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Sabrina Carpenter shows no signs of losing her flavor as “Taste” continues to satisfy fans at the midweek mark on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, holding firm at No. 1 for a potential sixth week in a row.

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2024 has undeniably been the year of Sabrina Carpenter on the U.K. charts. With “Taste” holding steady at the top, Carpenter has collectively spent 17 weeks at No. 1 this year alone, thanks to earlier smashes like “Espresso” (which dominated for seven weeks) and “Please Please Please” (which ruled for five).

But the race isn’t over yet—Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!” is creeping up fast, now sitting at No. 2 and just 2,300 chart units behind.

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But wait, there’s more – The Weeknd is also coming in hot with his latest collab with Playboi Carti. Their track “Timeless” made an explosive debut at No. 3 and eyeing a spot in the upper echelon. It’s a strong start for this new release, and it wouldn’t be surprising to see a chart shakeup next week.

As mentioned, Sabrina’s other hits are still hanging strong. “Espresso” proves it’s still brewing strong as it holds steady at No. 4, and “Please Please Please” remains at No. 6, making it clear she’s having a banner year. Carpenter’s chart reign is far from over, but with strong competition from Roan and The Weeknd, we’ll see if she can keep the momentum going.

Elsewhere on the chart, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars are on the rise, with their duet “Die With a Smile” climbing from No. 6 to No. 4. And speaking of rising stars, Chappell Roan’s “Hot to Go” has cracked the Top 10 for the first time, jumping two spots from No. 12 to No. 10.

Teddy Swims is on the brink of his first Top 10 breakthrough as “The Door” edges up to No. 11, just one spot away from making it into the coveted top tier. Coldplay, too, are making moves—”feelslikeimfallinginlove” has shot up 13 places to land at No. 18, thanks in part to their upcoming U.K. tour.

Stay tuned to see how the U.K. Official Singles Chart unfolds this Friday.

Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess has a banner week on the Billboard charts (dated Oct. 5), reaching No. 1 on Top Album Sales for the first time (rising 6-1), returning to the top of Vinyl Albums (up 4-1), as well as rising 3-2 on the Billboard 200 for a third nonconsecutive week at its peak position. She also leads the Billboard Artist 100 chart for the first time, ascending 3-1. The tally ranks the most popular artists of the week.

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The new Oct. 5-dated charts will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Tuesday, Oct. 1.

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The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess earned 105,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Sept. 26 (up 64%) according to Luminate, marking its biggest week yet by units earned.* Traditional album sales comprise a career weekly-best 56,000 (up 328%). Vinyl sales were red-hot for the set, with 50,000 sold (up 548%), easily Roan’s best week on vinyl and the sixth-largest week for any vinyl album in 2024.

The week-over-week growth is owed to the release of four new vinyl variants and a cassette tape in celebration of the album’s first anniversary on Sept. 22.

The set also returns to No. 1 on the Indie Store Album Sales chart (up one spot), for a seventh nonconsecutive frame, continuing as the title with the most weeks atop the ranking in 2024. The album sold 15,500 copies at independent record stores – the second-biggest week for any album in the indie sector this year. Only Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department had a bigger week with indies in 2024, when it sold 17,000 copies in its opening week.

Midwest Princess’ total year-to-date sales now rise to 248,000 sold, making it the 10th-biggest selling album of 2024. The Tortured Poets Department has a runaway lead as the year’s top-seller, with 2.77 million. Her 2024 vinyl sales climb to 167,000 – the third-biggest selling vinyl title of the year thus far. Poets is also the top-selling vinyl album of 2024, with 1.03 million.

* 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.

“Tengo Claro” takes Banda MS and Alfredo Olivas to No. 1 on Billboard’s Regional Mexican Airplay chart, where the song rises a spot on the Oct. 5-dated list. The coronation comes thanks to 6.4 million U.S. audience impressions, up 12% from the week prior, registered in the week ending Sept. 26, according to Luminate.
While both acts add their second champ of 2024, Banda MS collects its 21st No. 1, after “Tu Perfume” ruled for one week in April. With the new win, the group continues as the act with the second-most leaders since the tally launched in 1994, coming closer to Calibre 50’s 25 rulers.

