Hozier achieves first Billboard No. 1 of his career

The A.V. Club— A full decade after popping up out of pretty much nowhere to help a whole generation of music lovers find god, Hozier has somehow done the unthinkable: he’s written a song on track to be even more successful than “Take Me To Church.” Here’s something else that may be pretty shocking to anyone who lived through the era when it felt almost impossible to turn on the car radio without hearing “my lover’s got humor”: “Take Me To Church” never actually hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. While...

The Washington Times—Valeri Nichushkin records first career hat trick, Avalanche beat Jets 5-1 in Game 4 to take 3-1 lead. Valeri Nichushkin recorded his first career hat trick, Alexandar Georgiev turned in another strong showing and the Avalanche beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-1 in Game 4 on Sunday to move a win away from advancing.

The Source—Future Joins Jay-Z, Eminem, and More with Billboard No. 1 Albums Achievement. With We Still Don’t Trust You taking the top spot on Billboard 200, Future has joined JAY-Z, Eminem, Kanye West, and his friend turned foe Drake as the only rapper to top the chart ten times. Future ties Eminem at ten, and trails Hov (14), Drizzy (13), and Ye (11). Future takes the top spot, […] The post Future Joins Jay-Z, Eminem, and More with Billboard No. 1 Albums Achievement first appeared on The Source.

KIFI—Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets Department’ makes gigantic debut at No. 1 with her career-best first-week sales. By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift’s latest album “The Tortured Poets Department” is indeed the blockbuster that many expected it to become. On Sunday, the 31-song double album debuted at No. 1 on the all-encompassing Billboard 200 albums chart, selling 2.61 million so-called equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending April