Jack Harlow's new single "Lovin on Me" has climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, earning the rapper his third No. 1 on the list. The song debuted at No. 2 a week earlier.

"Lovin on Me," which arrived via Generation Now/Atlantic, is the 1,160th No. 1 in the Hot 100's 65-year history.

According to Luminate, the song drew 23.6 million streams in the tracking week November 17-23, up 6% from a week earlier. Radio airplay audience impressions surged 71% to 20.8 million, while downloads dropped 10% to 11,000 in the tracking week.

On the Streaming Songs chart, "Lovin on Me" stayed at No. 1 for a second straight week. The track also holds at No. 2 on Digital Song Sales and debuted at No. 32 on Radio Songs list.

Harlow's previous No. 1s on the Hot 100 list are "First Class" and "Industry Baby," featuring Lil Nas X.

Harlow is the third artist to tally at least one new Hot 100 No. 1 in each of the last three years. He joins Drake and Taylor Swift (whose streaks both date to 2020).

"Lovin on Me" concurrently tops the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, which use the same methodology as the Hot 100, for a second week each.

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Andre 3000's "I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a 'Rap' Album But This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time" has broken the record for the longest song ever to reach Billboard Hot 100.

The long-titled 12 minutes and 20 seconds-long song is ranked No. 90 on its debut on the chart dated December 2.

The record for the most lengthy song on the Billboard Hot 100 had previously been held by Tool's 10:21 minute-long "Fear Inoculum," which was ranked No. 93 in August 2019.

The third longest-running Hot 100 song is Taylor Swift's 10 minutes and 13 seconds-long "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)."

"I Swear" is a song from Andre's new debut solo album, New Blue Sun.

The album topped the New Age Albums chart with 24,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the November 17-23 tracking week, according to Luminate.

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The Color Purple soundtrack is set to feature an all-star lineup of artists, including Alicia Keys, Usher and more.

The Color Purple (Music From and Inspired By) is due to be released on December 15.

The Color Purple is a coming-of-age period musical drama film directed by Blitz Bazawule from a screenplay by Marcus Gardley, based on the stage musical of the same name, which in turn is based on the 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker. It is the second film adaptation of the novel, following the 1985 film directed by Steven Spielberg.

The album will feature songs from the musical sung by Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, Halle Bailey, H.E.R., Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, and Fantasia Barrino.

The album will also feature original songs inspired by the film from Keys, Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Hudson, Megan Thee Stallion, Coco Jones, Keyshia Cole, Jorja Smith, Black Thought, Mary Mary, and more.

A collaboration from Usher and H.E.R. will also be included in the soundtrack as well as a special remix by Missy Elliott.

The film stars Fantasia Barrino in her film debut as Celie, along with Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, H.E.R., Halle Bailey, and Phylicia Pearl Mpasi. Barrino and Brooks reprise their roles from productions of the stage musical.

The Color Purple is scheduled to be released in the United States on December 25, 2023 by Warner Bros. Pictures.

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Busta Rhymes has announced a massive 2024 North American headlining tour.

Produced by The Conglomerate Entertainment and Live Nation, this will be the first headlining run in support of the rapper's acclaimed new full-length album, BLOCKBUSTA.

The tour kicks off on March 13 at The Masonic in San Francisco, rolls through major markets coast-to-coast for five weeks, and concludes on April 21 with a homecoming at Brooklyn Paramount in Brooklyn, New York.

Busta will be joined by a special guest in select cities.

He is currently supporting 50 Cent on The Final Lap Tour to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the latter's blockbuster album Get Rich or Die Tryin.

Tickets for the North American headline tour will be available starting with Citi cardmembers presale beginning Tuesday. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale beginning Friday at 10 AM local time at LiveNation.com.

For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com.

The tour will also offer a variety of different VIP packages.

