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25 Nov 2024

ROSÉ & Bruno Mars’ ‘APT.’ No. 1 on Billboard Global Charts for Fifth Week

ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” tops both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts for a fifth week. The song debuted as the stars’ second leader on each list.

Plus, JIN’s “Running Wild” roars onto both the Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. in the top five and Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” jingles back into the Global 200’s top 10.

The Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.

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Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

“APT.,” released Oct. 18, rules the Global 200 for a fifth week with 132.7 million streams (down 9% week-over-week) and 13,000 sold (down 3%) worldwide Nov. 15-21. The duet debuted with 224.5 million global streams and logged 207.5 million in its second frame, becoming the first title since the chart started to have drawn at least 200 million streams globally in multiple weeks.

“APT.” also now claims five of the top six streaming weeks on the Global 200 among songs released in 2024:

  • 224.5 million, “APT.,” ROSÉ & Bruno Mars, Nov. 2
  • 207.5 million, “APT.,” Nov. 9
  • 176.8 million, “Fortnight,” Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone, May 4
  • 162.2 million, “APT.,” Nov. 16
  • 146.4 million, “APT.,” Nov. 23
  • 132.7 million, “APT.,” Nov. 30

Lady Gaga and Mars’ “Die With a Smile” holds at No. 2 on the Global 200, following eight weeks at No. 1, the most for any song this year. It drew 114 million streams (down 4%) worldwide Nov. 15-21 and has tallied over 100 million streams globally in each of the last 12 weeks, the longest such streak since the chart began.

Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” repeats at No. 3 on the Global 200, following three weeks at No. 1 beginning in August, and Gracie Abrams’ “That’s So True” holds at its No. 4 high.

JIN’s “Running Wild” sprints onto the Global 200 at No. 5 with 47 million streams and 53,000 sold worldwide in the week ending Nov. 21, following its Nov. 15 release on the BTS member’s first solo album, Happy. JIN adds his second solo top 10 on the chart, following “The Astronaut” (No. 10 peak, 2022). BTS’ other members’ top 10 totals as soloists: Jung Kook (five), Jimin (three), V (two) and Suga (one). BTS boasts 11 top 10s as a group.

Plus, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” dashes 21-9 on the Global 200, with 44.4 million streams (up 38%) and 3,000 sold (up 35%) worldwide Nov. 15-21. The modern Yuletide classic, originally released in 1994, has spent a record 18 weeks at No. 1 dating to the chart’s start (five frames each over the 2023 and 2022 holidays and four in both the 2021 and 2020 holiday seasons).

“APT.” concurrently commands Global Excl. U.S. for a fifth week, with 117.4 million streams (down 9%) and 9,000 sold (down 4%) outside the U.S. Nov. 15-21.

“Die With a Smile” holds at No. 2 on Global Excl. U.S. following eight weeks at No. 1 and Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” keeps at No. 3, after three weeks at No. 1 beginning in August.

JIN’s “Running Wild” bounds onto Global Excl. U.S. at No. 4 with 42.9 million streams and 31,000 sold outside the U.S. JIN earns his third solo top 10 on the chart, following “I’ll Be There” (No. 10 earlier this month) and “The Astronaut” (No. 6, 2022). BTS’ other members’ top 10 counts as soloists: Jung Kook (seven), Jimin (five), V (four) and Suga (one). BTS has amassed 11 top 10s as a group.

Rounding out the Global Excl. U.S. top 10, “That’s So True” is steady at its No. 5 high.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Nov. 30, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Nov. 26. For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard’s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

25 Nov 2024

Kendrick Lamar Reps Compton & Says ‘Jesus Saves Gangsters Too’ in ‘Squabble Up’ Video: Watch

Kendrick Lamar’s first GNX visual arrived on Monday (Nov. 25), and the Compton rhymer is repping for his city in the “Squabble Up” video.

Interpolating Debbie Deb’s 1984 “When I Hear Music” dance bop, “Squabble Up” has been crowned an early standout from Lamar’s GNX album, and he didn’t waste much time delivering the Calmatic-directed music video days later.

