Five new albums debut in this week's Billboard Top 10, with sounds that span pop, R&B, K-pop and hip-hop. NPR's Stephen Thompson has the details. STEPHEN THOMPSON, BYLINE: Next week, the story of the ...

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Remember when you, myself and another Billboard reader went over music acts with the longest streaks of gaining a new Billboard Hot 100 top 10 year after year? We had come to the consensus that, with ...