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David Gilmour is back at the top of the U.K. Official Albums Chart, celebrating his third solo No. 1 album with Luck and Strange.
The Pink Floyd guitarist’s latest release marks his ninth overall chart-topping record when combined with his work as a solo artist and a member of the iconic band. Luck and Strange, Gilmour’s fifth studio album, joins the ranks of his previous solo No. 1 albums, On An Island (2006) and Rattle That Lock (2015).
The new collection also tops the U.K. Official Vinyl Albums Chart, solidifying its popularity among vinyl collectors and audiophiles alike.
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In a statement to Official Charts, Gilmour expressed his gratitude to fans: “I’d like to thank everyone who’s bought my new album, Luck And Strange, and helped to make it Number 1 in the Official Albums Chart.”
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This latest achievement adds to Gilmour’s illustrious career, which includes six U.K. No. 1 albums with Pink Floyd, such as Wish You Were Here (1975) and The Division Bell (1994).
However, according to the rocker’s press release, his latest project Luck and Strange, is “the best album I’ve made since Dark Side of the Moon, since 1973.”
“The album feels like a solid body of cohesive work,” Gilmour previously told Billboard of the new album. “It’s the cohesiveness of the whole thing — the writing, the work, the thrill it still gives me to listen to it all the way through as an album. There’s a consistency of thought and of feeling that runs through it that excites me in a way that makes me make those comparisons.”
Also making moves this week, once again, is Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet, which holds strong at No. 2 after three weeks in the Top 5.
Meanwhile, Oasis continues to dominate the chart, with Time Flies… (No. 3), Definitely Maybe (No. 4), and What’s The Story (No. 5) all securing Top 5 positions.
Other notable entries on the tally, published Friday, Sept. 13, include Link Park’s 2024 hits collection Papercuts, which rebounds to No. 8 following the announcement of their new vocalist, Emily Armstrong, while Fred Again…’s ten days comes in at No. 7, marking his second Top 10 album.
Further down the chart, Rex Orange County earns his third Top 40 LP with The Alexander Technique, debuting at No. 15, following previous successes with Pony (No. 5 in 2019) and WHO CARES? (No. 1 in 2022).
South London group Fat Dog makes their Official Albums Chart debut with WOOF., landing at No. 16 and topping the Official Record Store Chart.
Meanwhile, Ensoulment, the first new album in 25 years from The The, enters at No. 19, marking their sixth Top 40 record. Ultravox’s 1984 album Lament returns at No. 35 after a 40th-anniversary edition, and Leeds four-piece English Teacher re-enters at No. 40 with This Could Be Texas, following their 2024 Mercury Prize win.
Sabrina Carpenter‘s smash hit “Taste” continues to savor the sweet taste of victory on the U.K. Official Singles Chart, claiming the No. 1 spot for a third consecutive week.
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The track effortlessly holds its position, marking a triumphant run as Carpenter’s fan-favorite song dominates the charts.
Adding to her success, the singer’s previous chart-toppers, “Espresso” and “Please Please Please,” are also still going strong. “Espresso” holds steady at No. 2, while “Please Please Please” rounds out the Top 5, landing at No. 5. With three singles in the Top 5, Carpenter is seeing some seriously sweet success.
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Meanwhile, Linkin Park makes an explosive return with their latest single “The Emptiness Machine,” debuting at No. 4 on the Official Chart, published Friday, Sept. 13. This marks the alt-rock band’s highest-charting single in the U.K. and their first Top 10 hit since 2008.
The track is also the first release to feature new members Emily Armstrong and Colin Brittain, bringing a fresh sound to the group’s legacy.
Elsewhere on the charts, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars climb one spot to No. 6 with their ballad “Die With a Smile,” securing its third week in the Top 10. Another major jump comes from Sonny Fodera, Jazzy, and D.O.D, whose collaborative track “Somedays” leaps five spots to No. 10, giving all three artists their first Top 10 hit together.
TikTok sensation Gigi Perez continues to rise, with “Sailor Song” jumping 11 spots to No. 13, marking her first-ever Top 20 hit. Other notable movements include Teddy Swims’ “The Door” climbing seven places to No. 16, and Gracie Abrams’ “I love you, I’m sorry” rising to a new peak of No. 21.
