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Move over Olivia Rodrigo, Busted wants its chart crown.
The British pop punk act leads the midweek U.K. chart with Greatest Hits 2.0, a 20th anniversary collection of the trio’s works, which includes a “Guest Features Edition” with cuts reworked by the likes of Jonas Brothers, All Time Low, Simple Plan, Dashboard Confessional, Hanson and You Me At Six.
With Greatest Hits 2.0, Busted, comprising Charlie Simpson, Matt Willis and James Bourne, should nab a fourth U.K. top 10 appearance, a list that includes three No. 2 peaks (Busted from 2002, A Present for Everyone from 2003 and Half Way There from 2019). The band has landed four U.K. No. 1 singles, but, until now, never topped the albums survey.
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Rodrigo’s Guts powered to No. 1 last Friday, Sept. 15 with the year’s healthiest first-week numbers, for her second leader. Guts dips to No. 2 on the chart blast.
Mitski is on track for a career-best chart spot with The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We, the American singer and songwriter’s seventh studio album. It’s set to drop in at No. 3, for what would be Mitski’s second top 10 appearance, after 2022’s Laurel Hell peaked at No. 6.
Meanwhile, Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor could bag his first solo U.K. top 10 with CMF2, new at No. 4 on the chart blast. It’s the followup to 2020’s CMFT, which reached No. 11. As a member of Slipknot, Taylor has three No. 1 albums: 2001’s Iowa, 2019’s We Are Not Your Kind and 2022’s The End So Far.
Jared Leto’s Thirty Seconds to Mars is flying to a third top 10 with It’s the End of the World, the U.S. alternative rock band’s sixth studio release. It’s new at No. 5 on the Official Chart Update, and could equal or better 2013’s Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams (No. 5 peak) and 2018’s America (No. 4).
Rock And Roll Hall of Fame-inducted group the Pretenders should scoop a seventh U.K. top 10 album with Relentless, new at No. 7 on the chart blast. If it stays on target, it’ll give Chrissie Hynde and Co. their highest-charting album since 1994’s Last of the Independents, which peaked at No. 8.
Also eyeing a top 10 berth is Ash, the Northern Irish independent band whose eighth studio album Race the Night is set to start at No. 8. Race The Night could become the rockers’ sixth U.K. top 10 collection and highest-charting LP since 2004’s Meltdown went to No. 5.
Steve Hackett’s Foxtrot at Fifty + Hackett Highlights: Live in Brighton could become the guitar hero’s best U.K. chart appearance in more than 40 years. It’s on course for a top 10 debut, at No. 10, for what would be Hackett’s first top tier solo effort since 1980’s Defector peaked at No. 9.
Also impacting the midweek top 40 are LPs by Madison Beer (Silence Between Songs at No. 12), Demi Lovato (Revamped at No. 20), Sleepy Hallow (Boy Meets World at No. 29), The Bites (Squeeze at No. 30) and Sugababes (The Lost Tapes at No. 39).
All will be revealed when the Official U.K. Albums Chart is published late Friday, Sept. 22.
The numbers are in for this week’s Hot 100! Did Doja Cat hold on to No. 1? Is country music still reigning over the charts? Plus, Katy Perry sold her music catalog to Litmus for a whopping $225 million. The deal includes rights to the singer’s five chart-topping songs off ‘Teenage Dream.’ BTS’ Jung Kook […]
Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red” spends a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 chart (dated Sept. 16), while BTS member Jung Kook’s “Seven,” featuring Latto, adds a ninth week atop the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, encompassing its entire run on the ranking so far.
Elsewhere, BTS’ V launches at No. 3 on Global Excl. U.S. and No. 4 on the Global 200 with “Slow Dancing,” while Olivia Rodrigo logs four songs in the Global 200’s top 10 and two in the Global Excl. U.S. top 10, sparked by the arrival her new album, Guts.
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard 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.
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Second Coat of ‘Paint’ Atop Global 200
Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red” adds a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, with 88.7 million streams (up 6%) and 11,000 sold (down 5%) worldwide Sept. 8-14.
Jung Kook’s “Seven,” featuring Latto, holds at No. 2 on the Global 200, after spending its first seven weeks on the chart at No. 1.
