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08 Aug 2024

Talking Heads ‘Stop Making Sense’ Tribute Album Makes Chart-Topping Debut

Everyone’s Getting Involved, the star-studded tribute album celebrating Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense concert film, debuts atop Billboard’s Compilation Albums chart (dated Aug. 10) thanks to the set’s arrival on CD and vinyl. The effort boasts acts such as Miley Cyrus, Lorde and Paramore covering songs performed by Talking Heads in its celebrated 1984 film Stop Making Sense.

First released as a digital download and via streaming services in May, Everyone’s Getting Involved arrives at No. 1 on the Compilation Albums tally after its July 26 release on CD and vinyl. Combined, all configurations of the album, digital and physical, sold a little over 2,000 copies in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 1 according to Luminate – with nearly all the sales from its CD and vinyl formats.

The Compilation Albums chart ranks the top-selling compilation albums of the week in the U.S., by traditional album sales.

A restored version of the Stop Making Sense film premiered on Sept. 11, 2023, at the Toronto International Film Festival before garnering a general theatrical release later that month. On Aug. 18, 2023, a remastered edition of the Stop Making Sense soundtrack was released, boasting the complete concert for the first time.

On Everyone’s Getting Involved, the cover songs are ordered in the same sequence as they are performed in the Stop Making Sense film. Among the tracks are “Psycho Killer” (covered by Miley Cyrus), “Heaven” (The National), “Burning Down the House” (Paramore), “Once In a Lifetime” (Kevin Abstract), “Genius of Love” (Toro y Moi featuring Brijean) and “Take Me to the River” (Lorde).

Meanwhile, Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense soundtrack returns to Billboard’s charts (dated Aug. 10) after it was repressed on vinyl on July 26 (nearly a year after its 2023 reissue). The set re-enters the Soundtracks chart at No. 8, Vinyl Albums at No. 7, Indie Store Album Sales at No. 3 and Top Album Sales at No. 16.

08 Aug 2024

Hot 100 First-Timers: Royel Otis Scores First Entry With Cover of The Cranberries’ ‘Linger’

Australian duo Royel Otis earns its first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Aug. 10) thanks to its viral cover of The Cranberries’ classic single “Linger.”

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Released May 31 as part of a live session for SiriusXM’s Alt Nation, the update debuts at No. 94 on the on the Hot 100 with 5.2 million official streams (up 56%) and 302,000 radio audience impressions (up 53%) in the United States in the July 26-Aug. 1 tracking week, according to Luminate.

The track also jumps 18-12 on the Hot Alternative Songs chart and 29-16 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs.

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TikTok has been a factor in the remake’s growing profile, with its audio having soundtracked more than 160,000 clips on the platform to date.

The Cranberries’ original “Linger” climbed to No. 8 on the Hot 100 in February 1994, marking the group’s first entry and sole top 10. It also hit No. 4 on Alternative Airplay and Pop Airplay. As Royel Otis’ version gains, the original likewise grew in the latest tracking week by 12% to 4.8 million streams.

Royel Otis, from Sydney, is comprised of childhood friends Royel Maddell and Otis Pavlovic. The pair, whose debut album Pratts & Pain was released in February, arrived on Billboard’s charts in September 2023 with “Sofa King” (which the duo also performed in the SiriusXM session). The track has had two separate runs on the Alternative Airplay chart: It initially climbed to No. 25 in November before it re-entered last week’s Aug. 3-dated list at No. 26; it hits a new peak this week at No. 24.

The pair has charted one additional hit: Its cover of Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor” reached No. 2 on Alternative Airplay last month.

07 Aug 2024

Grupo Frontera & Maluma Take ‘Por Qué Será’ to No. 1 on Regional Mexican Airplay

Maluma solidifies his status as a winner on Billboard’s Regional Mexican Airplay chart thanks to “Por Qué Será,” his first partnership with Grupo Frontera, as the song jumps from No. 3 to rule the Aug. 10-dated survey.

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“Por Qué Será” was released May 9 as the fourth single from Grupo Frontera’s album Jugando a Que No Pasa Nada, its second studio album, which earned the Texas group a first top 10 debut (among two top 10s overall) on both Top Latin Albums and Regional Mexican Albums in May, at No. 10 and at No. 6, respectively.

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On Regional Mexican Airplay, “Por Qué Será” lifts from No. 3 in its eighth week after a 23% gain in audience impressions, to 7.4 million, in the tracking week of July 26-Aug. 1, according to Luminate. The move sends Becky G and Oscar Maydon’s “Mercedes” to No. 4, with 4.9 million impressions, which translates to a 23% decline from the prior week.

With the new champ Frontera captures its 10th No. 1 on Regional Mexican Airplay, and ties with Grupo Firme for the ninth-most among groups since the chart launched in 1994. The song follows and equal winner, “(Entre Paréntesis),” with Shakira, which earned the pop icon her first leader on a regional Mexican tally (May 18-dated list).