In the visual, K. Dot dances in a blue hoodie and fitted cap accompanied by a 105 Freeway traffic sign taken from the road. He’s joined by dancers hitting intricate routines choreographed by Charm La’Donna and Blood gang members in an open pickle green room repping their sets throughout.

There’s even humor thrown into the clip when Kendrick takes a second to sit down and read a How to Be More Like Kendrick for Dummies book, and then he holds a “Jesus Saves Gangsters Too” sign.

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Fans were attempting to dissect the hidden meaning behind Kendrick promoting the Compton Christmas Parade, while others pointed out imagery that appeared to be inspired by Menace II Society and Ice-T’s 1988 Power album.

“Squabble Up” — which landed in Billboard‘s ranking of the album tracks at No. 3 — was initially previewed by Lamar over the summer as fans ran with the snippet tentatively titled “Broccoli.” Sounwave and Jack Antonoff are credited as co-producers of the infectious track, which is expected to make a lofty debut on next week’s Billboard Hot 100.

GNX caps off what’s been a rap MVP campaign for Kendrick, who already added a pair of No. 1 hits to his name in 2024 thanks to Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That” as well as “Not Like Us.”

Watch the “Squabble Up” video below.

25 Nov 2024

Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 Countdown for Nov. 30, 2024 | Billboard News

Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” ties a Hot 100 record.

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History is made on this week’s chart, and we have the details. This is the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 for the week, dated Nov. 30. Morgan Wallen is still at 10, as is Benson at No. 9. Sabrina at No. 8, Post and Morgan holding at seven, and Gracie Abrams at six. “Espresso” falls to number five, while Teddy Swims moves up to four. Billie Eilish is locked in at three. Gaga and Bruno are still at No. 2. And at 19 weeks, tying the record for longest running No. 1 track in the Hot 100 history is Shaboozey.

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25 Nov 2024

Shaboozey’s ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy)’ Rules Billboard Hot 100 for Record-Tying 19th Week

Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” claims a record-equaling 19th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Over the chart’s 66-year history, the song is now tied for the longest reign with Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus), which dominated for 19 weeks in 2019.

“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” became Shaboozey’s first Hot 100 leader in July. It has also ruled the Hot Country Songs chart (for 23 weeks and counting), Country Airplay, Pop Airplay and Adult Pop Airplay, among other surveys.

A fan of multiple musical styles upon discovering music, Shaboozey “found country to be the thing that resonated with me in a really strong way,” he shared for a recent Billboard cover story. “Me being from Virginia, me loving the style and the way of life and the things they talked about … it all seemed very peaceful. It seemed like I could be real. I found country music could teach people that the little things in life are where the value is. Just having a working truck that you can take your girl in to ride to a cliff and watch the sunset is enough.”

“I love hip-hop; I’m a part of their community, too,” Shaboozey added, with “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” having reworked J-Kwon’s 2004 hit “Tipsy.” “That’s what I want to do with my music: be disruptive and show people that music is progressing.”

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts (dated Nov. 30, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Nov. 26). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

25 Nov 2024

Kendrick Drops “squabble up” Video, X Salutes The Artistry

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Kendrick Lamar may have taken the slow approach during his days with Top Dawg Entertainment but as his own man, he’s delivering music and content at a higher clip. Just like the surprise drop of his latest musical project GNX, Kendrick Lamar delivered a video for the fan-favorite track “squabble up” filled with plenty of Easter eggs and nods to West Coast culture.

Kendrick Lamar delivered the “squabble up” video on Monday (November 25) while many fans were still trying to digest the bars and scope of GNX. Directed by Calmatic, the video features K-Dot in a sparsely decorated room decked out in blue and hitting a casual, almost disaffected two-step while his face remains monotone and serene all at once.

In the background, several moments unfold that, at least in our first watch, we didn’t catch. What does stand out is that every scene that pops off in the back is related to the West Coast in some fashion, most especially the Southern side of California.

