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“We all must make a choice — to be a hero or a villain.” The familiarity of Morgan Freeman’s commanding voice couldn’t calm down the fans — 80,000 of them, reportedly — standing around Coachella’s Sahara Tent. The perilous tone of his monologue, paired with producer Mike Dean’s sinister synths, stressed the festival’s need for […]
Doja Cat’s “Paint Town the Red” becomes her 10th No. 1 on Billboard’s Rhythmic Airplay chart, rising 2-1 on the survey dated Oct. 7.
The song is Doja Cat’s first No. 1 on Rhythmic Airplay since “Vegas,” which reigned for a week in November 2022.
Between “Vegas” and “Paint the Town Red,” she reached the tally with “Attention,” which peaked at No. 25 in July.
Doja Cat first ruled Rhythmic Airplay with “Say So” in 2020, meaning each of her 10 No. 1s has occurred in the 2020s (only Drake, with 12 in the ’20s, has more). She becomes one of just 11 acts to nab at least 10 No. 1s on Rhythmic Airplay in its 31-year history. Drake leads all acts with 38 toppers, while Rihanna rules all women with 17 leaders.
Concurrently, “Paint the Town Red” rises 9-7 on Pop Airplay and debuts at No. 38 on Adult Pop Airplay. It also appears at No. 3 on Rap Airplay, No. 15 on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, No. 16 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay.
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On the most recent all-format Radio Songs chart (Sept. 30, reflecting the tracking week ending Sept. 21), “Paint the Town Red” vaulted 13-9 with 44.9 million radio audience impressions, up 19%, according to Luminate.
The song spent its first week at No. 1 on the multi-metric Billboard Hot 100 Sept. 16 and appears at No. 2 on the Sept. 30 tally as the chart’s greatest gainer in airplay. In addition to its radio airplay, the track earned 26.7 million official U.S. streams and 8,000 downloads Sept. 15-21.
“Paint the Town Red” is from Scarlet, Doja Cat’s fourth studio album. It was released Sept. 22 and is poised for a debut on the Billboard 200 dated Oct. 7, the top 10 of which will be announced on Sunday, Oct. 1 and updated online Tuesday, Oct. 3, alongside the rest of Billboard’s charts.
In its eighth week on Billboard’s Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, Usher, Summer Walker and 21 Savage’s “Good Good” rises to No. 1, jumping 3-1 on the Oct. 7-dated list.
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“Good Good” is the second song to take eight weeks or fewer to rule Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay in 2023, following Lil Durk’s “All My Life,” featuring J. Cole, which also made it in eight weeks in July. “Good Good” is Usher’s first No. 1 on this tally since Oct. 2016, when “No Limit,” featuring Young Thug, spent two weeks on top.
It’s Usher’s quickest rise to the top since “Climax,” which reached No. 1 in seven weeks in April 2012. 21 Savage previously took eight weeks as a featured act on Post Malone’s “Rockstar” in December 2017, and “Good Good” marks Walker’s quickest rise to No. 1.
“Good Good” is also Walker’s first No. 1 in all on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, surpassing the No. 2 peak of “Karma” in June. It’s 21 Savage’s sixth, following the two-week reign of his co-billed-with-Drake “Spin Bout U” in May.
As for Usher, “Good Good” makes 17 No. 1s, a count that puts him fourth all time; Drake leads all acts with 45 rulers since the tally’s inception in 1993.
Most No. 1s, Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay45, Drake20, Lil Wayne18, Chris Brown17, Usher12, Beyonce11, Cardi B11, R. Kelly10, Jay-Z10, Rihanna
Usher first reigned on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay with “You Make Me Wanna…,” a nine-week topper beginning in September 1997.
Between “No Limit” and “Good Good,” Usher reached Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay eight times, paced by the No. 2 peak of Chris Brown’s “Party,” on which he was featured alongside Gucci Mane, in April 2017.