The ranchera “Por Qué Será,” meanwhile, gifts Maluma his third champ. The Colombian singer topped the tally twice before, through “Cada Quien,” with Grupo Firme, for two weeks in charge in 2022, and with Carin León on “Según Quién” in Dec. 2023.

“Por Qué Será” joins one other song from its parent album Jugando a Que No Pasa Nada, that reached the summit on Regional Mexican Airplay: “Ya Pedo Quién Sabe,” with Christian Nodal, topped the radio ranking for one week in May.

Further, “Por Qué Será” also gains terrain on the overall Latin Airplay chart, pushing 5-2.

07 Aug 2024

Artists With No. 1 Albums on the Billboard 200 Who Have Never Cracked the Hot 100

The list includes a broad range of artists, from hard rock and metal to contemporary Christian music and K-pop.

Judy Garland, Bob Newhart and Slipknot

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Twenty-one artists have achieved the ultimate sign of success on the Billboard 200 – a No. 1 album – without ever cracking the Billboard Hot 100. Four of these acts have done it more than once. Slipknot and Vampire Weekend have each landed three No. 1 albums without ever cracking the Hot 100; Marilyn Manson and the late Bob Newhart have each had two.

Most of the acts on this list lie outside of the pop mainstream, which explains why they haven’t landed on the Hot 100. The 21 acts include three hard rock or metal acts (Pantera, Marilyn Manson and Slipknot), three K-pop acts (SuperM, TOMORROW X TOGETHER and ATEEZ); two contemporary Christian music artists (Bob Carlisle and tobyMac), two comedians (Newhart and Vaughn Meader), two classical or classical crossover acts (Van Cliburn and Il Divo) and two modern-day folk acts (The Decemberists and Amos Lee).

One artist on this list, Judy Garland, had numerous hits on Billboard pop charts from 1940 to 1945 – before the 1958 inception of the Hot 100. These include such classics as “For Me and My Gal” (a duet with Gene Kelly), “The Trolley Song” and the Oscar-winning “On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe” (a collab with the Merry Macs.) And, of course, her Oscar-winning 1939 classic “Over the Rainbow” is one of the most beloved recordings of the 20th Century – though it predated Billboard’s first National and Regional List of Best Selling Retail Records (July 27, 1940), which is widely regarded as the first weekly national pop chart.

Let’s scroll back through this list of acts who reached the top spot on the Billboard 200 but have yet to crack the Hot 100. If any of these acts ever do make the Hot 100, we’ll remove them from this list.

Van Cliburn

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Album: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 (1958)

Weeks at No. 1: 7

Notes: This was the first classical album to top the Billboard 200. The album won a Grammy for best classical performance—instrumentalist (with concerto scale accompaniment) and received a Grammy nod for album of the year. The album was voted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002.
Bob Newhart

Albums: The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (1960); The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back! (1961)

Weeks at No. 1: 14 and 1, respectively.

Notes: These were the first and second comedy albums to reach No. 1. The initial Button-Down Mind was also the first comedy album to win a Grammy for album of the year. Strikes Back! won a Grammy that same year for best comedy performance – spoken word. Newhart won a third Grammy that year for best new artist, making him the only comedian to win in that category. The initial Button-Down Mind was voted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2007.
Judy Garland

Album: Judy at Carnegie Hall (1961)

Weeks at No. 1: 13

Note: This was the first album by a woman solo artist to top the Billboard 200. The double-disk album was also the first album by a woman to win a Grammy for album of the year. Garland won a second Grammy for her work on the album – best solo vocal performance, female. One double-sided single was released from the album – “Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody”/”Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart.” Judy at Carnegie Hall briefly returned to the Billboard 200 following the star’s death in 1969 at age 47. The album was voted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998.
Vaughn Meader

Album: The First Family (1962)

Weeks at No. 1: 12

Notes: This spoof of President Kennedy and his family was the second (and most recent) comedy album to win a Grammy for album of the year. The album also won best comedy performance. Meader was nominated that same year for best new artist. Just six months after the Grammy ceremony, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, making further impersonations unthinkable.
Frank Fontaine

Album: Songs I Sing on the Jackie Gleason Show (1963)

Weeks at No. 1: 5

Notes: Fontane played the good-natured drunk Crazy Guggenham in the “Joe the Bartender” sketches on Jackie Gleason’s long-running variety show. At the end of each conversation between the Fontaine and Gleason characters, Fontaine would sing a sentimental song in his natural voice, demonstrating a surprisingly strong baritone. This album collected those songs, including the Irving Berlin classics “Always” and “Easter Parade.” Fontaine also charted with two follow-up albums – Sings Like Crazy (a nod to his character’s name) and How Sweet It Is (Gleason’s signature catchphrase).
Blind Faith

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Album: Blind Faith (1969)

Weeks at No. 1: 2

Notes: This was the only studio album by the English blues rock group, which consisted of Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Ric Grech. Key songs on the album included Winwood’s “Can’t Find My Way Home” and “Well All Right,” which was recorded by Buddy Holly in 1958. Two of the four members of Blind Faith later topped the Hot 100 as a solo artists. Clapton reached the summit in 1974 with “I Shot the Sheriff.” Winwood scored in 1986 with “Higher Love” and in 1988 with “Roll With It.”
Pantera

