LEMONADE

With six new releases taking up the top eleven spots on the Billboard 200, most hip hop records took a tumble on the charts this week.

Despite three new albums occupying the top three spots, our hip hop faithful showed up strong on the Billboard charts this week.

Beyoncé threw a pretty incredible 35th birthday party over the weekend, and while she was scheduled to head back to the touring grind this Wednesday, she'll have a little more time off at the request of her doctor. Bey's September 7th show at

If you're a Beyonce fan, you've already seen the "Hold Up" video a million times by now, but seeing that Bey has released the track as her new single from LEMONADE, she's also taken the video out of its stronghold within the short film on Tidal.

The 2016 VMAs are in the books. Rihanna, Beyonce, Future, Nicki Minaj, and a host of others took the stage at Madison Square Garden to rock the crowd with a series of blockbuster performances.

UPDATE: Beyonce took the stage and stole the show with an incredible live interpretation of her visual album Lemonade. Relive the awe-inspiring 15-minute performance below. 

Drake is once again at the #1 spot with his fourth studio album VIEWS. The record continues to thrive, and although "Once Dance" was bumped from the #1 spot, he doesn't seem to show any signs of slowing down soon.

MTV has announced the nominees for the 2016 Video Music Awards. Beyonce earned a whopping 11 nominations.

It's a pretty good week for rap artists on the Billboard charts.

UK singer and electronic music virtuoso James Blake has become a household name in the hip-hop world as he has made fans out of stars like Kanye West and Chance the Rapper.

Drake spent nine weeks at #1 before being dethroned, this time around, by Blink-182, whose record California now holds the top spot. R&B superstar Maxwell debuts at the #3 spot with blackSUMMERS'night, his first record since '09.

Almost every release listed below actually moved up on Billboard 200 this past week, an impressive statistic that bodes well for the likes of Bryson Tiller and Kanye West, who both jumped up at least 15 spots over the 4th of July weekend.

Not long after Beyonce's politically-charged video for "Formation" hit VEVO, the official writing credits were released, revealing that Rae Sremmurd hook-master Swae Lee had contributed to the record.

While Drake's VIEWS remains unmoved from the #1 spot (sorry YG), there were still a few switch-ups this week with hip hop albums on the Billboard 200.

One of the most talked about records off Beyonce's highly talked about (in general) album was "Sorry." This was the record with the infamous "Becky with the good hair" line, that spiraled into various theories as to who "Becky" might be (among names tossed aro

It's a good week for hip hop records that have all-caps titles. VIEWS, LEMONADE, ANTI, and ISLAH hold down the top four spots in our feature, and each of the releases fall within the top 20 spots on Billboard's 200 chart.

While Beyonce celebrates her Lemonade album going platinum tonight, her camp & lawyers are now having to take on a new lawsuit stemming from the album’s trailer.

Once again, Drake snags the #1 spot this week with VIEWS, his fourth studio album that continues to beat out the competition. Beyonce moves into #3 after an appearance at #4 last week (it should be noted that she also just went Platinum with Lemonade, alo

Shortly after unveiling their monthly report of gold and platinum certifications, the RIAA has confirmed that Beyonce's 6th studio album has achieved platinum status.

TIDAL's only prayer at keeping pace Spotify and Apple Music appears to be their exclusive releases.

In news that should surprise no one, Drake's latest album, VIEWS, has made its debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

The BeyHive immediately swarmed Rachel Roy, a fashion designer and the ex-wife of Dame Dash, after Beyonce came out with Lemonade.

It's a wild week in the Billboard charts, mostly because the Prince posthumous fever didn't die down a bit. In fact, it went even crazier, landing the late artist five releases in the top 10!

Beyonce's LEMONADE did not cast her husband Jay Z in a particularly positive light.

Beyonce's impressive first-week sales for her new album were just revealed, and Billboard has now confirmed that Lemonade will make its debut at No. 1 on this week's Billboard 200 chart.

After breaking the internet with the release of LEMONADE, Beyoncé has been taking her new songs to the stage on the FORMATION World Tour, but unfortunately, one city will have to wait a little longer than planned to see the Queen Bey.The singer's Nashvi

Writer and former music video vixen Karrine Steffans has received a great deal of fame in the hip-hop world, for her role in music videos as well as her liaisons with certain rap superstars, including Lil Wayne, with whom she had a lengthy and dramatic relatio

Quentin Miller's infamous reference tracks for Drake and PartyNextDoor's slightly less infamous reference track for Rihanna have offered fascinating insight into the relationship between songwriters and the stars who bring their songs into the public