It took a while for Brazil’s major festivals to give K-pop a space proportional to the strength the genre has already achieved worldwide.

On Friday (Sept. 11), Rock in Rio changed that scenario by dedicating a night of the Palco Mundo (World Stage) to the genre for the first time. And it fell to Stray Kids to close out this historic chapter as headliner.

Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin, and I.N. were, without a doubt, the most anticipated artists of the day. From early on, STAYs took over the Cidade do Rock with custom lightsticks, group T-shirts, fans, and plenty of anticipation to see the eight members again in Brazil.

The response matched the hype. Stray Kids closed out the Palco Mundo lineup with an explosive show, driven by intense choreography, hits from different eras of their career, and constant interaction with a crowd that barely stopped screaming.

This reunion was exactly what the members had been waiting for. In an interview with Billboard Brasil before the festival, the group had already spoken about their eagerness to see Brazilian fans again. At Rock in Rio, one only had to look at the crowd to see the feeling was mutual.

“We’ll make sure there’s a lot of passion,” they said.

“DOMINO” and “BOUNCE BACK” kicked off a sequence that had already raised the energy sky-high within the first few minutes. “Thunderous” and “MANIAC” kept up the intensity, backed by precise choreography and the packed Cidade do Rock singing along.

In this first segment, the members went with streetwear-inspired outfits, combining blue, black, and white in athletic pieces, jeans, tank tops, and accessories, keeping an individual identity for each member without losing the group’s visual cohesion.

Between songs, the lineup broke apart and reassembled quickly, with the members moving across different points of the stage and finding time to joke around and talk with fans.

The performance took on a different aesthetic during “DIVINE” and “God’s Menu.” The members swapped the sporty look from the start for predominantly white outfits with traditional Korean references, while the dancers reinforced that inspiration with black-and-white clothing, hats, and long fabric sashes woven into the choreography.

During “Chk Chk Boom,” the members tried out a few samba steps on stage, drawing even louder screams from the crowd.

Throughout the set, songs like “S-Class,” “LALALALA,” and “God’s Menu” revisited different phases of the group’s career, while tracks from “THIS & THAT” showcased their most recent era.

After trying out samba steps during “Chk Chk Boom,” that choice rounded out the sequence of nods to the Brazilian audience throughout the show. In the final stretch, the group ramped up the intensity even further.

Fireworks, pyrotechnics, and a light show took over the stage as the members ran, jumped, and made the most of their final minutes alongside Brazilian STAYs.

And there was even more Brazil in the set. In one of the most lighthearted moments of the closing stretch, Bang Chan sang a bit of “Ai Se Eu Te Pego,” the hit by Michel Teló. The audience immediately recognized the surprise, singing along to the chorus and screaming even louder.

What a debut. It was historic, loud, and, above all, it left the Cidade do Rock wanting more. May this have been just the first of many nights of K-pop at Rock in Rio.

— This article was written by Bruna Calazans and Dora Arai for Billboard Brasil

Kylie Minogue‘s headline performance at this year’s AFL Grand Final is being billed as “the biggest spectacle ever seen” at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, according to new details about the show.

Per a report in Melbourne’s Sunday Herald Sun, the pop icon will deliver a 20-minute pre-game production featuring an avant-garde stage, dancers and visual elements never before seen at a Grand Final.

The performance — produced in partnership with Mushroom Group and the AFL — is being described as a “world-class production.” The Grand Final takes place Saturday, Sept. 26, at the MCG, with around 100,000 fans expected at the stadium and millions more watching the broadcast.

AFL CEO Andrew Dillon called it the league’s most ambitious pre-game show to date. “Kylie’s performance on the day of the Grand Final is the greatest production and show we’ve performed so far,” he said, adding that the league is “very excited that Kylie is returning home to perform on our most important day.”

Ahead of the match, Yarra Park will host a Footy Festival and a “Kylie Village,” where fans can buy exclusive official merchandise, both launching Sept. 23.

The performance marks Minogue’s first time headlining the AFL Grand Final, the biggest date on the Australian sporting calendar. When the booking was announced in March, the Melbourne-born singer framed it as a homecoming. “As a Melburnian, I’m so excited to be coming home for the biggest day in the Aussie sporting calendar,” she said at the time.

“I’ll not only be performing, but I’ll be one of 100,000 fans at the ‘G, watching the wonder that is footy.” She is the first Australian to headline the event since 2021, when a medley of local acts performed at Perth’s Optus Stadium during the COVID-19 pandemic; the intervening years featured international headliners Robbie Williams, KISS, Katy Perry and, in 2025, Snoop Dogg.

