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On the Billboard 200 chart (dated Feb. 18), 35 albums post unit gains thanks to either performances, presentations or on-air wins during the CBS-TV broadcast of the 2023 Grammy Awards (Feb. 5).
Leading the way at the top of the chart is presenter SZA, whose SOS album reclaims the No. 1 slot with 100,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 9 (up less than 1%), according to Luminate. SZA presented the best música urbana album category during the ceremony, which was won by Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti (8-7 with 45,000 units; up 16%). Bad Bunny also opened the show with a medley of two songs from the album.
Also in the top 10 is Harry Styles’ Harry’s House, which took home a pair of awards on the CBS broadcast (pop vocal album, album of the year). It jumps 13-9 with 38,000 equivalent album units (up 51%). Styles also performed the album’s lead single “As It Was” on the show.
Other notables among the 35 Grammy-boosted titles on the Billboard 200 include: Beyoncé’s Renaissance (climbing 24-11 with 37,000 equivalent album units; up 109%), Steve Lacy’s Gemini Rights (70-46 with 14,000; up 16%), Lizzo’s Special (194-89 with 11,000; up 52%), Adele’s 30 (134-93 with 11,000; up 25%) and Samara Joy’s Linger Awhile (a debut at No. 158 with 8,000; up 319%). On the CBS broadcast, Renaissance won best dance/electronic album, Lacy performed the Gemini Rights hit (and nominated track) “Bad Habit,” Lizzo won record of the year for the Special single “About Damn Time” and performed a medley of “About” and the album’s title track, Adele won best pop solo performance for the 30 single “Easy On Me” and Samara Joy won best new artist.
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 Feb. 18, 2023-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Feb. 14. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.
Here are the rest of the Grammy gainers on the Billboard 200:
Performer Lil Baby’s It’s Only Me (12-13 with 27,000 equivalent album units; up 1%) and My Turn (22-21 with 19,000; up 6%); performer Luke Combs’ Growin’ Up (19-19 with 20,000; up 6%), This One’s for You (36-34 with 16,000; up 5%) and What You See Is What You Get (44-38 with 15,000; up 4%); SZA’s Ctrl (20-22 with 19,000; up 1%), presenter Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour (23-23 with 18,000; up 2%), winner Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city (27-24 with 18,000; up 6%), DAMN. (42-30 with 16,000; up 11%), Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (59-39 with 15,000; up 20%) and To Pimp a Butterfly (a re-entry at No. 168 with 8,000; up 26%). Mr. Morale won best rap album during the CBS broadcast, and Lamar was on-hand to accept the trophy.
Mick Fleetwood took part in the CBS broadcast, performing Fleetwood Mac’s “Songbird” in tribute to its late songwriter, his former Fleetwood Mac bandmate Christine McVie. (He joined Sheryl Crow and Bonnie Raitt in the performance.) Fleetwood Mac sees its Rumours album (which includes the original version of “Songbird”) rise 29-26 (17,000 equivalent album units earned; up 4%) and Greatest Hits climb 198-189 (8,000; up 5%).
Performer Chris Stapleton’s Traveller (66-61 with 12,000; up 4%) and Starting Over (113-100 with 11,000; up 7%); Styles’ Fine Line (68-48 with 14,000; up 15%) and his self-titled debut (190-161 with 8,000; up 11%); Bad Bunny’s YHLQMDLG (98-73 with 12,000; up 11%) and El Ultimo Tour del Mundo (a re-entry at No. 187 with 8,000; up 8%); performer Lil Uzi Vert’s Luv Is Rage 2 (94-87 with 11,000; up 4%) and Eternal Atake (126-124 with 10,000; up 2%) and Quavo and Takeoff’s Only Built for Infinity Links (103-109 with 10,000; up less than 1%). Quavo performed during the In Memoriam segment in tribute to the late Takeoff.
