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Jekalyn Carr’s “You Carried Me,” featuring Tasha Cobbs Leonard and Blanca, ascends a spot to No. 1 on Billboard’s Gospel Airplay chart dated Nov. 30. During the Nov. 8-14 tracking week, the single increased by 10% in plays, according to Luminate. For Carr, the song, which she solely authored, marks her eighth leader on the […]
The combined might of Eric Benét and Tamar Braxton helps both artists reclaim the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart after a considerable absence. Their duet, “Something We Can Make Love To,” climbs from the runner-up spot to lead the list dated Nov. 23 and was the most-played song on U.S. monitored adult R&B radio stations in the Nov. 8 – 14 tracking week, according to Luminate.
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With its ascent, “Something,” released on Benét’s JBR label, bumps Tyrese’s “Wildflower” from the summit after the latter’s two-week command.
“Something” gives Benét his fourth No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay and first leader in 14 years. He first ruled in 1999 with “Spend My Life With You,” featuring Tamia, a five-week champ, and followed with “You’re The Only One” (five weeks, 2008) and “Sometimes I Cry” (five, 2010).
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The decade-plus wait for a new No. 1 puts Benét among peers who recently completed spells between leaders: Wildflower” was Tyrese’s first Adult R&B Airplay No. 1 in nine years, while Kenny Lattimore’s “Take a Dose” topped the chart in February 2023, the performer’s first coronation since “For You” in April 1997 – just two months shy of 26 years.
Braxton, meanwhile, achieves her second No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay, after “Love and War” conquered the radio ranking for nine weeks in 2013.
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Between their last leaders, both Benét and Braxton have been within one spot of adding a new No. 1 to their counts. Benét’s “Sunshine” reached a No. 2 peak in 2016, having been held back from the top spot by Ro James’ “Permission.”
In Braxton’s case, both of the singer’s two most recent entries on the chart, 2020’s “Crazy Kind of Love” and 2023’s “Changed,” both peaked at No. 2. The former parked in the runner-up rank for two weeks, unable to overcome Charlie Wilson’s “What I Got,” while the latter’s five-week stretch with the silver medal fell behind Janelle Monae’s “Lipstick Lover” for one frame and October London’s “Back to Your Place” for a month.
Elsewhere, “Something” drives 19-15 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, which ranks songs by combined audience totals from the panel-monitored adult R&B and mainstream R&B/hip-hop radio stations. There, the single jumps to 5.9 million in format audience, up 9% from the prior week.
Airplay gains, in turn, power the track’s No. 24 debut on the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart, which blends streaming, radio airplay and song sales for its calculations. The entrance marks Benét’s second visit to the 12-year-old list, after “News for You” in 2013, and Braxton’s ninth appearance.
When one door closes, another opens. Or rather, when one Post Malone tour finishes, another much bigger one announces.
Through closing night on Oct. 27, Post grossed $63 million and sold 470,000 tickets on the F-1 Trillion Tour, according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore. And on Tuesday morning (Nov. 19), he announced The Big Ass Stadium Tour, which kicks off on April 29.
The move from amphitheaters to stadiums is a big one. The average capacity of Post’s fall shows was 18,786 seats, and the football stadiums on his 2025 route generally exceed 50,000. But all the F-1 Trillion Tour shows sold out – including two sprinkled-in stadiums in Boston and Nashville – and it appears he’s left some meat on the bone.
Post played a swift 25-show run in September and October, which is significantly less than the 39 shows on last year’s If Y’all Weren’t Here, I’d Be Crying Tour ($81 million; 802,000 tickets), which immediately followed the 63-date Twelve Carat Tour ($138.6 million; 1.1 million tickets) that stretched from 2022 into 2023. Post is a proven road warrior, and his brief fall trek simply whetted his base’s appetite.
Plus, his fanbase is expanding, as Post further transitions from hip-hop to pop to country. His fall tour – and presumably his upcoming one – is in support of F-1 Trillion, a country album that hosted more than a dozen of the genre’s cross-generational superstars, from Dolly Parton to Tim McGraw to Lainey Wilson.
The pivot was successful, as F-1 Trillion topped the Billboard 200 with 250,000 equivalent album units earned in its first week, more than doubling each of his previous two studio LPs. And while 2023’s Austin didn’t land a top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100, this year’s “I Had Some Help,” featuring Morgan Wallen, spent its first six weeks at No. 1 and remains in the top 10 half a year later (as of the Nov. 23-dated chart). If he was selling out arenas and amphitheaters off less successful albums and starved his audience of a robust 2024 tour on the back of a comeback, the stage is well set for next year’s stadium trek.
