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29 Apr 2024

Billie Eilish Announces Dates For Hit Me Hard And Soft 2024-2025 World Tour

Billie Eilish announced the dates the world tour in support of her third album on Monday (April 29). The Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour is slated to kick off on Sept. 29 at the Centre Videotron in Quebec and take the singer across North America through late December, with stops in Toronto, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Detroit, Newark, Boston and Pittsburgh before a three night-stint at Madison Square Garden (Oct. 16-18) and two nights at State Farm Arena in Atlanta (Nov. 2-3).

The Tour in support of Hit Me Hard and Soft (May 17) will continue to criss-cross the nation, hitting Nashville, Cincinnati, Chicago, Denver, Seattle, Portland and San Jose before winding down with two shows at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, CA on Dec. 16-17. Eilish will then hop to Australia for a run of shows in Brisbane (Feb. 18, 19, 21, 22), Sydney (Feb. 24, 25, 27, 28) and Melbourne (March 4, 5, 7, 8).

The dates will pick up again in April 2025 for a European run of shows on the Live Nation-promoted tour that will keep the singer on the road through a July 27 gig at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland. Tickets for the tour will go on sale beginning with an American Express presale on Tuesday (April 30), with additional presales slate for the rest of the week. Any remaining tickets will be available during a general onsale starting May 3 here.

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The tour will feature a number of sustainability efforts, including the continuation of Eilish’s long-running partnership with environmental nonprofit Reverb, which has so far resulted in $1 million in donations to environmental, greenhouse gas reduction and climate justice projects according to a release announcing the dates. On the upcoming tour sustainability efforts will include reducing greenhouse gas pollution, decreasing single-use plastic waste, supporting climate action and updating concession offerings to promote plant-based food options.

In addition, a portion of ticket proceeds from sales in North America will go to Reverb to support its efforts to address food insecurity and the climate crisis. There will also be a Billie Eilish Reverb eco village set up on two locations on the main concourse of every show where fans can participate in the tour’s sustainability efforts and connect with nonprofits.

Support + Feed will also continue their previous collaboration with Eilish and offer an expanded version of their Support+Feed Pledge aimed at inspiring fans to eat one plant-based meal a day for 30 days. Eilish’s fans are being encouraged to take public transportation and/or carpool to shows to reduce their carbon footprint and to bring an empty reusable water bottle or donate to receive a custom RockNRefill Nalgene bottle they can fill up for free at water refill stations at every venue. Eilish is also encouraging fans to fight the tremendous waste caused by fast fashion by dressing up for the gigs in thrifted, upcycled or borrowed clothes instead of buying new ones.

In an effort to keep tickets out of the hands of scalpers, the tour is using Ticketmaster’s Face Value Exchange, which will allow fans who purchase tickets for the North American tour they can’t attend to resell them to other fans at the original price; click here to find out more about this program.

Check out the dates for Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour 2024-2025:

2024 North America

Sept. 29 – Québec, QC @ Centre Videotron

Oct. 1 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena

Oct. 2 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena

Oct. 4 – Baltimore, MD @ CFG Bank Arena

Oct. 5 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center

Oct. 7 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena

Oct. 9 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center

Oct. 11 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden

Oct. 13 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena

Oct. 16 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

Oct. 17 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

Oct. 18 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

Nov. 2 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena

Nov. 3 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena

Nov. 6 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena

Nov. 8 – Cincinnati, OH @ Heritage Bank Center

Nov. 10 – Saint Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center

Nov. 11 – Saint Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center

Nov. 13 – Chicago, IL @ United Center

Nov. 14 – Chicago, IL @ United Center

Nov. 16 – Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center

Nov. 17 – Omaha, NE @ CHI Health Center Omaha

Nov. 19 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena

Nov. 20 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena

Dec. 3 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena

Dec. 5 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena

Dec. 6 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena

Dec. 8 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center

Dec. 10 – San Jose, CA @ SAP Center at San Jose

Dec. 11 – San Jose, CA @ SAP Center at San Jose

Dec. 13 – Glendale, AZ @ Desert Diamond Arena

Dec. 15 – Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum

Dec. 16 – Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum

Dec. 17 – Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum’Nov. 16 – Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center