One of the most successful pop artists in history, Minogue has sold more than 80 million records worldwide and scored nine No. 1 albums in Australia across a career spanning nearly four decades. A two-time Grammy winner and 18-time ARIA Award recipient, she returned to the U.S. spotlight in recent years with the global smash “Padam Padam” and her Grammy-winning album Tension. She toured Australia in March 2026 on her Tension Tour, her first headline shows in the country since 2019.

A (baby) star is born: Lady Gaga and her fiancé, Michael Polansky, have welcomed their first child, according to multiple reports.

The couple has yet to share the news, but according to photos obtained by Page Six, they were spotted out in Northern California with a baby in tow, with Gaga wearing the newborn in a sling. No additional details, including the baby’s gender or birth date, are known.

This is the first baby for both Gaga (real name: Stefani Germanotta) and Polansky. Billboard has reached out to reps for Gaga for confirmation.

Gaga and Polansky similarly didn’t announce the news that they were engaged to be married, with the singer simply referring to the tech entrepreneur as her fiancé in July 2024. Later that year, she confirmed that Polansky had proposed months earlier, in April 2024, and then shared details of the proposal in an interview with Jimmy Kimmel.

“He proposed to me right after my birthday, so my birthday passed and I was like, ‘Well, I thought he was gonna propose …,’” Gaga said on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, explaining that he popped the question during a rock-climbing trip. “We were just walking back to the room and talking,” she continued. “He actually — it was very Michael — asked me if he could ask me. He wanted to know if it was OK to propose before he proposed. And I was like, ‘Yes, it’s so OK!’”

The couple have been publicly dating since early 2020 when Gaga made their relationship Instagram-official with a post that February. In an interview a few months later, she referred to Polansky as “the love of my life.”

Gaga wrapped her The Mayhem Ball tour back in April and has kept a low profile publicly since.

Goldenvoice’s inaugural Ocean Way festival in California has been canceled.

With just two weeks until the festival on the beach, the Los Angeles Times was the first to report that ticketholders were sent messages from ticketing service AXS that the event was canceled “due to the impacts of Hurricane Marie.”

The message explains that “storm surf and runoff has caused significant beach erosion and the festival can no longer be safely held as planned.” The hurricane swept through Southern California earlier this week, causing extensive damage and erosion to coastal areas.

“We were so excited to spend a weekend together on The Beach, but can share that plans are already underway to bring the festival to Santa Monica in 2027!” organizers wrote on social media.

The debut Ocean Way festival was set to take place Sept. 26-27 on the beach in Santa Monica, California, with headliners The Killers, Olivia Dean, Jack White and Khruangbin. Southern California favorites Sublime and Durand Jones and the Indications were also set to perform at the festival put on by the same promoters as Coachella and Stagecoach. Alvvays, SG Lewis, 54 Ultra, Hiatus Kaiyote, BLOND:ISH, Poolside and a Hot Chip DJ set were also listed on the lineup that was announced in July.

“Santa Monica has an incredible music history, and Goldenvoice has been fortunate to be part of that story. From legendary shows at the Civic Auditorium to the origins of Ocean Way Recording just steps from the beach, there’s a creative legacy here that’s unlike anywhere else,” said Goldenvoice VP of regional festivals Nic Adler in a statement back in July. “Ocean Way Festival is our opportunity to celebrate that history while building something that feels authentically Santa Monica for years to come.”

The message from AXS says fans will be refunded for the price of their tickets that ranged from single day four packs for $189 to premium weekend passes for more than $700. Organizers state refunds will be delivered in a few business days.

Whether you’re on the Westside like Jhené Aiko or in Rome like Dove Cameron — or perhaps somewhere on the road like Eric Church — this week’s batch of new music releases has something for everyone.

Aiko kicks things off with her first album in six years, Westside Whimsy, which features an impressive 20 tracks as well as big-name collaborators such as Kendrick Lamar and Tyga. Meanwhile, Cameron is just getting started in terms of introducing fans to a new album era, dropping “When in Rome” — a lovey-dovey ode to fiancé Damiano David of Måneskin — as the lead single ahead of her debut full-length coming this year.

