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25 Jul 2022 Music Now!

Lizzo’s ‘About Damn Time’ Hits No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

Lizzo lands her second Hot 100 leader, after “Truth Hurts” in 2019.

Lizzo‘s “About Damn Time” clocks in at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, rising from No. 2. The track becomes Lizzo’s second Hot 100 leader, after “Truth Hurts” dominated for seven weeks beginning in September 2019.

“Time” is from Lizzo’s new LP, Special, which concurrently debuts at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Elsewhere in the Hot 100’s top 10, Kate Bush‘s “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” hits a new high, lifting 4-3; Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone‘s “Me Porto Bonito,” at its No. 6 best, takes over as the most-streamed song in the U.S. – and becomes the first all-Spanish-language No. 1 in the history of the Streaming Songs chart; and Harry Styles‘ “Late Night Talking,” boosted by its new official video, returns to the Hot 100’s top 10, jumping 11-9, after it originally reached No. 4 upon its debut in June.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated July 30, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (July 26). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

“About Damn Time,” released on Nice Life/Atlantic Records and the 1,139th Hot 100 No. 1 in the chart’s nearly 64-year history, completes a 14-week ascent to the summit, after it debuted at No. 50 on the April 30-dated chart, with 88.2 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 3%), 14.3 million streams (up 18%) and 14,000 downloads sold (up 29%, aided by discount-pricing in the iTunes Store, as it wins top Sales Gainer honors on the Hot 100) in the July 15-21 tracking week, according to Luminate.

The track adds a third week at No. 1 on the Radio Songs chart and a second frame atop Digital Song Sales, while rebounding to its No. 8 best, from No. 10, on Streaming Songs.

As previously reported, “Time” parent album Special, released July 15, launches at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 69,000 equivalent album units. With her fourth LP, Lizzo lands new career bests in both rank on the chart and weekly consumption for an album.

Lizzo previously led the Hot 100 with her breakthrough hit “Truth Hurts” for seven weeks beginning in September 2019. She has also hit the top 10 with “Good as Hell” (No. 3 peak, November 2019) and “Rumors,” featuring Cardi B (No. 4, August 2021).

Chart-watcher Jesper Tan, of Subang Jaya, Malaysia, whose thorough research one can swear by, wrote in, anticipating Lizzo’s latest Hot 100 coronation, noting that her new No. 1 brings the word “damn” to the summit for the first time. Previously, YoungBloodz, featuring Lil Jon, reached a No. 4 best with “Damn!” in 2003. Honorable mention to rock group Damn Yankees, which hit No. 3 with “High Enough” 1991. Lizzo scores the first No. 1 with “about” in its title since … just March, when the ensemble Encanto hit “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” spent its fifth and final week on top. Much more time passed between No. 1s with “time” in their titles: Lizzo achieves the first such leader since Ja Rule’s “Always on Time,” featuring Ashanti, ruled for two weeks in 2002.

Also notably, “Time” interpolates “Hey! DJ,” which the World’s Famous Supreme Team took to No. 15 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in 1984 and has now been reimagined in two Hot 100 No. 1s: prior to “Time,” Mariah Carey’s “Honey,” which samples “Hey! DJ,” notched three weeks in the lead in September 1997.

“Time” concurrently crowns the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and multi-metric Hot R&B Songs charts, which use the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100, for a third and 10th week, respectively.

“Time” claims the Hot 100’s top spot from Harry Styles’ “As It Was,” which drops to No. 2 after 10 weeks at No. 1, with 73 million in airplay audience (down 2%), 17.4 million streams (down 4%) and 5,000 sold (up 6%). Still, “As It Was” tops the Songs of the Summer chart for an eighth week, as it has led the seasonal ranking, which tracks the top titles between Memorial Day and Labor Day, each week this year.

Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” rises to a new No. 3 Hot 100 high, from No. 4. Again helped by its sync in the fourth season of Netflix’s Stranger Things, the song, originally released in 1985 (when it reached No. 30), bounds 15-10 on Radio Songs (39.8 million, up 26%, good for the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer trophy), becoming Bush’s first top 10 on the tally. It fell by 10% to 19.3 million streams and 23% to 10,000 sold in the tracking week.

“Hill” simultaneously becomes Bush’s first top 10 on Pop Airplay, Adult Pop Airplay and Adult Contemporary, pushing 12-10 on each chart, while advancing 6-5 on Alternative Airplay, where it’s her fifth top 10 (and, now, her second top five hit, after “Love and Anger” led for three weeks in December 1989).

“Hill,” Bush’s first Hot 100 top 10, wraps the longest run to the chart’s top three in terms of years from a debut on the chart to the top five – 36 years, 10 months and three weeks – for a non-holiday hit in the list’s history, and the third-longest such rise overall.

Longest Climbs to the Billboard Hot 100’s Top Three (from debut date):
61 years, two weeks: “Jingle Bell Rock,” Bobby Helms, Dec. 22, 1958-Jan. 4, 2020
59 years, one week: “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” Brenda Lee, Dec. 12, 1960-Dec. 21, 2019
36 years, 10 months, three weeks: “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God),” Kate Bush, Sept. 7, 1985-July 30, 2022
19 years: “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Mariah Carey, Jan. 8, 2000-Jan. 5, 2019
16 years, four months, one week: “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Queen, Jan. 3, 1976-May 9, 1992

Three of the songs above are holiday tracks, spurred in recent years by the growth of streaming, while Queen’s classic, like Bush’s, benefited from its own sync, in the 1992 hit Saturday Night Live spinoff film Wayne’s World.

“Hill” also tops the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, Hot Rock Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts for a seventh week each.

Jack Harlow’s “First Class” falls 3-4 on the Hot 100, after three weeks at No. 1 starting in its debut week in April, as it adds a 13th week atop the multi-metric Hot Rap Songs chart, and Future’s “Wait for U,” featuring Drake and Tems, holds at No. 5 on the Hot 100, after a week at No. 1 beginning in its debut week in May.

Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone’s “Me Porto Bonito” continues at its No. 6 Hot 100 high and lifts 2-1 on Streaming Songs (21.1 million streams, essentially even week-over-week). The track becomes each act’s first Streaming Songs leader – as well as the first all-Spanish-language No. 1 since the chart began in January 2013. Previously among Streaming Songs No. 1s in languages primarily other than English, PSY’s mostly Korean “Gangnam Style” reigned for six weeks in 2013 and Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s mostly Spanish “Despacito,” featuring Justin Bieber, dominated for 16 frames in 2017.

“Porto” leads the multi-metric Hot Latin Songs chart for a 10th week and parent album Un Verano Sin Ti tops the Billboard 200 for a sixth week.

Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul” rises 9-7 on the Hot 100, returning to its best rank. The lead single from her album Renaissance, due July 29, commands the multi-metric Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for a fourth week.

Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” dips 7-8 on the Hot 100, following five weeks at No. 1 starting in March. It logs its 79th week on the chart, tying for the third-longest run in the list’s history (and is the only one of those hits to have ranked in the top 10 as late as its 79th frame).

