\ US hip hop singer Kendrick Lamar performs in Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 16, 2017, in Indio, California. / AFP PHOTO / VALERIE MACON Kendrick Lamar has pulled off the biggest US album debut this year with “DAMN.,” an introspective work of hip-hop storytelling that features Rihanna and U2. “DAMN.” sold 603,000 copies or the equivalent in streaming and downloads in the week since its April 14 release, tracking service Nielsen Music said late Saturday. Entering at number one on the benchmark Billboard chart, “DAMN.” sold more in a single week than any other album so far this year. “DAMN.” follows Lamar’s 2015 album “To Pimp a Butterfly,” which has quickly been hailed as a hip-hop classic with its innovative infusion of jazz and its lyricism that explored the state of black America. While “DAMN.” has similarly won wide praise, it brings a more classic rap style, even with a pop-oriented collaboration with Rihanna and a guitar rock fusion w...
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