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12 Mar 2018 Music Now!

Drake’s ‘God’s Plan’ Rules Billboard Hot 100 for Seventh Week; Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey’s ‘The Middle’ Hits Top 10

Plus, Bruno Mars & Cardi B’s “Finesse” tops the Radio Songs chart.

Drake‘s “God’s Plan” tops the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a seventh week (dating to its debut at No. 1). As the song sports 81.8 million U.S. streams, according to Nielsen Music, it has now logged seven of the top 10 streaming weeks ever.

Plus, Bruno Mars and Cardi B‘s “Finesse,” back up to its No. 3 high on the Hot 100, takes over at No. 1 on the Radio Songs chart, where Mars passes Usher for the most leaders among male acts.

Additionally, Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line‘s “Meant to Be” ascends to the Hot 100’s top five (7-5), marking Rexha’s first top five Hot 100 hit, and Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey reach the Hot 100’s top 10 with “The Middle,” which rises 11-8.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated March 17), which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (March 13).

As on the Hot 100, “Plan,” released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, posts its seventh week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, down 12 percent to a still-giant 81.8 million U.S. streams in the week ending March 8.

“Plan,” whose official video premiered Feb. 16, now boasts seven of the top 10 streaming weeks all-time:

103.1 million U.S. streams, “Harlem Shake,” Baauer (driven heavily by viral videos incorporating the song’s official audio), chart dated March 2, 2013
101.7 million, “God’s Plan,” Drake, March 3, 2018
97.6 million, “Harlem Shake,” Baauer, March 9, 2013
92.8 million, “God’s Plan,” Drake, March 10, 2018
84.5 million, “Look What You Made Me Do,” Taylor Swift, Sept. 16, 2017
83.3 million, “God’s Plan,” Drake, Feb. 10, 2018
82.4 million, “God’s Plan,” Drake, Feb. 3, 2018
81.8 million, “God’s Plan,” Drake, March 17, 2018
79.6 million, “God’s Plan,” Drake, Feb. 17, 2018
75.5 million, “God’s Plan,” Drake, Feb. 24, 2018

“Plan” rebounds 2-1 for a fifth week at No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart, despite decreasing by 14 percent to 57,000 downloads sold in the week ending March 8. On the Radio Songs chart, “Plan” pushes 5-3, up 8 percent to 95 million in all-format airplay audience in the week ending March 11.

Ed Sheeran‘s former six-week No. 1 “Perfect” rebounds 3-2 on the Hot 100, while dropping to No. 2 on Radio Songs after nine weeks at No. 1 (130 million, down 2 percent). That means that there’s a new No. 1 on Radio Songs …

… Bruno Mars and Cardi B’s “Finesse” returns to its No. 3 Hot 100 peak, from No. 4, and crowns Radio Songs with a 2-1 rise (133 million, up 3 percent). Mars earns his eighth Radio Songs leader, passing Usher for the most No. 1s among male acts in the chart’s 27-year history.

Here’s an updated look at the acts with the most Radio Songs No. 1s:

13, Rihanna
11, Mariah Carey
8, Bruno Mars
7, Katy Perry
7, Usher

Cardi B collects her first Radio Songs No. 1.

Meanwhile, “Finesse” leads Hot R&B Songs for a ninth week.

After debuting a week ago at No. 2 on the Hot 100, Post Malone‘s “Psycho,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, dips to No. 4. Streams again account for the bulk of the track’s activity, as it holds at No. 2 on Streaming Songs (41.8 million, down 24 percent).

Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant to Be” rises to the Hot 100’s top five (7-5). It tops Hot Country Songs for a 15th week, extending its record for the most weeks at No. 1 in the chart’s 59-year history for a song with lead female vocals; a week ago, it passed Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” (sung by the group’s Karen Fairchild), which led for 13 weeks in 2015.

“Meant” additionally hits the top 10 on Country Airplay (11-9) and Adult Pop Songs(11-8), while climbing 10-9 on Pop Songs. The gains spark the collab’s 8-4 burst on Radio Songs (92 million, up 15 percent), good for the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award.

The song’s entrance to the Hot 100’s top five marks notable milestones for both acts. Rexha earns her first top five hit, besting her prior No. 7 high, first set by “Me, Myself & I,” with G-Eazy, in 2016. Florida Georgia Line, meanwhile, notches its second top five song, following its debut smash “Cruise,” featuring Nelly, which reached No. 4 in 2013. FGL becomes the first core country act to tally two top five hits on the Hot 100 since then-country artist Taylor Swift (before her 2014 segue to pop) collected her first two: she hit No. 4 with “Love Story” and No. 2 with “You Belong With Me” in 2009.

(Even more on Florida Georgia Line just ahead …)

Camila Cabello‘s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, retreats 5-6 on the Hot 100, after topping the Jan. 27-dated chart, and BlocBoy JB’s “Look Alive,” featuring Drake, falls 6-7 after reaching No. 5.

Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey’s “The Middle” ascends 11-8 on the Hot 100. The track holds at its No. 4 peak on Digital Song Sales (41,000, up 8 percent); jumps 16-11 on Radio Songs (66 million, up 16 percent); and slips 17-19 on Streaming Songs, although with a 7 percent gain to 20.9 million.

Zedd scores his fourth Hot 100 top 10, following his first entry on the chart, “Clarity,” featuring Foxes (No. 8, 2013); “Break Free,” by Ariana Grande featuring Zedd (No. 4, 2014); and “Stay,” with Alessia Cara (No. 7, 2017).

Morris and Grey each earn their first Hot 100 top 10. Morris previously peaked at No. 39 as featured on Thomas Rhett’s “Craving You” last July, while duo Grey hit a prior No. 12 best in its only other visit, also with Zedd: “Starving,” by Hailee Steinfeld and Grey featuring Zedd, reached that rank in December 2016.

“The Middle” concurrently leads Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for a sixth week.

Back to FGL: with Florida Georgia Line and Morris, who has notched two No. 1s on Country Airplay (“Craving You” last July and “I Could Use a Love Song” this January), two country acts appear in the Hot 100’s top 10 simultaneously for the first time this decade. (Of course, “The Middle” is a pop/EDM track not being promoted to country radio.) The last time that two core country acts previously ranked in the Hot 100’s top 10 in the same week: April 4, 2009, when Carrie Underwood’s remake of Randy Travis’ “I Told You So,” featuring Travis, zoomed 57-9 after the pair performed it on American Idol.

The last time that two core country artists had placed in the Hot 100’s top 10 in the same frame thanks to two songs, as FGL and Morris do this week? May 13, 2000: Faith Hill’s “Breathe” (No. 3) and Lonestar’s “Amazed” (No. 10).

