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It “Ain’t a Bad Life” when your 25th #1 just hit the top of the chart. Thomas Rhett’s collab with Jordan Davis cements that milestone for him as it reaches the pinnacle of the Mediabase radio airplay tally. 

“Having 25 No. 1’s is something I never could’ve dreamed up,” TR says. “I’m really grateful to the fans, country radio, my team and everyone who’s been on this ride with me—this one means a lot, and I’m glad I get to celebrate it with my buddy Jordan Davis.”

The feat is even more impressive when you consider Thomas has done it all in less than 14 years, the time since his debut single, “Something to Do with My Hands,” came out. 

“Ain’t a Bad Life” is the third #1 in a row from TR’s latest album, About a Woman (Deluxe), following “Beautiful as You” and “After All the Bars Are Closed.”

Thomas Rhett dropped his new collab with Marshmello, “Where We Go,” on Friday.  

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After soccer star Jorginho Frello made headlines worldwide by claiming that security for Chappell Roan made his stepdaughter cry, he’s now saying that he regrets the repercussions that his story caused.

To recap, during Lollapalooza weekend in Brazil, Frello claimed that his 11-year-old stepdaughter Ada Law — whose father is Jude Law — walked past Roan at a hotel restaurant and smiled. Frello claimed that Roan’s security guard then aggressively confronted his wife and stepdaughter, accusing the girl of “disrespect” and “harassment,” and threatening to file a complaint against her, which made her cry “a lot.”

Roan subsequently denied that the guard was working for her and said she had no knowledge of the incident, but she apologized to Frello’s wife and stepdaughter if they “felt uncomfortable.” She noted, “that makes me really sad. You did not deserve that.” The security guard then posted a statement clarifying that he didn’t work for Roan and said he took “full responsibility.”

Now, nearly a month after the incident, Frello wrote in a lengthy Instagram Story that he wants to “make clear that the situation did occur as it was originally described.” He added, “At the time, we acted on the information that was available to us. Since then, I have become aware of new information that has changed my understanding of parts of what happened.”

Frello says the “Pink Pony Club” singer reached out privately to his wife, Catherine Harding, and his team spoke with Roan’s team. “It became clear that she had no knowledge of what took place. … She was understanding and sympathetic,” he said of Roan.

He went on to say, “I regret the impact this situation has had on Chappell Roan, Catherine, Ada, and our family,” and described the incident as “ultimately a misunderstanding.”

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Olivia Dean and Ella Langley both have two songs in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 — and that’s a history-making achievement.

Olivia is at #2 with “Man I Need” and #6 with “So Easy (To Fall in Love).” Meanwhile, Ella is #1 for a sixth week with “Choosin’ Texas,” while her new song, “Be Her,” has jumped to #8. For both women, those songs are their first-ever top-10 hits on the Hot 100, and that’s the historic part.

According to Billboard, this marks the first time in the history of the Hot 100 — which started in 1958 — that two women have both had their first two top-10 hits in the top 10 simultaneously.

Ella also picked up an additional chart milestone: She’s now only the second woman ever to have two songs reach the top 10 on both the Hot 100 and the Hot Country Songs chart at the same time. The first, of course, was Taylor Swift, who did it in 2012 with “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” and “Red.”

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J. Cole’s stint at a player in the Chinese Basketball Association has come and gone. After making his debut for the Nanjing Monkey Kings on Saturday, he shared a blog post recapping the experience.

“I want to say thank you to the Nanjing club and to the CBA for allowing me to have that incredible experience,” he wrote. “Also to my teammates who were mad cool, and who really wanted me to get a bucket!”

Cole played eight minutes in his appearance, getting “a few good looks” but failing to score. “A couple more games and maybe those shots would have started to fall! Either way I’m fulfilled and grateful!” he said. “S***, I feel like I dropped 20 !!! And my knees felt like I played 40 minutes!”

“The biggest win,” however, was that his family “got to experience China for the first time.” He also expressed his appreciation for his international fanbase.

“I also didn’t realize there were so many people in China that rocked with my music!” he wrote. “Thank you to everybody who showed up and brought an album to sign. I was blown away. I felt the energy in the game that yall wanted me to hit those shots too! Appreciate it!”

He added that he’d consider returning “for a longer amount of games” after his upcoming tour as long as he “could stay in shape.”

For now, Cole’s time with the Monkey Kings is up. Though he was scheduled to play three games, visa delays limited him to just one appearance.

Cole is set to kick off The Fall-Off World Tour on July 11.

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Former Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg has opened up regarding his firing from the band in 2023 in an interview with Rolling Stone.

Weinberg had joined the masked metallers in 2014 in place of original drummer Joey Jordison. In announcing Weinberg’s departure, Slipknot put out a statement calling the move a “creative decision.”

Weinberg tells Rolling Stone that leading up to his firing he was trying to find time to schedule a surgery to repair a torn hip labrum. He says he got the OK from Slipknot to undergo the surgery in November 2023 after they finished a tour.

“They were like, ‘Yeah, good to go. Go for your surgery,'” Weinberg says. “And then I woke up the morning after traveling home from our last show together, and I received a phone call from the band’s manager in which he informed me that the band had made a decision to not renew my contract at the end of the year. I was shocked and full of questions. I was like, ‘Why? What happened?'”

According to Weinberg, the ‘Knot’s manager told him the band wanted to put out a joint statement with him the next day. 

“I went on a walk with my wife to clear my head and process what had just happened,” Weinberg says. “And then 20 minutes later, they posted their own statement online.”

Reflecting on the firing now, Weinberg says, “It came without an explanation, no reason.”

“It was confusing then,” Weinberg says. “If I’m perfectly honest, it remains confusing.”

He adds, “Maybe I became a scapegoat for certain things.”

Weinberg has since launched a solo career and has released two songs.

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Travis Barker was a surprise performer during the first weekend of Coachella 2026.

The blink-182 drummer joined rap duo Clipse onstage during their set on Sunday.

Barker previously played Coachella in 2023 with blink-182, which marked the band’s first concert with Tom DeLonge back since 2014.

Other surprise guests who showed up during Coachella’s first weekend included Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins and former Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth, who showed up for sombr and Teddy Swims’ sets, respectively. Jack White was also a last-minute addition to the lineup. 

The second weekend of Coachella takes place April 17-19. Like the first weekend, it will stream live on YouTube.

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