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Ariana Grande‘s Eternal Sunshine (via Republic Records) continues to blaze over the U.K. chart.
The leader at the midweek mark, Grande’s seventh studio album enters a second week at No. 1 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart, where it’s her fifth leader after Dangerous Woman (2016), Sweetener (2018), thank u, next (2019) and Positions (2020).
Eternal Sunshine holds off the Weeknd’s The Highlights (Republic Records/XO), which lifts 3-2 for its equal peak position. The Canadian R&B star’s hits collection has now logged 163 weeks on the U.K. tally, none of them at No. 1.
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The highest new entry this week belongs to Kacey Musgraves, whose sixth studio LP Deeper Well (Interscope) digs in at No. 3. That’s a career best for the U.S. country artist, and third top 10 appearance following 2018’s Golden Hour (No. 6) and 2021’s star-crossed (No. 10).
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Deeper Well is the best-seller on vinyl during the most recent chart week, the Official Charts Company reports.
Also new to the chart is Justin Timberlake’s sixth studio collection, Everything I Thought I Was. It’s new at No. 5 for JT’s sixth top 10 – a list that includes his solo leaders Justified (2002), FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006), The 20/20 Experience (2013), plus The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2 and 2018’s Man of the Woods, both of which peaked at No. 2.
Hotly-tipped newcomer Caity Baser bags her first U.K. top 10 album with Still Learning, the Southampton-born, Brighton-based artist’s 13-track debut mixtape. It’s new at No. 7. Baser was nominated for the 2024 BRITs Rising Star award, won by The Last Dinner Party.
Also, Manchester, England rapper Nemzzz nabs his first slot on the Official U.K. Albums Chart appearance with his debut Do Not Disturb (Nemzzz), new at No. 17.
Finally, U.S. rock veterans the Black Crowes swoop in for an eighth U.K. top 40 with Happiness Bastards (Silver Arrow). It’s new at No. 7 on the latest tally, published Friday, March 22.
After two months, and several near-misses, Benson Boone finally scales the U.K. chart with “Beautiful Things” (via Warner Records).
The Washington-born singer and songwriter’s hit has already led Billboard’s two Global charts, and now lifts 2-1 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart.
The leader at the midweek stage, “Beautiful Things” was the most-streamed song during the full chart cycle with 6.6 million combined U.K. audio and video streams, the Official Charts Company reports.
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As Boone logs his first week at the U.K. chart zenith, he dethrones Beyonce’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” (Columbia/Parkwood Ent) after a four-week reign – Bey’s longest stint at No. 1 in the U.K. The country cut dips 1-3.
Also moving on up is Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine (Republic Records) release “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait For Your Love),” lifting 3-2 for a new peak position.
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The highest new entry on the latest tally, published Friday, March 22, belongs to BTS’s V, whose “FRI(END)S” (via BigHit Entertainment) starts at No. 13. That’s V’s first solo top 20 appearance.
Also cracking the top 40 on debut is Mark Knopfler’s fundraising remake of “Going Home (Theme from Local Hero)” (BMG), new at No. 17. That’s an upgrade on the track’s original chart position; “Going Home” spent three weeks on the chart in 1983 with a peak of No. 56.
The former Dire Straits frontman assembled a starry cast of guitar heroes for the 9-minute tune, a reworking of the theme from the feature film Local Hero. “Going Home (Theme from Local Hero)” was the most-purchased song on wax during chart week, clocking over 15,200 pure sales, the OCC reports.
As previously reported, the likes of David Gilmour, Ronnie Wood, Slash, Eric Clapton, Sting, Joan Armatrading, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Jett, Pete Townshend and the late Jeff Beck are among the scores of performers on the recording, which raises funds for Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America. “Going Home (Theme from Local Hero)” briefly took pole position in the U.K. chart race.
Finally, Dasha’s viral country breakthrough “Austin” (Warner Records) laces up its boots up and kicks into the top 20 for the first time. After soundtracking a line-dance trend on TikTok, the song lifts 25-15 in its fourth week on the U.K. chart.
