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Billboard announced Thursday that “limited combinations of merchandise and physical albums” will count toward the Billboard 200 chart, starting later this year. Dubbed “fan packs,” these combinations are limited to merch paired with the physical copy of an album, as “each individual item must also be sold separately in the same web store.” Combining merch with […]
YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s reign continues as he breaks a major record. The 23-year-old made his 100th entry on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the youngest artist to do so. “Big Truck” entered No. 100 on Sunday, with 6.6 million U.S. streams between April 21-27, per Billboard. The news comes after YoungBoy’s 33-track Don’t Try This at Home album debuted at No. […]
It has been quite a year for SZA. “Kill Bill” has become her first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The leap from fourth to the top spot was aided by the release of the Doja Cat-assisted remix just over a week ago. SZA’s sophomore album SOS has also spent 10 nonconsecutive weeks atop the Billboard 200. The last woman artist […]
On Wednesday, a number of Twitter accounts highlighted a supposedly since-deleted tweet from producer RiotUSA in which he offered money to Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj stan accounts to buy the “Princess Diana” remix. Screen recordings and screenshots of the alleged tweet (two of which were seemingly taken by Doja Cat and Cardi B stan accounts) show Riot tweeting, “which big munchkin acc or barb […]
In case you somehow missed it, Lil Yachty released his fifth album, Let’s Start Here, in January. It’s awesome. “Awesome” is an admittedly overused word—one could argue it’s often employed out of sheer laziness, even—but it’s an appropriate description of the soundscapes Yachty is playing with on the album. And though some listeners haven’t been thrilled by the direction, […]
Karol G’s Mañana Será Bonito debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200, becoming the first all-Spanish-language album by a female to hit to the number one spot. This also marks the end of SZA’s reign atop the chart.] “I feel so very special. More than happiness, I feel special,” Karol G told Billboard about the achievment. “My last album did so well […]
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 […]
Chlöe says the “feeling is mutual” after being shouted out by SZA as a “legend” in the making in a new interview. As previously reported, SZA has been named 2023’s Woman of the Year by Billboard, with the associated Women in Music Awards ceremony set to take place at the top of next month. In […]
SOS is back on top. On Sunday, Billboard confirmed that SZA’s universally acclaimed sophomore album has once again secured the No. 1 position on the Feb. 18-dated edition of the Billboard 200 albums chart. This, of course, brings the album’s total number of nonconsecutive weeks in the No. 1 slot to eight. For the week […]
Ja Rule isn’t happy about being left off Billboard’s “50 Greatest Rappers of All Time” list. Over the past month, Billboard counted down the best rappers in hip-hip history, a list that included several rappers who came up alongside Ja in the late-1990s: Jadakiss (No. 46), Ludacris (No. 39), DMX (No. 21), Missy Elliot (No. 19), […]
