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a day ago
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‘The Essential Ozzy Osbourne' Vaults Up Billboard 200, Becoming His 10th Top 10
The Essential Ozzy Osbourne vaults 134-7 the Billboard 200 (dated Aug. 2), following Osbourne's death on July 22. The best-of collection, first released in 2003, reaches the top 10 for the first time (it previously peaked at No. 81 in 2003) and marks the 10th top 10-charted set for the late metal god. Osbourne previously hit the top 10 on the Billboard 200 with Patient Number 9 (No. 3 in 2022), Ordinary Man (No. 3, 2020), Scream (No. 4, 2010), Black Rain (No. 3, 2007), Down to Earth (No. 4, 2001), Ozzmosis (No. 4, 1995), No More Tears (No. 7, 1991), Tribute (with Randy Rhoads, No. 6 in 1987) and The Ultimate Sin (No. 6, 1986). Osbourne was also the longtime frontman for Black Sabbath, which claimed two top 10s: 13 (No. 1 in 2013) and Master of Reality (No. 8, 1971). More from Billboard Tyler, The Creator's 'DON'T TAP THE GLASS' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart Drake Postpones Manchester Show Due to 'Travel Logistics' Tom Lehrer, Song Satirist and Mathematician, Dies at 97 The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new Aug. 2, 2025-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard's website on July 29. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram. Essential earned nearly 44,000 equivalent album units in the July 18-24 tracking week (up 309%) according to Luminate. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 35,000 (up 287%, equaling 48.70 million on-demand official streams of the set's songs — it debuts at No. 9 on Top Streaming Albums), TEA units comprise 6,000 (up 888%) and album sales comprise 3,000 (up 197% — it reenters at No. 30 on Top Album Sales). Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Four Decades of 'Madonna': A Look Back at the Queen of Pop's Debut Album on the Charts Chart Rewind: In 1990, Madonna Was in 'Vogue' Atop the Hot 100 Solve the daily Crossword


Malay Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Malay Mail
In the US, K-pop is domination CD sales in 2025 with five groups in top 10
KUALA LUMPUR, July 28 — K-pop acts have dominated the United States' midyear list of best-selling CD albums for 2025, with five groups landing in the top 10. According to Soompi, which cited data from American music tracking firm Luminate, the five K-pop artists making the list were Stray Kids, ENHYPEN, ATEEZ, SEVENTEEN and LE SSERAFIM. Luminate, formerly known as Nielsen Music and the data supplier for Billboard charts, tracked sales from January 3 to July 3 this year. Stray Kids' special album (Hop) was the best-selling CD album by a group and the second overall in the United States, with 149,000 copies sold—just behind The Weeknd's Hurry Up Tomorrow with 163,000. ENHYPEN's DESIRE : UNLEASH, released just a month before the end of the tracking period, ranked third with 145,000 copies sold. ATEEZ followed at No. 4 with GOLDEN HOUR : Part.3, selling 116,000 units despite being released less than a month before the cut-off. SEVENTEEN's HAPPY BURSTDAY placed seventh with 79,000 copies, while LE SSERAFIM, the only girl group on the list, claimed the No. 9 spot with 73,000 copies sold for their mini album HOT. The full top 10 list for CD album sales in the United States in the first half of 2025, as reported by Soompi, is as follows: The Weeknd – Hurry Up Tomorrow (163,000) Stray Kids – (HOP) (149,000) ENHYPEN – DESIRE : UNLEASH (145,000) ATEEZ – GOLDEN HOUR : Part.3 (116,000) Sabrina Carpenter – Short n' Sweet (93,000) Lady Gaga – MAYHEM (83,000) SEVENTEEN – HAPPY BURSTDAY (79,000) Kendrick Lamar – GNX (75,000) LE SSERAFIM – HOT (73,000) Morgan Wallen – I'm the Problem (71,000)


Malay Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Malay Mail
K-pop acts take half of US mid-year top 10 best-selling CDs in 2025
KUALA LUMPUR, July 28 — K-pop acts have dominated the United States' midyear list of best-selling CD albums for 2025, with five groups landing in the top 10. According to Soompi, which cited data from American music tracking firm Luminate, the five K-pop artists making the list were Stray Kids, ENHYPEN, ATEEZ, SEVENTEEN and LE SSERAFIM. Luminate, formerly known as Nielsen Music and the data supplier for Billboard charts, tracked sales from January 3 to July 3 this year. Stray Kids' special album (Hop) was the best-selling CD album by a group and the second overall in the United States, with 149,000 copies sold—just behind The Weeknd's Hurry Up Tomorrow with 163,000. ENHYPEN's DESIRE : UNLEASH, released just a month before the end of the tracking period, ranked third with 145,000 copies sold. ATEEZ followed at No. 4 with GOLDEN HOUR : Part.3, selling 116,000 units despite being released less than a month before the cut-off. SEVENTEEN's HAPPY BURSTDAY placed seventh with 79,000 copies, while LE SSERAFIM, the only girl group on the list, claimed the No. 9 spot with 73,000 copies sold for their mini album HOT. The full top 10 list for CD album sales in the United States in the first half of 2025, as reported by Soompi, is as follows: The Weeknd – Hurry Up Tomorrow (163,000) Stray Kids – (HOP) (149,000) ENHYPEN – DESIRE : UNLEASH (145,000) ATEEZ – GOLDEN HOUR : Part.3 (116,000) Sabrina Carpenter – Short n' Sweet (93,000) Lady Gaga – MAYHEM (83,000) SEVENTEEN – HAPPY BURSTDAY (79,000) Kendrick Lamar – GNX (75,000) LE SSERAFIM – HOT (73,000) Morgan Wallen – I'm the Problem (71,000)