Rounding out the Grammy gainers on the Billboard 200 are winner Adele’s 21 (162-141 with 9,000 equivalent album units; up 10%) and 25 (192-156 with 8,000; up 14%), winner Dr. Dre’s Dr. Dre – 2001 (149-142 with 9,000; up 4%), performer Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III (163-151 with 9,000; up 8%) and performer and winner Sam Smith’s In the Lonely Hour (164-157 with 8,000; up 5%).
Samara Joy shakes up Billboard’s charts, as the Grammy Award winner for best new artist hits No. 1 on Jazz Albums, Traditional Jazz Albums and Heatseekers Albums for the first time (all on the lists dated Feb. 18) with Linger Awhile. The set, which was released last September, also reaches the top 10 of the Top Album Sales and Top Current Album Sales charts, while additionally debuting on the Billboard 200.
All charts dated Feb. 18 will be posted to Billboard.com on Tuesday, Feb. 14.
The 23-year-old Joy was presented the best new artist trophy during the CBS-TV broadcast of the main ceremony of the Grammy Awards on Feb. 5, while she also won another Grammy that day, for best jazz vocal album for Linger Awhile. (That award was presented during the non-televised Premiere Ceremony that streamed live on the Grammy.com website.)
Linger Awhile earned 8,500 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 9 (up 319%), according to Luminate. Of that sum, traditional album sales comprise 6,500 (up 316%). Linger Awhile tallies the largest week, by both units and album sales, for any non-holiday non-reissue jazz album in over a year – since Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga’s Love for Sale earned 12,000 units (of which nearly all were album sales) on the chart dated Jan. 1, 2022.
Linger Awhile jumps 3-1 on Jazz Albums, 2-1 on Traditional Jazz Albums and 35-1 on Heatseekers Albums. On the Billboard 200, the title debuts at No. 158. On Top Album Sales, Linger Awhile vaults 87-5, while on Top Current Album Sales it bolts 42-5.
Meanwhile, Joy’s self-titled debut effort, released in 2021, debuts on Jazz Albums and Traditional Jazz Albums at No. 7 (1,500 equivalent album units earned; up 362%). With Linger Awhile and the self-titled album concurrently in the top 10 on both charts, Joy is the first woman with two concurrent top 10 albums on both lists since the Jan. 8, 2022-dated list, when Ella Fitzgerald held a pair in each top 10.
Jazz Albums, Traditional Jazz Albums and Heatseekers Albums rank the week’s most popular jazz albums, traditional jazz albums and new and developing artists’ albums by equivalent album units, respectively. The Billboard 200 is an all-genre chart, ranking the week’s most popular albums by units. 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. Top Album Sales and Top Current Album Sales rank the week’s top-selling overall albums (both current and older, catalog titles) and current albums, by traditional album sales.
Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” tops the Billboard Hot 100 for a fourth week, encompassing its entire run on the chart so far, dating to its debut at No. 1. As it extends its reign, it passes the three-week command of her prior leader, “Wrecking Ball,” in 2013.
Plus, Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” surges from No. 27 to No. 3 on the Hot 100 following its first full week of tracking, becoming his fifth top 10 and highest-charting hit; Beyoncé’s “Cuff It” bounds 15-6 for a new high, powered by a host of new remixes; and The Weeknd claims the top two titles on the Radio Songs chart, as they continue in the Hot 100’s top 10: his own “Die for You” and “Creepin’,” with Metro Boomin and 21 Savage.
The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated Feb. 18, 2023) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Feb. 14). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.
“Flowers,” released on Smiley Miley/Columbia Records, drew 74.5 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 32%) and 38.7 million streams (down 19%) and sold 26,000 (down 29%) Feb. 3-9, according to Luminate.
The single spends a fourth week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart; dips to No. 2 on Digital Song Sales after three weeks at the summit; and pushes 6-4 on Radio Songs, where it ties “Wrecking Ball” for Cyrus’ top-charting hit. It wins top Airplay Gainer honors on the Hot 100 for a second straight week, as it also lifts 7-5 on the Pop Airplay chart, 8-5 on Adult Pop Airplay and 9-8 on Adult Contemporary, among other ascents.
