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21 Sep 2023

What’s Your Favorite Musician Hot Ones Episode? Vote!

The “show with hot questions and even hotter wings,” also known as Hot Ones, has blown up over the past few years as celebrities put their spice tolerance to the test.

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For those who aren’t familiar with the First We Feast and Complex Media series, in each episode, host and co-creator Sean Evans and a celebrity guest eat ten chicken wings or vegan substitutes, with each wing prepared with a progressively hotter hot sauce. Meanwhile, the celebrity will answer thoughtful and well-researched questions from Evans while trying to keep it cool amid the heat.

Most recently, *NSYNC took on the challenge, marking one of the most hilarious and chaotic episodes yet.

We at Billboard ranked our favorite musician Hot Ones episodes, but we want to know your top pick. See our list here, and vote in our poll below.

21 Sep 2023

Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Rumours: Live’ Debuts in Top 10 on Album Sales Chart

Fleetwood Mac’s from-the-vaults release Rumours: Live debuts at No. 4 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated Sept. 23). It’s the highest debut on the list for the band in more than 20 years, since the act’s last full-length studio album, Say You Will, opened at No. 2 in May 2003.

Comprised almost entirely of previously unreleased recordings, Rumours: Live captures the band’s Aug. 29, 1977, concert at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., during the act’s Rumours Tour. The trek was in support of its then-most-recent studio release Rumours, which had bowed earlier in 1977. That album would spend 31 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart – still the most weeks at No. 1 for an album by a group. The set launched four top 10-charting hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including the group’s lone chart-topper, “Dreams.”

Also in the top 10 of the new Top Album Sales chart, new releases from Olivia Rodrigo, V, Tyler Childers and BOYNEXTDOOR all arrive, while Lauren Daigle’s self-titled album re-enters the chart straight into the top 10 after a deluxe reissue.

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.

Rumours: Live sold a little over 10,000 copies in the U.S. in the week ending Sept. 14, according to Luminate. Among the songs featured on the album are such Hot 100 hits as “Dreams,” “Oh Well,” “Landslide,” “Over My Head,” “Rhiannon,” “You Make Loving Fun” and “Go Your Own Way.” Rumours: Live was available to purchase as a digital download album or in three physical iterations (a 180-gram double vinyl set, a crystal-clear colored double vinyl set sold via Walmart, and a two-CD package). Vinyl accounted for 44.5% of the album’s first-week sales.

At No. 1 on Top Album Sales, Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts debuts with 150,000 copies sold. Of that sum, physical sales comprise 138,000 (94,000 on vinyl, 43,000 on CD and 1,000 on cassette) and digital download sales comprise 12,000. Guts’ vinyl sales mark the seventh-largest week for a vinyl album since Luminate began electronically tracking sales in 1991.

Guts’ first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across 13 different vinyl variants. Among the variants: a signed edition and exclusive color vinyl and picture-disc editions sold through Amazon, independent record stores, Spotify, Target, Urban Outfitters, Walmart and Rodrigo’s webstore. Guts’ sales also got a boost from four CD editions (including a signed version), a cassette tape and four deluxe boxed sets sold through Rodrigo’s webstore (each containing a CD or vinyl LP along with branded merchandise).

BTS’ V sees his debut solo studio effort Layover enter at No. 2 on Top Album Sales with 88,000 copies sold. Of its first-week sales, physical sales comprise 79,000 (all on CD) and digital download sales comprise a little over 9,000. Layover’s debut was enhanced by its availability in collectible CD offerings – 13 in total.

The set was released in three standard iterations (dubbed Layover 1, Layover 2 and Layover 3, each containing branded paper goods and merchandise specific to the iteration like photobooks, lyric books, posters, postcards and photocards, as well as randomized stickers). Each iteration was also available in variants sold exclusively through Barnes & Noble, Walmart and the Weverse store (a total of nine; and each retailer had its own exclusive photocard enclosed in the three variants). Lastly, Target carried its own exclusive version of the album (with a Target-exclusive photocard), where one of the three iterations of the album (Layover 1, 2 or 3) were sold to the customer (with online buyers randomly shipped one of the three iterations).

Tyler Childers’ Rustin’ in the Rain bows at No. 3 on Top Album Sales with 25,000 copies sold. Of that sum, physical sales comprise 17,500 (with 15,000 on vinyl and 2,500 on CD) and digital album sales comprise 7,500. The album was sold in four different vinyl variants, as well as three deluxe boxed sets exclusive to his webstore (each containing a vinyl LP and branded merch).

