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Donald J. Trump and J6 Prison Choir’s “Justice for All” enters Billboard’s Digital Song Sales chart (dated March 25) at No. 1. The recording sold 33,000 downloads March 10-16, according to Luminate.
Of the song’s sales in the tracking week, 39% occurred March 11, when its official video premiered on online video sharing platform Rumble.
All charts dated March 25 will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, March 21.
“Justice for All” is a recording of former U.S. President Trump and a group of men imprisoned for their involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. In the song, he recites the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance, mixed with the J6 Prison Choir singing “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
According to CNN, and as reported by Variety, the J6 Prison Choir requested that Trump be part of the song. He agreed and recorded his audio at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Fla. Per Forbes, the prisoners recorded their vocals by phone and the track was “reportedly produced by a major recording artist who [has] not [been] identified.”
On Jan. 6, 2021, a joint session of Congress was held at the U.S. Capitol during which electoral college votes were to be counted formalizing the victory of President-elect Joe Biden. Starting at 12 p.m. ET that day, at a rally at The Ellipse in Washington, Trump repeated his debunked allegations of voter fraud and urged his supporters to take action: “If you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore,” and that, “I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.” There has been no evidence of widespread voter fraud or other irregularities during the 2020 election.
Subsequently, more than 2,000 reportedly breached barricades and entered the Capitol. That afternoon, Trump took to Twitter to say that he was “outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem that occurred” and to tell supporters to “go home in peace.”
Five people died during the event or shortly before or after, with 138 police officers, among others, injured.
By early Jan. 7, the counting of electoral votes was completed and then-Vice President Mike Pence announced Biden President-elect and Kamala Harris Vice President-elect.
An impeachment of Trump, charged for incitement of insurrection in the attack, was held Jan. 13, 2021. He was acquitted in the February Senate trial, resulting in a 57-43 vote in favor of conviction, short of the 67 needed.
Nearly 1,000 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the attack on the Capitol in the over two years since it occurred.
The song’s video on Rumble is sourced to conservative commentator Ed Henry, who, according to Forbes, reportedly joined Trump to oversee the song’s creation, with recipients of funds, per Forbes, to be “vetted to make sure proceeds do not benefit families of people who assaulted a police officer.”
Taylor Swift’s surprise four-pack should have an immediate impact on the U.K. singles chart.
The U.S. pop superstar last Friday (March 17) dropped a batch of recordings, including “All The Girls You Loved Before” a previously-unreleased song that didn’t make the final pressing of 2019’s Lover LP.
Perhaps it should have made the cut. “All The Girls” is on track for the week’s highest debut, at No. 7, for what would be Swift’s 22nd top 10 appearance, according to the Official Charts Company’ first chart blast of the week.
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Swift’s fresh four songs included re-recordings of Swift’s The Hunger Games tracks, plus “If This Was a Movie (Taylor’s Version),” all dropping on the eve of her The Eras Tour opener.
At the top end of the First Look chart, which captures sales and streaming data from the first 48 hours in the cycle, Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” is on target for a 10th consecutive week at No. 1.
Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding could have a say in that. The pair’s latest collaboration, the ‘90s rave-channeling “Miracle” is set to lift 3-2 in its second week. Meanwhile, Pinkpantheress appears to have missed the chance for a maiden No. 1 with “Boy’s a liar,” which, after several weeks at No. 2, slips to No. 8 on the chart blast.
Further down the list, BTS’ Jimin could snag his debut solo top 20 with “Set Me Free Pt. 2.” It’s new at No. 14 on the chart blast, coming soon after bandmate J-Hope cracked the top 40 (and made chart history) with his J. Cole collaboration, “On The Street.”
