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Sherine accepts the Global Force award from Billboard Arabia at Billboard’s Women In Music 2024. SherineThank you Billboard for the award. Thank you, I am proud to be receiving it, I’m so proud that you enjoyed my work. And of course I’m thrilled and proud that there is a music award specifically for women, is […]
TWICE and LE SSERAFIM make history on Billboard’s 32-year-old Top Album Sales chart (dated March 9), as the South Korean female pop groups debut at Nos. 1 and 2 — marking the first time two all-women groups have been in the top two positions at the same time.
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Top Album Sales’ chart history dates to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Luminate.
TWICE’s With YOU-th launches at No. 1 with 90,000 copies sold in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 29, according to Luminate. LE SSERAFIM’s Easy starts at No. 2 with 34,000 copies sold. The majority of each album’s sales come from CD purchases in assorted collectible editions, as is usual with major K-pop releases
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Also in the top 10 of the new Top Album Sales chart, the latest albums from French Montana and Ace Frehley arrive, while BTS’ former No. 1 Love Yourself: Tear re-enters the chart in the top 10 following its release on vinyl.
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.
For TWICE, With YOU-th marks the fourth No. 1 on Top Album Sales and fifth top 10 overall. For LE SSERAFIM, Easy is the act’s third top 10 set.
At No. 3 on Top Album Sales, French Montana’s Mac & Cheese 5 debuts with 22,500 copies sold. Of that sum, physical sales comprise 19,000 (9,000 on vinyl — his best week on the configuration, 10,000 on CD) and digital sales comprise about 3,500. Sales were boosted by the album’s availability across six CD variants (three alternative covers, and three signed editions each with a different cover) and three vinyl variants (all with alternative covers) — and all were sold through the artist’s webstore. The physical albums were deeply discounted to $5 for standard vinyl and CD editions, and $10 for the signed CD editions. The digital album was also issued in three variants: a standard album (clean and explicit), a deluxe edition (with one bonus track, clean and explicit) and a super deluxe edition, dubbed the “Versions” variant (with all of the album’s standard explicit tracks, plus versions of each song in clean, sped-up, slowed-down, instrumental and acapella mixes).
Mac & Cheese 5 is French Montana’s fourth top 10-charting effort on Top Album Sales and his highest-charting set yet, surpassing the No. 4 peak of his three earlier top 10 sets.
Ace Frehley logs his highest-charting album ever on Top Album Sales, as his latest release, 10,000 Volts, charges in at No. 4 with 13,000 copies sold. Of that sum, vinyl sales comprise 5,500, marking the former KISS guitarist’s biggest sales week on vinyl since Luminate began tracking sales in 1991. In total, 10,000 Volts is Frehley’s fifth top 10-charting set on Top Album Sales.
BTS’ former No. 1 Love Yourself: Tear re-enters Top Album Sales at No. 5 with about 9,500 sold — nearly all from vinyl sales, as the album was released on the configuration for the first time during the tracking week. With nearly 9,500 copies sold on vinyl, the album also bows at No. 1 on the Vinyl Albums chart, BTS’ second leader on that list, following Love Yourself: Her in 2023.
Four former No. 1s, all from Taylor Swift, are next on Top Album Sales. 1989 (Taylor’s Version) falls 3-6 (9,000; down 19%); Lover dips 4-7 (7,000; down 22%); Midnights slips 7-8 (6,000; down 19%); and Folklore descends 8-9 (nearly 6,000; down 21%). Bob Marley and The Wailers’ Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and The Wailers, rises 11-10 (nearly 6,000; though down 17%), marking the set’s first week in the top 10 since April 17, 2021, when it ranked at No. 9. (The album earlier peaked at No. 5 on the Sept. 20, 2014-dated chart.) The hits album returns to the top 10 on the latest chart following publicity and promotion generated by the release and success of the Marley biopic film Bob Marley: One Love.
In the week ending Feb. 29, there were 1.276 million albums sold in the U.S. (up 9.4% compared to the previous week). Of that sum, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) comprised 976,000 (up 13.8%) and digital albums comprised 300,000 (down 2.9%).
There were 533,000 CD albums sold in the week ending Feb. 29 (up 30.6% week-over-week) and 438,000 vinyl albums sold (down 1.7%). Year-to-date CD album sales stand at 3.875 million (down 29.9% compared to the same time frame a year ago) and year-to-date vinyl album sales total 4.197 million (down 47.3%).
Overall year-to-date album sales total 10.783 million (down 35.3% compared to the same year-to-date time frame a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales stand at 8.113 million (down 40.2%) and digital album sales total 2.669 million (down 13.7%).
