• Meek Mill Sells 5x as Many Records as Miguel, James Taylor on Albums Chart

    Yesterday we showed during our summary of the Billboard 200 that Meek Mill and 'Dreams Worth More Than Money' sold nearly five-times as much as any other new title on the list. The same trend applies to actual album sales, where the album moved actually (not nearly) sold more than 500 percent more copies than the runner-up. The emcee stands a strong chance at joining Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar as the only performers to top the Billboard 200 for more than one week when next week's sales are revealed.

  • Taylor Swift '1989' Passes Huge Sales Milestone

    Taylor Swift's new album 1989 just cannot stop shattering records. Thanks to the success of singles "Shake It Off," "Blank Space," "Style" and "Bad Blood," Swift's first bona fide pop album has become the quickest LP to reach 5 million album sales in 10 years.

  • Why Wiz Khalifa and 'See You Again' Won't Break Hot 100 Hip-Hop Record

    Wiz Khalifa (and Charlie Puth) stand on the brink of history, having tied the streak for the longest period for any hip-hop song atop the Billboard Hot 100 with "See You Again," the showcase number from the Furious 7 soundtrack. Unfortunately, the likelihood that they break that record upon the release of next week's numbers.

  • Wiz Khalifa 'See You Again' Tops Hot 100: OMI, Silento & Rachel Platten Make Gains

    It's not even a "See You Again" for Wiz Khalifa, Charlie Puth and the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100: it's that they're never leaving. For the 12th nonconsecutive week, the Furious 7 soundtrack single has topped the charts - but new singles from OMI, Jack Ü with Justin Bieber and Rachel Platten are coming up quickly as summer gets hotter.

  • Mariah Carey, Madonna and TLC: The Longest Hot 100 Streaks of 1995

    TLC celebrated the beginning of its longest streak on the Hot 100 on this date 20 years ago, as "Waterfalls" topped the singles charts for seven weeks afterward. Now, the Hot 100 is different than the Billboard 200 in that it's rare for any one album to top the chart for more than a few weeks, while songs can rack up huge runs on their chart. For example, only two albums have been at no. 1 for more than one week during 2015 (Taylor Swift's 1989 and Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly), while Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk" has ruled the Hot 100 for 14 weeks thus far (the other 14 weeks have been split between Swift and Wiz Khalifa). Five songs managed to stay at no. 1 for seven weeks or more during 1995...so at least 35 of the year's 52 weeks were owned by just five songs. Check out the playlist of '95's most popular tracks.

  • Meek Mill Dominates Billboard 200; Miguel, Taylor Swift Try to Keep Up

    Things started off big on the Billboard 200, with Meek Mill's 'Dreams Worth More Than Money', but then quickly dropped off. Mill might argue that his ideals have more philosophical value, but he can't argue with the financial results: Dreams opened with 246,000 in equivalent sales, easily marking his best sales week ever, as well as the fourth-largest opening of 2015 (trailing only Drake's 'If You're Reading This It's Too Late,' Kendrick Lamar's 'To Pimp A Butterfly' and Mumford & Sons' 'Wilder Mind').

  • Taylor Swift 'Blank Space' Music Video Breaks VEVO Record with One Billion Views

    Taylor Swift continues to shatter records with her new album 1989. After having the best-selling album of the year thus far, three No. 1 hits and fighting the battle against free streaming services, it turns out she continues to break music video records, too. Her second music video, "Blank Space," has been deemed the fastest clip to reach one billion views on VEVO.

  • Taylor Swift 'Bad Blood' Covered in 20 Different Styles by YouTube Star Anthony Vincent

    Taylor Swift has officially and successfully morphed genres from country to pure pop, but what would she sound like as a classic rock, reggae, rap or '90s R&B act? Now, fans don't really have to wonder anymore. In a new viral video, metal singer Anthony Vincent has recreated Swift's latest 1989 hit "Bad Blood" (featuring Kendrick Lamar) using the distinct style of 20 different musicians. Everyone from South Park's Chef to Black Sabbath to TLC and Cyndi Lauper are covered in the impressive four-minute video.

  • Apple Music Might Destroy Your iTunes Catalogue; Fix Available

    Apple Music is the hot new thing in music streaming, especially if you're hopelessly devoted to products marketed by the computer company or if you really need to stream Taylor Swift's '1989' because you just won't buy it. Unfortunately for many converts to Apple Music, especially those who have preexisting iTunes accounts with the company, a multitude of problems have emerged surrounding the service.

  • Nielsen Reports Album Sales Down...Unless You're Taylor Swift or Drake

    Nielsen has released its midyear music sales report and things are looking about how you'd expect: Streaming is way up, overall album sales are down, and the vinyl trend continues. Taylor Swift and Drake are among the few performers that can feel good about moving entire albums at this point.

  • Foo Fighters Photo Contract Called Out for "Exploitation" by Newspaper

    The Foo Fighters is about to celebrate its 20th birthday with a star-studded Washington D.C. performance on July 4th, but a publication in the city has given the band a black eye regarding its photography contract, which the Washington City Paper labels as "exploitation...pure and simple."
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