The latest lawsuit filed over the deadly Astroworld tragedy is seeking at least $750 million from a long list of defendants including Travis Scott, Drake, Apple, Live Nation – even Britney Spears’ former management company Tri Star Sports & Entertainment. The complaint, filed Tuesday in Texas, calls out Tri Star …
Read More »Drake Holds Artists 500 Crown as Lil Nas X Cracks Top Five
Drake cruised to a record-extending 34th week at the top of the Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart, picking up 31.9 million song streams for the week of September 17th through the 23rd. Drake’s total was down from the 396.1 million song streams he accumulated last week, though three weeks after …
Read More »Drake Rules the Year-End Artists 500 Chart
After a brief cosmic rupture in which the universe pondered a parallel reality ruled by Post Malone, things have returned to normal: Drake is Number One. After ceding the throne to Post Malone in 2019, Drake is once again the most-streamed artist of the year, topping Rolling Stone’s Year-End Artists …
Read More »RS Charts: DaBaby's 'Rockstar' Returns to Number One
DaBaby and Roddy Ricch‘s irrepressible “Rockstar” returned to Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart. “Rockstar” enjoyed more than a month at Number One earlier this summer before being dethroned for three weeks by Juice WRLD and Marshmello‘s “Come & Go,” DJ Khaled and Drake‘s “Popstar,” and …
Read More »Let's Ditch the Hokey Latin Crossover Song in 2020
In early 2017, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee inadvertently kicked off a global Latin pop renaissance with their reggaetón lento, “Despacito.” The song gave a second wind to the Puerto Rican artists, both of whose respective heydays seemed to have come and gone in the 2000s. Soon, they would once …
Read More »RS Charts: Drake Posts Huge Numbers to Reclaim Top Spot on Artists 500
Drake returned to the Number One spot on the Artists 500 after racking up a whopping 206 million song streams for the week of August 2nd through August 8th. After Chance the Rapper surged past him last week on the strength of his new album, The Big Day, the Toronto …
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