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Drake breaks Diddy record for Billboard No. 1 rap hits

By theGrio

12:24 PM on 02/03/2012

Drake has broken Diddy's record for the most number 1 rap singles on the Billboard charts, and he's only been at it for three years...
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Adele knocks Rihanna off top of Billboard Hot 100 chart

By theGrio

3:01 PM on 01/25/2012

Adele's incredible run on the Billboard charts continues and this time at the expense of her fellow hitmaker Rihanna...
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Blue Ivy Carter becomes youngest ever on Billboard

By theGrio

9:52 AM on 01/12/2012

NEW YORK (AP) - Jay-Z released the song about his first-born child with wife Beyonce on Monday, and it immediately became a viral sensation...
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Newt Gingrich endorsed by adultery dating site Ashley Madison

By theGrio

10:06 AM on 12/22/2011

Extra-marital dating website AshleyMadison.com has erected a billboard of serial adulterer and presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich...
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Nicki Minaj thanks Taylor Swift for liking 'Super Bass'

By theGrio

11:28 AM on 12/05/2011

Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift have formed an unlikely friendship which stemmed from a radio interview Miss Swift had done where she requested Nicki's 'Superbass'...
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Drake's 'Take Care' blasts onto Billboard 200

By theGrio

3:08 PM on 11/23/2011

As expected, Drake nets the third-largest sales week of 2011 for an album, as 'Take Care' debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 631,000 copies in its first week according to Nielsen SoundScan...
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Billboard honoring Nicki Minaj as rising star

By theGrio

9:05 AM on 11/23/2011

NEW YORK (AP) - Nicki Minaj will have another moment to savor from her super year: Billboard is honoring her as its rising star of 2011...
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Does Rihanna belong in Billboard's elite class?

By Mychal Denzel Smith

9:51 AM on 11/03/2011

OPINION - She could have just as easily been one of those here today gone tomorrow types, but she has played the game better than all the others and won handsomely...
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Rihanna makes history, passes Janet Jackson and Stevie Wonder with 11th No. 1 hit

By theGrio

2:15 PM on 11/02/2011

Rihanna is just the seventh artist in the Hot 100's 53-year history to tally at least 11 leaders, joining the Beatles (20), Mariah Carey (18), Michael Jackson (13), Madonna (12), the Supremes (12) and Whitney Houston (11)...
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Chinese billboard depicts black 'Sambo'

By Jonathan Levitt

8:55 AM on 10/05/2011

OPINION - A Chinese district in Beijing posts a billboard depicting a black "sambo" image, promoting an age-old African-American stereotype...
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Michael Jackson's 'Immortal' won't be his last album, says estate

By theGrio

12:37 PM on 10/04/2011

Billboard.com - 'Immortal' is actually the soundtrack for the new Cirque du Soleil show, 'The Immortal World Tour,' which debuted on Sunday...
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Billboard shows 'baby Obama' crying, wearing diaper

By theGrio

1:39 PM on 09/30/2011

The signs, which have sprung up on the property of Timothy Reily, depict the president as a puppet of George Soros, a school dunce - and as a baby...
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Adele's 'Someone Like You' is the first ballad in three years to top the Hot 100 -- or is it?

By theGrio

4:09 PM on 09/14/2011

Adele's success is certainly refreshing, and she continues to rack up accolades and records -- in fact, she has a handful of new entries in the latest Guinness Book of World Records)....
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'Watch the Throne' breaks Coldplay's first week sales record, debuts at No. 1

By theGrio

4:46 PM on 08/17/2011

The twosome's collection, one that West refers to as "luxury rap," broke Coldplay's iTunes first-week sales record, moving almost 290,000 digital copies...
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Katy Perry ties Michael Jackson record on Billboard

By theGrio

11:49 AM on 08/17/2011

NEW YORK (AP) - Jackson spent a total of seven weeks at the top with his "Bad" songs; Perry has been at the top perch now for a cumulative 18 weeks...
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Can Katy Perry top the King of Pop?

By Kia Miakka Natisse

8:35 AM on 07/08/2011

OPINION - Is she really that good, or has our collective musical taste become really that bad?
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Beyoncé swoops in at #1 with over 313,000 '4' albums sold

By theGrio

11:55 AM on 07/06/2011

Beyonce Knowles still topped the charts for her first week album sales, despite controversial reviews either loving her album 4, or completely hating it...
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New Atlanta billboard campaign ties abortion to slavery

By theGrio

2:06 PM on 06/21/2011

The 50 billboards feature the slogan, "The 13th Amendment Freed Us. Abortion Enslaves Us."...
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Girl's mom sues over anti-abortion billboard

By theGrio

10:56 AM on 04/27/2011

NEW YORK (AP) - A New Jersey mother is suing an anti-abortion organization that used her 6-year-old daughter's image on a massive billboard in New York City...
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Rihanna's 'S&M' hits No. 1 on the Billboard hot 100 singles chart

By theGrio

1:24 PM on 04/21/2011

Rihanna's "S&M" whips past Katy Perry's "E.T." to claim the top spot this week on the Billboard hot 100 singles chart...
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