SZA‘s “Kill Bill” ranks at its No. 2 Hot 100 best for a fifth week, with 57.1 million in radio reach (up 17%), 32.9 million streams (up 1%) and 2,000 sold (up 8%). It tops Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot R&B Songs, which use the same methodology as the Hot 100, for a ninth week each.
Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” leaps 27-3 on the Hot 100 following its first full week of tracking, with 29.7 million streams, 285,000 in airplay audience and 14,000 sold Feb. 3-9 (following its Jan. 31 release).
Wallen adds his fifth Hot 100 top 10 and highest-charting hit with the track from his album One Thing at a Time, due March 3, following “7 Summers” (No. 6 peak, August 2020), “Wasted on You” (No. 9, January 2021), “Don’t Think Jesus” (No. 7, April 2022) and “You Proof” (No. 5, October 2022). Meanwhile, his three most recent top 10s are all on One Thing at a Time – as the set becomes the first country album with as many as three top 10s since Taylor Swift’s Red spun off four in 2012-13. (Country albums are defined as those that have hit or are eligible for Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart.)
“Last Night” concurrently becomes Wallen’s seventh No. 1 on the multi-metric Hot Country Songs chart (and his fourth from One Thing at a Time, after “Proof,” “Jesus” and “Thought You Should Know”). Notably, it’s the 16th No. 1 on the survey that has hit the Hot 100’s top 10 since Hot Country Songs adopted the Hot 100’s methodology in October 2012; it’s the fifth by Wallen, the most of any act in that span:
“Last Night,” Morgan Wallen, No. 3 Hot 100 peak to-date, 2023
“Something in the Orange,” Zach Bryan, No. 10, 2023
“You Proof,” Morgan Wallen, No. 5, 2022
“The Kind of Love We Make,” Luke Combs, No. 8, 2022
“Don’t Think Jesus,” Morgan Wallen, No. 7, 2022
“All Too Well (Taylor’s Version),” Taylor Swift, No. 1 (one week), 2021
“Fancy Like,” Walker Hayes, No. 3, 2021
“Wasted on You,” Morgan Wallen, No. 9, 2021
“I Hope,” Gabby Barrett feat. Charlie Puth, No. 3, 2020
“Forever After All,” Luke Combs, No. 2, 2020
“7 Summers,” Morgan Wallen, No. 6, 2020
“10,000 Hours,” Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber, No. 4, 2019
“Meant To Be,” Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line, No. 2, 2018
“Body Like a Back Road,” Sam Hunt, No. 6, 2017
“Cruise,” Florida Georgia Line feat. Nelly, No. 4, 2013
“We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” Taylor Swift, No. 1 (three weeks), 2012
Just 21% of all Hot Country Songs No. 1s (16 of 77) since October 2012 have hit the Hot 100’s top 10 – although the success rate is 48% (11 of 23) since 2020. Plus, of the songs listed above, all five since the start of 2022 have hit the Hot 100’s top 10 largely from strong streaming and varied degrees of country radio airplay – but not crossover formats, having not appeared on any of Billboard’s pop or adult airplay charts; of the previous 11, all except one (“Forever After All”) scaled pop/adult airplay rankings.
Sam Smith and Kim Petras‘ “Unholy” rises 5-4 on the Hot 100, after it ruled for a week in October. It sports a 16% gain to 17.9 million streams Feb. 3-9, after the pair performed the song and it won for best pop duo/group performance at the Grammy Awards on Feb. 5. The duet also hits No. 1 on Adult Pop Airplay, becoming Smith’s third leader – after “Stay With Me,” in 2014, and “Dancing With a Stranger,” with Normani, in 2019 – and Petras’ first. “Unholy” previously topped Pop Songs for six weeks and Radio Songs for five frames.
The Weeknd again tallies two songs in the Hot 100’s top 10, as “Creepin’,” with Metro Boomin and 21 Savage, retreats to No. 5 from its No. 3 high and his own “Die for You” slips to No. 8 from its No. 6 best. On Radio Songs, “Die for You” leads for a second week (84 million, down 1%) and “Creepin’ ” climbs 3-2 (81.6 million, up 6%). The Weeknd is the first act with the top two titles on Radio Songs in a lead role on both since Justin Bieber ranked at Nos. 1 and 2 with “Sorry” and “Love Yourself,” respectively, seven years ago this week (Feb. 20, 2016). Before that, The Weeknd had last achieved the feat with “The Hills” and “Can’t Feel My Face” (Oct. 10, 2015).
