Philadelphia Eagles
The new charity holiday album A Philly Special Christmas Special scores big across Billboard’s charts (dated Dec. 16), as the star-studded set debuts in the top 10 on Top Album Sales, Independent Albums, Top Current Album Sales, Top Holiday Albums and Vinyl Albums.
The 11-track project, led by Philadelphia Eagles players Jason Kelce, Jordan Mailata and Lane Johnson, features 10 covers and one new original song. Special guests on the project include Patti LaBelle, Travis Kelce (Jason’s Kansas City Chiefs star brother and Taylor Swift’s boyfriend), Amos Lee, Howie Roseman (Eagles’ executive vice president/general manager) and Waxahatchee. All profits from the album will be donated to Philadelphia-area charities, including Children’s Crisis Treatment Center and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
A Philly Special Christmas Special sold 28,000 copies in the U.S. in the week ending Dec. 7, according to Luminate, and was available as either a digital download album or a $75 red-colored vinyl LP. It launches at No. 3 on Top Album Sales and Top Current Album Sales and No. 3 on Vinyl Albums (nearly 17,500 sold on vinyl). The set also bows at No. 4 on Independent Albums and No. 8 on Top Holiday Albums, as well as at No. 25 on the Billboard 200
A Philly Special Christmas Special is the sequel to 2022’s seven-track A Philly Special Christmas. A new $125 double-vinyl-only release that combined both albums also makes a notable debut, as A Philly Special Christmas Special (The Deluxe Album 2022 & 2023) sold nearly 20,000 copies and bows at No. 6 on Top Album Sales and Top Current Album Sales, and No. 2 on Vinyl Albums. It also starts at No. 8 on Independent Albums, No. 17 on Top Holiday Albums and No. 55 on the Billboard 200.
Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Luminate. Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. The new Dec. 16, 2023-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Dec. 12. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
Top Current Album Sales and Vinyl Albums ranks the week’s top selling current albums (excluding older titled, referred to as catalog) and vinyl albums, respectively. Independent Albums and Top Holiday Albums rank the week’s most popular independently released albums and holiday albums, respectively, by equivalent album units.
As the Philly Special team debuts at Nos. 3 and 6 on Top Album Sales, ATEEZ notches its second chart-topper as THE WORLD EP.FIN: WILL bows atop the tally. It sold 146,000 copies in the tracking week – the Korean pop ensemble’s biggest sales week. As is typical for major K-pop releases, THE WORLD EP.FIN: WILL was issued in multiple collectible physical configurations, 33 in total. All have the same 12-song tracklist but have alternative packaging and contain different branded paper merchandise (some randomized, including photocards). Of the 33 editions, 26 are CDs and seven are vinyl. Among the variants are retail exclusives sold through the likes of Barnes & Noble, Target and Walmart.
Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) falls to No. 2 on Top Album Sales (54,000; down 38%), while Stray Kids’ ROCK-STAR descends 2-4 (21,000; down 43%) and Swift’s chart-topping Folklore falls 3-5 (21,000; down 41%).
Swift’s former No. 1s Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) and Midnights move 5-7 and 4-8, respectively, selling about 19,000 each (down 33% and 39%, respectively). Cher’s Christmas returns to the top 10, bounding 12-9 with 19,000 sold (up 5%), and Dolly Parton’s former leader Rockstar falls 6-10 with 18,000 (down 26%).
In the week ending Dec. 7, there were 2.708 million albums sold in the U.S. (down 9.7% compared to the previous week). Of that sum, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) comprised 2.342 million (down 13%) and digital albums comprised 366,000 (up 18.9%).
There were 1.010 million CD albums sold in the week ending Dec. 7 (up 8.4% week-over-week) and 1.320 million vinyl albums sold (down 24.5%). Year-to-date CD album sales stand at 33.863 million (up 3.2% compared to the same time frame a year ago) and year-to-date vinyl album sales total 44.508 million (up 16.7%).
Overall year-to-date album sales total 96.182 million (up 6.2% compared to the same year-to-date time frame a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales stand at 78.891 million (up 10.4%) and digital album sales total 17.290 million (down 9.3%).
The Philadelphia Eagles are getting into the holiday spirit! The NFL team’s Jason Kelce, Jordan Mailata and Lane Johnson teamed up this year for their second festive album, A Philly Special Christmas Special, which features a freshly dropped rendition of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” The album is out December 1, and […]
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.
More than 100 million people are expected to tune in for this year’s Super Bowl. If you don’t want to miss out on the action, we’ve rounded up all the ways to watch and stream Rihanna’s highly anticipated halftime show (and the championship game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs.)
Explore
Explore
See latest videos, charts and news
See latest videos, charts and news
Keep reading for a breakdown of ways to watch Super Bowl LVII live from the State Farm Arena in Glendale, Ariz.
