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The Cowboy Carter Tour has begun.

Beyoncé kicked off her highly anticipated tour to support her eighth studio album at Los Angeles' SoFi Stadium on Monday night.

The 35-time Grammy-winning artist was joined by two of her three children -- daughters Blue Ivy Carter and Rumi Carter -- at her first show, which ran for nearly three hours and included 39 songs.

Blue Ivy, 13, took the stage for "America Has a Problem," dancing front and center while the crowd cheered.

Later in the show, Rumi, 7, made her concert debut alongside her mom and sister, appearing onstage during "Protector."

Beyoncé closed out her first show by soaring above the crowd in a car while performing "16 Carriages" and then sang "Amen," the last song on her Cowboy Carter album.

Throughout this spring and summer, the Cowboy Carter Tour will take Beyoncé across the country and across the Atlantic.

Beyoncé released her Cowboy Carter album on March 29, 2024. In February, the 27-track project took home album of the year at the Grammys, a rare award that had eluded Beyoncé prior to this year.

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Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” has made its way to the top of another Billboard chart, this time the Pop Airplay chart dated May 3. It's the first rap song to lead the chart since Doja Cat's "Agora Hills" in March 2024, marking K. Dot's first time at #1 as a lead artist on the list and SZA's third. They also both previously topped the chart as featured artists, thanks to K. Dot's appearance on Maroon 5’s “Don’t Wanna Know” and Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood," and SZA's contribution to "Kiss Me More" by Doja Cat.

The Pop Airplay chart is the latest chart conquered by "Luther," which has spent nine consecutive weeks atop the Hot 100 and previously secured the #1 position on Rap Airplay, Adult R&B Airplay, Radio Songs, R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and Rhythmic Airplay.

It now joins 10 other songs that have dominated the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Adult R&B Airplay, Rhythmic Airplay and Pop Airplay charts, some of which include Pharrell Williams' "Happy"; "Be Without You" by Mary J. Blige; Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together"; and Boyz II Men's "On Bended Knee" and "I'll Make Love to You."

The latest accomplishment for "Luther" comes as Kendrick and SZA travel the world as part of their Grand National Tour, which kicked off on Saturday. In a reflection post on opening night, SZA wrote, "IM LATE AF BUT NIGHT 1 MINNEAPOLIS WAS AN EXPERIENCE. GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME ! I'm so GRATEFUL FOR MY LIFE!"

SZA has also been handling business for her Not Beauty lip collection while on the road. During her stop in Houston, she hosted a pop-up at NRG Stadium, where she signed autographs, took pictures and interacted with her fans.

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A new episode of Vevo's Footnotes series, which gives fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making of current videos, focuses on Doechii's '90s sitcom-themed visual for "DENIAL IS A RIVER," revealing that the clip originally had a very different ending.

In pop-up notes, directors Carlos Acosta and James Mackel provide commentary on the action, explaining that the clip was heavily inspired by both Family Matters and Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and the entire thing -- including building the set and shooting the clip -- took just three days. It was also filmed on the same soundstage as Quentin Tarantino's Oscar-winning film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

At the end of the clip, an explosion goes off in the set of the fake sitcom, and Doechii is left standing in the smoke, breathing heavily. The directors reveal, "We had an alternate ending where Doechii passes out and EMTs rush on stage to revive her, but during the last hour of shooting, the entire power at the stage shut off."

"We still filmed it ... but we actually went with the cleaner ending in the video."

Meanwhile, Doechii has a busy summer of festival performances coming up, starting June 28 at the U.K.'s prestigious Glastonbury Festival.

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Beyoncé, her cowgirl hat and her illustrious white horse are taking their talents to Vegas. 

Bey announced March 17 she's adding a Las Vegas stop to her Cowboy Carter tour, with a performance slated for July 25 at Allegiant Stadium. 

The news comes after Beyoncé's initial tour announcement back in February, when she revealed she'll be making stops in Los Angeles, Chicago, New Jersey and her hometown of Houston, to name a few. As of now, there are a total of 31 stops, including the newly added Vegas show. 

Bey's on her way to another sold-out trek, as the Cowboy Carter tour is currently 94% sold out across all shows. Her last global run, the Renaissance World Tour, broke all sorts of records and helped the singer earn her highest-grossing tour ever after raking in more than a half a billion dollars. 

The Cowboy Carter tour kicks off on April 28 with a series of five performances in Los Angeles. The tour will end with the Vegas show on July 25. 

Tickets are available on Beyonce's website: Beyoncé.com.

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Doechii has been added to the list of honorees at Billboard's Women in Music event for 2025. She'll be honored as the publication's Woman of the Year, awarded to women who have made "significant contributions to the business" and are inspiring "generations of women to take on increasing responsibilities within the field." She's set to receive the award two years after she received Billboard's Rising Star award at the event.

The upcoming honor makes Doechii the third woman to progress from Rising Star to Woman of the Year, following Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande. She's also the second rap artist to win and the second artist from Florida to receive the award.

“After receiving the Billboard Women in Music Rising Star Award in 2023, Doechii has quickly gained recognition in the music industry for her bold creativity and impressive talent,” Hannah Karp, editorial director of Billboard, said in a statement. “With her genre-blending sound, Doechii is redefining what it means to be a trailblazer in the music industry. We are honored to celebrate Doechii and cheer on her continued success!”

