Tyla may only have one album to her credit, but in the last year the 22-year-old has seen the term “history-making” attached to her name more than many acts well beyond her tenure.

As if watching her megahit single ‘Water‘ make her the first South African female to own a top 10 hit on the Hot 100 wasn’t enough to boast, she followed by making GRAMMY history when she became the inaugural winner of the Best African Music Performance trophy.

This week, she penciled in yet another historic feat to her log when her self-titled debut album opened in the Billboard 200’s top 40.

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After soaring to critical and industry acclaim with her solo debut single, the GRAMMY-nominated ‘Angel,’ singer-actress Halle Bailey seems poised to repeat the feat with the tune’s follow-up ‘In Your Hands.’

Released March 15, the Dem Jointz-produced ballad is believed to be the latest taste of music set to line the 24-year-old’s first solo album due later this year.

Like ‘Angel’ before it, however, ‘Hands’ is proving its warm reception isn’t limited to what the critics are saying.

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Shakira is back with a new music video.

The video sees Shakira wear some cowboy attire as she dances and sings along with Grupo Frontera for their collaboration ‘Entre Parentesis.’ 

The song appears on her 12th studio album ‘Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran.’ The project has been streamed 6.4 billion streams globally.

Additionally, the video for her new song comes on the heels of Shakira releasing the video and her collaboration with Cardi B for the song ‘Puntería.’

That video has gone on to be viewed more than 6.5 million times and has been he #1 trending video worldwide.

Check out the Mike Ho-directed music video for ‘Entre Parentesis’  below…

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She’s coming!

As promised earlier this week, Normani took to social media at exactly 1:59p EST on Saturday (March 23) to confirm the delivery of the first single from her long-awaited debut solo album ‘Dopamine.’

And – to the surprise of her beloved fans (affectionately called the #NormaniNation) – the R&B stage-blazer won’t be blazing the new track by her lonesome.

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Cardi B is keeping her promise of “back-to-back” music releases in 2024.

And though she may already be moving on to the new song ‘Enough (Miami),’ her previous release – the March 1-released ‘Like What (Freestyle)’ – is just seeing its chart narrative start this week to historic measure.

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Ariana Grande is glowing in a major way on Spotify with her new album, ‘eternal sunshine.’

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Thanks to her latest hit single, ‘Training Season,’ the Hot 100 is proving yet again it’s Dua Lipa‘s season.

Just days after learning the Kevin Parker-produced bop helped her make history in her native U.K. when it became her 15th top 10 on their Official Chart (the most of any British female act ever), ‘Training’ seems poised to see some of that commercial success reflected Stateside.

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With a nine-year wait separating them from his last LP, 2014’s ‘Everything is 4,’ fans of Pop sensation Jason Derulo‘s apparently couldn’t wait to get their hands on his new album – the February 16-released ‘Nu King.’

A 27-track affair, the new project is loaded with big names like Meghan Trainor, NBA YoungBoy, Nicki Minaj, Gucci Mane, Ty Dolla $ign, Michael Buble, and more.

Peruse of the Billboard charts and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) logs proved those superstars’ powers combined were just what the doctor ordered.

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Taylor Swift isn’t just reigning atop the Pop pack, she’s making it rain too.

For, according to a new report, the music titan has been cut a colossal check for the streaming release of her box office blockbuster, ‘The Eras Tour’ film.

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Surprise!

Just 7 months after forging ahead with the release of her self-titled EP despite highly publicized health issues that led to hospitalization, GRAMMY-winning singer-songwriter Tori Kelly has announced the project’s official follow-up will come in the form of another self-titled effort: a studio album.

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Riding high on the critical acclaim afforded to her debut album, the November-released ‘Dennis Daughter,’ rising rapper Lola Brooke continues to gift cuts from the project the video treatment.

Having already lifted visuals for ‘You,’ ‘Pit Stop,’ and more (as we reported here), now she’s directing attention to ‘God Bless All the Rappers.’

“They worry ’bout the actors / Worry ’bout the trappers (Trappers) / Pray every night that God bless all the rappers,” she spits in the Ben Marc-helmed clip.

Buoyed by a prominent sample of Millie Jackson‘s 1972 classic ‘A Child of God (It’s Hard to Believe),’ hop inside to hear ‘Rappers’ in full.

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Victoria Monet fans who feared the singer-songwriter would suffer a shutout at the 2024 GRAMMYs breathed a heavy sigh of relief when the 34-year-old won her first trophy – Best Engineered Album for her 2023 LP ‘Jaguar II‘ – during the event’s pre-show.

Little did they know then, her victory lap had only just begun.

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