The Tortured Poets Department easily debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart with 2.61 million album equivalent units. Album sales comprise 1.914 million, including record-breaking 859,000 vinyl copies, while SEA units comprise 683,000 and TEA units comprise 14,000.

This makes Tortured Poets the second-biggest-selling album on the Billboard 200 chart, behind Adele’s 25, which earned 3.482 million units in 2015. It also scored the largest streaming week for an album, after generating 891.37 million official streams across 31 songs featured on the album’s standard edition and deluxe edition The Anthology.

Swift also made history on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where she claimed the top 14 positions with her songs from Tortured Poets. Her Post Malone collaboration “Fortnight” debuted atop the chart, helping her tie Ariana Grande’s record for most No. 1 debuts among female artists. She also made history as the first woman with over 50 songs in the top ten, with 59.

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The former Fifth Harmony singer has been working on her debut album since going solo in 2018, and she finally announced it back in February. She shared the album’s title and cover at the time, and her fans have been pushing her to give us more ever since.

She finally answered their prayers this Friday, when the lead single “1:59” ft. Gunna hit the shelves. She also announced that Dopamine would be released on June 14 via RCA Records.

Normani discussed the release of her debut album with Elle and revealed she went through several different titles, including Butterfly Effect and 1906, which was the address of her grandmother’s house where she was raised.

“Dopamine represents the highs and the lows I’ve endured. It’s been such an emotional roller coaster… I really wanted to have a title that felt like it definitely encompassed everything that I feel I’ve been through in my journey to get to the point that I’m in right now,” she explained.

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“Espresso” hit the shelves on April 12, just in time for Carpenter’s performance at Coachella, and drew 19.8 million streams, 5.1 million in airplay audience, and sold 4,000 in its first week. It debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the week’s highest-charting new song, in addition to being Carpenter’s first single to enter the top ten.

In addition to finding success in the US, “Espresso” also entered the top ten in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, becoming her highest-charting song in these territories.

Carpenter recently revealed that the lyrics for “Espresso” came together pretty quickly when she was in France, and she could feel how fun the song would be from the very start.

“I think for me, there was something really exciting about the fact that there was so much personality throughout the entire song because those are the ones that are really, really fun to sing live with a crowd,” Carpenter told Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe.

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“Too Sweet” managed to reach to top of the summit after attracting 35.6 million streams, 14.1 million radio airplay audience impressions, and selling 6,000 copies during its latest week on the chart. It initially debuted at No. 5 following its release on March 22, becoming his second song to reach the top ten following his breakout hit “Take Me to Church”.

“Too Sweet” has been slowly climbing up the Billboard Hot 100 chart, but it already hit No. 1 in several other countries in the meantime. It became Hozier’s first chart-topping single in the UK and also climbed to No. 1 in Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland.

Hozier, who’s currently touring the world with his latest album Unreal Unearth, thanked fans for the outpouring of love he received since releasing “Too Sweet”.

“I’ve been both thrilled and taken massively by surprise by such a staggering reaction. It means the world that you’re enjoying this song so much. Thank you all so much,” he said in a video on Instagram.

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Sia and Paris Hilton previously joined forces for the cover of “Stars Are Blind” during Miley Cyrus’ New Year’s Eve special, and they’ve been plotting their next collaboration ever since. Hilton even revealed that Sia would be producing her second studio album, but it turns out this won’t be their first creative partnership.

Hilton just hopped on Sia’s latest single “Fame Won’t Love You”, the song that captures the way that motherhood changed both of their relationships with fame. The collaboration came pretty naturally for Hilton, who felt no tension being in the studio with Sia.

“She brought something out of me that nobody ever has. Because I never ever really felt comfortable with people in the studio… With her, I just feel so comfortable so I really sang in ways that I never knew were possible,” Hilton told Billboard.

“Fame Won’t Love You” was released as the fifth single from Sia’s upcoming album Reasonable Woman, set to hit the shelves on May 3.

