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    Travis Scott Has No. 1 Album, After Close Loss to Sabrina Carpenter

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    The “Days Before Rodeo” rerelease is the rapper’s fourth title to reach the top.Three weeks ago, a photo finish on the Billboard album chart saw Sabrina Carpenter edge out Travis Scott by a margin of less than a thousand copies. Now — after challenging those results — Scott has finally snagged No. 1, thanks to vinyl sales.After opening at No. 2, Scott’s mixtape “Days Before Rodeo,” which came out in 2014 and was rereleased last month for its 10th anniversary, slipped down the Billboard 200 chart in successive weeks, falling all the way to No. 106 last week. Now it leaps to No. 1, becoming the Houston rapper’s fourth title to reach the top. It had the equivalent of 156,000 sales in the United States, 149,000 of them from shipments of vinyl LPs that fans had ordered on Scott’s website. After a month in wide release, the album’s streams were minimal, just eight million for the week.But the victory was hard fought by Scott. After Billboard certified a victory for Carpenter, who had released her “Short n’ Sweet” on the same day as “Days Before Rodeo,” the rapper’s team revealed that they had sent a four-page letter in the days before the chart — which would credit Carpenter with 362,000 sales and Scott with 361,000, in rounded numbers — was finalized. The letter called the chart process “unreliable and incomplete.”The letter also complained that Billboard and Luminate, its data partner, had not counted 1,291 copies sold in the final minutes of the tracking week; in such a tight race, those sales would have tipped the scales in Scott’s favor. Luminate defended the accuracy of its numbers, and the chart was not changed. Carpenter’s “Short n’ Sweet” held the top spot for three straight weeks and now falls to No. 2, with the equivalent of 108,000 sales.Also this week, Chappell Roan’s “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” holds at No. 3, Post Malone’s “F-1 Trillion” is No. 4 and Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time” is No. 5. More

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      Sabrina Carpenter Beats Travis Scott to No. 1 by a Hair

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      The pop singer and songwriter’s “Short n’ Sweet” debuts atop the Billboard 200 with the equivalent of 362,000, the third-best opening of the year.In an extraordinarily close contest on this week’s Billboard album chart that left the music industry biting its collective nails with anticipation over the holiday weekend, the pop singer Sabrina Carpenter triumphed over the veteran rapper Travis Scott to clinch the No. 1 spot — but just barely.Carpenter’s “Short n’ Sweet,” her sixth studio LP, featuring infectious tracks like “Espresso,” “Please Please Please” and “Taste” that have dominated streaming and radio playlists this year, opens at the top with the equivalent of 362,000 sales in the United States, according to the tracking service Luminate. That is the third-best opening week of the year, behind only Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, and it is Carpenter’s first time at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.But Carpenter, who released “Short n’ Sweet” on Aug. 23, came close to losing her big moment to a 10-year-old mixtape by Scott, “Days Before Rodeo,” which was rereleased on the same day. Scott’s album was credited with 361,000 sales — meaning the race came down to a margin of only about 1,000 copies, give or take a few. (Luminate’s publicly announced numbers are rounded.)Carpenter, 25, who began her career as a Disney Channel actress, has been releasing music for a decade. But she has been a major pop contender only for the last couple of years, with a string of bubbly and smart singles, like “Feather,” that have been pop-culture bulls-eyes; this year and last, she also performed as an opening act for a number of dates on Swift’s Eras Tour. She was widely expected to open on the chart with a big splash — until the rerelease announcement a few days earlier by Scott, who in addition to his popularity as a rapper is a master direct-to-consumer marketer.Carpenter’s “Short n’ Sweet” garnered 233 million streams in the United States. According to the formula that Billboard uses to reconcile streams with album sales, that means that clicks on streaming services gave her the equivalent of 176,000 album sales, nearly half Carpenter’s total for the week. She also sold 184,000 copies of the LP as a complete package.Scott’s “Days Before Rodeo,” revisited almost exactly 10 years from its initial release, had never been released commercially before, nor had it been widely available on all streaming services, according to Billboard. Yet streaming ended up being a relatively small part of its total consumption, with about 41 million clicks, equivalent to about 30,000 album sales.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More

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      Travis Scott Released From Custody After Confrontation at a Paris Hotel

