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ROSÉ is opening at No. 3 on this week's Billboard 200 with rosie.The BLACKPINK staple's solo debut album earns 102,000 equivalent album units in its first week, including 70,000 in album sales, 31,000 streaming equivalent album units (43.85 million on-demand streams of the songs) and 1,000 in track equivalent album units. rosie features a sole guest appearance from Bruno Mars on the viral chart-topping hit “APT,” which debuted and peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.Also appearing in this week's top 10 are K-pop girl group TWICE with STRATEGY debuting at No. 4, which earns 88,000 equivalent album units in its first week,  and Sabrina Carpenter's Fruitcake at No. 10 with 54,000 equivalent album units.Elsewhere on the chart, Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar and Carpenter's Short n' Sw...

As she readies for the release of her fifth studio album – Off With Her Head, due in late February – BANKS has lifted the curtain on a new homage to her beloved first studio album, Goddess. An acoustic reimagination of the 2014 album, Goddess: Unplugged strips down ten of the original album's tracks and spotlights the songstress' ethereal vocals.The tracklist features most of the album's standout cuts, including "Begging For Thread," "Brain" and "Warm Water." BANKS announced her plan to revive and remaster Goddess – as well as its corresponding anniversary run of intimate performances around the world – a few months back and was met with communal enthusiasm.1. Alibi2. Goddess3. Waiting Game4. Brain5. This Is What It Feels Like6. Stick7. F*ck Em Only We Know8. Beggin For Thread9. Warm Water...

After appearing on Juice WRLD's final posthumous release The Party Never Ends 2.0 just a few weeks back, Offset is getting one more drop in before the year closes out. The rapper has dropped off "Swing My Way," which is just as visually enticing as it is sonically.Anok Yai leads the Turbo-produced single's cover art, photographed atop a Testla Cybertruck in the rapper's chains. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ROCK (@anokyai)Yai also stars in the track's music video, which is directed by Kid Art.The supermodel stars as Offset's love interest, donning a  lineup of designer drip. Offset delivers the lyrics in front of his CyberTruck while film photos of Yai (among other aesthetic scenes of the duo from the shoot) flash across the screen. Watch the full video below.Strea...

JAY-Z and his attorney Alex Spiro have released statements in response to his rape accuser's acknowledgement of the inconsistencies in her allegations against Hov and Diddy.Both the rapper and his lawyer shared statements slamming the victim's lawyer, Tony Buzbee. “Today’s investigative report proves this ‘attorney’ Buzbee filed a false complaint against me in the pursuit of money and fame," Hov's statement read. "This incident didn’t happen and yet he filed it in court and doubled down in the press. True justice is coming. We fight FROM victory, not FOR victory. This was over before it began. This 1-800 lawyer doesn’t realize it yet, but, soon.”Spiro added in his own statement, “It is stunning that a lawyer would not only file such a serious complaint without proper vetting, but would mak...

It's easy to forget that before today, BNYX only had one solo song to his name. The acclaimed producer and rapper has been the brains behind many major rap cuts, but it wasn't until August that he lifted the curtain on his first leading single, "GO AGAIN" with Yeat and Superheaven.Today, the multifaceted BNYX has presented his second studio single: "SMOKING IN THE RAIN" featuring Lil Yachty. The roughly two-minute track combines BNYX's dizzying production with Yachty's quick-witted writing, merging to make a trippy (and tag-riddled) delivery.This isn't the first link-up between Boat and BNYX, as the producer has previously spearheaded Yachty's "Bad Cameo" and "Three Six Talks" to name a few."SMOKING IN THE RAIN" arrives after a few weeks of social media teasing, with BNYX routinely sharing...