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4 Dec 2017 Music Now!

Post Malone’s ‘Rockstar’ Leads Billboard Hot 100 for Eighth Week, G-Eazy’s ‘No Limit’ Lifts to Top 10

Plus, Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” rises to No. 3 and is the week’s top seller, sparked by early sales of its new Beyonce duet version.

Post Malone‘s “Rockstar,” featuring 21 Savage, dominates the Billboard Hot 100chart (dated Dec. 16) for an eighth week.

Plus, Ed Sheeran‘s “Perfect,” up 5-3 on the Hot 100, is the week’s top seller, aided by early sales of its new Beyonce duet version released just before the end of the sales tracking week (ending Nov. 30), while G-Eazy earns his second Hot 100 top 10 as “No Limit,” featuring A$AP Rocky and Cardi B, bumps 11-8.

As we do every Monday, let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Dec. 5).

“Rockstar,” released on Republic Records, tallies a 10th (nonconsecutive) week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, with 50.5 million U.S. streams (down 9 percent), in the week ending Nov. 30, according to Nielsen Music. The song is the 11th to tally double-digit weeks at No. 1, dating to the list’s January 2013 launch; Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito,” featuring Justin Bieber, spent a record 16 weeks atop Streaming Songs beginning May 27.

“Rockstar” rises 4-3 on Digital Song Sales, which it led for a week, although down 18 percent to with 47,000 downloads sold in the week ending Nov. 30. On Radio Songs, the song dips 4-5 but with a 5 percent gain to 91 million in all-format audience in the week ending Dec. 3.

“Rockstar” concurrently leads the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songscharts for an eighth week each.

Camila Cabello’s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, spends a fifth week at its No. 2 high on the Hot 100. It rises 3-2 on Radio Songs (115 million, up 9 percent); retreats to No. 2 after two weeks atop Digital Song Sales (54,000, down 36 percent); and holds at No. 3 on Streaming Songs (34.4 million, down 14 percent).

“Rockstar” and “Havana” have now ranked at Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, on the Hot 100 for five weeks running, the longest combination since “Despacito” spent the last seven of its record-tying 16 weeks at No. 1 and DJ Khaled’s “Wild Thoughts,” featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller, peaked at No. 2 for seven consecutive weeks on charts dated July 29 through Sept. 9. On the new Dec. 16-dated Hot 100, “Rockstar” decreases by 8 percent in overall activity and “Havana” declines by 14 percent.

Meanwhile, Post Malone is now “rock” solid with sole possession of a new record: With its eighth week atop the Hot 100, “Rockstar” passes Joan Jett & the Blackhearts’ “I Love Rock & Roll” (seven weeks, 1982) for the most time on top among No. 1s with “rock” in their titles.

Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” pushes to a new No. 3 Hot 100 high, from No. 5, and becomes his third No. 1 on Digital Song Sales (69,000, down 1 percent). He previously led for a week in 2015 with “Thinking Out Loud” and for 10 weeks earlier this year with “Shape of You.”

“Perfect” hits No. 1 on Digital Song Sales with an assist from the first few hours of tracking for its new duet version with Beyonce, released before the end of the sales (and streaming) tracking week at 7 p.m. ET on Nov. 30. For the full week, the Beyonce version accounts for 18 percent of the song’s sales; the duet should likely account for a greatly higher percentage of the song’s total weekly sales following its first full frame of tracking (ending Dec. 7) and gain on next week’s charts (dated Dec. 23), when Beyonce will be added as a credited artist on it.

“Perfect” pushes 6-4 on Radio Songs (91 million, up 14 percent, good for the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award), where it becomes Sheeran’s fifth top five hit, and 15-11 on Streaming Songs (18.6 million, down 1 percent).

Lil Pump’s “Gucci Gang” dips to No. 4 from its No. 3 Hot 100 peak, again driven most heavily by its No. 2 rank on Streaming Songs (39.6 million, down 20 percent). It descends 19-22 on Digital Song Sales (15,000, down 26 percent) and nears Radio Songs (18 million, up 17 percent).

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five, Imagine Dragons’ “Thunder” backtracks to No. 5 from its No. 4 Hot 100 peak and crowns Radio Songs for a third week (117 million, down 3 percent). On Hot Rock Songs, “Thunder” reigns for a fifth week.

Sam Smith’s “Too Good at Goodbyes” rebounds 7-6 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 4, swapping spots with Cardi B’s former three-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)” (6-7). Speaking of Cardi B …

G-Eazy earns his second Hot 100 top 10 as “No Limit,” featuring A$AP Rocky and Cardi B, jumps 11-8. G-Eazy previously hit No. 7 with “Me, Myself & I,” with Bebe Rexha,” in March 2016. A$AP Rocky notches his third top 10, following “F**kin Problems,” featuring Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar (No. 8, 2013), and Selena Gomez’s “Good for You,” on which he’s featured (No. 5, 2015). Cardi B notches her second top 10, following “Bodak Yellow.”

“No Limit” holds at its No. 6 high on Streaming Songs (22 million, down 11 percent) and hikes 21-13 on Radio Songs (54 million, up 9 percent) and 23-18 on Digital Song Sales (16,000, down 23 percent).

Closing out the Hot 100’s top 10, Maroon 5’s “What Lovers Do,” featuring SZA, returns to its peak (10-9) and Portugal. The Man’s “Feel It Still” dips 8-10, after hitting No. 4.

Just outside the Hot 100’s top 10, Halsey ascends 14-11 with “Bad at Love,” her highest-charting entry as a lead artist; she spent 12 weeks at No. 1 as featured on The Chainsmokers’ “Closer” beginning in September 2016. “Bad” becomes her third top 10 on Radio Songs, rising 12-9 (71 million, up 11 percent), after “Closer” (11 weeks at No. 1) and her own “Now or Never” (No. 10 in July; it reached No. 17 on the Hot 100).

Also in the Hot 100’s top 20, Dua Lipa’s “New Rules” hits a new high (18-15) and Post Malone’s “I Fall Apart” enters the region (21-19). Plus, at No. 21, Mariah Carey makes her annual return with her 1994 classic “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” which hit a No. 11 peak two holiday seasons ago. (Older songs are eligible to return to the Hot 100 if ranking in the top 50 and are gaining in multiple metrics with a significant reason for their resurgences; a few holiday chestnuts re-enter each year.)

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast, all posting this week. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Dec. 5), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboard magazine is on sale Friday (Dec. 8).

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3 Dec 2017 Music Now!

