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After his Super Bowl LX performance, Bad Bunny achieved a historic sweep by occupying all 25 spots on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart with 29 concurrent titles, led by DtMF at No. 1. He also topples the Hot 100, while his 14-minute Super Bowl halftime medley debuts at No. 31 as part of the surge.
A pro-ICE digital billboard funded by the conservative nonprofit American Sovereignty lights up San Francisco ahead of Super Bowl LX, praising Immigration and Customs Enforcement with football-themed messages; NFL says no ICE enforcement will occur at the game, while local activists protest ICE presence in the Bay Area and the group plans a multi-million-dollar national ad push for ICE and border security.
Bruce Springsteen's anti-ICE song Streets of Minneapolis debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Digital Song Sales chart for the week ending Jan. 29, selling 16,000 downloads in just two days after its Jan. 28 release; the track also drew 678,000 streams and 175,000 airplay impressions, marking Springsteen's first Digital Song Sales No. 1, with full-week totals to be reflected on next week's charts.
The faded Fantasmic! billboard at Disney's Hollywood Studios has been refreshed with brighter artwork showing Sorcerer Mickey facing Maleficent in dragon form near Sunset Boulevard; it appears to be a sign refresh rather than a new installation, with a side-by-side August 2025 comparison and an invitation to watch a 4K Fantasmic! video.
A Chicago ad agency, Schafer Condon Carter, working with Old National Bank, posted a temporary Kennedy Expressway billboard aimed at the Los Angeles Rams, playfully daring them to lick the goal post as a frosty welcome ahead of the Bears’ divisional playoff showdown; the message is up for the day amid single-digit wind chills and may be replaced later.
An AI-generated country song titled 'Walk My Walk' by a fictional group called Breaking Rust has topped Billboard's 'Country Digital Song Sales' chart, highlighting the growing prevalence of algorithmically generated music and its impact on the industry, with major labels and platforms embracing AI artists despite concerns about authenticity and artist livelihood.
The article discusses the rise of AI-generated music, highlighting concerns over transparency, the impact on human artists, and the need for regulations requiring AI music to be clearly disclosed to consumers and chart organizations, to protect human creators and maintain authenticity in the music industry.
Kendrick Lamar's hit 'Luther' has left the Billboard Hot 100 after 46 weeks due to chart rule changes, marking the first time in 35 years that no rap songs are in the Top 40, with Taylor Swift's album dominating the chart instead.
For the first time since 1990, no rap songs are in the Billboard Top 40, due to new chart eligibility rules and a recent dip in rap's market share, marking a significant shift in the genre's commercial dominance.
Star Wars fans are campaigning to save the scrapped film 'The Hunt for Ben Solo' with a billboard in New York City, after learning the project was canceled despite positive reception from Lucasfilm. The film, which would have followed Ben Solo's quest for redemption, was ultimately shelved by Disney, leading fans to rally for its reconsideration.
Billboard has revised its rules for removing songs from the Hot 100 chart to address the issue of songs staying on the chart for excessively long periods due to streaming algorithms. The new rules set stricter thresholds for how long songs can remain based on their chart position and weeks on the chart, leading to the removal of many long-standing hits like Teddy Swims' 'Lose Control,' which spent over two years on the chart. The changes aim to make the chart more reflective of current hits and prevent outdated songs from lingering indefinitely.
Taylor Swift's album 'The Life Of A Showgirl' made history by occupying the top 12 spots on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, with 'The Fate of Ophelia' at No. 1, marking a new record. Swift has achieved multiple chart milestones, including her 13th No. 1 and 69th top 10 hit, and has announced new projects for Disney+ related to her tour.
Sabrina Carpenter has solidified her status as a pop superstar with her recent album 'Short n’ Sweet,' which topped charts in 19 countries and made her the first solo artist since The Beatles to have three songs in the top five of the Billboard chart simultaneously.
Habit Burger & Grill has continued its playful rivalry with In-N-Out by updating a billboard near LAX to reflect In-N-Out's drop in USA Today’s burger rankings, humorously replacing the '#2' with '#4'. The campaign coincides with In-N-Out's expansion into Tennessee and its declining rankings, highlighting a competitive marketing strategy between the two chains, despite their different sizes and market presence.
Jimmy Kimmel publicly supported Stephen Colbert by purchasing a billboard in West Hollywood that read 'I'm voting for Stephen,' as a gesture of solidarity amid Colbert's show's cancellation and CBS's decision, highlighting a rare act of rivalry support in the industry.