Most Weeks Totaled on the Billboard Hot 100:
90, “Blinding Lights,” The Weeknd, No. 1 peak (for four weeks), beginning April 4, 2020
87, “Radioactive,” Imagine Dragons, No. 3, July 6, 2013
79, “Heat Waves,” Glass Animals, No. 1 (five weeks), beginning March 12, 2022
79, “Sail,” AWOLNATION, No. 17, Oct. 12, 2013
77, “Levitating,” Dua Lipa, No. 2, May 22, 2021
76, “I’m Yours,” Jason Mraz, No. 6, Sept. 20, 2008

Harry Styles’ “Late Night Talking” revisits the Hot 100’s top 10 at No. 9, climbing from No. 11, after it reached No. 4 upon its debut in June. Boosted by its new official video, which premiered July 13, the song drew 46.9 million in radio reach (up 14%) and 9.5 million streams (on par with a week earlier) and sold 2,000 (up 2%) in the July 15-21 tracking week.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Drake’s “Jimmy Cooks” descends 8-10, four weeks after it launched at No. 1.

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated July 30), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (July 26).

Source: billboard.com

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24 Jul 2022 Music Now!

Bad Bunny’s ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ Lands Sixth Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200

Plus: Lizzo, Steve Lacy and ITZY debut in top 10.

Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti lands a sixth week atop the Billboard 200 chart (dated July 30). The set earned 103,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending July 21 (down 2%), according to Luminate. Only three albums have notched at least six weeks at No. 1 since January of 2021 — Un Verano Sin Ti, Adele’s 30 (with six) and Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album (10 weeks).

Also in the top 10, Lizzo scores her highest-charting album yet with the No. 2 debut of Special, Steve Lacy achieves his first top 10 with the arrival of Gemini Rights and ITZY nets its first top 10 with the bow of Checkmate.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new July 30, 2022-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Tuesday (July 26). For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Un Verano Sin Ti’s 103,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 102,000 (down 2%; equaling 143.15 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks) and album sales and TEA units comprise the remainder of the week’s total.

Un Verano Sin Ti has earned over 100,000 in each of its first 11 weeks on the chart. The last time that an album did so was over six years ago, when Adele’s 25 saw its first 14 weeks all exceed 100,000 units (Dec. 12, 2015-March 12, 2016-dated charts).

Additionally, Un Verano Sin Ti has spent its first 11 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart in the top two. The last album to start off as strong was Drake’s Views, which spent its first 17 weeks in the top two (May 21-Sept. 10, 2016-dated charts).

Un Verano Sin Ti bowed at No. 1 on the May 21-dated chart, then stepped away from the top slot for three weeks. It returned to No. 1 on June 18, and then moved aside for two more weeks, until coming back to No. 1 for the last four consecutive weeks.

Lizzo achieves her highest-charting album on the Billboard 200 as her latest studio effort, Special, debuts at No. 2 with 69,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 39,000; SEA units comprise 28,000 (equaling 37.07 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks) and TEA units comprise 2,000.

Special is the highest-charting album released by a woman this year, and it also launches with the largest week, by units earned, among all albums released by women in 2022.

Special is Lizzo’s second top 10-charting effort on the Billboard 200, following Cuz I Love You, which peaked at No. 4 in 2019.

The new album was led by the smash single “About Damn Time,” which has climbed to No. 2 on the most-recently published Billboard Hot 100 songs chart (dated July 23). The track has logged two weeks at No. 1 on the all-format Radio Songs chart and reached the top 10 on the Streaming Songs tally.

Four former No. 1 albums are up next on the Billboard 200, as Harry Styles’ Harry’s House rises 4-3 (52,000 equivalent album units, down 2%), Wallen’s Dangerous climbs 5-4 (48,000; down 2%), Drake’s Honestly, Nevermind is up 6-5 (37,000; down 13%) and Future’s I Never Liked You moves 7-6 (35,000; down 6%).

Steve Lacy secures his first top 10 effort on the Billboard 200 as his sophomore solo set Gemini Rights arrives at No. 7 with 34,000 equivalent album units earned. SEA units comprise nearly all of that sum, equaling 45.31 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks. Lacy recently garnered his first Hot 100 hit with the album’s “Bad Habit.” Lacy is also a member of the R&B collective The Internet, which has logged a pair of charting efforts on the Billboard 200, including the top 40-charting release Hive Mind in 2018.

ITZY’s Checkmate debuts at No. 8 on the Billboard 200, giving the South Korean quintet its first top 10 effort. The set starts with 33,000 equivalent album units earned, of which album sales comprise 31,000; SEA units comprise 2,000 (equaling 2.96 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks) and TEA units comprise the remainder of the units.

Like many K-pop releases, the CD configuration of Checkmate was issued in collectible deluxe packages (17 total, including exclusive versions for Target and Barnes & Noble) each with a standard set of items and randomized elements (such as photocards and posters); 98% of the album’s first-week sales were on CD. The other 2% were digital album sales. (The set was not released in any other format, such as vinyl or cassette.)

Rounding out the new top 10 on the Billboard 200 are Brent Faiyaz’s Wasteland, which falls 2-9 (32,000 equivalent album units; down 63%), and Lil Durk’s chart-topping 7220, which dips 8-10 (31,000; down 11%).

Source: billboard.com

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18 Jul 2022 Music Now!

Harry Styles’ ‘As It Was’ Scores Milestone 10th Week at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

The song is the 10th Hot 100 leader of at least 10 weeks on Columbia Records, the most among all labels.

Harry Styles‘ “As It Was” continues atop the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, dominating for a 10th total week. The song marks Styles’ first Hot 100 leader of at least 10 weeks – and the 10th for Columbia Records, the most among all labels over the chart’s history.

Plus, Beyoncé‘s “Break My Soul,” which holds at No. 9 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 7, hits the Radio Songs chart’s top 10, becoming her 18th top 10 on the airplay tally and her first in a lead role since 2014.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated July 23, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (July 19). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

“As It Was,” released on Erskine/Columbia Records and which debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 dated April 16, tallied 74.1 million radio airplay audience impressions (essentially even week-over-week), 18.1 million streams (up 1%) and 5,000 downloads sold (down 5%) in the July 8-14 tracking week, according to Luminate.

The track holds at No. 3 after four weeks atop Radio Songs, beginning in May; keeps at No. 6 on Streaming Songs, after two weeks on top starting upon its debut in April; and rebounds 11-6 on Digital Song Sales, following a week at the summit in May.

“As It Was” – from Styles’ third album, Harry’s House, which led the Billboard 200 albums chart for two weeks beginning with its debut in June and places at No. 4 on the latest list – becomes the 42nd song in the history of the Hot 100, which launched on Aug. 4, 1958, to reign for at least 10 weeks, a feat that just 4% of all No. 1s (1,138 total) have achieved.

While “As It Was” marks Styles’ first Hot 100 leader of at least 10 weeks (after his other No. 1, “Watermelon Sugar,” ruled for a week in August 2020) – it’s the 10th for Columbia Records, the most among all labels over the chart’s history. Arista and Atlantic follow with five such No. 1s each.

