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George Ezra Challenges LF System For U.K. Chart Crown
LF System is dancing to another U.K. chart title with “Afraid To Feel,” though George Ezra could have his own plans. Eza’s “Green Green Grass” is steadily growing, and is set for a new chart peak. Lifted from Gold Rush Kid, his third consecutive U.K. albums chart leader, “Green Green Grass” lifts 3-2 on the First Look chart. It’s Ezra’s seventh U.K. Top 10 entry. The leader on the chart blast is LF System’s disco-channeling hit, which remains on track for a fourth consecutive week at No. 1. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Meanwhile, this week’s highest new entry could belong to British rapper Central Cee, whose new number “Doja” is set for a No. 4 entry. If it holds its position, it’ll give the London artist his fourth U.K. Top 10. Finall...
LF System’s ‘Afraid To Feel’ Logs Third Week Atop U.K. Chart
LF System delivers a three-peat on the U.K. singles survey with “Afraid To Feel” (via Warner Brothers). The Scottish electronic music pair leads the Official U.K. Singles Chart for a third consecutive week with their hit club track, which notches a market-leading 6.7 million streams during the latest cycle, the OCC reports. Meanwhile, Afrobeats artist Burna Boy is on the rise with “Last Last” (Atlantic), lifting 7-4, for a new peak. The Love, Damini release is now Burna Boy’s highest-flying solo single, excluding his contribution to Stormzy’s 2020 chart-leader “Own It” with Ed Sheeran. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news It’s twice as nice for Ella Henderson, who earns new peak positions with two Top 10 singles — “Crazy What Love Can Do” (Parlophon...
Bad Bunny’s ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ Lands Sixth Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200
Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti lands a sixth week atop the Billboard 200 chart (dated July 30). The set earned 103,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending July 21 (down 2%), according to Luminate. Only three albums have notched at least six weeks at No. 1 since January of 2021 — Un Verano Sin Ti, Adele’s 30 (with six) and Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album (10 weeks). Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Also in the top 10, Lizzo scores her highest-charting album yet with the No. 2 debut of Special, Steve Lacy achieves his first top 10 with the arrival of Gemini Rights and ITZY nets its first top 10 with the bow of Checkmate. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-me...
Kate Bush Extends Run on Australia’s Singles Chart
Kate Bush has done it again, as “Running Up That Hill” (via Warner) reigns over Australia’s singles chart for a sixth non-consecutive week at No. 1, while Harry Styles retains top spot on the national albums survey with Harry’s House (Columbia/Sony). Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Styles’ third studio album does enough to stop Lizzo from claiming a first ARIA Chart crown, as the U.S. pop artist’s Special (Atlantic/Warner) debuts at No. 2 Still, it’s a special effort from Lizzo’s fourth studio album, which easily improves upon the No. 19 best of her previous release, 2019’s Cuz I Love You. Meanwhile, new recordings from Steve Lacy (Gemini Rights at No. 13 via Sony) and Beabadoobee (Beatopia at No. 19 via ING/RKT) crack the Top 20 of the ARIA Al...
Aespa Achieves First No. 1 on Top Album Sales With ‘Girls’
Aespa achieves its first No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated July 23), as Girls: The 2nd Mini Album debuts atop the tally. The effort launches with 53,000 copies sold in the U.S. in the week ending July 14, according to Luminate. It’s the second top 10 for the act, after previously reaching No. 2 with Savage in 2021. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Also debuting in the top 10: the latest releases from Journey and Neil Young With Crazy Horse. Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Luminate....
Sofi Tukker’s ‘Summer in New York’ Hits Dance/Mix Show Airplay Top 10: ‘We Were Dreaming About the Energy of the City’
Sofi Tukker sizzles on Billboard‘s Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart (dated July 23) with “Summer in New York,” which soars from No. 22 to No. 9. The song is scoring core-dance airplay on iHeartRadio’s Evolution Network, Channel Q and WZFL (Revolution 93.5) Miami, among others, according to Luminate. (The Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart measures radio airplay on a select group of full-time dance stations, along with plays during mix shows on around 70 top 40-formatted reporters.) “We wrote this song while we were in Florida in the middle of quarantine,” Sofi Tukker – the duo of Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern – tells Billboard in a statement. “We were dreaming about the energy of the city in the summer, of being with friends, of serendipity and adventure. The fact that now that is happening ...
