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Sam Smith kicks a hattrick of U.K. No. 1s as Gloria (via Capitol) debuts at the chart summit.
Gloria, which features the chart-topping, Grammy Award-winning hit “Unholy,” featuring Kim Petras, tops the Official U.K. Albums Chart, equaling the result of their 2014 debut In The Lonely Hour and 2017’s The Thrill Of It All. Smith’s third and most recent album, Love Goes, peaked at No. 2 in 2020.
Gloria is also the U.K.’s best-selling LP on wax, to lead the Official Vinyl Albums Chart.
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Meanwhile, Eminem makes a long overdue return to the U.K. top 5 with Curtain Call – The Hits (Interscope), the Rap God’s hits compilation. It lifts 7-5 for its first stint in the top 5 since its release back in December 2006, the OCC reports, and its 551st week on the chart. Meanwhile, Em’s fourth studio effort, 2002’s The Eminem Show, returns to the top 40 for the first time in almost two decades, up 58-40.
Bob Dylan snags his 42nd Top 10 LP on the latest chart, published Feb. 3, with Fragments – The Time Out Of Mind Sessions 17 (Sony Music CG), the latest instalment in his “Bootlegs” series. It’s new at No. 9.
Fragments assembles new mixes, outtakes and rarities from sessions from 1997’s Time Out Of Mind, an album that peaked at No. 10 in the U.K
Just outside the top 10 on the latest frame is Diamonds & Dancefloors (Atlantic), the second studio album from Albanian-American pop artist Ava Max. It’s new at No. 11. Diamonds & Dancefloors is the followup to 2020 debut Heaven & Hell, which peaked at No. 2.
Finally, Atlanta rapper Lil Yachty sails to a career-best with his fifth studio album Let’s Start Here (EMI). It’s new at No. 32, for Yachty’s first-ever U.K. top 40.
How well do the winners at the Grammy Awards align with Billboard chart success? Perhaps not surprisingly, very closely — especially when it comes to trophy recipients reaching the top 10 of the Billboard 200 albums chart and the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.
Billboard looks at the crossroads of Recording Academy and commercial success in two of the most prominent Grammy categories – album of the year and record of the year – over the last 65 years, from the first awards presented in 1959, a year after the Hot 100 launched and three years after the Billboard 200 began – through music’s latest biggest night in 2023.
Album of the Year Winners on the Billboard 200
Of the 65 album of the year winners, 62 – or 95% – have hit the Billboard 200’s top 10 (two of which did so for the first time following their Grammy victories). Harry Styles’ Harry’s House is the latest contributor to that overwhelming majority, having reigned for two weeks starting upon its debut in June 2022.
A year earlier, Jon Batiste’s victory with We Are contrasted that sharp trend, and halted a run of 26 top 10s winning consecutively since 1996 – the longest streak all-time. Still, We Are surged back onto the April 16, 2022-dated Billboard 200 at a new No. 25 high; it previously spent a week on the survey, at No. 86, in April 2021. The two previous winning sets not to have hit the top 10: Tony Bennett’s MTV Unplugged, which rose to No. 48 after its 1995 win (after it had reached No. 69 before that year’s ceremony), and Glen Campbell’s By the Time I Get to Phoenix, which reached its No. 15 peak ahead of its win in 1969.
Historically, 68% of all winners (44 of 65) have led the list.
Here’s a recap of how all album of the year Grammy Award winners have performed on the Billboard 200. (Album of the year is awarded to artist[s] and featured artist[s], songwriter[s] of new material, producer[s], recording engineer[s], mixer[s] and mastering engineer[s].)
