Category: Music

“Hablamos Mañana,” the latest release from Becky G, tops this week’s fan-voted music poll.

Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Dec. 12) on Billboard, choosing the singer’s fresh arrival as their favorite new drop.

“Hablamos Mañana” officially got a proper studio release in a week that saw new music streaming in from 21 Savage, OneRepublic, Whitney Whitney, Fred Again… and more. Becky G swooped in with the lead on Sunday, bringing in 30% of the vote.

What’s the story behind “Hablamos Mañana”? Becky G fans might find it to be a familiar tune —  as they’ve probably heard a live rendition of the song, which found its way to the stage long before Becky actually recorded it. The star gave it the studio treatment (with production by Di Genius) — and an accompanying visualizer — as a year-end thank you to fans.

A video released with “Hablamos Mañana” features behind-the-scenes clips from Becky’s jam-packed 2025.

“This past year I had some much needed fun, discoveries were made, & new dreams were dreamt!” she wrote in a post on Instagram on its release day. “Dormi poco and the kitty naps I did have were either 30,000 feet up in the clouds or on the floor of the recording booth. Gracias, Beasters, por todo el apoyo!!! 2026 is almost here!!! Can’t wait to share more momentitos con ustedes.”

“After years of waiting, Hablamos Mañana is finally yours,” Becky said.

Her song is a reminder to show affection and live in the moment: “Bésame, hablamos mañana/ Vamos a mi habitación/ Y hablamos, pero en mi cama/ De otra conversación,” sings Becky, whose last full-length studio release was 2024’s Encuentros, which made its way to the top 10 of the Top Regional Mexican Albums chart.

Among the new releases trailing behind “Hablamos Mañana” are 21 Savage’s What Happened to the Streets? (with 19% of the vote), OneRepublic’s “Give Me Something” (with 16% of the vote) and Whitney Whitney’s “Isabelle” and (with 5% of the vote).

See the final results of this week’s poll below.

Taylor Swift is being showered with well-wishes on her 36th birthday.

In honor of the pop superstar’s birthday on Saturday (Dec. 13), her Eras Tour backup dancers and friends Kameron Saunders and Jan Ravnik shared heartfelt tributes on social media.

“To my girl… my boss lady!” Saunders captioned an Instagram photo of him rehearsing with Swift. “It’s been three years now that we’ve gotten to have this moment. And each year my love for you grows deeper and deeper.”

He continued, “You are such an astounding human being!! I’m honored to be in your orbit. The laughs. The love. The affirming. The care. The generosity. I just—thank you! Here’s to a lifetime of more of these moments together. Happy Birthday, gorgeous! #SheProtectsTheFamily”

Ravnik, who recently competed on Dancing with the Stars, shared an Instagram gallery post featuring highlights from Swift’s record-breaking Eras Tour.

“HAPPY BIRTHDAY @taylorswift,” Ravnik wrote. “I’m endlessly grateful for you and for the 3 years we’ve shared together. You’re one of a kind!”

Swift’s blockbuster Eras Tour ran from March 2023 through December 2024, spanning 149 shows across five continents. The tour became the highest-grossing of all time, earning over $2 billion and selling more than 10 million tickets, according to Billboard Boxscore.

The singer-songwriter is also celebrating the continued success of her The Life of a Showgirl album, which topped the Billboard 200 for the ninth week, along with the release of her six-part Disney+ docuseries The End of an Era, which premiered its first two episodes on Friday (Dec. 12). Check out Billboard’s list of “6 Things We Learned” from the docuseries’ opening episodes here.

Actress Debby Ryan has given birth to her first child, welcoming baby Felix Winter Dun with husband Josh Dun, drummer of Twenty One Pilots.

Ryan posted the birth announcement Saturday (Dec. 13) on Instagram, where she shared a personal video clip of herself in a birthing tub, as well as the first public photos of the couple’s child, including a snapshot of Josh Dun holding their newborn.

“We sat under the full moon— the cold supermoon— reminiscing on our life as a family of two, and told the child I was harboring that we were ready to become three. By midday, Felix was born under christmas lights with snow outside our bedroom window, right into her father’s hands,” Ryan captioned her post.

