Noah Kahan’s “The Great Divide” becomes the sole longest-leading No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult Alternative Airplay chart this decade, as well as in nearly 10 years, spending its 11th week atop the tally dated May 9.

The song’s command, which began on the Feb. 28-dated chart and has run consecutively, equals the 11-week lead for Portugal. The Man’s “Feel It Still” in 2017.

“The Great Divide” is one of just three songs to spend at least 10 weeks at No. 1 on Adult Alternative Airplay in the 2020s, following 10 each for Mumford & Sons and Hozier’s “Rubber Band Man” (2025-26) and Hozier’s “Too Sweet” (2024).

The all-time leader, U2’s “Beautiful Day,” dominated for 16 weeks beginning in 2000. (The chart’s history dates to January 1996, with the list currently measuring weekly plays on nearly 50 stations in the format.)

“The Great Divide” has more than doubled Kahan’s previous longest No. 1 stay on Adult Alternative Airplay, besting the five weeks for “Northern Attitude,” with Hozier, in 2024.

Previously, “The Great Divide” notched six weeks at No. 1 on Alternative Airplay. It’s also continuing its ascent at pop radio: it bullets at No. 19 on Adult Pop Airplay and rises 26-25 on Pop Airplay.

The song is set to gain on this week’s multimetric Billboard Hot 100, when its parent album of the same name, released April 24, will make its chart start. The track debuted at its No. 6 Hot 100 high in February, becoming Kahan’s second and highest-charting top 10.

All Billboard charts dated May 9 will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, May 5.

Maverick City Music has won a court order halting a competing Christian music project launched by its estranged co-founder — at least for now.   

A New York judge granted Maverick City’s request for a preliminary injunction on Wednesday (April 29) against Tony Brown, who sold his shares of the Grammy-winning worship collective to current CEO Norman Gyamfi for $5 million in 2023. A bitter legal battle is now waging over the terms of that buy-out deal, with Maverick City’s Gyamfi alleging Brown violated a non-compete provision by launching another Christian music group called God Aura after his departure.

Brown alleges the non-compete is void, along with the rest of his buy-out agreement, because Maverick City has underpaid him by roughly $2 million. Judge Nancy M. Bannon ruled Wednesday that whether the contract holds up remains an open question that will depend on the evidence — and that until a fulsome decision is reached, Brown cannot release any new music.

Among other things, the injunction requires Brown to pull God Aura’s December 2025 album Wonderful Child down from streaming services. The lawsuit now moves into the discovery phase, meaning Maverick City and Brown will exchange evidence with each other.

A lawyer for Maverick City, Steven Cooper of Reed Smith, said in a Friday (May 1) statement to Billboard that his clients “are very pleased that the court shut down Anthony Brown’s improper competitive activities.”

“Mr. Brown tried repeatedly to avoid this hearing, and ultimately his attempts failed, and his bad acts were exposed,” added Cooper. “Mr. Gyamfi and his companies will continue to aggressively pursue those who violate contracts and engage in wrongdoing against them.”

Attorneys for Brown declined to comment on the injunction.

Brown co-founded Maverick City in 2018 alongside Jonathan Jay. The Atlanta-based music collective has won five Grammy Awards and topped Billboard‘s Christian and gospel charts with members and collaborators including Chandler Moore, Naomi Raine and Brandon Lake.

Gyamfi joined Maverick City as a part-owner and executive around 2021 and helped grow Maverick City’s Christian music empire. He eventually bought out Brown, but Brown alleges Gyamfi failed to complete the promised payments based on unsubstantiated sexual harassment complaints against him.

Brown initially sued Maverick City in Georgia, but the dispute was kicked to New York in February due to a forum selection clause in the buyout deal. In that decision, an Atlanta judge rejected Brown’s claim that he was coerced into signing the contract due to threats from Louis Burrell, a music industry veteran and the brother of MC Hammer.

Meanwhile, Maverick City is also dealing with separate litigation tied to Moore’s abrupt departure from the group last month. Moore is alleging that Gyamfi stole his royalties, but the group denies this and says Moore failed to fulfill his contract before exiting.

Just like in the Brown lawsuit, Maverick City tried to get an injunction to stop Moore from pursuing a solo career while the dispute plays out. But the group was unsuccessful in that attempt, and Moore is now releasing music on his own.

