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Top Dawg Entertainment SZA has the #1 track on Billboard‘s Hot R&B songs chart, thanks to the Kendrick Lamar-assisted “30 for 30.” The song topped the chart dated Jan. 4, garnering 17.5 million U.S. streams, 2,000 downloads and reaching an airplay audience of 385,000 in the tracking week of Dec. 20-26, per Luminate. It’s now K. Dot’s […]
Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images for ABA The Weeknd‘s recent social media posts and billboards seen in major cities across the world all seem to suggest one thing: the end of an era is on the horizon. Fans have posted photos of billboards that read “The End Is Near” in Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, Paris, London […]
Photo by Matt Jelonek/Getty Images Mario has had quite the 2024, as he released his first album in six years, Glad You Came; starred in and produced the BET+ film Style Me for Christmas; and came in second place on The Masked Singer, where he was revealed to be the Wasp. With 2025 just days away, […]
2024 is nearing its end, but like every other year, it’s brought some memorable and now-viral moments to the worlds of hip-hop and R&B. Here’s a recap of some of the events/announcements that defined the culture this year: — Halle Bailey surprised the world with the announcement that she was a mother. She and now-ex-boyfriend DDG […]
Photo by Dana Jacobs/Getty Images Variety has released a list of its picks for the 50 best songs of 2024, and a few hip-hop and R&B stars secured a spot. Kendrick Lamar made the cut with “Not Like Us,” while his former TDE label mate Doechii was praised for striking “a balance between humor and darkness” on her song “Denial Like […]
Legacy/Columbia Mariah Carey is spending another week at #1. The singer’s holiday classic “All I Want For Christmas Is You” tops the Billboard Hot 100 single chart for an 18th nonconsecutive week, putting her one step closer to a new chart record. Just a week ago, Mariah’s Christmas track surpassed “One Sweet Day,” her collab […]
Photo by Amanda Edwards/Getty Images With 2024 wrapping up on Tuesday night, Chlöe reveals the release of her sophomore album, Trouble in Paradise, was one of her many highlights of the year. She tells People she also enjoyed traveling around the world and watching her sister Halle‘s motherhood journey. “Those are my happiest moments of this […]
Top Dawg Entertainment SZA’s SOS album is back on top of the Billboard 200, and it’s all thanks to the release of its deluxe edition, Lana. On the chart dated Jan. 4, SOS landed at #1, a jump from its previous position at #15. It earned 178,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Dec. […]
Usher‘s been the talk of the town for years, with a career resurgence that seemed to kick off after he started a Las Vegas residency in 2021. Clips of the show constantly showed up on social media, making way for a year in which all eyes were on the singer. Here’s a recap of some of Usher’s most […]
Courtesy of Netflix Forget the “Alligator Tears”! There’s an announcement for those who cried real tears over missing Beyoncé‘s NFL halftime show on Christmas Day. The performance is now available to watch on Netflix as a standalone special titled Beyoncé Bowl. “We’re screaming YA YA YA YA YA because BEYONCÉ BOWL, a standalone special, is now on […]
