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One of the songwriters on Morgan Wallen’s latest album Dangerous: The Double Album has pledged to donate his share of royalties to the NAACP. This declaration from Jason Isbell, the only writer credited on the song “Cover Me Up,” comes after a video surfaced earlier this month showing Wallen using the N-word while speaking with friends outside of his home […]
Lil Durk continues to be rap’s Most Improved Player with the success of his The Voice (Deluxe) album. Durkio released the deluxe version of his The Voice album on Friday. Yet unlike other albums that hopped on the deluxe trend, Durk crafted the 12 new songs in a way that make it feel like fans […]
In its first full week available to the masses, Megan Thee Stallion‘s Good News debuted in the second spot on the Billboard 200. To hit that position, it sold 100,500 equivalent album units in the United States for the week ending on November 26 (Thursday), according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. It also stands out as the most streamed album from […]
Ariana Grande‘s latest studio effort Positions has debuted atop the Billboard 200 after moving 174,000 equivalent album units. Of that total, 42,000 came from traditional album sales, 3,000 from TEA units, and 142,000 consisted of SEA units, which equals 173.54 million on-demand streams. The 173.54 million streams netted by Positions is the second-highest total this year […]
Big Sean is poised to have a huge first week. After taking three years away from the game, HITS Daily Double predicts that Big Sean’s Detroit 2 will debut as the no. 2 album in the country. The follow up to the G.O.O.D. Music rapper’s 2012 mixtape is set to pull in 125,000 in total activity. This […]
J. Cole experienced a positive version of the saying “when it rains, it pours,” when several of his songs received new RIAA certifications on Wednesday. Dreamville co-founder and Cole’s manager, Ibrahim Hamad, tweeted that the rapper now has 12 new plaques to his name. All of these new certifications come from tracks featured on J. Cole’s acclaimed album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive. […]
Acknowledging that the old way wasn’t working when it came to accuracy, Billboard has announced that they’re changing the rules for how the compile their album/song charts, including the Billboard 200 and the Hot 100. Less vaguely, this means they’ll no longer be counting the sales of albums that came as part of a forced ticket bundle. […]
Lil Baby is the new, undisputed king of the Billboard 200 albums chart for 2020. After spending a fourth straight week at No. 1, My Turn has now held down the top spot for a total of five nonconsecutive times this year, which is more than any other artist so far. Lil Baby’s latest album finished first in its debut week in mid-March, and didn’t reclaim the Billboard 200 throne until […]
Lil Baby made it back-to-back weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. My Turn returned to the top spot on the Billboard 200 last week, more than three months after finishing in first in its debut week. Lil Baby’s second studio effort is now the third album this year to spend, at least, three weeks at No. 1, joining […]
Lil Baby‘s My Turn has returned to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart following a 13-week hiatus from the top spot. It’s the biggest gap for a return to No. 1 since the soundtrack for A Star Is Born took 17 weeks to make it back atop Billboard in March 2019. Lil Baby scored his first Billboard No. 1 in early March after My […]
