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Tones And I dances still at no.1
Thursday, October 31, 2019
by Fred Chuchel, Dresden

 

The 11th time this year an album from South Korea tops the Global Album Chart: 'Time_Slip', the ninth Korean-language studio album by boy group Super Junior, rockets atop with 288,000 equivalent sales, 271,000 of it from their native country alone (according to Hanteo). The second and third new-entry on the current hitlist are also from Asia. 'XV' by Tohoshinki lands at no.2 with 159,000 sales and 'Kagura Iro Artifact' by MafuMafu bows at no.4 with 109,000 sales (both figures according to Oricon). The highest debut of a western hemisphere album lands shy behind the Top 10 at no.11, it's 'Walk The Sky' the sixth studio effort by American rock band Alter Bridge with 53,000 sales. Billie Eilish's million-seller 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?' ranks a 30th week inside the Top 10 with another 67,000 equivalent sales. The album is still at the runner-up slot of the year-to-date chart with a total of 3,74 million, but the gap to the no.1, Bangtan Boys'

'Map Of The Soul: Persona' (4,12 million), gets smaller and smaller every week. There's a good chance, that Billie Eilish will reign the Year-End Chart 2019. And now, as every week, additional stats from outside the current Global Top 10 in alphabetic order, the first figure means last week's sales, the second figure the total sales: '1989' by Taylor Swift 8,000 / 11,180,000, '21' by Adele 9,000 / 29,778,000, '25' by Adele 8,000 / 22,170,000, the 'A Star Is Born' soundtrack 27,000 / 5,213,000, 'American Teen' by Khalid 14,000 / 3,446,000, 'Astroworld' by Travis Scott 34,000 / 3,919,000, 'Beerbongs & Bentleys' by Post Malone 33,000 / 5,930,000, the 'Bohemian Rhapsody' soundtrack 21,000 / 3,884,000, 'Care Package' by Drake 8,000 / 347,000, 'Championships' Meek Mill 12,000 / 1,614,000, 'Cuz I Love You' by Lizzo 30,000 / 999,000, 'Damn.' by Kendrick Lamar 12,000 / 5,566,000, 'Death Race For Love' by Juice WRLD 15,000 / 1,130,000, 'Divide' by Ed Sheeran 28,000 / 15,280,000, 'Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent' by Lewis Capaldi 44,000 / 1,091,000, 'Evolve' by Imagine Dragons 12,000 / 4,843,000, 'Father Of Asahd' by DJ Khaled 8,000 / 679,000, 'Free Spirit' by Khalid 24,000 / 1,614,000, 'Goodbye & Good Riddance' by Juice WRLD 17,000 / 2,326,000, 'Happiness Begins' by Jonas Brothers 17,000 / 1,079,000, 'Hurts 2B Human' by Pink 6,000 / 931,000, 'In The Lonely Hour' by Sam Smith 9,000 / 8,248,000, 'Indigo' by Chris Brown 37,000 / 861,000, 'Invasion Of Privacy' by Cardi B 14,000 / 3,127,000, 'Kamikaze' by Eminem 8,000 / 2,831,000, 'Love Yourself 轉 Answer' by BTS (Bangtan Boys) 5,000 / 2,669,000, 'Madame X' by Madonna 2,000 / 482,000, 'Map Of The Soul: Persona' by BTS (Bangtan Boys) 15,000 / 4,123,000, 'Norman Fucking Rockwell!!' by Lana Del Rey 25,000 / 537,000, 'Origins' by Imagine Dragons 9,000 / 1,583,000, 'Pray For The Wicked' by Panic! At The Disco 8,000 / 1,611,000, 'Question Mark' by XXXTentacion 23,000 / 3,903,000, 'Rammstein' by Rammstein 12,000 / 1,128,000, 'Reputation' by Taylor Swift 7,000 / 5,050,000, 'Scorpion' by Drake 24,000 / 5,875,000, 'Seven' by Lil Nas X 26,000 / 856,000, 'Shawn Mendes' by Shawn Mendes 25,000 / 2,420,000, 'So Much Fun' by Young Thug 36,000 / 662,000, the 'Spider Man: Into The Spider-Verse' soundtrack 4,000 / 1,311,000, 'Staying At Tamara's' by George Ezra 5,000 / 1,592,000, 'Stoney' by Post Malone 21,000 / 5,041,000, 'Sweetener' by Ariana Grande 10,000 / 2,658,000, 'Thank U, Next' by Ariana Grande 25,000 / 3,075,000, 'The Greatest Showman' soundtrack 23,000 / 7,315,000, 'The Lion King: The Gift' by Beyoncé 4,000 / 234,000, 'Trench' by Twenty One Pilots 7,000 / 1,384,000, 'Views' by Drake 10,000 / 5,149,000, 'We Are Not Your Kind' by Slipknot 9,000 / 542,000, 'We Love You Tecca' by Lil Tecca 39,000 / 452,000, 'Western Stars' by Bruce Springsteen 8,000 / 689,000, and 'X' by Ed Sheeran 11,000 / 12,000,000. 'Dance Monkey' by the 19 year-old Australian singer / songwriter Toni Watson, known professionally as Tones And I, rules the Global Track Chart for a second week with 379,000 points, another 6% growth compared to the previous week. 'Señorita' by Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello holds tight at the runner-up slot for a second week, after 13 weeks at the summit, with 321,000 points (down 5%) and 'Circles' by Post Malone sits tight at no.3 with 268,000 points (up a little 0,5%). Highest debut of the week comes from Selena Gomez. Her new smash, 'Lose You To Love Me', a sad love ballad about a broken relationship (maybe about her ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber?), bows at no.22 with 101,000 points. The second and final debut of the week is 'Post Malone', an ode to the American rapper by Dutch DJ Sam Feldt with vocals by Dutch singer Rani. The tune arrives at no.39 with 62,000 points. By the way, exactly one year ago, in the week 44, 2018, Post Malone's 'Sunflowers' from the movie 'Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse' debuted at no.10 with 140,000 points. Now this collaboration with Rae Sremmurd rapper Swae Lee is still on the tally at no.27 with 89,000 points. After 53 weeks on the hitlist the song has a total of 7,917,000 points, enough for no.195 on the ALL TIME CHART. New on that list at no.400 is Lewis Capaldi's touching song 'Someone You Loved' with 6,057,000 points. It's the 415th smash in our chart history, which reaches this chart. Outside the Top 40 waiting among other 'Adicto' by Tainy at no.42, 'Trampoline' by Shaed (feat. Zayn) at no.43, 'Ritmo' by the Black Eyed Peas at no.45, 'Outnumbered' by Dermot Kennedy at no.47, and 'No Me Conoce' by Jhay Cortez at no.55, and for their first appearance on the big list.


