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Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine (Universal) enjoys the brightest possible start in Australia, where it debuts at No. 1, for her fifth leader.
All seven of the U.S. pop star’s album have landed in the ARIA top 10, including No. 1s for My Everything (in 2014), Dangerous Woman (2016), Sweetener (2018) and Thank U, Next (2019).
Eternal Sunshine also shines bright on the ARIA Singles Chart, yielding a string of new entries including “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait For Your Love),” opening at No. 2 for the week’s top debut and her 20th top 10 appearance in these parts; “Bye” (No. 19); the title track (No. 22); “Supernatural” (No. 18); “True Story” (No. 39) and “Wish I Hated You” (No. 46), while her former No. 2 hit “Yes, And?” rockets 34-11.
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With her No. 1 start, Grande ends Taylor Swift’s weeks-long lockup of the top 5. Still, Swift dominates the pointy end of the albums chart, published Friday, March 15, with five of the top 10, led by 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (via Universal), holding at No. 2.
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Meanwhile, Australian singer and TV presenter Ricki-Lee bows at No. 3 with On My Own (AWAL), her fifth studio album and first in 10 years. That’s a new career peak for Ricki-Lee, whose albums have all impacted the ARIA top 40, with Fear & Freedom (from 2012) her previous best at No. 7. Ricki-Lee is host of Australia Idol, the long-running reality TV series on which she got her break as a contestant 20 years ago.
Controversial Australian rock act Sticky Fingers enjoy a new peak position for Caress Your Soul (Sureshaker/MGM), which reenters the chart at No. 11 following the release of a 10th anniversary edition. The album previously peaked at No. 39 back in 2013.
Legendary British heavy metal band Judas Priest bows at No. 16 with Invincible Shield (Columbia/Sony), their 19th studio album. Judas Priest has never cracked the top 10 on the ARIA Chart. The closest they got was with Firepower, which blasted to No. 12 in 2018.
Over on the ARIA Singles Chart, American viral star Benson Boone holds at No. 1 for a second week with “Beautiful Things” (Warner), ahead of Grande’s “We Can’t Be Friends” and Djo‘s “End of Beginning” (AWAL), respectively. “End of Beginning” lifts 5-3, a new peak position for Djo, the music project of Stranger Things star Joseph Keery.
Midway through Everything I Thought It Was, Justin Timberlake makes a callback that he knows his fans are going to love. “Hey fellas! Hey fellas!,” he crows during the dance barnburner “My Favorite Drug,” to which he’s greeted with a chorus of manly “Yeahhhh”s. Timberlake then goes, “I know I did it before, but I’ma do it again!” And after that, of course, he pivots to the ladies: “I know you came here alone, but you gon’ leave with a friend!”
The nod towards the classic call-and-response hook of Justified classic “Señorita” is intentional, and emblematic of what Timberlake has set out to accomplish on his first album since 2018’s Man of the Woods. That album dabbled in country, Americana, traditional R&B and funk through a dance-pop lens; parts of Man of the Woods were captivating, other parts didn’t quite land, and the experiment earned Timberlake some of the harshest critiques of his career.
Six whole years have passed since then, multiple full eras of popular music along with them, and Timberlake has re-emerged with an album that plucks him out of the woods and better understands his core appeal. Everything I Thought It Was finds Timberlake playing the hits to a degree — shimmering rhythmic pop; crackling, Timbaland-helmed beats; disco grooves that aren’t contained to radio-single lengths; even the return of *NSYNC — but also does not represent a retreat into safe territory. Timberlake may be squarely in his forties at this point, but he still aims to have every moment of a sprawling, 76-minute album be considered thrilling. He’s a consummate entertainer who knows what he’s best at, and still finds occasions to operate in the margins of his aesthetic.
Since his last album release, Timberlake has faced newfound public scrutiny, both in regard to his past relationship with Britney Spears as well as for his role in the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy; Timberlake has revisited these issues himself, while also declaring in concert that he’d like to “apologize to absolutely f–king nobody.” Everything I Thought It Was is bookended by a pair of songs, “Memphis” and “Conditions,” that dissect his relationship to celebrity and the pristine image that he maintained for many years in the spotlight before blemishes began to be highlighted (“I’m less Superman, more Clark Kent/ You want a hero, I don’t know where he went,” he admits on the latter track).
