Industry News

Eagles Dethrone Michael Jackson’s Thriller for Best-Selling Album of All Time

Music20.08.2018

Eagles picture by John Shearer/WireImage; Michael Jackson picture by John Paschal/DMI/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Eagles’ album Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) has retaken the spot of best-selling album of all time within the United States, passing Michael Jackson’s Thriller. According to the Recorded Industry Association of America, the 1976 compilation has been licensed 38x platinum...

Travis Scott’s Astroworld Goes No. 1, Unseats Drake

Music12.08.2018

Travis Scott (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Turner Sports) Travis Scott’s new report Astroworld is now the No. 1 album, Billboard reports. He’s dethroned Drake’s five-week run atop the Billboard 200 albums chart with the record-breaking Scorpion. It was the second-largest opening week for an album this yr after Scorpion, shifting 537,000 items (270,000 in conventional...