Album: Far Beyond Driven (1994)

Weeks at No. 1: 1

Notes: This was the seventh studio album by the heavy metal band. Singles released from the album included “I’m Broken” (a Grammy nominee for best metal performance) and “Planet Caravan,” which reached No. 21 on Mainstream Rock Airplay.
Bob Carlisle

Album: Butterfly Kisses (Shades of Grace) (1997)

Weeks at No. 1: 2

Notes: This was the third studio album by the contemporary Christian artist. This one should really come with an asterisk. It’s true that Carlisle never made the Hot 100, but that’s because “Butterfly Kisses” had just a limited release as a physical single – a “Limited Edition Collector’s CD Gift Box” single was available only in Christian bookstores. (At the time, Billboard required that songs be physically released as singles to qualify for the Hot 100, a rule that was lifted on the Hot 100 dated Dec. 5, 1998.) “Butterfly Kisses” reached No. 10 on Radio Songs/Hot 100 Airplay. In addition, it reached No. 1 on Adult Contemporary and No. 45 on Hot Country Songs. What’s more, a cover version by the country duo Raybon Brothers reached No. 22 on the Hot 100. Carlisle won a Grammy for best country song for co-writing “Butterfly Kisses.”
Marilyn Manson

Albums: Mechanical Animals (1998), The Golden Age of Grotesque (2003)

Weeks at No. 1: 1 each

Notes: These were the third and fifth studio albums by the flamboyant rock star. The lead single from Mechanical Animals was “The Dope Show,” which hit No. 22 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 and received a Grammy nomination for best hard rock performance. Two other singles from the album, “I Don’t Like the Drugs (but the Drugs Like Me) and “Rock Is Dead,” were hits on both Alternative Airplay and Mainstream Rock Airplay. The lead single from The Golden Age of Grotesque was “Mobscene,” which was also a hit on both of those charts and received a Grammy nod for best metal performance.
Il Divo

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Album: Ancora (2006)

Weeks at No. 1: 1

Notes: This was the third studio album by the multinational classical crossover vocal quartet. The biggest hit from the album was “I Believe in You (Je Crois en Toi),” on which they were joined by Celine Dion. The track reached No. 31 on Adult Contemporary.
Slipknot

Albums: All Hope Is Gone (2008), .5: The Gray Chapter (2014), We Are Not Your Kind (2019)

Weeks at No. 1: 1 each

Notes: These were the fourth, fifth and sixth studio albums released by the heavy metal band. .5: The Gray Chapter received a Grammy nod for best rock album. “Custer” and “The Negative One,” tracks from that album, were nominated for best metal performance. Singles from all three albums reached Bubbling Under Hot 100: “Psychosocial” (No. 2, also a Grammy nominee for best metal performance) and “Snuff” (No. 10) from All Hope Is Gone; “The Devil in I” (No. 23) from .5: The Gray Chapter; and “Unsainted” (No. 20) from We Are Not Your Kind.
Vampire Weekend

Albums: Contra (2010), Modern Vampires of the City (2013), Father of the Bride (2019)

Weeks at No. 1: 1 each

Notes: These were the second, third and fourth studio albums released by the rock band. All three albums received Grammy nods for best alternative music album; Modern Vampires of the City and Father of the Bride won. The latter album was also nominated for album of the year. Singles from the first two albums hit Bubbling Under Hot 100: “Horchata” (No. 2) and “Holiday (No. 25) from Contra; and “Diane Young” (No. 19) from Modern Vampires of the City. “Harmony Hall” from Father of the Bride reached No. 5 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs.
The Decemberists

Album: The King Is Dead (2011)

Weeks at No. 1: 1

Notes: This was the band’s sixth studio album. Singles released from the album were “Down by the Water” (which received a Grammy nomination for best rock performance), “This Is Why We Fight” and “Calamity Song.” All three songs charted on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and made the top 10 on Adult Alternative Airplay.
Amos Lee

Album: Mission Bell (2011)

Weeks at No. 1: 1

Notes: Mission Bell followed The Decemberists’ The King Is Dead into the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200. Mission Bell was Lee’s fourth studio album. Featured artists included Willie Nelson and Lucinda Williams. “Windows Are Rolled Down” and “Flower” both made the top 20 on Adult Alternative Airplay.
tobyMac

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Album: Eye on It (2012)

Weeks at No. 1: 1

Notes: This album, TobyMac’s sixth studio set, won a Grammy as best contemporary Christian music album. The lead single, “Me Without You,” reached No. 4 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 and No. 1 on Hot Christian Songs. “Steal My Show” and “Speak Life” (Grammy nominee for best contemporary Christian music song) both reached No. 3 on Hot Christian Songs.
Lecrae

Album: Anomaly (2014)