In between those two songs is more than an hour’s worth of finely crafted, wholly satisfying pop, but the beginning and ending stand out, and fascinate, amid renewed scrutiny. Timberlake is known to take roughly a half-decade to craft full-length statements, but let’s hope he comes back sooner next time, and continues to balance sumptuous radio fodder with self-reflection.
While all of Everything I Thought It Was is worth checking out, which tracks are the early standouts? Here is a preliminary ranking of every song on Justin Timberlake’s latest album.
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Luck Ra and Khea’s “Hola Perdida” holds steady at No. 1 on the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 chart (dated March 16) for a third week. It’s the longest-leading song for Luck Ra who last ruled the 100-deep tally through “Además De Mi (Remix)” for one week in 2021. FloyyMenor and Cris MJ’s “Gata Only” climbs […]
Emilia and Tini combine forces for their first collaborative top 10 on Billboard’s Latin Pop Airplay chart as “La_Original.mp3” rises 12-8 on the March 16-dated list. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “La_Original.mp3,” released Nov. 2, 2023, via Sony Music Latin, is part of Emilia’s .mp3 album, released […]
Creepy Nuts’ “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” extends its reign atop the Billboard Japan Hot 100 to seven weeks on the chart dated March 13.
Boosted by news of the MASHLE season 2 opener’s global hit, the track gained significant exposure during the tallying week, including an appearance on the long-running live TV program Music Station on March 8 and a performance on The First Take YouTube channel released the same day. The hip-hop banger holds at No. 2 for downloads (22,288 units, up about 39%) and No. 1 for streaming (21,313,095 streams, up 0.2%), while coming in at No. 2 for karaoke, No. 15 for radio airplay, and No. 34 for video views. Overall points are up by about 6.2% from the previous week.
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Returning to the top 10 after seven weeks, Number_i’s “GOAT” shoots 32-2 following its physical release on March 6. The CD sold 481,475 copies in its first week, hitting No. 1 for the metric, and the ambitious rap anthem also ruled downloads (24,601 units) and radio. In other metrics, the former No. 1 hit comes in at No. 4 for video with 1,439,615 views and No. 27 for streaming with 3,389,427 streams. While it missed the top spot on the Japan Hot 100 by a narrow margin, it racked up more than twice as many points as the track at No. 3.
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Debuting at No. 3 is Sexy Zone’s 26th single “puzzle,” the four-man boy band’s final release under its current name. The theme song for a new drama series starring member Kento Nakajima launched with 296,056 CDs, about 45% more than its predecessor, “Jinsei Yuugi.” The track hits No. 2 for sales, No. 20 for radio and No. 83 for video.
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Other first-time entries in the top 10 this week are =LOVE’s 16th single “Norotte Norotte” at No. 6, selling 233,478 copies to come in at No. 3 for sales, and SUPER★DRAGON’s major label debut called “New Rise” following at No. 7, selling 77,221 copies to come in at No. 4 for the metric.
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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 March 4 to March 10, here. For more on Japanese music and charts, visit Billboard Japan’s English Twitter account.
Young MC’s 1989 top 10 hit “Bust a Move” is No. 1 on a Billboard chart in 2024, reaching the top spot on the Top TV Songs chart, presented by Tunefind (a Songtradr company), for February 2024.
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Rankings for the Top TV Songs chart are based on song and show data provided by Tunefind and ranked using a formula blending that data with sales and streaming information tracked by Luminate during the corresponding period of February 2024.
“Bust a Move,” which peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1989, sported a synch in ABC’s The Rookie, sending it to No. 1 on Top TV Songs after being heard in the second episode of the series’ sixth season on Feb. 27.
In February 2024, “Bust a Move” earned 3.2 million official on-demand U.S. streams and 1,000 downloads, according to Luminate.
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“Bust a Move” reigns over Gordon Lightfoot’s “If You Could Read My Mind,” which bows at No. 2 following a synch in Amazon Prime Video’s The Grand Tour on Feb. 16. The track snagged 3.7 million streams and 2,000 downloads in February 2024.
Like “Bust a Move,” “If You Could Read My Mind” was a top 10 hit on the Hot 100 (as well as the first top 10 for both acts), albeit earlier, peaking at No. 5 in February 1971.
A pair of songs from HBO’s True Detective round out Top TV Songs’ top four in Mazzy Star’s “Into Dust” and The Beatles’ “Twist and Shout” at Nos. 3 and 4, respectively. The former was in episode four of the fourth season (Feb. 4), while the latter followed in episode six (Feb. 18).
