Innholdsfortegnelse for October 13, 2018 i Billboard Magazine

LIL WAYNE MAKES HISTORY AS THE FIRST ARTIST EVER TO concurrently debut two songs in the Billboard Hot 100’s top five as “Mona Lisa,” featuring Kendrick Lamar, soars in at No. 2 and “Don’t Cry,” featuring XXXTentacion, bows at No. 5. Beyond that, Wayne joins Drake as the only artists to debut four songs in the top 10 in a single week as “Uproar” begins at No. 7 and “Let It Fly,” featuring Travis Scott, starts at No. 10. All four songs are from Tha Carter V, which launches at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (see page 158). Twenty-two tracks from the set debut on the Hot 100 overall as Wayne further ties Drake for the most simultaneous entrances; Drake debuted 22 titles on the July 14-dated Hot…

On Oct. 17, Bill C-45, also known as The Cannabis Act, goes into effect in Canada, legalizing recreational cannabis nationwide for individuals 18 and over and creating huge investment opportunities. But Canadian artists who want to cash in face a conundrum: Investing in pot — or even smoking it — could put their touring business at risk. “Previous consumption of cannabis or involvement in the cannabis industry may be grounds for denying entry into the U.S.,” a Canadian government spokesman tells Billboard. U.S. border agents, meantime, have been ramping up searches of travelers’ electronic devices, such as smartphones and computers, which could contain damaging clues. “Do you want to look cool for your Instagram followers or play a gig for $30,000 in the U.S.?” one Canadian artist says he…

Total streams: 1 billion When Billie Eilish hit her preteens, “My 11-year-old brain was so sad, and I didn’t know how to deal with it,” she says. The Los Angeles native used music to vent her youthful frustrations, and by 13, she had released her striking debut single, “Ocean Eyes.” The reaction has been substantial: 2017 EP don’t smile at me peaked at No. 3 on Billboard’s Alternative Albums chart, and her duet with Khalid, “lovely,” hit No. 78 on the Hot 100. Next, she’s trying to capture the energy of her live shows on her debut full-length, out in 2019. Did you find that people weren’t taking you seriously when you started writing songs? Nobody did. The kids I knew thought I was a joke. I remember this…

When it comes to overseeing the career of a rising young artist, forging a close bond is essential. Just ask managers Courtney Stewart (Khalid), Adam Kluger and Dan Roof (Bhad Bhabie), and Brandon Goodman and Danny Rukasin (Billie Eilish), who have overseen their clients from the start. Each explains the value of striking a balance between public and private life for their artists. Danny Rukasin Manager, Hard 8/Working Group “It’s important that [Billie] remains a teenager as much as she can. [Me and Brandon Goodman, her co-manager at Best Friends] try and pace everything so we’re not overwhelming her with too many demands. It’s not easy to do. We’re also conscious that artists need real-life experiences to be inspired, and the goal is to never lose sight of that.…

I remember that day. I walked past Madonna, and she grabbed my arm. I turned around, and she went, “I think you’re amazing.” I nearly fell on top of her in shock. Then I was ushered to my seat next to Lauryn Hill, and of course, I’m trembling at her genius. She sat there very kind of regally, and she had a small Bible in her lap. I was like, “Wow, I’m not fucking with that!” Just sort of stayed in my own mad fear. I remember meeting Bono — there’s a photograph of us together, and I literally look like I’m in the midst of an orgasm. (Laughs.) To be in that category with those huge hitters seemed really ludicrous to us. [Manson was nominated with her band,…

CAT POWER singer-songwriter “I met Florence at a swimming pool in Los Angeles. I ran over because my goddaughter saw her and was freaking out — and she was lovely. She is a superhero, basically. She is freedom. It’s like gospel music, you know? This glorifying sort of exaltation.” AUTUMN de WILDE photographer-director “Florence approached me to come up with an idea for a video, and when I first heard ‘Big God,’ it set fire to my soul. She is so electric, so magnetic. I wanted the video to be prowling and grotesque yet sexy, and Florence understood that power.” ISABELLA SUMMERS bandmember “When I met Florence, I was working with a lot of U.K. rappers, but I really wanted to work with another girl. I…