Weeks at No. 1: 1

Notes: This was the seventh studio album by the Christian hip-hop artist. “Say I Won’t” (featuring Andy Mineo) reached No. 7 on Bubbling Under Hot 100. “All I Need Is You” reached No. 23 on Bubbling Under and received a Grammy nomination for best rap performance. Both songs reached No. 1 on Hot Gospel Songs. “Messengers” (featuring for King and Country) reached No. 7 on Hot Gospel Songs. and received a Grammy nod for best contemporary Christian music performance/song.
Brand New

Album: Science Fiction (2017)

Weeks at No. 1: 1

Notes: This was the rock band’s fifth and final studio album. “Can’t Get It Out” was released as a promotional single from the album.
LCD Soundsystem

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Album: American Dream (2017)

Weeks at No. 1: 1

Notes: This was the rock band’s fourth studio album. It received a Grammy nod for best alternative music album. Both sides of the first single from the album, “Call the Police”/“American Dream,” charted on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, at No. 26 and 43, respectively. The second single, “Tonite,” reached No. 33 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs and won a Grammy for best dance recording.
SuperM

Album: SuperM – The 1st Mini Album (2019)

Weeks at No. 1: 1

Notes: This made SuperM the first Korean act to top the Billboard 200 with their debut release. “Jopping” hit No. 1 on World Digital Song Sales.
TOMORROW X TOGETHER

Album: The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION (2023)

Weeks at No. 1: 1

Notes: This was the fifth Korean-language EP by the South Korean boy band. “Sugar Rush Ride” reached No. 4 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 and No. 1 on World Digital Song Sales.
ATEEZ

Album: THE WORLD EP.FIN: WILL (2023)

Weeks at No. 1: 1

Notes: This was the second Korean-language studio album by the South Korean boy band. “Crazy Form” reached No. 3 on World Digital Song Sales.

07 Aug 2024

Ghost’s ‘Rite Here Rite Now’ Soundtrack Rocks Billboard Album Charts

Ghost’s soundtrack to its film Rite Here Rite Now makes a splash across multiple Billboard album charts (dated Aug. 10), as the live concert set makes top 10 bows on Top Album Sales (No. 2), Top Hard Rock Albums (No. 1), Vinyl Albums (No. 1), Indie Store Album Sales (No. 1), Soundtracks (No. 2), Independent Albums (No. 3), Top Rock Albums (No. 5) and Top Rock & Alternative Albums (No. 6). It also arrives at No. 21 on the overall Billboard 200 – the band’s sixth top 40-charting set on the tally.

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The live set, recorded over two nights at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif., in 2023, includes one studio-recorded track: “The Future Is a Foreign Land.”

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Rite Here Rite Now arrives with 27,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 1, according to Luminate, with 26,000 of that sum in traditional album sales – supported by its availability across 10 vinyl variants (whose combined sales totaled a little over 16,000). It’s the sixth top 10-charting set for the rock band on the Top Album Sales chart.

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.

Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums, Top Hard Rock Albums and Soundtracks rank, respectively, the week’s most popular rock and alternative, rock, hard rock, and soundtrack albums by equivalent album units. Vinyl Album tallies the week’s top-selling vinyl releases. Indie Store Album Sales measures the top-selling titles at independent and small chain record stores. Independent Albums ranks the most popular independently released albums of the week, by units.

As for the rest of the top 10 on the Top Album Sales chart… Stray Kids’ ATE holds at No. 1 for a second week (48,000 sold; down 79%), Grateful Dead’s latest live archival set Dave’s Picks, Volume 51: Scranton Catholic Youth Center, Scranton PA (4/13/71) debuts at No. 3 (21,000), ENHYPEN’s Romance: Untold falls 3-4 (15,000; down 42%), Ice Spice’s debut set Y2K! enters at No. 5 (12,000), Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department climbs 12-6 (nearly 12,000; up 34%), The Red Clay Strays’ Made by These Moments debuts at No. 7 (11,000), Forrest Frank’s debut album Child of God enters at No. 8 (10,000), the Deadpool & Wolverine soundtrack starts at No. 9 (nearly 10,000) and Jimin’s MUSE falls 2-10 in its second week (nearly 10,000; down 87%).

07 Aug 2024

Wanna ‘Guess’ How High the New Billie Eilish Remix Will Get Charli XCX on the Hot 100?

Welcome to Billboard Pro’s Trending Up newsletter, where we take a closer look at the songs, artists, curiosities and trends that have caught the music industry’s attention. Some have come out of nowhere, others have taken months to catch on, and all of them could become ubiquitous in the blink of a TikTok clip.

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This week: a big new remix and bigger new video help a bonus Brat cut become the era’s biggest song yet, while a 2010 pop classic gets a bump from an unexpected fan and the Minions‘ esteemed musical representative strikes again.

