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From Jay-Z to Nicki Minaj and beyond, here are the highest grossing artists, according to Billboard Boxscore.
Tyla’s rapid rise hits a new level this week as “Water” rushes into the top 10 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart with a 12-8 push on the list dated Nov. 4. The South African singer’s single continues to build in all three contributing metrics – streaming, radio airplay and sales – and races into the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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In the latest tracking week of Oct. 20 – 26, “Water,” released on FAX Records / Epic Records, registered 11.4 million official U.S. streams, according to Luminate, an 18% jump from the prior week. Thanks to that figure, the track lifts 14-10 on R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs and takes the chart’s weekly Greatest Gainer honor. In the sales market, “Water” also sold 2,000 downloads in the tracking week, an 11% improvement on the prior week and enough to keep the track at No. 3 on R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales for a second week. The single’s radio airplay surges to 15.1 million in total audience, a 39% swell compared to the previous week, and prompts its No. 39 entrance on the all-genre Radio Songs chart. (All radio airplay, regardless of genre format, contributes to a track’s rank on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.)
Diving further into the “Water” radio appeal, the single is hottest at the R&B/hip-hop format, as it pushes 19-14 on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart through a 25% gain in plays at the format. It’s quickly racing up the ranks at rhythmic radio, dashing 30-20 on Rhythmic Airplay following a 57% explosion in weekly plays there. Plus, the tune launches at No. 39 on the Pop Airplay chart due to a 75% week-over-week improvement in plays at mainstream top-40 radio stations.
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Elsewhere, “Water” springs 5-2 on the Hot R&B Songs chart for a new peak and bursts 46-21 to a new best on the all-genre Hot 100, securing Tyla’s first top 40 hit in the process. In addition, “Water” wins a third term at No. 1 on the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart. Echoing its rapid ascent up several U.S. charts, “Water” is also proving a global hit: The tune darts 21-9 on the Billboard Global 200 and 17-11 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart.
The ”Water” chart rise also lifts Tyla’s fortunes on the Billboard Artist 100, where she leaps 72-58 in her second week on the 100-position list, which measures artist activity across key metrics of music consumption- album and track sales, radio airplay and streaming – to provide a weekly multi-dimensional ranking of artist popularity.
After a three-week reign atop the TikTok Billboard Top 50, Mitski’s “My Love Mine All Mine” relents the No. 1 spot to Lil Mabu and Chrisean Rock’s “Mr. Take Ya B-tch,” which zooms from No. 33 to the top of the Nov. 4-dated tally.
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The TikTok Billboard Top 50 is a weekly ranking of the most popular songs on TikTok in the United States based on creations, video views and user engagement. The latest chart reflects activity Oct. 23-29. Activity on TikTok is not included in Billboard charts except for the TikTok Billboard Top 50.
“Mr. Take Ya B-tch” debuted on the Oct. 28-dated TikTok Billboard Top 50, following the song’s premiere on Oct. 16. In addition to a viral dance to the song on TikTok, the track has also garnered attention due to the song dissing Chrisean Rock’s ex-boyfriend Blueface (she is now dating Lil Mabu). Blueface’s current girlfriend, JaidynAlexis, concurrently leaps into the top 10 of the chart, zooming 13-8 with “Barbie” (more on it here after its debut on the Oct. 21 survey).
Lil Mabu and Chrisean Rock’s collaboration debuts at No. 33 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart dated Nov. 4, racking up 7.2 million official U.S. streams in the Oct. 20-26 tracking week, according to Luminate.
It’s not the first time Lil Mabu has had a viral moment on TikTok, though it’s the first since the TikTok Billboard Top 50 began in September 2023. Previously, his song “Mathematical Disrespect” rose to No. 47 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May.
Music from Disney films take up two of the TikTok Billboard Top 50’s top 10 spots, with “Mr. Take Ya B-tch” followed by Ariana DeBose’s “This Wish” at No. 2 after it debuted at No. 5 the previous week. The song, from the upcoming film Wish out Nov. 22, continues to rise thanks to continued usages around collective digital character cards on TikTok for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ 100th anniversary that were launched Oct. 16. “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” from 2021’s Encanto, benefits from the same trend, jumping 25-6.
