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Coldplay have become the first British band to simultaneously top the album charts on both sides of the Atlantic since 2016.
The band’s 10th studio album Moon Music landed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and the Official Album Charts in the U.K. following its release on October 4.
By doing so, they are the first band to reach the summit since The 1975’s second album I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It did the same in February 2016.
It is the fifth time that Coldplay have achieved the feat, having done so in 2005 with X&Y, Viva La Vida (2008), Mylo Xyloto (2011) and Ghost Stories (2014). Moon Music makes them the British artist – solo or group – with the most No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 this century.
Since 2000, a handful of other British groups have done the same including Radiohead, The Beatles, One Direction, Mumford & Sons, Muse and Florence + The Machine.
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British solo acts have had more success, with Adele, Ed Sheeran, Paul McCartney, Harry Styles, Zayn, David Bowie and Susan Boyle all having done so since 2000.
In a statement, Coldplay’s manager Phil Harvey said: “In Moon Music, the band has made one of their very best albums and I’m really happy that it resonated with fans all around the world. Even after 26 years, Chris, Guy, Jonny and Will never cease to amaze me with their outstanding artistry and unceasing hard work. To achieve this success in the middle of a record-breaking stadium tour makes it all the more impressive.
“As well as my fantastic co-managers Mandi Frost and Arlene Moon and the band’s incredible team, I’d like to offer sincere thanks to Max Lousada, Julie Greenwald and her team at Atlantic, everyone at Parlophone, as well as our touring family at Live Nation, WME and SJM. We’re looking forward to a long album campaign – not least in the U.S., where the band will return next year for their third summer of sold-out stadium shows and where we look forward to working with Elliot Grainge and his new team.”
On the Billboard 200, dated Oct. 19, the band achieved 120,000 equivalent album units, 106,000 of which are in traditional album sales. It was the first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 for the band in over 10 years, and became their 10th effort to reach the top 10.
The British act shifted 237,000 units in the U.K. to gain No. 1 on the Official Album Charts. Their opening week would prove the biggest opening week for a British act since Adele’s 30 was released in 2021.
The band are currently in the midst of their Music Of The Spheres global world tour, which was recently named by Billboard Boxscore as the biggest rock tour of all time having passed $1 billion at the box office.
It’s official: Shaboozey has made history. His country hit “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” has broken the new record for most weeks atop the Billboard Canadian Hot 100.
On the chart dated Oct. 19, 2024, the song claims the top spot at No. 1 for an unprecedented 20th week, surpassing a record previously set in 2019 by Lil Nas X’s Billy Ray Cyrus-featuring “Old Town Road.”
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This is the first time a song has held the No. 1 spot for 20 weeks or more in the history of the Billboard Canadian Hot 100, which launched in 2007. “A Bar Song” first hit No. 1 in the week of May 11, 2024, and has actually spent 26 cumulative weeks on the chart. It was briefly knocked out of the top spot by Eminem’s “Houdini” and Morgan Wallen and Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help,” but has otherwise dominated from summer to fall.
With “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” setting the new record, here’s an updated leaderboard for most weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100.
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Most Weeks Spent at No. 1 on the Canadian Hot 100Weeks, Title, Artist Billing, Peak Date
20, “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Shaboozey, 5/11/202419, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, 4/20/201918, “As It Was,” Harry Styles, 4/16/202216, “Despacito,” Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee ft. Justin Bieber, 5/27/201716, “Shape of You,” Ed Sheeran, 1/28/201716, “I Gotta Feeling,” The Black Eyed Peas, 7/4/200915, “Flowers,” Miley Cyrus, 1/28/202315, “Uptown Funk!,” Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars, 1/10/2015
Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” is also making history on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, this week tying the record for the second-longest rookie reign at 14 weeks. But the Virginia artist’s song hit No. 1 in Canada first and has reigned for longer. He acknowledged that feat onstage at a headlining concert at Toronto’s Danforth Music Hall last month, when Billboard Canada presented him a plaque for his No. 1 hit. “Y’all did it first!” he said triumphantly to the Canadian crowd.
