It’s Mariah’s world (obviously) — but Ariana and Kelly are settling into it. Illustration: Carolyn Figel Eleven years ago, trad-pop vocalist Michael Bublé released his first full album of holiday music. Simply titled Christmas, the 2011 collection was an instant blockbuster, topping the Billboard 200 album chart for five weeks and selling 2.5 million copies in [...] Read more

Taylor Swift is capable of many things. She can spell the word “awesome.” She can make her fans watch the NFL Draft. And, for the better part of a decade, she’s been effortlessly able to turn her album-leading singles into chart-toppers. That changed this week. In what has to be considered an upset, Taylor Swift’s [...] Read more

  Cardi B, Taylor Swift. Photo: Getty Images David-vs.-Goliath chart stories don’t come much more biblical than the one in the top two of the current Billboard Hot 100. In the penthouse: elite musical one-percenter Taylor Swift, with her hegemonic, already-on-top-the-instant-you-heard-it single “Look What You Made Me Do.” Buzzing the penthouse from one floor below: [...] Read more

  Future is the future. Photo-Illustration: Maya Robinson and Photo by Getty Images Atlanta rapper Future just scored a Billboard record: The first pair of back-to-back No. 1 album debuts by the same artist. Topping the Billboard 200 album chart this week with his latest, HNDRXX, he replaces himself — his eponymous FUTURE debuted on [...] Read more

Kanye West often boasts that he is making the music of the future. That might be open for debate — but this week, he achieved an inarguable chart milestone that just might represent the future of hit albums, ones that… Read more