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Elevation Worship, the music collective based in Charlotte, N.C., earns its seventh No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Christian Albums chart as its new set, Can You Imagine?, blasts in atop the June 3-dated tally.
Released May 19, the LP earned 8,000 equivalent album units through May 25, according to Luminate.
“We’re blown away by the response to our new album and how it’s pointing people to Jesus,” Chris Brown, the group’s frontman, tells Billboard. “It’s reminding us that He is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine in and through our lives.”
Concurrently, the album’s “More Than Able,” featuring Chandler Moore and Tiffany Hudson, surges 5-1 on the multimetric Hot Gospel Songs chart. On Hot Christian Songs, it flies 21-7. It drew 2 million official streams (up 102%).
“Able” gives Elevation Worship its fourth No. 1 on Hot Gospel Songs and its 12th top 10 on Hot Christian Songs.
For Moore, who is also a member of Maverick City Music, it’s his third No. 1 on Hot Gospel Songs. On Hot Christian Songs, it marks his third top 10.
Hudson, a member of Elevation Worship, earns her first leader and top 10 as a billed artist on the lists, respectively.
“Able” was penned by Ben Fielding, Steven Furtick, Chandler Moore and Naomi Raine.
Can You Imagine?, which includes eight tracks, was produced by Brown and Furtick. The LP was recorded in front of a live audience at Elevation Church in Charlotte Jan. 13.
The new set follows Elevation Worship’s Live at the Loft, which arrived at its No. 24 peak on Top Christian Albums in September 2022, and Lion, which started at its No. 2 best that March. Before that, Elevation Worship’s collaboration with Maverick City Music, Old Church Basement, arrived atop the Top Christian Albums and Top Gospel Albums chart in May 2021. It dominated the former for five weeks and the latter for 17 frames.
Phil Wickham rolls up his fourth No. 1 on Billboard’s Christian Airplay chart (dated June 3) with “This Is Our God.” In the tracking week ending May 25, the song increased by 5% to 6.4 million impressions, according to Luminate.
The 39-year-old singer-songwriter, from San Diego, co-penned the song with Pat Barrett, Steven Furtick and Brandon Lake. It was produced by Jonathan Smith and will be included on Wickham’s album due this fall.
“‘This Is Our God’ is my favorite song to sing and lead right now,” Wickham tells Billboard. “This song is a declaration of who Jesus is and what He’s done for us. There is so much faith, hope and truth in it. It’s been incredible hearing the church lift it up and sing it out in the past few months since its release. Thanks to everyone who has been listening to, singing and sharing this one!”
Wickham’s fourth Christian Airplay leader completes his fastest trip to the summit: 19 weeks. His “House of the Lord,” which dominated for four weeks starting in October 2021, took 20 weeks to reach the apex. “Battle Belongs,” which likewise reigned for four frames, beginning in April 2021, needed 25 weeks, and his first No. 1, “This Is Amazing Grace,” ruled for 10 frames starting in March 2014, wrapping a 27-week climb.
Wickham’s new Christian Airplay No. 1 follows his duet with Anne Wilson, “Behold,” which hit No. 2 in December 2022. He has notched 10 top 10s, starting with “Safe,” which hit No. 4 in April 2010.
Jones’ First Gospel Airplay No. 1
On Billboard’s Gospel Airplay chart, Brent Jones earns his first No. 1, as “Nothing Else Matters (Instead of Complaining, Praise Him),” which he wrote solely, lifts to the top, up 9% in plays.
The Los Angeles native follows “Open Your Mouth and Say Something,” which reached No. 9 in March 2019, and first entry “He Rose” (No. 17, January 2015).
Jones, who is also the Minister of Music at the Friendship Baptist Church in the Los Angeles area, launched his music career as leader of Brent Jones & The T.P. Mobb in the 1990s. The act posted three entries on Top Gospel Albums: 1999’s self-titled LP peaked at No. 4, followed by beautiful (No. 7, 2002); and The Ultimate Weekend (No. 14, 2008).
Jones has charted two solo albums on the survey: Joy Comin’ (No. 6, 2014) and Open Your Mouth and Say Somethin’ (No. 3, 2018).
LE SSERAFIM’s “Eve, Psyche and the Bluebeard’s Wife” heads to No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Trending Songs chart, powered by Twitter, dated June 3 following the release of the song’s music video.