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Olivia Rodrigo claims four songs in the Global 200’s top 10: “Vampire” (10-3, after it debuted atop the chart and led for two weeks in July); “Bad Idea Right?” (32-5, surpassing its prior No. 7 best); “Get Him Back!” (No. 7 debut); and “All-American Bitch” (No. 9 debut). The songs drew 55.4 million, 46.2 million, 44.1 million and 38.1 million streams worldwide, respectively.
Rodrigo ups her total to eight career Global 200 top 10s, with her four latest from her new album Guts, which premieres at No. 1 on the U.S.-based Billboard 200.
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V’s “Slow Dancing” waltzes onto the Global 200 at No. 4 with 57.1 million streams and 54,000 sold worldwide in its first week. It’s his first solo top 10, after he hit a previous No. 12 best with “Love Me Again” in August.
V becomes the fifth member of BTS to hit the Global 200 top 10 solo. Here’s a recap, ranked by peak position, of BTS members’ eight top 10s (including one No. 1) on the chart outside the act, with BTS as a group having tallied 11 top 10s (including seven No. 1s):
“Seven,” Jung Kook feat. Latto, No. 1 (seven weeks), July 2023
“Like Crazy,” Jimin, No. 2, April 2023
“Slow Dancing,” V, No. 4, September 2023
“Left and Right,” Charlie Puth feat. Jung Kook, No. 5, July 2022
“That That,” PSY feat. SUGA, No. 5, May 2022
“Set Me Free, Pt. 2,” Jimin, No. 8, April 2023
“Dreamers (Music From the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022),” Jung Kook, No. 9, December 2022
“The Astronaut,” Jin, No. 10, November 2022
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Nine Weeks for ‘Seven’ at No. 1 on Global Excl. U.S.
Jung Kook’s “Seven,” featuring Latto, tops the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart for a ninth week, with, fittingly for its title, 77.7 million streams (down 7%), as well as 2,000 sold (down 41%) outside the U.S. Sept. 8-14.
Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red” notches a third week at its No. 2 Global Excl. U.S. high.
V’s “Slow Dancing” enters Global Excl. U.S. at No. 3 with 52.1 million streams and 35,000 sold outside the U.S.
As V achieves his second Global Excl. U.S. top 10 solo, here’s a rundown, ranked by peak position, of BTS members’ 12 top 10s (including one No. 1) on the survey outside the group – a total that one-ups BTS’ 11 top 10s (including seven No. 1s):
“Seven,” Jung Kook feat. Latto, No. 1 (nine weeks to date), July 2023
“Like Crazy,” Jimin, No. 2, April 2023
“Left and Right,” Charlie Puth feat. Jung Kook, No. 2, July 2022
“That That,” PSY feat. SUGA, No. 2, May 2022
“Slow Dancing,” V, No. 4, September 2023
“Dreamers (Music From the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022),” Jung Kook, No. 4, December 2022
“Love Me Again,” V, No. 6 (to date), August 2023
“The Astronaut,” Jin, No. 6, November 2022
“Rainy Days,” V, No. 8 (to date), August 2023
“Set Me Free, Pt. 2,” Jimin, No. 8, April 2023
“Stay Alive,” Jung Kook, No. 8, February 2022
“Vibe,” TAEYANG feat. Jimin, No. 9, January 2023
Myke Towers’ “LaLa” dips 3-4 after it led Global Excl. U.S. for a week in July, while Olivia Rodrigo’s “Vampire” flies 12-5, following a week at No. 1 in July, and her “Bad Idea Right?” vaults 47-9, besting its prior No. 17 high and becoming her fifth top 10 on the chart. “Vampire” drew 33.4 million streams and “Bad Idea Right?” attracted 24.6 million outside the U.S.
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Sept. 23, 2023) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Sept. 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.
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.
Olivia Rodrigo has a massive week on Billboard’s charts.
After releasing her sophomore album Guts Sept. 8, the LP soars in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated Sept. 23), while all 12 songs from the set chart in the Billboard Hot 100’s top 40, led by lead single “Vampire” at No. 1.
As all 11 tracks from Rodrigo’s 2021 debut set Sour hit the Hot 100’s top 40 that year, she becomes the first artist to chart all songs from two career-opening albums in the Hot 100’s top 40.