The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar‘s “Pray for Me” holds at No. 9 on the Hot 100, after debuting at its No. 7 peak. The duet hits the Radio Songs top 10 (13-10; 68 million, up 9 percent), becoming The Weeknd’s eighth top 10 on the chart and Lamar’s fifth.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Migos‘ “Stir Fry” returns to the tier (12-10) after reaching No. 8.

Just outside the Hot 100’s top 10, Offset and Metro Boomin’s “Ric Flair Drip” bounds 36-16 as the Hot 100’s top Streaming Gainer (25.6 million, up 58 percent)) after the first full tracking week for its official video; XXXTentacion’s “Sad!” debuts at No. 17, marking a new high on the chart for the rapper; Cabello’s “Havana” follow-up “Never Be the Same” hits a new peak, jumping 24-19; and DJ Khaled’s “Top Off,” featuring JAY Z, Future and Beyoncé (credited simply as B on this song) debuts at No. 22.

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 (March 13), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

Source: billboard.com

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11 Mar 2018 Music Now!

‘Black Panther: The Album’ Earns Third Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart

The set logs the most weeks at No. 1 for a soundtrack since “Frozen” in 2014. Plus, Tory Lanez launches at No. 3.

Black Panther: The Album collects a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, as the set climbs 2-1 on the list dated March 17. The album earned 76,000 equivalent album units in the week ending March 8 (down 23 percent), according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 15,000 were in traditional album sales.

With a third week atop the list, Black Panther: The Album has now logged the most weeks at No. 1 for a soundtrack since Frozen topped the chart for 13 nonconsecutive weeks in 2014. Between Frozen and Black Panther, there were eight soundtracks that reached No. 1, all spending either one or two weeks in the penthouse. Further, in the last 15 years, while 29 soundtracks have hit No. 1, only four have spent at least three weeks at No. 1: Black Panther, Frozen, High School Musical 2 (four weeks, 2007) and Bad Boys II (four weeks, 2003).

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 March 17-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Tuesday, March 13.

Black Panther: The Album debuted at No. 1 on the chart dated Feb. 24, and spent its first two weeks atop the list. It slipped to No. 2 on the March 10 chart.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, The Greatest Showman soundtrack steps 5-2 with 60,000 units (up 14 percent). The album benefits from exposure on ABC TV’s broadcast of the Academy Awards on March 4, where the soundtrack’s “This Is Me” was nominated for best original song and was performed on the show by the movie’s Keala Settle. While the tune didn’t take home the Oscar, the show-stopping performance clearly motivated music consumers. The album’s sales grew 19 percent to 39,000 for the week. The set also gains thanks to its vinyl LP release on March 2, as The Greatest Showman also debuts at No. 1 on the Vinyl Albums chart with 5,000 copies sold.

With Black Panther: The Album and The Greatest Showman at Nos. 1 and 2 on the Billboard 200, soundtracks rule the top two on the chart for the first time in nearly eight years. It last happened on the June 26, 2010-dated list with the TV soundtrack Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals at No. 1, and the theatrical movie soundtrack The Twilight Saga: Eclipse at No. 2.

Notably, it’s been nearly 20 years since two theatrical film soundtracks have monopolized the top two. One has to scroll all the way back to July 25, 1998, when Armageddon — The Album and City of Angels were at Nos. 1 and 2.

Back on the new Billboard 200 chart, Tory Lanez notches his highest charting album yet, as his second full-length studio effort Memories Don’t Die debuts at No. 3. The set earned 54,000 units, of which 15,000 were in traditional album sales. The album’s bow is driven mostly by streaming activity, as it tallied 36,000 SEA units (equaling 54 million on-demand audio streams for the set’s tracks in its opening week).

Memories Don’t Die follows Lanez’s debut effort, I Told You, which bowed and peaked at No. 4 on the Sept. 10, 2016, list with 52,000 units earned in its first week.

Migos’ Culture II slips 3-4 on the latest Billboard 200, with 52,000 units (down 13 percent), while Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) climbs 6-5 with 36,000 units (down 9 percent). Post Malone’s Stoney is up one slot to No. 6 with 35,000 units (down 11 percent), Imagine Dragons’ Evolve rises 8-7 with 29,000 units (down 4 percent) and Camila Cabello’s Camila jumps back into the top 10 with a 12-8 ascent, tallying 27,000 units (up 3 percent).

Rounding out the top 10: Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. is steady at No. 9 with 26,000 units (down 9 percent) while 6ix9ine’s DAY69 falls 4-10 in its second week with 24,000 units (down 55 percent).

Source: billboard.com

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5 Mar 2018 Music Now!

Drake’s ‘God’s Plan’ No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 for Sixth Week, Post Malone’s ‘Psycho’ Debuts at No. 2

“God’s Plan” reigns with 92.8 million U.S. streams, while “Psycho” matches Malone’s best bow.

Drake‘s “God’s Plan” dominates the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a sixth week (dating to its debut at No. 1), logging a hefty 92.8 million U.S. streams, according to Nielsen Music. The song, whose official video arrived Feb. 16, has now logged two of the top four streaming weeks ever.

Meanwhile, Post Malone‘s “Psycho” launches at No. 2 on the Hot 100, equaling Malone’s highest debut and marking a new best rank for featured artist Ty Dolla $ign.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated March 10), which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (March 6).

As on the Hot 100, “Plan,” released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, tallies its sixth week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, down 9 percent to a still-colossal 92.8 million U.S. streams in the week ending March 1. The week before, the song drew 103.1 million clicks, reflecting the first full week after its video premiere.

“God’s Plan” now boasts two of the top four, and six of the top nine, streaming weeks all-time:

103.1 million U.S. streams, “Harlem Shake,” Baauer (driven heavily by viral videos incorporating the song’s official audio), chart dated March 2, 2013
101.7 million, “God’s Plan,” Drake, March 3, 2018
97.6 million, “Harlem Shake,” Baauer, March 9, 2013
92.8 million, “God’s Plan,” Drake, March 10, 2018
84.5 million, “Look What You Made Me Do,” Taylor Swift, Sept. 16, 2017
83.3 million, “God’s Plan,” Drake, Feb. 10, 2018
82.4 million, “God’s Plan,” Drake, Feb. 3, 2018
79.6 million, “God’s Plan,” Drake, Feb. 17, 2018
75.5 million, “God’s Plan,” Drake, Feb. 24, 2018

“Plan” dips to No. 2 after four weeks at No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart, down 17 percent to 67,000 downloads sold in the week ending March 1. On the Radio Songs chart, “Plan” pushes 8-5, up 15 percent to 87 million in all-format airplay audience in the week ending March 4, as it wins the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award for a fourth consecutive week.

