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Karol G and Yeat are in a close battle for this week’s top debut, as HitsDailyDouble projects both artist will move 60,000 to 70,000 album equivalent units in the first week of the release of their new albums, MAÑANA SERÁ BONITO and AftërLyfe, respectively. Karol G’s MAÑANA SERÁ BONITO is on pace to become the second highest-charting all-Spanish language debut by a […]

SZA continues her reign atop the Billboard 200 chart, as the R&B superstar’s sophomore LP SOS earned 125,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Jan. 12, Billboard reports. SZA’s latest album is the first LP to spend its first five weeks at No. 1 since Adele’s 30, which ruled the chart for six weeks from Dec. 4, 2021 […]

SZA continues her reign atop the Billboard 200 chart, as the R&B superstar’s sophomore LP SOS earned 180,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Dec. 22., Billboard reports. SOS moved 315,000 album equivalent units in its opening week. By comparison, SZA’s 2017 debut LP, Ctrl, debuted and peaked at No. 3 with 60,000 units. SZA is now the […]

SZA has earned her first No. 1 album. According to HitsDailyDouble, Grammy-winner’s sophomore LP SOS will debut atop the Billboard 200, moving 315,000 album equivalent units in its opening week. For comparison, SZA’s 2017 debut LP, Ctrl, debuted and peaked at No. 3 with 60,000 units Taylor Swift’s latest full-length offering, Midnights, holds steady at No. 2 on the […]

Her Loss, the collaborative album from Drake and 21 Savage, debuted atop the Billboard 200. Per Billboard, Her Loss earned 404,000 equivalent album units, of which 391,000 consisted of SEA units, equaling 513.56 million on-demand streams of the set’s tracks. It’s the fourth-largest streaming week of all-time for any album. Drake already held the top […]

The first week numbers for Taylor Swift’s latest album Midnights are in, and they are absolutely staggering.  Her tenth studio album amassed 1.578 million equivalent album units, the largest single week on the Billboard 200 in nearly seven years. Of that sum, 1.140 million consisted of album sales, and 419,000 was comprised of SEA units, equaling 549.26 million […]

Coi Leray wants respect put on her name. During an appearance on Amazon Music’s Bars and Nuggets podcast, Leray addressed the criticism she faced over her debut studio album Trendsetter. Though it delivered multiple viral hits, the star-studded record underperformed on the charts, as it entered the Billboard 200 at the No. 89 slot with 11,500 album equivalent […]

On this day, 15 years ago, 50 Cent’s Curtis squared off against Kanye West’s Graduation in a hip-hop battle for the ages.  Graduation ended up outselling Curtis, 957,000 to 691,000, earning a huge personal victory for Mr. West. But it also should have marked the end of 50’s solo career, if he were a man of his word.  SOHH released never-before-seen footage of […]

Bad Bunny’s latest album Un Verano Sin Ti has now spent the most weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 this year.  Billboard reports Un Verano Sin Ti earned a 10th nonconsecutive week atop the chart after amassing 99,500 equivalent album units, of which 96,000 consisted of SEA units, equaling 135.41 million on-demand streams of the set’s tracks. The […]

DJ Khaled’s latest album God Did slightly edged out Un Verano Sin Ti by Bad Bunny to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, Billboard reports. Khaled’s 13th studio effort earned 107,500 equivalent album units, of which 96,000 came by way of SEA units, equaling 129.82 million on-demand streams of the set’s tracks. The remaining sum consisted of 9,500 units in traditional album […]