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• Tate McRae Lands Her First No. 1 Album With ‘So Close to What’ | Variety | March 2, 2025, 9:02 p.m.
Tate McRae's 'So Close to What' becomes the Canadian pop star's first No. 1 album in the United States.

• Tate McRae Hits the Nostalgic Sweet Spot on ‘So Close to What’: Album Review | Variety | Feb. 21, 2025, 1 p.m.
Tate McRae looks to inspiration from Britney Spears and Nelly Furtado on her nostalgia-indebted third album 'So Close to What.'

• The Weeknd’s ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ Tops Albums Chart With Biggest Opening Week of 2025 | Variety | Feb. 9, 2025, 11:49 p.m.
The Weeknd's 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' locked in the biggest debut for an album this year with 490,500 equivalent album units.

• ‘Debí Tirar Más Fotos’ Is Bad Bunny’s Most Determined and Resonant Work Yet: Album Review | Variety | Jan. 8, 2025, 3 p.m.
Bad Bunny sets the bar higher with his sixth studio LP, 'Debí Tirar Más Fotos,' a declaration of resistance and pride for Puerto Rico.

• Kendrick Lamar’s ‘GNX’ Is a Meticulous, Versatile, Hard-Hitting Masterpiece: Album Review | Variety | Nov. 24, 2024, 5:57 p.m.
Kendrick Lamar's surprise-released 'GNX,' is a hard-hitting, deeply coded masterpiece that cements his status as the world's greatest rapper.