GLOBAL NO.1 - 50 YEARS AGO... "Sugar Sugar", released on May 24, 1969, became the biggest hymn of the bubblegum pop genre that flourished from 1968 to 1973. Originally The Archies was an American fictional band that featured in the animated TV series, The Archies Show. The music featured in the series was recorded by session musicians, including Ron Dante on lead vocals and Toni Wine on duet and backing vocals. Together they provided the voices of The Archies using multitracking. "Sugar Sugar" went to no.1 in many countries and was the most successful song of the year 1969 in the United States and United Kingdom. On the Global Chart it reached no.4 on the year-end hitlist 1969, but with the additional success in 1970 and a total of 9.974.000 points, it was also worldwide the most successful single release of the year 1969.


USA
Billboard Report
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Lewis Capaldi's 'Someone You Loved' hits no.1
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust, Los Angeles


Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding becomes the first album released in 2019 to score four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, as the set climbs 2-1 on the list. The album earned

93,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 24 (down 6%), according to Nielsen Music. Hollywood’s Bleeding spent its first three weeks at No. 1 (charts dated Sept. 21 through Oct. 5). It returns to No. 1 on the latest tally, dated Nov. 2. Hollywood’s Bleeding is also now solely the Post Malone album with the most weeks at No. 1, as it surpasses the three weeks notched by his previous release, 2018’s beerbongs & bentleys. At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s AI YoungBoy 2 slips down one spot after debuting at No. 1. In its second week, it earned 80,000 equivalent album units (down 27%). Summer Walker’s Over It stays at No. 3 with 69,000 units (down 12%), DaBaby’s former No. 1 Kirk is a non-mover at No. 4 with 49,000 units (down 12%), and Taylor Swift’s former leader Lover rises 6-5 with 39,000 units (though down 10%). Billie Eilish’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? climbs 8-6 with