In a Billboard cover story, Shaboozey talks about the whirlwind last few months. He’s been making music for a decade, but had a major breakthrough this year after appearing as a guest star on Beyoncé’s culture-shifting Cowboy Carter. Beyoncé and Shaboozey subsequently made history as the first two Black artists to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart consecutively with “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” but “A Bar Song” has surpassed the songs on Cowboy Carter for Canadian chart dominance.
Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” is also notably a country song from a Black artist who seamlessly shifts between sounds. Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song” quotes from J-Kwon’s 2004 rap hit “Tipsy” and unites listeners of different genres in its themes of drinking through everyday economic hardships, getting heavy airplay on a variety of different radio formats in Canada. To put this historic feat into perspective, 20 weeks would also set the record for most weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, where Lil Nas X currently still reigns with 19 weeks. On that chart, which has existed for 66 years compared to Canada’s 17 years, only five songs have occupied the No. 1 spot for more than 15 weeks.
It’s difficult to predict if any songs have the power to knock Shaboozey out of No. 1 on the Canadian Hot 100 in the near future. Post Malone and Morgan Wallen’s “I Had Some Help” continues to hold down the No. 2 spot and did briefly surpass Shaboozey this summer. Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” has stalled at No. 3 for a number of weeks, while Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars’ duet “Die With a Smile” has continued a slow climb into the top 5 and this week sits at No. 4. Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” currently holds No. 5, and previously peaked at No. 3.
So how many weeks will Shaboozey hold the No. 1 spot on the Canadian Hot 100? Only time will tell.
This story originally appeared on Billboard Canada.
Little Simz, Elyanna and Tini each earn their first career entry on the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Oct. 19), thanks to their collaboration with Coldplay, “We Pray.”
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Released Aug. 23 as the second single from the band’s album Moon Music, the song (which also features Burna Boy) debuts at No. 87 with 8 million in airplay audience (up 11%), 3.3 million U.S. streams (up 103%) and 3,000 downloads sold (up 109%) in the Oct. 4-10 tracking week, according to Luminate.
Radio-wise, the song concurrently rises 16-15 on Adult Pop Airplay and 24-23 on Pop Airplay.
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The song’s gains are tied to the album’s release on Oct. 4, with Moon Music debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 120,000 equivalent album units earned. The band earns its fifth No. 1 and first since Ghost Stories in 2014.
TikTok has also been a factor in the song’s growing profile. Multiple snippets of the track highlighting the artists featured on the song have broken through on the platform. There’s the “We Pray (Elyanna Version)” and “We Pray (Tini Version),” plus a “Blank Verse Version” that allows users to add their own verses (with all three posted to Coldplay’s official account).
Little Simz, from Islington, London, first appeared on Billboard’s charts in November 2017 via her feature on the Gorillaz song “Garage Palace.” The track debuted and peaked at No. 37 on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart. She earned her first solo appearance in 2021 with her fourth studio album, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert. The set reached No. 33 on the Top Album Sales chart, plus No. 22 on Vinyl Albums. Across the pond, it peaked at No. 4 the Official U.K. Albums chart.
Little Simz has released four other albums: A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons (2015), Stillness In Wonderland (2016), Grey Area (2019) and No Thank You (2022). Outside of music, she starred in the Netflix drama series Top Boy.
Elyanna, a Palestinian-Chilean singer-songwriter from Nazareth, also reaches the Hot 100 for the first time thanks to “We Pray.” The song marks her first appearance on Billboard’s charts. Elyanna has been releasing music since 2019 and dropped her first full-length, Woledto, in April, via Universal Arabic Music. In February, she appeared on the cover of Billboard Arabia. “I’m on a Billboard cover, and we have a sold-out tour, and I have an album coming,” she told Billboard Arabia at the time. “It feels insane to me. I’m doing things I dreamt of my whole life.”
Elyanna also performed at Coachella in April, making history as the first artist at the festival to perform in Arabic.
