Week in and week out, there are plenty of brand-new rap songs, no matter the time of year. It can be really difficult to stay aware of what's out and also what's hot, so XXL decided to make things ...

At last, it’s the end of the December, otherwise known as the season finale for the year 2024. To recap: We laughed, we cried, we were mindful, we were demure, we had a Brat summer, and we held ...

In good news, it was the year that Sabrina Carpenter *finally* received her flowers as an artist and arguably blew up with the release of the summer pop hit “Espresso.” 2024 also saw some breakout ...

This past summer, the K-pop group Stray Kids debuted atop the Billboard ... as a new album called HOP debuts atop the charts. That's a run of six straight No. 1 debuts, all of them within a ...

SEOUL – K-pop boy band Stray Kids marked a historic milestone by ranking No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for the sixth time with their latest album Hop. The octet are the first act in the 69 ...

Takashi Murakami is a pop culture behemoth ... The fact that I created a hip-hop duo with JP The Wavy—MNNK Bro.—and we released our debut single “Mononoke Kyoto.” Tell us about the ...

and pair it with Felix’s Hop beanie. Not only do you get fittingly stylish clothing, but you can also get a hold of an official Stray Kids lightstick to really show your love for the K-pop band. We ...

This week, Stray Kids’ HOP becomes the 19th album or EP to achieve that feat. There have been multiple No. 1 titles on the Billboard 200 by K-pop acts in every year since 2018 except for 2021 ...

The anxiety has felt even more pressing as hip-hop has moved from emphatic subculture to the center of American (and global) pop. The cultural and financial stakes are higher than ever.

Hop' is the 27th mostly non-English-language album to reach No. 1, and the fourth in 2024, according to Billboard. Of these 27 albums, 18 are primarily in Korean, showing K-pop's rising dominance.

Stray Kids new album Hop tops the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Dec. 28), making the K-pop group the first act to debut at Number One with their first six charting albums, the publication reports.