Olivia Rodrigo scored the biggest debut of the year on the RS 200 with her debut album Sour. The concise, 11-song set earned 302,100 album-equivalent units, surpassing the first-week total for Fearless (Taylor’s Version) by over 10,000 units. Sour was a resounding streaming success, picking up nearly 280 million streams …
Read More »YG, Mozzy Preview Collaborative Album With Title Track 'Perfect Timing'
YG and Mozzy have released the title track from their upcoming collaborative album, Perfect Timing. “Perfect Timing” finds YG and Mozzy trading verses about their beginnings and big dreams over a slinky groove centered around a delicate guitar loop, keys, and some windswept chimes. Los Angeles-based singer/rapper Blxst ties the …
Read More »Dua Lipa, Karol G to Perform on YouTube New Year's Eve Special
YouTube Originals has announced Hello 2021, a virtual New Year’s Eve event that will stream in five parts on Thursday, December 31st. The show will feature speeches, live performances, DJ sets, and more. “With the world ready to move past an extremely challenging year, YouTube will use its global reach …
Read More »When an Instagram Meme Gets You a Record Deal
Last year, aspiring rapper YNG Martyr was barely holding on to a job as “a web designer that didn’t know how to design websites.” “I was in a nine to five that was God-awful,” he remembers. “I hated it.” Faced with the prospect of wasting away at work, most people …
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