Argentinian singer-actress-dancer Tini also arrives on the Hot 100 for the first time via “We Pray.” Tini (full name Tini Stoessel) is already a household name in Argentina, having begun her career as a child actress in the Disney Channel Latin American telenovela Violetta. She reprised the role for the series’ sequel film Tini: The Movie in 2016. She became the first Argentine act to sign with Hollywood Records in 2015. Since then, she’s released five studio albums: Tini (Martina Stoessel) (2016), Quiero Volver (2018), Tini Tini Tini (2020), Cupido (2023) and Un Mechón de Pelo in April.
Cupido reached No. 45 on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart. Tini has charted 41 songs on the Billboard Argentina Hot 100, including five No. 1s: “Miénteme,” with Maria Becerra; “Bar,” with L-Gante; “La Triple T”; “La_Original.mp3,” with Emilia; and “Pa.”
Elanna and Tini both performed “We Pray” with Coldplay on NBC’s Saturday Night Live on Oct. 5 when the band was the musical guest.
Coldplay jumps from No. 37 to No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 (dated Oct. 19), becoming the top musical act in the U.S. for the first time in the chart’s 10-year history, thanks to the group’s new album, Moon Music.
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The Artist 100 measures artists’ activity across key metrics of music consumption: album sales, track sales, radio airplay and streaming. Using a methodology comprising those metrics, the chart provides a weekly multi-dimensional ranking of artist popularity.
Released Oct. 4 on Parlophone/Atlantic Records, Moon Music launches at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 120,000 equivalent album units earned in its opening week, according to Luminate. The group earns its fifth leader, following Ghost Stories (2014), Mylo Xyloto (2011), Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008) and X&Y (2005).
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Coldplay also debuts a song from the set on the Billboard Hot 100: “We Pray” featuring Little Simz, Burna Boy, Elyanna and Tini at No. 87. The band adds its 25th career entry on the chart, and second this year, after the new LP’s lead single, “feelslikeimfallinginlove,” hit No. 81.
Coldplay is the third group to top the Artist 100 chart this year, after TOMORROW X TOGETHER in April and Stray Kids in August. The last non-K-pop group to hit No. 1 was Slipknot in October 2022.
Rounding out the Artist 100’s top five, Sabrina Carpenter dips to No. 2, following four weeks on top; Taylor Swift holds at No. 3; Chappell Roan drops 2-4; and Morgan Wallen falls 4-5.
Also on the chart, Milli Vanilli debuts at No. 88 thanks to renewed interest in the duo’s catalog as three of the pair’s songs appear in Ryan Murphy’s new Netflix anthology series, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. Their EP 4, which comprises four of the act’s four seminal hits, including three Hot 100 No. 1s, concurrently debuts at No. 197 on the Billboard 200, marking their first appearance on the chart since 1990.
Ben Wyatt: “Get this — I just asked the DJ what R.E.M. albums he has. He’s got Monster, but not Automatic for the People.”
Leslie Knope: “Wow.”
Ben: “I know. It’s like, ‘What is this, a mid-‘90s party?’ No, it’s an early-‘90s party.”
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In a 2013 episode of NBC’s Parks and Recreation, Leslie and Ben attend an early-1990s fête, the domain of, as Ben correctly notes, R.E.M.’s 1992 LP Automatic for the People.
Had the DJ been more up on the timeline of R.E.M.’s discography — and Billboard chart history — he would have known that Monster made its mark on surveys in 1994-95. The set debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated Oct. 15, 1994, with 344,000 copies sold in the United States, according to Luminate. (No data available on how many sold in Pawnee, Ind.) The frame marks the band’s best since Luminate began tracking sales in 1991, outperforming by 57% the 218,000 that Automatic for the People moved in its first week in October 1992, when it opened at its No. 2 peak.
Monster became R.E.M.’s second of two Billboard 200 No. 1s, after Out of Time also led for two weeks, in May and June 1991.
“It’s obvious that this album was eagerly anticipated by R.E.M.’s fans,” then-Billboard associate director of charts/retail Geoff Mayfield wrote upon Monster’s chart bow. (In that pre-Halloween issue’s Chart Beat column, Fred Bronson titled his recap of the arrival “‘Monster’ Mash.”)