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Streisand’s new song is a touching ode to survivors and victims of the Holocaust, and she recorded it alongside the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by William Ross.

“I wanted to sing ‘Love Will Survive’ in the context of this series, as a way of remembering the six million souls who were lost less than 80 years ago. And also to say that even in the darkest of times, the power of love can triumph and endure,” said Streisand in a statement.

Claire Mundell, one of the executive producers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, said they’re deeply honored to be working with Streisand. She praised her for crafting the most beautiful song that perfectly sums up the key message of this series.

“Love Will Survive” marks Streisand’s first release of original material since her album Walls from 2018. Despite failing to reach the top ten on the Billboard 200 chart, it was nominated for the best traditional pop vocal album at the Grammy Awards.

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“Like That” attracted 40 million streams, 14 million radio airplay audience impressions, and sold 3,000 units during its latest week on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. This song became Future and Lamar’s third No. 1 single and Metro Boomin’s first as a billed recording artist when it initially debuted atop the chart.

“Like That” was released as one of the songs from Future and Metro Boomin’s collaborative album We Don’t Trust You, which hit the shelves on March 26. Its follow-up We Still Don’t Trust You was released in less than a month, on April 12, and it’s projected to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, just like its predecessor.

It was also a huge week for Hozier’s “Too Sweet”, which climbed to No. 2 to match his previous peak on the Hot 100 chart with his breakout hit “Take Me To Church”. J. Cole’s “7 Minute Drill” was the highest debut of the week at No. 6 after being released as a part of his new mixtape Might Delete Later.

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“Too Sweet” soared to the top with 61,000 chart units and 6.7 million streams during its latest week on the chart. This is his second song to make it to the top ten in the UK, following his breakout single “Take Me To Church”, which peaked at No. 2 in 2014.

Hozier was overwhelmed by the unexpected success of “Too Sweet” and thanked the fans who helped this song soar to new heights.

“Enormous thank you to everyone in the UK for all their support. I was taken aback by the response for Too Sweet and am thrilled people are enjoying it. Looking forward to being back in July for the upcoming shows!” said Hozier in a statement to Official Charts.

“Too Sweet” was released as one of the songs from the singer’s new EP Unheard, which serves as a companion piece to his latest studio album Unreal Earth. It also hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Rock and Alternative Songs chart and reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Hozier’s second single in the top ten in the U.S.

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Directed by Tanu Muino, Lipa’s new visual was shot at the Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc in Barcelona, and it might just be her most lavish music video yet. “I really like the way you’re movin’ / Yeah, I just wanna dance with the illusion” she sings in the song’s bridge, while dancing her heart out with a group of synchronized swimmers and enjoying the panoramic views of Barcelona.

Lipa co-wrote this song with Caroline Ailin, Danny L Harle, Tobias Jesso Jr., and Kevin Parker, and she credits it for “breaking the ice” and inspiring it the entire record.

“It’s about knowing what you’re getting yourself into but staying for the hell of it. The joke’s on them, it’s the fun of playing someone at their own game because ultimately you won’t fall for an illusion,” said Lipa in a statement.

“Illusion” was released as the third single from her new album Radical Optimism, scheduled to hit the shelves on May 3.

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Lipa took to social media to share the “Illusions” artwork, which sees her wearing a white bikini top and shawl. She wears the same outfit in the short snippet of the song, which reveals its lyrics, “I could do this dance all night / Ooh, what you doing? Don’t know who you think that you’re confusing.”

Lipa previously discussed this song in an interview with Variety and revealed it was the “eureka moment” that inspired the whole album.

“That was a song where I felt like lyrically, I got this radical optimism. I felt very strong in the moment when I was writing that song, because it was really seeing past someone’s bulls–t […} and understanding it for what it is and just entertaining it for the hell of it,” she told Variety.

Radical Optimism will be released on May 3 via Warner Records, and it will feature 11 songs, including previously released singles “Houdini” and “Training Season”.

