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Taylor Swift buries her rivals under a mountain of sales and streams in the U.K. as 1989 (Taylor’s Version) debuts at No. 1.
Swift’s latest release, the fourth of her six recording projects, clocks up a “massive” 184,000 chart units, the Official Charts Company reports, more than double that of the original 1989’s opening-week sales of 90,000, accumulated following its release in 2014.
That opening result crushes the previous record holder for 2023, Lewis Capaldi’s Broken By Desire to Be Heavenly Sent, which scored 95,000 chart units in its week one.
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The runaway leader at the midweek stage, 1989 (Taylor’s Version) outperforms the rest of the top 10 combined during the latest cycle, and is the fastest-selling vinyl release of the year, with 62,000 copies sold, according to the OCC.
It’s Swift’s 11th chart-topping U.K. album, extending her own record as the woman with the most U.K. leaders this century, and the female artist with the 11 consecutive No. 1 albums in the briefest timeframe, at 11 years.
Among female artists, only Madonna has more — with 12. It’s only a matter of time before TayTay catches up with the Queen of Pop.
With Swift’s “Vault” cut “Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) reigning over the national singles survey, TayTay collects another chart double.
It’s by no means the only new release to make its impact felt on the latest albums tally. Veteran electronic act Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark snag a highest-charting studio album across a career spanning 45 years, with Bauhaus Staircase (100 Percent Records), new at No. 2. That equals the peak position of OMD’s 1988 hits compilation The Best of OMD, one of their eight U.K. top 10s.
Rolling Stones’ latest leader Hackney Diamonds (Polydor) drops 1-3, while Rock And Roll Hall of Fame inducted pop-rock band Duran Duran earn a 12th U.K. 10 with Danse Macabre (BMG), their Halloween-themed 16th studio album.
Also new to the top 10 are albums from James Blunt (Who We Used to Be at No. 5 via Atlantic), CASISDEAD (Famous Last Words at No. 7 via XL Recordings) and Alfie Boe (Open Arms – The Symphonic Songbook this week at No. 10 via BMG).
Taylor Swift is having her way on the U.K. charts, as “Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version)” bows at No. 1 on the national singles survey, and its parent LP arrives at the summit of the albums chart.
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“Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version)” starts atop the Official U.K. Singles Chart, published Friday, Nov. 3, with a market-leading 4.9 million streams, the Official Charts Company reports.
Swift now boasts three career chart leaders in the U.K., a list that includes a “Look What You Made Me Do” (in 2017) and “Anti-Hero” (2022).
“Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) is one of three new TayTay tracks from the “Vault” which crash the top 10, as “Now That We Don’t Talk (Taylor’s Version)” starts at No. 2 and “Slut!” (Taylor’s Version) bows at No. 5.
The top five is completed by Casso, Raye, D-Block Europe’s “Prada” (down 2-3 via Ministry of Sound) and Kenya Grace’s “Strangers” (down 1-4 via FFRR).
Halloween is done and dusted for 2023, but the spooky celebration makes its impact felt on the U.K. singles survey. Danny Elfman’s “This is Halloween” (No. 14 via Walt Disney) from The Nightmare Before Christmas, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” (No. 20 via Epic), Ray Parker Jr.’s “Ghostbusters” (No. 21 via Arista) and Bobby “Boris” Pickett’s “Monster Mash” (No. 29 via TheMonsterMash.com) all power into the top 40 on the latest tally.
Meanwhile, there’s new chart peaks for Drake, Sexyy Red and SZA’s “Rich Baby Daddy” (up 17-15 via OVO/Republic Records), Chase & Status, Hedex and ArrDee’s “Liqour & Cigarettes” (up 20-18 via EMI), Doja Cat’s “Agora Hills” (up 28-26 via Ministry of Sound), and Tems’ “Me & U” (up 36-34 via Since 93/RCA).
Further down the list, Wheatus’s breakthrough number “Teenage Dirtbag” (Columbia) reenters the U.K. Top 40 at No. 38, for its first top flight appearance since 2001. “Teenage Dirtbag” peaked at No. 2 that year.