Karol G accepts the Woman of the Year award at Billboard’s Women in Music 2024. Karol G: First of all, it’s an amazing surprise that Sofía Vergara is giving me this award, I love it. Buenas noches a todos. I’m super honored to be here today. Oh my God, [this] might be the most significant and […]
Karol G performs “Amargura” at Billboard Women In Music 2024.Read the lyrics below and stay tuned for more Karol G news.Karol G’s “Amargura” lyrics
(Si te dicen que yo me estoy curando, es la verdad)
(Ey)Ayer te viAparentemente, estabas contento, estabas felizBesándola a ella, así como antes me besaba’ a míEn parte me alegra que uno de los dos no esté llorandoOjalá me piense de vez en cuando
Y aunque yo hago como si nadaBaby, qué amargura me da, saber que ahoraTú estás vacilando con otraPor fuera me río, pero por adentro estoy rota
Y aunque yo hago como si nada (papi)Baby, qué amargura me da, saber que ahoraTú estás vacilando con otraPor fuera me río, pero por adentro estoy rota
Primero, quiero decirte que no hay un segundoQue piense que te lo dañó un terceroSin ti, se siente vacío el cuarto, insistoPolvo’, llegábamos hasta el quintoTe extraño tanto, sin ti es distintoMe duele ver cómo me deja’ en vistoA veces pienso que me extraña un poquitoYo misma los pajarito’ me pinto (ey)
Qué mal que ya no estés aquíEstaría tomándomelos contigo y no por ti, por tiEn coleccionista me volvíGuardando toda’ las fotoMe volví más devota y ni así
Y aunque yo hago como si nadaBaby, qué amargura me da, saber que ahoraTú estás vacilando con otraPor fuera me río, pero por adentro estoy rota
Y aunque yo hago como si nada (papi)Baby, qué amargura me da, saber que ahoraTú estás vacilando con otraPor fuera me río, pero por adentro estoy rota
EyEsta canciónQue no me la pongan borracha, hijueputa(O-O-Ovy On The Drums)(Y aunque yo hago como si nada)
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Written by: Alonso Catalino Curet, Carolina Giraldo Navarro, Danuel Echavarria, Kevyn Mauricio Cruz Moreno
Each year Billboard’s Women in Music event recognizes music’s rising artists, creators, producers and executives for their contributions to the industry and community. Featuring Ice Spice, Victoria Monét, Charli XCX, Tems, NewJeans, Luísa Sonza, Annalisa, Sarah Geronimo, PinkPantheress, Maren Morris, Young Miko, and our Billboard Woman of the Year, Karol G!
Watch the show on Thurs, March 7 at 5pm PT on billboardwomeninmusic.com and on our YouTube channel.
NarratorWelcome to Billboard Women In Music presented by Marriott Bonvoy, live from YouTube Theater at Hollywood Park. Honoring Annalisa, Charli XCX, Ice Spice, Kylie Minogue, Luisa Souza, Maren Morris, Michelle Jubelirer, NewJeans, PinkPantheress, Sarah Geronimo, Tems, Victoria Monet, Young Miko and Karol G. Hosted by Tracee Ellis Ross, with appearances by Andra Day, Bebe Rexha, Coco Jones, Demi Lovato, Ellie Goulding, Emily Estefan, GloRilla, JoJo, Katy Perry, Lainey Wilson, Saweetie and Sofia Vergara.
NarratorFrom ABC’s Blackish to the Oscar nominated American Fiction, our host tonight always delights on screen. Please welcome actress, producer, Pattern Beauty CEO and founder, joy bringer and style icon Tracee Ellis Ross!
Tracee Ellis RossHello! Hi everybody! Oh hello, hello, hello! I’m so delighted to be your host for Billboard’s Women In Music 2024 here at YouTube Theater at Hollywood Park presented by Marriott Bonvoy. Ahh yes, you know I just I feel so home in this environment and at home, I mean on stage with a captive audience. Yes and I, since I have you here captive while I’m on said audience. I thought you guys could take a moment as I walk to gander at my hair.
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Sofía Vergara presents Karol G with Woman of the Year at Billboard Women In Music 2024. Sofía Vergara: Good evening! I’m here tonight to present the Billboard Woman of the Year Award to La Bitchota, Karol G! Well, Karol G and I became very good friends while we were filming the TV series Griselda. Griselda […]
Tems accepts the Breakthrough award at Billboard’s Women In Music 2024. Tems:I love you too. Oh my goodness. First of all, my heart hasn’t stopped beating for the past 30 minutes and my earring dropped. And I know, we’re all supposed to give speeches, I actually wrote one but forgot it everything completely. One thing […]
Savannah James presents Tems with the Breakthrough Award at Billboard’s Women In Music 2024. Savannah James:Hi, everybody! You know, my mom always instilled a certain level of confidence and self assurance in me. I feel like that energy is just vibrating all around this room as we’ve had the opportunity to hear from these women […]
Tems performs “Not An Angel” at Billboard Women In Music 2024. Read the lyrics below and stay tuned for more Tems news.Tems’ “Not An Angel” lyrics
Ah yiy (ah, yeah)Uh-uh, nah, nah (ah-ah)Ah, yeah
I was a loner when I was with youI would’ve given myself for youNow I’m changin’ over, I’m movin’ on nowNo turnin’ back, I can’t be with you
I don’t need you lookin’ for me (hey)All you did was give me nothin’, oh nahOverthinkin’ every mornin’, ohTake me out your life, life
‘Cause I’m not an angelI’m just a girl that knows the truthAnd I couldn’t save you (nah)You couldn’t see what I’ve been throughI’ll cut my losses in peaceI don’t need nothin’ else from you‘Cause I’m not angel (angel, no)I know I did all I could do
Don’t say you love meBaby, I don’t need your lovin’But I prefer, “I’m sorry”All of a sudden you’re askin’ for meYou know your love don’t do nothin’ for meRight now we’re not goin’ nowhereOther than a graveyard, babyYou know your love don’t do nothin’ for me
I don’t need you lookin’ for me (hey, hey)All you did was give me nothin’, oh nahOverthinkin’ every mornin’ (mornin’), ohTake me out your life, life, oh
‘Cause I’m not an angelI’m just a girl that knows the truthAnd I couldn’t save you (nah, nah)You couldn’t see what I’ve been through (through)
So many girls around you, ’round youThey always callin’ you, “Baby” (’round you)But they don’t love you, love you, love youBaby, they always come around (’round you)Always tryna call you, “Baby” (’round you)But they don’t know you, know you, know you
‘Cause I’m not an angelI’m just a girl that knows the truthAnd I couldn’t save youYou couldn’t see what I’ve been through
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Written by: Temilade Openiyi, Osabuohien Osaretin