When it comes to dominance on Billboard’s Alternative radio airplay chart, none have fared better than Foo Fighters. The Dave Grohl-fronted rock band reigns as the chart’s No. 1 act over the list’s first 30 years (after also leading the 25th-anniversary recap in 2013), dating to the ranking’s Sept. 10, 1988, inception. The Foos again stave off Red Hot Chili Peppers, who hold at No. 2, with both bands having released new material in the past five years. The two acts notched new No. 1 songs on the chart in that span: the Chili Peppers with “Dark Necessities,” their record-extending 13th leader, and Grohl and Co. with “Something From Nothing,” their 10th. Green Day, with 11 No. 1s (including a pair in 2016-17), ranks third (up from No. 4…

Carter V Arrives At No. 1 Lil Wayne lands his fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 as Tha Carter V debuts atop the tally. The set makes a splash with 480,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Oct. 4, according to Nielsen Music. That sum is the third-largest week for an album in 2018. Further, Tha Carter V opens with the second-biggest streaming week ever for an album, with 433 million on-demand audio streams logged for its songs in its first week. Of Tha Carter V’s 480,000 units, most were driven by streaming-equivalent album (SEA) units: 325,000. The rest of the title’s opening-unit sum comprises 140,000 album sales and 14,000 track-equivalent album units. The only bigger weeks for albums in 2018 — in terms of…

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Logic Lands At No. 2 As Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter V debuts at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums with the year’s second-biggest streaming week (see page 158), Logic (above) scores a lofty debut for his YSIV album, which starts at No. 2. The set earned 167,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Oct. 4, according to Nielsen Music. YSIV marks Logic’s sixth consecutive top two debut, dating to the arrival of his first studio album, 2014’s Under Pressure. Also on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Kevin Gates secures his sixth consecutive top five-charting effort, as Luca Brasi 3 bows at No. 3. The set launches with 78,000 equivalent album units, mostly powered by streaming activity. Plus, Ella Mai claims a new No. 1 on the Hot R&B Songs chart…

Grande’s ‘God’ Is A No. 1 Ariana Grande (above) earns her third Dance Club Songs No. 1 with “God Is a Woman.” Remixed by Magixx, BK and Drew G. & Brian Cua, among others, “God” is Grande’s second leader this year, following “No Tears Left to Cry” (June 23). She first led as a featured artist on Nathan Sykes’ “Over and Over Again” (February 2016). On Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, DJ Snake starts at No. 2 — tying for the chart’s highest-ever bow — with “Taki Taki,” featuring Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B. It’s the chart’s top debut of 2018 (besting Kygo and Imagine Dragons’ “Born to Be Yours”; No. 3, June 30) and only the second song in the list’s five-and-a-half-year history to debut as high as No.…

MARTHA REEVES HAPPENED TO BE in the right place at the right time when Marvin Gaye decided that his rendition of “Dancing in the Street” wasn’t jelling. The Alabama-born, Detroit-raised Reeves, who first worked at Motown as a secretary, was standing in the doorway of the recording studio watching the soul icon do his stuff when, after a number of frustrating takes, Gaye suggested that she take a crack at it. At the time of the conversation, Reeves had already racked up five Billboard Hot 100 hits as the frontwoman of Martha & The Vandellas, but “Dancing in the Street” would soon become the biggest hit of the girl group’s career. Gaye had initially recorded “Dancing” in the style of a romantic ballad. Reeves reimagined it as a joyful…

As residencies — long-running strings of concert dates in a single venue — catch on with younger acts from Lady Gaga to Bruno Mars, Tedeschi Trucks Band is taking the residency model to the next level: It’s adding a city. While the group has held court at New York’s Beacon Theatre every October for years, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks are now launching a second multiyear residency in the Windy City, running at the Chicago Theatre every January through 2022. Every year, the dual-city residency — a first for the band, as well as for Madison Square Garden Company, which owns and operates both venues — will include six October shows in New York and several January shows in Chicago, starting this winter on Jan. 18, 19, 25 and…

Total streams: 17.3 million As Snail Mail, Baltimorearea native Lindsey Jordan channels the coming-of-age intimacy of ’90s Liz Phair through indie-rock confessionals. Her debut, Lush, hit No. 20 on Billboard’s Alternative Albums chart, etching a spot as the youngest in a new class of guitarist singer-songwriters like Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus. Her edge? No one can convey the whirlwind of being a teen like a teen. You’re the only indie-rock artist on this list. When I started, I never expected to get anywhere with my songs. I was making music as an output of having a lot of feelings, being expressive and not knowing what to do with teenage angst. Now, I’ve been enjoying getting to meet artists outside our realm that are completely different. The indie world…