Year, Artist, Title / Billboard 200 Peak
2023, Harry Styles, Harry’s House / No. 1 – 2 weeks
2022, Jon Batiste, We Are / No. 25 (post-Grammys; previously reached No. 86)
2021, Taylor Swift, Folklore / No. 1 – 8 weeks
2020, Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? / No. 1 – 3 weeks
2019, Kacey Musgraves, Golden Hour / No. 4
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2018, Bruno Mars, 24K Magic / No. 2
2017, Adele, 25 / No. 1 – 10 weeks
2016, Taylor Swift, 1989 / No. 1 – 11 weeks
2015, Beck, Morning Phase / No. 3
2014, Daft Punk, Random Access Memories / No. 1 – 2 weeks
2013, Mumford & Sons, Babel / No. 1 – 5 weeks
2012, Adele, 21 / No. 1 – 24 weeks
2011, Arcade Fire, The Suburbs / No. 1 – 1 week
2010, Taylor Swift, Fearless / No. 1 – 11 weeks
2009, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Raising Sand / No. 2
2008, Herbie Hancock, River: The Joni Letters / No. 5 (post-Grammys; previously reached No. 118)
2007, The Chicks, Taking the Long Way / No. 1 – 2 weeks
2006, U2, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb / No. 1 – 1 week
2005, Ray Charles, Genius Loves Company / No. 1 – 1 week (post-Grammys; previously reached No. 2)
2004, OutKast, Speakerboxx/The Love Below / No. 1 – 7 weeks
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2003, Norah Jones, Come Away With Me / No. 1 – 4 weeks
2002, Soundtrack, O Brother, Where Art Thou? / No. 1 – 2 weeks (post-Grammys; previously reached No. 10)
2001, Steely Dan, Two Against Nature / No. 6
2000, Santana, Supernatural / No. 1 – 12 weeks
1999, Lauryn Hill, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill / No. 1 – 4 weeks
1998, Bob Dylan, Time Out of Mind / No. 10
1997, Celine Dion, Falling Into You / No. 1 – 3 weeks
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1996, Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill / No. 1 – 12 weeks
1995, Tony Bennett, MTV Unplugged / No. 48 (post-Grammys; previously reached No. 69)
1994, Whitney Houston, The Bodyguard soundtrack / No. 1 – 20 weeks
1993, Eric Clapton, Unplugged / No. 1 – 3 weeks (post-Grammys; previously reached No. 2)
1992, Natalie Cole, Unforgettable: With Love / No. 1 – 5 weeks
1991, Quincy Jones, Back on the Block / No. 9
1990, Bonnie Raitt, Nick of Time / No. 1 – 3 weeks (post-Grammys; previously reached No. 22)
1989, George Michael, Faith / No. 1 – 12 weeks
1988, U2, The Joshua Tree / No. 1 – 9 weeks
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1987, Paul Simon, Graceland / No. 3
1986, Phil Collins, No Jacket Required / No. 1 – 7 weeks
1985, Lionel Richie, Can’t Slow Down / No. 1 – 3 weeks
1984, Michael Jackson, Thriller / No. 1 – 37 weeks
1983, Toto, Toto IV / No. 4
1982, John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Double Fantasy / No. 1 – 8 weeks
1981, Christopher Cross, Christopher Cross / No. 6
1980, Billy Joel, 52nd Street / No. 1 – 8 weeks
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1979, Soundtrack, Saturday Night Fever / No. 1 – 24 weeks
1978, Fleetwood Mac, Rumours / No. 1 – 31 weeks
1977, Stevie Wonder, Songs in the Key of Life / No. 1 – 14 weeks
1976, Paul Simon, Still Crazy After All These Years / No. 1 – 1 week
1975, Stevie Wonder, Fulfillingness’ First Finale / No. 1 – 2 weeks
1974, Stevie Wonder, Innervisions / No. 4
1973, Various artists, The Concert for Bangladesh / No. 2
1972, Carole King, Tapestry / No. 1 – 15 weeks
1971, Simon & Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water / No. 1 – 10 weeks
1970, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Blood, Sweat & Tears / No. 1 – 7 weeks
1969, Glen Campbell, By the Time I Get to Phoenix / No. 15
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1968, The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band / No. 1 – 15 weeks
1967, Frank Sinatra, A Man and His Music / No. 9
1966, Frank Sinatra, September of My Years / No. 5
1965, Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto, Getz/Gilberto / No. 2
1964, Barbra Streisand, The Barbra Streisand Album / No. 9
1963, Vaughn Meader, The First Family / No. 1 – 12 weeks
1962, Judy Garland, Judy at Carnegie Hall / No. 1 – 13 weeks
1961, Bob Newhart, The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart / No. 1 – 14 weeks
1960, Frank Sinatra, Come Dance With Me / No. 2
1959, Henry Mancini, The Music From Peter Gunn / No. 1 – 10 weeks
Record of the Year Winners on the Hot 100
Of the 65 record of the year winners, 54 – or 83% – have hit the Hot 100’s top 10 (one of which did so for the first time following its Grammy coronation). Lizzo’s “About Damn Time” continues that trend, as 14 winners in a row since 2010 have reached the top 10, the second-longest streak, after a 23-year run in 1965-87.