Taylor Swift’s chart-topping Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) is a non-mover at No. 5 on Top Album Sales with a little over 9,000 sold (down 3%), NewJeans’ former leader 2nd EP ‘Get Up’ falls 4-8 with nearly 9,000 (down 19%), Rodrigo’s former No. 1 Sour shoots 50-7 with a little over 8,000 (up 288%), and Swift’s former No. 1 Midnights dips 7-8 with nearly 8,000 (up 1%).

Lauren Daigle’s self-titled album re-enters Top Album Sales at No. 9 (nearly 8,000 sold; up 1,255%), prompted by its deluxe reissue on Sept. 8 with additional tracks. The set initially debuted and peaked at No. 3 on the May 27-dated chart. The deluxe edition of the album was released in four vinyl variants (including exclusives for Barnes & Noble and the artist’s webstore), four CD variants (including a Target-exclusive cover variant, a zine/CD package, a signed CD and a lenticular cover version), and was available in two Fan Pack offerings (where a piece of branded merchandise was sold alongside a physical copy of the album).

Rounding out the top 10 of Top Album Sales is BOYNEXTDOOR’s debut album Why.., which starts at No. 10 with nearly 8,000 sold. The K-pop effort was available in eight collectible CD editions (including exclusive iterations sold through Barnes & Noble, Target and the Weverse store), each with a standard set of branded paper goods and merchandise items (photobooks, film photos, posters, stickers, and the like) and randomized items (including photocards and post cards).

The album was initially released to purchase as a digital download album on Sept. 4, followed by its CD release on Sept. 8. In the week ending Sept. 14, CD sales comprised 99.8% of the album’s sales, with digital downloads comprising the remaining 0.2%.

In the week ending Sept. 14, there were 1.766 million albums sold in the U.S. (up 8.3% compared to the previous week). Of that sum, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) comprised 1.437 million (up 11.6%) and digital albums comprised 328,000 (down 4.1%).

There were 649,000 CD albums sold in the week ending Sept. 14 (up 19.4% week-over-week) and 779,000 vinyl albums sold (up 6.1%). Year-to-date CD album sales stand at 24.475 million (up 1.5% compared to the same time frame a year ago) and year-to-date vinyl album sales total 32.66 million (up 20.1%).

Overall year-to-date album sales total 70.597 million (up 6.7% compared to the same year-to-date time frame a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales stand at 57.512 million (up 11.3%) and digital album sales total 13.085 million (down 9.9%).

21 Sep 2023

Blink-182 Reflects on Its Music Videos & Rocky History in ‘One More Time’: Watch

The rollout for Blink-182‘s first studio album in 12 years — with the original lineup of Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker — continues, this time, with the release of not one, but two new singles on Thursday (Sept. 21).

The trio released a music video to accompany its heart-wrenching new track “One More Time,” also the title of Blink’s new album. The moody visual sees Barker, DeLonge and Hoppus performing the song together in a room, which features scenes from the group’s most well known and beloved music videos and performances switching on a green screen, from hit singles “What’s My Age Again?” and “I Miss You,” to their stage sets at Warped Tour in 1999, MTV’s Spring Break at Daytona Beach in 2000 and more.

Hoppus and DeLonge take turns singing the verses, reflecting on times when they should have supported each other, instead of only coming together after major life-altering moments such as Barker’s plane crash or Hoppus’ cancer diagnosis. “I miss you, took time but I admit/ It still hurts even after all these years/ And I know that next time ain’t always gonna happen/ I gotta say I love you while we’re here,” the pair sings.

Blink-182’s second new track “More Than You Know” continues the group’s vulnerability, but does so with high-energy guitar riffs in the group’s signature sound. “I don’t feel pain/ But I feel more than you’d ever know/ I don’t feel shame/ I don’t have highs but I’ve got some lows,” DeLonge sings on the chorus. The track arrived with a lyric video, also on Thursday.

Both tracks hail from Blink-182’s forthcoming studio album, One More Time. The set is slated to be released on Oct. 20 via Columbia Records.

Watch the video for “One More Time” above, and the lyric video for “More Than You Know” below.