Total streams: 3.27 billion Khalid earned his 14th hit and second top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2018 with the Normani-assisted “Love Lies” (No. 9). He only dropped his debut album, American Teen, in 2017, but already the R&B star has become one of music’s hottest commodities as a collaborator (Shawn Mendes, Billie Eilish) and brand ambassador. “I do get tired,” admits the El Paso, Texas, native. “But I always want to give my best.” How do you balance your public and private life? Everything you see on social media or onstage is no different than what you’d see if you saw me walking down the street. Accepting who you are and your individuality is so important, and I want to be sending that message to my…

At the 2018 Grammys, the showdown most people predicted would dominate the evening — Kendrick Lamar vs. Ed Sheeran — never materialized. Sheeran was shut out of the major categories, while Lamar lost out to Bruno Mars, who ended up taking home album, song and record of the year — a sweep met with much criticism from watchers who believed the year was better defined by Lamar’s widely acclaimed, politically charged releases. This not-unfamiliar pattern revealed a fundamental Grammys truth: The show’s biggest tension will always be between its attempts to modernize and the biases and established patterns of its long history. So this year, we look to the names likely to appear in the newly expanded Big Four categories and wonder what narrative they will tell about the…

ARIANA GRANDE WHO The 25-year-old pop star who overcame tragedy and released her best-received album to date, Sweetener. HURDLE She’s a proven hitmaker, but Grammy success has eluded her thus far, with no Big Four noms yet. UPSHOT Sweetener marked a new commercial peak for Grande. A major Grammy nod could cement her as the biggest current star in pop — if older voters recognize her maturing sound and emergence as a powerful voice for perseverance. JAY-Z WHO Rap legend; with wife Beyoncé, one half of The Carters. HURDLE After years of snubs, Jay got eight nominations in 2018 and lost them all, looking visibly peeved in several onscreen cutaway shots and adding a Grammy dis to “Apeshit,” from The Carters’ Everything Is Love EP. UPSHOT The…

WEATHER WIN “Anybody on the East Coast who has experienced the music business in dead winter is so happy to fly to Los Angeles in mid-February,” says Laura Swanson, Warner Bros. Records executive vp media and strategic development. “It’s hard to do red carpets and walk through New York, in heels, in a snowstorm.” NO ALL-NIGHTERS A three-hour time difference means earlier to the afterparties, earlier to bed. In L.A., the show kicks off at 5 p.m., which “gives you more time,” says one L.A.-based label executive. “You can plan an afterparty and an after-afterparty” without staying out until 3 a.m. SMOOTHER MOVES Portugal. The Man manager Rick Holtzman says the band’s guitarist Eric Howk, who uses a wheelchair, found New York’s older buildings hard to…

Cher Posts Pop-tastic Sales Cher’s Dancing Queen debuts at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, tying for the diva’s highest-charting solo album ever. It also earns the biggest sales week of 2018 for a pop album by a woman and Cher’s largest sales week since Nielsen Music began electronically tracking music sales in 1991. Cher had reached No. 3 with her previous studio set, 2013’s Closer to the Truth. (Cher was also one-half of Sonny & Cher, which peaked at No. 2 on the chart in 1965 with Look at Us.) Dancing Queen — which contains all ABBA covers — bows with 153,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Oct. 4, of which 150,000 are in album sales. Dancing Queen — which is No. 1 on the…

Dickerson Rides To No. Russell Dickerson earns his second Country Airplay No. 1 as “Blue Tacoma” rolls 2-1, up 9 percent to 44 million audience impressions, according to Nielsen Music. The song follows his debut hit, “Yours,” which led for two weeks starting on Jan. 27. “Man, it feels surreal, honestly — like, ‘Is that really my song at No. 1?,’” Dickerson tells Billboard. “Plus, having my second No. 1 in one year is just absolute insanity. I’m definitely still trying to take in the gravity of it all.” Dickerson is the first artist to land Country Airplay leaders with his first two entries since Luke Combs, who rattled off No. 1s with “Hurricane” and “When It Rains It Pours” for two weeks each in May and November 2017,…

‘Taki’ Takes Top Spot “Taki Taki” by DJ Snake (second from right), featuring (from left) Ozuna, Selena Gomez and Cardi B, debuts atop Hot Latin Songs, powered by streaming and sales activity. It’s the first leader for DJ Snake, Gomez and Cardi B, and the second for Ozuna. “Taki” earned 17.7 million U.S. streams in the week ending Oct. 4, according to Nielsen Music, and debuts at No. 29 on Streaming Songs and No. 1 on Latin Streaming Songs. It likewise bows at No. 4 on Digital Song Sales and No. 1 on the Latin Digital Song Sales tallies, logging 23,000 in digital sales. Farther down Hot Latin Songs, another collaboration secures a spot in the top 10 as Marc Anthony, Will Smith and Bad Bunny’s “Está Rico” debuts…

