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Christmas comes early to the U.K. singles chart as perennial hits by Wham and Mariah Carey begin their annual march back up the tally. While the Beatles’ plunder the record books with “Now And Then” (Apple Corps), which blasts to No. 1 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, 60 years after their last leader, two […]
Despite a challenge from Oasis and BTS’ Jung Kook, Taylor Swift holds onto her U.K. chart crown for a second week with 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (via EMI).
The fourth in Swift’s re-recording projects, 1989 (Taylor’s Version) squeezes past Oasis’ The Masterplan (Big Brother), which enjoys a new chart life thanks to a 25th anniversary.
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Originally released in 1998, The Masterplan gathers b-sides from the Britpop era giants’ first three albums, 1994’s Definitely Maybe, 1995’s (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? and 1997’s Be Here Now, and is led-off by “Acquiesce,” a quintessential fan favorite.
The leader at the midweek point, The Masterplan re-enters the chart at No. 2, its original peak position following its release in 1998. It’s the U.K.’s best-seller on wax during the latest chart cycle.
The top new release on the fresh chart, published Friday, Nov. 10 is Jung Kook’s Golden (BigHit Entertainment), which completes the podium at No. 3. Golden becomes the highest-peaking album from a member of BTS, and the best chart position for a solo Korean artist, the Official Charts Company confirms. Album track “Standing Next to You” bows at No. 6 on the national singles chart, his fourth U.K. top 10 this year.
Meanwhile, legendary English pop artist Cliff Richard snags his 48th U.K. top 10 album with Cliff With Strings – My Kinda Life (EastWest/Rhino), new at No. 5, ahead of Johnny Marr’s Spirit Power: The Best Of Johnny Marr (BMG), debuting at No. 7, marking the ex-Smiths guitarist’s fifth solo U.K. top 10 appearance.
It’s Beatlemania once again on the U.K. Singles Chart as “Now And Then” (Apple Corps) powers to No. 1. As fans of the Fab Four feel the rush of nostalgia, the 2000 career retrospective 1 returns to the top 40 at No. 21. The album has logged 444 weeks on the tally, including one week at No. 1 back in 2000.
Finally, titles from Gregory Porter (Christmas Wish at No. 14 via Decca), Caroline Polachek (Desire I Want To Turn Into You at No. 23 via Perpetual Novice) and Van Morrison (Accentuate The Positive at No. 39 via Exile) enter the top 40 for the first time.
The Beatles make history, many times over, with “Now And Then” (Apple Corps) which powers to No. 1 in the U.K.
The Fab Four’s “last” release powers to the summit of the Official U.K. Singles Chart, published Friday, Nov. 10, having opened at No. 42 based on just 10 hours of sales and streams.
The outright leader at the midweek point, when it outpointed the rest of the top 5 combined, “Now And Then” is the Beatles’ 18th U.K. No. 1, extending their record as the British act with the most leaders. The King, Elvis Presley, reigns over that particular list, with 21 No. 1s.
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Also, “Now And Then” tops the weekly tally a full 60 years and six months after the Beatles’ first No. 1, “From Me To You,” marking the longest gap between an act’s first and last chart-topping hit, the Official Charts Company reports.
For the record, the Beatles’ first single “Love Me Do,” the b-side to “Now And Then,” peaked at No. 17 back in 1962.
The impressive numbers behind the latest No. 1 are worth a closer a look.
“Now And Then” chalks up 78,200 combined chart units in the U.K., including 48,600 sales (physical and download) – making it the fastest selling single of 2023.
It’s 38,000 physical sales are the most by a single in almost a decade. The last record to top it was “Something I Need,” by The X Factor 2014 champion Ben Haenow, which raked in 47,000 physical sales. It’s the fastest-selling vinyl single of the century so far with 19,400 copies sold on wax in the U.K., and it’s easily the group’s most-streamed single (5.03 million plays) and video (2.15 million plays) in a seven-day cycle.Also, the Beatles are the act with the longest gap ever between No. 1 singles (54 years), and the oldest band to top the national singles chart. Surviving members Ringo Starr (83) and Paul McCartney (81) are the second and third oldest chart-topping artists, respectively, after Sir Captain Tom Moore, who was 99 when the charity fundraiser “You’ll Never Walk Alone” (Decca/Universal) with entertainer Michael Ball and the NHS Voices of Care Choir led the tally in April 2020.
“If there were ever any doubts that the Beatles are the greatest band of all time,” comments Martin Talbot, CEO of the Official Charts Company, “they have surely consigned them to history this week.”
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It’s Taylor Swift‘s week, again, on Australia‘s charts as Jung Kook arrives at No. 2 with Golden (via ING/Universal), the BTS star’s debut solo album.