It’s Taylor Swift week on Australia’s charts, as the U.S. pop star completes a double and floods the top deck of the national singles tally.
As expected, 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (via Universal) flies to No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart, published Friday, Nov. 3, for Swift’s 12th career leader in the land Down Under, while “Is It Over Now?” debuts at the pinnacle of the singles survey.
Remarkably, 1989 (Taylor’s Version) is her third No. 1 for 2023, following Midnights, which reigned for seven non-consecutive weeks earlier this year (after clocking seven weeks at the top in 2022) and Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), which checked-in at the penthouse for two weeks in July.
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Although ARIA doesn’t publish the combined sales, the trade body reports 1989 (Taylor’s Version) accumulates the biggest sales week ever for Swift on the ARIA Albums Chart, the top opening week for any new album since 2017, and a record-setting first week for a vinyl album.
All four of Swift’s rerecorded LPs have led the national chart. Two more are to come.
With her latest feat, Taylor levels-up with Madonna in third place on the all-time list of acts with the most No. 1 albums in Australia. Jimmy Barnes leads that list with 15 as a solo act (he had another five with Cold Chisel), with the Beatles in second place with 14.
TayTay’s 12 leaders include the original version of 1989, which reigned for four weeks in 2014 and another five weeks in 2015.
With its fast debut, “Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)” becomes Swift’s 10th No. 1 on the ARIA Singles Chart, a list that’s dominated by tracks from the new album. Eight of the top 10 are from Swift, including a top four sweep.
Swift will repay her fans in February 2024 when she plays seven stadium shows in Australia, on her The Eras Tour, produced by Frontier Touring (three at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, four at Sydney’s Accor Stadium).
Across her career, the pop star has spent 23 weeks at No. 1 on the ARIA Singles Chart, the trade body reports, drawing level with “You’re The Voice” singer John Farnham.
The Beatles lead that list, with 130 weeks, ahead of Elvis Presley (61 weeks) and Justin Bieber (48 weeks). With “Now And Then,” which arrived Thursday, Nov. 2, the Beatles could extend that lead when the next chart is published.
Meanwhile, prolific Australian alternative rock act King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard earn their second top 10 of the year with The Silver Cord (KGLW/Universal), new at No. 5 on the ARIA Albums Chart. King Gizzard are nominated for four categories in the 2023 ARIA Awards, set for Nov. 15 in Sydney.
Close behind is Australian singer and songwriter Angie McMahon’s Light, Dark, Light Again (AWAL). It’s new at No. 6. Light, Dark, Light Again is McMahon’s second album, and the followup to Salt, which peaked at No. 5 in 2019. McMahon was Billboard’s Indie Artist of the Month for October.
Paul Russell’s “Lil Boo Thang” jumps into the top 10 of Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs chart with a 12-9 climb on the list dated Nov. 4. The pop-rap tune, which first went viral on TikTok and other social media networks, continues its chart ascent with gains in all three chart metrics – streaming, radio airplay, and sales – and sprints into the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100.
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During the latest tracking week, Oct. 20 – 26, “Lil Boo Thang,” released on Arista Records, generated 6.7 million official U.S. streams, a 14% improvement from the prior week, according to Luminate. It also sold 5,000 downloads in the same period, up 8% from the previous week and retains its crown on the Rap Digital Song Sales chart for third, nonconsecutive week. Among all tracks, it’s the third-best seller and sits at No. 3 on the Digital Song Sales chart, down one spot from its No. 2 best last week. In the radio world, “Lil Boo Thang” registered 28.4 million in weekly audience, up 18% from the prior frame. Thanks to that haul, it steps 24-21 on the all-genre Radio Songs chart.
Pop radio has been the single’s biggest supporter, as it pushes 15-13 on the Pop Airplay chart, following a 16% increase in plays at mainstream top-40 radio during the latest tracking week. The adult pop sector follows closely behind, with a 19-15 advance on the heels of a 26% surge in weekly plays, enough to nab “Lil Boo Thang” the chart’s weekly Greatest Gainer tag. Beyond the pop world, the rhythmic format has also embraced the track, which moves 20-17 on the Rhythmic Airplay chart through a 15% weekly play boost.
