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Rosa Linn’s “Snap” crowns Billboard’s Top TV Songs chart, powered by Tunefind, for March 2023 after its appearance in Apple TV+’s new series Shrinking.
Rankings for the Top TV Songs chart are based on song and show data provided by Tunefind and ranked using a formula blending that data with sales and streaming information tracked by Luminate during the corresponding period of March 2023.
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“Snap” can be heard in Shrinking’s eighth episode, which premiered March 10. It was directed by Zach Braff, a previous collaborator of Bill Lawrence, who is one of the series’ co-creators and executive producers.
In March 2023, “Snap” received 13.3 million on-demand official U.S. streams and 3,000 downloads, according to Luminate. The synch sparked a modest boost for the song on the March 25-dated Alternative Digital Song Sales chart, where it re-entered at a new peak of No. 9.
It’s one of four songs from Shrinking that appear on the March 2023 survey. Fred again..’s “Dermot (see yourself in my eyes)” follows at No. 3 thanks to 597,000 streams.
The highest non-Shrinking appearance belongs to Faces’ “Ooh La La,” which enters at No. 2. Heard in the fourth episode of the first season of Amazon Prime Video’s Daisy Jones & the Six, the song earned 4.3 million streams and 1,000 downloads.
Daisy Jones also sports an appearance at No. 4 thanks to “Dancing Barefoot” by the Patti Smith Group, from the show’s premiere episode. It received 613,000 streams and 3,000 downloads, and it made a Billboard chart for the first time when it reached the Alternative Digital Song Sales chart, eventually peaking at No. 11 on the April 8 tally.
See the full top 10, also featuring music from Mayor of Kingstown, The Blacklist and Ted Lasso, below.
Rank, Song, Artist, Show (Network)1. “Snap,” Rosa Linn, Shrinking (Apple TV+)2. “Ooh La La,” Faces, Daisy Jones & the Six (Amazon Prime Video)3. “Dermot (see yourself in my eyes),” Fred again.., Shrinking (Apple TV+)4. “Dancing Barefoot,” Patti Smith Group, Daisy Jones & the Six (Amazon Prime Video)5. “Can’t Find My Way Home,” Blind Faith, Mayor of Kingstown (Paramount+)6. “Free,” Florence + the Machine, Shrinking (Apple TV+)7. “Modern Love,” David Bowie, Shrinking (Apple TV+)8. “Shame on You,” D Smoke, Mayor of Kingstown (Paramount+)9. “Chess,” KS Rhoads, The Blacklist (NBC)10. “Out of My Head,” Fastball, Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
Kelly Clarkson dug into Taylor Swift‘s storied songbook by covering “Clean” on her eponymous talk show Wednesday (April 12).
Glammed out in a black dress and chunky studded belt with her hair up in a rare ponytail, the original American Idol winner did the beloved 1989 closer justice as she sang, “Hung my head as I lost the war/ And the sky turned black like a perfect storm/ Rain came pourin’ down/ When I was drownin’/ That’s when I could finally breathe/ And by morning/ Gone was any trace of you/ I think I am finally clean/ I think I am finally clean.”
The song choice felt particularly profound considering Clarkson’s on the verge of rolling out Chemistry, her long-awaited album following her divorce from music manager Brandon Blackstock, starting with lead single “Mine / Me” this Friday (April 14). In fact, she’s already teased a few snippets of the breakup ballad on social media with defiant lyrics such as “‘Cause I don’t need somebody to scold me/ Don’t need somebody that hurts me/ Don’t need somebody who feels weak/ Standing next to me.”
Meanwhile, Swift surprised the sold-out crowd in Arlington, Texas, by performing a piano version of “Clean” on the second night of her Eras Tour stop at AT&T Stadium on April 1. During the show, she paired the fan-favorite ballad with the equally loved “Death By a Thousand Cuts” off 2019’s Lover, leading some Swifties to wonder in hindsight if she was quietly dropping clues about her recent reported breakup with Joe Alwyn before the news became public.
Watch Clarkson power through Swift’s “Clean” below.