Charli XCX’s ‘Guess’ Aiming for Big Hot 100 Bow After Streaming Boom

Among the many tidings of Brat Summer has been the return of Charli XCX as a fixture on the Billboard Hot 100, a full decade after she helped engineer top 10 hits like Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy,” Icona Pop’s “I Love It” and her own “Boom Clap.” Brat hits like “360” (No. 44) and “Apple” (No. 66) have been climbing the chart after achieving varying states of virality, while the Lorde-assisted remix of “Girl, So Confusing” powered the song to No. 63 upon its June release.

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Those tracks have yet to crack the chart’s top 40 – but “Guess,” which is featured on the deluxe edition of Brat, almost certainly will next week. That’s largely thanks to Billie Eilish hopping on the track for the bonus cut’s remix — capturing the attention of the Internet with lyrics like “Charli likes boys, but she knows I’d hit it,” as well as for Eilish joining Charli on a mountain of underwear in the new version’s official music video (10,000 pairs of which were donated to the charity I Support The Girls following the video shoot).

Following the release of the song and video last Thursday (Aug. 1), streams for “Guess” exploded: in its first four full days of tracking (Aug. 2-5), the song scored 12.27 million official on-demand U.S. streams, according to Luminate, after earning just 651,000 streams during the same period the previous week (July 26-29) prior to the remix release. Meanwhile, Eilish’s “Guess” appearance is pumping up the other Brat songs around it, with the album (minus “Guess”) up 12% in streams over that same period (from 23.3 million streams to 26.2 million). Don’t be shocked if “Guess” crashes the top 20 of the Hot 100 next week — and if Brat stays strong in the top 10 of the Billboard 200. – JASON LIPSHUTZ

Kodak Black Brings Back “Bulletproof” With La Roux Singalong Clips

Not many folks would’ve guessed Florida rapper Kodak Black as the artist to spark a revival of U.K. electro-poppers La Roux’s surprise 2010 crossover smash “Bulletproof.” But perhaps that’s why it created such newfound interest in the now decade-and-a-half-old pop classic, as footage of Kodak (who’d previously showed his love for the song and its video on an IG live) singing and beating his bare chest along to the cathartic chorus (while standing on his car and brushing his teeth) went viral across social media. Videographer Don James’ clip of the singalong, posted on July 21, attracted 2.6 million likes on TikTok, with countless fans complimenting the aura of the genre-crossing artist.

Many of those fans have seemed unable to get the song out of their head since, as evidenced by its ballooning streaming numbers in the past couple weeks. After “Bulletproof” amassed just under 700,000 official on-demand U.S. streams for the tracking week ending July 18, that number spiked 147% to 1.7 million for the next week, according to Luminate – and another 101% for the period after that, with the song racking up nearly 3.5 million spins for the week ending Aug. 1. Now that the Kodak Black Bump is a real thing, maybe other turn-of-the-’10s alt-pop favorites will look to enlist his help – Kate Nash, perhaps? Neon Trees? – ANDREW UNTERBERGER

Pharrell Eyes Another ‘Despicable Me’ Hit With ‘Double Life’

Pharrell Williams has been a dependable hitmaker for decades – and a fixture of the Minions-verse since his “Happy” (from Despicable Me 2) became one of the biggest pop hits of the 2010s. Both runs continue for Pharrell with “Double Life,” his breakout hit from the Despicable Me 4 soundtrack.

Originally released on June 14 – about a month before the film hit theaters — “Double Life” earned some early traction due to some listeners interpreting the track as a lowkey diss to Drake (who threw shots at Skateboard P with his verse on Travis Scott’s “Meltdown” last summer). During the week of the film’s release (July 5-11), “Double Life” rose a staggering 141% in streams versus the week prior (June 28-July 4), logging 2.57 million official on-demand U.S. streams, according to Luminate.

A few micro trends helped the song continue to increase in streams week after week, including a dance trend courtesy of Dossan Bell & Oliver Hincy, and another small trend built on its “I know you heard the rumors/ You must get over to it right away” lyric. During the week of July 26-Aug 1, the song earned its biggest streaming boost since the film’s release, jumping nearly 40% to 5.2 million official on-demand streams. That boost was due in large part to yet another trend built around the song’s lyrics: In essence, users playfully pretend to be living a double life by sharing a screenshot that appears to confirm them running both their personal TikTok account and that of a celebrity or brand, like Kamala HQ or Mr. Clean. As the photo set transitions from either a stock image of a question mark or a selfie of the user into the accounts that they “run,” Pharrell croons, “Who will you be tonight? That’s the question.”

On TikTok, the official “Double Life” sounds boast a combined 486,000 clips, while two additional unofficial sounds built around the “that’s the question” snippet soundtrack a further 282,7000 clips. And on Tuesday (Aug. 7), shortly before announcing Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris’ official campaign TikTok (@kamalahq) posted a teaser of her announcement using the “that’s the question” trend – with the clip scoring a whopping 2.2 million views. – KYLE DENIS

07 Aug 2024

*NSYNC, Madonna & The Goo Goo Dolls Impact Global Charts With ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Syncs

The highest new entry – the Hot Shot Debut – on the Aug. 10-dated Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart and Billboard Global 200 is *NSYNC’s “Bye Bye Bye,” new at Nos. 16 and 18, respectively. The song with the biggest weekly increase in overall consumption – the Greatest Gainer – is the Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris,” up more than 30 spots on each list, hitting new peaks of Nos. 55 and 58.