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Billboard’s Hot Trending charts, powered by Twitter, track global music-related trends and conversations in real-time across Twitter, viewable over either the last 24 hours or past seven days. A weekly, 20-position version of the chart, covering activity from Friday through Thursday of each week, posts alongside Billboard’s other weekly charts on Billboard.com each Tuesday, with the latest tracking period running May 19-25.
“Eve, Psyche and the Bluebeard’s Wife” was originally released May 1 as part of LE SSERAFIM’s album Unforgiven, which became the K-pop group’s first top 10 on the Billboard 200 when it debuted at No. 6 (May 20).
The song’s music video was released May 23, driving LE SSERAFIM to its highest rank on Hot Trending Songs, surpassing the No. 15 peak of “Flash Forward” on the May 13 survey.
LE SSERAFIM reigns over a trio of songs by Tina Turner after the music icon’s May 24 death at age 83. “The Best” launches at No. 2, followed by “What’s Love Got to Do With It” at No. 4 and “Private Dancer” at No. 13.
Turner makes multiple appearances on the June 3 Billboard charts, including the premieres of “The Best” and “What’s Love Got to Do With It” at Nos. 7 and 8, respectively, on Digital Song Sales, thanks to 8,000 and 7,000 downloads, respectively, according to Luminate. Further gains for Turner’s catalog are likely on the June 10-dated rankings following a full week of sales, radio and streaming data.
Other songs in Hot Trending Songs’ top five include new music from Diddy, City Girls and Fabolous (“Act Bad,” No. 3) and Yeat, with Young Thug (“My Wrist,” No. 5).
Keep visiting Billboard.com for the constantly evolving Hot Trending Songs rankings, and check in each Tuesday for the latest weekly chart.
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 acts who appear on surveys for the first time on the June 3-dated charts.
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Ella Langley
The Alabama native and Nashville-based singer-songwriter, 24, reaches Billboard’s charts for the first time with her debut collection, Excuse the Mess. The eight-track set, released May 19 via SAWGOD Records/Columbia Records, debuts at No. 20 on the Heatseekers Albums chart with 2,000 copies sold through May 25, according to Luminate. The album includes a collaboration with Koe Wetzel, “That’s Why We Fight.” Langley has a slate of shows lined up through the end of the year, including dates opening for Jon Pardi’s Mr. Saturday Night World Tour. She’s previously supported Luke Combs, Randy Houser, Cody Johnson, Elle King and Scotty McCreery, among others.
Iam Tongi
The Hawaii-born Polynesian singer-songwriter (full name William Tongi), 18, and latest winner of ABC’s American Idol, scores his first Billboard chart appearances, thanks to two songs: “I’ll Be Seeing You” and, fittingly, a cover of ABBA’s “The Winner Takes It All.” The former, released May 19 via 19/BMG, debuts at No. 1 on Rock Digital Song Sales, and No. 3 on Digital Song Sales, with 11,000 downloads sold. It also starts at No. 19 on Hot Rock Songs and No. 23 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, bolstered by 996,000 U.S. streams. “Winner” debuts at No. 19 on Rock Digital Song Sales (2,000 sold). Tongi, who also arrives at No. 3 on the Emerging Artists chart, was crowned champion of Idol May 21. Also on the season finale, he teamed with James Blunt to perform a duet of the latter’s 2019 track “Monsters.” The performance sparked the original’s 925% vault to 10,000 sold and a No. 4 re-entry on Digital Song Sales.
Megan Danielle
Danielle, 20, from Douglasville, Ga., and runner-up on the latest season of American Idol, achieves her first chart entry with “Dream Girl.” The song, released May 19 via 19/BMG, opens at No. 11 on Country Digital Song Sales and No. 48 on Digital Song Sales with 2,000 downloads sold. Danielle performed it on the season finale of Idol May 21. She also performed covers of Keith Urban’s “God Whispered Your Name” and Journey’s “Faithfully” during the finale, along with a duet version with Lauren Daigle of her current hit “Thank God I Do.” Prior to Idol, Danielle, also new at No. 42 on the Emerging Artists chart, competed on the 18th season of NBC’s The Voice.
Colin Stough
Stough, 18, from Amory, Miss., and who placed third on the latest season of American Idol, hits Billboard’s charts with “I Still Talk to Jesus.” The track, released May 19 on 19/BMG, starts at No. 5 on Country Digital Song Sales and No. 18 on Digital Song Sales with 4,000 downloads sold. He also places at No. 24 on Country Digital Song Sales with his self-released original song “Bad Day” (1,000 sold). Stough performed covers of Keith Urban’s “Stupid Boy,” Chris Stapleton’s “Either Way” and, with Idol judge Luke Bryan, the Pointer Sisters’ “Slow Hand” on the competition’s season finale May 21. Stough also opens at No. 12 on the Emerging Artists chart.
