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  26. <title>Lana Del Rey Announces First-Ever U.S. Stadium Headlining&#160;Gig</title>
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  37. <description><![CDATA[The one-night-only show at Fenway Park in Boston will take place on June 20.]]></description>
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  55. If you&#8217;ve seen <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/lana-del-rey/"  >Lana Del Rey</a> headline a festival then you are aware that the singer draws a massive crowd. That truth will be told again on June 20 when LDR headlines her first-ever U.S. stadium show at Boston&#8217;s iconic Fenway Park.</p>
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  62. The show announced on Monday morning (May 6) is a one-night-only affair that comes after Lana crushed it at this year&#8217;s Coachella following a sold-out amphitheater run and a two-night run at Mexico City&#8217;s <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/lists/lana-del-rey-mexico-city-concert-recap-memorable-moments/"  >Foro Sol last summer</a> where she played to 65,000 each night. </p>
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  69. Tickets for the Fenway show will be available starting with an artist presale on Wednesday (May 8) starting at 10 a.m., with the general onsale kicking off on Friday (May 10) at 10 a.m. local time <a  href="https://livenation.com"  rel="nofollow"  target="_blank"  >here</a>.</p>
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  76. LDR hung around the Indio Valley after Coachella to make <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/stagecoach-2024-lana-del-rey-unchained-melody-paul-cauthen-1235668392/"  >two unannounced appearances</a> at the Stagecoach Festival, last weekend. While there, she joined Paul Cauthen on stage for a moving rendition of &#8220;Unchained Melody,&#8221; the classic ballad that became an iconic hit for the Righteous Brothers in 1965. </p>
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  83. Del Rey, who is prepping a country album called <em><a  href="https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/lana-del-rey-announces-album-lasso-1235594901/"  >Lasso</a></em>, <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lana-del-rey-moody-cover-unchained-melody-christmas-at-graceland-1235515393/"  >sang “Unchained Melody” last year</a> for NBC holiday special celebrating the legacy of Elvis Presley, <em>Christmas at Graceland</em> and  Cauthen <a  rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow"  href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeJXL2m--Ss"  target="_blank"  >previously covered the</a> song with masked country crooner Orville Peck, with the pair calling themselves The Unrighteous Brothers.</p>
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  90. That unexpected treat came after Del Rey invited a surprise guest up during her second Coachella weekend on April 19 when Camila Cabello popped up to sing her frenetic new single, &#8220;<a  href="https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lana-del-rey-camila-cabello-i-luv-it-coachella-2024-weekend-two-1235661919/"  >I Luv It</a>,&#8221; as LDR momentarily ceded the spotlight to the former Fifth Harmony star and her backup dancers. “I luv it, I luv it, I luv it, I luv it,” Del Rey sang to Cabello after she closed the song. “This is my girl. I have so much fun with her. I love this song to death. Thank you so much, angel, for coming to sing with me,&#8221; Del Rey told Cabello.</p>
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  97. At press time no support acts had been announced for the Fenway show.</p>
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  116. <title>Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ Holds at No. 1 In the&#160;U.K.</title>
  117. <link>https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-the-tortured-poets-department-holds-no-1-uk-1235674271/</link>
  119. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lars Brandle]]></dc:creator>
  120. <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 10:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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  145. <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/taylor-swift/"  >Taylor Swift</a> reigns again on the U.K. albums chart with <em>The Tortured Poets Department</em>, and narrowly misses out on the chart double. </p>
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  152. The <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-pet-shop-boys-midweek-uk-album-chart-1235669523/"  >leader at the midweek phase</a>, <em>Tortured Poets </em>(via EMI) holds on for a second week atop the U.K tally, to become her fifth studio album to log more than one week at No. 1, the Official Charts Company reports.</p>
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  159. <em>Tortured Poets,</em> Swift’s 11th studio album, joins multi-week leaders<em> folklore </em>(three weeks in 2020) and <em>evermore</em> (two weeks in 2020), <em>Midnights</em> (five weeks in 2022) and <em>1989 (Taylor’s Version)</em> (three weeks in 2023). </p>
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  166. On the Official U.K. Singles Chart, <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/sabrina-carpenter/"  >Sabrina Carpenter</a>’s “Espresso” edges Swifts’ “Fortnights” featuring Post Malone, by <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/sabrina-carpenter-espresso-uk-no-1-1235674255/"  >fewer than 500 chart units</a>. </p>
