Canadian crooner The Weeknd packaged up the three mixtapes he’s released since his debut on the scene last year, added a few new songs and dropped his first major label album, The Trilogy. Despite the fact fans have already heard a majority of it, it did quite well…moving 86k units in its first week out! Congrats! Get the rest of the top 10 below. Marisa Mendez
J. Cole Talks New Album & New Single
On the red carpet at the AMA’s last night, the rarely seen J. Cole chatted with Billboard about his forthcoming sophomore album, Born Sinner, and the song he just released, “Miss America.” He also revealed he’s begun production on a short film. Sounds like we’ll be hearing a lot of Cole in 2013, a stark contrast to his quiet 2012! See what he had to say below. Marisa Mendez
Wendy Williams Will Pose Nude for PETA Billboard
Wendy ‘How You Doin’ Williams is the latest celeb to get bucket naked in the name of animal rights. Page Six has confirmed that the ‘Queen of All Media’ will strip for PETA’s “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” campaign. Read more after the jump Quay
Billboard’s Top 10 Album Sales, Week Ending 11/12/12 … Congrats To Ne-Yo On A Top 5 Debut!
Congrats go out to Ne-Yo, whose new album R.E.D. debut on the Billboard charts this week at number 4, moving 66k units. Speaking of Red, Taylor Swift is enjoying her third week at number one this week with her album of the same name. The full top 10 below. Marisa Mendez
Billboard’s Top 10 Album Sales, Week Ending 11/5/12 … Congrats To @MeekMill On A #2 Debut!
Despite the fact Hurricane Sandy tore through the east coast the night before his album release day, cancelling many of his scheduled appearances and preventing people in his hometown and surrounding areas (where he’d likely get the strongest support) from going out to the stores and purchasing the album, Meek Mill still had a very strong debut on the charts with his first album. Dreams & Nightmares comes in at number 2 (damn you, Taylor Swift!) with a solid 165k units sold! Congrats! Get the rest of the top 10 below. Marisa Mendez
Billboard’s Top 10 Album Sales, Week Ending 10/29/12 … Congrats To @KendrickLamar On A #2 Debut!
Kendrick Lamar truly solidified his position in the game this week, moving over 240k units of his debut album ‘good kid, m.A.A.d City’ in its first week in stores. The Dr. Dre protege had some major cosigns in his corner, but it’s safe to say no amount of cosigns will take you THAT far. The kid has m.A.A.d. fans. Now of course he’s not even holding a torch to Taylor Swift’s number one debut Red this week, moving 1.2 MILLION units….but there is something to say about it being available for 99 cents on Amazon. No doubt she’d still be number one without that sale, but I’m just saying! Get the rest of the top 10 below. Marisa Mendez