“Plan” concurrently notches a sixth week at No. 1 on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.

Following its Feb. 23 release, Post Malone’s “Psycho” soars onto the Hot 100 at No. 2, led by its No. 2 launch on Streaming Songs with 54.9 million U.S. streams in its first tracking week. Malone ties his highest Hot 100 debut, first set by “Rockstar” (featuring 21 Savage), which began at No. 2 on Oct. 7, 2017, and went on to spend eight weeks at No. 1.

Notably, while “Rockstar” debuted at No. 1 on Streaming Songs (which it led for 14 weeks), and “Psycho” starts at No. 2, the former began with a lesser streaming total than the latter (44.1 million vs. 54.9 million).

“Psycho” scares up a No. 1 debut on Digital Song Sales with 80,000 sold. Post Malone scores his second leader on the list, after “Rockstar” debuted at No. 1 on Oct. 7 (its lone week on top). Ty Dolla $ign achieves his first Digital Song Sales No. 1.

Malone earns his third Hot 100 top 10, following “Congratulations” (featuring Quavo), which hit No. 8 last July, and “Rockstar.” Ty Dolla $ign notches his second top five Hot 100 hit and his highest-charting; he reached No. 4 in June 2016 as featured on Fifth Harmony’s “Work From Home.”

Ed Sheeran‘s former six-week No. 1 “Perfect” drops 2-3 on the Hot 100, while ruling Radio Songs for a ninth week (133 million, down 4 percent).

Bruno Mars and Cardi B‘s “Finesse” falls to No. 4 from its No. 3 Hot 100 high, as it leads Hot R&B Songs for an eighth week.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five, Camila Cabello‘s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, descends 4-5, after topping the Jan. 27-dated chart.

BlocBoy JB’s “Look Alive,” featuring Drake, retreats to No. 6 from it No. 5 Hot 100 peak, although with gains in all metrics, led by its No. 3 rank on Streaming Songs (39.6 million, up 4 percent).

Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line‘s “Meant to Be” returns to its No. 7 Hot 100 high, from No. 8. It tops Hot Country Songs for a 14th week, breaking the record for the most weeks at No. 1 in the chart’s 59-year history for a song with lead female vocals. It passes Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” (sung by the group’s Karen Fairchild), which led for 13 weeks in 2015.

“Meant” also hits the Radio Songs top 10 (11-8; 80.2 million, up 16 percent), becoming Rexha’s third top 10 and Florida Georgia Line’s second (matching their respective Hot 100 top 10 totals). Twosome FGL becomes the first core country duo or group with multiple Radio Songs top 10s (dating to the chart’s December 1990 inception), passing Dixie Chicks (“Landslide”; No. 8, 2003), Lady Antebellum (“Need You Now”; No. 1, two weeks, 2010) and Lonestar (“Amazed”; No. 5, 2000), each with one. Florida Georgia Line reached No. 8 on Radio Songs (and No. 4 on the Hot 100) in 2013 with its debut hit, “Cruise.”

Post Malone’s aforementioned “Rockstar” slides 6-8 on the Hot 100, while two No. 7-peaking songs from Black Panther: The Album close out the top 10: The Weekndand Kendrick Lamar‘s “Pray for Me” holds at No. 9 and Lamar and SZA‘s “All the Stars” backtracks 7-10.

Just outside the Hot 100’s top 10, Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey’s “The Middle” climbs 13-11, as it leads Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for a fifth week. Plus, 6ix9ine’s No. 12-peaking “Gummo” jumps 25-16 on the Hot 100 as the rapper’s debut effort Day69 debuts at No. 4 on the Billboard 200; Logic lands the Hot 100’s second-highest debut (after Post Malone’s “Psycho”), as “44 More” starts at No. 22; and Cabello’s “Havana” follow-up “Never Be the Same” hits a new Hot 100 high, rising 28-24.

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 (March 6), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboardmagazine is on sale Friday (March 9).

Source: billboard.com

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4 Mar 2018 Music Now!

Bon Jovi’s Back at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

Plus: 6ix9ine and Vance Joy debut in the top 10 with new albums.

​Bon Jovi’s former No. 1 album, This House Is Not for Sale, is back atop the Billboard 200 chart for a second week.

The set re-enters the tally with 120,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending March 1, according to Nielsen Music, up from a negligible figure in the previous week. Essentially all of its sum is traditional album sales. The surge back to No. 1 is owed nearly entirely to sales generated by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with Bon Jovi’s upcoming U.S. arena tour.

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 March 10-dated chart (where Bon Jovi returns to No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Tuesday (March 6).

This House Is Not for Sale first led the Billboard 200 on Nov. 26, 2016, when it opened in the penthouse with 129,000 units (128,000 in album sales), also drivenby a ticket/album sale redemption offer. The set marked the band’s sixth chart-topper.

Bon Jovi’s tour kicks off on March 14 at the Pepsi Center in Denver. The 24-date U.S. trek is slated to wrap on May 24 at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. In total, Billboard estimates the tour may sell between 350,000 and 375,000 tickets.

For the tour’s ticket/album sale redemption offer, the price of the standard CD edition of This House Is Not for Sale was bundled into the purchase price of each ticket sold online to the tour. 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.

This House Is Not for Sale is the third album to re-enter the Billboard 200 straight in at No. 1, following Prince’s The Very Best of Prince coming back to the chart at No. 1following his death in 2016, and Chris Stapleton’s Traveller, after his big night on the 2015 Country Music Association Awards. Further, This House Is Not for Sale’s 15-month gap between stints at No. 1 is the longest amount of time for an album to reclaim the summit.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Black Panther: The Album moves down a slot after two weeks atop the list. The set earned 99,000 units (down 24 percent). Migos’ Culture II dips 2-3 with 59,000 units (down 7 percent).

Rapper 6ix9ine arrives at No. 4 with his debut effort, Day69, earning 55,000 units. Of that sum, 20,000 were in traditional album sales and 2,000 were in TEA units. Streams drove the bulk of the debut, as the set garnered 33,000 SEA units, equaling 50 million on-demand audio streams for the album’s tracks in the week ending March 1.

The 21-year-old artist (born Daniel Hernandez) only recently made his Billboardchart debut with the hit single “Gummo.” The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated Dec. 2, 2017, on its way to a No. 12 peak (Dec. 30). Through Feb. 22, the song had generated 312 million on-demand audio and video streams.

