It’s a ‘Hot Girl Summer’ on the Hot 100!

Preceded with buzz as one of the most highly anticipated songs of the season, Megan Thee Stallion‘s ‘Summer’ – which features Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla $ign – shot to the top of iTunes just hours after its release (as we reported here).  The favorable response on digital outlets was mirrored on streaming platforms over the course of the tune’s inaugural sales tracking week. Billboard reports:

“The single starts…with 24,000 downloads sold in the week ending Aug. 15, according to Nielsen Music. It also kicks off…with 25.4 million U.S. [streams] in the same period.

Radio airplay, similarly, has ignited at a rapid pace. “Summer” shoots 10.2 million in audience in the week ending Aug. 18, according to Nielsen Music.”

The result?  Stallion’s ridden to the first top 20 hit of her career.  Zooming past her previous personal best as a leading act, ‘Cash Sh*t (ft. Da Baby)’ (which peaked at #39), ‘Summer’ debuted at #11.  And, with its anxiously awaited music video set to premiere soon, the song is a shoo-in for the top 10 in the coming weeks.

Could Megan and Minaj be riding to their first chart-topping hit? Time will tell. Until then, look inside to see who joins them in the top 25 of this week’s ‘TGJ Chart Check:  Hot 100.’

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Megan Thee Stallion is on fire!

The ‘Hot Girl Summer’ igniter has been scorching the music landscape with her fiery bars and bops, as well as her fun-filled personality.

Now, as she eyes major success with the ‘Hot Girl Summer’ song, the Houston college student is opening up about what folk can expect from video for the Nicki Minaj assisted jam. During the chat with E!, she also dished on her upcoming collaboration with Lizzo, and much more.

Check out the sit-down after the jump…

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Megan Thee Stallion has been scorching the music scene of late, so it’s only fitting that she brings the heat (au naturale) to Paper Magazine.

The Houston hottie – who is as much brains as she is beauty – sees the feature arrive on the eve of the release of her eagerly anticipated song ‘Hot Girl Summer’ – featuring Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla $ign. 

As well as posing it up for a Arturo Evaristo lensed shoot, Meg – a current Texas Southern University student – opened up about the international love she’s been receiving, trademarking “Hot Girl Summer,” her response to Miley Cyrus’ use of her catchphrase, and more.

Peep pics and quotes below…

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Nicki Minaj and Lil Durk dash some X-rated fire in their fans’ direction today…heating things up with their collaborative cut ‘Extravagant.’

 Keep comin’ with it ’cause I want your baby.

Listen below…

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Megan thee Stallion‘s star is rising in spectacular fashion and hasn’t gone unnoticed by some of Hip-Hop’s star makers.

How they have chosen to celebrate her gains? By putting her onto XXL’s Freshman list.

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— HOT GIRL MEG (@theestallion) June 20, 2019

Good news for the anime-loving starlet below…

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Sexyy Red continues to rack up career-firsts in 2024.

Although her devoted fans were bummed to learn “first GRAMMY nomination” wasn’t among them, the St. Louis-born beauty still has much to celebrate – especially on the Billboard front where the year has brought her inaugural top 20 hits on the Billboard 200 and the Hot 100 (as a solo performer) respectively.

In the spirit of “firsts” as it relates to the latter tally, this week welcomed yet another new addition to Red’s growing list of achievements.

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That’s all folks; the credits have rolled on this year’s MTV EMAs.

Broadcast from the Co-op Live in Manchester, United Kingdom on November 10, the 2024 iteration of the annual extravaganza was hosted by Rita Ora and brought with it performances from the likes of Tyla, Benson Boone, Shawn Mendes, RAYE, Teddy Swims, and more (as reported here).

Head inside to see who walked away with the night’s biggest stars – its coveted trophies! The full winner’s list awaits:

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From Megan Thee Stallion to Nicki Minaj, Ariana Grande, Dua Lipa, and more, fans of some of music’s biggest names are still flooding social media with reactions to the shocking 2025 GRAMMY nominations’ snubs and surprises (as revealed on November 8).

Among those dedicated groups are supporters of Usher‘s who – while still fuming over the absence of 2024 nominations for his 2023 comeback single ‘Good Good‘ – are scratching their heads over the dearth of nods he got for the tune’s parent album ‘Coming Home.’

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Doja Cat fans – affectionately called #Kittens – may be bummed at news the Rap diva didn’t earn any 2025 GRAMMY nominations for her hit album ‘Scarlet‘ (as announced on November 8), but the week still brought good news for them to celebrate.

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GloRilla fans have yet another reason to say “yeah Glo.”

As if the critical acclaim that’s accompanied her star-studded debut album, ‘Glorious,’ hasn’t been enough to put a smile on her face, the GRAMMY nominee’s now learned the project is living up to its title as it paces toward a top 5 debut on the Billboard 200.

Details inside.

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It’s that time of the year again! The 2024 MTV Europe Music Awards is back and set to salute releases from music’s biggest names worldwide.

Taking residence at the Co-op Live in Manchester, England on November 10, all eyes are on who’s up for what at the hotly anticipated ceremony.

Well, wonder no more. Taylor Swift leads the freshly unwrapped nominations list with appearances in 7 categories.

Hot on her heels are Ariana Grande, Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX, who each have nabbed 5.

Elsewhere, Beyonce has bagged 4.

Music’s Biggest Global Celebration broadcasts at 9PM GMT on November in MTV UK, Channel 5, and Pluto TV. The show will also be available to stream on Paramount+ from November 12.

Check out the full list below…

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Despite having landed some of the biggest female Hip-Hop hits of 2024 with ‘TGIF,’ ‘Wanna Be,’ and ‘Yeah Glo,’ the success story of GloRilla shows no signs of slowing as she landed yet another Hot 100 placement this week when her latest single, ‘Hollon,’ made a handsome premiere on the all-genre chart.

Details inside.

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