The actress said her husband was “an incredible teammate,” and thanked her birth team and the women who provided support during her pregnancy. Ryan then wrote about baby Felix, whom she affectionately called “lil moonbeam.”

“Her hair is made of silk and her breath smells like vanilla ice cream and every chirp, squeak and whimper is music and everytime I look away and look back, she’s gotten smaller somehow,” wrote Ryan. “I know too soon, I’ll look away and look back and she’ll be bigger and bigger still so for now I’d like to spend my days trapped under the immovable 8 pounds of Felix Winter Dun. I’ve been a lot of things but her home, a grow light, a portal to bring a new soul into the world— these are my greatest honors. Welcome to earth lil moonbeam. Love you forever.”

Dun and Ryan were married in a New Year’s Eve ceremony on Dec. 31, 2019, a year after the two got engaged.

Ryan, who had her breakthrough as a Disney Channel series regular on Jessie (2011-2015) and The Suite Life on Deck (2008-2011), most recently appeared on American Horror Stories and in the film Turtles All the Way Down (both in 2024). She’s next expected to be seen in celebrity thriller Famous alongside Zac Efron, Phoebe Dynevor, Nicholas Braun, and is set to topline sci-fi thriller Orion.

Twenty One Pilots just earned their 13th career No. 1 on the Alternative Airplay chart with their latest single, “City Walls,” marking their third No. 1 on the chart this year following “The Line” (in August) and “The Contract” (in February). The band ties Cage the Elephant and Green Day for the third-most No. 1s on Alternative Airplay since the chart began in September 1988. (Red Hot Chili Peppers hold the record with 15 Alternative Airplay chart toppers.)

Their latest studio album, Breach, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in September.

Lady Gaga suddenly halted her show in Australia after one of her dancers fell off the stage.

During her Mayhem Ball stop at Sydney’s Accor Stadium on Saturday (Dec. 12), the 39-year-old pop superstar paused mid-performance after a dancer accidentally slid off the stage while performing “Garden of Eden.”

Fan-captured video on X shows the dancer, Michael Dameski, gliding off the end of the stage, which had become slippery due to heavy rainfall at the open-air venue, according to TMZ.

After noticing the fall, Gaga immediately stopped the concert to check on the performer, earning applause from the audience. Fans on social media reportedly noted that she paused the show long enough to help him find shoes with better grip.

Following the concert, Dameski shared a video on social media dancing in what appeared to be a hotel bathroom amid animated rain, confirming he was not injured.

“Hey everyone! I’m ok. Thank you for checking. Happy I was able to finish the last show of the year!” he captioned the clip on his Instagram Story.

“The show must go on!” he wrote in a second clip, which showed him performing during the concert.

Gaga’s back-to-back shows at Accor Stadium, concluding Sunday night (Dec. 13), marked the final 2025 dates of her Mayhem Ball Tour. Dameski is expected to return when the tour resumes in Tokyo in January 2026.

The pop superstar ranked No. 12 on Billboard’s 2025 year-end top tours list, grossing $166.2 million and drawing 722,000 concertgoers across 35 shows, according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore. The year-end tracking period includes all worldwide shows between Oct. 1, 2024, and Sept. 30, 2025.

The Mayhem Ball tour notably marked Gaga’s return to arenas after performing in stadiums for The Chromatica Ball (2022) and combining both stadiums and arenas on the Joanne World Tour (2017–18).

Abraham Isaac Quintanilla Jr., the father and manager of late Tejano music star Selena, has died. He was 86.

The news was shared by his son, Abraham “A.B.” Quintanilla III, in a social media post on Saturday (Dec. 13).

“It’s with a heavy heart to let you guys know that my Dad passed away today…” A.B., Selena’s brother and producer, wrote on Instagram.

The post included a photo of Quintanilla set to Pedro Infante’s “Cien Años.”

A cause of death had not been disclosed as of press time.

Born in 1939 in Corpus Christi, Texas, Quintanilla began his music career as a teenager, joining the vocal group the Dinos in 1956. He later left the band in the late 1960s to focus on raising his family.

Quintanilla was married to Marcella Quintanilla, and together they had three children: A.B., Suzette and Selena, who was fatally shot at age 23 in March 1995 by her former fan club president, Yolanda Saldívar.

