USA
Billboard Report (excerpt)
'Ordinary' sails back at no. 1
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust, Los Angeles

Alex Warren's “Ordinary” rebounds a rank to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking its milestone 10th week in the chart’s top spot. Over the Hot 100’s 67-year history, a mere 4% of all

Hot 100 No. 1s (47 of 1,183) have dominated for double-digit weeks. “Ordinary” is the first to reach the mark since Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther,” which led for 13 weeks beginning in March. “Ordinary” tallied 23.9 million official streams (up 14% week-over-week), 74 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 1%) and 7,000 sold (down 10%) in the United States Aug. 8-14. The track rises 3-2 on Streaming Songs, following four weeks at the summit, and scores a ninth week at No. 1 on Radio Songs and an 11th week atop on Digital Song Sales. It received a boost in the tracking week from the Aug. 7 release of its remix with Luke Combs, which he and Warren unveiled at Lollapalooza. The soundtrack to Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters snares a third Hot 100 top 10, as Saja Boys’ “Soda Pop” buzzes 14-10. It gained by 4% to 17.6 million streams and 6% to 3,000 sold. It’s the second Hot 100 top 10 for the quintet, as “Your Idol” becomes its first top five hit,

jumping 8-4 led by 20.3 million streams (up 3%). Meanwhile, Huntr/x’s “Golden” retreats to No. 2 on the Hot 100 despite across-the-board gains to 32.8 million streams (up 4%) — it tops Streaming Songs for a fourth week —11.6 million in radio audience (up 38%) and 7,000 sold (up 6%). Morgan Wallen’s “What I Want,” featuring Tate McRae, lifts 4-3 on the Hot 100, after it debuted in May as Wallen’s fourth No. 1 and McRae’s first. Ravyn Lenae earns her first top five Hot 100 hit as “Love Me Not” rises 6-5. Justin Bieber’s No. 2-peaking “Daisies” drops 5-6 on the Hot 100. Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control,” which led the Hot 100 for a week in March 2024, and finished as the year’s No. 1 song, climbs 9-7 — as it adds a record-extending 104th week on the chart overall and a record-padding 74th week in the top 10. Wallen’s “Just in Case” descends 7-8 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2, and Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” sidles up a spot to No. 9. Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem clocks an 11th nonconsecutive week atop the Billboard 200 chart (dated Aug. 23). The project earned 126,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending Aug. 14 (down 7%), according to Luminate. I’m the Problem debuted at No. 1 on the May 31-dated chart, spent it first eight weeks in the pole position, stepped away from the top for two frames and then returned to No. 1 for the three weeks running. Of I’m the Problem’s 126,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Aug. 14, SEA units comprise 121,000 (down 7%, equaling 159.73 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs — it leads Top Streaming Albums for a 12th nonconsecutive week), album sales comprise 4,000 (down 3%, it falls 13-21 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise 1,000 (down 12%). The KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack is steady at its No. 2 high on the Billboard 200, with 104,000 equivalent album units earned (its best week yet by units earned, up 4%). The set has posted a gain every week since its debut on the list eight weeks ago. Gunna logs his seventh top 10-charted effort on the Billboard 200, as The Last Wun arrives at No. 3 with 80,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 79,000 (equaling 104.49 million on-demand official streams of its songs — it debuts at No. 3 on Top Streaming Albums), while album sales comprise 1,000 (it was available to purchase only as a standard widely available download album) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. The Last Wun was preceded by its charted songs “Him All Along” (No. 58 peak last November on the Billboard Hot 100) and “Won’t Stop” (No. 70, June). mgk debuts at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 with lost americana, marking his seventh top 10 project. The set bows with 63,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 40,500 — it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales, SEA units comprise 22,000 (equaling 28.63 million on-demand official streams of its songs; it debuts at No. 18 on Top Streaming Albums), and TEA units comprise 500. The album was preceded by the charted song “cliché,” which peaked at No. 62 on the Hot 100 in June. Alex Warren’s You’ll Be Alright, Kid rises 6-5 on the Billboard 200, matching its peak rank, with 42,000 equivalent album units earned (down 3%). Jonas Brothers achieve their eighth top 10-charted project on the Billboard 200 as Greetings From Your Hometown starts at No. 6 with 39,000 equivalent album units. Of that sum, album sales comprise 26,000 (it debuts at No. 3 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 13,000 (equaling 16.49 million on-demand official streams of its songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. Justin Bieber’s Swag falls 5-7 on the Billboard 200 with 38,000 equivalent album units earned (down 13%) and Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping One Thing at a Time dips 7-8 with nearly 38,000 units (down 3%). Babymetal scores its first top 10 album on the Billboard 200 as Metal Forth debuts at No. 9 with 36,000 equivalent album units earned — the act’s best week by units. Of that sum, album sales comprise 33,500 (the act’s best sales week ever; it debuts at No. 2 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 2,500 (equaling 3.28 million on-demand official streams of its songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. Rounding out the latest top 10 of the Billboard 200 is SZA’s former leader SOS, which shifts 8-10 with 35,000 equivalent album units earned (down 4%). SOS clocks its 100th nonconsecutive week in the top 10 — the first album by a woman that has claimed 100 weeks in the top 10 in the chart’s history, which dates to March 1956.

