Kendrick Lamar Rules ARIA Charts Again with Surprise Album ‘GNX’
Kendrick Lamar has done it again. The Grammy-winning rap visionary surprised fans with the release of GNX, which made a No. 1 debut on the ARIA Albums Chart. This latest achievement cements Kendrick’s...
View ArticleKendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Is Apple Music’s Top Song of 2024
With 2024 coming to an end, Apple Music and Shazam are looking back on a great year in music. Apple Music released its year-end charts on Tuesday (Dec. 3), with Kendrick Lamar coming in at No. 1 on...
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Kendrick Lamar & SZA Announce 2025 Grand National Tour: See the Dates
Fresh off teaming up for a pair of tracks on Kendrick Lamar’s GNX album, K. Dot and SZA are joining forces for the co-headlining 2025 Grand National Tour. Related All 12 Songs From Kendrick Lamar’s...
View ArticleKendrick Lamar Scores His Sixth No. 1 on Streaming Songs Chart With ‘Squabble...
Kendrick Lamar has his sixth No. 1 – and third of 2024 – on Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart, as “Squabble Up” debuts atop the Dec. 7-dated ranking. “Squabble Up” bows with 52 million official U.S....
View ArticleMustard Is ‘Just Getting Started’ After Kendrick Lamar’s Hot 100 Takeover
Mustard is celebrating a major Billboard Hot 100 accomplishment. Seven of the tracks off Kendrick Lamar’s surprise album GNX hit the top 10 of the all-genre songs chart this week, two of which were...
View ArticleKendrick Announces Tour With SZA, Tops Billboard Charts With ‘GNX’ & More |...
Kendrick Lamar is on a roll. After debuting at No. 1 on both the Hot 100 & Billboard 200 thanks to ‘GNX’, the rapper just announced a joint stadium tour with SZA, and more music could possibly be...
View ArticleAll 12 Songs From Kendrick Lamar’s ‘GNX’ Debut on Hot 100, Including Entire...
Kendrick Lamar is back with another massive week on Billboard’s charts, thanks to his new surprise album, GNX. Released without advance notice Nov. 22 on pgLand/Interscope/ICLG, GNX blasts in at No. 1...
View ArticleJ. Cole Admits ‘Feeling of Surpassment’ After Kendrick Released ‘Good Kid,...
On the latest episode of his Inevitable podcast, J. Cole and his manager Ibrahim “Ib” Hamad played a couple more unreleased tracks by Cole and Kendrick Lamar while also recalling his immediate...
View ArticleHow Do We Size Up Kendrick Lamar’s Impressive ‘GNX’ Charts Debut?
If you thought that we were finished with major releases for the 2024 calendar as we approached Thanksgiving and the beginning of year-end season, Kendrick Lamar let you know real quick that the year...
View ArticleCan Kendrick Lamar Fend Off the Hot 100 Holiday Rush for Another Week?
The Contenders is a midweek column that looks at artists aiming for the top of the Billboard charts, and the strategies behind their efforts. This week, for the upcoming Billboard Hot 100 dated Dec....
View ArticleStaff Picks: Every Kendrick Lamar Album, Ranked
It’s been a busy year for Kendrick Lamar. After disrupting the rap game in March with a breakout verse on the Hot 100 No. 1 song “Like That” from Future and Metro Boomin’s We Don’t Trust You, Lamar...
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Drake Pokes Fun at Kendrick Lamar’s Viral ‘Mustard’ Lyric on ‘TV Off’
It looks like Drake has given Kendrick Lamar‘s GNX a listen. Related All 12 Songs From Kendrick Lamar’s ‘GNX’ Album Ranked 11/22/2024 Two weeks after the Compton rapper surprise-dropped his new album...
View ArticleKendrick Lamar’s ‘GNX’ Guest Rappers See Their Own Catalog Boosts
Welcome to Billboard Pro’s Trending Up newsletter, where we take a closer look at the songs, artists, curiosities and trends that have caught the music industry’s attention. Some have come out of...
View ArticleDrake Is Spotify’s Most Streamed Rapper In U.S. & Globally | Billboard News
Spotify unveiled Drake as the most streamed rapper globally and in the U.S. during Spotify Wrapped, for the eighth year in a row. Keep watching to see how Drake held on to his reign! Tetris...
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What’s Your Favorite Song of 2024? Vote
With 2024 coming to a close, we at Billboard shared our annual roundup of our top songs of the year on Thursday (Dec. 5). Related Staff List: The 100 Best Songs of 2024 12/05/2024 Coming in at No. 1...
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Stephen A. Smith Has a Message for Drake Amid Kendrick Lamar Beef: ‘Take It...
Stephen A. Smith has a message for Drake. During his YouTube series The Stephen A. Smith Show, the sports media personality revealed that the Toronto rapper may be upset with him about previous...
View ArticleBillboard Staffers React to Kendrick Lamar’s ‘GNX’ Chart Takeover | Billboard...
In this episode of Billboard Unfiltered, Billboard staffers Kyle Denis, Trevor Anderson, Carl Lamarre and Damien Scott discuss Kendrick Lamar’s GNX chart takeover, along with their initial reactions...
View Article‘Billboard Unfiltered’: Kendrick Lamar’s ‘GNX’& Drake’s Legal Filings Against...
It’s Kendrick Lamar Week for Billboard Unfiltered following the Thanksgiving break. Lamar unleashed his GNX album without any sort of warning on Nov. 22, and the LP debuted atop the Billboard 200 with...
View ArticleAzChike Says Kendrick Lamar Already Had Him in Mind for ‘Peekaboo’ Feature
The West Coast rapper is enjoying the looks he’s had this year. First, AzChike was featured on ScHoolboy’s Q‘s critically acclaimed album Blue Lips, which essentially worked as a solo track/interlude...
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Could Drake’s Legal Gambit Against UMG Shape His Next Business Moves?
Drake, by common consensus, has been a smart and savvy businessman over the course of his music career. So some in the music business have been puzzled following the megastar rapper’s widely ridiculed...
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