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The Tortured Poets Department easily debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart with 2.61 million album equivalent units. Album sales comprise 1.914 million, including record-breaking 859,000 vinyl copies, while SEA units comprise 683,000 and TEA units comprise 14,000.

This makes Tortured Poets the second-biggest-selling album on the Billboard 200 chart, behind Adele’s 25, which earned 3.482 million units in 2015. It also scored the largest streaming week for an album, after generating 891.37 million official streams across 31 songs featured on the album’s standard edition and deluxe edition The Anthology.

Swift also made history on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where she claimed the top 14 positions with her songs from Tortured Poets. Her Post Malone collaboration “Fortnight” debuted atop the chart, helping her tie Ariana Grande’s record for most No. 1 debuts among female artists. She also made history as the first woman with over 50 songs in the top ten, with 59.

The post Taylor Swift Shatters Billboard Records With “The Tortured Poets Department” appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

The former Fifth Harmony singer has been working on her debut album since going solo in 2018, and she finally announced it back in February. She shared the album’s title and cover at the time, and her fans have been pushing her to give us more ever since.

She finally answered their prayers this Friday, when the lead single “1:59” ft. Gunna hit the shelves. She also announced that Dopamine would be released on June 14 via RCA Records.

Normani discussed the release of her debut album with Elle and revealed she went through several different titles, including Butterfly Effect and 1906, which was the address of her grandmother’s house where she was raised.

“Dopamine represents the highs and the lows I’ve endured. It’s been such an emotional roller coaster… I really wanted to have a title that felt like it definitely encompassed everything that I feel I’ve been through in my journey to get to the point that I’m in right now,” she explained.

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“Espresso” hit the shelves on April 12, just in time for Carpenter’s performance at Coachella, and drew 19.8 million streams, 5.1 million in airplay audience, and sold 4,000 in its first week. It debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the week’s highest-charting new song, in addition to being Carpenter’s first single to enter the top ten.

In addition to finding success in the US, “Espresso” also entered the top ten in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, becoming her highest-charting song in these territories.

Carpenter recently revealed that the lyrics for “Espresso” came together pretty quickly when she was in France, and she could feel how fun the song would be from the very start.

“I think for me, there was something really exciting about the fact that there was so much personality throughout the entire song because those are the ones that are really, really fun to sing live with a crowd,” Carpenter told Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe.

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“Too Sweet” managed to reach to top of the summit after attracting 35.6 million streams, 14.1 million radio airplay audience impressions, and selling 6,000 copies during its latest week on the chart. It initially debuted at No. 5 following its release on March 22, becoming his second song to reach the top ten following his breakout hit “Take Me to Church”.

“Too Sweet” has been slowly climbing up the Billboard Hot 100 chart, but it already hit No. 1 in several other countries in the meantime. It became Hozier’s first chart-topping single in the UK and also climbed to No. 1 in Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland.

Hozier, who’s currently touring the world with his latest album Unreal Unearth, thanked fans for the outpouring of love he received since releasing “Too Sweet”.

“I’ve been both thrilled and taken massively by surprise by such a staggering reaction. It means the world that you’re enjoying this song so much. Thank you all so much,” he said in a video on Instagram.

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Sia and Paris Hilton previously joined forces for the cover of “Stars Are Blind” during Miley Cyrus’ New Year’s Eve special, and they’ve been plotting their next collaboration ever since. Hilton even revealed that Sia would be producing her second studio album, but it turns out this won’t be their first creative partnership.

Hilton just hopped on Sia’s latest single “Fame Won’t Love You”, the song that captures the way that motherhood changed both of their relationships with fame. The collaboration came pretty naturally for Hilton, who felt no tension being in the studio with Sia.

“She brought something out of me that nobody ever has. Because I never ever really felt comfortable with people in the studio… With her, I just feel so comfortable so I really sang in ways that I never knew were possible,” Hilton told Billboard.

“Fame Won’t Love You” was released as the fifth single from Sia’s upcoming album Reasonable Woman, set to hit the shelves on May 3.