Aron Luix
The 18-year-old Dominican-American urbano artist from New Jersey arrives with his new collaboration with CNCO, “Tu Me Elevas.” The song, released May 19 on Joch Entertainment/Serving Sound/WK Records, debuts at No. 22 on Latin Pop Airplay (176,000 audience impressions). In 2020, Luix released his first song on WK Records, “Inocente,” which was co-written by Maluma. Luix is slated to support CNCO on the group’s Última Cita Tour, which begins June 1.
Mathame
The Italian techno duo — comprised of brothers Amedeo and Matteo Giovanelli — makes its first Billboard chart appearance thanks to its new collaboration with Tiësto, “Feel Your Ghost.” The track, released May 19 through Astralwerks/Capitol Records, debuts at No. 22 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs with 853,000 official U.S. streams in its opening week. The pair has also collaborated with CamelPhat, Diplo, Lost Frequencies, Moby and ZHU, among others.
The Murlocs
The Australian psychedelic-rock group from Melbourne tallies its first U.S. chart appearance, thanks to Its seventh LP, Calm Ya Farm. The set, released May 19 via ATO Records, arrives at No. 62 on Top Current Album Sales, with 1,000 copies sold in its first week. The band also debuts at No. 32 on the Emerging Artists chart. The act’s fifth LP, Bittersweet Demons, reached No. 6 on the Australia Albums chart in 2021. The Murlocs comprise Ambrose Kenny-Smith (vocals, harmonica, percussion, keys, guitar), Cal Shortal (guitar, vocals), Matt Blach (drums, vocals), Cook Craig (bass, guitar) and Tim Karmouche (keys, guitar, vocals). Craig is also a member of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard.
Mandy, Indiana
The Manchester, U.K.-based group arrives with its debut full-length LP, I’ve Seen a Way. Released May 19 on Fire Talk Records, the set opens at No. 92 on the Top Current Album Sales chart with 1,000 copies sold in its opening week. The band previously broke through with its 2021 five-song set titled simply … Mandy, Indiana (whose name was inspired by Gary, Ind.) comprised of Valentine Caulfield (vocals), Simon Catling (synths) and Alex MacDougall (drums).
CJ SO COOL
CJ SO COOL (real name Cordero James Brady), 34, notches his first Billboard chart hit as “Tired” debuts at No. 13 on Rap Digital Song Sales. The song, which he self-released in 2018, debuts with 1,000 downloads sold, having been used in over 25,000 clips on TikTok (tied to a meme spotlighting former NFL star Shannon Sharpe in which users tout a long-awaited accomplishment following a series of gaffes). CJ is also a popular YouTuber outside of music, known for recording viral prank videos. His most recent release on streaming services, “Royalty Baby Daddy Diss,” arrived in May 2021.
Bankroll
The Afrobeats/dancehall artist scores his first Billboard chart placement, as “No Love” with Zoey Dollaz debuts at No. 15 on World Digital Song Sales. The track, released in November via ZLE Records, is Bankroll’s first release on streaming services.
The late, great Tina Turner is about to make a major chart comeback. As U.K. fans mourn Turner’s death last Wednesday (May 24), aged 83, the legendary performer could land four titles in the national albums chart, led by The Platinum Collection. Turner’s career retrospective could crack the top 10 for the first time, reentering at No. 8 on the midweek chart, the Official Charts Company reports. The Platinum Collection originally peaked at No. 14 following its release in 2009.
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Close behind is Turner’s 1989 LP Foreign Affair, which features her hit “The Best.” Foreign Affair is set to reenter the Official Chart at No. 10.
Another hits compilation, 1994’s The Collected Recordings, is poised for a No. 12 return, while the U.S. superstar’s Private Dancer from 1984, one of the greatest comebacks of the 20th century, could vault to No. 31, having originally peaked at No. 2.