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  173. The top new release on the <a  rel="nofollow"  href="https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/"  target="_blank"  >Official U.K. Albums Chart</a>, published Friday, May 3, belongs to <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/pet-shop-boys/"  >Pet Shop Boys</a>’ <em>Nonetheless</em>, at No. 2. <em>Nonetheless</em> is the 15th studio album from the veteran electronic-pop duo, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe; their 19th top 10 effort, and highest-charting LP in 31 years, since <em>Very</em> led the chart back in 1993.</p>
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  180. U.S. alt-pop star <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/st-vincent/"  >St. Vincent</a> completes the podium with <em>All Born Screaming</em>, new at No. 3. That’s a career best and third top 10 appearance after 2017’s<em> Masseduction</em> (No. 6) and 2021’s <em>Daddy’s Home </em>(No. 4). </p>
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  187. English singer and songwriter <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/st-vincent/"  >Jess Glynne</a> grabs a third U.K. top 10 appearance with <em>JESS</em> (EMI). It’s new at No. 6, following the chart-topping success of her 2015 debut<em> I Cry When I Laugh</em> and 2018 sophomore effort <em>Always In Between.</em> </p>
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  194. Finally, <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/be-the-zutons-64581/"  >the Zutons</a> enjoy a top 10 start with <em>The Big Decider</em> (Icepop), the Liverpool, England band’s first studio release in 16 years. <em>The Big Decider</em> is new at No. 7, for their fourth top 10 after 2004 debut <em>Who Killed……The Zutons?</em> (No. 6 peak), 2006’s<em> Tired Of Hanging Around</em> (No. 2) and 2008’s <em>You Can Do Anything</em> (No. 6).<br></p>
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  213. <title>Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Espresso’ Shoots to U.K. No.&#160;1</title>
  214. <link>https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/sabrina-carpenter-espresso-uk-no-1-1235674255/</link>
  216. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lars Brandle]]></dc:creator>
  217. <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 09:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
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  242. <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/sabrina-carpenter/"  >Sabrina Carpenter</a>’s “Espresso” (via Island) is just too hot, as it starts its first stint at No. 1 in the U.K. </p>
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  249. The U.S. singer and actor’s hit lifts 5-1 in its third week on the <a  rel="nofollow"  href="https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/"  target="_blank"  >Official U.K. Singles Chart</a>, for her first leader. </p>
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  256. The best-seller at the midweek point, “Espresso” clocked up a market-leading 8.8 million streams, and completed nail-biting finish to bump <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/taylor-swift/"  >Taylor Swift</a>’s former leader “Fortnight” featuring Post Malone by fewer than 500 combined units, the Official Charts Company reports. </p>
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  263. “Espresso” is Carpenter’s first top 10 and fourth U.K. top 40 single after “Nonsense” (No. 32 peak), “Skin” (No. 28) and “feather” (No. 19). </p>
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  270. <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/hozier/"  >Hozier</a>’s former No. 1 “Too Sweet” (Island) dips 2-3, to complete the podium on the latest chart, published Friday, May 3. </p>
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  277. <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/shaboozey/"  >Shaboozey</a> bags his first U.K. 10 single with “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” (American Dogwood/Empire), the hip-hop-country number which rises 16-6. </p>
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  284. Taylor Swift bags another U.K. top 10 single &#8212; her 29th in her career &#8212; with “I Can Do It With A Broken Heart,” the fourth single from <em>The Tortured Poets Department</em> to crack the top 10 in two weeks. “Broken Heart” is new at No. 8, following “Fortnight,” “The Tortured Poets Department” (No. 3 peak) and “Down Bad” (No. 4). “I Can Do It With A Broken Heart” is the highest debut on the latest Official U.K. Singles Chart. </p>
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  291. The only other debutant in the top 40 is <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/tommy-richman-million-dollar-baby-trending-up-1235671152/"  >Virginia, U.S. singer and rapper</a> Tommy Richman, with “Million Dollar Baby” (ISO Supremacy/Pulse). The viral cut is new at No. 31, for Richman’s first entry on the Official Singles Chart.</p>
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  298. Finally, two classic <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/amy-winehouse/"  >Amy Winehouse</a> songs return to the top 40, powered by Sam Taylor-Johnson’s biopic, <em>Back to Black</em>. The late singer’s cover of the Zutons’ “Valerie” (with producer Mark Ronson, via Columbia) returns at No. 38 and “Back to Black” (lsland) reenters at No. 39.<br></p>
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  317. <title>Drake Dissects Kendrick Lamar &#038; Clears the Air With &#8216;The Heart Part 6&#8217;:&#160;Listen</title>
  318. <link>https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/drake-kendrick-lamar-the-heart-part-6-1235674227/</link>
  320. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Saponara]]></dc:creator>
  321. <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 07:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
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  327. <description><![CDATA[The 6 God alleges that OVO fed K. Dot false information regarding a secret daughter that doesn't exist.]]></description>
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  345. <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/drake"  >Drake</a> has made his own entry into<a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/kendrick-lamar"  > Kendrick Lamar&#8217;s</a> famed <em>The Heart</em> series with the defensive &#8220;The Heart Part 6&#8221; on Sunday (May 5).</p>
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  352. The Aretha Franklin-sampling diss hit YouTube on Sunday night (May 5) with cover art featuring an Instagram comment made by Dave Free of a black heart and hand-heart on an <a  rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow"  href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CzowjQqvtTZ/?hl=en&#038;img_index=1"  target="_blank"  >Instagram photo </a>posted by Kendrick&#8217;s fiancée Whitney Alford with their children. </p>
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  359. Drake continued to double down on domestic violence allegations against the Compton rapper as well as Lamar&#8217;s manager, Dave Free, allegedly fathering an illegitimate child with Whitney. (Whitney is following Free on IG but not Lamar).</p>
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  366. &#8220;And why isn&#8217;t Whitney denying all of the allegations/ Why is she following Dave Free and not Mr. Morale/ You haven&#8217;t seen the kids in six months, the distance is wild/ Dave leaving heart emojis underneath pics of the child,&#8221; he raps.</p>
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  373. The 6 God then changed focus to debunk claims of pedophilia made by Lamar in previous tracks such as &#8220;Meet the Grahams&#8221; and &#8220;Not Like Us.&#8221;</p>
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  380. &#8220;Speaking of anything with a child, let&#8217;s get to that now/ This Epstein angle was the shit I expected/ TikTok videos you collected and dissected/ Instead of being on some dis-direct s&#8211;t/ You rather f&#8212;ing grab your pen and misdirect s&#8211;t,&#8221; he contests.</p>
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  387. He continued later into &#8220;The Heart Part 6&#8221; referencing his friendship with 20-year-old <em>Stranger Things</em> actress <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/millie-bobby-brown-haters-friendship-with-drake-8476403/"  >Millie Bobby Brown.</a> &#8220;Only f&#8212;&#8211;g with Whitney&#8217;s, not Millie Bobby Brown&#8217;s, I&#8217;d never look twice at no teenager,&#8221; Drizzy declares.</p>
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  394. As far as the allegations of having<a  href="https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/drake-secret-daughter-claim-kendrick-lamar-diss-track-reaction-1235673973/"  > a secret 11-year-old daughter</a> he was hiding from the world that Kendrick rapped about on &#8220;Meet the Grahams,&#8221; Drake claimed that OVO actually planted the story as bait to trick the former TDE rapper, which Lamar took and ran with. </p>
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  401. &#8220;We plotted for a week and then we fed you the information/ A daughter that&#8217;s eleven years old, I bet he takes it/ We thought about givin&#8217; a fake name or a destination,&#8221; he recalls.</p>
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  408. Drake finished out the five-minute marathon speaking directly to Kendrick while seemingly being disappointed in the alleged lies he&#8217;s spewing in the feud as he claims his bars have been straight facts.</p>
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  415. &#8220;You would be a worthy competitor if I was really a predator and you weren&#8217;t f&#8212;&#8211;g lying to every blog or an editor but, it is what it is,&#8221; he raps with a sigh.</p>
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  422. Metro Boomin isn&#8217;t backing down from dissing Drake as he reacted to &#8220;The Heart Part 6&#8221; with a Chris Paul meme essentially saying the OVO boss is still down a ton of points in the battle with K. Dot.</p>
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  427. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><a  href="https://t.co/HWQXwaEC4g"  rel="nofollow"  target="_blank"  >pic.twitter.com/HWQXwaEC4g</a></p>&mdash; Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) <a  href="https://twitter.com/MetroBoomin/status/1787308618825572744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"  rel="nofollow"  target="_blank"  >May 6, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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  435. &#8220;The Heart Part 6&#8221; follows Drake&#8217;s &#8220;Family Matters&#8221; with his Kendrick Lamar <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/lists/drake-kendrick-lamar-diss-tracks-ranked/7-drakes-taylor-made-freestyle/"  >diss track entries.</a> </p>
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  442. Lamar didn&#8217;t give Drizzy&#8217;s <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/drake-kendrick-lamar-family-matters-diss-track-1235673920/"  >&#8220;Family Matters&#8221;</a> even an hour of the spotlight before returning fire with the scathing <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/kendrick-lamar-drake-diss-track-meet-the-grahams-1235673928/"  >&#8220;Meet the Grahams&#8221;</a> Friday night (May 3), and he followed up with the Mustard-produced <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kendrick-lamar-drake-diss-track-not-like-us-1235674033/"  >&#8220;Not Like Us&#8221;</a> less than 24 hours later.</p>
