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Tommy Richman deposits his first No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart as “Million Dollar Baby” rises a spot to the top the ranking dated Aug. 31.
The song also marks the first leader at the format for the ISO Supremacy, PULSE Records and Concord labels.
The coronation marks the latest for Richman’s breakthrough hit, which ruled the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart for 10 weeks in May-July, the most for any title since the survey began last September.
The track has also led the Hot R&B Songs chart — for 16 weeks and counting — through the Aug. 24-dated tally; Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (three, May-June); the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart (three, May-June); the Billboard Global 200 (two, June); and Streaming Songs (one week, May).
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In terms of radio, prior to its Pop Airplay takeover, “Million Dollar Baby” led the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and Rhythmic Airplay charts for two weeks each in July. (It’s the third song to lead all three lists in 2024, following Doja Cat’s “Agora Hills” and Jack Harlow’s “Lovin On Me.”)
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On the all-genre, multimetric Billboard Hot 100, “Million Dollar Baby” hit No. 2 in May. It has totaled 773 million in radio audience, 559 million official on-demand U.S. streams and 77,000 sold from its release through Aug. 15, according to Luminate.
“This is a big record, but this doesn’t define me,” the Woodbridge, Va., native told Billboard for June’s Chartbreaker spotlight. “I’m using this as, ‘We’re here. We arrived.’ Not as, ‘We made it!’ This is the start of a run.”
All Billboard charts dated Aug. 31 will update Tuesday, Aug. 27, on Billboard.com.
Shaboozey dominates Billboard’s Country Airplay chart (dated Aug. 31) for a fifth week with “A Bar Song (Tipsy).” The song drew 29.8 million audience impressions (down 2%) Aug. 16-22, according to Luminate. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The track by the Virginian (born Collins Obinna Chibueze) […]
Cold Chisel carves out another leader on Australia’s albums chart, as the homegrown rock legends blast to No. 1 with 50 Years – The Best (via Cold Chisel/Universal Music Australia).
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The career retrospective is Chisel’s sixth chart-topper and 18th top 10 appearance on the albums tally.
Formed in Adelaide, South Australia back in 1973, Chisel is the prototype Aussie rock band, both a household name and a national treasure. The band was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1993, and frontman Jimmy Barnes was inducted as a solo artist in 2005.
With this latest chart champ, Barnes extends his lead as the artist with the all-time collection of ARIA No. 1s at 21, a tally that includes 15 solo best-sellers.
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The result is a welcome tonic for Barnes, who is recovering following another trip to the operating theater, and a cause for celebration for the Australian music industry. 50 Years – The Best is the fourth consecutive No. 1 on the ARIA Chart by an Australian act, following new releases from Lime Cordiale, Tones & I, and Amy Shark.
The latest ARIA chart, published Friday, Aug, 23, marks the longest run for local acts at No. 1 since late 2020, when Midnight Oil, Kylie Minogue and AC/DC reigned for a combined six weeks, ARIA notes.
You’d have to go back almost a decade, to 2015, for the last time when four or more different Aussie acts consecutively ruled the chart. On that occasion, Parkway Drive, triple j Like A Version 11, Boy & Bear, Hillsong and 5 Seconds Of Summer did so, for a five-week stretch.
“It’s a big day for chart numbers,” comments ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd. “Huge congratulations to Cold Chisel for a phenomenal sixth No. 1 and 18th top 10 album. It’s an extremely exclusive club of artists who can rival the band’s storied legacy and impact on Australian music over 50 years. Congratulations again to the band, their team and everyone who has contributed to such a triumph.”
Chisel will dish out the hits on a 50th anniversary national tour later in the year, The Big Five-0, which sold over 200,000 tickets sold in a matter of hours, reps say.
Coming in at No. 2 is Post Malone with his first collaboration-stacked country album, F-1 Trillion (Universal).
It’s Posty’s seventh top 10 in Australia, after Stoney (No. 5 in 2016), Beerbongs & Bentleys (No. 1 in 2018), Hollywood’s Bleeding (No. 1 in 2019), Twelve Carat Toothache (No. 2 in 2022), Austin (No. 2 in 2022) and The Diamond Collection (No. 3 in 2023).
