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Forbes
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Kendrick Lamar's Winning Streak Broken Up Only By Drake
Kendrick Lamar dominates Billboard's Rap Airplay chart with four GNX singles, including the No. 1 ... More 'Luther' with SZA and three more inside the top five. Kendrick Lamar at Life Is Beautiful 2023 on September 23, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images) Kendrick Lamar's latest album GNX is proving to be even more successful than he may have imagined when he dropped it. At this point, the full-length has been out for months, and while the project itself is still performing well, multiple singles from the release are not just holding on — they're either dominating charts, or sitting very close to the summit on many lists. It's not odd that Lamar has produced multiple hits from his album, but what is noteworthy is that he is pushing several tunes from GNX as radio singles at the same time – and they're all smashes. Lamar demonstrates his near-unparalleled popularity most vividly on Billboard's Rap Airplay chart, where he claims most of the top-performing tunes in the U.S. this frame. He occupies all but one of the highest five spaces on the radio ranking – an incredible showing that very few artists in history have managed on any airplay list. Lamar and SZA's 'Luther' remains at No. 1 on the Rap Airplay tally again this frame. Out of the 22 weeks that the track has spent on the ranking, half a dozen have been spent at the summit. Back at its all-time peak of No. 3 is 'Squabble Up,' which lifts from No. 4 this frame. It trades places with previous champion 'TV Off,' a collaboration with Lefty Gunplay. Yet another GNX smash, 'Peekaboo,' which features AZChike, is on the rise. This time around, it jumps from No. 7 to No. 5. As it soars, the catchy collaboration reaches a new high point on the Rap Airplay list. Most of Lamar's current hits on the Rap Airplay tally have spent about the same amount of time on the list. Both 'Luther' and 'TV Off' have racked up 22 stays, while 'Squabble Up' arrived just one week earlier. 'Peekaboo' is the newest of the bunch, and it reaches its milestone tenth period on the list this frame as it jumps to its new peak. The only musician who breaks up Lamar's streak is his frequent rival, Drake. The Canadian hip-hop star's 'Nokia' holds at its No. 2 high, as Lamar has blocked him from scoring another champion.
Powys County Times
04-05-2025
- Sport
- Powys County Times
Falakeyah powers to impressive Pretty Polly triumph
Falakeyah made a huge impression when strolling to victory in the Betfred Pretty Polly Stakes at Newmarket, but trainer Owen Burrows issued a warning over her Oaks prospects. The Shadwell owned and bred filly was making the second start of her career and was ridden by Jim Crowley as the 6-4 favourite after winning her sole juvenile race by a wide margin last year. She took up the lead early on in the contest and strode along happily to gain a significant advantage after a handful of furlongs. That margin was reduced in the closing stages, but when asked to press on again the imposing bay was well able to respond and claimed an easy win by three and a quarter lengths from Life Is Beautiful. Burrows said: 'You've got to be very impressed with her. There was no real plan, we just said see where she ends up as she's a big filly with a big stride and we didn't want to be pulling her out of that. 'She ended up setting her own fractions and did it the hard way. 'She'd won her only race on the all-weather, and the form hadn't worked out. But she's a well-balanced filly and she's very exciting. 'We'll have a chat with Team Shadwell about what to do next. Jim just said a mile and a half might be far enough for her. Put it this way, I wouldn't be telling anyone to back her for the Oaks just yet. 'She showed us a fair level at home last year and I trained her half-sister Rowayeh, who always promised a lot but she ended up rated in the mid-80s. This filly is showing the same but we hope she delivers on the promise, she's got more scope and her mind is a bit better. 'She got a bit lonely in front, she was a bit tired which she was entitled to be. I'm just not sure she wants a mile and a half yet, possibly the Prix de Diane.' Crowley said: 'She travelled strongly and I thought she was putting in some good fractions but she was always doing it easily. 'Her maiden didn't work out at all but she's been showing good speed, so I said to Owen she might not be one to go too far with just yet. 'She's a big girl with a big stride and she really covers the ground. I was pleased with how she won today as she's been showing it at home.'