Historically, 54% of all winners (35 of 65) have topped the tally, with “About Damn Time” likewise upping that share.
Here’s a rundown of how all record of the year Grammy Award winners have fared on the Hot 100. (Record of the year is awarded to artist/producer[s], recording engineer[s] and/or mixer[s] and mastering engineer[s], if other than artist.)
Year, Title, Artist / Hot 100 Peak
2023, “About Damn Time,” Lizzo / No. 1 – 2 weeks
2022, “Leave the Door Open,” Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) / No. 1 – 2 weeks
2021, “Everything I Wanted,” Billie Eilish / No. 8
2020, “Bad Guy,” Billie Eilish / No. 1 – 1 week
2019, “This Is America,” Childish Gambino / No. 1 – 2 weeks
2018, “24K Magic,” Bruno Mars / No. 4
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2017, “Hello,” Adele / No. 1 – 10 weeks
2016, “Uptown Funk!,” Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars / No. 1 – 14 weeks
2015, “Stay With Me,” Sam Smith / No. 2
2014, “Get Lucky,” Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams / No. 2
2013, “Somebody That I Used To Know,” Gotye feat. Kimbra / No. 1 – 8 weeks
2012, “Rolling in the Deep,” Adele / No. 1 – 7 weeks
2011, “Need You Now,” Lady A / No. 2
2010, “Use Somebody,” Kings of Leon / No. 4
2009, “Please Read the Letter,” Robert Plant & Alison Krauss / did not chart
2008, “Rehab,” Amy Winehouse / No. 9
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2007, “Not Ready To Make Nice,” Dixie Chicks / No. 4 (post-Grammys; previously reached No. 23)
2006, “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” Green Day / No. 2
2005, “Here We Go Again,” Ray Charles & Norah Jones / did not chart
2004, “Clocks,” Coldplay / No. 29
2003, “Don’t Know Why,” Norah Jones / No. 30
2002, “Walk On,” U2 / did not chart
2001, “Beautiful Day,” U2 / No. 21
2000, “Smooth,” Santana feat. Rob Thomas / No. 1 – 12 weeks
1999, “My Heart Will Go On,” Celine Dion / No. 1 – 2 weeks
1998, “Sunny Came Home,” Shawn Colvin / No. 7
1997, “Change the World,” Eric Clapton / No. 5
1996, “Kiss From a Rose,” Seal / No. 1 – 1 week
1995, “All I Wanna Do,” Sheryl Crow / No. 2
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1994, “I Will Always Love You,” Whitney Houston / No. 1 – 14 weeks
1993, “Tears in Heaven,” Eric Clapton / No. 2
1992, “Unforgettable,” Natalie Cole / No. 14
1991, “Another Day in Paradise,” Phil Collins / No. 1 – 4 weeks
1990, “Wind Beneath My Wings,” Bette Midler / No. 1 – 1 week
1989, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy,” Bobby McFerrin / No. 1 – 2 weeks
1988, “Graceland,” Paul Simon / No. 81
1987, “Higher Love,” Steve Winwood / No. 1 – 1 week
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1986, “We Are the World,” USA for Africa / No. 1 – 4 weeks
1985, “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” Tina Turner / No. 1 – 3 weeks
1984, “Beat It,” Michael Jackson / No. 1 – 3 weeks
1983, “Rosanna,” Toto / No. 2
1982, “Bette Davis Eyes,” Kim Carnes / No. 1 – 9 weeks
1981, “Sailing,” Christopher Cross / No. 1 – 1 week
1980, “What a Fool Believes,” The Doobie Brothers / No. 1 – 1 week
1979, “Just the Way You Are,” Billy Joel / No. 3
1978, “Hotel California,” Eagles / No. 1 – 1 week
1977, “This Masquerade,” George Benson / No. 10
1976, “Love Will Keep Us Together,” Captain & Tennille / No. 1 – 4 weeks
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1975, “I Honestly Love You,” Olivia Newton-John / No. 1 – 2 weeks
1974, “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” Roberta Flack / No. 1 – 5 weeks
1973, “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” Roberta Flack / No. 1 – 6 weeks
