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Eminem proves that Slim Shady is well and truly back as he clinches the U.K. No. 1 spot for the third week in a row with his latest album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce).
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The Detroit rap icon has once again proven his staying power with this 12th studio album, which marks his 11th No. 1 in the U.K.
Slim is still king of the hill, holding off a strong push from Taylor Swift, whose album The Tortured Poets Department leaps two spots to No. 2 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart.
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Meanwhile, Charli XCX is riding the wave of her BRAT summer. Her album BRAT, a 2024 Mercury Prize nominee, climbs three spots to land at No. 3. With a newly-released remix of “Guess” featuring Billie Eilish, Charli is making sure her summer anthem is on everyone’s playlist.
Chappell Roan is also having a moment with her debut album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess. Rising three spots to No. 4, Chappell’s poised to make even bigger moves.
Billie Eilish, not one to be left in the dust, sees her album HIT ME HARD AND SOFT bounce back into the Top 5 at No. 5.
Meanwhile, Blur have delivered a nostalgic punch with Live at Wembley Stadium. Recorded over two nights in July 2023, this live album debuts at No. 6, becoming the week’s highest new entry and topping the Official Vinyl Albums Chart. It also marks Blur’s 14th Top 10 album. Live at Wembley Stadium was the leader at the midweek stage.
Sam Tompkins is making waves with his album hi, my name is insecure.—a fresh entry at No. 8 that also conquers the Official Record Store Chart and is the best-selling album of the week in independent U.K. record shops.
Over in the world of heavy metal, Swedish band Ghost hits a high note with their latest release, Rite Here Rite Now. Entering at No. 10, the album is the soundtrack to their concert film and adds another Top 10 achievement to their growing list of successes.
And there’s a blast from the past as The Police storm back into the Top 40 with their classic, final studio album Synchronicity. Thanks to a super deluxe reissue, it reclaims its spot at No. 30, a 40 years after its original release.
Benson Boone is also enjoying a resurgence, with his debut Fireworks & Rollerblades jumping 13 places to No. 31 after hitting the shelves on vinyl.
Rounding out this week’s chart action is Céline Dion, whose My Love – The Essential Collection vaults an impressive 32 spots to No. 36. Her performance of Édith Piaf’s “Hymne A L’Amour” at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris marked her first in four years due to her battle with Stiff-Person Syndrome.
Sabrina Carpenter holds onto the U.K. No. 1 spot with her hit single “Please Please Please” for a fifth non-consecutive week.
Despite fierce competition from rising star Chappell Roan, Sabrina’s catchy country-pop track continues to captivate fans and dominate the Official Singles Chart.While Sabrina enjoys her chart-topping success, Chappell Roan is not far behind. Her infectious anthem “Good Luck, Babe!” has been steadily climbing the charts for an impressive 17 weeks, reaching a new peak at No. 2.
With momentum on her side, Chappell is a strong contender to challenge Sabrina for the No. 1 spot next week.
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That’s not all for Chappell Roan. Her previous hits are gaining traction as well, with “Red Wine Supernova” moving up to No. 38. Her 2023 debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, is also climbing the Official Albums Chart, peaking at No. 4.Meanwhile, Luton-born singer-songwriter Myles Smith celebrates a new peak as his dreamy track “Stargazing” lands at No. 4. Joining him in the Top 5 is Dasha with her country hit “Austin,” which surges into the fifth spot after 23 weeks on the chart, and marks Dasha’s first time breaking into the Top 5.
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The trio Bl3SS, CamrinWatsin, and bbyclose have achieved a milestone as their collaboration “Kisses” cracks the Top 10 for the first time, climbing six spots to No. 7.As BRAT summer heats up, Charli XCX is having a moment with two tracks making impressive leaps on the charts. “360” is up six spots to No. 12, while the viral sensation “Apple” makes an even bigger splash, jumping nine places to No. 14. Charli is proving that she’s more than just a pop star—she’s a chart star with hits to spare.Irish singer and rapper Jordan Adetunji continues his upward climb as “KEHLANI” moves up two spots to No. 15.
Adam Port, Stryv, and Keinemusik make their debut in the Top 20 with “Move,” jumping seven places to No. 18.
