GLOBAL NO.1 - 10 YEARS AGO... "Bad Romance" is from Lady Gaga's third extended play, The Fame Monster (2009) and was released on October 26, 2009. Lyrically, "Bad Romance" explores Gaga's attraction to individuals with whom romance never works, her preference for lonely relationships and the paranoia she experienced while on tour. Following an illegal demo leak, Gaga showcased the final product at Alexander McQueen's show at the Paris Fashion Week in October 2009, followed by the release of the single's cover art. Musically, "Bad Romance" features a spoken bridge, a full-throated chorus and sung lyrics about being in love with one's best friend. The song, which is imbued with elements of Germanesque house and techno, as well as music from 1980s and the 1990s, was touted by Gaga as an experimental pop record. "Bad Romance" topped the charts in many countries: United Kingdom, Germany, France, Canada, Italy, Denmark, Belgium, Austria, Norway, Sweden, Spain and other.

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Billboard Report (excerpt)
'Frozen 2' soundtrack hits no.1
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust, Los Angeles

The Frozen 2 soundtrack jumps to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as the set rises 3-1 with 80,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Dec. 5,

according to Nielsen Music. It’s the first week at No. 1 for the album. The set was released on Nov. 15 via Walt Disney Records, and is the companion album to the blockbuster animated sequel film of the same name. Frozen II is the first new full-length soundtrack to reach No. 1 for the first time in 2019. It’s also the first soundtrack of an animated film to hit No. 1 since the first Frozen film soundtrack, which spent 13 weeks at No. 1 in 2014. Of Frozen 2's total equivalent album unit sum earned in the week ending Dec. 5, SEA units total 39,000, album sales comprise 37,000 and TEA units total 4,000. The SEA sum translates to 50.7 million on-demand streams earned for the album’s tracks. Frozen 2 is only the third soundtrack to spend time at No. 1 in 2019. On Nov. 9, Kanye West’s Jesus Is King topped the list for a week. (The set also serves as a companion piece to his short film of the same name.) And, back on March 9, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s