The 2024 Juno Awards looked to the future of Canadian music, while also honoring its history.A quartet of acts who’ve had major breakthroughs this year won the major awards given out on the CBC-televised broadcast on Sunday night (March 24) live from Halifax, Nova Scotia.Punjabi-Canadian global star Karan Aujla won the TikTok Fan Choice award, the only fan-chosen award of the ceremony. “Sometimes I can’t believe I’m that same kid who lost my parents when I was in India, made my way to Canada, and now I’m here!” said the B.C.-based artist, one of Billboard Canada’s inaugural cover stars. “If you are dreaming, make sure you dream big.”Charlotte Cardin won album of the year for her album 99 Nights. The 2023 album has propelled the Montreal-based artist to new crossover heights, hitting No. 3 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, while its popular single “Confetti” reached the top 10 of the Canadian Hot 100 and spent 35 weeks on the chart. It also earned her first American chart hit, and it is currently on the Adult Pop Airplay chart. Cardin later performed the infectious earworm while actual confetti rained from the ceiling.The Beaches, meanwhile, won group of the year. Accepting the award from Nova Scotia’s own Anne Murray, who holds the record for most Junos ever with 25, the Toronto band dedicated their speech to the next generation of rockers. “To all the young girls watching, go start bands with your best friends!” They later closed the festivities with a rendition of their major breakthrough single “Blame Brett.”Both Cardin and The Beaches won awards at the 2024 Juno Opening Night Awards the night before (March 23) for pop album of the year and rock album of the year, respectively.In a white fur cape, TALK had a rock star moment performing his epic single “Run Away to Mars,” which went to No. 1 on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart last year. The Ottawa-born artist, who’s had over 400 million global streams, later took home the award for breakthrough artist of the year. In his speech, he talked about the importance of arts funding, just after Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St.-Onge announced the government would increase the Canadian Music Fund.A number of the night’s performances motioned toward the increasingly diverse and global future of Canadian music. Dressed in a spiffy white outfit with a four backup dancers in red, Aujla performed early on, playing pop hits “Admiring You” and “Softly.” Both came from his album Making Memories, which made history as the highest-charting Punjabi debut ever on the Canadian Albums chart. Ikky, who made the album with Aujla, acted as hype man on an elevated platform.In the BillboardPunjabi Wave cover story, AP Dhillon talked about his performance at the 2023 Junos ceremony and how he lobbied to ensure majorly popular Punjabi music would have a prolonged platform at the awards. Evidently, they’ve kept their word.This year’s Junos also had the most Indigenous nominees in award history. Anita Landback, Tanas Sylliboy, Sarah Prosper set the stage with a land acknowledgment that intersected with a performance by Juno winner Jeremy Dutcher in Wolastoqey, who then joined in a duet with Elisapie on an Inuktitut version of Blondie’s “Heart of Glass.” Along with Aujla and others, it meant performances featured at least six different languages, including English and French.The Junos has struggled with star power in recent years — Drake has boycotted the last half decade, while chart-topper Tate McRae was not in attendance to accept her two awards this year — they have made up for it with improved representation of what makes Canadian music unique.This year, they also paid tribute to the country’s music history.The ceremony was hosted by pop star Nelly Furtado, who opened the ceremony with a rapid-fire medley of her multiple decades of hits: “Say It Right,” “Maneater,” “Promiscuous,” “Give It To Me,” “I’m Like A Bird” — all from the 2000s and her new one with Dom Dolla, “Eat Your Man.”Kardinal Offishall inducted “our rap Prime Minister” Maestro Fresh Wes into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. The hip-hop hero had the first Canadian rap record to ever chart on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Let Your Backbone Slide,” was the first winner of the rap album of the year at the 1991 Junos for Symphony in Effect, and is currently amidst a wave of recognition for his place in the country’s music history. A pre-taped video featured contributions from this year’s winner, TOBi, legacy Canadian artists like Snow and American legends like Chuck D of Public Enemy. “Now, this music we love won’t ever be underestimated,” he said. He later performed a medley of his hits, including “Backbone.”A special performance honoured a handful of Canadian legends who died this year. Neo-classical Quebecois artist Alexandra Streliski paid tribute to Karl Tremblay of Les Cowboys Fringants with an instrumental piano performance. Then Allison Russell, Aysanabee, William Prince, Shawnee Kish, Logan Staats, Julian Taylor all joined together for beautiful renditions of Gordon Lightfoot’s “If You Could Read My Mind” and The Band’s “The Weight” for the late Robbie Robertson.And actor Elliot Page presented the humanitarian award to Tegan and Sara, stressing the importance of the Canadian Quin sisters’ Tegan and Sara Foundation’s important work for young queer people at a time when the rights of 2SLGBTQ+ people are under threat, including from the Alberta government. “If the world were not so hostile to 2SLGBTQ+ we would see ourselves purely as musicians,” they said, adding “we love being gay. So gay.”Here’s our report on all the winners from Saturday’s Opening Night Juno Awards.Here are the nominees in the categories that were presented on the live telecast, with winners checked.