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      The star rapper had been accused on Friday of assaulting a security guard at a luxury hotel in Paris. No charges were filed against him, according to prosecutors.The rapper Travis Scott was released from police custody on Saturday, a day after he was detained following a confrontation with a security guard at a Paris hotel, prosecutors said.Scott, 33, whose birth name is Jacques Bermon Webster II, had been detained on Friday after prosecutors said he had assaulted a security guard at the George V, a luxury hotel in the city’s Eighth Arrondissement. No charges were filed against him, according to the prosecutor’s office.The office said in a statement on Saturday that “the case opened on the grounds of assault was dropped as the offense was not sufficiently substantiated.”Scott, a multiplatinum rapper, was visiting the city for the Summer Olympics when the confrontation took place.The prosecutor’s office said, “The security guard had intervened to separate the rapper from his bodyguard.” Additional details about the confrontation were unavailable.Scott had posted photos on social media from the crowd of the men’s U.S. basketball team during their game against Serbia on Thursday.In June, Scott was arrested in Miami Beach, Fla., after causing a disturbance on a docked yacht, according to the police. He was released after paying a $650 bond for charges of trespassing and disorderly intoxication after the police responded to reports of people fighting on the vessel.Hours later, Scott began selling T-shirts that featured his mug shot, with a caption that read “It’s Miami,” which he was quoted as saying in the police report.The future of Scott’s career was cast in doubt after 10 of his fans died and hundreds were injured during a crowd crush at the rapper’s concert, which was part of the Astroworld music festival in Houston in 2021.A grand jury later declined to indict Scott and settlements were reached in multiple lawsuits stemming from the deaths.Aurelien Breeden More

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      Travis Scott Is Accused of Assaulting a Security Guard in Paris

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      The rapper, who was in France for the Olympics, was taken into police custody at the George V hotel, the Paris prosecutor’s office said.The star rapper Travis Scott was detained on Friday in Paris, where he was visiting for the Summer Olympics, after a conflict with a security guard at a luxury hotel, the Paris prosecutor’s office said.The prosecutor’s office said Mr. Scott, 33, whose real name is Jacques Bermon Webster II, had assaulted a security guard at the George V hotel, in the city’s Eighth Arrondissement.“The security guard had intervened to separate the rapper from his bodyguard,” the office said in a statement.There are no known charges against Mr. Scott. It was unclear later Friday whether he was still in custody. The Paris prosecutor’s office said it had referred the case to the judicial police.Representatives for Mr. Scott said in a statement, “We are in direct communication with the local Parisian authorities to swiftly resolve this matter and will provide updates when appropriate.”Mr. Scott, a multiplatinum artist in the United States with a string of No. 1 albums, was arrested this summer in Miami Beach, Fla., after what the police called a disturbance on a yacht. He was charged with trespassing and disorderly intoxication. His lawyer said at the time that he had been “briefly detained due to a misunderstanding.”On Thursday night, Mr. Scott had posted on Instagram from the crowd of the men’s basketball game between the United States and Serbia, snapping photos of the American stars LeBron James and Stephen Curry.In 2021, 10 fans died as a result of a crowd crush at Mr. Scott’s Astroworld festival in Houston, his hometown. A grand jury declined to indict Mr. Scott and others who oversaw the festival, and settlements have been reached in the lawsuits over the deaths.Aurelien Breeden More

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      Travis Scott Arrested in Miami Beach for Intoxication and Trespassing