Completing the top three is Billie Eilish’s former leader Hit Me Hard Hit Me Soft (Interscope/Universal), down 2-3.
Also new to the chart is Falling In Reverse with U.S. rock band’s fifth studio album Popular Monster (Epitaph Records/RKT). It arrives at No. 8, their career equal-best chart position (Just Like You also peaked at No. 8 in 2015).
Meanwhile, Eilish’s hit “Birds Of A Feather” holds at No. 1 on the ARIA Singles Chart, ahead of Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” (unchanged at No. 2 via Empire) and Post Malone featuring Morgan Wallen’s “I Had Some Help” (Universal), up 5-3.
Finally, the top new release on the ARIA Singles Chart — indeed, the only new release in the top 50 — belongs to Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, as their duet “Die With A Smile” debuts at No. 10.
Gerardo Coronel “El Jerry” rises to No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Regional Mexican Airplay chart as his single “Tutorial Para Olvidar” crowns the list dated Aug. 24. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Tutorial Para Olvidar” jumps 3-1 with the Greatest Gainer honors after a 39% surge […]
Asake and Travis Scott’s “Active” jumps 8-1 to rule the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart dated Aug. 24. The coronation on the streaming and sales-based charts follows a surge in both metrics, tied to the release of the song’s parent album, Asake’s Lungu Boy, and yields both artists’ first champ on the two-year-old chart.
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In the tracking week of Aug. 9-15, “Active” registered 2.9 million official U.S. streams, according to Luminate, up 198% from 980,000 in the prior week. In addition to the parent album’s release, “Active” enjoyed prominent, top-spot placement on several Afrobeats and African-music focused playlists, including Apple Music’s “Afrobeats Hits” and “New in Afrobeats” offerings. The single also sold 1,500 downloads in the same period, far above a negligible number in the prior week.
Before “Active” unlocked the penthouse, Asake, a Nigerian-based singer and rapper, had previously topped out at a No. 6 best on U.S. Afrobeats Songs with two different tracks. “Palazzo,” a collaboration with Spinall, debuted and peaked at the rank in May 2022 as did his solo track “Terminator” just over three months later.
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Texas-raised rapper Travis Scott, meanwhile, achieves his first No. 1 on U.S. Afrobeats Songs through his first appearance on the list.
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“Active” also shakes up the top spot on U.S. Afrobeats Songs for the first time in nearly a year, as the new champ dethrones Tyla’s “Water,” which had dominated for 44 consecutive frames. At the time of its coronation, “Water,” too, did what almost seemed impossible, closing a 58-week stretch at No. 1 for Rema and Selena Gomez’s “Calm Down.” Thanks largely to monopolies for “Water” and “Calm Down” – both top 10 successes on the Billboard Hot 100 – only four songs have reached No. 1 on U.S. Afrobeats Songs in the last two years: the aforementioned trio and Burna Boy’s “Last Last,” an eight-week champ in July-September 2022.
“Active” leads a parade of Asake titles on U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart from his new album, Lungu Boy, released on Aug. 9. Nine songs debut on the list, while previous single “Wave,” with Central Cee, drives 16-11, nearing its No. 8 peak. Here’s a review of the Lungu Boy track placements on this week’s chart:
No. 1, “Active,” with Travis Scott
No. 7, “MMS,” with Wizkid
No. 11, “Wave,” with Central Cee
No. 12, “Mood”
No. 14, “Fuji Vibe”
No. 16, “Suru,” featuring Stormzy
No. 18, “Worldwide”
No. 20, “Mentally”
No. 22, “Skating”
No. 25, “I Swear”
No. 28, “Ligali”
Jordan Adetunji’s “Kehlani” becomes the first song to remain at No. 1 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart for more than one week since July, reigning for a second straight frame on the Aug. 24-dated tally.
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The TikTok Billboard Top 50 is a weekly ranking of the most popular songs on TikTok in the United States based on creations, video views and user engagement. The latest chart reflects activity from Aug. 12 to 18. Activity on TikTok is not included in Billboard charts except for the TikTok Billboard Top 50.