32,000 units (down 6%) and Young Thug’s So Much Fun bounces 10-7 with just over 31,000 units (down 3%). Lil Tjay’s True 2 Myself dips 5-8 in its second week on the list, earning 31,000 units (down 30%). Gucci Mane collects his seventh top 10 album on the Billboard 200, as Woptober II debuts at No. 9 (nearly 31,000 equivalent album units earned, with 2,000 of that sum in album sales). The rapper earned his first top 10 back in 2009 with The State Vs. Radric Davis, which peaked at No. 10. Woptober II is Gucci Mane’s second top 10 of 2019, following Delusions of Grandeur, which debuted and peaked at No. 7 on the July 6-dated list, starting with 32,000 units (3,000 in album sales). Rounding out the new top 10 is Chris Brown’s former No. 1 Indigo, which falls 9-10 with 30,000 equivalent album units earned (down 9%). A sad song leads to joyous news for Lewis Capaldi, as his breakthrough ballad "Someone You Loved" rises to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The track by the 23-year-old Scottish singer-songwriter, released on Vertigo/Capitol Records, previously ruled multiple charts globally, including the Official UK Singles survey, for seven weeks beginning in March. Here's a deeper look at the 1,091st No. 1 in the Hot 100's six-decade history. Airplay, sales & streams: "Someone" rises 3-2 on the Radio Songs chart, despite a 2% dip to 105.6 million audience impressions in the week ending Oct. 27, according to Nielsen Music. It pushes 5-2 on Digital Song Sales with a 41% surge to 24,000 sold in the week ending Oct. 24, good for the Hot 100's top Sales Gainer award. On Streaming Songs, the track ascends 11-8 (reaching the top 10 for the first time), up 2% to 25.2 million U.S. streams, in the week ending Oct. 24. Notably, "Someone" leads the Hot 100 while not topping any of the chart's three component tallies, a distinction that last occurred with Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello's "Señorita" (Aug. 31), a week after Billie Eilish's "Bad Guy" did the same (Aug. 24). "Someone" reaches the Hot 100's summit in its 24th week on the chart, completing the fifth-lengthiest climb to No. 1 all-time. Lizzo's "Truth Hurts" drops to No. 2 on the Hot 100 after seven weeks at No. 1, as it remains tied with Iggy Azalea's 2014 hit "Fancy," featuring Charli XCX, for the longest reign for a rap song by a woman. "Truth" tops Radio Songs for a sixth week (111.9 million, down 3%), while sliding 2-5 on Digital Song Sales (17,000 sold, down 15%) and lifting 12-11 on Streaming Songs (21.7 million, down 7%). Mendes and Cabello's "Señorita" retreats 2-3 on the Hot 100, while two other tracks keep at their highpoints in the top five: Post Malone's "Circles" (No. 4) and Chris Brown's "No Guidance," featuring Drake (No. 5), as the latter leads Hot R&B Songs for a ninth week. Lil Nas X's "Panini" pushes 9-6 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 5, and Travis Scott's "Highest in the Room" descends 6-7, after launching at No. 1 on the Oct. 19 chart, and leads Streaming Songs for a third week (33.8 million, down 9%). Lil Tecca's "Ran$om" backtracks 7-8 on the Hot 100; Eilish's "Bad Guy" falls 8-9; and Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber's "10,000 Hours" returns to the region (11-10), after debuting two weeks ago at No. 4, as it commands Hot Country Songs for a third week.


Song Of The Month
'10,000 Hours', with guest vocals by Justin Bieber, is the first sign of the upcoming new studio album by Dan & Shay, an American country music duo composed of vocalists and songwriters Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney.


United Kingdom
Music Week Report
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Alternative rock band Foals secures first no.1
Monday, October 28, 2019
by Alan Jones, London

 
Their five previous releases have all reached the Top 10 but Foals finally secure their first No.1 album with Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost: Part 2 debuting atop the chart on consumption of 20,505 units (including 2,890 from sales-equivalent streams and 6,429 on vinyl). Despite its chart-topping position, the record had the second lowest,

first week sale for any album by the Oxford alternative rock band: their 2008 debut Antidotes sold 25,292 copies to debut at No.3; 2010 follow-up debuted at No.8 on sales of 15,163; 2013’s Holy Fire sold 38,162 copies opening at No.2; 2015’s What Went Down was No.3 on 30,335 sales; and, just seven months ago, Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost: Part 1 – which re-enters the chart this week at No.75 (1,330 sales) - was No.2 on 26,111 sales, losing a photo finish with Dave’s first full-length release, Psychodrama, which achieved 279 more sales to beat it to pole position. It wasn’t exactly a canter for Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2. It managed to maintain a small but growing advantage all week over 2012 X-Factor champion James Arthur’s third album, You, which debuts at No.2 on sales of 18,324 copies. Arthur’s last album, Back From The Edge, debuted at No.1 three years ago next week on sales of 40,906 copies. Florida rock band Alter Bridge’s sixth