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“Vampire” rebounds for a second week atop the Hot 100, after debuting at the summit 10 weeks earlier, with 55.8 million radio airplay audience impressions, 22.8 million U.S. streams (up 82%) and 4,000 downloads sold (up 89%) in the Sept. 8-14 tracking week, according to Luminate. In July, the song arrived as Rodrigo’s third No. 1 (all No. 1 debuts), following “Drivers License” and “Good 4 U” in 2021.
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Rodrigo places one additional song in the Hot 100’s top 10, as second Guts single “Bad Idea Right?” vaults 26-7, reaching a new peak.
Here’s a recap of Rodrigo’s 12 titles on the latest Hot 100 (all of which are debuts except where noted):
Olivia Rodrigo on the Sept. 23-dated Hot 100:No. 1, “Vampire” (up 9-1; second week at No. 1)No. 7, “Bad Idea Right?” (up 26-7; new high)No. 11, “Get Him Back!”No. 13, “All-American Bitch”No. 16, “The Grudge”No. 19, “Making the Bed”No. 20, “Logical”No. 23, “Lacy”No. 24, “Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl”No. 25, “Love Is Embarrassing”No. 30, “Pretty Isn’t Pretty”No. 39, “Teenage Dream”
Rodrigo is just the third female artist to place 12 songs in the Hot 100’s top 40 simultaneously, after Taylor Swift and SZA. Swift tallied a personal-best 18 songs in the top 40 on Nov. 5, 2022, when her album Midnights debuted atop the Billboard 200. SZA logged 12 songs in the top 40 on Dec. 24, 2022, concurrent with the arrival of her LP SOS. Drake holds the overall record for the most concurrent top 40 entries, 21, on both the July 14, 2018, and Sept. 18, 2021 charts, concurrent with the arrivals of his albums Scorpion and Certified Lover Boy, respectively.
Rodrigo charted all 11 songs from Sour in the Hot 100’s top 40 the week that the album launched atop the Billboard 200 (June 5, 2021). Of her 24 career songs to chart on the Hot 100, all have reached the top 40 except for her first entry, “All I Want.” The song, from High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, peaked at No. 90 in 2020.
Kenya Grace’s viral track “Strangers” is taking the elevator on the U.K. chart.
Based on sales and streaming data gathered from the first 48 hours in the chart week, “Strangers” is set for a podium finish; should it hold its early position when the chart proper is presented, “Strangers” would finish at No. 3.
It’s been a strange month for the British artist as her breakthrough hit opened at No. 20 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, for her first appearance on the national tally. Last Friday, Sept. 15, the single rocketed to No. 12.
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“Strangers” is Grace’s first release through a major music company, issued through FFRR, a dance-focused sub-label of Warner Music.
At the top of the chart blast is Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red” (Ministry of Sound), which is on track for a third week at No. 1, while “Vampire” (Geffen), lifted from Olivia Rodrigo’s current No. 1 album Guts, is set to retain second place.
Meanwhile, Casso, RAYE and D-Block Europe’s “Prada” (Ministry of Sound) is poised to lift 5-4, for a new high, while Tate McRae’s viral number “Greedy” (RCA) could land the Canadian singer-songwriter a third U.K. top 10 appearance. It’s expected to start its chart journey at No. 9, for what would be the week’s highest debut. McRae previously impacted the top tier with “You Broke Me First” (No. 3 peak in 2020) and with her Tiesto collaboration “10:35” (No. 8 in 2022).
Finally, Issey Cross’s drum ‘n’ bass number “Bittersweet Goodbye,” which interpolates the Verve’s 1997 hit “Bitter Sweet Symphony” (Atlantic), which in turn is based on the strings sample from the Rolling Stones’ 1960s release “The Last Time,” could bounce into the top 20 for the first time. It’s up 22-19 on the chart blast. “Bittersweet Goodbye” is the British artist’s third U.K. top 40 appearance, and her highest charting record to-date.
All will be revealed when the Official U.K. Singles Chart is published late Friday, Sept. 22.
