Global Chart Report
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'Seven' reigns
a ninth week
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
by Fred Chuchel, Dresden
'Seven', the debut solo
single by South Korean singer and
Bangtan Boys member Jung Kook (with
additional rap-lines by Latto),
keeps the crown of the Global Track
Chart for a ninth consecutive week with another
331,000 points, a 5,5%
decrease compared to the previous
week. Broken down by segments
'Seven' gets 281,000 points by
streaming in the current week (down
5%), 17,000 points by sales (down
11%), and
33,000 points by airplay
(down 2%). Doja Cat's 'Paint The
Town Red' holds tight at the
runner-up slot. The smash, which
interpolates Dionne Warwick's 1964
hit 'Walk On By', gets 304,000
points, another 5% boost. Along with
the release of Olivia Rodrigo's new
album 'Guts', all songs from the set
entering the international hitlists,
four of it are placed on our Top 40:
the lead single and former no.1
'Vampire' turns back from no.6 to
no.3 with 240,000 points (up 35%),
the follow-up 'Bad Idea Right?'
jumps from no.34 to no.7 and reaches
a new peak
with 183,000 points (up 108%). 'Get
Him Back!' and 'All-American Bitch'
are new at no.12 with 147,000
points, respectively at no.18 with
115,000 points. According to our
chart rules only three songs from an
album can placed with the full
points. The fourth most successful
song gets a 10% deduction, the fifth
20%, the sixth 30% and etc. Outside our weekly
Top 40 waiting among other
'Strangers' by Kenya Grace at no.41,
'The Grudge' by Olivia Rodrigo at
no.45,
'Prada' by Cassö | Raye | D-Block
Europe at no.46, 'Bongos' by Cardi B
& Megan Thee Stallion at no.49,
'Holanda' by Jhayco at no.58, and
'I Wanna Be Yours' by Arctic Monkeys at no.59 for their first appearance on
the big list. The self-titled fourth
studio album by American singer /
songwriter Zach Bryan sails atop the
Global Album Chart this week,
despite a 27% loss to 132,000
equivalent sales. His former effort
'American Heartbreak' debuted and
peaked at no.8 in the calendar week
22, 2022 with 84,000 sales and
generated a total of 1,47 million
sales to date. By the way, last
week's number one, 'Always Yours' by
Seventeen, crashes to position no.34
with 31,000 sales. In its sixth week
on the tally, Travis Scott's
'Utopia' turns back to the runner-up
slot with another 117,000 sales, a
total of 1,56 million so far. The
one and only debut of the week comes
from South Korean boy band NCT (an
acronym for Neo Culture Technology).
Their fourth album 'Golden Age' bows
at no.3 globally with 96,000
equivalent sales. And
now, as every week, additional stats from outside
the current Global Album Top 10 in alphabetic
order, the first figure means last week's sales,
the second figure the total sales: '1989' by
Taylor Swift 52,000 / 15,184,000, '21' by Adele
13,000 / 32,231,000, '25' by Adele
11,000 /
24,557,000, '30' by Adele 9,000 / 6,070,000,
'After Hours' by The Weeknd 30,000 /
8,366,000,
'Astroworld' by Travis Scott
20,000
/ 7,915,000, 'Beerbongs & Bentleys' by Post
Malone 12,000 / 9,567,000, 'Certified Lover
Boy' by Drake 24,000 / 5,877,000, 'Dangerous:
The Double Album' by Morgan Wallen 47,000 /
8,172,000, 'Dark Blood' by Enhypen
9,000 / 1,308,000, 'Divide' by Ed Sheeran
20.000 / 20,149,000,
'Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent' by
