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Green Day, Fall Out Boy & Weezer’s Hella Mega Tour Lives Up to Its Name With Blockbuster Ticket Sales
This post-COVID glory included its own peaks and valleys. Fall Out Boy missed three dates of the tour in August when an unspecified member of their touring crew contracted COVID-19. That includes the aforementioned New York show, plus dates at Boston’s Fenway Park and Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. On one hand, joining these three bands on a stadium tour is a no-brainer. Over the last three decades, they’ve earned a combined 62.7 million album equivalent units in the U.S., according to MRC Data, and amassed 49 top 10 songs on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart. Bridging the gap between ’90s punk and alternative with 2000s-era emo, combining their powers was, in theory, a simple recipe for success on the road. But on the other hand, historical Boxscore data shows it wasn’t a su...
Seether Sets New Personal Best Atop Mainstream Rock Airplay Chart With ‘Wasteland’
Concurrently, “Wasteland” lifts 8-7 on the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart with 3.1 million audience impressions, up 7%, according to MRC Data. It’s Seether’s highest-ranking song on the list since “Tonight,” which peaked at No. 4 in November 2011. “Wasteland” also breaks into the top 10 of the multi-metric Hot Hard Rock Songs survey, leaping 13-10 with 136,000 U.S. streams in addition to its radio audience. Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum, Seether’s eighth studio set, debuted at No. 3 on the Hard Rock Albums chart in September 2020 and has earned 75,000 equivalent album units to date. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins ...
Loza Alexander Debuts at No. 1 on Emerging Artists Chart Thanks to ‘Lets Go Brandon’
“Lets Go Brandon” concurrently tops R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales and Rap Digital Song Sales and jumps to No. 2 on the all-genre Digital Song Sales chart. It also debuts at Nos. 10 and 12, respectively, on the multi-metric Hot Rap Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts. Among other Emerging Artists chart moves, the U.K.’s Lovejoy re-enters at No. 6, a new peak, as its new LP Pebble Brain opens at No. 20 on Top Rock & Alternative Albums with 8,000 equivalent album units, while all seven of its cuts debut on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs. Plus, Finneas re-enters Emerging Artists at No. 7, powered by his debut LP Optimist. The set arrives at No. 9 on Alternative Albums (10,000 units). Finneas, the principal producer and co-songwriter for his sister, Billie Ei...
Elton John, Rüfüs Du Sol Aiming for Top Debuts on Australia’s Albums Chart
It’s all still to play for, as Rüfüs Du Sol’s latest effort Surrender aims high. The Sydney electronic act, now based in Los Angeles, is coming off a career-defining release in 2018’s Solace, which was nominated for two Grammy Awards (for best dance/electronic album and best dance recording) and three ARIA Awards (winning for best dance release) and was voted as the best electronic album of 2018 by Billboard’s Dance. None of the act’s three previous albums have charted lower than No. 2. Their debut Atlas (from 2013) and Bloom (2016) both hit No. 1 in Australia, while Solace peaked at No. 2. Keep an eye out for Lana Del Rey’s chart position with Blue Banisters, which could give the American alternative pop singer her seventh Top Ten title and second album for 2021. And finally, British...
Prince Royce’s ‘Lao’ a Lao” Lands Atop Latin Airplay Chart
The song also hits No. 1 on Tropical Airplay. Fresh off his exclusive Facebook Live performance of “Lao’ a Lao’,” Prince Royce conquers the radio airways as the song jumps 4-1 to lead the overall Latin Airplay chart (dated Oct. 30). It concurrently takes over atop Tropical Airplay (2-1). The bachata track was released Aug. 12 and opened on Latin Airplay at No. 16 on the Aug. 28-dated survey, with 5 million audience impressions earned in the U.S. On the latest chart, it bounds with a 34% gain, to 10.7 million, in the week ending Oct. 24, according to MRC Data. The growth gives Royce his 14th leader and secures the song the week’s greatest gainer honor. “Lao’ a Lao’” follows Royce’s only other No. 1 on the all-Latin ranking, which arrived more than six months ago: “Hasta Que Salga El Sol,” w...
Daniel O’Donnell Extends U.K. Chart Record With ‘60’
The latest, easy-listening effort is produced by Nigel Wright, who worked on the records of many Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals, including the film versions of Evita — starring Madonna and Antonio Banderas —The Phantom of the Opera, and other TV and film projects. On the LP, O’Donnell performs versions of such standards as “Let Your Love Flow”, “I’ll Never Find Another You”, “Happy To Be On An Island In The Sun” and “Somethin’ Stupid,” a duet with his wife Majella. For the record, O’Donnell is still 59. He doesn’t turn 60 until Dec. 12. 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 process. Earn rewards by cha...
