With Drake returning to #1 on this week’s Billboard album chart, Houston rapper Don Toliver opens at #2, and the music industry is keeping a close eye on the numbers for a song that will hit next week’s chart: Adele’s comeback single. Drake’s “Certified Lover Boy” reached #1 last month After nearly a year of …
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In its second week of release, Drake’s hit new album “Certified Lover Boy” has lost 61 percent of sales, but is still #1 on the Billboard chart, while Grammy-winning country star Kacey Musgraves’ latest LP is in theaters. at number 3. “Certified Child in Love” sold the equivalent of 236,000 in the US, up from …
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Drake has entertained fans with a new album all year and has previously said that his name will be “Certified Lover Boy.” It was sure to be a hit, but how big is it? For Drake, a giant of the streaming era – during the past week against Kanye West – the stakes were high. …
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This is especially true for songs about women: silly “Girls Want Girls” with Lil Baby, “Get Together Better” with Ty Dolla Sign, slightly brutal “___ Fans”. On the contrary, what really ignites Drake on this album are the opposing views and enemies, especially evident in the 11th hour rhymes about Kanye West with whom Drake …
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Excavations continued in the song and on social media a pattern of small lightnesses, direct and indirect, the years-old relationship between the two had apparently been irrevocably broken. Drake’s musical power with Pusha-T, a Western subsidiary, in 2018. Since then, the artists’ paths have diverged, even with occasional head-butting online and on recordings. West embraced …
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