Lewis Capaldi 17,000 / 6,590,000, 'Endless Summer
Vacation' by Miley Cyrus 33,000 /
1,163,000, 'Equals' by Ed Sheeran
18,000
/ 5,395,000, 'Evermore' by Taylor Swift
30,000
/ 4,672,000, 'Fine Line' by Harry Styles
20,000 / 9,069,000, '5-Star' by
Stray Kids 22,000 / 3,185,000, 'Folklore' by Taylor Swift
56,000 / 7,941,000, 'Fuck My Life:
10th Mini Album' by Seventeen 8,000
/ 3,963,000, 'Future Nostalgia' by Dua
Lipa 20,000 / 8,006,000, Génesis' by Peso
Pluma 45,000 / 653,000, 'Goodbye & Good Riddance'
by Juice WRLD 17,000 / 7,366,000, 'Happier
Than Ever' by Billie Eilish 17,000 / 4,303,000,
'Harry's House' by Harry Styles
37,000 / 5,677,000, 'Her Loss' by
Drake & 21 Savage 26,000 /
2,906,000, 'Hereos & Villains' by
Metro Boomin 36,000 / 2,644,000,
'Hollywood's Bleeding' by Post Malone
21,000
/ 9,603,000, 'Legends Never Die' by Juice WRLD
10,000 / 6,122,000,
'My
Turn' by Lil Baby 18,000 / 5,700,000,
'Planet
Her' by Doja Cat 12,000 / 5,216,000,
'Red
(Taylor's Version)' by Taylor Swift
37,000 /
4,456,000, 'Renaissance' by Beyoncé
33,000 / 3,003,000, 'Scorpion' by Drake
17,000 /
9,177,000,
'Shoot
For The Stars, Aim For The Moon' by Pop Smoke
16,000 / 8,194,000, 'SOS' by SZA
61,000 / 4,010,000, 'Sour' by Olivia
Rodrigo 36,000 / 8,476,000, 'Stoney' by Post Malone
10,000 / 7,621,000, 'Subtract' by Ed
Sheeran 15,000 / 944,000, 'The Highlights' by The Weeknd
42,000 / 5,950,000,
'Un Verano Sin Ti' by Bad Bunny
33,000 / 5,652,000, 'When We All Fall
Asleep, Where Do We Go?' by Billie Eilish
17,000
/ 11,147,000, and 'X' by Ed Sheeran
5,000 / 13,565,000.
GLOBAL NO.1 - 40 YEARS
AGO
... "Every Breath You Take" is
the Police's and Sting's signature
song and was released on May 20,
1983, as the lead single from the
band's final album Synchronicity
(1983). Sting wrote the song in 1982
in the aftermath of his separation
from Frances Tomelty and the
beginning of his relationship with
Trudie Styler. While recording,
guitarist Andy Summers came up with
a guitar part inspired by Béla
Bartók that would later become a
trademark lick, and played it
straight through in one take. He was
asked to put guitar onto a simple
backing track of bass, drums, and a
single vocal, with Sting offering no
directive beyond "make it your own".
"Every Breath You Take" topped the
official hitlist in the United
States for eight weeks and was the
biggest hit of the year there.
Furthermore it reached no.1 in
United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland and
no.2 in Australia, Spain, Sweden,
and Norway. The song won two Grammys
for Song Of The Year and Best Pop
Performance by a Duo or Group with
Vocals and Sting received 1983 the
prestigious Ivor Novello Award for
Best Song Musically and Lyrically
from the British Academy of
Songwriters, Composers and Authors.
USA
Billboard Report
(excerpt)
Olivia Rodrigo tops both
major hitlists
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust,
Los Angeles
Olivia
Rodrigo’s
former Billboard
Hot 100 No.
1 “Vampire” surges back to
the chart’s summit, from No.
9. Plus, her “Bad Idea
Right?” roars to a new No. 7
high, from No. 26, as her
album
Guts,
featuring both songs, launches
at No. 1 on
the Billboard
200.
“Vampire” returns to No. 1
on the Hot 100 up 82% to
22.8 million streams in the
Sept. 8-14 tracking week,
while “Bad Idea Right?”
vaulted by 121% to 22.1
million streams, as the
latter wins the Hot 100’s
top Streaming Gainer award.
