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Aimer Returns to No. 1 as Holiday Favorites Soar on Japan Hot 100
Aimer’s “Zankyosanka” returns to No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 dated Dec. 29, tracking the week from Dec. 20 to 26, 2021. The anime theme song ruled the tally two weeks prior and continues to maintain momentum. [embedded content] “Zankyosanka” rules streaming for the third week and video views for the second week in a row, both decreasing slightly figure-wise but still going strong. The track racked up 8,904,311 weekly streams (from 9,649,396 the week before) and 2,655,800 views (from 3,183,554) during the chart week, while slipping to No. 2 for downloads after reigning over the metric for two weeks. In other metrics, it comes in at No. 60 for Twitter mentions and No. 29 for radio airplay. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The song that to...
Disney’s ‘Encanto’ Soundtrack Enchants Billboard Charts
The soundtrack to the Walt Disney animated film Encanto vaults 110-7 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Jan. 8) for its first week in the top 10. The set is in its fifth week on the tally and shoots into the top 10 following the film’s premiere on the Disney+ streaming service on Dec. 24. Encanto is the most recently released soundtrack to reach the top 10 since Disney’s own Frozen II jumped 15-3 on the Dec. 7, 2019, chart, on its way to No. 1 a week later. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an...
Ed Sheeran’s ‘Equals’ Chasing U.K. Chart Crown
Ed Sheeran is on track for a third non-consecutive week at No. 1 in the U.K. with = (equals). Sheeran has an enviable chart record in his homeland, where all five of his studio albums have hit No. 1 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart. Equals (via Asylum) would have logged more weeks at the summit were it not for Adele’s 30 (Columbia), which dropped last November and ruled the Official Charts Company’s year-end chart, with Sheeran’s latest album coming in at No. 2. Based on midweek data, Sheeran’s 2017’s LP Divide is set to reenter the U.K. Top 10, at No. 7, the OCC reports, with equals at No. 1. Another veteran act on the rise is ABBA, whose chart-leading comeback album Voyage (Polar) climbs one place to No. 3 on the Official Chart Update, while their career retrospective Gold — the only al...
Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ Keeps Atop Billboard Global Charts
Mariah Carey‘s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is again the biggest song in the world, as it holds at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts dated Jan. 8, reflecting activity in the Dec. 24-30 tracking week. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Plus, GAYLE’s “abcdefu” remains the top-charting non-holiday global hit, while José Feliciano’s “Feliz Navidad” and Ariana Grande’s “Santa Tell Me” return to the Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. top 10, respectively. Billboard‘s two global 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 inclusive of worldwide data and the Billboard Global E...
Ed Sheeran’s ‘Bad Habits’ Reigns Over U.K.’s Year-End Singles Chart
It’s official: Ed Sheeran’s “Bad Habits” was the U.K.’s biggest song of 2021. The first single lifted from Sheeran’s latest chart-leading set = (equals), “Bad Habits” led the Official U.K. Singles Chart for 11 weeks during the year, amassing more than 1.7 million combined sales along the way, the OCC reports. Of that sum, “Bad Habits” was streamed 204 million times and amassed 142,000 sales. Sheeran rules the year-end U.K. singles chart, ahead of two Olivia Rodrigo songs, “Good 4 U” (167 million streams) and “Drivers License” (nearly 156 million streams), respectively. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The California teen ties with Sheeran for the most entries on the year-end survey, with three each. Other acts landing multiple entries in the 202...
Adele’s ’30’ Is the U.K.’s Biggest Album For 2021
A new Adele album is typically greeted with excitement and bumper sales. That was certainly the case in her homeland, where 30 (Columbia) logged multiple weeks at No. 1 and ended 2021 as the market’s biggest album. Following its Nov. 19 release, Adele’s fourth LP became the fastest-selling title of the year in the U.K., notching 261,000 week-one chart sales. Since then, the album shifted upwards of 600,000 combined sales and led the weekly chart for five cycles, equaling Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour (Interscope) for the year’s longest-reign. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news 30 was a popular stocking filler. The album shifted 502,000 units in “pure” sales, including 448,000 physical units, according to the OCC in its 2021 market analysis. The year’s No....
