20 YEARS AGO ... 'Titanic' began its triumphant advance at the cinemas. For director James Cameron and the film studio 20th Century Fox, it was a risky undertaking, because the originally estimated US $ 150 million production costs and the time limits were far exceeded. To complete the film at all, a second major production company was brought aboard - Paramount Pictures. But the gigantic effort should pay off, 'Titanic' became the most suceessful film in history (till that date), showered with prizes, including 11 Oscar Awards. Embedded in the technically complex and brilliant story of the sinking of the RMS Titanic 1912 in the North Atlantic Ocean is the love story of Jack and Rose. Since the film plays on two time levels, the transience of human being forms to a central issue here, reinforced by the ship disaster. The many impressions and emotions bundle up in the phenomenal music of James Horner. He used largely orchestral elements and merged them with Celtic folklore, for which one originally wanted to commit Enya. Also this soundtrack broke records, with 27 million copies sold, it's the best-selling classic album of all time. And the only real song on this album, 'My Heart Will Go On', performed by Celine Dion, pulled along. Also released in January 1998, it became Celine's biggest hit, 15 weeks at number one on the Global Chart and the biggest smash in that year worldwide, decorated with three Grammy Awards.

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Billboard Report (excerpt)
'Beerbongs & Bentleys' spends second week at no.1
Thuesday, May 15, 2018
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust, Los Angeles

Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys lands a second straight week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as the set earned 193,000 equivalent album units in the week ending

May 10 (down 58 percent from its debut frame), according to Nielsen Music. Malone is joined by four debuts in the top 10, as new efforts from Leon Bridges, Shinedown, Rae Sremmurd and Lake Street Dive all bow in the region. Beerbongs is just the third title to rack up multiple weeks at No. 1 in 2018, and the first by an artist, following Black Panther: The Album (with three weeks at No. 1) and The Greatest Showman soundtrack (two weeks in the top slot). Beerbongs is also the first album by an artist to notch back-to-back weeks at No. 1 since Taylor Swift’s reputation spent its first three weeks atop the tally (Dec. 2-16, 2017). (Reputation clocked one further week at No. 1, on the Jan. 6, 2018 chart.) Beerbongs’ second week on the list is powered by streaming activity, as it garnered 160,000 SEA units (down 44 percent). In terms of traditional album sales, it sold 24,000 copies (down 85 percent), while TEA units equaled just 9,000 (down 59 percent). At No. 2

