USA
Billboard Report (excerpt)
Shaboozey tops Billboard Hot 100 for 18th week
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust, Los Angeles

Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” adds an 18th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Over the chart’s 66-year history, the song is now one week away from potentially tying for the longest

reign, held by Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus), which dominated for 19 weeks in 2019. “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” on American Dogwood / Empire, totaled 69.2 million radio airplay audience impressions (down 2% week-over-week), 19.9 million official streams (down 6%) and 6,000 sold (up 16%) in the United States Nov. 8-14. The track holds for a 16th week at No. 1 on the Radio Songs chart; rises 3-2 after 14 weeks atop Digital Song Sales; and keeps at No. 5 following nine weeks ruling Streaming Songs. Gracie Abrams’ “That’s So True” soars 13-6 on the Hot 100 with 23.5 million streams (up 25%), 1.9 million in airplay audience (up 453%) and 3,000 sold (up 20%) Nov. 8-14. The singer-songwriter scores her first Hot 100 top 10 with the song from the deluxe edition, released Oct. 18, of her album The Secret of Us. The track debuted at No. 44 on the Nov. 2-dated chart and then rose to Nos. 25 and 13. She has notched two prior top 40 hits:

“Us.,” featuring Taylor Swift (No. 36 peak, July), and “I Love You, I’m Sorry” (No. 19, October). “That’s So True” concurrently surges 7-1 to become Abrams’ first leader on Streaming Songs. Abrams has opened on over three dozen dates of Swift’s The Eras Tour, serving as the sole opener for all shows since Oct. 18; she is also set to be the only supporting act for the remaining dates of the groundbreaking tour through Dec. 8. Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” holds for a third week at its No. 2 Hot 100 high. It jumps 8-5 on Radio Songs (51.3 million in audience, up 4%), where, notably, Gaga ranks in the top five for the first time since “The Edge of Glory” hit No. 4 in 2011. Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” keeps at No. 3 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2. Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” is steady at No. 4 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 3, while her “Taste” slips 7-8, after it debuted at its No. 2 high. Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control,” which led the Hot 100 for a week in March, repeats at No. 5. The song ties The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber’s 2021 hit “Stay” for the second-most weeks (44) logged in the top 10 all-time; they trail only the run of The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” (57 weeks, 2020-21). Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help,” featuring Morgan Wallen, descends 6-7 on the Hot 100, following six weeks at No. 1 beginning upon its debut in May. Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Benson Boone’s No. 2-peaking “Beautiful Things” dips 8-9 and Wallen’s “Love Somebody” falls 9-10, three weeks after it debuted as his third No. 1. Tyler, The Creator’s Chromakopia spends a third consecutive and total week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart (dated Nov. 23). It’s the artist’s album with the most weeks atop the list, surpassing the two weeks spent at No. 1 by his previous leader, Call Me If You Get Lost in 2021-22. Chromakopia earned 104,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending Nov. 14 (down 35% in its third week), according to Luminate. Of the set's 104,000 equivalent album units earned in its second week, SEA units comprise 76,000 (down 34%, equaling 106.87 million on-demand official streams of the album’s songs; it holds at No. 1 on the Top Streaming Albums chart), album sales comprise 28,000 (down 37%; it’s steady at No. 2 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum (down 35%). The album continues to profit from sales generated by Tyler, The Creator’s official webstore, with the set’s vinyl, CD, and eight previously available deluxe collectible boxed sets continuing to ship to customers. The third week also saw four additional boxed sets shipped to customers. All boxed sets contain a CD, poster and another branded merch item in a branded box. All physical editions of the album are exclusively sold via the artist’s webstore. Tomorrow X Together nabs its sixth top 10-charting effort on the Billboard 200 as The Star Chapter: Sanctuary debuts at No. 2. The set earned 98,000 equivalent album units in its first week. Album sales comprise 95,500 of that sum (it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 2,500 (equaling 3.74 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. The album’s first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across 23 CD variants (all containing collectible branded paper ephemera, some randomized), eight digital download variants (seven were exclusive to the act’s official webstore; all included bonus tracks). The Star Chapter: Sanctuary is the group’s second top 10-charting effort of 2024, following No. 3-peaking Minisode 3: Tomorrow in April. Sabrina Carpenter’s chart-topping Short n’ Sweet slips 2-3 on the Billboard 200 (68,000 equivalent album units earned; up 1%), Gracie Abrams’ The Secret of Us climbs 5-4 (52,000; up 5%) and Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft spikes 7-5 (48,000; up 9%) to round out the top five. Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess is a non-mover at No. 6 (47,000; up 3%); Morgan Wallen’s former leader One Thing at a Time rises 10-7 (43,000; up 1%); Taylor Swift’s chart-topping The Tortured Poets Department ascends 9-8 (nearly 43,000; down less than 1%); Rod Wave’s Last Lap falls 8-9 (38,000; down 12%); and Noah Kahan’s Stick Season steps 14-10 (33,000; up 7%).

Record Of The Month
'The Emptiness Machine' is Linkin Park's lead single from their upcoming eighth studio album 'From Zero' and the first time to feature Emily Armstrong on vocals and Colin Brittain on drums.

