#BBB NEWS| Kanye West Passes Michael Jackson’s Top 40 Chart Achievement

Kudos are in order for Mr. West. Kanye West’s 40th song on the Billboard Top 40 song chart—the Schoolboy Q song “That Part,” in which he is featured on—puts the rapper on the top ten list of male artists with the most songs on the Top 40 chart in history.

With this new achievement, he is one Top 40 hit ahead of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, who had 39 by the time he passed away.

Yeezy is not the only male musician from the 2000s and beyond who have accomplished this feat. Lil Wayne has the second highest number of Top 40 entries, right behind Elvis Presley. Drake is in 4th place as of now, while Jay Z and Chris Brown also make the list in 6th and 8th place, respectively.

With an alleged joint album between him and Drake, it looks like Kanye and Drizzy will have more entries on the Billboard chart to catapult them further on the list.

Take a look at the top 10 below.

#BBB NEWS| READ: Missy Elliott Delivers Emotional Acceptance Speech After Winning Innovator Award At Billboard’s Women In Music Event

Last night (Dec. 18), Missy Elliott accepted the Innovator Award at Billboard’s Women In Music 2015 event and things got real…emotional.

With frequent collaborator Ciara by her side, the Grammy award winning rapper rattled off a lengthy acceptance speech that was heart-touching and times and laugh inducing at others. At one point, Elliott tears up while talking about her journey.

After a 10 year hiatus, partially due to Graves’ disease which she suffers from, the Virginia native started showing signs of musical life earlier this year. She recently started doing shows with frequency and has released the new single “WTF” with an album that might drop next year.

Read her full heartfelt speech below:

#BBB NEWS| Missy Elliott Graces The Cover Of Billboard; And Talks Her Comeback [PHOTOS]

Missy “The Misdemeanor” Elliott is back and she’s better than ever. As she makes her rounds on the hype off of her latest hit “WTF” featuring Pharrell, the multitalented artist dishes on her comeback after taking herself out of the game especially following a Graves disease diagnosis in 2008.

In Billboard’s newest issue (Nov. 28), the legend answers all questions that many were wondering leading up to her comeback.

“People hadn’t realized that I haven’t just been an artist,” Elliott expresses. “I’ve been a writer and a producer for other artists. When you’re writing that much, your brain is like a computer. You have refresh it.”

So even when you didn’t see Missy out in public, she was still in the booth readying up new material for when this day came to be welcomed with open arms with her eclectic style and music.

#BBB NEWS| Snoop Dogg And Ghostface Killah React To Billboard’s ’10 Greatest Rappers’ List [PHOTOS]

Billboard looked at the best of the best in hip hop and narrowed down some of the greatest rappers in a top ten list that was released last week. Some obvious picks made the list while others, on the other hand, didn’t quite make the cut.

Though some didn’t find their name on the list, it didn’t stop them from voicing their frustration on some names that (dead or alive) should’ve made it.

Snoop Dogg was a prime example of pointing out exactly who he thought was missing from the “10 Greatest Rappers” roll call.

#BBB NEWS| The Weeknd’s Album ‘Beauty Behind The Madness’ Debuts At Number 1 On Billboard 200 Chart!

Congratulations are in order for The Weeknd. His album “Beauty Behind The Madness” hit the top spot on the Billboard 200 chart.

Find out how many albums he sold after the jump!

#BBB NEWS| Thanks To The ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Movie, N.W.A. Has Their First Top-40 Hit On Billboard Hot 100 Chart [PHOTOS/VIDEO]

The N.W.A. bio pic 'Straight Outta Compton' has not only been shattering records in the box office but is also the cause of records being broken on the Billboard charts.

For the first time in N.W.A history, the self-proclaimed “World’s Most Dangerous Group” has reached a Top 100 Billboard chart spot. Following the success of the Straight Outta Compton biopic, the group’s 1988 hit, which shares the same name, hit No.38 as a Hot Shot Debut on the Billboard charts.

Hit the jump for more details..