That result matches the record for the highest solo debut LP from a Korean artist in Australia, equaling the effort from his BTS bandmate Suga (aka Agust D), who started at No. 2 on the ARIA Chart with his D-2 mixtape in 2020.
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Golden carries previously-released collaborations with 3D and Seven and the new single “Standing Next To You,” new at No. 33 on the latest ARIA Chart.
As a member of BTS, Jung Kook has led the ARIA Albums Chart on three occasions: with Map Of The Soul: Persona (from 2019), Map Of The Soul: 7 (2020) and Proof (2022).
At the top of the ARIA Albums Chart, published Friday, Nov. 10 is Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (via Universal), now entering its second consecutive week at No. 1.
Completing the top 3 on the national albums tally is another Swift hit, Midnights, up lifts 4-3 in its 55th week. There’s no denying her domination of the charts, as Swift logs five of the top 10 albums and nine of the top 40. Over on the singles survey, Swift’s “Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)” is unmoved from No. 1. According to ARIA, the U.S. pop superstar has accumulated 24 total weeks at No. 1, across 10 songs, starting with 2008’s “Love Story”.
Swift will perform seven dates across two Australian cities early next year on the Australian leg of her The Eras Tour, produced by Frontier Touring.
Finally, the “last” Beatles song “Now And Then” (Capitol/Universal) debuts at No. 6 on the ARIA Singles Chart.
The track began life as a demo written and sung by John Lennon, was later developed and worked on by Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, and now completed by Paul and Ringo (and some help from artificial intelligence), more than 40 years after the group began work on it.
A rough mix for “Now And Then” was recorded with producer Jeff Lynne back in 1994, but was ultimately shelved because Lennon’s vocals and piano couldn’t be uncoupled from the recording. Two unearthed demos were completed at the time and released as part of the Beatles’ Anthology project, “Free As A Bird” and “Real Love.” The second of those, “Real Love,” hit No. 6 back in 1996, and was the Beatles’ last top 50 single in Australia until now, ARIA reports.
The Beatles have 26 No. 1s in Australia, from 1962 to 1970 when the Fab Four officially split (that run includes a stretch of 14 consecutive leaders from 1966-1970). Elvis Presley is second on the all-time list of leaders with 14.
The Beatles also own the record for most weeks at No. 1 on the ARIA Singles Chart, at 130 weeks.
Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) logs a second week atop the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Nov. 18), following its blockbuster debut. In the week ending Nov. 9, the set earned 245,000 equivalent album units (down 85%) in the U.S., according to Luminate. The re-recorded effort charged in at No. 1 with 1.653 million units a week ago — marking the largest week for any album in nearly a decade.
Also in the top 10 of the new Billboard 200, Jung Kook’s debut album, Golden, bows at No. 2, while the late Jimmy Buffett’s new studio album, Equal Strain on All Parts, starts at No. 6.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new Nov. 18, 2023-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Nov. 14. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
Of 1989 (Taylor’s Version)’s 245,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Nov. 9, album sales comprise 122,000, SEA units comprise 121,500 (equaling 159.54 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 36 songs) and TEA units comprise 1,500. On the final day of the tracking week, Swift introduced a new deluxe digital download edition of the album, exclusively available in her official webstore for one day only. The new version includes one bonus track, “Slut! (Acoustic Version) (Taylor’s Version).”
BTS’ Jung Kook sees his solo debut album, Golden, bow at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 210,200 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 164,800 (it’s the top-selling album of the week), SEA units comprise 29,800 (equaling 41.59 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 10 songs) and TEA units comprise 15,600. Golden’s sales were largely driven by CD purchases, with 128,500 sold, while digital download album contributed 36,300. It was not available to purchase on any other format.
Golden was preceded by a pair of top 10-charting hits on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, the No. 1 “Seven,” featuring Latto, and the No. 5-peaking “3D,” with Jack Harlow.
Golden is Jung Kook’s first charting album on the Billboard 200, and he becomes the sixth member of BTS (of the seven total members) to have achieved a top 10-charting effort. BTS itself has logged seven top 10s, including six No. 1s.
Golden was issued in 16 collectible CD editions, all with the same tracklist, but alternative packaging and covers, with different merchandise (some randomized) contained inside. Among the variants were retail-exclusive sold through Barnes & Noble, Target and Walmart. Golden was also available to purchase across nine different digital download editions: a standard version, one with three music videos, a version with a “digitally signed” cover, two alternative cover versions, and four “voice memo” versions (each of the four came with a different short voice memo recorded by the artist as a bonus track).
