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24 Oct 2022

Want to See Harry Styles Live? Where to Buy Tickets to the Sold-Out Love On Tour

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The 2022 leg of Harry Styles‘ Love On Tour is already shaping up to be a mega-successful jaunt — and it’s not over yet. Styles, who kicked off the North American installment of his tour in August, will continue his two-week, mini-residency at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif., on Monday (Oct. 24).

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For the Stylers who are willing to pay a little more to see the “As It Was” singer live, we’ve rounded up some of the places that you can buy tickets online without spending an arm and a leg. Styles will head back to Europe in 2023 for another leg of the tour, Live Nation announced Aug. 26. Back in May, Styles added a handful of additional shows in New York City and Los Angeles and, of course, tickets sold out quickly. Styles also added a handful of additional dates to his Los Angeles concerts, bringing the tally to 15 shows. His string of shows at the Kia Forum will be held from Oct. 23 until Nov. 15.

Currently, tickets for Styles’ Love On Tour are available at Seat Geek starting at around $91 and approximately $80 on StubHub (prices may fluctuate depending on availability and the date of the show). You can also find passes on Vivid Seats for around $87 and up, depending on location and date. Select dates are still available at Ticketmaster, but expect to pay around $300 and up.

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The first European leg of the Love On Tour, promoting Styles’ third studio album, Harry’s House, kicked off June 11 at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland. Styles hit Toronto in mid-August before making his way to Madison Square Garden for a mini-residency that will run until Sept. 21. 

Harry’s House was released March 20 and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with an impressive 521,000 units sold in its first week. In wake of the horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in May, Styles and his tour sponsor, Live Nation, announced that they will donate $1 million to the Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, an educational, research and litigation arm of the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country.

“Along with all of you, I have been absolutely devastated by the recent string of mass shootings in America, culminating at Robb Elementary School in Texas,” said Styles at the time. “On our North American tour, we will be partnering with Everytown who work to end gun violence, donating to support their efforts, and sharing their suggested action items.”

Looking for gear to celebrate Styles’ new album and wear to the Love On Tour? Be sure to read our list of the best gifts for Harry Styles fans.

24 Oct 2022

Kim Kardashian Condemns Antisemitic Hate Speech After Kanye West’s Comments

Kim Kardashian spoke out on Monday (Oct. 24) against the recent barrage of antisemitic speech.

“Hate speech is never OK or excusable,” the SKIMS mogul tweeted. “I stand together with the Jewish community and call on the terrible violence and hateful rhetoric towards them to come to an immediate end.”

Though Kardashian didn’t mention ex-husband Kanye West by name, the rapper has made a number of dangerous comments about Jewish people in recent weeks. His Instagram and Twitter accounts were temporarily restricted after he threatened to go “death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE” in a post, and he later doubled down on his antisemitic claims during a sit-down interview with Fox News personality Tucker Carlson.

In a combative follow-up interview with Chris Cuomo, Ye insisted his string of comments didn’t qualify as “hate speech,” even while brands and companies such as Balenciaga and JPMorgan Chase cut ties with him over the controversy. Then last week, the rapper refused to apologize for his antisemitism on Piers Morgan, saying, “I fought fire with fire. I’m not here to get hosed down. It’s a different type of freedom fighter.”

Kardashian’s sister Khloé Kardashian was the first family member to publicly speak out in reference to the controversy, reposting a meme on Instagram that read, “I support my Jewish friends and the Jewish people” in simple blue lettering over a black background.

Read Kim’s statement decrying antisemitic hate speech below.

24 Oct 2022

Kanye West Dropped by CAA As Hollywood Boycott Calls Grow

Amid calls to cut ties with Kanye West over his repeated antisemitic comments, CAA stopped representing the artist within the last month, a source tells The Hollywood Reporter. 

The Century City-based talent agency had worked with the artist, but his repeated interviews espousing antisemitic rhetoric have proved indefensible to business partners. With CAA ending its run with West, Hollywood’s major talent agencies — including WME and UTA — have supported calls to end working relationship with the rapper and fashion mogul. 

On Oct. 23, Jeremy Zimmer, who leads rival agency UTA, sent a companywide email titled “Rise of Anti Semitism and Hate,” writing that West’s comments “embolden others to amplify their vile beliefs.” The UTA CEO added: “we can’t support hate speech, bigotry or anti-Semitism. Please support the boycott of Kanye West.”