#BBB NEWS| Kendrick Lamar Interviews N.W.A. For Billboard’s Latest Cover Story [PHOTOS]

If you’re looking for life this morning, here it is; Compton, old and new. In their recent cover story, Billboard called on Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar to sit down with Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, MC Ren and DJ Yella. #DOPE.

Although he was somewhat star-struck, K. Dot was able to discuss with N.W.A., the highs and lows of hip-hop, music as an art, the group’s favorite artists – of course Kendrick himself was on that list, but MC Ren is also feeling Pusha T – as well as how N.W.A. changed the history of the rap game.

Hit the jump for more details and see photos..

#BBB NEWS| Jay Z Pops Ace of Spades & Celebrates With Meek Mill For #1 Album! [PHOTOS]

Meek Mill’s Dreams Worth More Than Money topped the charts this week, selling 246k units since it was released last Sunday night.

The album marks his first-ever number one, has 2012 debut, Dreams & Nightmares, peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200 in the fall of 2012.

In celebration, Meek’s Roc Nation boss Jay Z (Meek is signed to the Roc for management) linked up with him, and popped some bottles of Ace of Spades champagne to toast to the good life!

Check out the pics below.. Congrats, Meek!

#BBB NEWS| Billboard’s ‘Money-Makers’ List Include Jay Z, Eminem And Drake! Check Out The Full List

Billboard magazine just released their Money-Makers List: Music’s Top Earners of 2014. It’s different than the more famous Forbes list in that Billboard only takes into account four revenue sources: sales, streaming, publishing and touring.

Which is why Dr. Dre — and his Beats Audio sale — can top Forbes’ list, but he doesn’t even make Billboard’s.

Overall, the list is another example that 2014 was a down year for Hip Hop. Only Jay Z (ninth place) Eminem (20th) and Drake (21st) made the top 40. (Hov’s wife Beyonce came in a few spots behind him at 12th.)

Check Out Billboard’s 25 biggest earners of 2014 below..

#BBB NEWS| Billboard’s Top 10 Album Sales, Week Ending 4/12/15 … Furious 7 Soundtrack Races To #1

Currently on its fourth week in stores, the Furious 7 soundtrack has sped up to number one on the Billboard 200 this week, moving another 111,000 units.

The project is being fueled by the mega success of its lead single – Wiz Khalifa’s “See You Again” with Charlie Puth. The song plays during the final scene in the movie, and sold 464,000 downloads for the past week. Wiz also recently premiered the video, as well as performed it on NBC’s The Voice, both of which also helped immensely.

Elsewhere on the chart, Kendrick and Drake still remain comfortably in the top 10. Meanwhile, last week’s number one album, Wale’s The Album About Nothing, falls to number 11 in its second week with 33,000 units sold.

Check out the full top 10 below!

#BBB NEWS| Billboard’s Top 10 Album Sales, Week Ending 3/29/15 … Congrats To Action Bronson On A #7 Debut!

For the second week in a row, Kendrick Lamar is sitting on top of the Billboard 200 with 'To Pimp A Butterfly'. The album moved another 123k units (SPS,) with 107,000 of that number being physical sales.

Elsewhere on the chart, Action Bronson debuted at number 7 with Mr. Wonderful, moving 49,000 units in its first week out. Congrats!

Get the full top 10 list on the Billboard 200 below..

#BBB NEWS| Jay Z Clears Up A Few Things About TIDAL With ‘Billboard’

Jay Z has recently made a huge investment on his purchase of Aspiro— the company that owns music streaming services TIDAL and WiMP—for a hefty $56 million.

Essentially, Hov is pushing TIDAL forward. During a press conference held yesterday (March 30), it was revealed that some of music’s elite are also partnering with Jay in the business deal, serving as co-owners: Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, Usher, Alicia Keys, Madonna, Kanye West and more. But we must say: there were a few questions left unanswered.

To help us all out, Jay Z recently chopped it up with Billboard to discuss his reasoning for wanting to take over TIDAL, how accessible it will be for the public and how his relationship with Jimmy Lovine is standing.

See highlights from the interview below...