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Post Malone

Week 11 of 2018




Post Malone

Post Malone hits a touch own on multiple music charts after releasing his new studio record, "Twelve Carat Toothache". Arriving on June 3, the album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart with 121,000 equivalent album units earned. It marks the singer/rapper's fourth straight top five-charting effort.

The project, which boasts 14 tracks, is currently at the summit of Billboard's Canadian Albums Chart. In the meantime, it landed at No. 2 on both Australian Albums (ARIA) and U.K. R&B Albums, marking his third U.K. Top 5 release, following 2018's "Beerbongs & Bentleys" and 2019's "Hollywood's Bleeding", both of which led the chart.

Among the tracks which became a fan favorite is "I Like You (A Happier Song)" featuring Doja Cat, which debuted at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 date June 18. It also reached No. 19 at U.K. Singles, following "Cooped Up" ft. Roddy Ricch (No. 18). As for "Lemon Tree", it opened its account at No. 40.

Aside from Doja and Roddy, "Twelve Carat Toothache" features guest appearances from Gunna ("I Cannot Be (A Sadder Song)"), Fleet Foxes ("Love/Hate Letter to Alcohol") and The Kid LAROI "Wasting Angels". The Weeknd also lends his vocal in a previously-released single, "One Right Now".

Having been known for his blended musical genres, Post recently divulged that he is eager to release a country album. When appearing on "The Howard Stern Show" on SiriusXM, he said, "To be honest, there's nothing stopping me from taking a camera or setting up in my studio in Utah and just recording a country album [to put] on YouTube." He added, "I'm allowed to do that, I'm a human being."

"[I] split my time between a lot of different things because I am happily obligated to do concerts and show love to my fans," the musician, who recently welcomed his first child with his now-fiance, furhter explained. "And then I'm happily obligated to write music and make beats by myself, and I'm happily obligated to, you know, take care of my family."

© AceShowbiz.com

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Born as Austin Richard Post, rapper/singer/songwriter/record producer Post Malone is one of the brightest new talents in hip-hop industry. Malone was born on July 4, 1995 in Syracuse, New York and moved to Grapevine, Texas at the age of 10. He started playing guitar at the age of 14 because of popular video game "Guitar Hero". He later auditioned for band Crowd the Empire in 2010 but was rejected after his guitar string broke during the audition. » more