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Ayron Jones is back atop Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart with “Blood in the Water,” which reaches No. 1 on the Sept. 16-dated survey. The song is Jones’ second No. 1, following the four-week leader “Mercy” beginning in June 2021. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In […]
For the first time for each, Noah Kahan and Post Malone lead Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart as “Dial Drunk” lifts to the top of the survey dated Sept. 16. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The song has far surpassed Kahan’s previous best on Alternative Airplay, set by […]
Polaris rocks Australia’s albums chart with Fatalism, while Doja Cat extends her streak atop the national singles survey with “Paint The Town Red”.
Hailing from Sydney, melodic metalcore merchants Polaris powers to a first ever-leader with Fatalism (Resist Records/Orchard), bowing at the summit of the ARIA Chart, published Sept. 8.
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Fatalism is the band’s third studio album, and third appearance in the top 10. The five-piece landed at No. 6 with 2017 debut The Mortal Coil; peaked at No. 3 with its 2017 followup The Death Of Me, while 2016 EP The Guilt & The Grief reached No. 34.
Polaris this week kicked off its national tour in support of Fatalism, which will be followed with a return to the U.K. and Europe supporting While She Sleeps, with a North American headline run later in October (including a date at Aftershock Festival 2023).
Following the expansion of his stadium tour Down Under, the Weeknd’s catalog knuckles down on the ARIA Chart. The Highlights (Universal) rises 3-2, ahead of Travis Scott’s Utopia (Epic/Sony), while a second Weeknd record impacts the top 5, his former leader album Starboy, holding at No. 4.
Zach Bryan is one of several U.S. country stars enjoying hits on both main ARIA Charts this year. His self-titled fourth studio album Zach Bryan (Warner) dips 2-5, and he’s close to cracking the top 10 on the national singles chart with two tracks, his duet with Kacey Musgraves “I Remember Everything” (Universal/Warner) up 19-11 in its second week, and “Something In The Orange” (Warner), unchanged at No. 12 in its 60th week on the tally.
At the pointy end of the ARIA Singles Chart is Doja Cat’s “Paint The Town Red” (RCA/Sony), the leader for a third successive week. Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” (No. 2 via Universal) and Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” (No. 3 via Republic/Universal) complete an unchanged podium.
Finally, Kylie Minogue cracks the ARIA Chart with “Tension” (Liberation), the title track from her forthcoming 16th studio album, due out Sept. 22. It’s the follow up to “Padam Padam,” which peaked at No. 19 on the ARIA Chart earlier in 2023, for her 56th top 100 chart appearance in her homeland. “Padam Padam” also cracked the top 10 in the U.K., for her 35th top tier effort in her adopted home.
Foo Fighters break the record for the most top 10s on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, as “Under You” climbs from No. 11 to No. 9 on the Sept. 9-dated survey.
“Under You” sprints to the top 10 in its fifth week on the chart, giving the Dave Grohl-led rockers 31 top career 10s.
That solely marks the most in the Mainstream Rock Airplay survey’s 42-year history, snapping Foo Fighters out of a tie with Shinedown.
Most Top 10s, Mainstream Rock Airplay31, Foo Fighters30, Shinedown29, Five Finger Death Punch28, Godsmack28, Tom Petty (solo and with the Heartbreakers)26, Disturbed26, Metallica26, Van Halen25, Papa Roach
Foo Fighters first hit the Mainstream Rock Airplay top 10 with their debut single “This Is a Call,” which reached No. 6 in August 1995. They currently have a streak of five straight top 10s going, dating to “Waiting on a War” in 2021.
Of those 31 top 10s, 12 have reached No. 1, most recently the six-week ruler “Rescued,” the single prior to “Under You” from Foo Fighters’ latest album, But Here We Are.
Previously, “Under You” extended Foo Fighters’ record for the most top 10s on Alternative Airplay (30) and gave the band sole possession of the most Rock & Alternative Airplay top 10s (16, dating to the chart’s 2009 inception).
