light Up My Life” ruled the Hot 100 for 10 weeks and hit No. 4 on Hot Country Songs in 1977; and Bobbie Gentry’s “Ode to Billie Joe” led the Hot 100 for four weeks in 1967, although it peaked at No. 17 on Hot Country Songs.

“Choosin’ Texas” concurrently tops Hot Country Songs for a 16th week.

Also in the Hot 100’s top 10, Harry Styles’ “American Girls” debuts at No. 4 and his former No. 1 “Aperture” surges 29-9. Both are from his new album, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally., which launches at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Check out the full rundown of this week’s Hot 100 top 10 below.

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BTS is heading to the Big Apple in support of new album ARIRANG. As announced Monday (March 16), Spotify is hosting an exclusive fan event for ARMY in New York City, featuring a “special performance and Q&A,” according to the release.

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Spotify x BTS: SWIMSIDE will take place March 23, three days after ARIRANG drops. A select group of fans will be invited to celebrate with the septet comprised of RM, Jin, Suga, j-hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook and explore “immersive album-themed experiences.” The exact location of the event is not public.

The news comes just four days ahead of the highly anticipated release of ARIRANG, a 14-track project that’s been years in the making. After spending about two years working on solo projects and fulfilling military service requirements, the Bangtan Boys reunited last year and almost immediately began work on a new album, which will follow 2020 Billboard 200-topper Be.

The fan event in NYC isn’t the only way BTS is gearing fans up for the new album — nor is it the band’s only partnership with Spotify for ARIRANG. The streamer is also planning to roll out an in-app easter egg hunt through which ARMY can track down exclusive audio messages from the members, as well as a BTS Music Quiz that will allow fans to test themselves and each other on band-related trivia. Both begin March 20.

Previously, Google launched an ARIRANG clue hunt on mobile.

BTS is also planning a free concert celebrating the release of ARIRANG at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, taking place March 21. A few weeks later, the group will embark on an 82-date world tour.

“We have a diversity of genres,” Suga said of the new album in a February GQ cover story. “It’s going to be quite different from the BTS albums and sounds that you’ve been listening to. You’re going to see a more mature side of BTS this time around.”


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