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Why are these songs, both chart-toppers upon their original releases a quarter-century ago, surging worldwide? Both tracks are featured in Disney’s Deadpool & Wolverine, the biggest movie in the world. The superhero flick has brought in $852.1 million since its July 26 release, according to Box Office Mojo, becoming the year’s second highest-grossing film in a matter of 11 days. The film and its soundtrack are drenched in catalog songs, employing classic hits from the 80s, 90s and 2000s to juice its nostalgic appeal.

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“Bye Bye Bye” debuts on the back of 35.8 million streams and 5,000 downloads sold worldwide in the week ending Aug. 1, according to Luminate. From the previous week, before the release of Deadpool & Wolverine, those numbers mark an 879% increase in global streams, and a more than 1,000% increase in sales.

While consumption is up across the board, “Bye Bye Bye” sees bigger gains internationally, up 1,083% in non-U.S. streams compared to its still-massive 494% bump stateside. The song pops up on four of Billboard’s Hits of the World charts. It’s particularly strong in Asia, at No. 7 on Malaysia Songs with appearances on rankings for Hong Kong and Singapore. Additionally, it debuts at No. 16 on Peru Songs.

This is *NSYNC’s third appearance on the Global 200, following their perennial holiday-season run for “Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays,” and last year’s reunion track, “Better Place.” Those have reached as high as Nos. 97 and 128, respectively, immediately outpaced by the group’s Total Request Live-era classic. “Bye Bye Bye” topped the Pop Airplay tally for 10 weeks in the spring of 2000. (Billboard’s global charts launched in 2020).

The Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris” crowned the same list for four weeks in July and August of 1998. Originally written for the City of Angels soundtrack, it’s fitting that another summer blockbuster has sent the song surging 26 years later.

“Iris” has been a constant on the global charts, logging its 48th week on the Global 200 since debuting in May 2022. But while the track has enjoyed a consistent on-and-off-the-chart presence, its Deadpool & Wolverine sync sparks its highest rank yet. It’s up by 23% to 21.3 million streams worldwide in the latest tracking week.

One more song featured in the film debuts on this week’s global charts. Madonna arrives with “Like A Prayer,” starting at No. 181 on the Global 200 and No. 189 on Global Excl. U.S. Back in 1989, the track topped the U.S.-based Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks.

This isn’t Madonna’s first Deadpool-inspired bump. “Like A Prayer” was featured in the film’s official trailer, yielding a 49% blast in global streams (to 4.3 million) in the week of April 19-25. So while the song’s usage in the film may not have been a surprise to moviegoers, it still led to a 175% increase, nearly tripling its post-trailer count at 12.3 million.

“Like A Prayer” is Madonna’s second entry on the global charts. “Popular,” her collaboration with The Weekend and Playboi Carti for HBO’s The Idol, debuted last June, before reaching No. 13 on both lists in February of this year. That makes “Like A Prayer” the first of Madonna’s solo catalog to crack the lists. She has charted 58 songs on the Hot 100, including 38 top 10s and 12 No. 1s, but her storied career mostly pre-dates the 2020 launch of the global charts.

07 Aug 2024

Ye vs. Taylor? Here We Go Again on This Week’s Billboard 200

The Contenders is a midweek column that looks at artists aiming for the top of the Billboard charts, and the strategies behind their efforts. This week, for the upcoming Billboard 200 dated Aug. 10, Ye looks for his 12th consecutive charting album to debut at No. 1 – but he’ll have to get past a familiar longtime foe first.

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Ye & Ty Dolla $ign, Vultures 2 (YZY): We must be nearing the 15th anniversary of the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, because Ye (formerly Kanye West) and Taylor Swift are mixing it up again. This time, it’s not particularly personal: Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department has been the album to beat on the Billboard 200 for over three months now, and Ye & Ty’s typically long-expected and long-delayed sequel o set Vultures 2, originally set for March, finally saw release last Saturday (Aug. 3), after being announced for the day before.

Nevertheless, the race is now on, and Ye and Ty are in it to win it. As is typical of last-second new Ye releases of the past decade, Vultures 2 is not available for physical purchase upon its release – it is available only in digital format, on iTunes and Amazon and at his webstore, and is currently being sold for just $5. Late on Tuesday night (Aug. 6), Ye released a new deluxe edition to the album as a webstore exclusive, featuring a new song currently not available on streaming, “Take Off Your Dress.”

