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billboard.com | Mackenzie Cummings-Grady |Kyle Denis |Jason Lipshutz |Eric Renner Brown
Before this month, no hard rock act had topped the Billboard 200 albums chart in nearly a half-decade. Now, two have done it in three weeks. Two weeks ago, Ghost nabbed the chart’s top spot with its Skeletá set, and this week (on the chart dated May 25), Sleep Token claims pole position for the first time with its new album Even in Arcadia.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Mackenzie Cummings-Grady |Kyle Denis |Jason Lipshutz |Eric Brown |Andrew Unterberger
Before this month, no hard rock act had topped the Billboard 200 albums chart in nearly a half-decade. Now, two have done it in three weeks. Two weeks ago, Ghost nabbed the chart’s top spot with its Skeletá set, and this week (on the chart dated May 25), Sleep Token claims pole position for the first time with its new album Even in Arcadia.
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1 month ago | 
msn.com | Mackenzie Cummings-Grady |Lyndsey Havens |Andrew Unterberger |Christine Werthman |Elias Leight
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1 month ago | 
billboard.com | Mackenzie Cummings-Grady |Lyndsey Havens |Andrew Unterberger |Christine Werthman
It’s been four years since a hard rock band topped the Billboard 200 albums chart — and far longer since such a band did so without having decades of hits already to its name. But this week, Ghost puts an end to both of those droughts.
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billboard.com | Jenny Regan |Mackenzie Cummings-Grady
A$AP Rocky is seen during a photoshoot for "Vogue" in Harlem, Manhattan on March 04, 2025 in New York City. Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images While A$AP Rocky‘s career in hip-hop came from his meteoric underground rise as part of Harlem’s A$AP Mob collective, the New York rapper quickly established himself as a budding fashionista as well.
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billboard.com | Mackenzie Cummings-Grady |Kyle Denis |Angel Diaz |Angel Diaz |Jason Lipshutz
After reclaiming it for a third total week, Playboi Carti’s Music vacates the top spot of the Billboard 200 albums chart this week. But Carti likely won’t be too mad about the album replacing his at No. 1: More Chaos, the latest LP from his Opium imprint signee Ken Carson.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Mackenzie Cummings-Grady |Kyle Denis |Angel Diaz |Angel Díaz |Jason Lipshutz |Andrew Unterberger
After reclaiming it for a third total week, Playboi Carti’s Music vacates the top spot of the Billboard 200 albums chart this week. But Carti likely won’t be too mad about the album replacing his at No. 1: More Chaos, the latest LP from his Opium imprint signee Ken Carson. The rising rapper’s 21-track new set becomes his first album to top the Billboard 200, following predecessor A Great Chaos peaking at No. 11 in 2023.
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billboard.com | Kristin Robinson |Tom Roland |Melinda Newman |Mackenzie Cummings-Grady
EMPIRE Publishing has hired !llmind as a senior vp of A&R. As part of his duties, the tech entrepreneur and Grammy-winning producer, who has worked with Drake, The Carters, Eminem, Ye, Nicki Minaj, Nathy Peluso, Romeo Santo and more, will screen songs and provide feedback, based on his production expertise. !llmind will also act as a bridge between EMPIRE’s publishing and label arms.
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billboard.com | Tom Roland |Melinda Newman |Mackenzie Cummings-Grady |Chris Eggertsen
Fiddler Deanie Richardson was about to go onstage for a sound check at the Grand Ole Opry in 2023 when she got word that her father had died. He had abused Richardson verbally, physically and — during her teens — sexually. She had longed for his passing for years, but now that the moment had come, she experienced a complicated mix of emotions. She was sad to have never had the kind of supportive dad that she deserved. But she simultaneously sensed something new and hopeful.
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billboard.com | Melinda Newman |Mackenzie Cummings-Grady |Chris Eggertsen |Jessica Nicholson
Los Angeles-based Interscope Geffen A&M (IGA) Records has set down roots in Nashville with the relaunch of the iconic Lost Highway imprint. Former Thirty Tigers executive Robert Knotts and Universal Music Group Nashville (UMGN) executive Jake Gear will serve as co-heads and executive vps of the resurrected label. “Lost Highway carved out a special place in the remarkable musical legacy of Nashville.
