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With eight nominations, Royel Otis is all set to reign at the 2024 ARIA Awards.
The Sydney-formed indie act bags nods for album of the year, best group, best independent release, best rock album, best Australian live act and more, following their debut full-length album release, Pratts & Pain, which peaked at No. 2 on the ARIA Chart.
Royel Otis has been in sparkling form heading into the ARIAs. Led by Royel Maddell and Otis Pavlovic, and developed by Ourness, the music company behind Genesis Owusu, Royel Otis made their debut on the Billboard Hot 100 with a cover of The Cranberries’ “Linger” reaching No. 94, and impacted Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart with another cover, hitting No. 2 with their rendition of Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder On The Dancefloor,” which they covered for triple j’s Like A Version.
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They’ve accumulated 9 million followers on Spotify, and more than 318 million combined streams on the streaming platform in the past year. Royel Otis wrapped a tour of the U.K. and Europe last month, and their currently stateside on a trek that runs until Oct. 22.
At the ARIAs, EDM star Dom Dolla is close behind with six nominations, while Angie McMahon and Kylie Minogue score five nods each.
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Amy Shark, 3%, RÜFÜS DU SOL, The Kid LAROI, Tones And I and Troye Sivan each land four chances, while Confidence Man, FISHER, Mildlife, Miss Kaninna, SPEED and Troy Cassar-Daley are each finalists in three categories.
Awards in 29 categories will be presented Nov. 20 during a ceremony at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion. On the night, Missy Higgins will be inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.
“This year,” comments ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd, “we get to celebrate a deep list of household names in Australian music that span all genres, highlighting the huge shift in positive momentum that the Australian music industry experienced this year. It’s a time to acknowledge those who are achieving amazing things, and spotlight those who are about to, to ensure we continue this momentum forward into 2025.”
The Australian recording industry’s flagship awards night will air live on Stan, with a special broadcast on free-to-air Channel 9. Also, performances and moments will stream globally at the official ARIA YouTube channel.
The ARIA Awards is supported by the NSW Government through its tourism and events agency, Destination NSW, and partnered by YouTube.
Visit aria.com.au for the full list of nominations.
2024 ARIA Awards Nominations
Album of the YearAmy Shark – Sunday Sadness (Sony Music)Angie McMahon – Light, Dark, Light Again [AWAL Recordings]Kylie Minogue – Tension [Mushroom Music/BMG]Royel Otis – PRATTS & PAIN [Ourness/Believe]Troye Sivan – Something to Give Each Other [EMI Music Australia]
Best Solo ArtistAmy Shark – Sunday Sadness (Sony Music)Angie McMahon – Light, Dark, Light Again [AWAL Recordings]Dom Dolla – Saving Up [Three Six Zero/Sony Music]Emma Donovan – Till My Song Is Done [Mushroom Music/BMG]Kylie Minogue – Tension [Mushroom Music/BMG]The Kid LAROI – THE FIRST TIME [DELUXE VERSION] [Columbia Records/Sony Music]Tkay Maidza – Sweet Justice [Dew Process/Universal Music Australia]Tones And I – Beautifully Ordinary [Bad Batch Records/Sony Music]Troy Cassar-Daley – Between The Fires [Tarampa Music/Sony Music]Troye Sivan – Something To Give Each Other [EMI Music Australia]
Best Group presented by Stan3% – KILL THE DEAD [1788 Records/Virgin Music Group]Hiatus Kaiyote – Love Heart Cheat Code [Brainfeeder/Inertia]Royel Otis – PRATTS & PAIN [Ourness/Believe]RÜFÜS DU SOL – Music is Better [Reprise Records/Warner Music Australia]SPEED – Only One Mode [Last Ride Records/ADA]
Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist3% – KILL THE DEAD [1788 Records/Virgin Music Group]Becca Hatch – MAYDAY [Forever Ever/SonyMusicKita Alexander – Young In Love [Warner Music Australia]Sycco – Zorb [Future Classic]Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers – I Love You [Domestic La La]
Best Pop ReleaseAmy Shark – Sunday Sadness (Sony Music)Jessica Mauboy – Yours Forever (Warner Music Australia)Kylie Minogue – Tension (Mushroom Music/BMG)The Kid LAROI – Girls (Columbia Records/Sony Music)Troye Sivan – Something To Give Each Other (EMI Music Australia)
Best Dance / Electronic ReleaseConfidence Man – I CAN’T LOSE YOU (I OH YOU/Mushroom Music)CYRIL – Stumblin’ In (Spinnin’ Records/WMA)Dom Dolla – Saving Up (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)FISHER Feat. Kita Alexander – Atmosphere (etcetc Music)RÜFÜS DU SOL – Music is Better (Reprise Records/Warner Music Australia)
Best Hip Hop / Rap Release3% – KILL THE DEAD (1788 Records/Virgin Music Group)Kobie Dee – Chapter 26 (Bad Apples Music/Island Records Australia)Lithe – Fall Back (GSL/GYROstream)ONEFOUR – Natural Habitat (ONEFOUR RECORDS)The Kid LAROI – THE FIRST TIME [DELUXE VERSION] (Columbia Records/Sony Music)
Best Soul / R&B ReleaseForest Claudette – Jupiter (Sony Music)Milan Ring – Mangos (Astral People Recordings/[PIAS])Miss Kaninna – Blak Britney (Soul Has No Tempo)PANIA – WE STILL YOUNG (Say Less)Tkay Maidza – Sweet Justice (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
Best Independent Release presented by PPCAAngie McMahon – Light, Dark, Light Again (AWAL Recordings)Emily Wurramara – NARA (ABC Music/The Orchard)Kylie Minogue – Tension (Mushroom Music/BMG)Miss Kaninna – Blak Britney (Soul Has No Tempo)Royel Otis – PRATTS & PAIN (Ourness/Believe)
Best Rock AlbumAngie McMahon – Light, Dark, Light Again (AWAL Recordings)Grinspoon – whatever, whatever (Universal Music Australia)King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Flight b741 (p(doom) records)Middle Kids – Faith Crisis Pt 1 (EMI Music Australia)Royel Otis – PRATTS & PAIN (Ourness/Believe)
Best Adult Contemporary AlbumAngus & Julia Stone – Cape Forestier (Sony Music)Crowded House – Gravity Stairs (BMG/ADA)Emily Wurramara – NARA (ABC Music/The Orchard)Emma Donovan – Til My Song Is Done (Civilians)Fanning Dempsey National Park – The Deluge (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
Best Country AlbumCasey Barnes – Mayday (Casey Barnes Entertainment/Chugg Music)Henry Wagons – The Four Seasons (Cheatin’ Hearts Records/ADA)James Johnston – Raised Like That (Warner Music Australia)Tori Forsyth – All We Have Is Who We Are (Island Records Australia/Universal Music Australia)Troy Cassar-Daley – Between The Fires (Tarampa Music/Sony Music)
Best Hard Rock / Heavy Metal AlbumC.O.F.F.I.N – Australia Stops (Damaged Records/Inertia)Dune Rats – If It Sucks, Turn It Up (BMG/ADA)Polaris – Fatalism (Resist/Civilians)SPEED – Only One Mode (Last Ride Records/ADA)Teenage Jones – The Rot That Grows Inside My Chest (Domestic La La)
Best Blues & Roots AlbumCheckerboard Lounge – SUN Sessions (Cheersquad Records and Tapes)Dope Lemon – Kimosabè (BMG/ADA)Georgia Mooney – Full Of Moon (Nettwerk Music Group)Mia Dyson – Tender Heart (Metropolitan Groove Merchants)The Paper Kites – At The Roundhouse (Wonderlick Recording Company)
Best Children’s AlbumBluey – Dance Mode! (Ludo Studios/Demon Demon Music Group/Rocket)Emma Memma – Twirly Tunes (GYROstream)Josh Pyke – It’s Gonna Be A Great, Great Day! (ABC Music/The Orchard)The Wiggles – Wiggle and Learn: 100 Educational Songs for Children (ABC Music/The Orchard)Zinzi & The Zillionaires – Zinzi & The Zillionaires (ABC Music/The Orchard)