“Kehlani” is the first song to reign for more than one week since Tommy Richman’s “Million Dollar Baby” led between the May 18 and July 20 surveys. Since then, three tunes – Blood Orange’s “Champagne Coast,” Clairo’s “Juna” and Sevdaliza, Pabllo Vittar and Yseult’s “Alibi” – ruled for one week each prior to the rise of “Kehlani.”
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Chiefly, major uploads using “Kehlani” on TikTok adhere to its dance trend, with Kehlani herself (who was added to a remix of the song on June 20, followed by a music video on Aug. 2) participating in many of the highest profile videos.
“Kehlani” concurrently hits a new peak of No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated Aug. 24, lifting 26-25 thanks to 13.1 million official U.S. streams, 9.7 million radio audience impressions and 1,000 downloads sold in the week ending Aug. 15, according to Luminate.
The aforementioned “Alibi” holds at No. 2 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 while Hanumankind and Kalmi’s “Big Dawgs,” following its first time in the top 10 on the Aug. 17-dated ranking, zooms to No. 3.
Many of the top uploads using “Big Dawgs” on TikTok feature emulations of Hanumankind’s stepping dance moves in its music video or reactions to the video itself, as well as soundtracking other general viral content uploads.
For the second week in a row, “Big Dawgs” is the greatest gainer in streaming on the Hot 100, jumping 31-23 via 14.2 million streams, up 18%.
One other song hits the TikTok Billboard Top 50’s top five for the first time: DJ Drama and Gucci Mane’s “Photo Shoot,” which leaps 16-5 in its third week on the list.
“Photo Shoot” was originally released in 2009. Though it’s had occasional blips of activity on TikTok in recent months, its latest rise largely stems from picture-based uploads, highlighting Gucci Mane’s “Come and take a camera flash” lyric.
The song jumps 45% to 324,000 streams in the week ending Aug. 15.
Project Pat’s “Life We Live” and Surf Curse’s “Disco” follow “Photo Shoot” at Nos. 6 and 7, respectively. “Life We Live” debuted at No. 46 on the Aug. 17 tally, while “Disco” is the Aug. 24 list’s top debut.
“Life We Live,” which features Namond Lumpkin and Edgar Fletcher, is the third song from Project Pat to hit the top 10 of the TikTok Billboard Top 50 since the chart’s September 2023 inception, following “Choose U” and “Good Googly Moogly,” both in January. Like that pair of songs, “Life We Live” is an older release, having come out in 2001.
The TikTok trend for the song features its “Gotta take the good with the bad, smile with the sad/ Love what you got and remember what you had” lyric that kicks off its third verse. Creators give a thumbs up or down and smile or frown in conjunction with the corresponding lyrics.
It’s the first time “Life We Live” has ever reached a chart. Its parent album, 2001’s Mista Don’t Play: Everythangs Workin, peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 that March.
As for “Disco,” the rockers’ 2019 track is their first to make the TikTok Billboard Top 50, though Surf Curse had a previous TikTok-fueled resurgence in 2021 via “Freaks,” which peaked at No. 10 on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ranking that September.
“Disco” also benefits from a dance trend, generally done between two people while facing each other.
“Disco” sports a 47% bump in streams to 933,000 in the week ending Aug. 15.
See the full TikTok Billboard Top 50 here. You can also tune in each Friday to SiriusXM’s TikTok Radio (channel 4) to hear the premiere of the chart’s top 10 countdown at 3 p.m. ET, with reruns heard throughout the week.
Singer-songwriter beabadoobee scores her first top 10 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart as her latest studio album, This Is How Tomorrow Moves, bows at No. 6 on the Aug. 24-dated chart. The set, her third full-length studio effort, launches with her best sales week ever – selling nearly 9,000 copies in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 15, according to Luminate.
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Also in the top 10 of the latest Top Album Sales chart, Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess hits a new peak, climbing 7-3; while King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard’s Flight b741 debuts at No. 7 and Logic’s Ultra 85 arrives at No. 8.
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.
