I agree. ''Old Town Road'' blocking Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran's turds is a great news.
Also, the staying power of that Post Malone album and his music in general (on the charts) is slowly but surely approaching scary levels.
Just did some googling...
"Its move to No. 1 on the new chart was prompted largely by Scott releasing more than two dozen merchandise/album bundles for Cyber Monday (Nov. 26) through his official website. Each of items -- including a keychain, hats, T-shirts, hoodies and so forth -- came bundled with a digital copy of the Astroworld album.
Also aiding Astroworld’s gain: the Nov. 28 arrival of a new Skrillex remix."
Makes sense. Billboard charts are pretty much meaningless nowadays.
If I were Billboard, I would disqualify both of them. The amount of gimmicks these two have done in the past two weeks is baffling. By leaving so many loopholes open, Billboard is leaving itself open to ridicule and exploitation. You gotta draw a line somewhere. Anyhow, Nicki Minaj is obviously not right in the head.
I think Travis and Nicki have tried every gimmick in the book to inflate their sales. I'm just surprised Billboard isn't doing more to close the loopholes.
That's a nice old school style performance. But very old, isn't it?
Nowadays, everytime I see Beyonce on TV, she's wiggling on a chair or shaking her bare ass to some trap beat. Waste of talent.
I mean, when you put Beyonce on stage with today's pop "stars", she will look and sound above average, even great in some instances.
But the moment you go on YouTube and type in Tina Turner, you will realize how mediocre she really is.
Kendrick and Beyonce are clearly trying to outdo each other on who's going to release more bizarre and head-scratching duet.
If Beyonce wants to outdo Kendrick's Maroon 5 monstrosity, she needs to jump on the Chainsmokers single next.
The song was massive from the get-go is all I'm saying. Plus, the guy has like 4 songs and the album charting near top of the Billboard. He doesn't strike me as someone who needs YouTube tricks. Either way, "journalists" should ask Billboard for confirmation before spreading conspiracy theories, but I guess page views are more important.
"Rockstar" is a global hit that is doing great by all metrics: great sales, great streams, soaring on radio. It's just one of many Post Malone songs charting right now because people feel the guy and his music. Nothing "sketchy" about it.
Very enjoyable listen. Energy, 10 Bands and Know Yourself are pretty great. Preach is gonna be my spring anthem. Really liked 6PM In New York as tape closer too.
I can't believe I'm saying this, but at this point I'm more excited for Big Sean record than Kanye's. I didn't like the other two singles and this one sounds underwhelming too. His use of auto-tune has gotten progressively worse and it completely ruins it for me. I had to change the channel during his ''Only One'' performance at the Grammys. Please stick to rapping.
Good and bad things...so far.
GOOD: Iggy losing everything she's been nominated for. Kendrick winning Best Rap Perf. St. Vincent winning Best Alternative album.
BAD: Pharrell winning over Beyonce for best Urban album.
''Tuesday'' is somehow listenable (mainly thanks to Drake and good use of auto-tune), but the rest of his album sucks so bad. His singing, or whatever the hell you wanna call it, is so painful, horrendous and torturous... I'd rather listen to an Rebecca Black album.
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