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The Answers to the Latest Billboard x VersusGame Matchups: Dua Lipa, Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow & More
Last week’s Billboard and VersusGame matchups challenging your chart-predicting prowess featured Dua Lipa, Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow. Billboard and VersusGame have joined forces to bring music fans a one-of-a-kind, user-generated experience with games that test knowledge of pop culture for a chance to win prizes. Billboard is hosting bi-weekly head-to-head challenges on entertainment and pop culture gaming app VersusGame, where fans can vote on their favorite artists and songs and wager on who will top the charts and more. VersusGame data shows that fans have predicted correct chart outcomes nearly three out of four times so far. Last week’s challenges featured the following questions: Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, cha...
Glass Animals’ ‘Heat Waves’ Completes Record Run to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100
A song released in 2020, and about late nights in the middle of June, reaches No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in March 2022. Glass Animals‘ “Heat Waves” hits No. 1 on the Hot 100, completing a record-breaking rise to the summit, leading in its 59th week on the chart. It shatters the prior mark of 35 weeks on the survey needed to reign, set by Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” in December 2019. Over its unprecedented run, “Heat Waves” has ruled multiple radio formats and become prominent on TikTok and streaming services. Explore See latest videos, charts and news The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated March 12, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (March 8). For all chart new...
Central Cee Overtakes Tears For Fears In U.K. Albums Chart Race
In a well-paced U.K. chart race, Central Cee’s 23 (via Central Cee) pulls ahead at the last turn for the hip-hop artist’s first leader. Born in Shepherd’s Bush, London, Central Cee (real name Oakley Neil H T Caesar-Su) goes one better with 23, the rapper’s sophomore mixtape, which debuts at No. 1. A year earlier, his debut Wild West went to No. 2 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart. After leading the midweek survey, ‘80s legends Tears For Fears have to settle for second place with The Tipping Point (Concord). It’s the first full album of original material for Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith since 2005, and it’s the band’s first U.K. Top 5 appearance since 1993’s Elemental went to No. 5. The Tipping Point finishes the week as the U.K.’s best-selling vinyl release. Explore See latest videos, cha...
‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’ Captures U.K. Chart Crown For Seventh Week
Encanto’s “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” (via Walt Disney) can’t be caught in the U.K. chart race, as the hit single enters a seventh week at No. 1. “Bruno,” the longest-running No. 1 this year so far, became the first original Disney cut to lead the Official U.K. Singles Chart. Encanto continues to make a big impression on the chart with “Surface Pressure” down 3-5 this week, and “The Family Madrigal” down 8-10. Further down the list, there are climbs for Lost Frequencies and Calum Scott’s “Where Are You Now” (up 4-3 via Insanity); Belters Only and Jazzy’s “Make Me Feel Good” (up 5-4 via Polydor); Australian DJ and producer Luude’s reworking of “Down Under” featuring Men at Work’s Colin Hay (up 10-6 via Sweat It Out); and D-Block Europe and current albums chart champ Central Cee’s “Overseas”...
Dave’s ‘Starlight’ Set to Dethrone ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’ In U.K.
Can Dave break the Encanto spell? The “Funky Friday” rapper cruises to the lead in the U.K. singles chart race with “Starlight,” a surprise release to celebrate the start of his U.K. tour. “Starlight” is burning bright on the First Look chart, which ranks songs based on sales and streams consumed in the first 48 hours of the chart cycle. If it keeps its spot, “Starlight” will give the Brit Award and Mercury Prize winner his second No. 1, and de-throne Encanto’s “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” after a seven-week unbroken run at the top. Whatever happens when the chart proper is published later this week, expect to see a new leader. “Bruno” tumbles 1-9 on the chart blast. With “Starlight” set to debut at No. 1, the man from Down Under, Luude, prepares to crash the U.K. Top 5 for the first time. ...
‘Encanto’ Enchants Billboard 200 Albums Chart With Eighth Week at No. 1
The Encanto soundtrack enchants in the No. 1 slot on the Billboard 200 chart (dated March 12) for an eighth nonconsecutive week. The set earned 80,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending March 3 (down 11%), according to MRC Data. In the last five years, only three albums have spent at least eight weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200: Encanto, Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album (10 weeks), and Taylor Swift’s Folklore (eight weeks). Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Also in the top 10, new albums from Kodak Black, Tears for Fears and Avril Lavigne all debut in the region. 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 unit...