Doja Cat holds off a hattrick of hot Olivia Rodrigo numbers for a second week at No. 1 in the U.K. with “Paint The Town Red” (via Ministry of Sound).The leader at the midweek stage, “Paint The Town Red” completes the cycle as the most-streamed track in the country for a second consecutive week, the Official Charts Company reports.As Rodrigo scores her second albums chart title, with Guts (via Geffen), three songs from it spill on up the U.K. singles chart. Former chart-topper “Vampire” is up 3-2, while “Bad Idea Right” soars 12-3, for a new peak position. Also, Rodrigo owns the highest new entry on the latest Official U.K. Singles Chart, published Sept. 15, as “Get Him Back” bows at No. 7, for her seventh U.K. top 10.Also heading north on the weekly tally is Fred Again and Obongjayar’s “Adore U” (Atlantic) up 9-4; Cassö, RAYE & D-Block Europe’s “Prada” (Ministry of Sound) up 7-5; newcomer Kenya Grace’s viral number “Strangers” (FFRR), up 20-12 in its second week; and Troye Sivan’s “Rush” (Polydor) up 22-21.BTS member V bags his first solo singles chart top 40 entry with “Slow Dancing” (BigHit Entertainment), from his solo debut LP Layover. It’s new at No. 24. As a member of BTS, V has an additional nine top 40 appearances, with three of those songs reaching No. 3. Leigh-Anne enjoys a top 40 debut with “My Love” (Warner Records) featuring Ayra Starr. It’s new at No. 28 for both artist’s second top 40 appearance.Meanwhile, the Rolling Stones’ roll into the chart once more. “Angry,” lifted from the legendary rock band’s forthcoming album Hackney Diamonds, is new at No. 34. The Rock And Roll Hall of Famers now boast 44 top 40 hits in their homeland, across a career spanning more than 60 years. Finally, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion crack the top 40 with their latest collaboration “Bongos” (Atlantic), new at No. 35. It’s the followup to the U.S. rappers’ controversial hit from 2020 “WAP,” which spent three weeks at No. 1. “Bongos” is Cardi’s 14th and Megan’s fifth U.K. top 40.
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Olivia Rodrigo is crowned on the U.K. albums chart as Guts (Geffen) flies to No. 1.
At the midweek point, Guts had what appeared to be an unassailable lead, capturing 33,000 combined sales. That proved to be the case when the Official U.K. Albums Chart was published late Friday, Sept. 15, with Guts cruising to the top with 60,300 chart units, the Official Charts Company reports. Not only was Guts the best-selling and most-streamed album of the latest chart cycle, it outsold the rest of the top 10 combined for the biggest first-week tally for any LP in 2023.
Rodrigo is now a perfect two-from-two. Her debut from 2021, Sour, spent five weeks at the summit and racked up a handful of U.K. chart records. When Sour and “Good 4 U” reached No. 1 in the same week in May 2021, Rodrigo became the youngest solo artist in history to nab the chart double, aged 18 years and 3 months.Also, Sour set a benchmark for the most first-week streams for a debut album in the U.K. Then, in June 2021, the U.S. pop singer became the first female solo artist to claim three simultaneous U.K. top 5 singles with “Good 4 U,” “Déjà vu” and “Traitor.” With three No. 1s, she’s the female solo artist with the most U.K. No. 1 singles this decade.As Guts completes its sprint to the top, Sour enjoys a return to the top 10. Rodrigo’s debut effort rises 18-8 in its 121st week on the tally. Guts separately reigns over the Billboard 200, and the ARIA Albums Chart.Unchanged at No. 2 on the latest U.K. survey is Travis Scott’s former leader Utopia (RCA), while English indie rockers the Coral enter at No. 3 with Sea of Mirrors (Modern Sky/Run On), for their seventh top 10 appearance. The Wirral indie band also appears further down the list with accompanying album Holy Joe’s Coral Island Medicine Show, new at No. 36.Former Moloko singer Roisin Murphy enjoys her first solo top 10 appearance with Hit Parade (Ninja Tune), new at No. 5; veteran electronic pair the Chemical Brothers land a tenth U.K. top 10 with For That Beautiful Feeling (EMI), new at No. 6; and M Huncho’s My Neighbours Don’t Know (MYB) starts at No. 9, for the masked U.K. rapper’s fourth top 10.Outside the top tier are new releases from the xx vocalist Romy (Mid Air at No. 15 via Young), Public Service Broadcasting (This New Noise at No. 28 via Test Card), Fleetwood Mac (Rumours Live at No. 34 via Rhino) and Yussef Dayes (Black Classical Music at No. 37 via Brownswood Recordings).
