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Harry Styles Blasts to No. U.K. No. 1 With ‘As It Was’
Harry Styles’ comeback is complete, as his new song “As It Was” (Columbia) blasts to No. 1 on the U.K. chart. “As It Was” flies to the top of the Official U.K. Singles Chart with 94,000 chart sales, the OCC reports, for the biggest opening week of any single so far this year. During the chart week, the song amassed 10.5 million streams, the biggest volume of any track this year in the U.K. It’s also the most-downloaded song of the week, the charts compiler confirms. “As It Was” is the former One Direction singer’s second solo No. 1, after 2017’s “Sign Of The Times,” and it’s the first track lifted from his forthcoming third studio album, Harry’s House, due out May 20. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news With his fast start, Styles ends Dave’s chart...
Red Hot Chili Peppers Bag U.K. Chart Title With ‘Unlimited Love’
It’s a red-hot start for the Red Hot Chili Peppers in the U.K., where the California rockers bow at No. 1 with Unlimited Love (Warner Records). The new set is the Rock Hall inductees’ fifth leader on the Official U.K. Albums Chart following By The Way (from 2002), Live in Hyde Park (2004), Stadium Arcadium (2006) and I’m With You (2011). Unlimited Love, the Chili Peppers’ twelfth studio effort, is the first to feature guitarist John Frusciante since he split from the group in 2009. It’s also the new leader on the latest Billboard 200 chart. Following her multiple wins at the 64th Grammy Awards, Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album Sour (Geffen) improves 8-3 in the U.K., while Harry Styles’ sophomore solo album from 2019, Fine Line, leaps 28-6, boosted by the English singer’s release of “As It...
Pink Floyd’s ‘Rise Up’ Heading For U.K. Top 10
Pink Floyd’s tribute to Ukraine could give the legendary prog-rock band a rare top 10 U.K. hit. Released last week, “Hey, Hey, Rise Up!” is Pink Floyd’s first original music since 1994, and features bassist Guy Pratt and Mercury Prize-winning keyboardist Nitin Sawhney. Based on sales and streaming data crunched from the first 48 hours in the chart week, “Rise Up” is heading for a No. 5 debut. Pink Floyd are without doubt one of the music successful musical acts in history, though they’ve never been a singles band. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Rise Up” would be just PF’s third U.K. Top 10 single, and first since “Another Brick In The Wall” hit No. 1 back in 1979, their only leader. The Syd Barrett-helmed “See Emily Play” also cracked the Top...
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘Unlimited Love’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Unlimited Love leaps onto the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated April 16) at No. 1, marking the band’s second leader and first chart-topping effort since 2006’s Stadium Arcadium. The new set was released on April 1 and bows with 97,500 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending April 7, according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data. In total, the group has tallied eight top 10 albums on the Billboard 200. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Unlimited Love replaces Machine Gun Kelly’s Mainstream Sellout atop the chart (the latter falls to No. 9 in its second week), giving the list back-to-back rock albums at No. 1 for the first time in over four years. It last happened when The Killers’ Wonderful Wonderful debuted at No. 1 on the Oct. 14, 2017 char...
Harry Styles, Red Hot Chili Peppers Rule Australia’s Charts
Harry Styles and Red Hot Chili Peppers are the new kings of Australia’s charts. Styles blasts to No. 1 on the latest ARIA Singles Chart with “As It Was” (Columbia/Sony), the English pop singer’s second solo leader. The former One Direction star previously led the survey with “Sign Of The Times,” from April 2017, and last appeared on the chart with “Falling” (No. 35) and “Golden” (No. 39), which impacted in the same week in December 2019 “As It Was” is the lead track from Styles’ forthcoming third solo LP, Harry’s House, due out May 20. Styles isn’t the only international pop star making a splash on the ARIA Chart. Canadian artist Shawn Mendes starts at No. 22 with “When You’re Gone” (Island/Universal), his first appearance on the tally since “Monster,” his collaboration with Justin Bieber,...
Muni Long’s ‘Hrs and Hrs’ Hits No. 1 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay
Muni Long’s “Hrs and Hrs” hits No. 1 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, advancing from No. 3 to lead the list dated April 9. The new champ’s coronation comes just two weeks after Muni Long’s independent label, Supergiant, announced a partnership deal with Def Jam Recordings. With Def Jam’s credit addition, “Hrs and Hrs” secures the label’s first R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay No. 1 in nearly six years, since Desiigner’s “Panda” reigned for two weeks in June 2016. “Hrs and Hrs” ascends after it climbed to 20 million in radio audience and registered the highest listenership of any song from U.S. monitored R&B/hip-hop stations in the week ending March 31, according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data. The new champ improved 14% from a 17.6 million audience total in the prior week (ending M...