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Given these maneuvers and Ye’s history on the chart, Vultures 2 would seem a likely frontrunner for the No. 1 spot. However, the set’s performance on streaming has not been equivalent to the dominance of his and Ty’s first Vultures: On Apple Music, the album only claims three of the top 50 spots, and it only has a single entry in that range on Spotify: “Field Trip,” which appears to be the closest thing to a breakout hit on the album – and still nowhere near a threat to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100 like runaway smash “Carnival” did off the preceding set. Add to that some middling notices from fans and critics, many of whom have deemed the album unfinished-sounding, as well as a partial first tracking week (thanks to the delayed Saturday release), and Vultures 2 is fighting an uphill battle to claim the 200’s top spot this week.

Still, with “Take Off Your Dress” drawing a highly positive fan response so far, the new deluxe edition of the album should help its numbers a decent amount. And the bar has been lower to clear with Tortured Poets in the last couple weeks than it was in the first few months – Swift’s album reigned last week with just 71,000 total units, the lowest total for a No. 1 album on the chart since March.

Taylor Swift, The Tortured Poets Department (Republic): It’s been a lucky 13 weeks now for Taylor Swift’s massive blockbuster atop the Billboard 200, as the set returned to the top spot in a slow release week after having bequeathed it to Eminem (The Death of Slim Shady) and Stray Kids (ATE), respectively, in the two prior frames. The album has already set a career-best mark for Swift, though it still has a way to go to match the 19 weeks notched by Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time for the longest-reigning No. 1 album of the decade.

Swift doesn’t appear to be giving up the fight just yet. She introduced a new digital variant of the album on her webstore over the weekend, with an exclusive bonus track: “My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys (First Draft Voice Memo).” (At the same time, she re-released three of her previously available digital variants, each of which had a different first draft voice memo as their own exclusive bonus track.) She also held a sale on Aug. 4 where 16 previously available physical variants of the album (across CD, cassette and vinyl) were discounted by 13% — presumably in tribute to the album’s new landmark number of weeks ruling the chart – while also restocking the signed CD edition of the album on her webstore, which (as usual) quickly sold out.

If totals between Ye and Swift remain tight through these final two days of the tracking week, there may likely be more reissues and releases to come on both sides, as the two historic rivals look to gain an edge in one of pop’s preeminent battlefields.

Chappell Roan, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess (KRA/Amusement/Island/Republic): Don’t forget about the Midwest Princess! While Roan’s debut album is now nearly 10 months old, it continues to gain in overall momentum – climbing to a new peak of No. 4 on the Billboard 200 this week, as five of its tracks continue to slowly ascend the Hot 100. The ubiquitous Roan has also benefitted from additional headlines and exposure following her historically well-attended late-afternoon Lollapalooza set on Thursday, and even from the announcement of Minnesota governor and Nebraska native Tim Walz as Kamala Harris’ running mate – with many pop fans dubbing him the “Midwest Prince(ss)” to Harris’ Brat, and even seeing parallels between their campaign hats with Roan’s own merch.

Rise and Fall was still well behind Tortured Poets this week in terms of overall units – 53,000 to 71,000, with the former actually dipping a little from the previous week, despite the chart gain – so it’s unlikely to bridge that gap in one or even a couple weeks. However, given the unstoppable growth of the album over the past four months, it seems practically inevitable that it will be a true contender for the top spot before long – particularly if Roan ever releases any kind of physical reissue or deluxe edition for the well-loved set.

Charli XCX, Brat (Atlantic/AG): And of course, you can’t talk about Midwest Princess this summer without mentioning its across-the-pond counterpart. While Brat has also been gradually gaining in public awareness throughout the warm-weather months – with breakout hits “360” and “Apple” bounding up the Hot 100 — this week it gets a particularly notable adrenaline shot: the release of a new Billie Eilish-featuring remix to Brat bonus cut “Guess,” which also received an extended rollout over the past week, including an eye-popping music video.

The “Guess” remix, which topped both the Spotify Daily Top Songs USA and YouTube’s Trending Music charts on Friday in its first full day of release, looks poised to become Charli’s biggest Hot 100 hit of the whole Brat era. It should give the album a major boost on the chart this week — though posing a true challenge to Swift’s juggernaut may also still be too lofty a goal for it at the moment.

07 Aug 2024

Snow Man’s ‘BREAKOUT’ Debuts at No. 1 on Japan Hot 100

Snow Man’s “BREAKOUT” blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated Aug. 7.

The new single is being featured as the theme song for Honeko Akabane’s Bodyguards, a new movie starring Snow Man member Raul. The track launched with 1,088,373 CDs to rule sales and also hit No. 1 for radio. This is the nine-member boy band’s ninth single to top the Japan Hot 100 and the first since “Dangerholic” released last September.

Mrs. GREEN APPLE’s “Lilac” continues to hold at No. 2. This track is still going strong after 17 weeks on the chart, with video views up 135% from the previous week and the consistently climbing karaoke metric up 10% this week. The popular three-man band has 14 songs charting this week including “Lilac.” In particular, “Blue Ambiance (feat. asmi),” released in July 2022, has returned to the top 100 for the first time in three weeks, powered by karaoke.

