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'Beautiful Things' keeps the crown
Sunday, March 17, 2024
by Fred Chuchel, Dresden

 

Benson Boone's 'Beautiful Things' remains atop the Global Track Chart for a fourth consecutive week. The song reaches a new peak with 308,000 points, that's another 8% increase compared to the previous hitlist. Broken down by segments the tune generated 234,000 points by streaming (up 6%), 38,000 points by sales (up 3%), and 36,000 points by airplay (up 38%). Benson Boone began sharing his music on TikTok in 2021 and subsequently auditioned for American Idol. He withdrew from the competition but continued to gain popularity on TikTok, amassing 1.7 million followers. His talent was recognized by Imagine Dragons' frontman Dan Reynolds, who signed Boone to his record label, Night Street Records. Parallel to Ariana Grande's album release, a handful songs from the effort enter the Top 40. Highest is 'We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)', the official second single lift-off from the album. The synth-pop tune bows a no.2 globally with 295,000 points

(247,000 points by streaming, 42,000 points by sales, and 6,000 points by airplay). 'We Can't Be Friend (Wait For Your Love)' is also the most streamed song of the week, 'Puzzle' by Sexy Zone - placed outside the major hitlist at no.49 - is the best selling track with 74,000 points, and Dua Lipa's 'Houdini' the most played song worldwide for a 16th week in a row with 83,000 points. Together with 77,000 points by streaming and 12,000 points by sales the latter track ranks at no.10 on our tally. Back to Ariana Grande: According to our chart-rules, only the three most successful songs from an album get the full number of points. The fourth song receives a 10% point deduction, the fifth 20% etc. So the lead-single 'Yes, And?' bounds back at no.4 with 234,000 points, and 'The Boy Is Mine' arrives at no.14 with 140,000 points. Furthermore 'Bye' reaches no.19 (126,000 points) and 'Eternal Sunshine' no.27 (106,000 points). Last year's big winner, Miley Cyrus' 'Flowers' ranks now a 60th week on the hitlist, currently at no.18 with another 128,000 points. With a total of 14,751,000 points it climbs at no.11 on the ALL TIME CHART. Outside our weekly Top 40 waiting among other 'Supernatural' by Ariana Grande at no.41, 'Overdrive' by Ofenbach feat. Norma Jean Martine at no.52, 'Act II: Date @ 8' by 4Batz at no.54, 'Whatever She Wants' by Bryson Tiller at no.57, and 'The Night We Met' by Lord Huron at no.59 for their first appearance on the big list. We have change the composition of our Global Album Chart. The track equivalent albums, which attribute the success of a song to the corresponding album, are no longer relevant. In return the physical, digital sales and streaming of an album were strengthened. 'With You-th', the 13th extended play by South Korean girl group Twice, achieves this week's number one, despite a 53% sales decline to 124,000 equivalent sales. Last week the EP started at no.2, behind Le Sserafim's 'Easy'. This week's highest debut, 'Les Enfoirés 2024: On A 35 Ans!', bows at the runner-up slot with 91,000 sales. Les Enfoirés is the name given to the singers and performers in the yearly French charity concert for the Restaurants du Coeur. Founded at the initiative of Coluche in 1986, a year after the Restaurants du Coeur, its first concert was held in 1989. And now, as every week, additional stats from outside the current Global Album Top 10 in alphabetic order, the first figure means last week's sales, the second figure the total sales: '1989' by Taylor Swift 19,000 / 16,030,000, '21' by Adele 19,000 / 32,603,000, '25' by Adele 14,000 / 24,860,000, '30' by Adele 6,000 / 6,301,000, 'After Hours' by The Weeknd 37,000 / 9,050,000, the soundtrack to 'Barbie: The Album' 33,000 / 1,874,000, 'Certified Lover Boy' by Drake 14,000 / 6,437,000, 'Dangerous: The Double Album' by Morgan Wallen 15,000 / 9,174,000, 'Divide' by Ed Sheeran 21,000 / 20,632,000, 'Endless Summer Vacation' by Miley Cyrus 17,000 / 1,679,000, 'Equals' by Ed Sheeran 14,000 / 5,797,000, 'Evermore' by Taylor Swift 34,000 / 5,607,000, 'Folklore' by Taylor Swift 54,000 / 9,439,000, 'For All The Dogs' by Drake 41,000 / 2,565,000, 'Future Nostalgia' by Dua Lipa 21,000 / 8,456,000, Génesis' by Peso Pluma 36,000 / 1,514,000, 'Golden' by Jung Kook 51,000 / 1,847,000, 'Guts' by Olivia Rodrigo 48,000 / 2,345,000, 'Hackney Diamonds' by the Rolling Stones 9,000 / 1,263,000, 'Harry's House' by Harry Styles 27,000 / 6,415,000, 'Hereos & Villains' by Metro Boomin 36,000 / 3,525,000, 'One Thing At A Time' by Morgan Wallen 39,000 / 6,251,000, 'Pink Friday 2' by Nicki Minaj 15,000 / 964,000, 'Red (Taylor's Version)' by Taylor Swift 36,000 / 5,406,000, 'Renaissance' by Beyoncé 7,000 / 3,497,000, 'Scarlet' by Doja Cat 20,000 / 849,000, 'SOS' by SZA 54,000 / 5,591,000, 'Sour' by Olivia Rodrigo 49,000 / 9,504,000, 'Speak Now (Taylor's Version)' by Taylor Swift 31,000 / 2,926,000, 'Subtract' by Ed Sheeran 5,000 / 1,274,000, 'The Highlights' by The Weeknd 63,000 / 6,997,000, 'Un Verano Sin Ti' by Bad Bunny 43,000 / 6,365,000, 'Utopia' by Travis Scott 56,000 / 3,147,000, 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?' by Billie Eilish 15,000 / 11,515,000, and 'Zach Bryan' by Zach Bryan 29,000 / 1,823,000.