Diplo & Miguel’s ‘Don’t Forget My Love’ Hits No. 1 on Dance/Mix Show Airplay Chart
Diplo and Miguel lift to the summit of Billboard’s Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart (dated April 9) with “Don’t Forget My Love.” The song is Miguel’s first No. 1 and Diplo’s initial solo leader, following three trips to the top as part of Major Lazer and one as half of Silk City. As a member of Major Lazer (with Walshy Fire and Ape Drums), Diplo has reigned with “Lean On,” with DJ Snake and featuring MØ (13 weeks at No. 1, 2015); “Light It Up,” featuring Nyla and Fuse ODG (two, 2016); and “Lay Your Head on Me,” featuring Marcus Mumford (2020). With Silk City (with Mark Ronson), Diplo has led with “New Love,” featuring Ellie Goulding (two, 2021). Overall, Diplo has 19 solo Dance/Mix Show Airplay entries, including 11 top 10s. Miguel previously reached the chart as a featured vocalist on Kygo’s ...
Rock Radio Getting a ‘Kick’ Out of New Def Leppard Hit: ‘A Catchy, Fun-filled Party Anthem’
Def Leppard bounds back onto Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, as its new single “Kick” debuts at No. 39 on the list dated April 9. The group, which was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019, reaches the ranking for the first time since March 2003, adding its 30th entry on the chart. Def Leppard, which formed in Sheffield, England, in 1977, first appeared on Mainstream Rock Airplay with “Let It Go,” at its No. 34 best on the Aug. 22, 1981, tally. The band boasts five No. 1s, among 17 top 10s: “Photograph” (for six weeks beginning in March 1983); “Rock of Ages” (one, June 1983); “Let’s Get Rocked” (one, April 1992); “Stand Up (Kick Love Into Motion)” (five, beginning in January 1993); and “Promises” (three, beginning in June 1999). Explore Explore See latest videos, ...
INXS Kick Another Goal With ‘The Very Best’
INXS kick another chart milestone with The Very Best, the Australian alternative rock band’s career retrospective. On the latest ARIA Albums Chart, the best-of its enters week 375 in the Top 50, and a whopping 500 non-consecutive weeks in the Top 100. The 20-song set lifts 60-49, on the national survey for the week of April 4, 2022,. The 500-week feat “is an absolutely phenomenal achievement, even if you happen to be one of the greatest and most iconic bands Australia has ever seen,” comments Annabelle Herd, CEO of ARIA, in a statement. “500 weeks is an incredible honor and just shows the appreciation of such an incredible album,” adds Andrew Daw, executive VP, international marketing at UMe, Universal Music Group’s global catalog company. The presence of the band’s late manager Chris Murp...
Daddy Yankee’s ‘Legendaddy’ Debuts at No. 1 on Top Latin Albums Chart, Top 10 on Billboard 200
Daddy Yankee bags his seventh No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart as Legendaddy debuts at No. 1 on the April 9-dated ranking. The 19-track set, released March 25 via El Cartel/Republic, stands out as his first album in over 10 years and is set to be a farewell celebration of his 32-year musical career. Streaming powers the majority of the Legendaddy’s first-week activity. Just under 27,000 units stem from streaming equivalent album units, 2,000 comprise traditional album sales, while the remaining units derive from track equivalent album units. The Top Latin Albums chart ranks the most popular Latin albums of the week in the U.S. based on multimetric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and strea...
Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia Tour Up 1,500% From Pre-Pandemic Touring
A tour two years in the making, Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia Tour kicked off in February and wrapped its U.S. & Canada leg on April 1, earning $40.1 million and selling 394,000 tickets, according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore. The tour was promoted by Live Nation in support of her Future Nostalgia album, which was released on March 27, 2020. Business has been strong and consistent, topping 11,000 tickets in 27 of 28 cities. Milwaukee’s scaled-down capacity at Fiserv Forum is the only exception, and still, that was sold out at 6,312 tickets. March 1 was the tour’s highest grossing night, with $2.1 million at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden. The next night won top honors for attendance, moving 16,068 tickets in March 2 at Washington, D.C.’s Capital One Arena. But Lipa’s...
Yahritza y Su Esencia’s Debut Single ‘Soy El Único’ Flies to No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs, Top 20 on Hot 100
Yahritza y Su Esencia score their first No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart, as the band’s debut single “Soy El Único” opens in the top slot on the April 9-dated ranking. The band also earns its first Billboard Hot 100 entry as the song bows at No. 20. Fifteen-year-old lead singer Yahritza marks a historic feat, becoming the youngest Latin performer to enter the all-genre tally. “It is one of the greatest achievements in my young age and more than that, it is a reminder that we can all achieve our dreams.” Yahritza tells Billboard. “Soy El Único” trades places on Hot Latin Songs with Becky G and Karol G’s “Mamiii,” which slides to No. 2 after it banked six consecutive weeks in charge. The Mexican-American outfit, comprising 24-year-old Armando (or Mando) on guitar, 17-year-old bassi...
