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Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” rules Billboard’s Top TV Songs chart, powered by Tunefind (a Songtradr company), for January 2024 after it received a synch in Disney+’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
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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 January 2024.
“Levitating,” a No. 2 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for Dua Lipa in 2021 and the No. 1 song on the year-end version of the chart that year, appeared in the sixth episode of the Disney+ series’ first season. It premiered on Dec. 19, 2023, and the episode featuring “Levitating” aired Jan. 16.
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In January 2024, “Levitating” earned 18.9 million official on-demand U.S. streams and 3,000 downloads, according to Luminate.
“Levitating” reigns over Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Simple Man,” which appears at No. 2 after being heard in Reacher, Amazon Prime Video’s action series. “Simple Man” appeared in the eighth episode of the show’s second season; it premiered Jan. 19.
“Simple Man” earned 12.4 million streams and racked up 3,000 downloads in January 2024. Its 1,000-download week in the wake of the episode’s release allowed the song to return to Billboard’s Rock Digital Song Sales chart dated Feb. 3 at No. 7.
It’s one of three entries on the latest Top TV Songs list from Reacher. Soul Coughing’s “Super Bon Bon” ranks at No. 4 (638,000 streams, 3,000 downloads) after appearing in episode seven, while Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit” is No. 10 (3.4 million streams, 2,000 downloads) after, like “Simple Man,” being heard in episode eight.
A flurry of songs from True Detective also make the chart after the HBO series’ fourth season premiere, paced by Billie Eilish’s “Bury a Friend” at No. 5, thanks to 4.8 million streams and 2,000 downloads.
See the full top 10 below.
Rank, Song, Artist, Show (Network)
“Levitating,” Dua Lipa, Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+)
“Simple Man,” Lynyrd Skynyrd, Reacher (Amazon Prime Video)
“Midnight City,” M83, For All Mankind (Apple TV+)
“Super Bon Bon,” Soul Coughing, Reacher (Amazon Prime Video)
“Bury a Friend,” Billie Eilish, True Detective (HBO)
“Twist and Shout,” The Beatles, True Detective (HBO)
“Seven Devils,” Florence + the Machine, True Detective (HBO)
“Sing Sing,” The Bones of JR Jones, True Detective (HBO)
“Inside,” Chris Avantgarde & Red Rosamond, True Detective (HBO)
“White Rabbit,” Jefferson Airplane, Reacher (Amazon Prime Video)
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It’s time to enter the ring as UFC 298 kicks off with an exciting matchup on Saturday (Feb. 17). The match will see Alexander Volkanovski defend his featherweight title for the sixth time against No. 3-ranked Ilia Topuria. The two will face off for five rounds at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA, which you can still get tickets to here.
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Can’t score travel deals to see UFC 298 in person? Both the main card event and preliminary matches will be livestreamed, so you can catch all the action at home.
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Before Volkanovski vs. Topuria takes place, early prelims will kick off at 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+ until 10 p.m. ET when the main card pay-per-view event begins. Among the other matches you can look forward to viewing are Robert Whittaker vs. Paulo Costa (middleweight), Geoff Neal vs. Ian Machado Garry (welterweight), Merab Dvalishvili vs. Henry Cejudo (bantamweight), Anthony Hernandez vs. Roman Kopylov (middleweight), Amanda Lemos vs. Mackenzie Dern (women’s strawweight), Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs. Justin Tafa (heavyweight), Rinya Nakamura vs. Carlos Vera (bantamweight) and Zhang Mingyang vs. Brendson Ribeiro (light heavyweight).
Keep reading to learn the streaming options available.
How to Watch UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria
You can watch UFC 298 live at home when you purchase the PPV match through ESPN+ for $69.99. Early preliminary matches and prelims don’t require a PPV purchase and can be watched through ESPN+ or any channel that gets ESPN (for prelims only).
You need an ESPN+ account in order to purchase the PPV match here or through the button below. If you already have a subscription, then just need to log into your account and buy the PPV match. Once purchased, Volkanovski vs. Topuria will automatically become available to stream at home and online once it’s live.
Don’t have an ESPN+ membership? You can purchase a bundle, which includes the PPV match as well as an ESPN+ membership for $134.98.
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If you want even more content options, you can bundle ESPN+ with Hulu and Disney+. For those looking for live TV options, you can bundle the streamer with Hulu + Live TV.
The Peanuts are getting some real music education. In Apple TV+’s upcoming Peanuts special, Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin, fans will get to explore the origin story of one of the squad’s most beloved members, Franklin.
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The special will follow Franklin and how he approaches making new friends since his dad has a military job and his family moves often. In a clip shared exclusively with Billboard, Franklin teaches Charlie Brown about his favorite artists. “My favorites are Stevie Wonder, Little Richard and, of course, the Godfather of Soul, James Brown,” Franklin tells Charlie, before jokingly asking him if he’s related to the icon given their shared last name.
“Here’s what I’m into lately,” Franklin continues, before putting a John Coltrane vinyl on the record player. “Listen closely, Charlie Brown. Jazz has harmonies that stay consistent, but pay attention. It has other parts that are always being improvised.”
Charlie Brown quickly gets into the groove, as the duo end up dancing together. Franklin’s inclusion in the Peanuts squad is historic and one to be celebrated, as he was the first Black Peanuts character to be introduced in the comics in 1968. That year, following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, the series’ creator Charles M. Schulz received a letter from schoolteacher Harriet Glickman expressing concern about the lack of diversity in the Peanuts comic strip. Soon after, Schulz created Franklin.
In addition to the special, out on Apple TV+ starting on Feb. 16, Apple Music will be releasing on the same day a full collection of Franklin’s favorite songs. Snoopy Presents: Franklin’s Record Collection features tracks from Chuck Berry and Ben E. King to Bill Withers, Nina Simone, Sam Cooke and beyond.
