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30 Oct 2016 Music Now!

Lady Gaga Scores Her Fourth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘Joanne’

Lady Gaga claims her fourth No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as Joanne arrives in the pole position. The set earned 201,000 equivalent album units — a better-than-expected start — in the week ending Oct. 27, according to Nielsen Music.

Joanne was released on Oct. 21 through Streamline/Interscope Records.

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. 12-dated chart (where Joanne bows at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, Nov. 1.

Joanne follows Lady Gaga’s previous chart-toppers Cheek to Cheek (with Tony Bennett, in 2014), Artpop (2013) and Born This Way (2011).

Joanne‘s bow of 201,000 units is larger than what industry forecasters estimated. On Oct. 25, sources had pegged the album to start with around 180,000 (and that was an upgrade from 140,000 a few days earlier).

The album’s 201,000 launch is the fourth-largest debut of 2016, and the second-biggest for a woman. Ahead of it are Drake’s Views (1.04 million), Beyonce’s Lemonade (653,000) and Frank Ocean’s Blonde (276,000 units).

In terms of traditional sales, Joanne sold 170,000 — the seventh-largest bow of the year, and the second-biggest for a woman. The only larger starts were registered by Drake’s Views (852,000 copies sold), Beyonce’s Lemonade (485,000), Frank Ocean’s Blonde (232,000), David Bowie’s Blackstar (174,000), Radiohead’s A Moon Shaped Pool (173,000) and  Blink-182’s California (172,000).

Lady Gaga was in full-on promotion mode during the album’s debut week. She performed on NBC’s Saturday Night Live (Oct. 22), sat down for an interview with SiriusXM’s Howard Stern (Oct. 24), took part in James Corden’s popular “Carpool Karaoke” segment of his CBS show The Late Late Show (Oct. 25) and concluded her Bud Light-sponsored dive bar tour in Los Angeles on Oct. 27.

Also notable: Gaga is the first woman with four No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 in the 2010s. She passes Beyonce and Taylor Swift, each with three during the decade. Among all acts, Justin Bieber and Drake lead with six Billboard 200 No. 1’s each since 2010, while One Direction and Kanye West each boast four.

Source: billboard.com

24 Oct 2016 Music Now!

The Chainsmokers’ ‘Closer’ Tops Hot 100 for 10th Week, Tying for Longest Reign This Year

“Closer” matches the 10-week command of Drake’s “One Dance.” Plus, Maroon 5 vaults 56-9 with “Don’t Wanna Know,” featuring Kendrick Lamar.

The Chainsmokers top the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Nov. 5) for a 10th week with “Closer,” featuring Halsey, tying for the longest domination of 2016. Drake‘s “One Dance,” featuring WizKid and Kyla, led for 10 weeks in May through July.

Meanwhile, Maroon 5‘s “Don’t Wanna Know,” featuring Kendrick Lamar, roars 56-9 following its first full week of tracking.

As we do every Monday when the chart is compiled, let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends sales, airplay and streaming data. Highlights of the Hot 100 post on Billboard.com each Monday, with all charts updated each Tuesday.

“Closer,” released on Disruptor/Columbia Records, and the first Hot 100 No. 1 for both The Chainsmokers (Drew Taggart and Alex Pall) and Halsey, remains the top-selling, most-streamed and most-heard radio song in the U.S. It leads the Digital Song Sales chart (97,000 downloads sold, down 12 percent, in the week ending Oct. 20, according to Nielsen Music) and the Streaming Songs chart (32.1 million U.S. streams, down 3 percent) for a 10th week each. It also tops the audio subscription services-based On-Demand Songs streaming survey for an 11th week (16.3 million on-demand clicks, down 7 percent) and the Radio Songs ranking for a fourth frame (151.5 million in airplay audience, up 2 percent, in the week ending Oct. 23).

(Of note: as of charts dated Nov. 5, SoundCloud plays now contribute to the streaming data that informs the Hot 100 and other genre hybrid songs charts, in addition to the consumption-based Billboard 200 albums chart. Additionally, Amazon Music Unlimited Streams now count toward Amazon’s overall chart contributions, along with streams from the Amazon Prime service, which has long been part of the chart panel.)

“Closer” commands the Hot 100 and all three of the Hot 100’s main component charts (Digital Song Sales, Streaming Songs and Radio Songs), as well as On-Demand Songs, simultaneously for a fourth week, extending the longest such sweep since Mark Ronson‘s “Uptown Funk!,” featuring Bruno Mars, led all the charts at the same time for eight weeks in February-April 2015.

As “Closer” ties “One Dance” for the most time spent atop the Hot 100 in 2016 (Adele‘s “Hello” completed its 10-week run at No. 1 on Jan. 16, but logged seven of its weeks at the summit on charts dated in 2015), it becomes just the 33rd No. 1 to lead for at least 10 weeks dating to the chart’s Aug. 4, 1958, inception; a mere 3 percent (33 of 1,057) of the Hot 100’s all-time No. 1s have reached double-digit weeks totals on top.

Meanwhile, with its 10th week at No. 1 on the Hot 100, “Closer” passes OutKast‘s “Hey Ya!” (2003-04) for the second-longest reign ever among duos; with 14 weeks on top in 1996, only Los Del Rio’s “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” has led longer. (The stat excludes pairings of singers who don’t normally record together, like Brandy and Monica, whose “The Boy Is Mine” ruled for 13 weeks in 1998.)

“Closer” additionally tops Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for a 10th week. With the pair’s “Roses” (featuring Rozes) and “Don’t Let Me Down” (featuringDaya) having ruled for 14 and 12 weeks each, The Chainsmokers are the first act with three No. 1s that have each led for at least 10 weeks since Hot Dance/Electronic Songs began in January 2013.

The Weeknd‘s “Starboy,” featuring Daft Punk, holds at its No. 2 high on the Hot 100. It keeps at No. 2 on Streaming Songs (25.7 million, essentially even from the previous week) and No. 3 on Digital Song Sales (83,000, down 3 percent) and zooms 7-4 on Radio Songs (114.2 million, up 13 percent). “Starboy” additionally tops the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for a fourth week. The song is the lead single from The Weeknd’s album of the same name due Nov. 25.

Twenty One Pilots‘ “Heathens” is steady at No. 3 on the Hot 100 after logging four weeks at its No. 2 peak. It holds at No. 2 on Radio Songs (135.5 million, up 7 percent) and No. 4 on Digital Song Sales (69,000, down 12 percent) and rebounds 5-4 on Streaming Songs (18 million, up 9 percent). It registers an 11th week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Rock Songs chart.