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United Kingdom
Music Week Report (excerpt)
'Golden' overtakes 'The Subway'
Monday, August 18, 2025
by Alan Jones, London
 
Chappell Roan’s The Subway suffers a 29.59% dip in consumption to 38,366 units on its second frame, dipping 1-2, as Golden returns to the summit for Huntr/X, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami & K–pop Demon Hunters Cast. Golden racked up a 6.15% increase in consumption week-on-week to 51,955

units (1,658 digital downloads and 50,297 sales-equivalent streams), its seventh week of growth in a row. Effecting the ninth change of chart leadership in 10 weeks – extending the longest such run in 10 years – Golden continues to be accompanied in the top tier by two more cuts from Netflix animated fantasy film K-pop Demon Hunters, with Soda Pop holding at No.6 (30,036 sales) and Your Idol moving 8-7 (29,028 sales). Both are credited to Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast. A fourth track from the film/album, How It’s Done by Huntr/X, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami & KPop Demon Hunters Cast, is ‘starred-out’ of the Top 10 between No.8 and No.9 (23,896 sales). It is the first ‘starred-out’ song within the confines of the Top 10 for 37 weeks. The last track similarly stricken was Wacced Out Murals by Kendrick Lamar, which was the eighth most-consumed track in week-ending 28

November 2024, but uncharted as three other Kendrick Lamar cuts were ahead of it in the Top 10. Wacced Out Murals’ career consumption of 101,664 units is, however, far from being the highest of an uncharted track by Lamar – that would be Money Trees (feat. Jay Rock), from Lamar’s second album, Good Kid M.A.A.D City, which is his fifth most-consumed track with a to-date tally of 1,361,895 units. No Broke Boys reaches a new peak for the sixth week in a row, climbing 5-3 (35,174 sales) for Disco Lines & Tinashe. The rest of the Top 10: Dior (4-4, 30,924 sales) by MK feat. Chrystal, Daisies (3-5, 32,060 sales) by Justin Bieber, Ordinary (11-8, 23,974 sales) by Alex Warren, Sapphire (10-9, 22,943 sales) by Ed Sheeran and Beautiful Things (13-10, 21,944 sales) by Benson Boone. Overall singles consumption is up 1.85% week-on-week to 30,289,802 units, 4.45% above same week 2024 consumption of 28,997,994 units. Paid-for sales are down 4.74% week-on-week at 265,775, 10.16% below same week 2024 sales of 295,824. Oasis completed the initial 15-date UK leg of their Live ’25 reunion in Edinburgh on Tuesday (the tour reaches Dublin’s Croke Park this weekend), and reap the rewards for what has been a huge success, critically and commercially, with three of their albums in the Top 10 for the sixth straight week. Their career-encompassing compilation Time Flies: 1994-2009 rebounds 2-1 (15,074 sales, including 200 CDs, 118 vinyl albums, 58 digital downloads and 14,698 sales-equivalent streams) tops the chart for the third time, 15 years after it first did so, and five weeks after it previously returned to the summit. The band’s 1995 second album (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? (3-3, 11,194 sales) and 1994 debut Definitely Maybe (6-7, 8,488 sales) also remain solid. They return for their final two UK dates scheduled for the end of September. The Mancunian legends have now spent a total of 24 weeks at No.1, a tally exceeded by 21 other acts. His days as rapper Machine Gun Kelly seemingly far behind him, 35-year-old Colson Baker, from Texas, is now a mainstream pop rocker trading as MGK, under which name his seventh studio album, Lost Americana, debuts at No.2 (11,249 sales), becoming his fifth Top 75 and third Top 10 album. His last two albums, both released since he changed musical directions are his highest-charting and biggest-selling sets, 2020’s Tickets To My Downfall peaking at No.3 and achieving consumption of 215,854 units and 2022 No.2 album Mainstream Sellout achieving consumption of 118,663 units. Oasis’ return to No.1 overturned a heroic effort from Welsh indie rock band The Royston Club, whose second album, Songs For The Spine, topped early sales flashes but eventually had to settle for a No.4 debut on consumption of 10,197 units. The Wrexham quartet – comprising singer/guitarists Ben Matthias and Tom Faithfull bassist Dave Tute and drummer Sam Jones, all 24 – reached No.16 with 2023 debut album, Shaking Hips And Crashing Cars, which has achieved to-date consumption of 24,386 units. American rapper Gunna’s seventh chart album – his entire solo output plus Lil Baby collaboration Drip Harder – The Last Wun is his fifth straight Top 10 entry debuting at No.9 (7,425 sales). Twenty-five years to the week since his first album, Born To Do It, scorched to a No.1 debut on sales of 225,320 copies, Craig David’s ninth studio album, Commitment, opens at No.10 (7,395 sales). Including compilations, it is the 11th Top 75 and seventh Top 10 entry for the 44-year-old from Southampton. Born To Do It had the highest first week sale of a debut album by any male soloist ever, ahead of Shayne Ward’s eponymous 2006 release, which had an opening tally of 201,266. David was just 19 at the time Born To Do It was released, and wrote or co-wrote, and co-produced every track on the set, which has to-date consumption of 2,017,242 units, making it the 69th most successful albums of the 21st century. The rest of the Top 10: You’ll Be Alright, Kid (4-5, 8,867 sales) by Alex Warren, 50 Years: Don’t Stop (5-6, 8,613 sales) by Fleetwood Mac and +-=÷× Tour Collection (7-8, 7,508 sales) by Ed Sheeran. Overall album sales are up 1.47% week-on-week to 2,426.829 units, 4.58% above same week 2024 sales of 2,320,511. Physical product accounts for 246,688 sales, 10.17% of the total.