Since it landed like a joy-bomb late Sunday night, D'Angelo’s long (long!) awaited Black Messiah has upended critics’ and music nerds’ end-of-year conversations, with some outlets slotting it as their No. 1 album of 2014 just two weeks before the end of the year. But one list Black Messiah won’t be No. 1 on anytime [...] Read more

All that fanfare, and Taylor Swift is still No. 1?! That’s an understandable reaction to the new Billboard 200 album chart, the first under the new Billboard and Nielsen SoundScan rules that now count streaming and digital tracks alongside traditional album sales. When Billboard announced the changes a couple of weeks ago, the magazine billed [...] Read more