Innholdsfortegnelse for September 15, 2018 i Billboard Magazine

WITH “IN MY FEELINGS” LOGGING ITS NINTH week at No. 1, Drake’s 2018 ranks among the most dominant in the Billboard Hot 100’s 60-year history. Among his six career No. 1s, the Toronto rapper has led the Hot 100 for 48 total weeks, breaking a tie with Usher for the most weeks at the summit among solo males; Michael Jackson ranks third with 37 weeks as a soloist, while Mariah Carey leads all artists with 79 weeks at No. 1. In addition to that chart milestone, Drake rules the Hot 100 for a 28th week in 2018, thanks to his three No. 1s this year (all from Scorpion), matching Usher for the most time on top in a single year. Usher tallied 28 weeks at No. 1 in 2004…

Ozuna doesn’t have an agent. He doesn’t have major sponsorships. He doesn’t have deals in place with AEG Live or Live Nation. And although his music is distributed and marketed by Sony Music U.S. Latin, he is signed to Dimelo Vi, the independent label owned by his manager, Vicente Saavedra. Yet right now, the 26-year-old artist from Puerto Rico is the top-selling Latin act in the market, and his Aura Tour may finish 2018 as the highest-grossing U.S. Latin tour, with over 30 arena dates scheduled until December. For the week ending Aug. 30, Ozuna’s second studio album, Aura, scored the year’s biggest week for a Latin album, with 49,000 equivalent album units, and the largest streaming week ever for a Latin release, according to Nielsen Music. Aura arrived…

IN THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR HER MELANCHOLY synth-pop track “5 Dollars,” French artist Christine & The Queens — the stage name of Héloïse Letissier — acts out a curious morning routine: After hopping out of the shower, she opens a closet full of S&M gear and puts on a harness to wear. Then she covers it with a suit and tie, grabs a briefcase and walks out the door. She never reveals where she’s going or why she’s dressed that way, which makes the video’s exploration of gender and bedroom politics all the more provocative. “I’m trying to make something exist in the pop realm that is missing for me: different [portrayals] of bodies and ways to exist as a woman, ways to talk about desire without feeling ashamed,”…

On Sept. 2, cellist Yo-Yo M a played Bach’s cello suites at the Nikolaikirche in Leipzig, Germany. It wasn’t out of the ordinary for the world’s most famous classical musician, who was playing at the church where the composer premiered many of his works. But the setting had a deeper meaning: In 1989, it’s where peaceful rebellions against communist rule — which led to the fall of the Berlin Wall — began. “This is the very [place] where these [political] changes happen,” says Ma, 62, over the phone from Leipzig. Today, he notes, Syrian refugees are coming to the city and facing demonstrations from right-wing nationalists. “We live in more and more of a fractured society,” says the 18-time Grammy winner. “As a cellist, I was thinking, ‘What can…

DISCOVERING NEW TALENT SINCE 1894(!) No. 50 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart School of rock After getting a guitar for his 13th birthday, Bryce Vine, now 30, taught himself how to use it by mimicking chords from Blink-182 and Third Eye Blind songs. Vine (born Bryce Ross-Johnson) always envisioned himself in a band — only not as a singer. After forming a punk group called Goodsell in high school, he became the band’s frontman on account of his songwriting skills: “I [always thought] if you were going to make music, then you had to write it yourself.” Meeting his match Vine attended Boston’s esteemed Berklee College of Music on a scholarship but says, “I felt totally out of my league.” Toying with everything from jazz to gospel in classes,…

BANNER YEAR… Polymath Donald Glover has had quite a 2018: 16 Emmy nominations for the stellar second season of his FX show Atlanta and, as rapper-singer Childish Gambino, a Grammy win (for traditional R&B performance for “Redbone”) and a surprise No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “This Is America.” …BUT THE END IS NEAR? Post-Grammys, Gambino hinted at stepping away from music, saying, “I like endings. I think they’re important to progress.” In a May interview, collaborator Young Thug confirmed that the artist’s retirement could be imminent: “I’m on his last album. It’s crazy. He’s really not making music after this.” STILL IN THE GAME In July, Gambino dropped the two-track Summer Pack, which included the sunny single “Summertime Magic,” and Chance the Rapper revealed in June…