on the Billboard 200, J. Cole’s former No. 1 KOD rises one rung with 68,000 units (down 35 percent). Singer-songwriter Bridges debuts at No. 3 with his second album, Good Thing. The title earned 66,000 units, with the bulk of that figure driven by traditional album sales (59,000). Both sums represent high-water marks for the artist. Good Thing is the top-selling album of the week as well, and launches at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart. Good Thing lands Bridges his highest-charting effort, as his debut set Coming Home debuted and peaked at No. 6 in 2015, off a start of 42,000 units (38,000 in sales). Bridges’ sales launch, and the debuts of Shinedown and Lake Street Dive (more on them later), benefit greatly from concert ticket/album sale redemption offers with their latest tours. Cardi B’s previous chart-topper, Invasion of Privacy, holds at No. 4 with 62,000 units (down 13 percent). Rock band Shinedown scores its fourth top 10, as ATTENTION ATTENTION bows at No. 5 with 60,000 units (55,000 in traditional album sales). It’s the group’s fourth consecutive studio album to bow in the top 10, following Threat to Survival (No. 6 in 2015), Amaryllis (No. 4, 2012), and The Sound of Madness (No. 8, 2008). The group made its Billboard 200 debut nearly 15 years ago, when Leave a Whisper arrived on the Aug. 2, 3003-dated list at No. 159, on its way to a No. 53 peak in August of 2004. Rae Sremmurd’s three-part album, SR3MM, starts at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 with 57,000 units, giving the hip-hop duo (Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi) its third straight top 10. The 27-song set comprises three parts: SR3MM (Rae Sremmurd’s third studio set; the first nine songs of the project), Swaecation (the second nine songs, credited as a solo project from Swae Lee) and Jxmtro (the final nine songs, a solo offering from Slim Jxmmi). The resilient soundtrack to The Greatest Showman spends a 20th consecutive week in the top 10, as the album shifts 5-7 in its 22nd week on the tally (52,000 units; down 10 percent). The album debuted at No. 71 on the Dec. 30, 2017-dated list, jumped to No. 63 the next week, and then vaulted to No. 5 the following frame and has been in the top 10 ever since. The album spent two weeks atop the tally (Jan. 13 and 20). Rock band Lake Street Dive nabs its first Billboard 200 top 10 album and highest-charting effort yet, as its new set Free Yourself Up arrives at No. 8. The album also garners the group its biggest week yet in terms of units and traditional album sales, as it earned 32,000 units (of which 30,000 were in traditional album sales). Previously, the band’s high-water mark on the chart came with 2014’s Bad Self Portraits, which debuted and peaked at No. 18. Rounding out the Billboard 200’s new top 10 are former No. 1s Black Panther: The Album (moving 13-9 with 30,000 units; up 4 percent) and... Migos’ Culture II (climbing 12-10 with 29,000 units; down 5 percent). The musical alter ego of Donald Glover earns his first leader, as the track launches as the most-streamed and top-selling song of the week. Driven in large part by its buzzy, and socially-conscious video, Childish Gambino's new single "This Is America" debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, launching as the most-streamed and top-selling song of the week, as it also arrives atop the Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales charts. The track is the first Hot 100 leader for Donald Glover's musical alter ego, who took the stage to unveil the song as the musical guest on the May 5 episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live (as Glover hosted); the song and its video were released simultaneously around midnight ET Sunday, May 6. "America," released on mcDJ/Wolf + Rothstein/RCA (as Childish Gambino's first RCA single) is the 1,073rd No. 1 in the Hot 100's 59-year history. Here's a look at the song's start. No. 1 bow in streaming & sales: "America" opens atop Streaming Songs with 65.3 million U.S. streams in the week ending May 10, according to Nielsen Music (covering its first five days of availability). Notably, with the song's official video garnering much attention, video accounts for an extremely robust 68 percent of the song's streaming total. "America" also starts at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales with 78,000 downloads sold in the same tracking period, while drawing 9.4 million in all-genre radio airplay audience in the week ending May 13 (as it enters the Rap Airplay chart at No. 20 and R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay at No. 30). Childish Gambino's "America" is a rare socially-themed Hot 100 No. 1 (such as "We Are the World") and perhaps the most pointed example since Lady Gaga's equality anthem "Born This Way" in 2011. Drake's "Nice" ranks at No. 2 on the Hot 100 following its first four frames at No. 1, while his former 11-week "Plan" holds at No. 3. As Drake's run of consecutive weeks atop the Hot 100 ends at 15, he claims the fourth-longest such run in the chart's history. The Black Eyed Peas ruled for 26 straight weeks in 2009 with "Boom Boom Pow" (12) and "I Gotta Feeling" (14); Usher led for 19 frames in a row with "Yeah!" (featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris; 12) and "Burn" (seven) in 2004; and, Justin Bieber linked 17 straight weeks at No. 1 as featured (with Quavo, Chance The Rapper and Lil Wayne) on DJ Khaled's "I'm the One" (one) and Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's "Despacito" (16) in 2017. Despite its drop to No. 2 on the Hot 100, "Nice" is the chart's top Airplay Gainer award-winner for a fourth week and enters the Radio Songs top 10 (11-8; 72 million, up 18 percent), becoming Drake's 20th top on the airplay tally. Post Malone's "Psycho," featuring Ty Dolla $ign, drops to No. 4 from its No. 2 Hot 100 high, while, like "Nice," hitting the Radio Songs top 10 (12-9; 67.7 million, up 13 percent). Post Malone and Ty Dolla $ign each earn their second Radio Songs top 10. Rounding out the Hot 100's top five, Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line's fellow No. 2-peaking collab "Meant to Be" dips 4-5. It leads the Hot Country Songs chart for a 24th week, tying FGL's own "Cruise," in 2012-13, for the longest command by a duo or group in the chart's history and the second-longest overall; Sam Hunt's "Body Like a Back Road" ruled for a record 34 weeks in 2017.  COMPLETE CHARTS