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Taylor Swift’s upcoming album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ has everyone excited, and fans can’t wait to uncover the hidden meanings and Easter eggs within her Spotify pop-up, The Tortured Poets Department Library. Chris Olsen:This is crazy. I mean, what Spotify has done is also so beautiful. The energy here is beautiful, Swifties are the best […]
Will Taylor Swift earn another No. 1 album? In light of her highly anticipated release of ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ this Friday, April 19th, let’s take a look back at Taylor Swift’s many history-making achievements. This is Billboard Explains: Taylor Swift’s Record-Breaking Chart History. Narrator:The day has finally arrived. Taylor Swift’s upcoming studio album, ‘The […]
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It’s Wednesday, April 17th, and JoJo Siwa keeps on taking heat from the public and Lil Tay steps in. Ariana Grande’s grandmother officially became the most senior person to chart on The Hot 100, Kid Cudi is set to perform at Coachella weekend two and Charli XCX & Troye Sivan announced a co-headlining tour coming […]
Tate McRae opens up about her tour must-haves, her friendship with Olivia Rodrigo, being a part of the “Bad Idea Right?” music video and her fashion choices growing up in Billboard News’ Behind the Photo. Tate McRae: Hey, this is Tate McRae, and this is Behind the Photo with Billboard. Oh my god, this is […]
Billboard cover star Tyla talks about creating her viral hit “Water,” the journey to creating her recently released debut album ‘Tyla,’ the diverse collaborations from Becky G, Tems, Gunna and Skillibeng, how her sound has evolved from R&B and pop to more Ampiano focused, how she feels to be the first artist to win a […]
As Billboard prepares to launch the physical edition of Billboard Korea, a new alliance with NAVER Pay that should unlock opportunities for its readers and the broader K-pop space.
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NAVER Pay, the South Korea-based mobile payment service, has inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Billboard and Billboard Korea, ahead of the first print issue midyear.
As previously reported, Billboard Korea Volume 1 is scheduled for release in June, which will amplify 100 K-pop stars selected by Billboard.
The goal of the MOU is to promote various collaborative endeavors that will combine simple payment services with the entertainment services that Billboard Korea will provide, reads a statement, with NAVER Pay providing “a safe and straightforward” facility for music, broadcasts, and performances.
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Through the alliance, the brands will contribute to creating “a fair and transparent performance booking culture,” and in the long term, a unified approach in spreading K-pop content through Billboard’s global platform.
“We are pleased to be able to work with Billboard Korea as they enter the Korean market,” comments NAVER Pay CEO Park Sang-jin, adding, “in the future, we will actively strive to find ways to create synergy between Billboard and Billboard Korea’s various entertainment services and NAVER Pay.”
Mike Van, president of Billboard, and Yuna Kim, CEO & publisher of Billboard Korea, remark, “Through our partnership with NAVER Pay, we will be able to provide a variety of innovative services unique to Billboard in the Korean music market.”
As Billboard Korea rolls off the presses, the K-pop genre reaches new heights. South Korean acts accounted for five of the top 10 albums in the IFPI Global Album Chart for 2023, including top spot for SEVENTEEN’s FML, representing the best ever global charts performance for the genre. Indeed, an unprecedented 19 of the top 20 titles on the tally were K-pop.
And separately, the recently-published IFPI Global Recording Artist Chart, which ranks the most popular artists on the planet, based on sales and streams, four K-pop acts appeared in the top 10 – representing a record year for Korean music on a global scale.
Billboard Korea adds to the list of the publication’s international editions, including Billboard Japan, Billboard Arabia, Billboard Español, Billboard Brasil and others.
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Narrator: Will Metro Boomin earn another No. 1 album? In anticipation of Metro Boomin and Future’s second collaboration project We Still Don’t Trust You, let’s look back at Metro’s Billboard chart achievements.
This is Billboard Explains: Metro Boomin’s Journey on the Charts.
In the past decade, Metro has become one of the hottest producers and songwriters in hip-hop. His Hot 100 breakthrough as a producer came with Future’s “Honest,” which hit No. 55 in 2013. Over the next three years, he produced 23 more Hot 100 hits. He earned his first No. 1 on the Hot 100 for his work on Migos and Lil Uzi Vert’s collab “Bad and Boujee,” which topped the chart for three weeks in 2017.
Metro has produced 16 top 10 hits on the Hot 100, including The Weeknd’s “Heartless,” which ruled for one week in 2019, and his collab with Future and Kendrick Lamar’s “Like That,” which currently holds the No. 1 spot.
Metro is no stranger to collaborations. The Billboard chart topper worked with some of rap’s biggest artists for some huge albums. In fact, he has seven top 10s on the Billboard 200, including Double or Nothing with Big Sean, which peaked at No. 6 in 2017, Savage Mode II with 21 Savage that reached No. 1 in 2020, and his Heroes and Villains, which topped the chart in 2022. Fun fact: Heroes and Villains went on to claim 18 weeks at No. 1 on the Top Rap Albums chart, the third most of any album in the chart’s history.
2024 is already starting off strong for Metro. His album with Future, We Don’t Trust You, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and 17 of its songs hit the Hot 100, including “Like That” with Future and Kendrick, earning Metro his first No. 1 as an artist.
Can We Still Don’t Trust You become Metro’s fifth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200? We can’t wait to find out!Watch the full video above!
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