State Champ Radio Pop
Page: 388
Ed Sheeran wasn’t expecting to win an Emmy at the 2023 Primetime Emmy Creative Arts Awards. Along with Max Martin and Foy Vance, Sheeran took home the award for outstanding original music and lyrics for “A Beautiful Game,” which they wrote for an episode of Ted Lasso. Night one of the 2023 Primetime Emmys took place Saturday night […]
Baby, there’s nothing holdin’ him back! Shawn Mendes was like a little kid as he gleefully dashed outside to feel the snow in a video shared on Sunday (Jan. 7). But the 25-year-old Canadian singer-songwriter was seemingly not under parental supervision when he went outside in only shorts — no shirt, no shoes and nothing […]
Lewis Capaldi‘s “Strangers” has topped this week’s new music poll.
Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Jan. 5) on Billboard, choosing the Scottish musician’s new single as their favorite new music release of the past week.
“Strangers” brought in 65% of the vote, beating out new music by The Last Dinner Party (“Caesar on a TV Screen”), Green Day (“One Eyed Bastard”), Gabby Barrett (“You’re My Texas”), The Game and Big Hit (Paisley Dreams), and others.
Capaldi is in balladry mode on “Strangers,” which sees him stepping back into the familiar territory of his breakthrough hit single “Someone You Loved,” which spent three weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2019.
The crooner’s signature tone, tinged with heartache, shines on the new track as he sings of his departed lover. It also pulls double-duty and reignites his ongoing feud with Liam and Noel Gallagher, as it mentions him and the object of his affection once bonding over a mutual dislike of Oasis’ “Wonderwall” (“You say you hate this song… my dear, you’re not the only one”).
Capaldi announced in a New Year’s Eve message that he would be releasing an extended version of his second album, Broken By the Desire to Be Heavenly Sent, on Jan. 1. The expanded set features five additional songs.
“Prior to my decision to f— off for a bit, I’d always hoped to release an extended version at some point!” the singer wrote on Instagram. “After some back-and-forth about whether or not it was the right thing to do, I’ve decided it would be a shame for these five extra songs, which are so incredibly special to me, to sit on my hard drive, never to see the light of day.”
Trailing behind “Strangers” on the poll is The Last Dinner Party’s stirring “Caesar on a TV Screen,” which brought in nearly 12% of the vote. The song will be featured on the alt-rock British quintet’s full-length debut, Prelude to Ecstasy, which is scheduled for release in February.
See the final results of this week’s new music release poll below.
Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) nabs a sixth nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Jan. 13, 2024), as the set earned nearly 64,000 equivalent album units (down 35%), according to Luminate. Swift has four albums in the top 10 on the new chart, as her chart-topping Midnights, Lover and Folklore are found at Nos. 5, 6 and 10, respectively.
Explore
Explore
See latest videos, charts and news
See latest videos, charts and news
With the new chart’s data reflecting the tracking week of Dec. 29, 2023-Jan. 4, 2024 — the first week after the Dec. 25 Christmas holiday — seasonal albums vacate the top 10 (and entire 200-position chart). A week ago, five holiday efforts populated the top 10.
Meanwhile, Republic Records claims the Billboard 200’s top six and a modern-era single-week record eight of the top 10.
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 Jan. 13, 2024-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Tuesday (Jan. 9). For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
The top seven titles on the new Billboard 200 are all former chart-toppers, as, following 1989 (Taylor’s Version) at No. 1 are Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time (rising 5-2 with nearly 64,000; up 6%); Drake’s For All the Dogs (6-3; 58,000, up 1%); Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday 2 (3-4; 57,000, down 13%); Swift’s Midnights (9-5; 46,000, down 13%); Swift’s Lover (11-6; 45,000, down 10%); and SZA’s SOS (13-7; 44,000, down 5%).
Noah Kahan’s Stick Season surges 18-8 with 42,000 equivalent album units earned (up 5%), Zach Bryan’s self-titled former No. 1 vaults 20-9 with 41,000 (up 9%), and Swift’s chart-topping Folklore flies 21-10 with 36,000 (down 3%).