Colin Allred, D-Texas 32 “‘Blessings’ by Chance the Rapper. I was raised by a single mom who taught me to count my blessings and be grateful for opportunities. That has stayed with me throughout my career, from playing football in college and the NFL to becoming a civil rights attorney and eventually running for Congress [in the district] where I was raised.” Young Kim, R-Calif. 39 “‘I Won’t Back Down’ by Tom Petty. I am running to be the representative of the people of the 39th Congressional District — not of party bosses or Washington, D.C., interests. I will stand up to partisan interests, work across party lines and never back down from fighting for the diverse communities I represent.” Jesse Colvin, D-Md.…

For the first time, R&B/Hip-Hop dominates every other genre claiming a quarter of all music consumption. On September 29th, Billboard will publish its 2nd annual R&B/Hip-Hop power players list showcasing the artists, producers, songwriters, executives and publishers that wield the most power in this genre. Advertise and congratulate the people who are creating excitement and making noise in R&B/Hip-Hop. Reach an influential audience of decision-makers in the music industry and pop culture. ON SALE: 9/29 | AD CLOSE 9/20 | MATERIALS DUE 9/21 BONUS DISTRIBUTION: Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Power Event 9/27 (New York) CONTACT JOE MAIMONE 212.493.4427 | joe.maimone@billboard.com DEBRA FINK 323.525.2249 | debra.fink@thr.com…

Why Don’t We, BTS Bring Boy Bands To Top 10 At long last, there are two boy bands in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 at the same time. Why Don’t We’s debut full-length studio set, 8 Letters, arrives at No. 9, while BTS’ Love Yourself: Answer slides 1-8 in its second week on the list. The former starts with 44,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Sept. 6, according to Nielsen Music. Defining a boy band is a bit tricky, but they are generally male pop vocal groups that don’t play instruments and have a youthful female fan base. Why Don’t We and BTS, with five and seven singing-dancing members, respectively, easily fit the boy band bill. Back on Aug. 23, 2014, two actual all-male…

Bryan Lands 20th No. 1 Luke Bryan (above) becomes the ninth artist to have tallied at least 20 No. 1s on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart as “Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset” ascends 2-1 (44.3 million audience impressions, up 6 percent, according to Nielsen Music). Kenny Chesney leads with 30 No. 1s, while Bryan matches the totals of Brooks & Dunn and Toby Keith. “I promise you there has never been, and will never be, a time when getting a song to the top of the charts gets old,” Bryan tells Billboard. “I’m grateful for each one. ‘Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset’ is a perfect, reflective song [written by Zach Crowell, Ryan Hurd and Chase McGill] about young summer love. I knew it was special the first time I heard it, and it’s so…

6ix9ine’s ‘BEBE’ Bows On Top Rapper 6ix9ine (above) makes his Latin chart debut with “BEBE” as the Spanish-language song, featuring Anuel AA, bows at No. 1 on the Hot Latin Songs chart. The tune opens in the penthouse mostly on the strength of streams and digital sales. It collected 24.7 million U.S. streams and 10,000 in downloads sold in week ending Sept. 6, according to Nielsen Music. “BEBE” is the first song to debut at No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs in nearly two years, since Shakira’s “Chantaje,” featuring Maluma, opened atop the Nov. 19, 2016-dated list. Meanwhile, Luis Fonsi collects his ninth No. 1 on Latin Airplay as “Calypso” vaults 5-1 with Greatest Gainer honors (up 42 percent to 15.5 million audience impressions in the week ending Sept.…

Marshmello And Bastille Reign Marshmello (above) and Bastille bolt to No. 1 on two Billboard charts, bumping 2-1 on Dance/Electronic Streaming Songs and returning to the summit (6-1) on Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales with “Happier.” The collaboration earned 10.5 million U.S. streams (up 21 percent) and sold 7,000 downloads (up 38 percent) in the week ending Sept. 6, according to Nielsen Music. The track (which debuted atop Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales two weeks earlier) is Marshmello’s third No. 1 and Bastille’s first on each list. “Happier” is the top gainer in all metrics on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (4-2) and surges by 49 percent to 17 million in all-format airplay audience. Shifting to Dance Club Songs, U.K. DJ-producer Jonas Blue jumps to his fourth No. 1 with “Rise,” featuring Jack…

Malcolm McCormick, better known by his stage name, Mac Miller, died suddenly Sept. 7 at the age of 26. Rostrum Records founder/president Benjy Grinberg, who signed the Pittsburgh native at age 18, remembers the rapper’s life and career. The night after Mac died, I had a dream that I was at his wedding. We were all celebrating with him and dancing around the room. To wake up to the harsh reality that Mac was still gone was very difficult, but I also felt fortunate to have another moment with him, if only in my sleep. On Friday, Sept. 7, we all lost. A mother and father lost a son. A brother lost his sibling. Peers lost a great friend. Fans lost someone they loved. And the world lost all…

