![Nice For What [Explicit] Drake April 6, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/NICE-FOR-WHAT-DRAKE-245x184.jpg "NICE FOR WHAT – DRAKE | In addition to being Drake’s fourth No. 1, “Nice For What” is also his lucky thirteenth top 10 across the pond.")
![Drip (feat. Migos) [Explicit] Cardi B From the Album Invasion of Privacy [Explicit] April 4, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/DRIP-CARDI-B-FT-MIGOS-245x184.jpg "DRIP – CARDI B FT MIGOS | It’s the latest track lifted from the star’s upcoming debut album ‘Invasion of Privacy’")
![A$AP Forever [Explicit] A$AP Rocky feat. Moby From the Album A$AP Forever [Explicit] 4 Apr 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ASAP-FOREVER-ASAP-ROCKY-FT-MOBY-245x184.jpg "ASAP FOREVER – ASAP ROCKY FT MOBY | Taken from Rocky’s new album TE$TING, “ASAP Forever” finds him rapping about A$AP Mob and talking about their success…")
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![Forrest Gump [Explicit] Loski From the Album Call Me Loose [Explicit] April 13, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/FORREST-GUMP-LOSKI-330x254.jpg "FORREST GUMP – LOSKI | Loski is an artist who floats between the various rap worlds in London.")
![Guatemala [Explicit] Swae Lee & Slim Jxmmi & Rae Sremmurd April 11, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/GUATEMALA-SWAE-LEE-SLIM-JXMMI-330x254.jpg "GUATEMALA – SWAE LEE/SLIM JXMMI | According to Mike Will Made-It, Sr3mm will include guest appearances from Future, Pharrell, Travis Scott, Young Thug, The Weeknd and Zoe Kravitz.")
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![Hard 2 Face Reality [feat. Justin Bieber & Jay Electronica] Poo Bear From the Album Poo Bear Presents: Bearthday Music [Explicit] April 6, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Hard-2-Face-Reality-Poo-Bear-Featuring-Justin-Bieber-Jay-Electronica-300x444.jpg "Hard 2 Face Reality – Poo Bear Featuring Justin Bieber & Jay Electronica | The song serves as the lead single off Poo Bear’s upcoming debut album, Poo Bear Presents…Bearthday")
Hard 2 Face Reality – Poo Bear Featuring Justin Bieber...
Jason Boyd, better known as Poo Bear, started his career as a songwriter for R&B and hip-hop acts like 112, Big Boi, and Chris...
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![Pineapple (feat. Gucci Mane & Quavo) [Explicit] Ty Dolla $ign From the Album Pineapple (feat. Gucci Mane & Quavo) [Explicit] March 30, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Pineapple-Ty-Dolla-ign-Featuring-Gucci-Mane-Quavo-300x444.jpg "Pineapple – Ty Dolla $ign Featuring Gucci Mane & Quavo | “Pineapple” was made available on streaming platforms, and it sounds like Ty might have himself a new hit on his hands.")
Pineapple – Ty Dolla $ign Featuring Gucci Mane & Quavo...
Earlier in March, Ty Dolla $ign teased his fans by tweeting that a collaboration with Gucci Mane and Quavo was on the way. The...
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Maintain – Belly Featuring NAV | Belly’s latest XO/Roc...
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“I want it to...
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I Do – Cardi B Featuring SZA |...
Cardi B’s Invasion continues. As part of her debut Invasion of Privacy, the Bronx bombshell teams up with SZA on the album closer, “I...
![Ring (feat. Kehlani) [Explicit] Cardi B From the Album Invasion of Privacy [Explicit] April 6, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Ring-Cardi-B-Featuring-Kehlani-300x444.jpg "Ring – Cardi B Featuring Kehlani | “Ring” (feat. Kehlani) touch on relationship issues, presenting a gentler Cardi.")
Ring – Cardi B Featuring Kehlani | ...
Invasion of Privacy had an overwhelmingly positive reception—Chance the Rapper was one of dozens of celebs who took to Instagram to sing its praise,...
![Get Up 10 [Explicit] Cardi B From the Album Invasion of Privacy [Explicit] April 6, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Get-Up-10-Cardi-B-300x444.jpg "Get Up 10 – Cardi B | It takes 30 seconds of listening to the first song on Cardi B’s debut album, Invasion of Privacy, to dispel such doubts for good.")
Get Up 10 – Cardi B |...
Whether this still remains true or not, Cardi B also understands the power of making a statement from the onset, and it’s here in...
![Best Life (feat. Chance The Rapper) [Explicit] Cardi B From the Album Invasion of Privacy [Explicit] April 6, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Best-Life-Cardi-B-Featuring-Chance-The-Rapper-300x444.jpg "Best Life – Cardi B Featuring Chance The Rapper | “Invasion of Privacy” has already sold 255,000 equivalent album units in its first week, earning its rightful place in the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart.")
Best Life – Cardi B Featuring Chance The...
Although it’s probably safe to say that all 13 songs on the album are total jams, we might have found our favorite. Cardi B’s...
![Bickenhead [Explicit] Cardi B From the Album Invasion of Privacy [Explicit] April 6, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Bickenhead-Cardi-B-300x444.jpg "Bickenhead – Cardi B | If you couldn’t guess from the title, the song is an homage to the forever classic “Chickenhead” by Project Pat and La Chat")
Bickenhead – Cardi B | If you couldn’t guess...
Eleven days ago, Cardi B released Invasion of Privacy, her debut studio album. This week, after breaking the record for the most streams ever...
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"Sky Full of Song" centers on Welch's robust vocals. She sings almost a capella; when strings and piano enter, it's with a soft throb...
![Forrest Gump [Explicit] Loski From the Album Call Me Loose [Explicit] April 13, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/FORREST-GUMP-LOSKI-300x444.jpg "FORREST GUMP – LOSKI | Loski is an artist who floats between the various rap worlds in London.")
FORREST GUMP – LOSKI | Loski is...
Today, 18-year-old Loski releases his new single "Forrest Gump" alongside an accompanying visual. Premiering on The FADER, the video catches Loski surrounded by greenery...
![Guatemala [Explicit] Swae Lee & Slim Jxmmi & Rae Sremmurd April 11, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/GUATEMALA-SWAE-LEE-SLIM-JXMMI-300x444.jpg "GUATEMALA – SWAE LEE/SLIM JXMMI | According to Mike Will Made-It, Sr3mm will include guest appearances from Future, Pharrell, Travis Scott, Young Thug, The Weeknd and Zoe Kravitz.")
GUATEMALA – SWAE LEE/SLIM JXMMI | According to...
Last week, we got to hear "Chanel," a new cut from Slim Jxmmi's disc on Rae Sremmurd's forthcoming SR3MM triple LP. Tonight, Swae Lee...
![Esskeetit [Explicit] Lil Pump April 13, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ESSKEETIT-LIL-PUMP-300x444.jpg "ESSKEETIT – LIL PUMP | The song is typically turnt as we’ve come to expect from Pump.")
ESSKEETIT – LIL PUMP | The song...
Pump recently caught footage of Wiz Khalifa vibing out to "ESSKEETIT," which he shared on his Instagram page. Pump seemed to appreciate the gesture,...
![Gotti [Explicit] 6Ix9Ine From the Album Day69: Graduation Day [Explicit] April 9, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/GOTTI-6IX9INE-300x444.jpg "GOTTI – 6IX9INE | New York artist 6IX9INE unleashes a new video for “Gotti.”")
GOTTI – 6IX9INE | New York artist 6IX9INE unleashes...
Tekashi previously teased the forthcoming music video through several Instagram clips while hanging out last month with his good friend and culture critic DJ...
