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Bad Bunny & Chencho Corleone Rule Hot Latin Songs Chart With ‘Me Porto Bonito’
Continuing his monster debut week across Billboard charts with his latest album Un Verano Sin Ti, Bad Bunny arrives at another career milestone as “Me Porto Bonito,” with Chencho Corleone, hits No. 1 on the Hot Latin Songs survey (dated May 28). With the new win, Bad Bunny collects his 11th No. 1, the most among Latin rhythmic acts. Corleone claims his first champ in his fifth try. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Me Porto Bonito” ascends from No. 4 to lead the tally — which blends radio airplay, streaming activity and sales. It climbs to the top despite a 9% dip in streaming activity, with 21.4 million on-demand streams, earned in the U.S. in the week ending May 19, according to Luminate, vs. the 24 million registered clicks from its debu...
No ‘Trouble’ At All: Jason Aldean Scores His 25th Country Airplay No. 1
Jason Aldean notches his 25th leader on Billboard‘s Country Airplay chart with “Trouble With a Heartbreak,” up 15% to 24.9 million audience impressions, according to Luminate, as it crowns the May 28-dated tally. The song — which Kurt Allison, Brett Beavers, Tully Kennedy and John Morgan wrote — is from Aldean’s double album Macon, Georgia, which was released in two 15-song halves; Macon arrived at its No. 3 high on Top Country Albums last November and Georgia started at No. 2 earlier this May. “Trouble” is from Georgia. Aldean adds his fourth Country Airplay leader in succession, following “If I Didn’t Love You,” with Carrie Underwood (No. 1 for three frames starting last October), “Blame It on You” (one week, last July) and “Got What I Got” (one, October 2020). [embedded content] Aldean,...
Kendrick Lamar Tops Billboard Artist 100 Chart Thanks to ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’ Debut
Kendrick Lamar leaps from No. 9 to No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated May 28), returning as the top musical act in the U.S. for a sixth total week, and for the first time since 2017, thanks to the opening week of his new LP, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The set soars in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 295,500 equivalent album units earned, according to Luminate – the biggest weekly total for an album this year. Lamar lands his fourth No. 1 on the chart, following 2015’s To Pimp a Butterfly, 2016’s untitled unmastered. and 2017’s DAMN. Lamar concurrently sends all 18 tracks from the new release onto the Billboard Hot 100, plus his non-album single “The Heart Part 5.” Of those 19 entrie...
TOMORROW X TOGETHER Lands Third No. 1 on Top Album Sales Chart
TOMORROW X TOGETHER lands its third No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated May 28), as Minisode 2: Thursday’s Child debuts atop the tally. The set sold 65,500 in the U.S. in the week ending May 19, according to Luminate, marking the third-largest sales week of 2022 for any album. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The South Korean pop quintet has previously hit No. 1 on Top Album Sales with The Chaos Chapter: Freeze (in 2021) and Minisode1: Blue Hour (2020). Also in the top 10 of the new Top Album Sales chart: new albums from Florence + The Machine, Kendrick Lamar, The Black Keys and The Rolling Stones all debut, while Slipknot’s Iowa and One Direction’s Four both return to the top 10 after they were each reissued on vinyl LP. Billboard...
Harry Styles’ ‘Harry’s House’ Set to Check In at No. 1 In U.K.
Harry Styles’ Harry’s House (Columbia) is the red-hot favorite for the U.K. chart crown. The former One Direction singer has the fastest-selling album of 2022 so far, as it blasts to No. 1 on the midweek chart. Styles’ third studio album notches over 61,000 chart sales after just one weekend of sales and streaming activity, the OCC reports, for a blockbuster start not seen in the U.K. since Adele’s 30 dropped in November 2021. Harry’s House has already eclipsed the final opening week tally of his chart-leading self-titled debut (57,000 U.K. chart sales in May 2017) and 2019’s Fine Line (49,000 for a No. 2 debut). When the Official U.K. Charts are published late Friday (May 27), expect the English star to stamp his name. Based on midweek data, Styles has the Top 3 best-selling singles in th...
Harry Styles Beats Sam Ryder In Tight U.K. Chart Race
Sam Ryder hits orbit on the U.K. chart with “Space Man” (via Parlophone), the singer’s entry for the recent Eurovision Song Contest, while Harry Styles locks-down a seventh week at No. 1 with “As It Was” (Columbia). Following a tight chart race, Styles emerges triumphant. “As It Was,” lifted from Harry’s House, which dropped last Friday (May 20), notches another 6.4 million streams during the chart cycle for its seventh consecutive chart crown. “As It Was” drawn equal with “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” from Disney’s Encanto, for the longest-running No. 1 of 2022. With Styles on top, Ryder settles for second place, also his ranking in the final of 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, held May 14 in Turin, Italy. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The Essex...
