50 Cent denies using Ozempic after showing off 40-pound weight loss. Meek Mill says he charges $250,000 for a verse. Kanye West shared a video of his daughter, North West, showing off her ideas for a music video for their collab track off his upcoming album ‘Vultures.’ Justin Timberlake is back! The singer dropped his new track titled “Selfish” and announced a one-night-only show in NYC. Mel B is teasing the Spice Girls’ upcoming project that will feature all five members. Jennifer Lopez is set to be a musical guest on ‘SNL.’ And more!
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00:00 50 Cent's "Weight Loss," a Northwest music video, and Meek Mill charges what?
00:04 JT's tour, all five Spice Girls, and J.Lo on a Saturday.
00:09 We head over to The Talk for the top song, as we explain the massive success of Alicia Keys
00:15 and spend some extra time with Julia Michaels.
00:17 [music]
00:20 Hey guys, it's Tetris, and welcome to the Thursday, January 25th episode of Billboard News.
00:25 Let's get busy with three things you should know in hip-hop.
00:29 Fans are saying 50 Cent looks like 25 Cent after the iconic rapper is looking much slimmer
00:35 than usual in an IG post.
00:37 Users were quick to say he is probably using popular weight loss drug Ozempic.
00:41 Well, a source told Page Six, "50 is not on Ozempic and has been on a rigorous training
00:46 program for eight months."
00:48 My thoughts are just be honest.
00:50 So many people are using it to get skinny now, so just be proud if you do.
00:54 No shame in the game.
00:56 Meek Mill has zero shame.
00:58 The hip-hop heavyweight jumped on Twitter to say, "Every time I do a verse, I charge
01:02 $250K and up.
01:04 If you got $150K on site and I like the song, we can swap it out."
01:08 $150K down payment?
01:11 He charging them Nicki Minaj prices.
01:13 Maybe he learned that when they dated.
01:15 But does a Meek Mill verse help a song the way a Nicki feature can?
01:19 Like father, like daughter.
01:21 Kanye West has jumped on Instagram to share a storyboard of what seems to be a video he's
01:25 working on with daughter, North West.
01:27 He captioned, "Talking video treatment by your bestie, Miss Miss Westy."
01:32 I love their bond.
01:33 North is definitely going to be somebody we see a lot of in the future.
01:42 And the news keeps coming.
01:43 If you're a millennial, here's three things you definitely want to know today.
01:47 Justin Timberlake delighted fans with one night only in Memphis.
01:51 And now he's announced one night in New York.
01:54 It takes place in Irving Plaza on January 31st, his birthday.
01:58 And the tickets are free.
02:00 I just hope he's not selfish, pun intended.
02:02 And we get a full tour and something with the boys of NSYNC.
02:06 We need a performance of Better Place.
02:08 I love the Spice Girls so much I don't know what to do.
02:12 And now Mel B is telling us we're getting a reunion with all five.
02:16 Scary Spice stopped by the Jennifer Hudson show.
02:18 And though she normally gets in trouble for spilling the beans, said the ladies of girl
02:22 power are working on something as a group.
02:25 Stop right now.
02:26 Thank you very much.
02:27 Seeing four of them in London was the best night of my life.
02:31 Add Posh and R.I.P. me.
02:32 It's been fun.
02:33 We can't get enough of Jennifer Lopez as she's promoting her new project, This Is Me Now.
02:39 We just got news she's performing on Saturday Night Live.
02:42 New music, a new short film, and an SNL performance.
02:45 Nobody works harder than J-Lo.
02:48 And thank you for taking a break from TikTok to watch our show.
02:51 But we love the talk too, so here are the top songs on the app.
02:55 Lil Millie holds on to the top spot while the top ten sees two new tracks.
03:00 He's speeding the wraith while his hand on my coochie.
03:02 He's touching a milli on poochie.
03:04 Doing good, bitch I'm Gucci.
03:06 Lil Millie's Never Lose Me spends a second week at number one on the TikTok Billboard
03:11 Top 50 for the chart posting January 25th.
03:15 Project Pat takes over spots five and seven.
03:17 Choose You returns to the top ten and Good Googly Moogly breaks in for the first time
03:22 thanks to a trend where users, um, show appreciation.
03:26 Googly moogly, that thing is juice.
03:29 One final new face in the top ten is MGMT's Time To Pretend.
03:34 You got the vision, now let's have some fun.
03:39 Users have been featuring the track in TikToks where they share a seemingly negative statement
03:43 and make it positive with emojis.
