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The Lumineers Land Fifth Alternative Airplay No. 1 With ‘Brightside’
The Lumineers top Billboard‘s Alternative Airplay chart with a lead single from an album for a fourth straight time, as “Brightside” rises to No. 1 on the Dec. 25-dated survey. “Brightside” is the duo’s fifth total No. 1. The act first led with “Ho Hey” in 2012, followed by “Ophelia” (2016), “Cleopatra” (2017) and “Gloria” (2019). Of those, only “Cleopatra” was not released as a lead single. “Brightside” previously crowned Adult Alternative Airplay for two weeks in November; it currently ranks at No. 3. On the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay list, “Brightside” holds at its No. 2 high with 4.7 million audience impressions, up 5%, according to MRC Data. On the multi-metric Hot Alternative Songs and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs charts, “Brightside” ranks at ...
Adele’s ‘30’ Spends Fourth Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart
Adele’s 30 holds firm at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for a fourth consecutive, and total, week. It’s the first album with four weeks in a row at No. 1 since March. 30 earned 183,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Dec. 16 (down 6%) according to MRC Data. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The last album with four straight weeks at No. 1 was Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album, which spent all 10 of its weeks at No. 1 from its debut frame, between the charts dated Jan. 23 and March 27. The last album by a woman with four weeks in a row at No. 1 was Taylor Swift’s Folklore, which spent its first six weeks atop the list (of its total of eight nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1) beginning in August 2020. 30 is the ...
Black Friday & Holiday Shopping Send Vinyl Album Sales Soaring, Led by Adele’s ’30’
2021 Black Friday sales and general holiday shopping promotions helped yield an eye-popping week for vinyl album sales in the U.S. In the week ending Dec. 2, vinyl album sales totaled 1.46 million (up 39%) – marking the second-biggest week for the format since MRC Data began tracking sales in 1991. The only larger week in the MRC Data era for vinyl album sales was registered in the week ending Dec. 24, 2020, when 1.84 million albums were sold. Overall, in the week ending Dec. 2, vinyl LP sales accounted for 46% of all albums sold in the U.S. (1.46 million of 3.17 million). Further, of just physical album sales (vinyl LP, CDs, cassettes, etc.), vinyl LP sales represented 54% of all albums sold for the week (1.46 million of 2.7 million). Explore Explore Adele See latest videos, charts and ne...
for King & Country Scores Record-Extending Seventh Straight Christian Airplay No. 1 With ‘Relate’
for King & Country, the duo of siblings Joel and Luke Smallbone, notches its 10th leader on Billboard‘s Christian Airplay chart, as “Relate” ascends to the top of the list dated Dec. 11. The twosome also continues its record streak to seven No. 1s in succession (encompassing songs promoted as proper radio singles). Explore See latest videos, charts and news In the tracking week ending Dec. 5, “Relate” drew 4.7 million audience impressions, according to MRC Data (down 19%, with many non-seasonal songs declining in reach as Christian stations fill playlists with holiday music). The brother tandem wrote “Relate” with Josh Kerr and Tayla Parx. “There’s something beautiful about the fact that, in a time such as this, a song speaking to the idea of relating to one another and showing compass...
Adele’s ‘30’ Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart
Adele’s 30 spends a second week atop the Billboard 200 albums chart, as the set earned 288,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Dec. 2, according to MRC Data. That’s down 66% compared to its chart-topping debut sum of 839,000 units a week earlier. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news However, 30 logs the largest second week for an album in over three years, since Drake’s Scorpion earned 335,000 units its sophomore frame (chart dated July 21, 2018), following its No. 1 debut with 732,000 units a week prior. Elsewhere in the top 10, Michael Bublé’s former No. 1 Christmas surges 9-3, while Vince Guaraldi Trio’s soundtrack to the TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas returns to the top 10, bounding 21-10. The Billboard 200 chart rank...
Young Dolph’s Streams Skyrocket 573% After His Death
Fans’ flurry of activity around the late Young Dolph‘s catalog yields noticeable results on the latest Billboard charts (dated Dec. 4). The surge prompts two tracks to return to the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales chart, while an LP of his rebounds to the top 20 of Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. His overall U.S. song streams, meanwhile, vaulted 573% in the two weeks since his death, according to MRC Data. Young Dolph, born Adolph Thornton, Jr., was shot and killed Nov. 17 in his native Memphis. He was 36. [embedded content] On the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales chart, remembrance of the rapper’s music manifests in two debuts. “100 Shots” arrives at No. 9 and “Play Wit Yo Bitch” enters at No. 24. The former, notably, marks Young Dolph’s highest rank to-date on the chart. He logged his p...