DJ Snake‘s “Let Me Love You,” featuring Justin Bieber, is likewise stationary on the Hot 100 at its No. 4 high. The collab reaches pushes 5-3 on Radio Songs (115.3 million, up 8 percent); slips 7-8 on Streaming Songs (14.2 million, down 1 percent); and drops 5-9 on Digital Song Sales (39,000; down 37 percent).

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five, D.R.A.M.’s breakthrough hit “Broccoli,” featuring Lil Yachty, reaches the region, lifting 6-5. It repeats at No. 3 on Streaming Songs (20.5 million, up 6 percent), falls 6-8 on Digital Song Sales (44,000, down 12 percent) and bumps 28-25 on Radio Songs (49.9 million, up 7 percent). The track tops Hot Rap Songs for a seventh week.

After debuting at No. 5 on the Hot 100, Bruno Mars’ “24K Magic” backtracks to No. 6. It descends 2-5 on Digital Song Sales (68,000, down 33 percent) and 9-13 on Streaming Songs (11.1 million, down 13 percent), but roars 15-8 on Radio Songs (85.4 million, up 31 percent). Mars lands his 13th Radio Songs top 10; in the 2010s, only Rihanna (17) and Drake (15) have earned more. “Magic” is the title track from Mars’ third full-length album, due Nov. 18.

Major Lazer‘s “Cold Water,” featuring Bieber and MO, holds at No. 7 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2, and Ariana Grande‘s “Side to Side,” featuring Nicki Minaj, rises 10-8. The second top 10 from Grande’s album Dangerous Woman ties the peak of the set’s title track lead single, which reached No. 8 in June.

Maroon 5’s “Don’t Wanna Know,” featuring Kendrick Lamar, surges 56-9 on the Hot 100 following its first full week of tracking. The single arrived on the Oct. 29-dated Hot 100 following its Oct. 12 release, which allowed for only two days of sales and streaming activity (and five days of airplay tracking). On charts dated Nov. 5, “Know” flies 15-2 on Digital Song Sales (84,000, up 198 percent from its partial-week start of 28,000), debuts at No. 16 on Streaming Songs (9.7 million, up 546 percent from 1.5 million) and soars 40-27 on Radio Songs (46 million, up 48 percent).

Maroon 5 tallies its 12th Hot 100 top 10, having earned its first — the No. 5-peaking “This Love” — on the April 3, 2004, chart. That’s the most among groups in that span, followed by The Black Eyed Peas (nine) and One Direction (six). Lamar scores his third top 10, all in featured roles, following his turns on A$AP Rocky‘s “F**kin Problems” (also featuring Drake and 2 Chainz; No. 8, 2013) and Taylor Swift‘s “Bad Blood” (No. 1, one week, 2015).

Capping the Hot 100’s top 10, Shawn Mendes‘ “Treat You Better” retreats 8-10 after climbing to No. 6.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column later this week, and visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 25), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh . The Hot 100 and other rankings will also appear in the next issue of Billboard magazine, on sale Friday (Oct. 28).

23 Oct 2016 Music Now!

Kings of Leon Score Their First No. 1 Album on the Billboard 200 Chart

Kings of Leon earn their first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with the act’s seventh studio album, Walls. The set, which was released on Oct. 14 through RCA Records, earned 77,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Oct. 20. Of that sum, 68,000 were 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 Nov. 5-dated chart (where Walls launches at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, Oct. 25.

Walls is the band’s fourth top 10 album and follows three consecutive sets to reach the region: Mechanical Bull (No. 2 in 2013 from a 110,000 sales start), Come Around Sundown (No. 2; 2010) and Only by the Night (No. 4; 2009). The latter album was the group’s commercial breakthrough and first top 20-charting effort, and it launched the hit single “Use Somebody” (No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100). The album spent 132 weeks on the chart and has sold 2.5 million copies (and is the act’s only million-selling release).

The new album Walls was led by the single “Waste a Moment,” which became the seventh top 10 hit for the group on the Alternative Songs airplay chart. It has yet to reach the Hot 100.

Like Solange two weeks ago with her chart-topping A Seat at the Table, Kings of Leon also had to wait 13 years for their first No. 1 — following their chart debut in 2003. The band first dented the list on Sept. 6, 2003 with the No. 113 debut and peak of Youth & Young Manhood. (Solange arrived on the chart on Feb. 8, 2003, withSolo Star.)

Drake’s former No. 1, Views, rises from No. 4 to No. 2 on the latest Billboard 200 with 40,000 units (down 7 percent), while the Suicide Squad soundtrack climbs 5-3 with 35,000 units (down 7 percent).

The Game notches his ninth top 10 album with the bow of 1992 at No. 4, earning 32,000 units (25,000 in traditional album sales). He previously hit the top 10 withThe Documentary 2.5 (No. 6 in 2015), The Documentary 2 (No. 2; 2015), Blood Moon: Year of the Wolf (No. 7; 2014), Jesus Piece (No. 6; 2012), The R.E.D. Album (No. 1; 2011),LAX (No. 2; 2008), Doctor’s Advocate (No. 1; 2006) and The Documentary (No. 1; 2005).

Twenty One Pilots’ Blurryface ascends 7-5 with 26,000 units (though down 11 percent).

JoJo returns to the Billboard 200 after 10 years, as her new album Mad Love — her first full-length studio album since 2006 — bows at No. 6 with 25,000 units (19,000 in traditional album sales).

The pop singer-songwriter last appeared on the list with her previous full-length studio set, The High Road, which debuted and peaked at No. 3 on the Nov. 4, 2006-dated list. After nearly a decade of well-documented struggles with her former label, Blackground Records, the artist signed with Atlantic Records in 2014. Mad Love is JoJo’s third top 10 set, following The High Road and her self-titled debut, which bowed and peaked at No. 4 on July 10, 2004.

The original Broadway cast recording of Hamilton steps back into the new top 10, rising from No. 11 to No. 7, with 23,000 units (down 5 percent). The album could rise again next week, following the Oct. 21 premiere of the PBS documentary special Hamilton’s America, as part of the network’s Great Performances series.

To round out the latest top 10: Ariana Grande’s Dangerous Woman rises 10-8 (22,000 units; down 12 percent), Travis Scott’s Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight climbs 12-9 (21,000; down 3 percent) and Green Day’s Revolution Radio falls 1-10 in its second week (21,000 units; down 78 percent).