“Into Dust” racked up 802,000 streams and 1,000 downloads in February 2024, while “Twist and Shout” boasted 6.4 million streams and 1,000 downloads.
They’re not the only True Detective synchs on the latest chart. The show also appears at No. 9 via Billie Eilish’s “Everybody Dies,” also from episode four, via 1.3 million streams.
See the full top 10, also featuring music from Will Trent, Mr. & Mrs. Smith and One Day, below.
Rank, Song, Artist, Show (Network)
“Bust a Move,” Young MC, The Rookie (ABC)
“If You Could Read My Mind,” Gordon Lightfoot, The Grand Tour (Amazon Prime Video)
“Into Dust,” Mazzy Star, True Detective (HBO)
“Twist and Shout,” The Beatles, True Detective (HBO)
“Gimme Three Steps,” Lynyrd Skynyrd, Will Trent (ABC)
“Sandstorm,” Darude, Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Amazon Prime Video)
“This Is the Day,” The The, One Day (Netflix)
“Love Ballad,” LTD, Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Amazon Prime Video)
“Everybody Dies,” Billie Eilish, True Detective (HBO)
“Feels Good,” Tony! Toni! Toné!, Will Trent (ABC)
Concurrent with its rise to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated March 16, “Carnival,” from Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) and Ty Dolla $ign and featuring Rich the Kid and Playboi Carti, spends its second week at No. 1 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50.
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The TikTok Billboard Top 50 is a weekly ranking of the most popular songs on TikTok in the United States based on creations, video views and user engagement. The latest chart reflects activity March 4-10. Activity on TikTok is not included in Billboard charts except for the TikTok Billboard Top 50. As previously noted, titles that are part of Universal Music Group’s catalog are currently unavailable on TikTok.
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“Carnival” remains the chart’s top song, becoming the first to reign for more than one week since Flo Milli’s “Never Lose Me” ruled for four frames between Jan. 20 and Feb. 10.
The song’s usage continues to largely revolve around its opening choir-led refrain and is used in a variety of ways, from lip-synching (usually in front of a mirror, known as the Carnival Mirror Trend) to soundtracking sports clips, gaming content, a dance trend and more.
“Carnival,” as previously reported, rises 4% in official U.S. streams to 33.7 million, assisting its ascension to No. 1 on the multimetric Hot 100.
The success of “Carnival” comes despite Ye’s various controversies, including recent and continued hate speech and antisemitic remarks that have caused some listeners to shy away from his material past and present.
The entire top five of the TikTok Billboard Top 50 remains both intact and in the same order, with Bobby Caldwell’s “What You Won’t Do for Love,” Djo’s “End of Beginning,” Kinfolk Thugs, GC Eternal and Tyme Bomb’s “Back It Up and Dump It (Dump Truck)” and Cat Janice’s “Dance You Outta My Head” rounding out the top five.
The rest of the top 10, however, is either made up of debuts or songs reaching the top 10 for the first time. They’re paced by Kaytoven’s “MONEY! (Money Money, Green Green),” which starts at No. 6. Released Feb. 24, the tune, which also sports slowed-down and sped-up versions on streaming services, had been teased on TikTok for weeks prior to its official release, sparking a strong premiere.
“MONEY!” has benefited from a variety of uploads using the sound so far, including some lip-synching to the “money’s all I need” chorus to explain why they care about their grades or work, while others soundtrack the “ew, look at that trio” challenge.”
AP$ENT’s “Can I Come With You” follows at No. 7. The Russian-language song (it translates to “Можно я с тобой”), originally released in 2022, has seen some of its biggest success in cat-related content.
Bryson Tiller’s “Whatever She Wants” starts at No. 8, while DeJ Loaf’s “No Fear” rises 16-9 and Cardi B’s “Like What (Freestyle)” rounds out the top 10. Tiller’s tune began being teased on TikTok in January and has seen a steady ascent since, concurrent with its move into the top 20 of the Hot 100, jumping 22-19 on the latest ranking. Its usage on the platform is mostly via lip synch and dance content.
“Like What” reaches the ranking as the song debuts at No. 38 on the Hot 100 following its March 1 premiere. Cardi herself got in on the action with one of the top-performing clips using the song so far, racking up over 1.7 million likes as of March 12.
See the full TikTok Billboard Top 50 here. You can also tune in each Friday to SiriusXM’s TikTok Radio (channel 4) to hear the premiere of the chart’s top 10 countdown at 3 p.m. ET, with reruns heard throughout the week.
