Wednesday, August 29, 2012

FINALLY TREY SONGZ SCORES FIRST NO. 1 ON BILLBOARD 200

There’s a new king of the charts. Trey Songz earns his first-ever No. 1 on the Billboard 200 this week with Chapter V. The R&B heartthrob’s fifth album sold 135,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. While it marks his best chart position to date, it wasn’t enough to top the sales of his previous album Passion, Pain & Pleasure, which moved 240,000 units in September 2010. A grateful Trey thanked his fans in a letter. “I just want to say thank you for another opportunity to give each of you a part of me,” he wrote. “I promise to love, I commit to make a difference, and I will never take you for granted.”

VIDEO: MEEK MILL F/ TREY SONGZ, WALE, & SAM SNEAKER – ‘FACE DOWN’

Friday, August 24, 2012

VIDEO: NICKI MINAJ F/ CAM’RON & RICK ROSS – ‘I AM YOUR LEADER’

NEW MUSIC: BRANDY – ‘WILDEST DREAMS’

“Wildest Dreams,” the second single from her RCA/Chameleon Records debut Two Eleven, due October 16

NEW MUSIC: T-PAIN – ‘DON’T YOU QUIT’

T-Pain gets it poppin’ on “Don’t You Quit,” the first single from his upcoming mixtape Stoic.

NEW VIDEO: B.O.B F/ NICKI MINAJ – ‘OUT OF MY MIND’

“Out of My Mind,” the latest single off his sophomore album Strange Clouds.

NEW MUSIC: RITA ORA F/ J. COLE – ‘LOVE & WAR’

Rita Ora duets with her Roc Nation labelmate J. Cole on “Love & War,” produced by Fraser T. Smith. Rita’s debut album ORA drops August 27 in the U.K.

NEW VIDEO: MARIAH CAREY F/ MEEK MILL & RICK ROSS – ‘TRIUMPHANT (GET ‘EM)’

Mariah Carey looks awesome!! in the video for “Triumphant (Get ‘Em),” directed by her husband Nick Cannon. Meek Mill plays a boxer, duking it out in the ring with his opponent as Mariah, DJ Khaled, and a fur-clad Rick Ross cheer from the sidelines.