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Across-the-board gains drive “Lil Boo Thang” 58-35 on the Hot 100 and secure Paul Russell’s first top 40 visit on the flagship chart. The rising hit already has a Hot 100 tie-in, sampling The Emotions’ “Best of My Love,” a five-week No. 1 from 1977. Thanks to use of the classic, writers Maurice White (of Earth, Wind & Fire) and Al McKay land another top 40 hit
As “Lil Boo Thang” races into the Hot 100’s top 40, Paul Russell lands a third week at No. 1 on Emerging Artists chart, which ranks the most popular developing artists each week using the same formula as the all-encompassing Billboard Artist 100. The Emerging Artists chart, however, excludes acts that have reached the top 25 on either the Hot 100 or Billboard 200, as well as artists that have achieved two or more top 10s on Billboard’s “Hot” song genre and/or consumption-based “Top” album genre charts.
Usher takes the throne on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart for the first time since 2016 as his collaboration with Summer Walker and 21 Savage, “Good Good,” crowns the list dated Nov. 4.
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The single advances from No. 2 to become the most-heard song in combined audience for U.S. monitored adult and mainstream R&B/hip-hop stations despite a 2% drop to 20.2 million in listenership in the tracking week ending Oct. 26, according to Luminate.
“Good Good” gives Summer Walker her first R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay No. 1, after she previously managed a No. 6 best twice – with “Girls Need Love” featuring Drake in 2019 and “Playing Games” the following year. 21 Savage, meanwhile, bags his third champ, following his featured turn on Post Malone’s eight-week No. 1 “Rockstar” in 2017-18, and the two-week leader “Rich Flex” with Drake in January and February.
Thanks to the new champ, Usher collects his 16th No. 1 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay. Among all artists, he trails only Drake’s 29 leaders for the most since the chart began in 1992. Here’s an updated look at the leaderboard:
29, Drake16, Usher12, Lil Wayne10, Beyoncé10, Chris Brown8, Alicia Keys8, Jay-Z8, R. Kelly
Plus, as Usher first led on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay with “You Make Me Wanna…” in September 1997, he rewrites the record for the longest span of No. 1s in the chart’s history, at 26 years and two months between his first and most recent champs. To recap the record run, here’s a full rundown of Usher’s sweet 16 champs on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay:
Song Title, Artist (if other than Usher), Weeks at No. 1, Date Reached No. 1“You Make Me Wanna…,” 12, Sept. 6, 1997“Nice & Slow,” three, Jan. 24, 1998“U Got It Bad,” eight, Nov. 10, 2001“Yeah!,” featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris, seven, March 13, 2004“Burn,” four, June 5, 2004“Confessions Part II,” two, July 10, 2004“My Boo,” with Alicia Keys, four, Oct. 23, 2004“Lovers and Friends,” Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz featuring Usher & Ludacris, one, Feb. 26, 2005“Love in This Club,” featuring Young Jeezy, four, April 12, 2008“Papers,” two, Dec. 12, 2009“There Goes My Baby,” four, Aug. 14, 2010“Climax,” 11, April 28, 2012“Good Kisser,” one, July 19, 2014“New Flame,” Chris Brown featuring Usher & Rick Ross, four, Oct. 25, 2014“No Limit,” featuring Young Thug, Oct. 15, 2016“Good Good,” with Summer Walker and 21 Savage, one (to date), Nov. 4, 2023
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As “Good Good” rules the radio ranking, it evicts SZA’s “Snooze” from the summit after an 18-week domination, the second-longest run for a song by a woman in a lead role in the chart’s history. Further, “Good Good,” released and promoted by mega/gamma, ends a titanic command atop R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay for RCA Records, who held a 42-week monopoly on the list through the three most recent champs – SZA’s “Snooze,” Tems’ “Free Mind” and Chris Brown’s “Under the Influence.” The last non-RCA leader was Drake and 21 Savage’s “Rich Flex,” which wrapped a two-week stay on the chart dated Feb. 4.