2025 Australian dates:

Feb. 18 – Brisbane, Australia @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre

Feb. 19 – Brisbane, Australia @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre

Feb. 21 – Brisbane, Australia @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre

Feb. 22 – Brisbane, Australia @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre

Feb. 24 – Sydney, Australia @ Qudos Bank Arena

Feb. 25 – Sydney, Australia @ Qudos Bank Arena

Feb. 27 – Sydney, Australia @ Qudos Bank Arena

Feb. 28 – Sydney, Australia @ Qudos Bank Arena

March 4 –Melbourne, Australia @ Rod Laver Arena

March 5 – Melbourne, Australia @ Rod Laver Arena

March 7 – Melbourne, Australia @ Rod Laver Arena

March 8 – Melbourne, Australia @ Rod Laver Arena

2025 European dates:

April 23 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Avicii Arena

April 24 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Avicii Arena

April 26 – Oslo, Norway @ Telenor Arena

April 28 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Royal Arena

April 29 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Royal Arena

May 2 – Hannover, Germany @ ZAG Arena

May 4 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Ziggo Dome

May 5 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Ziggo Dome

May 7 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Ziggo Dome

May 9 – Berlin, Germany @ Uber Arena

May 29 – Cologne, Germany @ Lanxess Arena

May 30 – Cologne, Germany @ Lanxess Arena

June 1 – Prague, Czech Republic @ O2 Arena

June 3 – Kraków, Poland @ Tauron Arena

June 4 – Kraków, Poland @ Tauron Arena

June 6 – Vienna, Austria @ Stadthalle

June 8 – Bologna, Italy @ Unipol Arena

June 10 – Paris, France @ Accor Arena

June 11 – Paris, France @ Accor Arena

June 14 – Barcelona, Spain @ Palau Sant Jordi

June 15 –Barcelona, Spain @ Palau Sant Jordi

July 7 – Glasgow, UK @ OVO Hydro

July 8 – Glasgow, UK @ OVO Hydro

July 10 – London, UK @ The O2

July 11 – London, UK @ The O2

July 13 – London, UK @ The O2

July 14 – London, UK @ The O2

July 16 – London, UK @ The O2

July 17 – London, UK @ The O2

July 19 – Manchester, UK @ Co-op Live

July 20 – Manchester, UK @ Co-op Live

July 22 – Manchester, UK @ Co-op Live

July 23 – Manchester, UK @ Co-op Live

July 26 – Dublin, Ireland @ 3Arena

July 27 – Dublin, Ireland @ 3Arena

29 Apr 2024

OutKast Pay Loving Tribute to Late Producer Rico Wade: ‘Without Rico Wade There Would Be No OutKast’

Two weeks after the death of their beloved collaborator producer Rico Wade, OutKast paid loving tribute to the ATL legend who died at 52 on April 13.

“The first time we met Rico [Wade] of Organized Noize, we had the ‘Scenario’ instrumental on and we just rapped damn near the whole song, non-stop,” OutKast’s André 3000 wrote in an Instagram post over the weekend. He described sitting in Goodie Mobb member Big Gipp’s truck listening to the song on a cassette player.

“We didn’t know Gipp or Rico or none of them, but Rico knew people who did beats,” Dre continued. “He said, ‘Let me hear what you got,’ so we put in the ‘Scenario’ tape and started rhyming, non-stop, back-and-forth.” The beloved duo’s debut studio album, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik — produced by Wade and Organized Noize — was released 30 years ago Friday, the same day Wade was buried in Atlanta.

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“That day, after we rhymed, Rico saw something in us. At that time we’d both shaven off all our hair. We’d dyed our hair blonde one time: We were young and in high school, we were outcasts, you know?” André wrote. “Rico saw that, and he said, ‘These guys can really rhyme. They don’t really rhyme like people from the South.’ So he told us to come over to his house, and that’s where the dungeon is, in the basement.”

Wade is considered one of the architects of Southern rap thanks to his role as one-third of the songwriting and production team Organized Noize, whose members also included Sleepy Brown and Ray Murray. In addition to their production and songwriting on the OutKast debut, they also worked on Goodie Mob’s 1995 debut, Soul Food.