Here’s a recap of Columbia’s 10 Hot 100 No. 1s to reign for at least 10 weeks, with the label having logged the last three, as Adele and BTS’ latest leaders preceded Styles’ command:

“One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, 16 weeks at No. 1, beginning Dec. 2, 1995
“Independent Women Part I,” Destiny’s Child, 11, Nov. 18, 2000
“Irreplaceable,” Beyoncé, 10, Dec. 16, 2006
“Happy,” Pharrell Williams, 10, March 8, 2014
“Hello,” Adele, 10, Nov. 14, 2015
“Closer,” The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey, 12, Sept. 3, 2016
“Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, a record 19, April 13, 2019
“Butter,” BTS, 10, June 5, 2021
“Easy on Me,” Adele, 10, Oct. 30, 2021
“As It Was,” Harry Styles, 10, April 16, 2022

“As It Was” also sizzles atop the Songs of the Summer chart for a seventh week, as it has led the seasonal ranking, which tracks the top titles between Memorial Day and Labor Day, each week since the 2022 edition began.

Lizzo’s “About Damn Time” holds at its No. 2 Hot 100 high, with 85.9 million in radio audience (up 4%), 12.2 million streams (down 3%) and 11,000 sold (up 39%, aided by discount-pricing in the iTunes Store beginning July 8, as it wins top Sales Gainer honors on the Hot 100). The track leads Radio Songs for a second week; it tops Pop Airplay for a second frame and becomes Lizzo’s first No. 1 on Adult Pop Airplay. The single – from Lizzo’s fourth album, Special, released Friday (July 15) – concurrently crowns the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and multi-metric Hot R&B Songs charts, which use the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100, for a second and ninth frame, respectively.

Jack Harlow’s “First Class” repeats at No. 3 on the Hot 100, after three weeks at No. 1 starting in its debut week in April. It adds a 12th week atop the multi-metric Hot Rap Songs chart.

Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” is steady at its No. 4 Hot 100 best. Again sparked by its sync in the fourth season of Netflix’s Stranger Things, after the final two episodes of the season premiered July 1, the song, originally released in 1985 (when it reached No. 30), drew 31.5 million in radio reach (up 29%) and 21.5 million streams (down 4%) and sold 13,000 (down 22%) in the week ending July 14. It posts a fourth week atop Digital Song Sales and a third frame atop Streaming Songs, while surging 26-15 on Radio Songs. “Hill” also tops the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, Hot Rock Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts for a sixth week each.

Future’s “Wait for U,” featuring Drake and Tems, holds at No. 5 on the Hot 100, after a week at No. 1 beginning in its debut week in May, and Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone’s “Me Porto Bonito” rises 7-6 for a new high, as it leads the multi-metric Hot Latin Songs chart for a ninth week; parent album Un Verano Sin Ti tops the Billboard 200 for a fifth week.

Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” lifts 8-7 on the Hot 100, following five weeks at No. 1 starting in March, and Drake’s “Jimmy Cooks” falls 6-8, three weeks after it launched in the top spot.

Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul” holds at No. 9 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 7, and ascends to the Radio Songs top 10 (12-8; 42.8 million, up 22%). The song marks her 18th top 10 on the airplay survey and her first in a lead role since “Drunk in Love,” featuring Jay-Z, in March-April 2014. (It’s also her first unaccompanied by any acts since “Sweet Dreams” in October 2009-January 2010.)

Here’s a recap of the artists with the most Radio Songs top 10s, dating to the chart’s December 1990 inception:

29, Rihanna
24, Drake
23, Mariah Carey
21, Justin Bieber
20, Lil Wayne
18, Beyoncé
18, Maroon 5
18, Bruno Mars

(Plus, Destiny’s Child, with Beyoncé as a member, notched 10 Radio Songs top 10s, in 1999-2005.)

“Soul” – the lead single from Beyoncé’s album Renaissance, due July 29 – rules the multi-metric Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for a third week.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Latto’s “Big Energy” keeps at No. 10, after it reached No. 3 in April.

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated July 23), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (July 19).

Source: billboard.com

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17 Jul 2022 Music Now!

Bad Bunny Holds Atop Billboard 200 Chart for Fifth Week with ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’

Plus: Brent Faiyaz and Aespa debut in the top five.

Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti holds steady atop the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated July 23) for a fifth nonconsecutive week. The set earned 105,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending July 14 (down 5%), according to Luminate.

Also in the top 10, Brent Faiyaz’s Wasteland and Aespa’s Girls: The 2nd Mini Album arrive at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new July 23, 2022-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Tuesday, July 19. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Un Verano Sin Ti’s 105,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 104,000 (down 5%; equaling 146.83 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks) and album sales and TEA units comprise the remainder of the week’s total.

Un Verano Sin Ti has earned over 100,000 units in each of its first 10 weeks on the chart. The last album to do so was six years ago, when Drake’s Views saw its first 10 weeks all exceed 100,000 units (May 21-July 23, 2016 charts).

Additionally, Un Verano Sin Ti has spent its first 10 weeks on the chart in the top two. The last album to start off as strong was Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album, which spent its first 10 weeks at No. 1 (Jan. 23-March 27, 2021-dated charts).

Un Verano Sin Ti debuted at No. 1 on the May 21-dated chart, then stepped away from the top slot for three weeks. It returned to No. 1 on June 18, and then moved aside for two more weeks, until coming back to No. 1 for the last three consecutive weeks.

Since the start of 2021, six albums have spent at least five weeks at No. 1, including Un Verano Sin Ti. Earlier in 2022, the Encanto soundtrack notched nine weeks atop the list, while Adele’s 30 wrapped a six-week run at No. 1. In 2021, Drake’s Certified Lover Boy and Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour both clocked five weeks at No. 1, while Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous ruled for 10 weeks.

Brent Faiyaz’s sophomore album Wasteland debuts at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, launching with 88,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 81,000 (equaling 107.48 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), album sales comprise 6,000 and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. It’s the first top 10 for the R&B singer, who previously reached the chart with his debut effort, F— the World, debuting and peaking at No. 20 in 2020 and at No. 2 on the Top R&B Albums chart. That 10-track set has earned 684,000 units in the U.S. release-to-date (with on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks totaling 935.81 million).

Since the release of F— the World, Faiyaz has issued collaborative tracks with Tyler, the Creator (“Gravity” and “Sweet/I Thought You Wanted to Dance”) and Drake (“Wasting Time”). Both “Gravity” and “Wasting Time” are included on the new album, alongside a new collaboration with Alicia Keys (“Ghetto Gatsby”).

Aespa’s Girls: The 2nd Mini Album bows at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, giving the South Korean female quartet its first top 10 effort. The set starts with 56,000 equivalent album units earned, of which album sales comprise 53,000 (making it the top-selling album of the week), SEA units comprise 3,000 (equaling 4.34 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks) and TEA units comprise less than 1,000.