“Good Good” concurrently jumps 3-2 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, 6-3 on Rhythmic Airplay, 13-11 on Adult R&B Airplay and 35-29 on Pop Airplay.
On the most recent, Sept. 30-dated, all-format Radio Songs list (which reflected the week ending Sept. 21), the track appeared at No. 17 with 30.9 million audience impressions, up 18%, according to Luminate.
The Sept. 30-dated, multi-metric Billboard Hot 100 found “Good Good” lifting 58-57. In addition to its radio airplay, the song earned 4.8 million official U.S. streams and 1,000 downloads.
“Good Good” is scheduled to be featured on Coming Home, Usher’s ninth studio album. It’s set for a Feb. 11 release alongside a performance at the Super Bowl halftime show.
All Billboard charts dated Oct. 7 will update on Billboard.com on Tuesday. Oct. 3.
The late Tina Turner will be celebrated on the upcoming retrospective compilation, Queen of Rock ‘N’ Roll, due out on Nov. 24 via Rhino Records. The 55-song set showcases Turner’s solo-billed singles from 1975 through 2020, including such Billboard Hot 100-charting hits as “What’s Love Got To Do With It” (a No. 1 from 1984), “The Best” and “We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome).” The Billboard chart-topping artist died on May 24 at age 83.
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Included on the collection is a reworked version of Turner’s “Something Beautiful Remains,” retitled to “Something Beautiful.” It was remixed by Turner’s longtime collaborator Terry Britten, who co-wrote and produced the original version of the song, released in 1996.
See the full tracklist below.
The Queen of Rock ‘N’ Roll collection will be released via streaming services and as a five-vinyl LP box, a three-CD package, and a digital download album. An abbreviated 12-song version of the collection will simultaneously be issued on a single vinyl LP. All iterations of the album will include a foreword written by Bryan Adams. Turner and Adams scored a top 20-charting Hot 100 duet with “It’s Only Love,” released in 1985.
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Queen of Rock ‘N’ Roll also helps salute the 50th anniversary of the launch of Turner’s solo career in 1974 with her first solo album, Tina Turns the Country On!, which was released while she was still part of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. While that album missed Billboard’s charts and didn’t launch any singles, the following year saw Turner secure her first solo chart hits. The Acid Queen album reached No. 155 on the Billboard 200 in 1975 and No. 39 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (then-named Soul LPs) rankings, and launched her first solo-billed hit song on Billboard’s charts: a cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love.” The single reached No. 61 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart (then-named Hot Soul Singles).
Included on Queen of Rock ‘N’ Roll are all of Turner’s post-Ike & Tina Turner Revue hits on the Hot 100 – 17 in total from 1984 through 1996. In addition, non-Hot 100 hits that charted on other key Billboard charts are represented, including “Afterglow,” “Cose Della Vita” (with Eros Ramazzotti), “Goldeneye,” “In Your Wildest Dreams” (featuring Barry White), “Look Me in the Heart,” “On Silent Wings,” “Open Arms,” “Tearing Us Apart” (with Eric Clapton), the 2020 remix of “What’s Love Got To Do With It” (with Kygo) and “When the Heartache Is Over.”