Dre’s former partner in rhyme, Big Boi, also had fond memories of working with Wade, adding, “From the beginning, Organized Noize signed us. They were our big brothers, and they did a production deal with LaFace Records. They were the sones that gave us our first shot and we been doing music with them since the beginning. Without Rico Wade… there would be no OutKast.”

The memorial featured the caption, “Thank you, Rico. We will love you forever. Rest well, brother. Until we meet again [prayer hands emoji].”

The post ended with a quote from Wade, who once said, “We got with [OutKast] when they were young. They were like 16 or 17, and they were ready for some direction… I think timing is everything. It was time for a revolution.”

Another tribute post honored the duo’s landmark debut — which included their breakout hit, “Player’s Ball” — and spotlighted pics of Wade in the studio with the pair and posing with the entire extended Dungeon Family crew.

See OutKast’s post below.

29 Apr 2024

Drew Carey Said Phish’s Sphere Show Made Him Want to Puree His Junk, So, Naturally, They Sent Him a Special Gift

As you’ve likely heard by now, Drew Carey had a really, really great time seeing Phish for the first time at their Las Vegas residency at Sphere earlier this month. Like, such a good time the The Price Is Right host wrote in a frenzied post afterward that he would “stick my d–k in a blender” in exchange for more time with the jam band juggernaut.

On Friday, Carey showed off a special gift he got from the band in honor of his phreak out: a Vitamix blender accompanied by a hand-written note from the Burlington, VT superstars. “Hi Drew! So thrilled that you could be at the Sphere with us!,” it read. “Hope you enjoy this gift and lets do it again. Sending mountains of love.” Singer/guitarist Trey Anastasio also personalized the mixer, scrawling, “Thank you Drew! See you next time, happy blending!” in silver marker on the side.

The gag gift from the band who’ve busted out vacuum cleaner solos and mini trampolines on stage in the past seemed appropriate for the garage rock-loving comedian who tweeted out his mind-bent reaction to his first Phishsperience. “I swear I just talked to God,” Carey tweeted on April 22 after checking out of the band’s four shows at Vegas’ hottest new venue. “I would give you all my money, stick my d–k in a blender and swear off p–sy for the rest of my life in exchange for this. Bro I met God tonight for real. I feel like I just got saved by Jesus no lie.”

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Check out Phish’s special gift for Carey below.

29 Apr 2024

Hailey Bieber Says Husband Justin Bieber Is a ‘Pretty Crier’ After Singer Posts Tear-Stained Pics

When you truly love someone, you love everything about them. Even the sad parts. Hailey Bieber provided a perfect example of the latter over the weekend when she left a loving comment on a tear-stained post from husband Justin Bieber. “A pretty crier,” Hailey wrote alongside a crying face emoji on a carousel of pics posted by Justin with no commentary from the singer on Friday.

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The series of snaps included five pictures of Justin rocking the stage in concert followed by a close-up of what appeared to be a bowl filled with marijuana buds and a final group in which a forlorn-looking JB stares down at his phone’s camera with tears running down his face.

Justin has been keeping a low profile since revealing in June 2022 that he was diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome, which resulted in “full paralysis” on one side of his face, leading to the postponement of some dates and then the cancellation of his tour due to his ongoing health issues.

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Bieber was mostly off-the-radar for the following year, returning in Sept. 2023 for a surprise cameo on the acoustic version of SZA’s “Snooze” and then coming back into focus as one of the celeb captains of February’s 2024 NHL all-star game in Toronto, where he played a brief surprise set. He also set hearts aflutter in February when he posted a series of pics from the studio suggesting he was working on his first new music since 2021’s Justice album.

In another set of pictures uploaded this weekend Bieber was caught shirtless and shoeless on the golf course, chilling in an infinity pool alone at sunset, hanging on the beach, smiling, smoking something and trying on sneakers. The singer also shared a roll of snaps in which he rocked a long, scraggly beard while smiling for the camera and staring solemnly at the sea, again with no commentary.

While Bieber has not performed a full concert in several years, he did hop up with Tems and WizKid at Coachella two weeks ago to perform “Essence.”

See Bieber’s pics below.

