Chappell Roan Jokingly Slams ‘Glee’ Christmas Episode, Then Issues Playful Apology to Fans

Chappell Roan is offering a playful apology after criticizing a past holiday-themed episode of Glee.

On Monday (Dec. 23), the 26-year-old pop star shared her thoughts on the musical comedy’s season 3 episode “Extraordinary Merry Christmas” in a series of posts on an Instagram account run by Roan and her creative director, Ramisha Sattar.

“This is the worst episode of Glee I’ve ever seen,” Roan said, holding back a laugh while the 2011 episode played in the background. “I’m turning it off. I hate it,” she added, hitting pause on the remote. “Next.”

Shortly after, Roan returned with another video, this time sitting in front of a brightly lit Christmas tree. In the playful clip, she jokingly apologized to Glee fans while someone off-camera pointed a pair of sharp scissors at her.

“This is my apology video for the Gleeks that I offended. I am so sorry,” Roan began. “I love every episode of Glee, and I love Kurt and Blaine,” the singer-songwriter added, referencing Chris Colfer and Darren Criss’ characters on the Fox series.

This isn’t the first time Roan has shared her thoughts on Glee, which aired from 2009 to 2015. In fan-captured video from a live performance earlier this year, the Grammy-nominated artist revealed she had recently started watching the show.

“I just started watching Glee. I’m on season 2,” Roan told the audience. “It took me like three full times to try to watch Glee, ’cause I was like, ‘This is stupid as f—.’ And then I was like, ‘Lean into it.’”

Meanwhile, Roan is closing out 2024 at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Top New Artists chart, marking a year of breakout success on both the Billboard 200 albums chart and the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. Her debut full-length album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in August. Additionally, she scored seven entries on the Billboard Hot 100, including her first top 10 hit with “Good Luck, Babe!” which reached No. 4.

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Travis Scott Spreads Holiday Cheer With Daughter Stormi at Houston Toy & Food Drive

Travis Scott and Kylie Jenner’s daughter, Stormi Webster, joined her father to lend a helping hand at his foundation’s annual holiday charity event.

On Saturday (Dec. 21), the superstar rapper’s Cactus Jack Foundation hosted the fifth annual Winter Wonderland Park toy and food drive in Houston, where Scott grew up.

Held at Texas Southern University, a historically Black institution, the event saw Scott, 33, and his 6-year-old daughter, Stormi — who wore an adorable red Santa hat and cozy white coat — handing out presents to families ahead of Christmas. Scott also brought along his siblings and parents to support the cause.

Stormi made a special appearance in a video montage shared by the Cactus Jack Foundation on Instagram on Monday (Dec. 23). “The Cactus Jack Foundation’s 5th Annual Winter Wonderland Toy & Food Drive served over 1,000 Houston residents on the Texas Southern University campus for the first time in honor of the Cactus Jack Waymon Webster HBCU Scholarship Program, launched in 2019,” the caption read.

Scott teamed up with the Houston Food Bank to distribute more than 2,000 toys and bikes, People reports. The giveaway also included 200 pairs of Nike Cactus Jack sneakers, along with merchandise from the Houston Astros, Fanatics, Space Village, and more. Additionally, 1,000 bags of food were provided to local families in need.

The event, which featured a winter wonderland-themed park, also included a surprise appearance by Santa Claus, as well rapper Don Toliver and Love Island USA star Serena Page.

Earlier this year, Scott’s Cactus Jack Foundation organized an emergency relief drive in Missouri City, Texas, to support those affected by the devastation of Hurricane Beryl. In partnership with the Houston Food Bank, the foundation provided water, ice, food and other essential supplies to residents in Texas communities hit hard by the storm. The deadly storm caused severe flooding and widespread power outages, impacting more than three million Texans.

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Snoop Dogg’s ‘Missionary’ Makes Top 10 Debut Across Multiple Billboard Album Charts

Snoop Dogg’s Missionary album debuts in the top 10 across multiple Billboard charts, as the set opens in the top 10 on Top Album Sales (No. 7), Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (No. 7) and Top Rap Albums (No. 3) — all charts dated Dec. 28. It also launches at No. 20 on the overall Billboard 200 chart. On Top Album Sales, Missionary marks Snoop’s highest-charting effort in over 15 years.

Missionary is the first album from Snoop Dogg produced by Dr. Dre since their successful teaming on Snoop’s debut effort Doggystyle in 1993.

Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Luminate. Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album (TEA) units and streaming equivalent album (SEA) units.

Missionary debuts with 38,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Dec. 19, according to Luminate. Of that sum, album sales comprise 20,500, SEA units comprise 16,500 and TEA units comprise the remaining sum.

