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Mogwai, Olivia Rodrigo Lead U.K.’s Midweek Charts
Mogwai are leading a tight race for the U.K. chart crown. At the halfway stage in the chart week, the Scottish instrumental rock veterans hold the edge with As The Love Continues (Rock Action), their tenth studio album. As The Love Continues rules the Official Chart Update, though just 1,800 chart sales currently separate a Top 3 that also features Foo Fighters’ Medicine At Midnight (up 3-2 via Columbia) and British grime MC Ghetts’ Conflict of Interest (new at No. 3 via Warner Records). You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair...
Chart Rewind: In 1981, Dolly Parton Worked ‘9 to 5′ to No. 1 on the Hot 100
The smash hit and film helped transform Parton into a pop-culture star. After a chance encounter with Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda on a flight to New York helped Dolly Parton land a starring role in the 1980 female-empowerment comedy 9 to 5, the country music star found herself at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time with the film’s theme song of the same name. Parton wrote the tune to help pass time on set (as she found the pace of filming slower and less stimulating than that of a musical performer), and it topped the Hot Country Songs chart on Jan. 24, 1981, and the Hot 100 on Feb. 21. It became only the second song by a female artist to lead both lists, after Jeannie C. Riley’s “Harper Valley P.T.A.” in 1968. At the 24th annual Grammy Awards, “9...
Parmalee & Blanco Brown Find ‘Way’ to Top 10 on Hot Country Songs Chart
Parmalee adds its second Hot Country Songs top 10 among six entries. It’s the band’s first since its debut hit “Carolina,” which peaked at No. 2, and topped Country Airplay, in December 2013. Brown banks his second career-opening Hot Country Songs top 10, after his viral hit “The Git Up” ruled for 12 weeks beginning in July 2019. “Just the Way” reaches the Hot Country Songs top 10 in its 52nd week, wrapping the second-longest ascent to the tier. Chris Stapleton’s “Millionaire” took 56 weeks and peaked at No. 4 in 2019. RISIN’ “SHINE” Darius Rucker rolls up his 11th Hot Country Songs top 10 as “Beers and Sunshine” bubbles up 13-9. It holds at its No. 3 Country Airplay high, up 3% to 27.5 million ...
Cardi B Is Thrilled With Chart Debut For ‘Up’: ‘I Over Succeeded’
Is she feeling up about it all? You bet. “Just landed and my wifi back poppin. I want to say thank you to all my fans and supporters this is BIG for me,” she tweets. “I wanted to beat my last solo single number & I over succeeded. First time a female rapper debut top 5 since Lauren. This is pop girl shit but I’m not pop.” Of course, Cardi’s last release was “WAP,” her blockbuster collab with Megan Thee Stallion that topped the Billboard Hot 100 back in August. “Up” dropped on Feb. 5 and has gone on to rule a slew of charts, including Digital Song Sales and Streaming Songs, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs. Cardi was named Billboard’s 2020 Woman of the Year in December and she’s notched at least one top 10 single in each of the last five years, dating ...
Taylor Swift’s ‘Love Story’ Re-Recording Revs Up Streamers
Taylor Swift’s “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)” garnered 5.8 million in on-demand streams (audio and video combined) in the U.S. on its day of release, Feb. 12, according to initial reports to MRC Data. On Feb. 11, Swift announced that she had re-recorded her 2008 album Fearless, as Fearless (Taylor’s Version), and that the updated lead single, “Love Story (Taylor’s Version),” would be unveiled on Thursday night (Feb. 11). Fearless became Swift’s first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, while “Love Story” was her second Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit. Since then, Swift has tallied seven more No. 1 albums, and 27 more top 10 Hot 100 hits. Meanwhile, the original version of “Love Story” logged 672,000 on-demand streams on Feb. 12. On Feb. 11 it snared 504,000. In the days leading up ...
Taylor Swift’s Re-Recorded ‘Love Story’ Sells 10,000 in U.S. on First Day
On Feb. 11, Swift announced that she has re-recorded her 2008 album Fearless, as Fearless (Taylor’s Version), and that the updated lead single, “Love Story (Taylor’s Version),” would be unveiled that night. Fearless became Swift’s first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, while “Love Story” was her second Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit. Since then, Swift has tallied seven more No. 1 albums, and 27 more top 10 Hot 100 hits. As for the original version of “Love Story,” it sold about 200 downloads in the U.S. on Feb. 12. In the week leading up to the release of the re-recording’s release, the original version had been selling a negligible amount on a daily basis. Through Feb. 4, the original “Love Story” had sold 6.13 million downloads i...