![Barbie Tingz [Explicit] Nicki Minaj From the Album Barbie Tingz [Explicit] 11 Apr 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Barbie-Tingz-Nicki-Minaj-300x444.jpg "Barbie Tingz – Nicki Minaj | Minaj flowing aggressively over sparse, rattling percussion and gooey synths.")
Barbie Tingz – Nicki Minaj | Minaj flowing...
Minaj has now earned 86 total entries on the Hot 100, dating back to her first, "Knockout," with Lil Wayne, in 2010. She extends...
![Chun-Li [Explicit] Nicki Minaj April 12, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Chun-Li-Nicki-Minaj-300x444.jpg "Chun-Li – Nicki Minaj | “Chun-Li” logged 3.5 million clicks and sold 20,000 downloads.")
Chun-Li – Nicki Minaj | “Chun-Li” logged 3.5 million...
Nicki Minaj makes her 2018 solo debut on the Billboard Hot 100, as her two new releases, "Barbie Tingz" and "Chun-Li," open at Nos....
![Nice For What [Explicit] Drake April 6, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/NICE-FOR-WHAT-DRAKE-300x444.jpg "NICE FOR WHAT – DRAKE | In addition to being Drake’s fourth No. 1, “Nice For What” is also his lucky thirteenth top 10 across the pond.")
NICE FOR WHAT – DRAKE | In addition to...
Drake could dethrone himself at No. 1 on next week's Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated April 21), as new single "Nice for What" will...
ONE KISS – CALVIN HARRIS & DUA LIPA |...
Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa leap onto Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart (dated April 14) at No. 14 with "One Kiss." Released April 6,...
DREAMS – RUTI | “I couldn’t imagine this even...
Despite shooting to the top of the iTunes store’s bestseller list following her win last Saturday, it has been confirmed on BBC Radio 1’s...
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Hot on the heels of being announced on the lineup for Splendour In The Grass 2018, our girl Amy Shark has gifted us with some brand new tuneage.
Sharkies, wrap...
Zayn Malik has parted ways with his management company, just a few months before the release of his second solo album.
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Minaj has now earned 86 total entries on the Hot 100, dating back to her first, "Knockout," with Lil Wayne, in 2010. She extends her record for most total...
![Nice For What [Explicit] Drake April 6, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/NICE-FOR-WHAT-DRAKE.jpg "NICE FOR WHAT – DRAKE | In addition to being Drake’s fourth No. 1, “Nice For What” is also his lucky thirteenth top 10 across the pond.")
Drake could dethrone himself at No. 1 on next week's Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated April 21), as new single "Nice for What" will debut and challenge his own...
Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa leap onto Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart (dated April 14) at No. 14 with "One Kiss." Released April 6, the track debuts solely from...
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Since the release of Invasion of Privacy, there have been a whopping 2.6 million Tweets about Cardi B. The most buzzed about single is her collab with Bad Bunny...
![1950 [Explicit] King Princess February 23, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/1950-King-Princess.jpg "1950 – King Princess | is written and produced by King Princess.")
“1950” is a tender song that explores the experience of unrequited love through the lens of queerness, where King Princess sings and plays every instrument on the track. Its...
![Hurt You [Explicit] [feat. Gesaffelstein] The Weeknd From the Album My Dear Melancholy, [Explicit] 29 Mar 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Hurt-You-The-Weeknd-Feat.-Gesaffelstein.jpg "Hurt You – The Weeknd Feat. Gesaffelstein | plenty of criticism for “playing the victim” and “making money off her exes,” too.")
If you’ve ever listened to a Taylor Swift song, then you already know: The girl writes music about her exes. Whether it's an emotional ballad about John Mayer or...
![I Was Never There [feat. Gesaffelstein] The Weeknd From the Album My Dear Melancholy, [Explicit] 29 Mar 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/I-Was-Never-There-The-Weeknd-Feat.-Gesaffelstein.jpg "I Was Never There – The Weeknd Feat. Gesaffelstein | “He Was Never There” plays out like a mini-documentary. It’s a behind-the-velvet-rope peek into The Weeknd’s life at the studio.")
“I Was Never There” credits the abrasive French producer and Yeezus collaborator Gesaffelstein as a co-writer, and his fingerprints aren’t hard to find. The song opens with a high-pitched...
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I Do – Cardi B Featuring SZA |...
Cardi B’s Invasion continues. As part of her debut Invasion of Privacy, the Bronx bombshell teams up with SZA on the album closer, “I...
![Ring (feat. Kehlani) [Explicit] Cardi B From the Album Invasion of Privacy [Explicit] April 6, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Ring-Cardi-B-Featuring-Kehlani-300x220.jpg "Ring – Cardi B Featuring Kehlani | “Ring” (feat. Kehlani) touch on relationship issues, presenting a gentler Cardi.")
Ring – Cardi B Featuring Kehlani | ...
Invasion of Privacy had an overwhelmingly positive reception—Chance the Rapper was one of dozens of celebs who took to Instagram to sing its praise,...
![Get Up 10 [Explicit] Cardi B From the Album Invasion of Privacy [Explicit] April 6, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Get-Up-10-Cardi-B-300x220.jpg "Get Up 10 – Cardi B | It takes 30 seconds of listening to the first song on Cardi B’s debut album, Invasion of Privacy, to dispel such doubts for good.")
Get Up 10 – Cardi B |...
Whether this still remains true or not, Cardi B also understands the power of making a statement from the onset, and it’s here in...
![Best Life (feat. Chance The Rapper) [Explicit] Cardi B From the Album Invasion of Privacy [Explicit] April 6, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Best-Life-Cardi-B-Featuring-Chance-The-Rapper-300x220.jpg "Best Life – Cardi B Featuring Chance The Rapper | “Invasion of Privacy” has already sold 255,000 equivalent album units in its first week, earning its rightful place in the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart.")
Best Life – Cardi B Featuring Chance The...
Although it’s probably safe to say that all 13 songs on the album are total jams, we might have found our favorite. Cardi B’s...
![Bickenhead [Explicit] Cardi B From the Album Invasion of Privacy [Explicit] April 6, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Bickenhead-Cardi-B-300x220.jpg "Bickenhead – Cardi B | If you couldn’t guess from the title, the song is an homage to the forever classic “Chickenhead” by Project Pat and La Chat")
Bickenhead – Cardi B | If you couldn’t guess...
Eleven days ago, Cardi B released Invasion of Privacy, her debut studio album. This week, after breaking the record for the most streams ever...
![Thru Your Phone [Explicit] Cardi B From the Album Invasion of Privacy [Explicit] April 6, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Thru-Your-Phone-Cardi-B-300x220.jpg "Thru Your Phone – Cardi B | The presence of multiple producers and stars in their own right on Privacy..")
Thru Your Phone – Cardi B | The presence...
Cardi B, 25, is pulling a total Beyonce in Lemonade. The Grammy nominated rapper, who just released her debut album Invasion of Privacy on...
![She Bad [Explicit] Cardi B & YG From the Album Invasion of Privacy [Explicit] April 6, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/She-Bad-Cardi-B-YG-300x220.jpg "She Bad – Cardi B & YG | Cardi B dropped her debut album, Invasion Of Privacy, on Friday, April 6, and it does not disappoint.")
She Bad – Cardi B & YG | ...
Prior to her Coachella performance, Cardi claimed to have dropped $300,000 on her stage set. "I have to invest so much money on my...
![Money Bag [Explicit] Cardi B From the Album Invasion of Privacy [Explicit] 5 Apr 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Money-Bag-Cardi-B-300x220.jpg "Money Bag – Cardi B | Ten of Cardi B’s charting singles this week are new to the Hot 100")
Money Bag – Cardi B | Ten of Cardi...
