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All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. DIRECTV is offering a homerun of a deal for sports and entertainment fans that’ll get you seven months of DIRECTV Sports Pack at no extra cost.* DIRECTV Sports Pack will allow you to indulge in more than 20 channels including the MLB Network and MLB Strike Zone, so you can follow your team all baseball season long. The offer is only going on until April 30, which means you don’t want to wait too long before taking advantage of the limited-time promo. *New resid. customers w/24 mo. agmt. DIRECTV Sports Pack auto-renews monthly after 7 mos. at then-prevailing rate (currently $14.99/mo. + tax) unless cancelled. 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On Thursday, the music world lost an irreplaceable voice. In a statement to Billboard, a representative for Grammy-winning Christian contemporary music artist and American Idol alum Mandisa confirmed that the singer passed at age 47 in her home. “We can confirm that yesterday Mandisa was found in her home deceased,” read the statement. “At this time, we do not know the cause of death or any further details. We ask for your prayers for her family and close-knit circle of friends during this incredibly difficult time.” A contestant on season 5 of American Idol, Mandisa went on to find considerable success in the Christian music industry. All six of her studio albums reached the Billboard 200, with half of those LPs reaching No. 1 on the Top Christian Albums chart: 2007’s True Beauty, 2013’s Overcomer and 2017’s Out of the Dark. She has also sent several songs onto Hot Christian Songs, including the chart-toppers “Stronger” and “Overcomer,” the latter of which spent a whopping 10 weeks atop the ranking. Trending on Billboard In 2014, Mandisa won her first and only Grammy, taking home best contemporary Christian music album for Overcomer. In addition to her five career Grammy nominations, the star accumulated 15 GMA Dove Award nominations, including a win for pop/contemporary album of the year for Overcomer. On Friday (April 19), Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper Paul Abdul, who served as a judge during Mandisa’s Idol season, called the late vocalist a “true beacon of light.” In a statement to People, she said, “Her warmth and unwavering kindness towards everyone, even in the face of harsh criticism, was truly unmatched. Not only was she a beautiful person, but she was also a true powerhouse performer.” “I still think of her taking the stage during American Idol to perform her rendition of Chaka Khan‘s ‘I’m Every Woman’ and absolutely brought the house down,” she continued. “I’ll always remember her poise, grace and dignity — and how could anyone forget those incomparable vocals!” Read on for more tributes to the late Mandisa, including messages of love and remembrance from fellow American Idol alums like Danny Gokey and season 5 champ Taylor Hicks. Heartbroken over the loss of this beautiful soul. Her voice, her heart, her joy will be missed by us all this side of Heaven…and so thankful for the living hope that she sang (& now sings in the presence of Jesus) so powerfully about…it’s all true! Mandisa, we’ll see you in a… pic.twitter.com/wBKEZvfhg8— Steven Curtis Chapman (@StevenCurtis) April 19, 2024 Mandisa was a friend to everybody. I was blessed enough to share the stage with her numerous times and watched her bring people together. She lit up every room and everyone around her. Her music & story touched many with the love of Jesus. Join me in praying for her family today. pic.twitter.com/O6YNHmIzeY— Jason Crabb (@JasonCrabbMusic) April 19, 2024 I am so incredibly saddened to hear about the loss of my friend Mandisa. I will always cherish the memories of times we spent together hosting award shows, going on tour, and most of all helping her tell her story in the songwriting room. The first song she released after… pic.twitter.com/Xk04rdwxme— Matthew West (@matthew_west) April 19, 2024

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Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” rises to No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart (dated April 27). Boone lands his initial leader on the survey. He previously charted two songs on Pop Airplay: “Ghost Town” (No. 24 peak in March 2022) and “In the Stars” (No. 36, September 2023). Plus, with the track on Night Street/Warner Records, Warner has promoted two consecutive Pop Airplay No. 1s for the first time, as “Beautiful Things” replaces Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control,” on SWIMS Int./Warner, after two weeks on top. Additionally, with “Beautiful Things” at No. 1 and “Lose Control” at No. 2, Warner claims the top two titles on Pop Airplay simultaneously for the time. (The Pop Airplay chart, which began in October 1992, ranks songs by weekly plays on over 150 mainstream top 40 radio stations monitored by Mediabase, with data provided to Billboard by Luminate.) Trending on Billboard “Beautiful Things” has ruled the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart for eight weeks and the Billboard Global 200 for seven frames (through charts dated April 20). It leads Adult Pop Airplay for a second week. On the Billboard Hot 100, it has reached a No. 2 high. [embedded content] “Beautiful Things,” which Boone co-wrote, is on his debut LP, Fireworks & Rollerblades, released April 5. The set launched at No. 6 on the April 20-dated Billboard 200 chart. “I wrote it on my piano,” the Washington native recently told Billboard of the song’s origin. “I’d just moved to L.A., and I’d moved my grandma’s old piano to my living room. I couldn’t sleep one night, and I didn’t know what to do, so I came downstairs and started playing the piano. That’s when I wrote the melodies. “It was inspired by a relationship that I had just gotten into,” Boone further mused. “For the first time in my life, I felt like I was extremely out of control of the way this relationship would turn out. Meaning like, in the past, I feel like I’ve always known that I could be the one to end a relationship. This one felt very different. It was the first time that I’d really been actually, genuinely terrified to lose something.” All Billboard charts dated April 27 will update Tuesday, April 23, on Billboard.com.