Papa Roach’s ‘Last Resort (Reloaded)’ Crowns Hot Hard Rock Songs
It’s also the group’s, and Johnson’s, first Hot Hard Rock Songs leader since the chart debuted in June 2020. Papa Roach’s current radio single, “The Ending,” concurrently reaches a new No. 17 high. The original “Last Resort” led Alternative Airplay for seven weeks beginning in August 2000. The rap-rock tune kicked off a career for Papa Roach that encompasses 17 entries on Alternative Airplay and 31 on Mainstream Rock Airplay, including five No. 1s on the latter. The latest, “Come Around,” led in December 2019. Johnson has experienced early success with his own song “Damn!,” which has so far reached No. 44 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs. (An alternate version of “Damn!” features another 2000s rock stalwart in Nickelback’...
Langhorne Slim’s ‘Strawberry Mansion’ Is His Most Personal Album Yet: Emerging Artists Spotlight
The set, which he wrote during the first few months of the pandemic, finds Langhorne grappling with a number of demons: his battles with anxiety and depression, maintaining sobriety, dealing with the effects of the East Nashville tornado in March, which nearly wiped out his home, and, like many others, simply overcoming 2020. “[The album] came out as I was starting to find some quiet in the noise and some peace within the chaos,” he tells Billboard. “I began to find that my world actually expands when I make it smaller and attempt to simplify a bit. It’s a maddening world indeed but there’s beauty in the madness for those who seek it.” Langhorne Slim debuts at No. 10 on the Emerging Artists chart (dated Feb. 13) thanks to Strawberry Mansion, which arrives at No. 9 on the Americana/Folk Alb...
The Weeknd’s Streams Increase 41% After Super Bowl Halftime Show
His second-most-streamed tune was “Save Your Tears” (6.19 million; up 23%), which is also his current radio single and most recent top 10 on the Hot 100. Combined, “Blinding” and “Save” accounted for 26% of his total streams on Feb. 7-8. Here’s a look at the nine songs heard during The Weeknd’s halftime performance. They collectively earned 23.8 million streams on Feb. 7-8 – up 51% compared to their 15.77 million on Feb. 5-6. The Weeknd’s Halftime Songs, Ranked by On-Demand Streams on Feb. 7-8“Blinding Lights” (6.54 million; up 42% compared to Feb. 5-6)“Save Your Tears” (6.19 million; up 23%)“The Hills” (2.52 million; up 79%)“Starboy” (2.16 million; up 70%)“Can’t Feel My Face” (1.69 million; up 83%)“I Feel It Coming” (1.55 million; up 87%)“Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)” (1.44 mill...
Metallica Has Half of the Week’s Top 10 Best-Selling Albums
Here’s a look at Metallica’s five albums in the top 10 on Top Album Sales, along with a sixth that missed the region, but is at No. 15. Nearly all of the sales for each title are from their vinyl editions. Title; Rank; Total Copies Sold on All Formats (Gain)Metallica; No. 3; 10,000 (up 383%)Ride the Lightning; No. 4; 9,700 (up 617%)…And Justice for All; No. 5; 9,400 (up 776%)Master of Puppets; No. 7; 8,100 (up 1,102%)Kill ‘Em All; No. 8; 8,000 (up 917%)Hardwired… To Self-Destruct; re-entry at No. 15; 5,500 (up 2,433%) The last act to have five of the top 10 on Top Album Sales was Prince, following his death in 2016, when he claimed half of the region on the list dated May 14, 2016. Metallica also has six of the top 10 on the Feb. 13-dated Vinyl Albums chart – the third time an act has held...
Selena Gomez ‘Blown Away’ As Rauw Alejandro Collab ‘Baila Conmigo’ Debuts in Hot Latin Songs Top Five
“I knew I wanted a male voice on ‘Baila Conmigo’ and I love Rauw’s voice; I think he brings the right amount of sexiness to the song,” Gomez tells Billboard. “I have to say I am blown away by the response to the first two songs. I put my heart and soul into the music and wanted it to be perfect, so I am very grateful.” “Baila” earns both 28-year-olds their third top 10 on Hot Latin Songs, which blends airplay, streaming and sales data. Prior to her latest two entries, Gomez spent 13 weeks at No. 1 in 2018-19 as featured, with Ozuna and Cardi B, on DJ Snake’s “Taki Taki.” Alejandro, meanwhile, nabs his highest Hot Latin Songs career rank, besting “La Nota” with Manuel ...
Chart Rewind: In 1991, Mark Chesnutt’s ‘Jukebox’ Played All the Way to No. 1
Chesnutt, born in Beaumont, Texas, quit high school in 11th grade and was performing in Texas clubs by age 17. Known for his honky-tonk style of traditional country music, he has racked up 40 Hot Country Songs entries, including nine No. 1s among 20 top 10s. He won the Horizon Award as the best emerging artist at the 1993 Country Music Association Awards. In 2016, Chesnutt, now 57, released his most LP, Tradition Lives, which reached No. 22 on Top Country Albums. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenu...