Source: billboard.com

17 Oct 2016 Music Now!

The Chainsmokers Lead Hot 100, Bruno Mars Debuts at No. 5, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj Hit Top 10

“Closer” reigns for a ninth week, “24K Magic” marks Mars’ highest debut and Grande & Minaj’s “Side to Side” pedals 12-10.

The Chainsmokers continue to top the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Oct. 29), as “Closer,” featuring Halsey, leads for a ninth week. Meanwhile, Bruno Mars‘ “24K Magic” debuts at No. 5 and Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj‘s “Side to Side” rises 12-10.

As we do every Monday when the chart is compiled, let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends sales, airplay and streaming data. Highlights of the Hot 100 post on Billboard.com each Monday, with all charts updated each Tuesday.

“Closer,” released on Disruptor/Columbia Records, and the first Hot 100 No. 1 for both The Chainsmokers (Drew Taggart and Alex Pall) and Halsey, remains the top-selling, most-streamed and most-heard song on radio in the U.S. It leads the Digital Song Sales chart (111,000 downloads sold, down 10 percent in the week ending Oct. 13, according to Nielsen Music) and the Streaming Songs chart (33.2 million U.S. streams, down 6 percent) for a ninth week each. It also tops the audio subscription services-based On-Demand Songs streaming survey for a 10th week (17.5 million on-demand clicks, down 9 percent), and the Radio Songs ranking for a third frame (148 million in airplay audience, up 4 percent, in the week ending Oct. 16).

“Closer” commands the Hot 100 and all three of the Hot 100’s main component charts (Digital Song Sales, Streaming Songs and Radio Songs), as well as On-Demand Songs, simultaneously for a third week, extending the longest such sweep since Mark Ronson‘s “Uptown Funk!,” featuring Mars, led all the rankings at the same time for eight weeks in February-April 2015.

Meanwhile, with its ninth week at No. 1 on the Hot 100, “Closer” ties OutKast‘s “Hey Ya!” (2003-04) for the second-longest reign ever among duos; with 14 weeks on top in 1996, only Los Del Rio’s “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” has led longer. (The stat excludes pairings of singers who don’t normally record together, such as Brandy and Monica, whose “The Boy Is Mine” ruled for 13 weeks in 1998, or Diana Ross and Lionel Richie, who spent nine weeks at No. 1 in 1981 with “Endless Love.”) “Closer” additionally tops Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for a ninth week.

The Weeknd‘s “Starboy,” featuring Daft Punk, holds at its No. 2 high on the Hot 100. It keeps at No. 2 on Streaming Songs (25.6 million, down 5 percent), dips 2-3 on Digital Song Sales (86,000, down 7 percent) and pushes 8-7 on Radio Songs (101 million, up 17 percent). “Starboy” additionally tops the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for a third week. The song is the lead single from The Weeknd’s album of the same name due Nov. 25.

Twenty One Pilots’ “Heathens” is steady at No. 3 on the Hot 100 after logging four weeks at its No. 2 peak. It holds at No. 2 on Radio Songs (127 million, up 6 percent) and retreats 3-4 on Digital Song Sales (although up 8 percent to 79,000) and 4-5 on Streaming Songs (16.5 million, down 13 percent). It tallies a 10th week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Rock Songs chart.

DJ Snake‘s “Let Me Love You,” featuring Justin Bieber, rebounds from No. 5 to its No. 4 Hot 100 high. The collab reaches the Radio Songs top five (7-5; 106 million, up 13 percent), slips 6-7 on Streaming Songs (14.3 million, down 2 percent) and jumps 9-5 on Digital Song Sales (62,000; up 49 percent).

Mars’ “24K Magic” launches at No. 5 on the Hot 100, as it begins at No. 2 on Digital Song Sales (101,000 first-week downloads sold) and No. 9 on Streaming Songs (12.8 million) and vaults 36-15 on Radio Songs (65 million) following its first full week of airplay tracking. (It should benefit on next week’s charts following Mars’ performance of it on NBC’s Saturday Night Live Oct. 15.)

“Magic,” Mars’ 13th Hot 100 Top 10, was released Oct. 7 on digital and streaming services, and is the title track from the pop star’s third full-length, due Nov. 18. Notably, the lead singles from Mars’ first two studio sets both hit No. 1 on the Hot 100: “Just the Way You Are,” from Doo-Wops & Hooligans, for four weeks in 2010, and “Locked Out of Heaven,” from Unorthodox Jukebox, for six weeks in 2012-13. (The songs debuted at Nos. 43 and 34, respectively.)

“Magic” additionally marks Mars’ highest Hot 100 debut. Of his 19 entries so far (dating to his 2010 arrival), he had previously bowed as high as No. 10, as a featured act on Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa‘s “Young, Wild & Free” (Oct. 29, 2011). As a lead artist, he had debuted at a No. 28 high with “It Will Rain” (Oct. 15, 2011).

“Magic” is the fourth song to blast onto the Hot 100 in the top five in 2016, following No. 1 entrances for Zayn’s “Pillowtalk” (Feb. 20) and Justin Timberlake‘s “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” (May 28); Major Lazer‘s “Cold Water,” featuring Bieber and MO, opened at No. 2 (Aug. 13).

Below the Hot 100’s top five, D.R.A.M.‘s first top 10, “Broccoli,” featuring Lil Yachty, keeps at its No. 6 peak, while topping Hot Rap Songs for a sixth week; “Cold Water” falls 4-7 after reaching No. 2; Shawn Mendes’ “Treat You Better” slides 7-8 after hitting No. 6; and Sia’s former four-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Cheap Thrills,” featuring Sean Paul, drops 8-9.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Grande’s “Side to Side,” featuring Minaj, rises 12-10. It backtracks 7-8 on Streaming Songs, but gains by 6 percent to 14 million, surges 17-10 on Digital Song Sales (37,000, up 29 percent) and lifts 37-31 on Radio Songs (43 million, up 24 percent). (Adding to the song’s exposure: its synch in a new T-Mobile ad.)

Grande earns her eighth Hot 100 top 10, and second from her album Dangerous Woman, following the No. 8-peaking title track lead single. (In between the two songs, the set’s second single, “Into You,” reached No. 13.) Minaj scores her 13th Hot 100 top 10, extending her record for the most top 10s among female rappers;Missy Elliott ranks second with nine.

Beyond the Hot 100’s top 10, in addition to Mars’ “Magic,” other Hot 100 debuts on the chart include John Legend‘s “Love Me Now” (No. 55), Maroon 5‘s “Don’t Wanna Know,” featuring Kendrick Lamar (No. 56), and Lady Gaga‘s “Million Reasons” (No. 76).