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Olivia Rodrigo’s sophomore album, Guts, debuts atop the Billboard 200 chart (dated Sept. 23), scoring the singer-songwriter her second No. 1 set, following her 2021 debut Sour. The new album starts with 302,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Sept. 14, according to Luminate. That marks the fourth-largest week for any album in 2023 and Rodrigo’s best week yet.
With both Sour and Guts having debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, Rodrigo is the first female artist to start atop the chart with two first chart entries in nine years. Ariana Grande was the last woman to debut at No. 1 with two initial chart entries, with Yours Truly in 2013 and My Everything in 2014.
Also in the top 10 of the new Billboard 200, BTS’ V debuts at No. 2 with Layover, while Tyler Childers’ Rustin’ in the Wind launches at No. 10.
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 Sept. 23, 2023-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Sept. 19. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.
Of Guts’ 302,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Sept. 14, SEA units comprise 151,000 (equaling 199.59 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 12 songs — the sixth-largest debut streaming week of 2023), album sales comprise 150,000 (powered by 94,000 in vinyl sales — the seventh-largest week for a vinyl album since Luminate began electronically tracking sales in 1991) and TEA units comprise 1,000.
Guts was introduced by its first single “Vampire,” which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart (dated July 15), marking her third leader. (She previously topped the chart with Sour’s “Drivers License” and “Good 4 U.”) Before Guts’ arrival, it spun off another Hot 100 hit with “Bad Idea Right?,” which debuted and peaked (through the most recently published chart dated June 16) at No. 10 (Aug. 26 chart).
Rodrigo ushered in the album with major promotional appearances, including performances on NBC’s Today (Sept. 8, the day of the album’s release) and the MTV Video Music Awards (Sept. 12). She also did interviews with Today (Sept. 10) and with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1’s New Music Daily (Sept. 8), and made an appearance at the American Express and Spotify Guts Gallery pop-up activation in New York on Sept. 7. Further, her upcoming Guts World Tour was announced on Sept. 13, with the trek starting on Feb. 23 in Palm Springs, Calif.
Guts’ first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across 13 different vinyl variants (including a signed edition), two deluxe boxed sets containing a vinyl LP and branded merchandise, four CD editions (including a signed version), two deluxe boxed sets containing a CD and branded merchandise, and a cassette tape.
BTS’ V sees his first solo studio album, Layover, launch at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, earning 100,000 equivalent album units in its first week. Of that sum, album sales comprise 88,000, SEA units comprise 9,000 (equaling 12.95 million on-demand official streams of the set’s six tracks) and TEA units comprise 3,000. Layover’s debut was enhanced by its availability in 13 collectible CD iterations, all with randomized branded merch elements contained inside, with exclusive variants sold via Barnes & Noble, Target, Walmart and the Weverse store.
Zach Bryan’s self-titled album falls to No. 3 on the Billboard 200 (95,000 equivalent album units; down 18%) after spending its first two weeks at No. 1. Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping One Thing at a Time slips 2-4 (78,000; down 7%), Travis Scott’s former No. 1 Utopia drops 3-5 (56,000; down 22%), and SZA’s former leader SOS is a non-mover at No. 6 (45,000; up 1%).
Peso Pluma’s Génesis rises one spot to No. 7 (43,000 equivalent album units; up 4%), Taylor Swift’s former No. 1 Midnights falls 5-8 (42,000; down 7%), and Wallen’s first No. 1, Dangerous: The Double Album, ascends 10-9 (39,000; down 4%).
Childers rounds out the top 10, as his latest release, Rustin’ in the Rain, debuts at No. 10 with 38,000 equivalent album units earned — his best week yet by total units. It’s the second top 10-charting effort for the artist, following Can I Take My Hounds To Heaven (No. 8 in 2022). Of Rain’s 38,000 first-week units, album sales comprise 25,000 and SEA units comprise 13,000 (equaling 17.39 million on-demand official streams of the set’s seven songs), rounded out by a negligible amount of TEA units.
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