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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." -
Breaking Benjamin, Tori Kelly, and Kacey Musgraves Top Albums Chart
This week's albums chart wasn't too much of a shakeup from the Billboard 200, except that all of the records that dropped in the Top 10 of the latter managed to move up a few places on the former. Breaking Benjamin, Tori Kelly and Kacey Musgraves took the top three spots, respectively, once again. -
Billboard's 50 Acts for 50 States: Taylor Swift, Eminem, More Rep Hometowns
Billboard came up with a fun project for the July 4th holiday, assigning a music performer that best represents each of the 50 states. According to the site, final decisions were largely based on sales results from its charts, but a performer's deception to their home state via its lyrics also made a difference. Check out what performer made it for your state and let us know if Billboard chose well. -
Breaking Benjamin Breaks Sales Mark with New Album; Tori Kelly + Kacey Musgraves Follow
Apparently the waiting only makes desire stronger, or at least that's what Breaking Benjamin learned with its most recent release, 'Dark Before Dawn.' The band had gone more than six years without a new album but the new release debuted with 141,000 equivalent copies sold (and 135,000 actual copies, marking the group's highest sales week ever). It's also the band's first no. 1 album on the Billboard 200. Kacey Musgraves and Tori Kelly also dropped new albums. -
Thom Yorke Albums on Apple Music...Despite Unadulterated Hatred for Streaming
Taylor Swift has become the figurehead of the anti-streaming movement in the last year thanks to pulling '1989' and the rest of her discography from Spotify during 2014, but Radiohead's Thom Yorke has hated the concept longer and more deeply than anyone. Yet Stereogum (as well as the rest of the world) was shocked to find that the frontman's solo discography was ready for streaming on Apple Music. -
Dr. Dre's 'The Chronic' Finally Available for Streaming via Apple Music
The clouds have parted and hip-hop fans are celebrating to know that Dr. Dre's classic solo album 'The Chronic' will be available digitally for the first time via Apple Music. Never before has the album been available through other streaming platforms. The album is a favorite among hip-hop fans for its defining "g-funk" style and hits such as "Nuthin But A 'G' Thang" and "F*ck Wit Dre Day (and Everybody's Celebratin')." -
Katy Perry Earns $135 Million in 2015, More Than Any Non-Boxer Celebrity
The Forbes Celebrity 100 list, ranking the highest earning stars in the world on a yearly basis, was published this week and one musician came in ahead of all entertainers (who weren't boxers): Katy Perry was the third highest-paid celebrity of the last 12 months, coming in behind only Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, respectively, with a net income of $135 million.
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