While the rest of the world’s headlines get drearier by the day, The Weeknd just keeps winning. The artist born Abel Tesfaye scores his fourth consecutive No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart this week with his After Hours set, moving 444,000 first-week album equivalent units — not only a career best, but the best […]
The Weeknd previously completed the trifecta in 2015. The Weeknd is simultaneously No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100, Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200 charts, thanks to the opening week of his new album After Hours, which launches atop the Billboard 200 with 444,000 equivalent album units earned (the top weekly total for any album […]
Lizzo thanked medical staffers for working to combat coronavirus by donating lunches to several hospitals across the United States, Billboard can confirm. The “Good As Hell” singer posted a montage video on Instagram yesterday (March 30) that documented medical workers at the University of Washington Medicine Center Montlake Emergency Department, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and more posing with […]
It’s the middle of December when I first interview Rina Sawayama, who chats animatedly over the phone from her London flat as she reheats a cup of tea in the microwave. At this point, she’s spent several months on a self-imposed social media hiatus. “I’ve been in the studio every day, and we finally sent […]
Jay-Z and Rihanna are joining forces for a special cause. The Shawn Carter Foundation, along with Rihanna’s Clara Lionel Foundation, will be each donating $1 million for COVID-19 response efforts. According to a press release, the combined $2 million funded by both foundations will “support undocumented workers, the children of frontline health workers and first […]
We’ve finally got a first look at Offset‘s upcoming car show Skrrt With Offset, set to premiere this April on Quibi. The reality TV show follows Offset and his cohort of celebrity friends and rappers as they take tricked-out luxury cars for a spin. Guests on the inaugural season include his wife Cardi B — and daughter Kulture […]
Last year came and went without a new Rihanna album, but in her recent Vogue cover interview the Bajan pop-sensation promised she’s “very aggressively working on music.” That might be welcome news for some, but not for her army of stans. The Navy has waited four long years since 2016’s ANTI. All the while, Rihanna has taken great pleasure in teasing the project, dubbed […]
Luxury goods conglomerate LVMH (holding company of Louis Vuitton, Dior, and Fenty Beauty) has announced a 10-20 percent drop in revenue compared to the same period in 2019. The slump is attributable to the global impact of Covid-19, as reported by Bloomberg. The luxury goods sector has been struggling to adapt to the knock-on effects of the pandemic with many physical […]
Ermias Asghedom and Eric Holder both grew up in the same Los Angeles neighborhood, were both part of the gang known as the Rollin’ 60s, and were both aspiring rappers. Asghedom, who went by the name Nipsey Hussle, would go on to become a hip-hop star, neighborhood legend and local hero. Holder’s music never caught […]
Lil Uzi Vert might have just dropped his chart-topping EP Eternal Atake and deluxe album Lil Uzi Vert vs. The World 2 a few weeks ago, but the eccentric rapper says he’s already primed to release more new music. On Monday, Uzi took to Twitter to tease fans that he “can’t wait to drop again” because he “got some shit.” He also […]