Following “Gummo,” he dropped two further tracks — “Kooda,” and “Keke,” with Fetty Wap and A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie.” Both tunes also hit the Hot 100, and combined, the three tracks have amassed more than a half-billion on-demand streams. All three songs are featured on the 11-track Day69 album.

The soundtrack to The Greatest Showman falls 3-5 with 53,000 units (down 14 percent). It’s likely the album could see a rise on next week’s chart, following the 90th Academy Awards broadcast on ABC March 4. The show will feature a performance of the album’s “This Is Me,” which is nominated for best original song.

Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) rises 7-6 with a little more than 39,000 units (up 5 percent), while Post Malone’s Stoney climbs 9-7 with 39,000 units (up 24 percent). The latter likely gains due to excitement surrounding his new single “Psycho,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, which was released on Feb. 23 — but is not included on Stoney. (As previously reported, “Psycho” should start in the top five, perhaps as high as No. 2, on the March 10-dated Billboard Hot 100.)

Imagine Dragons’ Evolve ascends 13-8 on the Billboard 200 with 31,000 units (up 32 percent), following the album’s reissue on Feb. 21 with the band’s new track, “Next to Me,” and sale pricing for the set in the iTunes Store. Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN.moves 8-9 with 29,000 units (down 11 percent).

Singer-songwriter Vance Joy earns his first Billboard 200 top 10 album, as his second effort, Nation of Two, bows at No. 10 with 28,000 units (18,000 in album sales). He first reached the list with his first set, Dream Your Life Away, which debuted and peaked at No. 17 on Sept. 17, 2014, and has earned 1 million in equivalent album units (339,000 in traditional album sales).

Dream launched his hit single “Riptide,” which peaked at No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 1 for five weeks on Alternative Songs, No. 2 on Hot Rock Songs, and went top 10 on Adult Alternative Songs and Adult Pop Songs. The new album was led by the single “Lay It on Me,” which premiered last July, and spent three weeks atop the Adult Alternative Songs chart, and went top five on Alternative Songs. The set’s newest single, “Saturday Sun,” is scaling both the Alternative Songs and Adult Alternative Songs tallies.

Source: billboard.com

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26 Feb 2018 Music Now!

Drake Leads Billboard Hot 100 With ‘God’s Plan’ for Fifth Week, Drawing Monstrous 101.7 Million U.S. Streams

The smash joins Baauer’s “Harlem Shake” as the only songs to break the barrier of 100 million weekly streams. Drake also enters the top five as featured on BlocBoy JB’s “Look Alive.”

Drake‘s “God’s Plan” leads the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a fifth week (dating to its debut at No. 1), logging a massive 101.7 million U.S. streams, according to Nielsen Music. The song is just the second ever to top the 100-million-streams milestone in a week, joining Baauer’s 2013 viral smash “Harlem Shake.” “Plan” surges following the Feb. 16 arrival of its official video.

Drake also enters the Hot 100’s top five as featured on BlocBoy JB’s “Look Alive,” which rises from No. 6 to No. 5.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated March 3), which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Feb. 27).

As on the Hot 100, “Plan,” released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, logs its fifth week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, up 35 percent to 101.7 million U.S. streams in the week ending Feb. 22. The sum is the second-highest ever, trailing only Baauer’s “Shake,” which drew 103.1 million on the chart dated March 2, 2013, driven largely by viral videos incorporating the song’s official audio. “Shake” also boasts the third-highest streaming week: 97.6 million, on March 9, 2013.

The first five frames of “Plan” place among the eight top weekly totals overall, and the song has yet to draw fewer than 75.5 million U.S. streams (which it tallied in the week ending Feb. 15).

“Plan” posts a fourth week at No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart, up 45 percent to 81,000 downloads sold in the week ending Feb. 22.

On the Radio Songs chart, “Plan” blasts 13-8, up 21 percent to 76 million in all-format airplay audience in the week ending Feb. 25, becoming Drake’s 19th top 10. The track ascends to the top of two more airplay charts, R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and Rhythmic Songs, granting Drake his record-extending 23rd and 20th No. 1 on each list, respectively. It leads Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop and Rap Airplay for a second week each (where it’s Drake’s record-extending 30th and 27th No. 1 on each respective ranking).

“Plan” makes the Hot 100’s top gain in airplay for a third week, while also claiming the top gains in streaming and sales. It’s the first No. 1 hit to sweep the chart’s top increases in all three metrics since The Chainsmokers’ “Closer,” featuring Halsey, on Sept. 3, 2016 (its first of 12 weeks at No. 1). No incumbent No. 1 had earned such a triple since another smash involving Drake: Rihanna’s “Work,” featuring Drake, on March 12, 2016 (its second of nine weeks on top); like “Plan” this week, “Work” that frame surged after the release of its official video. Further, no song had scored such a hat trick in its fifth week at No. 1 or more, as “Plan” does this week, since Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines,” featuring Pharrell and T.I., which did so in its ninth week on top (Aug. 17, 2013), the same frame that the song’s parent album of the same name launched at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Meanwhile, another tie-in for “Plan” with Baauer’s “Shake”: “Plan” is the first song by a solo male since “Shake” to spend its first five weeks on the Hot 100 at No. 1 (with “Shake” having led for five total frames). Among all acts, “Plan” has spent the most weeks at No. 1 from its debut since Adele’s “Hello,” which led for its first 10 weeks in 2015-16.

“Plan” concurrently notches a fifth week at No. 1 on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.

Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100, after six weeks at No. 1, and rules Radio Songs for an eighth week (138 million, down 2 percent).

Bruno Mars and Cardi B’s “Finesse” keeps at its No. 3 Hot 100 high and leads Hot R&B Songs for a seventh week.

Camila Cabello’s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, is likewise steady, at No. 4, after topping the Jan. 27-dated Hot 100. As previously reported, the track reaches No. 1 on the Adult Pop Songs airplay chart, becoming the first hit by a woman to have led Adult Pop Songs, Pop Songs and Rhythmic Songs since Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s megahit “One Sweet Day” in 1996.

BlocBoy JB’s first Hot 100 hit, “Look Alive,” featuring Drake, rises 6-5 in its second week. Powered most heavily by streams, the track gains by 12 percent to 37.9 million U.S. streams, as it holds at No. 2 on Streaming Songs. For Drake, the song is his 10th top five Hot 100 hit. (He’s the second artist to notch two concurrent top five hits in 2018, following Cardi B on the Jan. 20-dated chart.)