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column later this week, and visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 18), when all rankings, 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 (Oct. 21).

Source: billboard.com

16 Oct 2016 Music Now!

Green Day Earns Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘Revolution Radio’

Green Day rocks the No. 1 slot on the Billboard 200 with its third chart-topping album, Revolution Radio. The band’s 12th studio effort enters atop the list with 95,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Oct. 13, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 90,000 were 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 Oct. 29-dated chart (where Revolution Radio debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, Oct. 18.

Green Day last led the Billboard 200 more than seven years ago, with 21st Century Breakdown. That set debuted atop the chart dated May 30, 2009 and spent one week in the penthouse. Before that, the band’s first No. 1, American Idiot, racked up three nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 back in 2004 and 2005.

After 21st Century Breakdown, the band’s next studio project was the expansiveUno!, Dos!, Tre! series — three studio albums released in quick succession in late 2012. Uno! and Dos! debuted and peaked at Nos. 2 and 9, respectively, while Tre!missed the top 10, peaking at No. 13 (its opening frame).

Overall, Revolution Radio is Green Day’s tenth top 10 album, stretching back to its breakthrough effort, Dookie, which peaked at No. 2 back in January of 1995.

The new album was led by the single “Bang Bang,” which garnered the act its 21st top 10 hit on the Alternative Songs airplay chart. The only acts with more top 10s on the 28-year-old tally are Foo Fighters (with 22), U2 (23) and Red Hot Chili Peppers (25).

Back on the new Billboard 200, Norah Jones collects her sixth top 10 effort, as Day Breaks bows at No. 2 with 47,000 units (44,000 in traditional album sales). Her last solo studio album, 2012’s Little Broken Hearts, launched at No. 2 with 110,000 copies sold. Day Breaks also enters at No. 1 on the Jazz Albums chart, giving the artist her second leader on the tally. She was last atop the list back in 2004, when her debut effort Come Away With Me wrapped a run of 115 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1.

OneRepublic notches its highest charting album ever on the Billboard 200, as Oh My My bows at No. 3 with 46,000 units (35,000 in traditional album sales). The band first hit the top 10 with its last effort, 2013’s Native, debuting and peaking at No. 4 from a 60,000-sales start. Before that, 2009’s Waking Up peaked at No. 21 in its opening frame (in the thick of the very competitive Christmas shopping season), and the group’s debut effort, Dreaming Out Loud, peaked at No. 14 back in 2008.

Drake’s Views dips one rung to No. 4 on the new Billboard 200, with 43,000 units (down 9 percent) and the Suicide Squad soundtrack falls a spot to No. 5 with 37,000 units (down 1 percent). Solange’s A Seat at the Table descends from No. 1 to No. 6 in its second week with 34,000 units (down 53 percent). Twenty One Pilots’ Blurryfacerises one position to No. 7 with 29,000 units (up 15 percent), following the band’s performance on the Oct. 8 edition of NBC’s Saturday Night Live.

Rock band Alter Bridge is back in the top 10 for the first time in more than 12 years, as The Last Hero debuts at No. 8 with 28,000 units (27,000 in traditional album sales). The group was last in the top 10 way back in 2004, when its first effort One Day Remains debuted and peaked at No. 5 on the Aug. 28, 2004-dated list. After that, the band notched three more top 20-charting sets with Blackbird (No. 13 in 2007), AB III (No. 17 in 2010) and Fortress (No. 12 in 2013). The Last Hero also opens at No. 1 on the Independent Albums chart, the band’s first leader on the tally.

Alt-rock duo Phantogram claims its highest-charting album on the Billboard 200 and best sales week yet, as its third full-length studio effort, Three, starts at No. 9 with 25,000 units (23,000 in traditional album sales). The act (comprised of Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter) saw its last set Voices top out at No. 11 in 2014 (off a 21,000 sales start), while its 2010 debut effort Eyelid Movies missed the chart. (Between its first and second album, however, the act logged entries with a pair of EPs: Nightlife and a self-titled set, which reached Nos. 122 and 155, respectively.)

Rounding out the latest top 10 is Ariana Grande’s Dangerous Woman, slipping three spots to No. 10 with 25,000 units (down 5 percent).

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10 Oct 2016 Music Now!

The Chainsmokers’ ‘Closer’ Leads Hot 100 for Eighth Week, gnash’s ‘I Hate U I Love U’ Hits Top 10

“Closer” continues to rule, The Weeknd’s Daft Punk-featuring “Starboy” rises to No. 2 & gnash reaches the top tier with his debut hit, featuring Olivia O’Brien.

The Chainsmokers remain atop the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Oct. 22), as “Closer,” featuring Halsey, leads for an eighth week. Meanwhile, The Weeknd rises to No. 2 with “Starboy,” featuring Daft Punk, and gnash’s “I Hate U I Love You,” featuring Olivia O’Brien, enters the top 10.

As we do every Monday when the chart is compiled, let’s look at the Hot 100’s top 10 and more. Highlights of the airplay, sales and streaming-based Hot 100 post on Billboard.com each Monday, with all charts updated each Tuesday.

“Closer,” released on Disruptor/Columbia Records, and the first Hot 100 No. 1 for both The Chainsmokers (Drew Taggart and Alex Pall) and Halsey, remains the top-selling song, as well as the most-streamed song and the most-heard track on radio in the U.S. It leads the Digital Song Sales chart (123,000 downloads sold, down 10 percent, in the week ending Oct. 6, according to Nielsen Music) and the Streaming Songs chart (35.2 million U.S. streams, down 7 percent) for an eighth week each. It also tops the audio subscription services-based On-Demand Songs streaming survey for a ninth week (19.2 million on-demand clicks, down 11 percent), and the Radio Songs ranking for a second week (143 million in airplay audience, up 3 percent, in the week ending Oct. 9).

As “Closer” commands the Hot 100 and all three of the Hot 100’s main component charts (Digital Song Sales, Streaming Songs and Radio Songs), as well as On-Demand Songs, simultaneously for a second week, it’s the first song to do so for multiple frames since Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk!,” featuring Bruno Mars, led all the rankings at the same time for eight weeks in February-April 2015 (on its way to earning the No. 1 spot on the 2015 year-end Hot 100).

“Closer” additionally tops Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for an eighth week, and the Pop Songs radio airplay chart for a third frame.