Finally, Central Cee and RAYE’s new collaboration “Moi” debuts at No. 38, solidifying another exciting week for the U.K. Official Charts.
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The Daily Show won outstanding talk series at the 2024 Primetime Emmys, which were held at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday (Sept. 15). It’s the franchise’s 13th win in that category (or predecessor categories). The Daily Show With Jon Stewart won 11 times. The Daily Show With Trevor Noah won once, last year. This year, the show won with six rotating hosts: Stewart, Ronny Chieng, Jordan Klepper, Michael Kosta, Desi Lydic and Dulcé Sloan.
This brings Stewart’s total of Primetime Emmys to 23. The record for most Emmy wins is held by Sheila Nevins, who has won 32 Primetime Emmys for her work on HBO programs.
The Daily Show won in a stacked category that also included Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and Late Night With Seth Meyers. None of these other shows have ever won in this category. This is the 12th nomination in the category for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which puts it in a tie with Real Time With Bill Maher for the most nods here without a win. It’s the seventh nod for Colbert’s show and the second for Meyers’ show.
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Kimmel expressed mock dismay at the result. “Jon, you should be ashamed of yourself. You said you were retiring.”
The Primetime Emmys were ably hosted by the father-and-son team of Eugene and Dan Levy, who each won multiple Emmys four years ago for their work on Schitt’s Creek.
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver won outstanding scripted variety show for the second year in a row, again beating Saturday Night Live. Prior to these two wins, Last Week Tonight won outstanding variety talk series seven years running. In addition, Oliver and his writers have won the Emmy for writing in variety nine years in a row. Oliver won his first three Primetime Emmys as a writer on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.
Shōgun won four awards on the telecast, including outstanding drama series. Adding in the 14 awards it won at last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys, the show won 18 Emmys for its first season – more than any other series in a single year. Shōgun is the first show to win outstanding drama series for its freshman season since The Handmaid’s Tale seven years ago.
Much of the dialog on Shōgun is in Japanese. It was the second non-English-language series to be nominated for outstanding drama series, following the Korean-language Squid Game, which was nominated (but didn’t win) two years ago.
This increasing globalization at the Emmys mirrors what is happening in both film and popular music. At the Oscars earlier this year, for the first time, three films that are largely in a language other than English – Anatomy of a Fall, Past Lives and The Zone of Interest – were nominated for best picture. And in the past decade, we’ve witnessed the exploding popularity of Latin music and K-pop. Two years ago, Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti became the first Spanish-language album to receive a Grammy nod for album of the year.
The Bear also won four awards on the telecast. Adding in the seven awards it won at the Creative Arts Emmys, the show won 11 Emmys for its second season. That allows it to break its own record, set last year, for the most wins for a comedy series in a single season. But, in a surprise, it lost best comedy series to Hacks, which won three total awards.
Trailing Shōgun and The Bear in terms of most 2024 Emmy wins (combining tonight’s telecast and the Creative Arts Emmys) are: Baby Reindeer and Saturday Night Live (six each); Jim Henson Idea Man (five); Blue Eye Samurai, The Oscars and Ripley (four each); Hacks, Billy Joel: The 100th—Live at Madison Square Garden, The Crown, The Morning Show, Only Murders in the Building and Welcome to Wrexham (three each; and The Daily Show, Girls State, How I Met Your Father, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Love On The Spectrum, Mr. & Mrs. Smith and The Traitors (two each).
Only Murders in the Building was nominated for outstanding comedy series for the third year in a row, which makes Selena Gomez (who is an executive producer of the show) the most-nominated Latina producer in Emmy history. (Gomez has said she is “a proud third-generation American-Mexican.”) Gomez was also nominated for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series for the first time, but lost to Hacks‘ Jean Smart. Gomez, one of five Latinx nominees this year, was seated in the front row with her boyfriend, music producer Benny Blanco.
The Traitors won outstanding reality competition program in its second year on the air. It beat four past winners in the category: The Amazing Race (10 wins), RuPaul’s Drag Race (five wins), The Voice (four wins) and Top Chef (one win). Alan Cumming, host of The Traitors, won outstanding host for a reality or reality competition program at last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys.
