On this day 70 years ago, the Official Albums Chart was born. Today, for the first time ever, Official Charts exclusively unveils the Official biggest albums of all time, based on combined UK sales ...

Samuel is Collider's List Flex Editor (previously Lead List Editor), which means he's pretty much always hovering around Collider's List department. A writing and editing automaton based in Nashville, ...

Welcome to New Music Friday, NPR Music's podcast dedicated to sharing the best albums out each week. We listen to dozens of new releases in advance, identify the ones we think you need to hear, and ...

Here is your 2026 hard rock + metal album release calendar and all of this week's newest albums! Each week is loaded with new rock and metal releases and keeping track of it all can be pretty ...

Future's The Real Me lands the rapper his 12th leader. By Keith Caulfield As Future‘s The Real Me debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated July 25), the rapper notched his 12th ...

We’re firmly past 2026’s halfway point and it’s already been a stacked year for excellent new music. The race for song of the summer is a packed field, big-name pop titans – Olivia Rodrigo, Madonna – ...

Several of the most lauded hip-hop songs in music history have achieved diamond status—10 million sold or more—according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). For these celebratory ...

We are always listening to what’s next, but we’re only human, and these are the records that are stuck on repeat. We’re highlighting some of 2026’s most outstanding albums to date by rounding up the ...

Cash Money Records/Republic Records/Young Money Entertainment/Bad Boy Records/Arista Records/Universal Records Motown In today’s digital age, measuring the importance of record sales in hip-hop is ...

More stories by Kevin P. The Billboard 200 albums chart measures the best-performing records during the weekly tracking period every Friday through Thursday. And for 2026, the media company is ...