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Streisand’s new song is a touching ode to survivors and victims of the Holocaust, and she recorded it alongside the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by William Ross.

“I wanted to sing ‘Love Will Survive’ in the context of this series, as a way of remembering the six million souls who were lost less than 80 years ago. And also to say that even in the darkest of times, the power of love can triumph and endure,” said Streisand in a statement.

Claire Mundell, one of the executive producers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, said they’re deeply honored to be working with Streisand. She praised her for crafting the most beautiful song that perfectly sums up the key message of this series.

“Love Will Survive” marks Streisand’s first release of original material since her album Walls from 2018. Despite failing to reach the top ten on the Billboard 200 chart, it was nominated for the best traditional pop vocal album at the Grammy Awards.

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“Like That” attracted 40 million streams, 14 million radio airplay audience impressions, and sold 3,000 units during its latest week on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. This song became Future and Lamar’s third No. 1 single and Metro Boomin’s first as a billed recording artist when it initially debuted atop the chart.

“Like That” was released as one of the songs from Future and Metro Boomin’s collaborative album We Don’t Trust You, which hit the shelves on March 26. Its follow-up We Still Don’t Trust You was released in less than a month, on April 12, and it’s projected to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, just like its predecessor.

It was also a huge week for Hozier’s “Too Sweet”, which climbed to No. 2 to match his previous peak on the Hot 100 chart with his breakout hit “Take Me To Church”. J. Cole’s “7 Minute Drill” was the highest debut of the week at No. 6 after being released as a part of his new mixtape Might Delete Later.

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“Too Sweet” soared to the top with 61,000 chart units and 6.7 million streams during its latest week on the chart. This is his second song to make it to the top ten in the UK, following his breakout single “Take Me To Church”, which peaked at No. 2 in 2014.

Hozier was overwhelmed by the unexpected success of “Too Sweet” and thanked the fans who helped this song soar to new heights.

“Enormous thank you to everyone in the UK for all their support. I was taken aback by the response for Too Sweet and am thrilled people are enjoying it. Looking forward to being back in July for the upcoming shows!” said Hozier in a statement to Official Charts.

“Too Sweet” was released as one of the songs from the singer’s new EP Unheard, which serves as a companion piece to his latest studio album Unreal Earth. It also hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Rock and Alternative Songs chart and reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Hozier’s second single in the top ten in the U.S.

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Directed by Tanu Muino, Lipa’s new visual was shot at the Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc in Barcelona, and it might just be her most lavish music video yet. “I really like the way you’re movin’ / Yeah, I just wanna dance with the illusion” she sings in the song’s bridge, while dancing her heart out with a group of synchronized swimmers and enjoying the panoramic views of Barcelona.

Lipa co-wrote this song with Caroline Ailin, Danny L Harle, Tobias Jesso Jr., and Kevin Parker, and she credits it for “breaking the ice” and inspiring it the entire record.

“It’s about knowing what you’re getting yourself into but staying for the hell of it. The joke’s on them, it’s the fun of playing someone at their own game because ultimately you won’t fall for an illusion,” said Lipa in a statement.

“Illusion” was released as the third single from her new album Radical Optimism, scheduled to hit the shelves on May 3.

The post Dua Lipa Drops “Illusion” Music Video appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

Lipa took to social media to share the “Illusions” artwork, which sees her wearing a white bikini top and shawl. She wears the same outfit in the short snippet of the song, which reveals its lyrics, “I could do this dance all night / Ooh, what you doing? Don’t know who you think that you’re confusing.”

Lipa previously discussed this song in an interview with Variety and revealed it was the “eureka moment” that inspired the whole album.

“That was a song where I felt like lyrically, I got this radical optimism. I felt very strong in the moment when I was writing that song, because it was really seeing past someone’s bulls–t […} and understanding it for what it is and just entertaining it for the hell of it,” she told Variety.

Radical Optimism will be released on May 3 via Warner Records, and it will feature 11 songs, including previously released singles “Houdini” and “Training Season”.

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