Like many K-pop releases, the CD configuration of Girls was issued in collectible deluxe packages (12 total, including an exclusive edition for Target), each with a standard set of items and randomized elements (such as photocards, stickers and a poster); 98% of the album’s first-week sales were on CD. The other 2% were digital album sales. (The set was not released in any other format, such as vinyl or cassette.)

A quintet of former No. 1s are next up on the Billboard 200 at Nos. 4-8. Harry Styles’ Harry’s House falls 2-4 (53,000 equivalent album units; down 3%), Wallen’s Dangerous dips 4-5 (49,000; down 2%), Drake’s Honestly, Nevermind drops 3-6 (42,000; down 19%), Future’s I Never Liked You is a non-mover at No. 7 (37,000; down 8%) and Lil Durk’s 7220 falls 6-8 (35,000; down 16%).

The Weeknd’s compilation The Highlights is stationary at No. 9 with nearly 35,000 equivalent album units earned (up 3%), while Chris Brown’s Breezy falls 8-10 with 33,000 units (down 6%).

Source: billboard.com

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11 Jul 2022 Music Now!

Harry Styles Holds at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Lizzo & Kate Bush Surge in Top Five

Styles’ “As It Was” tops the Hot 100 for a ninth week, while Lizzo’s “About Damn Time” rises to No. 2 and becomes her third leader on the Radio Songs chart.

Harry Styles‘ “As It Was” continues atop the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, logging a ninth total week at the summit.

Meanwhile, Lizzo‘s “About Damn Time” pushes from No. 3 to a new No. 2 Hot 100 high and takes over as the most-heard song on U.S. radio, as it becomes her third leader on the Radio Songs chart.

Plus, Kate Bush‘s 1985 classic “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” returns to its No. 4 Hot 100 best, from No. 6, helped by its sync in the fourth season of Netflix’s Stranger Things, after the concluding episodes of the season, which further spotlight the song, premiered July 1.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated July 16, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (July 12). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

“As It Was,” released on Erskine/Columbia Records and which debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 dated April 16, tallied 73.4 million radio airplay audience impressions (down 1%), 18 million streams (down 3%) and 5,000 downloads sold (down 10%) in the July 1-7 tracking week, according to Luminate.

The track keeps at No. 3 after four weeks atop Radio Songs, beginning in May; rises 7-6 on Streaming Songs, after two weeks at the summit starting upon its entrance in April; and dips 8-11 on Digital Song Sales, following a week in charge in May.

“As It Was” concurrently crowns the Songs of the Summer chart for a sixth week, as it has ruled the seasonal tally, which tracks the top titles between Memorial Day and Labor Day, each week since the 2022 edition began.

The song is from Styles’ third album, Harry’s House, which led the Billboard 200 albums chart for two weeks beginning with its debut in June. (A second song from the set, “Late Night Talking,” jumps to the Radio Songs top 10 [16-10; 36.6 million, up 26%], becoming his fourth top 10 on the ranking – notably, twice as many as One Direction, the group in which he broke through, earned, in 2012-14, as well as the most of any member of the boy band, which is currently on hiatus. “Talking” rises 18-15 on the Hot 100, after it opened at its No. 4 peak concurrent with the chart start of Harry’s House.)

Lizzo’s “About Damn Time” ascends 3-2 for a new Hot 100 high, with 83.2 million in radio audience (up 7%), 12.5 million streams (down 2%) and 8,000 sold (down 10%). Lizzo lands her third leader on Radio Songs, where the track advances 2-1, following “Good as Hell” (four weeks at No. 1 beginning in November 2019) and “Truth Hurts” (six, starting that September). Dating to the first week at No. 1 for “Truth Hurts” (Sept. 28, 2019), Lizzo solely boasts the most Radio Songs No. 1s of any act, passing two each for Lewis Capaldi, Dua Lipa and Olivia Rodrigo in that span.

“Time” also scores its first week atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, which uses the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100. Lizzo achieves her fourth No. 1 on the genre ranking, following “Rumors,” featuring Cardi B (one week on top, upon its debut in August 2021); “Good as Hell” (four weeks, beginning in September 2019); and “Truth Hurts” (11, beginning that August). “Time” concurrently adds its eighth week atop the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart.

“Time” is from Lizzo’s fourth album, Special, due Friday (July 15).

Jack Harlow’s “First Class” falls 2-3 on the Hot 100, after three weeks at No. 1 starting in its debut week in April. It claims an 11th week atop the multi-metric Hot Rap Songs chart.

Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” soars back to its No. 4 Hot 100 high, from No. 6, helped by its sync in the fourth season of Netflix’s Stranger Things, after the conclusion of the season premiered July 1. The song, originally released in 1985 (when it reached No. 30), drew 24.6 million in radio reach (up 30%) and 22.3 million streams (up 20%) and sold 17,000 (up 45%) in the week ending July 7. It returns for a second week atop Streaming Songs (6-1) and a third frame atop Digital Song Sales (3-1), as it wins the Hot 100’s top Streaming and Sales Gainer awards.

Among the song’s latest radio highlights, it bounds 13-9 as the Greatest Gainer on Alternative Airplay, becoming Bush’s first top 10 on the tally since 1993-94 (when “Rubberband Girl” hit No. 7).

“Hill” also posts a fifth week each atop the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, Hot Rock Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts.

Future’s “Wait for U,” featuring Drake and Tems, slips 4-5 on the Hot 100, after a week at No. 1 beginning in its debut week in May, and Drake’s own “Jimmy Cooks” retreats 5-6, two weeks after it launched in the top spot.

Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone’s “Me Porto Bonito” returns to its No. 7 Hot 100 best, from No. 8, as it leads the multi-metric Hot Latin Songs chart for an eighth week.

Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” lifts 9-8 on the Hot 100, following five weeks at No. 1 starting in March. It adds its 77th week on the chart, tying for the fourth-longest run in the list’s history, which dates to August 1958 (and is the only one of those hits to have ranked in the top 10 as late as a 77th frame).

Most Weeks Totaled on the Billboard Hot 100:
90, “Blinding Lights,” The Weeknd, No. 1 peak (for four weeks), beginning April 4, 2020
87, “Radioactive,” Imagine Dragons, No. 3, July 6, 2013
79, “Sail,” AWOLNATION, No. 17, Oct. 12, 2013
77, “Heat Waves,” Glass Animals, No. 1 (five weeks), beginning March 12, 2022
77, “Levitating,” Dua Lipa, No. 2, May 22, 2021
76, “I’m Yours,” Jason Mraz, No. 6, Sept. 20, 2008

Plus, “Heat Waves” spends a 34th week in the Hot 100’s top 10, passing Maroon 5’s “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B, for the most among groups. Overall, “Heat Waves” has now solely logged the fourth-most top 10 weeks, after The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” (57), The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber’s “Stay” (44) and Lipa’s “Levitating” (41).

Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul” backtracks to No. 9 from its No. 7 Hot 100 best. In its second full week of tracking, it garnered 34.2 million in airplay audience (up 54%) – as it blasts 28-12 on Radio Songs and takes the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer trophy – and drew 11.5 million streams (down 26%) and sold 7,000 (down 36%).

A week earlier, the song – the lead single from Beyoncé’s album Renaissance, due July 29 – became her 20th solo Hot 100 top 10; as Destiny’s Child notched 10 top 10s with her as a member, she became just the third artist, and the first woman, with at least 20 top 10s as a soloist and 10 or more with a group.

The track adds a second week at No. 1 on the multi-metric Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Latto’s “Big Energy” returns to the region (11-10), after it reached No. 3 in April.

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated July 16), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (July 12).

Source: billboard.com

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10 Jul 2022 Music Now!

Bad Bunny’s ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ Lands Fourth Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200

Plus: Shinedown scores fifth top 10 with debut of “Planet Zero.”

Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti captures a fourth nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated July 16). The set holds at No. 1, notching its first set of back-to-back weeks in the lead. The effort earned 111,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending July 7 (down 4%), according to Luminate.

Also in the top 10, Shinedown’s Planet Zero is the chart’s top debut, as the rock band’s latest studio album opens at No. 5. It’s the group’s fifth top 10-charting effort.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new July 16, 2022-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Tuesday (July 12). For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Un Verano Sin Ti’s 111,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 109,000 (down 4%; equaling 154.12 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks) and album sales and TEA units comprise the remainder of the week’s total.

Un Verano Sin Ti has earned over 100,000 in each of its first nine weeks on the chart. The last album to do so was nearly six years ago, when Drake’s Views saw its first 10 weeks all exceed 100,000 units (May 21-July 23, 2016, charts).

Additionally, Un Verano Sin Ti has spent its first nine weeks on the chart in the top two. The last album to start off so strong was Drake’s Certified Lover Boy, which also spent its first nine weeks in the top two (Sept. 18-Nov. 13, 2021-dated charts).

Un Verano Sin Ti debuted at No. 1 on the May 21-dated chart, then stepped away from the top slot for three weeks. It returned to No. 1 on June 18, and then moved aside for two more weeks, until coming back to No. 1 for the last two consecutive weeks.

A trio of former No. 1s are Nos. 2-4 on the new Billboard 200, as Harry Styles’ Harry’s House rises 6-2 (54,000 equivalent album units; down 14%), Drake’s Honestly, Nevermind is steady at No. 3 (52,000; down 29%) and Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album climbs 8-4 (50,000; down less than 1%).

Shinedown’s Planet Zero bows at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 with 49,000 equivalent album units earned. It’s the fifth top 10-charting album for the rock band, which claimed its first in 2008 with the No. 8-peaking The Sound of Madness. Of Planet Zero’s starting unit total, album sales comprise 43,000, SEA units comprise 6,000 (equaling 7.67 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks) and TEA units comprise less than 1,000 units.

Planet Zero has yielded two top 10-charting hits on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart — the title track and “Daylight.” Since the group debuted on the airplay list in 2003 with the No. 5-peaking “Fly From the Inside,” it has maintained an unbroken streak of 29 consecutive top 10 hits. The act is tied with Foo Fighters for the most total top 10s in the chart’s 41-year history.

Lil Durk’s chart-topping 7220 falls 5-6 on the new Billboard 200 with 42,000 equivalent album units earned (down 38%), Future’s former leader I Never Liked You rises 10-7 with 40,000 units (down 7%) and Chris Brown’s Breezy dips 4-8 in its second week with 35,000 units (down 52%).

The Weeknd’s compilation album The Highlights returns to the top 10, zipping 52-9 with 34,000 equivalent album units earned (up 144%). The set contains such hits as “Blinding Lights” and “Save Your Tears” (both from The Weeknd’s After Hours studio album) and “Starboy” and “I Feel It Coming” (both from his Starboy album). On the new chart, the TEA and SEA units for all four songs contribute to The Highlights, as a song’s activity is assigned to the artist’s album with the most traditional album sales in a week. (The Highlights sold nearly 2,000 copies in the latest tracking week, while After Hours and Starboy both sold under 1,000.) A week ago, the TEA and SEA for the songs were directed to their original studio albums, as each outsold The Highlights that week.

Post Malone’s Twelve Carat Toothache returns to the top 10, rising 12-10 with 31,000 equivalent album units earned (down 13%).

Source: billboard.com

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5 Jul 2022 Music Now!

Harry Styles’ ‘As It Was’ Back Atop Billboard Hot 100, Beyonce’s ‘Break My Soul’ Hits Top 10

Beyoncé scores her milestone 20th solo Hot 100 top 10.

Harry Styles‘ “As It Was” rebounds from No. 2 for an eighth total week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.

Meanwhile, Beyoncé‘s “Break My Soul” surges from No. 15 to No. 7 on the Hot 100, following its first full week of tracking, marking her milestone 20th top 10 as a soloist.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated July 9, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (July 6, a day later than usual due to the July 4 holiday in the U.S. yesterday). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

“As It Was,” released on Erskine/Columbia Records, tallied 77.1 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 1%), 18.6 million streams (down 10%) and 5,000 downloads sold (down 14%) in the June 24-30 tracking week, according to Luminate.

The track dips 2-3 after four weeks atop the Radio Songs chart; rises 9-7 on Streaming Songs after two weeks at the summit; and drops 7-8 on Digital Song Sales, following a week in charge.

Notably, “As it Was” scores its record-tying fourth distinct stay atop the Hot 100, after it debuted at No. 1 on the April 16 chart; led again on April 30 and May 7; and added four more weeks on top on the charts dated June 4, 11, 18 and 25, ahead of its return to No. 1 on the new, July 9, ranking. (The songs that have interrupted its reign: Jack Harlow’s “First Class,” April 23 and May 21 and 28; Future’s “Wait for U,” featuring Drake and Tems, May 14; and Drake’s “Jimmy Cooks,” featuring 21 Savage, July 2.) “As It Was” is the fourth to log as many as four separate No. 1 stints, after Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (2019-22), 24kGoldn’s “Mood,” featuring Iann Dior (2020-21), and Drake’s “Nice for What” (2018).

“As It Was” concurrently crowns the Songs of the Summer chart for a fifth week, as it has led the summery summary, which tracks the top titles between Memorial Day and Labor Day, each week since the 2022 edition began.

Jack Harlow’s “First Class” lifts 3-2 on the Hot 100, after, as noted above, three weeks at No. 1, as it notches a fourth week atop Radio Songs (85.5 million, up 4%). It adds a 10th week atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, which use the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100.

Lizzo’s “About Damn Time” jumps 5-3 for a new Hot 100 high, as it rules the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart for a seventh week. It also ascends to No. 1 on the Pop Airplay chart, where Lizzo achieves her third leader, after “Good as Hell” (four weeks at No. 1 beginning in November 2019) and “Truth Hurts” (four, starting that September).

