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Royal Blood Splashes at No. 1 In U.K. With ‘Typhoons’
The Brighton pair lead a Top 10 crammed with new releases. Merseyside act The Coral snag a sixth Top 10 LP and highest-chart position in 18 years with Coral Island (Run On), new at No. 2. Mick Fleetwood & Friends’ live tribute Celebrating The Music of Peter Green (BMG) debuts at No. 3, just ahead of British singer Birdy, whose Young Heart (Atlantic) flies in at No. 4. Gojira, the French metal band, score their first Top 10 album with Fortitude (Roadrunner), new at No. 6, just ahead of Norwegian DIY singer-songwriter Girl in Red‘s debut effort If I Could Make It Go Quiet (No. 7 via Marie Ulven), and Pink Floyd’s Live at Knebworth 1990 (No. 8 via Rhino). Completing the Top 10 is DJ Khaled’s digital-only 12th studio set Khaled Khaled. It’s the most-streamed album of the we...
DJ Khaled Lands Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘Khaled Khaled’
Of Khaled Khaled’s 93,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week ending May 6, SEA units comprise 76,000 (equaling 106.87 million on-demand streams of the album’s tracks), album sales comprise 14,000 and TEA units comprise 3,000. Khaled Khaled was preceded by a pair of top 10-charting songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, both featuring Drake: “Popstar” and “Greece,” which reached Nos. 3 and 8, respectively, on the Aug. 1, 2020-dated chart. The next five albums on the Billboard 200 are all former No. 1s. Moneybagg Yo’s A Gangsta’s Pain slips 1-2 in its second week (70,000 equivalent album units earned; down 37%), Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album is a non-mover at No. 3 (53,000; down 2%), Justin Bieber’s Justice rises 5-4 (42,000; down 12%), the Slime Language 2 ...
Amy Shark, The Kid LAROI Rule Australia’s Charts
Also new to the albums chart this week is Gojira’s Fortitude (Roadrunner/Warner), new at No. 3. It’s the French metal band’s first appearance in the Top 10, and the followup to 2016’s Magma, which peaked at No 11. British alternative rock outfit Royal Blood make a splash with Typhoons (Warner), new at No. 5. It’s the followup to their sophomore album How Did We Get So Dark, which hit No. 4 back in June 2017. DJ Khaled’s latest all-star album Khaled Khaled (Epic/Sony) gives the U.S.-based producer his fourth Top 10 in Australia. It opens at No. 7 on the ARIA Chart. Meanwhile, Norwegian DIY artist Girl In Red (AWAL/Inertia) appears on the ARIA Charts for the very first time, as her debut LP If I Could Make It Go Quiet starts at No. 10. Over on the ARIA Singles Chart, The Kid LAROI shows some...
Myke Towers’ ‘Lyke Mike’ Lands In Top 10 on Top Latin Albums Chart
The 23-track set debuts at No. 3. Myke Towers claims his second top 10 on the Top Latin Albums chart as his third studio album, Lyke Mike, debuts at No. 3 on the May 8-dated survey. The set follows Towers’ sophomore effort Easy Money Baby, his first entry on the all-genre Latin chart (No. 1 start, Feb. 2020). Lyke Mike, released April 23 on One Way International/Warner/Warner Latina, earned a little more than 16,000 equivalent album units in the week ending April 29, according to MRC Data, 4,000 units ahead of its predecessor’s debut week sum, despite its No. 3 start. Nearly all of Lyke Mike’s starting sum is powered by streaming activity. The Top Latin Albums chart ranks the most popular Latin albums of the week in the U.S. base...
CeCe Winans, Elevation Worship & Maverick City Add New No. 1s on Gospel Charts
Winans previously topped Gospel Airplay with “Pray” for two weeks in January-February 2006. (The chart began in 2005, while her history on Billboard surveys dates to the 1980s.) She has banked one additional top 10 among her eight appearances on the tally, as “Never Have to Be Alone” climbed to No. 5 in April 2017. THIRD No. 1 Elevation Worship and gospel collective Maverick City Music claim their third shared No. 1, all of which have debuted at the summit, on the multi-metric Hot Gospel Songs survey with “Wait on You,” featuring Dante Bowe and Chandler Moore. On Hot Christian Songs, it starts at No. 9. On the April 24-dated lists, the act’s “Talking to Jesus,” featuring Brandon Lake, flew in atop Hot Gospel Songs and at No. 9 on Hot Ch...
Zach Williams Adds Fourth Christian Airplay Chart No. 1 With ‘Less Like Me’
As “Less Like Me” hits No. 1 in its 17th frame, it wraps Williams’ fastest trip to the Christian Airplay penthouse. “There Was Jesus,” with Dolly Parton, led for five weeks following its coronation in its 19th frame, on the chart dated Sept. 12, 2020; “Old Church Choir” reigned for 20 weeks after reaching the apex in its 18th week in August 2017; and his debut entry, “Chain Breaker,” led for 15 weeks after reaching the pinnacle in its 22nd week in November 2016. Williams has banked his four Christian Airplay No. 1s among eight top 10s. His first top 10 this year, his version of the Yuletide standard “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” climbed to No. 3 in January. As “Less Like Me” hits No. 1 in its 17th frame, it wraps...