How to Watch the Super Bowl Halftime Show
What time does the Super Bowl start? Super Bowl LVII will broadcast live on Fox and Fox Deportes on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.
And Rihanna’s not the only music act headed for the Super Bowl. Babyface will sing “America the Beautiful,” Sheryl Lee Ralph is slated to sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing” and Chris Stapleton will sing the national anthem.
What time does the Super Bowl halftime show start? The halftime performance usually takes place about an hour-and-a-half into the game, which means that fans can expect to see Rihanna take the stage somewhere around 7:45-8 p.m. ET.
If you already have access to Fox through cable, satellite, internet or an HD antenna, check your local listings for further information. If you’re not subscribed to a streaming plan, there a few different, money-saving options out there like Fubov TV, DirectTV, Sling, Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV and NFL+ (Express VPN allows you to stream from outside the U.S.).
Fubo TV
$74.99/month
Looking for free trial? Fubo, Direct TV, YouTube and NFL+ offer free trials for up to a week in most cases. Streaming packages range from as low as $4.99 up to approximately $75 per month.
TV Deals for the Big Game
Looking for a new TV? Super Bowl Sunday is the good time to scoop up a new TV on sale. See below for a list of TV deals that you won’t want to pass up.
Best Buy
Samsung 85-inch Class TU690T Series LED 4K UHD Smart Tizen TV
$999.99 $1,399.99 29% off% OFF
In the market for a large-screen TV? This 85-inch Samsung Series LED 4K UHD Smart Tizen TV is marked down $400 at Best Buy — plus it’s available for delivery and in-store pickup. If you want a smaller option, the 65-inch Samsung TV is less than $500 at Best Buy.
Best Buy
LG 72-Inch OLED 4K UHD Smart TV
$1,699.99 $2,799.99 39% off% OFF
If you prefer OLED, check out this 77-inch LG TV. An advanced α7 Gen5 AI Processor 4K adjusts the picture and sound qualities that put you right in the center of the action — without leaving home. The TV has built-in access to Netflix, Prime Video, the Apple TV app, Disney+, HBO Max, over 300+ LG channels and it comes with three free months of Apple TV+.
Amazon
Amazon Fire TV 65-Inch Omni Series 4K UHD Smart TV
$599.99 $759.99 21% off% OFF
Save $150 on this 65-inch Amazon Fire HD currently discounted to $599.99. Bring the game to life and stream over a million shows and movies on the 4K Ultra HD TV.
Walmart
Hisense 43-Inch 4K UHD Google Smart TV
$228
This 43-inch Hisense A6 seires TV features stunning picture with added pre-sets such as Sports Mode, Movie Move and Game Mode.
Walmart
Vizio 50-inch Class M6 Series 4K QLED TV
$398
Vizio’s best-selling, Class M6 Series 4K QLED TV offers an immersive viewing experience with true-to-life picture, Bluetooth headphones capabilities, Apple Airplay 2, built-in Chromecast and Watch Free+ to stream sports, movies, news and more.
HipHopWired Featured Video
Source: Christian Petersen / Getty
Andy Reid is best known as one of the best football minds in the NFL today, but nobody would confuse him for being an expert on modern-day Hip-Hop. During a media session on Wednesday (Feb. 8), the Kansas City Chiefs head coach was asked to name the top three rappers alive and the results were hilarious.
Andy Reid, 64, was at the podium fielding questions from members of the media ahead of the upcoming Super Bowl contest against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday (Feb. 12). Among the reporters in the room, former NFL player Brandon Marshall used the moment to test Coach Reid’s Hip-Hop knowledge and the results were actually shocking.
“Do the Fat Boys count as one rapper?” Reid fired back, according to a report from local outlet The Kansas City Star. “All right, Jay-Z, shoot, I don’t know. I’m missing Master P. Yeah, I’m giving you all the old ones. Lil Wayne, wasn’t he just at our place? Who was just at our place?”
As the outlet notes, the name Coach Reid was searching for was Lil Jon, who was a halftime performer at the AFC Divisional Playoffs game versus the Jacksonville Jaguars at Arrowhead. Close, but no cigar, kind sir.
We’re actually impressed that Coach Andy Reid had the swiftness to name that many rappers but it figures that many of the stars he’s coached over the years blasted their tunes and put Reid up on game.
Check out the hilarious exchange below.
—
Photo: Getty
HipHopWired Featured Video
Source: Afonso Farias / Getty
New Yorkers were heartbroken when the Philadelphia Eagles eliminated the New York Giants from the playoffs a few weekends ago. But when the Empire State Building lit up in green and white lights to celebrate the Eagles making it to the Super Bowl this past Sunday night, Big Apple residents were enraged and screamed betrayal at whoever pulls the switches over at the iconic building.
According to the Gothamist, New Yorkers weren’t too thrilled to see their iconic building beaming in the colors of our football team’s division rival. Especially after Philly caught a break and injured San Francisco’s only two quarterbacks on the roster to punch their ticket to the big game. (That game was hella lame as a result).