1972, “It’s Too Late,” Carole King / No. 1 – 5 weeks
1971, “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” Simon & Garfunkel / No. 1 – 6 weeks
1970, “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In,” The 5th Dimension / No. 1 – 6 weeks
1969, “Mrs. Robinson,” Simon & Garfunkel / No. 1 – 3 weeks
1968, “Up, Up and Away,” The 5th Dimension / No. 7
1967, “Strangers in the Night,” Frank Sinatra / No. 1 – 1 week
1966, “A Taste of Honey,” Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass / No. 7
1965, “The Girl From Ipanema,” Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz / No. 5
1964, “Days of Wine and Roses,” Henry Mancini / No. 33
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1963, “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” Tony Bennett / No. 19
1962, “Moon River,” Henry Mancini / No. 11
1961, “Theme From A Summer Place,” Percy Faith / No. 1 – 9 weeks
1960, “Mack the Knife,” Bobby Darin / No. 1 – 9 weeks
1959, “Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare),” Domenico Modugno / No. 1 – 5 weeks
TOMORROW X TOGETHER lands its first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION debuts atop the tally (dated Feb. 11). The five-song set earned 161,500 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 2, according to Luminate, largely driven by CD album sales.
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The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION is the third top 10-charting effort for the South Korean vocal group, which reached the top 10 previously in 2022 with Minisode 2: Thursday’s Child (No. 4) and in 2021 with The Chaos Chapter: Freeze (No. 5).
The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION halts the chart-topping run for SZA’s SOS, which falls to No. 2 (100,000 equivalent album units; down 10%) after spending its first seven weeks at No. 1.
Also in the top 10 of the new Billboard 200, Sam Smith achieves their fourth top 10-charting effort as Gloria debuts at No. 7, while Lil Yachty notches his third top 10 set with the No. 9 arrival of Let’s Start Here.
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. 11, 2023-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Feb. 7. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.
Of The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION’s 161,500 equivalent album units earned, album sales comprise 152,000, SEA units comprise 9,000 (equaling 13.24 on-demand official streams of the set’s five songs) and TEA units comprise 500.
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.
The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION is TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s seventh charting album on the all-genre Billboard 200, though the act has yet to reach the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. TOMORROW X TOGETHER is the second act to top the Billboard 200 in the last year without also having previously logged a hit on the Hot 100, following fellow K-pop group Stray Kids, which notched two No. 1 albums in 2022 (ODDINARY and MAXIDENT).
The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION is recorded mostly in the Korean language, with some English lyrics. It is the 17th mostly non-English language album to hit No. 1. In 2022, there were four non-English No. 1s from BTS’ mostly-Korean Proof, Bad Bunny’s all-Spanish Un Verano Sin Ti and Stray Kids’ mostly-Korean ODDINARY and MAXIDENT. Of the 17 mostly non-English No. 1 albums, 10 have been Korean-language projects (six from BTS, two from Stray Kids, one from SuperM and one from TOMORROW X TOGETHER).