The only other acts with such a dominant double as leads on Radio Songs: Rihanna (two weeks, 2010-11); T.I. (five, 2008); Mariah Carey (three, 2005); Usher (four, 2004); OutKast (eight, 2003-04); Nelly (four, 2002); Carey (four, 1995 – she and The Weeknd are the only acts in this list with two distinct sets of songs each); and Boyz II Men (one, 1994). Noticeably, the host of R&B/hip-hop-centric acts that have earned the honor reflect the wide reach that hits can attain when scoring big at both pop and R&B/hip-hop radio.
Beyoncé’s “Cuff It” charges 15-6 for a new Hot 100 high, besting its prior No. 10 peak. It tallied 55.8 million in airplay audience (up less than 1%), 9.4 million streams (up 37%) and 78,000 sold (up 4,026%, good for the chart’s top Sales Gainer nod), fueled by a range of remixes released during the tracking week, joining its previously available original clean and explicit versions: its “Wetter” remix (clean and explicit) was put up for purchase on Beyoncé’s official webstore Feb. 3, followed by its a cappella (clean and explicit) and instrumental versions (Feb. 5), with all mixes released wide on streaming services and digital retailers by Feb. 8.
Also boosting Beyoncé’s buzzy profile, and the song’s, during the tracking week: with four more Grammy Awards Feb. 5, she upped her count to a record-breaking 32 wins, including best R&B song for “Cuff It.”
Elsewhere in the Hot 100’s top 10, Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero” descends 4-7, after a personal-best eight weeks at No. 1; David Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue)” drops 7-9, after reaching No. 4, as it tops the multi-metric Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for a 21st week; and Harry Styles’ “As It Was” retreats 9-10 on the Hot 100, following 15 weeks at No. 1 beginning last April, the fourth-longest rule in the chart’s history, as it gained by 21% to 12.4 million streams in the tracking week, sparked by the Grammy win Feb. 5 for album of the year for parent LP Harry’s House.
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On Feb. 13, 1988, Rosanne Cash’s “Tennessee Flat Top Box” hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart.
The song, about a young boy aspiring to become a country music star, was authored by Cash’s father, the legendary Johnny Cash. The Man in Black’s version reached No. 11 in 1962.
“Tennessee,” from Cash’s LP King’s Record Shop, marked her seventh of 11 Hot Country Songs No. 1s among 15 top 10s banked in 1981-89.
With a quartet of Hot Country Songs No. 1s in 1988 alone, Cash is one of just nine acts with four or more leaders in a single year. Charlie Rich logged a one-year record five No. 1s in 1974, while Buck Owens (1965), Sonny James (1970), Dolly Parton (1974), Merle Haggard (1975), Ronnie Milsap (1980), Alabama (1985) and Garth Brooks (1991 and 1993) have each tallied four, in addition to Cash.
Here’s a recap of Cash’s 11 Hot Country Songs No. 1s:
“Seven Year Ache,” May 23, 1981“My Baby Thinks He’s a Train,” Nov. 14, 1981“Blue Moon With a Heartache,” March 13, 1982“I Don’t Know Why You Don’t Want Me,” Sept. 7, 1985“Never Be You,” Jan. 25, 1986“The Way We Make a Broken Heart,” Oct. 10, 1987“Tennessee Flat Top Box,” Feb. 13, 1988“It’s Such a Small World,” with Rodney Crowell, April 30, 1988“If You Change Your Mind,” July 16, 1988“Runaway Train,” Nov. 12, 1988“I Don’t Want To Spoil the Party,” June 24, 1989
Cash, who wrote or co-wrote four of her Hot Country Songs No. 1 hits, was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2015. “This is the award that I’ve always wanted,” she told Billboard at the time. “[The] most compelling force in my life is to be a songwriter, and a good songwriter.”
