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Luke Combs’ cover of Tracy Chapman’s 1988 pop hit “Fast Car” tops Billboard’s Country Airplay chart (dated July 15) for a second week. In the tracking week ending July 6, the song increased by 1% to 33.6 million audience impressions, according to Luminate.
Combs claims his 12th Country Airplay No. 1 to dominate for more than a week, among his 16 leaders.
Plus, for the first time in almost 10 years, five consecutive Country Airplay chart-toppers rule for multiple weeks. The run started with Morgan Wallen’s “Thought You Should Know,” which led for its first of three weeks on the Feb. 25-dated chart, and continued with Combs’ Going, Going, Gone” (two, March 18), Bailey Zimmerman’s “Rock and a Hard Place” (six, April 1), Wallen’s “Last Night” (eight, May 13) and now “Fast Car.”
The last quintuplet of consecutive multi-week Country Airplay leaders occurred in August-October 2013, encompassing five two-week No. 1s each: Randy Houser’s “Runnin’ Outta Moonlight,” Brett Eldredge’s “Don’t Ya,” Keith Urban’s “Little Bit of Everything,” Florida Georgia Line’s “Round Here” and Jason Aldean’s “Night Train.”
“I think we have a couple things happening,” KBAY San Jose, Calif., program director Bo Matthews tells Billboard about the current streak by Combs and Wallen – who have four of the last five Country Airplay No. 1s – and Zimmerman. “The pop music cycle is not strong currently, and clearly country music is the winner. Consumption is higher with country music, and programmers are being smart, playing what their listeners want and embracing new country stars. What a great time to be in country music. We have the rock stars right now.”
“Country music is in such a good place right now,” echoes Cumulus Media vp of programming Charlie Cook. “The passion for the music is high and with tour season in full swing, fans are connecting with the acts and loving the music. Those one-week No. 1s are often [heavily driven by label promotion]. I like seeing songs finding their way to the top of the chart and settling in for more than one week.”
Jelly Roll scores his second No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, as “Need a Favor” rises to the top of the July 15-dated tally. The coronation follows the one-week rule of his “Dead Man Walking” in May 2022. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Both […]
Fifty Fifty makes history on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart as “Cupid” rises from No. 13 to No. 10 on the list dated July 15. The group becomes the second from South Korea – and the first all-female group from the country – to reach the survey’s top 10 after BTS, which has notched two top 10s: “Dynamite” hit No. 5 in December 2020 and “Butter” climbed to No. 7 in August 2021.
Before that, among soloists on Pop Airplay, South Korean rapper PSY broke through with the No. 10-peaking “Gangnam Style” in 2012.
The Pop Airplay chart began in October 1992 and reflects airplay, as tabulated by Mediabase and provided to Billboard by Luminate, on over 150 U.S. mainstream top 40 terrestrial and satellite radio stations.
Among the Pop Airplay chart panelists that have played “Cupid” the most to date are Alpha Media-owned KLLY Bakersfield, Calif., and KBFF Portland, Ore.; SiriusXM’s Hits 1 and Venus; and iHeartMedia’s KHKS Dallas.
The song debuted at No. 36 on the May 20-dated Pop Airplay chart, marking Fifty Fifty’s first appearance on the survey, and enters the top 10 in its ninth week on the ranking, reaching the top tier with a 9% gain in weekly plays.
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Fifty Fifty formed in 2022 and consists of members Aran, Keena, Saena and Sio.
“Cupid” scored two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart in May and June. (The tally ranks songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories excluding the U.S., as compiled by Luminate.) It has also risen to No. 17, in May, on the U.S.-based multimetric Billboard Hot 100.
Meanwhile, Fifty Fifty’s newest release is “Barbie Dreams” featuring Kaliii. The song, from the soundtrack to the movie Barbie, both due July 21, arrived July 6, and reworks Janet Jackson’s classic “Together Again,” which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in 1998.
All charts dated July 15 will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, July 11.
Taylor Swift sweeps into the Australian record books, breaking a chart mark previously owned by the King of Pop, while Olivia Rodrigo nabs her third leader on the national singles survey.