The Weeknd pushes 3-2 on the Hot 100 with “Starboy,” featuring Daft Punk. It holds at No. 2 on both Digital Song Sales (92,000, up 4 percent) and Streaming Songs (with an 18 percent surge to 27 million streams), powered in part by the Sept. 28 release of its official video and The Weeknd’s performance on NBC’s Saturday Night Live on Oct. 1. It also roars 16-8 on Radio Songs (86 million, up 34 percent), becoming The Weeknd’s sixth Radio Songs top 10 and Daft Punk’s second, following their “Get Lucky” (featuring Pharrell Williams) in 2013. Meanwhile, Daft Punk ties its highest Hot 100 rank; “Lucky” spent five weeks peaking at No. 2.

“Starboy” additionally tops Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for a second week. The song is the lead single from The Weeknd’s album of the same name, due Nov. 25.

Twenty One Pilots‘ “Heathens” drops to No. 3 on the Hot 100 after four weeks at its No. 2 high. It bounds 5-2 on Radio Songs (120 million, up 12 percent), keeps at No. 3 on Digital Song Sales (73,000, down 5 percent) and falls 3-4 on Streaming Songs (19 million, down 5 percent). It tallies a ninth week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Rock Songs chart.

Closing out the Hot 100’s top five are two tracks featuring Justin Bieber, who boasts a pair of songs in the region for a third consecutive week. First, Major Lazer‘s “Cold Water,” featuring Bieber and MO, holds at No. 4 after reaching No. 2. It descends 3-5 on Radio Songs (112 million, down 6 percent); stays at No. 5 on Streaming Songs (16.1 million, down 2 percent); and falls 11-15 on Digital Song Sales (30,000, down 16 percent).

DJ Snake‘s “Let Me Love You,” also featuring Bieber, remains at No. 5 on the Hot 100, after rising to No. 4. The collab stays at No. 6 on Streaming Songs (14.5 million, down 2 percent); lifts 9-7 on Radio Songs (94 million, up 13 percent); and slips 7-9 on Digital Song Sales (41,000; down 9 percent; it’s on sale for 69 cents in the iTunes Store).

D.R.A.M.‘s first Hot 100 top 10, “Broccoli,” featuring Lil Yachty, reaches a new Hot 100 peak, climbing 8-6, and tops Hot Rap Songs for a fifth week; Shawn Mendes‘ “Treat You Better” slips to No. 7 from its No. 6 Hot 100 high (while crowning the Adult Pop Songs airplay chart, where it rises 2-1); Sia‘s former four-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Cheap Thrills,” featuring Sean Paul, drops 7-8; and The Chainsmokers’ other song in the top 10, “Don’t Let Me Down” (featuring Daya), stays at No. 9 after hitting No. 3.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, gnash’s “I Hate U I Love You,” featuring Olivia O’Brien, jumps 13-10, marking the first top 10 for each act (in each’s first visit to the chart). The track retreats 5-6 on Digital Song Sales but with a 4 percent gain to 52,000 (helped by 69-cent sale-pricing in the iTunes Store); hikes 30-23 on Radio Songs (48 million, up 14 percent); and drops 13-18 on Streaming Songs (9.4 million, down 6 percent).

Notably, “Hate” hits the Hot 100’s top 10 in its 25th week, completing the longest trip to the tier in nearly three years, since Imagine Dragons’ “Demons” reached the region in its 27th week (Nov. 9, 2013).

Gnash (real name: Garrett Nash) wrote “Hate” with O’Brien, and told Billboard in June that, “Olivia sent me a voicemail with the chords and the hook and the structure. I was like, ‘This song is amazing. I identify with this.’ So I went in on that record with her and … by the time it was done, I was like, ‘This makes me feel good. This is a cathartic thing; I got something off of my chest.’ I think that’s what a hit is. It’s something that makes you feel like, ‘I’m doing something here with this song that’s gonna help other people feel a certain type of way, and it’s gonna make people connect with what I’m saying.’ ”

Gnash, 23, added that he’s been surprised about the success of the song, which he produced himself. After recording it, he told his mother, “‘Mom, I just put my biggest song ever out,’ kinda joking, and she was like, ‘Go back to bed, honey.’ That’s about the extent of what I thought the song was gonna be.”

In moves just below the Hot 100’s top 10, Ariana Grande’s “Side to Side,” featuring Nicki Minaj, jumps 19-12, notably passing the No. 13 peak of prior Dangerous Woman single “Into You,” and Kiiara’s “Gold” rises 15-13, both hitting new highs. Meanwhile, The Chainsmokers’ new song “All We Know,” featuring Phoebe Ryan, debuts at No. 18, powered largely by 11.1 million first-week streams and 59,000 in sales; Hailee Steinfeld and Grey’s “Starving,” featuring Zedd, reaches the Hot 100’s top 20 (24-20); and One Direction’s Niall Horan’s first solo single “This Town” charges 63-25 (following its first full week of tracking).

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column later this week, and visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 11), when all rankings, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

10 Oct 2016 Music Now!

Drake Sets Record with 13 2016 American Music Awards Nominations; Rihanna Second with Seven

Drake broke a 32-year record for the most American Music Awards nominations with 13 nods, beatingMichael Jackson‘s previous high mark of 11 from 1984. The “Hotline Bling” rapper leads all 2016 American Music Awards nominees with nods in categories including Artist of the Year, Favorite Male Artist, Favorite Album, Favorite Rap Artist, Favorite Rap Song and Favorite R&B song, among others. If he wins in any of the categories it will make his first AMA win.

Rihanna was just behind Drizzy with seven nominations for the show that will be broadcast live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. Adele and Justin Bieber picked up five nominations each, followed by four nods each for Beyoncé and The Chainsmokers and three for Bryson Tiller, Twenty One Pilots, Carrie Underwood, Fetty Wap and the Weeknd.

Drake will go up against Adele, Beyoncé, Bieber, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Rihanna, Twenty One Pilots, Underwood and The Weeknd for Artist of the Year; the 10 nominees will be narrowed to five based on the votes received through Monday, November 14 at 8:59 a.m. PT. Voting for Artist of the Year will close on Thursday, November 17 at 8:59 p.m. PT. The winner will be determined by the total votes received throughout the entire voting period. If Bieber wins the award he will tie current record hold Taylor Swift for the most wins (3). With eight past wins and this year’s five nominations, Bieber needs just one win to become one of the top 10 AMA winners of all time.