On Top Album Sales, Missionary is Snoop’s 13th top 10-charting effort and highest charting effort set Ego Trippin debuted and peaked at No. 3 on the March, 29, 2008-dated list.

As for the rest of the top 10 on Top Album Sales, Stray Kids’ HOP opens at No. 1 with 180,000 sold (it’s the sixth leader for the group); Taylor Swift’s chart-topping The Tortured Poets Department falls 1-2 with 50,000 (down 75%); the Wicked film soundtrack rises 6-3 with 29,000 (down 5%); Chappell Roan’s former leader The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess jumps 8-4 with 28,000 (up 34%); and Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet goes 7-5 with 26,000 (down 8%).

Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft scales 9-6 with 23,000 (up 26%); TWICE’s STRATEGY falls 2-8 with 19,000 in its second week (down 76%); Vince Guaraldi Trio’s A Charlie Brown Christmas TV soundtrack bumps 10-9 with 16,000 (up 20%); and Taylor Swift’s former No. 1, 1989 (Taylor’s Version) climbs 12-10 with 14,000 (up 29%).

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GloRilla & Sexyy Reach No. 1 on Final Rhythmic and Rap Airplay Charts of 2024

Just in time for the last chart cycle of 2024, GloRilla adds to her already strong results this year with a first No. 1 on Billboard’s Rhythmic Airplay chart thanks to “Whatchu Kno About Me,” her collaboration with Sexyy Red. The pair’s co-billed single rises from No. 3 to rule the chart dated Dec. 28. As GloRilla achieves her first leader, Sexyy Red banks her second No. 1 on the radio ranking, but first in a lead or co-lead capacity.

“Whatchu Kno About Me” advances to the Rhythmic Airplay summit after a 10% boost in plays that made it the most-played song on the U.S. monitored rhythmic radio panel in the tracking week ending Dec. 19, according to Luminate. The collaboration unseats Future’s “Too Fast,” which slides to No. 2 after one week in charge.

The new champ also borrows from a previous Rhythmic Airplay hit. It samples Lil Boosie’s “Wipe Me Down,” featuring Foxx and Webbie, which reached No. 23 in 2007 and spent 16 weeks on the list.

As mentioned, GloRilla achieves her first No. 1 on Rhythmic Airplay. Before the coronation, her previous two singles both put her in touching distance of the top spot. A collaboration with Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B, “Wanna Be,” peaked at No. 3 in August, while the Memphis rapper’s solo single “TGIF” peaked in the runner-up spot last month.

For Sexyy Red, “Whatchu Kno About Me” secures the rapper a second Rhythmic Airplay No. 1, after she and SZA featured on Drake’s “Rich Baby Daddy,” a two-week leader in December 2023. The reigning champ is the rapper’s first time in charge through a lead or co-lead billing; her prior best in that category was with her “Get It Sexyyy” single, which peaked at No. 8 in July.

Adding to the triumphs, “Whatchu Kno About Me” rules Rap Airplay following an identical 3-1 climb. It jumps into the top slot after a 10% surge in audience in the tracking week, and likewise replaces Future’s “Too Fast,” which backtracks to No. 2 (down 11% in audience). There, GloRilla nabs her third No. 1, after “Tomorrow 2,” with Cardi B ruled for six weeks in 2022-23 and “TGIF” reigned for eight weeks earlier this year. Sexyy Red, meanwhile, picks up her second Rap Airplay No. 1, after a four-week run for “Rich Baby Daddy” in December 2023.

In addition to their current radio hit, GloRilla and Sexyy Red are together on another budding hit. The pair, alongside Lil Wayne, features on Tyler, The Creator’s “Sticky,” which pushes 10-8 on Rhythmic Airplay (up 17% in plays) and holds at its No. 11 high on Rap Airplay (up 11% in audience).

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Beyoncé Joins the Netflix Buffering Joke in New ‘A Cowboy Carter Christmas’ NFL Halftime Show Teaser: Watch

Beyoncé is getting in on the Netflix buffering joke ahead of her highly anticipated NFL Halftime Show performance.

On Tuesday (Dec. 24), the 43-year-old superstar shared a new 30-second teaser for her upcoming performance, which will air during the Christmas Day NFL doubleheader on Netflix.

In the clip, Beyoncé — dressed in a long shawl, a sparkly top, a large hat and black sunglasses — sits on a football field strumming a banjo as her hit song “Texas Hold ‘Em” plays. After a few moments, she stops playing, pulls down her sunglasses, and the camera zooms in on her face as a buffering wheel spins on screen — a playful nod to the glitches experienced during Netflix’s mid-November Mike Tyson-Jake Paul boxing match. Beyoncé giggles as the video resumes and ends with her giving the camera a wink.