GLOBAL NO.1 - 40 YEARS AGO ... While at a June 1982 concert by the Rolling Stones in West Berlin, Nena's guitarist Carlo Karges noticed that balloons were being released. As he watched them move toward the horizon, he noticed them shifting and changing shapes, where they looked like strange spacecraft. He thought about what happen if they floated over the Berlin Wall to the Soviet sector, that's how this song came about. Originally released in January 1983 in the German-speaking territories, "99 Luftballons" initially reached number one in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. One year later, the song surprisingly became a big smash in the United States, where it peaked at no.2. At the same time it topped the hitlists in United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland. US-American, Australian, and New Zealand audiences preferred the original German version, whereas an English translation of the song was released in the other three countries. Furthermore it was another big success in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Spain, and even in Japan. "99 Luftballons" became an anthem for the peace movement in the 1980s.


USA
Billboard Report
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'Carnival' hits number one on Billboard Hot 100
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust, Los Angeles


Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) and Ty Dolla $ign’s “Carnival,” featuring Rich the Kid and Playboi Carti, rises to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song marks Ye’s fifth leader

and Ty Dolla $ign’s second, as well as the first each for Rich the Kid and Playboi Carti. “Carnival,” which becomes the 1,165th No. 1 in the Hot 100’s 65-year history, drew 33.7 million streams (up 4%) and 3.9 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 85%) and sold 3,000 downloads (up 15%) in the March 1-7 tracking week, according to Luminate. The single adds a third week atop the Streaming Songs chart and jumps 19-13 for a new high on Digital Song Sales. The track was released Feb. 10 on Ye and Ty Dolla $ign’s collaborative album Vultures 1, on the former’s YZY label. The set, Ye’s first following a string of hate speech and antisemitic remarks, debuted at No. 1 on the Feb. 24-dated Billboard 200 chart and led for two weeks; it holds at No. 3 in its fourth week on the list. Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control” rebounds to its No. 2 Hot 100 high, from No. 5. It also jumps 3-1 for a second week atop Digital Song Sales (26,000, up 230%, sparked by a