A trio of former No. 1s is next on the Billboard 200, as Drake’s For All the Dogs is a non-mover at No. 3 (81,000 equivalent album units; down 15%), Morgan Wallen’s One Thing At a Time rises 5-4 (65,000; up 2%) and Bad Bunny’s Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana falls 4-5 (60,000; down 19%).
The late Jimmy Buffett debuts at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 with the final studio album he completed during his lifetime, Equal Strain on All Parts. The set starts with a little over 53,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 51,000, SEA units comprise a little over 2,000 and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. Buffett died on Sept. 1 at the age of 76 of skin cancer.
The new 14-song album, which marks Buffett’s 14th top 10-charting set on the Billboard 200, features contributions from Emmylou Harris, Angelique Kidjo, Lennie Gallant, Will Kimbrough, Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Paul McCartney.
Equal Strain on All Parts was issued as a standard digital album, a standard CD and in two vinyl editions — a widely available Key West Blue-colored version, and an indie store exclusive Paradise Blue-colored version that contains a poster inside. Of the album’s 51,000 sold, CD sales comprise 26,000, digital album sales comprise 15,000 and vinyl sales comprise 10,000.
Closing out the new top 10 are four former chart-toppers: Rod Wave’s Nostalgia dips 6-7 (45,000 equivalent album units; down 3%); Zach Bryan’s self-titled set rises 9-8 (nearly 45,000; up 2%); Swift’s Midnights falls 7-9 (43,000; down 3%); and SZA’s SOS is steady at No. 10 (42,000; down less than 1%).
Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.
Beartooth reaches No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart for the first time, as “Might Love Myself” rises to the top of the Nov. 18-dated survey.
The song is the Columbus, Ohio, band’s 11th entry on Mainstream Rock Airplay. The Caleb Shomo-fronted act first reached the chart in 2015 with “Beaten In Lips,” which peaked at No. 33 that February. Prior to “Might Love Myself,” Beartooth snagged a pair of top 10s: “Hated” (No. 6, April 2017) and “Disease” (No. 9, December 2018).
Beartooth becomes the first act to score a first Mainstream Rock Airplay No. 1 since Avatar, whose “The Dirt I’m Buried In” led in September. Three acts in all have nabbed their premiere rulers in 2023, with Beartooth and Avatar joined by Bad Omens with “Just Pretend” in March. Four such acts, via three songs, accomplished the feat as lead artists in 2022: Nita Strauss and David Draiman (both on “Dead Inside,” that January), Jelly Roll (“Dead Man Walking,” May) and Motionless in White (“Masterpiece,” October).
Concurrently, “Might Love Myself” holds at its No. 11 high on the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart with 2.5 million audience impressions, up 6%, Nov. 3-9, according to Luminate. The song is Beartooth’s top-ranking career hit on the ranking.
On the most recent multi-metric Hot Hard Rock Songs chart (Nov. 11), “Might Love Myself” ranked at its No. 9 best. In addition to its radio airplay, the song earned 495,000 official U.S. streams Oct. 27-Nov. 2.
The track is the second single, following “Riptide,” from The Surface, Beartooth’s fifth studio album. The set started at No. 1 on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart dated Oct. 28 and has earned 53,000 equivalent album units to date.
All Billboard charts dated Nov. 18 will update on Billboard.com on Tuesday, Nov. 14.
Green Day lands its seventh leader on Billboard’s Rock & Alternative Airplay chart thanks to “The American Dream Is Killing Me,” which rises from No. 2 to No. 1 on the Nov. 18-dated list.
The song reigns in just its third week on the tally via 9.5 million audience impressions, up 10%, Nov. 3-9, according to Luminate.
The song completes the quickest rise to No. 1 on Rock & Alternative Airplay since Linkin Park’s “Lost” debuted atop the Feb. 25-dated ranking. It’s Green Day’s fastest since “Oh Love” launched at No. 1 in August 2012.
With seven No. 1s, Green Day breaks out of a tie for the most rulers in the history of Rock & Alternative Airplay, which began in 2009 (with Green Day’s “Know Your Enemy” the inaugural leader). Foo Fighters lead all acts with 11 No. 1s.
Most No. 1s, Rock & Alternative Airplay:11, Foo Fighters7, Green Day6, Cage the Elephant6, twenty one pilots5, The Black Keys5, Imagine Dragons4, Linkin Park4, Red Hot Chili Peppers3, Weezer
Green Day had last led Rock & Alternative Airplay with “Oh Yeah!,” a two-week No. 1 in April 2020.
