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Taylor Swift Is the First Act to Rule Billboard Artist 100 for 50 Weeks
Adding to her chart-conquering week, Taylor Swift jumps from No. 11 to No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 (dated Nov. 27) to become the top musical act in the U.S. for a milestone 50th week, powered by the chart debut of her new LP, Red (Taylor’s Version). Explore See latest videos, charts and news Dating to the Artist 100’s launch in July 2014, Swift is the first act to reign for 50 weeks. Drake ranks second with 36 weeks on top, followed by The Weeknd (22) and BTS (20). Swift first led the list dated Sept. 6, 2014, concurrent with the No. 1 launch on the Billboard Hot 100 of her single “Shake It Off.” Swift has spent at least one week at No. 1 on the Artist 100 in 2014-15, 2017 and 2019-21. Of her 50 weeks at the summit, she has logged eight in 2021, the most of all acts. Olivia Rodrigo f...
Taylor Swift Sets New Mark for Women on Streaming Songs Chart With ‘All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)’
Taylor Swift notches her fifth No. 1 on Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart with “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version),” which starts atop the survey dated Nov. 27. “Well” bows with 54.4 million U.S. streams in the Nov. 12-18 tracking week, according to MRC Data. Its 5-minute, 29-second and 10-minute, 13-second versions are combined into one listing on Billboard‘s charts; the song’s original 5-minute, 29-second 2012 version is tracked separately. It’s Swift’s first No. 1 since “Cardigan,” which started atop the ranking dated Aug. 8, 2020. She first crowned Streaming Songs, which began in 2013, with two-week leader “Shake It Off” in 2014. With five No. 1s, Swift takes over sole possession of the third-most No. 1s in the chart’s history, as well as the most by any woman. Ahead of Swift, Drake leads...
Adele’s ’30’ Is 2021’s Top-Selling Album in U.S. After Only Three Days
Adele’s new album 30 is the year’s top-selling album in the U.S. after only three days of release. According to initial reports to MRC Data, the album, which was released Nov. 19, has sold more than 500,000 copies in the U.S. through Nov. 21. That makes it 2021’s top-selling album, surpassing sales of any album over the past 11 months combined. It beats the year’s previous top-seller: Taylor Swift’s Evermore, with 462,000 copies sold through the week ending Nov. 18. (Evermore was released in December 2020 but has continued to sell well in 2021.) 30 also easily claims 2021’s biggest individual sales week – surpassing the mark just set by the arrival of Swift’s Red (Taylor’s Version), which sold 369,000 copies in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 18. Explore Explore Adele See latest videos, c...
Taylor Swift Blasts to U.K. No. 1 With ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’
Taylor Swift powers to the U.K. crown with Red (Taylor’s Version) (via EMI), her eight consecutive No. 1 LP. Swift accumulates 72,000 chart sales, overtaking Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour to claim the biggest week for a female artist in 2021, the OCC reports. That tally beats the opening week for the original Red album, which debuted at No. 1 back in November 2012 with 62,000 sales. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The second in Swift’s planned slate of rerecorded albums, Red (Taylor’s Version) opens in the U.K. with almost 57,000 sales (physical and digital sales), making it the fastest-selling female solo artist album of 2021 so far, outpacing Lana Del Rey’s Chemtrails Over The Country Club. It’s the U.S. pop star’s fifth No. 1 album in less tha...
Adele’s ‘Easy On Me’ Makes Its Five Weeks at No. 1 In U.K.
Adele isn’t taking it easy on her U.K. chart rivals. The British pop superstar starts a fifth consecutive week at No. 1 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart with “Easy On Me” (Columbia), which rakes-in 67,000 chart sales and 7.6 million streams, the OCC reports. “Easy On Me” draws equal with “Someone Like You” for Adele’s longest-running No. 1 in the U.K. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news With Adele’s fourth studio album 30 dropping last Friday (Nov. 19), don’t expect the Londoner to disappear from the charts anytime soon. The highest new entry on the latest frame belongs to Taylor Swift, whose 10-minute cut of “All Too Well” (EMI) lands at No. 3, just behind Ed Sheeran’s No. 2-ranked “Shivers” (Asylum). “All Too Well (10 Minute Version),” lifted f...
Summer Walker Ties Taylor Swift for This Billboard Hot 100 Record
Summer Walker claims a share of Billboard Hot 100 history, as she floods the chart (dated Nov. 20) with 18 songs from her new album, Still Over It. The set soars in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 166,000 equivalent album units earned, according to MRC Data, becoming her first leader on the list. It’s also the first R&B album by a woman to top the chart since Solange’s A Seat at the Table in October 2016. With 201.1 million streams for its songs earned in its first week, Still Over It also marks the biggest streaming week ever in the U.S. for an R&B album by a woman. On the Hot 100, Walker joins Taylor Swift as the only female artists in the chart’s 63-year history to place as many as 18 songs on the survey simultaneously. Swift sent 18 songs onto the chart dated Sept. 9, 2019, ...
