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Hot 100 First-Timers: Yung Gravy Rickrolls His Way Onto Hot 100 With ‘Betty (Get Money)’
Yung Gravy notches his first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated July 23), as “Betty (Get Money),” which samples and interpolates Rick Astley’s 1988 No. 1 classic “Never Gonna Give You Up,” debuts at No. 68. The song, released on Republic Records, opens with 7.5 million U.S. streams (up 61%), 518,000 in radio airplay audience (up 168%) and 1,000 downloads sold (up 109%) in the July 8-14 tracking week, according to Luminate. “Never Gonna Give You Up” earned Astley his first entry on the Hot 100 in December 1987 and spent two weeks at No. 1 beginning in March 1988. The song’s music video is the foundation of the “Rickrolling” Internet meme, which helped give the song a new life in 2008. (“It’s all good,” Astley told Billboard in 2016 of the revival of his first of two No. 1s. “I am s...
Harry Styles’ ‘As It Was’ Scores Milestone 10th Week at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100
Harry Styles‘ “As It Was” continues atop the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, dominating for a 10th total week. The song marks Styles’ first Hot 100 leader of at least 10 weeks – and the 10th for Columbia Records, the most among all labels over the chart’s history. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Plus, Beyoncé‘s “Break My Soul,” which holds at No. 9 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 7, hits the Radio Songs chart’s top 10, becoming her 18th top 10 on the airplay tally and her first in a lead role since 2014. The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated July 23, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (July 19). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard an...
Harry Styles Checks-In For Another Week at No. 1 In U.K. With ‘Harry’s House’
Harry Styles is still the king on the U.K. Albums Chart, as Harry’s House completes a fifth non-consecutive week at No. 1. Styles’ third studio album now boasts the longest streak at the U.K. summit for any album this year, eclipsing the four non-consecutive weeks’ rule by Ed Sheeran’s = (equals). Harry’s House tops the Official U.K. Albums Chart following the release last week of an official music video for second single, “Late Night Talking.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Close behind is Burna Boy’s Love, Damini, new at No. 2 for the current frame’s highest new entry. It’s the first-ever U.K. Top 5 for the Afrobeats star, besting the No. 11 for his 2020 release Twice As Tall. Burna Boy (born Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu) also has the top deb...
Pink Floyd on Track For Rare U.K. Top 40 Appearance
LF System is chasing a third week atop the U.K. singles chart, while Pink Floyd is eying a first Top 20 appearance in 42 years. “Hey, Hey, Rise Up!” (Rhino), Pink Floyd’s first new original material since 1994’s Division Bell album, peaked at No. 49 in April following its digital-only release. Now, following the rollout of physical copies, the track blasts to No. 18 on the First Look survey, which ranks singles based on sales and streaming activity in the early phases of the chart week. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news If it keeps its momentum, Pink Floyd will have their first Top 20 appearance since “Brick In The Wall” led the chart in 1979, their only U.K. No. 1. The last time the prog-rock legends cracked the U.K. Top 40 was in 1994 with...
Metallica’s ‘Master of Puppets’ Flies Into U.K. Top 40, Thanks to ‘Stranger Things’
Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” (via Blackened/Vertigo) muscles its way into the U.K. Top 40 for the first time, with a little help from Stranger Things. The title track from the Bay Area rockers’ third album from 1986 is flying, following a particularly “metal” moment late in season four of Netflix’ hit sci-fi series, when Eddie Munson battles the forces of darkness with an electric guitar and the spirit of Metallica. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Master of Puppets” lifts 47-23, its first appearance in the Top 40 some 37 years after its release. And it’s Metallica’s first top flight stint on the Official U.K. Singles Chart in 14 years, since Death Magnetic release “The Day That Never Comes” hit No. 19 back in 2008. “Master Of Puppets”...
Official HIGE DANdism’s ‘Mixed Nuts’ Logs Third Week Atop Japan Hot 100
Official HIGE DANdism’s “Mixed Nuts” holds at No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated July 13, logging its third week at the top of the tally. On the chart tracking the week from July 4 to 10, the SPYxFAMILY opener is powered by streaming, downloads, and video views. The track continues its reign over streaming and downloads, with the former increasing slightly from 9,371,493 to 9,452,499 weekly streams to extend its record to 11 weeks at No. 1 for themetric, while the latter decreasing slightly from 11,066 to 10,259 units but extending its record to 4 weeks, respectively. The single is at No. 4 for video, withfigures increasing from 1,614,634 to 1,641,850 views. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news [embedded content] SEKAI NO OWARI’s “H...