Hosted by Laverne Cox, the Women in Music event will take place March 29 at the YouTube Theater at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, CA. It will also honor Erykah Badu, Muni Long, Tyla, GloRilla and more. The ceremony will air live at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT on VIZIO WatchFree+.

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Myles Smith is saying "'Nice to Meet You,' Lainey Wilson." The "Stargazing" singer has released a new version of his recent single "Nice to Meet You" as a duet with the country music superstar. He says in a statement, "I have been a fan of [Lainey] for a long time! She has such a distinctive voice and an unreal ability to tell a story through it! Having her jump on this and put her own melodic spins on the song just took it to a whole new level and gave it a new life!"

Addison Rae is chasing her "Diet Pepsi" with some "High Fashion." That's the name of her new single, in which she sings, "I don’t need your drugs, I’d rather get high fashion." In the music video, Addison rolls around in powdered sugar, writhes in a burning field and wears a pair of ruby slippers as an homage to The Wizard of Oz.

A posthumous single from Avicii is out now. Called “Forever Yours (Tim’s 2016 Ibiza Version),” it was released as a response to fans' reactions to the two Netflix shows about him that are streaming now: Avicii: I’m Tim and the concert film Avicii: My Last Show. The track was performed during Avicii's final concert, which took place in Ibiza in 2016. On the official Avicii Instagram account, you can see footage of the deejay, who died in 2018, listening to a demo version of the track and get a look at how it was created.

In case you missed it, Jack Harlow has dropped a new single. It's called "Set You Free" and has a video to go with it, filmed in New York City. It's the follow-up to his song "Tranquility."

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All eyes will be on Kendrick Lamar when he takes the field for his Super Bowl halftime show Sunday, but in an interview with Apple Music, he admits the Super Bowl stage was not something he had his sights set on.

"I wasn’t thinking about no Super Bowl ... we was thinking the best verse, how we gonna split this $5 at Church's Chicken," he tells Ebro Darden and Nadeska Alexis. "What I know is the passion I have now is the passion I had then and I think it carried on to the Super Bowl. Being present and not foreseeing everything kept me in a grounded state of mind in order to be on big stages like [the Super Bowl]."

As for what fans can expect from his performance, K. Dot says there will be some storytelling. "I think I've always been very open about storytelling through all my catalog and my history of music, and I've always had a passion about bringing it on whatever stage I'm on. ... I like to always carry on that sense of, you know, make people listen, but also see and think a little," he says.

He also notes he's honored to be sharing the stage with SZA, whose success he says has been "amazing to see." 

Kendrick performed as part of the halftime show for Super Bowl 56, which was headlined by Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent and Mary J. Blige. His performance Sunday, however, will make him the first solo hip-hop artist to headline a Super Bowl halftime show.

"For me, it mean everything because it puts the culture on the forefront where it needs to be, and not minimized to just a catchy song or verse," he says of the feat. "This is a true art form, so to represent it on this type of stage, it's like everything that I've worked for and everything that I believe in as far as the culture, like, I live and die by."

Super Bowl 59 kicks off Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. 

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We no longer have to call it LG7 — Lady Gaga's new album has a title.

The album, Mayhem, arrives March 7, and will include the singles "Disease" and "Die With a Smile." The full album will be 14 tracks; a track list will be released at a later date. The project was executive produced by Gaga and Andrew Watt, as well as Gaga's fiancé, Michael Polansky.

“The album started as me facing my fear of returning to the pop music my earliest fans loved,” Gaga said in a statement. She describes the creative process as “reassembling a shattered mirror," noting, "Even if you can’t put the pieces back together perfectly, you can create something beautiful and whole in its own new way.”

You can see and hear a teaser montage on Gaga's Instagram.

On Feb. 2, during a commercial break during the Grammy Awards, Gaga will debut the music video for the album's third single.

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Kendrick Lamar is bringing SZA along with him to the Super Bowl LIX halftime stage. 

He shared the news on his socials Thursday via a clip that captures him on his phone while on a football field. “I’ve been thinking about a guest performer,” he's heard saying, before SZA runs up behind him and spills a cooler of blue drink onto him in slow motion.

The Super Bowl halftime performance will take place Feb. 9 at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, giving fans a preview of what's to come during SZA and Lamar's upcoming Grand National Tour.

The two recently teamed on Kendrick's GNX cuts "Luther" and "Gloria," as well as on "30 for 30" from SZA's SOS deluxe, Lana.

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We've got another addition to the parade of BLACKPINK member solo albums.

Following the release of ROSÉ's debut album, rosie, in December and the news that LISA's debut, Alter Ego, is dropping Feb. 28 comes word that JENNIE's album will be coming out in March.

The project, Ruby, is due out March 7 and is now available for preorder. In addition to the single "Mantra," the album features collaborations with Dua Lipa, Dominic Fike, Doechii and Childish Gambino. All physical versions of the album will include the "JENNIE Only Audio" version of the album, without any of those featured artists.

You may recall that Dua Lipa first collaborated with BLACKPINK all the way back in 2018, on a song called "Kiss and Make Up."

Meanwhile, JENNIE will also perform at this year's Coachella festival, as will LISA.

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