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Tame Impala’s first full-length studio album in five years, Deadbeat, makes a splashy start on Billboard’s charts, as the set launches at No. 1 on six different rankings (dated Nov. 1). It bows at No. 1 on Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums, Top Alternative Albums, Top Dance Albums (the act’s first entry on the list), Vinyl Albums and Indie Store Album Sales.
Deadbeat also lands in the top 10 on the all-genre Billboard 200 (No. 4, the act’s third top five-charting project), Top Album Sales (No. 2), Top Current Album Sales (No. 2) and Top Streaming Albums (No. 7).
Deadbeat is Tame Impala’s (Kevin Parker) first release for Columbia Records after signing with the label in July. According to a press statement announcing the album in September, the project was inspired by the Western Australia rave scene.
The album debuts with 70,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week ending Oct. 23, according to Luminate, with 38,000 of that sum in pure album sales — individual purchases of physical and digital copies of the album. Vinyl sales account for 28,000 of that total — the best week ever on vinyl for Tame Impala.
Tracks from Deadbeat also take over Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, with eight of the album’s cuts populating the 25-position ranking, including six of the top 10. “Dracula” debuts at No. 1 (the act’s first No. 1), followed by fellow new entries “My Old Ways” (No. 3), “No Reply” (No. 5), “Oblivion” (No. 7), “Not My World” (No. 8), “Afterthought” (No. 10), “End of Summer” (No. 11) and “Ethereal Connection” (No. 12).
Over on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, 11 of the 12 tracks from Deadbeat dot the 50-position tally: “Dracula” (rising 7-3, a new peak), “My Old Ways” (No. 8, debut), “Loser” (40-13, a new peak), “No Reply” (No. 17, debut), “Oblivion” (No. 21, debut), “Obsolete” (No. 22, debut), “Piece of Heaven” (No. 23, debut), “Not My World” (No. 24, debut), “Afterthought” (No. 27, debut), “End of Summer” (No. 31, reentry) and “See You On Monday (You’re Lost)” (No. 36, debut).
Deadbeat has also given Tame Impala its first entries on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100, as “Dracula,” which debuted in October, vaults into the top 40 for the first time, rising 59-33. Meanwhile, “My Old Ways” and “Loser” debut at Nos. 56 and 91, respectively.
Trending on Billboard ASCAP, BMI and SOCAN have all adopted policies to accept registrations of musical compositions partially generated using artificial intelligence (AI) tools, the PROs jointly announced Tuesday (Oct. 28), while noting that they will continue to reject registrations of fully AI-generated works. According to a press release, all three PROs define a partially […]
Trending on Billboard Spotify subscribers in the U.K., the world’s third-largest recorded music market, will be paying more for Spotify premium plans starting with the next billing cycle. As confirmed by a company spokesperson, Spotify customers in the U.K. were notified of upcoming price increases, marking the second time in approximately 18 months that Spotify […]
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Sia and her estranged husband are fighting over custody of their child amid divorce proceedings — and the allegations are getting ugly.
David Bernad, an oncologist who married Sia at the end of 2022, claims in a Monday (Oct. 27) court filing that the pop star is a drug addict who cannot adequately care for their 19-month-old son, Somersault. In a Tuesday (Oct. 28) response, Sia reveals that Bernad was recently under investigation for alleged possession of child pornography.
The claims come in California divorce proceedings, which Sia initiated this past March due to “irreconcilable differences.” Bernad has since been seeking hefty spousal support from Sia, and his request for more than $250,000 a month is set for a hearing in January.
Now, Bernad is asking for full custody of Somersault (referred to by the nickname “Summi” in court documents). He alleges in the Monday filing that Sia, who has been open about her past struggles with drug addiction, is once again using.
“Sia is an unfit and unreliable parent struggling with substance abuse and addiction, rendering her incapable of providing safe or stable care for Summi,” writes Bernad in a declaration. “I am the only safe and reliable parent for our son. I am a doctor, young, healthy, and have no criminal history or drug or alcohol addiction issues.”
Bernad says he witnessed Sia abuse ketamine and opioids during their marriage, and he claims doctors found barbiturates and benzodiazepines in her system during a hospital stay last month. He says Sia should have supervised visits with Summi, and only after she’s undergone a breathalyzer test. Bernad also wants the singer to submit to random drug testing and pay him $77,000 per month in child support.
Sia, however, counters in her Tuesday court filing that she has been “fully sober for over six months” and remains committed to recovery. She says Bernad is actually the one who parties and uses recreational drugs, and that this is one of the main reasons she chose to divorce him.
“Dan’s attempt to weaponize my past sobriety journey — an issue long resolved and well-documented — serves no legitimate purpose and is intended only to distort the facts and undermine my credibility before this court,” writes Sia in a declaration. “His willingness to dredge up decades-old history to serve his own financial and strategic interests demonstrates the extent to which he will go, even at the expense of his child and the child’s mother.”
Sia says Summi should remain in her primary custody, as has been the case since this summer. According to the court filings, Bernad agreed to this arrangement — including a stipulation that his own visits be supervised — because he was under investigation for alleged child pornography found on his computer hard drive in July.
Bernad “vehemently” denies any wrongdoing and claims Sia “planted” this illicit material on his hard drive. The Los Angeles Police Department and the city’s Department of Child and Family Services both looked into the claims but closed their investigations without any charges, citing a lack of evidence.