Taylor Swift’s ‘Reputation’ Spends Third Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

Taylor Swift’s Reputation album notches a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, making it the first set to rack up three weeks atop the list since Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. in May. Reputation earned 147,000 equivalent album units (down 43 percent) in the week ending Nov. 30, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 131,000 were in traditional album sales (down 43 percent).

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Dec. 16-dated chart (where Reputation holds at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Tuesday (Dec. 5).

Only four albums have spent three or more weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 2017: Reputation, DAMN., Drake’s More Life and The Weeknd’s Starboy. DAMN. and More Life both spent three weeks atop the list, while Starboy claimed four frames at No. 1 in 2017, following one week at No. 1 in 2016, when it debuted at No. 1 (Dec. 27, 2016-dated list). Remarkably, the last album by a woman to earn at least three weeks at No. 1 was Adele’s 25, which clocked 10 nonconsecutive weeks in the penthouse between its chart-topping debut on Dec. 12, 2015 and its final week at No. 1 on March 12, 2016.

After two weeks where the Reputation album was not available in full through streaming services (only its four pre-release tracks could be played), the entire set was made available to all streamers on Dec. 1. The album should see a spike in streaming activity on next week’s chart (covering the streaming, and sales, tracking week ending Dec. 7).

Meanwhile, back on this week’s new chart, Pentatonix’s former No. 1, A Pentatonix Christmas, surges from No. 5 to No. 2 with 70,000 units (up 47 percent), of which 56,000 were in album sales (up 41 percent). The set (which topped the Jan. 7 and Jan. 14, 2017-dated Billboard 200 following its 2016 release) rises following the Nov. 27 premiere of the group’s NBC special A Very Pentatonix Christmas and sale pricing and promotion in the iTunes Store (where the album was marked down to $6.99).

Sam Smith’s former leader, The Thrill of It All, holds steady at No. 3 with 62,000 units (up 6 percent), with 36,000 of that sum in pure album sales (up 10 percent).

Garth Brooks’ box set, The Anthology: Part I, The First Five Years, is a non-mover at No. 4 in its second chart week, with 57,000 equivalent album units (up 7 percent, all in traditional album sales). The box set, which is only available on CD, rises following sale pricing timed to the Black Friday shopping holiday on Nov. 24.

Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) jumps 9-5 with 42,000 units (up 3 percent), Post Malone’s Stoney skips 10-6 with a little over 37,000 units (down 5 percent), P!nk’s Beautiful Trauma slips one rung to No. 7 with 37,000 units (down 16 percent) and Lil Uzi Vert‘s Luv Is Rage 2 is stationary at No. 8 with 35,000 units (down 15 percent).

Michael Bublé’s former No. 1, Christmas, returns to the Billboard 200’s top 10, as vaults from No. 23 to No. 9 with 34,000 units (up 61 percent), with 17,000 in traditional album sales (up 52 percent). The holiday favorite topped the Billboard 200 for five consecutive weeks in December of 2011 (its release year) and January of 2012. It has since revisited the top 10 every year during the holiday season, from Christmastime in 2012 through this year.

Closing out the top 10 is the region’s only debuting title: rappers Fabolous and Jadakiss’ collaborative album Friday on Elm Street. The set starts at No. 10 with 33,000 units (18,000 in traditional album sales). The effort grants Fabolous his sixth top 10 set (and first since the No. 1 Loso’s Way in 2009) and Jadakiss his fifth. The latter last visited the top 10 with the No. 4-peaking Top 5 Dead or Alive in 2015.

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26 Nov 2017 Music Now!

Taylor Swift’s ‘Reputation’ Album Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart

Plus: Tim McGraw & Faith Hill’s duets album and Garth Brooks’ new box set debut in top 10.

Taylor Swift’s Reputation album racks up a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, as the set earned 256,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Nov. 23, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 232,000 were in traditional album sales. The set debuted atop the list a week ago with 1.238 million units, of which 1.216 million were in album sales.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Dec. 9-dated chart (where Reputation holds at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard’s websites on Tuesday (Nov. 28).

Reputation is the first album to spend multiple weeks at No. 1 on the chart in four months, since JAY-Z’s 4:44 topped the list for two weeks (July 29 and Aug. 5-dated charts). Further, Reputation is the first album by a woman to rack up more than a single week at No. 1 in more than a year-and-a-half. Rihanna’s ANTI was the last to do so, with two nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Feb. 20 and April 2, 2016-dated charts. And Swift is the first woman to notch her first two weeks at No. 1 on the chart since Adele’s 25 ruled for its first seven frames (of 10 total nonconsecutive weeks) between Dec. 12, 2015 and Jan. 23, 2016.

The Reputation album continues to remain unavailable on streaming services, aside from the set’s four pre-release tracks: “Look What You Made Me Do,” “…Ready for It?,” “Gorgeous” and “Call It What You Want.” In turn, the album’s SEA units are rather small: 10,000. However, the album’s TEA units actually increase (13,000; up 63 percent) as the album became widely available to buy via all digital retailers (after a week of exclusivity in the iTunes Store), and all of its songs became available for purchase a la carte. In its first week at iTunes, only the four pre-release songs were available to buy as stand-alone tracks.

At No. 2 on the Billboard 200, superstar country couple Tim McGraw and Faith Hilldebut with their first collaborative effort, The Rest of Our Life. The album earned 104,000 units, of which 98,000 were in traditional album sales. The title’s debut grants McGraw his best sales week and chart rank since 2013’s Two Lanes of Freedom debuted and peaked at No. 2 with 107,000 copies sold in its first week. For Hill, the new set lands the diva her highest charting effort since her Fireflies set debuted at No. 1 on the Aug. 20, 2005 list, and her best sales frame since that Christmas, when Fireflies sold 145,000 copies in the week ending Dec. 25.

The debut week of The Rest of Our Life was aided by a concert ticket/album bundle sale redemption promotion with McGraw and Hill’s 2018 tour.

Sam Smith’s former No. 1, The Thrill of It All, dips one spot to No. 3 with 58,000 units (down 11 percent).

Garth Brooks’ new box set, The Anthology: Part I, The First Five Years, opens at No. 4 with 53,000 units — all from traditional album sales. (The album was released on Nov. 14, and only available on CD and withheld from streaming services.) The five-CD archival effort was bundled with Brooks’ new book about the first five years of his recording career.

The box set’s first three days of sales (Nov. 14-16) were not reported to Nielsen Music, so the title arrives on the list with its first full tracking week of activity (Nov. 17-Nov. 23). Had its first three days of sales been reported, the box would have debuted on the chart a week ago.

The Anthology: Part I is Brooks’ 19th top 10 album and fourth box set to reach the top 10. Anthology follows the 10-CD The Ultimate Collection (No. 6, 2016), the six-CD Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences (No. 1, 2013) and the six-CD The Limited Series (No. 1, 1998).