Blockbusta 2024 Tour Dates:

3/13 San Francisco, CA The Masonic3/15 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium3/16 Anaheim, CA House of Blues3/17 San Diego, CA SOMA3/19 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues3/20 Phoenix, AZ The Van Buren3/22 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium3/24 Dallas, TX South Side Ballroom3/26 Austin, TX Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater3/28 Houston, TX 713 Music Hall3/30 Atlanta, GA Coca Cola Roxy4/1 Orlando, FL House of Blues4/2 Miami Beach, FL Fillmore Miami Beach At Jackie Gleason Theatre4/4 Raleigh, NC The Ritz4/5 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore Charlotte4/7 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore Philadelphia4/8 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore Silver Spring4/9 Boston, MA House of Blues4/11 Detroit, MI The Fillmore Detroit4/12 Toronto, ON HISTORY4/14 Chicago, IL Radius Chicago4/17 Nashville, TN Marathon Music Works4/18 Cincinnati, OH Andrew Bradley Music Center4/21 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Paramount

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Rock band Evanescence's Amy Lee says that rapper 50 Cent "hates her guts."

"50 Cent hates my guts," Amy Lee said in a recent interview with The Daily Beast. "It's just one of those things. I mean, truthfully, we thought he was going to win, too. It was such a wild night.

"People are like, 'What was it like to win a Grammy?' and I'm like, 'Stressful!' I mean, it's wonderful now to have them, but it was surreal. I just remember thinking, 'I don't even think anybody in this room knows who we are.'"

The beef between Amy and 50 started nearly 2 decades, ago when Evanescence won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2004 overthrowing the most popular pick for the award, 50 Cent.

Despite not being announced as the winner, 50 Cent still walked across the stage, making for an awkward moment during Evanescence's acceptance speech.

"You know when you're just in shock? He didn't do anything, he didn't grab the mic, it wasn't that bad," recalled Lee. "He just sort of like, made an appearance. It was like Zoolander when he thought he won."

"No, he never said anything to me, but he likes to talk about me and how he was robbed. I don't want to start a beef with him," she added. "Everything around me was chaos and I was like, I'm going to stand here and see if this is real later, if I wake up or not."

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Drake's For All the Dogs has returned to the top of Billboard 200.

The eighth studio album by the Canadian rapper rose from No. 4 to No. 1 with 145,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the November 17-23 tracking week, according to Luminate.

This is the second week that For All the Dogs has topped the chart, thanks to its deluxe reissue earlier this month with six new songs, titled, For All the Dogs Scary Hours Edition.

Taylor Swift's 1989 (Taylor's Version) retained its second rank on the Billboard 200, dated December 2.

Dolly Parton earned the No. 3 spot on the chart for the first time with Rockstar, marking the legendary country music singer-songwriter's third Billboard 200 top 10.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units.

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Jack Harlow's "Lovin On Me" has earned a second week atop the UK Official Singles Chart.

Last week, the Louisville rapper earned his first No. 1 on the U.K. chart with the rap-pop track.

With 6 million streams, "Lovin On Me" remains the U.K.'s most-streamed song this week.

Casso, RAYE and D-Block Europe's "Prada" returned to No. 2, while Tate McRae's "Greedy" also rose back to its previous peak of No. 3.

Noah Kahan's "Stick Season" improved its ranking by one to No. 4, while Tyla's "Slinky Water" jumped three spots to reach No. 5.

Following the box office success of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Olivia Rodrigo scales up to No. 13 with "Can't Catch Me Now" from the movie's soundtrack.

Five Christmas songs are featured in the U.K. Top 40: Wham!'s "Last Christmas" (14), Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You" (16), Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (31), Michael Buble's "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" (37) and Ariana Grande's "Santa Tell Me" (38).

Drake secured a landmark 90th U.K. Top 40 single with "You Broke My Heart" ranked at 26.

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Kali Uchis and Karol G have teamed up for "Labios Mordidos" (Bite Lips), which dropped on Friday, November 24.

"Labios Mordidos" marks the pair's second collaboration following "Me Tengo Que Ir" from Karol's Manana Sera Bonita (Bichota Season) earlier this year.

"The girl is on fire and sticks to me like a tattoo/ I guarantee there's no one harder than you," Kali croons in Spanish in the song. Karol responds, "I guarantee there's no one more chimba than you . The baby is aggressive with that cute face/ That tattoo on her back left me breathless."

