The three NFL games taking place on Thanksgiving Day now all have stellar halftime entertainment planned. The NFL just announced that current Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper Shaboozey along with Lindsey Stirling will be joining Lainey Wilson as the halftime performers at the trio of football games scheduled on Thanksgiving. Shaboozey will perform in Detroit when the Lions take on their division rivals the Chicago Bears, while Stirling will perform in Green Bay when the Packers take on the Miami Dolphins. Wilson was already revealed as the halftime entertainment for the Dallas Cowboys annual Thanksgiving Day game against the New York Giants. “Thanksgiving football is an iconic tradition in this country, and I’m hyped to be a part of it this year,” Shaboozey says. “The Detroit Lions season has been pretty epic so far, and I’m excited to tap into that crazy energy their fans bring to Ford Field. I can’t wait for America to see the show we’ve been working on for y’all.” (Billboard)

Beyoncé’s country-flavored 2024 album, Cowboy Carter, and the chart-topping hits on the record, received 11 nominations at the 2025 Grammy Awards, including a nod in every one of the Country Music categories. Beyoncé was nominated in the prestigious Song, Record, and Album of the Year categories, along with recognition for Best Country Album, Best Country Song for “Texas Hold ‘Em,” Best Country Duo Performance for “II Most Wanted” with Miley Cyrus, and Best Country Solo Performance for “16 Carriages.” Beyoncé becomes the most-nominated artist in the history of the Grammy Awards with 99 nods in her storied career, while Cowboy Carter’s 11 nominations is second only to Michael Jackson’s 12 nominations for  Thriller at the 1984 Grammy Awards. Beyoncé took to Instagram on Friday to share her big moment with Black country music legend, Linda Martell, who was featured on two tracks on Cowboy Carter. “Congratulations to my queen Linda Martell on your nomination and your contribution to Country Music,” Beyoncé appreciatively wrote. (Consequence of Sound)

Following the announcement  of Chappell Roan’s first Grammy nominations of her career on Friday – including nods in all of the Big Four categories – it was revealed on Saturday that the pop superstar is parting ways with her management team. Roan’s Grammy nominations were conspicuously left off a since-deleted congratulatory post shared by the Instagram account of State of the Art, the management company that signed the pop superstar. State of the Art’s Nick Bobetsky was previously Roan’s manager, after initially meeting the singer back in 2018. “Her immense talent was clear immediately,” Bobetsky told Billboard about his first interactions with Roan. Roan has frequently shared her frustrations about her newfound fame and invasive fans, including an August Instagram post where she wrote, “I’m not afraid of the consequences for demanding respect. Just to let you know, every woman is feeling or has felt similar to what I’m experiencing. This isn’t a new situation.” (Billboard)

Tyler, the Creator’s CHROMAKOPIA notches its second consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart. This is the first record of Tyler’s career to spend two consecutive weeks atop the chart. Two debuts cracked this week’s Billboard 200 Top 10, as Lil Uzi Vert’s Eternal Atake 2 premiered at No. 3, while the Cure’s first album in 16 years, Songs of a Lost World, launched at No. 4. This marks the Cure’s highest charting album in over 30 years, and their first Top 10 record in over 20 years. Elsewhere in the Top 10, Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet slides up a spot to No. 2, Gracie Abrams’ The Secret of Us jumps up two slots to No. 5, Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess vaults six spots to No. 6 after her recent Saturday Night Live performance, Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft moves up two slots to No. 7, Rod Wave’s Last Lap drops three places to No. 8, Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department moves up two spots to No. 9, and Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time slides down two slots to No. 10. (Billboard)  

On Friday (November 8), Dua Lipa announced on X that her performance in Jakarta on Saturday was canceled due to “safety issues with the staging.” The pop superstar – who found out that day that she was shut out of Grammy nominations for Radical Optimism – was scheduled to perform at Indonesia Arena, a 16,500-capacity venue in Jakarta. “I’m heartbroken to share that I won’t be able to perform in Jakarta this Saturday,” Lipa wrote. “I am here in your amazing country and ready to perform, but I am gutted to share that it has been determined that it is not safe for the performance to carry on due to safety issues with the staging. It truly pains me that we cannot perform for you all, especially after such a long time since my last performance in Jakarta.” Lipa is next scheduled to perform at the Philippine Arena in Santa Maria, Philippines on Wednesday (November 13) as the Asian leg of her Radical Optimism World Tour continues. (Rolling Stone)

During an interview with Access Hollywood on Thursday (November 7), Rihanna sang the praises of Billie Eilish. The Fenty Beauty mogul even seemed surprised that the Grammy and Oscar winning musician has even heard of her. “Billie Eilish, she knows me?” Rihanna said modestly, before explaining just why she loves her music. "She is the most Anti, coolest girl ever. In my mind, she doesn’t listen to commercial music, or anyone’s music,” Rihanna shared. “She’s creating her diary… vocally. You can feel that she’s zoned into who she is and what she’s experienced, and what she’s feeling, even if she doesn’t know what it is.” Rihanna went on to declare that she believed Eilish deserved a bunch of Grammys when they were announced the following day. RiRi’s prophecy came true when Billie received seven total nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards, including Album, Song, and Record of the Year nods. (Rolling Stone)