Elsewhere, “Good Good” shores up its ranks on other airplay charts. The track repeats at its No. 2 high on Rhythmic Airplay, though it slid 4% in plays at the format in the last tracking week. The tune has crossed over to pop radio, with a 25-22 climb on the Pop Airplay chart following a 13% boost in plays at mainstream top-40 stations. With that influx reinforcing its dominant position at R&B/hip-hop radio, “Good Good” pushes 12-11 on the all-genre Radio Songs chart, with a 2% improvement to 43.2 million in audience in the latest tracking window.
The Rolling Stones roll all the way to the top of Australia’s albums chart with Hackney Diamonds (Polydor/Universal), for their eighth leader.
Hackney Diamonds debuts at No. 1 on the ARIA Chart, published Friday, Oct. 27, the legendary British rock band’s 34th top 10 title.
Featuring collaborations with Lady Gaga, Elton John Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney, and contributions from former bass player Bill Wyman and the group’s late drummer Charlie Watts, Hackney Diamonds is the Stones’ first album of original material since A Bigger Bang, which blasted to No. 4 in 2005. Since then, the Stones have clocked up two more leaders in Australia, with hits collection GRRR! in 2012, and covers set Blue & Lonesome in 2016.
Mick Jagger and Co. first led the national chart back in 1964 with their debut, self-titled album.
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The reunited Blink-182 bows at No. 2 on the ARIA Chart with One More Time… (Columbia/Sony), for the pop-rock trio’s ninth top 10 in the land Down Under. One More Time… marks the return of the classic line-up, with guitarist and singer Tom DeLonge slotting back in alongside bass player and vocalist Mark Hoppus, and drummer Travis Barker.
Blink-182 has now led the ARIA Chart on four occasions, including Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001), Neighborhoods (2011) and California (2016). One More Time… is the band’s first studio album since 2019’s Nine, which featured Alkaline Trio’s Matt Skiba in place of DeLonge, and which peaked at No. 4.
Olivia Rodrigo’s former leader Guts (Geffen/Universal) closes out the top 3 on the latest tally, holding at No. 3, ahead of LPs from Drake (For All The Dogs down 2-4 via Republic/Universal) and Taylor Swift (Midnights up 6-5 via Universal), respectively.
Over on the ARIA Singles Chart, Doja Cat’s “Paint The Town Red” (via RCA/Sony) retains top spot for the 10th consecutive week. According to ARIA, it’s the 27th single to log 10 or more weeks at the top, a list that’s led by Tones And I’s “Dance Monkey” with 24 non-consecutive weeks. Also, Doja is the sixth solo female act to clock double-figure weeks at No. 1, joining Tones, Dinah Shore (13 weeks with “Buttons And Bows” in 1949), Miley Cyrus (12 weeks with “Flowers” earlier this year), Whitney Houston (10 weeks in 1992-93 with “I Will Always Love You”) and Sandi Thom (10 weeks in 2006 with “I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker”).
It’s worth noting, the Spice Girls reigned over the national tally for 11 weeks in 1996-97 with their signature song “Wannabe,” and Elton John’s record-breaking “Cold Heart” with Dua Lipa, remixed by Aussie electronic act Pnau, spent 10 weeks at the summit in 2021-22.
The latest singles chart podium is completed by Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” (Universal), up 3-2 for a new peak position in its 21st week on the survey, and Tate McRae’s “Greedy” (RCA/Sony), down 2-3.
The top new release this week belongs to Sydney-raised singer and rapper The Kid LAROI with “Too Much” (Columbia/Sony), featuring BTS‘ Jung Kook and Central Cee. It’s new at No. 10 for LAROI’s seventh top 10 single in Australia, the third top 10 for British rapper Central Cee (including a seven-week stretch at No. 1 with Dave on “Sprinter” earlier this year), and the third top tier title for South Korean singer Jung Kook.