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“Vampire” (via Geffen/Universal) spreads its wings to debut at No. 1 on the ARIA Chart, following the lead of “Drivers Licence” and “Good 4 U,” which both reigned in 2021.
Rodrigo’s debut album from 2021, Sour, also hit No. 1 in Australia, logging a total of eight weeks in the penthouse. With “Vampire” flying high this week, Sour soars 28-15. Rodrigo’s latest hit is the first release from the U.S. pop phenomenon’s sophomore LP Guts, due out Sept. 8.
With “Vampire” starting atop the ARIA Singles Chart published Friday, July 7, the four-week unbroken reign of Dave and Central Cee’s “Sprinter” (Virgin Music/Universal) is at an end. “Sprinter” dips 1-2, while Swift’s “Cruel Summer” (Universal) works its magic in the Australian winter, holding at No. 3.
In any other week, Rodrigo would command the headlines with her chart-topping feat.
This is no ordinary week. It’s Taylor Swift’s week.
Swift dominates both lists, as “Anti-Hero” (up 7-6) and “Karma” (up 8-7) impact the top 10 on the ARIA Singles Chart, while “Style” (reentering at No. 11) and “Blank Space” (up 20-12) and a string of her hits ascend.
The U.S. pop superstar’s dominance is outright on the ARIA Albums Chart, on which Swift completes an unprecedented sweep of the top 5, led by Midnights, which bounces 2-1 for its 13th week at No. 1, ARIA reports. The top five is closed out by Lover, 1989, Reputation, and Folklore, respectively, while Red (Taylor’s Version) vaults 15-9.
Previously, Michael Jackson was the standard-bearer for dominance, notching the top three albums in the week following his death in 2009.
Swift-mania is a triggered by the general ticket on sale for her The Eras Tour of Australia in 2024, produced by Frontier Touring.
TayTay will play her hits across seven concerts at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Sydney’s Accord Stadium next February, tickets for which went on sale to the general public Friday, June 30. No further dates will be added for the Australian tour, Frontier Touring has confirmed.
The all-star team of LIT Killah, Tiago Pzk, Maria Becerra, Duki, Emilia, Rusherking, Big One and FMK add a fourth week atop the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 chart as “Los Del Espacio” dominates the July 1-dated ranking.
The song ties with Bizarrap and Shakira’s “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53” for the fourth-most weeks at No. 1 in 2023, after Emilia, Big One and Callejero Fino’s “En La Intimidad,” which continues to lead with seven weeks in charge, and Ke Personajes, Big One and FMK’s “Un Finde: Big One CROSSOVER #2” which ruled for five weeks.
Continuing with Becerra, the Argentinian collects her 23rd top 10 as “Corazón Vacío” bows at No. 2, the Hot Shot Debut of the week. Thus, she extends her record for the most top 10s among acts since the chart launched in 2018.
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Meanwhile, Bizarrap and Rauw Alejandro’s “Rauw Alejandro: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 56” takes home the Greatest Gainer honors of the week as the collab rallies 54-12, a 42-ranking ascent.
Duki crosses off a career milestone as 11 songs from his latest Antes de Ameri album debut. In total, he places a total of 15 simultaneous tracks on the chart, the second-most after Bad Bunny ranked with 17 concurrent songs in May 2022.
Here’s the complete list of Duki’s songs on the chart:
No. 1, “Los Del Espacio,” with LIT Killah, Tiago Pzk, Maria Becerra, Emilia, Rusherking, Big One & FMKNo. 16, “Rockstar 2.0,” with Jhay Cortez (debut)No. 18, “Antes de Perderte (OG Version)” (debut)No. 33, “Don’t Lie”, with Quevedo (debut)No. 40, “Uno Dos”, with Salastkbron (debut)No. 43, “01 De Enero”, with Lucho SSJ (debut)No. 44, “Jefes del Sudoeste” (debut)No. 50, “Harakiri,” with C.R.O.No. 51, “Contra Mí,”, with We$t Dubai (debut)No. 59, “Gigi” (debut)No. 66, “Csipher,” with Akapellah & Neutro Shorty, featuring Micro TDH (debut)No. 71, “N.C.L.C” (debut)No. 74, “Último Tren a Ameri” (debut)
Other debuts of the week include Rauw Alejandro and Bizarrap’s “Baby Hello” at No. 47, Marshmello and Tiago PZK’s “Como Yo :(” at No. 55, Maluma’s “Coco Loco” at No. 62, and Myke Towers’ “Lala” at No. 68, while YSY A and Sixto Yegros’s “Esta Que Quema,” featuring Sponsor Dios, starts at No. 88.