Yahoo
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
These Blog-Era Rap Stars Dropped Last Week. Only One Made the Hot 100
The weekend of July 4 was relatively stacked with hip-hop releases from stars who have been beloved in the genre for years, but data from Luminate and Billboard reveal that few of them made the kind of impact they'd once been capable of. Drake fired shots at fake friends on 'What Did I Miss?', ASAP Rocky dropped 'Pray4DaGang,' singer Brent Faiyaz played the roles of 'Peter Pan' and 'Tony Soprano' with a double single release, Logic produced his own single 'The Adventures of Cocaine Larry,' and Chance The Rapper enlisted Smino and Lil Wayne for 'Tree.' Yet, only one song cracked the Billboard Hot 100: Drake's 'What Did I Miss?', which landed at Number Two. It was the only one to chart on Luminate's list of the 100 most-streamed songs of the week, too, per a report shared with Rolling Stone (and it was Number One there). Even on hip-hop specific charts, things didn't look much better for the rest of the gang. Only Brent Faiyaz's tracks managed to grab spots on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ('Peter Pan' at 47 and 'Tony Soprano' at 28) in addition to Drake, and the Canadian rapper was the only one to make the Hot Rap Songs chart, too. More from Rolling Stone Travis Scott Hangs Out With His Amazing Friends on 'Jackboys 2' What Is Going on With ASAP Rocky's Album 'Don't Be Dumb'? Drake Taps Lauryn Hill, 21 Savage, Rema, More Surprise Guests for London's Wireless Festival Notably, all of these artists are millennials who were stalwarts in what's known as the Blog Era, the period between (very) roughly 2005 and 2015, kickstarted by the emergence of tastemaking rap blogs like NahRight, 2DopeBoyz, and Miss Info in the time of lawless filesharing and capped by the rise of streaming platforms like Spotify that radicalized the way music was made and monetized. Many of the biggest names in rap — and entertainment at large — today earned their stripes during the Blog Era. That includes many of these artists who dropped last week, as well as notable figures like Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Nicki Minaj, and Kanye West. So, why does it matter that no one but Drake seemed to permeate the mainstream last week? Because, in this new era, stans have decided it does. Across pop music, warring fan bases lob streaming and sales statistics at each other online to prove the relevance of their fave – or the irrelevance of their rivals. Several hip-hop focused X pages noted that despite ASAP Rocky dropping 'Pray4DaGang' as an Apple Music exclusive for the first 24 hours of its release starting July 4, it didn't seem to crack Apple's Top 200 songs chart, including one belonging to controversial streamer and Drake ally Akademiks, which taunted the Harlem rapper. While it's less surprising that long-cooled acts like Chance the Rapper, Logic, and even the legendary Lil Wayne (whose latest album, Tha Carter VI was met harshly by many critics) didn't quite breakthrough, ASAP Rocky's quiet return is more jarring. Yet, it's just another signal of the changing of the guard as more niche music communities thrive, TikTok virality constantly thrusts new acts to the forefront, and monoculture erodes. Think about it: Kanye West is all but a pariah, Nicki Minaj garners more headlines for her social media tirades than her raps, and even as Drake sits atop the charts and headlines festivals, his reputation has been deeper in the pits than ever before. In 2018, The New York Times' Nitsuh Abebe asserted that these greats were falling. 'When it comes to pop, 'people born around 1990' are already done for,' he wrote. 'It is a testament to their influence that popular music has already spent a decade doggedly attached to the same stars who took over the charts during this group's teen years […] It has been an impressive run. Now it feels as if that run is ending.' Best of Rolling Stone Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
19-07-2025
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'I'm the Problem' tops U.S. album chart for 7th week
July 12 (UPI) -- Country star Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem is the No. 1 album in the United States for a seventh week. Coming in at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart dated Saturday is Lorde's Virgin, followed by the soundtrack to KPop Demon Hunters at No. 3, KATSEYE's Beautiful Chaos at No. 4 and Karol G's Tropicoqueta at No. 5. Rounding out the top tier are Wallen's One Thing at a Time at No. 6, SZA's SOS at No. 7, Playboi Carti's Music at No. 8, Sabrina Carpenter's Short n'Sweet at No. 9 and Russ' W!LD at No. 10.