Before Beyonce stole the spotlight by flaunting her post-baby body for the photographers, Jay-Z was busy making history as the first rapper to headline a concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City last evening. Joined by special guests Alicia Keys and Nas, the Hip-Hop icon performed several of his biggest hits while backed by [...]
Did you know that Jay-Z has yet to score a #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 without the assistance of featured act?
If you have been observing the Billboard charts during the last year then might have concluded that Adele has never truly left the summits of the listings; she simply took breaks. As such, it was completely unsurprising when the singer topped the Billboard Hot 100 this week and effectively ousted Rihanna.
Many people related Ashanti’s career decline to Beyonce’s breakthrough as a solo artist so it was quite amusing to see the former spending quality time with the her counterpart’s husband, Jay-Z. Ashanti got close to the rapper in New York City last evening at the reopening of his 40/40 Club. Could a collaboration involving the pair be in [...]
Two major achievements were logged in the Billboard history books this week but they occurred on two completely different charts by two extremely dissimilar artists. Rihanna and Adele have both made history in their individual ways on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard 200, respectively.
After Beyonce gave birth to her first child, Blue Ivy Carter, just a few days ago, Jay-Z quickly released a new song that featured his daughter’s cooing voice. As expected, the tune, entitled ‘Glory’, has already developed into a hit and logged the youngest member of the Carter clan’s name into the history books.
Just when it seemed that Americans finally had enough of Rihanna’s ‘We Found Love’, the tune has returned to the top of the Billboard Hot 100. After losing its grip of the peak position to LMFAO’s ‘Sexy & I Know It’, the track has rebounded to the summit of the chart and extended its reign [...]
Rihanna’s ‘You Da One’ didn’t match the record-breaking impact of ‘We Found Love’ so she is prepared to try again. The Barbadian has announced the next release from her ‘Talk That Talk’ album and this time she will have the assistance of her mentor Jay-Z in her mission to score her 12th #1 song on [...]
Beyonce first announced her pregnancy to media at the 2011 MTV VMA and now things have come full circle with an official press release regarding the birth of her daughter, Blue Ivy Carter. In a joint statement with Jay-Z, the couple made sure to emphasise the point that their baby was delivered naturally and not via C-section [...]
Jay-Z and Beyonce welcomed their daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, into the world barely 36 hours ago and they have already launched the child’s entertainment career. In fact, Jay-Z has released a tune entitled ‘Glory’ to celebrate the baby’s arrival that includes vocal contributions from Blue Ivy herself.