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Here’s a review of the acts with the most No. 1s on the almost 30-year-old chart:

25, Calibre 5021, Banda MS19, Intocable18, Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga18, La Arrolladora Banda el Limón de Rene Camacho17, Christian Nodal17, Los Tigres del Norte

With “Tengo Claro,” Olivas ups his career count to five total No. 1s among 23 chart visits. The song also becomes his second champ through a collaboration, following his featured role on Alejandro Fernández’s “Cobijas Ajenas,” for one week atop Regional Mexican Airplay in June.

“Tengo Claro” was released July 5 via Lizos Music and marks the label’s 17th No. 1. Lizos’ latest hit follows its previous most recent, another Banda MS win: “Tu Perfume” (one week in charge in April).

Beyond its Regional Mexican Airplay coronation, “Tengo Claro” also cracks the top five on the overall Latin Airplay ranking, where it races 6-2, marking Banda MS’ highest-charting song since the No. 1-peaking “No Elegí Conocerte” in 2019. Plus, the group ties with Alejandro Fernández and Marco Antonio Solis for the second-most top 10s among regional Mexican acts, trailing Calibre 50 with 58 top 10s since the chart’s inception.

All charts (dated Oct. 5, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Oct. 1). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Eight weeks after Elena Rose earned her first entry on a Billboard songs chart, the Venezuelan singer-songwriter scores her maiden top 10 on a ranking thanks to “Orión,” her collaboration with Boza.
The song, released May 29 via Sony Music Latin, flies 17-4 on the Latin Pop Airplay chart (dated Oct. 5) after a 217% surge in audience impressions, to with 2.1 million, earned on U.S. monitored stations during the Sept. 20-26 tracking week, according to Luminate.

Thanks to the 217% surge, “Orión” takes the Greatest Gainer honor of the week, awarded weekly to the song with the most audience impressions among the chart’s 40-deep entries. Univision stations WKAQ-FM (Puerto Rico) and WXNY-FM (New York) lead with the most plays in the latest tracking week. Meanwhile, another New York station, SBS’ WPAT-FM, joins in as part of the top three supporters.

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“Orión” ties Play-N-Skillz, Natti Natasha and Deorro’s “Como La Flor” for the largest single-week jump on Latin Pop Airplay in 2024, both rallying 13 positions. The latter climbed 21-8 on the Sept. 28-dated list, for Mexican American DJ Deorro’s first entry and top 10 there. The song keeps pushing, moving 8-3 on the current ranking.

While Boza has enjoyed chart hits dating back to 2020, the Panamanian celebrates his second radio top 10 with “Orión,” following the Silvestre Dangond and Reik team-up, “Sé Que Estás Con Él,” which took them to a No. 6 on Latin Rhythm Airplay in June 2023.

Venezuelan Elena Rose made her maiden chart appearance as a songwriter in 2022, debuting at No. 5 on the Latin Songwriters chart then. “Orión” also gives Elena Rose her first visit on the overall Latin Airplay chart, where the song debuts at No. 49. Boza picks up his third entry.

The new chart achievement arrives following Elena Rose’s three Latin Grammy Award nominations, including song of the year for “Caracas En El 2000.”

All charts (dated Oct. 5, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Oct. 1). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Elena Rose will speak at Latin Music Week Oct. 14-18 at the Fillmore Miami Beach. To register, please visit BillboardLatinMusicWeek.com.

Britney Spears is recalling a terrifying incident that almost led her to visit the emergency room. The pop princess took to Instagram on Monday (Sept. 30) to share a video recalling a story that happened about six months ago. “I was in my room and I turned the fire on and, all of a sudden, […]

Andrea Bocelli is the recipient of the 2024 Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion, which is presented by The Ruderman Family Foundation.  Bocelli is being recognized for his career, as well as for his philanthropic work through the Andrea Bocelli Foundation. Bocelli will formally receive the award when he is in Boston later this year, coinciding with his 2024 holiday tour.
The Andrea Bocelli Foundation (ABF) will receive a $100,000 contribution to help rebuild ABF schools throughout Haiti.

“Whether it be through my personal journey, musical career, or philanthropic projects, I have always prioritized giving a voice to the voiceless — to give back to the world all the good things I have received, so the less fortunate or most vulnerable members of our society get a chance to achieve a life full of opportunity and beauty,” Bocelli said in a statement. “It is therefore a tremendous honor to receive this award from the Ruderman Family Foundation, an organization that shares my worldview in both word and deed. Together, we will continue to work to build a better world than the one we have found.”

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The ABF, together with the local partner Foundation St. Luc, has already helped rebuild several schools in Haiti in five of the poorest and most remote communities, offering educational access to more than 3,500 students every day.

