Thanks to a $.69 “holiday sale” on iTunes, ‘Earned It’ singer The Weeknd (born Abel Tesfaye) has finally earned his third #1 single on the Hot 100.

14 weeks after its debut (and after a lengthy 8-week run at #2 behind rap duo Rae Sremmurd‘s smash single ‘Black Beatles’), ‘Starboy’ – the title track to Tesfaye’s third album (which hit #1 on the Billboard 200) – ascended to the tally’s perch on the wings of strong digital downloads and streaming performance.  Billboard reports:

[‘Starboy’ logged] the chart’s greatest week-over-week sales gain (up 28,000), surging by 49 percent to 86,000 downloads sold in the week ending Dec. 22. “Starboy” tops the Hot 100 after eight nonconsecutive weeks at No. 2, tying for the most weeks spent at No. 2 before leading the list. It matches Justin Bieber‘s “Sorry,” which ruled at last on the Jan. 23, 2016, chart, and OutKast‘s “The Way You Move,” featuring Sleepy Brown (Feb. 14, 2004).”

Congratz are certainly in order for Weeknd and his ‘Starboy’ co-stars Daft Punk.  The achievement marks the group’s first run at #1 in the U.S.

Tuck in below to see who else filled out this week’s refreshed Billboard Hot 100:

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Scribbled in history books for some good and not-so-good reasons, 2016 brought with it some of modern music’s most memorable moments.  Now, as the year draws to a close, TGJ is reflecting on 31 moments that rocked – and to some degree shaped – the Urban and Pop musical landscape as we know it.

Now, we’ll reflect on the collection of albums and singles whose barks were certainly bigger than their bites.  For, considering the hype that preceded them, great expectations were placed on their respective commercial performances.

Sadly, they failed to meet them…

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The world renown Gospel singer Kim Burrell has condemned homosexuality during a sermon which has set the net on fire today.

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The Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Tiyon Christian has revealed that Beyonce played a part in the demise of his relationship with the vocal Bible Brandy.

What went wrong after he penned a number of ‘The Boy Is Mine’ singer’s songs?

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Sia has stepped out to condemn the Witch-Hop rapper Azealia Banks after learning that she had sacrificed chickens.

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Drake and Jennifer Lopez are keeping mum about their romance, however the last few days have seen their bodies do the talking.

Indeed, as reported, the duo set social media ablaze with their intimate snaps – a practice that is said to have seen Drizzy’s ex Rihanna unfollow J.Lo.

Now, they’ve been spotted at a party not only kissing – but dancing to a song some are speculating may be a duet.

Watch below…

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Lee Daniels has criticised for the creators and supporters of the #OscarsSoWhite movement in an interview with The New York Times.

Built to raise awareness for Hollywood’s brass-necked exclusion of actors of colours from its pictures, the movement has been praised for inspiring the minds behind the BAFTAs and Oscars to acknowledge the problem.

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Alas, the groundbreaking Daniels believes that the absence of nuanced characters of colour in Hollywood has little to do with the discrimination the business itself acknowledges exists.

His advice to actors?

“Stop complaining.”

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Serena Williams is getting married!

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With help from data lifted from Box Office Mojo, the movie platform ‘Shadow & Act’ has revealed the official ‘Top 20 Grossing Black Movies of 2016.’

The official definition of a black movie?

One that tells a story about a black person (or black people), regardless of who tells it. It is primarily through his/her/their eyes and experiences that the story unfolds.

With this definition in mind, the movie buffs behind this list have not included each and every project which features actors of colour, only spotlighting the efforts in which characters of colour take centre stage.

Ready to see who came out on top?

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Jennifer Lopez‘ conscious coupling with Drake has ruffled the feathers of those who feel she is dating him to slight and spite her ex Diddy who Drake is feuding with.

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Trey Songz has been arrested.

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For reasons he’s yet to reveal, Ray-J has never truly been able to capitalise on the part he played in turning his sister’s former assistant Kim Kardashian into a household name.

Elevated from a Hollywood hotspot staple to world renowned media mogul, Kim-with the help of her mother Kris Jenner and NBC- was able to turn her sex tape into an empire Ray was forced to observe from the sidelines.

However, it a report published this week is anything to go by, all of that is set to change.

Details below…

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