The TikTok Billboard Top 50’s previous No. 1, Mitski’s “My Love Mine All Mine,” falls to No. 3 (though it continues to vault up the Billboard Hot 100, leaping 35-26 for a new peak), while Aliyah’s Interlude’s “It Girl” lifts from No. 6 to No. 4, its first week in the top five. Future’s “Wicked,” previously at No. 3, drops to No. 5 to round out the top five.
One of the chart’s big movers outside of “Mr. Take Ya B-tch” is Bad Bunny’s “Monaco,” which, after debuting at No. 50 on the Oct. 28 ranking, rises to No. 7 in its second week. Concurrently, the song spends a second week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs, with 18.1 million streams, 1.8 million radio audience impressions and 2,000 downloads.
Drake’s “Rich Baby Daddy,” featuring Sexyy Red and SZA, also reaches the TikTok Billboard Top 50’s top 10 for the first time, jumping 21-10 on the heels of dance content and other uploads mostly isolating Sexyy Red’s chorus.
Prince and the Revolution’s “Kiss,” meanwhile is the chart’s top debut of the week, bowing at No. 12. The iconic artist’s two-week Hot 100 No. 1 (1986) blasts onto the list due to a meme of a skeleton dancing to the song.
See the full TikTok Billboard Top 50 here, including debuts from Beach House, Future, Hank Williams Jr. and more. You can also tune in each Friday to SiriusXM’s TikTok Radio (channel 4) to hear the premiere of the chart’s top 10 countdown at 3 p.m. ET, with reruns heard throughout the week.
The Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame have partnered to establish the 2024 BMAC Music Maker Guaranteed Income & Mentorship Program. As noted in the press release announcing the news, the program will focus on promoting “economic empowerment and access for emerging Black and female music artists and industry professionals.”
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Applicants for the BMAC Music Maker Guaranteed Income & Mentorship Program must be between 18-30 years old, provide proof of financial need and reside in the U.S.
Applications will be available today, Nov. 2, through Nov. 20. Selected applicants will then receive a year of financial support and mentorship from BMAC and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame beginning February 2024, Black History Month. Additionally, during Grammy Week 2024, the two organizations will produce an industrywide summit in association with Billboard, iHeartMedia and the Music Artist Coalition (MAC). Among the discussion topics: diversity, inclusion and the significant contributions that female and Black artists have made to music.
“The immeasurable contributions made by Black artists and executives have led to the growth and expansion of our music industry and impacted bottom lines globally,” stated BMAC co-founder/chairman Willie “Prophet” Stiggers in the announcement release. “However, those contributions have often been overlooked, appropriated and misrepresented. BMAC applauds the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for partnering with us to launch a program that will directly address the longstanding inequities in the music industry. We’re leveling the playing field and investing in the next generation of Black and female creatives and future executives, ensuring they have the access, resources and the network to continue to make those contributions and impact.”
Added Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation chairman John Sykes, “Rock & roll was born from the collision of R&B, gospel and country. Black and female artists and executives have played a vital role in creating the diverse sounds, styles and spirit honored by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame from its creation in 1986 through today. We’re proud to partner with the Black Music Action Coalition on this important initiative.”
Financial support provided under the program will include basic needs such as rent, utilities and food plus career advancement costs like studio time, travel for shows, marketing and legal services. Mentoring of the selected applicants will encompass development and visibility opportunities within BMAC and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s networks.
“At BMAC, part of our mission is to support and cultivate talent,” said BMAC co-founder Caron Veazey. “And through the BMAC x Rock & Roll Hall of Fame program, we’re able to provide mentorship and a guaranteed income to artists, which will provide them with the bandwidth to create. Our aim is to help the next generation of musicians, songwriters, producers, managers, agents and other industry professionals to go after their dreams and turn them into reality. Working together with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is an exciting example of implementing tangible action to support a shared goal.”