03:46 Every Thursday, Billboard will bring you the verified list of the hottest songs on TikTok
03:50 by monitoring music discovery and engagement on the platform in the United States.
03:54 To find the TikTok Billboard Top 50 each week, users can simply go to any sound detail page
04:00 and tap the top right button to access the charts page.
04:04 She's had us falling since 2001 and today Billboard is explaining some details about
04:09 Alicia Keys.
04:10 Throughout her decades long career, Alicia Keys has set the Billboard charts on fire.
04:20 Topping the Hot 100, the Billboard 200 and many more.
04:24 Let's take a look back at some of her most memorable chart moments.
04:28 This is Billboard Explains Alicia Keys' Fire On The Charts.
04:32 Alicia made her debut in 2001 thanks to her single Fallen, which reached number one on
04:36 the Hot 100.
04:44 Other Hot 100 number ones include her duet with Usher, My Boo, in 2004.
04:53 2007's No One and her iconic Jay-Z collab Empire State of Mind.
05:10 Alicia has nine Top 10 Hot 100 hits.
05:13 Five of her albums reached number one on the Billboard 200, including her debut Songs in
05:18 A Minor, 2003's The Diary of Alicia Keys, 2005's Unplugged, 2007's As I Am and 2012's
05:26 Girl on Fire.
05:32 Alicia was ranked as Billboard's number one R&B/Hip-Hop artist for the 2000's decade and
05:37 the charts prove she definitely deserves that title.
05:41 She has eight number ones on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and 15 Top 10s.
05:47 She has the most number one hits on the Adult R&B/Airplay chart with 14.
05:51 And her 54 weeks at number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart puts her third among
05:57 all female artists, right behind Aretha Franklin's 65 and Rihanna's 56.
06:03 We can't wait to see where Alicia's career takes her next.
06:07 Have you seen the movie Wish yet?
06:09 Well you should, it's amazing.
06:11 One of the movie's songwriters, the lovely Julia Michaels, is taking us behind the photos.
06:16 Hey I'm Julia Michaels and I'm going behind the photo with Billboard.
06:22 Awwww.
06:27 This was really a special day.
06:30 I was on the cover of Billboard magazine because all three of us were nominated for Best New
06:37 Artist together at the Grammy.
06:39 Well actually I was woken up by my manager Becca.
06:42 We were in Australia, we were on tour with Shawn Mendes.
06:45 He woke me up by jumping on me to tell me that we were nominated for Song of the Year
06:51 and Best New Artist that year.
06:53 Yeah this was a picture from Billboard and I got to meet these two incredible people
06:57 that are just such spectacular artists.
07:00 That was a really, really special day.
07:03 Awwww you guys.
07:05 It's my mommy.
07:07 Isn't she gorge?
07:10 That's my mom, Julie.
07:12 She's Julie, I'm Julia.
07:14 If I had to guess we were probably somewhere in Iowa where I'm from.
07:17 Yeah my mom and I still hold hands like that.
07:20 To be honest I just turned 30 this year and anytime I go home to visit my mom she'll always
07:26 walk in my room and be like, "Can we nuggle?"
07:29 And so yeah, I'm 30 I still snuggle my mom.
07:33 Heyo!
07:34 Lots of people that know me know that Hot Cheetos are my drug.
07:40 I got this plaque from Spotify that Issues, which was my first single, reached a billion
07:47 streams.
07:48 I wrote this song about a really, really, really shitty ex-boyfriend and it really worked
07:54 out for me.
07:55 Thank you.
07:56 LOL.
07:57 This is Mr. Adam Levine.
08:01 I toured with him as well.
08:02 I opened for him.
08:03 We're still friends.
08:04 This was 2018 I think and we still talk to each other like once every two weeks.
08:09 He's basically like the brother I never wanted but somehow ended up with.
08:14 I deeply, deeply love him.
08:16 I love you even though you're an asshole in the best way possible.
08:19 I mean come on.
08:20 Can we be a throuple?
08:21 I actually have met Nicole a few times because I also toured with her husband Keith Urban
08:25 and I've written songs with him as well.
08:28 I got to see her that night which was so fun and I got to meet him for the first time,
08:33 Mr. Anthony and he's so handsome.
08:35 He's so handsome.
08:36 It was a beautiful night.
08:38 It was in Nashville where all my family was so I got to have best of both worlds.
08:42 I got to go see a lot of pretty people and I got to go spend time with my family where
08:46 else I would have been.
08:47 It was great.
08:48 And Thursday's show is in the basket.
08:50 Come back tomorrow to get all your major music releases for the week.
08:54 I'm Tetris and I'll see you then.
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