Gang of Youths Run to No. 1 In Australia With ‘Angel In Realtime’
There’s an Angel atop Australia’s albums chart this week, as Gang of Youths debut at No. 1 with their latest album, Angel In Realtime (Sony). The Aussie rock favorites snag a second leader with Angel, following their 2017 sophomore LP Go Farther In Lightness, which went on to win four ARIA Awards, including album of the year. “We just want to thank everybody for sticking with us and buying and streaming our record,” says the five-piece in a statement. “We are proud to be an Australian band and we just want to say again how much we appreciate the support we get from you all.” The London-based Sydney band leads an all-new Top 3 on the ARIA Albums Chart, ahead of Slash & Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators’ 4 (Sony). It’s the rockers’ third No. 2 release after Apocalyptic Love (No. 2 in Ma...
New Around the World: ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’ Goes Bilingual on Global Charts
For those who haven’t been paying attention, Disney’s Encanto is a hit. Its soundtrack has ruled the Billboard 200 for seven of the last eight weeks, and its breakout, fast-talking ensemble anthem “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” has spent more weeks at No. 1 — five to-date — on the Billboard Hot 100 than any other track from a Disney movie in the chart’s history. Beyond the U.S., the accolades continue. “Bruno” spent three weeks atop the Billboard Global 200 and cracked the top 10 of the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart. Now, on the March 5-dated Global Excl. U.S. chart, the song doubles up, ranking at No. 14 in English and debuting at No. 121 in Spanish. Carolina Gaitán and Mauro Castillo, from the English-language version, are joined by fellow Colombians Daniela Sierra, Juanse Diez, Olga Lu...
All of Becky G’s Top Billboard Hot Latin Songs Hits: ‘Mamiii,’ ‘Mayores’ & More
Happy birthday, Becky G! The Mexican-American artist turns 25 Wednesday (March 2), and Billboard is celebrating by highlighting all of her hits on the Hot Latin Songs chart. In total, the singer-songwriter has 21 entries on the chart, including four that entered in the top 10. Her first entry was in 2014, with her Pitbull-assisted “Can’t Get Enough,” which also marked her first top 10 banger. Explore Explore Becky G See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Three years later, after discovering her sound in the Spanish-language market, Becky hit No. 3 with her flirtatious Bad Bunny-assisted “Mayores.” In 2018, her collaboration with Natti Natasha, “Sin Pijama,” peaked at No. 4. Both music videos also surpassed 1 billion views on YouTube. More recently, Becky G is...
ARIA Charts to Incorporate YouTube Streaming Data
Streams of official music content on YouTube will now be factored into the ARIA Charts, with effect from this Friday (March 4). YouTube data will be collected from logged-in users and contribute to all charts that involve streaming, according to the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), which publishes a suite of national music sales and consumption rankings. Previously, YouTube has provided data to assist in the preparation of our ARIA’s Streaming Audio Visual Tracks chart, notes the trade body’s CEO Annabelle Herd, but “this development brings their data into play across a much greater range of charts alongside our other streaming partners including AppleMusic and Spotify.” The extension of that partnership, she continues, is “helping us to depict an even broader picture of A...
Adele’s ’30’ Dominates IFPI’s 2021 Album Charts
Adele didn’t go easy on her music-making rivals in 2021, as her latest album 30 finished the year as the No. 1 title worldwide. The British pop singer leads the way on IFPI’s global albums charts, and does so in record breaking fashion. Announced Tuesday (March 1), 30 dominates all three of the international trade body’s tallies , as it rolls on to No. 1 on the Global Album All Format Chart, now in its second year; the Global Album Sales Chart; and the first-ever Global Vinyl Album Chart. Following its release in November 2021, 30 was an immediate hit around the world, hitting No. 1 in over 20 markets, including the U.S. and U.K. Across her career, Adele has built a reputation as a big-hitter on CD sales. She only enhanced that by shifting a whopping 5 million physical units of her latest ...
‘Encanto’ Soundtrack Has Most Weeks at No. 1 in Nearly a Year on Billboard 200
The Encanto soundtrack scores a seventh nonconsecutive week atop the Billboard 200 chart (dated March 5) – making it the album with the most weeks at No. 1 in nearly a year. The last album with more weeks at No. 1 was Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album, which ruled for 10 straight weeks between the Jan. 23 and March 27, 2021-dated charts. Explore Explore Encanto See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In the last five years, only two albums have spent more weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 than Encanto: Dangerous and Taylor Swift’s Folklore (eight weeks) Encanto earned 90,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 24 (down 8%), according to MRC Data. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. ba...