In addressing the aforementioned industrywide summit, MAC board member Susan Genco stated, “Music Artist Coalition is proud to join forces with the Black Music Action Coalition and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to facilitate an industry conversation on race, gender, diversity and inclusion. We want to bring together industry leaders to have an open dialogue about our industry’s past, present and, most importantly, building our future.”
The launch of the BMAC Music Maker Guaranteed Income & Mentorship Program follows the organization’s move in September to open general membership to music industry professionals and advocates. For more information, visit bmacoalition.org. To apply to the 2024 BMAC Music Maker Guaranteed Income & Mentorship Program click here.
Missy Elliott still can’t quite believe that she will be the first female rap artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Friday night (Nov. 3). Speaking to Good Morning America‘s Robin Roberts on Thursday morning (Nov. 2), Elliott said she always dreamed of being a “superstar… I never wavered. I never changed. I said it every time,” but after three decades in the music business the 52-year-old Grammy-winning rapper said her latest accolade is unfathomable.
Elliott said “words cannot describe” how honored she is to take the stage tomorrow night alongside fellow 2023 inductees Kate Bush, Sheryl Crow, George Michael, Willie Nelson, Rage Against the Machine and The Spinners. She told Roberts that as an artist from the hip-hop world, Rock Hall enshrinement seemed “so far out of reach.” Plus, with this being the 50th anniversary of the birth of hip-hop, Elliott said the Hall of Fame kudos is further proof that “no matter what people say the hip-hop world is something special and unique.”
Joking that as a kid her family once convinced her that she was related to another one of this year’s inductees, musical excellence honoree R&B legend Chaka Khan, Elliott said being ushered in alongside the likes of Nelson and Crow is indescribable. “To be even at a table with them is a blessing, past a blessing, there’s got to be a bigger word than that,” she said.
After tomorrow night, Elliott will be among just a handful of rappers whose plaques are on display at the RRHOF museum in Cleveland, joining such icons as Jay-Z, LL Cool J, The Notorious B.I.G., Tupac Shakur, N.W.A, Public Enemy, The Beastie Boys, Run-DMC and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. And though some critics might quibble at the elastic definition of rock and roll that has found artists who don’t play what is traditionally considered amplified, guitar-based rock music, Elliott said in her mind rock, like hip-hop, is a “gumbo of different styles of music.”
Elliott will be inducted by her friend of 20 years, Queen Latifah, who she praised as someone who, “come before me, open that door, left it open… And I owe so many flowers, bouquets. It’s not enough bouquets for those women that came before me. And she’s one of those women.” In addition, Elliott’s mother will be in the house at the 38th annual induction ceremony on Friday night (Nov. 3) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Believe it or not, Elliott’s mom has never seen her perform live before. “She’s never been to a show because, you know, I had some little words I didn’t ever want her to hear,” Elliott told GMA. “And so she’s comin’ for the first time.”
Tomorrow night’s event will feature presenters and performers Olivia Rodrigo, Stevie Nicks, Adam Levine, Carrie Underwood, Elton John, Brandie Carlile, Chris Stapleton, Dave Matthews, H.E.R., New Edition, St. Vincent, Common, Ice-T, LL Cool J, Miguel, Latifah and Sia. Other inductees this year include DJ Kool Herc and Link Wrap for musical influence, Khan, Al Kooper and Elton John lyricist Bernie Taupin for musical excellence and Soul Train host Don Cornelius for the Ahmet Ertegun Award.
The induction ceremony will be broadcast live coast-to-coast on Disney+ on Friday at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and will be available to stream following the ceremony. ABC will air a three-hour prime-time special, 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, featuring performance highlights and standout moments on Jan. 1 (8-11 p.m. ET), available the next day on Hulu and Disney+.
Check out Elliott’s interview below.
Femme It Forward is celebrating its second annual Give Her Flowhers Awards Gala this year, and on Thursday (Nov. 2), the woman-focused entertainment company announced the trailblazing women who will be honored at this year’s event.
