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Example Signs to Call & Response, Joining Global Management Team: Exclusive
The company also represents the likes of Carmouflage Rose, James Angus, Toby Hobart and Brooke Toia. Micky McNeice of Circle Eight (Todd Edwards, Andy Sheldrake) and Joshua Taylor-Anderson of Call & Response will jointly guide Example’s career into album eight and beyond. “We are at the beginning of taking him to new heights. With a global team in place and his most exciting, true to form and contemporary music to date,” Taylor-Anderson, Call & Response founder and CEO, tells Billboard. McNeice adds, “Example is the hardest working artist I know, the past two years as management have been a blessing. With Elliot now being based in Brisbane the link up with Josh at Call & Response was the perfect addition to our global team”. Example is an established artist in the U.K., w...
Billie Eilish’s ‘Happier Than Ever’ Is Hurtling to U.K. No. 1
Billie Eilish should be happier than ever. Her new album is crushing its rivals in the U.K. chart race. The teenage alternative pop phenomenon’s sophomore set, Happier Than Ever (Interscope), leads the midweek chart after selling more units (vinyl, cassette, CDs and downloads) than the rest of the Top 10 combined, the OCC reports. If it claims the crown, Eilish will go two-for-two, after her 2019 debut When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? logged three weeks at No. 1, making her the youngest female artist to rule the national albums chart. 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, shar...
The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber’s ‘Stay’ Hits No. 1 on Global 200, Ed Sheeran’s ‘Bad Habits’ Holds Atop Global Excl. U.S. Chart
Billboard‘s two global charts (the latest of which are dated Aug. 7) began last September and rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by MRC Data. The Billboard Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the U.S. Chart rankings are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations. The Kid LAROI & Bieber Begin ...
Dave, Ed Sheeran Rule U.K. Charts
We’re All Alone is the biggest opening week since November 2019, when Coldplay’s Everyday Life started with 81,000 combined sales, and it’s the biggest opening week for a British hip-hop/rap album since October 2010 and since Tinie Tempah’s debut Disc-Overy. According to the OCC, some 56% of We’re All Alone sales are physical (vinyl, CD, cassette) and downloads, while streams account for the remainder, chalking up 38.5 million plays across the album’s dozen songs. Dave debut LP Psychodrama logged one week at No. 1 in 2019. Coming in at No. 2 is Anne-Marie’s second album Therapy (Atlantic), eclipsing her previous best of No. 3 for her debut, Speak Your Mind. Further down the list, The Kid Laroi’s evolving mixtape F**k Love (RCA) flies 52-6, for a new peak. The set fires up following the rel...
Little Mix Make U.K. Chart History
Little Mix are well ahead of the next-closest competitor in chart history, Girls Aloud, who’ve notched 61 weeks across their 21 Top 10 singles, the OCC reports. Next up, The Supremes (59 weeks), Sugababes (57 weeks), and Spice Girls (50 weeks), respectively. The chart feat caps a headline-grabbing twelve months which has included a lineup change, their history-making Brit Award, and the unveiling of a waxwork at Madame Tussauds. The trio of Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwal got their break on in 2011 by becoming the first group to win the U.K. version of The X Factor. Co-founding member Jesy Nelson left the act in December 2020 citing mental health struggles. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating sh...
Billie Eilish Cruising to Highest New Entry on U.K. Chart
Eilish enjoyed some peak-time spotlight on Saturday (July 31) when she appeared for an interview on the BBC’s Up Close, and performed several songs. Despite its healthy weekend activity, “Happier Than Ever” is well off the pace of the leader, “Bad Habits” by Ed Sheeran. “Bad Habits” is the market leader on both sales and streams and is heading for a sixth consecutive week at No. 1. Meanwhile, The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber are on target for another week in the runner-up spot, while Jonasu’s “Black Magic” lifts 5-2, and is chasing a new peak position. The Official U.K. Singles Chart is published late Friday, local time. 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 Beaut...