Days earlier, Endeavor and WME mogul Ari Emanuel penned a column in the Financial Times saying that “silence” isn’t an option for the business community given West’s antisemitism. “Those who continue to do business with West are giving his misguided hate an audience,” Emanuel wrote. 

While West has a lucrative deal with Adidas for his Yeezy shoe and fashion line, other major partners — including French label Balenciaga, as well as production studio MRC, which was working on a documentary with the artist — have publicly distanced themselves and cut ties. “We cannot support any content that amplifies his platform,” wrote MRC’s leaders, while Balenciaga noted that it doesn’t have “any relationship” with West moving forward. 

While the rapper still has official accounts on Twitter and Instagram, posts containing antisemitic comments — including a tweet on Oct. 8 that called for “death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE” — have been removed from the social media giants’ platforms. In seeming response, West inked a deal to take ownership of the small “free speech” social media app Parler on Oct. 17. That app is run by the CEO George Farmer, the husband of conservative activist Candace Owens, who donned a “White Lives Matter” t-shirt along with West at Paris Fashion Week earlier this month.

The artist — whose net worth is estimated at $2 billion, per Forbes‘ calculations — had his last full length album, 2021’s Donda, distributed by Def Jam Recordings, a division of the publicly traded Universal Music Group. In a tweet on Oct. 17, UMG stated, “There is no place for antisemitism in our society,” but made no reference to West.

West’s media tour this month has included stops with Tucker Carlson on Fox News, rapper N.O.R.E. on the podcast Drink Champs, and Chris Cuomo at NewsNation. “I classify as Jew also, so I actually can’t be an antisemite,” West told Cuomo. 

This article was originally published on THR.com.

24 Oct 2022

Apple Music to Raise Subscription Prices Starting Today

Apple is increasing the prices of its Apple Music subscription plans in the U.S. starting Monday (Oct. 24), the company confirmed to Billboard.

In a statement, Apple noted that the Apple Music price hike is due to an increase in licensing costs, “and in turn, artists and songwriters will earn more for the streaming of their music. We also continue to add innovative features that make Apple Music the world’s best listening experience.”

The subscription prices of Apple TV+ and Apple One plans are also being raised, the company confirmed.

Prices are increasing $1 per month for Apple Music individual plans (from $9.99 to $10.99), $2 per month for family plans (from $14.99 to $16.99) and $10 per year for annual plans (from $99 to $109). Its bundled Apple One subscriptions are increasing $2 per month for individual plans (from $14.95 to $16.95) and $3 per month for family and premier plans — from $19.95 to $22.95 and $29.95 to $32.95, respectively. Notably, Apple Music subscriptions will continue to include lossless and Spatial Audio at no additional charge.

This marks the first time Apple has raised subscription prices for these services in the U.S. The website 9to5Mac, which first reported on the increases, also reported that Apple would increase its raise prices in international markets, though the company had not confirmed that by press time.

Though Apple does not regularly report subscriber numbers, in June, J.P. Morgan estimated Apple Music could hit 110 million subscribers by 2025. The lat time the company reported subscriber numbers for Apple Music was in 2019, when it reported 60 million subscribers to the service.

The Apple Music price hike comes amid reports that Spotify could be charging $19.99 a month for its forthcoming premium HiFi subscription tier, though the company has not yet confirmed that. Earlier this month, YouTube raised the price of its YouTube Premium Family plan, which includes its music subscription service, from $17.99 to $22.99 per month.

24 Oct 2022

Sam Smith & Kim Petras‘ ’Unholy’ Rules Billboard Global Charts for Fourth Week

Sam Smith and Kim Petras‘ “Unholy” notches a fourth week at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts.

Plus, Rema and Selena Gomez‘s “Calm Down” hits the Global 200’s top 10, jumping from No. 11 to No. 7, and Kenshi Yonezu‘s “Kick Back” bounds 26-4 and Tom Odell‘s “Another Love” rises 11-10 on Global Excl. U.S., the latter completing a record 81-week run on the chart to the top 10.

The two charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Billboard Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the U.S.

Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

‘Unholy’ No. 1 on Global 200, ‘Calm Down’ Hits Top 10

Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ “Unholy” achieves a fourth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, with 85 million streams (up 4%) and 26,000 downloads sold worldwide (up 44%) in the Oct. 14-20 tracking week, its gains sparked by 69-cent sale-pricing, as well as the release of live and instrumental versions and Disclosure and Acraze remixes. Plus, it was announced Oct. 17 that the song will appear on Smith’s forthcoming fourth LP, Gloria, due Jan. 27.