Future’s “Wait for U,” featuring Drake and Tems, keeps at No. 4 on the Hot 100, after a week at No. 1, and Drake’s own “Jimmy Cooks” falls to No. 5 a week after it launched at No. 1, becoming his 11th leader. Still, the latter claims a second week atop Streaming Songs, although with a 42% decline to 24.7 million streams. It plunges 9-47 on Digital Song Sales (2,000, down 68%) and is down 13% to 2.6 million in radio reach.

Kate Bush’s 1985 classic “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” rebounds 9-6 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 4, fueled by its sync in Netflix’s Stranger Things, as it logs a fourth week each atop the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, Hot Rock Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts.

Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul” bursts 15-7 on the Hot 100, following its first full week of tracking (June 24-30, after its arrival on Tidal at 9 p.m. ET June 20 and its wide release three hours later). It soars 17-8 on Streaming Songs (16.6 million, after logging 14 million June 20-23) and enters Radio Songs at No. 28 (23 million, following 10.7 million in its first three-plus days), while falling to No. 4 on Digital Song Sales after it opened at No. 1 (11,000, down from 22,000).

Beyoncé banks her landmark 20th solo Hot 100 top 10 and first since Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage,” on which she’s featured, became her seventh No. 1 in May 2020. Beyoncé notches her first top 10 in a lead role since “Formation” debuted and peaked at No. 10 in May 2016.

Here’s an updated rundown of the elite 23 artists with 20 or more Hot 100 top 10s, dating to the chart’s Aug. 4, 1958, inception:

Most Billboard Hot 100 Top 10s:

  • 58, Drake
  • 38, Madonna
  • 34, The Beatles
  • 31, Rihanna
  • 30, Michael Jackson
  • 30, Taylor Swift
  • 28, Elton John
  • 28, Mariah Carey
  • 28, Stevie Wonder
  • 27, Janet Jackson
  • 26, Justin Bieber
  • 25, Elvis Presley (with his career having predated the Hot 100’s start)
  • 25, Lil Wayne
  • 23, Whitney Houston
  • 23, Paul McCartney
  • 23, The Rolling Stones
  • 22, Eminem
  • 22, Jay-Z
  • 20, Beyoncé
  • 20, Chicago
  • 20, Nicki Minaj
  • 20, The Supremes
  • 20, Ye

Beyoncé first appeared in the Hot 100’s top 10 as a soloist when Jay-Z’s “’03 Bonnie & Clyde,” on which she’s featured, rose 11-8 on the Dec. 7, 2002, tally.

Meanwhile, Beyoncé now has twice as many top 10s as Destiny’s Child, the group in which she broke through: the act notched 10 top 10s (including four No. 1s) in 1998-2005.

Also impressively, Beyoncé joins select company among artists with at least 20 solo top 10s and 10 as a member of a group. The exclusive club, of which she’s the first female member: Paul McCartney, with 23 solo top 10s (including his work with Wings), in addition to 34 with The Beatles; Michael Jackson, with 30 solo top 10s along with 11 as a member of the Jackson 5/Jacksons; and, now, Beyoncé (20 solo, 10 with Destiny’s Child).

“Break My Soul” concurrently becomes Beyoncé’s first No. 1 on the multi-metric Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart (which began in 2013).

Further, “Break My Soul,” the lead single from Beyoncé’s album Renaissance, due July 29, contains elements of Robin S.’s house classic “Show Me Love,” co-written and -produced by Allen George and Fred McFarlane. The latter two talents receive songwriting credit on Beyoncé’s latest and rank in the Hot 100’s top 10 as writers for the first time since “Show Me Love” hit No. 5 in June 1993.

Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone’s “Me Porto Bonito” pushes 11-8 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 7, as it tops the multi-metric Hot Latin Songs chart for a seventh week.

Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” rises 10-9 on the Hot 100, following five weeks at No. 1. It adds its 76th week on the chart, tying for the fifth-longest run in the list’s history (and is the only one of those hits to have ranked in the top 10 at the time of its 76th frame).

Most Weeks Totaled on the Billboard Hot 100:

  • 90, “Blinding Lights,” The Weeknd, No. 1 peak (for four weeks), beginning April 4, 2020
  • 87, “Radioactive,” Imagine Dragons, No. 3, July 6, 2013
  • 79, “Sail,” AWOLNATION, No. 17, Oct. 12, 2013
  • 77, “Levitating,” Dua Lipa, No. 2, May 22, 2021
  • 76, “Heat Waves,” Glass Animals, No. 1 (five weeks), beginning March 12, 2022
  • 76, “I’m Yours,” Jason Mraz, No. 6, Sept. 20, 2008

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Joji’s “Glimpse of Us” backtracks to No. 10 from its No. 8 high. Still, the ballad flies by 208% to 1.8 million in radio airplay audience (and enters Pop Airplay at No. 33).

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated July 9), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (July 6).

Source: billboard.com

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3 Jul 2022 Music Now!

Bad Bunny Back at No. 1 on Billboard 200 with ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’

Plus: Luke Combs, Chris Brown, NAYEON and Conan Gray debut in the top 10.

Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti bounces back to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated July 9) for a third nonconsecutive week on top, as the set climbs 2-1 in its eighth week. The album earned 115,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending June 30 (down 5%), according to Luminate.

With a third week at No. 1, Un Verano Sin Ti has the second-most weeks at No. 1 in 2022, following the Encanto soundtrack, with nine.

Un Verano Sin Ti’s third week at No. 1 also marks its third total visit to the top, as the album debuted at No. 1 on the May 21-dated chart, then stepped away from the top slot for three weeks. It then returned to No. 1 on June 18, and then moved aside for two more weeks, until coming back to No. 1 on the new chart. Un Verano Sin Ti is the first album with three separate visits to No. 1 since Drake’s Certified Lover Boy also had three distinct stays at No. 1 in 2021, for a total of five weeks atop the list (three weeks: Sept. 18-Oct. 2, then Oct. 23 and Nov. 6, 2021). The all-Spanish-language Un Verano Sin Ti is also the second mostly-or-all-non-English-language album to spend more than a single week at No. 1. The first was The Singing Nun’s self-titled all-French-language album — it concluded its 10-week run at No. 1 in February of 1964. (They are two of the 15 total mostly-or-all-non-English albums to reach No. 1.)

Un Verano Sin Ti has earned over 100,000 in each of its first eight weeks on the chart. The last title to do so was nearly six years ago, when Drake’s Views saw its first 10 weeks all exceed 100,000 units (May 21-July 23, 2016 charts).

Un Verano Sin Ti has yet to fall below No. 2 in its eight weeks on the Billboard 200 chart. The last album to spend its first eight weeks on the chart in the top two was Drake’s Certified Lover Boy, which spent its first nine weeks in the top two (Sept. 18-Nov. 13, 2021-dated charts).

On the new Billboard 200 chart, Bad Bunny leads a busy top 10, as the latest releases from Luke Combs, Chris Brown, NAYEON and Conan Gray arrive, while Lil Durk’s chart-topping 7220 jumps back into the region following its deluxe reissue with bonus tracks.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new July 9, 2022-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Wednesday, July 6 (a day later than usual due to the July 4 holiday in the U.S.). For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Un Verano Sin Ti’s 115,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 114,000 (down 5%; equaling 160.18 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), and album sales and TEA units comprise less than 1,000 units each.