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Of the nearly 9,000 copies sold of This Is How Tomorrow Moves in its opening week, vinyl sales comprised the majority of that figure – 5,000 sold. The album was available across six different editions (color variants and a picture disc). The set also premieres at No. 5 on the Vinyl Albums sales chart.
Tomorrow also arrives in the top 10 on a host of other Billboard album charts: Indie Store Album Sales (No. 2), Top Alternative Albums (No. 5), Independent Albums (No. 6), Top Rock Albums (No. 7) and Top Rock & Alternative Albums (No. 10). The set also launches at No. 34 on the overall Billboard 200 – her first top 40-charting effort on that tally.
Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums and Top Alternative Albums and rank, respectively, the week’s most popular rock and alternative, rock, and alternative albums by equivalent album units. Indie Store Album Sales measures the top-selling titles at independent and small chain record stores. Independent Albums ranks the most popular independently released albums of the week, by units.
At No. 1 on Top Album Sales, Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department captures an eighth non-consecutive weeks atop the list, selling 28,000 copies (down 67%). Stray Kids’ chart-topping ATE rises 3-2 with 18,000 (down 29%), Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess jumps 7-3 (a new peak) with 14,000 (up 71%), ENHYPEN’s former leader Romance: Untold is a non-mover at No. 4 with 10,000 (down 16%) and Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft is stationary at No. 5 with nearly 10,000 (down 8%).
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard’s Flight b741 flies in at No. 7 on Top Album Sales, scoring the act its fourth top 10, and matches the band’s highest rank on the tally. The new studio album sold nearly 8,500 copies in its first week, largely from vinyl sales. Its two variants combined to sell 7,000 – enough for its No. 2 debut on the Vinyl Albums chart.
Logic logs his 10th top 10-charting set on the Top Album Sales ranking as Ultra 85 bows at No. 8 with nearly 7,000 sold. About 5,500 of that sum was from vinyl album purchases (across four variants), and the set launches at No. 4 on the Vinyl Albums chart. The album was only available to purchase as a vinyl LP or as a digital download.
Rounding out the top 10 on Top Album Sales: Charli XCX’s Brat bounces 12-9 with 6,000 sold (up 2%) and Twisters: The Album climbs 17-10 with nearly 5,500 sold (up 9%).
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This week: Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ new duet keeps growing, Taylor Swift’s second Tortured Poets single is finding a home on radio, and Gigi Perez may be the next singer-songwriter on the verge of a big mainstream breakthrough.
“Die With a Smile” Looking to Live in the Hot 100’s Top 10
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A duet between Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars was always going to generate a lot of interest upon release, and “Die With a Smile,” the anthemic pop-rock collaboration released on Friday (Aug. 16), is hoping to cash in that star power for a splashy debut within the Hot 100’s upper reaches. And though that might have looked like a longshot from the duet’s first-day numbers, it has been growing over the course of its first week – and now a top-tier debut might very well be in reach for it.
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After bowing with 2.78 million U.S. on-demand audio streams in its opening day, according to Luminate, “Smile” stayed around that daily streaming mark over the weekend. However, the song received a sizable streaming uptick on Monday (Aug. 19), with 3.52 million streams — a 34% gain from the day before. And the song just keeps growing – by publishing this Wednesday, the song had reached the top of both the Spotify Daily Top Songs USA and the real-time Apple Music charts. (The song has also performed very well in digital song sales, with over 14,000 sold over its first four days of release, as it has stayed atop the iTunes chart for nearly the entire time.)
Maybe more pop fans latched onto the song as the work week got underway, or it’s possible that TikTok users have started sinking their teeth into its hooks. Either way, “Smile” could possibly notch another top 10 on the long track records of Mars and Gaga early next week. – JASON LIPSHUTZ
How Big of a Hit Can Taylor Swift’s ‘I Can Do It With a Broken Heart’ Become?
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On Tuesday night (Aug. 20), Taylor Swift capped off a five-night run at the U.K.’s Wembley Stadium, and the European run of the Eras tour, by unveiling a new music video for “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” that featured behind-the-scenes clips of the mega-selling tour. The anthem about shining in the spotlight amidst personal turmoil is featured on The Tortured Poets Department, which logs its 15th frame at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 this week.