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Charlotte Cardin, Cult Nation*The Orchard
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Daniel Caesar, Republic*Universal
DVBBS, Ultra*Sony
Josh Ross, Universal
WINNER: Karan Aujla, Warner
Shubh, Mass Appeal*The Orchard
Tate McRae, RCA*Sony
The Weeknd, XO*Universal
ThxSoMch, Elektra*Warner
Walk off the Earth, Golden Carrot*The Orchard
Album of the Year
Néo-Romance, Alexandra Stréliski, Secret City*F.A.B.
WINNER: 99 Nights, Charlotte Cardin, Cult Nation*The Orchard
NEVER ENOUGH, Daniel Caesar, Republic*Universal
Mirror, Lauren Spencer Smith, Universal
Lord of the Flies & Birds & Bees, TALK, Capitol*Universal
Group of the Year
Arkells, Arkells Music*Universal
Loud Luxury, Armada*Sony
Nickelback, BMG*Warner/ADA
WINNER: The Beaches, AWAL*Independent
Walk off the Earth, Golden Carrot*The Orchard
Breakthrough Artist of the Year
Connor Price, Independent
Karan Aujla, Warner
LU KALA, LVK/Amigo*AWAL
Shubh, Inrependent
WINNER: TALK, Capitol*Universal
This article originally appeared in Billboard Canada.
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Pour out a cold one, turn up the air-con: The Veronicas’ Gothic Summer has arrived.
Spanning eight sweaty, high-energy pop-punk and party tunes, Gothic Summer is the Australian duo’s first international album release in ten years and the first through John Feldmann’s Big Noise Music Group.
Feldmann, singer and guitarist with Goldfinger, produced the new collection for which the Aussie act recruited a list of top-flight collaborators including Travis Barker, Sierra Deaton, Ryan Linville (Olivia Rodrigo, Chappell Roan), Zhone (Troye Sivan, Kim Petras) and Chris Collins (Royel Otis, Matt Corby).
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“This time feels like a celebration of music, perspective and life,” the Veronicas tell Billboard via email. “Creating ‘Gothic Summer’ was an unexpected creative journey, and we can’t wait to bring the tour to the U.S.A. and reconnect with so many of our international fans.”
The Brisbane-raised act, identical twin sisters Lisa and Jessica Origliasso, cracked the ARIA top 10 with each of their previous five studio albums (their self-titled third studio album from 2014 is the last to get a full-scale international release).
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The Veronicas have led the Australian singles chart several times, including 2007’s “Hook Me Up,” 2014’s “You Ruin Me,” and 2016’s “In My Blood.”
With 2007’s “Untouched” (via EngineRoom/Sire), the Veronicas enjoyed a U.S hit when it cruised into the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100.
In support of the new release, the Veronicas will embark on a 22-date U.S. headline tour from April 3 to May 5. The Gothic Summer trek will stop in San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Salt Lake City, Denver, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Boston, New York City, Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles and more, marking the group’s return to U.S. stages after almost a decade.
Gothic Summer houses the previously-released album opener “Perfect” and the neo-disco belter “Here to Dance.”
Stream it in full and check out the U.S. tour dates below.
