Of all the acute kinds of heartbreak Adele channels in her sprawling catalog of ballads — from the nostalgia and regret of “Hello” to the burn-it-all-down fury of “Set Fire to the Rain” — “Love in the Dark” is among the most unrelentingly somber. Released on Adele’s third studio album, …
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 »Moneybagg Yo Secures Number One Spot on Rolling Stone Artists 500 Chart
Moneybagg Yo topped the Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart for the first time following the release of his latest album, A Gangsta’s Pain. The Memphis rapper, who previously peaked at Number Eight on the chart, picked up 142.2 million song streams for the week of April 23rd through the 29th. …
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 »Ariana Grande Takes Top Two on Songs Chart With 'Positions,' '34 + 35′
Ariana Grande casually dominated the latest Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart, launching eight tracks from her Positions album into the Top 20. Those eight joined the album’s lead single, “Positions,” which was the most popular song in the country last week, earning nearly 22 million streams. As “Positions” climbed …
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 »Taylor Swift's 'Cardigan' Is on Track for a Number One Chart Debut
While Taylor Swift‘s earlier albumshad trickled out slowly with a string of singles, Folklore arrived last Friday like a tidal wave, with no promotional singles and an announcement from Swift a mere 16 hours before. So it makes sense, then, that in its first week on streaming, there hasn’t yet …
Read More »RS Charts: Tyla Yaweh, Phoebe Bridgers and Curtis Waters Lead June's Breakthrough 25 Chart
While life as we know it may be on pause, in music, things are moving faster than ever, with high turnover in the upper ranks of the Top 100 Songs Chart and a new artist rising on TikTok seemingly ever week. The up-and-comers on the latest Breakthrough 25 chart, which …
Read More »RS Charts: Lil Baby's 'My Turn' Repeats at Number One, Bob Dylan Debuts
Lil Baby‘s My Turn spent another week at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. My Turn, which was originally released in February, has quietly dominated June, and earning another 78 million streams last week. Bob Dylan‘s Rough and Rowdy Ways arrived at Number Two. Roughy and …
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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