A jack-o-lantern, Aaliyah, The CN Tower, Denzel Washington, a flaming skull, an emoji praying hands, a more realistic set of praying hands, Rihanna eating ice cream, Steph Curry, and Kevin Durant — these tattoos represent only a smattering of the random, awkward, and symbolic ink, Drake has committed to his …
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What Is happening to streaming’s superstars? That was the big question asked in this very column two months ago. The answer, delivered by a myriad of game-changing stats: they’re getting squeezed. New data now shows that this trend isn’t going away – and is, in fact, calcifying. Industry monitor Nielsen …
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Make no mistake, the album is fighting for its life. Sales of music’s most beloved format are in free fall in the United States this year. According to figures published by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), the value of total stateside album sales in the first half of …
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Fueled byrecord-breaking streaming numbers, Drake‘s Scorpion opened atop the Billboard 200 with the best sales week of 2018 so far. Scorpion sold over 732,000 total copies in its debut week, with the vast majority of that sum drawn from streaming equivalent albums (SEAs): According to Billboard, Scorpion tracks generated 746 …
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Drake has recruited Migos for a fall arena tour dubbed Aubrey and the Three Amigos Tour, a 41-date trek celebrating the upcoming release of Drake‘s new album Scorpion. The tour launches July 26th in Salt Lake City and keeps the Canadian rapper and the Atlanta rap trio on the road …
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