This ends an eight-year streak in which RuPaul Charles has won at least one Primetime Emmy. He has won 14 Primetime Emmys, which is more than any other person of color.
Music played a major role on the Emmy telecast.
Jelly Roll sang his current hit “I Am Not Okay,” which soundtracked the In Memoriam spot. The song, which he co-wrote with Taylor Phillips, Ashley Gorley and Casey Brown, was highly effective, more so than the sometimes overly obvious classics which are generally used in this spot. The segment included Martin Mull, game show host Peter Marshall, talk show host Phil Donahue and exercise guru Richard Simmons and was capped by comedy legend Bob Newhart. Jimmy Kimmel chose two words that described Newhart to a T: “politely hilarious.” There was another tribute to Newhart, when the music at the end of the show was the theme to The Bob Newhart Show (1972-78).
In addition, the producers laid in clever music cues throughout the show. Leading into a segment on TV dads, they played The Temptations’ 1972 classic “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone.” Leading into a segment on coaches, they played Survivor’s 1982 motivational anthem “Eye of the Tiger.” A tribute to producer Greg Berlanti, who received the 2024 Governors Award, featured Paula Cole’s 1997 hit “I Don’t Want to Wait,” the theme from his breakthrough hit Dawson’s Creek. Ron Howard and Henry Winkler capped a bit about Happy Days’ 50th anniversary with Winkler as The Fonz hitting the jukebox to get it to play the show’s theme song, Pratt & McClain’s “Happy Days,” a top five hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976.
In one other music note, John Oliver paid tender tribute to his dog who had recently died, and noted, “I feel like Sarah McLachlan now.”
You’d think Joshua Jackson would be used to hearing Paula Cole‘s “I Don’t Want to Wait” by now, after the 1997 song opened his teen drama series Dawson’s Creek for six seasons on WB in the late ’90s and early 2000s. But he was still caught off-guard Sunday night (Sept. 15) when he took the […]
Jelly Roll made his Emmys debut on Sunday night (Sept. 15) to soundtrack the “in memoriam” segment with his poignant song “I Am Not Okay.” When the country hitmaker took the stage at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater, he introduced his song — the Beautifully Broken single that has so far peaked at No. 23 on […]
Katy Perry and Doechii‘s “I’m His, He’s Mine” has topped this week’s new music poll that features artists in various genres of music. Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Sept. 13) on Billboard, choosing the duet as their favorite new music release of the past week. “I’m His, He’s Mine” brought in 30% […]
Maná has pulled its Nicky Jam collaboration from music streaming platforms following the reggaetón star’s endorsement of Donald Trump.
On Sunday (Sept. 15), the legendary Mexican rock band posted a statement on social media explaining why the group decided to remove its 2016 reimagining of “De Pies a Cabeza” from streaming services after Nicky’s public endorsement of Trump over the weekend.
“Maná doesn’t work with racists,” the Fher Olvera-fronted band wrote in Spanish on Instagram, drawing mixed reactions in the comments section.
“For the past 30 years, Maná has supported and defended the rights of Latinos around the world. There is no business or promotion that is worth more than the dignity of our people. That is why today Maná decided to remove its collaboration with Nicky Jam on ‘Pies a Cabeza’ from all digital platforms.”
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Maná and Jam’s reggae-tinged version of the band’s 1992 classic song “De Pies a Cabeza” premiered in 2016, reaching No. 1 on Billboard‘s Latin Airplay chart. At the time of its release, Nicky called Maná one of his idols and said, “I never thought I’d work with them so this is a blessing.”
Maná’s decision to pull “De Pies a Cabeza” from streamers comes after Trump’s Las Vegas campaign rally on Friday (Sept. 13), during which Nicky took the stage to support the former president as he faces off against Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
“It’s an honor to meet you, Mr. President. People that come from where I come from, they don’t meet the president. So I’m lucky,” said the 43-year-old reggaetón vet, who relocated from Massachusetts to Puerto Rico at a young age. “We need you. We need you back, right? We need you to be the president.”
In what’s become an embarrassing viral moment, Trump mistakenly referred to Nicky as a “she” when introducing him to the Vegas crowd for his endorsement speech.
