Your girl Cardi B opened the show with an exciting reveal of what we thought was her adorable baby, but turned out to be…..her moon person for Song of Summer, but the Bronx native went on to snag awards for Best New Artist and Best Collab later in the night. Shawn Mendes’ dripping performance of “In My Blood” had us sweating, Logic brought people facing immigration issues up on stage with him during “One Day,” and Panic! At The Disco had us dancing during “High Hopes.”

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After debuting at the top of the charts, Travis Scott’s latest album Astroworld has notched another week at No. 1, Billboard reports. Coming in at the No. 2 spot is Nicki Minaj’s latest album Queen. Astroworld sold 205,000 equivalent units, with 78,000 from traditional sales. Queen, in the meantime, sold 185,000 units—78,000 were from traditional sales.

Nicki responded to the news in a series of tweets, calling out Travis Scott for selling “season pass” bundles for his upcoming Astroworld tour. “Travis sold over 50K of these,” Nicki wrote. “With no requirement of redeeming the album! With no dates for a tour, etc. I spoke to him. He knows he doesn’t have the #1 album this week.” She also implied that Billboard might change the rules based on the Astroworld rollout.

Later, she called out Spotify for their recent campaign promoting Drake’s Scorpion and claimed that she was being punished for debuting her record during her radio show. She wrote, “Spotify had to teach me a lesson but rewarded the man who has had an Apple radio show the longest; inadvertently helping the Apple platform the most.” She continued, “My label didn’t want to defend me for fear of Spotify trying to teach Ariana a ‘lesson’ too.”

Astroworld was the first album to unseat Drake’s Scorpion, which debuted at the top spot upon its release and spent five weeks straight in that position. This week, Scorpion is at No. 3. Travis’ album had the second-biggest opening week for an album in 2018, second only to Scorpion.

Following the release of Queen, Nicki made some changes to the album, which included the inclusion of her 6ix9ine and Murda Beatz collaboration “FEFE” as a bonus track. Read the op-ed “Nicki Minaj, 6ix9ine, and the Alarming Normalization of Predatory Behavior” on the Pitch.

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The 26-year-old rapper has celebrated the release of his latest album ‘Astroworld‘ by treating his 3.92 million Twitter followers with random sums of money, simply for tweeting their favourite lyrics from the record and sharing their cash tag.

The ‘Sicko Mode‘ hitmaker said he decided to splash the cash on his fandom because he knows it’s “hard for the kids”.

Taking to Twitter, he announced: “SO I KNOW ITS HARD FOR THE KIDS 

“SO I DECIDED TO UNLOAD MY BANK ACCOUNT ON U GUYS. IM BUSTING DOWN $100,000 AND GIVING AWAY   TO ANY FANS THAT CAN TWEET ME THERE CASH TAG WITH LYRICS FROM ASTRO. GANG !! (sic)”

Several of his followers have taken to the micro-blogging site to share the various amounts they received, ranging from anywhere between $50 to $1,000.

Within five hours of announcing the cash giveaway, Scott had spent $25,000 of his limit.

He tweeted: “OK I GOT 75K LEFT. SEND  YOUR CASH TAG AND TWEET #ASTROWORLD TO BE NEXT!! (sic)”

‘Astroworld’ is Travis’s third studio album since 2016’s LP ‘Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight‘.

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TICKETS ON SALE NOW

The 17^th annual Austin City Limits Music Festival will deliver one of the most exceptional lineups of this year’s festival season with headliners Paul McCartney, Metallica, Childish Gambino, Arctic Monkeys, TRAVIS SCOTT and ODESZA. The history-making bill includes first time ACL Fest performances and only North American festival appearances by both Paul McCartney and Metallica, a triumphant return by GRAMMY, Golden Globe and Emmy-Award winning Childish Gambino, a highly anticipated performance from Arctic Monkeys, and debut sets from Texas native TRAVIS SCOTT and electronic superstars ODESZA. The National, Khalid, Hozier, David Byrne, CHVRCHES, Deftones, Justice, ST. VINCENT, Sylvan Esso, FATHER JOHN MISTY, Brandi Carlile, ILLENIUM, Janelle Monáe and many more will take the stage throughout ACL Fest’s colossal two consecutive weekends. ACL Fest 2018 will deliver more than 125 bands across eight stages at Zilker Park, October 5-7 and October 12-14. Tickets are available now at www.aclfestival.com .