And if he needs some help, he has it in the form of special guest Jelly Roll. Featured on F-1 Trillion’s “Losers,” he’s on his own fall tour navigating arenas and amphitheaters across the United States. Through Nov. 17, the Beautifully Broken Tour has earned $71.9 million and sold 615,000 tickets. Five shows are left on the schedule, wrapping up on Nov. 26 at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.
Quite notably, Jelly Roll’s 2024 tour has out-grossed and outsold Post’s own trek, positioning him as more than just an opening act as both artists prepare to play the biggest stages of their careers. But total volume does not tell the whole story: While Post has perhaps intentionally kept his routing sparse, Jelly hasn’t held back, as the latter’s show count is more than double the former’s. On a per-show level, Post is the stronger earner ($2.5 million vs. $1.4 million) and the bigger seller (18,786 vs. 12,291).
The initial announcement for The Big Ass Stadium Tour includes 25 dates, matching the length of Post’s fall tour. But while Post played to 470,000 fans in 2024, next year’s run will bring him to well over 1 million. It will all-but-certainly play as his highest-earning tour, flirting with a $200 million gross.
Dating back to Post Malone’s first show reported to Boxscore, a 2016 performance at Emo’s in Austin, Texas ($16,449; 660 tickets), he has grossed $415.6 million and sold 3.9 million tickets across 254 shows.
Loe Shimmy is officially a Billboard Hot 100-charting artist, as his single “For Me,” with Brent Faiyaz, debuts on the Nov. 23-dated list, becoming the former’s first career entry. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Released in March on Loe Shimmy’s album Zombieland 2 (without Faiyaz), the […]
Brandon Lake is already a superstar in the Christian music space, amassing 38 career entries on Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart. But he reaches the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time this week with his new viral hit, “Hard Fought Hallelujah.”
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Released Nov. 8 on Brandon Lake/Essential/Provident Label Group, the song debuts at No. 51 on the Hot 100 (dated Nov. 23) with 7 million official U.S. streams, 60,000 in airplay audience and 13,000 downloads sold in its first week, according to Luminate. Its sales sum is the largest among all songs this week, generating a No. 1 debut on the Digital Song Sales ranking, where it’s Lake’s first leader.
“Hard Fought Hallelujah” benefited from pre-release buzz on TikTok. Lake first teased the song on the platform on Sept. 3. Since then, audio from that clip has been used to soundtrack more than 30,000 TikToks. Many TikTok users have tied the song to experiences during difficult periods of their lives, and how they’ve turned to religion to overcome personal obstacles. Lake has shared some of those videos on his profile.
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Lake has been a staple in the Christian music world since his chart debut in 2019. He first reached Hot Christian Songs in July 2019 with “This Is a Move,” which reached No. 36. He has charted eight top 10s, including six No. 1s through “Hard Fought Hallelujah” this week:
Title, Peak Date (Weeks at No. 1):
“Hard Fought Hallelujah,” Nov. 23, 2024 (one to date)
“That’s Who I Praise,” Oct. 19, 2024 (five)
“Praise” (Elevation Worship feat. Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore), March 16, 2024 (31)
“Praise You Anywhere,” Nov. 4, 2023 (six)
“Gratitude,” Feb. 4, 2023 (28)
“Graves Into Gardens” (Elevation Worship feat. Brandon Lake), Feb. 6, 2021 (two)
With 31 weeks spent at No. 1, “Praise” is the fourth-longest-leading hit in the 21-year history of Hot Christian Songs – and the longest-leading by a solo male. Overall, it trails only Lauren Daigle’s “You Say” (132 weeks at No. 1), Hillsong United’s “Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)” (61) and Hillsong Worship’s “What a Beautiful Name” (37). With 28 weeks, Lake’s “Gratitude” is the fifth-longest-leading No. 1.
Lake’s six No. 1s on Hot Christian Songs put him at a tie with Jeremy Camp, Daigle, Matthew West and Third Day for the fifth-most, after MercyMe (13), Casting Crowns (nine), Chris Tomlin and TobyMac (seven each).
Additionally, Lake claims the top three tracks on the Nov. 23-dated Hot Christian Songs chart, with “Hard Fought Hallelujah” followed by “That’s Who I Praise” at No. 2 and “Praise” at No. 3. Previously, only Ye (then billed as Kanye West) tripled up for 11 weeks in 2019-22 and Carrie Underwood, for four weeks in 2020-21.