A Star Is Born returned to No. 1 for a fourth nonconsecutive week, following the Feb. 24 Academy Awards broadcast. (It spent three weeks at No. 1 in 2018.) At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Post Malone’s former leader Hollywood’s Bleeding climbs 4-2 despite an 11% decline in units, as it earned 65,000 for the week (down from 73,000). Trippie Redd’s A Love Letter to You 4 falls 1-3 in its second week on the chart, earning 54,000 units (down 48%). A pair of former No. 1s are next on the list, as Taylor Swift’s Lover rises 6-4 with 52,000 units (up 3%) and Billie Eilish’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? is a non-mover at No. 5 with 50,000 units (down 5%). Michael Bublé’s Christmas, which spent five weeks at No. 1 in late 2011 and early 2012, returns to the top 10, as the seasonal set climbs 17-6 with 48,000 equivalent album units earned (up 63%). Following its five-week run at No. 1, the album has returned to the top 10 in every Christmas season since. It’s been so successful on the chart, it closes out the decade as the No. 24 biggest album on the Billboard 200, and the highest-ranking holiday effort in the decade. Switching genres, rapper Fabolous debuts at No. 7 on the new Billboard 200 with his latest effort, Summertime Shootout 3: Coldest Summer Ever. The set launches with 44,000 equivalent album units earned, with 37,000 of that sum in SEA units (translating to 46.9 million in on-demand audio streams), 6,000 in album sales and 1,000 in TEA units. Summertime is the hip-hop star’s seventh top 10 set. He logged his first with 2001’s Ghetto Fabolous, which peaked at No. 4. Penatonix’s The Best of Pentatonix Christmas rises 18-8 in its sixth week on the chart, giving the vocal group its tenth top 10 album. The hits collection earned 43,000 equivalent album units (up 64%) with 20,000 of that sum in album sales (up 52%). The Best Of collects favorites from the group’s previous four holiday albums, along with four new songs. Pentatonix is always a favorite during the holiday season, as of the group’s ten top 10 albums, five are holiday efforts. Combined, their holiday albums have sold 4.5 million copies in the U.S. Speaking of holiday music, Mariah Carey’s 1994 Merry Christmas album vaults 21-9 with 37,000 equivalent album units earned (up 63%). Of that sum, 8,000 were in album sales (up 44%). The album -- which features the enduring hit song “All I Want for Christmas Is You” -- has so-far peaked at No. 3, back during its initial chart run in 1994. Closing out the new top 10 is Summer Walker’s Over It, which is steady at No. 10 with 35,000 units (down 10%). The Weeknd blasts to his fourth No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100, as "Heartless" vaults from No. 32 to the top spot in its second week on the chart. Here's a deeper dive into The Weeknd's new Hot 100 No. 1. The song, released Nov. 27 on Republic Records, is the 1,094th leader in the chart's 61-year history. Sales, streams & airplay: "Heartless" bounds 15-1 on Digital Song Sales with 58,000 sold in the week ending Dec. 5, according to Nielsen Music (a sum comprising download sales, as well as CD and vinyl singles available on The Weeknd's official website). The track sold 10,000 on Nov. 27-28. "Heartless" flies 32-2 on Streaming Songs with 30 million U.S. streams in the week ending Dec. 5, aided by the Dec. 3 premiere of its official video. The song drew 13.8 million streams on Nov. 27-28. The track also charges 45-38 on Radio Songs, with 26.2 million in all-format airplay audience, after beginning with 22.6 million on Nov. 27-Dec. 1. The Weeknd's fourth No. 1: The Weeknd adds his fourth Hot 100 No. 1. He earned his first two leaders in August and October 2015, respectively: "Can't Feel My Face," which reigned for three weeks, and "The Hills," for six. In January 2017, he led for a week with "Starboy," featuring Daft Punk. "Heartless" dethrones Post Malone's "Circles" atop the Hot 100, after the latter led the list for two weeks. "Circles" ranks at No. 2 on Radio Songs (92.2 million, up 1%), No. 4 Digital Song Sales (13,000, down 36%) and No. 8 on Streaming Songs (22.2 million down 10%). Mariah Carey dashes 18-3 on the Hot 100 with "All I Want for Christmas Is You," returning to its peak to-date first reached last holiday season (on the chart dated Jan. 5, 2019), when it became the first top-five holiday hit on the survey in 60 years. It's the highest-charting holiday song by a soloist in the Hot 100's archives, bested overall in the category only by The Chipmunks' "The Chipmunk Song" (with David Seville), which ruled for four weeks in 1958-59. "Christmas" takes an 11-1 sleigh ride on Streaming Songs, up 48% to 35.1 million U.S. streams, as the song scores its second week atop the chart (and its second-best streaming week, after it led the Jan. 5 ranking with 51.9 million). It jumps 29-10 on Digital Song Sales (9,000, up 60%) and 38-32 on Radio Songs (31 million, up 18%). Lewis Capaldi's "Someone You Loved" drops 2-4 on the Hot 100, after the ballad logged three weeks at No. 1; Maroon 5's "Memories" slips to No. 5 from its No. 4 high; Lizzo's "Good as Hell" slides to No. 6 from its No. 3 peak, as it rules Radio Songs for a third week (100.6 million, up 2%); and Arizona Zervas' "Roxanne" backtracks to No. 7 on the Hot 100 from its No. 5 highpoint, while leading Hot Rap Songs for a second frame. Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" dances merrily from No. 29 to No. 8 on the Hot 100, marking a new high, after it hit a prior No. 9 best last holiday season, when it entered the top 10 for the first time, over 55 years after it first appeared on the chart. The track rockets 23-4 on Streaming Songs (32.8 million, up 61%); re-enters Digital Song Sales at No. 33 (4,000, up 68%); and ascends 48-43 on Radio Songs (24.4 million, up 14%). Rounding out the Hot 100's top 10, Selena Gomez's "Lose You to Love Me" retreats 6-9, after becoming her first No. 1, and Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber's "10,000 Hours" falls 8-10, after debuting at its No. 4 peak, as it leads the multi-metric Hot Country Songs chart for a ninth week.