Beyoncé has just set another personal record in her legendary career. Bey’s countrified album, Cowboy Carter, and its hit singles accumulated 11 nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards, which surpasses her previous high of 10 nods in 2009. Beyoncé is one of five women who are nominated in all three of the Grammys‘ top categories this year — Record, Song, and Album of the Year – along with Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, and Sabrina Carpenter. Roan and Carpenter are also both nominated in the ultra-competitive Best New Arists category, so both pop superstars are featured in the Grammys Big Four categories. Eilish, Post Malone, Kendrick Lamar, and Charli XCX all received the second most nominations, with each artist receiving seven nods apiece. Swift, Roan, and Carpenter received six nominations each. Female artists claimed six of the eight nominations for both Album of the Year and Record of the Year at the 2025 Grammys, following last year’s ceremony that featured women taking seven out of eight spots in both those categories. (Variety)

On Monday (October 28), Chappell Roan achieved her very first RIAA certified Platinum-selling single with her Billboard Top 5 hit, “Good Luck, Babe!” Roan’s fan favorite song has now hit the 1,000,000 copies sold threshold, becoming the best-selling song of the pop superstar’s flourishing career. The track officially hit Gold status (500,000 copies sold) back on May 29, but following her triumphant performance at Lollapalooza – where she had the largest daytime crowd in the festival’s history – as well as her high-profile medieval performance of the tune at the MTV VMA’s in September – where it was nominated for Song of the Summer – “Good Luck, Babe!”  is clearly resonating with Roan’s fans as her audience continues to grow. In addition to the platinum recognition of Roan’s breakout single, her debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, was also just certified Gold by the RIAA. (Uproxx) 

During a performance at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Monday night (October 28), Shawn Mendes shared a revealing glimpse into his personal life while opening up about his sexuality. Mendes’ intimate statement served as an introduction to the song, “The Mountain,” which fans speculate was written about the pop star’s own sexual history. “Since I was really young, there’s been this thing about my sexuality and people have been talking about it for so long,” Mendes said in a fan-captured video. The Canadian pop superstar admits that the speculation “always felt like such an intrusion on something very personal to me, something that I was figuring out in myself.” Mendes goes on to reveal, “The real truth about my life and about my sexuality is that, man, I’m just figuring it out like everyone. And it feels really scary because we live in a society that has a lot to say about that.” (Variety)

The 25th annual Latin Grammy Awards ceremony is set to take place at the Kaseya Center in Miami on November 14. The Latin Recording Academy announced on Tuesday (October 29) additional live performers that will take part in the upcoming ceremony, featuring Anitta, Edgar Barrera, Becky G, Eladio Carrión, Darumas, Emilia, Leonel García, Grupo Frontera, Danny Ocean, Silvia Pérez Cruz, Carlos Rivera, Pitbull, Reik, and Kali Uchis. Those talented artists join the lineup of previously announced performers including David Bisbal, Alejandro Fernández, Luis Fonsi, Juan Luis Guerra, Carín León, Elena Rose, and Ela Taubert. In addition to that stacked live lineup, Carlos Vives will also be honored during the ceremony as he’s presented with the 2024 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year. The 2024 Latin Grammy Awards will be broadcast live on Univision, UniMás, Galavisión, and ViX beginning at 8 p.m. ET. (Billboard)

Tina Knowles, Beyoncé and Solange Knowles’ mother, is releasing a new memoir entitled, Matriarch. The book is set to be published on April 22, 2025, via One World. The official synopsis of Matriarch states that the memoir will follow Knowles from her time as a “precocious, if unruly, little girl” from Galveston, Texas, while chronicling her life filled with “grief and tragedy, creative and romantic risks and turmoil, the nurturing of superstar offspring and of her own special gifts.” Knowles’ eldest daughter, Beyoncé, shared a supportive message for her mother on Instagram on Tuesday (October 29) while helping promote her memoir. “Mama, I couldn’t be prouder,” she wrote. “My love for you goes beyond what I can say. You put your heart into this book. I’m happy for you to share some of the stories that shaped you into who you are. To know you is to love you. But please don’t spill too much Mama Tea.” (Rolling Stone)

All five of One Direction’s albums have returned to the Billboard 200 chart following Liam Payne’s tragic death on October 16. 1D's 2014 album “Four” surges to No. 31. 2013’s “Midnight Memories,” jumps to No. 38, 2015’s “Made in the A.M.” reaches No. 62, 2011’s “Up All Night” lands at No. 88, and 2012’s “Take Me Home” comes in at No. 103. Each One Direction album initially debuted at No. 1, except for the group’s first record, “Up All Night,” which premiered at No. 2. Also making news are reports that Liam Payne’s first posthumous release, “Do No Wrong,” will be delayed out of respect for “family members” who are “still in mourning.” The new track is a collaboration with producer Sam Pounds, and was set for release on Friday (November 1). Pounds says the family can choose when to share the song, and he will donate all proceeds to a charity of their choice. "Even though we all love the song, it's not the time yet,” Pounds says. (Variety) 

Beyoncé took to Instagram on Tuesday morning (October 29) to pay affectionate tribute to country music legend Willie Nelson. The two music icons met for only the second time at a “Get Out the Vote” rally in Beyoncé's hometown of Houston on Friday. Bey’s post features a series of sweet backstage photos of the duo, as well as a candid pic of Willie performing, and Beyoncé affectionately clutching one of his iconic headbands that she received as a keepsake. “The Great Willie! You are the coolest!” Bey wrote. “I admire you, and I sincerely thank you for being the pioneer you are. Thanks for your impactful music, your advocacy, and the gracious way you appreciate and celebrate other artists! You are 1 of 1. You were so kind to me and the girls of Destiny’s Child when we fanned out meeting you years ago. And you greeted me with the same kindness 20 years later! You are one of our national treasures. Sending my love to you ❤️🐝🇨🇱🤠” (Billboard)