Drake is onto quite the beast with new album ‘Scorpion.’

An established chart titan, the Toronto bred star’s releases have often prompted the question “how high?.” Apt, as his offerings consistently shoot into the stratosphere – and this LP is no different.

The first week sales forecasts are in and Aubrey is on course for a mega opening…

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Acts as iconic as Prince are once in a lifetime, hence it’s little surprise that the legend’s music is proving a hot commodity two years after his sudden death.

As the posthumous success of Michael Jackson has proven, catalogue material is big business; in many cases, a billion dollar business.

Prince’s Estate have clearly clocked this and have struck a lucrative new deal with Sony Music – who’ve now snagged the distribution rights to a whopping 35 albums.

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Tiffany Haddish appears to be just what the doctor ordered for MTV as the channel has had a heavily documented number of viewership mishaps since its late 2016 rebranding.

With the revamp of its annual Movie Awards, christened the ‘TV & Movie Awards’ as of 2017, the former music channel enlisted the help of the ‘Girls Trip’ star to assist with breathing new life into the franchise.  The investment proved lucrative.

Haddish, the first African American female host of the shindig, not only brought the funny but also brought the ratings with this year’s showing (which aired June 18th).  Details inside:

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The plaques keep coming back to back for rapstress Cardi B.

After seeing her official debut single, ‘Bodak Yellow,’ cross the RIAA’s multiplatinum threshold, her tune, ‘Bartier Cardi,’ and featured appearances on ‘Finesse’ (Bruno Mars), and ‘No Limit’ (G-Eazy) helped them do the same.

Now, as her debut album, ‘Invasion of Privacy,’ has been certified Gold, its latest single – ‘I Like It’ – has gifted the rapstress the potential for her latest RIAA plaque.

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Nicki Minaj has set August 10th as the release for her fourth studio album ‘Queen’ and now has a major promotional platform in her arsenal – Made In America 2018.

The fiery femcee has been announced as co-headliner for this year’s instalment of the event alongside Post Malone.

Curated by Jay-Z, this year’s line-up for two-day Philadelphia festival also includes Meek Mill, Janelle Monae, and Miguel. 

Set to take place September 1st -2nd, the full line-up for the Labor Day weekend awaits below…

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Childish Gambino’s latest, ’This is America,’ may have lost its grip atop the Hot 100 this week after leading the tally for two consecutive weeks (click here to read more on that), but the politically charged cut still has much to celebrate.

Beyond an ongoing domination of streaming charts (including Youtube, Spotify, and more) thanks to its Hiro Murai-directed music video, the tune’s similarly handsome faring on digital tallies has helped it become his latest platinum single…less than a month after its debut.

Well on its way to reaching the 4x platinum status of Gambino’s most popular single to date, ‘Redbone,’ tuck inside for more details surrounding the awesome feat:

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Tiffany Haddish is learning the hard way about the hoopla that can arise due to the divulgence of secrets.

After causing a commotion with her reports of an unnamed actress biting the face of music superstar Beyonce, now – less than a month ahead of her historic gig as the first Black female hostess of the MTV Movie & TV Awards (click here to read more) – the rising star was greeted with news her ex-husband has filed a defamation lawsuit against her for claims he was abusive.

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Get ready to Netflix and chill with The Obamas, because the former US president and First Lady have inked a lucrative deal with the video streaming giant.

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Childish Gambino has done it!

The eclectic star has shot straight in at #1 of the Billboard Hot 100 with new single ‘This Is America.’

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Ariana Grande has arrived on the Billboard Hot 100 with comeback jam ‘No Tears Left To Cry’ and she’s made quite the entrance.

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Chris Brown has been crowned champion of the UK charts this week, for he’s rocketed to the top of the tally with latest effort ‘Freaky Friday.’

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The heavily pregnant Rap star Cardi B has much to celebrate this morning.

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