Month: September 2024

Travis Scott is breaking records with his decade-old mixtape as “Days Before Rodeo” which officially reached the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200. The project is now the highest-selling rap album of 2024 and marks Scott’s highest-selling vinyl release of his career. Days Before Rodeo also marks Scott’s fourth consecutive No. 1. following 2023’s Utopia, 2018’s Astroworld, and 2016’s Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight.

“Days Before Rodeo,” was initially released for free on Aug. 18, 2014; it was re-released on all digital streaming platforms for the first time this year on August 23rd to celebrate its 10th anniversary, debuting at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 on September 7th with 361,000 units. In its fourth week of release, the album jumped to No. 1 (after its vinyl editions shipped to customers who had pre-ordered the album before its release). The vinyl, which was sold exclusively in Scott’s webstore, accounts for 149,000 of its 150,000 traditional album sales, making it the top-selling album of the week and becoming the biggest week on vinyl for a rap album since Luminate began tracking in 1991.

“Days Before Rodeo” knocked Sabrina Carpenter’s “Short N’ Sweet” down to No. 2 after three weeks on top of the chart. Chappell Roan’s “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” remained at No. 3 with 64,000 equivalent album units, followed by Post Malone’s “F-1 Trillion and Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time” in spots No. 4 and 5.

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Benson Boone and RAYE have been added to the already star-studded line-up for the 2024 Global Citizen Festival in New York’s Central Park on September 28th.

Boone and RAYE join the previously announced lineup of artists including Post Malone, Doja Cat, Jelly Roll and Rauw Alejandro. The festival, hosted by Global Citizen Ambassador Hugh Jackman, will also feature special appearances by primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall and Coldplay singer Chris Martin.

Boone in a statement: “Ending extreme poverty is a responsibility we all share. I’m grateful to be involved in Global Citizen’s mission by helping those who are living in extreme poverty. I hope we can all come together to take action and make a real difference in the world.”

As part of its portfolio of environmental sustainability efforts, this year’s event will also become one of the first major U.S. festivals to be powered entirely by hybrid energy. According to a release, the Central Park stage will be powered by the same kind of SmartGrid battery system used to power Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres world tour, including all audio, lighting, video and stage production. Working with Showpower Global B.V. and CES Power, Global Citizen Fest will become one of the first major U.S. festivals to move away from using diesel generators in order to reduce the event’s carbon emissions.

Global Citizen is once again offering fans the opportunity to earn free tickets the the festival by removing trash and marine debris from the shores of Jamaica Bay and documenting the year’s “Dirty Dozen” most commonly found trash items; click here to register and for more information.  Head to the Global Citizen app or on the organization’s site here in an effort to defeat poverty, defend the planet and demand equity.

Official Global Citizen 2024 merch is available now, with responsibly sourced items made in collaboration with Doja Cat, Alejandro, Aviator Nation and more; click here to see the items.

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