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  449. It&#8217;s anyone&#8217;s guess where this goes from here with both rappers digging their heels in and firing at-will to close out a historic hip-hop weekend.</p>
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  456. Listen to &#8220;The Heart Part 6&#8221; below.</p>
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  461. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Heart Part 6 out now<br><br>And we know you’re dropping 6 mins after so instead of posting my address you have a lot to address<a  href="https://t.co/hL9tOiuuhh"  rel="nofollow"  target="_blank"  >https://t.co/hL9tOiuuhh</a></p>&mdash; Drizzy (@Drake) <a  href="https://twitter.com/Drake/status/1787294993079750767?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"  rel="nofollow"  target="_blank"  >May 6, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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  497. <title>George Strait Sets 31st Studio Album ‘Cowboys And&#160;Dreamers’</title>
  498. <link>https://www.billboard.com/music/country/george-strait-1st-studio-album-cowboys-and-dreamers-1235672800/</link>
  500. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lars Brandle]]></dc:creator>
  501. <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 07:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
  502. <category><![CDATA[Country]]></category>
  503. <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
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  505. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.billboard.com/?p=1235672800</guid>
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  507. <description><![CDATA[The country legend used the platform of his concert at Lucas Oil Stadium to announce "Cowboys And Dreamers."]]></description>
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  525. <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/george-strait/"  >George Strait</a> is a ready for another round. </p>
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  532. The country legend used the platform of his concert at Lucas Oil Stadium, the home of NFL franchise Indianapolis Colts, to announce <em>Cowboys And Dreamers </em>(via MCA), his 31st studio album. </p>
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  539. According to reps, more than 51,000 filled out the stadium for Strait’s two-hour performance on Saturday, May 4. “We got some new stuff, too, I’m gonna throw in throughout the night, because I broke down and did another record, and I’m gonna play a few of those for you tonight,” he told the audience. </p>
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  546. The new LP is the the followup to 2019’s <em>Honky Tonk Time Machine</em>, which opened at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 chart. A release date for <em>Cowboys And Dreamers</em> has not been announced. </p>
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  553. The 71-year-old Texas native shared several new songs from the forthcoming album, including “Three Drinks Behind,” and was joined by Chris Stapleton on two numbers, “Honky Tonk Hall of Fame” and “You Don’t Know What You’re Missing”.</p>
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  560. The Indianapolis date was one of just 10 shows Strait will perform in 2024, and marked a return to the stage following a string of devastating losses to his industry family including his manager of nearly 50 years, <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/music/country/erv-woolsey-dead-george-strait-longtime-manager-music-exec-80-1235637504/"  >Eugene Ervine “Erv” Woolsey,</a> Ace in the Hole member Gene Elders, and tour manager Tom Foote. </p>
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  567. “It’s so good to be back,” he said from the stage, “man, it’s been six months, and that’s too long.”</p>
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  574. Paying tribute to his lost friends, Strait remarked, “The last couple of months have been a tough time… music makes it all better. Thank you for coming out &#8211; we’ve had a great time tonight,” he said, as he closed out a six-song encore in their honor.</p>
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  581. The County Music Hall of Famer and three-times CMA entertainer of the year has had a remarkable career, during which he has notched 44 <em>Billboard</em> Hot Country Songs chart-toppers, a record-tying 61 Country Airplay top 10s, and a record 27th No. 1s on Top Country Albums Chart, most recently with<em> Honky Tonk Time Machine.</em></p>
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  588. <span style="text-decoration: underline">Strait’s 2024 Concert Calendar:</span><br>May 4 &#8212; Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN<br>May 11 &#8211;EverBank Stadium, Jacksonville, FL<br>May 25 &#8212; Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA<br>June 1 &#8212; Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, NC<br>June 8 &#8212; MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ<br>June 15 &#8212; Kyle Field, College Station, TX<br>June 29 &#8212; Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, UT<br>July. 13 &#8212; Ford Field, Detroit, MI<br>July 20 &#8212; Soldier Field, Chicago, IL<br>Dec. 7 &#8212; Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV</p>
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  614. <title>Madonna Wraps Celebration Tour With Record-Setting Free Concert in Rio de&#160;Janeiro</title>
