Innholdsfortegnelse for August 11, 2018 i Billboard Magazine

STARING OUT FROM THE WINDOWS OF THEIR 25th-floor hotel room at Caesars in Atlantic City, N.J., Cheat Codes’ Trevor Dahl and Matthew Russell can see the sprawling stage that until 48 hours ago was meant to host their collaborator Demi Lovato’s performance down on the Jersey Shore beach. When the singer was hospitalized on July 24 after a reported drug overdose, the cancellation of the concert, set to take place two days later, seemed inevitable. That is, until the rising Los Angeles DJ group — Dahl, 25; Russell, 27; and Kevin “KEVI” Ford, 26 — agreed to fly in to fill in for its friend, whose towering vocals helped the act secure its first hit on the Billboard Hot 100 last fall: “No Promises,” which peaked at No. 38.…

When Jesse Peretz set out to direct the big-screen adaptation of Nick Hornby’s 2009 novel, Juliet, Naked, he faced a unique challenge: How do you create music for a cult classic album by an artist who doesn’t exist? “You have to have something that [understandably] makes the music alienating to some people,” says Peretz, 50, a former music video director who pivoted to film. Juliet, Naked, a comedy-drama that debuted at Sundance in January and will open on Aug. 17, follows Annie (Rose Byrne), an English woman stuck in a relationship with Duncan (Chris O’Dowd), a professor whose spare time is spent obsessing over Juliet — the singular album from reclusive singer-songwriter Tucker Crowe (Ethan Hawke). When Duncan receives a stripped-down demo version titled Juliet, Naked, Annie posts…

WHEN SABRINA CARPENTER WAS 10 years old, she figured she’d play Madison Square Garden within five years. “I was that kid who was dreaming as big as I possibly could,” she says. Carpenter hasn’t made it to the New York arena yet, but the 19-year-old singer-songwriter-actress has built an impressive résumé. At 11, she made her Law & Order: SVU debut; by 12, she was a Disney Channel regular, booking roles including a recurring character on Girl Meets World; and by 2014, she released her first single with Hollywood Records, the label behind Disney-turned-grown-up pop stars Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez and the Jonas Brothers. Now, after two albums that drew in tweens and teens, Carpenter is at a crossroads: With her dead-on pop instincts, frank social media presence and…

Scorpion Continues To Sizzle For a fifth straight week, Drake’s Scorpion rules the Billboard 200. The set continues at No. 1, earning 145,000 equivalent album units (down 21 percent) in the week ending Aug. 2, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, just 12,000 were in traditional sales, as the album continues to be overwhelmingly powered by streaming activity. Of Scorpion’s total of 145,000 units earned in the latest tracking week, 123,000 were in streaming equivalent album units (translating to 169.6 million on-demand audio streams), 11,000 were in track equivalent album units and 12,000 were in traditional album sales. Scorpion’s 169.6 million on-demand audio streams rank as the 20th-largest weekly total for an album. Scorpion’s first four weeks are at Nos. 1, 3, 7 and 12 among the biggest…

RADIO SONGS: The week’s most popular songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music. Stations are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. DIGITAL SONG SALES: The week’s top-downloaded songs, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music. POP/RHYTHMIC/ADULT: The week’s most popular current songs at mainstream top 40, rhythmic, adult contemporary and adult top 40 formats, respectively, ranked by radio airplay detections, as measured by Nielsen Music. Songs are defined as current if they are relatively recently-released titles, or songs receiving widespread airplay and/or sales activity for the first time. Stations are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. See Charts Legend on billboard.com/biz for complete rules and explanations. All charts © 2018, Prometheus Global Media, LLC…

Stoney Tops Thriller Though Stoney by Post Malone (above) slips 8-9 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, it logs an unprecedented 77th week in the top 10, dating to the chart’s inception in 1965. The set overtakes the previous champ, Michael Jackson’s Thriller, which recorded 76 weeks in the top 10 in 1983 and 1984. The Stoney feat adds to its already proven longevity: Last December, the album rewrote the record for longest wait to reach No. 1 on the chart, needing 51 weeks to enter the penthouse. While Stoney overtakes Thriller for most weeks in the top 10, the latter still holds the benchmark for most weeks at No. 1, with 37. Elsewhere, Drake also reaches a milestone as he becomes the first act to reach 100 total weeks atop…