The versatile artist, now 67, has infused rock, pop, and folk influences during her career. Her 2018 set She Remembers Everything reached No. 16 on Top Country Albums and No. 5 on Americana/Folk Albums.
Shania Twain is the undisputed queen of the U.K. albums chart as her sixth studio album, Queen of Me (EMI), opens at No. 1.
The Canadian country veteran bags her third Official U.K. No. 1, as Queen of Me sees off the challenge of Raye’s debut album My 21st Century Blues (Human Re Sources), less than 2,500 chart units behind for a second-place start, the Official Charts Company reports.
Queen Of Me is Shania’s sixth U.K. 10 top album, which includes the leaders Come On Over (1998) and Now (2017), and it’s the week’s best-seller on vinyl.
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A triumphant Twain showed off her chart award with a social post. “Wow! I’m Waking Up Dreaming in London!,” she writes. “I’ve been waiting and waiting to share this music with you and I’m glad it’s finally being heard – this is just the beginning and I can’t wait to see these songs live a long life!”
Queen of Me is just Twain’s third album in 20 years, and its release follows several major health setbacks for the 57-year-old singer. “It’s a really different time in the music industry, different to my previous experiences of releasing albums and it feels like it’s harder than ever to be heard – which makes this number one feel so frigging great! I love this record, it makes me feel good and I hope it makes you feel good too!”
Meanwhile, Scottish indie trio Young Fathers earn a career-first U.K. top 10 with Heavy Heavy (Ninja Tune), their fourth studio album. It’s new at No. 7, besting the chart performance of their 2014 Mercury Prize-winning debut Dead (No. 35 peak), and 2018’s Cocoa Sugar (No. 28).
With the announcement of her 2023 world tour, Beyoncé’s former leader Renaissance (Columbia/Parkwood Ent) finds new chart life, up 72-12.
Also making an impact on the Official U.K. Albums Chart, published Feb. 10, is The WAEVE, as their eponymously-named Transgressive album bows at No. 30. The duo features Graham Coxon and former The Pipettes singer Rose Elinor Dougall.
Miley Cyrus “Flowers” (Columbia) continues to grow in the U.K., where it logs a full month at No. 1.
Accumulating more than 9.3 million streams during the latest cycle, “Flowers” continues its streak as the most-streamed track in the U.K. for a fourth consecutive week.
“Flowers” is by some distance Miley’s longest-reigning No. 1 in the U.K., beating the single-week runs for her previous leaders “We Can’t Stop” and “Wrecking Ball,” both from 2013.
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After enjoying a second, viral life on TikTok, U.S. R&B singer Miguel continues his march up the U.K. chart with “Sure Thing” (Jive). Miguel’s 2010 release lifts 6-4 for a new peak.
Hotly-tipped British singer and songwriter PinkPantheress nabs her first U.K. top 10 with “Boy’s a liar” (Warner Records), up 45-8 on the latest chart, published Feb. 10. “Boy’s a liar” flies following the release of a remix featuring rising U.S. rapper Ice Spice. PinkPantheress won the BBC Sound of 2022, an annual poll that has previously been awarded to the likes of Adele, Sam Smith, Haim and Jessie J.
Also cracking the U.K. top 10 is Tiësto and Tate McRae’s party number “10:35” up 13-10. “10:35” becomes Tiësto’s fifth and Tate’s second U.K. top 10 appearance.
Finally, there’s new peaks for U.S. rapper and singer Coi Leray, as “Players” (Uptown/Republic Records) improves 19-12; Australian rapper and singer The Kid LAROI’s “Love Again” (Columbia) rises 18-16; Afrobeats artist Libianca’s “People” (5K) bounces 22-17; Philadelphia singer and songwriter Lizzy McAlpine makes her top 40 debut with “Ceilings” (Harbour Artists & Music) up 50-27; Pink’s collaboration with Fred Again, “Trustfall” (RCA), soars 59-28, for the Philly native’s 38th U.K. top 40 single; and U.S. teen D4VD (pronounced David) snags a second top 40 entry as “Here With Me” (Darkroom) improves 46-40.