During her lifetime, Turner landed nine top 10 albums in the U.K., including two No. 1s (Foreign Affair and the soundtrack to What’s Love Got To Do With It).Lewis Capaldi blasted to No. 1 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart last Friday (May 26) with Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent, the fastest-selling album of 2023. Broken By Desire leads the midweek chart again, ahead of two former leaders, Taylor Swift’s Midnights (up 10-2), which benefits from the release of Midnights (The Til Dawn Edition); and Harry Styles’ Harry’s House (up 5-3), which lifts as he makes a victory lap of his homeland with his Love On Tour. Meanwhile, Mick Hucknall’s Simply Red could bag the highest new entry with Time, new at No. 4 on the Official Chart Update. If Time keeps ticking away, it’ll give the British act their 15th U.K. top 10. Also eyeing top 10 berths are singer-songwriter Arlo Parks’ sophomore album My Soft Machine, the followup to the U.K. indie star’s debut Mercury Prize-winning LP from 2021, Collapsed in Sunbeam. My Soft Machine is new at No. 5 on the chart blast.
Finally, veteran alternative pop act Sparks’ is set for a best chart position since 1974 with The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte. The U.S. act, which recently completed a tour of the U.K., is eying a No. 6 bow on the national chart.
All will be revealed when the Official U.K. Albums Chart is published Friday (June 2).
Bad Bunny’s longtime top 10 record on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart adds a new chapter this week with the debut of his latest single “Where She Goes” at No. 2 (June 3-dated list). Thanks to his steady performance, which dates to 2017, Benito extends his record for the most top 10s in the chart’s history.
“Where She Goes’” start in the runner-up slot and secures the global star his unprecedented 61st top 10 on the multi-metric ranking, which blends airplay, streaming activity, and digital sales. Bad Bunny snatched the top 10 cup after breaking off a tie with Enrique Iglesias and Luis Miguel (all with 39 top 10s) on June 19, 2021, a record he’s held since.
Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma’s “Ella Baila Sola” remains at No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs for an eighth week.
“Goes” blasts in at No. 2 on Hot Latin Songs as the top-selling tune of the week, (No. 1 on Latin Digital Song Sales), with 2,000 downloads sold during its first tracking week ending May 25, according to Luminate; also a record-extending 61st top 10 there.
The Jersey Club, drill and dembow-fused track arrives at No. 2 on Latin Streaming Songs with 23.4 million official U.S. streams during the same period. “Goes” sits right below Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma’s “Ella Baila Sola,” which remains in charge despite a 12% dip in streams, to 27.9 million. Plus, “Goes’” opening streaming sum was enough to debut at No. 3 on the all-genre Streaming Songs ranking.
Further, “Goes” also shows activity among Latin stations, with 2,000 audience impressions in its first week, though not enough to make it to the Latin Airplay ranking, which factors in all airplay, regardless of its format.
Bad Bunny teased “Goes” days before its release on TikTok, followed by an Instagram post the morning of its release day. The MAG-produced Spanish-language tune, dropped May 18 at 5 p.m. Pacific time via Rimas along with a star-studded music video set in the California desert, with cameos by Frank Ocean, Lil Uzi Vert, Dominic Fike and others.
As Bad Bunny marks an even larger gap ahead of his competitors with 61 top 10s on Hot Latin Songs, here’s the scoreboard since the chart launched in 1986:
61, Bad Bunny39, Enrique Iglesias39, Luis Miguel37, Daddy Yankee35, J Balvin
Beyond its top 10 start on Hot Latin Songs, “Goes” takes over Billboard Global 200 storming at No. 1, bows at No. 3 on Global Excl. U.S. and makes its No. 8 debut on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100.
Fuerza Regida Nabs Career High Debut with “TQM”: Elsewhere on Hot Latin Songs, Fuerza Regida strikes out a new chart success with the No. 5 debut of “TQM.” It’s the group’s highest-charting start among 21 visits. It’s also Regida’s third top 10, after the two-week champ “Bebe Dame,” with Grupo Forntera, in January.
“TQM” bows in the upper region propelled by its streaming activity. The song, released May 19, recorded 13.1 million official streams during its first week. That sum yields a No. 17 start on Streaming Songs and a No. 5 debut on Latin Streaming Songs, also a third top 10 on the latter.
Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer,” from her 2019 LP Lover, is back on the Billboard Hot 100, returning to the chart dated June 3 at No. 49.
Fittingly timed to the lead-up to Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial kickoff to summer, the song re-enters with 8.9 million official streams (up 2%), 898,000 radio airplay audience impressions (up 128%), and 1,000 downloads sold (up 18%) in the United States in the May 19-25 tracking week, according to Luminate.
“Cruel Summer” spent two weeks on the chart during its initial chart run. It debuted at its No. 29 high on the Sept. 7, 2019, Hot 100 – the week that Lover debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, becoming Swift’s sixth leader – and fell to No. 71 the following week.