Billboard’s review of Monster in the Oct. 1, 1994, issue praised R.E.M.’s crunchier turn on the set: “After a glorious acoustic phase, band reverts to the power-pop sound it sported in the late ‘80s, now sharpened with an industrial edge. Monster will live up to its name at rock, pop, college and alternative formats, reaffirming the band’s place as one of the most compelling, and uncompromising, in America.”
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Monster yielded the two most recent of R.E.M.’s six No. 1s on the Alternative Airplay chart: “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?” for two weeks beginning in September 1994 — as it became the first song to debut at the list’s summit– and “Bang and Blame” (three weeks that December). The former also hit No. 10 on Pop Airplay, while three more cuts from the set reached Alternative Airplay, in 1995: “Star 69” (No. 8), “Strange Currencies” (No. 14) and “Crush With Eyeliner” (No. 33).
Warner Records re-signed R.E.M. (which had joined the label for 1988’s Green) to a reported $80 million contract in August 1996. The deal signified just how high the band had risen since releasing its first single, the eventual classic “Radio Free Europe,” on indie Hib-Tone in 1981. (The group signed with I.R.S. in 1982.)
In 1997, drummer Bill Berry left R.E.M., which continued as a trio of lead singer Michael Stipe, bassist Mike Mills and guitarist Peter Buck. The group was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2007 and upped its count to 10 Billboard 200 top 10s through its last LP of all-new music, Collapse Into Now, in 2011. That September, Stipe, Mills and Buck announced their amicable split on R.E.M.’s website.
On June 13, R.E.M. — including Berry — reunited to perform its highest-charting Billboard Hot 100 hit, “Losing My Religion,” which rose to No. 4 in 1991, at the Songwriters Hall of Fame annual celebration in New York, where the band was among 2024’s enshrinees.
“Writing songs and having a catalog of work that we’re all proud of that is out there for the rest of the world for all time is hands-down the most important aspect of what we did,” Stipe told the audience. “Second to that is that we managed to do so all those decades and remain friends. And not just friends, dear friends.” He added, “We are four people that very early on decided that we would own our own masters and we would split our royalties and songwriting credits equally. All for one and one for all.”
The latest U.K. Official Singles Chart update sees a thrilling showdown brewing between pop heavyweights Sabrina Carpenter and Charli XCX, as they battle it out for the top spot.
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Sabrina’s infectious hit “Taste” (Island) holds strong at No. 1 for its eighth week, maintaining its grip on the chart. But Charli’s “Sympathy Is a Knife” (Atlantic) coming in as hot as a brat summer, surging to No. 2 after a remix featuring Ariana Grande gave it a major boost. With only 1,000 chart units separating the two, the competition is fierce, and Charli is well-positioned for a possible takeover.
Not only is Charli challenging Sabrina at the top, but she’s also making noise further down the chart. Her track “365” re-enters the Top 40 at No. 22, following the release of the Shygirl remix.
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Gracie Abrams continues her rise as well, with “I Love You, I’m Sorry” (Interscope) poised to vault eight spots to claim No. 3, which would mar her first-ever U.K. Top 3 single. The song’s emotional depth and strong streaming performance have propelled her into new chart territory.
Also climbing is KSI with his collaboration “Thick of It” featuring Trippie Redd (Atlantic), which looks to break into the Top 10 at No. 8, while Teddy Swims could see a new peak at No. 9 with “The Door” (Atlantic), after slowly climbing for 26 weeks. The track’s soulful vibe has clearly resonated with audiences, giving Swims his first Top 10 hit.
In another notable debut, Sabrina Carpenter’s “Bed Chem” enters the Top 10 at No. 10, giving her a second hit in the upper echelon this week.
Meanwhile, Chappell Roan’s infectious track “Pink Pony Club” is on track to reach a new peak at No. 11 on the U.K. Singles Chart according to the latest blast, while Billie Eilish’s ethereal “Birds of a Feather” (Interscope) is expected to rise to No. 13, continuing her strong presence.
BLACKPINK’s JENNIE is making a mark with her latest solo single “Mantra” (Columbia), which is poised to enter the U.K. Top 20 at No. 18, potentially marking her first major solo chart breakthrough in the region.