cappella and instrumental mixes released March 1 and a “Live at the Ryman” version, with Freak Freely, released March 5, while 11 versions of the song were discounted to a 69-cent sale price during the tracking week). Jack Harlow’s “Lovin on Me” holds at No. 3 on the Hot 100, following six nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1, as it notches an eighth week atop the Radio Songs chart (76.5 million, down 4%). Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” is steady at No. 4 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 3. Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” falls to No. 5 after two weeks atop the Hot 100. Tate McRae’s “Greedy” rises 8-6 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 3. Zach Bryan’s “I Remember Everything,” featuring Kacey Musgraves, keeps at No. 7 on the Hot 100, after it led for a week upon its debut last September. SZA’s “Snooze” bumps 9-8 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2. Doja Cat’s “Agora Hills” returns to the Hot 100’s top 10, lifting 12-9, after hitting No. 7. Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” holds at No. 10, following four nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 beginning in October. Morgan Wallen's One Thing at a Time returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated March 16), rising 2-1, and captures a 19th nonconsecutive week atop the list, breaking the record for the most weeks at No. 1 by a country album. It surpasses Garth Brooks’ Ropin the Wind, which held the record with 18 weeks, earned nonconsecutively, during its run atop the list in 1991-92. (Country albums are defined as those that have appeared on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. The list began in 1964.) One Thing at a Time earned 68,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending March 7 (up less than 1%), according to Luminate. One Thing at a Time continues to have the most weeks at No. 1 among all albums since Adele’s 21 logged 24 nonconsecutive weeks atop the tally in 2011-12. One Thing at a Time debuted atop the chart dated March 18, 2023, and spent its first 12 weeks at No. 1 through early June. It revisited the summit for three weeks in a row last June and July, and then posted single-week runs at No. 1 in October, January and February. In the album’s 53 weeks on the list, it has never dipped below No. 6. One Thing at a Time finished 2023 as both the No. 1 year-end Billboard 200 album and Luminate’s year-end top album. Of One Thing at a Time’s 68,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending March 7, SEA units comprise 65,000 (down less than 1%, equaling 89.63 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs), album sales comprise 2,000 (up 15%), and TEA units comprise 1,000 (up 24%). At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Noah Kahan’s Stick Season hits a new peak, rising 4-2 with 53,000 equivalent album units earned (down 8%). The album previously topped out at No. 3 on the June 24, 2023-dated list, and returned to that rank on the Feb. 24, 2024, tally. The rest of the top 10 consists of former No. 1s. Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) and Ty Dolla $ign’s Vultures 1 is a non-mover at No. 3 with nearly 53,000 equivalent album units earned (down 18%), SZA’s SOS rises 5-4 (50,000 units; down 1%) and Drake’s For All the Dogs rounds out the top five, climbing 6-5 (42,000; down 4%). Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) steps 7-6 (39,000 equivalent album units earned; down 5%), Taylor Swift’s Lover bumps 9-7 (38,000; down 3%) and Zach Bryan’s self-titled set rallies 12-8 (38,000; up 3%). Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album ascends 11-9 with nearly 38,000 units (up 1%), for its 138th nonconsecutive week in the top 10. It extends its record for the most weeks in the top 10 among albums by a singular artist. The only album with more weeks in the top 10 is the original cast recording of My Fair Lady, with 173 weeks in the region, beginning in 1956. Closing out the top 10 on the new Billboard 200 is Travis Scott’s Utopia, which jumps 17-10 with 36,000 equivalent album units earned (up 12%).


Record Of The Month
He's the grandson of reggae-legend Bob Marley and the son of Fugees front woman Lauryn Hill.
22 year-old YG Marley debuts with his first song 'Praise Jah In The Moonlight'.
It samples his grandfather's 1978 song 'Crisis' and sounds like a genuine Bob Marley song.


United Kingdom
Music Week Report
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Three weeks at the top for Beyoncé
Monday, March 11, 2024
by Alan Jones, London

 
Texas Holdover: Despite consumption dipping 15.24% week-on-week to 62,113 units (4,550 digital downloads, 57,563 sales-equivalent streams), Texas Hold ‘Em is No.1 for the third week in a row for Beyonce?. The eighth No.1 of her career (including two with Destiny’s Child) it is now in a three-way tie

for most weeks at No.1 in her oeuvre, alongside 2003’s Crazy In Love (feat. Jay-Z) and 2007’s Beautiful Liar (with Shakira). With its to-date consumption rising to 220,731 units, it becomes her 63rd track to be certified silver (including 14 with Destiny’s Child.) Climbing for the seventh week in a row since it debuted at No.46, Alibi moves 11-10 (23,746 sales) for Ella Henderson feat. Rudimental. Her 10th Top 10 hit, their seventh, it swaps places with Yes, And? (10-11, 22,859 sales) by Ariana Grande. Registering its sixth straight week of increased consumption – it is up 7.33% week-on-week at 49,729 units - Beautiful Things returns to its peak position of No.2 for Benson Boone. Initially powered by TikTok, End Of Beginning is now a bona fide hit for DJO (actor Joe Keery), with TV and radio joining the scramble to play it. It continues to climb the chart, moving 5-4 (38,263 sales). Attracting the ire of the Osbournes for its use of an Ozzy sample, Carnival