29 Apr 2024

‘American Idol’ To Pay Tribute To Mandisa With Special Performance By Colton Dixon, Danny Gokey, Melinda Doolittle

Three American Idol alumni will return to the show’s stage on Monday night (April 29) to pay tribute to late season five star Mandisa. The 47-year-old Grammy-winning Christian contemporary singer was found dead of as-yet-undisclosed causes in her home earlier this month.

The performance will take place during Monday night’s Judge’s Song round of the show when Melinda Doolittle (season six), Danny Gokey (season eight) and Colton Dixon (season 11) will come together to sing one of Mandisa’s favorite songs, “Shackles” by gospel duo Mary Mary.

“Mandisa was an adored icon on American Idol and in the music industry,” read a statement from the show. “She had become a platinum-selling artist and had won several Grammys for her music. Her passing has left everyone on the show heartbroken, and we extend our deepest condolences to her family.”

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Mandisa was a contestant on 2006 season of Idol and went on to find success on the Christian music charts, with all six of her studio albums reaching the Billboard 200 charts, half of them running up to No. 1 on the Top Christian Albums chart: 2007’s True Beauty, 2013’s Overcomer and 2017’s Out of the Dark. She has landed a handful of songs on the Hot Christian Songs chart, including chart-toppers “Stronger” and “Overcomer,” with the latter spending 10 weeks at the top.

Mandisa won her only Grammy in 2014 for best contemporary Christian music album for Overcomer; in addition to her five Grammy noms, Mandisa also racked up 15 GMA Dove Award nominations, with a win for pop/contemporary album of the year for Overcomer.

Monday night’s show will air at 8 p.m. ET on ABC, with America voting live for the top six at the end of the two-hour episode.

28 Apr 2024

Fans Choose Anitta’s ‘Funk Generation’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music in All-Genre Poll

Although Funk Generation just missed the lead on Billboard‘s weekly new Latin music poll results, Anitta‘s new album is triumphant in topping this week’s new music poll that features artists in various genres of music.

Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (April 26) on Billboard, choosing Anitta’s Funk Generation as their favorite new music release of the past week.

The new set from Anitta brought in more than 50% of the vote on this poll, securing a notable edge ahead of new releases from Normani and Gunna, Tems, PARTYNEXTDOOR and more.

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The veteran Brazilian star pumps up the funk on her sixth studio album, which has her singing in Spanish, Portuguese and English. The collection features singles including “Funk Rave” and “Joga Pra Lua,” and has Sam Smith guesting on vocals for “Ahi.”

Anitta has mapped out a tour in support of Funk Generation, the Baile Funk Experience Tour, a global trek that includes the singer’s first-ever North American leg: there will be stops in Los Angeles, Miami, Orlando, Boston, Toronto, Chicago and New York. Find the latest tour information on Anitta’s official website.

Trailing behind Funk Generation on this week’s poll is Normani’s team-up with Gunna for “1:59,” with 23% of the vote. The track is set to appear on her long-awaited album Dopamine, out June 14.

See the final results of this week’s poll below. Check out Billboard‘s Friday Music Guide to catch up with more must-hear releases from this week.

28 Apr 2024

Miranda Lambert Debuts New Single ‘Wranglers,’ Brings Out Reba McEntire at Stagecoach

Miranda Lambert‘s new single “Wranglers” is coming, and fans at Stagecoach got to hear it first. Reba McEntire got to hear it, too — because she showed up to Lambert’s stage as a surprise guest Saturday night (April 27).

Reba joined Lambert for a three-song finale of “Mama’s Broken Heart,” her own “Fancy” and “Gunpowder & Lead,” wrapping Lambert’s headlining set that featured the live debut of the unreleased “Wranglers.”

“@Reba at @stagecoach y’all,” Lambert wrote Sunday on X (formerly Twitter), reacting to the fun she had at the Indio, California, festival the night before. “Thank you to my hero and friend for coming out here as my special guest. I’ll never forget it. She brought all the fire.”

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“What a night!!! Thanks @mirandalambert for asking me to be part of @Stagecoach last night. And thanks to all the #Countrymusic fans for sticking with us in that wind! #badasssisters #bas #stagecoach,” Reba posted on her own account.

