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Louis Tomlinson’s concert at Red Rocks Amphitheatre went awry on Wednesday night (June 21) when severe weather and golf ball-sized hail delayed and eventually postponed the show. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In a note shared to fans the next day, the “Two of Us” singer shared […]
Louis Tomlinson introduced a new side of him to the world at Thursday’s (March 16) London premiere of his upcoming documentary, All of Those Voices, and his One Direction bandmate Liam Payne was there on the red carpet to support.
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In videos shared by fans to Twitter, Payne is seen taking photos and waving to fans as he walks into the premiere, shortly after Tomlinson himself also made his appearance.
The Charlie Lightening-directed All of Those Voices, out in theaters on March 22, will delve into Tomlinson’s life and musical journey, complete with never-before-seen home video footage and behind-the-scenes access to the star’s 2022 world tour.
In a previously released first look, Tomlinson discusses his days in 1D and how he grew to be the member with the most songwriting credits. ““All of a sudden, I felt in control again. The first two and a half years, I just felt like I wasn’t in control of myself or certainly had an influence on the band,” he said of writing songs while in the group. “When I think about how proud I am of One Direction, I think of us as a collective. When I think about what makes me most proud as me as an individual in that band, is definitely having the most writing credits. That makes me feel important to the band, and that’s all I ever wanted when I was a lad.”
Louis Tomlinson is opening up more than ever on his upcoming documentary, All of Those Voices, and in a first look released on Tuesday (March 14), the “Two of Us” singer discussed how he insisted on writing songs as a member of One Direction.
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“It had always been in my mind that it’d be cool if we weren’t just the standard boy band who just got given songs and sang them. Like, maybe we should be writing our own songs,” he shared in the one-minute clip. “Once I got to feel stuff bubbling for us and I could see that we got people’s attention, I realized that we might be able to make a few of our own decisions.”
Tomlinson added that being a songwriter in the group was the first time he “felt ownership” in his career. “All of a sudden, I felt in control again. The first two and a half years, I just felt like I wasn’t in control of myself or certainly had an influence on the band,” he continued. “When I think about how proud I am of One Direction, I think of us as a collective. When I think about what makes me most proud as me as an individual in that band, is definitely having the most writing credits. That makes me feel important to the band, and that’s all I ever wanted when I was a lad.”
The now-31-year-old has writing credits on a number of One Direction hits, including “No Control,” “Night Changes,” “Perfect,” “Last First Kiss” and “History.”
The Charlie Lightening-directed All of Those Voices, out in theaters on March 22, will delve into Tomlinson’s life and musical journey, complete with never-before-seen home video footage and behind-the-scenes access to the star’s 2022 world tour.
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Louis Tomlinson’s second solo album Faith in the Future debuts at No. 2 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales (dated Nov. 26), scoring the pop star his highest-charting set yet on the list, and best sales week (37,500 sold in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 17, according to Luminate).
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Faith in the Future also bows at No. 2 on Top Current Album Sales, Independent Albums and Vinyl Albums, No. 3 on Tastemaker Albums and No. 5 on the Billboard 200.
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.
Top Current Album Sales lists the week’s best-selling current (not catalog, or older albums) albums by traditional album sales. Independent Albums reflects the week’s most popular albums, by units, released by independent record labels. Vinyl Albums tallies the top-selling vinyl albums of the week. Tastemaker Albums ranks the week’s best-selling albums at independent and small chain record stores.
Of Faith in the Future’s 37,500 sold, physical sales comprise 31,500 (with 16,500 on vinyl; 14,000 on CD and 1,000 on cassette) and digital album download sales comprise 6,000.
Faith’s first-week sales figure was bolstered by its availability across multiple collectible physical variants of the album. It was issued in 10 vinyl variants (including exclusive editions for Amazon and Barnes & Noble; as well as two indie retail-exclusive versions, one of which was signed), four CD variants (including a deluxe Zine/CD package, a Target-exclusive edition with two bonus tracks and a lenticular cover, and a signed Newbury Comics-exclusive CD) and three cassette tapes.
The set was preceded by the single “Bigger Than Me,” which became Tomlinson’s fourth solo hit on the Pop Airplay chart (outside his tenure in One Direction).
At No. 1 on Top Album Sales is Taylor Swift’s Midnights, which spends a fourth straight week atop the list (60,000 sold; down 36%).
Bruce Springsteen’s new covers set Only the Strong Survive enters at No. 3 on Top Album Sales with 37,000 sold. It’s the 17th top 10 for Springsteen since the list launched in 1991. The Beatles’ Revolver falls 3-4 with 10,000 sold (down 31%).