Concurrently, “The American Dream Is Killing Me” rises 3-2 on Alternative Airplay and 5-3 on Mainstream Rock Airplay, the Greatest Gainer award winner on both charts. It also zooms 34-21 on Adult Alternative Airplay.
The song debuted at No. 22 on the most recently published multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs survey (dated Nov. 11); in addition to its radio airplay, it earned 1.1 million official U.S. streams and sold 1,000 downloads Oct. 27-Nov. 2, its first full week of tracking following its Oct. 24 release.
“The American Dream Is Killing Me” is the lead single from Saviors, Green Day’s 14th studio album, due Jan. 19, 2024. Another song from the set, “Look Ma, No Brains!,” arrived Nov. 2.
All Billboard charts dated Nov. 18 will update on Billboard.com on Tuesday, Nov. 14.
Victoria Monet achieves her first No. 1 on a Billboard songs chart as “On My Mama” rules the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay survey dated Nov. 18. The single advances from No. 3 after a 10% jump in plays made it the most-played song on U.S. monitored R&B/hip-hop radio stations in the week ending Nov. 9, according to Luminate.
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The song’s coronation adds to a special day for “On My Mama” news: On Friday (Nov. 10), “Mama” received 2024 Grammy Awards nominations for record of the year and best R&B song, two of Monet’s seven total nods.
Elsewhere, “On My Mama” nears the top 10 on Adult R&B Airplay with a 15-11 jump and 19% surge in weekly plays. Thanks to strong performance at both the mainstream and adult formats, the Grammy contender retains its No. 4 high on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay list, which ranks songs by combined audience totals from mainstream R&B/hip-hop and adult R&B stations. There, “On My Mama” improves 10% in weekly audience to reach 16.5 million impressions. Another top 10 status may be on the horizon, with “On My Mama” lifting 13-11 on Rhythmic Airplay through a 17% weekly play boost at the format.
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With its radio success, “On My Mama” has improved on the chart fortunes of its origin song, Chalie Boy’s “I Look Good.” The Southern rap hit, which is sampled in Monae’s tune, reached No. 20 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and No. 40 on Rhythmic Airplay in 2009. Thanks to the sample, Charlie Boy earns a Grammy nomination in the best R&B song category, which is awarded to a track’s songwriters.
While “On My Mama” is Monet’s first No. 1 Billboard song as a performer, she’s become very familiar with the top spot as a songwriter, often through her work on tracks recorded by Ariana Grande. Among the highlights, Monet has co-writing credits on two Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hits, Grande’s “Thank U, Next” and “7 Rings,” which ruled the chart for seven and eight weeks, respectively, in 2018-19.
“On My Mama” appears on Victoria Monet’s 2022 studio album, Jaguar II. The set, released in August, has peaked at No. 6 on the Top R&B Albums chart.
On the Billboard Hot 100 dated Dec. 12, 1964, The Beatles’ “I Feel Fine” flew from No. 22 to No. 5 in its second week on the chart. It jumped over The Rolling Stones’ “Time Is on My Side,” which held at No. 6.
The same week, The Rolling Stones’ LP 12 x 5 bounded into the top 10 from No. 11 to No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as The Beatles’ Something New remained in the region, at No. 10.
That week marked the first time that the bands shared space in the top 10 on Billboard’s charts.
Nearly 59 years later, their iconic imprints long stamped on pop culture, they’re together again in the top 10 of a Billboard ranking.
On the latest Adult Alternative Airplay chart, dated Nov. 18, 2023, The Beatles’ “Now and Then” debuts at No. 9. It joins The Rolling Stones’ “Angry,” up to No. 6 (time is still on their side), a new high in its ninth week on the list.
All Nov. 18-dated Billboard charts will update on Billboard.com on Tuesday, Nov. 14.
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“Now and Then” is billed as the final Beatles song, first recorded as a demo in 1977 by John Lennon and initially intended for the band’s three-edition Anthology series in the mid-‘90s before being shelved. Completed at last, it was released Nov. 2, followed by the premiere of its official video Nov. 3, after new technology helped extract Lennon’s vocals from the original demo, while George Harrison guitar parts from the initial attempt to finish the song were also incorporated into the song.
The Rolling Stones’ “Angry” is from their new LP Hackney Diamonds, which debuted two weeks ago as their record-extending 38th top 10 on the Billboard 200. Don Was and Andrew Watt produced the set, the band’s first of all-new material since 2005. (“It’s like going to college,” Watt, 32, told Billboard, “and learning from the literal masters.”)
On that Hot 100 dated Dec. 12, 1964, the two bands placed in the top 10 alongside the likes of The Beach Boys and The Supremes (and, fittingly, Lorne Greene’s “Ringo”). On the Billboard 200, Elvis Presley was also in the top 10.
