Olivia Rodrigo has reunited with Petra Collins for the “Brutal” video, the opening track to her album Sour. As with the “Good 4 U” video Collins directed, “Brutal” is bombastic and packed with glittery teenage angst, as Rodrigo breaks her ankle on pointe shoes (ouch) and sits in a traffic …
Read More »RS Charts: The Kid Laroi's 'F*ck Love' Completes Long Climb to Number One
After topping the RS 100 with his single “Stay,” the Kid Laroi also reached the top of the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart with F*ck Love, the latest edition of a mixtape that began its journey back in July 2020. That’s when the Kid Laroi released the first installment …
Read More »RS Charts: Olivia Rodrigo's 'Sour' Returns to Number One
Olivia Rodrigo‘s Sour returned to Number One on the latest Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart with 101 million streams. The 11-song set has now led the ranking on three different weeks — only one other album, Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous, has matched that feat in 2021. After launching at Number …
Read More »The Biggest Albums of 2021 So Far: Pop Strikes Back
For the past four years or so, the story has been that pop music is dying, comatose, or at the very least, suffering a yearslong debilitating hangover. In 2017, rap overtook pop;2018 killed the pop star. Last year around this time, hip-hop dominated our midyear rankings of the biggest albums. …
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