Director Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name) desperately wanted Thom Yorke, one of his favorite artists, to write the music for his remake of 1977 horror film Suspiria. But Yorke, who had never done a score and worried about living up to Goblin’s cultishly beloved original, resisted. After months of pleading from Guadagnino, the Radiohead frontman finally relented, and the result is a double album dedicated to the film, out Oct. 26. Yorke, 49, plans to return to scoring movies eventually, but for now, he says, “I definitely need a break.” Are you a fan of horror films? In the past, I was obsessed with The Exorcist. I used to watch it on tour on my own. It’s probably not healthy, right? How did it feel to take…

Why did Eminem’s Kamikaze have a bigger first week than Revival? Revival’s 2017 rollout included viral marketing and a controversial BET freestyle, while Kamikaze arrived Aug. 31 with no advance notice, physical release or major guests. Revival moved 267,000 equivalent album units in its first week, according to Nielsen Music, including CDs; Kamikaze did 434,000 equivalent album units through streams and downloads alone (see page 62). Spotify global head of creator services and editorial Nick Holmstem says initial interest in the album grew rather than declined, aided by positive user feedback, which automatically nudges songs onto playlists. Em’s Machine Gun Kelly dis and MGK’s subsequent response also generated attention. “That’s a good sign when you have more streams coming five days after release than the first day. Great-performing albums…

On September 29, Billboard will celebrate Quincy Jones’ 85th Birthday and 70 years in music. During his career, the world-renown producer has worked with legendary artists such as Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Ray Charles, Paul McCartney. Quincy has earned himself numerousaccolades including 79 Grammy nominations, 28 Grammy wins, including a Grammy Legend Award, and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as the winner of the Ahmet Ertegun Award. Please join Billboard in celebrating Quincy Jones 85th Birthday, and recognizing his lifelong success. CONTACT Joe Maimone 212.493.4427 | joe.maimone billboard.com Debra Fink 323.525.2249 | debra.fink@thr.com Lori Copeland 323.525.2020 | lori.copeland@thr.com ON SALE 9/29 | ISSUE CLOSE 9/20 | MATERIALS DUE 9/21 Editorial content subject to change…

GOING HER OWN WAY Her group Fifth Harmony went on hiatus in March, and just three weeks later, Keep Cool/RCA Records announced Normani Kordei as its first signee. Normani, who teased her solo career with February’s sultry smash “Love Lies” with Khalid, has said that her first album will be “going back to the music that I grew up with” in Houston and New Orleans. COLLAB QUEEN In recent interviews, Normani has mentioned collaborators including Calvin Harris, Stargate, Ester Dean and Grammy-winning production team The Stereotypes. “She’s very involved and knows what she wants,” says The Stereotypes’ Jon Street. But Normani might be most excited about Missy Elliott, with whom she was slated to spend two weeks in the studio. “She’s the one I’ve looked up to since I…

One October night in 2016, Lukas Nelson, son of Willie, was playing alongside Neil Young at Desert Trip with his folk-rock band, Promise of the Real. After the show, he met a notable figure who had been in the audience: actor Bradley Cooper. Cooper loved Nelson’s set so much that he enlisted him as a musical consultant and songwriter for A Star Is Born (Oct. 5), the much-awaited new take on the classic 1976 film, which Cooper is directing and starring in as grizzled rock star Jackson Maine. Nelson, whose band also appears in the movie, spoke about working with Cooper and his co-star, Lady Gaga. Does Jackson Maine remind you of anyone? Me! Oh, man — [Cooper] would study how I would hold a guitar, and then he…

NO. 1 Eminem Eminem returns to No. 1 on the Artist 100 for a second total week on top, and for the first time since Jan. 3, as new LP Kamikaze launches atop the Billboard 200 with 434,000 equivalent album units, according to Nielsen Music (see page 62). He also becomes the fifth act to debut multiple songs simultaneously in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 (see page 1). The week’s most popular artists across all genres, ranked by album and track sales as measured by Nielsen Music, radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, streaming activity data from online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music and fan interaction on social networking sites as compiled by Next Big Sound. See Charts Legend on billboard.com/biz for…

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums). Kamikaze Raids Chart Eminem earns his ninth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 as his surprise release, Kamikaze, debuts atop the chart. The set — which dropped without warning on Aug. 31 — earned 434,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Sept. 6, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 252,000 were in traditional album sales — all from digital downloads, as the set’s CD was not issued until Sept. 7. Eminem is now tied with Garth Brooks and The Rolling Stones for the fifth-most No. 1 albums. The Beatles lead all acts, with 19…