Morgan Wallen recently broke Garth Brooks‘s record for the most weeks a country album has spent atop the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, when Wallen’s One Thing at a Time returned to the pinnacle of the Billboard 200 (dated March 16), earning 19 nonconsecutive weeks at the top of the ranking. Those 19 weeks topped Brooks’s […]
“Carnival” by Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign featuring Rich the Kid and Playboi Carti, which moves up to No. 1 on this week’s Billboard Hot 100, has absolutely nothing in common with the Broadway cast album to Carnival, which topped the Billboard 200 in July 1961, except for having the same title and the fact that they both reached the top of Billboard’s flagship charts.
This is the 14th time that a No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 and a No. 1 song on the Hot 100 have shared a title – and nothing else. So, we’re not counting, say, “You Light Up My Life,” because Debby Boone’s No. 1 single by that name and LeAnn Rimes’ No. 1 album You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs are related. The title song of Rimes’ album is a cover of Boone’s smash.
Many of you have probably never even heard of Carnival, which starred Anna Maria Alberghetti. The show ran on Broadway for nearly two years, from 1961-63 (aka, the Kennedy years). Its best-known song is the melodic “Love Makes the World Go Round.” Even if you drew a blank on Carnival, I guarantee you that you’ve heard of songwriter Bob Merrill’s follow-up Broadway show – Funny Girl, which turned Barbra Streisand into a superstar. Here’s an oddity: the Funny Girl cast album peaked at No. 2, not quite following Carnival to the top of the ferris wheel.
Here are all the cases where a song that topped the Hot 100 had the exact same title as an unrelated album that topped the Billboard 200. We show the album, when it reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and how long it stayed on top. We also show the single, when it reached No. 1 on the Hot 100, and how long it stayed on top.
I’ll start off with 14 exact matches and, just for fun, follow it with a batch of 10 near-misses. The exact matches have the header “Shared Title:” The near-misses have the header “Near Miss:” Both groupings are arranged in alphabetical order.
Note: The Billboard 200 began as a weekly chart in March 1956. The Hot 100 originated in August 1958. This list doesn’t include songs that pre-dated the Hot 100 that would otherwise have made the list when coupled with like-titled No. 1 albums. That would have brought in “Because of You” (the title of a 1951 song by Tony Bennett and a 2007 album by Ne-Yo), “Cry” (the title of a 1951 song by Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads and a 2002 album by Faith Hill) and “Don’t Be Cruel” (the title of a 1956 smash by Elvis Presley and a 1989 album by Bobby Brown).
Additional research by Andrew Unterberger.
Shared Title: “Believe”
El Fantasma’s “El Exitoso” continues to find success on Billboard’s Latin airplay charts (dated March 16) as the track surges 5-1 on Regional Mexican Airplay and rallies 18-2 on the overall Latin Airplay tally.
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“El Exitoso” climbs 5-1 on Regional Mexican Airplay with a robust 72% gain in audience impressions, to 8.3 million, earned during the March 1-7 tracking week, according to Luminate.
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As “El Exitoso,” released last October via Afinarte, advances to the summit, it ejects “Por El Contrario,” by Becky G, Leonardo Aguilar, and Angela Aguilar, from the lead. The latter falls to No. 3 with a 20% drop in impressions, to 6.8 million.
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With the new success, El Fantasma captures his sixth No. 1 on Regional Mexican Airplay, which began when “Encantadora” took over the radio ranking for four weeks in 2019. Here’s a recap of all the champs:
Peak, Title, Artist, Weeks at No. 1June 1, 2019, “Encantadora,” fourAug. 14, 2021, “Soy Buen Amigo,” oneSept. 25, 2021, “Tus Desprecios,” with Pepe Aguilar, oneOct. 1, 2022, “Soldado Caído,” oneSept. 9, 2023, “La Vida Cara,” oneMarch 16, 2024, “El Exitoso”
Thanks to “El Exitoso,” Afinarte leads Regional Mexican Airplay for a second term in 2024, after the label last led through Los Dos Carnales’s “Gracias a Ti,” for one week in charge on the Feb. 24-dated list. The label picks up its 10th champ overall.
Beyond its Regional Mexican Radio reign, “El Exitoso” also conquers new territory on the overall Latin Airplay ranking, where it flies No. 18-2. With the rise, El Fantasma collects his 10th top 10 there, and achieves his best chart performance to date. Previously the singer-songwriter reached a high of No. 4 with “El Selectivo” in May 2023.