Pentatonix’s former Billboard 200 No. 1 A Pentatonix Christmas, released a little over a year ago, returns to the top 10, rising 17-5 with 47,000 units (up 131 percent) and 40,000 in traditional album sales (up 150 percent). The album jumps back to the top 10 as consumers start shifting into holiday music mode — the set is one of four Christmas albums within the top 40. The title will likely see another significant gain next week following the premiere of the group’s new NBC TV special, A Very Pentatonix Christmas (Nov. 27).

P!nk’s chart-topping Beautiful Trauma rallies 16-6 (44,000 units; up 95 percent) following her high-flying performance of the album’s title track on the American Music Awards (Nov. 19, ABC). The set sold 34,000 copies — up 129 percent.

Maroon 5’s Red Pill Blues is steady at No. 7 with 43,000 units (up 19 percent), Lil Uzi Vert’s Luv Is Rage 2 rises 11-8 with 41,000 units (up 33 percent) and Ed Sheeran’s ÷(Divide) descends 5-9 with nearly 41,000 units (up 5 percent). Post Malone’s Stoneycloses out the top 10, falling 4-10 with 39,000 units (up 1 percent).

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20 Nov 2017 Music Now!

Taylor Swift’s ‘Reputation’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

‘Reputation’ is her fifth No. 1 on the list, following ‘1989,’ ‘Red,’ ‘Speak Now’ and ‘Fearless.’

Taylor Swift’s Reputation blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with 2017’s biggest week for an album, as the set earned 1.238 million equivalent album units in the week ending Nov. 16, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 1.216 million were in traditional album sales — the largest sales frame for an album since 2015.

Reputation is Swift’s sixth studio album and was released on Nov. 10 through Big Machine Records. It is her fifth No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Dec. 2-dated chart (where Reputation launches at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, Nov. 21.

Reputation’s whopping 1.216 million sales figure is the biggest sales week of 2017, and the 10th largest sales week for any album since Nielsen Music began electronically tracking sales in 1991. Further, Reputation secures Swift her fourth million-selling week. She is the only artist in Nielsen Music history to achieve four million-selling weeks. (Previously, both Swift and Adele had three million-selling frames.)

Swift earlier earned million-selling weeks with the debut weeks of each of her last three studio albums: 1989 (1.287 million in 2014), Red (1.208 million, 2012) and Speak Now (1.047 million, 2010).

The album’s 1.216 million sales start is the largest week for any album since the week ending Nov. 26, 2015, when Adele’s 25 debuted with a Nielsen Music-era one-week record of 3.378 million copies. (25 is the only album with multiple million-selling weeks. Following its debut, it sold 1.112 million in its second week, and 1.157 million in its fifth frame.)

Reputation’s equivalent album unit figure of 1.238 million is the largest week for any album this year and the biggest since Adele’s 25 bowed with 3.482 million units in the tracking week ending Nov. 26, 2015.

Reputation’s unit total of 1.238 million is mostly comprised of traditional album sales (1.216 million albums sold), along with a small number of TEA units (8,000) and SEA units (13,000) from the album’s four songs that were available to purchase a la carte through digital retailers and stream via on-demand audio services during the album’s first week of availability.

As previously reported, Reputation is already the best-selling album of 2017. With 1.216 million sold, it surpassed the total sales of the year’s previous No. 1 seller, Ed Sheeran’s ÷, which has sold 931,000 through Nov. 16.

Of Reputation’s starting sales sum of 1.216 million, the set sold 709,000 digital albums in its first week — the third-largest sales week for a digital album in Nielsen Music history. It trails only the debut of Adele’s 25 (1.64 million) and the opening frame of Drake’s Views (852,000 in 2016). Reputation’s digital sales figure is particularly noteworthy, considering the digital version of the album was sold exclusively through the iTunes Store and Swift’s official website during its first week. (The album has since become widely available.)

Further, Reputation also sold 507,000 physical copies in its debut frame (all on CD). That’s the biggest week for a physical album since Adele’s 25 sold 1.03 million copies on CD and vinyl LP in the week ending Dec. 24, 2015 — its fifth week of release. Reputation was promoted heavily through Target stores, where the album was available in two exclusive editions, bundled with a Swift-curated magazine. (No bonus tracks were featured on any version of the album, CD or digital.)

Reputation’s overall album sales were likely enhanced to a degree by how the full album was not available on streaming services during release week. (Adele’s 25also was withheld from streaming services in its debut frame, save for its lead single, “Hello.”)

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200 chart, Sam Smith’s The Thrill of It All slips one rung to No. 2 in its second week (66,000 units; down 72 percent). Chris Brown’s Heartbreak on a Full Moon is steady at No. 3 (51,000 units; down 31 percent) and Post Malone’s Stoney climbs 9-4, returning to its peak (39,000 units; down 3 percent). Ed Sheeran’s ÷ climbs 10-5 with just under 39,000 units (up 7 percent).

21 Savage, Offset and Metro Boomin’ s collaborative album Without Warning falls 5-6 with 37,000 units (down 33 percents) and Maroon 5’s Red Pill Blues drops 2-7 in its second week with 36,000 units (down 70 percent).

The second and final debut in the top 10 comes from rock band Evanescence, which starts at No. 8 with its new album Synthesis (34,000 units; 30,000 in traditional album sales). The set features orchestral reworkings of the group’s earlier songs, including “Bring Me to Life,” in addition to few new tunes. Synthesis is Evanescence’s first album since its 2011 self-titled release, which debuted at No. 1. The new album is the group’s fourth top 10 effort, following Evanescence, The Open Door (No. 1 in 2006) and Fallen (No. 3, 2003).

Rounding out the top 10: Kenny Chesney’s Live in No Shoes Nation dips 6-9 (33,000 units; down 37 percent) and Blake Shelton’s Texoma Shore falls 4-10 (32,000 units; down 49 percent).

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20 Nov 2017 Music Now!

Post Malone’s ‘Rockstar’ Tops Hot 100, Camila Cabello’s ‘Havana’ Is Top Seller & Imagine Dragons’ ‘Thunder’ Rules Radio

Cabello & Imagine Dragons score their first No. 1s on the Digital Song Sales & Radio Songs charts, respectively.

Post Malone‘s “Rockstar,” featuring 21 Savage, leads the Billboard Hot 100chart (dated Dec. 2) for a sixth week. The song fends off Camila Cabello‘s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, which holds at its No. 2 Hot 100 high and takes over at No. 1 on the Digital Song Saleschart.