Much as Cardi B’s ascent to music stardom has been unconventional, so is her approach to maintaining her place there. The Cardi of this...
![Diamond Teeth Samurai [Explicit] Youngboy Never Broke Again From the Album Until Death Call My Name [Explicit] April 2, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Diamond-Teeth-Samurai-YoungBoy-Never-Broke-Again-300x220.jpg "Diamond Teeth Samurai – YoungBoy Never Broke Again | he’s returned with a new loose track and upon uploading")
Diamond Teeth Samurai – YoungBoy Never Broke Again ...
Youngboy Never Broke Again is clearly not allowing anything to interfere with the roll out for his debut album, Until Death Call My Name....
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Hot on the heels of being announced on the lineup for Splendour In The Grass 2018, our girl Amy Shark has gifted us with some brand new tuneage.
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Zayn Malik has parted ways with his management company, just a few months before the release of his second solo album.
The former One Direction star has reportedly been ‘dropped’...
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Today, 18-year-old Loski releases his new single "Forrest Gump" alongside an accompanying visual. Premiering on The FADER, the video catches Loski surrounded by greenery as he raps about needing...
![Guatemala [Explicit] Swae Lee & Slim Jxmmi & Rae Sremmurd April 11, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/GUATEMALA-SWAE-LEE-SLIM-JXMMI.jpg "GUATEMALA – SWAE LEE/SLIM JXMMI | According to Mike Will Made-It, Sr3mm will include guest appearances from Future, Pharrell, Travis Scott, Young Thug, The Weeknd and Zoe Kravitz.")
Last week, we got to hear "Chanel," a new cut from Slim Jxmmi's disc on Rae Sremmurd's forthcoming SR3MM triple LP. Tonight, Swae Lee has shared a track from...
![Esskeetit [Explicit] Lil Pump April 13, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ESSKEETIT-LIL-PUMP.jpg "ESSKEETIT – LIL PUMP | The song is typically turnt as we’ve come to expect from Pump.")
Pump recently caught footage of Wiz Khalifa vibing out to "ESSKEETIT," which he shared on his Instagram page. Pump seemed to appreciate the gesture, tagging Wiz alongside a fire...
![Gotti [Explicit] 6Ix9Ine From the Album Day69: Graduation Day [Explicit] April 9, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/GOTTI-6IX9INE.jpg "GOTTI – 6IX9INE | New York artist 6IX9INE unleashes a new video for “Gotti.”")
Tekashi previously teased the forthcoming music video through several Instagram clips while hanging out last month with his good friend and culture critic DJ Akademiks. The visual opens with...
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This week's most popular songs across all genres, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen...
![Hard 2 Face Reality [feat. Justin Bieber & Jay Electronica] Poo Bear From the Album Poo Bear Presents: Bearthday Music [Explicit] April 6, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Hard-2-Face-Reality-Poo-Bear-Featuring-Justin-Bieber-Jay-Electronica.jpg "Hard 2 Face Reality – Poo Bear Featuring Justin Bieber & Jay Electronica | The song serves as the lead single off Poo Bear’s upcoming debut album, Poo Bear Presents…Bearthday")
Jason Boyd, better known as Poo Bear, started his career as a songwriter for R&B and hip-hop acts like 112, Big Boi, and Chris Brown before become one of...
Merely days after the drop of his new single, "To The Moon," KYLE is back with yet another fresh cut, except this one brings Kehlani along for the ride.
Miss...
![Pineapple (feat. Gucci Mane & Quavo) [Explicit] Ty Dolla $ign From the Album Pineapple (feat. Gucci Mane & Quavo) [Explicit] March 30, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Pineapple-Ty-Dolla-ign-Featuring-Gucci-Mane-Quavo.jpg "Pineapple – Ty Dolla $ign Featuring Gucci Mane & Quavo | “Pineapple” was made available on streaming platforms, and it sounds like Ty might have himself a new hit on his hands.")
Earlier in March, Ty Dolla $ign teased his fans by tweeting that a collaboration with Gucci Mane and Quavo was on the way. The California native kept good on...
![Maintain [Explicit] Belly April 6, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Maintain-–-Belly-Featuring-NAV.jpg "Maintain – Belly Featuring NAV | Belly’s latest XO/Roc Nation collaboration is expected to appear on Belly’s new project Midnight Zone coming later this year.")
“Maintain” is expected to land on Belly’s upcoming album, Midnight Zone—his first full-length release since the 2017 mixtape Mumble Rap.
“I want it to be the perfect album. I'm...
![I Do (feat. SZA) [Explicit] Cardi B From the Album Invasion of Privacy [Explicit] April 6, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/I-Do-Cardi-B-Featuring-SZA.jpg "I Do – Cardi B Featuring SZA | As Cardi B’s debut full-length Invasion of Privacy blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated April 21), the rapper makes history on the Billboard Hot 100.")
Cardi B’s Invasion continues. As part of her debut Invasion of Privacy, the Bronx bombshell teams up with SZA on the album closer, “I Do.”
Produced by Murda Beatz and...
![Ring (feat. Kehlani) [Explicit] Cardi B From the Album Invasion of Privacy [Explicit] April 6, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Ring-Cardi-B-Featuring-Kehlani.jpg "Ring – Cardi B Featuring Kehlani | “Ring” (feat. Kehlani) touch on relationship issues, presenting a gentler Cardi.")
Invasion of Privacy had an overwhelmingly positive reception—Chance the Rapper was one of dozens of celebs who took to Instagram to sing its praise, congratulating Cardi on “releasing a...
![Get Up 10 [Explicit] Cardi B From the Album Invasion of Privacy [Explicit] April 6, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Get-Up-10-Cardi-B.jpg "Get Up 10 – Cardi B | It takes 30 seconds of listening to the first song on Cardi B’s debut album, Invasion of Privacy, to dispel such doubts for good.")
Whether this still remains true or not, Cardi B also understands the power of making a statement from the onset, and it’s here in opening track “Get Up 10”...
![Best Life (feat. Chance The Rapper) [Explicit] Cardi B From the Album Invasion of Privacy [Explicit] April 6, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Best-Life-Cardi-B-Featuring-Chance-The-Rapper.jpg "Best Life – Cardi B Featuring Chance The Rapper | “Invasion of Privacy” has already sold 255,000 equivalent album units in its first week, earning its rightful place in the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart.")
Although it’s probably safe to say that all 13 songs on the album are total jams, we might have found our favorite. Cardi B’s “Best Life” lyrics — a...
![Bickenhead [Explicit] Cardi B From the Album Invasion of Privacy [Explicit] April 6, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Bickenhead-Cardi-B.jpg "Bickenhead – Cardi B | If you couldn’t guess from the title, the song is an homage to the forever classic “Chickenhead” by Project Pat and La Chat")
Eleven days ago, Cardi B released Invasion of Privacy, her debut studio album. This week, after breaking the record for the most streams ever in a week for a...
![Thru Your Phone [Explicit] Cardi B From the Album Invasion of Privacy [Explicit] April 6, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Thru-Your-Phone-Cardi-B.jpg "Thru Your Phone – Cardi B | The presence of multiple producers and stars in their own right on Privacy..")
Cardi B, 25, is pulling a total Beyonce in Lemonade. The Grammy nominated rapper, who just released her debut album Invasion of Privacy on April 6, has A LOT...
![She Bad [Explicit] Cardi B & YG From the Album Invasion of Privacy [Explicit] April 6, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/She-Bad-Cardi-B-YG.jpg "She Bad – Cardi B & YG | Cardi B dropped her debut album, Invasion Of Privacy, on Friday, April 6, and it does not disappoint.")
Prior to her Coachella performance, Cardi claimed to have dropped $300,000 on her stage set. "I have to invest so much money on my stage set—my own money that...
