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Morgan Wallen Fends Off Metallica for a Seventh Week at No. 1

The country star has two releases in the Top 5 of Billboard’s album chart, continuing a dominating run anchored by streaming.

Ed Sheeran Trial: Did He Copy Marvin Gaye? Here’s What to Know.

The heirs of Ed Townsend, who co-wrote “Let’s Get It On” with Gaye, accused Sheeran of copying it in “Thinking Out Loud.” Sheeran’s lawyers said...

Morgan Wallen’s Billboard Chart Streak Enters Its Sixth Week

The country star’s latest album, “One Thing at a Time,” maintains its dominance over the Billboard chart. Can it match the 10-week run of Wallen’s...

Morgan Wallen Spends a Fifth Straight Week at No. 1

The country superstar, on his latest chart streak, holds off challenges from the sardonic pop singer Melanie Martinez and a deluxe reissue from Tyler, the...

Live Music Is Roaring Back. But Fans Are Reeling From Sticker Shock.

Buying concert tickets has become a mess of high prices and surcharges, anxiety-inducing registrations and pervasive scalping as some of pop’s biggest acts hit the...

Morgan Wallen Makes It Four Weeks at No. 1 With ‘One Thing at a Time’

The country superstar’s latest album easily held off new releases by Lana Del Rey and Jimin of the K-pop group BTS.

Seymour Stein, Record Biz Giant Who Signed Madonna, Dies at 80

With an encyclopedic knowledge of pop music, he championed acts including the Ramones, Talking Heads and the Pretenders on his label Sire, and helped found...

Morgan Wallen’s ‘One Thing at a Time’ Is No. 1 for a Third Week

The country star’s hit-stuffed streaming blockbuster is just shy of one million equivalent sales. U2 opens at No. 5 with an album of acoustic rerecordings.

Morgan Wallen Holds at No. 1 With Strong Streaming Numbers

“One Thing at a Time” had the second-biggest streaming total for a country album, after its debut last week. The nine-woman K-pop group Twice opens...

Karol G’s ‘Mañana Será Bonito’ Is No. 1, Making Chart History

The latest release by the Colombian pop star is the first Spanish-language LP by a woman to open at the top of the Billboard 200.