Queen of Rock ‘n’ RollTracklist
5LPSide 1
Whole Lotta Love (1975)
Acid Queen (1976)
Root, Toot Undisputable Rock’n Roller (1978)
Viva La Money (1978)
Sometimes When We Touch (1979)
Music Keeps Me Dancin’ (1979)
Side 2
Let’s Stay Together (1983)
Help (Edit) (1984)
What’s Love Got To Do With It (1984)
Better Be Good To Me (1984)
Private Dancer (1984)
I Can’t Stand The Rain (1985)
Side 3
Show Some Respect (1985)
We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) (1985)
One Of The Living (1985)
It’s Only Love (with Bryan Adams) (1985)
Typical Male (1986)
Two People (1986)
Side 4
What You Get Is What You See (1987)
Girls (1987)
Break Every Rule (1987)
Paradise Is Here (1987)
Afterglow (1987)
Side 5
Tearing Us Apart (with Eric Clapton)
Addicted to Love (Live in Europe) (1988)
A Change is Gonna Come (Live in Europe) (1988)
Tonight (with David Bowie) (Live in Europe) (1988)
River Deep, Mountain High (Live in Europe) (1988)
Side 6
The Best (Edit) (1989)
Steamy Windows (1989)
I Don’t Wanna Lose You (1989)
Look Me In The Heart (1990)
Foreign Affair (Edit) (1990)
Side 7
Be Tender With Me Baby (1990)
It Takes Two (with Rod Stewart)
Nutbush City Limits (The 90’s Version) (1991)
Love Thing (1991)
Way Of The World (1991)
Side 8
I Want You Near Me (1992)
I Don’t Wanna Fight (1993)
Disco Inferno (1993)
Why Must We Wait Until Tonight? (1993)
Proud Mary (1993)
Side 9
Goldeneye (1995)
Whatever You Want (1996)
On Silent Wings (1996)
Missing You (1996)
In Your Wildest Dreams (with Barry White) (1996)
Cose della Vita (with Eros Ramazzotti)
Side 10
When The Heartache Is Over (1999)
Whatever You Need (2000)
Open Arms (2004)
Teach Me Again (with Elisa) (2017)
What’s Love Got to Do With It (Kygo remix) (2020)
Something Beautiful (2023 Version)
3CD/Digital/StreamingCD1
Whole Lotta Love
Acid Queen
Root, Toot Undisputable Rock ‘n’ Roller
Viva La Money
Sometimes When We Touch
Music Keeps Me Dancin’
Let’s Stay Together
Help
What’s Love Got To Do With It
Better Be Good To Me
Private Dancer
I Can’t Stand The Rain
Show Some Respect
We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
One Of The Living
It’s Only Love (with Bryan Adams)
Typical Male
Two People
What You Get Is What You See
Girls
CD2
Break Every Rule
Paradise Is Here
Afterglow
Tearing Us Apart (with Eric Clapton)
Addicted to Love (Live in Europe)
A Change is Gonna Come (Live in Europe)
Tonight (with David Bowie) (Live in Europe)
River Deep, Mountain High (Live in Europe)
The Best (Edit)
Steamy Windows
I Don’t Wanna Lose You
Look Me In The Heart
Foreign Affair
Be Tender With Me Baby
It Takes Two (with Rod Stewart)
Nutbush City Limits (The 90’s Version)
Love Thing
Way Of The World
CD3
I Want You Near Me
I Don’t Wanna Fight
Disco Inferno
Why Must We Wait Until Tonight?
Proud Mary
Goldeneye
Whatever You Want
On Silent Wings
Missing You
In Your Wildest Dreams (with Barry White)
Cose della Vita (with Eros Ramazzotti)
When The Heartache Is Over
Whatever You Need
Open Arms
Teach Me Again (with Elisa)
What’s Love Got to Do With It (Kygo remix)
Something Beautiful (2023 Version)
Abbreviated 1LP Version Side 1
What’s Love Got To Do With It
Let’s Stay Together
Private Dancer
We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
Nutbush City Limits (The 90s Version)
River Deep, Mountain High (Live in Europe)
Side 2
Steamy Windows
I Don’t Wanna Lose You
I Don’t Wanna Fight
When The Heartache Is Over
Proud Mary
The Best
It’s been seven months since Matty Healy stirred controversy when he made some racist remarks about Ice Spice during an appearance on The Adam Friedland Show in February. In a new feature for Variety, the “Princess Diana” rapper — who remained quiet throughout the incident — spoke out about her thoughts. Explore See latest videos, charts […]
The Taylor Swift, Ice Spice love fest continues. In a statement to Variety for her “Karma” collaborator’s recent cover story, the pop star opened up about the long list of reasons why she thinks the young rapper is one of the most impressive artists in the game. “I relate to Ice in many ways, but […]
Cardi B could barely focus on the questions during her “Hot Ones” interview, which dropped Thursday (Sept. 28), but that didn’t stop her from covering a wild range of topics that included Rihanna and Jay-Z, aliens and FDR, to name a few.