Meanwhile, Lil Pump‘s “Gucci Gang” charges from No. 12 to No. 3 on the Hot 100 and Imagine Dragons notch their first Radio Songs chart No. 1 with “Thunder,” which lifts 5-4 on the Hot 100.

As we do every Monday, let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Nov. 21).

“Rockstar,” released on Republic Records, tallies a seventh (nonconsecutive) week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart with 49.2 million U.S. streams (up 13 percent), in the week ending Nov. 16, according to Nielsen Music. It holds at No. 5 on Digital Song Sales, which it led for a week, with 53,000 downloads sold (up 13 percent) in the week ending Nov. 16 and surges 10-5 on Radio Songs with 81 million in all-format audience (up 5 percent) in the week ending Nov. 19.

Weekly “Rock” chart update: With a sixth week atop the Hot 100, “Rockstar” ties LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem,” featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock (six weeks, 2011), for the second-most weeks on top among No. 1s with “rock” in their titles. It’s now one week from matching Joan Jett & the Blackhearts’ “I Love Rock & Roll” (seven weeks, 1982).

“Rockstar” concurrently leads the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songscharts for a sixth week each.

Camila Cabello’s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100 and becomes each artist’s first No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart (4-1; 75,000, up 31 percent, boosted by a new remix with Daddy Yankee that accounted for 11 percent of the song’s sales in the tracking week). Cabello had previously peaked as high as No. 3 on Digital Song Sales with “Bad Things,” with Machine Gun Kelly, in February. As a member of Fifth Harmony (whom she departed nearly a year ago), she hit a No. 4 high on the sales list with the group’s “Work From Home,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, in 2016.

“Havana” vaults 9-3 on Radio Songs (87 million, up 17 percent) and rises 4-3 on Streaming Songs (33.4 million, up 1 percent), while winning the Hot 100’s top digital sales and airplay gainer awards (marking the second straight week that it’s earned the latter nod).

Lil Pump’s “Gucci Gang” blasts back to the Hot 100’s top 10 at a new high (12-3, besting its prior No. 7 peak), powered most heavily by its 3-2 gain on Streaming Songs (45 million, up 34 percent, good for the Hot 100’s top streaming gainer ribbon). Helping drive the increase: continued momentum of the song’s official video, which premiered Oct. 23, and the track’s usage in user-generated viral videos. The track also flies 40-18 on Digital Song Sales (18,000, up 45 percent).

Imagine Dragons’ “Thunder” rolls from No. 5 to a new No. 4 Hot 100 high and concurrently crowns Radio Songs (2-1; 115 million, up 9 percent), where it’s the band’s first No. 1. The act previously peaked as high as No. 2 on Radio Songs with “Radioactive” in 2013. Also notably, “Thunder” succeeds Portugal. The Man’s “Feel It Still” atop Radio Songs (after five weeks at No. 1), marking the first time that two rock songs have led the list consecutively in five years, since fun.’s “We Are Young,” featuring Janelle Monae, and then Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know,” each of which led for six weeks in 2012.

“Thunder,” which Imagine Dragons performed on the American Music Awards last night (Nov. 19) in a medley with Khalid’s “Young Dumb & Broke,” retreats 3-4 on Digital Song Sales (56,000, down 5 percent) and lifts 23-20 on Streaming Songs (17.1 million, up 3 percent). As previously reported, the track becomes Imagine Dragons’ second No. 1 on the Pop Songs airplay chart, following “Demons” in 2013. On the Hot Rock Songs chart, “Thunder” leads for a third week.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five, Cardi B’s former three-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)” descends 3-5.

Sam Smith’s “Too Good at Goodbyes” dips to No. 6 from its No. 4 Hot 100 peak. Still, the ballad bumps 11-9 on Radio Songs (73 million, up 4 percent), where it’s Smith’s fourth top 10, following Disclosure’s “Latch,” on which he’s featured (No. 4, 2014), and his own “Stay With Me” (No. 1, six weeks, 2014) and “I’m Not the Only One” (No. 2, 2015).

Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” pushes to a new Hot 100 high (8-7) and, like Smith’s current hit, reaches the Radio Songs top 10 (17-10; 73 million, up 16 percent). Sheeran scores his seventh Radio Songs top 10 and the third from his album ÷, following “Shape of You” (12 weeks at No. 1) and “Castle on the Hill” (No. 10).

Logic’s “1-800-273-8255,” featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid, drops 6-8 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 3; Portugal. The Man’s “Feel It Still” slides 7-9, after hitting No. 4 (the band also performed the song on the AMAs last night); and J Balvin and Willy William’s “Mi Gente,” featuring Beyonce, keeps at No. 10, after rising to No. 3, while leading Hot Latin Songs for a seventh week.

Speaking of Beyonce, she debuts on the Hot 100 as featured on Eminem’s “Walk on Water,” the chart’s highest arrival this week at No. 14. The rap ballad opens on Digital Song Sales at No. 2 (64,000) and Streaming Songs at No. 15 (18.3 million). Coincidentally, the song is Eminem and Beyonce’s 57th Hot 100 entry each, tying them with Madonna and The Rolling Stones for 19th place among all acts for the most appearances since the chart’s Aug. 4, 1958, inception.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Nov. 21), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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13 Nov 2017 Music Now!

Post Malone Rules Billboard Hot 100 for Fifth Week, Sam Smith Hits New High, Maroon 5 & SZA Reach Top 10

Post Malone‘s “Rockstar,” featuring 21 Savage, tallies a fifth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Nov. 25).

Meanwhile, Sam Smith‘s “Too Good at Goodbyes” surges to a new peak, jumping from No. 10 to No. 4, as his sophomore album, The Thrill of It All, launches at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Plus, Maroon 5‘s “What Lovers Do,” featuring SZA, lifts 12-9 on the Hot 100 as the group’s new album, Red Pill Blues, starts just below Smith’s new set, at No. 2, on the Billboard 200.

As we do every Monday, let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Nov. 14).

“Rockstar,” released on Republic Records, logs a sixth (nonconsecutive) week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart with 43.6 million U.S. streams (down 5 percent), in the week ending Nov. 9, according to Nielsen Music. It slips 4-5 on Digital Song Sales, which it led for a week, with 47,000 downloads sold (up 2 percent) in the week ending Nov. 9.

“Rockstar” bounds 14-10 on Radio Songs with 74 million in all-format audience (up 17 percent) in the week ending Nov. 12, marking Post Malone’s first Radio Songs top 10. He previously reached the chart with “White Iverson” (No. 24, 2015) and “Congratulations,” featuring Quavo (No. 34, August). 21 Savage likewise achieves his first Radio Songs top 10.