Republic Records has a banner week in Billboard 200’s top 10, as the label is home to eight of the top 10 titles. Since Luminate’s electronically monitored music data began powering the chart on May 25, 1991, no label had previously held eight of the top 10 on the Billboard 200 simultaneously. Republic previously boasted seven of the top 10 on six different occasions — all in 2023. The company first claimed seven of the top 10 on the Feb. 18, 2023-dated chart.
Republic also stands tall on the new chart with the Nos. 1-6 titles, marking the second time that the label has achieved the feat. Republic, which formed in 1995, is the only label to have held the entire top six (since August 1963, when the chart combined its previously separate mono and stereo rankings into one overall chart) and last did so on the Dec. 9, 2023-dated list.
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.
Ariana Grande has officially announced the title and release date of her new song. The 30-year-old pop superstar and actress revealed through social media on Sunday (Jan. 7) that her new single “Yes, And?” will be available on Friday (Jan. 12). “yes, and? ♡ 1.12,” Grande wrote on Instagram alongside the song’s cover art, a […]
“Love is Love,” Cher says in the caption of a cozy new photo with her boyfriend, producer Alexander Edwards.
Cher shared the cuddly picture of herself with her beau on Saturday (Jan. 6) on X, formerly Twitter. In the photo, she sits on Edwards’ lap and embraces him, with one hand on his back and the other affectionately touching his chin.
The singer, 77, first met Edwards, 37, at Paris Fashion Week in September 2022.
Explore
Explore
See latest videos, charts and news
See latest videos, charts and news
She opened up about their romance and its 40-year age gap on The Kelly Clarkson Show in December 2022, noting, “On paper, it’s kind of ridiculous. But in real life, we get along great. He’s fabulous. And I don’t give men qualities that they don’t deserve.” She added that Edwards is “very kind, very smart, he’s very talented, and he’s really funny,” before adding, “And I think he’s quite handsome.”
In October 2023, she told People of their relationship, “I hate when people say people are special, but lots of people say I’m special, so I can say that he’s special. No matter what happens, I love being with him. He makes me laugh, and we have fun. What I learned is that it’s never too late. If you wrote out all the statistics, you would go, ‘Well, this is doomed.’ But we’ve been together a year, and if it was just a year, it would’ve been worth it. I’ve had the best time.”
Cher’s latest hit — “DJ Play a Christmas Song,” off of her holiday album, Christmas — topped Billboard‘s Pop Airplay chart, Adult Contemporary chart and Dance/Electronic Song Sales chart last month.
She’s had at least one new No. 1 on a Billboard songs chart in each of the seven decades from the 1960s through the 2020s, including her run as half of Sonny & Cher.
See her sweet snaphsot with Edwards below.
John Mayer is opening up about the possibility of marriage. During a recent episode of Kelly Rizzo’s Comfort Food podcast, the 46-year-old musician — who’s former girlfriends include Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Aniston and Cameron Diaz — revealed whether he’s interested in settling down someday and what he’s looking for in a […]
Michael Bolton is recovering from surgery to remove a brain tumor. On Friday afternoon (Jan. 5), the legendary crooner posted on his Instagram account, “Just before the holidays, it was discovered that I had a brain tumor, which required immediate surgery. Thanks to my incredible medical team, the surgery was a success. I am now […]
Ariana Grande‘s new music is officially coming any day now, and fans think they may have even figured out the title. Although they aren’t sure whether it’s the name of her recently confirmed seventh album, a song from the album, or both, Arianators are certain that “Yes, And?” is going to be a very important […]
It’s not Megan Thee Stallion and Renée Rapp’s fault that the buzz around their collaboration is heating up. The duo teamed up for a raging new music video for “Not My Fault” on Friday (Jan. 5), just a few weeks after the song was released. In the clip, the duo is dressed in all pink […]
