Billboard Chart

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  BTS Becomes The First K-Pop Band To Top Billboard Charts, Courtesy Dynamite

  Three of BTS' albums have hit number one on Billboard's album charts, but this is their first Hot 100 top single

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  XXXTentacion Does What David Bowie And Prince Didn't - Tops Charts Posthumously

  XXXTentacion's SAD skyrocketed to the top of the Billboard Hot 100

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  Kanye West Announces Major North America Tour

  Kanye made history earlier this year when The Life of Pablo became the first album to debut at the top of the Billboard 200 album chart based exclusively on streaming -- the seventh number one album for the enigmatic music star

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  David Bowie's Blackstar Poised to Be His First Number 1 Album in USA

  Billboard, which will publish the benchmark US chart this weekend, said that Blackstar was expected to easily outsell ballad singer Adele's blockbuster 25, which has spent seven weeks at number one. i>Blackstar was the top-selling album on iTunes in all major developed countries on Monday

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  Spotify Foe Swift at Number 1 on US Streaming-Backed Chart

  Swift benefited from another change as part of the Billboard 200's revamp - digital downloads of songs, with 10 purchases equivalent to one album sale.

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  Taylor Swift Named Billboard Woman of the Year 2014

  Taylor Swift has charted 60 entries on the Billboard Hot 100 - the most by any female artist- since her debut in 2006

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  Psy relieved not to be a one-hit wonder

  Psy, whose recently released follow-up track Gentleman to hit number Gangnam Style is topping the chart numbers as well, is relieved to have escaped from being a one-hit wonder.

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  Lil Wayne beats Elvis Presley as artist with most charting hits

  Rapper Lil Wayne has taken over the title of the artist with the most Billboard Hot 100 hits from King of Rock and Roll Elvis Presley by entering his 109th single.

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  Olivia Newton-John's Physical voted sexiest song

  Singer Olivia Newton-John's 1982 track Physical has been voted sexiest song of all time in a poll.

• Beyonce's baby is the youngest ever on Billboard Hot 100

  Singer Beyonce and Jay Z's baby girl is making pop chart history after becoming the youngest ever to be credited on a Billboard Hot 100 hit.

• Amy Winehouse's album back on Billboard 200

  Late British singer Amy Winehouse's album Back To Black has re-entered the Billboard 200 US music chart at ninth place.

• Amazon's Gamble Gives Lady Gaga 1M In Album Sales

  Lady Gaga sold more than 1.1 million copies of her new album Born This Way and set a digital sales record last week - with an assist from Amazon.com.