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Beyoncé’s ‘RENAISSANCE’ Debuts at No. 1 as 2022’s Biggest Opening Week by a Woman
Beyoncé‘s RENAISSANCE is opening this week’s Billboard 200 at No. 1 and has set a new 2022 record. The 16-track record debuted with a total of 332,000 equivalent album units in its first week, giving Bey the biggest debut week by a woman and the second-largest week of 2022 so far. RENAISSANCE’s total includes 190,000 in album sales, 138,000 in streaming equivalent album units (179.06 million on-demand streams of the tracks) and 4,000 in track equivalent album units; it also marks the largest streaming week for an album by a woman in 2022 by on-demand official streams and is the artist’s largest streaming week in her career. Elsewhere on the chart, Bad Bunny steps down to No. 2 after seven non-consecutive weeks at No. 1, followed by ATEEZ, Morgan Wallen and Harry Styles at Nos. 3,...
Megan Thee Stallion Guest Stars in P-Valley: Watch
Megan Thee Stallion made a guest appearance on tonight’s episode of the Starz show P-Valley, starring in the role of Tina Snow. The TV show, about a strip club in the Mississippi Delta, wraps its second season next week. Below, check out a photo of Megan on set and a scene of her performing with Lil Murda at the Pynk strip club. Adapted from her play Pussy Valley, P-Valley is created and executive produced by Katori Hall for Starz. Megan Thee Stallion also wrote and recorded an original song for the second season. She recently shared a new song featuring Future, “Pressurelicious,” and is preparing a new album. Read “What Will the 2022 Song of the Summer Be?” and revisit “Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Thot Shit’ Director Breaks Down the Video’s Horror and Humor” Kyle Kaplan Twitter con...
Lil Wayne Reveals ‘Tha Carter VI’ Is On the Way
Lil Wayne‘s highly-anticipated album Tha Carter VI is finally on the way. The rapper announced the news during the last day of Drake‘s October World Weekend festival, where he appeared for a Young Money reunion alongside The Boy and Nicki Minaj. “I’m working on Tha Carter VI,” he told the crowd, “coming soon.” During the show, the screen on stage also claimed that Weezy “had some troubles at the border” but “Luckily, Drake runs the border.” Later on, Drizzy took a moment to give Wayne his flowers and called him “the most selfless man on planet earth,” sharing, “You’re the most important man to each and every one us.” Tha Carter VI was teased as early as July 2020, when Wayne told Variety that his “favorite Carter album is the next one.” He doubled down on that statement a month later,...
Lil Wayne Says ‘Tha Carter VI’ Is ‘Coming Soon’ at Young Money Reunion With Drake & Nicki Minaj
Lil Wayne is finally teasing Tha Carter VI. The 39-year-old rapper confirmed that he’s working on the sixth installment of Tha Carter album series during the final night of Drake‘s October World Weekend on Saturday (Aug. 6) at Toronto’s Budweiser Stage. “I’m working on Tha Carter VI, coming soon,” Weezy told the crowd during his onstage reunion with former Young Money labelmates Drake and Nicki Minaj. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Lil Wayne’s most recent album, Funeral, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in February 2020, earning the hip-hop star his fifth leader on the chart. He previously topped the Billboard 200 with Tha Carter V (2018), Tha Carter IV (2011), I Am Not a Human Being (2010) and Tha Carter III (2008). Saturday’s show, whic...
Fans Choose Benny Blanco’s ‘Bad Decisions’ Feat. BTS & Snoop Dogg as This Week’s Favorite New Music
Benny Blanco‘s latest song “Bad Decisions,” featuring BTS and Snoop Dogg, has topped this week’s new music poll. Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Aug. 5) on Billboard, choosing the epic collaboration between the super producer, K-pop stars and rap giant as their favorite new music release of the past week. “Bad Decisions,” the lead single from Blanco’s as-yet-untitled upcoming album, beat out new music by Calvin Harris (Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2), WILLOW (“hover like a GODDESS”), Lauv (All 4 Nothing), DJ Khaled featuring Drake and Lil Baby (“Staying Alive”), and others. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Bad Decisions” finds BTS’ Jin, V, Jung Kook and Jimin showing off their vocal talents and seeing what trouble they can get up to, as S...
Beyonce’s ‘Renaissance’ Bows at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With Year’s Biggest Debut By a Woman
Beyoncé’s Renaissance blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Aug. 13) with 2022’s biggest week by a woman – and the second-largest week of the year overall – as the set launches atop the chart with 332,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 4, according to Luminate. See latest videos, charts and news Notably, Renaissance – Beyoncé’s seventh solo No. 1 album – is the first album released by a woman in 2022 to top the Billboard 200. The last woman at No. 1 was Adele with 30, which ruled for its first six weeks on the list (charts dated Dec. 4, 2021-Jan. 8, 2022). Notably, both 30 and Renaissance were released via Columbia Records (with Renaissance issued through Parkwood/Columbia). Renaissance is Beyoncé’s seventh solo studio album, and fir...