On the newest Adult Alternative Airplay chart, The Beatles’ and The Rolling Stones’ contemporaries in the top 10 include such rising acts as boygenius and Tyler Childers. Additionally in the bracket are fellow veterans including U2 – whose “Atomic City” hits No. 1 – Foo Fighters and Wilco, reflecting the format’s trademark mix of established and ascending artists.
Adult Alternative Airplay chart reporter KINK Portland, Ore., has both “Now and Then” and “Angry” in rotation. “The Beatles and Rolling Stones have been a part of KINK’s DNA since our inception in 1968, and their appeal continues to span multiple generations,” says program director Ken Benson. “We feel an obligation to share noteworthy new releases from iconic artists with our listeners and let them decide on their merits. We recently added ‘Atomic City’ for many of the same reasons.”
Adult Alternative Airplay panelist WTTS Indianapolis is also playing both “Now and Then” and “Angry.” Of The Beatles, says pd Lenny Diana, “No matter what genre of music you are into, direct lines can be drawn back to that band.
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“The Rolling Stones,” Diana further muses, “do not need to work with a thirty-something-year-old producer. They can stay inside the Rolling Stones world, and no one will complain. To do what they did with Andrew Watt and do it at a high level is inspiring. I give the band a lot of credit for challenging themselves and embracing today’s sonics within the framework of their band.”
Music Choice’s Adult Alternative channel is likewise spinning both “Now and Then” and “Angry.” Echoes pd Mike Popadines, “The songs are there. They’re both getting major reactions and sounding great in the mix. This just goes to show, you never know what can happen when iconic artists release new music this late into their careers and strike gold. We’re here for this moment.”
George Birge’s rookie solo hit on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart, “Mind on You,” hits the top 10, rising to No. 10 on the survey dated Nov. 18. It drew 19 million audience impressions, up 6%, Nov. 3-9, according to Luminate.
Birge, who is based in Nashville and originally from Austin, Texas, is formerly half of the duo Waterloo Revival, with Cody Cooper. The pair released two singles on Big Machine Records, “Hit the Road” and “Bad for You,” which reached Nos. 51 and 52, respectively, on Country Airplay in 2015. Birge signed his solo deal with RECORDS Nashville in June 2021.
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“Mind on You,” which Birge co-wrote with Colt Ford and Michael Tyler, marks the first freshman entry to reach the Country Airplay upper tier since Megan Moroney’s “Tennessee Orange,” which hit No. 4 in June.
Among solo men before Birge, Corey Kent last sent a first Country Airplay hit to the top 10 with “Wild as Her,” which climbed to No. 3 in May.
Not Their First ‘Rodeo’
Garth Brooks and Ronnie Dunn’s “Rodeo Man” arrives on Country Airplay at No. 26 with 6.6 impressions after four days of airplay. Dunn is, of course, half of Brooks & Dunn with another notable Brooks, Kix Brooks.
The single arrived Nov. 6 and was helped by hourly plays that day on participating iHeartMedia stations. It’s the lead single from Brooks’ new album, Time Traveler, which was released Nov. 7 as part of his latest Limited Series collection. The seven-disc set was issued exclusively through Bass Pro Shops.
“Rodeo Man” marks Dunn’s 10th solo Country Airplay entry and highest entrance. Brooks banks his 93rd career title on the survey, the third-most dating to the chart’s January 1990 inception, after George Strait (100) and Kenny Chesney (96).
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Another Ride for ‘Pickup Man’
Also entering Country Airplay is the late Joe Diffie’s “Pickup Man,” featuring Post Malone, at No. 56 with 826,000 audience impressions. The original by Diffie became his fourth of five leaders in December 1994. In one of the highlights of the 56th Annual Country Music Association Awards (Nov. 8), HARDY, Post Malone and Morgan Wallen performed “Pickup Man” in a medley after HARDY and Wallen sang “John Deere Green,” a No. 5 hit for Diffie in March 1994.
Diffie and Post Malone’s virtual-duet “Pickup Man” (with Diffie’s vocals recorded in 2006) and Wallen and HARDY’s version of “John Deere Green” were both released Nov. 9, and preview HARDY’s full Diffie tribute Hixtape Vol. 3: Difftape, due March 29.
Diffie passed away on March 29, 2020, from complications due to COVID-19. He was 61.
Pop star Post Malone makes his first appearance on Country Airplay. He boasts 10 No. 1s on the Rhythmic Airplay chart and five leaders on Pop Airplay, among other chart achievements.
All Nov. 18-dated Billboard charts will update on Billboard.com on Tuesday, Nov. 14.