With just under four months left in 2024, there have already been more hip-hop songs to top Billboard‘s Hot 100 Songs (and as many rap albums on the 200 albums chart) than in all of 2023, the sign of a resurgent year for the most popular genre in the country. …
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In August, Travis Scott celebrated the 10th anniversary of his mixtape Days Before Rodeo by making the project available on streaming services for the first time. He sold over 361,000 album units in the first week as consumers got reacquainted with the star-making project —or listened to it for the …
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Travis Scott‘s team is disputing the recent placement of his mixtape Days Before Rodeo behind Sabrina Carpenter‘s Short ‘n Sweet on the Billboard 200, calling Billboard and Luminate’s sale measurement “unreliable and incomplete.” They allege that nearly 1,300 units sold ahead of the cutoff were not counted toward the first …
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Sabrina Carpenter‘s sixth album, Short n’ Sweet, debuted at Number One on the Billboard 200 albums chart, the publication confirmed on Tuesday, a career-defining moment and the summit of a years-long climb to pop superstardom for the young singer. Carpenter, alongside fellow Island Records signee Chappell Roan, is one of …
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Less than a week after revisiting his mixtape Days Before Rodeo on its 10th anniversary, Travis Scott is offering a visual pairing for the project’s single, “Drugs You Should Try It.” The clip opens with a seeming tribute to Virgil Abloh as a body-building model poses in front of a …
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Nigerian street-pop savant Asake’s new album Lungu Boy finds him as spiritually grounded as ever and expanding beyond his center (the title essentially means “boy in the hood” per Nigerian culture mag The Native). He’s already sung of God, good, evil, and purpose across his discography and through several languages, …
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Travis Scott will not face any charges stemming from his arrest Friday in Paris, where the rapper allegedly had an altercation with a hotel security guard. A rep for the rapper told Rolling Stone in a statement Saturday, “Travis Scott has been released with no charges.” A statement from the …
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Travis Scott was arrested in Paris after allegedly attacking a security guard at a high-end hotel on Friday, Aug. 9. A statement from the Paris prosecutor’s office said police were called to the Georges V early Friday morning to arrest a man “nicknamed Travis Scott for violence against a security …
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Nigerian sensation Asake is buzzing with energy in the lead up to his third studio album Lungu Boy, out on Friday. That charge has manifested in the form of the record’s latest single “Active.” Asake teamed up with Houston rapper Travis Scott for the dynamic song produced by Sarz and …
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Welcome to our weekly rundownofthe best new music — featuring big new singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week, Ice Spice drops her hugely anticipated debut album and joins forces with Travis Scott, Halsey taps into the melancholy side of Britney Spears, and Post Malone teams up …
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