Nas’ King’s Disease III bows at No. 5 with a little more than 8,000 sold (his 16th top 10) and GloRilla’s Anyways, Life’s Great… starts at No. 6 with 8,000.
Louis Armstrong’s holiday compilation Louis Wishes You a Cool Yule rings in at No. 7 with 7,500 copies sold. It’s the legend’s first top 10 on the 31-year-old chart. The new 11-track set is promoted as Armstrong’s “first-ever Christmas album,” though the late artist (who died in 1971) has previously released a number of holiday compilations alongside other acts that feature most of the album’s tracks (such as Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald’s Ella & Louis Christmas). Notably, Louis Wishes You a Cool Yule includes a previously unreleased recording from Armstrong, “A Visit From St. Nicholas” (also known as “The Night Before Christmas”), recorded shortly before his death. It is his first newly released track in over 20 years.
Louis Wishes You a Cool Yule also debuts in the top 10 on Top Current Album Sales, Jazz Albums, Traditional Jazz Albums, Top Holiday Albums and Vinyl Albums. It also bows at No. 122 on the Billboard 200. (Jazz Albums, Traditional Jazz Albums and Top Holiday Albums rank the week’s most popular overall jazz, traditional jazz, and holiday albums, respectively, by equivalent album units.)
Rounding out the top 10 on the new Top Album Sales chart is Harry Styles’ former No. 1 Harry’s House (rising 11-8 with just over 7,000 sold; up 17%), Prince’s The Hits 2 (16-9 with 7,000; up 59%) and the Stranger Things: Season 4 soundtrack (4-10 with nearly 7,000 sold; down 51%).
In the week ending Nov. 17, there were 1.937 million albums sold in the U.S. (up 10.8% compared to the previous week). Of that sum, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) comprised 1.564 million (up 14.7%) and digital albums comprised 374,000 (down 3.1%).
There were 648,000 CD albums sold in the week ending Nov. 17 (up 2.7% week-over-week) and 903,000 vinyl albums sold (up 25.6%). Year-to-date CD album sales stand at 30.301 million (down 8.2% compared to the same time frame a year ago) and year-to-date vinyl album sales total 34.198 million (up 3.1%).
Overall year-to-date album sales total 82.901 million (down 7.3% compared to the same year-to-date time frame a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales stand at 64.976 million (down 2.4%) and digital album sales total 17.955 million (down 21.6%).
Taylor Swift’s Midnights returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Nov. 26) for a third nonconsecutive week on top, as the set rebounds 2-1 in its fourth week on the list. It earned 204,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 17 (down 32%), according to Luminate. The album spent its first two weeks atop the list, then stepped aside for one week when Drake and 21 Savage’s Her Loss bowed at No. 1.
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Midnights is the first album to earn at least 200,000 units in each of its first four weeks of release since Adele’s 25 saw its first six weeks reach 200,000-plus (Dec. 12, 2015–Jan. 16, 2016).
Also in the new Billboard 200’s top 10: Louis Tomlinson lands his highest charting album with the No. 5 debut of Faith in the Future, Bruce Springsteen achieves his 22nd top 10-charting effort with the No. 8 arrival of Only the Strong Survive, and Nas captures his 16th top 10 with King’s Disease III’s bow 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 Nov. 26, 2022-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Tuesday (Nov. 22). For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.
Of Midnights’ 204,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 140,000 (down 19%, equaling 184.04 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), album sales comprise 60,000 (down 36%) and SEA units comprise 4,000 (down 88%).
After debuting at No. 1, Drake and 21 Savage’s Her Loss falls to No. 2 in its second week with 170,000 equivalent album units earned (down 58%). Two fellow former No. 1s are next on the list, as Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti rises 4-3 (56,000; down 3%) and Lil Baby’s It’s Only Me dips 3-4 (52,000; down 15%).
Tomlinson’s second solo album, Faith in the Future, debuts at No. 5 on the Billboard 200, securing the pop artist his highest-charting effort and his best week yet in terms of both equivalent album units earned (43,000) and traditional album sales (37,500). It surpasses his previous high-water mark, logged with the No. 9 debut and peak of his first album Walls (Feb. 15, 2020, chart; 39,000 units — of which album sales comprised 35,000).
As album sales comprise 37,500 of Faith’s total first-week units, the remainder consists of SEA units (5,500; equaling 7.27 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks) and a negligible amount of TEA units.
