USA
Billboard Report (excerpt)
Shaboozey tops Hot 100 for record-tying 19th week
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust, Los Angeles

The smash matches the reign of Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road," featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, in 2019. Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” claims a record-equaling 19th week at No. 1 on the

Billboard Hot 100. Over the chart’s 66-year history, the song is now tied for the longest reign with Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus), which dominated for 19 weeks in 2019. “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” on American Dogwood / Empire, totaled 69.5 million radio airplay audience impressions (essentially even week-over-week), 19.6 million official streams (down 2%) and 8,000 sold (up 40%) in the United States Nov. 15-21. Boosting its profile during the tracking week, Shaboozey performed the song, in a medley with his newer single “Highway,” on the 58th Annual Country Music Association (CMA) Awards Nov. 20. (The ceremony aired live on ABC and was made available for streaming on Hulu the following day.) “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” was also discounted to 69 cents in the iTunes Store during the week. The track holds for a 17th week at No. 1 on the Radio Songs chart; slips 2-4 after 14 weeks atop Digital Song Sales; and holds at No. 5 following

nine weeks ruling Streaming Songs. Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” holds for a fourth week at its No. 2 Hot 100 high. During the tracking week, instrumental acoustic and sped-up versions were released (Nov. 20), with all versions discounted to 69 cents in the iTunes Store. Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” holds at No. 3 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2. Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control,” which topped the Hot 100 for a week in March, rises 5-4. It one-ups The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber’s 2021 hit “Stay” for the second-most weeks (45) logged in the top 10 all-time; only The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” (57 weeks, 2020-21) has spent more time in the tier. Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” retreats 4-5 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 3, while her “Taste” keeps at No. 8, after it debuted at its No. 2 high. Gracie Abrams’ “That’s So True” holds at its No. 6 Hot 100 high, as it leads Streaming Songs for a second week (22.8 million streams, down 3%). Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help,” featuring Morgan Wallen, is steady at No. 7 on the Hot 100, following six weeks at no. 1 beginning upon its debut in May. Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Benson Boone’s No. 2-peaking “Beautiful Things” is a non-mover at No. 9, as is Wallen’s “Love Somebody” at No. 10, after it debuted at No. 1 earlier in November. Ateez add their second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as Golden Hour: Part.2 debuts atop the list (dated Nov. 30) with 184,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 21, according to Luminate. With an opening frame driven largely by album sales — 179,000 copies sold — the set marks the best week yet for the pop ensemble by both units earned or traditional album sales. Of Golden Hour: Part.2’s 184,000 equivalent album units earned, album sales comprise 179,000 (it’s the top-selling album of the week and debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales; it’s also the sixth-largest sales debut week of 2024 for any title), SEA units comprise 5,000 (equaling 6.43 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. The album’s first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across 29 physical format variants (23 CDs and six vinyl editions; all containing collectible branded paper ephemera, some randomized) and three digital download variants (a standard edition and two versions containing voice notes from the acts as bonus tracks). Linkin Park returns to the Billboard 200 with its first new studio album in seven years, as From Zero enters at No. 2 with 97,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 72,000 (it debuts at No. 2 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 24,000 (equaling 32.18 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs; it bows at No. 17 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise 1,000. From Zero is the band’s 12th top 10-charting set and the first to feature new members Emily Armstrong (co-lead vocals) and Colin Brittain (drums). The album is the first without vocalist Chester Bennington (who died in 2017) and drummer Rob Bourdon (who departed the group in 2018). From Zero’s first-week sales were aided by its availability across 11 vinyl editions (multiple color variants, two picture discs and four alternative cover versions), four CD variants (including a deluxe boxed set containing branded merch and a CD, and a Zine/CD package), two cassette editions and two digital download editions. All versions of the album contain the same 11 songs, except for one download album, which boasts three bonus live tracks. Tyler, The Creator’s chart-topping CHROMAKOPIA falls 1-3 in its fourth week on the chart, after spending its first three weeks atop the list. It earned 81,000 equivalent album units in its fourth charting frame (down 22%). BTS’ Jin sees his solo debut project, Happy, bow at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 with 77,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 66,000 (it debuts at No. 3 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 8,000 (equaling 10.53 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs) and TEA units comprise 3,000. Happy’s first-week sales were enhanced by its availability across 13 CD variants (containing branded paper ephemera, some editions include randomized items) and seven digital variants (a standard version, two with alternate cover art, and four with assorted bonus tracks ranging from a voice memo to remixes). Sabrina Carpenter’s former leader Short n’ Sweet dips 3-5 with 72,000 units (up 6%). Rauw Alejandro lands his first top 10-charting effort on the Billboard 200 as Cosa Nuestra debuts at No. 6 with 67,000 equivalent album units earned — the artist’s biggest week by units earned. The album’s opening week was overwhelming driven by streaming activity, as SEA units comprise 66,000 of the album’s first week (equaling 87.66 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs; it debuts at No. 2 on Top Streaming Albums). Album sales comprise 1,000 (from just one digital download edition of the album) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. Cosa Nuestra boasts guests including Bad Bunny, Laura Pausini, Romeo Santos and Pharrell Williams. Enhypen’s Romance: Untold re-enters the Billboard 200 at No. 7 with 54,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week (up 960%), following it Nov. 15 repackage and reissue with two bonus tracks. The new iteration of the album is dubbed Romance: Untold -daydream-. All versions of the album, old and new, are combined for tracking and charting purposes. The initial release of the project debuted and peaked at No. 2 in July. Of the album’s 54,000 units earned in the week ending Nov. 21, album sales comprise 51,000 (up 1,473%, it jumps 26-4 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 3,000 (equaling 4.45 million on-demand official streams of the album’s songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. The set’s album sales were bolstered by its availability across 12 new CD variants and three new download editions, joining its previously available 17 CD editions, two vinyl variants and a standard download album. All physical editions of the album contain branded paper ephemera, some randomized. Rounding out the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200: Gracie Abrams’ The Secret of Us (4-8 with 50,000 equivalent album units; down 5%), Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft (5-9 with 49,000; up 2%) and Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess (6-10 with 43,000; down 8%).