Four former No. 1s are Nos. 3-6 on the new Billboard 200, as Swift’s Midnights falls 2-3 with 68,000 equivalent album units earned (though up 1%), Metro Boomin’s Heroes & Villains rises 5-4 with 47,000 (down 12%), Drake and 21 Savage’s Her Loss climbs 6-5 with 44,000 (down 4%) and Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album bumps 8-6 with 42,000 (up 5%).
Sam Smith collects their fourth top 10-charting effort on the Billboard 200 as Gloria debuts at No. 7 with 39,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 23,000 (equaling 30.75 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs), album sales comprise 14,000 and TEA units comprise 2,000. Gloria was preceded by its hit single “Unholy,” a co-billed collaboration with Kim Petras, which became both artists’ first No. 1 on the Hot 100 in October.
Bad Bunny’s former leader Un Verano Sin Ti falls 7-8 on the Billboard 200 with 39,000 equivalent album units earned (down 5%).
Lil Yachty’s Let’s Start Here begins at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 with 36,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 31,500 (equaling 41.34 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), album sales comprise 4,500 and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. It’s the third top 10-charting effort for Lil Yachty on the Billboard 200.
Let’s Start Here is a sonic left turn for the artist, who previously charted six entries on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The new project has been described by the artist as “non-rap” and as “a psychedelic alternative project.”
Rounding out the new Billboard 200’s top 10 is Zach Bryan’s American Heartbreak, falling 9-10 with 31,000 equivalent album units earned (down 4%).
Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.
HARDY’s “Wait in the Truck,” featuring Lainey Wilson, rolls into the top 10 of Billboard’s Country Airplay chart dated Feb. 11. The song pushes from No. 11 to No. 9, up 5% to 19.3 million audience impressions in the week ending Feb. 2, according to Luminate.
HARDY lands his third Country Airplay top 10 as a recording artist, after “Beers on Me,” with Dierks Bentley and BRELAND, led for a week last April and “One Beer,” featuring Lauren Alaina and Devin Dawson, ruled for a week in December 2020. HARDY has co-written 11 No. 1s on the survey, including those two chart-toppers.
“Truck” gives Wilson her fourth consecutive career- opening Country Airplay top 10. Her debut, “Things a Man Oughta Know,” topped the tally for a week in September 2021; “Never Say Never,’’ with Cole Swindell, dominated for two frames last April-May; and her third top 10, “Heart Like a Truck,” rides 10-7 (21 million, up 7%) for a new high on the latest list.
HARDY penned “Truck” with Renee Blair, Hunter Phelps and Jordan Schmidt. “You rarely hear songs like this that bring light to heavy situations that people are really scared to talk about,” says Wilson of the tense murder ballad. “I feel, in my heart, that our job is to sing about the things that people are afraid to talk about. It’s a song that definitely starts a conversation.”
“Wait” is the lead single from HARDY’s LP The Mockingbird & The Crow, which launched at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart dated Feb. 4 with 55,000 equivalent album units, marking his first leader and biggest week to-date.
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Carly Pearce nets her fourth Country Airplay top 10 as “What He Didn’t Do” rises 12-10 (19.1 million, up 5%). Co-penned by Pearce, the song follows her first three No. 1s: her Ashley McBryde team-up “Never Wanted To Be That Girl,” which led for a week last May; “I Hope You’re Happy Now,” with Lee Brice (one week, June 2020); and “Every Little Thing,” (one, November 2017).
White Reaper notches its No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult Alternative Airplay with “Pages,” which lifts to the top of the Feb. 11-dated survey.
The song becomes the Kentucky band’s second top 10, after its debut entry “Might Be Right” hit No. 4 in 2019.
