1. Lil Durk ties his peak with
The Voice and for his entire catalog to date by leaping back to No. 2 on the Billboard 200 this week. Perhaps more impressively, the album has been in the chart s top six all six weeks of its release. How has he been able to maintain such high-level performance with the set?
Josh Glicksman: Durk has stayed in the spotlight for the past several months, be it his Drake feature and subsequent Grammy nominations back-and-forth jabs with Tekashi 6ix9ine or Kanye-themed music video. But beyond all of that, his non-Voice collaborations have both grown his fan base and given current followers continual reasons to return to his catalog. Since November, he’s worked with Pooh Shiesty (“Back in Blood”), French Montana (“Brothers”) and Kehlani (“Love You Too”). And though he’s reaching new commercial heights, don’t discount his prior pull:
1501 Certified Entertainment rapper Erica Banks has earned her first Billboard chart-topping appearance off the strength of her viral hit-single "Buss It."