“Wranglers” — written by Audra Mae, Evan McKeever and Ryan Carpenter, and recorded in Austin with co-producer Jon Randall — is set to be released on May 3. The song can be pre-saved here.

“‘Wranglers’ is a classic tale of a woman taking her power back,” Lambert said in a statement released to press. “I think we can all identify with the character in this song, because we have all had a time in our life where we needed to find our strength, and also get a little revenge on someone who did us wrong or hurt us. This offers such a cool, raging take on how something like this unravels. I think the songwriters nailed it.”

She added, “I am so proud to sing it. It feels like it could have been on the same record as Gunpowder & Lead in a lot of ways. ‘Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned’ is a pretty powerful statement, and the way it’s written, you can tell, we’re not kidding.”

Watch a clip of Lambert’s live “Wranglers” performance below, and see some footage of her Stagecoach duets with Reba.

28 Apr 2024

Taylor Swift Reacts to Massive ‘Tortured Poets Department’ Debut on Billboard 200: ‘I’m Completely Floored’

Taylor Swift beamed up to a historic debut on the Billboard 200 with The Tortured Poets Department, the ambitious 31-song collection that she apparently wrote, recorded and released while preparing for and embarking on The Eras Tour (and, to quote track 13, she did it “with a broken heart”).

“What do you MEAN,” she wrote in her immediate reaction to the headline published by Billboard, which she reposted on Sunday (April 28).

As reported earlier, Swift not only has the 14th No. 1 album of her career with TTPD, and the top-selling album of 2024 so far, year-to-date — but also the largest streaming week ever, the second-biggest week for any album by units earned, the third largest sales week in the modern era, and the biggest sales week for vinyl in the modern era.

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The Tortured Poets Department launched with 2.61 million equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in its first week.

“My mind is blown,” Swift posted on her various social media platforms (X, formerly known as Twitter, Instagram and Facebook) Sunday afternoon. “I’m completely floored by the love you’ve shown this album. 2.6 million ARE YOU ACTUALLY SERIOUS?? Thank you for listening, streaming, and welcoming Tortured Poets into your life. Feeling completely overwhelmed.”

“I was already so fired up to get back to the tour but you doing THIS?? May 9th can’t come soon enough,” wrote Swift, who took the opportunity to upload some behind-the-scenes photos from the making of the album, including snapshots with Post Malone and Florence Welch.

Of TTPD’s 2.61 million sum, traditional album sales (purchases of digital download albums, CDs, vinyl LPs and cassettes) comprised 1.914 million, SEA units comprised 683,000 (equaling 891.37 million on-demand official streams) and TEA units comprised 14,000. Get the full breakdown on the numbers, and why it’s a historic release for Swift, here.

Swift’s May 9 shout-out is for her return to tour after a two-month break. Some are guessing she’ll work in at least some kind of a Tortured Poets era, tracing the evidence in a tour rehearsal clip set to “Fortnight” that Swift shared on Friday. (Looking at you, railing designed like the TTPD logo, and dancers practicing an unfamiliar top-hat-and-cane number.)

She’ll bring The Eras Tour to Paris for a series of four consecutive concerts at La Défense Arena from May 9-12 as she sets off on the European leg of her career-spanning trek, with Paramore opening the show.

Eras will also make its way to Sweden, Portugal, Spain, the U.K., Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Poland and Austria by the end of the summer. All of Swift’s upcoming tour dates are listed on her official website.

28 Apr 2024

Eric Church’s Polarizing Stagecoach Set Draws Raves and Boos

Eric Church took people to church at Stagecoach‘s Mane stage on the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, Calif., on Friday night (April 26), but not all attendees of his closing set at the festival’s opening night were ready for some religion.

The country superstar curated a one-of-a-kind set that he obviously put a great deal of thought into, from the stained-glass backdrop and 16-person choir to the setlist that included covers of “Hallelujah,” “Take Me to the River,” “Stand By Me,” “I’ll Fly Away,” “When the Saints Go Marching In” and even “Gin and Juice.”

