Sia’s estranged husband says he’s owed more than $260,000 per month in spousal support amid his divorce from the pop singer-songwriter.

Dan Bernad married Sia in 2022, and they share one 17-month-old child named Somersault. Sia filed for divorce in March due to “irreconcilable differences” — and Bernad now wants her to pay up.

A Friday (Oct. 10) spousal support petition says Sia has a hefty net worth, though the exact numbers are redacted from public view. Bernad claims he and the singer lived a “luxurious and upper-class lifestyle,” and that they spent more $400,000 a month on extravagances like private jet travel, fine dining and full-time staffers.

“I request that the court order Sia to pay me temporary spousal support in the sum of $250,856 per month,” writes Bernad. “Orders are necessary at this time because I am financially dependent on Sia, the breadwinner in our marriage… Sia has the ability to pay me spousal support to maintain our financial status quo.”

Bernad, for his part, says he has almost nothing in his bank account and no income coming in. The 47-year-old was a radiation oncologist when he met Sia, but he claims she convinced him to stop working because she disliked his long hours at the hospital.

According to the court filing, Bernad officially gave up his oncology career when he and Sia opened up a ketamine clinic together in Los Angeles in 2021. He says Sia has now cut off funding for the clinic, and he’s unable to go back to work at the hospital because his license has expired.

“I will need to complete several years of training and pass several rigorous exams before I can renew my certification and practice radiation oncology again,” explains Bernad in the court filing.

In addition to requesting nearly $251,000 in monthly spousal support, Bernad also asks in the filing that Sia contribute at least $500,000 for his legal fees during the divorce proceedings. Such funds would “level the playing field,” he says.

Sia’s reps did not immediately return a request for comment on Friday (Oct. 10).

Billboard Canada is celebrating the next generation of music industry leaders.

Billboard’s prestigious 40 Under 40 has long recognized the young executives and innovators shaping the global music business. Now, for the first time, Billboard Canada is bringing this recognition north of the border — highlighting the next wave of leaders driving the country’s evolving music industry.

Billboard’s 40 Under 40 list is coming to Canada. The inaugural edition will be unveiled in a special editorial package and exclusive launch event on November 20, 2025 at Soho House Toronto.

This evening will gather honourees, artists and key figures from across the industry for an evening dedicated to honouring achievements and fostering connection throughout Canada’s music ecosystem.

40 Under 40 will spotlight a cross-section of young executives, visionaries and leaders making an impact across the Canadian music industry — across labels, management, live music, streaming, radio and other sectors.

Nominations are open now. The deadline to submit is Friday, October 24, 2025.

Read more and submit a nomination here. – Billboard Canada

Vancouver Eras Tour Audience Featured on Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’

Vancouver makes an unexpected cameo on Taylor Swift‘s new album.

Last December, the mega pop star wrapped up The Eras Tour, after performing 149 shows over the course of 20 months — including Canadian stops in Toronto and Vancouver, where the tour concluded.

Now, those fans can hear themselves on her new album, The Life of a Showgirl.

The title track of Swift’s latest blockbuster project ends with her final address to the cheering crowd at the sold-out B.C. Place show.

In an introduction to the track on streaming services, Swift says she gets emotional hearing the crowd roar back, because being on the Eras Tour stage for the last time is a core memory for her.

“That always chokes me up because it transports me right back to that actual memory of standing on that stage for the last time on that tour that was so important to me and the tour that really inspired the album,” she shares.

The Sabrina Carpenter-featuring song tells the story of a fictional showgirl named Kitty, portrayed by Carpenter, who offers Swift’s inspired character the harsh truth of being a woman in the entertainment industry.

Swift performed three sold-out shows at the downtown Vancouver stadium after selling out Toronto’s Rogers Centre for six nights in November.

“Tonight, we get to play one last show … and we’re gonna make it count,” Swift told the Vancouver audience, marking the city as the last to witness Swift’s global Eras Tour.

Read more here. – Heather Taylor-Singh

Daniel Caesar Re-Enters the Billboard Canadian Albums Chart Following Surprise Pop-Up Concerts

Daniel Caesar is building momentum ahead of his next album.