The Veronicas ‘Gothic Summer’ Headline Tour:April 3 — The Fillmore, San Francisco, CAApril 5 — The Showbox, Seattle, WAApril 6 — Aladdin Theatre, Portland, ORApril 9 — The Complex, Salt Lake City, UTApril 10 — Summit, Denver, COApril 12 — Varsity Theatre, Minneapolis, MNApril 13 — The Rave, Milwaukee, WIApril 14 — House of Blues, Chicago, ILApril 16 — St. Andrews Hall, Detroit, MIApril 17 — Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OHApril 19 — Theatre of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PAApril 20 — The Fillmore, Washington, D.C.April 21 — Royale, Boston, MAApril 22 — Irving Plaza, New York, NYApril 24 — The Masquerade, Atlanta, GAApril 26 — Revolution Live, Ft. Lauderdale, FLApril 27 — House of Blues, Orlando, FLApril 28 — The Ritz Ybor, Tampa, FLApril 30 — The Echo, Dallas, TXMay 1s — White Oak, Houston, TXMay 4 — House of Blues, Las Vegas, NVMay 5 — The Fonda, Los Angeles, CA
Ariana Grande shines over Australia’s albums chart for a second consecutive week with Eternal Sunshine, as Benson Boone extends his reign over the national singles survey with “Beautiful Things.”
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Eternal Sunshine (via Universal) last week became Grande’s fifth No. 1 when it bowed at No. 1 on the ARIA Chart.
On the latest tally, published Friday, March 22, Grande’s seventh studio album leads a trio of Taylor Swift titles, 1989 (Taylor’s Version), Lover and Folklore (all via Universal), respectively.
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The top debut on the latest frame belongs to Peter Garrett, frontman with ARIA Hall of Fame inducted rock legends Midnight Oil, who checks in at No. 17 with his second solo album, The True North (Sony). Its predecessor, A Version Of Now, peaked at No. 3 in 2016. As frontman with the Oils, as they’re affectionately known in these parts, Garrett landed seven No. 1 albums, from Red Sails In The Sunset in 1984 to Resist in 2022.
Further down the list, Justin Timberlake drops in with his sixth album, Everything I Thought I Was (RCA/Sony), new No. 23. All of JT’s five previous albums reached the top 10 in Australia, with FutureSex/LoveSounds logging one week at No. 1 in 2006 and The 20/20 Experience leading the chart for two weeks in 2013, ARIA reports. EITIW is the followup to 2018’s Man Of The Woods, which peaked at No. 2.
Also making a top 40 appearance is U.S. country star Kacey Musgraves with Deeper Well (Mercury/Universal). It’s new at No. 26. Deeper Well is her fifth non-seasonal studio album, four of which have charted here, with her most LP, 2021’s Star-Crossed, becoming her first top 10 album in Australia, with a No. 9 peak.
Meanwhile, Benson Boone enters a third week at No. 1 on the ARIA Singles Chart with “Beautiful Things” (Warner) ahead of Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine cut “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)” and Djo’s “End Of Beginning” (AWAL).
The top new release belongs to Dasha, as her independently-released viral track “Austin” opens its account at No. 23. Based in Nashville, via San Luis Obispo, Calif., Dasha is behind a line-dance trend that has turned the song into a U.S. country — and now ARIA Chart — hit.
Finally, “Fri(end)s” (BigHit/Universal) by BTS’s V (real name: Kim Tae-hyung) cracks the ARIA Top 50 at No. 49. With that effort, he becomes the fourth member of BTS to enjoy a solo hit in Australia, following Jimin, Jin and Jung Kook.
Roisin Waters has delivered a musical tribute to her mom Sinead O’Connor, with a performance of the late artist’s signature song, “Nothing Compares 2 U.”The emotional moment happened during a tribute concert on Wednesday (March 20) for O’Connor and fellow Irish artist Shane MacGowan at Carnegie Hall in New York City. In fan-filmed footage from the show, Waters, barefoot and wearing a flowery dress, encourages the audience to sing along with the global smash. Waters joined a starring lineup of performers at the “St. Paddy’s Celebration,” which included Billy Bragg, David Gray, Amanda Palmer, Glen Hansard, Cat Power, Dropkick Murphys and more.
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“Oh man…I don’t think there was a dry eye in the house,” writes Palmer, sharing her own angle of the performance on social media. “Every other performer was crammed side of stage to watch this bittersweet majesty unfold. And my god, could you feel the power of musical alchemy in the hall last night. The soaring sharp needle of sung and played notes that tear us asunder and stitch us back together. The way it isn’t about any one thing. The way music can communicate more than mere words ever can.”