In between the two tracks, the quintet also appeared on the chart with the No. 19-peaking “Real Long Time” in 2020.
White Reaper is the second straight act to earn a first No. 1 on Adult Alternative Airplay, following TALK, whose “Run Away to Mars” led the two preceding weeks.
Concurrently, “Pages” rises 10-9 on Alternative Airplay, a new high. It’s likewise White Reaper’s second top 10, after “Right” reigned for a week in 2020.
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On the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart, “Pages” leaps 19-13 with 2.3 million audience impressions, a boost of 10%, according to Luminate.
“Pages” is the lead single from White Reaper’s newly released fourth album Waiting for a Ride, which arrived Jan. 27.
All Billboard charts dated Feb. 11 will refresh on Billboard.com Tuesday, Feb. 7.
Over nearly four decades, Billboard Boxscore has charted the biggest tours in the world. From Whitney Houston and Billy Joel in the ‘80s to Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish in 2022, artists have topped Boxscore charts in Vegas theaters, international stadiums, and everything in between.
Most recently, road warrior Elton John broke the record for the highest grossing tour of all time with the Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour, now at $818 million after a brief leg of Australian shows. His tour began in September 2018, was interrupted by COVID for two years, and has returned stronger than ever — and stronger than everyone else.
The updated top 10 tours of all-time include previous record-holders by Ed Sheeran and The Rolling Stones, as well as live legends like Guns N’ Roses and Madonna.
John’s triumphant farewell tour is one of two in the top 10 with post-pandemic results, but more upheaval could be on the way. Still on the road, Coldplay, Harry Styles and previous record-holder Ed Sheeran are marching past the $200 million and $300 million marks with many shows scheduled for this year. And that’s not to mention newly announced 2023 treks by Beyoncé, Metallica, Taylor Swift, and more.
An influx of tours by these artists would not just help to modernize the top 10 but would add dashes of diversity, breaking up a current roster that includes eight tours by male rock acts from the U.K., Ireland and Australia.
Below are the 10 highest-grossing tours in the Boxscore archives, ranked by total earnings, according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore. All 10 have grossed more than $400 million – who will be next to join the club?
Love is in, and on, the air as SiriusXM kicks off its Billboard Cupid Countdown, spotlighting the top 50 love songs from the 1970s to today, as ranked by performance on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The Billboard Cupid Countdown returns exclusively on the SXM App from Feb. 3 through Feb. 16, extending Valentine’s Day vibes even after all the chocolate and roses have been shared.
The retrospective will also air on SiriusXM’s Love channel on Valentine’s Day at 12 p.m. ET, and again at 9 p.m. ET that day.
All songs were chosen for their lyrics’ romantic and positive themes, making for a soundtrack spanning six decades of Billboard chart hits (as ranked via Billboard‘s Greatest of All Time methodology). Vaunted Valentine’s classics on the Billboard Cupid Countdown include The Captain & Tennille’s “Love Will Keep Us Together,” REO Speedwagon’s “Can’t Fight This Feeling,” Mariah Carey’s “Vision of Love,” Alicia Keys’ “Fallin’,” Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” and more.
The Billboard Cupid Countdown marks the latest partnership between SiriusXM and Billboard. Billboard Live, hosted by Lyndsey Havens and Carl Lamarre, airs each Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET on SiriusXM’s Volume channel. Plus, the Billboard Top 112 Songs of Christmas Countdown recently celebrated the sounds of the season, while last summer brought the Billboard Top 500 Summer Hits recap.
Additionally, SiriusXM’s Big 40 Countdown, on ’80s on 8, and the Back in the Day Replay, on ’90s on 9, are based on historical weekly Hot 100 charts, while the Prime 30, on Prime Country, time travels back through Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart.
Sam Smith is on top in the land Down Under, as Gloria (via Capitol/Universal) bows at No. 1 on the ARIA Chart.
Gloria is Smith’s fourth consecutive top 10 album in Australia, and second No. 1 after In The Lonely Hour hit the summit in 2014.