The first two singles from Guts skyrocket
12-3 (following a week at
No. 1) and 26-4 (after
reaching No. 3),
respectively, on the Streaming
Songs chart.
On Radio
Songs,
“Vampire” holds at its No. 6
high (55.8 million
impressions, down 7%) and
“Bad Idea Right?” bumps
43-39 (16.2 million, up
15%). Plus, the songs sold
4,000 (up 89%, good for top
Sales Gainer honors on the
Hot 100) and 2,000 (up 42%),
respectively. Doja Cat’s
“Paint the Town Red”
retreats to No. 2 on the Hot
100, a week after it hit
No. 1.
It drew 37.2 million in
radio reach (up 16%) and
27.3 million streams (down
2%) and sold 7,000 (down
10%) Sept. 8-14. A week
earlier, the song became
the rapper/singer’s
second leader, following
“Say So,” featuring Nicki
Minaj, for a week in 2020.
It also became the chart’s
first rap No. 1 in over a
year. Zach Bryan’s “I
Remember Everything,”
featuring Kacey Musgraves,
dips 2-3 on the Hot 100, two
weeks after it debuted at
No. 1. It leads Streaming
Songs (30.1 million, down
5%) and the multi-metric Hot
Country Songs, Hot
Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot
Rock Songs charts
for a third week each. Luke
Combs’ cover of Tracy
Chapman’s No. 6-peaking 1988
Hot 100 classic “Fast Car”
backs up 3-4 after eight
weeks at its No. 2 high.
Still, it tops Radio Songs
for a third week (77.3
million, down 1%). Taylor
Swift’s “Cruel Summer”
descends 4-5 on the Hot 100,
after reaching No. 3, and
Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night”
drops 5-6, following 16
weeks at No. 1, the most
ever for a
non-collaboration. Below
Rodrigo’s “Bad Idea Right?”
at No. 7 on the Hot 100, as
the track also rebounds for
a second week at No. 1 on
the multi-metric Hot
Alternative Songs chart,
SZA’s “Snooze” slips to No.
8 from its No. 7 Hot 100
best; Gunna’s “Fukumean”
falls 8-9 on the Hot 100,
after hitting No. 4; and Dua
Lipa’s “Dance the Night”
retreats to No. 10 from its
No. 6 high.
Olivia Rodrigo’s
sophomore album, Guts,
debuts atop the Billboard
200 chart (dated Sept. 23),
scoring the
singer-songwriter her second
No. 1 set, following her
2021 debut Sour. The new
album starts with 302,000
equivalent album units
earned in the U.S. in the
week ending Sept. 14,
according to Luminate. That
marks the fourth-largest
week for any album in 2023
and Rodrigo’s best week yet.
Of Guts’ 302,000 equivalent
album units earned in the
week ending Sept. 14, SEA
units comprise 151,000
(equaling 199.59 million
on-demand official streams
of the set’s 12 songs — the
sixth-largest debut
streaming week of 2023),
album sales comprise 150,000
(powered by 94,000 in vinyl
sales — the seventh-largest
week for a vinyl album since
Luminate began
electronically tracking
sales in 1991) and TEA units
comprise 1,000. Guts’
first-week sales were
bolstered by its
availability across 13
different vinyl variants
(including a signed
edition), two deluxe boxed
sets containing a vinyl LP
and branded merchandise,
four CD editions (including
a signed version), two
deluxe boxed sets containing
a CD and branded
merchandise, and a cassette
tape.
BTS’ V sees
his first solo studio album,
Layover, launch at No. 2 on
the Billboard 200, earning
100,000 equivalent album
units in its first week. Of
that sum, album sales
comprise 88,000, SEA units
comprise 9,000 (equaling
12.95 million on-demand
official streams of the
set’s six tracks) and TEA
units comprise 3,000.
Layover’s debut was enhanced
by its availability in 13
collectible CD iterations,
all with randomized branded
merch elements contained
inside, with exclusive
variants sold via Barnes &
Noble, Target, Walmart and
the Weverse store.