Notably, songs by acts all from outside the U.S. have topped the Global 200 for 35 consecutive weeks, spanning seven titles (and five countries), both record streaks since the chart began. Here’s a recap:

“Heat Waves,” Glass Animals (UK), six weeks at No. 1, beginning March 5
“As It Was,” Harry Styles (UK), 15, April 16
“Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God),” Kate Bush (UK), three, June 18
“Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52,” Bizarrap (Argentina) & Quevedo (Spain), four, July 30
“Pink Venom,” BLACKPINK (South Korea), two, Sept. 3
“Shut Down,” BLACKPINK (South Korea), one, Oct. 1
“Unholy,” Sam Smith (UK) & Kim Petras (Germany), four to-date, Oct. 8

David Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue)” holds at its No. 2 Global 200 high; Chris Brown’s “Under the Influence” rises 4-3 for a new best; Harry Styles’ “As It Was” slips 3-4, following its record 15-week reign; and OneRepublic’s “I Ain’t Worried” repeats at its No. 5 highpoint.

Elsewhere in the Global 200’s top 10, Rema and Selena Gomez’s “Calm Down” reaches the region (11-7), led by 45.4 million streams (up 2%) worldwide. Nigeria native Rema dropped the original, solo version of the song in February as the second single from his debut LP, Rave & Roses. Its remix with Gomez arrived Aug. 26, and that version’s official video premiered Sept. 7.

Rema reaches the Global 200’s top 10 in his first appearance on the chart, while Gomez lands her second top 10 since the survey began, after “Ice Cream,” with BLACKPINK, ranked at its No. 8 high on the inaugural list in September 2020.

“Calm Down” concurrently keeps at its No. 8 high on the Global Excl. U.S. chart.

‘Unholy’ Tops Global Excl. U.S., ‘Kick Back,’ ‘Another Love’ Reach Top 10

Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ “Unholy” adds a fourth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, with 61.7 million streams (up 4%) and 7,000 downloads sold (up 14%) worldwide in territories outside the U.S. in the Oct. 14-20 tracking week.

Similar to the Global 200, songs by acts from outside the U.S. have dominated the Global Excl. U.S. chart for 33 weeks in a row, covering nine titles (and six countries), likewise record streaks:

“Heat Waves,” Glass Animals (U.K.), three weeks at No. 1, beginning March 19
“Envolver,” Anitta (Brazil), one, April 9
“As It Was,” Harry Styles (U.K.), 13, April 16
“Yet To Come,” BTS (South Korea), one, June 25
“Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God),” Kate Bush (U.K.), one, July 16
“Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52,” Bizarrap (Argentina) & Quevedo (Spain), six, July 30
“Pink Venom,” BLACKPINK (South Korea), three, Sept. 3
“Shut Down,” BLACKPINK (South Korea), one, Oct. 1
“Unholy,” Sam Smith (UK) & Kim Petras (Germany), four to-date, Oct. 8

David Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s “I’m Good (Blue)” keeps at its No. 2 Global Excl. U.S. best and Manuel Turizo’s “La Bachata” is steady at its No. 3 high.

Kenshi Yonezu’s “Kick Back” surges 26-4 on the Global Excl. U.S. chart, with 23.3 million streams and 32,000 sold in its first full week of tracking. The Japanese artist lands his first top 10 on the chart (after reaching a prior No. 16 best with “M87” in May) with the opener for the new anime series Chainsaw Man. As previously reported, the track launched atop the latest Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart.

Harry Styles’ “As It Was” falls 4-5 on Global Excl. U.S. following its record 13-week rule.

Rounding out the Global Excl. U.S. top 10, Tom Odell’s “Another Love” rises 11-10. The song by the English singer-songwriter enters the top 10 in its 81st week on the chart, as it wraps the longest climb to the tier, far surpassing the 35-week wait for Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” in 2021. Going back even further, “Another Love” was originally released 10 years ago this month, on Odell’s debut EP Songs From Another Love, with its profile having swelled to new heights thanks to its presence on TikTok. The song initially hit No. 10 on the Official UK Singles chart in 2013 and ranks at No. 13 in its latest week on the list.

“Another Love,” Odell’s first Global Excl. U.S. entry, gained by 1% to 30 million streams and 5% to 2,000 sold outside the U.S. Oct. 14-20.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Oct. 29, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 25). For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard‘s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

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.

