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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A Bronx rapper has snagged the top spot on the US Billboard 200 chart after selling just 823 albums — and posting 83 million on-demand streams. Industry tracker Billboard, whose chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the United States, said Monday that A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie’s album “Hoodie SZN” climbed to the top with the equivalent of 58,000 sales for the week ending January […]
(Eagle News) — A picture of President Rodrigo Duterte is apparently being used to promote the anti-drug campaign of a politician in Taiwan. The mobile billboard in Hualien was captured in a photograph and uploaded by Facebook user Nieviv Sucuaje in her account. Duterte rose to the presidency on an anti-drugs, anti-criminality and anti-corruption platform.
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Korean boyband phenomenon BTS has become the first K-Pop group to rise to the top of the US album charts, a vivid illustration of the genre’s growing global appeal. Known for boyish good looks, floppy haircuts and meticulously choreographed dance moves, the septet has become one of South Korea’s best known and most lucrative musical exports. On Sunday, they passed a new milestone — becoming the first K-Pop group to […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Boy band BTS, pop mega-stars in South Korea known for their dance moves and social media prowess, Monday broke into the Top 40 on the US singles chart for the first time. “Mic Drop” debuted at number 28, driven by a particularly strong showing in downloads, on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week through Thursday. The band incorporates more R&B and hip-hop into its sound than most […]
Reuters — Taylor Swift on Tuesday is proving she’s the rare artist who can defy the digital age. Her latest album, “Reputation,” is smashing sales records in part by selling physical ones. The album is bucking the streaming trend in its first week of release with over half a million copies sold on CD. That’s the biggest week for a physical album since Adele’s “25” in 2015. “Reputation” blasted to Number One on the Billboard […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Mariah Carey joined Hollywood’s elite in plunging her hands and feet into cement at the iconic TCL Chinese Theater Wednesday, a tribute to the versatile singer’s quarter-century of stardom. Dressed in true diva fashion in a figure-hugging black dress and matching strappy stilettos, Carey sported designer sunglasses as she addressed fans, flanked by “Empire” showrunner Lee Daniels. Carey, famous for her five-octave range, thanked supporters who have been with […]
Reuters — Dance-pop DJ duo The Chainsmokers ousted rapper Drake from the top spot on the weekly United States Billboard 200 chart on Monday, scoring their first chart-topping album after a slew of hit singles. “Memories … Do Not Open,” the debut full-length album from The Chainsmokers, racked up the equivalent of 221,000 in sales, including 60 million streams of the album and 166,000 copies sold, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan. The album includes […]
(Reuters) — Heavy metal rockers Metallica soared to the top of the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on Monday (November 28), edging out new records from R&B singer Bruno Mars and country singer Miranda Lambert. “Hardwired… to Self-Destruct,” Metallica’s 10th studio album, sold 282,000 albums, 34,000 songs and was streamed 9.3 million times, totaling 291,000 album units according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan for the week ending Nov. 24. Billboard said “Hardwired,” driven by […]