Alongside the teaser, Beyoncé wrote on Instagram: “I’m sending you big joy and love on this Cowboy Christmas Eve. I’ll see y’all tomorrow, in my city HTX.”

Netflix also shared the teaser on X (formerly Twitter), writing: “LOADING…BEYONCÉ. NFL Halftime Show – Ravens vs. Texans. Kickoff at 4:30 PM ET. Tomorrow on Netflix. #NFLonNetflix.”

The teaser comes just one day before Beyoncé’s hometown performance at Houston’s NRG Stadium, where she’ll take the stage for the highly anticipated halftime show between the Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens on Christmas Day.

This will be Beyoncé’s first live performance since the release of Cowboy Carter, her Billboard 200-topping album. The NFL first announced her halftime appearance in mid-November, sharing a teaser of her standing atop a rose-covered vintage car, effortlessly catching a football, and the opening track “Ameriican Requiem” from Cowboy Carter playing in the background — a likely hint at her setlist.

The Christmas Day doubleheader opens with the Kansas City Chiefs facing the Pittsburgh Steelers at 1 p.m. ET, followed by the Texans vs. Ravens game at 4:30 p.m. ET. Both games — and Beyoncé’s halftime performance — will stream live on Netflix, with additional access via NFL+ for regional broadcasts and mobile viewers.

Beyoncé’s return to the NFL halftime stage marks her first appearance since her iconic 2013 Super Bowl performance, where she reunited with Destiny’s Child. In 2016, she joined Coldplay and Bruno Mars for another unforgettable performance.

Watch Beyoncé’s latest teaser for A Cowboy Carter Christmas above.

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19 K-Pop Albums Have Topped the Billboard 200: Which Is Your Favorite? Vote!

K-pop has been a growing force on the Billboard 200 since June 2018, when BTS’ Love Yourself: Tear dislodged Post Malone’s Beerbongs & Bentleys to become the first K-pop album or EP to reach No. 1 on the all-genre chart. This week, Stray Kids’ HOP becomes the 19th album or EP to achieve that feat.

There have been multiple No. 1 titles on the Billboard 200 by K-pop acts in every year since 2018 except for 2021, when there were none. The peak year (to date) for most No. 1 K-pop titles on the Billboard 200 was 2023, when there were five. There were four in 2022 and four again in 2024.

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That’s a lot of No. 1s for any genre, and especially for a genre that is still building in global awareness. (The Recording Academy, for example, has yet to add a K-pop category. For the most part, K-pop entries compete in the overall pop categories.)

Stray Kids and BTS have each had six No. 1 titles on the Billboard 200, which puts them in a tie for the lead among K-pop acts. ATEEZ is runner-up with two No. 1s on that chart. SuperM, BLACKPINK, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, NewJeans and TWICE have all have one No. 1 album to date.

Now we’re seeking input from K-pop fans, people who avidly follow the genre and know which acts and which records they like best. Here’s a list of all K-pop albums or EPs to top the Billboard 200. Which is your favorite?

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Is ‘Wicked’ Gearing Up For Its Streaming Debut? Here’s When to Expect the Box Office Hit Online

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Get ready to relive the magic of Wicked from the comfort of your home. The instant box-office hit, starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, could be coming to streaming before you know it. Fresh off the heels of the new Lego Emerald City set, Amazon has unveiled a limited-edition Wicked box set that features a 4K UHD Blu-ray of both the theatrical version and a “sing-along” edition, exclusive merch, collectables, and gold-tone metal bookends.

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While the film is still shattering records in theaters, the Amazon listing displays a March 31 shipping date for Blu-rays. Could this also be Wicked‘s digital and physical release date? Universal Pictures has yet to officially announced a physical release, but most films usually have a 90-day theatrical run and March would align with the musical’s window on the big screen before hitting digital and streaming services.

While we wait for an official release date announcement, learn how you can pre-order and start prepping for Wicked’s inevitable streaming debut below.

How to Stream Wicked Online

With a possible streaming and digital release on March 31, here’s all the ways you may be able to stream Wicked online. Since the musical is a Universal Pictures release, Wicked will most likely be available online through NBCUniversal’s streaming service, Peacock.

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For just $7.99/month, Peacock offers live sports, original TV programming, movies and specials. Sign up now and start planning your Wicked sing-a-long party today.

VOD services like Amazon Prime and Apple have options to rent and purchase Wicked to watch at anytime on your smart TV, phone or tablet. Amazon already has the film available to preorder for $29.99 here.

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Wicked: Part Two is set to premier in November 2025. To keep up the hype for biggest film of the year, here’s the original trailer for part one starring Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, alongside Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey, and Ethan Slater.

