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'Apt.' reigns a 15th week at no.1
Sunday, February 9, 2025
by Fred Chuchel, Dresden

 

Now we have the same situation in the top three as for many weeks in November and December 2024: 'Apt' at the summit, followed by 'Die With A Smile' and 'Birds Of A Feather'. It's exactly the eleventh week with that constellation and 'Apt.' by South Korean singer, songwriter Rosé in collaboration with Bruno Mars keeps the crown even for an impressive 15th non-consecutive week with another 497,000 points, a 3% decrease compared to last week. The song gets the longest stay at the summit since Miley Cyrus 'Flowers' held that position for 24 weeks two years ago. Broken down by segments, 'Apt.' generated 350,000 points by streaming this week (down 5%), 41,000 points by sales (up 1%), and 106,000 points by airplay (up 2%). 'Die With A Smile' by Lady GaGa & Bruno Mars follows still at the runner-up slot with 475,000 points (up 2,5% with 360,000 points by streaming, 44,000 points by sales, and 71,000 points by airplay). Without 'Apt.' the

Grammy-decorated tune would have been number one now for a 22nd week. Billie Eilish's 'Birds Of A Feather' rises back at no.3 in its 38th week on the tally with 290,000 points (up 10% with 210,000 points by streaming, 31,000 points by sales, and 49,000 points by airplay). The three songs above are on the way to becoming one of the biggest hits of all time. The latter currently has a total of 11,477,000 points, 'Die With A Smile' follows with 10,998,000 points and 'Apt!' with 8,406,000 points. Especially 'Die With A Smile' has a big potential to come dangerously close to the top spots of the ALL TIME CHART, where Elton John's 'Candle In The Wind 1997' leads since 27 years with a total of 21,314,000 points. The Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights' from 2019 ranks there at the runner-up slot with 21,290,000 points and Mariah Carey's eternal carol 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' from 1994 holds no.3 with 19,433,000 points. The Grammy-Awards make a deep impact on the charts: Lady GaGa, Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter, and Chappell Roan making decent profits this week, but the big winner is, of course, Kendrick Lamar. His famous diss track 'Not Like Us' is the most decorated song in Grammy Awards history, sweeping all five of its nominations at the 67th ceremony: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song, and Best Music Video. The smash placed 25 weeks inside the Top 40 last year and ranked at no.21 on the Year-End Chart of that year with 4,752,000 points. This week it catapults back at no.27 with 119,000 points. Canadian musician The Weeknd is the current no.1 on the Global Album Chart with his sixth studio album 'Hurry Up Tomorrow', four songs from the set reaching the Top 40: 'Timeless', a collab with American rapper Playboi Carti, is the most successful tune and climbs at no.8 globally with 189,000 points. Behinds starts 'Cry For Me' at no.11 with 172,000 points. Outside our current Top 40 waiting among other 'I'm The Problem' by Morgan Wallen at no.44, 'Capaz (Merengueton)' by Alleh & Yorghaki at no.52, 'The Days (Notion Remix)' by Chrystal feat. Notion at no.56 for their first appearance on the hitlist. As already mentioned above The Weeknd's new set 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' leads the current Global Album Chart with 516,000 equivalent sales (129,000 points by streaming + 387,000 points by sales). His most successful album 'After Hours' from 2020 generated a total of 10,51 million equivalent sales so far. Second and final debut of the week comes from South Korean boy group ZeroBaseOne, their first Japanese-language extended play 'Prezent' bows at no.2 globally with 258,000 sales (almost all of these are physical sales). Rounds out the top three is SZA's 'SOS', which ranks an 88th week inside our tally with 138,000 consumption units (134,000 points by streaming + 4,000 points by sales). And now, as every week, additional stats from outside the current Global Album Top 20 in alphabetic order, the first figure means last week's sales, the second figure the total sales: '1989' by Taylor Swift 11,000 / 16,588,000, '1989 (Taylor's Version)' by Taylor Swift 27,000 / 6,503,000, '21' by Adele 22,000 / 33,531,000, '25' by Adele 16,000 / 25,454,000, '30' by Adele 11,000 / 6,696,000, 'After Hours' by The Weeknd 31,000 / 10,514,000, 'Cowboy Carter' by Beyoncé 31,000 / 1,694,000, 'Divide' by Ed Sheeran 21,000 / 21,536,000, 'Emails I Can't Send' by Sabrina Carpenter 22,000 / 2,003,000, 'Equals' by Ed Sheeran 8,000 / 6,293,000, 'Eternal Sunshine' by Ariana Grande 29,000 / 2,635,000, 'Evermore' by Taylor Swift 18,000 / 6,477,000, 'Fireworks & Rollerblades' by Benson Boone 42,000 / 2,176,000, 'From Zero' by Linkin Park 34,000 / 923,000, 'Future Nostalgia' by Dua Lipa 17,000 / 9,354,000, 'Guts' by Olivia Rodrigo 30,000 / 4,325,000, 'Harry's House' by Harry Styles 13,000 / 7,346,000, 'Heroes & Villains' by Metro Boomin 20,000 / 4,627,000, 'Lover' by Taylor Swift 39,000 / 11,558,000, 'Midnights' by Taylor Swift 32,000 / 12,123,000, 'Muse' by Jimin 34,000 / 1,681,000, 'One Thing At A Time' by Morgan Wallen 45,000 / 8,639,000, 'Red (Taylor's Version)' by Taylor Swift 18,000 / 6,414,000, 'Starboy' by The Weeknd 36,000 / 8,617,000, 'Stick Season' by Noah Kahan 45,000 / 4,274,000, 'The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)' by Eminem 14,000 / 1,481,000, 'The Highlights' by The Weeknd 48,000 / 9,323,000, 'Un Verano Sin Ti' by Bad Bunny 41,000 / 8,368,000, 'Utopia' by Travis Scott 28,000 / 5,059,000, and 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?' by Billie Eilish 24,000 / 12,360,000.



