It's a funny time to be a musician, to put it lightly. On top of the glut of epoch-defining news, endless social media feeds, and streaming services that seem to multiply by the hour, musicians are now fighting AI bots for their listener's attention — and the humans don't always win.

Tyler, The Creator scores his fourth No. 1, all earned consecutively, on the Billboard 200 albums chart as his latest album, DON'T TAP THE GLASS, debuts atop the tally (dated Aug. 2). The set launches with 197,