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Jermaine Dolly’s ‘I’ll Go’ Tops Gospel Airplay Chart
“I’ll Go” marks Dolly’s third total and consecutive Gospel Airplay leader. It follows his featured turn on Titus Showers’ “It’s Gonna Be Alright,” which ruled for a week in October 2020, and Dolly’s “Pull Us Through,” featuring Maranda Curtis, a five-week No. 1 in April-May 2020. Dolly, originally from Philadelphia, boasts three additional Gospel Airplay top 10s. His debut entry “You” hit No. 3 in 2016, followed by “Come and Knock on Our Door” (No. 10, 2017) and “Serve” (No. 3, 2018). You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the p...
Walker Hayes’ ‘Fancy Like’ Tops Country Airplay Chart: ‘The Impossible Can Happen’
“Fancy Like” is Hayes’ seventh Country Airplay entry. His output includes one additional top 10, “You Broke Up With Me,” which hit No. 10 in January 2018. Meanwhile, Monument lands its first Country Airplay No. 1 since Sony Music Entertainment revived the label in 2017. Formed in 1958 (in Washington, D.C., and named for the Washington Monument), it notched six leaders in 1998-2003, all by The Chicks. On the airplay-, sales- and streaming-based Hot Country Songs survey, “Fancy Like” dominates for a 17th week. Buzz for the track, which shouts out Applebee’s menu highlights and sparked a commercial synch with the chain, grew early on thanks to TikTok, where Hayes, whose following on the platform has surged to over 2 million, has posted multiple ...
Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ Leads Halloween Treats on Billboard Hot 100
Notably, Jackson has now placed a solo song in the Hot 100’s top 20 in the 1970s, ’80s, ’90s, 2000s, ’10s and ’20s. (As a Jackson 5 member, he also ranked in the top 20 in the ’60s thanks to the group’s debut hit “I Want You Back,” which reached the region in December 1969 on its way to No. 1 the following month.) Jackson sent six songs into the Hot 100’s top 20 in the ’70s; 17 in the ’80s; seven in the 90s; and two each in the ’00s and ’10s. Jackson, who died in 2009, appeared in the top 20 posthumously in the ’10s with “Love Never Felt So Good,” with Justin Timberlake (No. 9 peak in 2014), and as featured on Drake’s “Don’t Matter to Me” (No. 9; 2018). With his Tim...
Ed Sheeran’s ‘=’ Blasts to No. 1 In U.K.
Of that lofty sum, 68% was physical sales, including 11,600 copies on vinyl, the week’s best-seller on wax. Meanwhile, streaming generated 18% of combined sales, and the remainder (14%) was downloads. Meanwhile, former Verve frontman Ashcroft bows at No. 2 with his retrospective Acoustic Hymns Vol. 1 (BMG), for his sixth U.K. Top 10 album, while the 25th anniversary reissue of Spice Girls’ debut Spice (UMC/Virgin) heats at up No. 5. Philadelphia rock outfit The War On Drugs start at No. 6 with I Don’t Live Here Anymore (Atlantic). It’s their second appearance in the Top 10, following 2017’s A Deeper Understanding, which peaked at No. 3. Over on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, Adele holds top spot for a third week with her hit comeback track “Easy On Me.” It was anything but an easy victor...
Ed Sheeran, Adele Battle For U.K. Singles Chart Crown
Adele’s “Easy On Me,” the U.K.’s best-seller of the past three weeks, is close behind at No. 2, with just 500 chart sales separating them. Based on OCC data from the first 48 hours in the chart cycle, Brighton rapper ArrDee has the hottest start with Flowers “(Say My Name)” at No. 6. The track, which puts a drill spin on Sweet Female Attitude’s “Flowers” and Destiny’s Child’s “Say My Name,” is set to become the artist’s third U.K. Top 10 single. Also aiming for a Top 20 debut is Travis Scott’s new release “Escape Plan” while Summer Walker and SZA’s joint “No Love,” from Walker’s Still Over It LP, is new at No. 20. If it keeps its momentum, it’ll give Walker her highest charting U.K. single to date, and SZA’s fifth Top 20. The Official U.K. Singles Chart is published late Friday, local time...
Matthew West’s ‘What If’ Tops Christian Airplay Chart: ‘Hope Can Be Found Even When Hope Is Hard to See’
How did West find about his new leader? “I was at my doctor’s office when my team called about ‘What If’ hitting No. 1,” he tells Billboard. “And, like most celebrations in the past 20 months or so, it was virtual … with my doctor awkwardly waiting to resume my eye exam. “I’m so thankful to all of the radio stations around the country and their listeners who continue to let my music be part of their lives. To have my fourth No. 1 in a row during such a hard season in our world means so much to me, because my hope in all of this has always been to write songs that remind people where hope can be found even when hope is hard to see.” “What If” marks West’s fourth consecutive proper single to top Christian Airplay, follow...