  615. <link>https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/madonna-rio-de-janeiro-brazil-free-concert-breaks-attendance-record-1235674133/</link>
  617. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mitchell Peters]]></dc:creator>
  618. <pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2024 22:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
  619. <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
  620. <category><![CDATA[Music News]]></category>
  621. <category><![CDATA[concert]]></category>
  622. <category><![CDATA[Latin]]></category>
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  626. <description><![CDATA[The concert at Copacabana Beach on May 4 attracted more than 1.6 million fans. ]]></description>
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  644. <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/madonna/"  >Madonna</a> wrapped her Celebration Tour with a massive free concert in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.</p>
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  696. Madonna Brings Out Anitta &amp; Pabllo Vittar at Massive Concert in Rio de&nbsp;Janeiro
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  724. The Queen of Pop closed her global trek with a record-breaking show at Rio&#8217;s Copacabana Beach on Saturday (May 4), drawing more than 1.6 million fans to the majestic site. </p>
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  731. Although Copacabana Beach has seen larger crowds during past New Year’s Eve events, Madonna&#8217;s free concert beats the previous record held by the <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-rolling-stones/"  >Rolling Stones</a>, who performed there in 2006, according to a news release from promoter Live Nation.</p>
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  738. The 65-year-old pop superstar&#8217;s Rio show also surpasses her record attendance of 130,000 fans at Paris’ Parc des Sceaux in 1987, the <em>Associated Press</em> <a  rel="nofollow"  href="https://apnews.com/article/madonna-rio-de-janeiro-concert-copacabana-553d0faed61c1eafbf0426823e72dfcd"  target="_blank"  >reports</a>. Ahead of the Rio concert, dubbed the “Celebration in Rio,” Madonna&#8217;s <a  href="https://www.madonna.com/news/title/madonna-announces-a-historic-free-concert-in-rio-de-janeiro"  rel="nofollow"  target="_blank"  >website</a> touted the free event as the &#8220;biggest gig yet&#8221; of her four-decade career.</p>
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  745. During Saturday&#8217;s concert, which was broadcast locally on Brazilian television, Madonna performed numerous hits, including &#8220;Like a Virgin,&#8221; &#8220;Like a Prayer&#8221; and &#8220;Into the Groove.&#8221; She was <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/madonna-anitta-pabllo-vittar-rio-de-janeiro-concert-celebration-tour-1235674057/"  >joined onstage</a> by special guests Anitta and Pabllo Vittar.</p>
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  752. The Rio show was sponsored by Itaú bank and marked Madonna’s first show in Brazil since 2012. Tickets were made available to fans on a first-come first-serve basis on the day of the event.</p>
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  759. Rio de Janeiro marked the last stop on Madonna’s Celebration Tour, which is projected to earn more than $225 million. The tour launched in London in October 2023 before visiting Canada, the U.S. and Mexico City.</p>
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  778. <title>Fans Choose Dua Lipa&#8217;s &#8216;Radical Optimism&#8217; as This Week’s Favorite New Music in All-Genre&#160;Poll</title>
  779. <link>https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/dua-lipa-radical-optimism-best-new-music-poll-results-1235674129/</link>
  781. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mitchell Peters]]></dc:creator>
  782. <pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2024 21:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
  783. <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
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  786. <category><![CDATA[Pop]]></category>
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  789. <description><![CDATA[The pop star's new album brought in 35% of the vote.]]></description>
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  807. <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/dua-lipa/"  >Dua Lipa</a>&#8216;s <em>Radical Optimism</em> has topped this week’s new music poll that features artists in various genres of music.</p>
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  859. Dua Lipa Takes a &#8216;Deep Dive&#8217; Into the Drake &amp; Kendrick Lamar Beef on &#8216;SNL&amp;#8217&hellip;
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  887. Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (May 3) on <em><a  href="https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/dua-lipa-kendrick-lamar-best-new-music-release-poll-1235673121/"  >Billboard</a></em>, choosing the pop star&#8217;s third studio album as their favorite new music release of the past week.</p>
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  894. The new set from Lipa brought in 35% of the vote on the poll, securing a notable edge ahead of new releases from <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/imagine-dragons/"  >Imagine Dragons</a> featuring <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/j-balvin/"  >J Balvin</a> (“Eyes Closed”), <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/kendrick-lamar/chart-history/hsi/"  >Kendrick Lamar</a> (“6:16 in LA” and “Euphoria”), <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/willow-smith/"  >Willow</a> (&#8220;Empathogen&#8221;), <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/kane-brown/"  >Kane Brown</a> and <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/marshmello/"  >Marshmello</a> (“Miles on It”), and others.</p>