As if having Kid Cudi as a dad wasn’t cool enough, Cudder pulled a couple of strings so his daughter and her friends could see Taylor Swift in style on the Eras Tour.

Cudi had actor Adam Scott on as a guest of his Big Bro With Kid Cudi show earlier this week, which saw the Ohio native recall making a few calls to hook his teenage daughter, Vada Wamwene Mescudi, and her friends up to see Taylor Swift on tour.

The pop supernova came through in a major way, as Swift’s team rolled out the red carpet for Vada and her friends, who got the VIP treatment for an Eras Tour stop.

“My daughter’s a Swiftie,” Cudi explained. “She texted me one day, ‘Daddy, is it possible for you to get tickets for me and my friends to see Taylor Swift?’ I was just like, ‘Let me see what I can do.’ Taylor Swift had me looking like the coolest dad ever.”

He continued: “I hit up Taylor’s team. We were like, ‘Do you have any extra tickets?’ They gave us the friends-and-family tickets, so it was a good location in the stadium. I remember my daughter texted me back like, ‘Dad, you’re the best.’ I was just like, ‘Yeah, man!’ Thank you, Taylor Swift.”

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour was one of the hottest tour tickets of the century. Across 149 shows spanning 2023 and 2024, Swift’s record-breaking trek grossed over $2 billion and sold more than 10 million tickets, according to Billboard Boxscore.

Perhaps Cudi could return the favor for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, with the “Pursuit of Happiness” rapper currently on the road for his 33-date Rebel Ragers Tour, which will make stops in Austin and Dallas this weekend.

Watch the clip of Kid Cudi talking about getting his daughter Taylor Swift tickets below.

Hilary Duff‘s “What Dreams Are Made Of” is a graduation staple — now, she can add commencement speaker to her lengthy resume.

On Wednesday (April 29), Duff addressed Northeastern University’s graduating class of 2026 at Fenway Park in Boston, delivering an inspiring speech that pulled nuggets of wisdom from her pop culture journey. She began her speech joking that she was “envious” of the graduates because her “formal education ended around third grade” due to her blossoming career as a child actor and then-teen superstar. From there, the “Roommates” singer reflected on some of the key lessons she learned as she navigated her career in entertainment.

“Just because something is a good opportunity or a good paycheck doesn’t mean it’s right,” she reminded the graduates. “By simply accepting what the world was offering to me, I was losing my own voice; I was reacting, instead of asking myself what I really wanted. That realization was a paradigm shift for me.”

“I knew I had to change my pattern of saying ‘yes,’ so I took a break from making music,” she continued. “Not because I didn’t know exactly what kind of album I wanted to make or what kind of stories I wanted to tell through my music, because I knew precisely what I wanted. But I somehow knew that I couldn’t authentically make it, yet.”

After reaching No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with Dignity in 2007, Duff took a hiatus from her music career, shifting her focus to acting, production and penning her New York Times bestseller Elixir trilogy. She returned to the music scene with Breathe In. Breathe Out. in 2015, which reached No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and spawned the Billboard Hot 100 hit “Sparks” (No. 93).

“So I made a choice, and I took a step back. I pivoted. I rebuilt myself, I refilled my tank, I put effort into my relationships, into building my family and building a business,” Duff explained. “I waited until I was ready to meet the moment. I realized that saying ‘no’ wasn’t rejection, it was redirection… I took back control of what I was building, and I reclaimed my story. And I realized my own agency. I’m grateful I had the ability to take that pause… the key is that I was choosing where my energy went instead of letting others choose for me. Don’t forget to pause and appreciate how far you’ve come.”

If the stadium’s thunderous applause was anything to go by, Duff’s speech was a hit, adding another win to her collection this year. At the top of the year, Duff returned to the road on her Small Rooms, Big Nevers Tour, which led to the release of her latest album, Luck… Or Something. Co-written and co-produced with husband Matthew Koma, Luck hit No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and landed a radio hit in “Roommates,” which reached No. 25 on Pop Airplay.

Next month, Duff will kick off her Lucky Me Tour with two shows at iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Fla. (June 21-22). The trek will take her to amphitheaters and arenas in major cities across North America, Australia and the U.K., including New York City, Toronto and London, before concluding with two shows at Mexico City’s Palacio de los Deportes next year (Feb. 12-13, 2027).

Check out Hilary Duff’s complete commencement speech for Northeastern University’s graduating class of 2026 below.