“Do you know Nicky? She’s hot. Where’s Nicky?” Trump said while looking off to the side for the “X” singer. A few moments later, the ex-POTUS spotted the Latin star and realized his mistake. “Oh, look, I’m glad he came up,” Trump said as he patted Nicky’s shoulder.
Maná has been a strong supporter of Democratic causes over the years, particularly related to immigration reform and other Latino related issues. “The way Trump expresses himself about Mexicans and the Latin community is incredible,” Olvera tweeted in Spanish following a 2016 presidential debate. “Like a lot of people have perceived it, he is a racist.” The Mexican band also celebrated President Joe Biden’s 2020 win, writing on Twitter (now X), “Values won over provision. There’s unity in diversity.”
Nicky Jam is one of many music stars who have endorsed the 78-year-old businessman-turned-politician in his 2024 re-election bid. In late August, Puerto Rican reggaetón stars Anuel AA and Justin Quiles took the stage to support Trump at a rally in Johnstown, Penn. Other artists who support the former president include Jason Aldean, Kid Rock, Kodak Black, Lil Pump, Sexyy Red and Billy Ray Cyrus.
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Taylor Swift‘s endorsement of Kamala Harris is clearly rattling Donald Trump.
The former president lashed out at the pop superstar on his Truth Social account Sunday (Sept. 15) following her recent endorsement of the vice president in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!” Trump wrote in all caps.
The 78-year-old businessman-turned-politician’s post follows Swift’s message in support of the Harris-Walz campaign follow last week’s first televised debate between Trump and Harris on ABC News. The “Anti-Hero” singer’s lengthy note to her 238 million Instagram followers didn’t directly attack the ex-POTUS but focused rather on encouraging her fans to research the issues and register to vote.
“I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election,” Swift wrote alongside a photo with her cat Benjamin Button. “I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.”
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The pop star’s endorsement of Harris-Walz also called out Trump posting fake AI images that had falsely suggested she supported the MAGA leader.
“It really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation,” she said about the doctored images Trump put up on his Truth Social feed. “It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter. The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth.”
Swift signed her Instagram post as “Childless Cat Lady,” a zinger aimed at Trump’s VP candidate JD Vance, who once used that description to demean Democratic leaders without children.
Following Trump’s disdainful Truth Social post on Sunday, Swifties came out of the woodwork on social media to show support for the superstar, including one of her biggest fans, Flavor Flav (aka “King Swiftie”). “I LOVE TAYLOR SWIFT,!!” the Public Enemy story wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
Other Swifties took the opportunity to share memes and GIFs teasing the Republican presidential nominee about his post, including a clip of Swift raising a wine glass on The Graham Norton Show in 2022. “Taylor Swift seeing Trump’s post like ‘my work here is done,’” the post’s caption on X reads. Another fan shared a scene from the Mean Girls remake, writing, “Trump posting ‘I hate Taylor swift’ after his internal polling numbers dropped.”
Indeed, Swift’s endorsement post of the Democratic candidates brought around 400,000 people to the Vote.gov registration website in the following days. The singer could also continue efforts to get out the vote to hundreds of thousands of fans during her upcoming U.S. leg of The Eras Tour, which launches again on Oct.18 with three back-to-back shows at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. From there she’ll visit New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome (Oct. 25-27) and Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil Stadium (Nov. 1-3). Swift’s worldwide Eras Tour in on track to becoming the highest-grossing global tour in history, with approximately 10 million tickets sold.
Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet scores a third consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Sept. 21), becoming the second album to spend its first three weeks atop the list in 2023. Only Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department also spent its first three frames atop the list in 2024, of its total 15 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1.
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Short n’ Sweet earned 117,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Sept. 12 (down 25%), according to Luminate — largely driven by streaming activity of the album’s 12 songs.
Also in the top 10 of the Billboard 200, David Gilmour achieves his third solo top 10 album, as his first studio effort in nine years, Luck and Strange, bows at No. 10.
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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 Sept. 21, 2024-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Tuesday (Sept. 17). For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
Of Short n’ Sweet’s 117,000 equivalent album units earned in its third week, SEA units comprise 101,000 (down 20%, equaling 134.79 million on-demand official streams of the album’s 12 songs; it holds at No. 1 on the Top Streaming Albums chart), album sales comprise 15,000 (down 45%) and TEA units comprise 1,000 (down 5%).
