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Jay-Z's upcoming Magna Carta Holy Grail album will not be the first album to sell one million copies before its release according to Billboard magazine's editorial director, Bill Werde. During Game 5 of the NBA Finals on June 16 Jay-Z revealed that he'd partnered with Samsung to release his next project in a three-minute commercial...

Lil Jon and Zumba Fitness are partnering up to release the rapper's new single entitled "Work." It will be available on iTunes next month. According to Billboard, the 41-year-old rapper performed the track last month at the Zumba instructor conference in Los Angeles...

The well of unreleased Tupac Shakur music has not run dry just yet. So says his mother Afeni Shakur. "I believe it is our responsibility to make sure that Tupac's entire body of work is made available for his fans," Shakur said in a statement (via Billboard)...

Young Money rapper Nicki Minaj continues her steady assault on the Billboard charts, moving up to the No. 3 spot on the Hot 100 with her latest single 'Super Bass.' 'Super Bass,' Nicki's record-breaking seventh single from her platinum-selling debut album, 'Pink Friday, squeaked onto Billboard's Hot 100 chart at No...

Kelly Rowland could not have picked a more apt title for her third solo album, 'Here I Am,' which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Top R&B albums chart this week. After only one week, the album has sold over 75,000 copies, somersaulting it to No. 3 ...

In the wake of Amy Winehouse's death, the late singer's smash albums 'Frank' and 'Back to Black' have climbed back onto the Billboard album charts, with the latter coming in at No. 9. Just a week before her death, 'Back to Black' moved only 1,000 physical units while this week it topped at 37,000 copies sold and the numbers are expected to rise...

When it comes to Beyonce, landing on top comes naturally. The pop superstar scored the No. 1 position on the Billboard 200 chart this week with her fourth album, aptly titled '4.' According to Nielsen SoundScan, Queen Bey's total tallies to 310,000 units sold, besting G...

While hip-hop headlines today are being commandeered by the shocking confession of a man who says he shot Tupac Shakur, rap has been hit with another surprise, this one a little more celebratory. Tech N9ne's 12th studio record, 'All 6's and 7's' debuted at No...