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Prince Royce notches his 23rd No. 1 on Billboard’s Tropical Airplay chart as “Me EnRD” lifts 2-1 to crown the July 8-dated ranking. The song unseats Marshmello and Manuel Turizo’s “El Merengue” from the lead, after its 13-week domination (it falls to No. 2).
“Me EnRD” lands at No. 1 in its 10th week after a steady climb, including five weeks at No. 2. It crowns the survey with a 4% increase in audience impressions, to 8 million, earned in the U.S. during the June 23-29 tracking week, according to Luminate.
“Me EnRD” is just the second Tropical Airplay-ruling song by an artist unaccompanied by any other act in 2023, after Manuel Turizo’s “La Bachata,” which led for five weeks (a total of 14 weeks in charge). With the 2-1 move, “EnRD” gifts Royce his 23rd champ, after Marc Anthony, who continues at the helm with 35 total No. 1s, and Victor Manuelle with 29.
Here’s the scoreboard with artists with the most No. 1s on Tropical Airplay since the chart begun in 1994:
35, Marc Anthony29, Victor Manuelle23, Prince Royce18, Romeo Santos14, Elvis Crespo14, Gilberto Santa Rosa13, Jerry Rivera
Beyond its Tropical Airplay coronation, “EnRD” makes progress on the overall Latin Airplay chart, with an 8-6 jump.
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La Maquinaria Norteña hits top 10: Elsewhere on Latin Airplay, La Maquinaria Norteña captures its third top 10 as “Te Quiero Ver” climbs 16-9 with 7 million in audience impressions; that’s a 30% gain from the week prior, earned during the same period. It’s the biggest percentage gain among the 50-song deep tally.
As mentioned, “Te Quiero” is the norteño group’s third top 10 on Latin Airplay, all which arrived less than a year ago. The song follows La Maquinaria’s highest-charting title to date, the No. 4-peaking “Eres Ese Algo” (Feb. 25).
Further, “Quiero” nearly misses the No. 1 slot on Regional Mexican Airplay, as the song pushes 5-2.
For the first time since 1997, Blur is in the top 10 of a Billboard airplay chart. “The Narcissist,” the lead single from the Damon Albarn-fronted band’s upcoming album The Ballad of Darren, rises to No. 8 on the Adult Alternative Airplay list dated July 8. It’s Blur’s first time within the top 10 of […]
It’s been quite a year for Peso Pluma, and we’ve only just past the midway point. By the end of 2022, he’d scored one hit on the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. surveys, as “Siempre Pedientes” with Luis R Conriquez charted for three weeks on each ranking. As of the most recent, July 8-dated editions, he’s up to 22 entries on the Global 200, including seven debuts this week.
Peso Pluma’s debut studio album Génesis was released Thursday, June 22; thus, the current chart’s tracking week of June 23-29 marks the album’s first full frame of consumption. As previously reported, the set soars to No. 1 on Top Latin Albums and Regional Mexican Albums, and launches at No. 3 on the all-genre Billboard 200 (all of which reflect U.S. consumption).
The album’s song chart debuts are led by “Lady Gaga,” a collaboration with Gabito Ballesteros and Junior H starting at No. 14 on the Global 200 and No. 19 on the Global Excl. U.S. ranking. “Luna,” with Junior H, follows at Nos. 22 and 43, respectively. That trend continues, with all the Génesis tracks ranking higher on the Global 200 than on Global Excl. U.S., or simply missing the latter list.
