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