Zach Bryan’s
self-titled album falls to
No. 3 on the Billboard 200
(95,000 equivalent album
units; down 18%) after
spending its first two weeks
at No. 1.
Morgan Wallen’s
chart-topping One Thing at a
Time slips 2-4 (78,000; down
7%),
Travis Scott’s
former No. 1 Utopia drops
3-5 (56,000; down 22%), and
SZA’s
former leader SOS is a
non-mover at No. 6 (45,000;
up 1%).
Peso Pluma’s
Génesis rises one spot to
No. 7 (43,000 equivalent
album units; up 4%),
Taylor Swift’s
former No. 1 Midnights falls
5-8 (42,000; down 7%), and
Morgan Wallen’s
first No. 1, Dangerous: The
Double Album, ascends 10-9
(39,000; down 4%).
Tyler Childers rounds
out the top 10, as his
latest release, Rustin’ in
the Rain, debuts at No. 10
with 38,000 equivalent album
units earned — his best week
yet by total units. It’s the
second top 10-charting
effort for the artist,
following Can I Take My
Hounds To Heaven (No. 8 in
2022). Of Rain’s 38,000
first-week units, album
sales comprise 25,000 and
SEA units comprise 13,000
(equaling 17.39 million
on-demand official streams
of the set’s seven songs),
rounded out by a negligible
amount of TEA units.
Record Of The Month
'Paint The
Town Red' is the second
single from Doja Cat's
upcoming fourth album
'Scarlet'.
United Kingdom
Music Week Report
(excerpt)
'Guts' tops the album list,
'Utopia' follows at no.2
Monday, September 18, 2023
by Alan Jones, London
Ending a run of four
consecutive weeks in which
leadership of the singles
chart has changed hands,
Doja Cat’s Paint The Town
Red secures its 2nd week
atop the list on consumption
of 54,414 units (1,188
digital downloads, 53,226
sales-equivalent streams).
Its own dip in support – it
is down 6.12% week-on-
week -
coincides with the release
of Olivia Rodrigo’s new
album Guts, which triggers a
resurgence in support for
both of that album’s
previously released tracks,
with former No.1 Vampire
racking up a 40.72% increase
in consumption as it
rebounds 3-2 (43,651 sales),
while Bad Idea Right? –
which previously peaked at
No.6 – posts a 77.96% gain
as it jumps 12-3 (34,758
sales). It is a record fifth
week in a row that the
entire Top 3 has been
populated by tracks from
female solo artists. Rodrigo
also lands her 10th hit in
total and seventh Top 10
entry with Guts track, Get
Him Back! (No.7, 28,445
sales). Nine further songs
from the set are
‘starred-out’ between No.9
and No.19.
A week after landing in the
Top 10 for the first time in
his career, Fred Again..
makes further significant
gains with Adore U (feat.
Obongjayar) jumping 9-4
(30,452 sales). There is
also a new peak for Prada,
which advances 7-5 (30,194
sales) for Cassö, Raye &
D-Block Europe. The Fred
Again track is even more
successful in Ireland, where
it climbs 2-1.
The rest of the Top 10:
Cruel Summer (2-6, 30,114
sales) by Taylor Swift,
Desire (6-8, 27,265 sales)
by Calvin Harris & Sam
Smith, (It Goes Like) Nanana
(5-9, 26,212 sales) by Peggy
Gou and Disconnect (8-10,
25,078 sales) by Becky Hill
and Chase & Status.
Overall singles sales are up
0.33% week-on-week to
26,486,891 units, 13.27%
above same week 2022
consumption of 23,383,522
units. Paid-for sales are up
4.48% week-on-week at
281,195 – 2.92% below same
week 2022 sales of 289,648.