Nos. 2-6 on the Billboard 200 are all non-movers. Post Malone’s former leader F-1 Trillion ranks at No. 2 (72,000 equivalent album units earned; down 16%); Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess is No. 3 (57,000; down 7%); Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping One Thing at a Time places at No. 4 (52,000; down 7%); Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department is No. 5 (51,000; down 3%); and Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft is No. 6 (47,000; down 3%).
Zach Bryan’s The Great American Bar Scene rises one spot to No. 7 with 38,000 equivalent album units earned (down 2%), Noah Kahan’s Stick Season climbs 9-8 with 38,000 (down 3%) and Wallen’s former leader Dangerous: The Double Album ascends 11-9 with 32,000 (down 5%).
David Gilmour rounds out the new top 10, as his first studio album in nine years, Luck and Strange, debuts at No. 10. It’s his third solo top 10-charting effort. He previously visited the top 10 with the solo sets Rattle That Lock (No. 5 in 2015) and On an Island (No. 6, 2006).
The new album earned 32,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Sept. 12. Of that sum, album sales comprise 30,000 (it’s the top-selling album of the week and bows at No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 2,000 units (equaling 2.17 million on-demand streams of the set’s songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. The album’s first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across four vinyl variants (which combined to sell 8,500 copies), two CD variants and a Blu-ray Audio configuration.
Gilmour is also a member of Pink Floyd, and all 10 of iconic rock band’s top 10-charting albums (from 1973’s No. 1 The Dark Side of the Moon through 2014’s The Endless River) reached the region after Gilmour joined the band in 1967. (The Dark Side of the Moon holds the record for the most weeks on the Billboard 200 of any album in the chart’s history — 990 weeks — having most recently made the list in May.)
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.
Jane’s Addiction has issued a statement following an onstage altercation between Perry Farrell and Dave Navarro.
The rock veterans took to social media on Saturday (Sept. 14) to apologize for the lead singer throwing a punch at the guitarist during the band’s concert in Boston on Friday.
“We want to extend a heartfelt apology for the events that unfolded last night,” Jane’s Addiction wrote on their Instagram Story. “As a result we will be cancelling tomorrow night’s show in Bridgeport.”
Jane’s Addiction added refund information for Sunday’s canceled show at the Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater in Connecticut.
The recently reunited band’s Friday show at Boston’s Leader Bank Pavilion came to a sudden halt when Farrell attacked Navarro midway through the their performance of “Ocean Size.” Fan-captured video shows the frontman becoming angry for unknown reasons and throwing a punch at the guitarist, who appeared confused by the singer’s outburst.
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“What the f–k?” Navarro appeared to shout as crew members restrained Farrell and dragged him backstage. The guitarist then took off his guitar and walked off stage, ending the concert after 11 songs. Jane’s Addiction’s recent concerts have typically featured three or four additional performances.
Farrell’s wife, Etty Lau Farrell, took to social media shortly after Friday’s concert to share her version of the story in a lengthy message.
“Clearly there had been a lot of tension and animosity between the members.. the magic that made the band so dynamic. Well, the dynamite was lit,” she wrote on Instagram alongside a video of the onstage fight.
“Perry’s frustration had been mounting, night after night, he felt that the stage volume had been extremely loud and his voice was being drowned out by the band. Perry had been suffering from tinnitus and a sore throat every night. But when the audience in the first row, started complaining up to Perry cussing at him that the band was planning too loud and that they couldn’t hear him, Perry lost it.”
She added that an altercation had occurred backstage between her husband and Jane’s Addiction bassist Eric Avery, who “put Perry in a headlock and punched him in the stomach three times.”
“Perry was a crazed beast for the next half an hour — he finally did not calm down, but did breakdown and cried and cried,” Etty Lau wrote. “Eric, well he either didn’t understand what descalation meant or took advantage of the situation and got in a few cheap shots on Perry.”
Jane’s Addiction’s Live Nation-produced reunion tour — which finds the four original members hitting the road for the first time in 14 years — launched in early August and is set to conclude in mid-October. At press time, the band’s next show was scheduled for Toronto’s Budweiser Stage on Sept. 18.