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This is a big week for music releases. As March closes out, Tyler, The Creator released his deluxe album Call Me If You Get Lost: Estate Sale, featuring the standout track, “Sorry Not Sorry.” Quavo is back with a new solo single “Honey Bun,” which interpolates a popular Drake song. And DJ Drama just dropped his […]
Rod Wave has earned his second No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with Beautiful Mind. His fourth studio effort amassed 115,000 album equivalent units, of which 113,000 consisted of SEA units, equaling 157.73 million on-demand streams of the set’s tracks, Billboard reports. Beautiful Mind and SoulFly, which was released last year, debuted atop the Billboard 200, while his other two albums, Pray 4 […]
The numbers are looking good for Rod Wave. According to projections shared by HitsDailyDouble, the 22-year-old rapper is expected top the charts with Beautiful Mind—the much-anticipated follow-up to last year’s Soulfly album. The effort is expected to move 120,000 to 140,000 units in its first week, with digital streams surpassing 150 million. For comparison, Soulfly debuted at No. 1 […]
Drake wants Rod Wave to know there’s no hard feelings. During a new appearance on Complex’s 360 with Speedy Mormon, Wave explained why he decided to walk away from a Drizzy collaboration. The Florida artist was supposed to appear on “Lemon Pepper Freestyle” on 2021’s Scary Hours 2 EP, but pulled his verse because he wasn’t satisfied with the results. […]
After months of teasers, Rod Wave has finally revealed the release date for his fourth studio album Beautiful Mind. he celebrated the announcement by dropping off the new single “Stone Rolling” along with its visual accompaniment. The self-directed video for “Stone Rolling” finds Rod Wave on the road, traveling from his hometown of St. Petersburg, Florida to Baltimore, Miami, and […]
Just a month after gas prices in the United States hit a new all-time high of $4.17 a gallon, Rod Wave helped hundreds of drivers in his hometown this weekend with a gas giveaway. NBC affiliate WFLA reports the Florida artist donated $25,000 worth of free gasoline Saturday at a Sunoco Gas Station in St. Petersburg. Wave’s mother, Charmaine Newsome, was […]
December is over and Rod Wave has fittingly brought the heat. On Monday, the musician dropped “Cold December,” the lead single off his forthcoming, yet-to-be-titled third studio album that’s due in early 2022, alongside an accompanying video. The trap-laced ballad finds Rod singing about his own love experiences, over a tasteful sample of Hank Williams Jr.’s “OD’d in December.” And […]
Rod Wave says people are “twisting” the meaning behind a song he recently previewed, tentatively titled “Nirvana.” Making a rare appearance on Instagram, the chart-topping SoulFly artist addressed comments from some listeners who attempted to posit the song as a “suicide letter,” something that Rod says indicates they aren’t familiar with his catalog. “Y’all know, bro, […]
Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album Sour has earned a fifth nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 following its vinyl LP release last week. Of the 133,000 equivalent album units amassed by Sour, 84,000 consisted of album sales, a 1,201 percent increase from the previous week. That figure was almost entirely driven by the 76,000 made off vinyl purchases. […]
There’s a lot of new music to get into this week. Rod Wave and Lil Durk teamed up for their latest collaboration, “Already Won.” Dvsn and Ty Dolla Sign released their joint album Cheers to the Best Memories, featuring the standout single “Memories.” And Young Thug is gunning for another TikTok challenge with his new […]