Many Giants fans expressed dismay that that the city’s iconic building was celebrating their rival.
City councilmember Keith Powers called the move “absolutely ridiculous” on Twitter.
The city’s Department of Sanitation, which also uses green and white colors, encouraged New Yorkers to pretend the lights were supporting New York’s Strongest.
Yeah, we can’t just pretend this is celebrating our hardworking men and women over at New York City’s Sanitation department. Heads should roll over this! Would they have done the same thing had Giant’s rivals (the Dallas Cowboys) made it to the Super Bowl? They might’ve enraged New Yorkers even more.
While we certainly didn’t appreciate the move made over at 20 W 34th Street, some New Yorkers took things a step further and made their way into the building demanding the lights be changed and whoever runs their Twitter page be fired for the stunt.
We’re willing to bet at least a few of these people were in attendance at the Jan. 6th insurrection. Just sayin.’
Apparently the folks over at the Empire State Building planned on lighting up the building in the colors of whoever won the NFC Championship game. Unfortunately, it turned out to be the Giants’ division rival. Taking to Twitter to mock the outcry the move generated, a representative for the Empire State Building posted a video of himself fake crying while saying “Life is so unfair!”
That fool lowkey looks like Bradley Cooper so you know he’s an Eagles fan. Yes, everyone that looks like Bradley “Super Eagles Fan” Cooper is also an Eagles fan. That’s just hood science at this point. That goes for both men and women.
To be fair, later that night the building also lit up in red and gold to celebrate the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory over the Cincinnati Bengals, but we don’t care about that.
What do y’all think about the move made at the Empire State Building? Fair or foul? Did New Yorkers overreact? Let us know in the comments section below.
—
Photo: Getty
The charity album A Philly Special Christmas hits the top 10 on four Billboard album charts, including a No. 1 re-entry on the Compilation Albums tally and a No. 9 debut on Top Album Sales. Led by Philadelphia Eagles players Jason Kelce, Lane Johnson and Jordan Mailata, the seven-track set includes renditions of holiday favorites such sa “White Christmas” and “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town.” All profits from the album benefit Philadelphia’s Children’s Crisis Treatment Center.
Explore
Explore
See latest videos, charts and news
See latest videos, charts and news
A Philly Special Christmas was released as a digital download album for purchase and through streaming services on Dec. 23. In the week ending Dec. 29, 2022, the album sold nearly 11,000 copies in the U.S. according to Luminate – the largest sales week for a non-soundtrack compilation album in over two years. Nearly all of those 11,000 sales were digital downloads. The album previously was available on vinyl, and sold 3,000 copies between the weeks ending Dec. 1 and Dec. 22.
A Philly Special Christmas re-enters the Compilation Albums chart at No. 1 and re-enters Top Current Album Sales at No. 4 (also its first week in the top 10), and debuts at No. 8 on Independent Albums and No. 9 on Top Album Sales. It also bows at No. 26 on Top Holiday Albums and No. 80 on the Billboard 200. (All charts dated Jan. 7, 2023, reflecting the tracking week ending Dec. 29, 2022.)
The last time a non-soundtrack compilation album sold more in a single week was two years ago, when the last Good Music charity album, Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy, Volume 2 debuted at No. 1 on Compilation Albums and No. 10 on Top Album Sales with 13,500 sold (Oct. 17, 2020, chart).
Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Luminate. Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.
Compilation Albums ranks the week’s top-selling compilation albums and Top Current Album Sales lists the week’s overall top-selling current albums (excluding catalog, or older, titles). Independent Albums reflects the week’s most popular albums, by units, released by independent record labels. Top Holiday Albums ranks the most popular seasonal albums of the week, by units.
At No. 1 on Top Album Sales, Taylor Swift’s Midnights rules the list for a 10th week – the entirety of its chart run – with 55,000 copies sold (down 44%). It’s the first album with 10 weeks at No. 1 since Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born soundtrack strung together 10 nonconsecutive weeks atop the list in 2018-19. The last album with 10 straight weeks at No. 1 was Adele’s 21, which linked together 10 weeks in a row (of its total 24) in 2012.
RM’s Indigo is a non-mover at No. 2 with 15,000 (down 81%), Michael Jackson’s Thriller rises 5-3 with 14,000 (down 37%), Harry Styles’ former No. 1 Harry’s House is steady at No. 4 with 13,000 (down 43%) and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours climbs 7-5 with 12,000 (down 39%).
Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city jumps 9-6 with nearly 12,000 sold (down 22%), Tyler, the Creator’s Igor bumps 12-7 with 11,000 (down 14%), Vince Guaraldi Trio’s A Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack falls 3-8 with 11,000 (down 52%) and A Family Christmas from Matteo, Andrea and Virginia Bocelli descends 10-6 with 10,000 (down 51%).
-
Pages