Meek Mill‘s newly released “Monster” and “B Boy” (featuring Big Sean and A$AP Ferg) debuted on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart this week. “Monster” entered the chart in the Number 30 position, and “B Boy” is currently Number 39 on the chart. “Monster” sold 32,000 digital copies, while “B Boy” managed to sell 28,000 copies. Mill’s Number 30 debut is the rapper’s highest entry on the music charts. Both records are expected to be on the rapper’s upcoming studio album, which is supposed to drop this year.
Meek Mill’s Maybach Music Group labelmate, Wale, also entered the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart with a new song. Wale’s “The Matrimony” featuring Usher, debuted on the chart at Number 41 (after selling 19,000 digital downloads). The song also made an impact on the Rap Airplay chart. After accumulating 5.9 million audience impressions on radio, “The Matrimony” entered the rap chart at Number 20. The record will be featured on Wale’s The Album About Nothing, which is coming out on March 31st.
Kanye West just landed his 22nd Top 10 song on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart, with the arrival of his “All Day” record. “All Day” (featuring Theophilus London, Paul McCartney, and Allan Kingdom) debuted at Number 6 on the chart, after selling 140,000 downloads. His digital download sales helped put the rapper at the top of the Rap Digital Songs chart as well, which is West’s first Number 1 debut on the digital chart. West first performed “All Day” at the Brit Awards, and he just premiered the music video during Paris Fashion Week. The record managed to generate 1.9 million streams, with a majority of those streams tracked from Spotify.
“All Day” received 11.8 million audience impressions on radio, and those impressions helped the song reach Number 14 on the Radio AirPlay chart, too. West also has the Number 1 record on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart, with his “FourFiveSeconds” (along with Rihanna and Paul McCartney) song. “All Day” and “FourFiveSeconds” are expected to be on the rapper’s upcoming So Help Me God album. Pop singer Madonna just revealed she and West co-wrote a song that is expected to be on the new album, too. Kanye West has not announced the release date for So Help Me God.
FDRMX Eyes: From Spain comes a duo called Karate Dancer. The Ecuador-based band has released their music video entitled “Main Roads,” which features a mesmerizing electronic track.
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