As the week progresses, the question remains: Will Charli XCX finally knock Sabrina Carpenter from the top spot, or will Sabrina hold on for another week of chart glory?
Paul Heaton is on track to land his first solo No. 1 on the U.K. Official Albums Chart this week with The Mighty Several (EMI).
Known for his work with The Beautiful South and The Housemartins, Heaton has charted three No. 1 albums on the U.K. Official Albums Chart twice with former Beautiful South bandmate Jacqui Abbott, but never reached the top spot on his own—but all that could change come Friday.
With The Mighty Several making its debut, Heaton’s long-established fan base is giving the album strong momentum, positioning him for his first solo chart-topping album, according to the latest Chart blast.
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Standing in Heaton’s way, however, is none other than Charli XCX, who rockets up the charts this week with her remix album Brat, But Not Really Brat (Atlantic), moving from No. 16 to No. 2. The album, which features collaborations with Ariana Grande, The 1975, and Shygirl, is set to give Heaton some serious competition.
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With streaming numbers on the rise, Charli could challenge Heaton for the top spot as the week progresses.
Elsewhere in the chart, Sabrina Carpenter’s Short N’ Sweet (Universal) sits tight at No. 3, while James Blunt’s 2004 debut album Back to Bedlam (Atlantic) returns to the top 10 at No. 4, celebrating its 20th anniversary with a special reissue. Lady Gaga also makes a notable return to the top 10 with Harlequin (Polydor), which re-enters at No. 5 following the release of physical formats. This week’s chart shows Gaga’s continued power in both streaming and physical sales.
In the lower half of the top 10, Skinny Living’s Day By Day makes a strong debut at No. 9. The Wakefield indie-rock trio earns their first top 10 album. Meanwhile, The Highlights by The Weeknd (Republic/XO) climbs back into the top 10, moving from No. 14 to No. 10 after spending an incredible 193 weeks on the chart.
The Last Dinner Party’s debut Prelude To Ecstasy (Island) could re-enter the Top 40 this week thanks to its deluxe edition, currently sitting at No. 12. Meanwhile, Ben Howard’s I Forget Where We Were (another win for Island), originally released in 2014, is re-entering the chart at No. 19, celebrating its 10th anniversary.
New entries to the Top 40 include Jelly Roll’s Beautifully Broken (EMI) debuting at No. 22, Myles Kennedy’s The Art of Letting Go (Napalm) at No. 26, and The Offspring’s Supercharged (Concord) at No. 30, marking a strong week for rock and indie releases.
This week’s chart is packed with exciting moves and potential shakeups, particularly with Heaton and Charli XCX neck-and-neck for the top spot. Tune in to see if Heaton’s first solo No. 1 will be secured, or if Charli’s Brat remix will steal the crown.
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” rules both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts for a seventh week.
The ballad ties for the longest Global 200 reign this year, matching the seven weeks that Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” notched at No. 1 in February-April. “Die With a Smile” is one week from potentially equaling the longest Global Excl. U.S. command in 2024, after only the eight-week stays for “Beautiful Things” (February-April) and Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” (May-July).
Meanwhile, “Die With a Smile” has topped the Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. for seven weeks consecutively, marking the longest uninterrupted run atop each tally this year.
The Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts, which began 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.
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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.
“Die With a Smile” leads the Global 200 with 115.5 million streams (down 2% week-over-week) and 8,000 sold (down 13%) worldwide Oct. 4-10. The song is Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ first No. 1 each since the chart began.
Notably, the duet has drawn over 100 million streams globally in each of the last six weeks – the most such frames for a song this year, doubling up on Carpenter’s “Please Please Please” and Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” each with three.
Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” holds at No. 2 on the Global 200, following three weeks at No. 1 beginning in August.
Carpenter claims three songs in the Global 200’s top 10 for a seventh week: “Taste,” up 4-3 after reaching No. 2; “Espresso” (5-4, following three nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 beginning in June); and “Please Please Please” (7-10, after two weeks at No. 1 also starting in June). She’s the first artist to triple up in the top 10 over seven weeks in 2024; Eilish and Taylor Swift follow with two such weeks each this year.