All 18 songs from Lover landed on the Hot 100 when the album debuted atop the Billboard 200, with “Cruel Summer” one of six to chart in the Hot 100’s top 40 that week.
“Cruel Summer” has been gaining momentum in recent weeks, as Swift has been performing the song on her Eras Tour. The concert encompasses 10 acts, covering nine of her LPs. The Lover era kicks off the show, with her performing, in order, “Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince,” “Cruel Summer,” “The Man,” “You Need To Calm Down,” “Lover” and “The Archer.”
Swift charts two additional songs on the latest Hot 100, both from last year’s Midnights: former eight-week No. 1 “Anti-Hero” – her longest-leading hit – at No. 12 and latest single “Karma,” up 32-27. The latter, which debuted at its No. 9 high in November, is slated to soar on next week’s, June 10-dated chart, thanks to a new remix featuring Ice Spice, released May 26. The pair performed the team-up together live May 26-28 at the tour’s latest stops at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.
Since its release (through May 25), “Cruel Summer” has drawn 364.1 million official on-demand streams and 13.7 million in airplay audience (while not being formally promoted to radio) and sold 34,000 downloads in the U.S.
Morgan Wallen released One Thing at a Time on March 3, kicking off a run of 11 (and counting) consecutive weeks atop the Billboard 200. One of the set’s focus tracks, “Last Night,” became his biggest hit yet, topping the Billboard Hot 100 for seven (and counting) frames. And now, his spin-off run of concerts – the One Night at a Time World Tour – crowns Billboard’s Top Tours chart.
According to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore, Wallen played four shows in April, earning $27.9 million from 145,000 tickets sold. He fends off Elton John ($27 million) and former tourmate Luke Combs ($25.8 million) in a narrow race, securing his first monthly victory.
Earlier this month, Wallen was forced to postpone the One Night at a Time World Tour for six weeks due to a vocal injury, resuming on June 22 at Chicago’s famed Wrigley Field. Including three shows from May 4-6 and a handful of dates in Oceania in March, the tour has earned $44.3 million and sold 258,000 tickets to-date.
Wallen will mix arenas, amphitheaters and stadiums across the remaining 45 scheduled dates. Running through June 2024, Wallen is on to soar past the $200 million mark (and then some), easily topping his own The Dangerous Tour ($113.5 million; 841,000 tickets) and further, Kenny Chesney’s Here and Now Tour ($135 million) and Taylor Swift’s The Red Tour ($150.2 million) to become the top-grossing country tour ever. Country tours are generally defined as by artists recording primarily country music at the time of a respective tour.
Wallen’s April triumph marks the first time in nine months that an artist scores a first month at No. 1. The last act to claim its first chart-topper was Coldplay in July 2022, who poetically closed the loop by repeating at No. 1 just last month.
In between, Bad Bunny (Aug. and Sept. 2022), John Mayer (Oct. and Nov. 2022, Jan. 2023), Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Dec. 2022), and Ed Sheeran (Feb. 2023) notched repeat wins. In 34 months since the monthly charts premiered, Wallen is just the 15th artist to lead the Top Tours ranking.
Among those 15 leaders, Wallen is the first country act to hit No. 1. Previously, the genre had peaked at No. 3 with George Strait (March 2019 and Jan. 2020) and Reba McEntire (Jan. 2022). In fact, stretching beyond the origins of Billboard’s monthly charts, the last time country spawned the top-grossing act of the month was Chesney in May 2015, almost eight years ago.
Including Wallen and Combs, country artists have five top three placements, or 4.9% of all top three ranks since the charts launched in Feb. 2019. When looking at the full 30-position survey, the genre makes up 11.8% of the chart, following only rock and pop.
While country has consistently been a core factor in the concert industry’s well-being, it’s taken more than three years (including COVID’s blackout period) for one of its own to lead, with more of its headliners in the teens and 20s of the monthly chart.
Much of that has to do with the structure of country tours, as most acts play weekend shows but take off during the week, compared to every-night or every-other-night routings for many pop, rock, Latin and hip-hop artists. Playing two or three shows a week, country artists can only sell so many tickets, limiting their total figures especially when compressing the chart’s tracking period to a strict timeframe.
For their parts, Wallen played in Milwaukee on a Friday and Saturday, and then Louisville and Oxford, Miss. on the following Thursday and Saturday. (Combs played one stadium show each week, except for a double-header in Nashville). But despite a limited show count, both artists scaled up to stadiums, able to compete with lengthier arena runs via massive nightly audiences.