Luke Combs scores both the highest debut of the week and the highest debut for a country album in 2022 as his new studio effort Growin’ Up launches at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. The set enters with 74,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 44,000 (equaling 56.33 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 12 tracks), album sales comprise 28,000 and TEA units comprise 2,000.

Growin’ Up is Combs’ fourth album to reach the top five on the Billboard 200, following What You See Is What You Get (No. 1 in 2019), The Prequel (No. 4, 2019) and This One’s for You (No. 4, 2018).

Drake’s Honestly, Nevermind falls 1-3 in its second week on the Billboard 200 with 73,000 equivalent album units earned (down 64%).

Chris Brown logs his 12th top 10 album on the Billboard 200, as his latest release Breezy bows at No. 4 with 72,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 66,000 (equaling 87.36 million on-demand official streams of the album’s 24 tracks), album sales comprise 5,000 and TEA units comprise 1,000.

Lil Durk’s chart-topping 7220 jumps back into the top 10, climbing 18-5 with 68,000 equivalent album units earned (up 217%) after the album was reissued on June 24 with 13 additional tracks. (The album’s total track count now stands at 31.) Harry Styles’ former leader Harry’s House falls 3-6 with 63,000 units (down 21%).

NAYEON’s debut solo effort IM NAYEON: The 1st Mini Album debuts at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 with 57,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 52,000 (making it the top-selling album of the week); SEA units comprise 4,000 (equaling 6.56 million on-demand official streams of the set’s seven tracks) and TEA units comprise less than 1,000. NAYEON is a member of the vocal group TWICE, which has visited the top 10 two times (Taste of Love: The 10th Mini Album, peaking at No. 6, and Formula of Love: O+T=<3, The 3rd Full Album, No. 3, both in 2021).

Like many K-pop releases, the CD configuration of IM NAYEON was issued in collectible deluxe packages (17 total, including exclusive editions for Target and Barnes & Noble), each with a standard set of items and randomized elements (such as photocards, postcards and a poster). 98% of the album’s first-week sales were on CD. The other 2% were digital album sales. (The set was not released in any other format, such as vinyl or cassette.)

Morgan Wallen’s former No. 1 Dangerous: The Double Album falls 5-8 with 51,000 equivalent album units earned (down 3%).

Conan Gray lands his second top 10 album on the Billboard 200 as his sophomore full-length effort Superache starts at No. 9 with 43,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 27,000; SEA units comprise 16,000 (equaling 22.47 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 12 tracks), and TEA units comprise less than 1,000.

Rounding out the new top 10 is Future’s former No. 1 I Never Liked You, which falls 6-10 with 43,000 equivalent album units earned (down 12%).

Source: billboard.com

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27 Jun 2022 Music Now!

Drake & 21 Savage’s ‘Jimmy Cooks’ Soars in at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

Drake adds his 11th Hot 100 No. 1, as his new album ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ likewise debuts atop the Billboard 200.

Drake‘s “Jimmy Cooks,” featuring 21 Savage, blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. The collaboration marks Drake’s 11th Hot 100 No. 1 and 21 Savage’s second.

Drake also debuts two other songs in the Hot 100’s top 10 from his new album, Honestly, Nevermind – which likewise launches as his 11th No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart – as “Sticky” starts at No. 6 and “Falling Back” begins at No. 7.

Notably, Drake becomes the first solo male to simultaneously debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 twice, as Honestly, Nevermind and “Jimmy Cooks” join his Certified Lover Boy and “Way 2 Sexy,” which roared in atop the respective tallies dated Sept. 18, 2021.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated July 2, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (June 28). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

“Jimmy Cooks,” released on OVO/Republic Records, tallied 42.2 million streams, 3 million radio airplay audience impressions and 6,000 downloads sold in its first week (June 17-23), according to Luminate, following the June 17 arrival of parent album Honestly, Nevermind, announced only hours before its release.

The track (seemingly an ode to the character of Jimmy Brooks that Drake portrayed on the CTV drama Degrassi: The Next Generation from 2001-08) arrives as the 1,138th No. 1 in the Hot 100’s 63-year history, and the 62nd to enter on top.

Drake’s 11th Hot 100 No. 1

Drake adds his 11th Hot 100 No. 1. He ties Whitney Houston for the seventh-most leaders among all acts and passes Stevie Wonder to claim the second-most among male soloists.

Most Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s:

  • 20, The Beatles
  • 19, Mariah Carey
  • 14, Rihanna
  • 13, Michael Jackson
  • 12, Madonna
  • 12, The Supremes
  • 11, Drake
  • 11, Whitney Houston
  • 10, Janet Jackson
  • 10, Stevie Wonder

Meanwhile, here’s a recap of Drake’s 11 Hot 100 No. 1s:

  • “What’s My Name?,” Rihanna feat. Drake (one week at No. 1, beginning Nov. 20, 2010)
  • “Work,” Rihanna feat. Drake (nine weeks, beginning March 5, 2016)
  • “One Dance,” Drake feat. WizKid & Kyla (10 weeks, beginning May 21, 2016)
  • “God’s Plan” (11 weeks, beginning Feb. 3, 2018)
  • “Nice for What” (eight weeks, beginning April 21, 2018)
  • “In My Feelings” (10 weeks, beginning July 21, 2018)
  • “Toosie Slide” (one week, April 18, 2020)
  • “What’s Next” (one week, March 20, 2021)
  • “Way 2 Sexy,” Drake feat. Future and Young Thug (one week, Sept. 18, 2021)
  • “Wait for U,” Future feat. Drake & Tems (one week, May 14, 2022)
  • “Jimmy Cooks,” Drake feat. 21 Savage (one week to-date, July 2, 2022)

Plus, “Jimmy Cooks” is Drake’s record-extending seventh song to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100, following “God’s Plan,” “Nice for What,” “Toosie Slide,” “What’s Next,” “Way 2 Sexy” and “Wait for U.”

Further, Drake ties The Beatles for the most top five Hot 100 hits: 29 each. Madonna (28) and Mariah Carey (27) follow.

21 Savage previously topped the Hot 100 as featured on Post Malone’s “Rockstar,” which reigned for eight weeks beginning in October 2017.

Drake debuts atop Billboard 200 & Hot 100

As Drake’s Honestly, Nevermind opens atop the Billboard 200 concurrent with the Hot 100-topping entrance of “Jimmy Cooks,” he makes the eighth-such double debut – and becomes the first male soloist to score the honor twice. Taylor Swift first achieved the feat in August 2020 and has made a record three such starts.