Machine Gun Kelly, Eminem Ignite Beef After previously reaching the Social 50 chart for one week in June 2017 (No. 46), Machine Gun Kelly (below) vaults to No. 13 on the latest tally. The rapper re-enters thanks to 113,000 Twitter mentions, as well as 147,000 Wikipedia views, all up from negligible amounts, according to Next Big Sound, in the week ending Sept. 6. The reason for his sizable boost in social media activity? MGK was one of the sources of Eminem’s ire on his surprise No. 1 Billboard 200 album Kamikaze (specifically on “Not Alike”), and the rapper clapped back with a dis track of his own, “Rap Devil,” on Sept. 3. “im standing up for not just myself, but my generation,” MGK tweeted to accompany the song’s release.…

3DG Breaks No. 1 Record Three Days Grace (above) breaks the record for the most No. 1s in the history of the Mainstream Rock airplay chart as “Infra-Red” rises 2-1. The Canadian band tallies its 14th chart-topper, breaking a tie with Van Halen for the most No. 1s since the list launched in 1981. 3DG accomplished the feat in just over 15 years of appearing on the chart (and first led with “Just Like You” in August 2004); Van Halen ruled 13 times after nearly 17 years of scaling the survey. “Infra-Red” is the second single from 3DG’s album Outsider to top the chart, following five-week leader “The Mountain.” The Struts’ “Body Talks” hits a new high on Hot Rock Songs, thanks in part to a new remix with…

Hawthorne Makes History Koryn Hawthorne (above) rewrites the record for the longest reign on the Hot Gospel Songs chart by a woman as “Won’t He Do It” logs its 26th week at No. 1. The track breaks a tie with Tamela Mann’s “Take Me to the King,” which crowned the chart for 25 weeks in 2012-13. “Won’t” also matches J.J. Hairston & Youthful Praise’s “You Deserve It” (2017) and Hezekiah Walker’s “Every Praise” (2013-14) for the fourth-longest command overall in the chart’s archives; Marvin Sapp’s “Never Would Have Made It” holds the mark for most time on top: 46 weeks in 2007-08. Nashville-based singer-songwriter Lauren Daigle scores her fourth Christian Airplay No. 1 as “You Say” rises 2-1, gaining by 3 percent to 9.8 million audience impressions, according to…

LEGEND Bullets indicate titles with greatest weekly gains. Album Charts Recording Industry Assn. of America (RIAA) certification for physical shipments & digital downloads of 500,000 albums (Gold). RIAA certification for physical shipments & digital downloads of 1 million units (Platinum). Numeral noted with Platinum symbol indicates album’s multi-platinum level. RIAA certification for physical shipments & digital downloads of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral noted with Diamond symbol indicates album’s multi-platinum level. Latin albums certification for physical shipments & digital downloads of 30,000 units (Oro). Latin albums certification for physical shipments & digital downloads of 60,000 units (Platino). Numeral noted with Platino symbol indicates album’s multiplatinum level. Digital Songs Charts RIAA certification for 500,000 paid downloads and on-demand streams where 100 streams equal 1 download (Gold). RIAA certification for 1…

I SKIPPED THE BAD PART,” SAYS Ama Walton about her decision to return to a major music company after more than a decade. The German-born attorney worked for Virgin Records Germany early in her career, then left to work as an independent lawyer and, eventually, help run the music division of German movie company Constantin Film. In May 2017, she started at BMG, which promoted her to global general counsel/chief human resources officer in July. “It was great when Hartwig [Masuch, BMG CEO] asked me to come back to the music business, because I love to solve problems and the music business is still transforming,” says Walton, 47, who this summer moved from Munich to Berlin with her husband, a techno producer, and their two children. In her new…

Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Yasiin Bey and other hip-hop stars have long frequented Paris Fashion Week. But when they aren’t sitting front row, they’re about town enjoying a meal, getting some shopping done or hitting the bar. Ahead of Paris Fashion Week this fall (Sept. 25-Oct. 3), insiders weigh in on some of the city’s tried-and-true favorites and offer a few new hotspots for musically inclined fashion followers. WHERE TO EAT: FERDI The tiny and whimsically decorated spot, located in the center of the city, is a favorite of West’s and offers a burger said to be the best in all of France. “We go in there and have feasts,” says Atlanta rapper Reese LaFlare, who travels to Paris regularly for fashion week. “We’ve stayed there until two hours…

