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One week after her arrival on Billboard’s charts, Dasha becomes a Billboard Hot 100-charting artist, thanks to her breakthrough viral single “Austin.”
The song, released in November via Version III, debuts at No. 74 on the March 23-dated Hot 100 with 6.7 million official streams (up 65%), 84,000 in radio airplay audience (up 173%) and 2,000 downloads sold (up 116%) in the U.S. March 8-14, according to Luminate.
The track also jumps 31-17 on Hot Country Songs, which uses the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100.
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Dasha is based in Nashville, via San Luis Obispo, Calif. Gains for “Austin” have been sparked by TikTok, where she boasts over 400,000 followers. Seemingly boosted by the rising wave behind Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” – which tops Hot Country Songs for a fifth week – “Austin” soundtracks a line-dance trend started by Dasha. The song has been featured in over 300,000 videos on the platform. Billboard reported that in the tracking week ending Feb. 15, in which Beyoncé released “Texas Hold ‘Em” midway through, “Austin” vaulted from 82,000 official on-demand streams the week before to over 830,000 – up 916%. The next week (ending Feb. 22), the song grew 182% to 2.3 million.
Airplay-wise, SiriusXM is championing the song on TikTok Radio and its country-formatted The Highway. Terrestrially, Country Airplay chart reporter KBAY San Francisco leads in early exposure for the track.
“Austin” is on Dasha’s new eight-track LP What Happens Now?, released Feb. 16. Before that, she released the collection Dirty Blonde in January 2023, via Quadio Records, and her six-track EP $hiny Things in 2021.
Dasha, who co-wrote “Austin,” also surges from No. 29 to No. 11 on Billboard’s Emerging Artists chart.
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Our Woman of The Year, Karol G, opens up about being a night owl, what life on tour is like, talks through her creative process and more backstage at 2024 Billboard’s Women In Music.Karol G:Hey everyone, this is Karol G and here are five things that you don’t know about me, musically.
Okay, one, I have my phone full of voice notes like really strange about me talking about videos, strategies, things that I want to do, a lot of voice notes about music. I record myself like singing and doing the instrumentals and doing like everything with my voice so those are like really crazy to hear, but they’re really good.
Okay, number two! I love to write stories for videos that maybe I will never do. I have like a bunch of stories of videos that I will love to do and I think I find the right songs for every story of videos that I have.
Number three, my most creative moment in life is like maybe after 2 am, in the morning, until 6 am in the morning. I’m a really nighty person, night person. I don’t know, nighty?
I am a night person. My ideas and my creativity usually comes at night. I don’t sleepvery well because of this.
Number four. My days. A Karol G show day is a very heavy day. I have a lot of things to do. I am not able to get on stage if I don’t do sound check, I have to stretch so I can go out there and crush it without injuring anything, I have to prepare my voice so I can sing well and get all dressed up. So a show day is a day of full of work.
And number five is that this is the first time a Latina has won Women of the Year. I am very excited. I’m very excited and that is something that you don’t know about me and now you know!Watch the full video above!
Australian pop star Kylie Minogue emphasizes the importance of one’s own uniqueness when giving advice to her younger self backstage at Billboard’s Women In Music 2024. Kylie MinogueSome advice I would give my younger self would be that there is one you. You may want to be a better you. I think you need to […]
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Katy Perry opened up about her upcoming Rock in Rio performance, her fan base in Brazil, her love for dance music and more backstage at 2024 Billboard Women In Music. Katy Perry: Hi guys, I’m Katy Perry, and two things you may not know about me, this moment is … One, I’m playing Rock in […]
(G)I-DLE collects its fourth top 10-charting album on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated March 16), as the South Korean pop group’s latest release, 2, debuts at No. 4 with 8,500 copies sold in the U.S. in the week ending March 7, according to Luminate.
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Also in the top 10 of the latest Top Album Sales chart, Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson lands his first solo top 10 as his new set The Mandrake Project bows at No. 5. Plus, ScHoolboy Q’s new Blue Lips starts at No 6, marking his fourth top 10-charting effort.
Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Luminate. Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.
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TWICE’s With YOU-th holds at No. 1 on Top Album Sales with nearly 17,000 sold (down 82%), after debuting atop the list a week ago. LE SSERAFIM’s Easy is also a non-mover, sitting at No. 2 in its second week with 10,500 (down 69%). Taylor Swift’s chart-topping 1989 (Taylor’s Version) rises 6-3 with nearly 9,000 (down 5%).
(G)I-DLE’s 2 debuts at No. 4 with 8,500 sold – essentially all from CD sales. The set was available in four collectible CD editions, including one Target-exclusive variant. All packages contained branded paper merchandise, some of which is randomized.
Dickinson’s The Mandrake Project starts at No. 5 with 8,000 sold, landing the Iron Maiden singer his first solo top 10 effort. The set was available to purchase as a standard digital album, in four CD variations (a standard edition, two with enhanced packaging, and one with a signed insert), and a pair of vinyl LPs (including one with a signed insert).
ScHoolboy Q’s Blue Lips debuts at No. 6 with nearly 8,000 sold – with more than half of that sum from vinyl sales (4,000 – his best week ever on vinyl). The set was issued in just one vinyl edition, pressed on translucent blue-colored vinyl.
Four former No. 1s round out the latest top 10: Swift’s Lover is steady at No. 7 (7,000; down 2%), Swift’s Folklore rises 9-8 (6,000; up 2%), Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts jumps 16-9 (5,500; up 14%) and Swift’s Midnights dips 8-10 (nearly 5,500; down 10%).
In the week ending March 7, there were 1.153 million albums sold in the U.S. (down 9.6% compared to the previous week). Of that sum, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) comprised 850,000 (down 12.9%) and digital albums comprised 304,000 (up 1.4%).
There were 442,000 CD albums sold in the week ending March 7 (down 17.1% week-over-week) and 403,000 vinyl albums sold (down 7.9%). Year-to-date CD album sales stand at 4.318 million (down 30.3% compared to the same time frame a year ago) and year-to-date vinyl album sales total 4.601 million (down 47.8%).
Overall year-to-date album sales total 11.936 million (down 36% compared to the same year-to-date time frame a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales stand at 8.963 million (down 40.6%) and digital album sales total 2.973 million (down 16.2%).
Charli XCX shared advice she would give her younger self. The singer talks about the importance of being yourself, trusting your gut, and more backstage at 2024 Billboard’s Women In Music. Charli XCX: Some advice to my younger self would be to follow your gut instinct on everything that you think is cool. And also, […]