Chart Beat
Lil Nas X’s ‘Montero’ & Justin Bieber’s ‘Peaches’ Continue Atop Billboard Global Charts
Billboard‘s two global charts (the latest of which are dated April 24) began last September and 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 rankings 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. ‘Montero’ Holds Atop G...
Lil Nas X’s ‘Montero’ Chasing Fourth Week at No. 1 In U.K.
While Lil Nas X appears to have the upper hand in the chart battle, there’s plenty of action down below. Riton x Nightcrawlers’ club track “Friday” featuring Mufasa & Hypeman is the most downloaded song of the weekend, and is on track for a new high. In its tenth week in the Top 10, “Friday” lifts 6-2, two places above its peak. At this early stage, the highest climber is Olivia Rodrigo’s “Déjà Vu,” up 26-12. The followup to “Drivers License,” it’s the second single from the U.S. teen’s debut studio album Sour, due out May 21. Meanwhile, singles from Tom Grennan, Masked Wolf, Mimi Webb, Ava Max and Silk Sonic are on the rise, based on the OCC’s chart blast. The Official U.K. Singles Chart is published late Friday local time. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates...
Taylor Swift’s Re-Recorded ‘Fearless’ Album Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart With Year’s Biggest Week
Fearless (Taylor’s Version) is the only No. 1 album of its kind: a re-recording of an artist’s (own or another’s) previously released album. 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 album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new April 24, 2021-dated chart (where Fearless [Taylor’s Version] debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on April 20. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @bil...
DMX, Taylor Swift Songs Dot LyricFind Charts
“X” is followed by “Party Up (Up in Here)” (No. 3), “Damien” (No. 5), “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem” (No. 6), “Slippin’” (No. 8), “How’s It Goin’ Down” (No. 9) and “Who We Be” (No. 10) in the top 10. According to LyricFind, “X” saw a 5,888% increase in lyric views following the rapper’s death, while the biggest percentage boost belonged to “Where the Hood At (No. 13, LyricFind U.S.), with a 16,800% boost. Meanwhile, Taylor Swift sends seven titles onto LyricFind U.S., coinciding with the April 9 release of Fearless (Taylor’s Version), her rerecording of her 2008 studio album Fearless. “The Way I Loved You (Taylor’s Version)” leads the group at No. 7, followed by “Superstar (Taylor’s Version)” at No. 14. Two of the Swift songs also hit LyricFind Global, led again by “The Way I Loved You” (No. 9...
Taylor Swift Smashes Records In Australia as ‘Fearless (Taylor’s Version)’ Debuts at No. 1
According to ARIA, the 17 weeks that separate evermore first summiting and the debut of Fearless (Taylor’s Version) sets the record for the shortest span between different albums to reach the top, beating Swift’s own mark of 20 weeks between her last two LPs. Three tracks from it impact the singles chart this week, led by “Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)”, new at No. 19. Swift’s tally of eight No. 1 albums places her second on the all-time leaderboard for female solo artists, behind only Madonna (with 11). She also sits one release behind Eminem (9) for the most consecutive No. 1s. On the latest ARIA Albums Chart, Justin Bieber’s Justice (Def Jam/Universal) dips 1-2, while veteran Australian artist Richard Clapton starts at No. 3 with Music Is Love (1966-1970) ...
Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Cry Baby’ Tops Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Chart
The new leader gives Megan Thee Stallion a third No. 1 on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop tally. The Houston rapper first led with “Savage,” featuring Beyonce, for four weeks last year and followed with the one-week champ “Body” in February. Featured artist DaBaby, meanwhile, scores his sixth chart-topper on the radio ranking as “Cry Baby” joins the below crew: Song Title, Artist (if other than DaBaby), Weeks at No. 1, Date Reached No. 1“Suge,” six, June 22, 2019“BOP,” four, Jan. 25, 2020“What’s Poppin,” Jack Harlow featuring DaBaby, Tory Lanez & Lil Wayne, two, Aug. 15, 2020“Rockstar,” featuring Roddy Ricch, three, July 25, 2020“For the Night,” Pop Smoke featuring DaBaby & Lil Baby, four, Jan. 23, 2021“Cry Baby,” Megan Thee Stallion featuring DaBaby, one, April 17, 2021 “Cry Baby” ...