Elton John, sandwiched between Wallen and Combs at No. 2 on Top Tours, played double the shows as either country competitor. Nine of those took place over the course of 16 days at London’s O2 Arena, averaging one show every other night.
John’s run at the O2 is No. 1 on April’s Top Boxscores, having earned $25.3 million and sold 148,000 tickets. It’s the month’s only engagement to break the $20 million mark or 100,000 tickets. Wallen (Nos. 2 and 5) and Combs (Nos. 4, 7-8) help flesh out the top 10, with Usher at No. 3 for an eight-night run at MGM’s Dolby Live in Las Vegas.
Not only does the O2 Arena push Elton to No. 1 on Top Boxscores and No. 2 on Top Tours, it is itself the top-grossing venue of the month. The last time it reigned was June 2022 with $41.7 million and 372,000 tickets sold, just north of April’s $41.1 million and 344,000.
SZA becomes the sole owner of one of the biggest records in the history of Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart as her single “Kill Bill” achieves an unprecedented 21st week at the summit. The record-breaking week, on the chart dated June 3, breaks “Kill Bill” from a tie with Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” […]
Bad Bunny’s “Where She Goes” bounds in at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 chart (dated June 3). With the launch, he becomes the first soloist with as many as three No. 1s since the survey began.
Meanwhile, FIFTY FIFTY’s “Cupid” spends a second week atop the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. survey.
Plus, Shakira’s ballad “Acróstico” ascends to the Global Excl. U.S. top 10, from No. 11 to No. 8.
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts, which started 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.
Bad Bunny ‘Goes’ Straight to No. 1 on Global 200
Bad Bunny’s “Where She Goes” launches atop the Billboard Global 200, with 71 million streams and 3,000 sold worldwide May 19-25, following its May 18 release. The Spanish-language song arrives as his third No. 1 on the chart, after “Un x100to,” with Grupo Frontera, for two weeks earlier in May, and “Dakiti,” with Jhay Cortez (now Jhayco), for three weeks in November-December 2020.
Bad Bunny becomes the first soloist with three Global 200 No. 1s; overall, he’s second only to BTS, with six. Justin Bieber, BLACKPINK, Drake, Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift each boast two.
“Where She Goes” marks Bad Bunny’s first Global 200 entry with no accompanying artists since he released his LP Un Verano Sin Ti, which dominated the U.S.-based Billboard 200 for 13 weeks in May-October 2022.
Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma’s “Ella Baila Sola” dips to No. 2 on the Global 200 after three weeks at No. 1, having become the chart’s first leader for the regional Mexican genre.
FIFTY FIFTY’s “Cupid” slips to No. 3 from its No. 2 Global 200 high; Yng Lvcas and Peso Pluma’s “La Bebe” retreats to No. 4 from its No. 3 best; and Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” keeps at No. 5, after 12 weeks on top in January-April.
‘Cupid’ Hits Target Again Atop Global Excl. U.S.
FIFTY FIFTY’s “Cupid” adds a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, despite drops of 6% in streams, to 61 million, and 13% in sales, to 2,000, outside the U.S. May 19-25.
Yng Lvcas and Peso Pluma’s “La Bebe” logs a fourth week at its No. 2 Global Excl. U.S. best.
Bad Bunny’s “Where She Goes” debuts at No. 3 on Global Excl. U.S., with 48.1 million streams and 1,000 sold in its first full tracking week. He notches his record-extending 14th top 10 on the tally, further distancing himself from runners-up BTS and Swift, each with 10.
Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” holds at No. 4 on Global Excl. U.S., following a record-tying (with Harry Styles’ “As It Was”) 13 weeks at No. 1 beginning upon its debut in January, and Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma’s “Ella Baila Sola” descends 3-5, after reaching No. 2.
Elsewhere in the Global Excl. U.S. top 10, Shakira’s “Acróstico” climbs 11-8, up 6% to 55.6 million streams outside the U.S. The Colombian-born superstar — who was crowned Woman of the Year at the first Billboard Latin Women in Music celebration May 6 — earns her fourth top 10 on the chart, all within the last year, with three in 2023. “TQG,” with Karol G, topped the March 11 survey, upon its debut; Bizarrap and Shakira’s “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53” hit No. 2 in January; and “Te Felicito,” with Rauw Alejandro, reached No. 6 in June 2022.
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated June 3, 2023) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (May 31, a day later than usual due to the Memorial Day holiday in the U.S. May 29). 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 Twitter and Instagram.
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