Also new this week is Church’s new single, “On the Road,” a reflective look back at his experiences on tour that helps chauffeur even more fresh tracks from the likes of Slayyyter — who keeps the momentum of her ascendant star’s rise going with grunge-pop single “Crank 2” — and the Jack Antonoff-led Bleachers, which unveils its Practical Magic 2 track “Caught Myself Believing” amid a five-night stint at The Troubadour in Los Angeles. Plus, Rachel Chinouriri, Rema, Cage the Elephant, Shygirl, Wampi, Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter are out with new tracks, while LAGOS drops 11-track LP Las Cosas Que Solo Se Hacen En La Noche and Bonobo returns with Distance in Static.

There’s a lot to get through, but after taking a listen through the week’s finds, Billboard wants you to declare which new music release is best. Tell us your favorite by casting your vote in the poll below.

More than 20 years after its release, The Black Eyed Peas’ “Pump It” has been welcomed into YouTube’s Billion Views Club.

The music video for the 2005 release becomes the group’s fourth to hit the milestone, the streaming giant reports, following “Where Is the Love?;” “RITMO,” their collaboration with J Balvin for the Bad Boys for Life soundtrack; and “My Humps,” which crossed the threshold in July.

The party-starter samples Dick Dale’s 1962 version of “Misirlou” and was housed on the Monkey Business (via A&M/Interscope) album, which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, and would’ve hit the summit were it not for Coldplay’s X&Y. “Pump It” became the group’s fourth consecutive top 20 single on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 18.

The hip-hop outfit pumped it up in 2011 when they performed the track and others during their Super Bowl halftime show.

Shot in Los Angeles, the music video features a customized Honda Civic Hybrid with Black Eyed Peas graphics, a car that was later presented as a prize during the 2006 Honda Civic Tour.

The song has had several lives, including a remix, “Pump It Harder,” for the deluxe edition of the act’s fifth studio album, the Billboard 200 leader The E.N.D. (from 2009). Also, Dutch DJ and producer Tiësto made a high-energy EDM cut, “Pump It Louder,” which dropped in 2022 and was released on his studio album Drive.

Black Eyed Peas had a new look, new sound when Fergie exited in 2018, shifting her focus toward solo projects and motherhood. Ever since, the Black Eyed Peas continued to release music and tour as a trio, all the while maintaining that the split was amicable. The group’s most recent album, Elevation, was released in 2022. 

Then, in December 2025, Fergie hinted at a happy reunion when she shared photos on Instagram showing herself alongside will.i.am, Taboo and Apl.de.Ap as they gathered to celebrate their milestone birthdays.

In May of this year, it happened when the classic lineup reunited publicly onstage for a surprise appearance at the American Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena while accepting the best throwback song award for “Rock That Body.”

Watch The Black Eyed Peas’ “Pump It” below.

Charli xcx is bringing her Music, Fashion, Film era to the United Kingdom and Europe in February, announcing a new run of arena dates in support of her latest album.

The trek kicks off Feb. 13 in Dublin, followed by stops in Glasgow, Manchester , London and Amsterdam, before wrapping Feb. 24 in Paris. Support will come from fast-rising pop act Audrey Hobert. See the full dates below.

Fans can access presale registration through Sept. 15 at Charli’s official website — where further ticketing information can also be found — with the presale running Sept. 16 – 17. “I’m so ready to bring you this show that I love so much,” she wrote on X.

The announcement follows a landmark summer for Charli, who topped the bill at Reading Festival on Aug. 28. The appearance marked Charli’s first headline performance at the event, and along with a slot at sister site Leeds, her only U.K. festival dates of the summer.

Reporting from the field, Billboard U.K. editor Thomas Smith wrote that Charli “commanded the stage with a singular focus and was bolstered by a live band in places and a group of dancers; the result was a statement of epic proportions,” add that “striking” stage production brought a “thrilling edge” to the 34-year-old’s performance.

The Reading set arrived just weeks after Music, Fashion, Film (July 24), Charli’s seventh studio album and the follow-up to 2024’s culture-dominating Brat. The album represents another sharp turn in the Essex-raised artist’s constantly evolving career, leaning into darkier, grittier rock sounds while continuing her fascination with celebrity and pop culture.

Music, Fashion, Film debuted at No. 1 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart, giving Charli her fourth U.K. chart-topper and making her the first British female artist to score two new No. 1 albums in the same calendar year (following February’s Wuthering Heights soundtrack). The new record opened at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 while also giving Charli her first No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart.

