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The BTS Army sort of predicted this and true enough, it happened! BTS scored their third number one album in less than 12 months as Map Of The Soul: Persona clocked in at No. 1 on this week’s Billboard 200 chart. The seven-track album sold 230,000 equivalent album units in the US, with 196,000 of those in pure album sales […]
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper not only have a smash movie on their hands with A Star Is Born, they also have the No. 1 album in the country. The soundtrack to the latest rendition of A Star Is Born bowed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 this week. Selling over 231,000 equivalent album units, the set marks […]
Eminem is back on top. The Detroit rapper earned his ninth No. 1 album as his latest release Kamikaze took the top spot on the Billboard chart. The surprise album sold 434,000 units in its first week. Of that 434,000 sold, 252,000 were in traditional album sales. It easily outpaced his previous album, 2017’s Revival which sold 267,000 units. The […]
Charlie Puth spoke with Billboard recently and revealed what was going on behind the scenes surrounding his hit song with rapper Wiz Khalifa, “See You Again”. “I don’t know if a lot of people know this, I wasn’t supposed to be in the video,” Puth tells Billboard. “I wasn’t supposed to be on the song; […]
The 2017 Billboard Music Awards nominees are in! The Chainsmokers and Drake lead with 22 nominations. Others leading nominees include Twenty One Pilots, Rihanna, The Weeknd, and more. Read the full list of nominees below: Top Artist: Adele Beyonce Justin Bieber The Chainsmokers Drake Ariana Grande Shawn Mendes Rihanna Twenty One Pilots The Weeknd Top […]
Last month, A Tribe Called Quest released their sixth album “We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service”, it seems that album won’t be the last time you hear from the members of a Tribe. Even though Q-Tip said that was their last album — especially following the death of Tribe’s Malik “Phife Dawg” Taylor in […]
Over the weekend, Madonna was honored at Billboard’s Women In Music award ceremony. In her acceptance speech, she got very blunt, forcing the audience before her to confront the biases she has had to overcome in order to achieve the many successes she has achieved over her long career. While the speech delivered a very […]
A new four-part documentary, The Defiant Ones, on the partnership between hip-hop game-changers Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine is currently in the works, courtesy of HBO. The film will feature in-depth interviews from both Iovine and Dre, as well as Bono, Nas, Ice Cube, Gwen Stefani and Snoop Dogg, according to Billboard reports. It was filmed over a three […]
A longtime friend and collaborator of Tupac‘s passed away this week. On Monday night, Big Syke was found dead at his home in California, the Los Angeles Coroner’s office confirmed to Billboard. He was 48. Syke is believed to have died from natural causes, even though an official autopsy has yet to be performed. No foul play […]
Jay-Z is in the works for a deal to own Prince’s unreleased vault of music. A TMZ report stated that the Brooklyn emcee wants the rights to Prince’s unreleased music. According to the story, Hov flew Prince’s sister, Tyka, and her husband Maurice Phillips, out to New York City a few weeks back to discuss […]
This year rap icons De La Soul proved that anything can be possible with the help of a Kickstarter page and loyal fans. Last year De La Soul asked for help from fans through the money collecting website for projects and events. With their fans providing funds it helped give the crew a No. 1 […]