• Kendrick Vs. Everybody: How Did 'To Pimp A Butterfly' Sell Compared to Recents from Kanye West, J. Cole, Nicki Minaj and More?

    Kendrick Lamar was certainly king of the Billboard 200 this week, as To Pimp A Butterfly sold three times as many copies as any other record on the market during the last week. Part of the hip-hop game, more so than any other genre, is arguing about who's no. 1. Generally that means a ranking of who can drop the best bars, but money—regardless of what Jay Z and Jermaine Dupri tell you—is most certainly a thang. So how does the most hyped performer in recent years stack up against industry giants in terms of sales?

  • Kendrick Lamar's 'To Pimp A Butterfly' Dominates Billboard 200—'Empire,' Modest Mouse and 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Contend for No. 2

    Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly has become his first release to top the Billboard 200 despite dropping a tad earlier than expected. The album went on to sell 363,000 equivalent copies, including single downloads and streams-breaking Spotify records in the process- on its way to the top. That was also the second largest debut of the year—behind Drake—giving hip-hop the two biggest albums of the year so far.

  • Osheaga Festival 2015 Lineup: Kendrick Lamar, Florence + The Machine, The Black Keys, Alt-J Headline

    Montreal's Osheaga Festival has announced its 2015 lineup, and it is a big one. Celebrating its 10-year anniversary, the festival will welcome headlining acts Florence + The Machine, Kendrick Lamar, The Black Keys, Weezer, Alt-J, Of Monsters and Men, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Nas, Kygo, Interpol and others to Parc Jean-Drapeau, east of downtown Montreal on the St. Lawrence River. The three-day festival will host a wide variety of different acts from hip-hop to rock to indie and EDM with more than 100 acts announced to perform.

  • Kendrick Lamar's 'To Pimp a Butterfly' Is No. 1 on UK, Australian Charts: Album Tops Sam Smith's 'In the Lonely Hour' in UK

    Kendrick Lamar's 'To Pimp a Butterfly' has gained a lot of attention and praise. Proven to have international success, Lamar has now scored his first No. 1 spot on the U.K. and Australian charts. According to 'Billboard,' 'To Pimp a Butterfly' finished just ahead of Sam Smith's 'In the Lonely Hour' on the U.K. charts, selling 572 more copies than Smith's. The "King Kunta" rapper's previous album 'Good Kid M.A.A.D City' reached No. 16 in 2012.

  • Kendrick Lamar Meets Jerry Seinfeld in 'King Kunta' / 'Seinfeld' Theme Mashup [LISTEN]

    Kendrick Lamar's "King Kunta" is as strongly black as anything else on his smash new album, To Pimp A Butterfly: The title itself is a reference to a character from the classic television series Roots, and it features samples from James Brown's "The Payback" and Ahmad's "We Want The Funk." That makes it all the more ironic and humorous when one amused listener mashed-it up with the theme from Seinfeld.

  • Rapsody Talks Kendrick Lamar 'To Pimp a Butterfly' Guest Feature

    Kendrick Lamar's 'To Pimp a Butterfly' has been the topic of many conversations since its recent release. The "King Kunta" rapper released his album ahead of the announced release date, and fans excitedly downloaded the album to hear what the Compton rapper has been working on. North Carolina rapper Rapsody was featured on the track "Complexion (A Zulu Love)." In a recent XXL interview, Rapsody talked about what it was like working with Lamar on 'To Pimp a Butterfly.'

  • Kendrick Lamar 'To Pimp A Butterfly' Breaks a Spotify Record

    Kendrick Lamar's sudden, surprise and potentially accidental release of his sophomore artist album To Pimp A Butterfly may not have been the cleanest of affairs, but the numbers it is already putting up are setting records. According to the TDE CEO, the album broke the Spotify record for most streams by an album in a single day. It got 9.6 million spins on the Swedish streaming service. According to a Billboard estimate, who confirmed total streams the number, those spins would net Kendrick and everyone involved with the album $44,160 globally.
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