21 Sep 2023

Cher’s ‘Believe’ Is Getting a Deluxe Edition for Its 25th Anniversary: Here’s When It Arrives

Cher‘s Believe is celebrating a major milestone. In honor of its 25th anniversary, the singer is releasing a deluxe edition of the album that will include 13 remastered remixes in triple LP, double CD and digital download formats, as well as streaming.

The deluxe version will contain all of the original songs, with remixes including the previously unreleased Tee’s Radio One Instrumental and Ray Roc’s Latin Soul Instrumental of single “Dov’e l’Amore” for the first time. The albums other singles — the title track, “Strong Enough” and “All or Nothing” — will also receive the remix treatment.

The vinyl version of the album will feature leopard-print packaging, and will contain sea blue, light blue and clear discs, in addition to a numbered lithograph of Cher. Following the news of Believe‘s deluxe release, a remastered HD version of Cher’s “Strong Enough” video was made available on YouTube.

Originally released in 1998, Believe served as Cher’s 22nd studio album. The set is one of her most successful to date, peaking at No. 3 on the all-genre Billboard 200 and spending a total of 76 weeks on the tally, the most out of her entire album catalog. Title track “Believe” is also Cher’s best performing song on the Billboard Hot 100, hitting No. 1 and spending a total of 31 weeks of the chart (four of them at the top). “Strong Enough” peaked at No. 57 on the Hot 100 and spent 12 weeks on the chart.

Outside of its Billboard chart success, Believe is also hailed for its use of a vocoder machine, producing what we now know as Auto-Tune. Known as the “Cher effect,” several musicians afterwards used it on their own recordings, such as T-Pain, Kanye West and more.

Believe (Deluxe Edition) will be released on Nov. 3 via Warner Records. Here’s the full tracklist:

1. Believe
2.  The Power
3. Runaway
4. All Or Nothing
5. Strong Enough
6. Dov’e l’amore
7. Takin’ Back My Heart
8. Taxi Taxi
9. Love Is The Groove
10. We All Sleep Alone
11. Believe (Almighty Definitive Mix)
12. Believe (Club 69 Future Anthem Mix)
13. Believe (Phat ‘n’ Funky Club Mix)
14. Strong Enough (Club 69 Phunk Mix)
15. Strong Enough (Male Version)
16. Strong Enough (Pumpin’ Dolls Radio Edit)
17. All Or Nothing (Almighty Radio Edit)
18. All Or Nothing (Austrian Version Metro Mix)
19. All Or Nothing (Danny Tenaglias Inchermental)
20. Dov’e L’amore (Emilio Estefan Jr. Extended Mix)
21.  Dov’e L’amore (Tony Moran’s Anthem 7” Mix)
22. Dov’e L’amore (Tee’s Radio One Instrumental) *
23. Dov’e L’amore (Ray Roc’s Latin Soul Instrumental) *

* previously unreleased

21 Sep 2023

‘Euphoria’ Star Angus Cloud’s Cause of Death Revealed

It’s been nearly two months since the tragic, sudden death of Euphoria star Angus Cloud, and the actor’s cause of death was revealed on Thursday (Sept. 21).

The Alameda County Coroner cited Cloud’s death as the result of intoxication due to the combined effects of methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl and benzodiazepines, accordind to The Hollywood Reporter. His death was ruled as an accidental overdose.

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On July 31, the star’s family announced that he died at just 25 years old.

“It is with the heaviest heart that we had to say goodbye to an incredible human today. As an artist, a friend, a brother and a son, Angus was special to all of us in so many ways. Last week he buried his father and intensely struggled with this loss. The only comfort we have is knowing Angus is now reunited with his dad, who was his best friend.  Angus was open about his battle with mental health and we hope that his passing can be a reminder to others that they are not alone and should not fight this on their own in silence,” read the statement.

“We hope the world remembers him for his humor, laughter and love for everyone. We ask for privacy at this time as we are still processing this devastating loss.”

Cloud was known as the kindhearted, fan-favorite drug dealer Fezco on Euphoria, HBO’s Emmy-winning drama from Sam Levinson and starring Zendaya. The series’ official Twitter page mourned the loss of the actor, writing, “We are incredibly saddened to learn of the passing of Angus Cloud. He was immensely talented and a beloved part of the HBO and Euphoria family. We extend our deepest condolences to his friends and family during this difficult time.”