Teddy Swims finds himself at a new peak with his emotional ballad “The Door” landing at No. 24. Meanwhile, Post Malone and Luke Combs make a strong entry with “Guy For That” debuting at No. 26, blending their unique styles into a chart-worthy hit.In a welcome nostalgic twist, *NSYNC’s timeless classic “Bye Bye Bye” returns to the U.K. Top 40 for the first time in 24 years, thanks to its placement in the Marvel blockbuster Deadpool & Wolverine. Originally peaking at No. 3 in 2000, the track now sits comfortably at No. 30.
Central Cee also makes waves with his new hit “gen z luv” debuting at No. 34. Bruce Springsteen’s iconic “Dancing In The Dark” finds a new peak in 2024, landing at No. 35. At the same time, Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding’s latest collaboration “Free” debuts at No. 36.The collaboration between Majestic, Jammin’ Kid, and Céline Dion achieves a new peak with “Set My Heart On Fire” reaching No. 39. The track, which samples Céline’s 2000 hit “I’m Alive,” has gained traction following her emotional live performance at the 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony in Paris. It marked Céline’s first performance since being diagnosed with stiff person syndrome (SPS) in 2022.
Stay tuned to see who will claim the top spot next week and what surprises the charts have in store.
Adele didn’t let her live show get in the way of watching the 2024 Summer Olympics.
During her concert in Munich on Saturday (Aug. 3), the 36-year-old British songstress paused her performance to watch the women’s 100-meter final in Paris, as seen in a fan-captured clip posted on the X (formerly Twitter) account for NBC Olympics.
The “Easy on Me” singer then broadcast the 11-second race on the big screen for all 75,000-something fans at the custom-built Adele Arena, where her 10-night residency launched on Friday.
The Munich crowd fell to a hush as Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia took home the gold medal, finishing the race in 10.72 seconds. U.S. stars Sha’carri Richardson and Melissa Jefferson won silver and bronze, respectively.
After Alfred’s victory, which marked Saint Lucia’s first Olympic gold medal in history, Adele asked the audience to give the runner a hand for the accomplishment.
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“Let’s give her a round of applause!” the 16-time Grammy winner said. “Let’s get on with the show. Fantastic, St. Lucia!”
Adele also had the Olympics on her mind during the opening night of the mini-residency on Friday.
“… While I was watching world-class athletes, I’d be like, ‘Oh that landing was a bit dodgy, wasn’t it? Oh her legs weren’t really straight,’ Meanwhile, if I tried anything that they do, I’d be dead,” she said in a fan-captured video from the show. “I’d absolutely die if I tried to even do a little, any kind of movement at all.”
During the concert, Adele also gave props to U.S. gymnast Simone Biles for winning multiple gold medals, calling her “absolutely brilliant.”
Adele’s 10-night stand in Munich concludes Aug. 31. See a full recap of the opening night here. The singer’s Weekends With Adele residency at Las Vegas’ Colosseum at Caesars Palace picks back up in October.
The Smashing Pumpkins‘ Aghori Mhori Mei has topped this week’s new music poll that features artists in various genres of music. Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Aug. 2) on Billboard, choosing the the Billy Corgan-led rock band’s 13th studio album as their favorite new music release of the past week. Aghori Mhori […]
Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart (dated Aug. 10), collecting a 13th nonconsecutive week atop the list. The album spent its first 12 weeks on the chart at No. 1, fell to No. 4 for two weeks, and now rebounds to No. 1 for a 13th frame. (Thirteen is also famously Swift’s lucky number.)
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Tortured Poets earned 71,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 1 (down 3%), according to Luminate. That marks the smallest weekly sum for a No. 1 album since March 16-dated chart, when Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time was tops with 68,000 units.
The last album to spend at least 13 weeks at No. 1 was One Thing at a Time, which logged 19 total nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 between March 2023 and this March. The last album by a woman to spend at least 13 total weeks at No. 1 was Adele’s 21, which earned 24 nonconsecutive weeks on top in 2011-12.
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With Poets — Swift’s longest-leading album — she adds her 82nd career week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, extending her record among soloists. (Elvis Presley has the second-most among soloists, with 67.) The total encompasses her 14 No. 1 albums. (She’s tied with Jay-Z for the most No. 1s among soloists.)