The album’s 14 standard-edition tracks accumulated 227.2 million streams worldwide in the tracking week, according to Luminate. Almost half of those (45.3%) came from the U.S., compared to almost 55% beyond. While the scale technically tips toward Peso Pluma’s international prowess, that 45% U.S. share is more than double the average (22%) among this week’s charting songs (excluding Peso Pluma’s).
Peso Pluma is from Mexico and performs and records under the broad umbrella of Spanish-language regional Mexican music. But given Mexico’s close proximity to the American south, many genre artists hail from Texas and neighboring states, helping to create a strong listenership between the two countries. Even though Peso Pluma himself is not from the U.S., American fans have clearly been eager for his modern interpretation of regional Mexican styles.
In addition, Peso Pluma boasts eight non-Génesis tracks on this week’s Global 200. Those display a more balanced global spread, averaging 31% domestic streams and 69% otherwise. That is likely due, in part, to the singer’s genre-hopping, with collaborations on reggaeton-leaning songs, such as Yng Lvcas’ “La Bebe” and Bizarrap’s “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 55.”
“La Bebe” and “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 55,” both in the top 20, sport just 21% and 22%, respectively, of their streams from the U.S., as his collaborators and the songs’ pop-adjacent production have a wider appeal in Latin and South America. For chart proof, those tracks appear on eight and seven of Billboard’s Hits of the World charts, respectively, “Lady Gaga” only shows up on Mexico Songs, at No. 1.
On June 29, a deluxe version of Génesis was released, including three additional tracks. Two of those – “PRC,” with Natanael Cano and “Las Morras,” with Blessd – previously charted. The third, “Tulum,” with Grupo Frontera, is a newly released song, and potentially yet another debut on next global charts.
Welcome to Billboard Pro’s Trending Up newsletter, 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: Olivia Rodrigo’s much-anticipated new single also spurs gains for her older songs (and for another singer-songwriter’s song on a similar subject), the second season of The Bear goes big with its classic alt soundtrack, TikTok produces a couple (near-literal) runaway hits and more.
Olivia Rodrigo’s Return Yields ‘Sour’ Bump – And Sweet Gains for Madison Beer
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All eyes will be at the top of the Hot 100 chart next week, as Olivia Rodrigo’s massive new single “Vampire” will presumably try to dethrone Morgan Wallen’s country-pop juggernaut “Last Night” for the No. 1 spot. “Vampire,” the lead single from Rodrigo’s upcoming sophomore album GUTS, zoomed to a fast start at streaming, with 8.43 million U.S. on-demand streams on its opening day last Friday (June 30), according to Luminate. The long-awaited single got off to such a hot start that it buoyed the rest of Rodrigo’s studio output – as well as the older single from another pop star.
Sour, Rodrigo’s 2021 debut full-length, benefited from the release of “Vampire” on streaming services: the album scored a 47% jump in daily streams last Friday to 4.66 million, then sustained its uptick over the weekend and hovering above 3.5 million daily streams. Meanwhile, the release of “Vampire” – an anthem about romantic betrayal, that has been rumored to be inspired by Rodrigo’s relationship with DJ/producer Zack Bia – coincided with streaming gains for “Selfish,” a 2020 song from Madison Beer, also believed to be about Bia.
“Selfish” scored an 18.7% gain in daily streams to 43,000 from June 26 (the Monday before “Vampire”) to July 3 (the Monday after) – and Beer, who released the single “Home to Another One” last month, even acknowledged the spike on social media. In response to a fan account pointing out the “Selfish” resurgence, Beer posted in a since-deleted tweet, “thank u miss olivia.” – JASON LIPSHUTZ
Listeners ‘Bear’ Down on New TV Season’s Rock Synchs
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The Bear has been one of the most acclaimed new TV shows of the decade, and now its second season – which debuted on Hulu in June – has made good on the promise of the first. Everything about the second season of the restaurant-set Chicago dramedy is bigger and more ambitious, and that includes the soundtrack, which features recurring themes, song callbacks to the first season, and artists as big as Trent Reznor, Eddie Vedder and even Taylor Swift making up the show’s musical universe.