The North American leg of the Music, Fashion, Film tour will commence on Friday (Sept. 11) in Philadelphia. The 12-date arena trek includes stops in New York, Toronto, Boston, Atlanta and Los Angeles before wrapping in Las Vegas on Oct. 23. Electronic artist Underscores will join Charli on the road.

Charli xcx 2027 Tour of U.K. & Europe:
Feb. 13 — Dublin, IE
Feb. 15 — Glasgow, U.K.
Feb. 17 — Manchester, U.K.
Feb. 19 — London, U.K.
Feb. 22 — Amsterdam, NL
Feb. 24 — Paris FR

The Official Charts Company is putting the spotlight on British talent with the launch of the Official Homegrown Albums Chart, a new weekly ranking designed to celebrate the U.K. artists making the biggest impact across the domestic albums market.

The chart launches Friday (Sept. 11) on the OCC website, with its first broadcast highlights set for Sunday (Sept. 13) on the BBC Radio 1 Official Chart First Look Show. It will showcase the biggest albums from U.K. artists released within the previous 12 months, ranked using OCC music consumption data.

Eligibility for the new chart will follow the BRIT Awards’ definition of a British artist. Under the BRITs’ criteria, an artist qualifies if they were born in the U.K., hold a U.K. passport (including another nationality) or have been a permanent resident in the U.K. for more than five years. For groups, at least 50% of members must meet those criteria.

The chart has been developed with support from across the U.K. music industry, including major and independent labels, and has been championed by the Association of Independent Music (AIM) and the Music Managers Forum (MMF). It arrives as British music continues to make a major impact at home and abroad, with the likes of Olivia Dean, RAYE, PinkPantheress, Lola Young and Sam Fender all enjoying major commercial success within the past year.

In a statement, Chris Austin and Becca Monahan, co-managing directors of the Official Charts Company, say: “The U.K. remains one of the world’s leading music markets and is home to an extraordinary pipeline of creative talent. The Official Homegrown Albums Chart has been developed to highlight the strength and breadth of British artists making a real impact with fans across the albums market. 

“We hope the chart will become an important new measure of success for UK artists, from exciting emerging talent through to some of our biggest established names. We’re grateful to AIM, the MMF, stakeholders from across both the independent and major label communities, and BBC Radio 1 for their support in bringing the chart to life.”

Annabella Coldrick, chief executive, Music Managers Forum, added: “This is really great news for British artists. For the past two years, the MMF’s members have advocated for a homegrown chart which would spotlight U.K. artists and help accelerate fan engagement with a domestic audience. We are delighted to see the OCC respond so positively, and that the Official Homegrown Albums Chart will receive prominent support on BBC Radio 1. It is potentially a real boost for U.K. talent.”

Aled Haydn Jones, head of BBC Radio 1, said: “A huge part of what we do at Radio 1 is champion British artists who are shaping the sound of music right now, from exciting new voices breaking through to established acts. We’re really pleased to support the launch of the Official Homegrown Albums Chart, giving these artists another opportunity to be discovered and celebrated by our listeners every week. It’s a great addition to the Official Charts offering, and we’re excited to bring it to life on Radio 1’s new First Look show with Lauren Layfield.”

The Homegrown Albums Chart is the latest specialist ranking from the Official Charts Company, which has expanded its chart offering this year with launches including the Official R&B U.K. Chart, a weekly ranking spotlighting British R&B artists and new releases.

Oasis teased an upcoming major announcement with a special drone light show above Manchester’s Etihad Stadium on Thursday evening (Sept. 10).

The band uploaded footage of the stunt on their Instagram account on Friday morning (Sept. 11), which shows a formation of drone lights that created the band’s iconic logo, before showing the time and date of a forthcoming announcement due on Sept. 14 at 4 p.m. BST (11 a.m. ET).

The teaser comes as the latest suggestion that a tour announcement for 2027 could be on the cards after a number of clues shared by the band. Over the last week, its official Instagram account has hosted a series of vignette teasers hinting to potential locations of the next stretch.

Each has featured references to the tour’s rumored locations, with fans seemingly identifying the locations through easter eggs in the clips: Glasgow, Scotland; Manchester, England; Munich, Germany; Barcelona, Spain; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Paris, France; Rome, Italy; and Boston, Mass. have all featured in the run so far.

The band’s Live ‘25 reunion run took in shows across the United Kingdom and Ireland, Latin America, Asia and North America. Reports of a second batch of shows has been rampant ever since, spurred on by frontman Liam Gallagher who has hinted at the return on his X profile.