SZA’s SOS jumps back to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Feb. 18), collecting an eighth nonconsecutive week atop the list. It earned 100,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 9 (up less than 1%), according to Luminate.
The last album by a woman with eight weeks at No. 1 was Taylor Swift’s Folklore, more than two years ago, as it notched its eighth and final week atop the list on the chart dated Oct. 31, 2020.
Also in the top 10 on the new Billboard 200, Shania Twain captures her sixth top 10-charting album, as her latest studio effort, Queen of Me, debuts at No. 10.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new Feb. 18, 2023-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Tuesday (Feb. 14). For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.
Of SOS’ 100,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Feb. 9, SEA units comprise 99,000 (up less than 1%, equaling 135.4 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), album sales comprise 500 (up 2%) and TEA units comprise 500 (up 8%). SOS has yet to be released for sale on any configuration other than a digital download album.
The last R&B/hip-hop album with at least eight weeks atop the list was Drake’s Views, which 13 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 (May 21-Oct. 8, 2016). SOS has the most weeks at No. 1 for an R&B/hip-hop album by a woman, or an R&B album by a woman, since Mariah Carey’s Music Box spent eight nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 in late 1993 and early 1994. SOS has the most weeks at No. 1 for an R&B album by any act since Usher‘s Confessions ruled for nine nonconsecutive weeks in 2004.
R&B/hip-hop and R&B albums are defined as those that have hit or are eligible for Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top R&B Albums charts, respectively.
Four former No. 1s trail SZA, as Swift’s Midnights rises 3-2 (62,000 equivalent album units; down 9%), TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION falls 1-3 (48,000; down 70%), Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album climbs 6-4 (46,000; up 8%) and Metro Boomin’s Heroes & Villains dips 4-5 (nearly 46,000; down 3%).
The Weeknd’s The Highlights vaults 41-6 with 45,000 equivalent album units earned (up 207%). The best-of effort contains such hits as “Blinding Lights” and the resurgent “Die for You” (from The Weeknd’s studio albums After Hours and Starboy, respectively). On the new chart, the TEA and SEA units for those songs contribute to The Highlights, as a song’s activity is assigned to the artist’s album with the most traditional album sales in a week. (The Highlights sold nearly 1,000 copies in the latest tracking week, while After Hours and Starboy each sold under 1,000.) A week ago, the TEA and SEA for the songs were directed to After Hours and Starboy, respectively, as they outsold The Highlights that week.
Bad Bunny’s chart-topping Un Verano Sin Ti rises 8-7 with 45,000 equivalent album units earned (up 16%), while Drake and 21 Savage’s former leader Her Loss falls 5-8 with 43,000 (down 2%).
Harry Styles’ former No. 1 Harry’s House returns to the top 10, climbing 13-9 (38,000; up 51%), following its win for album of the year at the Grammy Awards (Feb. 5). The set also took home the trophy for best pop vocal album, while Styles additionally performed on the show, singing the set’s single “As It Was.”
Twain closes out the top 10 of the new Billboard 200, as her latest studio album, Queen of Me, debuts at No. 10 with 38,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 34,000; SEA units comprise 3,500 (equaling 4.92 million official on-demand streams of the set’s tracks) and TEA units comprise 500. Twain previously visited the top 10 with Now (No. 1 in 2017), Greatest Hits (No. 2; 2004), Up! (No. 1, 2002), Come On Over (No. 2, 1997) and The Woman In Me (No. 5, 1996).
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Bizarrap and Shakira hold strong atop the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 chart as “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53” leads for a third consecutive week on the Feb. 4-dated ranking.
While Luck Ra’s “Ya No Vuelvas,” featuring La K’Onga and Ke Personajes, remains at No. 2, “Muñecas,” the partnership by TINI, La Joaqui and Steve Aoki, lifts 5-3; the closest La Joaqui and Aoki have been to the top 10 the 100 title-deep chart.
Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” drops 3-4, while Cris Mj, Duki and Nicki Nicole’s “La Marisola,” featuring Standly, dips 4-5. Plus, Argentinian urban artist BM secures his first top 10 with “M. A. (Mejores amigos)” as the track ascends 13-7 in its ninth week.
The week’s Greatest Gainer honors goes to Lil Cake & Migrantes’ “Mercho,” featuring Nico Valdi, rallies up the chart 64 rankings: from No. 78 to No. 14; the most since Luar La L’s “Calle” also surged 64 positions (90-26) in Aug. 2022.
Elsewhere, Feid’s “Chorrito Pa Las Animas” scores the Hot Shot Debut of the week at No. 78, the Colombian’s 10th entry. Further, Rosalía’s latest single “LLYML” opens at No. 86. Plus, Callejero Fino claims his 11th career entry as “Que Te Vaya Bien” starts at No. 95.
Finally, Ovy On The Drums and Ozuna’s “Chao Bebe” debuts at No. 98.
Kane Brown and Katelyn Brown’s “Thank God” hits the penthouse on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart (dated Feb. 18). In the week ending Feb. 9, the song increased by 7% to 32.6 million in audience, according to Luminate.
“Thank God” marks the first duet for the pair, who married on Oct. 12, 2018. The husband and wife make their ninth and first trips to No. 1 on Country Airplay, respectively.
Notably, the Browns mark the second married couple to go hand-in-hand to the top of Country Airplay with a duet: Tim McGraw and Faith Hill’s “It’s Your Love” led for six weeks in 1997. (Plus, Blake Shelton’s “Boys ‘Round Here,” featuring Pistol Annies – with his then-wife Miranda Lambert – and Friends, reigned for a week in 2013.)
“Thank God” was penned by Christian Davis, Kyle Fishman, Jaxson Free, Josh Hoge and Jared Mullins, and Dann Huff produced.
It’s the third single, and Country Airplay leader, from Brown’s LP Different Man. “One Mississippi” ruled for a week last March and “Like I Love Country Music” led for a week in August. Starting with Brown’s duet with Chris Young, “Famous Friends,” which led for one frame in July 2021, he has rolled up four No. 1s in a row.
The singer-songwriter from northwest Georgia banked his first Country Airplay No. 1 in October 2017 with “What Ifs,” featuring Lauren Alaina.
On the streaming-, airplay- and sales-based Hot Country Songs survey dated Feb. 11, “Thank God” ranked at No. 3, with its airplay Jan. 27-Feb. 2 bolstered by 10.8 million official U.S. streams and 3,000 downloads sold.
The track is also being promoted to pop and adult radio and jumps 33-25 on the Pop Airplay chart and 30-26 on Adult Pop Airplay (both dated Feb. 18).
Top 10 ‘Place’-ment
Bailey Zimmerman scores his second Country Airplay top 10 in as many chart appearances as “Rock and a Hard Place” climbs 11-8 (21.1 million, up 12%). The song follows his “Fall in Love,” which led for a week in December.
All charts dated Feb. 18 will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, Feb. 14.
Ava Max notches her first top 10 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated Feb. 11) as her latest release, Diamonds & Dancefloors, debuts at No. 8. The set sold 7,000 copies in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 2, according to Luminate. The new effort is her second charting title, following the No. 12-peaking Heaven & Hell in 2020.
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Also capturing her first top 10 on Top Album Sales is Elle King, as her new Come Get Your Wife starts at No. 9 with nearly 7,000 sold. She previously topped out at No. 15 in 2018 with Shake the Spirit.
Also in the top 10, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, Grateful Dead, Sam Smith, Bob Dylan and Elle King all arrive with new releases, while Avril Lavigne’s Let Go re-enters the chart in the top 10 after its 20th anniversary reissue on vinyl.
Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Luminate. Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.
TOMORROW X TOGETHER snags its fourth No. 1 on Top Album Sales – and biggest sales week yet – as The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION enters with 152,000 copies sold.