Bocelli’s foundation has raised 70 million Euros, has funded 10 schools in Haiti and Italy, and has improved water access for more than 400,000 people since it was established in 2011.

“Both in his musical career and his philanthropic work, Andrea Bocelli has unmistakably demonstrated that through perseverance we can achieve even the most ambitious goals and dreams,” said Jay Ruderman, president of the Ruderman Family Foundation.

The award, now in its 10th year, was named after Morton E. Ruderman, a founder of the Ruderman Family Foundation. Past recipients of the award who were honored specifically for effectuating change on the issue of inclusion include Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin, former U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin and filmmakers Peter and Bobby Farrelly. (Peter Farrelly won two Oscars in 2019 for co-producing and co-writing Green Book.)

Several other recipients of the award have been recognized for their efforts to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health, including actress Eva Longoria, actor and recording artist Selena Gomez, five-time NBA All-Star Kevin Love, Oscar-nominated actor Taraji P. Henson, and Olympian Michael Phelps.

Bocelli, a world-renowned tenor, has amassed nine top 10 albums on the Billboard 200, including Si, which debuted at No. 1 in November 2018. Five of his albums have logged a full year or more on Billboard’s flagship album chart: Romanza (91 weeks), Sogno (72), Aria – The Opera Album (69), Amore (59) and My Christmas (52).

Bocelli’s only hit on the Billboard Hot 100 was a 2010 collaboration with Mary J. Blige – a remake of Simon & Garfunkel’s 1970 classic “Bridge Over Troubled Water.”

Surprisingly, Bocelli has yet to win a Grammy, despite five nominations.

Chris Brown’s history of alleged abuse and myriad of lawsuits will be explored in a new documentary coming to Investigation Discovery.
The Hollywood Reporter first reported the news regarding the doc on Monday (Sept. 30), which is titled Chris Brown: A History of Violence. The documentary is set to land on ID on Oct. 27 as part of the network’s “No Excuse for Abuse” campaign.

While Chris Brown has spent plenty of time topping the charts, he’s also dealt with plenty of legal issues dating back to his 2009 arrest for allegedly assaulting ex-girlfriend Rihanna. He ultimately took a plea deal after pleading guilty to felony assault in the case.

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“Chris Brown’s an amazing and talented musician, but let’s call a thing a thing. He’s an abuser of women. Consistently, unapologetically,” one woman can be heard saying in the Ample Entertainment-produced doc’s chilling trailer.

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An unidentified alleged victim is also coming forward to tell her story of abuse at the hands of the turbulent superstar for the very first time.

“I have not spoken about this matter publicly, but that’s the only way he can be stopped,” an altered voice says.

Shortly after the premiere airs, The View‘s Sunny Hostin is reportedly slated to host a discussion alongside domestic violence experts and survivor advocates.

“Domestic violence is a very close, personal issue to me as I reflect on my past as a prosecutor of these types of cases, and in my role as a mother and public figure whose actions inform and help shape the next generation,” Hostin said in a statement. “This issue is a prevalent epidemic which knows no socio-economic boundaries, so I am dedicated to expanding and continuing this crucial conversation. The more we know, the better we can help advocate for change as a society.”

Investigation Discovery is coming off of airing the bombshell Quiet on Set documentary earlier this year, which probed the child abuse that allegedly took place at Nickelodeon Studios.

Watch the Chris Brown: A History of Violence trailer below.

Gavin Creel, an accomplished Broadway actor best known for his performance in Hello, Dolly!, has died. He was 48 years old. The star’s publicist told The Associated Press that Creel died at home in NYC after a two-month battle with metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma. Per Mayo Clinic, the rare form of cancer starts […]

Charli D’Amelio is headed to fair Verona. As announced Monday (Sept. 30), the 20-year-old TikTok star is set to make her Broadway debut with a three-month run in the cast of & Juliet. According to The Hollywood Reporter, D’Amelio will play Charmian, a dance-heavy role in the jukebox musical’s ensemble. She’ll start Oct. 29 and […]

Megan Thee Stallion has a mouth full of diamonds. The Houston Hottie showed off her new grills set over the weekend designed by famed H-town jeweler Johnny Dang & Co. Meg flexed her mouth full of shiny diamonds on Sunday via Instagram and even took the opportunity to tease another hard-hitting unreleased track. “@johnnydangandco almost […]