PICKING UP THE PIECES When the controversial rapper was shot and killed at the age of 20 in June, he left behind a vault of music he had been recording that will form the basis for future releases, beginning with his first posthumous album, scheduled for October on EMPIRE. THE ‘BLUEPRINT’ Solomon Sobande, X’s manager, says his client recorded enough material for at least two albums — but outside of rumored collaborations with Lil Pump and Lil Peep (and the artist’s own penchant for experimentation), what it might sound like remains a mystery. Sobande describes the songs as “iconic, chilling, brilliant and mature,” and says that while the estate (led by the late artist’s mother) will pick the tracklist, “X left a blueprint for us.” LOOKING AT A LEGACY…

FRANKIE VALLI, Jersey Boys “You’ve got to get that glasss-hattering, strident falsetto,” says Spector of the Four Seasons frontman’s instantly recognizable voice. “That sound is so damn specific. I learned a lot about rock singing by listening to Frankie.” BARRY MANN, Beautiful Spector spent time with Mann himself, informing his take on the “neurotic, comic Jewish” songwriter, who wasn’t known as a vocalist. For “We Gotta Get Out of This Place,” his big number in the Carole King bio-musical, “I mostly just listened to The Animals.” SONNY BONO, The Cher Show “Sonny was a little pitchy sometimes,” says Spector with a laugh. “You can’t think of him as a serious singer.” His presence — especially his “wicked sense of humor” — is more key to channel.…

Canadian singer-songwriter Jessie Reyez (above) debuts at No. 23 on Emerging Artists as she scores her first two entries on the Billboard Hot 100, with the help of Eminem. “Nice Guy,” on which she’s co-billed, starts at No. 65, while “Good Guy,” on which she’s featured, debuts at No. 67. The songs bow with 11.3 million and 11.1 million U.S. streams, respectively, according to Nielsen Music. At No. 24 on Emerging Artists, Big Red Machine makes its Billboard chart debut as the duo’s first, self-titled LP arrives at No. 8 on Americana/Folk Albums (5,000 equivalent album units). The pair — Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon and The National’s Aaron Dessner — joined forces earlier in 2018. Plus, 16-year-old Seattle rapper Lil Mosey debuts at No. 46 on Emerging Artists…

Billboard will publish its annual GRAMMY® Contenders special issue, showcasing the music and artists that made an impact during the eligibility period for the 61st GRAMMY® Awards. This special issue will highlight the artists, producers and other creative professionals whose work is in contention this year, including for Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year, Album Of The Year and Best New Artist. Take this opportunity to remind the industry of the accomplished work that was released between Oct. 1, 2017, and Sept. 30, 2018, as the members of The Recording Academy™ prepare to cast their ballots for Music’s Biggest Night®. ON SALE 10/13 ISSUE CLOSE 10/4 | MATERIALS DUE 10/5 BONUS DISTRIBUTION: GRAMMY® Voting Members CONTACT: Joe Maimone | 212.493.4427 | joe.maimone@billboard.com Lee Ann Photoglo | 615.376.793…

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…

‘Boo’d Up’ Sets No. 1 Record As “Boo’d Up” by Ella Mai (above) secures a 13th week atop R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, the song becomes the longest-running No. 1 by a female artist of the 2010s and posts the longest stay at the summit among women since Mary J. Blige’s “Be Without You” spent 15 weeks at No. 1 in 2006. “Boo’d” continues to improve, posting a 4 percent gain to 37 million in audience in the week ending Sept. 9, according to Nielsen Music. The single is closing in on the all-time record for the most weeks at No. 1 among women: It now ties Toni Braxton’s 1996 smash, “You’re Makin’ Me High,” for third place. The pair trails only Blige’s “You” and Mariah Carey’s “We Belong Together” (a 14-week…

IN 1986, EDDIE MONEY WAS BADLY in need of a hit. The artist born Edward Mahoney in Brooklyn had abandoned a career in law enforcement — his father and brother worked for the New York Police Department — to sing rock’n’roll, and the gamble had paid off. Between 1978 and 1982, Money had landed four consecutive albums in the top 40 of the Billboard 200, along with such Billboard Hot 100 singles as “Baby Hold On.” But his hot streak ended in 1983 when his album Where’s the Party? failed to produce a top 40 Hot 100 hit; meanwhile, drug addiction further derailed his career. Redemption arrived three years later in the form of “Take Me Home Tonight,” a muscular slice of pop-rock that interpolated The Ronettes’ 1963 No.…