The Los Angeles-based LAROI ruled the chart for a week in 2021 with “Without You” and again with “Stay,” his monster hit with Justin Bieber, which owned top spot for 17 weeks in 2021-22.
Kenya Grace’s “Strangers” (via FFRR) takes pole position in the race for the U.K. chart crown. But there’s not much in it. The U.K.-raised, South Africa-born artist has reigned over the Official U.K. Singles Chart for the past two weeks with her breakthrough drum ‘n’ bass number. “Strangers” has a narrow lead heading into what […]
Kenya Grace is no stranger to the U.K. chart summit.
The South Africa-born, U.K.-based artist enters a second week at No. 1 with “Strangers” (via FFRR), her breakthrough, drum ‘n’ bass-backed tune and first through a major label.
“Strangers” is, once again, the most-streamed track in the U.K. with 4.8 million plays, the Official Charts Company reports, as it holds off the challenge of Cassö’s “Prada” (Ministry of Sound) featuring RAYE and D-Block Europe.
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The leader at the midweek point, “Prada” finishes the week at No. 2, less than 800 chart units adrift.
As previously reported, Grace is just the second U.K. female artist ever to write, produce and record a No. 1 single entirely by herself, following Kate Bush whose “Running Up That Hill” completed a mission impossible last year, hitting the top some 37 years after its initial release.
Tate McRae’s “Greedy” (Ministry of Sound) rounds off an unchanged top 3.
Meanwhile, another South African artist is making her move on the Official U.K. Singles Chart — Tyla. Born and raised in Johannesburg, Tyla (full name: Tyla Laura Seethal) enjoys a new peak with her breakthrough “Water” (RCA), rising 7-4.
Close behind is Chase & Status, Bou, Flowdan, IRAH, Trigga and Takura’s “Baddadan” (EMI), up 11-5 for its peak position, while Sonny Fodera, MK and Clementine Douglas’ “Asking” (Solotoko) is up 10-7, a new high.
U.S. alternative pop artist Mitski enjoys her first U.K. top 10 single with “My Love Mine All Mine” (Dead Oceans), improving 13-8. Prior to her latest, viral number, Mitski had never even nudged the singles tally, though two of her seven studio albums have impacted the top 10.
Fred Again snags a second top 20 solo sentry with “Ten” (Atlantic), featuring U.S. artist and songwriter Jozzy. It’s new at No. 16, for the highest debut on the latest tally, published Friday, Oct. 20. That’s the fifth top 40 entry for the hot producer and artist, and the first appearance on the chart for Jozzy.
Finally, Troye Sivan enjoys a hattrick of top 40 appearance on the latest chart, led by “One Of Your Girls,” new at No. 17, followed by lead single “Rush” (34-28) and “Got Me Started” (reentering at No. 36), lifting his career tally to seven U.K. top 40 singles.
All three tracks appear on Sivan’s third and latest LP Something To Give Each Other (via Polydor), which debuts at No. 4 on the national albums tally, for a new career high.
Ren scores his first U.K. No. 1 as Sick Boi, his independently released sophomore album, starts at No. 1.
The Welsh hip-hop artist (full name: Ren Erin Gill) times his chart race to perfection, overcoming a midweek deficit to Rick Astley’s ninth studio album Are We There Yet? (BMG), before putting on the afterburners to roar home in first place.
In the end, it wasn’t even close. Sick Boi had opened-up a 6,000-unit advantage when the Official U.K. Albums Chart was published Oct. 20, thanks in part to a “spectacular push” in the final 24 hours of the cycle, the Official Charts Company reports.
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Sick Boi is released through The Other Songs, founded five years ago by brothers Alastair and Billy Webber, formerly of Island Records and Warner Records, respectively, according to the OCC. It’s the indie entertainment company’s first ever U.K. top 10.
Ren’s crown “sees him join a long list of Welsh album chart-toppers,” notes OCC CEO Martin Talbot, “from Tom Jones, Bonnie Tyler and Shakin’ Stevens to Manic Street Preachers, Stereophonics and Duffy, among many others – should not be under-estimated, especially given that it’s been achieved as a wholly-independent artist.”