Florence + The Machine Beats Kendrick Lamar to U.K. Chart Crown
Florence + The Machine has all the right moves, as the pop outfit grooves to No. 1 on the U.K. chart with Dance Fever (Polydor). Led by Florence Welch, the group now has four U.K. leaders, a list that includes Lungs (2019), Ceremonials (2011) and How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015). Dance Fever is the followup to High As Hope, which peaked at No. 2 in 2018. With Florence and Co. debuting at the top spot, Kendrick Lamar’s highly anticipated fifth album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (Polydor), starts at No. 2. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Mr. Morale pumps three singles into the U.K. Top 20, and the LP becomes Lamar’s fourth U.K. Top 10 appearance, following 2015’s leader To Pimp A Butterfly, 2016’s Unmastered (No. 7) and his previous ...
Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’ Debuts at No. 1 In Australia
Kendrick Lamar has done it again, as Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers (Interscope/Universal) blasts to No. 1 on the Australian chart. The U.S. rap star’s fifth studio album is his second ARIA No. 1, equaling the efforts of To Pimp A Butterfly, which led the national tally in March 2015. Mr. Morale is the followup to Damn., which hit No. 2 in April 2017, and spawned “HUMBLE.,” winner of triple j’s Hottest 100 countdown in January 2018. Lamar makes a big impression on both charts as 14 tracks from Mr. Morale crash the national singles survey, led by “N95” at No. 3 Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news With Lamar unbeatable on the latest ARIA Albums Chart for the week of May 23, Florence + The Machine comes in at No. 2 with Dance Fever (Virgin/Universa...
Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’ Debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart
Kendrick Lamar lands his fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as his latest release, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, launches atop the list (dated May 28). He’s debuted at No. 1 with each of his last four albums. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers charges in with 295,500 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending May 19, according to Luminate — the largest week of the year for any album. It’s the third straight week in which that benchmark has been crushed. A week ago, Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti did the trick with its No. 1 debut of 274,000, and in the week before that, Future’s I Never Liked You bowed at No. 1 with 222,000. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers was announced on April 1...
TINI Leads Billboard Argentina Hot 100 With ‘La Triple T’
TINI scores her third No. 1 on the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 chart as “La Triple T” flies 53-1 on the ranking dated May 14. It’s the biggest jump to the top since her own “Miénteme,” with Maria Becerra, rocketed up the chart 75-1 on the May 8, 2021-dated list. It’s the Argentinian’s first champ as a soloist, unaccompanied by any other act. “La Triple T” dethrones Paulo Londra and Bizarrap’s “Paulo Londra: BZRP Music Sessions, Vol. 23,” from its two-week reign. Karol G adds a second title to the upper tier as “Provenza” lifts 25-9. One spot below, “Mamiii,” with Becky G, holds at No. 10 for a third week. The Hot Shot Debut of the week goes to Bad Bunny, as “Ojitos Lindos,” with Bomba Estéreo, starts at No. 19. It’s the first career entry for the Colombian ensemble. Meanwhile, Bad Bunny, w...
Official HIGE DANdism’s ‘Mixed Nuts’ Rises to No. 1 on Japan Hot 100
After holding at No. 2 for three consecutive weeks, Official HIGE DANdism’s “Mixed Nuts” rises to take the No. 1 spot on this week’s Japan Hot 100, dated May 18. The opener for the animated series SPYxFAMILY is at No. 1 for streaming for the fourth straight week (from 9,145,511 to 9,521,583 weekly streams). In other metrics, the song slips to No. 2 for downloads (from 19,062 to 15,946 units) and rises to No. 5 for video views (from 1,383,391 to 1,514,729 views). Powered by these three metrics, “Mixed Nuts” hits No. 1 on the Japan Hot 100 five weeks after debuting on the chart. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news [embedded content] Kenshi Yonezu bows at No. 2 with “M87,” the theme of Shin Ultraman, the reimagined new Ultraman movie by Hideaki Anno a...
BTS’ ‘Yet to Come’ Debuts on Hot Trending Songs Chart – Ahead of Its June Release
Former Wanna One member Ha Sung-woon and BTS‘ Jimin spend a second week at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Hot Trending Songs chart (dated May 21), powered by Twitter, with their collaboration “With You.” The track holds at the summit with 3 million Twitter mentions in the May 6-12 tracking week, according to Twitter. It’s just the third song to spend multiple weeks at No. 1 since the chart began last October, following BTS’ “Butter” (20 weeks) and SB19’s “Bazinga” (seven). Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news It’s a notable week on the chart overall for BTS, thanks to Jimin’s duet, “Butter,” other solo hits for the group’s members – and the Hot Trending Songs debut of a BTS song not even released so far, the aptly titled “Yet to Come.” [embedded content] BTS ...