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  901. Lipa&#8217;s 11-track <em>Radical Optimism</em> &#8212; her first proper album since 2020’s <em>Future Nostalgia</em> &#8212; features previously released singles “Houdini,” “Training Season” and “Illusion.”</p>
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  908. “[Releasing the album] feels good. It feels for lack of a better word &#8212; radically optimistic,” she previously told <em><a  href="https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/dua-lipa-favorite-spice-girl-radical-optimism-inspiration-1235636601/"  >Billboard</a></em>, before explaining the idea behind the album cover, which features the singer floating in a wide open ocean facing a shark fin. “Throughout the whole record, there’s this idea of chaos happening around and me trying to push through it in a way that feels authentic and honest to me.”</p>
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  915. The British artist also pulled double duty as host and music guest during <em>Saturday Night Live</em> on May 4, where she <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/dua-lipa-snl-radical-optimism-performance-videos-1235674099/"  >performed <em>Radical Optimism</em> tracks</a> &#8220;Illusion&#8221; and &#8220;Happy For You.&#8221;</p>
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  922. Trailing behind <em>Radical Optimism</em> on this week’s poll is the &#8220;other&#8221; category, with nearly 23% of the vote. Placing third is Imagine Dragons featuring J Balvin&#8217;s &#8220;Eyes Closed,&#8221; which brought in 21% of the vote.</p>
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  929. See the final results of this week&#8217;s poll below. Check out&nbsp;<em>Billboard</em>&#8216;s&nbsp;<a  href="https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/friday-music-guide-dua-lipa-kendrick-lamar-gunna-1235672949/"  >Friday Music Guide</a>&nbsp;to catch up with more must-hear releases from this week.</p>
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  952. <title>Morgan Wallen Reveals the Opening Date of His Nashville&#160;Bar</title>
  953. <link>https://www.billboard.com/music/country/morgan-wallen-nashville-bar-opening-memorial-day-weekend-2024-1235674107/</link>
  955. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Nicholson]]></dc:creator>
  956. <pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2024 20:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
  957. <category><![CDATA[Country]]></category>
  958. <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
  959. <category><![CDATA[Music News]]></category>
  960. <category><![CDATA[nashville]]></category>
  961. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.billboard.com/?p=1235674107</guid>
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  963. <description><![CDATA["I hope I see y'all there," the country star said during one of his three headlining shows in Music City.]]></description>
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  981. <a  href="http://www.billboard.com/music/morgan-wallen"  data-type="link"  data-id="http://www.billboard.com/music/morgan-wallen"  >Morgan Wallen</a>&#8216;s Nashville bar will soon be open for business, according to the &#8220;Last Night&#8221; hitmaker. During his headlining set at Nashville&#8217;s Nissan Stadium on Saturday (May 4), the country music star revealed that his Morgan Wallen&#8217;s This Bar &amp; Tennessee Kitchen will open on Memorial Day weekend.</p>
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  988. &#8220;It&#8217;s over off fourth avenue just beside the Ryman [Auditorium], and it&#8217;s going to be opening Memorial Day weekend, so I hope I see y&#8217;all there,&#8221; Wallen <a  rel="nofollow"  href="https://www.instagram.com/mwthisbar/reel/C6kDjosuSa-/"  data-type="link"  data-id="https://www.tiktok.com/@tylaannnn/video/7364988748406213931?embed_source=121374463%2C121404359%2C121351166%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%3Bnull%3Bembed_masking&amp;refer=embed&amp;referer_url=www.whiskeyriff.com%2F2024%2F05%2F03%2Fmorgan-wallen-announces-opening-date-for-new-nashville-bar%2F&amp;referer_video_id=7364988748406213931"  target="_blank"  >told the crowd </a>at one point. </p>
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  995. The official Instagram page for the bar and restaurant also shared video of Wallen making the announcement. See below.</p>
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  1008. Wallen&#8217;s Nissan Stadium show marked his last of three <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/music/country/morgan-wallen-nissan-stadium-headliner-nashville-1235672753/"  data-type="link"  data-id="https://www.billboard.com/music/country/morgan-wallen-nissan-stadium-headliner-nashville-1235672753/"  >consecutive sold-out concerts </a>at the stadium over the weekend, as part of his One Night at a Time World Tour.</p>
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  1015. Knoxville-area native Wallen&#8217;s six-story This Bar &amp; Tennessee Kitchen is set to include three live music stages, as well as an open-air rooftop. For the venue, Wallen teamed with TC Restaurant Group, known for other downtown Nashville celebrity bars, including FGL House, Jason Aldean’s Kitchen + Rooftop Bar, Miranda Lambert’s Casa Rosa and Luke Bryan’s Luke’s 32 Bridge Food+Drink.</p>
