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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. […]

Miguel continues to make waves in 2023. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter returned this week with “Give It to Me,” a genre-blending track about his sexual appetite and the feeling of being desired. “You’ve been so tied up in your mind these days, I know,” he sings in the opening verse. “A sweet distraction might be what you […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Taylor Swift is shouting out SZA’s recently released SOS album amid the continued success of her Midnights single “Anti-Hero.” “What on Earth I love you guys,” Swift wrote in an Instagram Stories update, as seen below. “PS – Been listening to [SZA’s] album nonstop. Absolutely adore her music. So much love and respect for her!!” […]

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 […]

The Weeknd has been taking a victory lap on Twitter, sharing news of his various milestones and career accomplishments. First, on New Year’s Eve, the Toronto native celebrated his smash single “Blinding Lights” being on the brink of becoming the most-streamed song on Spotify. He also retweeted a fan account declaring him the top artist on Spotify in […]