This year’s incredible lineup will showcase some of music’s most captivating artists including Shawn Mendes (Weekend Two), Camila Cabello (Weekend One), Deftones (Weekend One), BØRNS, Manchester Orchestra, Lily Allen (Weekend Two), The Breeders, Houndmouth, Sharon Van Etten (Weekend One), Marian Hill (Weekend Two), Elle King, Bishop Briggs, Bahamas, Mt. Joy, Cuco, Durand Jones & The Indications, and much more. Buzzworthy artists including BROCKHAMPTON, REZZ, GRETA VAN FLEET (Weekend One), San Holo, Gryffin, and Sofi Tukker (Weekend One) will electrify audiences, while Prince’s legendary backing band, The Revolution, bring the groove.

Honoring homegrown talent has always been a tradition of ACL Fest, and this year is no exception. Native Texans including Shakey Graves and Golden Dawn Arkestra will perform both weekends, while Khruangbin, Asleep at the Wheel, Sweet Spirit, Jackie Venson, Molly Burch, Sailor Poon and more will deliver the tunes on Weekend One. Charley Crockett, Duncan Fellows, Harry Paradise, Kydd Jones, Curtis Roush and more will perform on Weekend Two.

Austin City Limits Music Festival has been honored to call Zilker Park home for the past 17 years. In a continued commitment to enrich our community, a portion of proceeds from ACL Festival go directly towards improving Austin’s parks. Since 2006, ACL Festival, in partnership with the Austin Parks Foundation, has donated more than $30 million towards improvements to Zilker Park and parks across the city.

3-Day General Admission Tickets for both weekends are on sale now at www.aclfestival.com. 3-Day VIP and Platinum Tickets and Hotel Packages are also available. VIP ticketholders will enjoy a brand new shaded viewing deck with exceptional sightlines of the main stage, as well as the new VIP-Platinum bar located at Rock Island, the perfect place to grab a complimentary cold beer or glass of wine while roaming the festival grounds. A full list of VIP and Platinum amenities can be viewed here . Music fans ages 10 and under will be admitted free of charge accompanied by a ticketed adult. 1-Day General Admission Tickets, 1-Day VIP Tickets and 1-Day Platinum Tickets will be available later in the year.

Fans worldwide who can’t make it to Zilker Park can watch The Official 2018 Austin City Limits Music Festival Live Broadcast on Red Bull TV, which is distributed digitally for free on the web at redbull.tv , connected TVs, smartphones and tablets as well as ACLFestival.com . A full schedule of performances will be announced this summer on ACLFestival.com .

Fans can sign up for the E-List to be the first to get new information at www.aclfestival.com , download the ACL Fest Mobile App , and follow social media to stay in the loop for all festival announcements. Facebook || Instagram || Twitter .

Austin City Limits Music Festival is generously sponsored by American Express, Honda, Miller Lite, HomeAway, BMI, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Karbach Brewing Co., and Lifeway Kefir.

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Today’s hottest talents including Logic, Post Malone, Khalid, Lil Uzi Vert, Portugal. The Man, and Tyler, The Creator round out the bill alongside strong female performances powered by St. Vincent, Dua Lipa, Camila Cabello, Lykke Li, Tash Sultana, Rezz, Lizzo and more. Brockhampton, Greta Van Fleet, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Daniel Caesar, Billie Eilish and Rex Orange County represent this year’s collection of fresh faces and up-and-coming talent.

This year’s lineup will also feature special performances from Gucci Mane, LL Cool J and Perry Farrell’s Kind Heaven, which will deliver an all-star lineup of guest musicians performing new music from Farrell’s upcoming solo album due in the fall.

4-Day General Admission Tickets, 4-Day VIP Tickets, 4-Day Platinum Tickets and Official Hotel Packages are also available now at lollapalooza.com/tickets . 1-Day Tickets will be available soon.

Lollapalooza welcomes music fans of all ages, including kids. Children 10-years-old and younger will be admitted free of charge with a ticket-holding adult.

Fans worldwide who can’t make it to Grant Park can watch The Official 2018 Lollapalooza Live Broadcast on Red Bull TV, which is distributed digitally for free on the web at redbull.tv , connected TVs, smartphones and tablets as well as Lollapalooza.com . A full schedule of performances will be announced this summer on Lollapalooza.com .

Lollapalooza is generously sponsored by Bud Light, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Citi, Toyota, BMI, Fruit of the Loom, Cupcake Vineyards and Lifeway Kefir.

About Lollapalooza

Launched by founder Perry Farrell in 1991 as a touring festival, Lollapalooza remains an innovator in festival culture 27 years later. Lollapalooza was the first festival to bring together artists from a wide range of musical genres on one bill, it was also the first to travel, the first to expand to multiple days, the first to introduce a second stage, the first to blend art and activism, the first to offset its carbon emissions, the first to put electronic dance music artists on the main stage, the first to create family friendly programming, the first to make its home in an urban city center and the first to expand internationally.