Concurrently, “Under You” jumps 8-3 on Alternative Airplay and 29-20 on Adult Alternative Airplay. On the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart, it remains at its No. 2 high with 5.6 million audience impressions, up 16%, Aug. 25-31, according to Luminate.
On the multi-metric Hot Hard Rock Songs list, “Under You” rises 11-9, returning to the top 10 for the first time since it reached No. 8 on the June 17 ranking, when But Here We Are made its chart start. In addition to its radio airplay, the song earned 371,000 official U.S. streams Aug. 25-31.
But Here We Are, Foo Fighters’ 11th studio set, debuted at No. 1 on the Top Alternative Albums chart dated June 17 and has earned 127,000 equivalent album units to date.
Billboard takes a look back at some of the most controversial Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 tracks. From Cardi B andMegan Thee Stallion to Katy Perry to Robin Thicke and many more before them, controversy has always been a part of music. With two controversial No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 this summer, […]
Jung Kook’s “Seven” featuring Latto reigns as Billboard’s No. 1 global song of the summer for 2023.
The collaboration between the BTS member and the rapper launched at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 chart dated July 29 and has yet to relinquish the top spot, through the survey dated Sept. 9.
The race for Billboard’s No. 1 global song this summer reflects performance on the weekly Global 200, from charts dated June 10-Sept. 9, spotlighting the biggest songs worldwide from Memorial Day through Labor Day. The Global 200 ranks songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate.
(Billboard recognizes that countries in the Southern Hemisphere were not in summer the past three months. Listeners in those territories might feel a bit warmer browsing the biggest worldwide hits over that span.)
Here is a rundown of the 10 biggest global songs of the summer for 2023:
No. 1, “Seven,” Jung Kook feat. Latto
No. 2, “Flowers,” Miley Cyrus
No. 3, “Cruel Summer,” Taylor Swift
No. 4, “La Bebe,” Yng Lvcas x Peso Pluma
No. 5, “Ella Baila Sola,” Eslabon Armado x Peso Pluma
No. 6, “Calm Down,” Rema & Selena Gomez
No. 7, “Cupid,” Fifty Fifty
No. 8, “Last Night,” Morgan Wallen
No. 9, “Where She Goes,” Bad Bunny
No. 10, “Dance the Night,” Dua Lipa
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In addition to “Seven,” K-pop shines bright on the chart above via Fifty Fifty’s breakout hit, “Cupid,” at No. 7 for the summer. (The quartet made history as “Cupid” became the first song by an all-female South Korean group to reach the top 10 of Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart.)
Latin music likewise boasts a strong showing, thanks to three songs in the summer’s global top 10, including two by Peso Pluma: Yng Lvcas and Peso Pluma’s “La Bebe” (No. 4), Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma’s “Ella Baila Sola” (No. 5) and Bad Bunny’s “Where She Goes” (No. 9), with the latter two tracks having hit No. 1 on the weekly Global 200.
Meanwhile, here is a look at the territories represented by the artists on the retrospective: U.S., including Puerto Rico, seven (Latto, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Eslabon Armado, Selena Gomez, Morgan Wallen, Bad Bunny); South Korea, two (Jung Kook, Fifty Fifty); Mexico, two (Yng Lvcas, Peso Pluma); Nigeria, one (Rema); and England, one (Dua Lipa).
As previously reported, Wallen’s “Last Night,” at No. 8 on the recap above, emerged victorious as the No. 1 title on Billboard’s Songs of the Summer chart for the 2023 summer season, as based on performance on the weekly, U.S.-based Billboard Hot 100 between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
Zach Bryan earns his first No. 1 on Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart with the Kacey Musgraves-featuring “I Remember Everything,” which debuts atop the Sept. 9-dated survey. In the Aug. 25-31 tracking week, “I Remember Everything” earned 33.7 million official U.S. streams, according to Luminate. Bryan’s first Streaming Songs ruler eclipses the No. 3 peak of […]
“In 1988, after a short-lived format boom in the early MTV era, alternative radio was again attracting the attention of major-market group broadcasters,” Ross on Radio editor, and Billboard alum, Sean Ross wrote in 2013.