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  1022. Each floor of the venue will highlight memorabilia and photos from Wallen&#8217;s life and career thus far, while the menu will be curated by Wallen with chef Tomasz Wosiak, VP of culinary development for TC Restaurant Group. The menu will feature not only some of Wallen&#8217;s mother&#8217;s recipes, but also various bar bites and Southern-flared favorites.</p>
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  1029. “I sing about finding myself in ‘This Bar,’ and now it’s coming to life. This venue will hold true to everything I love and is inspired by my fans and the way they have embraced me and my music,” Wallen <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/music/country/morgan-wallen-bar-restaurant-nashville-lower-broadway-1235608489/"  data-type="link"  data-id="https://www.billboard.com/music/country/morgan-wallen-bar-restaurant-nashville-lower-broadway-1235608489/"  >said</a> in a statement when the bar and restaurant was first announced. “We’re designing a menu around some of my family favorites, so it brings a piece of East Tennessee to Music City. I hope This Bar is a place you’ll want to find yourself in and make memories with your friends and family and celebrate the way country music has brought us all together.&#8221;</p>
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  1048. <title>Dua Lipa Spreads Positivity While Explaining &#8216;Radical Optimism&#8217; Album Title in &#8216;SNL&#8217; Monologue:&#160;Watch</title>
  1049. <link>https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/dua-lipa-snl-monologue-radical-optimism-video-1235674106/</link>
  1051. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mitchell Peters]]></dc:creator>
  1052. <pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2024 20:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
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  1054. <category><![CDATA[Music News]]></category>
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  1078. <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/dua-lipa/"  >Dua Lipa</a> was all about positivity during her <em>Saturday Night Live</em> monologue.</p>
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  1130. Dua Lipa Takes a &#8216;Deep Dive&#8217; Into the Drake &amp; Kendrick Lamar Beef on &#8216;SNL&amp;#8217&hellip;
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  1138. 05/05/2024
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  1160. The 28-year-old pop star &#8212; who pulled double duty as host and musical guest during <em>SNL</em> on May 4 &#8212; opened the show with a monologue that explained why her just-third studio album is titled <em>Radical Optimism</em>.</p>
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  1167. &#8220;A lot of people ask me what <em>Radical Optimism</em> means,&#8221; the &#8220;Levitating&#8221; singer told the Studio 8H crowd, which included her parents. &#8220;To me, it&#8217;s like looking on the bright side of any situation. Here, I&#8217;ll show you.&#8221;</p>
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  1174. From there, Lipa called on various members of the audience to share a problem in their lives. One man stood up and revealed that his wife left him because he accidentally called her mom while sharing an intimate moment.</p>
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  1183. &#8220;Well, on the bright side, now you&#8217;ll have more time to spend with your mom,&#8221; the British artist said. &#8220;See, <em>Radical Optimism</em>.&#8221;</p>
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  1190. Next, <em>SNL</em> cast member Bowen Yang stood up to share that his doctor ordered him to stop drinking alcohol.</p>
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  1197. &#8220;Well, on the bright side, there&#8217;s always poppers,&#8221; Lipa replied, referencing the recreational drug. &#8220;See, you can put a positive spin on anything.&#8221;</p>
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  1204. The singer ran into a snag when calling on MAGA hat-wearing South Dakota Republican governor Kristi Noem (played by Heidi Gardner), who has received criticism for shooting her puppy.</p>
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  1211. &#8220;No, no no, sorry, I can&#8217;t help,&#8221; Lipa immediately replied after Gardner&#8217;s Noem introduced herself.</p>
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  1218. Saturday’s <em>SNL</em> marks Lipa’s third time appearing as musical guest on the long-running sketch comedy show and her first time hosting. She was previously a musical guest in 2018 and 2020.</p>
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  1225. During the May 4 episode, she <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/dua-lipa-snl-radical-optimism-performance-videos-1235674099/"  >performed <em>Radical Optimism</em> tracks</a> &#8220;Illusion&#8221; and &#8220;Happy For You.&#8221;</p>
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  1232. Following Saturday’s episode, season 49 will wrap up with two new episodes: May 11, with former <em>SNL</em> star Maya Rudolph hosting for a third time and Vampire Weekend as musical guest for a fourth time, and May 18 with Jake Gyllenhaal hosting a third time and Sabrina Carpenter making her musical-guest debut.</p>