"Labios Mordidos," produced by Albert Hype, Austen Jux-Chandler, and Manuel Lara, is the third track from Kali Uchis' upcoming album, Orquideas, following "Munekita" and "Te Mata." The new album is due out January 12.

"I'm so excited for the Kuchis to finally have one of my favorite songs on Orquídeas with one of my favorite artists Karol," Uchis said in a statement. "I hope this brings everyone lots of holiday cheer and you make plenty of memories going into the new year with this song!"

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Ice Spice has partnered with Chicago-based lifestyle brand Living Product to launch her own Chia Pet.

The rapper's terra cotta figurine features her signature orange Afro hair, her pink hoodie, and $100,000 diamond chain with the cartoon rendering of her face.

Commenting on this creative venture, Ice Spice said, "Like my lyrics say, 'I'm breakin' records, and I'm breakin' news,' I'm not sure who stole whose look, but I'm into it and am very excited about this fun partnership. Chia Pet is an iconic brand with a dope jingle - so we have that in common."

"My manager Tara is such a beast. She connected us to help design merch for Ice Spice," said JB Brode of Living Product. "Ideating around that led us to this lightbulb moment like, 'D**n, an Ice Spice Chia Pet would be crazy.' It started as just an idea for a graphic, but we knew that the idea deserved its own moment."

The Ice Spice-themed Chia Pet is now available for fans to purchase through Amazon and the Chia website. It'll also be featured on the musician's official website starting Friday, November 24.

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BTS' Jung Kook has teamed up with Justin Timberlake for a new remix of his hit track "3D."

The original version of "3D" featured Jack Harlow and was released in September as the second single off Jung Kook's debut studio album, Golden.

"This remix enhances the 2000s vibe of the old school sound of the original version, infusing it with a retro charm," Jung Kook's label, Big Hit Music, said in a statement about the new remix.

The remix features a brand-new verse by Timberlake, who also has co-writing credits.

"Now let me fly you out to Seoul, Korea / I just wanna get into your soul like Aretha / I got the volume when you wanna get the beat up," he sings.

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Sean "Diddy" Combs has been hit with another sexual lawsuit.

A woman has accused the rapper, singer and producer of drugging and sexually assaulting her and recording the assault without her knowledge when she was a college student in 1991.

The suit was filed in New York Supreme Court on Thursday, November 23, one day before the expiration of the New York Adult Survivors Act, which allows adult sexual assault survivors one year to sue regardless of when the original statute of limitations expired.

"Plaintiff brings suit against Defendants to redress the substantial and lifetime injuries she has suffered as a result of being drugged, sexually assaulted and abused, and being the victim of 'revenge porn' that Sean Combs or 'P. Diddy' created and distributed," the suit filed in New York Supreme Court stated.

The alleged victim, Joi Dickerson-Neal, was a Syracuse University student at the time of the 1991 incident and had previously appeared with Combs in a few video clips of a music video.

A spokesperson for Combs says the allegations are "made up and not credible."

"This last-minute lawsuit is an example of how a well-intentioned law can be turned on its head," the spokesperson said. "Mr. Combs never assaulted her, and she implicates companies that did not exist."

Earlier this month, Diddy resolved a sexual assault lawsuit filed by his former partner Cassie Ventura.

In the lawsuit, Ventura claimed she "endured over a decade of his violent behavior and disturbed demands," including repeated physical beatings and forcing her to "engage in sex acts with male sex workers" while he masturbated.

The two artists settled the matter amicably on Friday, November 17.

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SZA and Usher emerged as the big winners at this year's Soul Train Awards.

With four victories, SZA led the night, taking home trophies for 'Best R&B/Soul Female Artist,' 'Album of the Year,' 'Song of the Year,' and 'The Ashford and Simpson Songwriter's Award.'

Usher scored three wins for 'Best R&B/Soul Male Artist,' 'Certified Soul Award,' and 'Best Collaboration' with Summer Walker and 21 Savage.

Emerging superstar Victoria Monet won two awards, for 'Best Dance Performance' and 'Video of The Year.'

