00:00 What update is shocking Ariana fans?
00:02 Tyla goes digital and Katy Perry is Katy Perry.
00:06 Kendrick and Drake's beat tops the charts.
00:09 More Taylor Swift on the way.
00:11 We take you inside the gold gala
00:13 with Sweetie and Steve Aoki.
00:15 And Naitana shows us how it went down.
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00:20 Who likes Mondays?
00:21 Well, we do when we're Billboard News.
00:23 Let's dive in.
00:25 Taylor spends a third week on top of the Billboard 200,
00:28 but that doesn't mean we can't have more.
00:31 ♪ For a fortnight there ♪
00:33 ♪ We were together ♪
00:35 If you thought you got a lot with 31 tracks
00:38 from the Torture Poets department,
00:39 you're getting even more.
00:41 Gracie Abrams posted the track list
00:43 to her upcoming album, The Secret of Us,
00:45 with one track featuring Taylor Swift.
00:48 She talked about the song titled Us on her IG story saying,
00:51 "All I can tell you for now is that some of the most fun
00:54 "I've had in my whole entire life
00:55 "was writing this song together."
00:58 And there's more.
00:59 - It's my husband is what we sing.
01:01 Let me help you.
01:01 - Variety shared some of the soundtrack
01:03 to season three of Netflix's Bridgerton.
01:06 Episode four will feature a cover of Taylor's Snow
01:08 on the Beach with Lana Del Rey.
01:10 The first four episodes will also have
01:12 quartet covers of Billie Eilish's Happier Than Ever,
01:15 BTS's Dynamite, and She Thrills by Sia.
01:19 And it's gonna be a busy week.
01:21 There's so much news already.
01:23 Here's three things you should know.
01:25 She may have topped the charts with Eternal Sunshine
01:27 that was just released on March 8th,
01:29 but Ariana Grande is already saying yes and.
01:33 Shocking fans with a post from the studio
01:35 and captioning it, "Happy."
01:37 Not sure what she's creating, but we can't wait.
01:41 ♪ Now you playin' ♪
01:43 ♪ Truth or dare ♪
01:44 - And Tyler has also been all over the Billboard charts
01:47 with songs like Water, but now she's on your screen
01:51 in a different way.
01:53 ♪ Are you playin' ♪
01:55 ♪ Truth or dare ♪
01:56 - A Tyler emote was added to Fortnite
01:58 with the game posting, "Truth, we're obsessed
02:01 "with the new challenge emote."
02:03 And we all know Katy Perry is a queen,
02:05 but does her daughter.
02:07 She said this on HSN.
02:09 - She called me Katy Perry yesterday.
02:11 I was like, "Uh-uh, girl."
02:12 - You're like, "Mm-mm."
02:13 - I'm mama to you.
02:14 She's like, "You're also Katy Perry."
02:16 I'm like, "Uh-uh."
02:17 - Oh, but I love that.
02:18 - I'm mama.
02:19 (laughing)
02:20 - You're like, "Don't get it twisted."
02:20 - "Don't you call me Katy Perry."
02:22 - That's adorable.
02:24 - She knows her mama is mother.
02:27 It's my favorite day of the week
02:28 because I get to do this, run down the charts.
02:32 Drake and Kendrick Lamar have been battling with diss tracks
02:35 but how will it shake up on the charts?
02:37 This is the Billboard Hot 100 for the week dated May 18th.
02:41 Slipping to 10 is Teddy Swim.
02:46 ♪ I lose control ♪
02:49 As Benson falls to nine.
02:53 ♪ These beautiful things that I've got ♪
02:56 ♪ Please stay ♪
02:59 Espresso drops from four to eight.
03:02 ♪ Not me, not us ♪
03:04 ♪ That's me, that's us ♪
03:07 Drake's Family Matters debuts at seven.