The latest LP enjoyed a lift from Smith’s recent visit to Australia, a brief summer break during which the British singer performed for competition winners and VIPs at the d’Arenberg vineyards at McLaren Vale, outside of Adelaide.
It’s not Smith’s first time atop the leaderboard in Australia this year. “Unholy” featuring Kim Petras, the hit song from Gloria, returned to No. 1 last month on the ARIA Singles Chart for a sixth non-consecutive week.
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Smith will return to Australia in October and November 2023 for a run of arena dates, produced by Frontier Touring.
Gloria is one of just three new arrivals on the latest ARIA top 40, published Feb. 3.
Further down the list, Bob Dylan’s Fragments—Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997) The Bootleg Series, Vol. 17 (via Columbia/Legacy) bows at No. 26. The legendary songsmith’s album isn’t quite a new entry, but rather the latest in a series that revisits his Grammy Award-winning 1997 album Time Out of Mind, with a remix of the original set and bonus outtakes, alternate versions and live cuts.
Meanwhile, Lil Yachty sails in at No. 37 on the ARIA Chart with Let’s Start Here (Capitol/Universal), the Atlanta rapper’s fifth album, and a sonic pivot to psychedelic space rock.
Over on the ARIA Singles Chart, Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” (Columbia/Sony) continues to bloom, for a third consecutive week at No. 1.
Australia-bred singer and songwriter The Kid LAROI returns to the national tally, this time with “Love Again” (Columbia/Sony), new at No. 14. It’s the second taste off the Kid’s forthcoming debut album, The First Time, set for release later this year.
After catching fire on TikTok, Coi Leray’s “Players” (Universal) completes the crossover with a top 40 chart appearance in Australia. The Grandmaster Flash-sampling single, a modern-day spin on the 1982 seminal hit “The Message,” arrives at No. 31.
Finally, a raft of tracks enjoy a lift on the national chart following last Saturday’s (Jan. 28) Hottest 100 countdown on triple j. The winner of the poll, Flume and MAY-A’s “Say Nothing” (Future Classic) returns at No. 4, easily eclipsing its peak of No. 16 from February 2022, while tracks from Spacey Jane, Eliza Rose, Steve Lacy and others enjoy a post-Hottest 100 bump.
HARDY nabs his first No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated Feb. 4), as his latest effort The Mockingbird & The Crow flies in atop the tally. The set, a half-rock and half-country project, bows with 20,000 copies sold in the U.S. in the week ending Jan. 26, according to Luminate. HARDY previously notched one entry on the list, with the No. 8-peaking A Rock in 2020.
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Also in the top 10, Maneskin’s new studio effort Rush! debuts at No. 3; Wilco’s 2022 album Cruel Country re-enters at No. 4 – hitting the top 10 for the first time – after its wide release on CD and vinyl; the soundtrack to Halloween Ends scares up a No. 7 entry following its vinyl release; and Trippie Redd’s new Mansion Musik opens at No. 9.
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.
Of The Mockingbird & The Crow’s 20,000 sold, physical sales comprise 5,000 (4,000 CDs and 1,000 vinyl LPs) and digital album sales comprise 15,000. The album’s start also marks HARDY’s best sales week, surpassing the 5,000 sold in the debut frame of A Rock in 2020 (Sept. 19, 2020-dated chart).
As The Mockingbird & The Crow launches at No. 1 on Top Album Sales, it halts the chart-topping run of Taylor Swift’s Midnights, which spend its first 13 chart weeks at No. 1. On the new chart, it falls to No. 2 with 17,000 sold (down 21%). The set continues to be a hot-seller on vinyl, with 9,000 of its sales for the week on vinyl. In the latest tracking week, Midnights’ total U.S. vinyl sales crept past 1 million copies. Swift’s popularity on vinyl is well noted, and in 2022, one out of every 25 vinyl albums sold in the U.S. were by Swift.