Simultaneous Artist Debuts Atop the Billboard 200 & Hot 100

  • Drake: Honestly, Nevermind & “Jimmy Cooks,” feat. 21 Savage, July 2, 2022
  • Future: I Never Liked You & “Wait for U,” feat. Drake & Tems, May 14, 2022
  • Taylor Swift: Red (Taylor’s Version) & “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version),” Nov. 27, 2021
  • Drake: Certified Lover Boy & “Way 2 Sexy,” feat. Future & Young Thug, Sept. 18, 2021
  • Justin Bieber: Justice & “Peaches,” feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon, April 3, 2021
  • Taylor Swift: Evermore & “Willow,” Dec. 26, 2020
  • BTS: BE & “Life Goes On,” Dec. 5, 2020
  • Taylor Swift: Folkore & “Cardigan,” Aug. 8, 2020

Drake’s lucky 13th Streaming Songs No. 1

“Jimmy Cooks” is Drake’s record-extending 13th No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart. He now has more than double the amount of runner-up Justin Bieber, with six.

No. 1 R&B/hip-hop, rap

“Jimmy Cooks” also premieres atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, which use the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100. Drake notches his record-extending 25th leader on each list, while 21 Savage adds this third.

Drake up to 58 Hot 100 top 10s

As “Sticky” debuts at No. 6 and “Falling Back” bows at No. 7 on the Hot 100, with 28.8 million and 27.8 million streams, respectively, Drake, thanks to those tracks and “Jimmy Cooks,” pads his record career count to 58 top 10s.

Most Billboard Hot 100 Top 10s:

  • 58, Drake
  • 38, Madonna
  • 34, The Beatles
  • 31, Rihanna
  • 30, Michael Jackson
  • 30, Taylor Swift
  • 28, Mariah Carey
  • 28, Elton John
  • 28, Stevie Wonder
  • 27, Janet Jackson

Rest of the top 10

Harry Styles’ “As It Was” drops to No. 2 after seven weeks atop the Hot 100. The track concurrently crowns the Songs of the Summer chart for a fourth week, after the seasonal survey, which tracks the top titles between Memorial Day and Labor Day, returned three weeks ago.

Jack Harlow’s “First Class” slips 2-3 on the Hot 100, after three nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1, as it notches a third week atop the Radio Songs chart (84.3 million, up 3%).

Future’s “Wait for U,” featuring Drake and Tems, falls 3-4 on the Hot 100, after a week at No. 1, and Lizzo’s “About Damn Time” retreats to No. 5 from its No. 4 Hot 100 high, as it leads the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart for a sixth week.

Below Drake’s “Sticky” at No. 6 and “Falling Back” at No. 7 on the Hot 100, Joji’s “Glimpse of Us” rises 10-8 in its second week on the chart, led by its 40% increase to 25.6 million streams.

Kate Bush’s 1985 classic “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” descends 5-9 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 4, fueled by its sync in Netflix’s Stranger Things, as it adds a third week each atop the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” backtracks 6-10, after five weeks at No. 1.

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated July 2), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (June 28).

Source: billboard.com

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26 Jun 2022 Music Now!

Drake Achieves 11th No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart with ‘Honestly, Nevermind’

He’s one of only five acts with more than 10 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 chart.

Drake’s Honestly, Nevermind debuts atop the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated July 2), giving the superstar his 11th No. 1 on the chart. The surprise release was announced on June 16, and the album dropped at midnight on June 17. The set is a sonic left-turn from the hip-hop giant, as it is “almost entirely composed of moody electronic atmospherics and body-moving dancefloor heat” and “leans on the house music scene” with collaborations from “seven house music producers with varying degrees of mainstream fame.”

Drake becomes the fifth act with more than 10 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 since the chart began regularly publishing on a weekly basis in 1956. He joins The Beatles (who lead with a record 19 No. 1s), Jay-Z (14), Bruce Springsteen and Barbra Streisand (each with 11).

Honestly, Nevermind launches with 204,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending June 23, according to Luminate. Streaming activity powered 94% of the album’s first week sum.

Also in the new top 10, Kevin Gates collects his fifth top 10 on the Billboard 200, as Khaza arrives at No. 8.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new July 2, 2022-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on June 28. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Honestly, Nevermind’s 204,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 191,000 (equaling 250.23 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), album sales comprise 11,000 and TEA units comprise 2,000.

The 14-track Honestly, Nevermind bows with the fourth-largest streaming week for an album in 2022, by on-demand official streams: 250.23 million. Notably, the three larger weeks this year were all scored by albums with a longer tracklist (all in their debuts weeks): Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti (356.55 million from 23 tracks), Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (343.02 million; 18 tracks) and Future’s I Never Liked You (283.75 million; 22 tracks).

In fact, the last time an album as short (or shorter) as Honestly, Nevermind had a larger streaming week was over a year ago, when Olivia Rodrigo’s 11-track Sour bowed with 300.73 million on-demand official streams (chart dated June 5, 2021).

The most-streamed cut on Honestly, Nevermind, by on-demand official streams, is its closing track “Jimmy Cooks,” featuring 21 Savage, with 39.59 million. The second-and-third-most streamed tracks are the album’s opening song “Falling Back” (27.05 million) and “Sticky” (26.16 million). “Falling” is the only song from the album with an official music video, and 3.03 million of its streams came from video plays. (Looking only at on-demand official audio streams, the two most-streamed tracks on the set are “Jimmy Cooks,” with 37.93 million and “Sticky,” with 25.37 million.)

“Jimmy Cooks” and “Sticky” are the most rap-forward cuts on the album. Combined, the two songs accounted for 26% of the album’s first-week on-demand official streams (65.75 million of 250.23 million).

In total, Honestly, Nevermind is Drake’s 14th top 10-charting album on the Billboard 200. From 2009, when he first charted, onwards, he’s logged at least one new top 10 in every year except for 2012 and 2014. Honestly gives Drake an eighth consecutive year with a new top 10 album (stretching back to 2015’s What a Time to Be Alive, with Future, and If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late – both No. 1s). No other act has notched a new top 10 in every year since 2015.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Bad Bunny’s chart-topping Un Verano Sin Ti is a non-mover with 121,000 equivalent album units (down 8%). Un Verano Sin Ti has tallied over 100,000 in each of its first seven weeks on the chart. The last title to do so was Drake’s Scorpion, which saw its first seven weeks all exceed 100,000 units (July 28-Aug 25. 2018, charts).

Harry Styles’ former leader Harry’s House is stationary at No. 3 with 79,000 equivalent album units (down 13%), BTS’ Proof falls 1-4 in its second week with 75,000 units (down 76%) and Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album rises 6-5 with 52,000 units (up less than 1%). Future’s former No. 1 I Never Liked You dips 5-6 with 49,000 units (down 11%), and Post Malone’s Twelve Carat Toothache descends 4-7 with 44,000 units (down 26%).

Kevin Gates nabs his fifth top 10 album on the Billboard 200 as Khaza arrives at No. 8 with 38,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 34,000 (equaling 47.05 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), album sales comprise 3,000 and TEA units comprise less than 1,000.

Closing out the new top 10 are two former No. 1s: Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (7-9 with 36,000 equivalent album units; down 14%) and Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour (8-10 with 32,000 units; up 1%).

Source: billboard.com

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