Billboard
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- Heavy Is the Crown Gives .Paak and Cordae Their First Rap No. 1
Anderson .Paak and Cordae's Heavy Is the Crown opened at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Rap Albums chart dated Nov 7, 2026 with 30,000 units, a first chart-topper there for both. Sales made up 19,000 of those units.
- Billboard Changes Its Streaming Math and YouTube Returns in 2027
Starting with the Billboard 200 dated Jan 16, 2027, one album unit will equal 1,500 ad-supported streams instead of 2,500. YouTube said the same day it will bring its data back to Billboard's charts after a year away.
- EsDeeKid Is Moving Units Without Moving Culture
Nineteen million monthly listeners and a debut that charted in nine countries. EsDeeKid has the numbers. What he does not have is a reason those numbers should matter beyond this fiscal quarter.