And, “Rock” chart update: With a fifth week atop the Hot 100, “Rockstar” passes Michael Jackson’s 1980 No. 1 “Rock With You” as the hit with the third-most weeks on top among No. 1s with “rock” in their titles. Ahead are only Joan Jett & the Blackhearts’ “I Love Rock & Roll” (seven weeks, 1982) and LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem,” featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock (six, 2011).

“Rockstar” concurrently leads the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songscharts for a fifth week each.

Camila Cabello’s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100. It gains by 22 percent to 57,000 downloads sold, despite a 3-4 retreat on Digital Song Sales (47,000, up 12 percent), and holds at No. 4 on Streaming Songs (31.9 million, down 1 percent).

On Radio Songs, “Havana” hurtles 17-9 (75 million, up 23 percent), good for top Airplay Gainer honors on the Hot 100. Cabello earns her second solo Radio Songs top 10, following “Bad Things,” with Machine Gun Kelly (No. 3, February). As a member of Fifth Harmony (whom she departed nearly a year ago), she notched two Radio Songs top 10s: “Worth It,” featuring Kid Ink (No. 9, 2015), and “Work From Home,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign (No. 4 2016).

Looking ahead to next week, the gap tightens this week between “Havana” and “Rockstar” on the Hot 100, as the former gains by 10 percent in overall chart points and the latter decreases by 1 percent. (Both songs are on sale for 69 cents in the iTunes Store.) Perhaps helping the momentum of “Havana”: a new remix with Daddy Yankee dropped yesterday (Nov. 12) and Cabello performed the song on the MTV Europe Music Awards the same night.

Cardi B’s former three-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)” is steady at No. 3.

Sam Smith’s “Too Good at Goodbyes” roars 10-4 on the Hot 100, passing its prior No. 5 peak reached upon its debut eight weeks earlier. The ballad bounds 14-5 on Streaming Songs (27.2 million, up 40 percent) and keeps at No. 8 on Digital Song Sales (28,000, down 2 percent) and No. 11 on Radio Songs (70 million, up 2 percent). As previously reported, parent album The Thrill of It All bows as Smith’s first No. 1 on the Billboard 200, with 237,000 equivalent album units.

Smith’s first LP, In the Lonely Hour, reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in 2014 and spun off three Hot 100 top 10s: “Stay With Me” (No. 2), “I’m Not the Only One” (No. 5) and “Lay Me Down” (No. 8). (“Goodbyes” is Smith’s fifth Hot 100 top 10; he also reached No. 7 in 2014 as featured on Disclosure’s “Latch.”)

Closing out the Hot 100’s top five, Imagine Dragons’ “Thunder” is stationary at its No. 5 high. It concurrently crowns the Hot Rock Songs chart for a second week.

Logic’s “1-800-273-8255,” featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid, falls to No. 6 on the Hot 100 from No. 4, after reaching No. 3, and Portugal. The Man’s “Feel It Still” slips 6-7 after hitting No. 4, while ruling Radio Songs for a fifth week (118 million, down 7 percent).

Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” re-enters the Hot 100’s top 10 at a new No. 8 peak (from No. 11). Its official video arrived Nov. 9 (the last day of the streaming and sales tracking week for Nov. 25-dated charts, perhaps setting it up for streaming gains on next week’s rankings).

As its new set Red Pill Blues enters the Billboard 200 at No. 2 (122,000 units), marking the group’s sixth top 10, Maroon 5 jumps to the Hot 100’s top 10 with “What Lovers Do,” featuring SZA. The song charges 12-6 on Digital Song Sales (38,000, up 52 percent); 8-7 on Radio Songs (79 million, on par with the prior week); and 37-25 on Streaming Songs (16 million, up 21 percent).

Maroon 5 earns its lucky 13th Hot 100 top 10, extending its mark for the most among groups in the 2000s and 2010s (dating to its first top 10, “This Love,” in 2004). The Black Eyed Peas follow with 10 in that span; among all acts, Rihanna leads with 31 top 10s since the start of the 2000s, dating to her first in 2005.

“Lovers” featured R&B singer-songwriter SZA celebrates her first Hot 100 top 10.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top tier, J Balvin and Willy William’s “Mi Gente,” featuring Beyonce, drops 9-10, after rising to No. 3, and leads Hot Latin Songs for a sixth week. (Beyonce should debut on next week’s Hot 100, as featured on Eminem’s new single, “Walk on Water.”)

Below the Hot 100’s top 10, two songs enter the top 20 for the first time: G-Eazy’s “No Limit,” featuring A$AP Rocky and Cardi B (24-13), and Halsey’s “Bad at Love” (27-20).

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast, all posting this week. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Nov. 14), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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12 Nov 2017 Music Now!

Sam Smith’s ‘The Thrill of It All’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

Plus: Maroon 5, Blake Shelton, Kelsea Ballerini and Kid Rock debut in top 10.

Sam Smith scores his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as The Thrill of It All debuts atop the list.

The set earned 237,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Nov. 9, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 185,000 were in traditional album sales. The album is Smith’s second full-length studio effort, and was released on Nov. 3 through Capitol Records. It follows his debut studio set, In the Lonely Hour, which debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the July 5, 2014-dated chart.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Nov. 25-dated chart (where The Thrill of It All debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Tuesday (Nov. 14).

Smith claims his best sales week ever with the arrival of The Thrill of It All — 185,000 copies sold. That trumps his previous best week, when In the Lonely Hour debuted with 166,000. (In the Lonely Hour has sold a total of 2.4 million copies.)

The Thrill of It All’s starting unit sum of 237,000 is the seventh largest bow for an album in 2017, and the third biggest for a pop album. Among pop album debuts this year, it trails only Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) (451,000 units on the March 25-dated chart) and P!nk’s Beautiful Trauma (408,000; Nov. 4). The largest debut of the year among all genres belongs to Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN., with 603,000 units (May 6). Following Lamar: Drake’s More Life (505,000; April 8), Sheeran, P!nk, JAY-Z’s 4:44(262,000; July 29), Logic’s Everybody (247,000; May 27) and Smith.

Smith’s album was led by the single “Too Good at Goodbyes,” which peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking his fifth top 10 song on the tally.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Maroon 5 collects its sixth top 10 album, as Red Pill Blues debuts at No. 2. The set earned 122,000 equivalent album units, of which 94,000 were in traditional album sales. The band’s last album launched at No. 1 in 2014, starting with 164,000 copies sold (before the chart transitioned to a units-ranked list later that year).

The debut sales frames of both Maroon 5’s album as well as Sam Smith’s The Thrill of It All were aided by concert ticket/album bundle sale redemption promotions in association with the acts’ respective upcoming tours.