Also on the latest Billboard 200, the sleepy top 10, where no albums debut in the region, sees Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess hit a new peak, as it climbs 8-4, surpassing its previous high of No. 5.
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 Aug. 10, 2024-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Aug. 6. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
Of The Tortured Poets Department’s 71,000 units earned in the week ending Aug. 1, SEA units comprise 59,000 (down 8%, equaling 77.73 million on-demand official streams of the deluxe album’s 31 songs), album sales comprise 12,000 (up 34%, aided by a stock replenishment of a deluxe CD edition of the album in Swift’s webstore) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum (down 23%).
Wallen’s One Thing at a Time rises 6-2 with 64,000 equivalent album units earned (down 1%, also returning to No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums for the first time since March) and Zach Bryan’s The Great American Bar Scene climbs 5-3 with 61,000 (down 14%).
Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess reaches a new peak, jumping 8-4 with 53,000 equivalent album units (though down 1%). The set previously topped out at No. 5 on the July 13-dated list. Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft ascends 9-5 with nearly 53,000 units (down 2%) and Stray Kids’ ATE falls 1-6 in its second week with 52,000 units (down 78%; it’s also No. 1 on Top Album Sales for a second week).
Eminem’s chart-topping The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) dips 3-7 with 49,000 equivalent album units earned (down 37%), Twisters: The Album falls 7-8 with 44,000 units (down 23%), Charli XCX’s Brat returns to the top 10, rising 14-9 with 40,000 units (up 10%), and Noah Kahan’s Stick Season is steady at No. 10 with 39,000 units (down 10%).
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.
Jelly Roll checked off an item on his bucket list after participating in this year’s WWE SummerSlam.
On Saturday (Aug. 3), the 39-year-old country star stepped into the wrestling ring at Cleveland Browns Stadium to deliver some major punishment during a heated match that found Miz and R-Truth battling Austin Theory and Grayson Waller.
Dressed in all black, Jelly teamed up with Miz and R-Truth and came armed with a folding chair that he furiously slammed onto his foes. The “Need a Favor” singer-rapper capped off the appearance by chokeslamming Theory, sending the stadium crowd into thunderous applause.
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“Crazy- I lived a child hood dream tonight in the craziest way I’ve ever lived it. Wow. Man thank you @WWE for everything . What a night,” Jelly Roll wrote on X (formerly Twitter) after the event.
“Absolute madness- unreal – butter biscuit bombs baby,” he wrote in another post with footage of his ferocious moves.
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Elsewhere during SummerSlam, Jelly Roll stepped into the ring with his band to perform the song “Liar,” which served as the official theme of the event.
WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque teased in mid-July that Jelly might perform at the prestigious annual wrestling spectacle.
“Excited to have my friend Jelly Roll back with two official #SummerSlam theme songs: ‘Dead End Road’ off Twisters: The Album, and ‘Liar’ off his album coming this fall,” Levesque wrote on social media.
This isn’t the chart-topping country musician’s first interaction with WWE. The Nashville native has made several surprise appearances at WWE events in his hometown, most memorably in November 2023, during which he got involved in a match between wrestlers Randy Orton and Dominik Mysterio by pushing Mysterio and JD McDonagh after they confronted him outside the ring.
“I just felt like I was backing my boy,” Jelly said at the time.
It’s the latest addition to Jelly Roll’s ever-growing list of achievements, with the country superstar recently collaborating with Eminem on “Somebody Save Me,” which served as the closer on the rapper’s latest album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce).
See Jelly Roll’s SummerSlam posts on X and watch his “Liar” performance at the event on YouTube below.
Crazy- I lived a child hood dream tonight in the craziest way I’ve ever lived it Wow Man thank you @WWE for everything . What a night— Jelly Roll (@JellyRoll615) August 4, 2024
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A vulnerable Machine Gun Kelly opens up about his troubled relationship with his mother in a raw conversation with Bunnie XO on the eighth season opener of her popular podcast, Dumb Blonde. “I would like to say for the record I love my mom dearly and I misrepresented her a lot early in my career,” Kelly […]
Taylor Swift is celebrating Team USA’s top athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
During NBC’s primetime coverage of the Olympics on Saturday (Aug. 3), the 34-year-old pop superstar narrated a promotional video praising three medal-winning stars at this year’s games: gymnast Simone Biles, swimmer Katie Ledecky and sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson.