Cardi B, Ye & Lil Durk’s ‘Hot S–t’ Debuts at No. 1 on Top Triller U.S. Chart
Cardi B, Ye and Lil Durk’s “Hot Shit” starts at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Triller U.S. chart, debuting atop the July 16-dated survey. The Top Triller U.S. and Top Triller Global charts highlight the biggest songs on Triller based on a formula blending the amount of views of videos containing a respective song, the level of engagement with those videos and the raw total of videos uploaded featuring each song, according to Triller. Data for the charts is represented on a Friday-Thursday tracking week, with the latest period running July 1-7. “Hot Shit” becomes her fifth No. 1 on Top Triller U.S., the most among any act since the ranking began in 2020. Cardi B also ruled the list alongside Kay Flock, Dougie B and Bory300 on “Shake It” (May 2022), as a featured artist on City Girls’ “Twerk” (Oc...
Kate Bush Notches Fifth Week Atop Australia’s Chart With ‘Running Up That Hill’
Kate Bush extends her reign over Australia’s singles chart with “Running Up That Hill,” which logs a third week at No. 1 and fifth in total. Bush and Australia, it would seem, have a tight, mutual bond. Brisbane’s Pub Choir is going viral with its cover of Bush’s 1985 hit, which caught the attention of its creator. Its singers are buzzing off an email received by the choir’s founder and director Astrid Jorgensen, in which Bush responds, “I’ve been so busy that I’ve only just had the chance to watch you all singing RUTH. It’s utterly, utterly wonderful! I love it so much! Thank you everyone. You sing it really beautifully. I’m incredibly touched by your warmth and all your smiling faces.” https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf-NttkP4wu/?hl=en Explore See latest videos, charts and news See late...
Kate Bush Returns to Top 10 on Alternative Airplay Chart After Record 28-Year Break
After breaking the record for the longest span logged between appearances on Billboard‘s Alternative Airplay chart by artists in a lead role, Kate Bush sets another record on the July 16-dated tally. Bush’s 1985 hit “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God),” rejuvenated thanks to its sync in the fourth season of Netflix’s Stranger Things, lifts into the Alternative Airplay top 10 (13-9), marking her first top 10 on the chart since 1994, when “Rubberband Girl” spent its final week in the top 10 on the Jan. 8 list, after peaking at No. 7 in December 1993. Bush then went 28 years, five months one week between top 10s until the latest list. That’s the longest pause between top 10s in the chart’s 33-year history, exceeding the 14-year, six-month and one-week respite for The Strokes, whose “Bad D...
Morgan Wallen’s ‘Wasted on You’ Ties for His Longest Reign on Country Airplay Chart
Morgan Wallen matches his longest command on Billboard‘s Country Airplay chart, as “Wasted on You” leads the list (dated July 16) for a third week. The song ties “Whiskey Glasses,” his second of six No. 1s on the ranking, which ruled for three weeks starting in June 2019. His other No. 1s led for a week each. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Wasted” drew 28.3 million in audience (up less than 1%) in the week ending July 10, according to Luminate. Meanwhile, 18 songs have landed their first weeks atop Country Airplay so far in 2022, and “Wasted” marks just the second to dominate for as many as three weeks. It equals the No. 1 run of Jason Aldean’s “Trouble With a Heartbreak,” starting on the chart dated May 28. [embedded content] “Wasted...
James Bay Takes a ‘Leap’ In U.K. Chart Race
James Bay could leap to a second U.K. albums chart crown, though he faces stiff competition from another English singer. Bay led the Official U.K. Albums Chart in 2015 with his debut Chaos And The Calm, and his latest album, Leap (EMI), is in pole position. The new set leads the Official Chart Update, with a slim lead. According to the Official Charts Company, Leap is just 300 combined units ahead of Harry Styles’ second-placed Harry’s House (Columbia). Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Meanwhile, Afrobeats standout Burna Boy could nab his first U.K. Top 10 with Love, Damini (Atlantic), which bows at No. 5 on the midweek chart. Love, Damini is Burna Boy’s sixth studio album, and the followup to 2020’s Twice As Tall, which peaked at a career-best ...
James Bay Takes a ‘Leap’ In U.K. Chart Race
James Bay could leap to a second U.K. albums chart crown, though he faces stiff competition from another English singer. Bay led the Official U.K. Albums Chart in 2015 with his debut Chaos And The Calm, and his latest album, Leap (EMI), is in pole position. The new set leads the Official Chart Update, with a slim lead. According to the Official Charts Company, Leap is just 300 combined units ahead of Harry Styles’ second-placed Harry’s House (Columbia). Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Meanwhile, Afrobeats standout Burna Boy could nab his first U.K. Top 10 with Love, Damini (Atlantic), which bows at No. 5 on the midweek chart. Love, Damini is Burna Boy’s sixth studio album, and the followup to 2020’s Twice As Tall, which peaked at a career-best ...