Chris Brown’s Heartbreak on a Full Moon holds steady at No. 3, with 73,000 units (up 7 percent). The album debuted a week ago with 68,000 units, but with only three full tracking days of activity, following its release on Tuesday, Oct. 31. In its second chart week, the album’s sales and TEA units are down (20,000 sold; down 22 percent, and 3,000 TEA units; down 11 percent), but its SEA units gained (50,000; up 28 percent).

Blake Shelton arrives at No. 4 with his latest album, Texoma Shore, starting with 63,000 units (55,000 in traditional album sales). It’s Shelton’s 11th top 10 album, stretching back to 2003’s The Dreamer, which debuted and peaked at No. 8.

This year marks Shelton’s eighth consecutive year where he’s debuted at least one new album on the chart. Before Texoma Shore, he hit the chart with If I’m Honest(No. 3, 2016), Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits (No. 5, 2015), Bringing Back the Sunshine (No. 1, 2014), Based on a True Story (No. 3, 2013), Cheers, It’s Christmas (No. 8, 2012), Red River Blue (No. 1, 2011) and a trio of titles in 2010: Loaded: The Best of Blake Shelton(which peaked at No. 11 in 2011), All About Tonight (No. 6, 2010), and Hillbilly Bone(No. 3, 2010).

Back on the new Billboard 200, 21 Savage, Offset and Metro Boomin’s Without Warning slips one rung to No. 5 in its second week (56,000 units; up 4 percent). Its gain is owed to streaming activity, and how the set only had three days of tracking on the previous week’s chart — as, like Brown’s Heartbreak album, Without Warningwas also released on Oct. 31. While Without Warning takes a dive in traditional album sales (4,000; down 64 percent) and TEA units (2,000; down 11 percent), it rallies in SEA units (50,000; up 25 percent).

Kenny Chesney’s Live in No Shoes Nation falls from No. 1 to No. 6 in its second week, earning 52,000 units (down 76 percent). It also falls 76 percent in traditional album sales (sliding to 51,000 sold).

Kelsea Ballerini gets her first top 10 album, as her second studio effort, Unapologetically, debuts at No. 7 (44,000 units, 35,000 in traditional album sales). It follows her first album, the appropriately titled The First Time, which debuted and peaked at No. 31 in 2015.

Ballerini is only the fourth female country act to reach the top 10 in 2017. She follows: Shania Twain (Now, No. 1, Oct. 21-dated chart), Alison Krauss (Windy City, No. 9, March 11) and Reba McEntire (Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope, No. 4, Feb. 25).

Kid Rock nabs his ninth top 10 album with the No. 8 debut of Sweet Southern Sugar(43,000 units; 41,000 in traditional album sales). It follows Kid Rock’s 2015 effort First Kiss, which launched with 146,000 units (137,000 in traditional album sales).

Rounding out the top 10: Post Malone’s Stoney (5-9 with 40,000 units; down 3 percent) and Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) (8-10 with 36,000 units; up 14 percent).

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6 Nov 2017 Music Now!

Post Malone & 21 Savage No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 for Fourth Week, Camila Cabello’s ‘Havana’ Surges to No. 2

Post Malone’s “Rockstar,” featuring 21 Savage, notches a fourth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Nov. 18), the longest stay atop the chart for a rap song this year.

Plus, Camila Cabello’s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, soars from No. 7 to No. 2 on the Hot 100, marking a new career best (counting both her solo songs and those with her former group, Fifth Harmony). Lil Pump also logs his first Hot 100 top 10, as “Gucci Gang” jumps 14-7. Both “Havana” and “Gucci Gang” surge following the first full week of tracking after the premiere of each song’s official video.

As we do every Monday, let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Nov. 7).

“Rockstar,” released on Republic Records, now stands alone as the longest-reigning rap No. 1 on the Hot 100 this year (of songs that reached the top of the chart for the first time in 2017). Here’s a look at the five rap leaders this year and their rules:

4 weeks, “Rockstar,” Post Malone feat. 21 Savage, beginning Oct. 28
3 weeks, “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves),” Cardi B, Oct. 7
3 weeks, “Bad and Boujee,” Migos feat. Lil Uzi Vert, Jan. 21
1 week, “I’m the One,” DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper & Lil Wayne, May 20
1 week, “Humble.,” Kendrick Lamar

“Rockstar” boasts the longest command for a rap No. 1 on the Hot 100 since Rae Sremmurd’s “Black Beatles,” featuring Gucci Mane, led for seven weeks beginning Nov. 26, 2016 (and last ruled the chart dated Jan. 14). As previously reported, five rap tracks have ascended to No. 1 on the Hot 100 in 2017, tying 2006, 2004 and 2003 for the most in any year.

“Rockstar” racks a fifth (nonconsecutive) week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart with 46 million U.S. streams (down 13 percent), in the week ending Nov. 2, according to Nielsen Music. It holds at No. 4 on Digital Song Sales, which it led for a week, with 46,000 downloads sold (down 12 percent) in the week ending Nov. 2, and pushes 19-14 on Radio Songs with 64 million in all-format audience (up 13 percent) in the week ending Nov. 5.

“Rockstar” concurrently leads the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a fourth week each.

Camila Cabello’s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, charges 7-2 on the Hot 100 following the first full week of tracking after the Oct. 24 arrival of its official video (aka #HavanaTheMovie, which runs 6:42-long). The song jumps 5-3 on Digital Song Sales (47,000, up 12 percent); 7-4 on Streaming Songs top 10 (32.3 million, up 32 percent); and 26-17 on Radio Songs (61 million, up 28 percent).

Cabello achieves her highest rank on the Hot 100, counting both her solo work and songs with Fifth Harmony (whom she left nearly a year ago). She previously hit a No. 4 peak both as a soloist and with the group: her own “Bad Things,” with Machine Gun Kelly, hit No. 4 in February and, as a member of 5H, she reached No. 4 in June 2016 with “Work From Home,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign. “Work” remains the now-quartet’s top-peaking Hot 100 hit, so Cabello has bested the act’s highpoint, both with and without her.

“Havana” is the fourth Hot 100 top 10 this year whose title doubles as the name of a city and, with its ascent to No. 2, is the highest-charting such song in 11 years, since … well, want to guess? Answer at the end of this story.

Cardi B’s former three-week No. 1 “Bodak Yellow” drops 2-3 on the Hot 100 and Logic’s “1-800-273-8255,” featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid, falls to No. 4 from its No. 3 high.