21 Sep 2023

Billboard Exclusive: Hear Ingrid Michaelson Sing a New Track From Her Score for Broadway’s ‘The Notebook’

For nearly the past six years, singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson has been working on-and-off on a momentous new project — but it’s not a new album. Michaelson is the composer and lyricist behind one of the most highly anticipated new musicals coming to Broadway next year: The Notebook, based on the bestselling novel by Nicholas Sparks that inspired the beloved romantic movie of the same name.

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The material always felt like a natural fit for musical storytelling, Michaelson tells Billboard, “because of the time jumps. You can make that material magical and that means you can make it theatrical — and magic and suspending disbelief always leads to musical moments in my opinion.”

The Notebook begins Broadway previews Feb. 10 with an opening set for March 14, 2024, but tickets go on sale to the general public Sept. 26, with an exclusive Spotify pre-sale on Sept. 22 — and in anticipation of that, Michaelson is exclusively debuting with Billboard her cover track from the show, “Is This Love?”

“I don’t think it’s a linear line from my original solo stuff” to The Notebook’s score, Michaelson says, “but my inclination to lean on melody is the same.” This new track, she says, felt like an “exciting“ song to debut that also felt “authentic to me and my experience,” and thus “a natural choice” to introduce the public to the sound of the show.

Writing for Broadway has “been one of the most collaborative and exciting creative experiences of my life. It has also forced me to have patience! Something I have very little of,” Michaelson jokes. “But I am getting better. Slowly.”

Billboard debuts “Is This Love?” exclusively here.

21 Sep 2023

*NSYNC Drop a Record Amount of F-Bombs, Wave ‘Bye, Bye, Bye’ to Taste Buds on Epic ‘Hot Ones’ Episode

Back in the day, promo tours for *NSYNC might have found the boy band visiting MTV’s TRL for some light grilling, or stopping by radio stations and network morning shows for a performance and chat. But this is 2023, so of course the guys — Justin Timberlake, Chris Kirkpatrick, JC Chasez, Lance Bass and Joey Fatone — had to make the now-obligatory stop at the YouTube series Hot Ones, where the questions were easy, but the damage was real.

With 60 wings arrayed before them — and Timberlake and Fatone going rogue with no milk or water to soothe their aching mouths — the guys tried to answer some softballs from host Sean Evans while keeping their cool. Spoiler: it was not pretty.

For example, when Evans asked about the difference to approaching a song in 2023 versus 25 years ago, Timberlake said their plan for the reunion track “Better Place” from his Trolls Band Together threequel was “to try to capture both. For our fans that have been with us for so long, to give them something that felt not necessarily nostalgic, but familiar.”

Easy enough.

Kirkpatrick then dove into the mechanics of boy bands, saying, for instance, that a “put together” group like One Direction had “five guys that are amazing singers and great soloists,” which meant each had to fight for where their spot would be. “We kinda knew we sucked at singing certain things,” he added as an insulted Fatone said “speak for yourself!”

“So we just fell into our spots and we knew our place,” Kirkpatrick added, as the rest of the group broke out into a familial, easy laughter that hinted at their deep bond.

As the scoville heat levels began to rise and the five started feeling the burn, they had a good laugh about their technical difficulties back in the day, including Fatone getting his legs smashed in a “toaster” bit that was supposed to pop him up on to the stage, but instead almost folded him in half.

They kept it chill as they recalled hearing their song on the radio for the first time, girls breaking into JT’s hotel room and hiding in the closet and confirming rumors that three of them were cast as Jedi warriors (and later cut out) in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones. Timberlake and Bass, however, were “so butt hurt” that they weren’t asked.

Timberlake also confirmed that their Swedish producers — including Max Martin — insisted he pronounce “me” like “may” on “It’s Gonna Be Me,” which he said somehow made the song sound better and, of course, made for killer memes decades later.

By the time the scoville’s reached 135,000 the f-bombs started dropping and, well, they then came fast and furious as Timberlake — who had appeared on the show before, so should have known better — began to regret that no water thing as the guys tried to focus on their nuttiest looks from days gone by.

“Why is this a thing?!” JT wondered as Chasez asked what the “swearing quota” was for the show; for the record, chef Gordon Ramsay holds the high mark with more than 130, though they tried their best to beat the Hell’s Kitchen star at his f-bomb game. Timberlake and Fatone looked like they were dunked in sweat as Bass easily ticked off the band’s top five songs.