Amy Grant ‘Making Progress Every Day’ After Bike Accident That Left Her Unconscious for 10 Minutes
Amy Grant‘s bike accident left her unconscious for nearly 10 minutes and with a concussion, but her team says her recovery is going well. Grant was hospitalized on July 27 after she fell while on a bicycle ride with friends in Nashville. “She is making progress every day,” a rep for Grant told Billboard on Sunday (Aug. 7). “As Vince has announced during his concerts at the Ryman, she has a concussion and has needed a lot a lot of downtime and peace and quiet to recover. When she hit the pothole she was thrown from her bike and hit her head hard and was knocked out for about 10 [minutes] before being transported to the hospital by ambulance. Every day she gets stronger and more alert/energetic.” Vince Gill, the singer’s husband, addressed Grant’s accident Saturday night (Aug. 6), durin...
Watch Drake, Nicki Minaj, and Lil Wayne’s Young Money Reunion Show
Drake enlisted Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj for the Young Money reunion concert yesterday (August 6). They performed a number of hits together, including “HYFR, ”“Moment 4 Life,” “Up All Night,” and “The Motto.” While onstage, Lil Wayne also said that he’s “working on Tha Carter VI, coming soon.” Watch clips from the set below. The show was originally part of Drake’s October World Weekend, billed as the “Road to OVO Fest,” but was postponed when Drake tested positive for COVID-19. “Negative test…positive outcome,” Drake wrote earlier in the week. “This was the only date available until the fall and because the family is so solid everybody is flying back in to make it happen for you all…SEE YOU SATURDAY…young moulaaa,” Earlier this week, Drake released a video for the Honestly, Nevermind...
Beyoncé Earns Seventh No. 1 Album With Renaissance
Beyoncé’s new album Renaissance has landed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, Billboard reports. In its first week, the album earned 332,000 equivalent album units and sold 190,000 physical copies. Renaissance is Beyoncé’s seventh solo album to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (of seven solo albums total), most recently following Lemonade, Beyoncé, and 4. She’s the first female artist to have her first seven solo albums debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. So far in 2022, the only album with a bigger debut week on the Billboard 200 charts than Beyoncé’s LP was Harry Styles’ Harry’s House, which racked up 521,500 total units and set a new record for first-week vinyl sales, beating previous record-holder Taylor Swift. Beyoncé’s chart success isn’t limited to the 200 alb...
Superfly Drops ‘Dynamite’ Remix by DJ R3HAB: Listen
Superfly made its major-label debut on April 4, 2007, as a duo with the single “Hello Hello.” Now Superfly — the stage name of vocalist Shiho Ochi — has released numerous J-pop hits over the years, including “Ai wo Komete Hanataba wo” (A Bouquet With Love), “Beautiful” and “Flare.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The singer/songwriter continues to work tirelessly in the year marking the 15th anniversary of her debut, releasing a new digital single called “Voice” on her debut day and then “Dynamite” on May 23, the song featured in the new commercial series for Boat Race 2022 in Japan. A globally renowned DJ from the Netherlands, R3HAB has remixed tracks by a variety of top artists including The Chainsmokers and Rihanna. Superfly is the first Jap...
Britney Spears Responds to Ex Kevin Federline’s Claims That Their Sons Are Avoiding Her
Britney Spears is responding to her ex-husband Kevin Federline‘s claims that their teenage sons have been avoiding the superstar singer in recent months. Federline says in a new interview that the former couple’s sons — Preston, 16 and Jayden, 15 — chose not to attend their mom’s wedding to Sam Asghari in June and hinted that the boys are having a tough time dealing with the singer’s nude images on social media following the end of her 13-year conservatorship. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “The boys have decided they are not seeing her right now,” Federline says in an interview with the Daily Mail, published on Saturday (Aug. 6). “It’s been a few months since they’ve seen her. They made the decision not to go to her wedding.” The former backu...
BLACKPINK Shares Release Date for New Single ‘Pink Venom’
BLACKPINK‘s new single is right around the corner. The K-pop superstars took to social media on Sunday (Aug. 7) to share information about the release date for their upcoming song “Pink Venom.” The forthcoming track — set to appear on BLACKPINK’s second album, Born Pink — will drop Aug. 19 at 12 a.m. EST/1 p.m. KST. The single is available for pre-save here. In late July, the quartet — Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa — shared a 30-second announcement trailer for Born Pink, featuring information about the group’s new album and world tour. Born Pink is scheduled for release in September, followed by a global trek in October. Specific dates have not yet been revealed. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The “Pink Venom” release date arrives on th...