United Kingdom
Music Week Report (excerpt)
Gracie Abrams' 'That's So True' remains at No.1
Monday, November 18, 2024
by Alan Jones, London
 
Just 2.98% ahead of its nearest opponent last week, Gracie Abrams’ first No.1 single, That’s So True, opens that gap to a more comfortable 31.82% as it secures its second week at the apex on consumption of 54,549 units (597 digital downloads and 53,952 sales-equivalent streams). That’s a 33.71%

increase in consumption week-on-week, placing it well ahead of the single that preceded it at No.1, and remains its runner-up, Sailor Song by Gigi Perez. Sailor Song nevertheless increases its own consumption 4.45% to 41,382 units – its 14th consecutive week of growth. Female solo artists have now topped the chart for 12 weeks in a row (Sabrina Carpenter’s Taste was No.1 for the first nine, Sailor Song for the 10th), equalling the all-tine record for the singles chart, which is 72 years old this week. The previous occasion solo women ruled for 12 weeks was in 2023, when we had six consecutive No.1s by female solo artists (Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo, Doja Cat, Kenya Grace and Taylor Swift), the sequence ending with the arrival of The Beatles’ Now And Then at the summit a year ago this week. Advancing into the Top 10 on its 17th week in the Top 75 – a longer gestation than any of her previous hits - Wildflower climbs 11-7 (19,946 sales) to become Billie

Eilish’s 14th song to land in that portion of the chart. Following his one-off appearance at Hammersmith’s Eventim Apollo last Monday (November 11), Teddy Swims has two songs in the Top 10 simultaneously for the first time, with new peaks for The Door (8-5, 21,066 sales) and Bad Dreams, which advances 15-8 (19,602 sales). To clarify a point I made last week about The Door when it arrived in the Top 10 last week on its 27th consecutive appearance in the Top 75 – no other song has remained in the Top 75 for so many weeks in a row from debut before making the Top 10. Swims’ introductory hit, Lose Control – No.2 in March – also climbs (26-23, 12,318 sales). On its 24th consecutive week in the Top 75, Hot To Go! scales a new peak for Chappell Roan, climbing 5-4 (22,685 sales). Conversely, that’s its lowest consumption for 12 weeks, and a prelude to it moving to ACR next week. Its sales are the lowest for a No.4 for 149 weeks. Roan’s latest hit, Casual, climbs 47-44 (8,737 sales). There is also a new peak for Bed Chem (7-6, 20,109 sales) by Sabrina Carpenter. The rest of the Top 10: Apt (3-3, 32,414 sales) by Rosé & Bruno Mars, Thick Of It (6-9, 19,265 sales) by KSI feat. Trippie Redd and Taste (9-10, 18,834 sales) by Sabrina Carpenter. Overall singles consumption is up 1.63% week-on-week to 29,626,175 units, 7.23% above same week 2023 consumption of 27,628,360 units. Paid-for sales are up 1.84% week-on-week at 259,887, 12.88% below same week 2023 sales of 298,324. Already popular solo artists in their own right, Michael Ball and Alfie Boe first collaborated 10 years ago, since when they have recorded six albums together. Together At Home, their latest album, debuts at No.1 on consumption of 13,522 units (11,350 CDs, 662 vinyl albums, 1,335 digital downloads and 175 sales-equivalent streams), becoming the 16th different chart-topper in as many weeks. All six Ball/Boe albums have reached the top three, with Together At Home being the fourth to reach No.1 (Ball also has two No.1 solo albums). Their previous pairings, with first week positions and sales: Together (2016, No.2, 44,860), Together Again (2017, No.1, 43,795), Back Together (2019, No.2 24,951), Together At Christmas (2020, No.1, 32,882) and Together In Vegas (No.3, 12,366). Debut positions were peaks in all cases except for the initial Together, which reached No.1 on its sixth week in the chart, and achieved the highest weekly sale for any album by the pair the following week (109,708), when it remained at No.1. It is the pair’s biggest-selling album with a to-date tally of 678,407 units. Lancashire hard rock quintet Massive Wagons’ seventh album, fourth chart entry and third Top 10 release, Earth To Grace, is their highest-charting set to date on their highest ever first week sales, debuting at No.4 (8,638 sales). It attracted 2,994 digital downloads, debuting atop that format’s chart. Their three previously charted albums have very similar to-date tallies, with Full Nelson, (No.16, 2018) on 11,405 units, House Of Noise (No.9, 2020) on 11,217 units and Triggered! (No.6, 2022) on 11,162 units. The rest of the Top 10: Short N’ Sweet (2-2, 13,289 sales) by Sabrina Carpenter, Songs Of A Lost World (1-3, 8,755 sales) by The Cure, The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess (6-5, 8,004 sales) by Chappell Roan, +--=÷× Tour Collection (5-6, 7,692 sales) by Ed Sheeran, Chromakopia (3-7, 7,614 sales) by Tyler, The Creator, Diamonds (12-8, 7,146 sales) by Elton John, The Highlights (7-9, 7,019 sales) by The Weeknd and The Secret Of Us (8-10, 7,012 sales) by Gracie Abrams. It is Diamonds’ first appearance in the Top 10 for 32 weeks, and its highest placing of the year, ahead of the release today of his new documentary, Elton John: Never Too Late. Overall album sales are up 2.85% week-on-week at 2,488,666 units, 3.10% above same week 2023 sales of 2,413,812. Physical product accounts for 308,904 sales, 12.41% of the total.