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Fontaines D.C. Blast to No. 1 In U.K. With ‘Skinty Fia’
Fontaines D.C. are flying high on the U.K. Albums Chart with Skinty Fia (via Partisan), the Dublin rockers’ first No. 1. Skinty Fia roars to the top of the Official U.K. Albums Chart by outselling its nearest rival by two-to-one, with physical sales accounting for 87% of its total, the OCC reports. The Irishmen — Carlos O’Connell, Conor Curley, Conor Deegan III, Grian Chatten and Tom Coll — have landed Top 10 slots for each of their three albums, with 2019’s Dogrel peaking at No. 9 and 2020 LP A Hero’s Death reaching No. 2. Little Mix’s career retrospective Between Us (RCA) rises 5-3, for a new peak, coinciding with the girl group’s Confetti Tour of the U.K. Between Us is said to be the band’s final releases before its remaining members, Jade Thirlwall, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Perrie Edward...
Pusha T Scores First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘It’s Almost Dry’
Pusha T scores his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as It’s Almost Dry debuts atop the list dated May 7. It earned 55,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending April 28, according to Luminate. Streaming activity comprised 83% of the hip-hop album’s first-week unit total. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news It’s Almost Dry is Pusha T’s fourth studio album and his third top 10 on the Billboard 200, following Daytona (No. 3 in 2018) and My Name Is My Name (No. 4 in 2013). Also in the top 10, Jason Aldean lands his 10th top 10 effort, as Georgia bows at No. 8. 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, compiled by...
A Rundown of The Judds’ Biggest Billboard Hits
Naomi Judd, half of the iconic duo The Judds, with her daughter Wynonna, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, April 30, at age 76. Though no specific cause of death was given, Wynonna and Naomi’s other daughter Ashley said in a statement to The Associated Press that she died “of the disease of mental illness.” See latest videos, charts and news The Judds, the most successful female duo of all time, were about to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday (May 1). Between 1983 and 2000, the mother-daughter team rolled up 25 Hot Country Songs appearances, which encompassed 14 No. 1s and 20 top 10s. Starting with “Mama He’s Crazy,” their first No. 1 in August 1984, and “Cry Myself to Sleep” in January 1987, The Judds snapped up eight straight leaders. Their 14 No. 1s rank t...
Paulo Londra Rules Billboard Argentina Hot 100 Chart for a Fifth Week With ‘Plan A’
Paulo Londra’s “Plan A” spends a fifth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 chart (dated April 23). The track ties Londra’s longest-leading title to date, “Adan y Eva,” which also topped the chart for five consecutive weeks. Emilia’s “Cuatro Veinte” takes the runner-up slot with a 3-2 jump and sends La K’onga’s “Universo Paralelo,” featuring Nahuel Pennisi, to No. 4 after its fifth week at No. 2 (the song previously topped the tally for one week on the March 19-dated ranking). Meanwhile, Sofía Reyes’ “Marte,” with Maria Becerra, lifts 5-3, the highest the Mexican has ranked thus far. Londra holds with a second song in the survey’s top five despite “Chance” dipping 4-5. Harry Styles scores his highest ranking among four chart entries: “As It Was” rises 11-6, the only English-lan...
Lizzo Takes ‘Time’ to Top Five on Hot R&B Songs Chart
The first taste of Lizzo’s new album era hits the Billboard charts this week as lead single “About Damn Time” debuts at No. 4 on the Hot R&B Songs chart. The track previews the singer/rapper’s forthcoming album, Special, which will arrive on July 15. “About Damn Time,” released through Nice Life/Atlantic Records, starts with 6.8 million official U.S. streams in the week ending April 21, according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data, to secure a No. 4 entrance on the R&B Streaming Songs chart. “Time” also registered 8,000 downloads in the same period, prompting a No. 1 launch on the R&B Digital Song Sales chart. There, it becomes her second champ, after “Good as Hell,” which dominated for 21 weeks in 2019-20. In the radio realm, Lizzo’s newest single stakes a claim to four airplay ch...
Fontaines D.C. Powering to U.K. Chart Title With ‘Skinty Fia’
Fontaines D.C. are careening to the U.K. chart summit with Skinty Fia (Partisan), the Irish rock outfit’s third studio album. It’s unlikely any other title will trump the Dublin act. At the halfway point of the chart cycle, Skinty Fia is outselling its nearest rival by four-to-one, with physical sales accounting for over 90% of its chart units, the OCC reports. Fontaines D.C.’s previous albums both cracked the Top 10, though neither reached the summit. Skinty Fia’s 2020’s predecessor A Hero’s Death peaked at No. 2, while the band’s 2019 debut Dogrel reached No. 9. Skinty Fia leads an all-new Top 3 on the Official Chart Update, ahead of Everything Was Beautiful (Bella Union), the ninth studio album from Jason Pierce’s alternative rock band Spiritualized. Explore See latest videos, charts an...