The Herald Scotland
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Trad Jazz aiming to turn on the style, with Oaks bid in the offing
Her daughter made her debut at Kempton in the summer and easily claimed a mile maiden, after which she made her seasonal return at the same track when winning over a mile and three furlongs last month. Now she turns her attention to grass at Listed level over 10 furlongs, as connections seek to find out how justified their Classic aspirations are. 'She hasn't run on turf yet, but she's going really well at home and we really like her,' said Owen. 'I would just like a little bit of rain and it doesn't look like it's going to come, but as long as it is safe we'll be running. She's a big filly who has grown a lot and she will come on again for this run. 'We were going to run her in a Listed race at the end of last season, but she just wasn't right and just needed time so that kind of forced our hand a bit, but the Kempton comeback was ideal. 'We hope she's an Oaks filly and we'll find out on Sunday.' Opposing Trad Jazz will be Sand Gazelle, who makes the second start of her career having impressed when winning a seven-furlong maiden at Kempton in December. John Gosden, who trains the Frankel filly alongside his son, Thady, said: 'Sand Gazelle looked very good on debut, but she has been very slow to come to herself in her coat. What you forget is you have this summer weather now, but we have had very cold nights and we had frosts up until two weeks ago. 'A lot of the fillies have stayed like those buds in spring, a little bit tight, but now they are beginning to open and flower up.' The Gosdens also run Life Is Beautiful, with David Menuisier's Janey Mackers, Owen Burrows' Falakeyah and the William Haggas'-trained Anna Swan all set to line up in what should be an informative affair. Clarehaven have a live chance in the Betfred Dahlia Stakes, too, with last season's runner-up Running Lion heading the market. The grey has the capacity to be rather mercurial as her record proves, and can alternate between smart victories and head-scratching defeats. The ability is clearly not lacking, however, and Gosden senior hopes she is in the right mood on the Rowley Mile. He said: 'She's in good form and I hope she very much has an 'on' day. 'She ran a great race behind Friendly Soul in the Prix de l'Opera and she's a highly talented mare. She's probably at her best over a mile and a quarter and a stiff one at that.' Elsewhere in the race is Roger Varian's Elmalka, winner of the 1000 Guineas last year but unable to get her head in front since.
Tatler Asia
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Tatler Asia
Family curses: 9 K-dramas that untangle multigenerational trauma
2. 'My Liberation Notes' (2022) This slow-burn masterpiece focuses on three siblings, Yeom Mi-jeong (Kim Ji-won), Yeom Chang-hee (Lee Min-ki) and Yeom Ki-jeong (Lee El), suffocated by their uneventful lives and the unspoken burdens passed down by their stoic parents. Their quiet yearning is palpable, and as both search for 'liberation' from emotional stagnation, My Liberation Notes becomes a haunting reflection on how family can shape and sometimes stifle identity. Don't miss: Love thy neighbour: 10 K-dramas where love was found living right next door 3. 'Juvenile Justice' (2022) While Juvenile Justice centres on a stern judge known for her disdain for juvenile offenders, the deeper layers of the drama peel back systemic failures, parenting gaps and societal neglect that get passed from one generation to the next. Judge Shim Eun-seok's (Kim Hye-soo) own complicated relationship with her past adds an emotional undercurrent to her courtroom battles, showing how cycles of hurt can begin frighteningly early. Also read: 9 iconic K-drama mothers you can relate to 4. 'Mother' (2018) Adapted from the acclaimed Japanese drama, Mother follows substitute teacher Kang Soo-jin (Lee Bo-young), who impulsively 'kidnaps' her abused student to save her. As Soo-jin confronts her own fraught relationship with her biological mother, the show paints a devastating yet tender portrait of how maternal love, whether chosen or biological, can break and heal across generations. See more: 12 inspiring K-drama monologues that capture life perfectly 5. 'Chocolate' (2019) Chocolate weaves together the lives of neurosurgeon Lee Kang (Yoon Kye-sang ) and chef Moon Cha-young (Ha Ji-won), whose childhood connection turns into a second chance at healing. Set partly in a hospice, the drama explores not just personal pain, but the regrets and generational grief that patients carry to their final days. It's one of those beautiful K-dramas with a slow, aching story about forgiveness, memory and letting go. 6. 'Life Is Beautiful' (2010) Above 'Life Is Beautiful' (Photo: IMDB) This family weekend drama broke ground by tenderly portraying a multigenerational family grappling with acceptance, identity and reconciliation. Set on Jeju Island, Life Is Beautiful delves into the everyday joys and heartaches of family life, focusing on secrets that strain—but never completely sever—the ties that bind. 7. 'My Mister' (2018) It may seem like a run-of-the-mill programme about a weary office worker and a struggling young woman, but My Mister is also a quiet epic of generational hurt. Park Dong-hoon's (Lee Sun-kyun) strained relationship with his brothers and his ageing mother shows how the scars of hardship and disappointment ripple outward, and how even broken people can find ways to carry one another forward. 8. 'Reply 1988' (2015) A love letter to late '80s Seoul, Reply 1988 may seem like a simple coming-of-age story, but it's rich with multigenerational layers. The parents' sacrifices, the kids' obliviousness and the bittersweet passage of time reveal how every era leaves its own imprint of hopes and regrets—often in the spaces between what families say and what they leave unsaid. This show may be 10 years old, but it remains a blueprint for many modern K-dramas. 9. 'Hi Bye, Mama!' (2020) After dying in a tragic accident, Cha Yu-ri (Kim Tae-hee) is given a 49-day chance to return to her family, but everything has changed, and moving on isn't as simple as coming back. Hi Bye, Mama! is a tearjerker that explores grief from every angle: the sorrow of parents losing a child, a child growing up without a mother and a woman learning to let go of the life she had dreamed of. It's a heartfelt portrait of love persisting beyond generations, not to mention beyond life itself.