Kane Brown Banks 10th Hot Country Songs Top 10 With ‘One Mississippi’
Brown has scored three No. 1s among his 10 Hot Country Songs top 10s. “What Ifs,” featuring Lauren Alaina, dominated for five weeks starting in October 2017; “Lose It” led for a week in November 2018; and “One Right Thing,” with Marshmello, reigned for a week in October 2019. “Mississippi” grants Brown his third Hot Country Songs top 10 of 2021. “Memory,” with blackbear, debuted at its No. 9 best in July and “Famous Friends,” with Chris Young, reached No. 2 in June (and led Country Airplay in July, becoming Brown’s seventh No. 1 and Young’s 10th). ‘DIDN’T’ DID IT AGAIN Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood’s “If I Didn’t Love You” rebounds from No. 2 for a third total w...
Taylor Swift Leads Race to U.K. Albums Chart Crown
If Swift snags the glory, Red (Taylor’s Version) would be her second U.K. leader of 2021 and her fourth in less than two years. The U.S. pop superstar would also equal Kylie Minogue as the female solo artist with the second-most U.K. No. 1 albums in U.K. chart history, and behind just Madonna, with 12, according to the OCC. Based on midweek data, the new, 10-minute cut of Swift’s fan-favorite “All Too Well” is set to be the week’s highest-charting debut single, currently at No. 7. Meanwhile, last week’s albums chart champion, ABBA’s Voyage (Polar), which shifted more than 200,000 in its first seven-days, dips 1-3 on the Official Chart update, while Rod Stewart is on track for his 37th U.K. Top 10 album with The Tears of Hercules (EastWest/Rhino). It bows at No. 5 on...
Adele Rules Hot 100 for Fourth Week; Post Malone & The Weeknd, Silk Sonic Debut in Top 10
The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated Nov. 20) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Nov. 16). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram. “Easy on Me,” released Oct. 14 on Columbia Records, drew 78.1 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 12%) and 23.6 million U.S. streams (down 8%) and sold 14,600 downloads (down 7%) in the Nov. 5-11 tracking week, according to MRC Data. The ballad leads the Streaming Songs chart for a fourth week, rises from No. 2 for a second week atop Digital Song Sales and holds at its No. 2 high on Radio Songs. Notably, the song is the first to simultaneously top two of the Hot 100’s three compone...
Summer Walker Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘Still Over It’
Still Over It is Walker’s third top 10 on the Billboard 200. It follows her 2020 EP, Life on Earth (No. 8), and her debut full-length studio album, Over It, in 2019 (No. 2). Over It has spent more than 100 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart and finished 2020 as the No. 2 title on Billboard’s year-end Top R&B Albums recap. The set has earned over 2.5 million equivalent album units in the U.S. The new album was announced on Oct. 4 and led by the single “Ex for a Reason,” with JT (of City Girls). The track debuted at No. 6 on the Hot R&B Songs chart and in the top 20 of Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (both dated Oct. 30). Let’s take a look at some of the feats that Walker achieves with the debut of Still Over It: First No. 1 R&B Album by a Woman in Over Five Years: Still Over I...
ABBA Achieves Highest-Charting Album Ever on Billboard 200 With Debut of ‘Voyage’
In total, Voyage marks ABBA’s 14th charting album on the Billboard 200 and seventh to reach the top 40. (Not counted among those are the two Mamma Mia! film soundtracks, which consist of covers of ABBA tunes by their respective film’s actors. Both albums found great success, with the first Mamma Mia! soundtrack hitting No. 1 in 2008 and the sequel film’s Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again! soundtrack reaching No. 3 in 2018.) Voyage starts with 82,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 11, according to MRC Data. Of that sum, album sales comprise 78,000 (making it the top-selling album of the week and the largest sales week for an album by a group in 2021); SEA units comprise 4,000 (equaling 4.9 million on-demand streams of the set’s songs), and TEA units co...
ABBA’s ‘Voyage’ Sails to No. 1 In Australia
Prior to the launch of the ARIA Charts in 1983, ABBA had leaders here with ABBA (11 weeks, December 1975 to February 1976), The Best of ABBA (16 weeks, March 1976 to July 1976) and Arrival (8 weeks, November 1976 to January 1977), the charts compiler reports. Also, in 2018, the Mamma Mia! soundtrack, a collection of ABBA covers, hit No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Australia has a deep connection with ABBA which dates back to the ‘70s, when Agnetha, Björn, Benny and Anni-Frid toured these parts at the height of their popularity. The Melbourne-originated tribute brand Bjorn Again has been giving ABBA fans their fix since the late ‘80s and, in the ‘90s, the Aussie indie film Muriel’s Wedding introduced a new generation to the supergroup’s catalog. Voyage is also expected to bla...