Post Malone’s “Rockstar,” featuring 21 Savage, drops 5-6 on the Hot 100 after spending its first 22 weeks in the top five. As the song debuted at No. 2 (and earned eight weeks at No. 1), only one title has logged more time in the top five from its debut: Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You,” 27 weeks last year. That sum marked the entirety of the top-five run for “Shape,” tying The Chainsmokers’ “Closer” for the most weeks in the top five in the Hot 100’s 59-year history. At 22 weeks, “Rockstar” ranks in eighth place for the most time in the region.

As Black Panther: The Album posts a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, two songs from the soundtrack rank in the Hot 100’s top 10: Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “All the Stars” rises 9-7, and The Weeknd and Lamar’s “Pray for Me” lifts 11-9, after debuting at No. 7 two weeks ago.

In between those two tracks, Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant to Be” slips to No. 8 from its No. 7 Hot 100 high. It tops Hot Country Songs for a 13th week, extending Rexha’s record for the most weeks at No. 1 in the chart’s history for a song by a solo female. It also matches Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” (13 weeks, 2015) for the most weeks atop Hot Country Songs for a song featuring lead female vocals.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Migos’ “Stir Fry” is stationary at No. 10 after cooking up a No. 8 peak.

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 (Feb. 27), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboardmagazine is on sale Friday (March 2).

Source: billboard.com

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25 Feb 2018 Music Now!

‘Black Panther: The Album’ Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart

Black Panther: The Album spends a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, as the set earned 131,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Feb. 22 (down 15 percent), according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 40,000 were in traditional album sales (down 23 percent). A week ago, the album debuted at No. 1 with 154,000 units (52,000 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 March 3-dated chart (where Black Panther: The Album spends a second frame at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, Feb. 27.

Black Panther: The Album — which features music from and inspired by the Marvel Studios film Black Panther — is the second soundtrack to notch two weeks at No. 1 in 2018. It follows The Greatest Showman, which logged two weeks atop the lists dated Jan. 13 and 20. In addition, 2018 is the first year since 2014 where the chart has housed two soundtracks with more than a week at No. 1 each. It last happened with Frozen (14 weeks at No. 1) and Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 (two weeks at No. 1).

Also, with Black Panther: The Album’s modest decline in its second week — down 15 percent to 131,000 units — it earns the biggest second week for a soundtrack since 2015. That year, on the chart dated March 7, the Fifty Shades of Grey album tallied 165,000 units in its second week, after debuting with 258,000 units a week earlier. (Black Panther: The Album’s small second-week decline is owed in part to the film’s premiere in theaters on Feb. 16 — the first day of the chart’s latest tracking week.)

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Migos’ former leader Culture II rises 4-2 with 64,000 units (down 5 percent), while The Greatest Showman is steady at No. 3 with 61,000 units (down 15 percent).

Rapper Nipsey Hussle debuts at No. 4 with his first studio album, Victory Lap, earning 53,000 units. The set — which also garners him his first ink on the Billboard 200 — is mostly powered by traditional album sales (30,000), but also drew a solid streaming figure (21,000 SEA units). It earned an additional 2,000 in TEA units. Hussle made his Billboard chart debut in 2010 with the song “The Life,” which reached No. 16 on the Rap Digital Song Sales chart. He’s landed a pair of mixtapes on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart: Crenshaw (No. 61 peak in 2013) and Mailbox Money (No. 18 in 2015).

Singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile notches her highest charting album ever on the Billboard 200, as By the Way, I Forgive You debuts at No. 5 with 43,000 units (of which 41,000 are in traditional album sales). The set surpasses her previous high-water mark, logged when The Firewatcher’s Daughter debuted and peaked at No. 9 off a start of 43,000 units in 2015. The new album is the artist’s seventh entry on the tally, dating back to The Story, which reached No. 41 in 2007.

Justin Timberlake’s Man of the Woods descends 2-6 with 38,000 units (down 50 percent), Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) slips 6-7 with 37,000 units (down 11 percent) and Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. rises 9-8 with just under 33,000 units (up 7 percent).

Rounding out the top 10: Post Malone’s Stoney falls 8-9 with 32,000 units (up less than 1 percent) and the Fifty Shades Freed album falls 5-10 in its second week with 28,000 units (down 52 percent).

Source: billboard.com

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20 Feb 2018 Music Now!

Drake Tops Billboard Hot 100 With ‘God’s Plan’ & Debuts in Top 10 as Featured on BlocBoy JB’s ‘Look Alive’

“God’s Plan” logs a record-extending fourth week of over 75 million U.S. streams. Plus, Kendrick Lamar & SZA soar to the top 10.

Drake‘s “God’s Plan” rules the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a fourth week, logging a record-extending fourth frame of over 75 million U.S. streams, according to Nielsen Music.

Plus, Drake adds his 23rd Hot 100 top 10, padding his mark for the most among rappers, as he debuts as featured on BlocBoy JB’s “Look Alive” at No. 6. The track is BlocBoy JB’s first Hot 100 entry, making him the first artist to debut in the top 10 with an initial Hot 100 hit since Harry Styles last year.

Also new to the Hot 100’s top 10 is Kendrick Lamar and SZA‘s “All the Stars,” which soars from No. 31 to No. 9 as parent soundtrack Black Panther: The Album debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated Feb. 24), which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Feb. 21).

As on the Hot 100, “Plan,” released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, posts its fourth week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, with 75.5 million U.S. streams (down 5 percent) in the week ending Feb. 15. The song is the first to tally four weeks of over 75 million U.S. streams, following its prior sums of (in order) 82.4 million, 83.3 million and 79.6 million.

Its four weeks mark the fourth- through seventh-best streaming frames ever, trailing only Baauer’s “Harlem Shake” (103.1 million and 97.6 million in its first and second weeks, March 2 and 9, 2013, respectively, driven largely by viral videos incorporating the song’s official audio) and Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” (84.5 million; Sept. 16, 2017).

Following the Feb. 16 premiere of its official video, “God’s Plan” could surge on next week’s charts.

“Plan” posts a third week at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales, up 1 percent to 56,000 downloads sold in the week ending Feb. 15. It jumps 17-13 on the Radio Songschart, gaining 31 percent to 62 million in all-format airplay audience in the week ending Feb. 18, good for the Hot 100’s top gain in airplay for a second week. “Plan” ascends to the top of two airplay charts: Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop and Rap Airplay, becoming Drake’s record-extending 30th and 27th No. 1 on each respective ranking.

Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100, after six weeks at No. 1, and rules Radio Songs for a seventh week (140 million, down 4 percent). The ballad becomes Sheeran’s third No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, rising 2-1. Sheeran previously topped AC with “Thinking Out Loud,” for 19 weeks in 2015, and “Shape of You” (24 weeks, 2017).