Britain has a new No.1 album
for the 15th week in a row,
with Olivia Rodrigo’s second
album, Guts, storming to the
summit on first week
consumption of 60,272 units
(10,580 CDs, 11,809 vinyl
albums, 8,489 cassettes,
1,228 digital downloads and
28,165 sales-equivalent
streams). The fourth biggest
debut of 2023 – behind Lewis
Capaldi’s Broken By Desire
To Be Heavenly Sent
(95,882), Ed Sheeran’s
Subtract (76,263) and Taylor
Swift’s Speak Now (Taylor’s
Version) (67,112) - it had
greater consumption in the
week than the rest of the
Top 10 combined and more
than eight times that of its
nearest challenger.
Home to Rodrigo’s recent
No.1 single Vampire, Bad
Idea Right? and new hit Get
Him Back!, Guts thus
surpasses the introductory
frame of Rodrigo’s debut
album, Sour, which opened
atop the chart in May 2021
on consumption of 50,942
units. Sour jumps 18-8
(5,383 sales) this week,
securing its highest chart
placing for 58 weeks. In the
chart continuously for 121
weeks since release, Sour
spent a total of five weeks
at No.1, has never fallen
below No.45 and has achieved
to-date consumption of
753,242 units.
It is a sign of Rodrigo’s
youth that the three of the
four other acts who have
albums debuting inside the
Top 10 this week – The
Coral, Rosin Murphy and
Chemical Brothers – all made
their first visit to the top
tier before she was born.
Merseyside rock band The
Coral charted their
eponymous debut in 2002, and
had their only No.1 album
the following year with
Magic And Medicine. Their
personnel largely unchanged,
with lead singer and main
songwriter James Skelly, 43,
still at the helm, they
secure their seventh Top 10
entry with 11th studio
album, Sea Of Mirrors,
opening at No.3, (7,228
sales). They score their
12th chart entry with the
simultaneously released Holy
Joe’s Coral Island Medicine
Show (No.36, 2,830 sales).
Available only physically,
it is a more whimsical
selection of death ditties
and instrumentals in the
form of a mythical radio
show. That self-titled 2002
debut, incidentally, remains
The Coral’s biggest seller,
with to-date consumption of
390,436 units, with Magic
And Medicine its runner-up
on consumption of 289,956
units.
First in the Top 75 in 1998
as half of Moloko - whose
highest charting set, Things
To Make And Do, reached No.3
in 2000 - 50-year-old
singer/songwriter Roisin
Murphy, from Wicklow in
Ireland, went solo in 2005,
and secures her first ever
Top 10 solo chart entry and
fifth Top 75 entry with
sixth album, Hit Parade
(No.5, 6,722 sales).
The Chemical Brothers’ 10th
studio album in a chart
career spanning 28 years -
and their first release
since No Geography opened at
No.4 (9,809 sales) in 2019 –
For That Beautiful Feeling
debuts at No.6 (6,327 sales)
for the veteran dance duo.
Six of their previous studio
albums reached No.1, while
2010 release Further didn’t
chart at all because all
formats furnished buyers
with the opportunity to
enter a ‘golden ticket’
competition, with 10 iPads
and USB sticks as prizes,
and competitions of this
type are expressly forbidden
by OCC chart rules. Despite
peaking at No.9, Chemical
Brothers’ 1995 debut Exit
Planet Dust is their second
biggest-seller with to-date
sales of 394,866, trailing
only 1999 smash Surrender –
home to the hits Hey Boy Hey
Girl, Let Forever Be and Out
Of Control – which has sold
636,580 copies.
The last of this week’s five
Top 10 debuts is My
Neighbours Don’t Know (No.9,
5,174 sales), a 19-song
mixtape that provides the
sixth Top 75 album and
fourth Top 10 entry for
London rapper M Huncho.
The rest of the Top 10:
Utopia (2-2, 7,462 sales) by
Travis Scott, The Highlights
(5-4, 6,814 sales) by The
Weeknd, 50 Years: Don’t Stop
(8-7, 5,701 sales) by
Fleetwood Mac and Diamonds
(9-10, 4,976 sales) by Elton
John.
Overall album sales are up
2.49% week-on-week at
2,176,821, 14.26% above same
week 2022 sales of
1,905,096. Physical product
accounts for 267,882 sales,
12.30% of the total.