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At one point proclaiming that the spicy sauces were making her tongue feel “drunk” — “I’m trying to say something but I can’t even focus on the f–king question!” — the 30-year-old rapper was characteristically unfiltered while sitting down with First We Feast’s Sam Evans. For example, when asked about the process of recording a radio-friendly version of her new collaboration with Megan Thee Stallion, “Bongos,” Cardi didn’t hold back.
“Annoying!” she yelled. “So annoying. I was so over it. I’m like, ‘Baby eat these peaches and plums [instead of ‘eat this a– like a plum’].’ That sounds so corny, that sounds like Kidz Bop. But, I had no choice. So baby, eat these peaches and plums.”
The hilarious hip-hop star also went on a couple different rants between samples of hot sauce, including her love for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, her obsession with learning about World War II and her belief that extraterrestrial intelligent life definitely isn’t out there — no matter what gets said at Congressional hearings.
“I don’t believe the aliens are real,” she insisted. “If aliens are real, and they’re smarter than us, I feel like, why haven’t they invaded us? If they smart, they know how humans are. Humans are despicable.”
On a more serious note, Cardi also gave a shoutout to her two biggest idols in the hip-hop space: Jay-Z and Rihanna. “They’re super moguls,” she said of the two stars, although the wings’ spiciness distracted her from adding anything else.
She also looked back fondly on a memory of Migos — the former rap trio of which her husband, Offset, had been a part of — freestyling a rap version of Llama Llama Red Pajama. The group, fleshed out by Quavo and the late Takeoff, read the children’s book to the beat of their own song “Bad and Boujee” in 2017.
“I love that book … I can only picture when the Migos was doing it,” she told Evans. “Good memories. I love having good memories of them in my head.”
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FamousSally and YB are the first acts to lead the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart for more than one week, as “Wassup Gwayy” remains at No. 1 on the Sept. 30-dated tally.
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The TikTok Billboard Top 50, which began two weeks ago, 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 Sept. 18-24. Activity on TikTok is not included in Billboard charts except for the TikTok Billboard Top 50.
“Wassup Gwayy” debuted at No. 1 on the Sept. 23 TikTok Billboard Top 50. In the Sept. 15-21 tracking week, the song earned 495,000 official U.S. streams, according to Luminate.
The song reigns over Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red,” which returns to the No. 2 peak it originally attained on the inaugural Sept. 16 survey before it fell to No. 3. Concurrently, the track drops to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, a week after spending its first week at No. 1.
Earth, Wind & Fire’s seminal “September” makes the week’s big move on the TikTok Billboard Top 50, roaring onto the list at No. 3. A No. 8 hit on the Hot 100 in February 1979, the song makes moves each year around Sept. 21, owing to its opening verse namechecking the date. TikTok is no exception, with many users incorporating the track into their routines and videos. “September” jumps by 31% to 5.5 million streams Sept. 15-21.
Odetari and 9lives’ “I Love You Hoe” continues its steady rise on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 at No. 4; it debuted at No. 7 on the inaugural list, followed by a move to No. 5 the following week. At No. 5, in the top five for the first time, is BashfortheWorld’s “Darkest Before Dawn.” While the former has scored further Billboard chart success, including a No. 3 high on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, the latter has yet to make an additional ranking. The rap track was originally released in 2020, but has exploded in recent weeks, snagging 704,000 streams Sept. 15-21, up 75%.
Check out the full TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart here to see additional debuts from Tate McRae, Dominic Fike, Kenya Grace and more.
SZA’s SOS adds another record to its ever-growing list of achievements on Billboard’s charts, as the blockbuster album collects an unprecedented 41st week at No. 1 on the Top R&B Albums chart, the most by any project since the list launched in 2013. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts […]
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