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United Kingdom
Music Week Report (excerpt)
Gracie Abrams' 'That's So True' is still at No.1
Monday, December 2, 2024
by Alan Jones, London
 
Just 2.98% ahead of its nearest opponent last week, Gracie Abrams’ first No.1 single, That’s So True, opens that gap to a more comfortable 31.82% as it secures its second week at the apex on consumption of 54,549 units (597 digital downloads and 53,952 sales-equivalent streams). That’s a 33.71%

Gracie Abrams remains comfortable atop the singles chart, with That’s So True racking up consumption of a further 49,848 units (323 digital downloads and 49,525 sales-equivalent streams) on its fourth week at No.1. It extends to 30 weeks (out of 47) in 2024, and 14 weeks in a row that the No.1 song has been by a female soloist – both records. Remaining in convoy in an unchanged top three are Sailor Song (2-2, 39,905 sales) by Gigi Perez and Apt (3-3, 39,058 sales) by Rosé & Bruno Mars. Abrams and Perez’s songs suffer small falls in consumption but Apt – actually No.3 for the fourth straight week - enjoys a 16.03% uplift week-on-week A surprise release when it dropped last Friday (November 22), rapper Kendrick Lamar’s sixth studio album, GNX, debuts atop the chart and spawns three new Top 10 singles – Squabble Up (No.4, 29,712 sales), Luther (feat. SZA. No.5, 28,938 sales) and TV Off (feat. Lefty Gunplay, No.6, 28,535 sales). Lamar has now had

45 Top 75 hits with 12 of them reaching the Top 10. SZA’s involvement with Luther increases her tally of hits to 21, while TV Off is Californian rapper Lefty Gunplay’s first. All of the other nine tracks on GNX are ‘starred-out’ between positions No.7 and No.34. No.1 on the compilation chart, the Wicked soundtrack also spawns a trio of new hits, although only Defying Gravity by Cynthia Erivo feat. Ariana Grande makes the Top 10, debuting at No.7 (27,489 sales). Further down the chart, there are debuts for Popular (No.13, 19,051 sales) by Ariana Grande and What Is This Feeling? (No.17, 18,058) by Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo. Already No.2 and No.3 on the Top 200 Combined Tracks chart with unadjusted sales of 46,169 and 40,759 respectively, Last Christmas (16-8, 23,280 sales) by Wham! and All I Want For Christmas Is You (17-10, 20,561 sales) by Mariah Carey return to the Top 10 despite being under the yoke of ACR. It is the eleventh festive season and the ninth year in a row for both in the Top 10. Rounding out the Top 10 is The Door (5-9, 20,676 sales) by Teddy Swims. Overall singles consumption is up 0.99% week-on-week to 30,124,352 units, their highest level for 27 weeks, and 7.55% above same week 2023 consumption of 28,008,768 units. Paid-for sales are down 2.87% week-on-week at 267,869, 0.30% above same week 2023 sales of 267,064. More than nine years after Kendrick Lamar’s only previous No.1 album, To Pimp A Butterfly, the 37-year-old Californian rapper returns to pole position with sixth studio release GNX on consumption of 25,771 units (994 digital downloads and 24,777 sales-equivalent streams). A surprise release, it will doubtless achieve a second wind when it is released physically next year. Lamar’s uncharted 2011 debut, Section 80, achieved 154 first week sales and has to-date consumption of 70,501 units. His 2012 breakthrough, Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City, debuted and peaked at No.16 on consumption of 7,141 units, and is his biggest seller with to-date consumption of 530,828 units. To Pimp A Butterfly sold 29,695 units debuting at No.1 in 2015, and has to-date consumption of 359,151 units; Damn debuted and peaked at No.2 on sales of 31,543 units – his highest - in 2017, and has to-date consumption of 507,804 units; and Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers opened at No.2 on sales of 28,206 units in 2022, and has to-date consumption of 202,590 units. Michael Kiwanuka’s fourth album in total and first in over five years, Small Changes extends his record of making the Top 5 with every release. Debuting at No.2 (18,985 sales), it follows Home Again (No.4, 2012), Love & Hate (No.1, 2016) and Kiwanuka (No.2, 2019). Proving that timing is everything, his lowest charting album, Home Again, secured his highest first week sales (30,163) while his No.1, Love & Hate, secured his lowest first week sales (11,639). The rest of the Top 10: Short n’ Sweet (2-3, 13,557 sales) by Sabrina Carpenter, From Zero (1-4, 8,615 sales) by Linkin Park, Brat (9-5, 7,531 sales) by Charli XCX, The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess (5-6, 7,431 sales) by Chappell Roan, +--=÷× Tour Collection (6-7, 7,368 sales) by Ed Sheeran, The Highlights (7-8, 7,010 sales) by The Weeknd, Diamonds (8-9, 6,886 sales) by Elton John and Hit Me Hard And Soft (11-10, 6,536 sales) by Billie Eilish. Overall album sales are up 3.59% week-on-week at 2,649,822 units, 0.34% below same week 2023 sales of 2,658,737. Physical product accounts for 456,097 sales, 17.21% of the total.