The Weeknd and Playboi Carti’s “Timeless” dips to No. 5 on the Global 200 a week after it debuted at No. 3.
“Die With a Smile” tops Global Excl. U.S. with 93.2 million streams (down 1%) and 5,000 sold (down 11%) outside the U.S. Oct. 4-10. As on the Global 200, the ballad became Gaga and Mars’ first No. 1 each since the survey started.
Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” keeps at No. 2 on Global Excl. U.S., following three weeks at No. 1 beginning in August; Carpenter’s “Espresso” maintains the No. 3 spot; and Karol G’s “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido” climbs 5-4, after reaching No. 2.
Carpenter’s “Taste” rises 6-5 on Global Excl. U.S., after hitting No. 4, while “Please Please Please” pushes 10-9, following a week at No. 1 in June; already the only artist with multiple weeks with three songs in the top 10 simultaneously this year, she logs a seventh week earning such a triple.
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Oct. 19, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Oct. 15. 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 X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
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Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” orders a 14th round at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song, which became the singer-songwriter’s first leader in July, extends 2024’s longest reign and moves to within two weeks of tying the longest command this decade; Morgan Wallen’s fellow country/pop crossover smash “Last Night” led for 16 weeks in 2023.
Plus, as “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” became Shaboozey’s first Hot 100 chart entry with no other billed acts, it ties for the second-longest No. 1 stay among all such breakthrough hits, with only Lil Nas X’s debut, “Old Town Road” (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus), having led longer, for an overall-record 19 weeks in 2019.
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” additionally furthers the longest No. 1 run of 2024 on the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart, adding an 18th week in the top spot.
A fan of multiple musical styles upon discovering music, Shaboozey “found country to be the thing that resonated with me in a really strong way,” he shared for his Billboard cover story. “Me being from Virginia, me loving the style and the way of life and the things they talked about … it all seemed very peaceful. It seemed like I could be real. I found country music could teach people that the little things in life are where the value is. Just having a working truck that you can take your girl in to ride to a cliff and watch the sunset is enough.”
“I love hip-hop; I’m a part of their community, too,” Shaboozey added, with “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” having reworked J-Kwon’s 2004 hit “Tipsy.” “That’s what I want to do with my music: be disruptive and show people that music is progressing.”
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Coldplay has once again soared to new heights, securing their 10th consecutive No. 1 album on the U.K. Official Albums Chart with Moon Music.
Not only did Moon Music debut at the top spot, but it also logged 237,000 chart units in its opening week, making it the biggest debut for a British act in three years, since Adele’s 30 in 2021.
This monumental achievement sees Coldplay joining the ranks of British music royalty. With Moon Music, the band ties ABBA, Michael Jackson, and Queen, each boasting 10 No. 1 albums on the U.K. Official Albums Chart.
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Coldplay’s chart-topping streak, which began with their 2000 debut Parachutes, includes A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002), Mylo Xyloto (2011), and their most recent effort, Music of the Spheres (2021). Moon Music isn’t just Coldplay’s latest No. 1—it’s also the fastest-selling album of 2024 in terms of physical and digital sales, with 209,000 of its units coming from pure album purchases.
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It trails only behind Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department, which sold 270,000 units earlier this year, however, Coldplay’s strong numbers have put them leagues ahead of other British acts,.
Meanwhile, Sabrina Carpenter’s Short N’ Sweet continued its steady climb, moving up one spot to No. 2 this week. Public Service Broadcasting landed their third Top 10 album with The Last Flight, debuting at No. 3, while James Bay’s Changes All The Time entered at No. 4, marking his fourth Top 5 album.
Further down the Top 10, The Smile’s Cutouts, featuring Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, debuted at No. 7, while Alison Moyet’s Key entered at No. 8—her highest-charting album in over a decade. Aphex Twin’s Selected Ambient Works Volume II also made waves, re-entering the Top 40 at No. 21 following its 30th-anniversary reissue.
Coldplay’s consistent chart domination, now spanning over two decades, shows no signs of slowing down. With Moon Music securing their place among legends, the band continues to solidify their lasting impact on the U.K. music scene.