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Kenia Os, Elena Rose & Mon Laferte Share Their Beauty Icons, What They Listen to When They Get Ready & More | Beauty Confessions | Billboard

Kenia Os, Elena Rose and Mon Laferte share their beauty icon inspirations, what they listen to when they get ready and more at Latin Music Week 2024.

Mon Laferte 

I can take off my shoes.

Elena Rose 

Thank you God for giving me another day where I can do what I love. 

Kenia Os 

Sometimes also my songs, but I don’t like to listen to myself so much because I get annoyed of myself. 

Question: What do you like to listen to during glam? 

Mon Laferte 

Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse, Lana Del Rey, Mitski and, well it was kind of random. But it depends on the day, like the mood I’m in. 

Elena Rose 

My glam session? Today I was listening to a song called “Veneka” which is by Rawayana and Akapellah. It is my favorite of the moment. 

Kali Chis 

I start with something more chill and I really like Kali Uchis and, then I play something more upbeat like Anitta or Bad Gyal. Always. 

Question: Who is your beauty icon in music and why? 

Elena Rose 

My best friends are my artists. Favorites: Danny, Rawayana, Mau y Ricky. 

Mon Laferte 

The first image I have in my grandmother, because my grandmother was a singer. And she was a composer, and she was an artist with a red dress with flowers in her hair, red lips and blue eyelids. So for me, I think she is the one that inspired me the most aesthetically. When I started it was her, she was the first. 

Kenia Os

I think I have a lot but I love Ariana Grande’s and Rihanna’s trajectory. I love what they are doing. I think Rosalía is also a great artist and I use them as a references. 

Watch the full video above!

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Sevdaliza Earns First Latin Radio Top 10 With Karol G Collab ‘No Me Cansaré’

Iranian Dutch singer-songwriter Sevdaliza earns her first top 10 on a Billboard Latin radio chart thanks to “No Me Cansaré,” her maiden collab with Karol G, which rallies 17-9 on the Latin Pop Airplay chart (dated Dec. 28).

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The bilingual song jumps to the top 10 on Latin Pop Airplay after a 1.7 million gain in audience impressions earned during the Dec. 13-19 tracking week, according to Luminate; that’s a 52% increase compared to the previous frame. The song was released Oct. 18 on Bichota/Interscope/Broke/Create Music Group.

With “No Me Cansaré,” Sevdaliza grabs her first top 10 on any Latin radio ranking, after the song opened at No. 22 less than a month ago, on the Nov. 30-dated list. The new win, however, becomes her second top 10 on a Latin chart overall, as the collab debuted and peaked at No. 5 on Latin Digital Song Sales (Nov. 2-dated survey).

Prior to her radio and sales charts visits, the singer enjoyed some popularity on the multi-metric Hot Latin Songs chart (which combines radio airplay, streaming activity and digital downloads into its formula) where “Ride Or Die, Pt. 2,” her three-way team-up with Villano Antillano and Tokischa, peaked at No. 43 in May. There, “No Me Cansaré” reached No. 35 high in early November, for her highest rank among two total entries.

Back to Latin Pop Airplay, the song marks Karol G’s 15th top 10 career hit. The hitmaker placed one other song in the top 10 there in 2024, the No. 2-peaking “Contigo,” with Tiesto (June 1-dated list). Prior, “TQG,” with Shakira, took both Colombians to No. 1 in April 2023, where the song held strong atop for the 14 weeks, the most that year.

All charts (dated Dec. 28, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Dec. 24). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

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Here Are All the K-Pop Albums That Have Topped the Billboard 200: Full List

Stray Kids’ new album HOP puts K-pop back in a familiar spot – No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart. HOP is the 19th No. 1 album or EP by a K-pop act on the Billboard 200. The first was BTS’ Love Yourself: Tear in June 2018.

Stray Kids and BTS have each had six No. 1 titles on the Billboard 200, which puts them in a tie for the lead among K-pop acts.

ATEEZ is runner-up with two No. 1s on that chart. SuperM, BLACKPINK, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, NewJeans and TWICE have all have one No. 1 album to date.

BLACKPINK was the first female K-pop act to land a No. 1 album on the Billboard 200. They scored with Born Pink in 2022. NewJeans and TWICE were the second and third.

K-pop groups tend to be large ensembles. TWICE has nine members, one more than Stray Kids and ATEEZ. BTS and SuperM each have seven members. TOMORROW X TOGETHER and NewJeans each have five members. BLACKPINK has four members. To date, no K-pop solo artists, duos or trios have topped the Billboard 200.

There have been multiple No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 by K-pop acts in every year since 2018 except for 2021, when there were none. The peak year (to date) for most No. 1 K-pop albums on the Billboard 200 was 2023, when there were five. There were four in 2022 and four again in 2024.

Here’s a list of all K-pop albums to top the Billboard 200. They are listed in chronological order.

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