Kris Wu Detained by Chinese Police on Suspicion of Rape
Wu has been “criminally detained” on suspicion of rape “in response to relevant information reported on the internet” including that he “repeatedly lured young women to have sexual relations,” the police statement said. It gave no other details. The pop star had previously denied the accusations. “There was no ‘groupie sex’! There was no ‘underage’!” Wu wrote last month on his social media account. “If there were this kind of thing, please everyone relax, I would put myself in jail!” The news was trending as the no. 1 most searched topic on Weibo on Saturday night, and some users online started commenting on Wu’s social media account, telling him to “Get out of China!” Wu is a Canadian citizen, according to the police statement. The official paper of the Communist Party, the People’s Daily...
The Kid Laroi, Justin Bieber ‘Stay’ at No. 1 in Australia
The highest new entry this week belongs to Lil Nas X, whose “Industry Baby” (Sony) featuring Jack Harlow, bows at No. 6. It’s Lil Nas X’s third Top Ten appearance in Australia, and the first single to chart from his forthcoming album Montero, following “Holiday” (which peaked at No. 42) and former leader “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”. Over on the ARIA Albums Chart, The Jungle Giants swing in to top spot with Love Signs (Amplifire/Orchard), for the Brisbane indie pop-rock outfit’s first No. 1. Frontman Sam Hales says it’s a “childhood dream come true.” He continues, “we set the goal to be completely independent in order to make albums we wanna make. It’s incredible to be sitting here today knowing that our record Love Signs just went No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart.” Love Sign...
Simon Cowell’s ‘The X Factor’ Canceled In U.K. After 17 Years
The X Factor, Simon Cowell’s ratings juggernaut that first aired in the U.K. in 2004 and has given rise to some of the biggest pop acts of the 2000s, has been canceled by British network ITV. The broadcaster has confirmed that there are “no current plans” for another season of the show in the U.K. following rumors in the British media that Cowell himself was axing his most famous reality creation after 17 years. The X Factor — which helped lead to the formation of boy band One Direction and girl group Little Mix, and made Cowell a household name around the world — last aired in Britain in 2018. The show, in which contestants are mentored by judges that over the years have included Sharon Osbourne, Louis Walsh and Nicole Sherzinger as they aim to win the public vote, was produced by Fremant...
Banijay France Acquires Music TV Specialist DMLS TV
With the acquisition, Banijay now controls 11 production labels across the French TV landscape, including Adventure Line Productions, Endemol France, H2O Productions Shine Fiction, and Marathon Studio. The group’s shows range from hit reality formats Survivor and Fort Boyard to high-end drama series Versailles, to daily talk show Touche Pas à Mon Poste hosted by Cyril Hanouna. “As we continue to widen our offering in France and cement our stronghold in the market, DMLS TV is the perfect addition,” said François de Brugada in a statement. “Aligned in our commitment to high-quality, unscripted hits, Anne and Mathieu further bolster our entertainment and music catalog and I’ve no doubt their titles have the capacity to travel the group worldwide.” In a joint statement, Marcassus and Vergne sa...
Snow Man Says ‘Hello Hello’ to No. 1 on Japan Hot 100
BTS’ “Permission to Dance,” which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, holds at No. 2 on the Japan Hot 100, ruling streaming (19,965,634 weekly streams) and video (7,718,062 weekly views) to come out on top over the group’s previous hit song “Butter,” which falls to No. 3. But the latter is still going strong, continuing its climb in terms of weekly streams (14,469,653 this week from 14,064,270 last week), and looks like it won’t be leaving the top ranks anytime soon. Meanwhile, two tracks debut in the top 10 this week: millennium parade × Belle (Kaho Nakamura)’s “U” and Keisuke Kuwata’s “Smile – Harewataru sora no youni.” The former is the theme for Mamoru Hosoda’s new animated feature film Belle, which opened in Japanese theaters July 16. The track dropped before the movie hi...
‘Bad Habits’ Lead Ed Sheeran to No. 1 on Both Billboard Global Charts
Chart rankings are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations. Sheeran’s First Global 200 No. 1 After debuting at No. 2 on the Billboard Global 200, spending a second week at the rank and dropping to No. 3, Ed Sheeran’s “Bad Habits” ascends to No. 1, granting him his first week atop the chart. The song reigns with 67.5 million streams (down 2%) and 40,700 sold worldwide (down 7%) in the July 16-22 tracking week. The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber’...