“At the Columbia, Md., show in 2016, [Warped founder] Kevin Lyman asked us to play at the nightly barbecue after the show. The night ended with [him] crowd-surfing and hanging from the rafters.” —Aimee Interrupter, The Interrupters “The first time I went [in 2007], they threw us on a stage because we were bubbling in Denver. [The next year], Katy Perry was on the same stage as us and dove into the crowd when we were playing ‘Don’t Trust Me.’” —Sean Foreman, 3OH!3 “The first year we played, Motion City Soundtrack also played. I was waiting to watch them on the stage, and Jesse, the keyboard player, was like, ‘Do you guys want to have a beer with us?’” —Dan Lambton, Real Friends “Hanging out with Bad Religion’s Brian…

R&B singer Lloyd — whose 2004 debut, Southside, hit No. 11 on the Billboard 200 and was followed by three top 10 albums — dropped his last LP seven years ago. So when it came time to announce Tru, out Aug. 31 on Empire, he went all out — literally. For its striking cover, he posed nude in Desoto Falls in northern Georgia, with only his guitar covering him up. “I was fearless,” says the New Orleans native, 32, recalling the photo shoot. And while Lloyd (real name Lloyd Polite Jr.) had good intentions, social media was quick to poke fun (“Photographer was wild horny,” read one popular tweet). Still, Lloyd stands by his choice. After taking time to focus on his mental health and family, Tru conveys a…

SATURDAY, AUG. 18 ANDREW MCMAHON IN THE WILDERNESS Something Corporate and Jack’s Mannequin founder turned Southern California piano rocker. BAD ROYALE DJ-production trio with Major Lazer and Steve Aoki cred. CHEAT CODES See story, page 37 FRANK WALKER Trop-pop DJ who has collaborated with Emily Warren. GNASH Los Angeles singer-songwriter-producer who scored a top 10 hit in 2016 with “I Hate U, I Love U.” HALSEY Outspoken pop star with 10 Billboard Hot 100 hits and a 2017 Billboard 200 No. 1 in hopeless fountain kingdom. JACQUEES Cash Money crooner, 24, who dropped his sultry debut album in June. KEHLANI ’90s-splashed R&B singer recently featured on Cardi B’s “Ring,” which hit No. 28 on the Hot 100. KIM PETRAS Rising German pop star known for hooky, dancefloor ready tunes.…

Whether they work in New York, Los Angeles, Nashville or elsewhere, business managers were laser-focused on Washington, D.C., last December. After months of legislative wrangling, President Donald Trump signed into law the nation’s first major tax overhaul in three decades, affecting the 2018 income received by all U.S. taxpayers, musicians most certainly included. So the business managers who track — and maximize — artist revenue from recording, publishing, touring and other sources, and who manage money flowing out through spending, investments or philanthropy, face a new challenge this year: absorbing the impact of the 400-page-plus tax-reform law for their clients. “This tax law takes away deductions,” says Michael Karlin, a founding partner in Los Angeles business management firm NKSFB, citing just one provision of the complex legislation. Performers whose…

Kanye, U2, Two Towers Make Vinyl Waves On the Vinyl Albums chart, Kanye West’s ye debuts at No. 1, a trio of U2 reissues arrive and a $120 five-LP box set starts in the top 10. First up, ye enters atop the tally with 3,000 copies sold in the week ending Aug. 2, according to Nielsen Music. The set’s vinyl edition arrived July 27 and follows its CD bow on June 29 and its initial streaming/digital download debut on June 1. The album topped the June 16 Billboard 200 courtesy of its streaming/download activity, with 208,000 equivalent album units earned (of which 85,000 were download album sales). Ye is the second No. 1 for West on Vinyl Albums following My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in 2011. Right behind ye…

Chesney’s Saints Marches In Songs for the Saints by Kenny Chesney (above) launches at No. 1 on Top Country Albums with 77,000 equivalent album units, according to Nielsen Music. He earns his 16th leader, lifting him into a fourth-place tie for the most with Merle Haggard and Tim McGraw. George Strait leads with 26, followed by Garth Brooks and Willie Nelson (17 each). Chesney crafted Saints in the aftermath of 2017’s Hurricane Irma, which wreaked destruction that included his St. John home in the Virgin Islands. He is donating all proceeds from the set to victims of the hurricane through his Love for Love City Foundation. “These songs are as close to my soul as anything I’ve ever recorded,” Chesney tells Billboard. Brett Young scores his third Country Airplay…