PUBLIC VOTED AWARDSBest Video presented by YouTubeREAL LIFE LOVE – SPEED, Jack Rudder, Jem Siow, Thomas Elliot (Last Ride Records/ADA)Cold Treatment – Lime Cordiale, Jack Shepherd (Chugg Music/MGM)U Should Not Be Doing That – Amyl and The Sniffers, John Angus Stewart (Amyl and TheSniffers/Virgin Music Group)Time Of My Life – Peach PRC, Josh Harris (Island Records Australia)Lately – RÜFÜS DU SOL, Katzki (Rose Avenue Records/Warner Music)Beautiful Eyes – Amy Shark, Marcario De Souza (Sony Music)Is It Ever Gonna Make Sense – Budjerah, Michael O’Halloran [ONYX FILM] (Warner Music Australia)Dance With Me – Tones And I, Nick Kozakis and Sela Vai (Bad Batch Records/Sony Music)Blak Britney – Miss Kaninna, Will Hamilton-Coates (Soul Has No Tempo)I CAN’T LOSE YOU – Confidence Man, Zac Dov Wiesel (I OH YOU/Mushroom Music)
Best Australian Live Act presented by Destination NSWAngie McMahon – Making It Through Tour (AWAL Recordings)Barkaa – BARKAA (Bad Apples Music/Island Records Australia)Confidence Man – Laneway Festival (I OH YOU/Mushroom Music)Dirty Three – Love Changes Everything Tour (Anchor & Hope/Remote Control Records)Dom Dolla – DOM DOLLA AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2023 (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)King Stingray – Regional Run 2024 (Civilians/The Orchard)Missy Higgins – The Second Act Tour 2024 (Eleven/EMI Music Australia)Royel Otis – Royel Otis PRATTS & PAIN Tour (Ourness/Believe)RÜFÜS DU SOL – RÜFÜS DU SOL 2024 Australian Summer Tour Dates (Rose Avenue Records/WarnerMusic)Tones And I – P!nk Supported By Tones And I (Bad Batch Records/Sony Music)
Song of the Year presented by YouTubeCYRIL – Stumblin’ In (Spinnin’ Records/WMA)Dom Dolla – Saving Up (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)FISHER Feat. Kita Alexander – Atmosphere (etcetc Music)G Flip – The Worst Person Alive (Future Classic)Jessica Mauboy Feat. Jason Derulo – Give You Love (Warner Music Australia)Kylie Minogue – Tension (Mushroom Music/BMG)Lithe – Fall Back (GSL, GYROstream)Royel Otis – Murder on the Dance Floor – triple j Like A Version (ABC Music/The Orchard)The Kid LAROI – Nights Like This (Columbia Records/Sony Music)Troye Sivan – Got Me Started (EMI Music Australia)
Most Popular International ArtistAriana Grande – Eternal Sunshine (Republic Records/Universal Music Australia)Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard And Soft (Darkroom/Interscope/Universal Music Australia)Chappell Roan – The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess (Island Records USA/Universal MusicAustralia)Charli XCX – BRAT (Atlantic Records/Warner Music Australia)Drake – For All The Dogs (Republic Records/Universal Music Australia)Olivia Rodrigo – Guts (Geffen/Universal Music Australia)Tate McRae – Think Later (RCA Records/Sony Music Entertainment)Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department (Republic Records/Universal Music Australia)Travis Scott – Utopia (Epic/Sony Music Entertainment)Zach Bryan – Zach Bryan (Warner Records/Warner Music Australia)
ARIA Music Teacher AwardCasey Allen – PLC Sydney, Eora Nation, NSWHayley Wedding – Seaview High School, Kaurna Land, SANathaniel Miller – Bulman School, Arnhem Land, NTSusan Sukkar – Petersham Public School, Eora Nation, NSW
ARTISAN AWARDSBest Cover ArtDaniel Boyd and Nomad Create for KILL THE DEAD – 3% (1788 Records/Virgin Music Group)Giulia McGauran & Sam Chirnside for Tones And I – Beautifully Ordinary (Better Batch Records/SonyMusic)Louis Leimbach for Lime Cordiale – Enough Of Sweet Talk (Chugg Music/MGM)Michael Bryers for Troy Cassar-Daley – Between The Fires (Tarampa Music/Sony Music)Tomas Shanahan for Mildlife – Chorus ([PIAS] Australia/Inertia Music)
