• Future, Jason Isbell and Tame Impala Have Career-Best Albums Sales Weeks

    Future's 'Dirty Sprite 2' was expected to top the Billboard albums charts, but not even the emcee himself could have predicted just how well the album would do: DS2 moved 131,500 actual albums, more than double what Honest sold during 2014. Needless to say, it was the performer's best sales week to date.
  • Future's 'Dirty Sprite 2' Leads Billboard 200; Alan Jackson and Jason Isbell Rep

    Future found the secret to moving more albums with his 'Dirty Sprite 2': Don't give people time to think about it. The album topped the Billboard 200 with more than 147,000 equivalent copies sold, just two weeks after the album was announced. It's been a little more than a year since he released Honest, and he more than doubled the sales of that effort. The quick-release method has helped other rappers Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Meek Mill get to the top of the charts as well during 2015.
  • Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift Spoke on the Phone After VMAs Twitter Spat

    Taylor Swift's Twitter apology was not the only time that she and Nicki Minaj spoke about their tiff over the 2015 MTV VMAs nominations. Today (July 24), the "The Night Is Still Young" rapper performed on Good Morning America and revealed that the two actually spoke on the phone and that their mini-feud is all over.
  • Taylor Swift Apologizes to Nicki Minaj After VMAs Twitter Spat

    Taylor Swift has apologized to Nicki Minaj for misinterpreting her comments on the 2015 MTV VMAs. Earlier this week, Minaj's music video for "Anaconda" was snubbed for Video of the Year, causing Minaj to call out the network for celebrating other "kinds" or musicians but not her, causing Swift to reply in the name of female solidarity. But now, Swift is admitting she "misunderstood" Minaj's tweets.
  • Ed Sheeran Mansplains What Taylor Swift Meant About Nicki Minaj After VMAs Tweets

    More people are chiming in on Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift's Twitter exchange about race, body image and the 2015 MTV VMAs. After Minaj called out the network for not nominating her "Anaconda" music video for Video of the Year and Swift took it personally, Ed Sheeran is coming to the defense of his friend and "Bad Blood."
  • 'See You Again' Gains AC Airplay; More Charlie Puth, No Wiz Khalifa

    Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth's "See You Again" may be done at the top of the Hot 100, but it's just now picking up steam on the Adult Contemporary charts. This may surprise conservative listeners everywhere, as hip-hop is about as welcome on AC radio as Iggy Azalea at the BET Awards. The trick? Getting soulful crooner Puth to release his own version of the song, minus Khalifa's headlining raps.
  • 5 Best Twitter Beefs of 2015: One Direction, Iggy Azalea, Taylor Swift and More

    Twitter hasn't been short on beefs for 2015, but this week has blown up the social media service as Meek Mill has called out Drake for allegedly using a ghostwriter, and Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift have gone back and forth about VMA nominations and body shape. They weren't the first musicians to stir things up with 140 characters (or several salvos of 140 characters) this year. Here are five other digital battles that have gone down during 2015 thus far, including One Direction, Iggy Azalea and...believe it or not... not Azealia Banks (we take her tweets for granted anymore).
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