The promo campaign mounted for Jennifer Lopez‘s latest album, ‘This Is Me…Now,’ was nothing short of impressive.

When not tackling morning and late night talk shows, Lopez made her rounds to ‘SNL‘ as well as radio, print, and Web outlets amid promotion of the project’s accompanying movie on Prime Video.

The combined potency of the exposure helped ‘Now’ soar to be the week’s best-selling album, defeating the likes of Billboard top-sellers like Yeat‘s ‘2093,’ Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign‘s ‘Vultures 1,’ Usher‘s ‘Coming Home,’ and Taylor Swift projects.

Yet, in a polarizing twist, the figures that lifted it to #1 on the pure Album Sales chart were barely enough to land it in the Billboard 200’s top 40.

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Another day, another Taylor Swift history-making feat.

Having already snatched seemingly insurmountable records from music royals like Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Prince, Madonna, and more, now the ‘Shake It Off’ hitmaker has shaken past The Beatles in Billboard 200 record books.

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Love him or loathe him, Kanye West‘s impact on music’s history books over his 20-year career is undeniable.

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Beyonce has the masses yeehaw-ing in union with her brand new single ‘Texas Hold ‘Em.’ And, in the process, she’s roped-in a major placement on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Like Jennifer Lopez and her February 16-released album ‘This Is Me…Now,’ fellow dance Machine Jason Derulo‘s ‘Nu King’ comes as his first in nearly a decade.

Unlike Lopez, ‘King’ – the long-awaited follow-up to 2015’s ‘Everything is 4‘ – attempts to make up for lost time with a loaded, 27-song tracklist that features some of the biggest names in music including Nicki Minaj, Quavo, Michael Buble, Dido, NBA YoungBoy, Gucci Mane, Meghan Trainor, Ty Dolla $ign, David Guetta, and many more.

Lined with a number of the standalone singles Derulo has released in the time since his last LP like ‘Swalla,’ ‘Spicy Margarita,’ ‘Hands On Me,’ and more, hop inside to stream ‘King’ courtesy of Apple Music and Spotify.

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Kanye West may not only be en route to watching his latest album, ‘Vultures 1,’ soar to #1 on the Billboard 200 but he could also see cuts from the project – namely the Ty Dolla $ign, Rich the Kid, and Playboi Carti-assisted ‘Carnival‘ – fly as high as the top 10 of next week’s Hot 100.

In an effort to block the latter, fans of his longtime nemesis Taylor Swift (affectionately called #Swifties) are joining forces to help Beyonce‘s latest singles – ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ and ‘16 Carriages‘ – ride past West to the all-genre chart’s top spot.

Once word of their endeavors landed on Kanye’s desk, he took to social media to respond. Hop inside to see what he said.

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Q1 has historically been a quiet frame for music releases, but not in 2024. Because two of the industry’s heaviest hitters, Usher and Kanye West, are gearing up to drop new albums.

And it’s been confirmed that the projects will be landing on the same day.

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Jason Derulo is dancing past the controversy surrounding his new album ‘Nu King.’

As reported, the Billboard chart-topper announced his first LP in almost a decade and was met with immediate backlash from some fans about the religious overtones of the project’s artwork – on which he rocks a crown of thorns. A concept some deemed a “mockery” of Jesus’s crucifixion in the Bible.

Shifting the narrative, Derulo has lifted the lid on the star-studded list of collaborators joining him on the set – including his ‘Swalla’ collaborator Nicki Minaj.

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‘On My Mama,’ the breakout hit from Victoria Monet‘s ‘Jaguar II,’ has not only pounced to a new Hot 100 peak but also a career first for the rising R&B diva.

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MDLBEAST Soundstorm returned for its 2023 installment and turned the volume up like never before.

Housed in Riyadh and boasting a main stage that holds the Guinness World Record for the tallest structure of its kind, this year’s edition of the festival stands as its most

Only at Soundstorm could there boast a lineup that fuses EDM, Hip-Hop, R&B, Afrobeats, Metal, and more. A true toast and testament to music being a unifier and a universal language.

Taking place over December 14-16, the extravaganza brought it with titan-sized sets from the likes of Chris Brown, David Guetta, Will Smith, Metallica, Travis Scott, Pusha T, Wiz Khalifa, Steve Aoiki, the Black Eyed Peas, and MENA region favorites such as Asayel, Dafencii, and Cosmic Cat.

Join us below as we recap the most resonating Soundstorm to date and tally our top performances from an unforgettable weekend…

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‘Run It’ hitmaker Chris Brown may have seen his name run to the top of global headlines over the weekend for stunning concert that was part of the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but his time in the United Arab Emirates would see the GRAMMY winner run right into controversy due to partying with Kanye West.

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Diddy is on a mission to spread love like never before and the music maestro has assembled a cavalry like no other to assist him

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