Engineer – Best Engineered ReleaseChris Collins for Royel Otis – PRATTS & PAIN (Ourness/Believe)Dom Dolla for Dom Dolla – Saving Up (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)Eric J. Dubowsky for Angus & Julia Stone – Cape Forestier (Sony Music)Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes for Empire Of The Sun – Ask That God (EMI MusicAustralia)Tony Buchen for Mildlife – Chorus ([PIAS] Australia/Inertia Music)
Producer – Best Produced ReleaseChris Collins for Royel Otis – PRATTS & PAIN (Ourness/Believe)Crowded House & Steven Schram for Crowded House – Gravity Stairs (BMG/ADA)Dom Dolla for Dom Dolla – Saving Up (Three Six Zero/Sony Music)FISHER for FISHER Feat. Kita Alexander – Atmosphere (etcetc Music)Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes for Empire Of The Sun – Ask That God (EMI MusicAustralia)
FINE ARTS AWARDBest Classical AlbumAustralian Chamber Orchestra/ Richard Tognetti – Beethoven Symphonies 1, 2 & 3 ‘Eroica’ (ABCClassic/The Orchard)Grigoryan Brothers – Amistad – Music For Two Guitars (Decca Australia/UMA)Orava Quartet – ORAWA (Deutsche Grammophon Australia/UMA)Sophie Hutchings – A World Outside (Mercury KX/UMA)Veronique Serret – Migrating Bird (Migrating Bird Records/The Planet Company)
Best Jazz AlbumAudrey Powne – From The Fire (Barely Breaking Even/The Orchard)Elixir (feat. Katie Noonan, Zac Hurren & Ben Hauptmann) – A Small Shy Truth (ABC Jazz/TheOrchard)Mildlife – Chorus ([PIAS] Australia/Inertia Music)Tourismo – Torque (ABC Jazz/The Orchard)Vanessa Perica Orchestra – The Eye is the First Circle (Vanessa Perica)
Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album presented by StanAck Kinmonth – Scarygirl (Independant)Harlow – This is HARLOW (Music From Paper Dolls) (Helium/MGM)Helena Czakja – Nemesis (Original Series Soundtrack) (ABC Music/The Orchard)Jackson Milas – The Way, My Way (Ambition Records/MGM)Various Artists – Faraway Downs (DTS Productions/Sony Music)
Best World Music AlbumChristine Anu – Waku (ABC Music/The Orchard)Dobby – Warangu; River Story (ABC Music/The Orchard)Joseph Tawadros – The Virtue of Signals (Independant/The Planet Company)Radical Son – Bilambiyal (Wantok Musik/The Planet Company)Soweto Gospel Choir & Groove Terminator – History of House (Xelon Entertainment)
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The music of Sophie lives on through her self-titled final album, which surprised dropped late Wednesday.
Released through Future Classic and Transgressive, the posthumous SOPHIE collection is stacked with collaborations with close friends, and houses previously-released cuts “Reason Why” (featuring Kim Petras & BC Kingdom), “Berlin Nightmare” featuring Evita Manji, “One More Time” ft. Popstar, “Exhilarate” ft. Bibi Bourelly, and “My Forever” ft. Cecile Believe.
Hannah Diamond worked with Sophie on the album track “Always and Forever,” recorded in London during the 2020 lockdown. “It ended up being the last ever day that I saw her in person,” Diamond remarks.
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Sophie, an important figure in underground pop and dance music, died the following year, at the age of 34.
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“Our beautiful Sophie passed away this morning after a terrible accident,” read a statement at the time, issued by Future Classic. “True to her spirituality she had climbed up to watch the full moon and accidentally slipped and fell.”
Born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, Sophie Xeon inherited an interest in dance and electronic music from their father, and started recording their own music at a young age. In the early ’10s, they struck up an association with a few artists on the PC Music label, soon to be at the experimental pop vanguard, and released their debut single “Nothing More to Say” in 2013.
Over the next decade, Sophie appeared on and helmed a slew of recordings, including 2017’s “It’s Okay to Cry,” ultimately named by Billboard as one of the best songs of the year.