Charli XCX‘s debut album, True Romance, has hit a milestone. On Wednesday (April 12), the pop star celebrated the LP’s 10th anniversary and thanked the producers behind the scenes and fans for their support.
“Wow. 10 years of true romance. This album – that initially not many people heard but quite a few people grew to adore – was the beginning of everything for me,” Charli’s message on her social media accounts began. “The beginning of discovering myself as a person – my voice, my confidence, how big I could make my hair, how I moved on stage…and the beginning of compiling all of those elements into myself as an artist. I was just a myspace kid inspired by teen movies, party photos and what felt like a very far away and impenetrable club scene.”
The 30-year-old singer then revealed that once she was able to move out to Los Angeles, the set finally began to take shape. She then thanked produced and songwriters Ariel Rechtshaid, Justin Raisen and Patrik Berger with their help on the record. In the list of thank yous, Charli also extended one to BloodPop for not suing her for using a beat of his on album deep cut “Grins,” which she described as “one of my favorite songs I’ve ever made.”
The “Good Ones” singer also shared a bit of history in the celebratory post, stating that she had originally planned to include her and Icona Pop’s 2012 hit “I Love It” on the album. “It’s funny to think that ‘I Love it’ almost went on this album, at one point as my own song, with me as the solo artist…perhaps if it had loads more people would have know about TR – and about me,” she added. “Perhaps literally everything would have been different. I think about that sometimes…but I’m happy it played out like this because I needed time to evolve and learn and hone.”
Charli concluded her message with a “thank you to everyone who’s been here from the beginning,” and simultaneously announced the arrival of an “original angel” reissue of True Romance — originally released on April 12, 2013 — now available alongside a commemorative shirt and prayer-style candle in her webstore.
Check out Charli XCX’s anniversary post in full below.
Xikers debut at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Emerging Artists chart (dated April 15), marking the South Korean 10-piece pop group’s first appearance on a Billboard survey, thanks to the act’s new EP, House of Tricky: Doorbell Ringing.
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The collection, released March 30 via KQ Entertainment, starts at No. 4 on World Albums and No. 75 on the Billboard 200 with 13,000 equivalent album units in its opening week (March 31-April 6), according to Luminate. Of that sum, 12,000 are from album sales, sparking the set’s No. 7 start on Top Album Sales.
Xikers is comprised of members Hunter, Hyunwoo, Jinsik, Junghoon, Junmin, Minjae, Seeun, Sumin, Yechan and Yujun.
South Korean singer Jisoo debuts at No. 2 on Emerging Artists, thanks to the BLACKPINK member’s first two solo songs: “Flower” and “All Eyes on Me.” “Flower” debuts at No. 2 on World Digital Song Sales and No. 10 on the all-genre Digital Song Sales chart with 6,000 downloads sold, while “All Eyes on Me” opens at No. 4 on World Digital and No. 19 on Digital Song Sales (3,000 sold).
The debuts mark Jisoo’s first solo entries on Billboard’s charts. BLACKPINK, with her as a member, has charted nine songs on the Billboard Hot 100, five of which have reached the top 40, and 22 on World Digital Song Sales, including nine No. 1s. The group has also notched a No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, Born Pink, last October.
The Emerging Artists chart ranks the most popular developing artists of the week, using the same formula as the all-encompassing Billboard Artist 100, which measures artist activity across multiple Billboard charts, including the Hot 100, Billboard 200 and the Social 50. (The Artist 100 lists the most popular acts, overall, each week.) However, the Emerging Artists chart excludes acts that have notched a top 25 entry on either the Hot 100 or Billboard 200, as well as artists that have achieved two or more top 10s on Billboard’s “Hot” song genre charts and/or consumption-based “Top” album genre rankings.
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The Weeknd is giving a fans “just a taste” of what’s to come on his forthcoming HBO series The Idol.
On Wednesday (April 12), the superstar posted a 17-second video of himself and super-producer Mike Dean in the studio overseeing an orchestra playing a hauntingly beautiful arrangement. “THE IDOL VOL. 1,” he captioned the clip with a CD emoji, “coming soon (double fantasy & jealous guy just a taste).”
