News From the Music World
KPOP Demon Hunters soundtrack shatters records with million-plus sales, outperforming Kendrick Lamar and achieving what “Purple Rain” couldn’t. Four tracks dominate Billboard’s Top 10 simultaneously.
Billboard’s alliance with Tencent isn’t just reshaping charts—it’s demolishing the East-West music divide. Chinese artists are breaking through global barriers while Western audiences crave what they’ve been missing.
Drake dethroned Beyoncé and music legends to claim Billboard’s #1 R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the century with 30 chart-toppers and 355 entries. His unprecedented dominance rewrote the industry’s rules.
While other viral hits fade away, this love ballad defied TikTok’s fleeting nature to dominate Billboard for 10 straight weeks. Emotional storytelling trumps industry gatekeepers. Fans couldn’t stop listening.