GLOBAL NO.1 - 70 YEARS AGO ... Originally "Sincerely" was a doo-wop song by the Moonglows and 1954 a minor hit in the United States. The best-selling version of the song was a traditional pop cover recorded by the McGuire Sisters, which reached the no.1 position and was eventually certified as a gold record for one million copies sold. By the way, co-writing credits were shared by Moonglows band member Harvey Fuqua and disk jockey Alan Freed. After it became known that Freed has inappropriately claimed songwriter credits for songs by bands he promoted (associated with his downfall in a payola investigation years later), Fuqua noted that Freed had in fact contributed to the songwriting for "Sincerely", thus his claim to a songwriting credit in this case was legitimate.


USA
Billboard Report
(excerpt)
Travis Scott's '4x4' shoots at the top
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust, Los Angeles


Travis Scott's “4X4” debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. The track, released Jan. 24, marks the superstar rapper’s fifth Hot 100 leader, following “Franchise,”

featuring Young Thug and M.I.A. (one week at No. 1 in October 2020); “The Scotts,” billed to The Scotts, Travis Scott and Kid Cudi (one, May 2020); “Highest in the Room” (one, October 2019); and “Sicko Mode” (one, December 2018). All have debuted at No. 1 except for “Sicko Mode,” which started at No. 4. Scott appeared at the College Football Playoff National Championship halftime show on Jan. 20, when he debuted "4x4" atop Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium. All proceeds from the song’s CD single, among other of his offerings, benefit Direct Relief’s California Wildfire Response Fund. “4X4,” on Cactus Jack / Epic Records, totaled 16.2 million official streams, 2.9 million radio airplay audience impressions and 167,000 sold (digital and physical singles combined) in the United States Jan. 24-30. The track is the 1,178th No. 1 in the Hot 100’s 66-year history and the 82nd single to debut in the top spot. Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” slips 4-5 on the Hot 100,