The Soul Train Awards were hosted by actor, recording artist, media producer, and entrepreneur Keke Palmer and featured an exciting lineup of performances, including special moments and appearances by some of the brightest stars in Black culture and entertainment.

An encore presentation of the event can be watched on BET on Monday, November 27 at 9 PM ET/PT and Wednesday, November 29 at 6 PM ET/PT on BET. The awards show will air internationally on BET Africa on Monday, November 27 at 3:00 CAT and BET France on Tuesday, November 28 at 20:45 PM CET.

The show will also be available to watch on My5 and Sky On-Demand in the U.K. beginning Thursday, November 30.

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Megan Thee Stallion stars in the second promotional advertisement of NBC Universal's fall campaign to promote its coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics. The promo debuted during NBCU's Thanksgiving Day programming.

The new spot welcomes viewers to "Thee Paris Olympics," as Megan performs at the Palace of Versailles - the host of next summer's Olympic and Paralympic equestrian competitions - with U.S. High Performance dressage horses as her backup dancers. She is then joined by her own fire-breathing, talking horse.

Viewers are quickly transitioned from the fantastical scene at Versailles to an executive board room, where a group of skeptical marketing executives listens to Megan proclaim, "And that is Thee Olympics, Hot Girl Style."

"As America gathers together today on Thanksgiving, we wanted to surprise the nation with an Olympic moment as big as the holiday, and what better way to do that than with 'Thee Olympics', featuring Meghan Thee Stallion and dressage horses at Versailles," said Jenny Storms, CMO, Sports and Entertainment, NBCUniversal.

The promo will run across NBCU's linear, social, and digital platforms throughout the fall and is part of a larger campaign that will feature additional versions with different talent in the months to come. The first spot in the campaign featured Peyton Manning pitching an idea in which he flies above Paris on a giant baguette blimp.

NBC broadcast network and streaming service Peacock will be the company's primary platforms for its coverage of the Olympic Games Paris 2024, scheduled for July 26-August 11, 2024.

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Beyonce recently released the final trailer for her upcoming concert film, Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce.

The two-minute trailer shows Queen Bey addressing the her younger daughter, who handles the camera. "Rumi, now can I teach you a trick? You gotta turn it to the side!" she says.

The trailer sees Beyonce, who shares daughter Rumi with husband Jay-Z, focusing on what her children mean to her. The teaser also features backstage scenes where the singer gives her thoughts on direction, her world tour, some concert moments, and family scenes.

"Time is my biggest obstacle. It's impossible to not realize how fast it's going when you're looking through the eyes of your children," she begins in the voiceover, as an image of Blue Ivy -the couple's firstborn - performing on stage with Beyonce appears.

"I think about all of my heroes and all that they endured," she continues, as video of Diana Ross' surprise performance at Beyonce's birthday show plays. "I know that all of my struggle and sacrifice is opening the door for the next. They are the new beginning."

The visual ends with Beyonce saying, "I have nothing to prove to anyone at this point. We are creating our own world. This is my reward. Nobody can take that away from me."

Beyonce wrote, executive produced and co-directed Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce, which chronicles her record-breaking "Renaissance World Tour." The film opens worldwide on December 1.

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SZA, Noah Kahan have joined Green Day as headliners of next year's Osheaga Festival.

The three-day festival is schedule to take place at Parc Jean-Drapeau on Ile Sainte-Helene, Quebec, from August 2-4. Kahan will headline on Friday, August 2, Green Day on Saturday, August 3, and SZA on Sunday, August 4.

Green Day will be in the midst of their North American tour during the festival, performing in Toronto two nights before.

Three-day passes are now available for purchase, ranging from a $395 general admission ticket to $1,620 platinum ticket.

The rest of the Osheaga lineup will be revealed in early 2024.

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Chris Brown's 11:11 has dethroned SZA's SOS from the top of Billboard's Top R&B Albums Chart, ending the hit's nearly year-long supremacy.

Brown's new album, released earlier this month through CBE/RCA Records, debuted at No. 1 on the chart dated November 25.

11:11 earned 45,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the November 10-16 tracking week, according to Luminate.

Since ranking at No. 1 on Billboard's Top R&B Albums Chart dated December 24, 2022, SOS retained the top spot consecutively for a total of 48 weeks.

