Drake and For All the Dogs earned one of the most dominant weeks in recent history for Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, with the rapper taking seven of the top 10 slots, Billboard announced on Monday. The album itself had lukewarm reviews but expectedly topped Billboard’s 200 Albums chart with 400,000 …
Read More »Tainy Sells His Pre-2021 Catalog for Reported $25 Million
The Puerto Rican megaproducer Tainy has sold his pre-2021 catalog to Influence Media in an eight-figure deal reported to be in the $25 million range. Tainy, who got his start making reggaeton beats when he was just a teenager, has worked with stars such as Daddy Yankee, Rosalia, Don Omar, …
Read More »Bad Bunny Won 2020, and He's Just Getting Started
No artist had a bigger year in 2020 than Bad Bunny. In February, the Puerto Rican superstar released his acclaimed second album,YHLQMDLG, filled with nods to the old-school reggaeton he grew up listening to back home. The world shuttered shortly after that, but he still found a way to keep …
Read More »RS Charts: Bad Bunny's 'El Último Tour Del Mundo' Coasts to Number One
Bad Bunny owned the latest Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart, amassing more than 120 million streams on his surprise release, El Último Tour Del Mundo. The 16 song set, which includes features from Rosalía, Jhay Cortez, and Abra, marks Bad Bunny’s third full-length of the year. In addition to …
Read More »Jowell and Randy Declare August 7th the 'International Day of Perreo' With New LP
Straight outta Carolina: Reggaeton shock jocks Jowell and Randy are back, and they’re nastier than ever. Just a week after releasing their fifth studio LP, Lost In Time, the pair chased it with a riotous sixth studio album, Viva el Perreo, on Thursday night via Rimas Entertainment. It was shortly …
Read More »RS Charts: Nav Takes Number One With 'Good Intentions'
Nav‘s Good Intentions swept to Number One on the latest Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. The rapper released both the 18-track album and a 14-track deluxe edition three days later; all together, those 32 tracks amassed 75.3 million streams. Nav also relied on merch-album bundles to drive more than …
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