Steve Lacy Hits No. 1 on Emerging Artists Chart, Thanks to ‘Bad Habit’
Steve Lacy jumps to No. 1 on Billboard‘s Emerging Artists chart (dated July 23) to become the top emerging act in the U.S. for the first time, thanks to his new single, “Bad Habit.” The song surges from No. 100 to No. 50 in its second week on the Billboard Hot 100 with 9.7 million U.S. streams (up 82%, good for the chart’s top Streaming Gainer award) in the July 8-14 tracking week, according to Luminate. The song is Lacy’s first Hot 100 entry as a soloist. “Bad Habit” concurrently ranks at No. 4 on Hot R&B Songs (after reaching No. 3), No. 5 on both Hot Alternative Songs and Hot Rock Songs and No. 7 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs. [embedded content] Lacy first appeared on Billboard‘s charts in 2012 as a member of The Internet, which scored two entries on the Billboard 200 albums c...
Brent Faiyaz’s ‘Wasteland’ Debuts at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart
Brent Faiyaz hits new career highs on Billboard’s charts, beginning with his first No. 1 album on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with Wasteland. The set, released through the independently distributed label Lost Kids, opens atop the list dated July 23 with 88,000 U.S. equivalent album units earned in the week ending July 14, according to Luminate. Of Wasteland’s starting total, 81,000 units come from streaming-equivalent album units, equal to 107.5 million official on-demand streams of the album’s songs. 6,000 units are through album sales, and the remaining balance through track-equivalent albums. (One unit equals the following levels of consumption: one album sale, 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and...
Hot 100 First-Timers: Joony Scores First Chart Entry Thanks to Feature on Brent Faiyaz’s ‘FYTB’
Joony makes his first appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated July 23), thanks to his featured credit on Brent Faiyaz’s “FYTB,” which debuts at No. 97. The track starts with 5.7 million U.S. streams in the July 8-14 tracking week, according to Luminate. It appears on Faiyaz’s sophomore LP Wasteland, which dropped July 8 (on the Lost Kids label) and debuts at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 88,000 equivalent album units. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “It’s such a beautiful thing,” Joony tells Billboard. “It’s such a big thing for Black music and hip-hop and R&B to be the No. 2 album in the country independently — as an independent artist. It’s amazing.” “FYTB” earns the 21-year-old Silv...
Queen’s ‘Greatest Hits’ Becomes First Album to Sell 7 Million In U.K.
Queen reigns in the U.K., where the legendary rock act’s Greatest Hits (via Polydor) passes seven million chart sales, becoming the first album to do so. The hits compilation reaches the sales benchmark this month, having crossed the six million threshold back in 2014. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The record-setting feat is made through a combination of physical sales, downloads and 1.26 billion total streams in the U.K., the OCC reports. In an acceptance video posted to YouTube, founding members Brian May and Roger Taylor say they’re “humbled and honored” by the accolade. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D0WgJCobss The LP also recently celebrated its 1,000th week on the Official Albums Chart, with Queen becoming the first British act ever t...
Carlos Sarabia Scores First Top 10 on a Billboard Chart With ‘Mientras Me Voy’
Mexican Carlos Sarabia achieves his first top 10 on a Billboard chart as “Mientras Me Voy,” with Luis Angel ‘El Flaco,’ lifts 13-10 on the Regional Mexican Airplay chart dated July 23. “Mientras Me Voy” ascends from No. 13 despite a 6% dip in audience impressions, to 3.5 million, earned in the U.S. in the week ending July 17, to become the tenth-most heard song among regional Mexican radio stations, according to Luminate. “Mientras” completes its steady trek to the top 10 in its 10th week, after the song debuted at No. 37 on the May 31-dated survey. Sarabia’s original version of “Mientras,” which did not make it to the charts, was released in 2019. The new version, with Luis Angel ‘El Flaco,’ was released in April 2022. Meanwhile, Sarabia’s new version gifts Luis Angel his second top 10 in...
Mabel’s ‘About Last Night’ Leads Midweek U.K. Chart
Mabel is on track for the U.K. chart crown with About Last Night (Polydor), the English pop singer and songwriter’s sophomore album. About Last Night leads the midweek chart, and is set to give Mabel her first leader, besting the No. 3 peak for her 2019 debut LP High Expectations. The race is far from done, the OCC reports. Coming in at No. 2 on the Official Chart Update is beabadoobee’s own sophomore set Beatopia (Dirty Hit), the best-seller in the first half of the chart week on physical formats. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The Filipino-British singer-songwriter (real name Beatrice Laus) should set a new career best, which until now was a No. 8 with her 2020 debut Fake It Flowers. In a midweek Top 10 stacked with new releases, veteran U.S...