Several of those songs, of course, have seen big gains since the season’s June 22 premiere. Vedder & Neil Finn’s cover of Hunters & Collectors’ “Throw Your Arms Around Me,” which soundtracks the closing montage to the season’s emotional eighth episode, was up from under 5,000 official on-demand U.S. streams for the chart week ending June 22 to over 89,000 the week after – a gain of 1,806%, according to Luminate. Refused’s “New Noise,” used multiple times in the season as now it’s on pump-up music, rose 123% to nearly 147,000 streams over that same period.
The biggest gains, however, came for R.E.M.’s “Strange Currencies,” the shimmering mid-’90s ballad that serves as a sort of love theme for show protagonist Carmy and his now-grown childhood crush Claire. The song rose from 27,000 to nearly 283,000 streams over that period, a gain of 945% – showing that food isn’t the only thing The Bear is whetting appetites for this season. – ANDREW UNTERBERGER
Flyana Boss Sprints Towards Sizable Streaming Gains
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In just under two weeks, Flyana Boss has gone from a virtual unknown to an inescapable social media phenomenon. Aided by videos in which they sprint through crowds of unsuspecting onlookers while they lip-sync to their latest single “You Wish,” the half-Detroit half-Dallas hip-hop duo have sneakily infiltrated the zeitgeist across social media platforms like TikTok and Twitter.
According to Luminate, “You Wish” collected 1.3 million official on-demand U.S. streams during the period of June 16-22. The following week (June 23-29), that figure ballooned to 2.1 million streams, a 61.4% increase in streaming activity. As the duo’s profile continues to rise, expect these numbers to keep growing. During this year’s Essence Festival, Megan Thee Stallion invited them onstage to twerk alongside her during her headlining set. At the festival, Flyana Boss also performed at the Girls United kickback. The viral duo has seen a wave of recent industry support, including messages of affirmation from the likes of Missy Elliott, Keke Palmer, and Timbaland.
On TikTok, “You Wish” has already been used in over 73,000 videos, most of which are users imitating the sprint-and-rap template of Flyana Boss’ original clip. More importantly, perhaps, “You Wish” appears to be connecting with audiences outside of the viral trend. The lyrics “I’m made of sugar, spice, Kanekalon, and cinnamon,” have launched scores of debates around race, hair politics, and what happens when lyrics steeped in Black cultural experiences crossover to the mainstream. “You Wish” is just getting started, and Flyana Boss could potentially run all the way to a surprise summer hit with the fast-growing track. – KYLE DENIS
‘Titan’ Tragedy Results in ‘My Heart Will Go On’ Streams
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Last month, the implosion of the Titan submersible made global headlines, as an expedition to view the famed wreck of the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean caused an international search and rescue operation, and ultimately claimed the lives of the five passengers aboard. As the news unfolded over multiple days beginning on June 18, when the submersible first lost communication, streams of “My Heart Will Go On,” Céline Dion’s smash single that doubled as the theme song to James Cameron’s world-conquering 1997 film Titanic, saw an uptick, as social media users posted both memes and tributes in kind.
“Heart” rose 12.9% in weekly streams during the ending June 22 (the day that debris believed to be from the submersible was discovered), to 743,000 U.S. official on-demand streams, according to Luminate. The song topped 1 million streams the following week, spiking nearly 40 percent in streams for the week ending June 30. “Heart,” of course, became a Hot 100 chart-topper for Dion upon its release, and the Titanic soundtrack spent 16 straight weeks atop the Billboard 200 chart in 1998 on its way to becoming one of the biggest-selling albums of all time. – JL
DeJ Loaf Deep Cuts Are Running Through TikTok’s Mind
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Although DeJ Loaf last hit the Billboard Hot 100 in 2018 with “At the Club,” a duet with R&B star Jacquees that reached No. 86, the Detroit rapper could make a grand return to the chart if this deep cut continues to make steady gains. “Running Through My Mind,” a track from her 2020 No Saint EP, is the soundtrack to one of the latest viral TikTok trends. Users film themselves running while flashing an indiscernible picture on their phone as a sped-up version of DeJ Loaf’s voice croons the song’s hook, “You been running through my mind all day.” The idea is that the user is cheekily revealing the person who they have a crush on without confirming their specific identity.