After recognizing Selena’s talent at a young age, Quintanilla went on to manage and help develop one of Latin music’s most celebrated artists. He oversaw Selena y Los Dinos, the family band that included A.B. on bass, Suzette on drums and Selena’s husband, Chris Pérez, on guitar.

“I found out she had the talent to sing when she was six-and-a-half years old,” Quintanilla told Billboard in August 2022. “As she grew older, I would sit down with her and teach her how to sing in Spanish. I would teach her how to pronounce the word and what the word meant so she can put some emotion into it. She learned it very well. She was a good student in learning music.”

Selena’s short-lived but historic career earned her the title of the Queen of Tejano. In the 1990s, she revolutionized the genre and broke barriers in a male-dominated field, powered by hits such as “Como La Flor,” “Dreaming of You,” “Amor Prohibido” and “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom.”

On the Billboard charts, Selena logged 24 entries on Top Latin Albums, including 16 top 10s and seven No. 1 titles. Among them were Amor Prohibido, which spent 20 weeks at No. 1 in 1994, and the posthumous Dreaming of You, which topped the chart for 40 weeks in 1995. She also earned seven No. 1 albums on the Regional Mexican Albums chart and six on the Latin Pop Albums chart.

See A.B. Quintanilla’s post about his father’s death on Instagram here.

From career milestones to new music releases to major announcements and those little important moments, Billboard editors highlight uplifting moments in Latin music. Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week.

Shakira & Sons Sing Live in Concert

In the midst of the Latin American leg of her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran tour, Shakira surprised fans in Buenos Aires by bringing out her two sons onstage. In the very rare performance — and a first in her world tour — the Colombian artist was joined by Milan and Sasha for the live debut of “Acróstico,” a powerful open letter to her children that she released on Mother’s Day in 2023. “Buenos Aires, thank you for this moment that will last forever,” she expressed on social media following the heartfelt moment on stage. “It was magical to sing with my children and see them express the music they have inside, while we watched entire families also singing and hugging each other!”

10 Years Serving Santa Marta

This week, Carlos Vives and wife Claudia Elena celebrated 10 years of their foundation Tras La Perla—created to improve the quality of life in Vives’ native Santa Marta, and the ecosystems of Sierra Nevada and the Ciénaga Grande. “Looking back and reflecting on the journey we’ve taken over these years, it fills us with hope to see how an idea rooted in love for our land has blossomed into projects that are now transforming realities in the territory where I was born,” Vives said in a press statement. Throughout the decade, Tras La Perla—which also offers health care and education to families in need—has fostered the connection of communities “through restored habitats and by strengthening their identity, history, and culture as key elements of their holistic development,” according to the foundation’s website.

Grupo Frontera & Perlita

In one of their latest music videos for “Se Me Sale,” Grupo Frontera documented the sweet encounter they had with one special fan named Perla Leyla, who’s a cancer patient. In the nearly three-minute clip, where they sing about a beautiful girl that has their heart racing in their true cumbia norteño fashion, the Texan group is seen spending quality time with their young fan in Disney. The heartwarming video also demonstrates clips of Perlita’s process in the hospital and features adorable moments with her parents. “Dedicated to Perlita, who found light even in the darkest days. All funds collected from this video will be for her and her family,” reads a letter at the beginning of the clip.

Silvana Makes Late-Night TV Debut

Silvana Estrada made her late-night TV debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live, where she was joined by Los Angeles Philharmonic for a powerful performance of “Dime,” part of her Vendrán Suaves Lluvias album. “I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS!!! I’m overwhelmed with emotion and nerves. It’s beautiful to see the journey these new songs are taking me on. I feel so much gratitude,” the Mexican singer-songwriter expressed on Instagram when she shared the news. Following her performance, Estrada shared an anecdote on how she drove from San Francisco to Los Angeles, and made it just in time for her Kimmel Live rehearsal. “It was a very emotional moment for everyone, especially considering that I wrote this song during a very difficult time in my life and now it’s been captured in this little bubble in Los Angeles during this beautiful moment in December. Thank you for supporting my music,” she noted on Instagram.