Following Sophie’s passing, pop cult favorite Rina Sawayama remembered the lateartist as “the sweetest – an icon and a visionary,” adding, “the world and our community has lost a beautiful soul.”
SOPHIE is released as a double vinyl, with each side representing a different section of the album. The wax comes in standard black as well as translucent neon pink, clear, and silver and is available to order here.
Stream SOPHIE in full below.
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Katy Perry will visit both coasts when she embarks on a tour of Australia next year.
The U.S. pop superstar’s The Lifetimes Tour will swing into Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena on June 9, 2025, following by arena dates in Melbourne, Brisbane and wrapping up at Perth’s RAC Arena.
Spanning five dates, the Australia trek is Perry’s first in six years. Expect her to “perform all the hits,” reps say, plus new cuts from her seventh and latest album, 143 (via EMI), which dropped last Friday. “It’s a party and you’re all invited! Stoked to see you in June 2025. Get ready for a high energy singalong to alllllll your faves,” says Katy. 143 is the followup to 2020’s Smile, which peaked at No. 2 on the ARIA Chart.
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The “Fireworks” singer is currently in Australia as the headline act for the pre-game entertainment at the 2024 AFL Grand Final, to be contested by Sydney Swans and Brisbane Lions at the Melbourne Cricket Ground this Saturday, Sept. 28.
“I am delighted to announce that Katy Perry, one of the most in-demand global superstars of all time, is heading back to tour Australia in June, 2025,” comments Paul Dainty AO, president and CEO of TEG Dainty. “Few musical artists achieve the kind of career Katy has earned. Fans who attended her previous shows in this country already know this upcoming tour will be unmissable.”
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TEG DAINTY, a division of TEG, is producing The Lifetimes Tour presented by Snaffle.
The general onsale will kick off 10am (local time) on Friday, Oct. 4 from ticketek.com.au.
Katy Perry 2025 The Lifetimes Tour – Australian Tour DatesJune 9 — Qudos Bank Arena, SydneyJune 12 — Rod Laver Arena, MelbourneJune 13 — Rod Laver Arena, MelbourneJune 17 — Brisbane Entertainment CentreJune 22 — RAC Arena, Perth
Singing janitor, fan-favorite, and now season champion. Richard Goodall is the new king of America’s Got Talent.
The powerful vocalist, who won Heidi Klum’s Golden Buzzer earlier in the competition, heard his name called on Tuesday night’s episode, beating out nine other finalists.
Goodall wept as the glitter rained down, and season 19 of AGT reached its conclusion. “Simon (Cowell) says ‘two minutes can change your life,” he remarked. “My life has been changed.”
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Proving romance isn’t dead, Goodall married his fiancée, Angie Vanoven, in the week leading up to the final. “Ang, I did it,” he called out to his wife as the AGT celebrations kicked off.
“I’m so excited for you Richard,” Klum shouted.
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Across his victorious AGT run, Goodall caught the nation’s attention with a cover of Michael Bolton’s power ballad “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You,” Survivor’s ultimate fight song “Eye of the Tiger” and, finally, Journey’s “Faithfully.”
Life imitated art when, during the finale, Goodall teamed up with Journey’s Neal Schon for a rendition of “Don’t Stop Believin,’” which he hit for the first round of Auditions.
By day, the 55-year-old is an elementary school janitor. Now, on top of bragging rights, he collects AGT’s $1 million prize.
“Thankfully it’s a song that I had been singing to Ang for a very, very long time,” Goodall told NBC of his decision to sing “Faithfully.” “I started with Journey, I wanted to end the competition with Journey. And then little did I know I was going to be a big footnote at the end of the book… Phenomenal.”
After his performance of “Faithfully” last week, a standing ovation from the entire room. “I could feel the energy behind me. Honestly, from the minute you came on the show,” Simon Cowell remarked. We all “need a hero right now and you are our hero.”
Howie Mandel made a bold prediction: “I think you just sang yourself $1 million”. He was right.
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Warner Music Australia is boosting its country stocks with the signing of Brad Cox.
Raised in Jindabyne in New South Wales’s Snowy Mountains, Cox, a former Sony Music artist, enjoyed a breakthrough in 2018 with his self-titled debut album, which collected the the singles “Red Light”, “Too Drunk to Drive”, “’Lake House” and “Water On The Ground”.
