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The good news about the albums chart is that it gives performers who didn't crack the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 to make their stand without worrying about streams and singles, but that will still have to wait until after Kendrick Lamar's 'To Pimp A Butterfly.' The rapper's third album, and first to top the albums chart, sold 319,000 copies, nearly quadrupling the next highest total on the list. -
Crying Villanova Piccolo Player Performs on Jimmy Fallon, Receives Taylor Swift Tickets
If playing the world's smallest violin is metaphor for sob stories then what about the piccolo? For Roxanne Chalifoux and the windy instrument, it represents, actually, physical tears. Now viral, she was recently invited to perform on Jimmy Fallon with none other than The Roots. -
Taylor Swift: Princeton Review Apologizes For Misquoting 'Fifteen' Lyrics, Offers Grammar-Loving Swiftie Two Free Tickets To 'Style' Singer's Concert
Earlier this week, Taylor Swift called out test prep company The Princeton Review for misquoting her lyrics from "Fifteen" in one of their practice test questions. The Princeton review acknowledged the lyrical slip-up on Twitter, but noted that regardless of how much they love TSwift, the SAT would still deduct points for the "somebody/them" mistake. -
"Shake It Off" Taylor Swift to Get 50th Anniversary ACM Milestone Award With Reba, Miranda Lambert [LIST]
"Shake It Off" singer Taylor Swift will be among the influential honorees to receive a special country music milestone award at the 50th annual Academy of Country Music Awards next month. According to 'Rolling Stone,' the singer will join other record-setting artists -- including Miranda Lambert, George Strait, Reba McEntire, Garth Brooks, Kenny Chesney, Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn -- to receive a 50th Anniversary Milestone Award. This award is aimed to commemorate their achievements in ACM Awards history. -
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. -
Taylor Swift's Catalog of Tunes, Minus '1989,' Is Streaming on Jay Z's New TIDAL Music Service
Fans of Taylor Swift can now stream most of her catalog on a different service than Spotify, which lost the pop star's business last year. T. Swift's catalog, minus '1989,' is now available on Jay Z's new service TIDAL. The rap mogul purchased the streaming service for $56.2 million earlier this year. -
Taylor Swift: Princeton Review Misquoted 'Fifteen' Lyrics in SAT Practice Test Book
Taylor Swift called out The Princeton Review, a company that makes study tools for test preparation, for misquoting her lyrics from "Fifteen" in one of their practice test questions. -
Kenny Chesney Once Paid to Keep Taylor Swift Off His Tour: The Not-So-Shocking Details
Here's a piece of juicy news if we've ever heard it, coming out of the country music world: Kenny Chesney and Taylor Swift have confirmed rumors that the former performer once paid just to keep the latter off of his tour. SCANDAL? -
Taylor Swift Buys TaylorSwift.porn and TaylorSwift.adult Domain Names Just in Case...You Know.
Reports suggest that Taylor Swift has preemptively bought the domain names TaylorSwift.porn and TaylorSwift.adult, to prevent more salacious web users from grabbing them first and doing God-knows-what with them. One of the prices of being the world's most popular music act, we suppose. -
Inflight Coutersues Universal Music over Airline Music, Alleging Label Responsible for Messy Licensing Battle
Inflight, a company purposed with providing music for airline travelers to enjoy while flying, has filed a countersuit against Universal Music during allegations that the company used music illegally and without proper licensing -
Diplo Compares Taylor Swift Fans To North Korean Army, Regrets Ever Dissing The 'Style' Singer
Last year, Diplo created a Kickstarter to "Get Taylor Swift A Booty." Although some were amused by the mean-spirited fundraiser, Lorde called the DJ out for it. Fortunately that didn't end his friendship with the "Yellow Flicker Beat" singer; however, it did incite an army of Tayor Swift fans to lash out at him online. In a new interview with British GQ Style (via MTV) he said that he regrets the day he ever messed with the "Style" singer and compared the Swifties to the army of North Korea. -
Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars 'Uptown Funk' Owns Hot 100 for 11th Week as Sam Smith & Fetty Wap Debut in Top 10
It's yet ANOTHER funky week atop the Billboard charts. Yes, for the 11th week in a row, Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson own the Hot 100 with their Uptown Special hit "Uptown Funk." Despite the stagnant No. 1 seed, the charts actually got a bit of a shakeup this week as Maroon 5 make a play for the top and two new songs from Sam Smith and Fetty Wap break into the top 10.
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