Watch the full *NSYNC Hot Ones episode below.

21 Sep 2023

Jada Pinkett Smith Shares Throwback Clip of Her & Tupac Lip-Syncing Will Smith’s ‘Parents Just Don’t Understand’: Watch

Will Smith’s “Parents Just Don’t Understand” is one of those songs that will always resonate with each new generation. For some, like his wife, Emmy-winning actress and talk show host Jada Pinkett Smith, the song holds myriad memories. On Wednesday (Sept. 20), Pinkett Smith shared an adorable throwback video of her and the late Billboard Hot 100-topping rapper Tupac lip-syncing to Smith’s 1988 hit single.

“Not in a million years would I have dreamed that the Fresh Prince and I would become, um, very acquainted. Not in a million years did I imagine three lives, their fates, would be so intertwined,” she wrote in a lengthy caption. “And… I never would have imagined that this video would become a tangible memory, of the last time Pac and I, were simply kids together. Pac and I lip syncing Parents Just Don’t Understand by Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince during our Junior year in high school. Who would have thought?”

The caption appears to be an excerpt from a chapter from Worthy, Pinkett Smith’s forthcoming memoir. In the clip, she dons a collection of gold chains, a black top and grays shorts as she lip-syncs and dances along to the song with Pac, who sports a blank sleeveless tank, black shorts and similar gold chains. Era-appropriate hairstyles and visual effects help round out the vintage clip. In a second post, Pinkett Smith joked that the pair did a “terrible job” lip-syncing.

Smith, as one-half of the hip-hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, released “Parents Just Don’t Understand” as the second single from 1988’s He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper. The song peaked at No. 12 on the Hot 100, and won the inaugural Grammy for best rap performance. Under her first post — Pinkett Smith limited the comments of the second clip — DJ Jazzy Jeff commented, “Absolutely amazing.”

Since Pac’s unfortunate passing in 1996, Pinkett Smith has often relived her memories with him in front of the public. In 2017, she revealed that she was a drug dealer when she first met him, and in 2021, she shared an unpublished poem from the “Dear Mama” rapper. While Pac was alive, Pinkett Smith appeared in his “Keep Ya Head Up” and “Temptations” music videos, and covered $100,000 for his bail after he was convicted for sexual abuse. While the two stars never officially dated, their incredibly close friendship has become a point of public debate, especially in light of her and Smith’s “entanglement” controversies — hence the feisty comment section under the first throwback clip.

Worthy is slated for an Oct. 17 publication date.

Check out Jada Pinkett Smith’s throwback Tupac clips below:

21 Sep 2023

Sophie Turner Sues Joe Jonas, Demands ‘Immediate Return’ of Couple’s Children

The divorce proceedings between Jonas Brothers member Joe Jonas and estranged wife Sophie Turner took a dramatic turn on Thursday (Sept. 21) when the former Game of Thrones actress filed a lawsuit in Manhattan demanding the return of the couple’s two minor daughters to her native England.

The Messenger was first to report the news that Turner’s suit — which Billboard has reviewed — requested the “immediate return of children wrongfully removed or wrongfully retained.” The legal filing claims the “wrongful retention” began on Wednesday (Sept. 20). The suit also notes that Turner, 27, and Jonas, 34, agreed last Christmas that despite having a “peripatetic lifestyle” due to their careers in entertainment, their “forever home” would be in England and that they would start looking for schools for eldest daughter, Willa, 3. The Turner filing lists more than a dozen rental properties the couple lived in between September 2022 and April 2023, including several in New York and London, as well as ones in Italy, Lake Tahoe and Las Vegas.

Both children have dual citizenship in the U.K. and U.S., and Turner’s suit claims that the couple found a “beautiful country property” in Henley on Thames in England during a nearly eight-month search for a U.K. residence, and “both agreed they would purchase the home for their permanent residence” with plans to move into their new house in December in time for the Christmas holidays.

The lawsuit claims the couple entered a contract to sell their Miami home on April 16 after relocating to England a week earlier, around the time when Turner began filming the mini-series Joan and Jonas launched the Five Albums. One Night. The World Tour trek with brothers Nick and Kevin. It also states that Jonas and Turner agreed “with hesitation” that Willa and their second daughter, born in June 2022 (whose name has not been revealed yet), would travel on tour with the singer (and the family’s nanny) because he had more free time during the day than the actress, but that the arrangement was only “temporary.”