Eagle-eyed fans on the X social media platform are already piecing together the images within, including a nod to Ice-T’s Power album cover and its cover model, Darlene Ortiz. Gang unity is also promoted in the video, along with the realities of the street such as a couple socking out and robbing a man.

There was also a clever moment where Lamar was seen reading a book titled How To Be More Like Kendrick for Dummies along with some ruckus going on behind as he casually reads the title.

On X, Kendrick Lamar is the talk of the online streets and we’re capturing the best reactions we’ve seen and sharing them below.

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25 Nov 2024

Gojira’s Joe Duplantier Urges Fans to Go Vegan for the Holidays — and Beyond: ‘Join the Revolution!’

Gojira may have wowed viewers around the world as red streamers mimicking a torrential downpour of blood rained from the windows of Paris’ Conciergerie palace — where beheaded Marie Antoinettes stood — into the Seine during the band’s performance at the Summer Olympics’ Opening Ceremony, but frontman Joe Duplantier wants fans to take a less sanguineous route for the holidays. And so, the French rocker has partnered with PETA to urge fans to forgo meat and animal products not just when gathering with friends and family, but every day.

“The holidays are the perfect time for people to try out new traditions with their friends and family that leave cruelty behind. It makes sense to celebrate kindness and peace on Earth with a delicious vegan feast that didn’t cost anyone their life,” Duplantier tells Billboard. “When I chose to go plant-based, I thought I would miss all the foods I grew up on, but surprisingly, the transition was painless. A vegan diet brings joy, energy and an unexplainable sense of relief knowing nobody’s getting slaughtered for my food.”

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“Nowadays it’s so easy to switch to a vegan diet with all the meat replacements and different plant-based milks and cheeses,” he notes. “Join the revolution! End the torture!”

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In an accompanying video for the PETA campaign, the rocker — who has been vegan for 10 years — shares that he chose a cruelty-free diet because of his love for animals. “It’s about the life of the animals and what they go through. But another benefit of being vegan is for your own health,” he explains while discussing the topic in a studio, as the metal band’s “The Trails” plays. “There’s no way eating animals or animal products that are a product of violence can be good for you. I have more energy now when I perform since I became vegan.”

Duplantier also highlights the horrors of the meat industry. “The way we treat animals — animal farms, the factories, the slaughterhouses — is unacceptable,” he declares as clips of the abuse pigs, cows and chickens endure appear. “Even non-vegans, I think, if they would spend a day in a slaughterhouse, they would come out of that vegan.”

“It’s not just an ethical question anymore, but it’s also a question of survival for our species,” he concludes, alluding to the massive amount of resources that goes into factory farming and the damage it does to the planet. “You have to go vegan.”

Watch Duplantier urge fans to try a vegan diet in the video below:

25 Nov 2024

Rosé Reveals Full ‘Rosie’ Track List

Rosé is less than two weeks from dropping her debut solo album, and the BLACKPINK superstar is adding to the hype by dropping the track list on Monday (Nov. 25).

Rosie is set to arrive on December 6 via Atlantic Records/THEBLACKLABEL and features 12 tracks. Among the song titles are “3am,” “Two Years,” “Toxic Till the End,” “Drinks or Coffee,” “Gameboy,” “Stay a Little Longer,” “Not the Same,” “Call It the End,” “Too Bad for Us” and “Dance All Night.” Also included on the album are previously released singles “Number One Girl” and her Bruno Mars collaboration, “APT.”

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“here’s the tracklist ♡ i can’t wait for u all to hear everything,” Rosé captioned the post. See the track list post here.

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“APT.” is already a breakout hit from Rosie. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, becoming the first song by a Western act to rule the Japan song chart in more than 11 years. The song also spends a fourth week atop both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts.

When sharing the news of her first-ever solo LP last month, Rosé wrote: “I have poured my blood and tears into this album. I cannot wait for you to listen to this little journal of mine. Rosie – is the name I allow my friends and family to call me. With this album, I hope you all feel that much closer to me. And yes, it’s a full length album.”

