“In addition to topping the Billboard Hot 100, ‘Thrift Shop’ has also topped the Billboard rap songs chart, despite limited play on hip-hop radio stations. This certainly has at least a little to do with Billboard’s ever-broadening definition of what constitutes a rap song;Psy’s K-pop novelty crossover, ‘Gangnam Style,’ also topped the rap songs chart recently. The weakening of this…

Beyonce proved a huge draw for HBO on Saturday night: the film is the cable network’s most-watched documentary effort in nearly 10 years. The intimate documentary about the singer, “Beyonce: Life is But a Dream,” pulled 1.8 million viewers during its inaugural outing at 9 p.m. ET. It’s the largest audience for a HBO doc…

As forecasted a week ago, Mumford & Sons’ Babel returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in the wake of their Grammy Award win for album of the year on Feb. 10. The set — which rises 4-1 on the tally — sold 185,000 copies in the week ending Feb. 17, according to Nielsen SoundScan, therefore…

Sony Music chief creative officer Clive Davis has issued a statement responding to Kelly Clarkson’s claims of revisionist history is his just-released book, “The Soundtrack of My Life.” Among her allegations, the “American Idol” season one winner says Davis, who played a key A&R role in her first albums and string of hits, is confusing…