Finally, Lewis Capaldi could crack the top 20 with his new tear-jerker, “How I’m Feeling Now,” set to arrive at No. 19, while Irish singer-songwriter Hozier is hovering just outside the top 20 with his comeback single “Eat Your Young.” It’s new at No. 21 on the chart blast, the OCC reports, and is expected to become the “Take Me To The Church” singer’s third first top 40 single and first in eight years — since “Someone New” hit No. 19 in 2015.
All will be revealed when the Official U.K. Singles Chart is published late Friday.
Miley Cyrus nabs a rare U.K. chart double as Endless Summer Vacation (via Columbia) debuts at No. 1 on the national albums survey and “Flowers” extends its streak atop the singles tally.
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Endless Summer Vacation, Cyrus’ eighth studio album, had led the midweek chart by a wide margin and finishes the chart week in first place.
It’s the U.S. pop star’s second U.K. albums chart leader, following 2013’s Bangerz, and sixth career top 10 appearance. Also, it’s the second time Cyrus has simultaneously led both main charts, which did she with Bangerz and “Wrecking Ball.” Cyrus is the first artist to complete the double in 2023, and the first since Taylor Swift did it in October 2022 with “Anti-Hero” and Midnights.
As previously reported, “Flowers” enters a ninth consecutive week at No. 1 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, published March 17.
Meanwhile, The Weeknd’s hits collection The Highlights (Republic Records/XO) lifts 3-2 for an equal high position in its 110th week on the chart.
Coming in at No. 3 on latest albums tally is Sleaford Mods’ UK GRIM (Rough Trade), the indie electronic duo’s 13th studio album. UK GRIM becomes the pair’s fourth top 10 LP, and a career-best position, going one better than 2021’s Spare Ribs, which peaked at No. 4.
Further down the list, legendary Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison lands his 43rd U.K. top 40 album with Moving on Skiffle (Exile), new at No. 16. It’s the followup to 2021’s Latest Record Project, Volume 1, which peaked at No. 5.
And finally, Ward Thomas earns a fourth top 40 with Music in the Madness (WTW Music), the country-pop duo’s fifth studio album. It’s new at No. 31.
Miley Cyrus takes the plaudits once again on the U.K. singles survey with “Flowers” (via Columbia), while a throwback rave tune roars to a fast start.
Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding grab the highest new entry on the Official U.K. Singles Chart with “Miracle” (Columbia), their latest collaboration.
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The trance track bows at No. 3, for Harris’ 29th and Goulding’s 12th top 10 hit. Also, it’s their third — and peak position — as a duo following 2012’s “I Need Your Love” (No. 4) and 2014’s “Outside” (No. 6).
Meanwhile, a string of singles score top 10 peaks this week — Rema’s “Calm Down” (up 6-5 via Mavin), Lizzy McAlpine’s “Ceilings” (7-6 via Harbour Artists & Music), Libianca’s “People” (8-7 via 5K), and Strandz’s “Us Against The World” (Relentless), which gives the London rapper his first-ever U.K. top 10 entry.
Further down the list, British hip-hop artist Digga D lands his 13th top 40 with “Energy” (Black Money), new at No. 19.
Mae Muller, the U.K. entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, is enjoying positive early feedback from her homeland. Muller’s “I Wrote A Song” (Capitol) debuts at No. 30, for her highest chart position as a solo artist. According to the Official Charts Company, it’s the first U.K. Eurovision entry to debut inside the top 40 since Blue’s “I Can,” which peaked at No. 16 back in 2011.
At the top of the tally, published March 17, “Flowers” secures a ninth week at No. 1. Its parent album Endless Summer Vacation starts at the summit of the Official U.K. Albums Chart, giving the U.S. pop star a rare chart double. Album tracks “River” (No. 16) and “Jades” (No. 27) mark their entries on the national singles survey.
Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time spends a second week atop the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated March 25), as the set earned 259,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending March 16, according to Luminate. That’s down 48% compared to its debut week sum of 501,000 units a week ago.
