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Earlier this month, Drake turned a long-teased album drop into a three album bonanza, releasing the new LPs Iceman, Habibti, and Maid of Honour at once on May 15. Now, Billboard reports that he has become the first artist to hold the No. 1, 2, and 3 spots on its Billboard 200 chart in the same week since it began publishing on a consistent weekly schedule in 1956.The feat does, in a sense, arrive on the back of a technicality. In 2009, Michael Jackson—whose iconic bejeweled glove Drake wears on his Iceman cover—should have occupied the top three spots on…
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The centre-right Democratic Rally has secured first place in Cyprus’s parliamentary election, winning 27.2% of the vote and capturing seventeen seats in the legislature. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Final results confirm that the left-wing AKEL finished in second place, taking 23.9% of the ballots to secure 16 seats. Beyond the traditional duopoly, the far-right ELAM achieved a historic breakthrough by moving up to third place overall, winning 10.9% of the vote and claiming eight seats. The centrist Democratic Party finished in fourth place with exactly 10%, earning them also 8 seats. The election also confirmed a significant wave of anti-establishment sentiment across…
Ben Chapman rang in 2025 the same way a lot of grind-it-out songwriters did: By throwing a rager at his Nashville home. Chapman and his girlfriend at the time, Meg McRee, welcomed friends into their home, counted down to a midnight toast, and made resolutions like “Give zero fucks for the next year.” Two days later, McRee told him she wasn’t feeling well. She took a pregnancy test. “It lit up like a Christmas tree,” Chapman tells Rolling Stone. The shock for Chapman and McRee quickly turned into a life-changing year. They were married in the spring. In September, they…
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If you’re a fan of either of the two superpowers knocking each other silly with haymakers in the Western Conference finals this week, I have good news and bad news.The good news: Even in our current era of aprons and free agency and whatnot, your team is built to stay this good for a very, very long time.The bad news: So is your rival just across the state border.And if you’re a fan of any of the 13 West teams that aren’t the San Antonio Spurs or Oklahoma Thunder, well … I have bad news and bad news.The bad news…
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Thousands of demonstrators marched through central Madrid calling on Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to resign over corruption allegations involving members of his political circle. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Video showed large crowds carrying Spanish flags and chanting slogans against the socialist leader as they moved through the streets of the capital. Organisers claimed around 120,000 people attended the rally, while government officials estimated the turnout at closer to 40,000. The protest comes amid mounting political pressure on Sánchez and growing tensions between Spain’s government and opposition parties over several ongoing corruption investigations.
Drake takes over the top of the Billboard 200 albums chart as his three new albums, ICEMAN, HABIBTI and MAID OF HONOUR, debut at Nos. 1, 2 and 3, respectively, on the chart dated May 30. All three albums were released on Friday, May 15. It’s the first time that an artist has held the top three on the Billboard 200 concurrently since it began publishing on a regular, weekly basis in March 1956. ICEMAN also yields Drake his 15th No. 1 album, pushing him ahead of Jay-Z for the most No. 1s among solo men and R&B/hip-hop artists, and…
Caleb Shomo, the frontman of Columbus, Ohio metal band Beartooth, has come out as a “proudly gay man” after “a decade burying feelings with alcohol.” The singer and multi-instrumentalist made the announcement on his social media, writing, “There’s been a lot of speculation surrounding my personal life as of late and I feel compelled to set the record straight before it affects those I love any further. I am a proudly gay man.” Shomo continued, “This is something I’ve been unpacking and reckoning with in my life for quite some time now. It’s been difficult to navigate the feelings surrounding…