While The Idol‘s premiere date has yet to be announced, the “Die for You” singer (who plays Tedros, a leader of a modern-day cult and the love interest of Jocelyn, played by Lily-Rose Depp) has been steadily teasing his highly anticipated TV project. Dean is also starring in The Idol, alongside BLACKPINK‘s Jennie, Troye Sivan, Moses Sumney, Dan Levy, Hari Nef and many more.
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The Weeknd and Dean have been working on a lot of new music together lately. The former went on Instagram Live Monday night (April 10) to tease what they’ve been cooking up in the studio, and fans heard an unexpected, but all-too-familiar voice in one of the songs: Future. The “Wait for U” MC can be heard rapping over a slinky, synth-powered track that The Weeknd effortlessly glides on at the end of this screen-recorded clip, and viewers were freaking out in the comments section.
And that’s not the only thing they’ve been teasing from the studio. Earlier this week, The Weeknd also posted a blurry picture of Dean playing synths in the back on Instagram Story with a desert emoji followed by a question mark. Fans presume the superstar will make an appearance at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (which starts this weekend) after his and Swedish House Mafia‘s co-headlining set last year. “You guys said, ‘See you at the desert’ on Live. Exposed! I got exposed!” he joked.
Check out The Weeknd’s tease below:
Lady Gaga‘s debut single “Just Dance” was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on Wednesday (April 12).
The milestone — signifying 10,000,000 units sold — comes just days after the 2008 smash featuring Colby O’Donis celebrated its 15th anniversary. With her third Diamond record — following “Bad Romance” and “Poker Face” — Mother Monster also becomes the very first woman to receive the RIAA’s Digital Diamond Award.
Released as the lead single off Gaga’s debut album The Fame, “Just Dance” rose to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the winter of 2009, spending three weeks atop the chart and becoming the first of the pop supernova’s five No. 1 hits, which include “Poker Face,” “Born This Way,” “Shallow” with Bradley Cooper and “Rain on Me” with Ariana Grande.
To mark the anniversary of the song, Gaga has re-released limited-edition merch from every single of her past album eras including 2009’s The Fame Monster, 2011’s Born This Way, 2013’s Artpop, 2016’s Joanne and 2020’s Chromatica, as well as select pieces dedicated to Love for Sale, her 2021 collaborative LP with Tony Bennett, and her contribution to the Top Gun: Maverick soundtrack. All the merch is available for purchase now on the singer’s official website.
Meanwhile, Gaga recently wrapped filming on the upcoming film Joker: Folie à Deux. Directed by Todd Phillips, the crime caper will serve as a sequel to 2019’s Joker, and finds Gaga stepping into the deranged shoes of Harley Quinn opposite Joaquin Phoenix as Gotham City’s most notorious baddie.
Check out the RIAA’s celebration of “Just Dance” being certified Diamond below.
Rihanna‘s baby boy just celebrated his very first Easter — and his last as an only child. To mark the special occasion, the pop star went all out to celebrate by bringing in baby bunnies, baskets of eggs and more for her 11-month-old son to play with.
The adorable festivities were captured in a series of photos posted by Rih on Instagram Tuesday (April 11), two days after Easter Sunday. “Eastuh!!!” she captioned one carousel of pictures, featuring her son gnawing on brightly-colored eggs and sporting a pair of white bunny ears. In another set of pics, the Fenty heir sits in the grass outside and plays with five tiny bunnies, surrounded by more Easter eggs, pastel balloons and goodie baskets. “Look at heeeeee!!!!” Rih gushed over her son, who holds a book titled How to Catch the Easter Bunny in the snaps.
Rihanna shares the little boy — whose name has not been made public — with A$AP Rocky, with whom she’s currently expecting Baby No. 2. She surprise-announced the pregnancy in February, debuting her baby bump for nearly 119 million viewers during her Super Bowl Halftime Show performance.