following a record-tying 19 weeks at No. 1 beginning last July. The track also tops Radio Songs for a 27th week (63.3 million in audience, on par with last week’s total) – surpassing The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” for the most weeks at No. 1 in the airplay chart’s 34-year history. Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” dips to No. 2 on the Hot 100 after four weeks at No. 1. It rebounds for a third week atop the Streaming Songs chart (27.7 million, down 1%). Rosé and Bruno Mars’ “Apt.” holds at its No. 3 Hot 100 high and Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” lifts 5-4, after reaching No. 3. Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control,” which led the Hot 100 for a week in March 2024 – and became the year’s top song – rises 7-6. It loges a 76th week on the survey, tying for the sixth-longest stay in the chart’s history. Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” descends 6-7 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 2. Bad Bunny “DtMF” drops to No. 8 on the Hot 100 from its No. 2 best. Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Gracie Abrams’ “That’s So True” backtracks 8-9, after reaching No. 6, and Morgan Wallen’s “Love Somebody” keeps at No. 10, after it debuted and spent a week at No. 1 in November. Bad Bunny's Debí Tirar Más Fotos develops a third straight week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Feb. 8), earning 117,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Jan. 30 (down 22%), according to Luminate. Of the 117,000 equivalent album units earned by Debí Tirar Más Fotos in the week ending Jan. 30, SEA units comprise 114,000 (down 22%; equaling 156.18 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs; it’s No. 1 for a fourth week on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 2,500 (down 45%; falling 11-48 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise 500 (down 31%). SZA’s former leader SOS is a non-mover at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 (87,000 equivalent album units; down 2%) and Kendrick Lamar’s chart-topping GNX rises 4-3 (60,000; up 1%). Teddy Swims scores his highest-charting album and first top 10, as I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2) debuts at No. 4. The set earned 50,000 equivalent album units, with album sales comprising 26,000 (it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprising 23,000 (equaling 30.38 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs; it debuts at No. 17 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units totaling 1,000. The album’s launch of 50,000 marks Swims’ biggest week yet by units earned, while his sales bow of 26,000 is also his best sales week ever. Plus, his streaming start (30.38 million) marks his best streaming week for an album. Morgan Wallen’s former leader One Thing at a Time climbs 8-5 on the latest Billboard 200 (41,000 equivalent album units; up 9%) while Sabrina Carpenter’s chart-topping Short n’ Sweet stays at No. 6 (just over 40,000; down 7%). Kane Brown achieves his fifth top 10-charting album on the Billboard 200, as The High Road rides in at No. 7 with 40,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 20,000 (equaling 26.76 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs; it debuts at No. 21 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 19,000 (it debuts at No. 2 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise 1,000. Gracie Abrams’ The Secret of Us falls 5-8 on the latest Billboard 200, with 37,000 equivalent album units earned (down 28%). Rapper Central Cee scores his first top 10, with his first charting album, as Can’t Rush Greatness bows at No. 9 with nearly 37,000 equivalent album units earned. SEA units comprise 27,000 of that sum (equaling 36.91 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs; it debuts at No. 14 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 10,000 (debuting at No. 5 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. Closing out the latest top 10 on the Billboard 200 is Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft, slipping 9-10 with 36,000 equivalent album units earned (down 2%).


Record Of The Month
'Tu Boda' is the second collab between Mexican musician Óscar Maydon and American
regional Mexican band Fuerza Regida and it's a massive success in Latin America.
It was met with criticism for its lyrics, specifically the lyric reading, "Quiero manchar el vestido
blanco de rojo" ("I want to stain the white dress red"), which were suspected to promote femicide.


United Kingdom
Music Week Report
(excerpt)
Lola Young's 'Messy' is still number one
Monday, February 10, 2025
by Alan Jones, London

 
Its consumption falling a minuscule 45 units (0.08%) to 56,479 (717 7-inch singles, 3,356 digital downloads and 52,406 sales-equivalent streams) after 18 straight weeks of growth, Messy spends a very comfortable third week at No.1 for Lola Young. It heads up the second static top five in a row, with Apt (46,564

sales) at No.2 for the sixth consecutive week and seventh time in all, while former chart-topper That’s So True holds at No.3 (39,165 sales) for Gracie Abrams; The Days remains at peak (4-4, 34,375 sales), for Chrystal; and Sailor Song is becalmed at No.5 (28,290 sales), on its 14th appearance in the Top 5 for Gigi Perez. It is the first time we have the exact same top five in the same positions for three weeks in a row in just over two years, the configuration of Miley Cyrus, Raye feat. 070 Shake, SZA, Taylor Swift and Venbee & Goddard being set in stone on 17 and 24 January and 3 February 2023. Moreover, this week is the sixth in a row with the same top three tracks, although the order has changed along the way. All this will change next week, when Rosé & Bruno Mars, Gracie Abrams and Gigi Perez all slip to ACR. Released on Monday (February 3), Lady Gaga’s new single, Abracadabra, thus missed the first three days of the tracking period for

