GLOBAL NO.1 - 30 YEARS AGO... "Nothing Compares 2 U", released on January 8, 1990, was the lead single of Sinead's second studio album I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got. Originally the song was written and composed by Prince for his side project, The Family. But only Sinead's emotional, gutsy performance made it a classic. Painful loss meets stunning vocals beauty with a perfectly understated instrumental arrangement. A part in success had certainly the famous video-clip, directed by John Maybury. It consists mostly of a closeup on Sinead O'Connor's face as she goes through stages of sadness and anger while singing the lyrics. Toward the end of the video, two tears roll down her face. Sinead has said that her tears were real. She explained that the tears were triggered by thoughts of her mother, who died in a car accident in 1985. "Nothing Compares 2 U" climbed to number one in almost all countries and was the biggest hit of the year 1990 globally.

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Billboard Report (excerpt)
'The Box' lost the no.1 position
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust, Los Angeles

The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" lifts from No. 2 to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, becoming the pop/R&B singer-songwriter-producer's fifth leader on the list. The track is from

The Weeknd's new LP After Hours, which soars in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, marking his fourth leading title, as the set starts with the most equivalent album units earned in a week so far this year. "Lights," released on XO/Republic Records, becomes the 1,097th No. 1 in the history of the Hot 100, which launched on Aug. 4, 1958. The Weeknd's fifth Hot 100 No. 1 follows After Hours lead single "Heartless," which led the Dec. 14, 2019-dated chart, and this week soars 16-4; "Starboy," featuring Daft Punk (one week, January 2017); "The Hills" (six weeks, October-November 2015); and "Can't Feel My Face" (three weeks, August-September 2015). "Lights" concurrently becomes The Weeknd's second No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart (after "The Hills"), surging 5-1, up 54% to 32.1 million U.S. streams in the week ending March 26, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. It pushes 5-3 on Radio Songs, gaining by 15% to 82.2

million all-format airplay audience impressions in the week ending March 29, while ranking at No. 3 on Digital Song Sales (after it led the March 28-dated chart), with 15,000 sold. "Lights" stops the 11-week Hot 100 reign of Roddy Ricch's "The Box," which dips to No. 2. The latter continues atop the Hot Rap Songs chart, where it leads for a 13th week. Dua Lipa's "Don't Start Now" keeps at No. 3 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2, as it logs a third week atop Radio Songs (98.2 million, essentially even week-over-week). Below The Weeknd's "Heartless" at No. 4 on the Hot 100 (up 157% to 19.4 million streams), Post Malone's "Circles" repeats at No. 5, after notching three weeks at No. 1, and Future's "Life Is Good," featuring Drake, slips 4-6, after peaking at No. 2 for eight weeks. Harry Styles' "Adore You" holds at its No. 7 Hot 100 high and Justin Bieber's "Intentions," featuring Quavo, likewise keeps at its No. 8 best. Doja Cat scores her first Hot 100 top 10, as "Say So" ascends 14-9. The track by the singer-rapper (real name: Amalaratna Dlamini) rises 17-14 on Radio Songs, up 23% to 52.1 million in audience, while dipping 13-18 on Streaming Songs (15.4 million, down 7%) and 15-21 on Digital Song Sales, although up 2% to 6,000 sold. Rounding out the Hot 100's top 10, Arizona Zervas' "Roxanne" retreats 6-10, after reaching No. 4. The Weeknd rocks the top of the Billboard 200 albums chart, as he scores his fourth No. 1 album with his latest release, After Hours. The set jumps in with the year’s biggest week for any album: 444,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending March 26, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. The sum also marks The Weeknd’s personal weekly best. After Hours was released on March 20 via XO/Republic Records, and is The Weeknd’s first release since his chart-topping six-song EP My Dear Melancholy in 2018. After Hours’ first week total of 444,000 equivalent album units comprises 275,000 in album sales, 163,000 in SEA units and 6,000 in TEA units. The album’s SEA sum equates to 220.7 million on-demand streams of the set’s tracks in its first week. After Hours’ streaming start was so big, the album would have been No. 1 on the Billboard 200 even if it hadn’t sold a single copy. The No. 2 album on the chart is Lil Uzi Vert’s Eternal Atake, which falls to No. 2 after two weeks at No. 1, with 115,000 units (down 53%, with 113,000 of that sum in SEA units). After Hours’ debut frame of 444,000 units outpaces the year’s previous high-water mark, tallied by the debut of BTS’ Map of the Soul: 7. It entered at No. 1 on the March 7-dated list with 422,000 units. After Hours also clocks The Weeknd’s single largest week for an album. It surpasses the 412,000-unit start of Beauty Behind the Madness at No. 1 on the Sept. 19, 2015-dated chart. A Fourth No. 1: After Hours is The Weeknd’s fourth No. 1 album, and fourth in a row. It follows My Dear Melancholy (one week at No. 1, 2018), Starboy (five weeks at No. 1, 2016-17) and Beauty Behind the Madness (three weeks at No. 1, 2015). Back on the new Billboard 200, as noted above, Lil Uzi Vert’s Eternal Atake falls to No. 2 after two weeks at No. 1. The set earned 115,000 equivalent album units (down 53%). Lil Baby’s former No. 1 My Turn drops one spot to No. 3 with 60,000 equivalent album units (down 22%), while Bad Bunny’s YHLQMDLG dips from No. 3 to No. 4 with 51,000 units (down 26%). Conan Gray’s debut full-length album, Kid Krow, flies in at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 chart with 49,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, 37,000 were in album sales (assisted by a concert/ticket album sale redemption offer with his tour late last year, and merchandise/album bundles). The 21-year-old singer-songwriter signed to Republic Records in 2018 after finding YouTube success with his original music and personal vlogs. After signing with Republic, he hit the Billboard 200 chart with his debut EP, Sunset Season, which debuted and peaked at No. 118 on the Dec. 1, 2018-dated tally. Roddy Ricch’s former No. 1 Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial is steady at No. 6 on the new Billboard 200 (43,000 equivalent album units; down 13%), Post Malone’s chart-topping Hollywood’s Bleeding rises 8-7 (38,000 units; down 8%) and Jhené Aiko’s Chilombo descends 5-8 (37,000 units; down 34%). The late Kenny Rogers logs his highest-charting album since 1983, as The Best of Kenny Rogers: Through the Years debuts at No. 9 (32,000 equivalent album units earned, with 10,000 of that sum in album sales). The 20-track greatest hits collection was released in 2018 via Capitol Records Nashville, and contains such top 10 Hot 100 hits as “The Gambler,” “Lucille” and the No. 1 “Lady.” It does not, however, include one of his most popular hits, the No. 1 smash “Islands in the Stream,” with Dolly Parton. The single was released on RCA Records in 1983 and spent two weeks at No.1. Rogers, who died on March 20 at age 81, was last in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 with 1983’s RCA release Eyes That See in the Dark, which peaked at No. 6. The album’s lead single was “Islands in the Stream.” Rounding out the new top 10 on the Billboard 200 is the soundtrack to Frozen II. The former No. 1 holds steady at No. 10 with 31,000 equivalent album units earned (down 1%).