Bruno Mars and Cardi B’s “Finesse” holds at its No. 3 Hot 100 high and leads Hot R&B Songs for a sixth week. The Hot 100’s entire top five is stationary for a second week, as two former No. 1s keep at Nos. 4 and 5, respectively: Camila Cabello’s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, and Post Malone’s “Rockstar,” featuring 21 Savage.

Rising Memphis rapper BlocBoy JB (born James Baker) blasts onto the Hot 100 at No. 6 with his first entry on the chart, “Look Alive,” featuring Drake. The track, whose official video arrived Feb. 8, opens at No. 2 on Streaming Songs with 34 million U.S. streams and No. 6 on Digital Song Sales with 32,000 sold.

BlocBoy JB is the first to debut a first Hot 100 entry in the top 10 as a lead act since Harry Styles, whose first solo hit apart from One Direction, “Sign of the Times,” started at its No. 4 peak on April 29, 2017. Directly before Styles, another 1D member earned the honor: Zayn’s “Pillowtalk” debuted at No. 1 on Feb. 20, 2016. The last act, like BlocBoy JB, to debut in the Hot 100’s top 10 as a lead with a first entry without having been in a group that had charted titles? Soko, whose “We Might Be Dead by Tomorrow” opened at its No. 9 Hot 100 peak on March 29, 2014.

Meanwhile, “Look Alive” featured artist Drake adds his 23rd Hot 100 top 10, extending his record for the most top 10s among rappers. JAY-Z ranks second with 21, followed by Lil Wayne with 20.

Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant to Be” rises to a new high on the Hot 100 (9-7). It tops Hot Country Songs for a 12th week, extending Rexha’s record for the most weeks at No. 1 in the chart’s history for a song by a solo female.

Dua Lipa’s “New Rules” drops to No. 8 from its No. 6 Hot 100 peak.

Kendrick Lamar and SZA surge 31-9 on the Hot 100 with “All the Stars.” The song is from Black Panther: The Album, new atop the Billboard 200. After its official video arrived Feb. 6, the track bounds 21-8 on Streaming Songs (25.7 million, up 69 percent) and 37-28 on Digital Song Sales (15,000, up 24 percent), marking the Hot 100’s greatest gains in streaming and sales, and debuts at No. 48 on Radio Songs (23 million, up 14 percent).

Lamar lands his seventh Hot 100 top 10 and second from Black Panther; “Pray for Me,” with The Weeknd, debuted at No. 7 last week (and dips to No. 11 this week). SZA scores her second Hot 100 top 10 and first as a lead artist; she reached No. 9 in November as featured on Maroon 5’s “What Lovers Do.”

Capping the Hot 100’s top 10, Migos’ “Stir Fry” slips to No. 10 from its No. 8 peak.

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 (Feb. 21), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

Source: billboard.com

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12 Feb 2018 Music Now!

Drake’s ‘God’s Plan’ Dominates Billboard Hot 100 for Third Week & Three Songs Enter Top 10

Drake’s leader is the first song to post three weeks of at least 75 million U.S. streams. Plus, new top 10s for The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar; Migos; and Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line.

Drake‘s “God’s Plan” leads the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a third week, as it becomes the first song ever to post three weeks of more than 75 million U.S. streams, according to Nielsen Music.

Plus, three songs enter the Hot 100’s top 10: The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar‘s “Pray for Me,” the chart’s top debut at No. 7; Migos‘ “Stir Fry,” which jumps 12-8; and Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line‘s “Meant to Be,” up 11-9.

As we do every Monday, let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated Feb. 17), which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Feb. 13).

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As on the Hot 100, “Plan,” released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, posts its third week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, with 79.6 million U.S. streams (down 4 percent) in the week ending Feb. 8. The song is the first to log three weeks of more than 75 million U.S. streams, following its second-week sum of 83.3 million and debut-week total of 82.4 million.

Those three figures mark the sixth-, fourth- and fifth-best streaming weeks ever, respectively. They trail only Baauer’s “Harlem Shake” (103.1 million and 97.6 million in its first and second weeks, March 2 and 9, 2013, respectively, driven largely by viral videos incorporating the song’s official audio) and Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” (84.5 million; Sept. 16, 2017).

“Plan” rebounds from No. 4 to a second week at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales, despite a 15 percent drop to 55,000 downloads sold in the week ending Feb. 8. It surges 30-17 on the Radio Songs chart, up 35 percent to 48 million in all-format airplay audience in the week ending Feb. 11, good for the Hot 100’s top gain in airplay.

“Plan” concurrently notches a third week at No. 1 on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.

Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” keeps at No. 2 on the Hot 100 after six weeks at No. 1. It rules Radio Songs for a sixth frame (146 million, down 3 percent).

Bruno Mars and Cardi B’s “Finesse” holds at its No. 3 Hot 100 high, while zooming 5-1 to top the Rhythmic Songs airplay chart, where it’s Mars’ ninth No. 1 and Cardi B’s third. The collab crowns Hot R&B Songs for a fifth week.

The Hot 100’s entire top five is stationary, as two former No. 1s round out the region: Camila Cabello’s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, holds at No. 4 after leading the Jan. 27-dated chart, and Post Malone’s “Rockstar,” featuring 21 Savage, repeats at No. 5 after spending eight weeks at No. 1.

Dua Lipa’s “New Rules” rises 7-6 for a new peak on the Hot 100. It bullets for a third week at its No. 3 Radio Songs high (107 million, up 1 percent) and leads the Pop Songs airplay chart for a third frame.

The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar soar onto the Hot 100 at No. 7 with “Pray for Me.” The track starts on Digital Song Sales at No. 2 (53,000) and Streaming Songs at No. 16 (17.2 million) and rises 47-35 on Radio Songs (32 million, up 35 percent).

The Weeknd notches his seventh Hot 100 top 10 and first since “I Feel It Coming” (featuring Daft Punk), which reached No. 4 last April; “Pray” is his first song to debut in the top 10. Lamar logs his sixth Hot 100 top 10 and third top 10 debut; last April, his “Humble.” arrived at No. 2, before leading the chart dated May 6, the week that “DNA.” debuted at its No. 4 peak.

“Pray” is from the soundtrack Black Panther The Album, Music From and Inspired By, released last Friday (Feb. 9). Superhero film Black Panther premieres in U.S. theaters this coming Friday (Feb. 16).

Following the first full week of tracking for its official video, released Jan. 28, Migos’ “Stir Fry” cooks up a 12-8 Hot 100 ascent, led by its 6-5 climb on Streaming Songs (27.3 million, up 7 percent).