The announcement teaser comes following the release of new documentary film Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger which opened in theatres in the U.K. on Wednesday (Sept. 9) and globally on Friday (Sept. 11).

The film, helmed by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, provides a behind-the-scenes look at the Live ‘25 dates and features live performance footage and the first joint interview between Noel and Liam in decades.

Speaking to Billboard U.K. earlier this week, directors Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern discussed the pressure of being in the rehearsal room while filming. “We were very conscious that we didn’t want to be the people that messed up the Oasis reunion,” Southern said. “We didn’t want to be the film crew that got in the way, or interfered, or frustrated them or pissed them off!”

Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to New Music Friday’s most essential releases each week — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.

Last week, we featured Miley Cyrus, Beyoncé, ADÉLA and more.

This week, Jhené Aiko shares her first album since 2020’s Chilombo; Bleachers release a new single from the Practical Magic 2 soundtrack; and, at long last, Dove Cameron drops the lead single for long-awaited debut album… plus much more. Check out all of this week’s picks below:

Bleachers, “Caught Myself Believing”

Amidst the rock band’s BLEACHERS FOREVER Troubador takeover, which includes five nights at the intimate Los Angeles venue, Bleachers released a new track that’s included on the Practical Magic 2 soundtrack. With a title like “Caught Myself Believing,” it makes sense for the fantastical film, yet it still sounds like a distinct enough Bleachers song to stand on its own, too — and would sound right at home in the act’s live show. — LYNDSEY HAVENS

Dove Cameron, “When In Rome”

After teasing her highly anticipated debut album earlier this year, pop singer Dove Cameron is inching closer than ever to its arrival with “When In Rome,” the album’s lead single. The lovestruck, playful track plucks inspiration from Cameron’s own life, as she is engaged to Måneskin frontman Damiano David (who is notably Italian with “jet black hair,” as she sings). “Why don’t we get married?/ Build a home/ Something in the summer time,” Cameron sings, skillfully using this single to tackle some wedding planning as well. — L.H.

Rachel Chinouriri, “Make believe”

Fresh off her Daisy Chain Fields festival set, the alternative-pop artist is continuing to tease her upcoming second album, i think i spoke too soon, out Oct. 16 (she even live debuted some new music at the fest). “Make believe” is the album’s second single, is a delicate dance that combines Chinouriri’s soft, airy vocals with heavier production built around booming, bleeding reverb. — L.H.

Cage the Elephant, “Dying In Reverse”

Since signing to Big Loud Rock this summer, Cage the Elephant are making one thing clear: the band is back. It’s first release on the label, “Beaches In Tennessee” shot to No. 1 on Billboard‘s Rock & Alternative Airplay chart (and remains at the top spot). The rock act is following it up with “Dying In Reverse,” a song that vocalist Matt Shultz says is essentially about a fresh start or a rebirth of sorts. More in terms of death to ego, renewing the mind and heart. The journey of turning your perspective away from self in order to see more clearly through the lens of love and connect to deeper purpose.” — L.H.

Slayyyter, “Crank 2”

Rising star Slayyyter may be on her sold-out old WOR$T GIRL IN THE WORLD TOUR right now — but you’d never know it based on her output alone. During the tour’s opening night, she debuted four new songs, including the already-released “BRAND NEW CHANEL$” and “CRANK 2,” the latter of which drops today. The dizzying grunge-pop track throws everything at the wall — and in true Slayyyter fashion, it all sticks. — L.H.

This summer, SLAYYYTER released single “brand new chanel$”, whic

Jhené Aiko, Westside Whimsy

Jhené Aiko is finally back with her first studio album since 2020’s three-time Grammy-nominated Chilombo. Titled Westside Whimsy, the 20-track set features appearances by Larry June, OHMA, Tyga, Ab-Soul and Kendrick Lamar. From the star-studded tracklist to the gorgeous, tear-drop-accented artwork, the R&B staple is back like she never left. — KYLE DENIS

Rema, “OH NO”

Right off the heels of his dancehall-indebted “TEA” — and Brooklyn’s iconic West Indian Day Parade (Sept. 7) — Grammy-nominated Nigerian hitmaker Rema is back with “Oh No.” For his new konpa-nodding joint, Rema tapped Latin Grammy-nominated producer Rvssian, who helps the “Calm Down” singer find the sweet spot between his Afrobeats roots and breezier, island riddims. — K.D.