The Chainsmokers will face a formidable group of acts for the coveted New Artist of the Year crown, including DNCE, Alessia Cara, Shawn Mendes and Zayn Malik. American Music Awards nominees are based on key fan interactions as reflected in Billboard Magazine and on Billboard.com, including album and digital song sales, radio airplay, streaming, social activity and touring. These measurements are tracked by Billboard and its data partners, including Nielsen Music and Next Big Sound. Winners are voted entirely by fans, with voting opening today (Oct. 10) in all categories except New Artist of the Year Un-leashed by T-Mobile, which will open on November 2nd.

Fans can vote for all category once per day, per platform in one or both of the below ways. For New Artist of the Year Un-leashed by T-Mobile, fans can vote 100 times per day, per platform at AMAvote.com or by posting a tweet that includes the nominee’s Twitter handle, the category name and #AMAs within the post(s). The2016 American Music Awards is produced by dick clark productions. Allen Shapiro and Mike Mahan are executive producers. Larry Klein, Barry Adelman and Mark Bracco are producers.

See the full list of nominees below:

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

  • Adele
  • Beyoncé
  • Justin Bieber
  • Drake
  • Selena Gomez
  • Ariana Grande
  • Rihanna
  • Twenty One Pilots
  • Carrie Underwood
  • The Weeknd

 

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR UN-LEASHED BY T-MOBILE

  • Alessia Cara
  • The Chainsmokers
  • DNCE
  • Shawn Mendes
  • ZAYN

 

COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR

  • The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya “Don’t Let Me Down”
  • Drake Featuring Wizkid & Kyla “One Dance”
  • Fifth Harmony Featuring Ty Dolla $ign “Work From Home”
  • Rihanna Featuring Drake “Work”
  • Meghan Trainor Featuring John Legend “Like I’m Gonna Lose You”

 

TOUR OF THE YEAR

  • Beyoncé
  • Madonna
  • Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

 

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

  • Justin Bieber “Sorry”
  • Desiigner “Panda”
  • Rihanna Featuring Drake “Work”

 

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK

  • Justin Bieber
  • Drake
  • The Weeknd

 

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK

  • Adele
  • Selena Gomez
  • Rihanna

 

FAVORITE DUO OR GROUP – POP/ROCK

  • The Chainsmokers
  • DNCE
  • Twenty One Pilots

 

FAVORITE ALBUM – POP/ROCK

  • Adele 25
  • Justin Bieber Purpose
  • Drake Views

 

FAVORITE SONG- POP/ROCK

  • Adele “Hello”
  • Justin Bieber “Love Yourself”
  • Drake Featuring Wizkid & Kyla “One Dance”

 

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – COUNTRY

  • Luke Bryan
  • Thomas Rhett
  • Blake Shelton

 

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – COUNTRY

  • Kelsea Ballerini
  • Cam
  • Carrie Underwood

 

FAVORITE DUO or GROUP – COUNTRY

  • Florida Georgia Line
  • Old Dominion
  • Zac Brown Band

 

FAVORITE ALBUM – COUNTRY

  • Luke Bryan Kill the Lights
  • Chris Stapleton Traveller
  • Carrie Underwood Storyteller

 

FAVORITE SONG – COUNTRY

  • Florida Georgia Line “H.O.L.Y.”
  • Tim McGraw “Humble And Kind”
  • Thomas Rhett “Die A Happy Man”

 

FAVORITE ARTIST – RAP/HIP-HOP

  • Drake
  • Fetty Wap
  • Future

 

FAVORITE ALBUM – RAP/HIP-HOP

  • Drake Views
  • Drake & Future What A Time To Be Alive
  • Fetty Wap Fetty Wap

 

FAVORITE SONG – RAP/HIP-HOP

  • Desiigner “Panda”
  • Drake “Hotline Bling”
  • Fetty Wap “679”

 

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B

  • Chris Brown
  • Bryson Tiller
  • The Weeknd

 

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B

  • Beyoncé
  • Janet Jackson
  • Rihanna

 

FAVORITE ALBUM – SOUL/R&B

  • Beyoncé Lemonade
  • Rihanna Anti
  • Bryson Tiller T R A P S O U L

 

FAVORITE SONG – SOUL/R&B

  • Drake Featuring Wizkid & Kyla “One Dance”
  • Rihanna Featuring Drake “Work”
  • Bryson Tiller “Don’t”

 

FAVORITE ARTIST – ALTERNATIVE ROCK

  • Coldplay
  • Twenty One Pilots
  • X Ambassadors

 

FAVORITE ARTIST – ADULT CONTEMPORARY

  • Adele
  • Rachel Platten
  • Meghan Trainor

 

FAVORITE ARTIST – LATIN

  • J Balvin
  • Enrique Iglesias
  • Nicky Jam

 

FAVORITE ARTIST – CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL

  • Lauren Daigle
  • Hillsong UNITED
  • Chris Tomlin

 

FAVORITE ARTIST – ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM)

  • The Chainsmokers
  • Calvin Harris
  • Major Lazer

 

TOP SOUNDTRACK

  • Purple Rain
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens
  • Suicide Squad: The Album

Source: billboard.com

9 Oct 2016 Music Now!

Solange Scores Her First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘A Seat at the Table’

Solange earns her first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as her latest release, A Seat at the Table, arrives atop the tally. It beats out Bon Iver’s 22, A Million, for No. 1 — an album that wasinitially forecast to bow in the penthouse. It debuts at No. 2.

A Seat at the Table launches with 72,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Oct. 6, according to Nielsen Music — a stronger-than-expected start. Of that sum, 46,000 were in traditional album sales. Bon Iver’s 22, A Million, bows at No. 2 with 71,000 units (58,000 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 Oct. 22-dated chart (where A Seat at the Table bows at No. 1) will be posted in full toBillboard’s websites on Tuesday, Oct. 11.

On Oct. 4, industry prognosticators suggested that A Seat at the Table would earn around 60,000 units in its first week — perhaps 5,000 behind 22, A Million. Solange’s set continued to build steam as the tracking week came to a close, surpassing its first-week forecast.

As previously noted, traditional album sales comprised 46,000 of A Seat at the Table’s total equivalent album units earned in its first week. In addition, it brought in another 3,000 in track equivalent album units, and 24,000 in streaming equivalent album units. That latter sum translates to 35.7 million on-demand streams for the album’s songs on streaming services. (It was the second-most streamed album of the week on the chart, beaten only by Drake’s streaming powerhouse Views, with 51.9 million streams for its songs.)

As for Bon Iver’s 22, A Million, it debuts with 71,000 units (comprised of 58,000 in pure album sales, 1,000 in track equivalent album units and 12,000 in streaming equivalent album units). Its 12,000 streaming equivalent units figure represents 17.5 million streams of the album’s songs for the week.

