The 6 God announced the overnight success of his new album at a Toronto release party
Get Kendrick Lamar on the phoooone, because his untitled unmastered project debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. The surprise release sold a hefty 178,000 units, 142,000 of which were pure sales. Last week, Kendrick revealed that physical CDs were available and that vinyls can be purchased on May 22. This is Kendrick’s […]
It looks like Kanye's decision may cost him Billboard recognition.
Just when you thought Rihanna's reign was getting a little rocky, the Roc Nation pop star surprise-released her eighth studio album this week, and managed to move over a million units.
Move over Drake and The Weeknd, Adele's back in town.
Drake's surprise album If You're Reading This It's Too Late has officially gone platinum, making it the only one in 2015 to reach platinum
Get it, gurl! Britney Spears‘ Femme Fatale has officially reached platinum status! Hitting the 32 million sales mark, the album has also gone platinum in Canada and is gold-certified in the UK, France, Mexico, Czech Republic, Brazil, Korea and Singapore. Meanwhile, her hit single Till The World Ends remains in the iTunes Top 10 charts. […]
Soulja Boy Tell’em debuted on The Billboard 200 sales chart this week, with his third album The DeAndre Way, but the Swag rapper failed to sell as many copies as expected. Moving close to 13, 400 units in his first week, SB didn’t make a lot of noise on the Nielsen SoundScan report, released today […]
Rapper Drake has his day of reckoning as the music industry speculates his sales numbers. The Canadian artist’s Thank Me Later has sold 462,989 units, according to industry staple Hits Daily Double. The Billboard chart will reflect the sales figure tomorrow, making the album the highest debut of the year. Eminem and The Roots both […]