The “Running Through My Mind” TikTok sound has been used in 128,000 videos and counting, and according to Luminate, “Running Through My Mind” has posted double-digit streaming gains for the past three weeks. During the tracking week ending June 8, the song collected 44,000 official on-demand U.S. streams, but as the TikTok trend continued to gain steam, that number rose to over 254,000 official on-demand U.S. streams for the week ending June 29, a 470% hike. With “Running Through My Mind” continuing to grow, DeJ Loaf may be looking at her biggest unaccompanied solo song since “No Fear” reached the Hot 100 back in 2017. – KD
Season’s Gainings: It’s Definitely a Fourth of July Party
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Our country’s 247th birthday was celebrated nationwide on July 4, and despite the holiday falling on a Tuesday in the middle of the workweek, it doesn’t seem to have stopped folks from cranking the patriotic (and/or bitterly ironic) tunes to commemorate the occasion. Zac Brown Band’s cookout-ready “Chicken Fried” rose from 796,000 to 1.6 million daily official on-demand U.S. streams from July 3 to July 4, according to Luminate, while Bruce Springsteen’s not-what-your-drunk-uncle-thinks-it’s-about anthem “Born in the U.S.A.” rose 333% to 2.1 million streams, and the entire catalog of American greats Creedence Clearwater Revival was up 33% to 4.8 million streams. And of course, the Fourth of July crown went to Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the U.S.A.,” up 137% to nearly 2.3 million, our country’s unofficial second national anthem for yet another year. – AU
Barely two months after they teamed up on “Princess Diana,” Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice again storm into the upper reaches of Billboard‘s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart as their second collaboration, “Barbie World” with Aqua, debuts at No. 3 on the list dated July 8.
“Barbie World,” a drill track that samples Aqua’s 1997 top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hit “Barbie Girl,” launches with 16.2 million official U.S. streams in the week ending June 29, according to Luminate. The sum sparks a No. 4 arrival on the R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs chart. The collaboration also generates a splashy sales week, with 37,000 downloads sold in the same period. As the song hits No. 1 on R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales, Minaj banks her 22nd champ on the list, while Ice Spice nabs her second.
With “Barbie World,” Minaj secures a 41st career top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and her third of 2023, following “Red Ruby Da Sleeze,” a No. 4 hit in March, and “Princess Diana,” which peaked at No. 2 in April. Ice Spice posts a second top 10 on the chart, after “Princess Diana.” It’s the first for Aqua.
Elsewhere, “Barbie World” begins at No. 3 on the Hot Rap Songs chart to become Minaj’s 46th top 10, while Ice Spice claims her third, after “Princess Diana” and her own “In Ha Mood,” which climbed to a No. 9 high in March. It’s the first top 10 on the list for Aqua. On the Hot 100, “Barbie World” enters at No. 7, matching the peak rank of Aqua’s “Barbie Girl” in 1997.
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“Barbie World” will appear on the soundtrack to the feature film Barbie, which will be released alongside the movie on July 21. The soundtrack includes an array of hitmakers, including Dua Lipa, Lizzo, PinkPantheress, Karol G and more.
Pop and rhythmic radio have been the earliest adopters for “Barbie World,” with the track debuting at No. 36 on Rhythmic Airplay and the anchor slot, No. 40, on Pop Airplay. The collaboration did also generate some activity at Minaj and Ice Spice’s core format, R&B/hip-hop, but notably, both artists also have other active tracks there. On the latest Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, “Princess Diana” rises 21-17 through a 16% gain in plays. Minaj also climbs four spots with another hit collaboration – on Sexxy Red and Tay Keith’s “Pound Town,” which she joined for a remix – as it advances 23-19 with a 28% surge in plays in the latest tracking week.