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Sony Legacy Twenty-five years ago Friday — March 21, 2000 — *NSYNC released their album No Strings Attached. A quarter of a decade later, we still can't say "Bye Bye Bye" to the boy band.*NSYNC made No Strings Attached after freeing themselves from manager Lou Pearlman. It sold 2.4 million copies in its first week — a sales record that stood until Adele released 25 in 2015. To date, it's sold more than 11 million copies in the U.S. alone.The […]

Island Records Sabrina Carpenter opened for Taylor Swift, and now she's matching her on the charts."Bed Chem," from Sabrina's album Short n' Sweet, has become her fifth #1 on Billboard's Pop Airplay chart.  It's her fourth song from the album to top that chart, following "Espresso," "Taste" and "Please Please Please." Her first #1, "Feather," was from her previous album.But as Billboard notes, Short n' Sweet is now the first album […]

Jim Dyson/Redferns Lewis Capaldi, who has Tourette syndrome, stepped out of the spotlight in June 2023 to take care of his mental and physical health — but it seems as though he may be planning a comeback.Lewis' pal Dominic Harrison, an alternative rock artist who records under the name Yungblud, told The Sun during an event promoting his own music that he'd heard Lewis' new music "and it sounds great." Yungblud also […]

Petra Collins Selena Gomez has a lot to be thankful for: I Said I Love You First, her album with Benny Blanco, is out now.The singer and actress offered her gratitude to every single person who contributed to the album on Instagram, listing all their handles. In the process, she also revealed that Charli XCX is a collaborator on the project, as well as indie rock band The Marias. It's […]

Republic Records Jonas Brothers have a new song out, but that's not even the most exciting news they've got for fans on Friday.Appearing on ABC's Good Morning America, the trio announced that this summer, they'll be hitting the road for JONAS20: Living the Dream Tour, which will visit stadiums and arenas across North America. The tour starts August 10 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, but the full tour routing […]

Disney/Ben Hider Gracie Abrams is being honored as Songwriter of the Year at Billboard's upcoming Women In Music event, and she's also getting a prestigious award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame in June. But she says she feels like she still has a long way to go when it comes to being the best at her craft.Asked if she feels close to "mastering" songwriting, Gracie tells Billboard, "No. Oh, my […]

Kelly Clarkson, Tyler Perry on her 1,000th episode; Weiss Eubanks/NBC Universal The Kelly Clarkson Show aired its 1,000th episode on Thursday, and the people in charge of the show find it amusing that people freaked out about Kelly's recent absences.Kelly was absent from the show from March 3 to March 13, with guest hosts taking her place. Deadline reports that Kelly was out due to a "private matter." The mag noted […]

First We Feast/Hot Ones Selena Gomez nearly had a breakdown while consuming spicy wings on the latest episode of Hot Ones — while her fiancé, Benny Blanco, continued to crack jokes.Sean Evans first reminded Selena of how, back in 2019, he blindsided her on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with a sauce called Da Bomb Beyond Insanity. "All I remember is being in a lot of pain," she recalled. "That's why I […]

Beth Garrabrant To the surprise of no one, Billboard has crowned Taylor Swift its #1 Woman Artist of the 21st Century as part of its countdown of the biggest artists and songs of the first 25 years of our current century.The ranking is based on performance on the Billboard 200 album chart and the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and Taylor has dominated on both. Her most recent album, The Tortured Poets […]