Doja Cat Passes Drake for Most Rhythmic Airplay No. 1s of 2021
Back to the new quartet queen – here’s a full rundown of Doja Cat’s leaders on Rhythmic Airplay: “Say So,” three weeks at No. 1, beginning April 18, 2020“Best Friend,” Saweetie featuring Doja Cat, one week, April 10, 2021“Kiss Me More,” featuring SZA, two weeks, June 26, 2021“You Right,” with The Weeknd, four weeks, Aug. 28, 2021“Need to Know,” one (to date), Nov. 6, 2021 Also, as “Need” reaches the top slot in its ninth week on the list, it ties “You Right” as the fastest climber of Doja Cat’s five champs. “Need,” “Right” and “Kiss Me More” all appear on Doja Cat’s latest album, Planet Her, which debuted and has peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and logged three weeks at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Elsewhere, “Need” rises to a new peak on Pop Airplay with a ...
Doja Cat & Adele in Billboard & VersusGame Matchups: Recapping the Latest Winners
Will Doja Cat have two simultaneous top 10s on the next Hot 100?Answer: No. Doja Cat has one top 10 on the latest Hot 100, with “Need to Know.” The song rises 11-9, becoming her fourth career top 10. Prior single “Kiss Me More,” featuring SZA, helped make way for her new top 10, as it dips 10-12, after hitting No. 3. As announced last week, Billboard and VersusGame have joined forces to bring music fans a one-of-a-kind, user-generated experience with games that test knowledge of pop culture for a chance to win prizes and monetize trend predictions. Billboard is hosting biweekly head-to-head challenges on entertainment and pop culture gaming app VersusGame, where fans can vote on their favorite artists and songs and wager on who will top the charts and more. In previ...
Halestorm Is ‘Back’ at No. 1 on Mainstream Rock Airplay Chart
Concurrently, “Back” climbs 13-11 on the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay ranking with 2.6 million audience impressions, up 7%, according to MRC Data. It’s the band’s highest-charting song ever on the tally, having exceeded the No. 15 peak of “I Miss the Misery” in November 2012. “Back” also leaps 17-11 on the multi-metric Hot Hard Rock Songs chart, equaling its best rank first reached in early September. In the Oct. 22-28 tracking week, in addition to its radio audience, it earned 157,000 U.S. streams. A release date for Halestorm’s latest album has not yet been announced. The group’s most recent album, Vicious, debuted at No. 1 on the Top Rock Albums and Hard Rock Albums charts in August 2018 and ha...
Ed Sheeran Sprints to Lead on Midweek U.K. Albums Chart
Sheeran should keep his streak alive. His debut + (from 2011), x (2014), and ÷ (2017), all went to No. 1 in the U.K., as did his 2019 LP No. 6 Collaborations Project (2019). With = leading the chart update, and his track “Overpass Graffiti” ruling the singles chart blast, Sheeran is in pursuit of a rare chart double. In a midweek Top 10 stacked with new releases, former Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft bows at No. 2 with Acoustic Hymns – Vol. 1 (BMG), the 25th anniversary edition of Spice Girls’ Spice (UMC/Virgin) is at No. 3, and The War on Drugs’ I Don’t Live Here Anymore (Atlantic) begins at No. 5. All will be revealed late Friday. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you ba...
Rüfüs Du Sol Shines Atop Australia’s Albums Chart With ‘Surrender’
To nab the best-selling album in the land Down Under, “honestly, it’s mind-blowing,” comments the act’s drummer James Hunt. “To have been pipped at the post and debut at No. 2 with their last album, it makes this No. 1 debut even sweeter,” adds Dan Rosen, president of Warner Music Australasia. This leader “cements this incredible band as one of the great Aussie bands of the modern era,” Rosen continues. “We can’t wait to have the band back in the country soon for their amazing live show.” The Sydney outfit, currently based in the U.S., shaped Surrender during lockdown stints between Joshua Tree and Los Angeles. North American tour dates in support of the new album kicked off over the past weekend, and, in the weeks ahead, include a pair of headline shows at Banc of Califo...
Drake’s ‘Certified Lover Boy’ Rebounds for Fifth Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart
Of Certified‘s 74,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 28, SEA units comprise 73,000 (down 10%, equaling 99.9 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs); album sales account for less than 1,000 (down 21%); and TEA units also contribute less than 1,000 (down 9%). Notably, the set matches the total weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 of Drake’s prior proper LP, Scorpion, in 2018. Of his 10 No. 1s, the two trail only the reign of Views, which spent 13 weeks at the summit in 2016. Morgan Wallen’s former 10-week Billboard 200 No. 1 Dangerous: The Double Album pushes 8-2 with 42,000 equivalent album units earned (up 1%); Doja Cat’s Planet Her climbs 7-3 (41,000, down 1%); YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s former one-week l...