Faith’s first-week sales figure was bolstered by its availability across multiple collectible physical variants of the album. The set was preceded by the single “Bigger Than Me,” which became Tomlinson’s fourth solo hit on the Pop Airplay chart (outside his tenure in One Direction).
Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping Dangerous: The Double Album is a non-mover on the Billboard 200 at No. 6 (41,000 equivalent album units earned; down 1%) while The Weeknd’s The Highlights is also steady at No. 7 (40,000; up 2%).
Springsteen achieves his 22 nd top 10-charting album on the Billboard 200 as his new covers set, Only the Strong Survive, debuts at No. 8 with 39,500 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, traditional album sales comprise 36,500, SEA units comprise 2,000 (equaling 2.87 million on-demand streams of the set’s tracks) and TEA units comprise 1,000. The soul and R&B covers collection includes Springsteen’s takes on such oldies as The Commodores’ “Night Shift,” Jimmy Ruffin’s “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted” and Diana Ross & The Supremes’ “Someday We’ll Be Together.”
With a 22nd top 10 album on the Billboard 200, Springsteen now solely has the eighth-most top 10s overall and the sixth-most top 10s among solo artists.
Here’s an updated look at all the acts with at least 20 top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 from March 24, 1956, when the list began publishing on a regular, weekly basis, through the latest chart, dated Nov. 26, 2022.
Most Billboard 200 Top 10s:37, The Rolling Stones34, Barbra Streisand32, The Beatles32, Frank Sinatra27, Elvis Presley23, Bob Dylan23, Madonna22, Bruce Springsteen21, Elton John21, Paul McCartney/Wings21, George Strait20, Prince
(Notably, the Kidz Bop Kids music brand has collected 24 top 10s, in 2005-16, with its series of kid-friendly covers of hit singles. The franchise’s early albums were performed by mostly anonymous studio singers, although later releases focused on branding named talent.)
Harry Styles’ former No. 1 Harry’s House drops 8-9 on the new Billboard 200 with 30,000 equivalent album units (down less than 1%).
Nas rounds out the top 10 as his latest release King’s Disease III starts at No. 10 with 29,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 20,000 (equaling 26.47 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks), album sales comprise 8,500 and TEA units comprise 500.
King’s Disease III is the third in the King’s Disease series — the first two albums debuted and peaked at Nos. 5 and 3 in 2020 and 2021, respectively.
King’s Disease III marks Nas’ 16th top 10 on the Billboard 200, tying him with Jay-Z for the most top 10s among rap artists. Nas’ first top 10 came with It Was Written in 1996 (No. 1 for four weeks). Jay-Z logged his first top 10 in 1997 with In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (No. 3) and last notched a new top 10 set with 4:44 in 2017 (No. 1 for two weeks).
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.
Louis Tomlinson announced the launch of his world tour in 2023. The announcement coincides with the release of his latest album Faith in the Future, which arrives first thing Friday.
The One Direction alum also dropped the single “Silver Tongues” ahead of the album’s release this week. The single, which includes pop-punk elements, is the third track from the album and the one Tomlinson is most proud of creating, he said in a press release.
In an interview with SiriusXM, Tomlinson described Faith in the Future as a much more dynamic record. His tour comes shortly after the completion of his Walls Tour months ago. “It’s really important to me in the live show, but also in how the tracks are produced as well,” Tomlinson said. “Me and the producers were a little braver on this record. It was marginally one-dimensional on the first record where I was just thinking about guitar sounds and guitar-driven songs.”
The tour will span American, Canadian and European dates, beginning in Connecticut before wrapping up at Forest Hills Stadium in New York City.
Faith in the Future will be Tomlinson’s second studio album. His first studio album, Walls, debuted Jan. 31, 2020, at No. 9 on the Billboard 200.