Chloe Bailey’s ‘Have Mercy’ Hits Top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart
Chloe Bailey’s solo career is off to a strong start as the singer, who performs under the mononym Chloe, earns her first top 10 appearance on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Her debut release “Have Mercy” advances 13-10 on the list dated Dec. 4 thanks to continued radio strength. “Mercy,” released via Parkwood/Columbia Records, entered Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at No. 13 in September and floated within the top 25 for its first ten weeks, including weeks of chart saturations from artists including Drake and Kanye West. It returned to No. 13 last week before its top 10 breakthrough on the current list. [embedded content] Radio airplay has been the main driver of “Have Mercy.” The single climbs 7-6 on the latest Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, which measures the most-pl...
Juice WRLD’s ‘Already Dead’ Debuts in Top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart
The late Juice WRLD brings his top 10 total on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart to an even dozen as “Already Dead” debuts at No. 6 on the chart dated Nov. 27. The single previews the artist’s second posthumous album, Fighting Demons, set for release Dec. 10, nearly two years to the day since the rapper died of an opioid overdose on Dec. 8, 2019. With “Already Dead” securing Juice WRLD’s 12th top 10, here’s an updated look at his career collection on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: Song Title, Artist (if other than Juice WRLD), Peak Position, Peak Date“Lucid Dreams,” No. 1 for two weeks, Oct. 6, 2018“Bandit,” with YoungBoy Never Broke Again, No. 5, Dec. 21, 2019“Godzilla,” Eminem featuring Juice WRLD, No. 3, Feb. 1, 2020“Righteous,” No. 8, May 9, 2020“Wishing Well,” No. 4, July 25, 20...
Polo G’s Michael Jackson Interpolation Hits Top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart
Polo G scores his fourth top 10 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart as his new single, “Bad Man (Smooth Criminal),” debuts at No. 10 on the list dated Nov. 27. “Bad Man” owes virtually all of its high debut to its 11.8 million U.S. streams in the week ending Nov. 18, according to MRC Data. That eight-figure sum yields a No. 8 start on R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs and No. 6 on Rap Streaming Songs. In addition, it does manage to gain a few activity points from sales (1,000) in that same window, with negligible radio airplay contributions. [embedded content] “Bad Man” becomes Polo G’s fourth top 10 appearance on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, following his 2019 breakthrough hit “Pop Out,” featuring Lil Tjay (No. 7), a featured role on the following year’s Juice WRLD and Marshmello’s...
‘Chosen’ One: Blxst, Tyga & Ty Dolla $ign Top Rhythmic Airplay Chart
Rising rapper Blxst crosses off a career milestone on Billboard’s charts with a first radio airplay No. 1. His single “Chosen,” with Tyga and featuring Ty Dolla $ign, advances from the runner-up slot to lead the Rhythmic Airplay chart dated Nov. 27. “Chosen” ascends through an 8% boost in plays at U.S. monitored rhythmic radio stations to become the format’s most-played song in the week ending Nov. 21, according to MRC Data. “Chosen” gives the 29-year-old rapper, born Matthew Burdette, his first Rhythmic Airplay champ on his third appearance. He logged his first visit in a featured role on Bino’s “Brand New,” which reached No. 33 in 2020, and followed that with his own track “Overrated,” a No. 22 success in May. [embedded content] For Tyga, “Chosen” secures his third No. 1 on Rhythmic Airp...
TWICE’s ‘Formula’ Equals Success on Top Album Sales Chart
TWICE collects its second top 10 album on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart, and largest sales week yet, as Formula of Love: O+T=<3 debuts at No. 2 on the Nov. 27-dated chart. It sold 58,000 copies in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 18, marking the biggest sales frame for the South Korean girl group yet, surpassing the 43,000-sales launch of Taste of Love in June (No. 1 debut). Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Of Formula of Love: O+T=<3’s 58,000 sold, physical album sales comprise 56,000 (all from its CD editions) and digital album sales comprise 2,000. Like many K-pop releases, the CD edition of the new album was issued in multiple collectible packages (six, including two Target-exclusive editions) each with a set of standard internal pa...
ILLENIUM, Valerie Broussard & Nurko Score Top 10 Debut on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs Chart With ‘Sideways’
“I can’t wait until you hear the full album,” ILLENIUM tells Billboard. Plus, moves for Alok, Sofi Tukker, INNA & ARTY. ILLENIUM, Valerie Broussard and Nurko notch the leading debut on Billboard’s multi-metric Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart (dated May 22) with “Sideways” at No. 10. The collaboration earns ILLENIUM his sixth top 10, while Broussard adds her second and Nurko, his first. “As an artist, my goal has always been to make music that anyone can relate to,” ILLENIUM tells Billboard. “I’m stoked that we’ve hit the top 10, this time with ‘Sideways,’ and I can’t wait until you hear the full album [Fallen Embers, set for release July 16]. A huge thanks to everyone working tirelessly to make sure my...
