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Ahead of the release of his album, âEl Cantante del Ghetto,â Ryan Castro shares his struggles to get to where he is today and more! Ryan Castro: I never thought one day as I was waiting to sing on the bus, all sweaty with my mic, that in a few years I was going to […]
Billboard and the members of SEVENTEEN â S.Coups, Jeonghan, Joshua, Jun, Hoshi, Wonwoo, Woozi, The8, Mingyu, DK, Seungkwan, Vernon and Dino â take fans the behind the scenes of their latest music video for new song âMAESTRO.â
SEVENTEEN:We are SEVENTEEN!
Vernon:We are here on the set of our brand new music video for âMAESTRO.â
Joshua:Are you ready to set off for this exclusive behind-the-scenes look?
SEVENTEEN:Letâs go!
Dongyeon Kang:Hi, Billboard, we are the music video director of SEVENTEENâs âMAESTROâ music video.
Mingyu:When you think of the word âmaestro,â it sounds classic with elements associated with conducting, but SEVENTEENâs âMAESTROâ is a bit more futuristic.
Vernon:This video is set in a world where everything can be created with A.I., including music, and this technology threatens SEVENTEEN, but in the end, we embrace the technology and become one.
Jihoon Jeon:I feel like weâre living in an era where creation is becoming easier and easier due to the advancement of technology. We wondered what the role of an artist would be in this era, and wanted to portray SEVENTEEN as artists who are conducting the art of creation in this music video.
Kim Hyodahm:What I like most is the dystopian look in the first verse, which involved items like black hoodies and balaclavas, because this is a new style that SEVENTEEN hasnât tried often before.
Joshua:I was actually conducting the skateboarders that were riding on a halfpipe, and what was really funny was that the halfpipes, theyâre colored as pianos, so I felt like I was really conducting.
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Will Lay Bankz be in the No. 1 spot for the third week in a row on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart? Or will she be usurped by Tommy Richman or Shaboozey? Keep watching to find out? Tetris Kelly:Lay Bankz continues to reign, while two new faces debut in the top 10. âTell Ur […]
Country superstar and Billboard cover star Lainey Wilson talks about how she felt winning her first Grammy for her last album âBell Bottom Country,â how she came up with the name âBell Bottom Country,â the career challenges sheâs faced, what it was like to grow up in Louisiana, how she feels about the country music […]
Itâs Wednesday, May 8th, and Drake & Kendrick Lamarâs beef is getting intense. On Tuesday morning, Drakeâs security guard was shot at the rapperâs Toronto residence and his London OVO store was vandalized with the phrase âthey not like us,â referencing Kendrickâs diss to Drake. On top of that, it looks like both rappersâ diss […]
In the first episode of âBillboard Unfiltered,â Billboard staffers Damien Scott, Carl Lamarre and Trevor Anderson discuss the Drake and Kendrick Lamar feud that has taken the hip-hop world by storm, J. Coleâs exit from the drama, Tommy Richmanâs debut on the Hot 100 and more!
Carl Lamarre:Hey, hey! Whatâs going on, guys? Welcome to a fresh episode of âBillboard Unfiltered.â Guys, we have a jam-packed episode as weâre gonna dive into arguably one of the greatest hip-hop battles we have seen of all time. Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar. Guys, I mean, I have not seen anything like this.
Damien Scott:Itâs definitely the busiest battle ever.
Trevor Anderson:Yeah, just the drop, drop, drop, drop, drop, drop, drop, dropâŠ
Carl Lamarre:I mean, they got us working overtime.
Damien Scott:Drake called it. He said drop, drop, drop, drop. Thatâs what nâas did.
Carl Lamarre:Iâm curious to get your takeaways from the battle. I mean, obviously, we have not seen anything like this. Seven disses in a week, double digits in a month.
Damien Scott:Thatâs crazy.
Carl Lamarre:What are some of your biggest takeaways from this battle? Iâll start with you, Dame.