![Money Bag [Explicit] Cardi B From the Album Invasion of Privacy [Explicit] 5 Apr 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Money-Bag-Cardi-B.jpg "Money Bag – Cardi B | Ten of Cardi B’s charting singles this week are new to the Hot 100")
Much as Cardi B’s ascent to music stardom has been unconventional, so is her approach to maintaining her place there. The Cardi of this concise and purposeful album is...
![Diamond Teeth Samurai [Explicit] Youngboy Never Broke Again From the Album Until Death Call My Name [Explicit] April 2, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Diamond-Teeth-Samurai-YoungBoy-Never-Broke-Again.jpg "Diamond Teeth Samurai – YoungBoy Never Broke Again | he’s returned with a new loose track and upon uploading")
Youngboy Never Broke Again is clearly not allowing anything to interfere with the roll out for his debut album, Until Death Call My Name. The project's been pushed back...
Minaj has now earned 86 total entries on the Hot 100, dating back to her first, "Knockout," with Lil Wayne, in 2010. She extends her record for most total...
Kenny Chesney opened the 53rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday night (April 15) with the live television debut performance of new single, "Get Along," which will...
![Chun-Li [Explicit] Nicki Minaj April 12, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Chun-Li-Nicki-Minaj.jpg "Chun-Li – Nicki Minaj | “Chun-Li” logged 3.5 million clicks and sold 20,000 downloads.")
Nicki Minaj makes her 2018 solo debut on the Billboard Hot 100, as her two new releases, "Barbie Tingz" and "Chun-Li," open at Nos. 83 and 92, respectively, on...
![Alone [feat. Big Sean & Stefflon Don] Halsey From the Album Alone 15 Mar 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Alone-Halsey-Featuring-Big-Sean-Stefflon-Don.jpg "Alone – Halsey Featuring Big Sean & Stefflon Don | The original version of the song appeared on Halsey’s 2017 album, Hopeless Fountain Kingdom, but the updated version packs more punch.")
The 23-year-old singer teamed up with Big Sean and Stefflon Don for a hot new version of her Ricky Reed-produced song that was featured on her second studio album...
Drake could dethrone himself at No. 1 on next week's Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated April 21), as new single "Nice for What" will debut and challenge his own...
Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa leap onto Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart (dated April 14) at No. 14 with "One Kiss." Released April 6, the track debuts solely from...
Despite shooting to the top of the iTunes store’s bestseller list following her win last Saturday, it has been confirmed on BBC Radio 1’s Official Chart Show that she...
![I See You Shining [Explicit] The Nines 6 Apr 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/I-SEE-YOU-SHINING-NINES.jpg "I SEE YOU SHINING – NINES | With 2017’s debut One Foot Out album, Nines dropped to positive reviews and a No. 4 slot on the charts,")
Church Road’s own Nines is back with a new track (and visual for) “I See You Shining.” which sees production from Steel Banglez. The visuals — directed by Oliver...
Since the release of Invasion of Privacy, there have been a whopping 2.6 million Tweets about Cardi B. The most buzzed about single is her collab with Bad Bunny...
![Drip (feat. Migos) [Explicit] Cardi B From the Album Invasion of Privacy [Explicit] April 4, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/DRIP-CARDI-B-FT-MIGOS.jpg "DRIP – CARDI B FT MIGOS | It’s the latest track lifted from the star’s upcoming debut album ‘Invasion of Privacy’")
Following the track’s release, Cardi took to Twitter to address suggestions that she’s the “fourth member” of Migos.
“I’m not,” Cardi wrote. “Im engaged to Offset and the others are...
From YouTube to the music industry, EO has released some fresh visuals to new track, German. From falling asleep on the bus in London to flexing in a German...
The singer-songwriter 36, gave birth to her first child in December 2016 with partner Leyman Lahcine.
She told the Press Association: “Once you enter the parents’ club everyone wants to...
Golden is the upcoming album from Kylie Minogue, due out in stores April 6th through BMG. The Aussie artist’s first in four years was recorded in Nashville, and the...
![A$AP Forever [Explicit] A$AP Rocky feat. Moby From the Album A$AP Forever [Explicit] 4 Apr 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ASAP-FOREVER-ASAP-ROCKY-FT-MOBY.jpg "ASAP FOREVER – ASAP ROCKY FT MOBY | Taken from Rocky’s new album TE$TING, “ASAP Forever” finds him rapping about A$AP Mob and talking about their success…")
Rocky’s last solo album, At.Long.Last.ASAP, came out in 2015. The New York rapper recently appeared alongside Blocboy JB on "Bad Company" and dropped three tracks in as many days...
![Bad Company [Explicit] A$AP Rocky feat. BlocBoy JB 28 Mar 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Bad-Company-AAP-Rocky-Featuring-BlocBoy-JB.jpg "Bad Company – A$AP Rocky Featuring BlocBoy JB | “My new album is really about testing new sounds,” he said.")
Since the release of A$AP Mob's Cozy Tapes Vol. 2 last August, A$AP Rocky has been meticulously plotting his third album. After liberating new songs such as "5ive $tar$"...
“1950” is a tender song that explores the experience of unrequited love through the lens of queerness, where King Princess sings and plays every instrument on the track. Its...
![Lost It [Explicit] [feat. Quavo & Offset] Rich The Kid From the Album The World Is Yours [Explicit] 29 Mar 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Lost-It-Rich-The-Kid-Featuring-Offset-Quavo.jpg "Lost It – Rich The Kid Featuring Offset & Quavo | Rich The Kid released his debut album “The World Is Yours.")
It had been a long time coming, but after a couple setbacks & delays, Rich The Kid’s highly anticipated debut album, The World Is Yours, finally arrives yesterday. Influenced...
![Dead Friends [Explicit] Rich The Kid From the Album The World Is Yours [Explicit] 25 Mar 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Dead-Friends-Rich-The-Kid.jpg "Dead Friends – Rich The Kid | The World Is Yours will showcase many different sides of the rapper’s musical palette.")
Rich the Kid is gearing up to share his highly anticipated debut album, The World Is Yours, on Friday. The 25-year-old dropped off one more single Monday (March 26),...
![Medicine [Explicit] Queen Naija From the Album Medicine [Explicit] February 3, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Medicine-Queen-Naija.jpg "Medicine – Queen Naija | She debuted the audio for ‘Medicine’ in 2017 and instantly made people fall in love with her music.")
Queen Naija’s “Medicine” may not be the first song ever recorded by a YouTube celebrity — who could forget Jake Paul’s experiments with sound? — but it’s definitely one...
![Boo'd Up Ella Mai From the Album Ready [Explicit] 24 Feb 2017](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Bood-Up-Ella-Mai.jpg "Boo’d Up – Ella Mai | The meteoric rise of Mai’s career is the American dream of the digital age.")
Interscope RecordsElla Mai's new single, "Boo'd Up," may be a smash hit, but the British singer-songwriter had a long journey to fame, even after she auditioned for the 11th...
![Okra [Explicit] Tyler, The Creator March 30, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/OKRA-Tyler-The-Creator.jpg "OKRA – Tyler, The Creator | Tyler’s last album, Flower Boy, came out last year. He recently dropped a new song “OKRA.”")
‘OKRA’ references everything from wealth (“Check my payroll…400k…”), to contemporary celebrities (“Tell Tim Chalamet to come get at me”), to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (“B*tch I’m in Bel-Air,...
![Take Back Home Girl [feat. Tori Kelly] Chris Lane From the Album Take Back Home 28 Sep 2017](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Take-Back-Home-Girl-Chris-Lane-Featuring-Tori-Kelly.jpg "Take Back Home Girl – Chris Lane Featuring Tori Kelly | The duet is featured on Lane’s most recent EP, Take Back Home, which was released in November.")