“In the late ’80s and early ’90s,” Ross noted, “the core acts of alternative were still very much The Smiths, Depeche Mode and The Cure, but 10,000 Maniacs also [had] a place, and there [was] a significant female singer-songwriter presence, with Edie Brickell, Tracy Chapman, Patti Smith and Joan Armatrading.”
Reflecting the format’s ascent, in the Sept. 10, 1988, Billboard issue, the Alternative Airplay chart, then titled Top Modern Rock Tracks, began. Siouxsie & the Banshees’ “Peek-a-Boo” led the first list — becoming the first of 434 No. 1s and counting, through Bad Omens’ “Just Pretend” on the latest, Sept. 9-dated chart.
Over the chart’s first 35 years, alternative has welcomed acts ranging from one-time entrants to those that have been core to the genre over the survey’s entire existence. Along the way, British bands and singer-songwriters, as Ross chronicled, served as key hitmakers, followed by the format’s segues to grunge, nu-metal, Lilith Fair-era female folk-rock and a return to synth sounds in recent years.
Summarized Ross in 2013, “The alternative radio format is built upon the promise of what’s coming next.”
(Similarly, when the chart began, 29 stations comprised the reporting panel; today, over 50 do. Shout-out to the two both at the start and now: KROQ Los Angeles and XTRA San Diego. Tracy Chapman’s chart presence is likewise as welcome in 2023 as it was in 1988.)
As Billboard celebrates the Alternative Airplay chart’s 35th anniversary, below are 35 of the most notable feats achieved on the ranking. Included are the acts with the most No. 1s and top 10s, the elite songs that hit No. 1 on both Alternative Airplay and the all-genre Billboard Hot 100, and more.
Given the winding road that the format has traversed, it’s difficult to predict what artists and songs will rewrite records by the time of the Alternative Airplay chart’s 40th anniversary. As Chris Payne, former Billboard writer (and author of the newly-released book, Where Are Your Boys Tonight), wrote for the survey’s 30-year mark, echoing Ross, “A period of considerable destabilization in alternative very well may prove to be healthy long-term — a sort of refresh on the genre, in which artists and programmers will no longer be beholden to the bedrocks of alternative radio past, and can try anything and everything to see what works.”
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Welcome to Billboard Pro’s Trending Up column, 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. This week: Guests on Zach Bryan’s latest blockbuster LP see gains in their own streams, while a dance challenge resurrects one of the few “minor” Rihanna hits and a rising South African artist enjoys a breakout moment.
The War and Treaty See Biggest Gains From Zach Bryan Bump
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As you may have heard, Zach Bryan rules the Billboard charts this week (dated Sept. 9), with his self-titled album besting the Billboard 200 while the set’s lead single, “I Remember Everything,” debuts atop the Billboard Hot 100 — his first No. 1 on both charts. That song features Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves, one of four guest artists on the set, all of whom are up in official on-demand U.S. streams the week following the album’s well-received release.
Musgraves and fellow star guest the Lumineers both see modest streaming gains for their catalogues — respectively up 8% to 6.2 million and 5% to 18.4 million, according to Luminate — while Sierra Ferrell’s work is up just 2%. But the biggest beneficiary from Zach Bryan is easily Americana duo The War and Treaty, whose streaming numbers more than double from 138,000 to 278,000 following their appearance on the set’s “Hey Driver” (which is also the album’s second-highest debut on the Hot 100 this week, bowing at No. 14).