Shakira Scores 29th Top 10 Shakira (above) and Maluma’s “Clandestino” lands in the Hot Latin Songs top 10, jumping 14-9. The track’s rise is largely fueled by its streaming gain, with a 43 percent boost (to 4.7 million) in the week ending Aug. 2, according to Nielsen Music. Its surge was sparked by its music video, which arrived on July 27 and affected its performance during its first full tracking week. The rise grants Maluma a ninth top 10 and extends Shakira’s record for most top 10s among women. With the move, she logs her 29th such hit on the chart, ahead of Gloria Estefan (with 23). She also ties with Chayanne and Cristian Castro for the third-most top 10s overall. Luis Miguel leads all artists with 39, followed…

‘Middle’ Is Tops Zedd (above right), Maren Morris (second from left) and Grey (left and second from right) grab a share of the record for the most weeks at No. 1 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (which began in 2013) as “The Middle” marks a 27th frame on top. The song matches The Chainsmokers’ “Closer” (featuring Halsey), which led for 27 weeks in 2016 and 2017. Avicii’s “Wake Me Up!” follows with 26 frames at No. 1 in 2013 and 2014. Speaking of the duo, The Chainsmokers collect their 12th Hot Dance/Electronic Songs top 10, surging 45-7 with “Side Effects” (featuring Emily Warren, who earns her first top 10). The song drew 3.8 million U.S. streams and sold 11,000 downloads in its first full tracking week, ending Aug. 2, according…

Sony/ATV Music Publishing is back on top of the publisher rankings of the top 100 radio songs in the second quarter of 2018 for the third quarter in a row, and 23rd of the past 24. In the period ended June 30, Sony/ATV racked up a 25.81 percent market share, with a portion of 58 songs for the period, the same as in the first quarter. Its top song was “The Middle,” by Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey, which was also the top track for Kobalt Music Group. For the quarter overall, “Meant to Be” by Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line was No. 1 in radio airplay, and was the top song for Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), Warner/Chappell Music, BMG and Round Hill. The top songwriter was…

OUTSIDE LANDS, WHICH kicks off in San Francisco on Aug. 10, is an increasingly rare species for a major music festival: It isn’t owned by concert promotion giant Live Nation or rival Anschutz Entertainment Group. Danielle Madeira, 42, plays a key role in helping the 11-year-old festival’s promoter, Another Planet Entertainment, thrive independently as the third-biggest promoter in the United States, with 650 events per year. The high-energy mother of two launched and now spearheads the Bay Area-based company’s fast-growing private event business, which generates what she describes as “significant” revenue in its own right, but also helps secure partnerships for Another Planet’s public shows. At the venues the promoter operates — such as San Francisco’s Bill Graham Civic Auditorium; the Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys; the Greek…

GREY “Tove Styrke! We really feel like she’s one of the most forward-thinking pop artists around right now.” GALLANT “Any and all of Sasha Samsonova’s videos.” SAWEETIE “If I could add one it would be Ella Mai’s ‘Boo’d Up.’ I love the song and video concept.” DENNIS LLOYD “Tom Misch. His vibe is absolutely unique. Classic-sounding, but at the same time very contemporary.”…

IT HAS BEEN BARELY 45 seconds since French Montana, the jovial Morocco-born, Bronx-bred rapper, settled into the private backroom of Beverly Hills’ Mr. Chow, and already — without even glancing at a menu — he has ordered a lychee martini, a round of vodka shots for the table and three distinct types of prawns. Then there’s the chicken satay, and the scallops, and the vegetarian lettuce wraps for his little brother, Ayoub, who frequently whips out his phone to amuse French with Instagram comedy videos. But our entire party hasn’t yet arrived, and French insists that he won’t eat until everyone eats — so, in the meantime, more shots. By the second one, I am ready to show him my “Stay Schemin’” tattoo — inspired by the 2012 Rick…

