Spotify is expanding into a new arena: long-form magazine articles.

On Tuesday (May 26), the streaming service announced it will now host narrated audio articles from outlets including Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, Vogue, Variety, Billboard, Vibe, GQ, WIRED, Vanity Fair and Pitchfork. At launch, the platform is offering more than 650 long-form articles, which are now available in English to users who reside in markets where audiobooks are available. Each narrated article, included in Premium users’ monthly audiobooks allowance, is under two hours long. Free users can buy individual articles for $1.99 each.

“As we have seen with bringing audiences over from podcasts, Articles will allow people to trial shorter, less intimidating listens, opening the gateway to explore longer-form listening like books,” Spotify noted in a blog post about the launch.

“With Articles, we’re introducing long-form journalism in audio as a natural extension of the music, podcasts, and audiobooks people already come to Spotify for, focused on topics we know they love,” said Colleen Prendergast, licensing lead at Spotify Audiobooks, in a statement. “By bringing shorter form content into the mix, we’re meeting audiences where they are to help build healthy listening habits, ultimately growing engagement with books over time.”

“We’re thrilled to partner with Spotify in what we see as a natural synergy between two platforms that celebrate music and culture,” added Julian Holguin, CEO at Rolling Stone. “This collaboration with Articles allows us to deepen the connection between our readers and the artists, stories, and features they care about, while also providing an opportunity for discovery. By making Rolling Stone’s journalism more accessible on Spotify, we’re excited to bring our storytelling to an even wider audience.”

According to the blog post, Spotify has expanded audiobooks into 22 markets since launching just over two years ago and has grown listening hours 60% year over year.

Drake flooded the zone when he released three new albums — ICEMAN, HABIBTI and MAID OF HONOUR — all on May 15, and now he’s reaping the chart rewards, debuting in the top three slots on the Billboard 200 albums chart and landing 42 new songs on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming the first artist to surpass 400 entries on the tally.

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are discussing just how unprecedented Drake’s chart stats are and whether there are any other musicians who could put up these kinds of numbers. What if Taylor Swift released three albums in one day? Or if Morgan Wallen decided to put out a triple-album next after previously holding the Hot 100 record with 37 concurrent hits? Or maybe a streaming-favorite act like Travis Scott could pull off the prolific feat?

Listen to our full discussion below:

Also on the show, BTS dominated the 2026 American Music Awards on Monday night, taking home all three awards they were nominated for, including the top prize of artist of the year. The singing voices of HUNTR/X (EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI), Sombr, KATSEYE and Sabrina Carpenter also took home a trio of awards, while the night’s top nominee Taylor Swift went 0-for-8 on the night. And the Black Eyed Peas — with Fergie! — hit the stage to accept the new best throwback song award. Might we be seeing more of the quartet again soon? Listen to our full AMAs recap in the episode above.

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 Billboard’s managing director, charts and data operations, 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.)

The classic combo of milk and cookies may never be the same again.

On Tuesday (May 26), after a week of teasing, BTS officially unveiled their new collaboration with Oreo, completely reimagining the classic chocolate-crème sandwich cookie. The new limited-edition BTS Oreos will feature a brown sugar-pancake-flavored cookie, inspired by the hotteok street food that defined their childhoods in South Korea.

Instead of stopping at a new flavor, BTS took their new collaboration a step further, designing 13 unique embossments for their limited-edition Oreo cookies in honor of the group’s 13th anniversary. Three specific cookies even spell out a special message to ARMY.

“For Oreo to be the first snacking brand we’ve collaborated with globally is a huge honor,” the Grammy-nominated group said of their new collaboration, which will penetrate over 80 global markets. “We ate them as kids, we eat them in the studio, and now OREO is helping us share a taste of home with the world,” said BTS. ”We’re just so proud to add our own chapter to OREO’s amazing story.”

The new BTS Oreos will be available for presale starting on Monday, June 1, at OREO.com/UnwrapTheCollab. Fans will be able to purchase the limited-edition cookies at retailers, while supplies last, beginning June 8.

BTS joins a long line of music superstars who have landed their own Oreo flavors, including Post Malone, Selena Gomez and Lady Gaga — but the group’s attention to detail extends past the cookie itself. The design on the limited-edition BTS Oreos packaging pays tribute to South Korea’s vibrant street market culture, drawing on its bustling amalgamation of vendors, small talk and scrumptious bites like hotteok.