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Sinéad’s daughter, Roísín Waters, singing “Nothing Compares 2 U” at Carnegie Hall last night in tribute to her mum. Oh man…I don’t think there was a dry eye in the house. Every other performer was crammed side of stage to watch this bittersweet majesty unfold. And my god,… pic.twitter.com/mUrunmpDKt— Amanda Palmer 🎹 (@amandapalmer) March 22, 2024
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Sinead O’Connor’s daughter, Roisin Waters, sang “Nothing Compares 2 U” at a tribute show honoring her mother that took place at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday night.Credit: Jamie Moroni pic.twitter.com/JPStYvUXcv— CONSEQUENCE (@consequence) March 21, 2024
Composed and originally recorded by Prince, “Nothing Compares 2 U” gave O’Connor a career defining hit, the type few artists come close to matching. The single and its enthralling, multiple award-winning music video dominated the airwaves for months following its release at the start of the 1990s, logging four weeks at No. 1 in the U.S. and U.K. and eight weeks in Australia. The single returned to charts everywhere following her death July 26, 2023, at age 56. MacGowan of the Pogues died Nov. 30, 2023 at the age of 65.O’Connor, the powerhouse, iconoclastic artist, is nominated for the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame class of 2024, recognition for her influence, the “indelible mark” she left “on the soul of popular music,” and her activism which, the Rock Hall notes was “ahead of her time expressing her unrepentant rage and sorrow over then-taboo subjects like women’s rights, organized religion, child abuse, and oppression.”
The singer-songwriter debuted with The Lion and the Cobra in 1987 and released 10 studio albums over the course of her lifetime. Her sophomore LP, 1990’s I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got spent six weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. The collection featured “Nothing Compares 2 U,” and “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” her only other Billboard Hot 100 hit (peaking at No. 60).
O’Connor, struggled with mental illness throughout her life, including PTSD, depression and suicidal tendencies. In 2022, her 17-year-old son Shane died by apparent suicide. O’Connor is survived by three children, including Waters, aged 28.
BandLab, the free social music creation platform, now reaches 100 million users.
There’s not trumpet-blowing for the mobile app’s major milestone. The news is shared by way of a report written by Bloomberg’s Ashley Carman, who caught up with BandLab’s Singapore-based CEO Meng Ru Kuok for a chat on growth and its future.
The U.S. accounts for around 30% of BandLab’s users, he said, and is its largest market.
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“It’s funny when you get to these large milestones, especially something like 100 million, which is slightly hard to fathom in terms of the scale of the number,” he tells the news title. “It was also something that really felt like nothing really special. It sort of crossed, and I think we all realized, like, ‘Oh, that’s great.’ But I think that’s just the result of how fast things have grown.”
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Just last year, the platform boasted over 60 million-plus registered users, nearly 40% of whom were women, up from 50 million-plus in 2022.
BandLab’s music-making software includes an arsenal of virtual instruments, as well as the ability to automatically generate multipart vocal harmonies, record, sample and manipulate sound in myriad ways. The service can also distribute music to streaming services, and it incorporates components of a social network: Musicians can create individual profiles, chat with one another, comment on their peers’ releases, solicit advice or break up a song into its component pieces and share those to crowdsource remixes.
A major commercial breakthrough was delivered with d4vd’s “Romantic Homicide,” which the then 17-year-old Houston native created in July 2022 using BandLab. The brooding, guitar-hooked track caught fire on TikTok, d4vd (pronounced “David”) signed to Interscope, the song peaked at No. 45 on the Billboard Hot 100, and he landed on the bill for Coachella 2023.
“Seeing artists go on to major labels and independent labels is a great, great joy and success for us,” Meng continues. “Our relationship with an artist doesn’t end when they progress in the industry.”
BandLab was founded in 2015, and doesn’t receive royalties from music made on its platform. Instead, the company makes money on artist services (which include distribution, livestreaming and BandLab Boost) that allow acts to turn their profiles or postings into ads on the platform to better reach users.
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