24 Oct 2022

Kendrick Lamar‘s The Big Steppers Tour in Paris: Stream On-Demand & Shop the Exclusive Merch Collection

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Kendrick Lamar is giving fans repeat access to the Paris stop on The Big Stepper’s Tour. The sold-out show, coinciding with the 10th anniversary of his triple-platinum good kid, m.A.A.d city LP, was livestreamed exclusively on Prime Video and Amazon Music’s Twitch page on Saturday (Oct. 22).

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Fans who missed the first showing — and those who want to watch it again — can stream the concert on-demand via Prime Video. The performance includes sets from pgLang’s Tanna Leone and Baby Keem. 

“As a kid from the west side of Compton, hearing good kid, m.A.A.d city for the first time and seeing Kendrick’s journey from neighborhood hero to global superstar ignited a fire in me that I’m forever grateful for. It showed me that no matter where you start in life, hard work and dedication will put you where you hope and dream to be,” Tim Hinshaw, head of R&B and hip-hop for Amazon Music said in a statement. “Now, 10 years later, it’s almost poetic that two kids from the same city with similar, but different dreams have landed in Paris to celebrate not just that record but Kendrick’s latest revolutionary album, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers. We’re honored to sponsor this tour and bring this show to fans around the world.”

“We are thrilled to be working with Kendrick Lamar, one of the most influential and groundbreaking artists of my generation, and pgLang to collaborate across Amazon for this epic entertainment event,” added Alaina Bartels, head of talent synergy & specials at Amazon Studios. “We continue to be the home for talent and creating special opportunities for our global customers to experience their awe-inspiring creativity.”

Read on for details on how to stream the Lamar’s Paris show for free and links to shop the exclusive merch collection.

Kendrick Lamar ‘The Big Steppers Tour’ Live from Paris: How to Watch Online

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The Big Stepper’s Tour Exclusive Merch: Shop the Collection

The Grammy-winning rapper launched The Big Stepper’s Tour, in support of his fifth studio album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, over the summer. Lamar’s global tour played two, sold-out shows in Paris and is scheduled to make stops in Germany, Switzerland and the U.K. (click here for tickets) before wrapping up in Aukland, New Zealand on Dec. 17.

In addition to watching the Paris performance, fans can cop pieces from Amazon’s The Big Stepper’s Tour official store.

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24 Oct 2022

Harry Styles Proves He’s the Male Pop Star We Need on First Night of Los Angeles Run

A Harry Styles concert is what Beatlemania must have felt like.

For the 17,000 people at the singer’s opening Love on Tour concert in Los Angeles on Sunday night (Oct. 23) — many of whom were certainly not alive in the 1960s — the eardrum-rupturing screams and cries as the 28-year-old superstar walked on stage brought up a sweet nostalgia for the rock n’ roll days of the past.

Dressed in an orange and white suit, embellished with sparkling palm trees, Styles introduced his 15-night run at the Kia Forum with the Harry’s House fan favorite, “Daydreaming.”

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The Grammy winner then delivered an hour-and-a-half set list (below) of career-spanning hits, from his debut album’s “Kiwi” and Fine Line‘s “Adore You” to his third studio LP’s hits like “Music for a Sushi Restaurant,” “Cinema,” “Late Night Talking” and many more. While the set lists have evolved over Styles’ tours, one thing remains the same — the glitter-dressed fans singing every word so loud that you can barely hear Harry, waving their feather boas in the air and dancing freely with their fellow concert attendees.

Notably, Styles didn’t perform the Harry’s House track, “Boyfriends,” but thankfully, opening act Ben Harper took on the poignant ballad, as he played guitar on the original recording. “I’ve recorded in a lot of different environments with a lot of different people, and this stands out as one of the most exciting and gratifying sessions I’ve ever done,” Harper told Billboard of recording the track. “[Songwriter] Kid Harpoon and Harry, they were very patient. We went in and kept throwing ideas and, finally, I just tried one idea that really stuck.”

“I try not to put expectations on a crowd, lay them all on my shoulders. I walk up there and just give everything. Be well enough rehearsed to have a lot of fun,” Harper added of his set, which also featured both his children joining him onstage to perform. “It’s got to be fun or I should be doing something else.”

