• Drake and 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Top Albums Sales Charts; Sam Smith, Beck and '2015 Grammy Nominees' Gets Award Show Boost

    Thanks to a week featuring at least two huge debuts, the album charts this week aren't too far from what the Billboard 200 reflected. Drake starts out with the biggest release of the year thus far, and in fact the biggest release of the last year (excluding a certain Taylor Swift). If You're Reading This It's Too Late sold 497,500 copies during its first three days of availability, suggesting that it could have racked up even more if the emcee had settled for a more traditional release date.

  • Drake Shocks 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Soundtrack, Tops Billboard 200 with Surprise 'If You're Reading This It's Too Late'

    Everyone expected the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack to run away with this week's Billboard 200 chart...but then Drake happened. The emcee and his LP/mixtape If You're Reading This It's Too Late topped the list by moving 575,000 equivalent albums. The new metric for the chart, which takes streams into consideration, played to his favor as the album received more first-week streams than any other album in Spotify history. Among the other accomplishments that Drake managed to nab with his surprise album was becoming just the second hip-hop act to land his first four albums atop the Billboard 200 (the other is DMX). He quickly became the second bestselling performer for 2015 (behind Taylor Swift).

  • 'SNL 40' After-Party Included Prince, Taylor Swift and Paul McCartney Performing While Jimmy Fallon Danced [WATCH]

    NBC missed the best part of the "SNL 40" reunion show last night, Feb. 15: the after-party. Things were only heating up when the 3 1/2-hour comedy event wrapped up. Former cast members like Jimmy Fallon and some of music's finest gathered for an after-party at the Plaza Hotel to celebrate a little longer. Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney -- who were both a part of the "SNL 40" show -- and Prince performed, much to the delight of everyone in the building. The festivities died down around 4 a.m., "Consequence of Sound" reported.

  • Taylor Swift & BFF Karlie Kloss Cover Vogue's March Issue

    Taylor Swift has seen her fair share of magazine covers this past year but in her latest, she shares the spotlight with one of her best friends, Karlie Kloss. The March issue of Vogue follows the friendship of these two tall, blonde powerhouses calling it "unstoppable, inseparable, adorable." Vogue highlights what it's like being friends with Swift, whom Lena Dunham calls "the Betty Crocker of friendships." From what they describe, it seems like Swift's friendship includes a lot of cooking parties, spontaneous vacations, and movie marathons as well as constant support.

  • 50 Cent, Jack White, Miley Cyrus Will Also Appear on Upcoming 'Saturday Night Live' Reunion Show

    During the Super Bowl, commercials for the upcoming Saturday Night Live reunion aired, announcing the return of some of the show's favorite comedians and hosts. Musical guests like Kanye West, Taylor Swift and Justin Timberlake will also be included in Sunday's festivities. E! recently shared a full list of talent for the show that includes 50 Cent, Jack White and Miley Cyrus, among many others.

  • Rihanna, Kanye West, Paul McCartney's 'FourFiveSeconds', Ellie Goulding 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Song Reach Hot 100 Top 10 as Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson Keep at No. 1

    It's still a month full of "Uptown Funk" on the Hot 100 this week. For the sixth consecutive week, Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' throwback Uptown Special single tops the Billboard Hot 100. Though it's been a great ride for the track, it may be over soon as two new songs from Rihanna and Ellie Goulding debut in the top 10 and two stars prep major music video debuts.

  • Now 53 Outsells Taylor Swift, Becomes First Record to Top Albums Chart but Not Billboard 200; Kid Ink Cracks Top 10

    The new Billboard 200 format has been hot on its incorporation of streams and single downloads into arranging the most relevant chart in music, yet the folks at Billboard failed to notice one thing this past week: For the first time ever, the top of the 200 was different than the album at the top of the albums chart. Although Taylor Swift and 1989 was no. 1 on the chart everyone was watching, it only sold 77,000 actual copies. That's a boost from last week, but not enough to take no. 1 on the albums chart from Now 53, which sold 98,000 copies.

  • Kanye West Apologizes to Beck After Grammys Rant, Announces Collaboration with Taylor Swift on 'Ryan Seacrest'

    Just days after he stormed the Grammys stage as Beck accepted his Album of the Year award for Morning Phase, it's time for Kanye West's 2015 apology tour. Today (Feb. 11), the "Only One" rapper appeared on Ryan Seacrest's radio show for a variety of promotional reasons and to clear the air that there is no big Kanye/Beck feud. Oh, and West is also set to start recording new music with his other former awards show rival, Taylor Swift.
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