The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION scores the largest sales week for any album since Taylor Swift’s Midnights debuted at No. 1 with 1.14 million copies sold on the Nov. 5, 2022-dated chart. Of The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION’s 152,000 sold, 98% were CD sales (148,500), while 2% were digital album sales (3,500). The set was not available to purchase in any other configuration (such as vinyl or cassette).
The CD configuration of The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION was issued in collectible packages (14 total, including exclusive editions for Barnes & Noble, Target and the Weverse webstore), each with a standard set of internal paper items and branded randomized mystery elements (photo cards, photo books, post cards). CD sales were also enhanced by autographed editions sold via the act’s webstore.
Grateful Dead’s latest archival live set, Dave’s Picks, Volume 45: Paramount Theatre, Portalnd, OR 10/1/77 & 10/2/77 debuts at No. 2 with 19,000 sold.
Dave’s Picks is the act’s continuing live archival release series, named for the group’s archivist, David Lemieux, that has been going strong since its first release in 2012. Releases in the series are issued exclusively on CD and in limited quantities.
On the Billboard 200 chart, Dave’s Picks, Vol. 45 debuts at No. 18, marking the band’s 55th top 40-charting album on the list. The act continues to have the most top 40 albums among groups since the chart began regularly publishing on a weekly basis in March of 1956. The band also surpasses Barbra Streisand to become the overall act with the third-most top 40-charting albums. The acts with the most top 40 albums on the Billboard 200 are: Frank Sinatra (58), Elvis Presley (58), Grateful Dead (55), Barbra Streisand (54) and Bob Dylan (51). (37 of Grateful Dead’s 55 top 40-charting albums are from the Dave’s Picks series.)
Taylor Swift’s former No. 1 on Top Album Sales, Midnights, falls 2-3 on the latest chart, with 18,000 sold (though up 4%). Sam Smith notches their fourth top 10-charting effort as Gloria bows at No. 4 with 14,000 sold.
Bob Dylan’s Fragments: Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997) debuts at No. 5 on Top Album Sales with 11,000 sold. The effort is part of Dylan’s ongoing “Bootleg Series.” With this archival project, he revisits his 1997 album Time Out of Mind, presenting alternative versions and outtakes of songs from that album, in addition to other rare cuts and live performances.
Avril Lavigne’s debut album Let Go returns to the chart for the first time since 2004, and to the top 10 for the first time since 2003, as the set re-enters at No. 6 with 9,000 sold (up 3,586%). The album was originally released in 2002 and peaked at No. 2 that September. It bounds back onto the tally after it was reissued for its 20th anniversary on vinyl (nearly all of its sales for the week were from its vinyl LP configuration).
A charity effort A Philly Special Christmas vaults 24-7 (a new peak) on Top Album Sales with 9,000 sold (up 182%), largely owed to vinyl LP sales. Across all of its formats, the album has now sold 26,000 copies (15,000 on vinyl and 11,000 on digital download). The Philly album is led by Philadelphia Eagles players Jason Kelce, Lane Johnson and Jordan Mailata, the seven-track set includes renditions of holiday favorites like “White Christmas” and “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town.” All profits from the album benefit Philadelphia’s Children’s Crisis Treatment Center.
Rounding out the top 10 is Michael Jackson’s Thriller, which falls 6-10 with 6,000 sold (though up 10%).
In the week ending Feb. 2, there were 1.883 million albums sold in the U.S. (up 13.9% compared to the previous week). Of that sum, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) comprised 1.552 million (up 18.2%) and digital albums comprised 331,000 (down 2.7%).
There were 723,000 CD albums sold in the week ending Feb. 2 (up 38.3% week-over-week) and 820,000 vinyl albums sold (up 4.9%). Year-to-date CD album sales stand at 3.053 million (up 0.4% compared to the same time frame a year ago) and year-to-date vinyl album sales total 4.499 million (up 28.2%).
Overall year-to-date album sales total 9.260 million (up 7.4% compared to the same year-to-date time frame a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales stand at 7.595 million (up 15.3%) and digital album sales total 1.664 million (down 18%).
