Although April 29 was the original date set for the 2020 edition of the Billboard Music Awards, the ceremony – like other annual industry events – was forced to press pause due to the ongoing global health crisis.

Now, the event’s organizers are ready to push forward with a bigger and better show.

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Drake has yet another hit on his hands, with the Lil Durk-assisted ‘Laugh Now Cry Later.’

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Ahead of the 2020 presidential election, Cardi B linked up with Joe Biden for Elle to discuss a number of pressing issues.

Some of the key concerns the pair touched on, include the 2020 election, coronavirus, and police brutality.

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She is coming!

MIley Cyrus is already being showered with praise for her latest single, ‘Midnight Sky’ (the first lift from the forthcoming album ‘She is Miley Cyrus’), but now she’s preparing to bring the tune to the masses live courtesy of the KeKe Palmer-hosted 2020 MTV VMAs.

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Katy Perry is strutting on to the release of new album ‘Smile’ and this time around she isn’t letting the naysayers steal her happy.

It’s no secret that the Pop star’s last effort, 2017’s ‘Witness,’ underperformed. And it’s been a rocky road back to chart redemption ever since.

While pounding the promotional pavement for her latest LP (due August 28), the pregnant star has made it clear that her priorities have shifted away from the hamster wheel of staying commercially “hot.”

In a new interview with the LA Times, she not only expands on this, she doubles down on it in the most direct way yet.

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To say Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion‘s joint hit, ‘WAP,’ made a splash on the Billboard Hot 100 this week would be an understatement of epic proportion.

Since its August 7 debut, the Ayo the Producer-helmed cut – which largely samples Frank Ski‘s 1992 club anthem ‘Whores in the House’ – has been bumping from houses, cars, and maybe even outer space if the out-of-this-world figures attached to its first-week sales performance are any indication.

Making history along the way, look inside to see how the tune – which premiered at #1 on the refreshed Hot 100 – sailed to the top.

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Madonna jetted out to Jamaica to celebrate her 62nd birthday and she was joined by her 26-year-old boyfriend Ahlamalik Williams.

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‘Midnight Sky,’ the first single from Miley Cyrus‘ forthcoming seventh studio album ‘She is Miley Cyrus,’ is off to a promising start.

After ample teasing, the song and its accompanying, self-directed music video were unveiled Friday (August 14).  In the days since, it’s already amassed 24 million views on YouTube and millions of spins on streaming platforms.

Yet, as its commercial performance numbers roll in, it appears streaming isn’t the only avenue the Louis Bell & Andrew Watt-produced bop is winning on.

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The tale of ‘Folklore,’ Taylor Swift‘s eighth studio album, is playing out just as fans expected it to – at least on the charts.

After bursting onto the Billboard 200 with the highest first-week sales of 2020 two weeks ago (as we reported here), the ‘Cardigan’-led project is holding tight to the tally’s summit for a third stretch.

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‘Good as Hell’ hitmaker Lizzo‘s undoubtedly feeling just that after news a lawsuit stemming from her breakout hit, ‘Truth Hurts,’ has been tossed.

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Much like celebrity figures CeeLo Green, Russell Brand, and others (as we reported here), Carole Baskin wasn’t shy about voicing her displeasure with the content found aboard Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion‘s joint hit, ‘WAP.’

Unlike the other critics, however, Baskin was less concerned with the racy lyrics and costumes in the tune’s not-so-family-friendly music video but was more focused on the digitized big cats (i.e. tigers, leopards, jaguars) featured in it (as we reported here).

And, while aware their presence in the Colin Tilley-directed visual was virtual, Carole – an animal rights activist who specialized in protection of big cats – complained the fact the beasts there at all glamorizes turning them into pets.

Once word of Carole’s criticism reached the desk of Cardi B, she hit back hard. Look inside to see what she said (in case you missed the action):

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Today serves as a regal occasion. For, it’s the 62nd birthday of Pop queen Madonna.

In honor of her Madgesty, this week’s From The Vault pick is her year 2000 smash ‘Music.’

Issued as the lead single from her like-titled 8th studio album, the track was written and produced by the superstar alongside frequent collaborator Mirwais.

With 1998’s ‘Ray of Light’ serving as exactly that for the diva (after a rollercoaster number of years professionally), ‘Music’ was tasked with re-affirming the fact that Madonna was unquestionably “back.”

And it delivered in earnest.

Shaking off the early leak of its demo two months prior, the song was officially released in August 2000 and proved an immediate smash.

Having delved into more introspective waters on ‘Ray Of Light,’ ‘Music’ (the song) made clear that it was was turn-up time.

Lyrically lighter than its predecessor, it saw the diva make a bold return to the dance-floor to “boogie-woogie” and demand that listeners followed suit – which they did in their millions.

Storming the charts on a global scale, ‘Music’ hit #1 in the US, UK, Japan, Australia, Canada, Spain, Switzerland, Norway, New Zealand, and many more countries.

Beyond its its pulsating production and infectious lyrics, its seismic success was also powered by its colorful music video (which featured a cameo from Ali-G).

Directed by Jonas Åkerlund, Madonna conceptualized the clip herself and set out to show her take on the stereotypical Hip-Hop videos of the time. Ever one to ignite discussion, her expressed goal was to role reverse – with females enacting characters typically performed by males.

Pregnant at the time of shooting, she’s on record saying: “I had to think of a concept that would incorporate me being almost a voyeur rather than the central force in the video. So I figured if I played this kind of mack-daddy/pimp character, where things just came to me, happened to me and happened around me while I was watching it all happen, I could kill two birds with one stone.”

A firm fixture on the charts, radio and TV channels across the world, ‘Music’ functioned as yet another incredible chapter of success in Madonna’s incomparable narrative.

20 years on (and almost four years into her career), the diva remains a towering force and a blueprint for the modern musical landscape.

Perhaps even more exciting is that she’s showing no signs of slowing, having recently collaborated with Dua Lipa and re-signing with Warner Bros – the label at the helm of all of her releases from 1983 to 2008.

We’re buzzed about what’s next for Madge. Are you?

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