The Oshawa-raised R&B star is back on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart this week with two re-entries after a series of viral, short-notice pop-up concerts over the past two weeks.

On the chart dated Oct. 11, 2025, his most recent release, 2023’s Never Enough re-enters at No. 80, while his fan-favourite debut Freudian (2017) lands at No. 99. Both albums initially peaked in the top 20, with Never Enough notching a top 10 position at No. 8.

Caesar has been making waves online with a handful of spontaneous outdoor concerts in promotion of his next album Son of Spergy, which releases Oct. 24.

The first concert was held at a packed Trinity Bellwoods park in his hometown of Toronto on Sept. 27, where Caesar played new songs like “Baby Blue,” “Root of All Evil,” “Who Knows,” and “Moon.” The singer played in other Canadian cities throughout the following week, with sets at Parc des Hirondelles in Montreal (Sept. 28) and John Hendry Park in Vancouver (Oct. 2), before heading south of the border to Montana and California.

Fellow Toronto artist and Son of Spergy’s executive producer Mustafa has been joining Caesar for the unconventional tour. Caesar spoke about playing pop-up shows with Mustafa in a recent Billboard cover story.

“It’s really not even for the fans. It’s for us on the stage,” Caesar revealed. “But this way we get to talk and figure out our ideas in public. It contributes to figuring out who we are and what we want to write about.”

In the same interview, he credits Mustafa as being one of the people who pushed him to collaborate with other artists, leading to a diverse and impressive list of collaborators on Son of Spergy that includes Sampha, Clairo, Dev Hynes (Blood Orange), Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, Rex Orange County, Yebba and more.

Read more on the chart achievement here. – Stefano Rebuli

The No Music for Genocide cause is continuing to grow, with Clairo, Lucy Dacus and numerous other artists announcing their commitment to removing their catalogs from Israel amid the violence in Gaza.

The campaign announced the new additions on Friday (Oct. 10), revealing that Nao, Wolf Alice, Of Monsters and Men, Aurora and Mallrat have also added their names to the boycott. The news comes shortly after Lorde, Hayley Williams, Paramore, Björk, MUNA and Paloma Faith joined the 1,000-plus others who are part of the growing movement.

Originally launching in September with more than 400 signees, No Music for Genocide aims to support Palestinian people by pulling music from streaming services in Israel through geo-blocking. Kneecap, Faye Webster, Japanese Breakfast, Aminé, Massive Attack, Soccer Mommy, Rina Sawayama, MIKE, Primal Scream and Fontaines D.C. were among the first artists to join when it launched.

“Culture can’t stop bombs on its own, but it can help reject political repression, shift public opinion toward justice and refuse the art-washing and normalization of any company or nation that commits crimes against humanity,” reads a statement from No Music for Genocide in a release. “This initiative is one part of a worldwide movement to erode the support Israel needs to continue its ongoing systems of oppression.”

News of the campaign’s expansion comes just a few days after Israel’s war against Hamas — which began on Oct. 7, 2023, after the terrorist group attacked and killed 1,200 Israelis while taking 251 more hostage — reached the two-year mark. Israel has killed more than 67,000 Palestinians in that time, leading the United Nations to declare in September that the country is committing genocide.

As of Friday, however, Israel declared that a ceasefire has taken effect, pulling troops out of urban areas in exchange for Hamas’ release of 20 hostages. Israel will then free 250 imprisoned Palestinians and 1,700 war detainees, according to Reuters.

With Israeli military now pulling out of parts of Gaza, thousands of Palestinians are currently traveling back on foot to whatever is left of their abandoned homes. To say the least, it’s a bittersweet moment that follows more than 700 straight days of violence, hunger and homelessness experienced by the Palestinian people, as well as two years of people all over the world — including many A-list artists — protesting Israel’s actions.

“People are screaming with joy in the streets,” a 20-year-old Palestinian woman named Raghad Izzat Hamouda told CNN on Friday. “Imagine that you survived the genocide that lasted for two whole years under the bombing, hunger, destruction, fear.”