Featuring propulsive rhythms and fast-talking vocals – all about bringing the perfect girl and home to meet the family – Lane starts the steamy collaboration solo while Kelly waits...
In the new music video for his top 10 single "Woman, Amen," Bentley pays tribute to the Floyd Family, a real-life mother-daughter duo giving tirelessly to better the Nashville...
![Proud [Feat. Yg & Offset] [Explicit] 2 Chainz From the Album The Play Don’t Care Who Makes It [Explicit] February 9, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Proud-2-Chainz-Featuring-YG-Offset.jpg "Proud – 2 Chainz Featuring YG & Offset | The video, directed by 2 Chainz and Howard Ross, is a showcase for the moms of 2 Chainz, YG and Offset to rap, dance and swagger along with their sons…")
Today 2 Chainz dropped the highly anticipated video for "Proud," which features all three rappers' mothers as the stars. 2 Chainz's mom, dripped out in her sons gold “Truu”...
![Focus H.E.R. From the Album H.E.R. [Explicit] September 29, 2016](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Focus-H.E.R..jpg "Focus – H.E.R. | Gabriella ‘Gabi’ Wilson better known by her stage name H.E.R. is an American singer-songwriter from Vallejo, California.")
H.E.R.’s Volume 1 EP arrived in 2016, and the vibes haven’t stopped flowing since. Having already dropped off the follow-up in the form of Volume 2, we get a...
If you’ve ever listened to a Taylor Swift song, then you already know: The girl writes music about her exes. Whether it's an emotional ballad about John Mayer or...
“I Was Never There” credits the abrasive French producer and Yeezus collaborator Gesaffelstein as a co-writer, and his fingerprints aren’t hard to find. The song opens with a high-pitched...
![Privilege [Explicit] The Weeknd From the Album My Dear Melancholy, [Explicit] 29 Mar 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Privilege-The-Weeknd.jpg "Privilege – The Weeknd | Billboard complied nine of the saddest lyrics from The Weeknd’s latest attempt..")
The Weeknd finally released his new album on Friday, March 30, and if you haven't heard it yet, get ready to break out the tissues because it is deep....
Twenty-four years ago on Sunday the explosive US rock star Kurt Cobain died as he lived – his way.
He wasn’t the first music idol to end tragically, as fans...
Robinson returns in 2018 with her most contemporary release yet. ‘Nothing To Regret’ follows debut single ‘Don’t You Forget About Me’ and follow up track ‘Crave You’ which has...
![Call Out My Name The Weeknd From the Album My Dear Melancholy, [Explicit] March 30, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/CALL-OUT-MY-NAME-WEEKND.jpg "CALL OUT MY NAME – WEEKND | On Thursday (March 29), The Weeknd surprised fans with the release of his new six-track project, My Dear Melancholy.")
The visuals for "Call Out My Name" find a woman lying on the floor as The Weeknd sings on multiple screens behind her. As for "Try Me," the video...
![Try Me The Weeknd From the Album My Dear Melancholy, [Clean] March 30, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/TRY-ME-WEEKND.jpg "TRY ME – WEEKND | In the “Try Me” video, Abel films himself Snapchat-style as he takes a ride with a pair of women who make out in the background.")
Now, just hours after the album reveal, The Weeknd has shared music videos for two of the tracks, “Try Me” and “Call Out My Name”. In the clip for...
![Wasted Times [Explicit] The Weeknd From the Album My Dear Melancholy, [Explicit] March 30, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/WASTED-TIMES-WEEKND.jpg "WASTED TIMES – WEEKND | Melancholy is really just a blur of reminiscences like these..")
Pop Star Weeknd is fine and all, but we don’t listen to the Weeknd for that. We listen to the Weeknd because he speaks to our worst tendencies, the...
![Be Careful [Explicit] Cardi B March 30, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/BE-CAREFUL-CARDI-B.jpg "BE CAREFUL – CARDI B | Cardi B unleashed her newest single “Be Careful” on Friday (March 30).")
Cardi’s new album Invasion of Privacy is out at midnight via Atlantic. It includes “Drip,” “Bartier Cardi,” and her breakout No. 1 single, “Bodak Yellow.” Cardi will perform on...
While Spotify is far from the only streaming service – Deezer, Pandora and Tidal are among its competitors – only Apple Music comes close to dethroning it, with around...
These are just his most successful chart moments; Drake’s last major release, 2017’s “playlist” More Life, saw each of its 22 tracks hit the UK top 75. In the...
I heard about you
I've heard it all
So many stories
You know from so and so
I should know better
But you know how it goes
Like I'm off to a flame
I'm off to...
The ambiguity is what makes Lloyd such a successful product. He was born as Nir Tibor and grew up in Ramat Aviv, a surprising trivia detail for many of...
Riding the hot streak of his recent single “Runaway” and the immense success of “Get What You Give” and its B-side “Hold Tight,” Felix Cartal has released another stellar...
Scotty McCreery remembers the whole day clearly. It was January 2016, and he was in Los Angeles to film a mentoring session with “American Idol” contestants. His schedule was...
![Japan [Explicit] Famous Dex March 16, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Japan-Famous-Dex.jpg "Japan – Famous Dex | is an American rapper. He is best known for his song “Pick It Up”, which peaked at number 54 on the Billboard Hot 100.")
Famous Dex aka "Dexter", as he is affectionately known, is not one to be left out in the cold. In the busy month ahead, Dex has positioned himself right...
![Up Down [feat. Florida Georgia Line] Morgan Wallen From the Album Morgan Wallen March 9, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Up-Down-Morgan-Wallen-Featuring-Florida-Georgia-Line.jpg "Up Down – Morgan Wallen Featuring Florida Georgia Line | Michael Hardy, a close friend of Wallen’s, wrote the song with Brad Clawson …")
You can't go wrong these days by putting Florida Georgia Line on a song, it seems. Newcomer Morgan Wallen stumbled on that bit of knowledge...
Darius Rucker‘s asking that question on his new single, dropping Friday along with his long-awaited fifth studio country album, When Was the Last Time on Capitol Records Nashville. The...
Struggling to adjust to her new life in Germany after moving from Canada at age 16, Alice Merton wrote her first song: an ode to homesickness titled “Little Lighthouse.”...
The thing you need to know about Shawn Mendes is that he was a Vine kid. More importantly, he was one of those Vine kids who didn’t use the...
![Shotgun George Ezra From the Album Staying at Tamara's [Explicit] 23 Mar 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/SHOTGUN-GEORGE-EZRA.jpg "SHOTGUN – GEORGE EZRA | At just 24-years-of-age and on the verge of releasing his second album, English singer-songwriter George Ezra has enjoyed more success than he ever imagined.")
Ezra told NME recently “the biggest theme” on ‘Staying At Tamara’s’ is “escaping”. “When you’re touring it’s a beautiful existence, but then you’re spat out the other end and...
![Say Amen (Saturday Night) Panic! At The Disco From the Album Pray For The Wicked [Explicit] 21 Mar 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/SAY-AMEN-SATURDAY-NIGHT-PANIC-AT-THE-DISCO.jpg "SAY AMEN (SATURDAY NIGHT) – PANIC AT THE DISCO | The chorus mixed call-and-response singing, blasting riffs from a three-piece horn section and electronic samples.")
Panic! at the Disco have released two new tracks, “Say Amen (Saturday Night)” and “(Fuck A) Silver Lining,” and announced a new album, Pray for the Wicked, their first...
AJ Tracey is one of the leading artists in the U.K.'s grime scene. The rapper's been putting in work and is slowly becoming more and more familiar with the...