Migos earn their third Hot 100 top 10 and second from their album Culture II, which debuted at No. 1 on the Feb. 10-dated Billboard 200 albums chart and ranks at No. 2 in its second week. The set’s “MotorSport,” with Minaj and Cardi B, reached No. 6 on the Hot 100 dated Dec. 30; “Bad and Boujee,” featuring Lil Uzi Vert (and from prior LP Culture), spent three weeks at No.  1 beginning Jan. 21, 2017.

Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant to Be” rounds out the trio of new Hot 100 top 10s, rising 11-9. It pushes 8-7 on Digital Song Sales (34,000, although down 7 percent; it’s on sale for 69 cents in the iTunes Store); 19-15 on Radio Songs (54 million, up 15 percent); and 20-17 on Streaming Songs (18.7 million, up 4 percent).

The track is being dually promoted to pop and country radio, as it lifts 17-13 on Pop Songs, 16-14 on Adult Pop Songs and 22-20 on Country Airplay.

Rexha earns her third Hot 100 top 10; David Guetta’s “Hey Mama,” featuring Nicki Minaj, Rexha and Afrojack, reached No. 8 in June 2015 and G-Eazy and Rexha’s “Me, Myself & I” hit No. 7 in March 2016. Florida Georgia Line logs its second Hot 100 top 10, following its debut hit “Cruise” (featuring Nelly), which rose to No. 4 in July 2013.

“Meant” concurrently tops the Hot Country Songs chart for an 11th week, granting Rexha a record: it becomes the longest-leading No. 1 in the chart’s history for a song by a lead female, passing the 10-week reign of Taylor Swift’s fellow country/pop crossover hit “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” in 2012-13; Swift’s hit retains the record for the most weeks at No. 1 for a female unaccompanied by another act. (Hot Country Songs began as an all-encompassing genre songs chart in 1958 and adopted the Hot 100’s streaming-, airplay- and sales-based methodology on Oct. 20, 2012, the first week at No. 1 for Swift’s “Never.”)

“Meant” is the second Hot Country Songs No. 1 to reach the Hot 100’s top 10 within the last year. Sam Hunt’s “Body Like a Back Road” logged a record 34 weeks at No. 1 on Hot Country Songs (beginning Feb. 25, 2017) and reached No. 6 on the Hot 100 (April 22).

Meanwhile, “Meant” marks the latest milestone in Florida Georgia Line’s expansion beyond country. The twosome (Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley) also ranks at No. 46 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 40, as featured, with Watt, on Hailee Steinfeld and Alesso’s “Let Me Go.” Last July, FGL led Country Airplay with “God, Your Mama, And Me,” featuring Backstreet Boys, and, in April 2017, the duo reached No. 16 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs as featured on The Chainsmokers’ “Last Day Alive.”

Halsey’s “Bad at Love” closes out the Hot 100’s top 10, descending 6-10 after peaking at No. 5.

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 (Feb. 13), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboardmagazine is on sale Friday (Feb. 16).

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11 Feb 2018 Music Now!

Justin Timberlake Earns Fourth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘Man of the Woods’

Justin Timberlake notches his fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as Man of the Woods debuts atop the tally. The set, which was released on Feb. 2 through RCA Records, earned 293,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Feb. 8, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 242,000 were in traditional album sales.

Timberlake scores the largest week for an album — both in terms of units and pure album sales — since Taylor Swift’s Reputation flew in at No. 1 on the Dec. 2, 2017-dated chart with 1.24 million units and 1.22 million in album sales. Timberlake claims the biggest week for an album by a man since Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. debuted at No. 1 on the May 6, 2017 list with 603,000 units and 353,000 in traditional 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 Feb. 17-dated chart (where Man of the Woods starts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Tuesday (Feb. 13).

Of Man of the Woods’ launch of 293,000 units, 242,000 were in traditional album sales, 14,000 were in TEA units, and 37,000 were in SEA units. Of its pure album sales, 139,000 were in digital albums, 89,000 were in CD sales and 15,000 were in vinyl LP sales.

Notably, Man of the Woods also claims the biggest-selling week for a vinyl album since LCD Soundsystem’s American Dream sold 16,000 in its first week, on the chart dated Sept. 23, 2017. (Target carried an exclusive orange-colored edition of Man of the Woods on vinyl, while all other retailers had the standard black vinyl version.)

Overall, Timberlake has the second-biggest sales week for a vinyl LP among solo male artists since Nielsen Music began tracking data in 1991. Only the debut frame of Jack White‘s Lazaretto was larger: 40,000 in 2014. (Among all soloists in the Nielsen era, only one other artist has sold as many vinyl LPs in a week as Timberlake and White: Adele, who did it in five separate weeks with her 25 album in late 2015.

Timberlake’s last album, The 20/20 Experience (2 of 2), debuted at No. 1 on the Oct. 19, 2013-dated chart with 350,000 in traditional album sales. (The chart did not transition to a units-based ranking until the end of 2014.) Timberlake has also topped the list with his first installment of The 20/20 Experience (earlier in 2013; 968,000 copies sold in its first week) and FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006; 684,000). His only album to miss the top was his first solo set, Justified, which debuted and peaked at No. 2 in 2002 (bowing with 439,000 sold).

Timberlake, of course, is a member of the group *NSYNC, which tallied two Billboard 200 No. 1s: No Strings Attached, in 2000, and Celebrity, in 2001.

Man of the Woods’ lead single, “Filthy,” debuted and peaked at No. 9 on the Jan. 20-dated Billboard Hot 100 chart. He followed it with a teaser track, “Supplies,” which hit No. 71 (Feb. 3). The album’s second single, “Say Something,” featuring Chris Stapleton, debuted at No. 9 on the most recently compiled Hot 100 (dated Feb. 3).

At No. 2 on the Billboard 200, Migos’ Culture II falls a spot in its second week, earning 88,000 units (down 56 percent). The soundtrack to The Greatest Showmanslips 2-3 with 81,000 units (down 15 percent), Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) rises 5-4 with 40,000 units (down 17 percent) and Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic descends 4-5 with 35,000 units (28 percent).

Post Malone’s Stoney rises 8-6 with 33,000 units (down 3 percent), Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. descends 6-7 with 32,000 units (down 17 percent), Camila Cabello’s Camilafalls 7-8 with 31,000 units (down 15 percent) and Lil Uzi Vert’s Luv Is Rage 2 climbs 12-9 with 25,000 units (down 1 percent).

