{"id":11150,"date":"2026-07-20T03:48:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T22:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=11150"},"modified":"2026-07-20T03:48:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T22:48:39","slug":"madonna-bts-justin-bieber-shakira-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=11150","title":{"rendered":"Madonna, BTS, Justin Bieber, Shakira, : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-134518\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 5925;&#10;        --source-height: 3950;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5925x3950+0+0\/resize\/400\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9c%2F09%2Fc6c13cdf4cc6a45b1fab7fbf1961%2Fgettyimages-2286180531.jpg 400w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5925x3950+0+0\/resize\/600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9c%2F09%2Fc6c13cdf4cc6a45b1fab7fbf1961%2Fgettyimages-2286180531.jpg 600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5925x3950+0+0\/resize\/800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9c%2F09%2Fc6c13cdf4cc6a45b1fab7fbf1961%2Fgettyimages-2286180531.jpg 800w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5925x3950+0+0\/resize\/900\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9c%2F09%2Fc6c13cdf4cc6a45b1fab7fbf1961%2Fgettyimages-2286180531.jpg 900w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5925x3950+0+0\/resize\/1200\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9c%2F09%2Fc6c13cdf4cc6a45b1fab7fbf1961%2Fgettyimages-2286180531.jpg 1200w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5925x3950+0+0\/resize\/1600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9c%2F09%2Fc6c13cdf4cc6a45b1fab7fbf1961%2Fgettyimages-2286180531.jpg 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5925x3950+0+0\/resize\/1800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9c%2F09%2Fc6c13cdf4cc6a45b1fab7fbf1961%2Fgettyimages-2286180531.jpg 1800w\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5925x3950+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9c%2F09%2Fc6c13cdf4cc6a45b1fab7fbf1961%2Fgettyimages-2286180531.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1025px) 650px, calc(100vw - 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<b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Carl Recine\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><br \/>\n              <svg class=\"icon icon--info\"><use href=\"#icon-info\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n              <b>toggle caption<\/b><br \/>\n            <\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Carl Recine\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The organizers summoned big names from six continents, and oh boy, did they show up to represent. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"edTag rte2-style-ul\">\n<li>From North America: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Su6kidaGW_8\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Justin Bieber<\/u><\/a> and Madonna (whose new album just debuted at <a 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