![Pretty Shining People George Ezra From the Album Staying at Tamara's [Explicit] 2 Mar 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/PRETTY-SHINING-PEOPLE-GEORGE-EZRA.jpg "PRETTY SHINING PEOPLE – GEORGE EZRA | ..on his upcoming album Staying At Tamara’s, tops the list of new singles making a big impact in the UK this week..")
George Ezra has released ‘Pretty Shining People’, the latest track to be unveiled from forthcoming second album Staying At Tamara’s.
The upbeat track offers one of Ezra’s biggest choruses to...
David Guetta has released a brand new track called "Flames" with Sia, which you can hear first via The Independent.
This is the fourth time the pair have worked together...
![Freshman List [Explicit] Nav From the Album Freshman List [Explicit] March 16, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Freshman-List-NAV.jpg "Freshman List – NAV | If you already like Nav, there is nothing not to like about this bubbly, melodic new record.")
Produced by Charlie Handsome and Rex Kudo, "Freshman List" finds Nav bragging about why he's already one of the best artists out. "I was made for this shit, rookie...
![Alone, Part 3 XXXTentacion From the Album ? [Explicit] 16 Mar 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Alone-Part-3-XXXTentacion.jpg "Alone, Part 3 – XXXTentacion | kicks things off with the low strum of an acoustic guitar as he begins to sing on this unexpected and rather emotional introspective track.")
After graduating from SoundCloud to the world of record labels and LPs with the release of his first big commercial album “17” last summer, XXXTentacion has returned with a...
![I don’t even speak spanish lol [feat. Rio Santana & Judah & Carlos Andrez] XXXTentacion From the Album ? [Explicit] March 16, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/I-Dont-Even-Speak-Spanish-LOL-XXXTentacion-Featuring-Rio-Santana-Judah-Carlos-Andrez.jpg "I Don’t Even Speak Spanish LOL – XXXTentacion Featuring Rio Santana, Judah & Carlos Andrez | the first SoundCloud rapper to have the nation’s most-heard album in a given week, debuting at No. 1.")
It was bound to happen at some point: SoundCloud rap, the catchall phrase for a loose band of young hip-hop artists with heavy punk influence that’s emerged on the...
XXXTentacion debuted a new song on SoundCloud titled "Hope," which he has dedicated the final lyrics to the victims and survivors of the Douglas High School shooting last week...
XXXTENTACION, 20, has delivered his ? album .. and it’s chock-full of features! Everyone from Joey Bada$$ to PnB Rock takes a turn, but it’s MATT OX, 12, who...
Since the launch of the song Yes McCan Désirée, the song has already been viewed 232 282 times in 4 days and it is # 15 on Youtube trends...
![No Sad No Bad [Explicit] Killy From the Album Surrender Your Soul [Explicit] March 6, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/No-Sad-No-Bad-KILLY.jpg "No Sad No Bad – KILLY | Toronto artist Killy has been pushing the needle of independent success stories, finally releasing his anticipated debut, Surrender Your Soul.")
.... Killy released his debut project, Surrender Your Soul. The project builds on Killy's ability to ride metallic production with slick flows and melodic bars, creating textures akin to...
![Indica Badu [Explicit] [feat. Wiz Khalifa] Logic From the Album Bobby Tarantino II [Explicit] 9 Mar 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Indica-Badu-Logic-Featuring-Wiz-Khalifa.jpg "Indica Badu – Logic Featuring Wiz Khalifa | On March 9, Logic released his newest mixtape, Bobby Tarantino II, as a follow up to 2016’s Bobby Tarantino.")
Not only did his most recent release, the mixtape Bobby Tarantino II, debut at no. 1 on the Billboard charts, but he also became one of only 15 artists...
Although the choice of the lead single was very well thought out, ‘Not a Love Song’ is unlike anything topping the charts at the moment, any of the tracks...
I’ve featured a few songs written by songwriter supreme Julia Michaels in this section, but this is her first appearance as a singer herself. Ironically, it’s with a track...
Last week, Lin-Manuel Miranda teamed with Ben Platt for the newest song in his #Hamildrop series, Found/Tonight and paired up for a moving performance of the song at today's...
The Canadian singer’s year-long hibernation came to a glorious end when he dropped "In My Blood" and "Lost in Japan" in quick succession last week. Mendes debuted “In My...
![Numb XXXTentacion From the Album ? [Explicit] March 16, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Numb-XXXTentacion.jpg "Numb – XXXTentacion | It’s an uncomfortable story, XXXTentacion’s rise—in part, simply, because it shows exactly what hasn’t changed.")
XXXTentacion’s story might be, in part, the same story about the weakening of old gatekeepers that the public sees playing out in politics. It’s not like the media’s been...
![? [Explicit] XXXTentacion 16 Mar 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Infinity-888-XXXtentacion-Featuring-Joey-Bada.jpg "Infinity (888) – XXXtentacion Featuring Joey Bada$$ | “Infinity (888)” drew 9.1 million U.S. streams and sold 2,000 downloads in the tracking week ending March 22, according to Nielsen Music.")
Brooklyn-based rapper Joey Bada$$ scores his first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated March 31), as XXXTentacion's "Infinity (888)," on which he is featured, debuts at No....
Co-written by Combs with Sammy Mitchell, Steven Andre Battey, Carlos Battey and Robert Williford, the ballad's conflicted lyrics describe a guy struggling not to break down and call his...
"Sit Next to Me" is a song by American indie pop band Foster the People. The song is featured as the third track on the band's third studio album...
![? [Explicit] XXXTentacion 16 Mar 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Going-Down-XXXTentacion.jpg "Going Down! – XXXTentacion | 130,000 album equivalent units and also notches seven songs on the Billboard Hot 100 …")
Singer/rapper XXXTentacion notches his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as his second studio effort, ?, bows atop the list. The set, which was released on...
If you’re a pop music fanatic like us at Gay Times, then you should know that Louisa Johnson has just dropped YES – featuring 2 Chainz – the biggest...
![Freaky Friday (feat. Chris Brown) [Explicit] Lil Dicky From the Album Freaky Friday (feat. Chris Brown) [Explicit] March 15, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/FREAKY-FRIDAY-LIL-DICKY-FT-CHRIS-BROWN.jpg "FREAKY FRIDAY – LIL DICKY FT CHRIS BROWN | is aiming to debut in the top 20 of next week’s Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated March 31)..")
The most recent Billboard update has some good news for Lil Dicky, as the Pennsylvania comedy-rapper debuted at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, landing in the top...
![Moonlight [Explicit] XXXTentacion From the Album ? [Explicit] 16 Mar 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/MOONLIGHT-XXXTENTACION.jpg "MOONLIGHT – XXXTENTACION | an electronic trap that gets to be a bit repetitive at times.")
At this time last year, XXXTentacion seemed to be enjoying his turn as the villain. The young rapper’s come-up was fraught with hostility, and every other day seemed to...
![Vroom [Explicit] Yxng Bane 16 Mar 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/VROOM-YXNG-BANE.jpg "VROOM – YXNG BANE | his voice occasionally reminiscent of Damian Marley…")
“He had a lot of flair, the ladies loved it,” Bane says of Michaels, sitting across the room in the offices of his label Disturbing London (founded by Tinie...
![Mind On It [Explicit] Yungen feat. Jess Glynne 16 Mar 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/MIND-ON-IT-YUNGEN-FT-JESS-GLYNNE.jpg "MIND ON IT – YUNGEN FT JESS GLYNNE | The track has since been streamed over 43 million times on Spotify.")
Platinum-Selling, UK Rap Hit-maker Yungen, returns with his second official single Mind On It, featuring award winning, Multi-Million Album Selling artist, Jess Glynne. Produced by Yungens long-term collaborator, ADP,...
