J Cole’s ‘2014 Forest Hills Drive’ Debuts At Number One, Madonna Says Album Leak Is “Artistic Rape” + More On Last Lap

Selena Gomez cries over Justin Bieber at Taylor Swift’s birthday party, the Backstreet Boys’ documentary trailer is finally here, Blake Shelton sings a duet with The Voice finalist Craig Wayne Boyd and more on Last Lap.

• J. Cole’s third studio album 2014 Forest Hills Drive debuts at number one and becomes the highest selling hip hop album of the year with 361,120 copies sold. It also broke One Direction’s Spotify streaming record of 11.5 million streams its first week with 15.7 million. [MTV]

Thank you for not listening! Thank you for your loyalty! Thank you for waiting and if you have heard please know they are unfinished demos stolen long ago and not ready to be presented to the world

A photo posted by Madonna (@madonna) on Dec 12, 2014 at 7:36am PST

• In a deleted Instagram post, Madonna called her album leak “artistic rape” and a form of “terrorism”. She then posted the photo above thanking those who are waiting for the real thing to come out in 2015.
• Selena Gomez was caught throwing a tantrum over Justin Bieber at Taylor Swift’s birthday party while party goers stopped and stared. [Us]