Imagine Dragons’ “Thunder” keeps at its No. 5 Hot 100 high and rebounds 2-1 for a third (nonconsecutive) week atop Digital Song Sales (54,000, down 9 percent). It ascends 2-1 on Hot Rock Songs to become the band’s third No. 1, following “Radioactive” (which dominated for 23 weeks beginning April 6, 2013) and “Believer,” the single before “Thunder” (29 weeks, beginning March 25).

Portugal. The Man’s “Feel It Still” slips to No. 6 from its No. 4 Hot 100 peak while crowning Radio Songs for a fourth week (127 million, down 1 percent).

Rap newcomer Lil Pump vaults 14-7 on the Hot 100 with “Gucci Gang,” his first entry on the chart. After its official video dropped Oct. 23, the track charges 3-2 on Streaming Songs (36 million, up 24 percent), while rising 49-38 on Digital Song Sales (11,000, up 17 percent).

The song is from Lil Pump’s self-titled debut album, which opened at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 dated Oct. 28.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Demi Lovato’s “Sorry Not Sorry” dips to No. 8 from her career-best No. 6; J Balvin and Willy William’s “Mi Gente,” featuring Beyonce, descends 6-9 after hitting No. 3, while spending a fifth week at No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs; and Sam Smith’s “Too Good at Goodbyes” backtracks 9-10 after reaching No. 5.

Among notable action below the Hot 100’s top 10, “MotorSport” by Migos, Nicki Minaj and Cardi B debuts at No. 14, led by its No. 10 launch on Streaming Songs with 19.8 million first-week streams. As for Minaj, she tallies her 81st Hot 100 entry, extending her mark for the most among women; Aretha Franklin and Taylor Swift share second place with 73 each, with Swift having tied Franklin a week ago with the debut of “Gorgeous” (which this week falls 13-68).

Speaking of Swift, “…Ready for It?” rebounds 46-19 following the Oct. 27 premiere of its official video, up 106 percent to 16.2 million clicks; it debuted at No. 4 on the Sept. 23 Hot 100.

Plus, Selena Gomez and Marshmello’s “Wolves” vaults 88-35 in its second week on the Hot 100, and first full frame following its release, as it bullets at No. 9 on Digital Song Sales (28,000) and No. 26 on Streaming Songs (13 million).

Quiz answer! “Havana” is the highest-charting Hot 100 hit to name-check a city in its title since … Fergie’s “London Bridge,” which led the list for three weeks beginning Aug. 19, 2006. Both cities are country capitals, of Cuba (where Cabello was born) and England, respectively.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast, all posting this week. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Nov. 7), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The Hot 100 and other charts will also appear in the next issue of Billboard magazine, on sale Friday (Nov. 10).

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5 Nov 2017 Music Now!

Kenny Chesney’s ‘Live in No Shoes Nation’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

Six albums debut in the top 10, including Kelly Clarkson’s “Meaning of Life” at No. 2.

Country king Kenny Chesney collects his eighth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200chart, as his new live effort, Live in No Shoes Nation, starts atop the list with 219,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Nov. 2, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 217,000 were in traditional album sales. The album was released on Oct. 27 through Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Nov. 18-dated chart (where Live in No Shoes Nation bows at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, Nov. 8.

Chesney continues to have the second-most No. 1s among all country acts, trailing only Garth Brooks, who has nine. All eight of Chesney’s No. 1s have debuted in the penthouse, making him the country act with the most debuts at No. 1. (Seven of Brooks’ nine leaders started at No. 1.)

Live in No Shoes Nation is also the first live album to lead the chart in more than seven years. The last to do so was the various artists charity set Hope for Haiti Now, which spent at week at No. 1 on the Feb. 6, 2010-dated list. Live in No Shoes Nationis the first No. 1 live set by a single act since 2009, when Sugarland’s LIVE on the Inside topped the list (dated Aug. 22, 2009).

Chesney’s set also garners the largest sales week for a live album since 2002, when Paul McCartney’s Back in the U.S. Live 2002 bowed with 224,000 copies sold at No. 8 (Dec. 14, 2002-dated chart).

Chesney’s new album was powered almost entirely by traditional album sales, whose sum was generated largely by a concert ticket/album sale redemption promotion with Chesney’s 2018 stadium tour. The cost of the CD of Chesney’s album was bundled into the price of each ticket sold online for his tour (which went on sale Sept. 22). After purchasing a ticket, customers received (via email) a redemption offer for the album, where they could choose to redeem the CD and have it mailed to them. The only sales that count towards the charts are those albums that are redeemed by customers. Many ticket buyers never redeem the offer.

Nielsen Music does not detail how much of any album’s sales are generated by concert ticket/album bundle offers. However, CD sales from ticket bundles are generally categorized as internet sales by the company, and Live in No Shoes Nation’s internet sales figure is 197,000. So, it’s likely most of that number is from the ticket bundle — minus a small amount (perhaps in the low five-figures) — for traditional sales from Amazon and other web retailers.

As there over a million tickets available for Chesney’s stadium tour, and he regularly sells out his shows, it’s not surprising to see a robust sales figure driven by the offer.

Chesney previously led the Billboard 200 with Life on a Rock (in 2013), Hemingway’s Whiskey (2010), Lucky Old Sun (2008), The Road and the Radio (2005), Be as You Are: Songs From an Old Blue Chair (2005), When the Sun Goes Down (2004) and No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems (2002).

Live in No Shoes Nation is a 29-track album that collects live highlights from Chesney’s various tours, stretching back to 2007’s Flip Flop Summer Tour. Among the guests on the album: Taylor Swift, Dave Matthews, Grace Potter and Eric Church. Chesney’s last live album, 2006’s Live: Live Those Songs Again, peaked at No. 4 in its debut frame and sold 146,000 copies in its first week.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, pop diva Kelly Clarkson debuts with her new studio album, Meaning of Life. The set — her debut for Atlantic Records — earned 79,000 equivalent album units, of which 68,000 were in traditional album sales. Meaning of Life is Clarkson’s eighth top 10 album, and all of her top 10 efforts have reached the top three of the list. Her last album, Piece by Piece, debuted at No. 1 (marking her third leader) in 2015, earning 97,000 units (83,000 in traditional album sales).

Chris Brown’s Heartbreak on a Full Moon starts at No. 3 with 68,000 units (25,000 in traditional album sales), granting Brown his ninth total and consecutive top 10. The new 45-song double album was released in the middle of the chart’s tracking week, on Oct. 31, so it begins on the list with three full days of activity. (Most of the titles that debut on the new chart were released on Oct. 27, the first day of the tracking frame.)

