Playboi Carti Dethrones Taylor Swift at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart

US boyband Why Don’t We score this week’s highest new entry on the Official Irish Albums Chart with The Good Times and The Bad Ones.

Olivia Rodrigo drifts in at Number 1 for a second week on the Official Irish Singles Chart with Drivers License.

Cardi B has reacted to Olivia Rodrigo‘s smash-hit ‘Drivers License’, revealing that she doesn’t have a licence herself.In response, Rodrigo has now offered to drive Cardi around wherever she pleases.

Morgan Wallen is No. 1!

Spike Lee says his wife Tonya Lewis Lee deserves “all the credit” for bringing up their two children. The 63-year-old filmmaker heaped praise on his “beautiful” spouse for raising Satchel, 26, and Jackson, 24, while he was often away making movies.

Philip J. Smith, who as the longtime chairman of Broadway’s Shubert Organization was one of the most influential and powerful forces in American theater, died today in New York City of complications of Covid-19. He was 89.

ARTIST NEWSLady Gaga has been booked to perform the US National Anthem at Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration next week, according to Variety. Her performance of it at the Super Bowl four years ago was deemed to be very good, so she should be a safe pair of hands.Cardi B has been cast in a leading role in new comedy film ‘Assisted Living’, according to Variety.Bugzy Malone has joined the cast of Guy Ritchie’s next as-yet-untitled movie.

Sarah Paulson is celebrating girlfriend Holland Taylor’s 78th birthday.

Holland Taylor is getting love from Sarah Paulson on her big day!

Corey Taylor has spoken about his plans for 2021, including a solo tour, shows with Slipknot, a movie and more.The Slipknot frontman released his debut solo album ‘CMFT’ in October last year but has not been able to tour it so far due to the coronavirus pandemic.Speaking to Kerrang!, Taylor said he was “looking at almost a two-to-three-week tour in the spring with CMFT” in the US, before heading back out on the road with his other band.

Antonio Sabato Sr., actor and father to fellow actor Antonio Sabato Jr., has died at age 77 due to complications related to the coronavirus. News of the actor’s death was confirmed by his son with an Instagram post showing a collage of photos of his late dad.

Eli Countryman Antonio Sabáto Sr., an Italian American actor known for his roles in “Grand Prix” and “Escape From the Bronx,” died this week due to COVID-19 complications. He was 77.The news of Sabáto’s death was confirmed in a tweet by his son, actor and model Antonio Sabáto Jr., who also posted an old family photo.

In the UK, it was God save the Queen – and the Duke of Edinburgh. Both have been given the Covid-19 vaccination, according to Buckingham Palace.

Taylor Swift has become the first artist ever to have the top-selling album of the year five times in the US since data tracking first began in 1992.The news comes as the singer’s ‘Folklore’ LP has finished as the top-selling album of 2020 in the US.