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Forbes
03-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Benson Boone Flies Back To No. 1 With One Of The Biggest Pop Songs In Years
Benson Boone's 'Beautiful Things' returns to No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart as other American Heart singles gain ground across Billboard rankings. Benson Boone at the 2025 Governors Ball Music Festival held at Flushing Meadows Corona Park on June 06, 2025 in New York, New York. (Photo by Nina Westervelt/Billboard via Getty Images) Billboard via Getty Images A month into its run on the Billboard charts, Benson Boone's sophomore album American Heart continues to descend. This week, the set falls outside the top 40 on both the Top Album Sales and Top Streaming Albums rankings, and it comes dangerously close to slipping from that region on the Billboard 200. Several singles from the project are still performing relatively well — one even reaches a new peak on several tallies — but the spotlight remains, as always, on 'Beautiful Things.' The track that turned Boone into a household name is somehow still reigning supreme in America. To this day, 'Beautiful Things' remains a hit, jumping back into first place on the Adult Contemporary radio list. In the previous frame, the tune held in the runner-up spot behind 'Lose Control' by Teddy Swims, another historic leader to emerge in the past year. This time around, the two swap spots, with Boone hitting No. 1 again. 'Beautiful Things' has now spent 73 weeks on the Adult Contemporary chart. That's a long time, even for a ranking known for its lengthy stays. The global smash has led the tally for 13 nonconsecutive frames. It first climbed to No. 1 in March and has risen and fallen since, but it's never strayed too far from the summit. It was just a few weeks ago, on the chart dated July 12, that 'Beautiful Things' last claimed the throne. That week, 'Beautiful Things' sat at No. 1 while 'Lose Control' was pushed to second place. Then, the two traded positions, and 'Lose Control' has ruled ever since, until this period. Benson Boone Lands Three Adult Contemporary Hits Boone currently occupies three spots on the Adult Contemporary ranking, with his oldest hit being the biggest. 'Sorry, I'm Here for Someone Else' climbs to a new all-time high of No. 11, while fellow American Heart single 'Mystical Magical' debuts at No. 25. Boone earns his fifth career win on this list as the latter track arrives. Both 'Sorry, I'm Here for Someone Else' and 'Mystical Magical' have now landed on all three of Billboard's pop radio rankings. Those two tracks — as well as 'Beautiful Things' — also live on the all-genre Radio Songs tally.
Irish Times
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Met Gala 2025 in Pictures
For its spring 2025 exhibition , the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute gave itself a monumental challenge: to use fashion as a means of exploring the complexities and contradictions of Black life. More specifically, to use the expressive style known as dandyism to explore the nuances of Black masculinity. The show, called Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, which opens on May 10th, attempts to do just that – and mostly succeeds. It was inspired, in part, by the death of Vogue's beloved fashion editor André Leon Talley in January 2022. Talley was known in the industry for his larger-than-life personality and penchant for flamboyant luxury ensembles (capes and Louis Vuitton tennis racquets), a combination which helped him become Vogue's first Black creative director. In many ways, he is the very manifestation of Black dandyism, which the show describes as a person who, 'studies above everything else to dress elegantly and fashionably'. Met Gala: Rihanna. Photograph: Matt Crossick/PA Met Gala: Shaboozey. Photograph: Amir Hamja/The New York Times Met Gala: Alicia Keys. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/The New York Times Met Gala: Gabby Thomas. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/The New York Times Met Gala: Ayo Edebiri. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/The New York Times Met Gala: Colin Kaepernick and Nessa (Nina Wester. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/The New York Times Met Gala: Doechii. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/The New York Times Met Gala: Imaan Hammam. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/The New York Times Met Gala: Angel Reese. Photograph: Amir Hamja/The New York Times Met Gala: Leon Bridges. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/The New York Times Met Gala: Jodie Turner-Smith. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/The New York Times Met Gala: Ugbad Abdi. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/The New York Times Met Gala: Tracee Ellis Ross. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/The New York Times Met Gala: Jon Batiste. Photograph: Amir Hamja/The New York Times Met Gala: Jeremy Pope. Photograph: Amir Hamja/The New York Times Met Gala: Cole Escola. Photograph: Amir Hamja/The New York Times Met Gala: Cynthia Erivo. Photograph: Amir Hamja/The New York Times Met Gala: Imaan Hammam. Photograph: Amir Hamja/The New York Times Met Gala: Miley Cyrus. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/The New York Times Met Gala: Halle Bailey. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/The New York Times Met Gala: Sabrina Carpenter. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/The New York Times Met Gala: Danielle Deadwyler. Photograph: Nina Westervelt/The New York Times Met Gala: Natasha Poonawalla. Photograph: Amir Hamja/The New York Times Met Gala: Nicki Minaj. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA/EFE Met Gala: Edvin Thompson. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA/EFE Met Gala: Paloma Elsesser. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA/EFE Met Gala: Damson Idris. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA/EFE Megan Thee Stallion poses on the red carpet for the 2025 Met Gala, the annual benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, in New York, New York, USA, 05 May 2025. The event coincides with the Met Costume Institute's spring 2025 exhibition 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style' which will be on view from 10 May 2025 through 26 October 2025. – Additional reporting from Guardian