22, A Million is the top selling album of the week, and starts at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart. The list ranks the week’s best-selling albums by pure album sales.

The set was released on Sept. 30 through Jagjaguwar Records on CD, vinyl LP, digital download, cassette; and through streaming services. It follows Bon Iver’s self-titled release in 2011, which debuted and peaked at No. 2 off a start of 104,000 copies sold. The set won the 2011 Grammy Award for best alternative album, the same year the band took home the best new artist trophy.

As for A Seat at the Table, its release was only announced on Sept. 27, and it reached digital retailers and streaming services three days later on Sept. 30. It was released by Saint Records (Solange’s own label) through Columbia Records. A physical CD release of the album is scheduled for Nov. 18.

Solange made her Billboard 200 chart debut on the Feb. 8, 2003-dated list, withSolo Star, which debuted and peaked at No. 49 that same week. Five years later, she notched her first top 10 album, with Sol-Angel & The Hadley St. Dreams, which bowed and peaked at No. 9 on the Sept. 13, 2008 list. A little more than four years after that, her True album debuted and peaked at No. 157 on the Dec. 15, 2012.

As Solange and her sister Beyonce have now both earned No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200, they are among the few pairs of solo siblings to have scored No. 1s. Previously, Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson managed the feat, as did Master P and his brother Silkk the Shocker.

Beyonce has logged six previous No. 1s, most recently with 2016’s Lemonade. Michael Jackson tallied six No. 1s (from Thriller in 1983 to the This Is It soundtrack in 2009). Janet Jackson has seven No. 1s (from 1986’s Control through 2015’sUnbreakable).

Master P topped the list in 1997 with Ghetto D, and followed it up in 1998 with MP Da Last Don. Silkk the Shocker led the list once, in 1999, with Made Man.

Notably, Solange and Beyonce both earned No. 1s in the same calendar year, just as Michael and Janet did in 2001 (with Invincible and All For You, respectively).

Drake’s former No. 1, Views, slips one rung to No. 3 with 47,000 units (down 7 percent) while the Suicide Squad soundtrack dips one position to No. 4 with 38,000 units (down 9 percent).

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ The Getaway zooms back into the top 10, rising from No. 24 to No. 5 with 33,000 units (up 112 percent), courtesy of sales of the album bundled with tickets to the band’s upcoming concert tour. The album sold 31,000 copies during the tracking week — up 133 percent. The group promoted the ticket/album bundle offer through its social networks and via email blasts to fans, thus prompting the robust sales surge.

Shawn Mendes’ Illuminate falls from No. 1 to No. 6 in its second week, earning 29,000 units (down 80 percent). Ariana Grande’s Dangerous Woman rises 10-7 with 27,000 units (up 17 percent) and Twenty One Pilots’ Blurryface falls 7-8 with a little more than 25,000 units (down 3 percent).

Van Morrison claims his third top 10 album — and highest charting album ever — with the arrival of Keep Me Singing at No. 9 with 25,000 units (nearly 25,000 in traditional album sales). It is the singer/songwriter’s 36th studio album, and follows his previous top 10s Born to Sing: No Plan B (No. 10 peak in 2012) and Keep It Simple(No. 10 in 2008). Keep Me Singing is also Morrison’s 20th top 40-charting effort. His first came in 1970 with the No. 29-peaking Moondance.

Travis Scott’s Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight rounds out the top 10, descending 6-10 with 24,000 units (down 12 percent).

5 Oct 2016 Music Now!

Shawn Mendes Leads Billboard Artist 100 for First Time

A week after Twenty One Pilots completed a then-record 75-week rise to the summit, Mendes reigns at last in his 86th week on the list.

Shawn Mendes is the top musical act in the United States for the first time, jumping 4-1 to take the crowning spot on the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated Oct. 15). The Artist 100 measures artist activity across Billboard‘s most influential charts, including the Billboard Hot 100, Top Album Sales and the Social 50. The Artist 100 blends data measuring album and track sales, radio airplay, streaming and social media fan interaction to provide a weekly multi-dimensional ranking of artist popularity.

A week after Twenty One Pilots set the record for longest climb to No. 1 on the Artist 100 (75 weeks), Mendes breaks it, reigning for the first time in his 86th week on the chart. (The chart began on July 19, 2014.) He takes over at the top as his new album, Illuminate, debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, with 145,000 equivalent album units, and Top Album Sales, with 121,000 sold in its first week (ending Sept. 29), according to Nielsen Music.

Mendes sports a 134 percent week-over-week increases in overall activity, with album sales marking 68 percent of his points total. Airplay is his next greatest metric, with Illuminate lead single “Treat You Better” lifting 5-4 on the Radio Songs chart (118 million in audience, up 5 percent) and holding at its No. 6 high on the Hot 100.

Rounding out the Artist 100’s top five, Twenty One Pilots descend to No. 2; Drakedrops 2-3; The Chainsmokers slip a notch to No. 4 from their No. 3 peak; andRihanna holds at No. 5.

Just beyond the Artist 100’s top five, The Weeknd surges 17-6 as his new single “Starboy,” featuring Daft Punk, blasts 40-3 on the Hot 100; Niall Horan debuts at No. 11 on the Artist 100, as his debut solo single “This Town” bows at No. 63 on the Hot 100 (after one day of sales and streaming measurement following its Sept. 29 release); and Bruce Springsteen hits a new Artist 100 high, re-entering at No. 19 as his new set Chapter and Verse launches at No. 1 on Top Rock Albums, No. 3 on Top Album Sales and No. 5 on the Billboard 200.

Check out this week’s entire Artist 100 here.

Source: billboard.com

3 Oct 2016 Music Now!

The Chainsmokers’ ‘Closer’ Tops Hot 100, The Weeknd’s ‘Starboy’ Rockets to No. 3

“Closer” continues its reign, while The Weeknd’s new single, featuring Daft Punk, soars 40-3. Plus, Niall Horan’s “This Town” debuts.

The Chainsmokers rule the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Oct. 15) for a seventh week with “Closer,” featuring Halsey.Meanwhile, The Weeknd blasts from No.  40 to No. 3 with his new single “Starboy,” featuring Daft Punk, and “This Town,” the first solo offering from One Direction‘s Niall Horan, debuts at No. 63.

As we do every Monday when the chart is compiled, let’s run down the Hot 100’s top 10 and more. Highlights of the airplay, sales and streaming-based Hot 100 post on Billboard.com each Monday, with all charts updated each Tuesday.