U.S. & Canada tour dates5.26.2023 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena5.27.2023 – Gilford, NH – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion5.29.2023 – Laval, QC – Place Bell5.30.2023 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage6.1.2023 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center6.2.2023 – Sterling Heights, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre6.3.2023 – Cincinnati, OH – The ICON Festival Stage6.6.2023 – Columbus, OH – KEMBA Live! Outdoor6.7.2023 – Indianapolis, IN – TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park6.9.2023 – St. Louis, MO – Saint Louis Music Park6.10.2023 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre6.13.2023- Milwaukee, WI – BMO Pavilion6.15.2023 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion6.16.2023 – Minneapolis, MN – The Armory6.17.2023 – Council Bluffs, IA – Harrah’s Stir Cove6.19.2023 – Sioux Falls, SD – Denny Stanford Premier Center6.21.2023 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre6.24.2023 – Seattle, WA – WAMU Theater6.26.2023 – Vancouver, BC – Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre6.27.2023 – Troutdale, OR – McMenamins Edgefield Concerts6.29.2023 – Berkeley, CA – The Greek Theatre6.30.2023 – Los Angeles, CA – The Hollywood Bowl7.1.2023 – Las Vegas, NV – The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan7.3.2023 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre7.6.2023 – Dallas, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory7.7.2023 – Austin, TX – Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park7.8.2023 – Woodlands, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion7.11.2023 – St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre7.13.2023 – Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood7.14.2023 – Tampa, FL – Yuengling Center7.15.2023 – Atlanta, GA – Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park7.18.2023 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater7.19.2023 – Charlotte, NC – Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre7.21.2023 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater7.22.2023- Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion7.24.2023 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway7.27.2023 – Philadelphia, PA – TD Pavilion at The Mann7.28.2023 – Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony Summer Stage7.29.2023 – New York, NY – Forest Hills Stadium
U.K. & Europe tour dates8.29.2023 – Hamburg, Germany – Barclays Arena8.31.2023 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Royal Arena9.1.2023 – Oslo, Norway – Spektrum9.2.2023 – Stockholm, Sweden – Hovet9.4.2023 – Helsinki, Finland – Ice Hall9.5.2023 – Tallinn, Estonia – Saku Arena9.7.2023 – Riga, Latvia – Arena Riga9.8.2023 – Kaunas, Lithuania – Zalgiris Arena9.10.2023 – Krakow, Poland – Tauron Arena9.11.2023 – Lodsz, Poland – Atlas Arena9.13.2023 – Vienna, Austria – Wiener Stadthalle9.14.2023 – Ljubljana, Slovenia – Stozice Arena9.15.2023 – Budapest, Hungary – Budapest Arena9.17.2023 – Bucharest, Romania – Arenele Romane9.18.2023 – Sofia, Bulgaria – Arena Armeec9.20.2023 – Athens, Greece – Petras Theater10.1.2023 – Bilbao, Spain – Bilbao Arena Miribilla10.3.2023 – Lisbon, Portugal – Altice Arena10.5.2023 – Madrid, Spain – WiZink Center10.6.2023 – Barcelona, Spain – Palau Sant Jordi10.8.2023 – Turin, Italy – Palau Alpitour10.9.2023 – Bologna, Italy – Unipol Arena10.11.2023 – Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg – Rockhal10.12.2023 – Antwerp, Belgium – Sportpaleis10.14.2023 – Paris, France – Accor Arena10.15.2023 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome10.17.2023 – Cologne, Germany – Lanxess Arena10.19.2023 – Prague, Czech Republic – O2 Arena10.20.2023 – Berlin, Germany – Mercedes-Benz Arena10.22.2023 – Munich, Germany – Olympiahalle10.23.2023 – Zurich, Switzerland – Hallenstadion11.08.2023 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Arena11.10.2023 – Sheffield, United Kingdom – Utilita Arena11.11.2023 – Manchester, United Kingdom – AO Arena11.12.2023 – Glasgow, United Kingdom – OVO Hydro11.14.2023 – Brighton, United Kingdom – Brighton Centre11.15.2023 – Cardiff, United Kingdom – International Arena11.17.2023 – London, United Kingdom – The O211.18.2023 – Birmingham, United Kingdom – Resorts World Arena
Louis Tomlinson is continuing the rollout for his highly anticipated new album, Faith in the Future, with a brand new single, “Out of My System,” which arrived on Friday (Oct. 14).
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“Out of My System” is the second track from the former One Direction member’s forthcoming LP. The album’s lead track, “Bigger Than Me,” arrived Sept. 1 and peaked at No. 35 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart. The track also found success on Billboard‘s Hot Trending Songs chart, where it debuted at No. 14 on the chart dated Sept. 17.
In an interview with SiriusXM’s The Morning Mash Up last month, Tomlinson described infusing the album with both an emphasis on live sound and multidimensional production, contrasting the guitar-driven elements of his first studio album Walls. “It’s really important to me in the live show, but also in how the tracks are produced as well,” said Tomlinson. “Me and the producers were a little braver on this record. It was marginally one-dimensional on the first record where I was just thinking about guitar sounds and guitar-driven songs.”
Tomlinson added that reflecting during the pandemic led him to realize what style of music he truly wanted to make. “Lockdown was good for these kinds of thoughts,” said Tomlinson, referring to the COVID-19 pandemic. “I realized I want to chase something else. I wanted to find something else that was more fulfilling for me at this time.”
Listen to “Out of My System” below.
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