“The children would then at least be able to spend some time during the day with one of their parents until the Mother finished her filming commitments,” the document claims.

Jonas filed a petition for the dissolution of the marriage on Sept. 5, stating that that “the marriage between the parties is irretrievably broken,” following what Turner described in her lawsuit as an argument on the singer’s birthday on Aug. 15. The day after Jonas’ filing, the couple released a joint statement on their respective social media accounts confirming the split.

“After four wonderful years of marriage we have mutually decided to amicably end our marriage,” their statement read. “There are many speculative narratives as to why but, truly this is a united decision and we sincerely hope that everyone can respect our wishes for privacy for us and our children.”

Turner’s suit also claims she found out about the divorce “through the media” on Sept. 5, and she has yet to respond to his filing. Two weeks later, the couple reportedly met up to discuss the separation plans, at which point Turner allegedly “reiterated” her desire to have the children move to England.

Jonas’ Florida divorce filing stated that the children had been living with him in Miami and other U.S. locations, but that “it is in the best interests of the minor children that the parties have shared parental responsibility.”

However, Turner claims in her filing that “the Father has possession of the children’s passports… he refuses to return the passports to the Mother and refuses to send the children home to England with the Mother.” According to her suit, she filed her action after Jonas’ attorney said the singer would not return the passports or consent to the move on Sept. 19. “The Father has prevented the children’s return to England, which is a breach of the Mother’s rights of custody under English law, England being the children’s habitual residence,” reads the Turner filing.

In a statement to Billboard, a representative for Jonas denied the actress’ claim that she learned about his divorce filing via the media, and said that the former couple had met Sunday in New York, where they agreed to “work together towards an amicable co-parenting setup.”

“Joe is seeking shared parenting with the kids so that they are raised by both their mother and father, and is of course also OK with the kids being raised both in the U.S. and the U.K.,” the statement continued. “This is an unfortunate legal disagreement about a marriage that is sadly ending.”

“His wish is that Sophie reconsider her … legal position and move forward in a more constructive and private manner. His only concern is the well-being of the children.”

Reps for Turner have not returned Billboard‘s request for comment.

Turner and Jonas began dating in 2016 and married in a low-key ceremony in Las Vegas in May 2019, followed by a lavish wedding at the Chateau de Tourreau in the south of France in June of that year.

21 Sep 2023

Young Nudy’s ‘Peaches & Eggplants’ Springs Into Top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart

Young Nudy achieves a milestone feat as his song “Peaches & Eggplants” featuring 21 Savage pushes 14-7 to reach the top 10 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The track advances on the list dated Sept. 23 after the release of its remix with Latto and Sexyy Red on Sept. 8. (As the original version of “Peaches & Eggplants” contributes most of the week’s activity, the song’s chart listing is not updated to include Latto and Sexxy Red.)

“Peaches & Eggplants” becomes the East Atlanta, Ga.-native’s second Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs top 10 and matches his prior such hit, 2022’s “Umbrella” with Metro Boomin and 21 Savage, for his best career peak on the list. Unlike “Umbrella,” however, an album cut from Metro Boomin’s Heroes & Villains album that debuted at its peak and spent five weeks on the chart, “Peaches & Eggplants” has steadily worked its way up, cracking the top 10 in its 19th week on the list.

For featured artist 21 Savage, who is also Young Nudy’s cousin, “Peaches & Eggplants” is his 28th visit to the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs’ top 10, and his second debut in the region in 2023, following his and Rob49’s supporting spots on Travis Scott’s “Topia Twins,” which launched at No. 10 last month.

In the latest tracking week, Sept. 8 -14, “Peaches & Eggplants” garnered 11.7 million official U.S. streams, according to Luminate, up 68% from 7 million in the prior week. The surge powers a 23-6 flight on R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs, where it captures the week’s Greatest Gainer tag for the biggest increase among the chart’s 25 titles.

In the radio world, the song also registered 11.7 million audience impressions across all formats, a 5% lift compared with the previous frame. On the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, “Peaches & Eggplants” scores another top 10 placement, moving 11-10 thanks to 9.6 million impressions from that format, up 8% in that sector. Plus, the song holds at No. 10 for a third week on Rap Airplay, with a 4% boost in the latest tracking week.

Elsewhere, “Peaches & Eggplants” rallies 11-6 on Hot Rap Songs and 51-33 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100.