Rounding out the top 10 is the chart’s second-highest debut, the Now 65compilation, which bows at No. 10. The set — featuring recent Hot 100 hits like Demi Lovato’s “Sorry Not Sorry” and Camila Cabello’s “Havana” — launches with 25,000 units — all from traditional album sales. Now 65 is the 69th Now That’s What I Call Music compilation to reach the top 10 (63 of the main, numbered series; and six genre-specific spin-off titles, like Now That’s What I Call Christmas!). The U.S. Nowseries will celebrate its 20th anniversary later this year, as the first Now album debuted on the chart dated Nov. 14, 1998. (The original Now series launched in the U.K. in 1983.)

Source: billboard.com

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5 Feb 2018 Music Now!

Drake’s ‘God’s Plan’ Holds at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Justin Timberlake & Chris Stapleton’s ‘Say Something’ Debuts in Top 10

In its second week, Drake’s leader gains & posts the fourth-biggest streaming week ever. Plus, Timberlake tallies his 19th top 10 & Stapleton earns his first.

Drake‘s “God’s Plan” spends a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100chart (dated Feb. 10), gaining slightly to post the fourth-biggest week ever in U.S. streams.

Meanwhile, Justin Timberlake blasts in at No. 9 on the Hot 100 with “Say Something,” featuring Chris Stapleton, marking the second top 10 from Timberlake’s new album, Man of the Woods — released Friday (Feb. 2), ahead of his halftime show performance at Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis last night (Feb. 4).

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 (Feb. 6).

As on the Hot 100, “Plan,” released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, tallies its second week atop the Streaming Songs chart, with 83.3 million U.S. streams in the week ending Feb. 1, according to Nielsen Music; that’s up 1 percent from its debut-week total of 82.4 million.

This week’s sum for “Plan” replaces last week’s as the fourth-greatest for a title in a week ever on Streaming Songs. It trails only Baauer’s “Harlem Shake” (103.1 million and 97.6 million in its first and second weeks, March 2 and 9, 2013, respectively, driven largely by viral videos incorporating the song’s official audio) and Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” (84.5 million; Sept. 16, 2017).

On the audio subscription services-based On-Demand Streaming Songs chart, “Plan” keeps at No. 1, dropping 16 percent to 57.4 million on-demand U.S. audio streams; still, the total is the second-highest in the chart’s history. Last week, the song bowed with a record 68 million, shattering the prior weekly mark of 44.4 million drawn by Kendrick Lamar’s’ “Humble.” (May 6, 2017).

“Plan” dips to No. 4 after starting at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales a week ago, declining by 49 percent to 65,000 downloads sold in the week ending Feb. 1. The track enters the Radio Songs chart as the list’s highest debut, at No. 30, with 35 million in all-format airplay audience, up 47 percent, in the week ending Feb. 4. “Plan” concurrently notches a second week at No. 1 on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.

Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100 after six weeks at No. 1. It leads Radio Songs for a fifth frame (150 million, down 1 percent).

After they performed the song on the Grammy Awards (Jan. 28, when parent set 24K Magic won album of the year honors), Bruno Mars and Cardi B’s “Finesse” rebounds 5-3 on the Hot 100, returning to its peak. It surges 5-2 on Streaming Songs (40.4 million, up 24 percent); 6-5 on Digital Song Sales (49,000, up 40 percent); and 8-5 on Radio Songs (93 million, up 25 percent), as it makes the Hot 100’s top sales and airplay gains. The collab crowns Hot R&B Songs for a fourth week.

Two former Hot 100 No. 1s round out the top five: Camila Cabello’s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, down 3-4 after leading the Jan. 27-dated chart, and Post Malone’s “Rockstar,” featuring 21 Savage, which slides 4-5 after spending eight weeks at No. 1.

Halsey’s “Bad at Love” is steady at No. 6 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 5; Dua Lipa’s “New Rules” rises 8-7 for a new peak; and Migos, Nicki Minaj and Cardi B’s “MotorSport” returns to the top 10 (11-8, after hitting No. 6), as parent album Culture II debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Following the first full week of tracking after the Jan. 25 premiere of its official video, Justin Timberlake’s “Say Something,” featuring Chris Stapleton, soars in at No. 9 on the Hot 100. It charges 13-1 on Digital Song Sales (98,000 sold, after selling 21,000 in the prior frame), marking Timberlake’s seventh No. 1 on the survey (and first since “Can’t Stop the Feeling!,” which reigned for 10 weeks in 2016). The track begins on Streaming Songs at No. 40 (12.8 million, up from 211,000).

Timberlake collects his 19th Hot 100 top 10 as a soloist and second from his new album, Man of the Woods. Lead single “Filthy” debuted at its No. 9 high on the Jan. 20-dated Hot 100. (In addition, *NSYNC, which included Timberlake, notched six top 10s of its own in 1999-2002.)

Timberlake ties Prince (as well as Frankie Valli, who scored most of his hits as a credited artist alongside his vocal group The 4 Seasons) with 19 Hot 100 top 10s, a feat even more notable give his tribute to the late legend during his his Super Bowl halftime show performance, when he sang a virtual duet with him on his ’80s classic “I Would Die 4 U.” (Eighteen acts have posted more top 10s than Timberlake, Prince and Valli, led by Madonna, with 38.)

Country singer-songwriter Stapleton scores his first Hot 100 top 10. He previously peaked as high as No. 20 on Nov. 28, 2015, with “Tennessee Whiskey,” also thanks in part to Timberlake, as the two performed that track at the Country Music Assn. Awards on Nov. 4, 2015.

“Say Something” is the new pop radio single from Man of the Woods after “Filthy,” which holds at its No. 16 peak on the Feb. 10-dated Pop Songs airplay chart (although down 7 percent in plays); “Say Something” climbs 26-20 on Adult Contemporary and 32-22 on Adult Pop Songs (while nearing Pop Songs). Meanwhile, the album’s “Supplies” jumps 33-25 on the Rhythmic Songs airplay chart.

Capping the Hot 100’s top 10, Imagine Dragons’ No. 4-peaking “Thunder” descends 9-10, as it tops Hot Rock Songs for a 14th week.

Just beyond the Hot 100’s top 10, Migos blast 52-12 with “Stir Fry” and debut at No. 18 with “Walk It Talk It,” featuring Drake (who adds his 160th Hot 100 entry, extending his record for the most among soloists). The trio boasts 14 total titles on the Hot 100, tying for the most ever by a group in a single week; The Beatlescharted 14 on April 11, 1964. (Among all acts, Drake charted a record 24 entries on April 8, 2017.)

Also debuting in the Hot 100’s top 30: Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey’s “The Middle” (No. 23) and Jason Aldean’s “You Make It Easy” (No. 28).

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 (Feb. 6), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

Source: billboard.com

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