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One Thing at a Time logs the largest second-week for an album since Taylor Swift’s Midnights collected 342,000 units in the week ending Nov. 3, 2022 (chart dated Nov. 12), after debuting a week earlier with 1.578 million units.
One Thing at a Time’s second week is nearly as large as the opening week of Wallen’s last album, Dangerous: The Double Album, which launched with 265,000 units (week ending Jan. 14, 2021, chart dated Jan. 23).
One Thing at a Time is the first album by a male act to spend its first two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 since Harry Styles’ Harry’s House tallied its first two weeks atop the list on the charts dated June 4 and 11, 2022. It’s also the first country album to log its first two weeks at No. 1 since Dangerous spent its first 10 weeks at No. 1 (Jan. 21-March 27, 2021 charts). (Country albums are considered those that have hit or are eligible for Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart.)
Also in the top 10 of the new Billboard 200 albums chart, TWICE and Miley Cyrus debut at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively, with their latest efforts, Ready to Be and Endless Summer Vacation. Both acts earn their largest weeks by units earned since the chart began measuring by units in December 2014.
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 March 25, 2023-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on March 21. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.
Of One Thing at a Time’s 259,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending March 16, SEA units comprise 234,000 (down 39%, equaling 308.06 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 36 songs), album sales comprise 21,000 (down 81%) and TEA units comprise 4,000 (down 53%). Notably, the album’s haul of 308.06 million streams for its songs tallies the second-biggest streaming week ever for a country album, after the set’s debut frame (498.28 million).
TWICE scores a career-high placing on the Billboard 200, as the pop ensemble’s new album Ready to Be debuts at No. 2 with 153,000 equivalent album units earned – the act’s biggest week ever. It’s the fourth top 10-charting effort for the South Korean group. Previously, the act went as high as No. 3 with its last two charting sets, Between 1&2: 11th Mini Album and Formula of Love: O+T=
Emilia, Big One and Callejero Fino’s “En La Intimidad” leads the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 chart for a third week, out of its five-week run, dating to its debut at No. 9, as it tops the March 11-dated ranking.
Karol G and Shakira’s “TQG” holds at No. 2 for a second week, while Luck Ra’s “Ya No Vuelvas,” featuring La K’Onga and Ke Personajes, rebounds 7-3 in its 20th week. Plus, TINI’s “Cupido” dips 3-4, and BM’s “M. A. (Mejores Amigos)” remains at No. 5 for a fourth week.
The week’s Hot Shot Debut goes to Ecko, Callejero Fino and El Perro’s “Te Escapas de Mis Brazos,” at No. 14. It’s the highest start for Ecko, while El Perro claims his first entry.
Elsewhere on the chart, Gorillaz score their first entry on the chart as “Tormenta,” with Bad Bunny, opens at No. 43. The song belongs to Gorillaz’s latest album Cracker Island. Benito, meanwhile, adds his 56th entry, extending his record for most career entries overall.
Ke Personajes secure their seventh entry with “Pobre Corazón” at No. 54. Plus, Marshmello and Manuel Turizo’s “El Merengue” opens at No. 60, while DJ Tao and La T y la M’s “Turreo Sessions #16” bows at No. 65.
Maluma and Marc Anthony’s “La Fórmula” takes the week’s Greatest Gainer honors as the song rallies 93-69.
Lastly, Lali captures her 16th career entry with “Comprame Un Brishito” at No. 83.
This week, Billboard, the world’s most influential music media brand, announces the expansion of its definitive charts with the recent launch of two weekly Billboard charts in Thailand: Billboard Top Thai Songs and Billboard Top Thai Country Songs.
Based on streaming and sales activity from leading music services in the region, as compiled by Luminate, the pre-eminent entertainment and data insights company, the 100 most popular Thai-language songs will be ranked in the Billboard Top Thai Songs chart. Billboard Top Thai Country Songs will rank the 50 most popular Thai-country genre songs.
