The Heatseekers Albums chart ranks the most-popular albums of the week by new or developing acts, defined as those who have never appeared on the top 100 of the Billboard 200 or the top 10 of the ...

THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR RAP ALBUMS, BASED ON MULTIMETRIC CONSUMPTION, BLENDING TRADITIONAL ALBUM SALES, STREAMING-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS AND TRACK-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE. Future ...

Here is your 2024 hard rock + metal album release calendar. With so many new metal and hard rock albums being released each week, it can be difficult to keep up. We’re making things a lot easier ...

There are few bigger musical cliches than the “difficult second album”. Following up a brilliant debut can often be tricky. But not always: the best second albums are, in some cases ...

For Green Day, now 30 years past its breakthrough third album “Dookie,” the answer is clear. The group, which brought its Saviors Tour to Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium last night, mapped the ...

Their shows became must-see events for me over my years in Athens, OH, especially as the lineup evolved and their albums became more and more ambitious. Releases like 2005’s Coming To Terms With ...

Sacramento drummer Alex Jenkins was so inspired by both these classic recordings, he decided to explore recording several albums in this same sparse format. “In leading his own groups ...

Here are the best death metal albums of 2024 so far. Undeniably, we are living in one of the best eras of death metal in its nearly 40-year history. The latest class is cementing their status as ...

Nashville artist BabyJake's new album "Beautiful Blue Collar Boy" shows, yet again, he is so much more than just the artist behind the viral "Cigarettes on Patios." The Florida-born alternative ...

Douglas, a member of Alison Krauss and Union Station since 1998 and a recording artist, band leader, producer and composer, will be adding to his collection of 12 solo albums, two with the Jerry ...

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So, as a way to help keep up with all of it, here’s a roundup of the 7 rap albums from August 2024 that stood out to us most. We also probably still missed or haven’t spent enough time with ...