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  1241. Watch Dua Lipa&#8217;s <em>SNL</em> monologue below. For those without cable, the broadcast streams on <a  rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow"  href="https://www.peacocktv.com/?irclickid=VttWFb3PXxyPW2nWC8QvNWX-UkFTR3TtyQlp1A0&#038;irgwc=1&#038;utm_source=pk_vrs_imra&#038;utm_medium=pd_aff_acq_psdlnk&#038;utm_term=Penske%20Media%20Corporation&#038;utm_content=828265&#038;cid=2201affiliateevgnpkpdaff4393&#038;utm_campaign=2201affiliateevgn"  target="_blank"  >Peacock</a>, which you can sign up for at the link <a  rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow"  href="https://www.peacocktv.com/?irclickid=VttWFb3PXxyPW2nWC8QvNWX-UkFTR3TtyQlp1A0&#038;irgwc=1&#038;utm_source=pk_vrs_imra&#038;utm_medium=pd_aff_acq_psdlnk&#038;utm_term=Penske%20Media%20Corporation&#038;utm_content=828265&#038;cid=2201affiliateevgnpkpdaff4393&#038;utm_campaign=2201affiliateevgn"  target="_blank"  >here</a>. Having a Peacock account also gives fans access to previous <em>SNL</em> episodes.</p>
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  1266. <title>Taylor Swift Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With &#8216;The Tortured Poets Department&#8217;</title>
  1267. <link>https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-number-one-second-week-billboard-200-chart-1235674109/</link>
  1269. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith Caulfield]]></dc:creator>
  1270. <pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2024 19:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
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  1279. <description><![CDATA[Plus: PARTYNEXTDOOR debuts in the top 10.]]></description>
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  1297. <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/taylor-swift"  >Taylor Swift</a>’s <em>The Tortured Poets Department</em> holds steady at No. 1 on the <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/"  >Billboard 200</a> (dated May 11) in its second week, earning 439,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending May 2 (down 83%), according to Luminate. It <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-debut-number-one-billboard-200-chart/"  >arrived atop the chart a week ago</a> with a massive 2.61 million units.</p>
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  1304. Though the set declines by 83%, it still logs the biggest second-week, by units, for any album since Adele’s <em>25</em> tallied 1.162 million units in its second week (Dec. 12, 2015-dated chart, down from its 3.482 million in its opening week).</p>
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  1311. Also in the top 10 of the new Billboard 200, <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/partynextdoor/"  >PARTYNEXTDOOR</a> debuts at No. 10 with <em>PARTYNEXTDOOR 4 (P4)</em>.</p>
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  1318. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on&nbsp;multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new May 11, 2024-dated chart will be posted in full on&nbsp;<em>Billboard</em>&#8216;s website on May 7. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.</p>
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  1325. Of <em>The Tortured Poets Department</em>’s second-week unit sum of 439,000, SEA units comprise 330,000 (down 52%, equaling 428.54 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs), traditional album sales comprise 107,000 (down 94%) and TEA units comprise 2,000 (down 82%).</p>
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  1332. The rest of the top four titles on the Billboard 200 comprises former No. 1s. <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/morgan-wallen/"  >Morgan Wallen</a>’s <em>One Thing at a Time</em> rises 4-2 (69,000 equivalent album units; up 8%), <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/future/"  >Future</a> and <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/metro-boomin/"  >Metro Boomin</a>’s <em>We Don’t Trust You</em> falls 2-3 (61,000; down 11%) and <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/beyonce/"  >Beyoncé</a>’s <em>Cowboy Carter</em> dips 3-4 (52,000; down 21%). <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/noah-kahan/"  >Noah Kahan</a>’s <em>Stick Season </em>rounds out the top five, stepping 7-5 (41,000; down 10%).</p>
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  1339. Wallen’s chart-topping <em>Dangerous: The Double Album</em> climbs 11-6 (its highest rank since it was No. 5 on the July 29, 2023, chart) with 40,000 equivalent album units (up 9%). <a  href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/benson-boone/"  >Benson Boone</a>’s <em>Fireworks &amp; Rollerblades</em> glides 8-7 (40,000; down 1%), Future and Metro Boomin’s former leader <em>We Still Don’t Trust You</em> falls 6-8 (39,000; down 28%) and SZA’s chart-topping <em>SOS</em> is steady at No. 9 (nearly 39,000; down 1%).</p>
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  1346. Closing out the top 10 of the new Billboard 200 is PARTYNEXTDOOR and the arrival of his <em>PARTYNEXTDOOR 4 (P4)</em> at No. 10. It launches with 37,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 34,000 (equaling 45.94 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs), album sales comprise 3,000 and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. <em>PARTYNEXTDOOR4 </em>marks the third top 10-charting set for the singer/songwriter and producer, following <em>PARTYMOBILE</em> (No. 8 in 2020) and <em>PARTYNEXTDOOR 3 (P3)</em> (No. 3 in 2016).</p>
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  1353. <em>Luminate, the independent data provider to the </em>Billboard<em> charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with </em>Billboard<em>, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.</em></p>
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