11:11 marks Brown's fifth chart topper. The album is also ranked No. 2 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and No. 9 on the all-genre Billboard 200.

Eight tracks from the album have found a place on Billboard's Hot R&B Songs chart.

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The Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced its list of nominees to be voted upon for induction at its 2024 Induction & Awards Gala.

Nominees in the Performing Songwriters category include Bryan Adams, Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings, Blondie's Debbie Harry, Chris Stein and Clem Burke, Tracy Chapman, George Clinton, the Doobie Brothers' Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons and Michael McDonald and David Gates.

Heart's Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson, Kenny Loggins, Public Enemy's Chuck D and Flavor Flav, R.E.M.'s Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe, and Steely Dan's Donald Fagen and Walter Becker are also nominated.

Nominees in the Non-Performing Songwriters category are L. Russell Brown, Dean Dillon, Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter, Hillary Lindsey, Tony Macaulay, Timbaland, Roger Nichols, Dean Pitchford, Maurice Starr and Narada Michael Walden. Three songwriters from each category who get the maximum number of votes will be inducted into SHOF at the Induction and Awards ceremony to be held in New York City in June 2024.

A songwriter with a notable catalog of songs qualifies for induction 20 years after the first significant commercial release of a song. Eligible voting members will have until midnight EST on December 27 to turn in ballots, with their choices of three nominees from a songwriter and three from a performing songwriter categories.

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50 Cent surprised fans at his show in London on Tuesday, November 21, by bringing out global superstar Ed Sheeran to perform his blockbuster hit "Shape Of You."

The rapper was playing at the O2 Arena as part of his "The Final Lap" tour when a cube descended onto the stage emblazoned with the digital message "there is a monster in this box."

Moments later, Sheeran emerged from underneath and began to sing his 2017 hit song.

"50 Cent has invited me to the O2 to sing 'Shape Of You'," Sheeran shared on social media. He also filmed himself walking around backstage singing along to 50's "21 Questions"

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Ms. Lauryn Hill has announced that she is postponing her remaining 2023 Tour Dates into 2024 due to "serious vocal strain."

"As many of you may know, I've been battling serious vocal strain for the past month. I made it through each show by taking prescribed prednisone, but this can be detrimental to the body when taken in large amounts over long periods of time," Hill wrote on social media. "In order to prevent any long term negative affect on my voice and my body, I need to take time off to allow for real vocal recovery so that I can discontinue the medication completely."

Hill added that the shows that were cancelled this year will be rescheduled for early 2024, and because of the overwhelming response, she will be adding new cities to the tour, including overseas.

"We're working on the new calendar now, and announcing soon," she added.

This is not the first time that Hill has been forced to change the dates of the North American leg of her The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 25th Anniversary Tour, celebrating the silver jubilee anniversary of her Grammy-winning album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.

She postponed two shows that were scheduled to be held last month, citing vocal chord issues.

The rescheduled November 25 concert in Philadelphia will go on as planned as it has already been moved once.

"Being so close to New Jersey, it's basically hometown for us - so we'll close out the year with one final show amongst friends and family," Hill said.

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Lana Del Rey, Pulp and SZA have been confirmed as headliners for next year's Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona, Spain.

Other artists set to perform at the festival include Disclosure, FKA Twigs, Justice, Mitski, The National, Phoenix, PJ Harvey and Vampire Weekend.

The Primavera Sound festival is scheduled to take place from May 30 to June 1, 2024 at the Parc del Forum.

The lineup also includes Arca, Beth Gibbons, Bikini Kill, Charli XCX, Clipse, Deftones, Jai Paul, Kim Petras, Omar Apollo, Peggy Gou, Rels B, Troye Sivan, 070 Shake, Amyl and the Sniffers, Anothr, BadBadNotGood, Ethel Cain, Faye Webster, Freddie Gibbs and Madlib.

Fan sale tickets will be available to purchase beginning Thursday, November 23, at 11 am CET via registration on the Primavera website. General on-sale tickets are then available to purchase beginning Friday, November 24, at 11 am CET.

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