Lake has also charted 21 songs on Christian Airplay, including six top 10s and three No. 1s: “Graves Into Gardens,” “Gratitude” and “Praise.”
On the Top Christian Albums chart, Lake has charted five titles, including one No. 1: Coat of Many Colors, in November 2023.
Earlier this year, Lake signed with UTA for booking representation. “We are wildly impressed with how Lake is changing the game for Christian artists and are thrilled to welcome him to the UTA family,” Matthew Morgan, co-head of UTA Nashville and a UTA partner, said in a statement at the time.
Gracie Abrams tops Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart for the first time, as “That’s So True” rules the Nov. 23-dated list. “That’s So True” lifts 4-1 in its fourth week on the chart (following its Oct. 18 release) with 23.5 million official U.S. streams earned in the week ending Nov. 14, a gain of 25%, according […]
ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” spends a fourth week at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts. Three weeks earlier, the team-up debuted as each artist’s second leader on each list.
Elsewhere, Gigi Perez earns her first Global 200 top 10 with “Sailor Song.” Plus, Gracie Abrams notches her first Global Excl. U.S. top 10 with “That’s So True”; a week before, the song became her first top 10 on the Global 200.
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The Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.
Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.
“APT.,” released Oct. 18, rules the Global 200 for a fourth week with 146.4 million streams (down 10% week-over-week) and 14,000 sold (up 2%) worldwide Nov. 8-14. The duet debuted with 224.5 million global streams and logged 207.5 million in its second frame, becoming the first title since the chart started to have drawn at least 200 million streams globally in multiple weeks.
“APT.” also now claims four of the top five streaming weeks on the Global 200 among songs released in 2024:
224.5 million, “APT.,” ROSÉ & Bruno Mars, Nov. 2
207.5 million, “APT. ,” ROSÉ & Bruno Mars, Nov. 9
176.8 million, “Fortnight,” Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone, May 4
162.2 million, “APT. ,” ROSÉ & Bruno Mars, Nov. 16
146.4 million, “APT. ,” ROSÉ & Bruno Mars, Nov. 23
Lady Gaga and Mars’ “Die With a Smile” holds at No. 2 on the Global 200, following eight weeks at No. 1, the most for any song this year. It drew 119.1 million streams (essentially even week-over-week) worldwide Nov. 8-14 and has tallied over 100 million streams globally in each of the last 11 weeks, the longest such streak since the chart began.
Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” repeats at No. 3 on the Global 200, following three weeks at No. 1 beginning in August; Gracie Abrams’ first top 10, “That’s So True,” enters the top five, rising 6-4 with 59.6 million streams (up 35%) and 4,000 sold (up 30%) worldwide; and Oscar Maydon and Fuerza Regida’s “Tu Boda” dips to No. 5 from its No. 4 high.
Gigi Perez’s first Global 200 entry, “Sailor Song,” breezes into the top 10 (12-10) led by 42.8 million streams (up 6%) worldwide. The New Jersey native solely wrote and produced the song.
“APT.” concurrently crowns Global Excl. U.S. for a fourth week, with 129.6 million streams (down 11%) and 10,000 sold (up 2%) outside the U.S. Nov. 8-14.
“Die With a Smile” holds at No. 2 on Global Excl. U.S. following eight weeks at No. 1; Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” is steady at No. 3, after three weeks at No. 1 beginning in August; and Oscar Maydon and Fuerza Regida’s “Tu Boda” keeps at its No. 4 high.
Plus, “That’s So True” becomes Abrams’ first Global Excl. U.S. top 10, surging 13-5 with 36.4 million streams (up 43%) and 1,000 sold (up 50%) outside the U.S. The singer-songwriter has opened on over three dozen dates of Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour, serving as the sole opener for all shows since Oct. 18; she is also set to be the only supporting act for the tour’s remaining dates through Dec. 8.
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Nov. 23, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Nov. 19. For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard’s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
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Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” adds an 18th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Over the chart’s 66-year history, the song is now one week away from potentially tying for the longest reign, held by Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus), which dominated for 19 weeks in 2019. […]
TOMORROW X TOGETHER lands its seventh No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart as The Star Chapter: SANCTUARY opens atop the tally with 95,500 copies sold in the United States in the week ending Nov. 14, according to Luminate. The pop group notched its first No. 1 on the chart in 2020 and has logged at least one new No. 1 in every year since. The only other act to do that is Taylor Swift.