“Streaming is very difficult to track and audit,” says Michael Karlin of NKSFB. “The biggest change [with the rise of streaming] is the decline in revenue artists have experienced as a result of the hundredths-of-a-penny per-stream royalty versus $2 to $3 per unit that a major artist would have received for the sale of a record with 10 or 12 tracks. There has been some economic growth in streaming due to the sheer increase in volume. So even though the amount paid per stream is so tiny, you now see artists with tens and hundreds of millions of streams of a song or a release. [That has] favorably impacted the economics. But the money in music today is from live performances and songwriting/publishing. There’s not a lot of money…

Denzel Debuts In Top 10 Florida rapper Denzel Curry (above) debuts at No. 7 on Emerging Artists as his third album, Ta1300, arrives. It’s his first charting LP, opening at No. 13 on Top Rap Albums and No. 27 on the Billboard 200, with 17,000 equivalent album units, according to Nielsen Music. The set follows Nostalgic 64 in 2013 and Imperial in 2016 and features guests GoldLink and Billie Eilish — who ruled Emerging Artists a week ago and dips to No. 5. Queen Naija returns for a second week atop Emerging Artists as her self-titled EP starts at No. 2 on Top R&B Albums and No. 26 on the Billboard 200 (18,000 units). Plus, English singer-songwriter Rex Orange County debuts at No. 31 on Emerging Artists as his…

NCT Takes ‘Feelings’ Challenge NCT (below) launches back to its No. 2 peak on the Social 50 chart thanks to a 315 percent boost in Twitter reactions (1.7 million) and a 164 percent jump in Twitter mentions (251,000) in the week ending Aug. 2, according to Next Big Sound. The K-pop boy band, which posted multiple times from the three-day SMTOWN Live concert in Osaka, Japan (at which it performed alongside Girls’ Generation, Red Velvet, EXO and others), also rose in social media interaction after member Ten participated in Drake’s “In My Feelings” challenge and uploaded it to the group’s official Twitter account on July 26. Two spots below NCT, Kanye West re-enters at No. 4. The rapper’s latest gains, including an 859 percent boost in Twitter reactions (604,000),…

Weezer Has No. 1 Covered Thirty-five years after Toto’s “Africa” ruled the Billboard Hot 100, a remake by Weezer (above) crowns the Alternative airplay chart. The recording was inspired by an online campaign to get the band to cover the track after a teen Weezer fan heard the original on Netflix’s Stranger Things. The song is the first remake to top Alternative since 311’s rendition of The Cure’s “Love Song” in May 2004. Weezer’s fourth No. 1 is its first since “Pork and Beans” ruled for 11 weeks in 2008. Its other leaders: “Perfect Situation” (four weeks, 2006) and “Beverly Hills” (one, 2005). While “Africa” dethrones twenty one pilots’ two-week No. 1 “Jumpsuit” on Alternative, the latter leaps to the summit of the all-rock format Rock Airplay chart (10.8…

Nelson, Curtis Add Top 10s “Forever” by Jason Nelson (above) rises 11-7 in its 19th week on the Gospel Airplay chart, increasing 12 percent in plays, according to Nielsen Music. The song is his fifth top 10 (and also his fifth top 10 on Hot Gospel Songs, at No. 6), a sum that includes Israel & New Breed’s 2013 11-week No. 1, “It’s Not Over (When God Is in It),” featuring Nelson and James Fortune. Maranda Curtis banks her first Hot Gospel Songs top 10 as “Nobody Like You Lord” climbs 12-9. On Gospel Airplay, the track pushes 13-11 (up 15 percent). Atop Hot Gospel Songs, Koryn Hawthorne’s “Won’t He Do It” leads for a 21st week, passing Jamie Grace’s “Beautiful Day” (20 weeks in 2014) for a solo…

Stefani Takes Vegas Gwen Stefani (above) makes a splash on the Boxscore chart as the first totals from her Just a Girl residency in Las Vegas make an impact on the tally. Her show, hosted at Zappos Theater in Las Vegas at Planet Hollywood, began June 27. Her first 12 engagements, through July 21, brought in $5.6 million from a combined attendance surpassing 40,000, enough to break the top 10. The career-spanning retrospective covers her hits from the last 25 years as a solo artist (including “Hollaback Girl” and “Cool”) and as the leader of No Doubt (“Don’t Speak,” “Hey Baby”). Stefani’s residency picks up again in December, and 13 more dates were announced through March 2019. Zappos Theater, formerly The Axis at Planet Hollywood, is concurrently hosting residencies…