03:10 ♪ Drop a 50 bag for the mom in a spot ♪
03:12 ♪ Drop a 50 bag, 29 for the thot ♪
03:15 Like That is up two spots to six.
03:18 ♪ I still got PTSD ♪
03:19 ♪ Mother (beep) the big three ♪
03:21 ♪ It's just big me ♪
03:22 And Shaboozie is at five.
03:25 ♪ Everybody had to bargain to ♪
03:28 Taylor falls from the top spot.
03:30 ♪ For a fortnight there we were together ♪
03:35 As Kendrick's Euphoria is up to three.
03:37 ♪ You notice I said we, it's not just me ♪
03:39 ♪ I'm with the cocaine ♪
03:40 Million Dollar Baby has a second week at two.
03:44 ♪ 'Cause I wanna make it ♪
03:46 ♪ So let me be ♪
03:48 And debuting in the number one spot
03:50 is Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us.
03:53 ♪ Certified lover boy, certified pedophile ♪
03:56 We got to go to one of the coolest events
03:58 celebrating Asian talent over the weekend.
04:01 Check out our time at the Gold Gala.
04:03 It was a celebration of Asian excellence.
04:06 As an Asian and black woman,
04:08 I'm so honored and proud to be on the stage tonight
04:10 and in front of this incredible audience.
04:12 And billboard through the official after party.
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04:19 We're taking you inside Gold House's
04:21 third annual Gold Gala.
04:23 Yeah, we get to celebrate,
04:24 we get to celebrate that every day.
04:26 You know, every little victory counts.
04:28 On the gold carpet, Asian talent was in full force.
04:32 Can't wait to also see my other fellow Filipinos here.
04:36 Representation.
04:38 Exactly, exactly.
04:39 Stand K-pop.
04:40 Yeah, absolutely, stand K-pop everybody.
04:43 And everyone was spreading the love.
04:45 We actually just talked to ATEEZ recently
04:47 and they said that they loved your set at Coachella.
04:50 Well, let me say here that I loved their set at Coachella.
04:53 And their energy is so great.
04:55 They're such an awesome group.
04:57 This year's honorees included Cynthia Erivo
04:59 who received the Gold Ally Award.
05:02 This community has been very, very good to me.
05:03 And I hope to do more work with them and share more time.
05:07 And you know, hopefully we can connect more.
05:09 Lucy Liu took home the Gold Legend Award.
05:12 Feel very honored to be asked to receive this award.
05:15 And it feels like I just started yesterday.
05:17 And the Billboard Gold Music Honor went to Sweetie.
05:21 What ways, I think, do you bring your culture
05:23 into everything you do throughout your career?
05:26 I mean, I be shouting out my mom with my songs,
05:28 my Filipino queen.
05:30 Through my food vlogs,
05:34 through sharing old pictures of my childhood.
05:36 I feel like those are ways that I've connected with my fans,
05:38 letting them know where my roots come from.
05:40 And she closed out the event with an epic performance.
05:44 ♪ Ooh, got that honey, honey, honey ♪
05:47 ♪ I just walked this way in that body ♪
05:50 ♪ Yelling who gon' stop me ♪
05:51 After the awards,
05:52 guests headed to the Billboard and Gold House Founders Party
05:55 where they enjoyed food, drinks, and tunes
05:58 provided by legendary DJ Steve Aoki.
06:01 What's up, LA?
06:03 (crowd cheering)
06:05 This is really cool that we're doing something big here
06:08 in LA with Billboard.
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06:14 It's a proud moment for me just to be part of any event
06:18 that's celebrating other fellow Asians
06:21 that are doing incredible things in culture,
06:23 music, entertainment, arts.
06:25 I always wanna be part of stuff like this.
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06:32 Hi, this is Aitana,
06:33 and this is how it went down for my song "Akulé".
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10:41 - See, Mondays aren't terrible.
11:06 Come back tomorrow for Jimmy Fallon, Tyla, and Rapsody.
11:10 See you then.
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