“We are thrilled to expand Billboard’s chart footprint in Thailand,” said President of Billboard, Mike Van. “The data captured in our weekly charts have always been a reflection of the music trends and palette of our audience, and it is an honor to bring our world-class methodology and music ranking system to this market.”
The rankings are announced every Tuesday on Billboard Thailand’s official website, billboardth.com, and social media channels, including YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Abridged rankings for both Thailand charts will also be featured within the Hits of the World section of billboard.com.
Dierks Bentley notches his 28th top 10 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart, as “Gold” rises from No. 11 to No. 9. In the week ending March 16, the song increased by 7% to 19.4 million audience impressions, according to Luminate.
The track is the lead single from Bentley’s LP Gravel & Gold, which was released Feb. 24. It entered Top Country Albums at its No. 14 high on the March 11-dated tally with 12,000 equivalent album units.
“Gold,” which Bentley wrote with Ross Copperman, Luke Dick and Ashley Gorley, follows Bentley’s “Beers on Me,” with BRELAND and HARDY. Last April, the team-up became the 18th, first and second Country Airplay No. 1 for the respective acts.
Bentley becomes the 17thartist with 28 or more top 10s since the Country Airplay chart started in January 1990. George Strait leads all acts with 61, followed by Kenny Chesney (60) and Tim McGraw (59).
‘Gone’ Stays
Luke Combs’ “Going, Going, Gone” dominates Country Airplay for a second week (33.8 million, up 1%).
The song is the fourth Country Airplay chart-topper to lead for multiple weeks among the six new No. 1s so far in 2023. Of the 29 titles to ascend to the summit in 2022, nine dominated for more than one frame.
“Gone” is the 11th of Combs’ 15 No. 1s to rule for multiple weeks.
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Tim McGraw posts his 88th Country Airplay entry – and ties his fourth-highest start – as “Standing Room Only” arrives at No. 20 (10.2 million). Released March 10, it received hourly plays that day on participating iHeartMedia stations.
“Room” follows “7500 OBO,” which reached No. 4 last July. The new single is from McGraw’s LP expected later this year.
Taylor Swift returns to No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart, as “Anti-Hero” rises to the top of the tally dated March 25.
The song, released on Republic Records, becomes Swift’s eighth AC leader, the most among all acts over the 2000s, ’10s and ’20s. In that span, Adele, Michel Bublé and Josh Groban rank second with six No. 1s each.
Swift, meanwhile, joins Bublé as the only artists with AC No. 1s in the ’00s, ’10s and ’20s. She first led with “Love Story” in 2009 and had most recently reigned with “Delicate” in 2018.
Here’s a recap of Swift’s eight AC No. 1s:
“Love Story,” six weeks at No. 1, beginning June 6, 2009
“You Belong With Me,” 14 weeks, Oct. 31, 2009
“Mine,” one week, Dec. 11, 2010
“Shake It Off,” nine, Nov. 22, 2014
“Blank Space,” four, Feb. 21, 2015
“Style,” two, July 11, 2015
“Delicate,” 10 weeks, Sept. 15, 2018
“Anti-Hero,” one-week to-date, March 25, 2023
“Anti-Hero” topped the Adult Pop Airplay chart for nine weeks, surpassing “Shake It Off” (eight weeks at No. 1 in 2014) for Swift’s longest command at the format among her nine leaders.
“Anti-Hero” also ruled Pop Airplay for three weeks, marking her 10th No. 1 and, as on AC, her first leader since “Delicate.”
“Anti-Hero” is Swift’s first song to triple up with No. 1 ranks on AC, Adult Pop Airplay and Pop Airplay since “Delicate,” and her fifth overall to have led all three lists. Her others (all from her 2014 album 1989): “Style,” “Blank Space” and “Shake It Off.”
“Anti-Hero” debuted atop the all-genre, multi-metric Billboard Hot 100 dated Nov. 5, 2022, as Swift made history as the first artist to infuse the chart’s entire top 10 in a single week, with all tracks all from her latest album, Midnights. The song went on to spend a personal-best eight weeks at No. 1.