this week’s chart. Nevertheless, the track – taken from her upcoming album Mayhem – is the highest of this week’s seven debuts, arriving at No.6 (23,349 sales) to become her 34th Top 75 entry and her 17th Top 10 hit. With The Weeknd’s new album, Hurry Up Tomorrow turning in big streaming numbers as it debuts at No.1, it has a knock-on effect on the singles chart, with earlier tracks from the album – Playboi Carti collaboration Timeless (16-7, 23,294 sales) and Anitta teaming Sao Paolo (a re-entry at No.21, 16,631 sales) resurgent. The former matches, and the latter surpasses their original respective peaks, while a third track, Weeknd solo cut Cry For Me, debuts at No.8 (21,614 sales) to become the Canadian star’s 56th chart entry and 17th Top 10 single. Prevented from charting by primary artist regulations, a further 11 tracks from The Weeknd are ‘starred-out’ of the Top 75, with Wake Me Up (a collaboration with Justice, 13,281 sales), Open Hearts (13,153 sales) and Baptized In Fear (12,966 sales) leading the way. The rest of the Top 10: Sports Car (8-9, 21,421 sales) by Tate McRae and The Door (10-10, 20,957 sales) by Teddy Swims. Overall singles consumption is up 1.39% week-on-week to 30,399,979 units, 6.13% above same week 2024 consumption of 28,644,570 units. Paid-for sales are up 4.47% week-on-week at 265,135, 8.40% below same week 2024 sales of 289,455. Scurrying up to the top of the chart in time for the weekend, Hurry Up Tomorrow debuts at No.1 for The Weeknd, becoming his fourth No.1 and seventh Top 10 album. Logging first week consumption of 33,694 units (7,430 CDs, 6,618 vinyl albums, 153 cassettes, 2,509 digital downloads and 16,984 sales-equivalent streams), its opening frame is 62.57% higher than the 20,726 tally posted by The Weeknd’s last album, Dawn FM, when it debuted at No.1 on digital sales alone in 2022, with CDs and cassettes arriving three weeks later, and vinyl 16 weeks later. Hurry Up Tomorrow is being touted as possibly the last album by The Weeknd – not because the 34-year-old Torontonian is going to retire, but because he wants to transition to using some or all of his given name, Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, going forward. Maribou State – 36-year-old electronic musicians Chris Davids and Liam Ivory, from Hertfordshire – register their first Top 10 album with third full-length set, Hallucinating Love, debuting at No.9 (6,450 sales). The duo wrote all the songs on the album - many of them in association with others, including guest vocalists Holly Walker, Andreya Triana, Gaidaa Ali and North Downs (aka Jack Sibley) - which is the follow-up to 2018 No.25 set, Kingdoms In Colour. Their 2015 debut, Portraits failed to chart but has achieved to-date consumption of 72,790 units across its original and remix versions, while Kingdoms In Colour topped the 100,000 mark a couple of days ago, but hasn’t qualified for a gold disc, as that tally is split between the original (71,730 sales) and a 2019 remix (28,577 sales). After releasing a number of uncharted singles and EPs, some under her real name of Roxanne Emery, Restøration (No.10, 6,299 sales) is the first chart entry for alt-pop singer/songwriter and producer Røry. As the self-deprecating “unhinged and unsigned” singer says herself: “I’m always f***ing late… so of course, I’m dropping my debut album when I’m 40”. The rest of the Top 10: Short N’ Sweet (4-3, 9,312 sales) by Sabrina Carpenter, Can’t Rush Greatness (1-2, 14,615 sales) by Central Cee, +-=÷× Tour Collection (8-5, 7,518 sales) by Ed Sheeran, The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess (9-6, 7,430 sales) by Chappell Roan, SOS (7-7, 6,944 sales) by SZA and Hit Me Hard And Soft (14-8, 6,811 sales) by Billie Eilish. Overall album sales are up 1.13% week-on-week at 2,554,938 units, 7.27% above same week 2024 sales of 2,381,796. Physical product accounts for 299,783 sales, 11.73% of the total.

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