Combined with the good news they got this morning about The War and Treaty receiving its first nomination at the CMA awards (for vocal duo of the year), it’s been a very good week for the married couple Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter. – ANDREW UNTERBERGER
If It’s Streaming That You Want: Dance Trend Revives 18-Year-Old Rihanna Single
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As fans continue to wait for Rihanna’s full-length follow-up to 2016’s Billboard 200-topping Anti, they’re turning to the very beginning of her discography to quench their thirst. Thanks to a viral TikTok dance trend created by professional dancer Brett Sewell, “If It’s Lovin’ That You Want” — the second and final single from Rihanna’s 2005 debut album — has posted sizable streaming gains.
According to Luminate, “If It’s Lovin’ That You Want,” which peaked at No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100, has earned over 251,000 official on-demand U.S. streams between September 1-5, a whopping 172% increase from just over 92,000 streams between August 25-29. Filled to the brim with hip rolls galore, Sewell’s choreography has quickly dominated TikTok. His original video has garnered over 8.2 million views and 1.1 million likes since it was first uploaded on Aug. 25. The accompanying TikTok sound currently boasts over 141,900 posts.
After 18 years, “If It’s Lovin’ That You Want” seems to finally be getting its proper due after spending nearly two decades in the shadow of “Pon De Replay.” – KYLE DENIS
TikTok Spurs Tsunami of Streaming Gains for Tyla’s “Water”
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2023 has seen its fair share of breakout artists across genres, and with the latest eye-popping streaming gains for “Water,” South African singer and dancer Tyla is looking to add her name to that list.
According to Luminate, “Water,” the follow-up to her Ayra Starr-assisted amapiano summer hit “Girl Next Door,” has earned over 932,000 official on-demand U.S. streams between September 1-5, a staggering 198% increase from just over 312,000 streams between August 25-29. The boost is even more impressive considering “Water” posted 121,000 streams for the whole tracking week of Aug. 11-17.
A booty-centric dance trend spawned from the song’s official live performance choreography has quickly taken over TikTok, resulting in such explosive growth for the track. Tyla herself has actively encouraged and participated in the trend, reposting fans giving their best attempt at her hypnotic choreography — water bottle and all. The official TikTok sound for “Water” currently boasts over 49,300 posts. Tyla’s most viral video featuring the song and its choreography has earned 2 million likes and over 17.4 million views on the platform.
With an official music video still on the horizon, “Water” is perfectly positioned to continue growing into what could become Tyla’s biggest worldwide hit yet. – KD
Billboard has more than 200 different weekly charts in its menu, encompassing numerous genres and formats.
While established artists often compete for a spot on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart and Billboard 200 albums ranking, which track the most popular songs and albums of the week, respectively, up-and-coming talents typically start off on genre-specific lists.
Here’s a look at 10 artists who appear on surveys for the first time on the Sept. 9-dated charts.
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The singer-songwriter and guitarist/backing vocalist for Big Thief scores his first career solo entry on Billboard’s charts, thanks to his new solo LP Haunted Mountain. The set, released Aug. 25 via 4AD, debuts at No. 82 on the Top Current Album Sales chart with 1,000 copies sold in its opening week in the U.S., according to Luminate. The set also helps him debut at No. 46 on the Emerging Artists chart. Haunted Mountain is Meek’s third solo LP outside of Big Thief, after his self-titled 2018 LP, and Two Saviors in 2021. Meek is currently on the European leg of his worldwide solo tour, which runs through February.
Big Thief has forged a successful history on Billboard’s charts since it first debuted in 2016. The group has charted three albums on the Billboard 200: U.F.O.F. (No. 142 peak in 2019), Two Hands (No. 113; 2019) and Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You (No. 31; 2022). The latter two sets reached the top 10 of the Top Alternative Albums chart, while Dragon hit No. 1 on the Americana/Folk Albums chart. The band has also charted two songs on Adult Alternative Airplay: “Certainty” (No. 34 peak in 2021) and “Simulation Swarm” (No. 18; 2022). U.F.O.F. and Dragon both earned Grammy nods for best alternative music album in 2020 and 2023, respectively.
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