At No. 4, 21 Savage, Offset and Metro Boomin’s surprise collaborative album, Without Warning, debuts with 53,000 units (11,000 in traditional album sales). Like Brown’s album, it arrived on Oct. 31, and, true to its title, without (much) warning. The set was announced in the afternoon of Oct. 30. It’s the second top 10 for 21 Savage, following his debut studio set, Issa Album (No. 2), in July. Without Warning is the first top 10 for both Offset (as a soloist) and Metro Boomin. Offset is also a member of the rap trio Migos, which debuted at No. 1 in January with Culture.

Post Malone’s Stoney is the highest-ranking non-debut on the new Billboard 200, as it slips from its No. 4 peak to No. 5 with 41,000 units (down 7 percent).

Rapper Yo Gotti scores his third top 10 album, as I Still Am starts at No. 6 with 38,000 units (19,000 in traditional album sales). He previously hit the region with The Art of Hustle (No. 4 in 2016) and I Am (No. 7, 2013).

Big K.R.I.T. launches at No. 7 with his latest effort, 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time (33,000 units; 21,000 in traditional album sales). It’s the third top 10 set for the rapper, out of three charting titles. He previously reached the top 10 with Cadillactica (No. 5 in 2014) and Live From the Underground (No. 5, 2012).

Rounding out the new top 10: Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) (7-8 with 32,000 units; down 9 percent), Future and Young Thug’s Super Slimey (2-9 with 31,000 units; down 58 percent) and Lil Uzi Vert’s Luv Is Rage 2 (9-10 with 30,000 units; down 9 percent).

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30 Oct 2017 Music Now!

Post Malone & 21 Savage Lead Hot 100, Camila Cabello & Ed Sheeran Hit Top 10

“Rockstar” rules for a third week, while “Havana” & “Perfect” soar to the top tier.

Post Malone‘s “Rockstar,” featuring 21 Savage, tallies a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Nov. 11). Meanwhile, two songs surge to the top 10: Camila Cabello‘s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, bounds 20-7 and Ed Sheeran‘s “Perfect” pounces 18-10.

As we do every Monday, let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 31).

“Rockstar,” released on Republic Records, logs a fifth (nonconsecutive) week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songschart with 53 million U.S. streams (down 2 percent), in the week ending Oct. 26, according to Nielsen Music. It dips 2-4 on Digital Song Sales (which it led for a week), down 4 percent to 52,000 downloads sold in the week ending Oct. 26, and jumps 26-19 on Radio Songs with 56 million in all-format audience (up 16 percent) in the week ending Oct. 29.

“Rockstar” concurrently leads the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songscharts for a third week each.

Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow” holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100 for a third week following three weeks at No. 1. It keeps at No. 2 on Streaming Songs (38.6 million, down 8 percent) and falls 5-8 on Digital Song Sales (33,000, down 11 percent) and 10-11 on Radio Songs (71 million, down 3 percent).

Logic’s “1-800-273-8255,” featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid, is stationary at its No. 3 Hot 100 high. It holds at No. 3 on Streaming Songs (29.3 million, down 6 percent), while rising 6-4 on Radio Songs (88 million, up 5 percent).

Portugal. The Man‘s “Feel It Still” keeps at its No. 4 Hot 100 peak while crowning Radio Songs for a third week (128 million, up 11 percent). The track tops Hot Rock Songs for a fifth week and the Adult Pop Songs airplay chart for a third week and takes over atop the Pop Songs airplay list (2-1), where it’s the group’s first No. 1.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five, Imagine Dragons’ “Thunder” repeats at its No. 5 Hot 100 high. It slips to No. 2 after two (nonconsecutive) weeks atop Digital Song Sales (60,000, down 10 percent) and becomes the band’s fourth top 10 on Radio Songs, where it charges 14-7 (81 million, up 16 percent).

Demi Lovato hits another new career high on the Hot 100, as “Sorry Not Sorry” rises 7-6. On Radio Songs, it pushes 7-4 (88 million, up 8 percent).

Camila Cabello’s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, blasts 20-7 on the Hot 100. Following the Oct. 24 release of its official video (aka #HavanaTheMovie, clocking in at 6:42 long), the song lifts 6-4 on Digital Song Sales (42,000, up 20 percent); concurrently hits the Streaming Songs top 10 (18-8; 24.4 million, up 38 percent); and jumps 36-26 on Radio Songs (48 million, up 28 percent).

Cabello collects her second Hot 100 top 10 as a soloist and first as the sole lead artist; “Bad Things,” with Machine Gun Kelly, hit No. 4 in February. (As a member of Fifth Harmony, she reached the top 10 with last year’s No. 4-peaking “Work From Home,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign.)

Young Thug tallies his first Hot 100 top 10, among 21 entries dating to his first in 2014.

Cabello (born in Cojimar, Eastern Havana, Cuba) also charts the fourth Hot 100 top 10 this year whose title doubles as the name of a city. It follows prior trips to the top 10 for “Paris” by The Chainsmokers (No. 6 peak in March); “Portland” by Drake(No. 9, April); and “Malibu” by Miley Cyrus (No. 10, June).

J Balvin and Willy William‘s “Mi Gente,” featuring Beyonce, descends 6-8 on the Hot 100 after hitting No. 3, while spending a fourth week at No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs, and Sam Smith’s “Too Good at Goodbyes” slips 8-9 on the Hot 100 after reaching No. 5 (upon its Sept. 30 debut).

Capping the Hot 100’s top 10, Ed Sheeran soars 18-10 with “Perfect.” The ballad gains in all metrics, holding at No. 3 on Digital Song Sales (53,000, up 7 percent) and climbing 30-22 on Radio Songs (53 million, up 16 percent) and 35-27 on Streaming Songs (13.1 million, up 14 percent).

Sheeran scores his sixth Hot 100 top 10, with half logged this year from his alum ÷, following “Shape of You” (12 weeks at No. 1) and “Castle on the Hill” (No. 6). His three previous top 10s (all from his last album, X): “Don’t” (No. 9, 2014); “Thinking Out Loud” (No. 2, 2015); and “Photograph” (No. 10, 2015).

Notably, Sheeran earns his ninth Hot 100 top 10 as a writer, as, in addition to his own six, he co-penned Justin Bieber‘s “Love Yourself” (No. 1 for two weeks in 2016); Major Lazer’s “Cold Water,” featuring Bieber and MO (No. 2, 2016); and Liam Payne’s “Strip That Down,” featuring Quavo (No. 10, September). Meanwhile, Sheeran’s older brother, Matthew, co-wrote “Perfect” and achieves a top 10 in his first Hot 100 appearance as a writer.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast, all posting this week. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 24), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The Hot 100 and other charts will also appear in the next issue of Billboard magazine, on sale Friday (Nov. 3).

Source: billboard.com

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