has nevertheless turned into the first real hit from Kanye West & Ty Dolla Sign’s Vultures 1 album, and adds a hefty 26.01% to its consumption this week as it climbs 9-5 (32,814 sales). The rest of the Top 10: Lose Control (2-3, 46,001 sales) by Teddy Swims, Stick Season (4-6, 31,689 sales) by Noah Kahan, Praise Jah In The Moonlight (6-7, 27,940 sales) by YG Marley, Training Season (8-8, 27,158 sales) by Dua Lipa and Cruel Summer (7-9, 26,094 sales) by Taylor Swift. Overall singles consumption is up 0.99% week-on-week to 29,140,070 units, 12.81% above same week 2023 consumption of 25,830,383 units. Paid-for sales are down 0.24% week-on-week at 279,992 – 5.36% below same week 2023 sales of 295,857. For the second week in a row, the new No.1 album is a one-off collaboration between a much-loved veteran singer with a hatful of No.1 albums already to his credit, and an instrumentalist without a prior No.1, both 50+. Last week, Rod Stewart & Jools Holland fitted that brief and topped the chart with Swing Fever, and this week it is the turn of Liam Gallagher & John Squire. Gallagher, 51, and 61-year-old guitarist Squire’s eponymous teaming effects the 16th change of leadership of the chart in as many weeks, debuting at the summit on consumption of 39,395 units – more than three times that of its nearest challenger, the aforementioned Stewart/Holland set, which eases 1-2 (12,402 sales). With sales of 17,094 copies on CD, 17,654 on vinyl and 2,468 digital downloads supplemented by 2,179 sales-equivalent streams, Gallagher & Squire’s effort secures the highest weekly consumption of any album since Take That’s This Life opened at the summit with 116,163 sales, some 14 weeks ago, in November 2023. Gallagher’s 14th No.1 album in total – he had eight with Oasis (all seven of the Manchester band’s studio releases and the compilation Time Flies 1994-2009), and five solo previously – it is Squire’s first, although he was a member of Madchester legends The Stone Roses and subsequently The Seahorses, whose solitary album, Do It Yourself, provided his previous highest chart placing, reaching No.2 in 1997. Heavy metal legend Bruce Dickinson has fronted five No.1 albums as the lead singer of Iron Maiden, and is a sporadic solo artist. In the latter guise, his seventh release, The Mandrake Project, is his first for nearly 19 years, and by far the most successful, debuting at No.3 (11,801 sales). The 65-year-old from Worksop’s first solo album, Tattooed Millionaire, was his highest-charting hitherto, reaching No.14 in 1994, and his last, Tyranny Of Souls, was his lowest-charting, reaching only No.65 in 2005. Veteran of nearly 50 chart albums across his career, initially with Samson, then Iron Maiden and solo, Dickinson nevertheless worked as a commercial airline pilot for several years in the 2000s. Two years after Yard Act reached No.2 with first album, The Overload, on consumption of 17,461 units, follow-up Where’s My Utopia opens at No.4 (11,288 sales). A rock quartet from Leeds, Yard Act comprise 33-year-old vocalist James Smith plus bassist Ryan Needham (43), guitarist Sam Shipstone (38) and drummer Jay Russell (30). Fellow Leeds band The Kaiser Chiefs tempted fate by calling their new release Easy Eighth Album but the set – which is indeed their eighth studio album – had lower first week sales than any of its predecessors but maintained their record of making the Top 10 with every studio release to date, opening at No.6 (10,160 sales). Their best first week sale came in 2007, when second album, Yours Truly, Angry Mob became the first of their two No.1 albums on initial sales of 151,139 units. Its lifetime tally of 864,968 units is, however, far below their 2005 debut, Employment, which opened at No.3 on 74,439 sales and has to-date consumption of 2,117,032 units. The seventh album by art rockers Everything Everything, Mountainhead maintains their record of reaching the Top 20 with every release, and secures their sixth straight Top 10 placing, opening at No.9 (9,066 sales). Never previously charting higher than No.33, 37-year-old London rapper Skrapz’s fourth Top 75 entry, Reflection, debuts at No.10 (7,222 sales). Winner of an unprecedented six BRIT Awards at last Saturday’s ceremony, Raye returns to the Top 10, with breakthrough album My 21st Century Blues catapulting 103-5 (10,945 sales) to achieve its highest chart placing since it debuted at No.2, some 56 weeks ago. Its consumption jumped 556.10% week-on-week, and its cumulative consumption now stands at 84,297 units. The rest of the Top 10: The Highlights (4-7, 10,092 sales) by The Weeknd and Stick Season (3-8, 9,118 sales) by Noah Kahan. Overall album sales are up 2.56% week-on-week at 2,458,664, 12.56% above same week 2023 sales of 2,184,354. Physical product accounts for 347,756 sales, 14.14% of the total.

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