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Also in the top 10 of the latest Top Album Sales chart, ILLIT’s I’ll Like You bows at No. 6 while Kep1er’s Tipi-Tap jumps 35-7 in its second week.
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. All charts dated Nov. 14 will be posted to Billboard’s website on Nov. 19.
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The Star Chapter: SANCTUARY’s first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across 23 CD variants (all containing collectible branded paper ephemera, some randomized), eight digital download variants (seven were exclusive to the act’s official webstore; all included bonus tracks).
Tyler, The Creator’s chart-topping CHROMAKOPIA is a non-mover at No. 2 with 28,000 sold (down 37%). Chappell Roan’s former leader The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess rises 4-3 with 12,000 (up 9%). Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet steps 6-4 with nearly 12,000 (up 18%) and The Cure’s Songs of a Lost World falls 1-5 in its second week with nearly 12,000 (down 78%).
ILLIT lands its second top 10-charting effort on Top Album Sales and its best sales week yet, as I’ll Like You bows at No. 6 with 10,500 copies sold. Its opening-week sales were aided by its availability across 14 CD variants (all containing collectible branded paper ephemera, some randomized). Kep1er’s first charting title, Tipi-Tap, soars 35-7 in its second week on the list with 9,000 sold (up 218%; the act’s best sales week). Its first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across eight CD variants (containing collectible paper ephemera, some randomized).
Rounding out the top 10 of the new Top Album Sales chart is Charli XCX’s Brat (16-8 with 9,000 sold; up 82% a white-colored vinyl edition of the album became widely available), SEVENTEEN’s chart-topping SPILL THE FEELS (5-9 with nearly 9,000; down 16%) and Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft (13-10 with 7,000; up 23%).
Tyler, The Creator’s CHROMAKOPIA spends a third consecutive and total week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart (dated Nov. 23). It’s the artist’s album with the most weeks atop the list, surpassing the two weeks spent at No. 1 by his previous leader, Call Me If You Get Lost in 2021-22.
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CHROMAKOPIA earned 104,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending Nov. 14 (down 35% in its third week), according to Luminate.
Also in the top 10 of the new Billboard 200 chart, TOMORROW X TOGETHER debuts at No. 2 with The Star Chapter: SANCTUARY, marking the sixth top 10-charting set for the group.
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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. 23, 2024-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Tuesday (Nov. 19). For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
Of CHROMAKOPIA’s 104,000 equivalent album units earned in its second week, SEA units comprise 76,000 (down 34%, equaling 106.87 million on-demand official streams of the album’s songs; it holds at No. 1 on the Top Streaming Albums chart), album sales comprise 28,000 (down 37%; it’s steady at No. 2 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum (down 35%).
The album continues to profit from sales generated by Tyler, The Creator’s official webstore, with the set’s vinyl, CD, and eight previously available deluxe collectible boxed sets continuing to ship to customers. The third week also saw four additional boxed sets shipped to customers. All boxed sets contain a CD, poster and another branded merch item in a branded box. All physical editions of the album are exclusively sold via the artist’s webstore.
TOMORROW X TOGETHER nabs its sixth top 10-charting effort on the Billboard 200 as The Star Chapter: SANCTUARY debuts at No. 2. The set earned 98,000 equivalent album units in its first week. Album sales comprise 95,500 of that sum (it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 2,500 (equaling 3.74 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. The album’s first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across 23 CD variants (all containing collectible branded paper ephemera, some randomized), eight digital download variants (seven were exclusive to the act’s official webstore; all included bonus tracks).
The Star Chapter: SANCTUARY is the group’s second top 10-charting effort of 2024, following No. 3-peaking Minisode 3: TOMORROW in April.
Sabrina Carpenter’s chart-topping Short n’ Sweet slips 2-3 on the Billboard 200 (68,000 equivalent album units earned; up 1%), Gracie Abrams’ The Secret of Us climbs 5-4 (52,000; up 5%) and Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft spikes 7-5 (48,000; up 9%) to round out the top five.
Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess is a non-mover at No. 6 (47,000; up 3%); Morgan Wallen’s former leader One Thing at a Time rises 10-7 (43,000; up 1%); Taylor Swift’s chart-topping The Tortured Poets Department ascends 9-8 (nearly 43,000; down less than 1%); Rod Wave’s Last Lap falls 8-9 (38,000; down 12%); and Noah Kahan’s Stick Season steps 14-10 (33,000; up 7%).
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.