The “Umbrella” singer kept her son out of the limelight for the first few months of his life, but has since started sharing his face more frequently on social media. Earlier this month, she shared a sweet video of the soon-to-be one-year-old clinging to her side. “Look who don’t want mommy to workout,” she captioned the clip.
See Rihanna’s adorable photos of her baby boy’s first Easter here and here.
There’s a reason Lizzo is known as “100% that b–ch.” After a Twitter troll tried to take cheap shots at her figure with a 2021 nude photo, the 34-year-old hitmaker’s fanbase rose to the occasion to make sure the body-shaming backfired — plus, Lizzo herself even seemed to chime in.
It all started on Monday (April 10) when one Twitter user snidely wrote that his “beauty standards remain unchanged” by sharing a photo of Lizzo posing fully naked, which she previously said she posted to “change the conversation about beauty standards.” Then, another user going by the name Cassandra replied to the tweet with “make obesity bad again” before posting a photo of herself alongside a photo of the four-time Grammy winner.
“Me or Lizzo?” Cassandra captioned the side-by-side photos, inviting followers to compare her looks to the “About Damn Time” singer’s. (The tweet has since been deleted.)
“Lizzo,” responded one person. “I don’t know you but Lizzo is a publicly kind and inspiring individual. Loving yourself and others should be the basis of humanity. She preaches that. I can only assume you’re terrible.”
“One has four Grammys and is classically trained on the flute. The other just posted a six year old blurred picture of herself drinking wine with ice from a straw,” replied another, before choosing. “Lizzo. Truth hurts.”
“We’re all choosing Lizzo, right??” weighed in another fan, adding that the Yitty founder is “compassionate, stunning and genuinely unproblematic” whereas “Cassandra is the walking embodiment of the ‘school bully’.”
And while Lizzo herself didn’t directly reply to Cassandra’s tweet, she did seem to cast her vote by simply tweeting Tuesday (April 11): “Lizzo.”
So many came to the star’s defense that Lizzo’s name also became a trending topic.
The singer-songwriter has long been an advocate for body inclusivity and positivity. In addition to speaking out about its importance multiple times throughout her career, she also designed her Yitty shapewear to comfortably fit customers up to a size 6X in the name of “radical inner confidence” and launched a series in 2022, Prime Video’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls, that welcomed plus-size backup dancers to compete for spots on her tour.
“I think it’s lazy for me to just say I’m body positive at this point. It’s easy. I would like to be body-normative,” she told Vogue in 2020. “I want to normalize my body. And not just be like, ‘Ooh, look at this cool movement. Being fat is body positive.’ No, being fat is normal. I think now, I owe it to the people who started this to not just stop here. We have to make people uncomfortable again, so that we can continue to change. Change is always uncomfortable, right?”
See Lizzo and her fans’ tweets shutting down body-shaming below:
Lizzo. I don’t know you but Lizzo is a publicly kind and inspiring individual. Loving yourself and others should be the basis of humanity. She preaches that. I can only assume you’re terrible.— The Truth ⚖️ (@pattykazUSA) April 11, 2023
One has four Grammys and is classically trained on the flute. The other just posted a six year old blurred picture of herself drinking wine with ice from a straw.Lizzo. Truth hurts.— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) April 12, 2023
so we’re all choosing Lizzo, right?? she’s vegan, compassionate, stunning and genuinely unproblematic. whereas Cassandra is the walking embodiment of the “school bully”. and lowkey weird having a nude of someone just waiting in your camera roll🥴🥴🥴 https://t.co/tORQN4NOPz— Francesca🐮Ⓥ (@franalicee) April 12, 2023
Look I’m not reposting the screenshot but let me say I would walk over hot coals through all the seven circles of hell and back just to hand Lizzo that coffee cup Cassandra— Nico Wylde 🦇 (they/them) (@NicolettaWylde) April 12, 2023
Lizzo is a much better, most beautiful inside and out person that would never do something like this. Enjoy your shame, Cassandra. https://t.co/7kI7o4Jzbz— Blue Blooded Dem-Woke asf ✊🏾👊🏾✊🏾 (@blewis823) April 11, 2023
For everyone saying Lizzo, two things: 1) You are correct, and 2) many are listing her countless fabulous attributes but are leaving out that she’s effing hot. Cassandra here cannot fathom that somebody with Lizzo’s body is hot. Lizzo is smoking hot. Let’s please acknowledge.— Marla Garfield (@heymarlagarla) April 11, 2023
Lizzo being confident. Cassandra showing insecurity by trying to shame Lizzo.Lizzo wins.— Tim (@TexasASMR) April 11, 2023
John Mayer is speaking out about one of his much talked-about songs. At a recent concert, the 45-year-old singer-guitarist conceded that his 2013 track “Paper Doll” — widely believed to have been written about Taylor Swift — may have come from a slightly angry place.
