Republic Records claims the top three titles on the Billboard 200 albums chart this week, a first in two years, Billboard says. Taylor Swift’s 'Folklore' (released via Republic) climbs back to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for an eighth non-consecutive week on top, with 77,000 equivalent album units. Total album sales for 'Folklore' jump past 1 million (to 1.038 million), making it the first album to sell a million copies in 2020, according to Billboard. Pop Smoke’s 'Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon' (via Victor Victor Worldwide/Republic) falls one spot with 66,000 equivalent album units earned. 21 Savage and Metro Boomin’s 'Savage Mode II' (Boominati/Slaughter Boomin/Republic/Epic) dips 2-3 with 47,000 units (down 29%).

Rapper 21 Savage and producer Metro Boomin land on top of the Billboard 200 chart with their third collaborative album, 'Savage Mode II', earning 171,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. last week, Billboard reports. K-pop girl quartet Blackpink enter Billboard's list at No. 2 with their debut full-length 'The Album', with 110,000 equivalent album units earned. On the other side of the ocean, Queen + Adam Lambert debut at Number 1 on the UK’s Official Albums Chart with a live collection 'Live Around The World'. It's Queen's first No. 1 album in 25 years. Blackpink are No. 2 in the UK as well.

21 Savage

British-american rapper 21 Savage has been granted a release from custody on bond. The 26-year-old had been arrested last week by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) who said the rapper, whose given name is She’yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph and was born in Britain, was living in the US with an expired visa. Vulture...

Rapper 21 Savage is being held by US official due to an expired visa, which Jay-Z calls "an absolute travesty" and has hired a lawyer to help his fight against deportation. Atlanta-based rapper 21 Savage, a British citizen, has moved to America as a child, and now has three children who are US citizens. BBC...