Global Chart Report
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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 Ceescores
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.