Justin Bieber’s ‘Peaches’ Reaches No. 1 on Rhythmic Airplay Chart
Daniel Caesar, meanwhile, reaches No. 1 with his first appearance on Rhythmic Airplay. Giveon, too, achieves a first leader with a first showing. Since “Peaches” debuted on the list, though, he’s added a second song on the chart: His sleeper hit “Heartbreak Anniversary” scores its fifth week on the chart and pushes 23-19 on the new ranking. As “Peaches” completes its journey to No. 1 in six weeks, it logs the fastest trip among Bieber’s five chart-toppers. “I’m the One” previously held the mark in his roster, needing seven weeks before its coronation. With the Rhythmic dominion conquered, “Peaches” will likely next set its sights on top 40 radio. The collaboration darts 6-2 on the Pop Airplay chart, which measures the most-played tracks at mainstream top 40 stations. There, the song adds 2...
Billboard & Twitter to Launch ‘Hot Trending’ Chart Tracking Music Buzz Online
Billboard and Twitter have partnered on a first-of-its-kind Billboard chart that will showcase the most talked-about songs and music topics on the social media platform, it was announced Wednesday at Twitter’s annual NewFronts presentation. Named Billboard Hot Trending, the new chart will track music-related trends and conversations in real time across Twitter, including buzz around new releases, awards show and festival moments, music nostalgia threads and more. 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 chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet reven...
Chart Rewind: In 1996, Mariah Carey’s ‘Baby’ Bounced to No. 1 on the Hot 100
“Day” followed the first single from Carey’s 1995 album Daydream, “Fantasy,” which ruled the Hot 100 for eight weeks starting that September. As “Baby” added a second total week on top, Carey ran up a run of 26 weeks at No. 1 with songs from Daydream, still the record for an album by a woman. In 2018, Drake set the current mark among all artists, with three leaders from Scorpion dominating for a combined 29 weeks. “Baby” also became Carey’s 11th Hot 100 No. 1, tying her at the time with Whitney Houston and Madonna for the most among women. When “Honey,” from 1997’s Butterfly, soared in atop the chart dated Sept. 13, 1997, Carey claimed the mark among women all to herself, which she’s yet to relinquish. She ...
Moneybagg Yo Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘A Gangsta’s Pain’
Of A Gangsta’s Pain’s 110,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week ending April 29, SEA units comprise 106,000 (equaling 147.4 million on-demand streams of the album’s tracks), album sales comprise 4,000 and TEA units comprise less than 1,000. The set was previewed by the top 20-charting Hot Rap Songs hits “Time Today” and “Hard for the Next,” the latter with Future. Moneybagg Yo first hit the Billboard 200 in 2017 with Heartless, which peaked at No. 177. He’s been prolific on the chart since, as A Gangsta’s Pain is his 11th charting effort, and ninth album to reach the top 25. Pain is his fifth top 10 album overall, and fourth consecutive top 10, following Code Red (No. 6 in 2020, with Blac Youngsta), Time Served (No. 3, 2020) and 43VA Heartless (No. 4, 2019). He g...
Tom Jones Lands Record-Setting U.K. No. 1 With ‘Surrounded By Time’
Surrounded By Time is Jones’ fourth leader in the U.K. and his first since 1999’s Reload. He also becomes the first Welsh soloist to top the national chart in nearly a decade, since Marina and The Diamonds’ Electra Heart, in 2012. In a slow week for new releases, the next highest debut is an album familiar to many, John Lennon’s 1971 solo debut LP, Plastic Ono Band (Apple Corps). The classic set enjoys a reissue rollout in various computations, blasting it to No. 11 on the weekly chart. Further down the list, a campaign for The Who’s third studio album The Who Sell Out sends the recording to No. 15, and a reissue of ska band The Selecter’s 1980 album Too Much Pressure (Chyrsalis) arrives at No. 24. Veteran alt-rock outfit Dinosaur Jr. snag their fifth Top 40 album with Sweep It Into Space ...
Billie Eilish Set to ‘Power’ Into U.K. Top 10
Eilish’s latest single is the third lifted from her upcoming sophomore album, Happier Than Ever, due out July 30 via Darkroom and Interscope Records. Previously released singles “Therefore I Am” and “My Future,” which respectively peaked at No. 2 and No. 7 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart. Both tracks cracked the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. There’s movement at the top of the chart blast for the first time in more than a month, as Tion Wayne and Russ Millions’ “Body” leapfrogs Lil Nas X’s “Montero (Call Me By Your Name),” the leader for the past five weeks. Don’t bet the house on “Body” taking the crown. After just 48 hours, just 100 chart sales separate the two singles. “Confetti” by Little Mix is all set for a return to the upper deck of the ...