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Astley, meanwhile, misses out on collecting a third leader with Are We There Yet?, which arrives at No. 2. It’s the Brit’s seventh top 10 appearance on the national albums tally.
The previous week’s leader, Drake’s For All The Dogs (OVO/Republic Records), slips 1-3.
Also new to the Official Chart this week is Troye Sivan’s Something To Give Each Other (Polydor), bowing at No. 4. That’s a U.K. career high for the Aussie pop artist, eclipsing 2015’s EP Wild (No. 5 peak) and 2018 LP Bloom (No. 8), for his third top tier slot. Something To Give Each Other is the week’s best-seller on wax in the U.K.
Completing the top 5 is 2022 BRITs Rising Star winner Holly Humberstone with Paint My Bedroom Black, her first full length effort. It’s new at No. 5.
Mike Skinner’s The Streets lands its seventh U.K. top 10 album with The Darker the Shadow (Rhino), new at No. 7, while British blues act When Rivers Meet, the husband-and-wife duo of Grace and Aaron Bond, snag a first top 10 album appearance with Aces Are High (One Road), new at No. 9.
Further down the list, new releases from Scouting for Girls (A Place We Used to Meet at No. 17 via Sony Music CG), CMAT (Crazymad, for Me at No. 25 via Cmatbaby), Creeper (Sanguivore at No. 29 via Spinefarm) and Death of Guitar Pop (Be Lucky at No. 30 via Ska Club Essex) make an impression.
Troye Sivan long-overdue return to music with Something To Give Each Other (EMI), his third studio album, is an instant success in his homeland.
Something To Give Each Other starts at No. 1 on the ARIA Chart, published Friday, Oct. 20, for his first leader. That result eclipses the No. 6 peak for Sivan’s debut LP from 2015, Blue Neighbourhood, and the No. 3 best for 2018’s sophomore effort Bloom.
At the same time, several singles from Something To Give Each Other are heading north on the ARIA Singles Chart, with the gold-accredited “Rush” up 43-26, “Got Me Started” lifting 45-27, and “One Of Your Girls” bowing at No. 28.
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Sivan won two ARIA Awards earlier in his career, and has six more chances to add to his collection at the 2023 ARIAs, set to be held Nov. 15 in Sydney.
“Troye Sivan is truly a once-in-a-generation artist, representing Australia on a truly global scale, with 22 billion streams worldwide and a career that’s pushed boundaries across music, screen and fashion,” comments ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd. “On behalf of ARIA, I am absolutely thrilled to congratulate him on his first No. 1 album at home, and can’t wait to celebrate at the ARIA Awards in a few weeks.”
The albums podium is completed by Drake’s For All The Dogs (down 2-1 via Republic/Universal) and Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts (down 2-3 via Geffen/Universal), while The Living End’s eponymously-titled debut full length album returns to the chart at No. 4, thanks to a 25th anniversary edition released through BMG/ADA. The Living End originally logged two weeks at No. 1 following its release in 1998.
Further down the latest list, South Korean boyband Tomorrow x Together’s The Name Chapter: Freefall (ING) arrives at No. 31. It’s the K-pop outfit’s first top 100 album in Australia, ARIA reports.
There’s no change at the top of that national singles tally as Doja Cat’s “Paint The Town Red” (RCA/Sony) enters week nine at No. 1. That breaks the tie with Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” for the second longest-reigning leader of 2023. At the top of that particular list is Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers,” at 12 weeks.
There’s a double result for U.S. country artist Zach Bryan as “I Remember Everything” (Universal/Warner) with Kacey Musgraves lifts 7-6 and his solo number “Something In The Orange” (Warner) cracks the top 10 for the first time in 66 weeks on the tally, up 11-8.
Finally, South African artist Tyla impacts the ARIA top 10 for the first time with “Water” (Sony) flowing 20-9. The Afrobeats artist’s breakout number recently broke into the U.K. top 10.