All charts dated March 25 will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, March 21.
A lot of people don’t realize it, but Maroon 5 actually got its start way back in the ‘90s, when frontman Adam Levine was just a teenager, as a group called Kara’s Flowers. After some lineup shifts, a mostly ignored major-label debut (1997’s The Fourth World on Reprise) and a name change, Maroon 5 emerged with Songs About Jane (Octone/J Records) in 2002, a soul-influenced collection of alt-rock that became a sleeper hit when lead single “Harder to Breathe” began to pick up steam on alternative radio, eventually helping the band crossover into the mainstream.
They didn’t look back, kicking off a fruitful period of blockbuster albums, Billboard Hot 100 hit singles and Grammy wins (three so far). When radio and mainstream tastes began shifting away from rock bands in the early ‘10s, Maroon 5 deftly evolved, expanding their sonic palette while working alongside top 40 pop producers and A-list rappers. Unlike many rock bands who broke through in 2002, Maroon 5 is still a commercial force, aided, in part, by Adam Levine’s long tenure on the NBC singing competition The Voice, where his “bromance” with fellow coach Blake Shelton helped propel the show to monster ratings.
But before the TV cameras, there was the music. The band – which consists of Levine, James Valentine, Jesse Carmichael, PJ Morton, Matt Flynn and Sam Farrar (shoutout to former members Ryan Dusick and Mickey Madden) – has scored four No. 1 hits on the Hot 100. Separate from the band, Levine charted as a featured artist on Gym Class Heroes’ “Stereo Hearts” (which reached No. 4 in 2011) and R. City’s “Locked Away (No. 6 in 2015).
Below, we’ve rounding up Maroon 5’s 20 biggest Billboard chart hits as a band, from “This Love” to “Girls Like You” and beyond. The ranking is based on weekly performance on the Hot 100 (from its inception on Aug. 4, 1958, through March 18, 2023.). Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at lower spots earning the least. Due to changes in chart methodology over the years, eras are weighted differently to account for chart turnover rates during various periods.
“Wait”
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 24, Peak Date June 9, 2018
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“Harder to Breathe”
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 18, Peak Date: Nov. 1, 2003
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“Wake Up Call”
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 19, Peak Date: Oct. 6, 2007
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“Beautiful Mistakes” feat. Megan Thee Stallion
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 13, Peak Date: July 3, 2021
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“Misery”
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 14, Peak Date: Oct. 9, 2010
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“Love Somebody”
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 10, Peak Date: Aug. 17, 2013
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“Daylight”
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 7, Peak Date: Feb. 23, 2013
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“What Lovers Do” feat. SZA
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 9, Peak Date: Nov. 25, 2017
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“Maps”
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 6, Peak Date: Aug. 9, 2014
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“Don’t Wanna Know” feat. Kendrick Lamar
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 6, Peak Date: Feb. 18, 2017
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“Animals”
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 3, Peak Date: Nov. 22, 2014
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“Makes Me Wonder”
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 1 (three weeks), Peak Date: May 12, 2007
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“She Will Be Loved”
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 5, Peak Date: Sept. 25, 2004
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“Memories”
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 2, Peak Date: Jan. 11, 2020
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“This Love”
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 5, Peak Date: April 24, 2004
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“Payphone” feat. Wiz Khalifa
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 2, Peak Date: May 26, 2012
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“Sugar”
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 2, Peak Date: March 28, 2015
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“One More Night”
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 1 (nine weeks), Peak Date: Sept. 29, 2012
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“Moves Like Jagger” feat. Christina Aguilera
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 1 (four weeks), Peak Date: Sept. 10, 2011
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“Girls Like You” feat. Cardi B
Hot 100 Peak Position: No. 1 (seven weeks), Peak Date: Sept. 29, 2018
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