Twenty One Pilots Score Best Alternative Airplay Chart Debut Since… Themselves
“Shy Away,” released April 7 amid the latest charts’ April 5-11 airplay tracking week, also soars in at No. 5 on the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay ranking with 4.3 million audience impressions, according to MRC Data, mostly from alternative stations. The entrance is the chart’s highest since Green Day‘s “Father of All…” began at No. 3 on the Sept. 21, 2019, survey. On the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, “Shy Away” debuts at No. 20, with its radio reach augmented by two days of streaming (2 million U.S. streams) and sales (2,000 downloads) in the April 2-8 tracking week for those metrics. Further gains for the song are expected on Billboard charts dated April 24, which will refle...
Demi Lovato’s ‘Dancing With the Devil…’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales Chart
Of Dancing’s debut sales of 38,000, physical album sales comprise 25,000 of that figure (all in CD sales) while digital album sales comprise 13,000. Sales of Dancing got help from the availability of a Target-exclusive CD edition of the set with two bonus tracks, a signed CD sold via Lovato’s official website, multiple CD cover variants and a deluxe edition with bonus tracks available through digital retailers. Carrie Underwood’s My Savior falls 1-2 in its second week on Top Album Sales, selling 31,000 copies (down 55%). After two weeks on sale, My Savior is the fifth-biggest selling album of 2021, with 99,000 copies sold through April 8. The year’s top-seller is Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album, with 215,000 copies sold. Sturgill Simpson’s Cuttin’ Grass, Vol. 2: The Cowboy Arms...
Boxscore Flashback: 10 Years Ago, U2 Set The All-Time Boxscore Record With The 360 Tour
Bad Bunny Announces 2022 El Último Tour del Mundo Tour Following WrestleMania Debut | Billboard News After two years of relative silence, U2 returned with their 12th studio album, 2009’s No Line on the Horizon. The band hit the ground running (in their sexy boots), with the album debuting atop the Billboard 200, their seventh set to crown the chart. The U2 360° Tour was routed in-the-round in stadiums across three years and five continents. It kicked off with two shows at Camp Nou in Barcelona (June 30 and July 2, 2009), throwing down the gauntlet for the years to come with a $19.8 million gross and attendance of 182,000. The initial European leg kept up the pace with $20 million grosses in Paris and London, and a crowning haul of $28.8 million and 243,000 attendance over three nights at D...
Chris Stapleton Scores Second No. 1 on Hot Country Songs Chart With ‘Starting Over’
“Over,” which Stapleton wrote with Dave Cobb, is the lead single from his same-titled album, which the pair produced. The set arrived at No. 1 on Top Country Albums in November, becoming his fourth leader. Stapleton’s “Tennessee Whiskey” opened at No. 46 on Hot Country Songs in May 2015 and re-entered at No. 1 that November, becoming the first song to return to the chart at the summit. The coronation followed Stapleton’s three wins at the 49th Country Music Association Awards. Stapleton boasts two additional Hot Country Songs top 10s: “Broken Halos” (No. 5, March 2018) and “Millionaire” (No. 4, March 2019). WORK OF ARTS Tenille Arts’ “Somebody Like That” becomes her first Hot Country Songs top 10, pushing 11-9. I...
Gabby Barrett’s ‘The Good Ones’ Tops Country Airplay: ‘I’m So Grateful For My Husband, Who Truly Is a Good One’
“I did not think the past week could have been any more amazing, but to have the No. 1 song feels like the cherry on top,” says Barrett, who last Thursday (April 8) was named new female artist of the year by the Academy of Country Music. “I’m so grateful for my husband, who truly is a good one and inspired this song. Thank you to my family and fans for supporting me, my label and team for helping take my second single to the top and country radio for playing it. Most importantly, I’m thankful for Our gracious Lord Jesus and how kind He is to me always. It’s more than I deserve.” Barrett becomes the first woman to notch two career-starting No. 1s on Country Airplay since Kelsea Ballerini, who earned the honor with “Love Me Like You Mean I...
DMX Music Streams Soar 928% Following Death
Streams of DMX’s music had increased leading up to his passing, following his hospitalization on April 2. In the days before April 2, his songs were streamed between 700,000 and 1 million times a day. Between April 3 and April 8, they rose to between 3 and 4 million per day. In terms of music sales, DMX’s collected songs and albums sold 101,000 copies on April 9-11 – up 1,036% compared to the 9,000 they sold on April 6-8.During DMX’s lifetime, he notched 31 hits on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and 15 entries on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100. His first five albums – It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998), Flesh of My Flesh Blood of My Blood (1999), …And Then There Was X (2000), The Great Depression (2001) and Grand Champ (2003) – ...