Ed Sheeran’s ‘Equals’ Returns to No. 1 on U.K. Albums Chart
Ed Sheeran regains top spot on the Official U.K. Albums Chart with = (Equals), in what turned out to be a nail-biting race. Fewer than 500 chart sales separate Sheeran’s latest Asylum set from Adele’s 30 (Columbia), the No. 2 album on the latest survey, published Dec. 31. Meanwhile, Michael Buble’s festive classic Christmas (Reprise) lifts 4-3, its highest peak of the year, while Little Mix’s career retrospective Between Us (RCA) is up 9-5. The Christmas spirit is coursing through the final albums chart of 2021, including Frank Sinatra’s Ultimate Christmas (UMC), the biggest climber on the current frame up 64 places to No. 33, a new best. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Also, Mariah Carey reenters the Top 40 with Merry Christmas (Sony Music CG)...
Gayle Charging to U.K. No. 1 With ‘Abcdefu’
As Christmas tunes tumble out of the U.K. chart, Gayle takes pole position for the first time with “abcdefu.” The Dallas-born, Nashville-based teen leads the chart blast with her viral hit, which lifts 14-1 in its seventh week on the survey. If it holds its position, the break-up song will give Gayle her first U.K. leader. The breakthrough singer-songwriter topped Billboard‘s Emerging Artists chart (dated Dec. 4) with her global hit, which she wrote with Sara Davis and Dave Pittenger and which Ocean Park Standoff drummer Pete Nappi produced. “Abcdefu” was initially powered by TikTok, having been featured in over half a million videos on the short-video streaming platform. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Several singles vault up the U.K. ch...
Adele’s ‘30’ Spends Sixth Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200, ‘Encanto’ Hits Top 10
Adele’s 30 holds court atop the Billboard 200 albums chart for a sixth consecutive, and total, week at No. 1 (chart dated Jan. 8, 2022). The effort earned 99,000 equivalent album units (down 53%) in the U.S. in the week of Dec. 24-30, according to MRC Data. Explore See latest videos, charts and news 30 is the second album released in 2021 to spend at least six weeks at No. 1 in total on the Billboard 200, following Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album (with 10 weeks atop the tally). Also in the new top 10, a pair of albums hit the region for the first time: the new Encanto film soundtrack bounds 110-7, while the classic holiday compilation A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector jumps 11-10. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on&nb...
Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ Hits No. 1 In Australia for Fourth Successive Year
Mariah Carey gets the New Year away with some holiday spirit as “All I Want For Christmas Is You” (Columbia/Sony) rises to No. 1 on the Australian singles chart. It’s an unprecedented fourth successive No. 1 for Carey’s Christmas classic, originally released back in 1994. Unsurprisingly, the latest ARIA chart is swamped with festival songs, including Wham’s “Last Christmas” (up 9-2 via Sony), Michael Bublé’s “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” (10-3 via Reprise/Warner), Ariana Grande’s “Santa Tell Me” (12-5 via Universal), Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” (17-8 via Universal), and Ed Sheeran & Elton John’s “Merry Christmas” (16-10 via Universal/Warner). Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news According to ARIA, a string of...
Ed Sheeran and Elton John Return to No. 1 on U.K. Chart With ‘Merry Christmas’
Ed Sheeran & Elton John complete 2021 with another U.K. No. 1 as “Merry Christmas” (Atlantic) returns to the summit for a third non-consecutive week. “Merry Christmas” replaces LadBaby’s record-breaking novelty hit “Sausage Rolls For Everyone” (down 1-29 via FRTYFVE) which also features the British pop singers. With = (equals via Asylum) ruling the Official U.K. Albums Chart this week, Sheeran completes another chart double. According to the OCC, = is his third album to log at least one week as part of a U.K. chart double. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Meanwhile, a host of Christmas tunes climb the Official U.K. Singles Chart, published Dec. 31, including The Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York” featuring Kirsty MacColl (up 7-4 via Warner Bros...
22 No. 22 Hot 100 Hits for ’22: Selena Gomez’s ‘Love You Like a Love Song’ & More
New Year’s traditions haven’t gone exactly according to … well, tradition, the last couple years, but one of Billboard‘s still can: For 2022, let’s recap the 22 biggest hits ever to peak at No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. Following similar prior recaps, the list for ’22 below includes pop, rock, R&B classics and more, all of which reached No. 22 highs on the weekly Hot 100. Happy new year! … with a look at hits from older years. 22 No. 22 Hits for ’22 Rank, Title, Artist, Peak Year1, “Love You Like a Love Song,” Selena Gomez & The Scene, 20122, “Tough All Over,” John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band, 19853, “Pamela,” Toto, 19884, “Shower the People,” James Taylor, 19765, “Love Walks In,” Van Halen, 19866, “Lonely Weekends,” Charlie Rich, 19607, “But It’s Alright,” ...
