GLOBAL NO.1 - 40 YEARS AGO... "Funkytown" was the lead single from the disco act's debut album Mouth To Mouth (1979). Written by musician, composer, and record producer Steven Greenberg and sung by Cynthia Johnson, the song expresses the singer's pining for a metaphorical place that will "keep me movin', keep me movin' with some energy". Steven wrote the song while the band was living in Minneapolis with dreams of moving to New York. The Time Out magazine reported that 'Funkytown' expresses a simple, repetitive yearning for the pulse of a bigger city, goosed by a killer ten-note synth riff. 'Gotta make a move to a town that's right for me', sings Cynthia Johnson in a robotic, vocoderized voice (a precursor to the audio-tune sound) before busting out an unmodified, soulful wail, pleading for a trip to the party destination of her dreams. Released in March 1980, 'Funkytown' came late to the disco-party, but gave it a jolt of electricity... and it was a huge success, no.1 in the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Australia, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Austria, and New Zealand. On the Global Year-End Chart 1980 'Funkytown' reached no.2 with a total of 9,479,000 points.

USA
Billboard Report (excerpt)
Taylor Swift's 'Folklore' rules at no.1 for second week
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust, Los Angeles

Taylor Swift’s Folklore holds atop the Billboard 200 albums chart for a second week, earning 135,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Aug. 6, according to

Nielsen Music/MRC Data. The set is down 84% from its opening of 846,000 units – the biggest week for any album in 2020. Of Folklore’s second-week units, SEA units comprise 102,000 (down 53%), album sales total 30,000 (down 95%) and TEA units equal 3,000 (down 81%). A pair of former No. 1s are next on the Billboard 200, as Pop Smoke’s Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon climbs 4-2 with 97,000 equivalent album units (though down 9%) and Juice WRLD’s Legends Never Die is steady at No. 3 with 88,000 units (down 18%). The original Broadway cast recording of Hamilton: An American Musical rises one spot to No. 4 with 66,000 units (down 7%). Lil Baby’s former leader My Turn ascends 7-5 with 50,000 units (down 5%). DaBaby’s Blame It on Baby returns to the top 10, skipping 11-6 with 43,000 equivalent album units (up 47%), after the album was reissued on Aug. 4 with 10 additional tracks. The LP debuted at No. 1 on the May 2-dated

tally. Blame It on Baby is one of at least 10 R&B and hip-hop albums released in 2020 that have been reissued in a deluxe format with additional tracks. It most recently follows reissues of Lil Durk’s Just Cause Y’all Waited 2 (released May 8; reissued June 26 with seven additional tracks), Pop Smoke’s Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon (released July 3; reissued July 20 with 15 additional tracks), Jhené Aiko’s Chilombo (released March 6; reissued July 17 with nine additional tracks) and Gunna’s Wunna (released on May 22; reissued on July 24 with eight additional tracks). Back on the new Billboard 200, Harry Styles’ former No. 1 Fine Line captures its third straight weekly unit gain, as it climbs 10-7 with 39,000 equivalent album units earned (up 26%). The rise is concurrent with focused promotion around the album’s current hit single “Watermelon Sugar.” Gunna’s previous leader Wunna slips 6-8 with just under 39,000 equivalent album units (down 42%) and Post Malone’s former No. 1 Hollywood’s Bleeding is a non-mover at No. 9 with 33,000 units (down 1%). Beyoncé closes out the top 10, as her album The Lion King: The Gift re-enters the chart at No. 10 with 27,000 equivalent album units earned (up 1,462%). The album originally debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the Aug. 3, 2019-dated chart. The Lion King: The Gift surges back onto the chart following the July 31 premiere of Black Is King on Disney+. Black Is King is based on the music of The Lion King: The Gift, and was written, directed and executive produced by Beyoncé. Harry Styles' "Watermelon Sugar" takes the top seed on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, becoming his first No. 1 on the ranking, as it blasts from No. 7. Styles is the second member of One Direction to have led the Hot 100, following Zayn with "Pillowtalk" in 2016. "Watermelon Sugar," released on Erskine / Columbia Records, is the 1,107th No. 1 in the Hot 100's 62-year history. No. 1 sales, No. 2 in airplay: "Watermelon Sugar" bounds 9-1 on the Digital Song Sales chart, up 614% to 63,000 downloads sold in the week ending Aug. 6, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. It pushes 3-2 on Radio Songs, up 8% to 71.7 million audience impressions in the week ending Aug. 9, and jumps 29-18 on Streaming Songs, although down 1% to 14.2 million U.S. streams in the week ending Aug. 6. The song was on sale in Styles' webstore via three physical/digital combination offerings during the tracking week ending Aug. 6. Consumers could buy cassette and vinyl singles (priced at $14.98-$15.98), with each purchase including a digital download; the download (the sale of which contributed to the latest tracking week) would be sent upon purchase, with physical versions due to arrive at a later date. The song (its original version and an instrumental) was also sale-priced to 69 cents at all digital retailers during the tracking week. Harry's history: As Styles achieves his first Hot 100 No. 1, he surpasses his prior best rank, earned when "Sign of the Times" debuted and peaked at No. 4 in April 2017. In his other top 10 visit as a soloist, "Adore You" reached No. 6 this April. DaBaby's seven-week Hot 100 leader "Rockstar," featuring Roddy Ricch, holds at No. 2. It rebounds for a 10th week at No. 1 on Streaming Songs (30.2 million, down 8%), slips 2-3 on Radio Songs (70.6 million, up 4%) and rises 7-6 on Digital Song Sales (9,000, down 4%). Jack Harlow's "Whats Poppin," featuring DaBaby, Tory Lanez and Lil Wayne, keeps at No. 3 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2. The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" ascends 5-4 on the Hot 100, following its four-week rule, and tops Radio Songs for a record-tying 18th frame (79.2 million in audience, up 4%). It matches Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris" for the longest Radio Songs command since the chart started in December 1990. SAINt JHN's "Roses" climbs 8-5 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 4, as it dominates the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for a 15th week. Billie Eilish's "My Future," released July 30, roars onto the Hot 100 at No. 6 following its first full week of tracking. It flies 50-3 on Digital Song Sales (15,000) and opens at No. 3 on Streaming Songs (20.9 million), while having drawn 7.4 million in radio reach in the tracking week. Eilish adds her third Hot 100 top 10 and notches her highest debut, topping the No. 7 start in April 2019 of "Bad Guy," which led for a week last August. She returned to the top 10 last November with the No. 8-peaking "Everything I Wanted." Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo's "Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)" hits a new Hot 100 high, rising 10-7. Taylor Swift's "Cardigan" falls to No. 8 on the Hot 100 a week after it launched at No. 1. After bowing atop Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales, it falls to No. 5 on the former (17.5 million, down 48%) and No. 8 on the latter (8,000, down 88%), while entering Radio Songs at No. 43 (19.2 million, up 51%). Rounding out the Hot 100's top 10, Chris Brown and Young Thug's "Go Crazy" returns to the region at a new peak (12-9) and Lil Mosey's "Blueberry Faygo" also re-enters the tier (11-10), after reaching No. 8.