“Closer,” released on Disruptor/Columbia Records, and the first Hot 100 No. 1 for both The Chainsmokers (Drew Taggart and Alex Pall) and Halsey, spends an eighth week atop the Digital Song Sales chart with 137,000 downloads sold (down 16 percent) in the week ending Sept. 29, according to Nielsen Music. “Closer” tops the Streaming Songs chart for a seventh week, with 37.8 million U.S. streams (down 3 percent), and the audio subscription services-based On-Demand Songs streaming chart (21.6 million on-demand clicks, down 2 percent) for an eighth frame.

“Closer” concurrently crowns the Radio Songs chart, climbing 2-1 with 138 million in airplay audience, up 9 percent. It, thus, commands the Hot 100 and all three of the Hot 100’s main component charts (Digital Song Sales, Streaming Songs and Radio Songs), as well as On-Demand Songs, simultaneously, becoming the first song to do so since Adele‘s “Hello” (Nov. 28, 2015, its first of 10 weeks atop the Hot 100). Prior to “Hello,” Mark Ronson‘s “Uptown Funk!,” featuring Bruno Mars, led all the lists simultaneously for eight weeks in February-April 2015 (on its way to earning the No. 1 spot on the 2015 year-end Hot 100). Dating to the Streaming Songs’ inception in January 2013, only one other song has topped all four charts at the same time: Iggy Azalea‘s “Fancy,” featuring Charli XCX, on June 28, 2014.

Meanwhile, “Closer” bests the six-week reigns of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis‘ “Thrift Shop” (featuring Wanz) in 2013 and LMFAO‘s “Party Rock Anthem” (featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock) in 2011 to become the longest-leading Hot 100 No. 1 by a duo in more than 12 years: since OutKast’s “Hey Ya!,” which ruled for nine weeks in 2003-04.

“Closer” additionally tops Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for a seventh week and the Pop Songs radio airplay chart for a second frame.

Twenty One Pilots‘ “Heathens” holds at its No. 2 Hot 100 high, as the duo (Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun) remains at its best rank (with its “Stressed Out” having peaked at No. 2 in February). “Heathens” regresses 2-3 on Streaming Songs (19.9 million, down 5 percent); keeps at No. 3 on Digital Song Sales (77,000, down 9 percent); and pushes 6-5 on Radio Songs (107 million, up 14 percent). The track tallies an eighth week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Rock Songs chart.

The Weeknd vaults 40-3 on the Hot 100 at No. 40 with “Starboy,” featuring Daft Punk. Released Thursday Sept. 22, the song debuted on the Oct. 8-dated Hot 100 with 28,000 in sales, 2.9 million U.S. streams and 36 million in airplay audience (data that encompassed the song’s first day of sales and streaming and first four days of airplay, per the chart’s tracking periods for each metric). On the new Oct. 15-dated Hot 100, following its first full week of tracking, “Starboy” zooms 22-2 on Digital Song Sales (88,000), enters Streaming Songs at No. 2 (22.8 million) and bounds 37-16 on Radio Songs (64 million), powered in part by the release of its official video Sept. 28 (the second-to-last day of the sales and streaming tracking week).

The Weeknd earns his fifth Hot 100 top 10, and first since “The Hills” became his second No. 1, after “Can’t Feel My Face,” in late 2015. Daft Punk notches its second top 10; its “Get Lucky,” featuring Pharrell Williams, peaked at No. 2 for five weeks in 2013.

Notably, “Starboy” makes the biggest jump into the Hot 100’s top five (or top three) since Taylor Swift‘s “Bad Blood,” featuring Kendrick Lamar, leapt 53-1 on the June 6, 2015, chart, following its first full week of tracking after its video premiered to open the 2015 Billboard Music Awards.

“Starboy” additionally surges 12-1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, where it’s The Weeknd’s fourth No. 1, as well as Daft Punk’s first (in the duo’s first visit to the ranking).

“Starboy” is the lead single from The Weeknd’s forthcoming album of the same name, due Nov. 25. He performed the song, as well as fellow Starboy preview track “False Alarm,” on the season premiere of NBC’s Saturday Night Live Oct. 1.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five are two tracks featuring Justin Bieber. MajorLazer‘s “Cold Water,” featuring Bieber and MO, dips 3-4 after reaching No. 2. It stays at No. 3 on Radio Songs (120 million, down 1 percent) and dips 3-5 on Streaming Songs (16.5 million, down 17 percent) and 10-11 on Digital Song Sales (36,000, down 17 percent).

Meanwhile, DJ Snake‘s “Let Me Love You,” also featuring Bieber, retreats to No. 5 from its No. 4 high on the Hot 100, although with gains in all metrics. The collab slips 5-6 on Streaming Songs but with a 1 percent gain to 14.8 million; holds at No. 7 on Digital Song Sales (46,000; up 2 percent); and hits the Radio Songs top 10 (12-9; 84 million, up 16 percent). The track is Bieber’s eighth Radio Songs top 10 and DJ Snake’s third.

Shawn Mendes‘ “Treat You Better” is steady at its No. 6 high on the Hot 100, while parent album Illuminate launches at No. 1 on the Billboard 200; Sia‘s former four-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Cheap Thrills,” featuring Sean Paul, drops 5-7 (and departs the Radio Songs summit after eight weeks as the most-heard song on U.S. radio; 126 million, down 3 percent); and D.R.A.M.‘s first Hot 100 top 10, “Broccoli,” featuringLil Yachty, holds at its No. 8 peak.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, The Chainsmokers’ other song in the region, “Don’t Let Me Down,” featuring Daya, slides 7-9 and Calvin Harris‘ No. 3-peaking “This Is What You Came For,” featuring Rihanna, remains at No. 10.

Just outside the Hot 100’s top 10, two songs, both by artists in their first appearances on the chart, hit the top 15, reaching new peaks: gnash’s “I Hate U I Love You,” featuring Olivia O’Brien, jumps 19-13 and Kiiara‘s “Gold” climbs 16-15.

The Hot 100’s top debut of the week belongs to One Direction’s Niall Horan, whose first solo “This Town” begins at No. 63. Released Thursday (Sept. 29), the track launches at No. 6 on Digital Song Sales with 48,000 sold, while adding 679,000 million domestic streams and 11 million in radio audience. Like The Weeknd’s “Starboy” the week before, “Town” starts with one day each of sales and streaming data and four days of airplay measurement; “Town” should soar on the Oct. 22-dated Hot 100 following its first full week of tracking.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column later this week, and visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 4), when all rankings, 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 (Oct. 7).

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