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Panic! at the Disco have been a staple of the pop-punk world for 12 years, but Brandon Urie has just achieved his first No. 1 album with Death of a Bachelor. This week, the latest LP from the Las Vegas rockers topped the U.S. album charts, leading recent releases from Adele and David Bowie. -
Wale, Ludacris and Kendrick Lamar Keep Hip-Hop in Top Three Spots of Billboard Albums Chart
Wale, Ludacris and Kendrick Lamar helped ensure that hip-hop took the top three spots on the Album Sales Chart for the second week in a row. Wale, who was also no. 1 on the Billboard 200, sold 90,500 copies of his new record The Album About Nothing. Ludacris got a boost from the strict album sales format of this chart (he placed no. 3 due to stream numbers helping the Furious 7 soundtrack on the 200) and placed no. 2 with Ludaversal, selling 59,000 copies of his new album. Kendrick Lamar was at no. 1 for two weeks with To Pimp A Butterfly but he'll settle for no. 3 this week after selling another 52,500 copies. -
Kendrick Lamar, 'Empire,' Action Bronson and Earl Sweatshirt Help Hip-Hop Dominate Album Sales Chart
The past few weeks have been amazing for hip-hop, as the Empire soundtrack and Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly have led both the Billboard 200 to three straight weeks of rap at no. 1. Although it's only been a two-week streak on the Album Sales chart (Empire was outsold by Madonna's Rebel Heart during its first week), this week is still newsworthy as the Top 3 spots on the chart are all held by hip-hop albums. -
Kendrick Lamar First Performer with Two Weeks Atop Billboard 200 Since Taylor Swift; First R&B/Hip-Hop Artist Since Beyonce
Kendrick Lamar and To Pimp A Butterfly pulled off something that few performers outside of Taylor Swift have managed to wrangle in the last few months: holding the no. 1 position on the Billboard 200 for more than one week. The album spent a second week at the top spot on the chart-the only performer aside from Swift (who spent a total of 11 weeks at no. 1 with 1989) to have done so since November, having sold 123,000 equivalent units during its second full week of sales. The accomplishment is even more relevant for the R&B/Hip-Hop genres, where Butterfly becomes the first album since 2013's Beyoncé to spend multiple weeks at no. 1. -
Taylor Swift Tops Album Sales Charts as Ne-Yo, Charlie Wilson and the Bethel Music Group Debut in Top 10
This week's Billboard 200 didn't reflect much in terms of new music but the Albums Chart has better news, introducing two new debut discs. Taylor Swift and 1989 are at the top again however, selling 71,000 copies. As we mentioned yesterday, that makes her only the second female performer to top the chart for at least 10 weeks with two different albums (the other being Whitney Houston). Also interesting: This week's stop at the top marks the first time since Lecrae's Anomaly during September that an album went to no. 1 with less than 100,000 in sales. -
Kidz Bop Meghan Trainor "All About That Bass" Cover Misheard Lyrics Sound Like A Different Kind of Booty
Oh, Kidz Bop. You try and make a slightly naughty song more palatable for a young audience, and then you just end up talking about anal sex. This week, the family-friendly Kidz Bop Kidz cover of Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass" from the recently released Kidz Bop 27 was making its way around online, and instead of bringing "booty back," it sounds like there's something else happening in verse No. 2. -
Meghan Trainor and 'Title' Interrupt Taylor Swift's '1989' Party on Billboard 200, While Kidz Bop and Mark Ronson Debut in Top 10
The rate at which Taylor Swift has been at the top of the Billboard 200 has been chopped down to 75 percent this week as Meghan Trainor takes the crown with Title. The album moved 238,000 equivalent albums, marking the highest debut for any solo performer since Susan Boyle during 2009. The "All About That Bass" vocalist joins One Direction and J. Cole as the only performers to interrupt Swift since 1989 came out 12 weeks ago. We'll see what happens next week with regard to that streak. -
Razor & Tie Buys Back Other 50 Percent Share in Kidz Bop
Kidz Bop is back under a majority owner for the first time since 2006 after Razor & Tie brokered a deal to buy back the second half of its pop-music-for-children brand. -
Bruce Springsteen and Kidz Bop mix up Top 10 Album Sales, give 'Frozen' soundtrack competition
Ah...the smell of new things is in the air. No, we're not talking about Spring. Sorry. It will stay cold for a while but at least we'll have new music to listen to in the meantime! Four of the albums in this week's Billboard Top 10 are new releases, including a new no. 1. -
Robin Thicke 'Blurred Lines' Album No. 1 in US After July 30 Release: Five Finger Death Punch, Backstreet Boys, Emblem3 Also Debut in Top 10 on Billboard Charts
"Blurred Lines" the song isn't the only No. 1 Robin Thicke can count for the summer of 2013. His new album of the same name debuted on top of the Billboard 200 this week (Aug. 7)... -
Selena Gomez 'Come & Get It' Album 'Stars Dance' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 100: Jay Z 'Magna Carta Holy Grail' Booted From Top Spot in Country [VIDEO]
Selena Gomez has had a big week. The pop star turned 21, threw a massive birthday party attended by ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber and, of course, released her debut solo album Stars Dance on July 23. Now, to finish off an epic July for the...
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