And unlike “Fortnight,” the album’s lead single featuring Post Malone that debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100, “Broken Heart” has slowly been climbing back up the chart, and becoming a multi-platform hit.
Read more about Taylor Swift’s swelling “Broken Heart” success here.
“Sailor Song” Charts Course to Virality for Singer/Songwriter Gigi Perez
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New Jersey-born, Florida-raised Gigi Perez achieved some streaming success earlier in the 2020s with the ballad “Sometimes (Backwood),” which has racked up nine digits worth of streams on Spotify. But the singer-songwriter, whose sound is reminiscent of ‘00s alt-folk favorites like Bon Iver and Fleet Foxes, appears to be headed for new levels of virality with her TikTok-approved new love song, “Sailor Song.”
The long-teased song has earned raves, and even some comparisons to Hozier’s “Take Me to Church,” for its impassioned delivery and lyrics of queer love and longing – while also attracting some backlash from religious TikTokers who object to its “I don’t believe in God/ But I believe that you’re my savior” chorus lyric. Perez responded to the controversy, and users asking her to change or remove that lyric, with a TikTok of her own on Monday (Aug. 19), explaining via caption that altering the lyric “was never up for discussion… My songwriting is not a democracy and that applies to every artists work.”
The discourse around “Sailor Song” has only helped its overall consumption, however. While it debuted with 3.9 million U.S. official on-demand streams on the tracking week ending Aug. 1, according to Luminate – already a tremendous number for a new song by an artist without extensive chart history – two weeks later, that number has climbed to 4.6 million, a 23% gain. The song also climbs from No. 18 to No. 12 on Hot Rock Songs this week, one of the chart’s top gainers. – ANDREW UNTERBERGER
It’s Latto’s lucky week on Billboard’s Top Rap Albums chart as the rapper’s new album, Sugar Honey Iced Tea, debuts at No. 1 on the list dated Aug. 24. The set, released on StreamCut/RCA Records, opens with 29,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. during the tracking week of Aug. 9 – 15, according […]
On Tuesday night (Aug. 20), Taylor Swift capped off a five-night run at the U.K.’s Wembley Stadium, and the European run of the Eras tour, by unveiling a new music video for “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” that featured behind-the-scenes clips of the mega-selling tour. The anthem about shining in the spotlight amidst personal turmoil is featured on The Tortured Poets Department, which logs its 15th frame at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 this week.
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And unlike “Fortnight,” the album’s lead single featuring Post Malone that debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100, “Broken Heart” has slowly been climbing back up the chart, and becoming a multi-platform hit.
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On this week’s Hot 100, “Broken Heart” moves up two spots to No. 33 in its 17th week on the chart (“Fortnight,” meanwhile, slips 11 places to No. 49). “Broken Heart” previously peaked at No. 3 on the Hot 100, when it was part of Swift’s second career flooding of the chart’s entire top 10 upon the release of The Tortured Poets Department.
Prior to the music video release, the song’s weekly streaming numbers had hovered around 7.5 million over the past three weeks, according to Luminate. Last week (in the chart week ending Aug. 15), “Broken Heart” earned 7.67 million U.S. on-demand streams, up 3% from the previous chart week (7.43 million streams).
However, “Broken Heart” has been growing more steadily at radio over the past month. On the Radio Songs chart dated Aug. 3, the song placed at No. 42, with an audience of 12.9 million; three weeks later, “Broken Heart” comes in at No. 25 on the current tally, with an audience of 21.1 million (up 10% from the previous chart week). “Broken Heart” debuted at No. 42 on the Pop Airplay chart on July 27, and has climbed to No. 15 over the past month — but the format with the most support has been adult pop, as the track is up to No. 8 on the Adult Pop Airplay chart.
With “Broken Heart” picking up steam at radio while holding steady on streaming services, the music video release could help the single push towards the top 20 of the Hot 100 in the coming weeks. Fans are certainly embracing the all-access glimpse of the Eras Tour, with the “Broken Heart” video approaching 7 million views less than 24 hours after its release.
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