Just a week after planting her latest single, ‘Willow,’ atop the Hot 100 (click here to read more), the Taylor Swift tune was whisked away from the position thanks to a gust of holiday tunes.

And, while the #1 premiere of the ‘Evermore’ cut entered her in history books for a number of reasons including being the third female artist (fifth overall) to nab three career debuts atop the Hot 100, it’s now seeing her penciled in records for opposite movement.

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Whether penciled in history books for reasons good, bad, ugly, and/or everything in between, 2020 brought with it some of entertainment’s most memorable moments.

Now, as the year draws to a close, That Grape Juice is reflecting on our favorite moments that rocked – and to some degree maybe even reshaped – the Urban and Pop cultural landscape as we know it.

Good things come to those who wait!  Next, we look back at Nicki Minaj‘s historic 2020.

Love her or loathe her, numbers don’t lie.

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Just last week (as we reported here), Travis Scott sent BTS fans into a frenzy when his new song – ‘Franchise’ (featuring Young Thug and M.I.A.) – debuted at #1 on the Hot 100 and blocked what many thought would be the 4th week reign of the boy band’s explosive hit, ‘Dynamite.’

Making history for accumulating three #1 debuts in less than a year, Scott saw ‘Franchise’ powered to the top on the wings of a number of single combo deals including cassette, CD, and digital versions (some of which were priced at $.69).

The strategic marketing method – employed by a number of artists that premiered atop the Hot 100 this year – is often only applied to their respective tunes’ inaugural week figures, thereby being the reason many of those out-of-the-box hits plummet down the tally in their second frame of sales reporting.

Landing at #25 on this week chart proves Scott’s latest smash is no exception.

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Big Sean has partnered with the NBA and ESPN to deliver two new TV spots for the approaching NBA finals.

Both commercials feature his song ‘Don Life’.

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It’s nothing but love between Big Sean and Kendrick Lamar.

The rapper revealed that he reached out to K-Dot following the death of Nipsey Hussle on on his song ‘Deep Reverence,’ when he raps:

“It wasn’t even no real issues there to begin with / Lack of communication and wrong information from people / Fueled by the ego is like mixing flames with diesel / Energy crazy, I realize that it’s a two-way street.”

Now he spoke  candidly about the miscommunication between them to Complex.

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With his September 4-released album, ‘Detroit 2,’ currently in the lead in the race to the top of the Billboard 200 (as we reported here), Big Sean is hot on the promo trail in an effort to ensure his victory lap.

In addition to appearances in a number of print and Web-based press, the GRAMMY nominee also hit the late nite TV circuit recently as evidenced by his virtual performance on Tuesday night’s episode of ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’ (September 8).

Lifting a cinematic performance of new song ‘Harder Than My Demons’ akin to the Mike WILL Made It-produced song’s official music video (which can be seen by clicking here), look inside to see Sean Don rock the ‘Tonight Show’ stage like only he knows how:

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Days after the release of ‘Detroit 2,’ Big Sean is opening up about his mental state in a new series of Tweets when making the project.

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Undoubtedly expected to make a splash upon its premiere on the Billboard Hot 100, the gargantuan impact made by Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion‘s joint effort, ‘WAP,’ may be better categorized as a tsunami.

Opening atop the tally with numbers that rival some of music history’s biggest debuts ever, the Ayo the Producer-crafted bop – which largely samples Frank Ski‘s 1992 club anthem ‘Whores in This House’ – was penciled in record books several times over in just its first seven days.

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Once projected to be ASAP Ferg‘s first top 5 hit (as we reported here), ‘Move Ya Hips’ – the rapper’s reunion single with Nicki Minaj – has seemingly been making all the wrong moves since its July 30 premiere.

Debuting at #19 on the Hot 100 (as we reported here), fans of Minaj – affectionately called #Barbz –  asserted ASAP was to blame for the modest opening due to his team failing to report web site sales of the tune.

While that claim has been unsubstantiated, it didn’t stop Ferg from being the brunt of their criticism.  Undoubtedly, that judgment will heighten once #Barbz take a look at the newly printed Hot 100.

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As we reported, Taylor Swift made history in more ways than we could count thanks to the massive success content found aboard her eighth studio album, ‘Folklore.’

Its lead single, ‘Cardigan,’ was particularly noteworthy as it debuted at #1 on the Hot 100, penciling her in history books as the third female artist to premiere three songs (over her career) at the tally’s summit.  However, while the Aaron Dessner-produced hit’s journey to #1 was fueled by an impressive combination of streams, sales, and radio airplay, a big component of its overall first-week figures were afforded by multiple physical/digital combinations that offered buyers everything from physical CD or vinyl singles that would arrive at a later date.

Like Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber (‘Stuck With U’), Katy Perry (‘Daisies’), and 6ix9ine and Nicki Minaj (‘TROLLZ’) before her (all of whom utilized this tactic to score big first-week numbers), Swift is set to see ‘Cardigan’ take a big fall in week 2 as a result.

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Readers of That Grape Juice know what avid music lovers we are – especially of hits past.

So, as our retrospective segments, ‘From the Vault’ and ‘TGJ Replay,’  allow us the chance to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday of one artist, our latest feature –  Chart Rewind – serves as a variation of our Retro Rewind assay to salute an entire era of music history.

This week we’d like to spotlight ‘Like This’ – the inaugural single from Kelly Rowland‘s sophomore solo album, ‘Ms. Kelly.’ 

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Billboard have announced a huge overhaul of their rules in direct response to the popularized practice of bundling albums and singles with merchandise and concert tickets.

Initially permitted as a means of recognizing the change in how the public consume music, the rules have been bent in earnest by several artists looking to maintain commercial viability. Often to extremes that have been critiqued en masse.

And Billboard has had enough.

Today, the industry bible has published updates to their rulebook designed to “more accurately reflect consumer choice” and to “level the playing field for all artists.”

Billboard done so to counter what it effectively says has been exploitative efforts used to benefit sales – given that traditional units still carry more chart weight than industry-leading streaming formats.

Full details on the changes below…

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