“I wonder if people don’t like it because it sounds a little pissed off,” he told his crowd at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, Calif., while nonchalantly strumming on his guitar during the stop on his Solo acoustic tour. “I don’t really like ‘pissed off’ as a song. I think it was more [about] hurt.”
“Is there something about it that’s a little b-tchy?” he continued. “There might be. I try not to give b-tchiness in the songs, it happens sometimes. I guess I don’t do it very well — sarcastic b-tch — but I didn’t really see it. I guess it is sort of a little bit like, ‘Meehhh.’”
Since its release, the public has generally believed that “Paper Doll” was written about the pop superstar. Swift and the “Your Body is Wonderland” singer dated briefly in 2009 when she was 19 years old, and afterward seemed to sing about the breakup in her Speak Now ballad “Dear John.”
“I’ll look back and regret how I ignored when they said ‘run as fast as you can,’” Swift sings on the track, which Mayer later called “cheap songwriting” in an interview.
So, when Mayer sang about someone who was “22 girls in one, and none of them know what they’re runnin’ from” on “Paper Doll,” fans thought he was shading Swift. And now that she and Joe Alwyn have reportedly split after six years, some Swifties think the timing of Mayer’s performance of the song might have been a little pointed.
“You know who the real enemy here is? John Mayer….Guy literally played Paper Doll on the day of the breakup rumours,” tweeted one Swiftie, while another wrote that his song choice was “filling me with rage.”
The “New Light” singer did, however, say in a 2019 Instagram Live that “Paper Doll” actually wasn’t about the person that “100% of people” believed to be the song’s inspiration. “The person they thought it was about brought a certain amount of superficial pop culture back-and-forth about it. But the song was not about that person, and I could never tell anybody that’s not true because then I would be breaking my rule that songwriters don’t say who their songs are about or not about.”
This isn’t the first time Mayer has turned heads by performing a song linked to Swift on his ongoing acoustic tour. In March, he performed “Half of My Heart,” a duet originally recorded with the 33-year-old singer-songwriter, for the first time in years that fans could recall.
Watch Mayer discuss “Paper Doll” in a fan-captured video below:
Billboard has more than 200 different charts on its roster, encompassing numerous genres and formats.
While A-list artists often compete for a spot on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart and Billboard 200 albums ranking, which track the most popular songs and albums of the week, respectively, up-and-coming talents typically start off on genre-specific lists.
Hundreds of artists chart their songs and albums on Billboard’s rankings each week, but these 10 appear on surveys for the first time (on the latest April 15-dated charts).
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Jisoo
The South Korean singer and BLACKPINK member makes her first solo appearance on Billboard’s charts thanks to her first two songs apart from the group: “Flower” and “All Eyes on Me” (YG/Interscope). The former debuts at No. 2 on World Digital Song Sales and No. 10 on Digital Song Sales (6,000 downloads sold March 31-April 6, according to Luminate), while the latter starts at No. 4 on World Digital Song Sales and No. 19 on Digital Song Sales (3,000 sold). Both songs also hit Billboard’s global listings: “Flowers” at No. 2 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts and “All Eyes on Me” at No. 42 on Global Excl. U.S. and No. 78 on the Global 200. Jisoo concurrently enters at No. 2 on the Emerging Artists chart.