He went on to snag the Toyota Star Maker competition at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, and landed in the top 20 with his sophomore album, 2020’s My Mind’s Projection, peaking at No. 13 on the ARIA Albums Chart.
The following year, Cox launched the “Happy Hour Down Under” station on Apple Music.
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A third album, Acres, dropped last year, and cracked the ARIA Top 10 (with a No. 7 peak).
“We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Brad Cox into the Warner Music family and are delighted that Brad has entrusted us with the next chapter of his career,” comments Dan Rosen, president of Warner Music Australasia.
“Brad’s genuine authenticity, admirable work ethic and undeniable talent has already captured the hearts of fans around Australia and we can’t wait to help take his music to more fans at home and around the world.”
To celebrate the new arrangement, Cox drops the new single “Everything I’ve Got.”
He’ll road test the song when he embarks on his biggest tour date, the Everything I Got jaunt, which starts Oct. 17 at University of Canberra, before stopping in at Sydney, Wollongong, Melbourne, Rockhampton and Brisbane.
“Signing this new record deal with Warner Music feels like home,” he says in a statement. “I feel like things are only getting better and better the more I get to work with this incredible crew. I feel like I’m understood in my vision for this project and supported with means to make the dreams happen. I’m thankful for the belief I’ve been shown and am humbled to have landed here at Warner Music for the next chapter. Feels incredibly right.”
Australia is recognized as the No. 3 market for country music, behind the United States and Canada, respectively. With the likes of Morgan Wallen and Luke Combs dominating Australia’s consumption charts and filling arenas, country music is enjoying a renaissance in these parts.
Aussies streamed 1.1 billion country tunes in the first half of 2023, based on the top 500 songs in the genre. Gen Z is found to have a growing appetite for country.
Cox’s tour opens Oct. 17 at University of Canberra, before heading to Sydney, Wollongong, Melbourne, Rockhampton and Brisbane.
The trek is presented by Handsome Tours, Lonely Lands Agency Mirror Music Group, Habit Music and transported by Mack & Highway Rentals Australia.
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Mexican group Los Ángeles de Charly earn their first No. 1 on a Billboard radio chart – and any Billboard song ranking – with “El Primer Tonto,” which climbs 7-1 on the Regional Mexican Airplay ranking (dated Sept. 28). The Carlos Becies-led ensemble previously hit No. 1 on Top Latin Albums and Regional Mexican Albums in 2001 with its third studio album, Te Voy a Enamorar.
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“Thank, thank you, thank you,” Becies tells Billboard. “I’m a bit nervous and super grateful with all the support with this song and all the people who were part of this beautiful project. It’s a beautiful surprise for us a group that motivates us to keep on going.”
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“El Primer Tonto,” originally composed and released by Mexican group Los Freddy’s in 1980, was later popularized by Joan Sebastian who secured a No. 7 high with the song on Regional Mexican Airplay in January 2002.
With its romantic cumbia turn, “El Primer Tonto,” released June 7 via VMG/Colmena/Azteca Records, takes Los Ángeles de Charly to their first No. 1 on a radio ranking thanks to a 47% surge in audience impressions, to 6.6 million, earned in the U.S. for the tracking week of Sept. 13-19, according to Luminate.
Thanks to “El Primer Tonto,” imprints VMG and Colmena secure their first No. 1 on any Billboard chart. In addition to the two imprints, the “El Primer Tonto” triumph also gives Azteca Records its second champ as a label, following La Fiera de Ojinaga’s one-week reign on Regional Mexican Airplay with “La Luna de Miel” in August 2022.
Los Ángeles de Charly’s first champ on Regional Mexican Airplay arrives 20 years after their last top 10, when “Y Qué” reached No. 10 high in May 2004. In sum, the Mexican cumbia group have logged six top 10s since 1999, with the No. 4-peaking “Un Sueño” in 2001 their highest-charting song until now.
Elsewhere, “El Primer Tonto” advances to its No. 3 peak on the overall Latin Airplay tally, where Los Ángeles de Charly earn their first top 10 to date.
The song is part of the group’s forthcoming studio album to be released in December 2024.
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