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As we eagerly await Beyoncé’s next move – Act III perhaps following Act I’s Renaissance and Act II’s Cowboy Carter? – we’re looking back at the artists who’ve appeared on her full-length studio albums. With eight to her name, Beyoncé has officially featured more than 30 different collaborators. Sometimes she keeps it in the family – see her multiple collabs with husband Jay-Z and her tracks featuring daughters Blue Ivy and Rumi Carter – other times, she highlights upcoming artists like Shaboozey, who joined her on her latest album and then found huge solo success himself.

For the collaborations listed below, she’s earned 14 Grammy nods, winning five of them: best R&B song and best rap/sung collaboration for “Crazy in Love” with Jay-Z from her debut solo album Dangerously in Love; best R&B performance and best R&B song for “Drunk in Love,” again with her husband off of her self-titled LP; and best country duo/group performance with Miley Cyrus for “II Most Wanted” from Cowboy Carter.

It’s important to note: We’re solely counting songs on her solo studio albums; remixes like “America Has a Problem” with Kendrick Lamar or cuts from her soundtrack to The Lion King don’t make the list. Neither do her joints on other albums that are not her own (sorry to the exceptional “Savage Remix” with Megan Thee Stallion).

From fellow A-Listers like Post Malone, Cyrus and The Weeknd to icons like Linda Martell, Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton, scroll through all the artists who have collaborated with Beyoncé on her solo studio albums below.

A judge says Investigation Discovery complied with journalistic standards in its 2024 documentary chronicling domestic and sexual abuse allegations against Chris Brown.

A Monday (Jan. 12) court order dismisses Brown’s $500 million defamation lawsuit against Warner Bros. Discovery and Ample Entertainment, the production company behind Chris Brown: A History of Violence. The R&B star sued almost exactly a year ago, claiming this documentary was “full of lies and deception.”

The lawsuit’s primary issue was with the documentary’s spotlight on a woman who alleges the singer raped her on a yacht owned by Sean “Diddy” Combs in 2020. Brown says these claims are false and disproven by inconsistencies in the woman’s account, as well as her own violent past and the fact that she concealed key text messages after reporting the incident to Miami police.

But in Monday’s order, Judge Colin Leis says Investigation Discovery presents the perspectives of both sides in a balanced manner.

“The court has personally viewed the entire documentary. The documentary recites most of the inconsistencies plaintiff notes, including the existence of the text messages,” writes the judge. “Media defendants thus presented a ‘fair and true’ report of [the woman’s] statements and the judicial record and proceedings.”

Judge Leis also says there’s no merit to Brown claiming that the network defamed him by including an interview in which culture writer Scaachi Koul says the singer has a “predisposition for punching women in the face.” As the judge points out, Brown “has admitted to punching the singer Rihanna.”

“Plaintiff presents no evidence that Scaachi Koul’s opinions about plaintiff’s predilections are false,” says the judge.

The order strikes Brown’s lawsuit under California’s anti-SLAPP law, which curbs the use of litigation to target First Amendment-protected free speech. This statute requires plaintiffs who sue journalists to establish at least “minimal merit” in order to move forward with a lawsuit — a standard that Judge Leis says has not been met here.

Lawyers for Brown and Warner Bros. Discovery did not immediately return requests for comment on the decision. Brown has the right to appeal the dismissal if he chooses.

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Having post-concert blues after attending Oasis‘ Live ’25 Tour? Us too.

The reunion tour was announced in Aug. of 2024, two days before the 30th anniversary of the band’s debut album Definitely Maybe. The show ran from July 4, 2025, at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, to Nov. 23rd at Estádio do Morumbi in São Paulo, Brazil. To really hammer home the scale, the tour grossed $405,428,435 and was attended by over two million people, making it the second highest-grossing and third most attended tour of 2025.

Not all hope is lost, though, since a lot seems to be lined up for the English rock band in 2026. This includes rumors that Oasis, specifically Noel Gallagher, would be writing the theme for a James Bond movie if given the chance. The Gallagher brother told TalkSports in an interview that he’d love to contribute an original song to the next Bond film, whenever it comes to be. When asked how he’d respond if he were offered the gig by longtime Bond producer Barbara Broccoli, Noel quipped, “I’d say, ‘All right, Babs.’”

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If you’ve been living under a rock, Oasis is a band frequently seen on Billboard‘s charts over the years. The English rock band was formed in 1991 and had a core lineup of five members for most of their initial run, including Liam Gallagher, Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs, Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan and Tony McCarroll. The group is best known for their alternative rock hits with titles like “Wonderwall,” “Don’t Look Back In Anger” and “The Shock Of The Lightning,” which all made appearances on Billboard’s charts in the past. All seven of Oasis’ studio albums went to No. 1 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart, including “Be Here Now” — the U.K.’s fastest-selling LP.

Goodbye, Glinda. Ariana Grande shifted back to her signature style at the 2026 Golden Globes, opting for a custom-designed, black Vivienne Westwood dress and a brunette, high ponytail in place of the pale pink gowns and blonde locks she’d adopted during her Wicked era.

The high ponytail has long been Grande’s signature hairstyle. The choice to return to it seems fitting as she gets closer to kicking off her highly anticipated Eternal Sunshine Tour, which launches in June.

Grande was nominated for best performance by a female actor in a supporting role in any motion picture for her role as Glinda in Jon M. Chu’s Wicked: For Good at Sunday night’s ceremony. (Catch up with the full list of Golden Globe nominees and winners as they’re announced here.)

Post-awards season, Grande’s also got a top-secret project in the works — “I can’t say much yet, but it’s something that inspires me deeply,” she said in an interview with Variety last week — but don’t expect the pop star/actress back in the recording studio again just yet.

“Ma’am i would need an extra brain and four more arms,” she wrote on Instagram, responding to speculation that she’s working on new music ahead of her summer tour, for which she’ll begin rehearsals soon.

As of Sunday, Wicked: For Good has grossed $522.3 million worldwide in its first eight weeks at the boxoffice. That stat has the movie currently landing at No. 3 on Billboard’s list of the top-grossing films that are adapted from Broadway musicals.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another went into the 2026 Golden Globes as a favorite: it received nine nods, the most of any film nominated at the 83rd annual Golden Globes. But Teyana Taylor’s win was far from a foregone conclusion. When it was revealed that the actor-musical artist had won her first Golden Globe — best performance by a female actor in a supporting role in any motion picture — on Sunday (Jan. 11) night, she was beside herself.

“I almost didn’t write a speech because I didn’t think I’d win,” Taylor said, crying and even shaking a bit as she began her acceptance remarks. “My babies are upstairs watching – y’all better be off those damn phones and watching right now,” she joked.

As her co-stars (and many others) gave her a standing ovation, Taylor thanked her director, calling him “Paul ‘Let Him Cook’ Anderson” and thanking him for his “vision” of One Battle After Another, which he also co-wrote.

After thanking her family, co-stars and team, she added an impactful message. “Last, but most importantly, to my Brown sisters and little Brown girls watching tonight. Our softness is not a liability. Our depth is not too much. Our light does not need permission to shine. We belong in every room we walk into. Our voices matter and our dreams deserve space.”

Taylor released her latest solo album, Escape Room, last fall. She told Billboard all about her new album in an episode of Takes Us Out.

The Golden Globes are produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a joint venture between Eldridge Industries and Billboard parent company Penske Media.