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At No. 3 is =LOVE’s “Zettai aidoru yamenaide” (meaning “don’t ever quit being an idol”). The single was fueled by physical sales alone; it sold 260,304 copies in its first week — a career-high for the ten-member girl group — to hit No. 2 for the metric, while not ranking in any of the others that count towards the chart’s measurement.

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LIL LEAGUE from EXILE TRIBE’s “Youth Spark” bows at No. 5, selling 62,680 copies to hit No. 3 for sales, while also coming in at No. 7 for radio.

Notable chart moves outside the top 10 include YOASOBI’s “Butai ni tatte” (“standing on stage”), which jumps 43-16 on the Japan Hot 100 this week. After dropping July 26, streams for the track have increased by about 3 times and radio by about 2.5 times compared to the song’s debut week (though the track only had three days to count towards the chart week then).

Meanwhile, J-pop summer favorites have returned to the chart this week. aiko’s “Hanabi” charted for the first time in 11 months since Sept. 6 of last year after streams went up 111% and karaoke 115% from the week before, and DAOKO x Kenshi Yonezu’s “Uchiage Hanabi” also charted for the first time in a year since Aug. 16, 2023.

The Billboard Japan Hot 100 combines physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, video views and karaoke data.

See the full Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, tallying the week from July 29 to Aug. 4, here. For more on Japanese music and charts, visit Billboard Japan’s English Twitter account.

07 Aug 2024

Fuerza Regida’s ‘Pero No Te Enamores’ Debuts at No. 2 on Top Latin Albums

Just six months after Fuerza Regida debuted in the top 10 on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart with Dolido Pero No Arrepentido (EP), the group sets foot in the album ranking’s upper region with Pero No Te Enamores, its eighth studio album, which debuts at No. 2 on the Aug. 10-dated list.

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Pero No Te Enamores, released July 25 on Street Mob/Rancho Humilde/ Sony Music Latin, launches with 23,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. during the tracking week ending Aug. 1, according to Luminate. Most of the 15-track set’s first week total is powered by streaming activity equating to 30.5 million official on-demand U.S. streams for the album’s songs. The album also bows at No. 19 on the all-genre Top Streaming Albums chart, where it ranks as the only Latin album debut of the week. It’s one of two Latin sets in the top 20, behind Peso Pluma’s Éxodo, which lifts 13-11 after its No. 3 debut in July.

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On Top Latin Albums, one unit equals one album sale, 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams for a song on the album.

With Pero No Te Enamores, Fuerza Regida ties regional Mexican music with contrasting genres such as jersey club, Latin rhythmic, pop, dance and drill in collaborations that include Major Lazer and Alok, Maluma with Gordo, Afrojack and Bellakath. The album was also produced by Afrojack, Alok, Gordo and Major Lazer.

Further, as the album debuts at No. 2, Fuerza Regida banks its seventh top 10 and its second No. 2 start, after Pa Las Baby’s y Belikeada (November 2023), which landed at the summit in its 26th week where it held for three consecutive weeks starting the April 27-dated survey. Beyond those two, the San Bernardino, Calif.-based band has collected five other top 10s dating back to 2019 when it earned its first top 10 through the No. 8-peaking Del Barrio Hasta Aquí.

Fuerza Regida becomes the second regional Mexican act to debut in the top two rankings on Top Latin Albums in 2024, trailing only Ivan Cornejo whose album Mirada bowed at No. 1 on last week’s chart (dated Aug. 3). Notably, only two other acts of any genre have debuted that high this year, both female pop artists: Kali Uchis with Orquídeas and Shakira with Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, both which launched at No. 1 on the Jan. 27 and the April 6-dated tallies, respectively.

Elsewhere, Pero No Te Enamores starts at No. 25 on the overall Billboard 200 tally, for the group’s fifth chart entry.

As Pero No Te Enamores arrives, eight of the project’s cuts debut on the multi-metric Hot Latin Songs chart, giving Fuerza Regida a total of 46 career visits on the airplay-, streaming- and digital sales-blended list. That said, the Mexican-American act enters an exclusive group of regional Mexican bands with as many or more entries on Hot Latin Songs since its inception in 1986. The list is led by Los Tigres del Norte with 67 total entries, followed by Intocable (57), Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga (54), Los Tucanes de Tijuana (47) and now Fuerza Regida (46).

In addition to the new arrivals on Hot Latin Songs, “Tu Name,” the first single from Fuerza’s Dolido Pero No Arrepentido (EP) holds at No. 6 for a fifth week, after the song reached No. 2 high in March. Here’s the rundown of Fuerza Regida’s simultaneous songs on the current Hot Latin Songs chart:

No. 5, “Nel” (debut)
No. 6, “Tu Name”
No.12, “Pero No Te Enamores” (debut)
No. 24, “TUQLO” (debut)
No. 27, “Secreto Victoria” (debut)
No. 32, “Sofia,” with Major Lazer & Alok, (debut)
No. 40, “Kylie” (debut)
No. 41, “Bella” (debut)
No. 42, “Valeria,” with Maluma featuring Gordo, (debut)

1 … 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 … 466

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