A week after Kanye West set a new high-water mark for the biggest album debut of 2021 on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart with Donda, Drake obliterated that record with Certified Lover Boy. West launched with 313,000 album-equivalent units. Drake earned close to double that total, more than …
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After teasing a snippet of “Wash Us in the Blood” on Twitter, Kanye West released the full track on Tuesday with a video directed by Arthur Jafa. The scrappy, screechy single sounds like the child of a nail grating on the chalkboard and a police siren. West starts “Wash Us …
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Kanye West has announced the premiere of his new opera, Mary, which is set to debut on December 8th at Miami Marine Stadium in Miami, Florida. It follows the staging of his first opera, Nebuchadnezzar, in Los Angeles, California last month. West announced the news on Thursday evening via Twitter. …
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Kanye West coasted to Number One on the latest RS 200: Jesus Is King earned nearly 270,000 album-equivalent units, more than three times as many as the second place album, Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding. West’s total was well-balanced between streams and sales. The 11 tracks on Jesus Is King amassed …
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