Rock band Maneskin sees its new album Rush! bow at No. 3 on Top Album Sales with 11,000 copies sold. It’s the first charting entry for the act and its best sales week.
Wilco’s Cruel Country, which was released last May via digital retailers and streaming services, re-enters the chart at a new high of No. 4 after its release on CD and vinyl (7,000 sold across all formats; up from a negligible sales total the previous week). Cruel Country had previously topped out at No. 31 on July 2, 2022-dated list, following its limited CD release timed to Record Store Day 2022’s drop on June 18 last year. All told, Cruel Country is the eighth top 10-charting effort on Top Album Sales for Wilco, and it ties for the act’s highest-charting effort on the list. (A whopping five of the band’s eight top 10s all peaked at No. 4.)
Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours falls 2-5 on Top Album Sales with 6,000 sold (down 20%) and Michael Jackson’s Thriller dips 5-6 with 5,000 sold (down 13%).
The soundtrack to the film Halloween Ends debuts at No. 7 on Top Album Sales following its vinyl release on Jan. 20. The set, across all formats, sold nearly 5,000 copies for the week. Halloween Ends is the highest charting soundtrack from the Halloween franchise on the 31-year-old chart, surpassing the No. 9 peak of Halloween Kills in 2021.
SZA’s Ctrl vaults 57-8 on Top Album Sales with nearly 5,000 sold – mostly from vinyl sales – after a replenishment of stock. Trippie Redd’s new Mansion Musik bows at No. 9 with nearly 5,000 sold (the rapper’s fourth top 10 effort), while Harry Styles’ former leader Harry’s House rises 11-10 with a little over 4,000 sold (down 7%).
In the week ending Jan. 26, there were 1.653 million albums sold in the U.S. (down 6.3% compared to the previous week). Of that sum, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) comprised 1.312 million (down 9.3%) and digital albums comprised 341,000 (down 7.6%).
There were 523,000 CD albums sold in the week ending Jan. 26 (down 2.8% week-over-week) and 782,000 vinyl albums sold (down 13.1%). Year-to-date CD album sales stand at 2.330 (down 3% compared to the same time frame a year ago) and year-to-date vinyl album sales total 3.478 million (up 27.4%).
Overall year-to-date album sales total 7.377 million (up 6.2% compared to the same year-to-date time frame a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales stand at 6.044 million (up 13.5%) and digital album sales total 1.333 (down 17.9%).
Bizarrap and Shakira‘s “BZRP Music Sessions, Vol. 53” adds a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 chart (dated Jan. 28). It’s the fourth “Music Session” by the Argentinian producer to rule the ranking for at least two weeks, leading with the eight-week champ “BZRP Music Sessions, Vol. 52,” with Quevedo in 2022.
Luck Ra’s“Ya No Vuelvas,” featuring La K’Onga and Ke Personajes, holds steady at No. 2 for s third week. While Miley Cyrus secures her first top 10 as “Flowers” lifts 11-3. She bests her previous No. 40 high with “Midnight Sky” in 2020.
Cris Mj, Duki and Nicki Nicole’ “Marisola,” featuring Standly, drops 3-4; while TINI, La Joaqui and Steve Aoki’s “Muñecas” remains at its No. 5 high for a second week.
Elsewhere, Miranda!’s “Yo Te Diré,” with Lali, takes the Hot Shot Debut of the week, at No. 26. Previously the group scored a No. 40 high with “Don” last November.
Further, Bizarrap Duki, La T y La M’s “3 Estrellas en el Conjunto” notches the Greatest Gainer honors with a 26-position ascent, (100-71).
Lastly, three more songs debut this week, starting with Argentinian Lil Cake who scores his first entry as “Mercho,” with Migrantes, debuts at No. 78. Argentinian rapper Milo J clocks his firs chart appearance with “Milagrosa” at No. 92, while Quevedo and Ovy On The Drums secure a new entry with their latest collab “Sin Señal” at No. 98.
