Hard to believe it’s barely been a year since DaBaby first graced the Billboard Hot 100 with breakout hit “Suge,” eventually peaking at No. 9 on the chart. Since then, he’s become a commercial juggernaut, topping the Billboard 200 albums chart for the first time in October 2019 with sophomore album Kirk — charting all 13 […]
Three 6 Mafia and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony will be going head-to-head in an Instagram Live battle this Thursday, April 30. Krayzie Bone of Bone Thugs made the announcement yesterday, revealing that he will be representing his group, while DJ Paul will be the face of Three 6 Mafia. “This Thursday 5pm Pacific, 8pm Eastern time. Instagram […]
YoungBoy Never Broke Again is aiming to snare his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, according to industry forecasters. Prognosticators suggest his new release, 38 Baby 2, could launch with around 70,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending April 30. The album was released on April 24 […]
Chance the Rapper has been teasing songs on Instagram for the past week, leading fans to believe a new project is on the way. On Sunday (April 26), the artist gave his IG followers a special collaboration with Lil Wayne and Young Thug. The tune, captioned “Instagram Song 8,” has a breezy melody that dreams […]
The event was an "all-time record" for Epic Games' blockbuster shooter, topping 2019's Marshmello performance. Fortnite hosted its largest in-game gathering yet on Thursday night as 12.3 million concurrent players logged into the battle royale video game for rapper Travis Scott‘s Astronomical event. Scott teamed with developer Epic Games for the unique in-game event, which featured a towering, […]
Travis Scott and Kid Cudi‘s new song “The Scotts” is already breaking streaming records. The track, which debuted during Scott’s Astronomical Fortnite concert, entered the global Spotify chart at #1 with 7.45 million streams. Travis Scott (@trvisXX) and @KidCudi’s "THE SCOTTS" debuts at #1 on the global Spotify chart with 7.45 million streams (April 24). — chart data (@chartdata) April 25, 2020 “The […]
Juice WRLD's 'Righteous' brought in about 40 percent of the vote. Juice WRLD‘s posthumous single “Righteous” has topped this week’s new music poll. In the poll, published Friday (April 24) on Billboard, music fans voted for Juice WRLD’s “Righteous,” an unflinching narrative about his anxiety that simultaneously gloats his riches, as their favorite new release […]
Lil Pump & Anuel AA have shared their fiery new collaboration “Illuminati,” marking Pump’s first new song since last summer. Rumors about a new music video from Lil Pump surfaced late last year when the 19-year-old “Gucci Gang” rapper shared a profanity-laced Instagram clip showing his bloodied hand after being bitten by a snake. On […]
Kehlani surprised fans yesterday when she revealed that she’s got a new album titled It Was Good Until It Wasn’t, dropping next month. The Oakland native made the announcement on her 25th birthday yesterday, posting the cover art to her Instagram. The cover shows Kehlani peering over her garden wall with a hose in her hand. “The album cover is a depiction […]
This week’s music brings with it a roller coaster of emotions, from Travis Scott and Kid Cudi‘s “The Scotts” joint that premiered during his “Astronomical” Fortnite in-game concert tour to Juice WRLD’s first posthumous single “Righteous” that evokes his mental health demons. Billboard‘s First Stream Live podcast (listen to the full episode below) takes listeners on […]