See below for the full Franklin’s Record Collection track list, and watch the exclusive clip from the special above.
Snoopy Presents: Franklin’s Record Collection
01 – Billy Preston “Nothing from Nothing”02 – Chuck Berry “Johnny B. Goode”03 – Stevie Wonder “Happier Than the Morning Sun”04 – John Coltrane “Lazy Bird (Remastered)”05 – Clarence “Frogman” Henry “Ain’t Got No Home”06 – Sam & Dave “Soul Man”07 – Little Richard “Good Golly Miss Molly”08 – John Coltrane “One Up, One Down (Take 1)”09 – Bobby McFerrin “Drive”10 – Bill Withers “I Wish You Well”11 – Four Tops “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)”12 – The Three Degrees “When Will I See You Again”13 – Funkadelic “Can You Get To That”14 – The Staple Singers “I’ll Take You There”15 – Ben E. King “Stand By Me”16 – Bo Diddley “Pretty Thing”17 – Barrett Strong “Money (That’s What I Want) [Single]”18 – Sly & The Family Stone “Everybody Is a Star (Single Version)”19 – John Coltrane “Giant Steps”20 – Ella Fitzgerald “Blue Skies”21 – Ray Charles “Georgia on My Mind (Original Master Recording)”22 – Herbie Hancock “Watermelon Man”23 – Elvin Jones “Midnight Walk”24 – Otis Redding “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay”25 – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”26 – Etta James “Don’t Cry Baby (Single Version)”27 – John Coltrane “Moment’s Notice (Remastered)”28 – Sam Cooke “A Change Is Gonna Come”29 – Sam & Dave “Hold On, I’m Comin’”30 – Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters “Hard Times”31 – The Isley Brothers “Freedom”32 – Nina Simone “To Be Young, Gifted and Black”33 – Curtis Mayfield “Move On Up (Single Edit)”34 – John Coltrane “Naima (2020 Remaster)”
Start warming up your voice with a quick “Do-Re-Mi,” because this week’s epsiode of RuPaul’s Drag Race is bound to be one of your “Favorite Things” — a Rusical challenge!
In an exclusive first look shared with Billboard on Thursday (Feb. 15), the queens of season 16 are gearing up to perform in their very own parody show, The Sound of Rusic. Based around the 1959 Rogers & Hammerstein musical (and its iconic 1964 film adaptation starring Julie Andrews), the annual Rusical immediately begins stirring up tensions between the queens in the new clip.
Tasked by RuPaul to cast themselves in the production, Plasma and Morphine Love Dion both reveal to the audience that they intend to play the lead role of Mariah. “It’s, like, the reason the show has a heartbeat,” Plasma says in her confessional. Morphine quickly jumps in to add that she’s not giving up the part without a fight: “I’m just tired of being safe, so I know from the get-go, ‘B–ch, I need a leading role.’”
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But before we get to see their inevitable confrontation over the lead role, two other queens — Q and Megami — begin squabbling over the part of the “Baroness Braun,” described by Xunami Muse as the show’s villain. As both queens refuse to back down from their first choice, Plane Jane finally breaks the tension by calling for a high-stakes game of rock, paper, scissors for the role. In one round, Q covers Megami’s rock with her paper, earning the nefarious part for herself.
Speaking to Billboard last year, Drag Race executive producer Tom Campbell said that the beloved challenge format was originally intended to be “a one and done challenge” for the queens of season 6, before the producers recognized how fruitful an annual Rusical could be. “This challenge, and Drag Race itself, is like a healthy tree that grew through a crack in the sidewalk — it doesn’t make sense, it doesn’t fit the algorithm, but it touches people’s hearts and and that’s what’s important.”
Episode seven of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 16 premieres Friday, Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. ET on MTV. Watch the exclusive teaser clip above.
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Eminem coined the term “Stan” with his 2000 hit in a pre-cursor to what the evolution of superfan culture would look like in the social media era decades later. Now, Slim Shady is set to co-produce a Stans documentary, diving deeper into the multilayered relationship between artists and their audience, with fans having more access than ever to their heroes.
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According to Variety, Stans will arrive later this year, with the 15-time Grammy winner involved via his Shady Films, along with DIGA Studios and Hill District Media.
Steven Leckart has reportedly been tapped as the film’s director, according to Variety. A synopsis says that the doc will be a “revealing, edgy and disarmingly personal journey into the world of superfandom, told through the lens of one of the world’s most iconic and enduring artists, Eminem, and the fans that worship him.”
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Eminem’s manager Paul Rosenberg said in a statement: “Stans will be the opportunity for us to to turn the camera around and ask the audience about being fans — and in some cases, fanatics. This is a study of the relationship between fanbase and artist through the lens of one of Eminem’s most fascinating songs and one of the world’s most important entertainers.”
While Stans is reported to be a working title, the documentary will initially be distributed by MTV/Paramount.
“Paul Rosenberg and I have known each other since my days on MTV’s TRL, a show that was driven by the power of fandom, bringing artists and their fans together. So when he told me about the idea for this film, it felt like we had come full circle,” DIGA CEO Tony DiSanto added. “Stans will explore the complex relationship between fame and super fandom, told through the lens of one of the world’s most Iconic artists, Eminem, his music, and, especially, his most extreme fans.”
Eminem’s “Stan” was included on the Detroit rap icon’s The Marshall Mathers LP in 2000. Produced by The 45 King, the multiplatinum track reached a peak of No. 51 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 2000. The Oxford English Dictionary added the term “Stan” to its pages in 2017.
Watch the “Stan” music video below.
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