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      The rapper, who was charged with trespassing and disorderly intoxication, later admitted he had been drinking alcohol and stated, “It’s Miami.”The star rapper Travis Scott was arrested early Thursday in Miami Beach, Fla., after causing a disturbance on a yacht docked at a marina, according to a police report. He was later released on bond after paying a total of $650 on both charges, local news reported.Mr. Scott, 33, whose real name is Jacques Bermon Webster II, was arrested at 1:44 a.m. on charges of trespassing and disorderly intoxication after the police were called to the marina and told that “people were fighting on the vessel,” according to the report.Once there, officers found Mr. Scott yelling at passengers on the ship. The officers “could sense a strong smell of alcohol coming from the defendant’s breath,” the report said; they led him down a dock and toward a boardwalk, with Mr. Scott walking backward and yelling obscenities along the way.Mr. Scott got into a vehicle that was waiting for him but soon began walking back to the yacht, the report said, in defiance of the officers’ warning to leave the premises. He was then taken into custody.According to the report, Mr. Scott later admitted he had been drinking alcohol “and stated, ‘It’s Miami.’”On Thursday, Mr. Scott posted on social media what appeared to be a doctored image of his mug shot, with sunglasses and earphones added. In a statement, Bradford Cohen, a lawyer for the rapper, said: “Mr. Scott was briefly detained due to a misunderstanding. There was absolutely no physical altercation involved, and we thank the authorities for working with us towards a swift and amicable resolution.”Mr. Scott is one of the most popular rappers in music today, with three No. 1 albums and a recent arena tour. His shows have a reputation for an extremely high-energy response from crowds, and in late 2021, 10 fans died as a result of a crowd crush at Mr. Scott’s Astroworld festival in Houston, his hometown.Last year, a grand jury declined to criminally indict Mr. Scott and others involved in putting on the festival. But he and others, including Live Nation, the festival’s promoter, and Apple, which livestreamed the show, have faced civil suits over those deaths. Of those 10 civil suits, all but one have been settled.Kitty Bennett More

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      Settlements Reached in Travis Scott Astroworld Concert Deaths

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      A trial had been set to hear evidence that organizers of a 2021 Travis Scott concert knew the crowd was too large and ignored pleas to stop it as 10 people were crushed.A lawyer for Live Nation, the concert company, said in court on Wednesday that settlements had been reached in all but one of the lawsuits over the deaths of 10 people who were fatally crushed during a performance by Travis Scott at the 2021 Astroworld festival in Houston.The disclosure came as lawyers were preparing for the first trial over the deaths. A lawyer for the plaintiffs in that case confirmed that a settlement had been reached with the defendants, including Mr. Scott, Live Nation and Apple, which live-streamed the event.The trial had been expected to present a jury with harrowing testimony about the chaotic conditions at the Nov. 5, 2021, concert and the warnings raised by some of those working there. The victims, including two teenagers and a 9-year-old boy, suffocated in the midst of the heaving crowd while Mr. Scott performed.For more than two years, details have slowly emerged in court filings and police reports, revealing the behind-the-scenes arguments and backstage wrangling that accompanied one of the worst concert disasters in the United States.Some of the organizers of the Astroworld festival knew that the space was too small, according to evidence uncovered during the preparations for trial. Mr. Scott kept performing as people were suffocating, it showed, signaling a plan to continue the show until after Drake had performed despite efforts to stop the show earlier. A police investigation pointed to what the plaintiffs identified as a potential reason: a $4.5 million contract with Apple requiring Mr. Scott to finish the show in order to get paid.Ten people were fatally crushed during a performance by Travis Scott during the 2021 Astroworld festival in Houston. Jamaal Ellis/Houston Chronicle, via Associated PressWe are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More

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      Most Wrongful Death Lawsuits Tied to Astroworld Festival Are Settled

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      The rapper Travis Scott and the concert promoter Live Nation faced 10 suits after the 2021 tragedy. One case from the family of a 9-year-old victim is pending.Nine of the 10 wrongful death lawsuits that were filed after a stampede at the Astroworld music festival in 2021 have been settled, a spokeswoman for Live Nation confirmed on Wednesday after a court hearing about the latest agreement.Ten people were killed and hundreds more injured as a result of a large crowd surge during a performance by the rapper Travis Scott in Houston on Nov. 5, 2021. The suits alleged that Scott, who was the headliner, the concert promoter Live Nation and other defendants had contributed to the deaths through negligent planning and a lack of safety measures.A lawsuit filed by the family of 23-year-old Madison Dubiski was set to go to trial this week. But a lawyer for Live Nation said in a civil district court in Harris County that the case had been settled along with eight others, according to The Associated Press.In its lawsuit, Ms. Dubiski’s family alleged that the defendants had caused her death by their failure to adequately plan, staff and supervise the concert. “While in attendance at the festival, Madison was trampled and crushed resulting in horrific injuries, pre-death pain and suffering, and her death,” the suit said.The terms of the settlements were confidential.The remaining pending lawsuit was filed by the family of 9-year-old Ezra Blount, the youngest person killed. Lawyers for his family did not respond to requests for comment.Last year, a grand jury declined to indict Scott and five others connected to the festival. A crowd of 50,000 people had gathered for the third iteration of Scott’s event, named after the 2018 album that helped make him a star.Ben Sisario More