SZA will receive the Big Femme Energy award, which honors a woman who is making a “tremendous impact in music for this generation.” Teyana Taylor will be honored with the Visionary award, given to a multi-dimensional creative who is changing the game for the future of women in music.
Brandy will receive the Muse award, celebrating a legend whose “legacy, impact, and timeless music inspires past, current, and future generations.” Flo Milli is this year’s Bloom award recipient, which spotlights a breakthrough artist. Jordyn Woods and Jodie Woods, who define the spirit of sisterhood, will receive the My Sister’s Keeper award. Nova Wav will be honored with the Pen It Forward award, given to a “a trailblazing hitmaker who is known for their ‘pen game’ and creating some of music’s biggest hits.” Last but not least, Monaleo will receive the Self-Love award, celebrating an inspirational mom and artist who embodies self love.
The awards ceremony, which will take place Nov. 10 in Beverly Hills, Calif., will also feature musical performances from Ambré, Jane Handcock, LAYA and Maeta.
“After experiencing the powerful joy, inspiration, and genuine love of our inaugural event, we’re thrilled to bring together more trailblazing women and honor their impact at the 2nd annual Give Her FlowHERS Awards Gala,” Heather Lowery, CEO and founder of Femme It Forward, said in a press statement. “This awards gala goes beyond giving the extraordinary women who have impacted culture their flowers, as we look to plant more seeds of change for the future.”
Femme It Forward will also recognize the women who have made an impact as members of the organization’s mentorship program, Next Gem Femme, which aims to help improve equity in the workplace and accelerate career opportunities and trajectories for young women of color.
Find more information on the second annual Give Her FlowHERS Gala, presented by Live Nation and supported by Spotify and Google Pixel, here.
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After Warner Bros allegedly banned Diddy from wearing his acclaimed Joker costume this Halloween, the hip-hop mogul took matters into his own hands by morphing into Batman for this year’s festivities.
In an Instagram video posted early Wednesday morning (Nov. 1), Diddy, draped in the vigilante’s costume inspired by The Dark Knight, was perched on top of a pseudo-Batmobile. “I’m tired of mediocrity. Of shortcuts. Of the greed. Of empty suits telling us that we don’t deserve more,” he says hoarsely. A little boy approaches Diddy and encourages him before heading to the streets on Halloween night.
The clip then cuts to the office of a Hollywood studio executive, holding a series of documents labeled “confidential as f–k.” Diddy’s Batman appears behind him and pushes him down onto his desk, demanding that he end the ongoing SAG-AFTRA actors’ strike. “No more negotiations. Say the strike is over,” Diddy’s Caped Crusader bellows. After an explosion, the executive is shown undressed and gagged on the street, with a sign placed next to him reading, “The strike is over! Love, the Darkest Knight.”
During his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! earlier this week, Diddy spoke out against Warner Bros after they complained about his 2022 costume when he transformed into Joker. “I actually got a letter from the studio that I can no longer be the Joker because it broke their trademark that I did it too good, I swear,” he said before ominously adding, “Tomorrow, Warner Bros. lawyer, the head of legal — tomorrow, watch what I do.”
Before stepping out as the Black Bruce Wayne, Diddy commented on Instagram and alleged that Warner Bros sent him legal documents forbidding him from donning the infamous Joker costume again.
“Breaking Halloween news,” he relayed in an Instagram video. “Last year, after I did the Black Joker, I got a bunch of emails from the studios telling me to not be the Joker anymore, that I was breaching the trademark. So I don’t know what I’m gonna be this year. But I will say, to the moth–fu–er that took all this time, we talking about sending me six full papers — I’m not even gon’ show the business on the papers — but to tell me not to be the Joker, I wanna tell you, you win. I’m not gon’ be the Joker this year, just because your a– had enough time to f–k up my moth–f–king Halloween.”
Billboard has reached out to Warner Bros. for comment. Check out Diddy’s Batman costume and skit below: