From Disney actress to top-charting singer, Ariana Grande has made the transition into music flawlessly with her debut album, Yours Truly. The project, released last week, debuts today at number one on the Billboard charts with 138k units sold. Tamar Braxton also had an amazing debut. Find out her rank and the rest of the top 10 below.
Guess Which Song Is Officially Billboard’s #1 Song Of The Summer!
Coming as no real surprise, Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” (featuring T.I. and Pharrell) has officially tops the charts on Billboard’s 2013 Songs of the Summer list. The chart ranks the most popular songs based on cumulative performance on the weekly Hot 100 chart from Memorial Day through Labor Day. “Lines” first hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of June 22 for its first of 12 weeks at the top spot, tying only two other songs for the most weeks tallied at number 1 on the Hot 100 from Memorial Day through Labor Day (Mariah Carey’s “We Belong Together” in summer ’05, and Brandy & Monica’s “The Boy Is Mine” in 1998.) The track also it set the record for the highest weekly audience (228.9 million) in the 23-year history of Billboard. Congrats to all!
Drake Speaks On Kendrick Lamar’s “Control” Verse
Drake covered Billboard’s latest issue and spoke to them about Kendrick Lamar’s controversial verse on the “Control” track. Drake was named in the song, along with artists such as A$AP Rocky, Meek Mill, Pusha-T, Big Sean, amongst others. Well, Drizzy has a message for “King Kendrick.” Hit the jump to find out what the YMCMB rapper had to say!
(Video) Big Sean Breaks Down “Hall Of Fame” Track-By-Track & Talks Working With Nicki Minaj + Kanye
Detroit rapper Big Sean recently sat down with Billboard to discuss his upcoming album Hall of Fame and talks working with Nicki Minaj and Kanye. Hit the jump and check out the video to hear the track-by-track breakdown of Sean’s Sophomore album which is hitting stores August 27th.