Lollapalooza has grown into an annual world-class festival in Chicago (2005), as well as culturally rich countries including Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Germany and France. Lollapalooza is one of the premier destinations both for music fans in the United States and abroad. The festival expanded to four days in 2016 in celebration of 25 years and continues to bring fans four full days of music and over 180 bands on 8 stages. In 2017 Lollapalooza brought in over 245 million dollars in local economic impact and over 1.2 billion dollars in total, since 2010.

Lollapalooza is produced by Perry Farrell, William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, and C3 Presents.

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Kylie made the announcement Sunday. She delivered her firstborn at Cedars-Sinai in L.A., the same hospital where sisters Kim and Kourtneydelivered their broods. Rob‘s daughter, Dream, was also born there. Kylie’s kid came out at 4:43 PM weighing 8lbs and 9 ounces.

TMZ broke the story in September that Kylie was pregnant with Travis’ kid, but she’s kept the pregnancy top secret. KJ never confirmed, and totally went underground … staying out of the spotlight for the last 5 months.

We finally got a shot of her a week ago, but even then she was wearing a baggy black sweatshirt. Now the question — how long will she keep the new baby under wraps?

Kylie addressed the secrecy in a statement, apologizing for keeping her fans in the dark.

In any event … mazel tov!

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The rapper was scheduled to work a double shift Saturday night — performing at a club in Minneapolis at 10:30, then hopping on a private jet to get to a gig in Vegas at 1:30 AM.

However … sources close to Travis tell us his appearance at Myth Nightclub in Minneapolis isn’t happening now due to weather and logistical reasons. We’re told Gucci Mane will still be performing, and Travis is still set to make his Vegas show at Vegas Marquee Nightclub in The Cosmopolitan.

According to a manager connected to Myth … promoters botched where Travis could land his jet in Minnesota — it was too far away from the club to allow all the timing to work out for him.

Refunds are reportedly being offered to bummed fans.

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Huncho Jack, a.k.a. the duo of Travis Scott and Quavo, debuts at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums charts (dated Jan. 6) with Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho.

The set starts with 90,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Dec. 28, according to Nielsen Music.

As previously reported, the LP launches at No. 3 on the all-genre Billboard 200.

As the new tandem’s album arrives, seven of the set’s cuts debut on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart:

No. 27, “Eye 2 Eye,” featuring Takeoff
No. 29, “Modern Slavery”
No. 31, “Black & Chinese”
No. 35, “Dubai Sh*t,” featuring Offset
No. 38, “Huncho Jack”
No. 39, “Motorcycle Patches”
No. 40, “Saint”

Notably, Quavo scores a rare feat of appearing on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs in three separate capacities: He’s billed as a soloist on the No. 34 “Ice Tray” with Lil Yachty; as one-half of Huncho Jack; and as one-third of the rap group Migos, which claims three titles on the list, including a No. 42 debut with “Stir Fry

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Travis took the stage Sunday night at LIV nightclub in Miami, where some his baby mama’s crew were in attendance. Kylie’s friends, Justine Skye and Anastasia Karanikolaou, were seen dancing in the crowd, as was Kendall‘s gal pal, Hailey Baldwin.

Eyewitnesses tell us all three girls, and the groups they were with, ended up in the DJ booth together at one point in the night — where Travis raged a bit himself though his set.

Preggo Kylie wasn’t seen at LIV, which makes sense — she’s pretty far along as far as we know. And despite rumors she and Travis split, we’re told they’re still together.

Besides, Kylie clearly had eyes on her dude all night … what are friends for?

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PARTYING IT UP IN MIAMI

Diddy hosted the event at his Miami estate.

CELEBRATING FROM THE ROOFTOP

Good thing Diddy isn’t afraid of heights.

STARTING THE NEW YEAR OFF WITH A BANG

No better way to ring in the New Year than with fireworks.

RINGING IN 2018 WITH A PERFORMANCE

DJ Khaled and Diddy addressed the crowd from the roof.

ADDRESSING THE CROWD

It looks like these celebrities really know how to raise the roof.

HITTING THE DANCE FLOOR

Diddy busted a few moves with Gabby Sidibe.

HOSTING THE BIG BASH

Diddy and DJ Khaled hosted the event with Kenny Burns.

GETTING COZY

Wiz Khalifa enjoyed the artists’ party.

SHOWING A LITTLE LOVE

Halsey embraced G-Eazy.

COOKING UP A FEAST

Guests enjoyed burgers and specialty drinks.

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