Luh Tyler
The 17-year-old Tallahassee-based artist’s debut mixtape My Vision, released March 31 via Motion Music/Atlantic Records, starts at No. 2 on the Heatseekers Albums chart with 7,000 equivalent album units. The up-and-coming rapper signed to Atlantic near the end of 2022.
xikers
The South Korean 10-piece group makes its chart arrival thanks to its new EP House of Tricky: Doorbell Ringing. The set, released March 30 via KQ Entertainment, debuts at No. 4 on World Albums and No. 75 on the Billboard 200 with 13,000 equivalent album units. Of that sum, 12,000 is from album sales, helping the collection also open at No. 7 on Top Album Sales. The group — which comprises Hunter, Hyunwoo, Jinsik, Junghoon, Junmin, Minjae, Seeun, Sumin, Yechan and Yujun — also launches at No. 1 on the Emerging Artists chart. The only other Korean acts to debut at No. 1 on Emerging Artists are BLACKPINK (in 2018), TOMORROW X TOGETHER (2019) and BTS members Suga (2021) and Jung Kook (2022).
Sam Barber
The 18-year-old country/folk/rock singer-songwriter and Missouri native makes his chart arrival with his single “Straight and Narrow.” The track, released via Lockeland Springs/Atlantic Records, debuts at No. 24 on Hot Rock Songs and No. 38 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs with 2.1 million U.S. streams (up 397%). Barber initially went by Sam R Barber but dropped the “R” after signing to Atlantic last month.
Kid Culture
Kid Culture (real name Daniel Hackett) already has a number of charting entries as a producer, but he reaches Billboard’s charts as a recording artist for the first time thanks to his single “Keep It.” The track, released via Vol. I/Epic Records, opens at No. 39 on Rhythmic Airplay. Prior to “Keep It,” he co-produced Justin Bieber’s “Yummy” (No. 2 peak on the Hot 100 in 2020), as well as Polo G’s “Go Part 1” (No. 86, 2021) and Lil Mosey’s “Kamikaze” (No. 97, 2018) and was nominated for a Grammy in 2020 for his work on Cordae’s The Lost Boy. Kid Culture hails from Seattle and is signed to Epic Records.
6arelyhuman & kets4eki
The two artists each achieve their first career chart hit thanks to their collaboration “Hands Up!” The song, released via FabFantasy/Anuba Records, debuts at No. 20 on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart with 959,000 official U.S. streams in the latest tracking week.
Matt & Mattingly’s Ice Cream Social
Las Vegas-based comedians/improvisers Matt Donnelly and Paul Mattingly each score their first chart entries with their album Hey Scoops (billed as Matt & Mattingly’s Ice Cream Social), on Cosmos Records. The set debuts at No. 9 on the Comedy Albums chart. Matt & Mattingly’s Ice Cream Social doubles as a podcast, on which Donnelly and Mattingly take on current events. Donnelly is also a co-host on Penn Jillette’s Penn’s Sunday School podcast and Mattingly co-hosts the Geek Shock Podcast and The Ugly Couch Show podcast.
Rebzyyx & hoshie star
The two artists team up on “All I Want Is You” and each score their first chart appearance. The song, released in February 2021 via last nite/Arista Records, debuts at No. 36 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs with 608,000 official U.S. streams.
Paid Pat
The Memphis rapper notches his first chart entry thanks to his song “A Drop,” released via Brick Squad Monopoly Records. The track debuts at No. 12 on Rap Digital Song Sales and No. 17 on R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales with 1,000 downloads sold.
Musa Keys, Morravey & Logos Olori
All three artists achieve their first-ever chart placements, all on Billboard‘s U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart, thanks to their featured credits on tracks by Nigerian Afrobeats singer-songwriter DaVido. Musa Keys’ feature on “Unavailable” debuts at No. 8, Morravey’s credit on “In the Garden” starts at No. 18 and Logos Olori arrives on “Picasso” at No. 31. All three songs appear on DaVido’s new LP Timeless, released March 31 via DaVido Music Worldwide/RCA Records. The set debuts at No. 2 on World Albums and No. 37 on the Billboard 200 with 17,000 units.