studio set, Walk The Sky, debuts at No.4 (10,410 sales). Their fourth Top 10 album, it charts higher than the rest, apart from immediate predecessor The Last Hero, three years ago to the week after it opened at No.3 (13,733 sales). Yorkshire singer/songwriter Dominic Harrison’s eclectic work as Yungblud contains element of pop, rock and hip-hop, and his new EP, the six song, 18 minute-long The Underrated Youth earns him his first Top 75 entry with some ease, debuting at No.6 (9,475 sales). 1,022 of those sales were on cassette, in which format it is the week’s biggest seller. Yungblud’s only full-length album, 21st Century Liability, peaked at No.142 in July 2018, and has thus far achieved consumption of 30,746 units. The fifth and final new entry to the Top 10 is Halfway To Paradise, the latest release from Daniel O’Donnell. Debuting at No.8 (8,973 sales), it comes less than eight months after his last compilation The Gold Collection – like Halfway To Paradise, a 60 song, 3 CD set – reached No.23. Halfway To Paradise is the 57 year-old Irish country/MOR crooner 17th Top 10 album, 39th Top 40 album and 43rd Top 75 album in a career which has seen him chart at least one new title for an unprecedented 32 years in a row since his 1988 debut. The rest of the Top 10: No.6 Collaborations Project (2-3, 11,638 sales) by Ed Sheeran, Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent (3-5, 9,810 sales) by Lewis Capaldi, Hollywood’s Bleeding (4-7, 9,245 sales) by Post Malone, PTSD (5-9, 6,302 sales) by D-Block Europe and Bohemian Rhapsody (7-10, 5,341 sales) by Queen. Overall album sales are down 5.26% week-on-week at 1,662,914, 0.97% below same week 2018 sales of 1,679,123. Sales-equivalent streams accounted for 1,147,491 sales, 69.00% of the total. Sales of paid-for albums are down 0.81% week-on-week at 515,423, 23.37% below same week 2018 sales of 672,653. Two historic runs come to an end this week, with Tones And I’s Dance Monkey suffering a downturn in sales after 13 gains in a row, and Dermot Kennedy’s Outnumbered ending a record run of 16 weeks in which it had improved its chart position. On its fourth week at No.1, consumption of Dance Monkey – the introductory hit for 19 year-old Toni Watson, from Melbourne – falls by 3.99% to 81,198 units (including 71,624 from sales-equivalent streams). However, its lead over Kosovan DJ Regard’s debut smash Ride It – which is No.2 for the second week in a row, and third time in four weeks (43,799 sales) – increases from 77.13% to 85.39%. Two titles reach the Top 10 for the first time. Manchester rapper Aitch scores his third Top 10 hit only two months after his first with Buss Down (ft. Top 10 newbie Ziezie) climbing 11-8 (25,775 sales), while Maroon 5 register their 11th Top 10 hit with Memories advancing 19-10 (3,216 sales). Ed Sheeran scores his 18th Top 5 hit in total, and his fifth from current album No.6 Collaborations Project, with Camila Cabello and Cardi B collaboration, South Of The Border (7-4, 30,025 sales), which also delivers Cabello’s third top five hit and Cardi B’s second. There are also new peaks for Circles (4-3, 32,437 sales) by Post Malone, and Lewis Capaldi’s reactivated 2017 single Bruises (9-6, 27,594 sales). The rest of the Top 10: Highest In The Room (5-5, 29,505 sales) by Travis Scott, Outnumbered (6-7, 27,592 sales) by Dermot Kennedy and Be Honest (8-9, 25,041 sales) by Jorja Smith feat. Burna Boy. Overall singles sales are down 5.28% week-on-week at 18,184,878, 13.49% above same week 2018 sales of 16,022,768. Paid-for sales are down 6.60% week-on-week at 557,749 – 31.92% below same week 2018 sales of 819,225. It is their lowest level since chart week 10, 2005 (Music Week publication date March 19, 2005) – 763 weeks ago, and before downloads were counted – when they were 523,223. They are below same week, previous year sales for the 325th week in a row.

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