Lil Wayne Achieves Fifth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Funeral'

Monsta X makes its Billboard 200 albums chart debut, as the six member South Korean group arrives at No. 5 with All About Luv.The set, which is the act’s first all-English language album, launches with 52,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S.

Justin Bieber scores his seventh No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as Changes debuts atop the tally.

Chance the Rapper headlined the 2020 NBA All-Star Game half-time show on Sunday as the annual event arrived in his hometown of Chicago. Chance was joined on stage by Lil Wayne, DJ Khaled, and Quavo.

Chance the Rapper performed at the halftime show for the 2020 NBA All-Star Game in his home town of Chicago tonight (February 16). During his set, Chance was joined by Lil Wayne for a rendition of the Coloring Book hit “No Problem.” Later in the performance, Quavo and DJ Khaled hopped onstage to sing “I’m the One.” Chance was supported by backup singers as well as a marching band and color guard dancers.

Justin Bieber is on course for his seventh No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as industry forecasters suggest his latest effort, Changes, should bow atop next week’s tally (dated Feb.

The NBA today announced that Jennifer Hudson will perform a special tribute to the late Kobe Bryant at the All-Star Game on Sunday at Chicago’s United Center. 
The tribute will also honor Bryant’s daughter Gianna and seven others who died with them in a helicopter crash on Feb. 26.

With no advance singles and barely any advance notice, Lil Wayne has released a new album -- and now it's the No. 1 album in the country. This statement was true in late 2018 following the much-anticipated drop of his Tha Carter V album, and it's true once again this week after the debut of his Funeral atop the Billboard 200. 

First-week numbers for “The Masked Singer’s” robot have been unmasked. Lil Wayne’s “Funeral” debuted atop the Rolling Stone albums chart with 138,000 album units tallied.

Lil’ Wayne’s newest release, “Funeral,” has been officially named number one on the Billboard 200 Chart. Today (Feb 9th), Billboard announced the industry vet has just landed his fifth number one album.

Lil Wayne is back with his long-delayed album, Funeral—and it just debuted at the top of the Billboard 200. The New Orleans rapper notches his fifth No. 1 on the albums chart with 139,000 album-equivalent units. Billboard reports that the Young Money/Republic Records drop also marks his “12th top 10 effort.”

Lil Wayne performed his song “Dreams” on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with some assistance from the Roots. Check it out below.

TSR We Global: Lil Wayne is a man of many surprises this week. We got new music, he stepped out with his new fiancee, he was one of the contestants on “The Masked Singer,” and now he’s dropped a revelation about his roots.

Lil Wayne made heads turn Sunday night during the post-Super Bowl season 3 premiere of Fox's The Masked Singer when he took off the Robot head and revealed his identity in the first elimination of the season. And since it started last year, the show has thrived off its head-turning unmasking moments.

Lil Wayne is on course to land his fifth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with his new release, Funeral.

Tonight immediately following the 2020 Super Bowl, the new season of The Masked Singer premiered on Fox. One contestant called the Robot came out and sang the Lenny Kravitz song “Are You Gonna Go My Way.” The judges guessed that it might be Shaun White, Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Flavor Flav, or Floyd Mayweather. It was Lil Wayne. Once unmasked, Wayne explained that he picked the Robot costume because he thought his kids would like that character the best. Watch his performance below.

Lil Wayne is back with his long-awaited LP, Funeral. In the middle of promotions, he just took on a lightning round on Revolt TV’s Drink Champs—and it turns out the influential rapper is unfamiliar with some of the biggest names in hip-hop right now.

Fans have long been awaiting Lil Wayne's new LP, but there's one special piece no one would have expected to see even one week ago: a nod to the late Kobe Bryant.

Lil Wayne spent years working on his new album Funeral, but after the tragic death of Kobe Bryant, the rapper made a last-minute addition to the eighth track, “Bing James”. The 37-year-old honored the Los Angeles Lakers legend with a 24-second moment of silence, a nod to the jersey worn by Kobe throughout his legendary 20-year career.

As a diehard Los Angeles Lakers fan, the loss of Kobe Bryant has left a hole in Lil Wayne's heart. It looks like Weezy honored the late five-time NBA champion in multiple ways on his Funeral album, which dropped Friday (Jan. 31).