Beginning June 8, fans can join the quest to create the world’s largest love letter to BTS by building on the fandom’s storied letter-writing tradition. By scanning the QR code on the BTS Oreos packaging or visiting us.OREOBTS.com, fans can write heartfelt digital messages to RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook. Fans will also be able to read each other’s letters, while also earning the chance to win an exclusive prize.

“At its core, this partnership is about shared passion. We’re uniting BTS’ incredibly dedicated fanbase with our own loyal OREO fans to create something genuinely new and exciting,” said Oreo vice president of marketing Matt Foley. “It’s this commitment to uniting our fanbases that keeps us at the forefront of pop culture and demonstrates how a brand with a rich history can continue to lead the conversation.”

This buzzy Oreo collaboration is just the latest notch on BTS’ belt of achievements in 2026. The iconic boy band made their grand return to the music scene in March with Arirang, which debuted atop the Billboard 200 and spawned their seventh Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit, “Swim.” Fans can catch them on their Arirang World Tour, which kicked off on April 9 at South Korea’s Goyang Stadium.

At Monday night’s American Music Awards (May 25), the Bangtan Boys were among the biggest winners, taking home best male K-pop artist, song of the summer (“Swim”) and artist of the year. BTS is now the third act in American Music Awards history to win artist of the year twice (2021 and 2026), following Justin Bieber (2010 and 2012) and One Direction (2014-15). Notably, the group also opened the show with a fiery prerecorded performance of “Hooligan,” before later appearing in person to present SZA with the best female R&B artist award.

Watch BTS unveil their new Oreo collab via the cookie brand’s official Instagram page below.

Olivia Rodrigo is bringing a recent intimate performance of her biggest streaming hits — and her latest Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 — to fans around the world in a new concert film.

Spotify announced on Tuesday (May 26) that the pop star’s Billions Club Live show in Barcelona (which Billboard attended earlier this month) is headed to the platform as a “long-form film” on May 27. The one-night-only set brought 1,500 of the most devoted Livies in Spain to the historic outdoor theater Teatre Grec, where Rodrigo performed eight of her nine Billions Club members, a few fan-favorite tracks from her first two albums and her OR3 lead single, “drop dead.” The mini concert took place two days before the May 10 El Clásico football match, where FC Barcelona claimed victory over rivals Real Madrid and took home the league championship in exclusive versions of the blaugrana jersey featuring Rodrigo’s OR logo.

Billions Club Live with Olivia Rodrigo: A Concert Film, which arrives a little over two weeks before her next album you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, follows a similar concert visual released by Spotify with Bad Bunny last month. There, the Puerto Rican star performed 17 of his biggest hits in Tokyo (his first-ever Asia show), including “DtMF,” “Baile Inolvidable,” “Nuevayol” and “EOO.”

Rodrigo is one of the youngest artists to have multiple songs in Spotify’s exclusive Billions Club, and her debut album SOUR ties for the No. 2 album with the most songs surpassing one billion streams on the platform (seven).

Watch the teaser for Billions Club Live With Olivia Rodrigo: A Concert Film below.

Drake knows a thing or two about trophies and breaking records. The 6 God celebrated surpassing Michael Jackson for the most No. 1s among male solo acts on Tuesday (May 26) after “Janice STFU” debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100.

“Neck broke from carrying the chain Back broke from carrying the game Records broken carry on my name Carry on carry on,” Drizzy captioned the IG post — which could double as lyrics — featuring an illustrated photo of Michael Jackson with Iceman blue braids in front of a snowy landscape.

Iceman standout “Janice STFU” notched Drake his 14th No. 1 on the Hot 100 to usurp the throne from MJ. It was a historic tracking week for Drizzy following the release of his Iceman, Habibti and Maid of Honour trifecta.

Drake posted 42 entries on this week’s Billboard Hot 100, which surpasses Morgan Wallen’s record of 37 from last May. With the extra Billboard Hot 100 ammo from his three new albums, that brings the OVO boss’ total count to over 400 entries on the Hot 100 in his decorated career.

Iceman, Habibti and Maid of Honour arrived on May 15 and the trio debuted at Nos. 1, 2 and 3 on the Billboard 200, making Drake the first to hold the top three simultaneously in the chart’s history.

Iceman served as the main attraction, earning 463,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending May 21.

The No. 1 scored Drake his 14th, which breaks a tie with Jay-Z to hold the most No. 1s on the Billboard 200 of any rapper. As for Habibti and Maid of Honour, the pair notched 114,000 and 110,000 units, respectively. Drizzy holds nine of the top 10 slots on this week’s Hot 100, with the only non-Drake song being Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” at No. 5.