“This was the most difficult set I have ever attempted,” Church said in a press release issued after the show. “I’ve always found that taking it back to where it started, back to chasing who Bob Seger loves, who Springsteen loves, who Willie Nelson loves, you chase it back to the origin. The origin of all that is still the purest form of it. And we don’t do that as much anymore. It felt good at this moment to go back, take a choir and do that.”

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“For me, it’s always been something with records, with performances, I’ve always been the one that’s like, ‘Let’s do something really, really strange and weird and take a chance.’ Sometimes it doesn’t work, but it’s okay if you’re living on that edge, because that edge, that cutting edge, is where all the new guys are going to gravitate to anyway. So if you can always challenge yourself that way, it always cuts sharper than any other edge,” he said.

For much of the set, the only accompaniment was Church on guitar, the choir and his frequent collaborator, Joanna Cotton, but his full band joined at the end for a handful of Church’s tunes, including “Country Music Jesus” and “Springsteen.”

For some fans, the show was a thrilling chance to see a (presumably) once-in-a-lifetime set, while for others, it was too much of a deviation from his regular live show. To be fair, Church has mixed it up on festival gigs before: at the 2019 CMA Fest he did a 17-song acoustic medley, and at last year’s CMA Fest he played a seven-song set that featured some hits with new arrangements and some covers, including Little Feat’s “Sailin’ Shoes,” that left some casual attendees scratching their heads, which surprised Church. “I was shocked because I played the show that I went out there to play,” he told Rolling Stone. “We had a time slot and I went out there to play that slot and try to show a little bit, a peek, as to what I was working on for this tour.”

Some attendees were exhilarated by the one-of-a kind show at Stagecoach:

Others, not so much, with reports on social media of attendees leaving mid-show to to attend Nickelback’s performance at the Palomino stage. Palm Springs Desert Sun reporter Brian Blueskye described the scene as an “unplugged jam session” that “sent festivalgoers for the exit of the Empire Polo Club starting about 15 minutes in, a sight that could be best described as Moses parting the Red Sea” in his review.

Representatives for Stagecoach did not respond to a request for comment. A representative for Church said he declined to comment beyond Church’s statement.

Following well-received sets Saturday night (April 29) by Post Malone (who was joined by Dwight Yoakam, Sara Evans and Brad Paisley) and Miranda Lambert (who was joined by Reba McEntire), Stagecoach concludes Sunday with a closing set by Morgan Wallen.

28 Apr 2024

Pearl Jam’s ‘Dark Matter’ Debuts in Top Five on Billboard 200 Chart

Pearl Jam debuts at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 chart (dated May 4) with its latest studio album, Dark Matter, marking the 13th top 10-charting effort for the band. The set launches with a little over 59,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending April 25, according to Luminate.

Also in the top 10 of the new Billboard 200, as earlier reported, Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department makes a milestone debut atop the list, with 2.61 million equivalent album units earned in its first week.

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 May 4, 2024-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on April 30. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

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Of Dark Matter’s first-week sum of 59,000 units, album sales comprise 52,000, SEA units comprise 7,000 (equaling 9.33 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 11 songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. Notably, of its 52,000 sales sum, vinyl sales comprise a little over 24,000, enhanced by its availability across 12 different color vinyl variants.

The new album was led by the set’s title track, which hit No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart in March (the group’s fourth No. 1 and first since 1998) and has reached the top 10 on Alternative Airplay (the act’s 20th top 10 hit).

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Future and Metro Boomin’s former leader We Don’t Trust You rises one spot with 69,000 equivalent album units earned (down 17%). Beyoncé’s chart-topping Cowboy Carter slips 2-3 with 66,000 (down 33%), and Morgan Wallen’s former No. 1 One Thing at a Time is a non-mover at No. 4 with 64,000 (down 11%).

Future and Metro Boomin’s We Still Don’t Trust You falls 1-6 with 54,000 equivalent album units earned (down 57%), Noah Kahan’s Stick Season slips 5-7 with 45,000 units (down 11%) and Benson Boone’s Fireworks & Rollerblades glides 7-8 with 40,000 units (down 8%). Rounding out the top 10 is a pair of former No. 1s: SZA’s SOS dips 8-9 with 39,000 units (down 2%) and Swift’s Lover climbs 11-10 with 37,000 (down 6%).

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.