According to the press release, ROSÉ co-produced and cowrote the album, which is her “most personal and candid” project yet.

25 Nov 2024

Travis Scott’s Circus Maximus Sets New Record for Highest Selling Tour by a Solo Rapper

Travis Scott closed out the Circus Maximus Tour on Halloween after more than a year of cross-continental shows. According to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore, the trek grossed $209.3 million and sold 1.7 million tickets over 76 dates.

Those numbers are massive without qualification, but they are monumental in hip-hop. No solo rapper has ever sold that many tickets on one tour. Previously, Jay-Z cracked two million while co-headlining the On the Run II Tour with Beyoncé in 2018. The only other unaccompanied rapper to report more than a million tickets on a single tour is 50 Cent on last year’s The Final Lap Tour (1.1 million), celebrating the 20-year anniversary of Get Rich or Die Tryin.’

Though the Circus Maximus Tour began in arenas, Scott interspersed stadium dates as 2023 rolled into 2024. First, amid 43 arena shows in the U.S. and Canada, he sold out SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. (12 miles from downtown Los Angeles). And while his European leg began indoors, he broke stadiums in London, Koln, and Milan, selling more than 71,000 tickets in the lattermost city.

Stadiums followed in Sao Paulo, Mexico City, New York and across Oceania. The last nine shows of the tour in September and October moved 415,000 tickets, or 24% of the tour’s total attendance, despite accounting for just 12% of the trek’s shows.

Melbourne, Australia, was the biggest stop of Scott’s tour. Two shows on Oct. 22-23 grossed $12.6 million and sold 115,000 tickets.

The scale of the Circus Maximus Tour – stadiums on four continents – is unprecedented in hip-hop. 50 Cent and Nicki Minaj, each of whom cracked $100 million on tours of their own over the last two years, played in North America and Europe. Drake, who has crossed the nine-figure mark multiple times, only played in the U.S. and Canada on It’s All a Blur. The language barrier for a particularly wordy genre could mean that extensive touring in Europe and Latin America is difficult, but Scott’s global hits and onstage spectacle helped translate his show to international audiences.

Even stateside, Scott’s 2023-24 stadium shows are groundbreaking for rappers. Eminem and Jay-Z have played similar venues, but the former toured alongside Rihanna and the latter has done it next to Beyonce and Justin Timberlake. Eminem and Jay-Z did play stadiums together in 2010 during a commercial boom for both, but just two in Detroit and two in New York on The Home & Home Tour.

As a soloist, Eminem played two shows at Detroit’s Ford Field in 2003, plus a show in Hawaii in 2019. He’s also a proven stadium sellout in Australia and New Zealand. 50 Cent has one reported solo stadium show in Sao Paulo.

Scott’s world tour improved upon his previous outing in every conceivable way. Scott sold 53% more tickets per show on The Circus Maximus Tour than on Astroworld: Wish You Were Here in 2018-19 (22,494 vs. 14,692), he played more than 20 more shows (76 vs. 55) and commanded 65% more per ticket ($122.46 vs. $74.43).

In total, the Circus Maximus Tour sold more than twice the tickets of its predecessor (1.7 million vs. 808,000) and grossed more than three times as much ($209.3 million vs. $60.1 million).

The Circus Maximus Tour was in support of Utopia, Scott’s fourth studio album. The set debuted atop the Billboard 200 and stayed there for four weeks, and sent three songs – “Meltdown,” featuring Drake; “FEIN!,” featuring Playboi Carti; and “K-Pop” featuring Bad Bunny and The Weeknd – to the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100.

Dating back to a sold-out show at Los Angeles’ The Fonda Theatre ($42,000; 1,200 tickets), Scott has grossed $275.3 million and sold 2.6 million tickets.

25 Nov 2024

Former ‘ANTM’ Contestant Sues Kanye West For Sexual Assault & Strangulation

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Not too long ago Kanye West was hit with a lawsuit in which he was accused of antisemitic behavior and weird sexual deviancy, but now, the College Dropout artist is facing more serious allegations as a former America’s Next Top Model contestant says that Kanye West sexually assaulted her.