Damien Scott:My biggest takeaway is that these are two of our best hitmakers working today. I think people already knew Drake was a hitmaker. Heâs our genreâs premiere hitmaker. I think people underestimated how good of a hitmaker Kendrick was just because Kendrick doesnât drop that often. And when he does drop, you never know what youâre going to get with Kendrick. He can be going in a different, more personal direction, where heâs not really focused on the charts, or he can make an album like âDAMN.â where itâs much more accessible. I think this shows that these two guys, I would say, are the best we got.Watch the full video above!
Itâs Tuesday, May 7th, and we have a lot to cover after the Met Gala yesterday. In case you missed the biggest night in fashion, weâve got you covered. From best looks at the Met Gala, to behind the scenes action on the red carpet, to performances we go through it all. Jennie & RosĂ© […]
Ava Max shares her creative process behind some of her singles including âMy Oh My,â âWhateverâ and âSweet But Psycho.â She dives in-depth about her collaborations with Kygo, David Guetta and TiĂ«sto and why she emphasizes the importance of vulnerability and authenticity in creating her music. She explains her new era, what it was like […]
Itâs Monday, May 6th, and the saga between Drake and Kendrick Lamar continued throughout the weekend. Drake released âThe Heart Part 6â on Sunday as a response to Kendrickâs â6:16 in LA,â âeuphoria,â âmeet the grahamsâ and ânot like us,â all released last week. Meanwhile, the Queen of Pop, Madonna, wrapped up her Celebration Tour […]
BOYNEXTDOOR scores its second top 10, and highest-charting album yet, on Billboardâs Top Album Sales ranking as How? enters at No. 7 on the May 4-dated chart. The set launches with 11,000 copies sold in the U.S. in the week ending April 25, according to Luminate â the actâs best sales week ever. The South Korean pop ensemble previously visited the top 10 with the No. 10-peaking Why in 2023.
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Also in the top 10 of the new Top Album Sales chart: Taylor Swiftâs The Tortured Poets Department makes a smashing debut at No. 1, Pearl Jamâs Dark Matter bows at No. 2 and Anne Wilsonâs Rebel starts at No. 10.
Billboardâs Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chartâs history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Luminate. Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.
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Of the 11,000 copies sold of How?, physical sales comprise essentially all of that sum â and all from the CD configuration. The albumâs sales were supported by its availability across 17 different collectible CD packages, including exclusive variants for Barnes & Noble, Target and Walmart. All editions contained branded paper merchandise, including some randomized items.
At No. 1 on Top Album Sales, Swiftâs The Tortured Poets Department swoops in with a whopping 1.914 million copies sold in its first week. Itâs Swiftâs 14th No. 1. That volume marks Swiftâs best sales week ever, and the third-largest sales week for any album since Luminate began electronically tracking sales in 1991. The setâs sales were bolstered by its availability across 19 different collectible physical editions (nine CDs, six vinyl LPs and four cassettes, some of which were exclusive to Target and Swiftâs webstore) and two digital download albums. Some of the physical iterations of the album contained branded merchandise.
Swift has half of the top 10 on new Top Album Sales chart, as Poets is joined by her former No. 1s Lover (rising 8-3 with 14,000; up 79%), 1989 (Taylorâs Version) (10-4 with 13,000; up 100%), Midnights (11-5 with 12,000; up 130%) and Folklore (13-9 with 10,000; up 112%).
Pearl Jamâs Dark Matter debuts at No. 2 with 52,000 copies (with 24,000 on vinyl), marking the 18th top 10-charting effort for the band. Dark Matterâs first-week sales got a boost from its availability across 12 different color vinyl variants.
BeyoncĂ©âs former No. 1 Cowboy Carter falls 1-6 in its fourth week on the list, selling a little over 11,000 copies (down 59%). Pink Floydâs The Dark Side of the Moon rises 35-8 with nearly 11,000 sold (up 329%), largely thanks to sales generated by the April 19 release of a collectorâs edition of the album on 180-gram crystal clear double vinyl.
Anne Wilsonâs new Rebel rounds out the top 10 of Top Album Sales, as the set starts at No. 10 with 10,000 copies sold. Itâs the second top 10-charting effort, and best sales week, for the artist. The albumâs sales were supported by its availability across four vinyl variants and five CD variants (three of which were signed by the artist).