Styles wrapped up his high-energy set with a jam-packed encore, and with two songs left of the show, the singer noticed a couple heading out of the arena to try and beat the Los Angeles traffic. “We’re not finished! Go back!” Styles jokingly shouted at them, and the duo (now on the jumbotron) followed the star’s orders and went back to their chairs. “We’ve got two songs left, back to your seats! We can see you sneaking out. I’m not done!”

And while the playful interaction, of course, was just a display of Styles’ goofy sense of humor, his declaration of “I’m not done” struck a chord as he delved straight into his 15-week Billboard Hot 100 chart topper, “As It Was.” For Styles, singing to sold-out crowds in the country’s biggest and most iconic arenas, it’s clear that nothing is, in his own words, “the same as it was.” His career is also the furthest thing from “done.” In fact, it’s just the beginning for Harry Styles.

See Styles’ full set list below, and check out how to snag tickets for his upcoming Los Angeles shows here.

Daydreaming
Golden
Adore You
Daylight
Keep Driving
Matilda
Little Freak
Satellite
Cinema
Music for a Sushi Restaurant
Treat People With Kindness
What Makes You Beautiful
Late Night Talking
Watermelon Sugar
Love of My Life

Encore:
Sign of the Times
Medicine
As It Was
Kiwi

24 Oct 2022

Elle King Announces 2023 Tour

Elle King will kick off 2023 in a big way. Not only will her debut country project, Come Get Your Wife, release Jan. 27, but she will bring her music to fans starting Feb. 14 with her headlining Elle King A-Freakin-Men Tour, presented by Low and Slow.

The nearly 30-city tour will launch in New Orleans on Valentine’s Day, with Red Clay Strays opening the shows.

“I am so excited to be going back out on tour, not just because I love to perform, but because I’m finally putting out a new record,” King said via a statement. “I have put all of my energy and love into this album and I cannot wait to share it live for everyone.”

Known for the Grammy-nominated “Ex’s and Oh’s,” King already has two country hits to her credit, her Dierks Bentley collaboration “Different for Girls,” as well as the Miranda Lambert collaboration “Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home).”

The Alabama natives Red Clay Strays include Brandon Coleman (lead vocals/guitar), Drew Nix (vocals/electric guitar/harmonica), Zach Rishel (electric guitar), Andrew Bishop (bass) and John Hall (drums).

See the tour dates for King’s A-Freakin-Men Tour below:

  • Feb 14 – New Orleans – The Fillmore   
  • Feb 16 – Atlanta – Tabernacle
  • Feb 17 – Asheville, N.C. – The Orange Peel
  • Feb 18 – Asheville, N.C. – The Orange Peel
  • Feb 19 – Lexington, Ky. – Manchester Music Hall
  • Feb 21 – Silver Spring, Md. – The Fillmore
  • Feb 22 – Huntington, N.Y. – The Paramount
  • Feb 24 – Boston – Roadrunner
  • Feb 25 – Harrisburg, Pa. – XL Live
  • Feb 27 – Cleveland, Ohio – Masonic Auditorium
  • Feb 28 – Cincinnati – The Andrew J Brady Music Center
  • March 1 – Indianapolis – Egyptian Room at Old Red Centre
  • March 3 – Detroit – The Fillmore
  • March 4 – Chicago – TBA
  • March 5 – St. Paul, Minn. – The Palace
  • March 7 – St. Louis – The Pageant
  • March 8 – Kansas City, Mo. – Uptown Theater
  • March 10 – Denver – Summit
  • March 11 – Salt Lake City – Union Event Center
  • March 14 – Portland, Ore. – Revolution Hall
  • March 15 – Portland, Ore. – Revolution Hall
  • March 17 – Stateline, Nev. – Harrah’s Lake Tahoe South Shore Room
  • March 18 – Sacramento, Calf. – Ace Of Spades
  • March 20 – Tempe, Ariz. – Marquee Theater
  • March 23 – Austin, Texas – Austin City Limits Live At Moody Theater
  • March 24 – Tulsa, Okla. – Cain’s Ballroom
  • March 25 – Bossier City, La. – Margaritaville Resort Theater (*Red Clay Strays not available for this show)

24 Oct 2022

Lil Baby Becomes Just Third Artist to Chart 25 Songs on Hot 100 in a Single Week

Lil Baby charts a whopping 25 songs on the latest, Oct. 29-dated Billboard Hot 100, including all 23 tracks from his new album It’s Only Me.

