In lieu of a full chart, here is this week’s projected Top 20. Please expect a greater than usual margin of error.  The big winners? Not unexpectedly, Taylor Swift and One Direction top this week’s tally, with T.I. the leading debut. [HitsDailyDouble] Taylor Swift (Big Machine) 285-290k One Direction (Syco/Columbia) 180-185k Bruno Mars (Atlantic) 165-170k *T. I. (Grand Hustle/Atlantic) 165-170k Michael Buble (Reprise) 135-140k Rod Stewart (Verve) 110-115k Phillip…

Kendrick Lamar‘s debut album, good kid, m.A.A.d city, sounds unlike anything else we’ve heard in 2012. It’s only right that he continues to promote it in a different fashion. So, speaking to GQ, he says he plans on doing a short film to bring his story to life. When asked what’s next, he replied, “Visuals… When…

Tyler, the Creator got a Christmas surprise when Kanye West showed up to the Odd Future store in Los Angeles over the weekend. “Hai My Friend Came By The OF Store Today ( creep face haha),” tweeted Tyler, who posed for a funny photo with ‘Ye. “I STILL FAN OUT NO MATTER WHO IT IS THIS SHIT IS GNAR.” A year ago, he gave Yeezy…

With Folarin dropping later, Wale and producer Clark Kent sat with Peter Rosenberg to discuss its creating process, their relationship, balancing Go-Go and Rap and dealing with criticism. [RapRadar]

Google slashed the cumulative view counts on YouTube channels belonging to Universal Music Group, Sony/BMG, and RCA Records by more than 2 billion views Tuesday, a drastic winter cleanup that may be aimed at shutting down black hat view count-building techniques employed by a community of rogue view count manipulators on the video-sharing site. Universal’s channel is the one…