Ever been invited to the loft party, the industry event or the fundraising brunch in the city that most in flyover country could only fathom attending in their wildest...
![the remedy for a broken heart (why am I so in love) [Explicit] XXXTentacion From the Album ? [Explicit] March 16, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/the-remedy-for-a-broken-heart-why-am-I-so-in-love.jpg "THE REMEDY FOR A BROKEN HEART (WHY AM I) – XXXTENTACION | XXXTentacion has had an interesting and divisive rise to stardom, yet has remained one of the new generation’s more engaging young artists.")
After announcing a plethora of projects over the past couple months, South Florida sensation XXXTentacion decided come through yesterday and share the first one called ?, featuring guest appearances...
Kygo, the Norwegian DJ/producer who made his name as the crown prince of tropical house, has built a profitable second act for himself the way dance-music superstars often do:...
Their work with other artists has included two remixes for Gorillaz, production and co-writing on Sean Paul's "Crick Neck", which featured on the soundtrack to the Usain Bolt documentary...
The Chainsmokers have been on fire this year, releasing “Sick Boy” and “You Owe Me” in quick succession. The EDM duo dropped another new track overnight, “Everybody Hates Me.”
Yeah,...
![Man Down (feat. AlunaGeorge) [Explicit] Shakka 16 Feb 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/MAN-DOWN-SHAKKA-FT-ALUNAGEORGE.jpg "MAN DOWN – SHAKKA FT ALUNAGEORGE | Shakka, is a British singer, songwriter and producer signed to Pitched Up/ Columbia Records.")
Inspired by Craig David and Usher, SHAKKA's latest track 'Man Down' blends his defiantly British take on R&B with another towering crossover pop hook. AlunaGeorge complementsShakka's powerful delivery with...
![Hold My Girl George Ezra From the Album Staying at Tamara's [Explicit] 9 Mar 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/HOLD-MY-GIRL-GEORGE-EZRA.jpg "HOLD MY GIRL – GEORGE EZRA | On Hold My Girl he displays a finer dissection of emotions than the “Cheer up!")
‘Hold My Girl’ follows ‘Paradise’ and ‘Pretty Shining People’ in previewing the ‘Wanted On Voyage’ follow-up, and comes complete with a second instalment of George’s big karaoke night out,...
![First Time [feat. Medina] M-22 From the Album First Time 8 Dec 2017](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/FIRST-TIME-M-22-FT-MEDINA.jpg "FIRST TIME – M-22 FT MEDINA | M-22 is an English-German DJ and producer duo consisting of Matt James and Frank Sanders.")
On March 22, the duo met during a joint production in Canada. James and Sanders likes each other instantly and produce on the same day their first single "Good...
Bad Wolves are the top emerging act in the U.S., as the metalcore group jumps 9-1 on Billboard's Emerging Artists chart (dated March 24).
The band tops the chart, as...
![Contra [Explicit] Logic From the Album Bobby Tarantino II [Explicit] 9 Mar 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/CONTRA-LOGIC.jpg "Contra – Logic | Further, Drake has notched 23 total weeks with at least 10 songs on the Hot 100, another record among all artists.")
In the 59-year history of the Hot 100, an elite 15 acts have charted at least 10 titles simultaneously. Drake holds the record for the most at once, as...
![NBAYOUNGBOAT [Explicit] [Feat. Youngboy Never Broke Again] Lil Yachty From the Album Lil Boat 2 [Explicit] 9 Mar 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/NBAYoungboat-Lil-Yachty-Featuring-NBA-YoungBoy.jpg "NBAYoungboat – Lil Yachty Featuring NBA YoungBoy | As Boat sets sail, three of its tracks debut on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: “NBAYoungboat,” featuring NBA YoungBoy (No. 31); “66,” featuring Trippie Redd (No. 36); and “Boom!,” featuring Ugly God (No. 43).")
Lil Boat 2 serves as the rapper’s sophomore album and marks his first full-length drop since 2017’s Teenage Emotions. As most fans know, the debut LP received an underwhelming...
![Overnight [Clean] Logic From the Album Bobby Tarantino II [Clean] 9 Mar 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Overnight-Logic.jpg "Overnight – Logic | The rapper was in Maui and Tokyo to record some new music and on a whim, decided to shoot a video for the single.")
Logic is back on the grind. Last week, Logic gifted fans with a fiery loosie titled "44 More" and on Wednesday (Feb. 28), the rapper surprised fans with his...
![66 [Explicit] [feat. Trippie Redd] Lil Yachty From the Album Lil Boat 2 [Explicit] 9 Mar 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/66-Lil-Yachty-Featuring-Trippie-Redd.jpg "66 – Lil Yachty Featuring Trippie Redd | Lil Yachty’s “Lil Boat 2” also produces several new entries on the listings.")
Lil Yachty earns his highest-charting effort on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart (dated March 24) as Lil Boat 2 opens at No. 2 with 64,000 equivalent album units earned...
![Bobby Tarantino II [Explicit] Logic 9 Mar 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Midnight-Logic.jpg "Midnight – Logic | According to Billboard, only one of Logic’s 10 charting songs appears inside the Top 40, while the rest are closer to the bottom than the top.")
If Logic didn’t rap, he’d have to be a youth pastor, or a popular local car salesman, or a high-school principal who moonlights as debate-team coach — something that...
![Wassup [Explicit] [feat. Big Sean] Logic From the Album Bobby Tarantino II [Explicit] 9 Mar 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Wassup-Logic-Featuring-Big-Sean.jpg "Wassup – Logic Featuring Big Sean | The mixtape follows 2016’s Bobby Tarantino, and includes the previously released tracks “Overnight,” “44 More,” and “Everyday” with Marshmello.")
After only a couple days notice, Logic decided to come through today and release the sequel to his Bobby Tarantino mixtape, featuring guest appearances from Big Sean, Wiz Khalifa,...
Taylor Swift announced Monday (March 5) that her latest video will be for the dreamy pop ballad "Delicate" off of her record-breaking 2017 album Reputation.
Swift posted a teaser...
![Bobby Tarantino II [Explicit] Logic March 9, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Yuck-Logic.jpg "Yuck – Logic | Fans have already accepted the track to be directed at the Stranger Things lyricist…")
After sitting silent for nearly a year, it looks like Logic is finally clapping back at Joyner Lucas.
The fired shots appear on the new track, "Yuck," from the Maryland...
![Boom! [Explicit] [feat. Ugly God] Lil Yachty From the Album Lil Boat 2 [Explicit] March 9, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Boom-Lil-Yachty-Featuring-Ugly-God.jpg "Boom! – Lil Yachty Featuring Ugly God | His latest release, “Lil Boat 2,” released on March 9, shows the now 20-year-old rapper largely ..")
ropping his sophomore album Lil Boat 2 on the anniversary of his debut project, Lil Boat, Atlanta’s Lil Yachty hopes fans take to his new material better than they...
![BoomTrap Protocol [Explicit] Logic From the Album Bobby Tarantino II [Explicit] 9 Mar 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/BoomTrap-Protocol-Logic.jpg "BoomTrap Protocol – Logic | On March 9, Logic released his newest mixtape, Bobby Tarantino II, as a follow up to 2016’s Bobby Tarantino.")
If Logic didn’t rap, he’d have to be a youth pastor, or a popular local car salesman, or a high-school principal who moonlights as debate-team coach — something that...
![Warm It Up [Explicit] [feat. Young Sinatra] Logic From the Album Bobby Tarantino II [Explicit] 9 Mar 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Warm-It-Up-Logic-Featuring-Young-Sinatra.jpg "Warm It Up – Logic Featuring Young Sinatra | Logic has decided to bless his fans yet again with another pre-album mixtape with “Bobby Tarantino II”")
This week, hip-hop star Logic is having a particularly great time when it comes to the charts in the U.S. In fact, he’s having a fantastic frame when it...
