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‘Encanto’ Soundtrack Spends Sixth Week Atop Billboard 200 Albums Chart
The Encanto soundtrack stays firm at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for a sixth nonconsecutive week on top. It is now tied with Adele’s 30 for the third-most weeks at No. 1 in the last five years. Only Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album (with 10) and Taylor Swift’s Folklore (eight) have tallied more weeks at No. 1 since January 2017. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Encanto earned 98,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 17 (down 11%), according to MRC Data. Plus, Eminem’s Curtain Call: The Hits and Dr. Dre’s Dr. Dre – 2001 albums both return to the top 10, following the artists’ performance during the Super Bowl LVI halftime show on Feb. 13. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in...
Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift’s ‘The Joker And The Queen’ Is Top Debut on Australia’s Chart
Elton John and Dua Lipa bounce back to the summit of Australia’s singles chart with “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix),” while Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift land the highest new entry of the week. After three cycles at No. 2, “Cold Heart” (via Warner/Universal) returns to No. 1 to snag a ninth non-consecutive week atop the ARIA Singles Chart. “Cold Heart” is now double platinum-certified. A mashup of classic Elton cuts, “Cold Heart” trades places with The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber’s six-times platinum hit “Stay” (Columbia/Sony), which had locked up 17 weeks at No. 1, the second-best run in chart history. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Sheeran and Swift can boast the hottest start this week, as their latest collaboration, “The Joker And The Queen” ...
Bad Bunny’s ‘Te Deseo Lo Mejor’ Lands in the Top 10 on Latin Pop Airplay Chart
Bad Bunny captures his 15th top 10 on Billboard’s Latin Pop Airplay chart as “Te Deseo Lo Mejor” surges 22-8 in its second week on the Feb. 19-dated ranking. The new top 10 is the sixth single from El Último Tour Del Mundo, his third studio album, which led Top Latin Albums for 27 weeks between December 2020 and July 2021 (it sits at No. 2 on the current list). “Te Deseo Lo Mejor” rises with a robust 82% in audience impressions, to 3 million, earned in the week ending Feb. 13, according to MRC Data. The song is one of many promoted at radio as part of his 36-date El Ultimo Tour Del Mundo arena tour, which kicked off Feb. 9. The song gives Bad Bunny his 15th top 10 among 26 chart entries and five champs. It’s the only track from El Último Tour, released Nov. 27, 2020, that has secured a pla...
Sebastian Yatra Places Fifth ‘Dharma’ Single Atop Latin Airplay Chart Thanks to ‘Tacones Rojos’
Sebastian Yatra captures his 10th No. 1 on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart, as “Tacones Rojos” lifts 4-1 on the Feb. 19-dated survey. The song steps into the summit in its 13th week with a 23% improvement in audience impressions, to 9.37 million, earned in the week ending Feb. 13, according to MRC Data, to become the greatest gainer of the week. At radio, the three stations giving the song the most audience in the tracking week were New York’s WPAT (885,000 impressions), followed by Washington, D.C.’s WLZL (100,700) and WDCN (26,200). “Tacones Rojos” is Yatra’s fifth No. 1 — among a collection of 10 leaders — from his latest Dharma album to take over Latin Airplay (the set remains in the top five on Latin Pop Albums after its debut at No. 2 on the previous chart week dated Feb. 12). H...
‘Easy on Me’ Is Adele’s Longest-Leading No. 1 on Billboard’s Radio Songs Chart
Adele rewrites her longest reign on Billboard‘s all-genre Radio Songs chart, as “Easy on Me” spends a 12th week at the summit (on the tally dated Feb. 19). The song surpasses the 11-week rule of “Hello” in 2015-16 for her new career best. (She has notched five No. 1s on the survey.) “Easy on Me” maintains its command with 85.3 million in airplay audience, down 4%, in the Feb. 4-10 tracking week, according to MRC Data. Notably, Adele is just the third artist with multiple No. 1s to lead Radio Songs for 11 weeks or more. She joins Boyz II Men, with four, and Mariah Carey, with three (including their duet, “One Sweet Day”). Meanwhile, “Easy on Me” is only the 20th No. 1 of at least 12 weeks since Radio Songs began in December 1990 (of 295 total leaders to date, lifting the song to among only ...
Frank Turner Rocks to No. 1 on U.K. Midweek Chart With ‘FTHC’
Frank Turner is blasting his way to a first-ever U.K. No. 1 with FTHC (Polydor), the English punk-rock poet’s ninth studio album. FTHC (an initialism for Frank Turner Hardcore) accumulates more than double the weekend sales of its closest competition, according to the Official Charts Company, to take outright leadership on the midweek chart. If it keeps its position when the chart is published this Friday, it’ll give Turner his first leader after two near-misses; his 2013 album Tape Deck Heart (2013), and 2015’s Positive Songs For Negative People (2015) both reached No. 2. One-time Mercury Prize winners Alt-J are at No. 2 on the Official Chart Update with The Dream (Infectious Music), the indie rock outfit’s fourth studio album. If it holds course, it’ll give the group a third Top 10 on th...
‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’ & ‘abcdefu’ Hold Atop Billboard Global Charts
“We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” by Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz and the Encanto Cast, from Disney’s hit film Encanto, spends a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200. Meanwhile, GAYLE‘s debut hit “abcdefu” adds a sixth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. survey. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Plus, Nicki Minaj and Lil Baby‘s “Do We Have a Problem?” launches at No. 7 on the Global 200 and Mahmood and BLANCO’s “Brividi” blasts from No. 67 to No. 7 on the Global Excl. U.S. chart. The two charts (which in September marked their first year) rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by MRC Data. The Billboard Global 200 is inclusiv...
‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’ Extends U.K. Chart Streak
“We Don’t Talk About Bruno” (Walt Disney) leads the way on the U.K. chart for a fourth week, powered by streaming. According to the Official Charts Company, “Bruno” racks up another 59,900 chart sales including 8.5 million streams, as it extends its magical streak, while another Encanto tune, “Surface Pressure” by Jessica Darrow, lifts 4-3, for a new peak. “Bruno” is the first original Disney recording to rule the Official U.K. Singles Chart, and with each cycle at the top, it’s creating more history. The highest new entry this week belongs to ArrDee & Aitch’s hip-hop release “War” (Island), new at No. 6. “War” is Aitch’s sixth Top 10, and ArrDee’s fourth in less than a year, the OCC reports. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Former Oasis and...
Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift’s ‘Joker And the Queen’ Set For Royal Debut In U.K.
The only thing standing in the way of Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift winning the U.K. chart crown would appear to be magic. Sheeran and Swift’s new collaboration “The Joker and the Queen” is on track for a No. 2 debut on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, following Ed’s performance of it last week at the 2022 Brit Awards. If it keeps its momentum, the single could beat the pair’s last collab, “Everything Has Changed,” which peaked at No. 7 back in 2012. The spell that could stop it is “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” the hit song from Disney’s Encanto soundtrack. “Bruno” has led the U.K. chart for the past four weeks and, based on sales and streaming data from the first 48 hours in the chart week, it’s racing to a fifth week at the summit. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest ...
Bastille Storms the U.K. Chart With ‘Give Me The Future’
Bastille blasts to No. 1 on the U.K. survey with Give Me The Future (Virgin), for the pop group’s third leader. Future debuts at the top of the Official U.K. Albums Chart with physical sales accounting for 85% of its first-week tally, plus the biggest digital download tally of the cycle, the OCC reports. Led by lead vocalist Dan Smith, Bastille ruled with 2013’s Bad Blood (2013), and 2016’s Wild World, while their previous album, 2019’s Doom Days, peaked at No. 4. Future is one of three new entries in the Top 5 as Cambridgeshire rock outfit Black Country, New Road’s second studio album Ants From Up There (Ninja Tune) starts at No. 3, and is the week’s best-seller on wax. Closing out the Top 5 is The Divine Comedy’s Charmed Life: The Best Of (Divine Comedy), the fifth Top 10 set from Neil H...
‘Encanto’ No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart for Fifth Week, Most for a Soundtrack Since ‘Frozen’
Walt Disney Records’ Encanto soundtrack spends its fifth nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, becoming the soundtrack with the most weeks atop the chart since Disney’s own Frozen ruled for 13 nonconsecutive weeks in 2014. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news With their totals at No. 1 (so far), Frozen and Encanto boast the most, and second-most, weeks at No. 1, respectively, among soundtracks in the 21st century. Encanto earned 110,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 10 (down 2%), according to MRC Data. Also in the top 10, both Yo Gotti and Mitski land their highest-charting albums ever on the Billboard 200, as the former’s CM10: Free Game debuts at No. 3 and the latter’s Laurel Hell arrives at N...
Tiago PZK, LIT Killah, Nicki Nicole & Maria Becerra’s ‘Entre Nosotros’ Rules Argentina Hot 100 for 12th Week
Tiago PZK, LIT Killah, Nicki Nicole and Maria Becerra are pushing to break a record as their remix of “Entre Nosotros” tops the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 chart (dated Feb. 5) for a 12th week. It’s the third-most weeks at the top, along with Maluma and The Weeknd’s “Hawai” and Pedro Capo’s “Calma” with Farruko (both spent 12 weeks at No. 1), since the chart launched in 2018. They stand just behind Karol G and Nicki Minaj’s “Tusa” with 25 weeks atop the ranking, and “Otro Trago,” the all-star collab by Sech, Darell, Nicky Jam, Ozuna & Anuel AA (13 weeks at No. 1). Here’s the list of the titles with the most weeks at No. 1 on the Argentina Hot 100 ranking: Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist25, “Tusa,” Karol G & Nicki Minaj13, “Otro Trago,” Sech, Darell, Nicky Jam, Ozuna & Anuel AA12,...
