By J. Kim Murphy
04.04.2020 - 00:07 / billboard.com
Detroit-based hip-hop/trap artist Sada Baby (real name: Casada Sorrell) debuts at No. 20 on Billboard's Emerging Artists chart (dated April 4), thanks to his new LP Skuba Sada 2, which arrives at No.
1 on Heatseekers Albums, No. 22 on Top Album Sales and No.
125 on the Billboard 200. The set, released via Asylum Records, starts with 7,000 equivalent album units (3,000 copies sold), according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.Sada Baby sports one previous entry on Billboard's charts: His track "Bloxk
.By J. Kim Murphy
Beyonce made a major announcement this morning.
Brooklyn rapper Saint Jhn rises to No. 1 on Billboard's Emerging Artists chart (dated April 25), becoming the top emerging act in the U.S. for the first time thanks to his breakthrough single "Roses (Imanbek Remix)." The track takes over at No. 1 on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart and hits a n
A daughter of two first responders in Detroit has died after contracting the coronavirus.
She’s here! Jill Wagner has given birth to her and husband David Lemanowicz’s first child, a baby girl.
By Jem Aswad
Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Sasha Sloan (real name: Alexandra Yatchenko) debuts at No. 29 on Billboard's Emerging Artists chart (dated April 18), thanks to her single "I'll Wait," with Kygo. The collab debuts at No. 5 on the Hot Dance/Ele
Sada Baby is as bored as the rest of us. Just like everyone else, the recent chart-topper of Billboard’s Heatseekers tally and architect of Skuba Sada 2 ― a recently released odds-and-ends collection better than most commercial hip-hop releases―is locked down too.
Many gambling stories end in nightmares, but rolling the dice may have saved 42 Dugg's life. After starting to rap while behind bars in 2015, Dugg began to take his rhyming career more seriously upon regaining his freedom in 2017. And he quickly caught the ear of rising star Lil Baby.
Baby Smoove has become one of the breakout stars of Detroit’s underground rap scene. On today’s episode of Verified, which premiered exclusively on Apple Music, Baby Smoove breaks down “Akorn,” the ode to lean that put him on the map.
Ingrid Andress ascends to No. 1 on Billboard's Emerging Artists chart (dated April 11), becoming the top emerging act in the U.S.
Al Kaline, also known as Mr. Tiger, has sadly died at the age of 85.
By Michael Cieply
New York authorities rushed to bring in an army of medical volunteers Wednesday as the statewide death toll from the coronavirus doubled in three days to more than 1,900 and the wail of ambulances in the otherwise eerily quiet streets of the city became the heartbreaking soundtrack of the crisis.
JoJo has rescheduled her Spring tour dates that would have kicked off on April in Washington. In support of her upcoming album good to know, the pop star will now launch her 2020 U.S. dates on Nov. 1 at the Showbox in Seattle.
Metalcore band Code Orange debuts at No. 2 on Billboard's Emerging Artists chart (dated March 28), thanks to the group's fourth LP Underneath. The set, released via Roadrunner Records, debut
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Regents at the University of Michigan are expected to consider a recommendation from its president that the school fire an opera singer and tenured professor facing sexual assault charges.