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      Best and Worst Moments From the 2024 Grammys:

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      Young women brought the drama, Jay-Z surprised with a barbed speech and heroes long absent from the show’s stage made welcome returns at the 66th annual awards.The most awards at the 66th annual Grammys went to Phoebe Bridgers, who picked up three with her band boygenius and one for a feature on a SZA song. SZA, who came into the night with the most nominations, was shut out of the biggest honors — for album (which went to Taylor Swift’s “Midnights”), record (Miley Cyrus’s “Flowers”) and song (Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?”) — but took home three trophies. Victoria Monét was named best new artist, and Swift’s album win broke a Grammy record for the category. The show was particularly joyous, slick and thoughtful, featuring several striking performances and a few raw acceptance speeches. All in all, it captured pop music as it actually is — centerless, and subject to change at any moment.Best Theatrical Pop Stars: Billie Eilish and Olivia RodrigoFrom left: Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo brought powerful vocals and a bit of theater to the Grammy stage. Photographs by Valerie Macon/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesTwo of the night’s strongest performances came from young women using pianos to accompany the wispy, stratospheric upper reaches of their registers — and to comment on the tyranny of fragility and prettiness. The first was Billie Eilish, stunning the crowd to silence with a sparse, deeply felt reading of “What Was I Made For?,” her “Barbie” ballad that later picked up song of the year. The second was Olivia Rodrigo, who nailed the vertiginous high notes that punctuate her rock-operatic smash “Vampire,” and then riffed on the song’s theme as she smeared herself with spurting fake blood. Each performance, in its own way, felt like a rebuttal to the constricting standards to which so many young women are held. Eilish’s was about the pain of being perceived as an object; Rodrigo’s reimagined the same kind of pressure as a horror movie. Both understood the power of a little theatricality. LINDSAY ZOLADZBest Debut Grammy Performance: Joni MitchellJoni Mitchell won a Grammy for best folk album, then performed with a group of musicians.Valerie Macon/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesJoni Mitchell, 80, has been singing her prismatic folk ballad “Both Sides Now” since she was 23, and yet every time she performs it, she seems to be interpreting its infinitely wise lyrics anew. The rendition she performed at the Grammys — her first-ever performance on the award show, which makes sense given how underestimated and slighted by the industry Mitchell has felt throughout most of her career — was at once elegiac and nimble, backed by a loose jazz arrangement that allowed her to riff on its familiar melody. Showing off a resonant tone and impressive range that she has worked diligently to strengthen since suffering an aneurysm in 2015, Mitchell’s performance was like a brief, magical visitation from a musical deity. ZOLADZBest Surprise Roast: Jay-ZJay-Z brought his daughter Blue Ivy Carter onstage during his acceptance speech at the Grammys.Valerie Macon/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesWe are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe. More

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      Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and the Sphere: The Year in Live Music

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      Subscribe to Popcast!Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon MusicThree years after the pandemic brought live music to a halt, the touring business is thriving: 2023 brought in record revenue — over $9 billion — thanks in part to major outings by Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, and in part to increased prices across the board. Live shows are also becoming more ambitious in scale and filigree, underscoring how big concerts are becoming experiential luxury goods.But even though the live music space is thriving, there is still persistent growling about Ticketmaster and its fee structure, and also about rising prices in general. Social media amplified both the thrills of some live events, and also confusion over cratering ticket process for others, like some recent dates on Travis Scott’s tour.On this week’s Popcast, a conversation about why this year was such an impressive one for the touring business, what lessons established acts are learning from younger arena and stadium stars, and whether the continued pressure on ticket price is sustainable in the long run.Guest:Ben Sisario, The New York Times’s music business reporterConnect With Popcast. Become a part of the Popcast community: Join the show’s Facebook group and Discord channel. We want to hear from you! Tune in, and tell us what you think at popcast@nytimes.com. Follow our host, Jon Caramanica, on Twitter: @joncaramanica. More