Harry Styles’ ‘As It Was’ Cruising to Another U.K. Chart Crown
It’ll take something special to stop Harry Styles from retaining the U.K. chart title with “As It Was” (via Columbia). Styles’ latest hit, the first single lifted from his forthcoming third studio album, Harry’s House, leads the midweek chart. If it holds firm when the positions are confirmed later this week, it’ll give the English pop star a fourth consecutive week in charge of the Official U.K. Singles Chart. Meanwhile, Cat Burns’ “Go” (RCA/Since 93) looks set for a new peak, climbing 5-3 on the Official Chart Update, while London rapper Potter Payper could bag his first U.K. Top 10 as “Gangsteritus” (0207) with Tiggs Da Author looks set to fly 40-10. A special 7” vinyl release of “The Lakes” tied into Record Store Day 2022 could give Taylor Swift another U.K. chart appearance. “The Lake...
Morgan Wallen Makes Historic Hot Country Songs Chart Entrance With ‘Don’t Think Jesus’
Morgan Wallen becomes the first artist to score a trio of No. 1 debuts on Billboard‘s airplay-, streaming- and sales-based Hot Country Songs chart since the survey began as an all-encompassing genre ranking in October 1958. On the April 30-dated tally, Wallen’s “Don’t Think Jesus,” released on Mercury/Republic/Big Loud Records April 15, rockets in at the summit. It gives Wallen four career No. 1s, including a record-breaking three that have opened in the penthouse. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Only 11 songs have debuted on Hot Country Songs at the pinnacle since its inception. Just one other artist has achieved multiple No. 1 arrivals: Taylor Swift, with “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” last November and “Love Story (Taylor’s Versio...
Morgan Wallen Makes Historic Hot Country Songs Chart Entrance With ‘Don’t Think Jesus’
Morgan Wallen becomes the first artist to score a trio of No. 1 debuts on Billboard‘s airplay-, streaming- and sales-based Hot Country Songs chart since the survey began as an all-encompassing genre ranking in October 1958. On the April 30-dated tally, Wallen’s “Don’t Think Jesus,” released on Mercury/Republic/Big Loud Records April 15, rockets in at the summit. It gives Wallen four career No. 1s, including a record-breaking three that have opened in the penthouse. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Only 11 songs have debuted on Hot Country Songs at the pinnacle since its inception. Just one other artist has achieved multiple No. 1 arrivals: Taylor Swift, with “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” last November and “Love Story (Taylor’s Versio...
Vinyl Release Pushes Tyler, the Creator’s ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’ Back to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart
Tyler, the Creator’s Call Me If You Get Lost returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated April 30), as the set’s release on vinyl LP prompts its jump from No. 120 to No. 1. It’s the album’s second nonconsecutive week atop the list; it debuted at No. 1 on the July 10, 2021-dated chart. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Call Me earned 59,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending April 21 (up 507%), according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data. Of that sum, 51,000 were in traditional album sales — almost entirely vinyl LP sales. The vinyl edition of Call Me was sold exclusively through the artist’s webstore and sold 49,500 copies, making it the largest sales week for a hip-hop album on vinyl, or for a solo male album on vin...
Jack Harlow’s ‘First Class’ Flies High For Second Week on Australia’s Chart
Jack Harlow’s “First Class” (Atlantic/Warner) stays in the fast lane as it enters a second week at No. 1 in Australia. The U.S. rapper’s first leader in the land Down Under is lifted from his forthcoming sophomore album, Come Home the Kids Miss You, due out May 6. In a slow week for new releases, Canadian singer and songwriter Lauren Spencer-Smith has the only debut in the ARIA Top 50, as “Flowers” (Island/Universal) blooms at No. 42. It’s Spencer-Smith’s second appearance following “Fingers Crossed”, which cracked the Top 10 in January, with a peak oft No. 8. “Fingers Crossed” dips 44-47 on the latest frame, for the week commencing April 25, 2022. The national albums chart is dominated by modern classics, as Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia (Warner) returns to No. 1 for a third non-consecutive...
Nicky Jam Hits No. 1 on Latin Airplay Chart With ‘Ojos Rojos’
Nicky Jam pounces to the No. 1 rank on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart as the song climbs 5-1 to lead the April 23-dated ranking. Jam expands his dominance with 16 leaders, and the first unaccompanied by another act in over five years. “Ojos Rojos” advances from No. 5 – having previously reached No. 4 for two weeks – in its 11th week, thanks to a 48% boost in audience impressions, to 10.5 million, earned in the U.S. in the week ending April 17, according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data. WSKQ New York posted the biggest increase among panelists, up 1 million to 1.8 million, followed by WMEG San Juan, P.R. (up 564,000 to 914,000), and KXOL Los Angeles (up 497,000 to 842,000). The coronation of “Ojos Rojos’” arrives amid Jam’s Infinity Tour, which kicked off Feb. 3 in Boston. The song evicts J...