According to Rolling Stone, Jennifer An filed a lawsuit in New York Federal Court Friday (Nov. 22), suing Kanye West for sexual assault and strangulation during an incident that took place back in 2010. In the legal filing, An says that the assault took place when she was working as a background actor for a video shoot for La Roux’s “In for the Kill.” She says that during the shoot, Kanye West arrived on set and bluntly stated, “Give me the Asian girl” before he got in her face while “breathing heavily” and actually instructed the camera crew to focus on her face while he turned the shoot into his “own production.”

That’s when things got disturbingly uncomfortable for everyone.

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“On camera, defendant West began to choke plaintiff with one hand. He then wrapped his other hand around her neck and continued to strangle her with both hands,” the lawsuit alleges. “He then rammed several fingers down her throat, continuously moved them in and out, and gagged her.”

An says West used his fingers “to emulate forced oral sex” as he allegedly screamed, “This is art. This is fucking art. I am like Picasso.” The lawsuit claims West assaulted An “in a manner similar to pornographic gagging/deep throat/BDSM fetishes.”

As she panicked under West’s “gyrating hand,” An says she looked around the room, hoping someone would intervene. She alleges no one helped her. “Plaintiff struggled to breathe and felt as if she had temporarily blacked out. When defendant West decided that he was finished with plaintiff, her face was covered in saliva and smeared makeup,” the lawsuit states.

We’re low-key surprised this wasn’t big news on social media even though it was only a few years old at the time.

While An is suing Kanye for the assault, she also names Universal Music Group as a co-defendant as they were behind Kanye’s cameo in the video and failed to investigate the incident afterwards or take any kind of action.

Jennifer An is suing for compensatory and punitive damages.

25 Nov 2024

Kix Brooks to Step Down as Host of ‘American Country Countdown,’ Ryan Fox Taking Over Duties

Kix Brooks is marking the end of an era, as he steps down from his nearly two-decade role as host of the national country music radio show American Country Countdown. Brooks’s final broadcast will air the weekend of Dec. 28-29, 2024.

Beginning the weekend of Jan. 4-5, 2025, country radio personality Ryan Fox will take over as host of American Country Countdown with Ryan Fox. Fox currently serves as on-air host, mornings, at Dallas country station KPLX/99.5 The Wolf.

Brooks took on the hosting role at American Country Countdown in January 2006, guiding listeners through each week’s top hits, while both entertaining them with his wit and humor, but also offering deep insights into artists, the country music genre and its rich history.

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“I never dreamed I would be asked to host a legendary international radio show like American Country Countdown,” Brooks said in a statement. “The fact that I have been supported by hundreds of affiliates and an amazing team of radio professionals for 18 years has made this one of the greatest experiences of my professional life. It’s time to turn my primary focus back to writing, recording and touring with Brooks & Dunn. It’s been an honor, to say the least, that I was trusted with a microphone that had such an iconic history. Special thanks to all the fans who listened and participated, to ensure that I was being the best that I could be. Keep counting ‘em down!”

Brooks’s work leading American Country Countdown, which is broadcast to more than 300 station affiliates nationwide through Westwood One, was honored with the Country Music Association’s national broadcast personality of the year in 2009, 2011 and 2013, making Brooks the first person to win a CMA award in both artist and broadcast categories. He also claimed the Academy of Country Music’s radio award for national personality in 2021.

Fox said in a statement, “To be given the opportunity to take the reins on one of the longest running, most successful, Country countdown shows in the world and sit in the same chair as Hall of Famers like the legendary Kix Brooks and the late, great Bob Kingsley, is a tremendous honor. This is a terrific era for country music, and I cannot wait to count down the biggest country hits from coast to coast!”   

As part of Brooks & Dunn, Brooks just picked up a 15th win in the Country Music Association’s vocal duo of the year category during last week’s CMA Awards, held Nov. 20 in Nashville.