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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Another week means another Number One for Morgan Wallen, as Dangerous: The Double Album extended its reign over the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. Dangerous which earned 84.7 million streams, has now held the top spot for nine straight weeks. Wallen’s set will likely enjoy a tenth week at …
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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. …
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