After gaining momentum with his Die for My Bitch project and the platinum-certified “Orange Juice” single, Baby Keem leapt into the mainstream in September, soaring to the top of Rolling Stone‘s Breakthrough 25 Chart after dropping his official debut album, The Melodic Blue. With a feature from Travis Scott and …
Read More »Louisville Rapper EST Gee Tops Breakthrough 25 Chart
EST Gee has been approaching the hip-hop limelight for months, and now, it seems, he’s bathing in it. The Louisville native takes Number One on Rolling Stone’s Breakthrough 25 chart, which ranks the fastest-rising up-and-coming artists of the month on streaming. EST Gee had a breakout moment with the release …
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. …
Read More »Lil Baby, Lil Durk Top Apple Music Pre-Add Chart with 'The Voice of the Heroes'
Lil Baby and Lil Durk‘s collaborative album The Voice of the Heroes rises to Number One on the Apple Music Pre-Add Chart, seeing more Pre-Adds during the week leading up to its June 4th release than any other album on the platform. Pre-adds allow listeners to queue up an album …
Read More »RS Charts: Morgan Wallen Hangs Tight at Number One On the Artists 500
Country star Morgan Wallen notched his second week at Number One on the Artists 500 chart for the week of January 15th through the 21st. Still riding high off the release of his second album, Dangerous: The Double Album, Wallen pulled in 183 million song streams for the week. Dangerous …
Read More »RS Charts: Morgan Wallen's 'Dangerous' Repeats at Number One
Morgan Wallen‘s Dangerous: The Double Album spent a second week at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. With more than 42,000 song downloads and over 160 million streams, the country star’s set dwarfed the competition — by way of comparison, the Number Two album, Pop Smoke’s …
Read More »The Weeknd's 'After Hours' Ruled The First Half of 2020
The Weeknd‘s After Hours is the biggest album of the first half of 2020, topping Alpha Data’s mid-year ranking with 1.3 million album units in the U.S. In the first half of the year, Abel Tesfaye’s fourth studio album saw 418,000 sales — more than any other album in 2020. …
Read More »RS Charts: Lil Baby, Bad Bunny Surge to Top of Artists 500 Chart
Lil Baby topped the Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart while Bad Bunny flew to Number Three for the week of February 28th through March 5th. Both artists just released new albums, with Lil Baby racking up 186.7 million song streams following the release of My Turn, while Bad Bunny pulled …
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