![Powerglide [feat. Juicy J] [Clean] Rae Sremmurd & Swae Lee & Slim Jxmmi From the Album Powerglide [Clean] 1 Mar 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Powerglide-Rae-Sremmurd-Juicy-J.jpg "Powerglide – Rae Sremmurd & Juicy J")
“Powerglide” is the new single from Rae Sremmurd, billed not to just the group but also its individual members—Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi—along with guest Juicy J. The particular...
In the week ending March 8, the song collected 5.9 million streams, and 13,000 in download sales. The tune bows at No. 5 on Latin Streaming Songs, and No....
![Stranger Things [Explicit] Joyner Lucas & Chris Brown 25 Feb 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Stranger-Things-Joyner-Lucas-Chris-Brown.jpg "Stranger Things – Joyner Lucas & Chris Brown | Produced by Jordon Manswell and Ye Ali, the beatmakers deploy a loop from the theme music of the popular Netflix series of the same name.")
Up-and-coming lyricist Joyner Lucas joined forces with Chris Brown for their latest up-tempo banger "Stranger Things." Contrary to the song's title, the visual, which was released on Feb. 25...
![Tempo [Explicit] Chris Brown From the Album Heartbreak on a Full Moon [Explicit] October 20, 2017](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Tempo-Chris-Brown.jpg "Tempo – Chris Brown …. “Tempo” is the newest single off last year’s Heartbreak on a Full Moon")
After sharing a collaboration, “Stranger Things,” with Joyner Lucas last week, Chris Brown returns with new music visuals for his latest single, “Tempo,” a song from his 45-song Heartbreak...
![Sativa [feat. Swae Lee] [Explicit] Jhené Aiko From the Album Trip [Explicit] September 22, 2017](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Sativa-Jhene-Aiko-Featuring-Swae-Lee-Or-Rae-Sremmurd.jpg "Sativa – Jhene Aiko Featuring Swae Lee Or Rae Sremmurd … The expansive 22-track album, inspired by the death of Aiko’s brother in 2012,")
Jhené Aiko unveils the official music video for her The Fisticuffs-produced track "Sativa," The visuals feature Rae Sremmurd joining her for the futuristic setup as she gets created in...
The song, which was released last fall on the Texoma Shore LP, takes a nostalgic look back at Shelton's country childhood in Oklahoma, which is a central part of...
![Broken Clocks [Explicit] SZA From the Album Ctrl [Explicit] June 2, 2017](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Broken-Clocks-SZA.jpg "Broken Clocks – SZA … SZA was actually the most female nominated artist at the 60th annual Grammys.")
"Broken Clocks" is a song by American singer-songwriter SZA. It was released as a promotional single on June 2, 2017, from SZA's debut studio album, Ctrl (2017). It was...
![DAY69 [Explicit] 6Ix9Ine February 23, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Billy-6ix9ine.jpg "Billy – 6ix9ine | It appears that 6ix9ine was arrested this afternoon (Feb. 27) in New York during the video shoot for his song “Billy,” off his new mixtape, Day69.")
The NYPD confirmed to XXL that they caught wind of the mounting crowd in the Crown Heights area of Brooklyn where Tekashi was shooting the video, and decided to...
![Hangman [Explicit] Dave From the Album Hangman [Explicit] 28 Feb 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/HANGMAN-DAVE.jpg "HANGMAN – DAVE | UK rapper Dave is already making a big impact with his new single…")
We've known it for a while now but Dave is on his way to greatness. Never afraid to tackle real life issues, whether it's about love ("How I Met...
![What I Wanna [Explicit] Mostack From the Album What I Wanna [Explicit] 28 Feb 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/WHAT-I-WANNA-MOSTACK.jpg "WHAT I WANNA – MOSTACK | Over the past few years, MoStack has been popping up all over the UK scene from his own bangers “No Buddy”….")
On "What I Wanna," the rising North London artist known as MoStack raps about doing exactly what he pleases. It feels both reckless and radical — a hedonist, sing-a-long...
![Top Off [Explicit] DJ Khaled feat. JAY Z, Future & Beyoncé From the Album Top Off [Explicit] March 2, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/TOP-OFF-DJ-KHALED-JAY-Z-FUTURE-BEYONCE.jpg "TOP OFF – DJ KHALED – JAY Z – FUTURE – BEYONCE | “Top Off”, which debuted at Number One on iTunes on March 1st.")
Beyoncé is back — although, let the record show we'll never actually admit she went anywhere at all. After appearing in remixes of Ed Sheeran's "Perfect" and J Balvin's...
![Everyday [Explicit] Logic & Marshmello From the Album Everyday [Explicit] March 2, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/EVERYDAY-LOGIC-FT-MARSHMELLO.jpg "EVERYDAY – LOGIC FT MARSHMELLO | Looking to further add to his résumé, Logic kicks off 2018 with Bobby Tarantino II, the sequel to his acclaimed 2016 mixtape.")
Logic's delivered a heavy stream of music lately which gives the impression that Bobby Tarantino 2 is on the way. The rapper initially teased the project last year while...
XXXTentacion always seems to be in the headlines for the most contradictory of things. Most recently, the rapper announced he was quitting music and leaving his record deal. His...
Meghan Trainor is a little busy. The 24-year-old pop star is a new judge on The Four, a reality show competition on FOX, where she's in good company. The...
![B.I.D [Clean] Tory Lanez From the Album Memories Don't Die [Clean] 2 Mar 2017](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/B.I.D-TORY-LANEZ.jpg "B.I.D – TORY LANEZ | Tory Lanez came through with a new one from his upcoming Memories Don’t Die album..")
Memories Don't Die edges closer with the arrival of some new Tory Lanez. The melodies are on point as Tory slips in and out of falsetto, proving himself a...
Blossoms have returned with the music video for ‘I Can’t Stand It’, the first track to be taken from their forthcoming second album.
The clip is one of the most...
![SAD! [Explicit] Xxxtentacion From the Album SAD! [Explicit] March 2, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Sad-XXXTentacion.jpg "Sad! – XXXTentacion … the young Floridian is veering into emo territory, at least thematically…")
Fresh off of being featured on Ronny J's OMG Ronny project, XXXTentacion is back with two new songs of his own titled "SAD!" and "Changes."
The first song finds X...
![Psycho [feat. Ty Dolla $ign] [Clean] Post Malone From the Album Psycho [Clean] 23 Feb 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Psycho-Post-Malone-Featuring-Ty-Dolla-ign.jpg "Psycho – Post Malone Featuring Ty Dolla $ign …. is the first single from Malone’s sophomore album Beerbongs & Bentleys.")
The leader of Billboard’s On-Demand Streaming Songs chart (dated March 10) is Post Malone’s “Psycho,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, which debuts at No. 1 with 45.2 million on-demand audio...
"Want You Back" is a song recorded by Australian rock band 5 Seconds of Summer. It was written by Calum Hood, Asia Whiteacre, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Ashton Irwin, Luke...
![Rondo [Feat. Tory Lanez & Young Thug] [Explicit] 6Ix9Ine From the Album DAY69 [Explicit] February 23, 2018](https://www.americasweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Rondo-6ix9ine-Featuring-Tory-Lanez-Young-Thug.jpg "Rondo – 6ix9ine Featuring Tory Lanez & Young Thug The 11-track LP features the certified Platinum smash hit “Gummo” as well as his other Billboard accomplishments…..")
Rapper 6ix9ine debuts at No. 3 on both the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums charts (dated March 10) with his debut set, Day69. The collection kicks off...