DRAKE BREAKS RECORD FOR MOST BILLBOARD 100 HOT ENTRIES EVER: Drake has set a new record for the most entries ever on the Billboard Hot 100. The rapper landed his 208th career title this week with Lil Yachty’s “Oprah’s Bank Account,” which also features DaBaby. Drake has now surpassed the Glee cast with 208 total Hot 100 entries in the 62-year history of the Hot 100. His first appearance on the chart was in May 2009 with “Best I Ever Had,” which debuted at No. 92. Since then, he has spent a record 431 consecutive weeks through August 19, 2017. Six of his 208 Hot 100 hits have hit No. 1.
DONALD GLOVER’S SURPRISE RELEASE ALBUM TAKEN OFFLINE: Donald Glover’s surprise album that was released on Sunday has been taken offline after being available for 12 hours. Glover started having the untitled album play on a loop for free on the website DonaldGloverPresents.com. The site no longer has music playing. The album included guest appearances by Ariana Grande, 21 Savage and SZA. No tracklist was provided and the album was not made available on music streaming services. Glover has teased before that his next Childish Gambino album could be his last. “Donald Glover Presents” is also the name of his shoe line with Adidas.
CHARLOTTE CHURCH EXPECTING THIRD CHILD AFTER MISCARRIAGE: Charlotte Church is expecting a child with her husband, Jonathan Powell. Church confirmed her pregnancy on Twitter while responding to a person who posted about the Valley Aid benefit concert for flood victims in Wales. Church was to perform at the concert Saturday but pulled out due to concerns about coronavirus. “Gutted to have missed it. I’m preggers so I’m airing on the side of caution in terms of virus. It looks like it was great success,” Church wrote. Church and Powell married in October 2017. Church already has two children, daughter Ruby, 12, and son Dexter, 11, with her ex-fiancé Gavin Henson. Church previously had a miscarriage in June 2017, just weeks after announcing she was expecting with Powell.
FIONA APPLE NAMED NEW ALBUM AFTER ‘THE FALL’ SCENE: Fiona Apple says her new album is named after a scene in the BBC Two series The Fall. The singer discussed the album, Fetch the Bolt Cutters, and its themes in the March 23rd issue of The New Yorker. “Fetch the Bolt Cutters” is Apple’s first album in nearly eight years. The album title refers to a scene in The Fall where Stella Gibson (Gillian Anderson), a sex crimes investigator, says the phrase after discovering a locked door to a room where a girl has been tortured. Fetch the Bolt Cutters features 12 songs, which Apple composed and recorded at home. It will serve as Apple’s follow-up to 2012’s The Idler Wheel and is expected sometime later this year.
