Lupe Fiasco Takes 'Normal Job' as Creative Director of Health Start-Up

Alicia Keys and Blackberry, Taylor Swift and Diet Coke, Justin Timberlake and Bud Light Platinum. Add Lupe Fiasco to the growing list of artists gaining creative director titles at companies in recent months.

The Chicago-raised rapper, currently climbing the Hot 100 with latest single "Battle Scars," is investing his time and talents in Higi (rhymes with Ziggy), a new health and wellness app.

Carrie Underwood Lands a No1 Album for Country Music [BILLBOARD]

Carrie Underwood easily trounces the competition this week as her fourth album, "Blown Away," debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 267,000 sold according to Nielsen SoundScan.

It's the best sales week for a country album since the chart dated Oct. 1, 2011, when Lady Antebellum's "Own the Night" bowed atop the list with ...

Britney Spears, Lady Gaga Rule Billboard.com's 2011 Mid-Year Music Awards [Billboard]

Britney Spears and Lady Gaga proved the ultimate pop music divas in Billboard.com's Mid-Year Music Awards poll, which allowed fans to weigh in on their favorite songs, albums and performances of the first half of 2011 over the past week. Once the ...

Lil B Releases 'I'm Gay' Album Without Warning, Lupe Fiasco Says Title Is 'Genius'

Without warning, Lil B released his anticipated album, "I'm Gay (I'm Happy)" two days ago, June 29. Lil B was discreet on the process and release of "I'm Gay (I'm Happy)" when The Juice caught up with him in May. "I'm just really trying to push the boundaries, bring a message," Lil B said. "It's a very personal album. It's going to touch the people. I'm letting the ....

Lupe Fiasco's 'Lasers' Headed for No. 1 on Billboard 200

Much Much Deserved!!!!
Billboard.com asserts that Lupe Fiasco is on his way to scoring his best week ever on the Billboard charts, as his third album, "Lasers," is on track to sell around 190,000 to 220,000 copies and easily bow at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart next week. Some industry prognosticators suggest the set -- if all goes well -- could shift even as much as 240,000 by week's ending on Sunday, March 13. Any way you slice it, even if it comes in under 200,000, it will still beat out his previous high, when "The Cool" started at No. 15 with 143,000 according to Nielsen SoundScan at the very end of 2007.
Fiasco has earned one top 10 thus far, with his debut, "Food & Liquor," which debuted and peaked at No. 8 off an 81,000 launch in 2006. Other albums looking for high entries include the fifth volume of the "Glee" soundtrack series, Avril Lavigne's "Goodbye Lullaby," R.E.M.'s "Collapse Into Now" and Sara Evans' "Stronger." The former two titles are aiming to start somewhere above 75,000, while the latter pair could see around 50,000 each.