“Never be afraid to show them who you are, especially when the whole world is watching,” Swift says as her 2015 hit “Style” plays in the background. “Because there is no one way to be the best. No one way to inspire everyone else who will someday follow.”
The inspiring clip opens with written quote from fashion icon Coco Chanel, followed by a shot of Biles at the vault, then moving to Richardson confidently walking on a field, and Ledecky fiercely swimming in a pool.
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“You do what you love. You love what you do,” Swift says as more competition footage is shown. “You believe in your style, whatever it is.”
The video concludes with Swift name-checking the three women as shots of the athletes gleefully winning their medals flash across the screen.
“Katie, Sha’Carri and Simone,” the pop star says. “Three American stars. Three different visions of greatness. Tonight, in Paris.”
Last weekend, Swift’s live version of “…Ready for It?” from The Eras Tour was the soundtrack to a NBC commercial promoting the network’s coverage of the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
“So ready to scream at my tv cheering for these athletes,” Swift reacted in an Instagram Story, adding a gold medal emoji to her comment while sharing a reel of the “…Ready for It?” promo.
The spot featured U.S. Olympic stars including Noah Lyles, LeBron James, Carissa Moore, Jagger Eaton and more, with Biles appearing at the end of the ad.
Watch Swift’s Paris Olympics promo video on X (formerly Twitter) below.
Camila‘s first set in five years, Regresa, has topped this week’s new music Latin poll. In a poll published on Friday (Aug. 2) — in support of the weekly New Music Latin roundup and playlist, curated by Billboard Latin and Billboard Español editors — music fans voted for the Mexican trio’s comeback album, Regresa, as their favorite music release of the week. Regresa generated over […]
This summer, country songs have made a regular showing atop the Billboard charts, with several pop artists leaning into the country space. But for Kenny Chesney’s No Shoes Nation, the 56-year-old singer-songwriter and tireless, vigorous entertainer has been the essential element of making every summer a “country summer” for the better part of three decades.
He’s become a towering purveyor of songs that hit hard, both on the Billboard charts (with Chesney notching an enviable 33 No. 1 Country Airplay hits) and emotionally, with music that exults rowdy tracks that have fueled countless celebratory nights, alongside ballads that capture deep-seated emotions from love to loss, all a result of his relentless pursuit in writing and recording well-crafted songs that endure.
Chesney brought all that musical power to his home state of Tennessee, leading 57,523 fans who packed Nissan Stadium’s stands, floor and sandbar in a rowdy party on Saturday night (Aug. 3) as part of his Sun Goes Down 2024 Tour. The attendance bested Chesney’s previous best attendance at the venue by 300 concertgoers.
As the sun set over Nissan Stadium, the music and Chesney’s legendary party vibes heated up when he descended the steps to center stage, and then proceeded to put his joyous, high-energy, hit-filled reputation as an entertainer on full display — and his loyal, fervent No Shoes Nation was more than up to the challenge. His 2024 show marked his sixth time playing Nissan Stadium, and his overall 200th stadium show.
He opened with “Living in Fast Forward,” and from there prowled the stage with the energy of a prime athlete, in constant motion while staying as close to fans on the edges of the catwalk stage as possible. The East Tennessee native lent his warm, conversational vocal style to relatable small-town odes, island anthems, and arena-sized rockers, delving into songs of nostalgia and escapism. Those included songs such as “Just to Say We Did” and “Take Her Home,” from his latest album, as well as numerous hits that have worn well, like “Somewhere With You,” “Keg in the Closet,” “No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems,” “American Kids,” “Young” (with the screens emblazoned with photos of Chesney as a child and teen) and the all-too-appropriate “Summertime.”
That August night, as summer slowly began its descent, the flow of the music offered a space for renewal through melody, stories and human connection. Joining Chesney in that mission were 14-time Country Airplay chart-toppers Zac Brown Band, ascendant country artist Megan Moroney and Uncle Kracker.
Here, we look at five best moments from the evening.
Chesney & Moroney Team Up