Elton John and Duran Duran Battle For U.K. Albums Chart Crown
Close behind is Duran Duran, whose 15th studio album Future Past (BMG) opens at No. 2. With Future Past, the alternative rock veterans could nab their highest-charting record in 38 years, since 1983’s Seven And The Ragged Tiger led the chart. Duran Duran’s most recent album, 2015’s Paper Gods, debuted and peaked at No. 5 in the U.K. Meanwhile, Lana Del Rey’s Blue Banisters (Polydor) starts at No. 3 on the chart blast. It’s the U.S. alt-pop artist’s eighth record and second release of 2021. Scottish rock favorites Biffy Clyro start at No. 4 on the midweek chart with The Myth Of The Happily Ever After (Warner Records). As the chart race enters its second stage, it’s all to play for. According to the Official Charts Company, just 4,500 chart sales currently separate the all-new Top 4. C...
Adele Sets Homecoming 2022 Concerts
Adele’s comeback track “Easy On Me” blasted to No. 1 on the Official U.K. Chart last Friday, setting records along the way. The song is roaring up the charts around the planet, as it starts at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Global Charts, Australia’s national survey and elsewhere. “Easy On Me” is the first track lifted from Adele’s 30, her forthcoming fourth album due out Nov. 19. It’s the followup to 2015’s 25, an album so popular, Adele was crowned IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year for the year, an award which recognizes the top artist across physical sales, downloads and streaming. Her global tour in support of that album was pure box office dynamite. When it wrapped, Adele stepped away from the public glare for five-long years, until “Easy On Me” dropped in full earlier this...
Adele’s ‘Easy on Me’ Dominates Both Billboard Global Charts
Billboard‘s two global charts, which began in September 2020 and recently 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 Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the U.S. Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations. ‘Easy on Me’ Vaults 19...
Adele’s ‘Easy On Me’ Set For Second Week Atop U.K. Singles Chart
Adele’s first release in six years leads the First Look chart, which ranks tracks based on activity from the first 48 hours in the chart cycle. Further down the list, reunited EDM legends Swedish House Mafia and Canadian R&B star The Weeknd are on track for the week’s highest new entry, with “Moth To A Flame.” It’s new at No. 12 on the chart blast. Another new-ish release is ABBA’s “Just A Notion.” The track was originally cut during the Swedish pop group’s heyday in the late ‘70s, and officially released in full last Friday. It’s on course to give the foursome their 29th U.K. Top 40 single, the OCC reports. The latest single from their forthcoming album Voyage, due out Nov. 5, “Just A Notion” is eyeing a No. 14 bow. Finally, London rapper Digga D is locked-on for a ninth U...
Adele’s ‘Easy On Me’ Smashes Records En Route to U.K. No. 1
The new track carves up the competition with 217,300 chart sales in its first week, a tally not seen since Ed Sheeran’s “Shape Of You” packed-in 226,800 combined sales back in January 2017. Today, “Shape Of You” is the most-streamed song ever on Spotify. In its debut week, Adele’s “Easy On Me” accumulates 24 million streams in the U.K., a new mark beating the record set by Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings,” which registered 16.9 million U.K. streams back in January 2019. Also, according to the OCC, “Easy On Me” bags the biggest sum of digital download sales for 2021, with 23,500. “Easy On Me” is Adele’s first music release in six years, and it’s the first track taken from her forthcoming fourth album 30, due out Nov. 19. As anticipation builds, two of her earlier hits power back into t...
Coldplay Blasts to No. 1 In U.K. With ‘Music Of The Spheres’
The last figure to chalk-up six-figures in a week was Ed Sheeran’s No. 6 Collaborations Project, which started with 125,000 in July 2019. Pure sales accounted for 85% of Coldplay’s first week tally, a sum that included 12,400 on wax, enough to lead this week’s Official Vinyl Albums Chart. With the strong opening, Coldplay’s collaboration with BTS, “My Universe,” races 15-5 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, while “Let Somebody Go” featuring Selena Gomez, opens at No. 24, and “Higher Power” reenters at 26. Coldplay performed all three tracks live last week on CBS’ The Late Late Show With James Corden. With the unbroken, career-spanning run of No. 1s, Coldplay tie with Brandon Flowers, who also has a streak of nine consecutive chart-toppers across The Killers and his solo efforts. Noel Gall...