Nonetheless, Sia says she’s still not comfortable with Bernad spending unsupervised time with Summi. She says Bernad is not prepared to care for Summi by himself because he was an absentee parent during their marriage, often jetting overseas “at a moment’s notice.”
Sia’s lawyer declined to comment on the proceedings on Tuesday. A rep for Bernad did not immediately return a request for comment.
Trending on Billboard If there were a pop version of the Avengers, we think Ariana Grande‘s trio of early mentors would all be included. On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are chatting about Ari kicking off the Wicked: For Good press tour by sitting down with Evan Ross Katz on his […]
Trending on Billboard Drake and online streamer Adin Ross are facing a class action lawsuit accusing them of promoting illegal gambling by endorsing the online sweepstake casino Stake. In a case filed Monday (Oct. 27), lawyers for a Missouri man say Drake, Ross and Stake engaged in “deceptive, fraudulent and unfair” practices in the state […]
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Julia Wolf went from a relatively unknown artist to notching a Drake collaboration seemingly overnight. The emerging singer joined the Zach Kang Show on Monday (Oct. 27), where she detailed how a Drake Instagram follow and DM led to them eventually collaborating on “Dog House” in September.
“We were freaking out, it was like 6 in the morning… It’s 6 a.m. and Tanner’s waking me up [at] 6 in the morning — ‘Champagnepapi followed you!’” she recalled. “Then it’s freaking Drake, and he DMs me lyrics of ‘In My Room.’ How do you have a regular day?”
Wolf explained that it was actually someone else who put him on and requested a Julia Wolf song when he was DJing for friends at a club.
“Drake was DJing with a group of five or six people at the back of a club,” she said. “He was playing all sorts of music and then this one girl, who was a friend of a friend, went up to him and was like, ‘Can you play ‘In My Room’ by Julia Wolf?’ He said he played it and stopped everything and reached out to me then and there. It was so cool. He’s a super open-minded guy.”
Wolf immediately got to writing after Drake asked her about any unreleased demos she had lying around that he could possibly use.
“That first day he was like, ‘Send me some demos.’ I had no demos to give him, so I went to my room. Literally just writing anything I can over [sic] loops,” she said. “I’m like, ‘What can I possibly say that Drake can resonate with?’ He’s resonating with ‘In My Room,’ he’s loving the album, he’s saying, ‘This is so me.’”
Wolf continued: “Out of the four or five things was ‘Dog House.’ It’s actually part of a larger song. The part in ‘Dog House’ was the chorus I had at the end. I sent it and it was immediate. He was like, ‘This is the one, this is my life. This is our song.’”
Plenty of time went by and Wolf was left in the dark as she had no idea what she sent would be turned into. Eventually, that changed on Sept. 9 when Drake’s “Dog House” arrived featuring YEAT with a photo of Wolf as the cover art.
The BYNX-produced track debuted at No. 54 on the Billboard Hot 100 and cracked the top 10 of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
Watch the full interview below. Talk about Drake starts just shy of the 39-minute mark.
Trending on Billboard Following the release of her searing new album West End Girl, Lily Allen says she’s leaving her past exactly where it belongs: the past. In a conversation with Interview Magazine published Tuesday (Oct. 28), the British singer — who split from actor David Harbour after four years of marriage in February — […]
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Juvenile says he’s responsible for 50 Cent‘s legendary Shady Records deal — and he says 50 can attest to it.
In an interview with Nyla Symone, Juvenile explained how after 50’s near-fatal shooting, he became a pariah of the music industry and that no one wanted to work with him.
“I got 50 Cent his record deal with Eminem,” Juvenile explained. “Ask 50, he’ll tell you, yeah, Juve was the one. 50 couldn’t really go to the studio at the time, and I was one of the first cats with a studio bus, so I let him record on my bus, him, [Tony] Yayo, and [Lloyd] Banks.”
Juve said that Eminem invited him to a music video set while filming for D12 in New York City, and that he brought along former G-Unit president Sha Money XL.
“When I went over there with Sha Money, my first thing was telling him the type of music Em doing and the type of music 50 doing with the diss thing…that’s going to work if he go with him. And it worked,” Juvenile explained, adding that 50 even wrote about Juve’s role in his book, though didn’t specify which one.
Billboard has reached out to 50 Cent’s team for comment.
50 Cent actually recently joked that he’s finally leaving G-Unit, claiming its because Tony Yayo took too long to diss Jim Jones and Memphis Bleek. In a video posted to 50 Cent’s Instagram, the mogul is seen making some jokes while aboard a private jet with Tony Yayo about leaving G-Unit.
I’ve been doing some soul searching, and I think I want out the group, OK?” Fif told Yayo.
“If anything, you just kicking us out the group,” Yayo responded.
“Took too long to respond to Jimmy and Memphis Bleek,” 50 Cent continued. “I’m saying, n—as is talking mad sh–, though. You not even like that.”
Check out a clip from Juvenile’s interview below.
Trending on Billboard Cam’ron has filed a lawsuit against J. Cole over the duo’s “Ready ’24” collaboration, which landed on Cole’s 2024 Might Delete Later mixtape. According to court documents viewed by Billboard on Tuesday (Oct. 28), Cam’ron (Cameron Giles) sued his fellow rapper (Jermaine Cole) over allegedly violating the terms of an agreement pertaining […]