In the 64-year history of the Hot 100, Lil Baby is just the third act to have his fingerprint on at least a quarter of the chart, after Drake, who placed a one-week record 27 songs on the July 14, 2018, survey, concurrent with the release of his LP Scorpion, and Taylor Swift, who sent 26 songs onto the Nov. 27, 2021-dated chart, as Red (Taylor’s Version) simultaneously made its chart arrival, with both sets having opened atop the Billboard 200 albums tally.

It’s Only Me likewise launches at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, with 216,000 equivalent album units earned in the Oct. 14-20 tracking week, according to Luminate. It’s the seventh-largest weekly units sum this year, and the third-largest for a hip-hop album, after the first weeks of Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (295,000; May 28) and Future’s I Never Liked You (222,000; May 14).

Lil Baby lands his third Billboard 200 No. 1, after 2021’s The Voice of the Heroes, with Lil Durk, and 2020’s My Turn.

Here’s a recap of Lil Baby’s entries on the newest Hot 100. All are debuts except where noted:

Rank, Artist Billing, Title:

  • No. 4, Lil Baby, “California Breeze”
  • No. 8, Lil Baby feat. Fridayy, “Forever”
  • No. 10, Lil Baby, “Real Spill”
  • No. 15, Lil Baby & Nardo Wick, “Pop Out”
  • No. 16, Lil Baby, “In a Minute” (up from No. 40; new high)
  • No. 19, Lil Baby & Young Thug, “Never Hating”
  • No. 21, Lil Baby, “Heyy” (up from No. 77; new high)
  • No. 22, Lil Baby, “Stand On It”
  • No. 26, Lil Baby, “Not Finished”
  • No. 32, Lil Baby, “Perfect Timing”
  • No. 42, Lil Baby feat. Future, “From Now On”
  • No. 45, Lil Baby, “Waterfall Flow”
  • No. 52, Lil Baby, “Everything”
  • No. 54, Lil Baby, “Double Down”
  • No. 57, Lil Baby & Rylo Rodriguez, “Cost To Be Alive”
  • No. 58, Lil Baby feat. Pooh Shiesty, “Shiest Talk”
  • No. 64, Lil Baby, “Top Priority”
  • No. 66, DJ Khaled feat. Drake & Lil Baby, “Staying Alive” (down from No. 49; peaked at No. 5)
  • No. 68, Lil Baby & EST Gee, “Back and Forth”
  • No. 69, Lil Baby, “Danger”
  • No. 70, Lil Baby, “Russian Roulette”
  • No. 76, Lil Baby, “FR”
  • No. 80, Lil Baby, “No Fly Zone”
  • No. 81, Lil Baby feat. Jeremih, “Stop Playin”
  • No. 84, Lil Baby, “Freestyle” (down from No. 63, its peak)

With 20 debuts, Lil Baby ups his career total to 131 Hot 100-charting songs, passing Chris Brown (113) and Nicki Minaj (125) for the seventh-most. Drake leads all acts with 278, followed by the Glee Cast (207), Lil Wayne (183), Taylor Swift (168), Future (152) and Kanye West (141).

Lil Baby also ups his career totals to 13 career Hot 100 top 10s, 26 top 20 hits, and 48 top 40 entries.

Upon the rapper’s latest achievement, here’s a look at every week in which an act has charted at least 20 songs on the Hot 100:

Most Concurrent Hot 100-Charting Songs:

  • 27, Drake, July 14, 2018
  • 26, Taylor Swift, Nov. 27, 2021
  • 25, Lil Baby, Oct. 29, 2022
  • 24, Drake, July 21, 2018
  • 24, Drake, April 8, 2017
  • 23, Kanye West, Sept. 11, 2021
  • 22, Bad Bunny, May 21, 2022
  • 22, Lil Uzi Vert, March 28, 2020
  • 22, Lil Wayne, Oct. 13, 2018
  • 21, Drake, Sept. 18, 2021
  • 21, Drake, April 15, 2017
  • 20, Bad Bunny, May 28, 2022
  • 20, Lil Uzi Vert, March 21, 2020
  • 20, Drake, May 21, 2016

Meanwhile, Lil Baby has now charted 39 songs on the Hot 100 in 2022 alone, passing YoungBoy Never Broke Again (30) for the most among all acts this year. Lil Uzi Vert holds the record for the most entries in a calendar year among soloists, with 46 in 2020. The Glee Cast holds the overall yearly record, with 80 in 2010.