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 multiplatinum level. RIAA certification for physical shipments & digital downloads of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral noted with Diamond symbol indicates album’s multiplatinum 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…

THIS YEAR, THE NEW LEADERS ACROSS the major record companies have been upending tradition and putting their own stamps on their new respective domains. Now, as Aaron Bay-Schuck officially starts his role as co-chairman/CEO of Warner Bros. Records in Los Angeles and Warner Music Group’s new Elektra Group opens in New York, the music industry is bracing for even more culture change. At WBR, where former RCA co-chairman Tom Corson has been working since January as co-chairman/COO, the atmosphere has already relaxed considerably, sources tell Billboard, with Corson walking the halls more often than his predecessor, Cameron Strang, and interacting with the full staff rather than limiting conversations to a handful of top execs. At Island, change has come by not rocking the boat too much; after David Massey’s…

Total streams: 681.8 million In 2016, Daya’s pop-leaning debut single, “Hide Away,” and follow-up hit “Sit Still, Look Pretty” both cracked the top 10 of Billboard’s Mainstream Top 40 chart, while her Chainsmokers collab, “Don’t Let Me Down,” hit No. 3 on the Hot 100 and earned the singer her first Grammy. But while she has got as much right as any young pop artist in music to rest on her laurels, she insists, “I don’t ever want to get too comfortable.” The Pennsylvania native is trying on new genres — she’d love to work with Anderson .Paak — and making sure her music has a message. Recent downtempo single “Safe” launched with the #Safeis campaign, encouraging fans to use the hashtag on social media and share what makes…

Total streams: 528.2 million Rising to viral fame as the “Cash Me Outside” girl after appearing on Dr. Phil in 2016, Danielle Bregoli rebranded in 2017 as Bhad Bhabie. Unlike most of the polished young stars on this list, the hyperconfident Florida rapper stokes feuds and brushes off haters on social media. (She has 15.4 million Instagram followers.) Her pugnacious persona is the driving force behind 2017 Hot 100-charting singles “Hi Bich” and “These Heaux,” both found on her September debut mixtape, 15. Next, she’ll hit the road with Lil Yachty, who features on her new hit, “Gucci Flip Flops.” How have people treated you based on your age? Some are weird about it, some aren’t. It’s not really every day where I’m like, “God, I’m 15. I can’t…

It’s an urban, urban, urban world for current popular Latin music, but pop-leaning songwriting and global sounds prevailed in the nominations for the Latin Grammy Awards, which will be presented Nov. 15 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. The show will air live on Univision. The leading nominee, with eight nods, is J Balvin — an urban artist, but one who infused his reggaetón with global beats and collaborated with both genre stalwarts and unlikely partners, from Mexican indie-pop singer Carla Morrison to Spanish urban/flamenco fusionista Rosalía, to perform on Vibras, his latest full-length album. Vibras is a contender for best urban music album and album of the year — the only urban set competing in the latter category. “Mi Gente,” Balvin’s hit with Willy William that…

Palaye Royale Parades In Toronto-based art-rock trio Palaye Royale debuts at No. 9 on Emerging Artists. Its sophomore LP, Boom Boom Room (Side B), arrives as the band’s first charting title on both Top Rock Albums and the Billboard 200, at Nos. 12 and 89, respectively, with 8,000 equivalent album units, according to Nielsen Music. The group’s debut, Boom Boom Room (Side A), reached No. 21 on Heatseekers Albums in 2016. Mitchell Tenpenny matches his peak on Emerging Artists, rising 8-6, as his breakthrough single “Drunk Me” becomes his first Hot Country Songs top 10 (11-10). Plus, 21-year-old Matteo Bocelli arrives at No. 41 on Emerging Artists as his debut release, “Fall on Me,” with his father, popera legend Andrea, debuts at No. 25 on Digital Song Sales (10,000…

Kanye’s SNL-Fueled Social Surge The high-profile appearance by Kanye West (below) on the 44th-season premiere of NBC’s Saturday Night Live on Sept. 29 — and the resulting fallout from statements he made on its stage — blasts him back into the top 10 of the Social 50 (15-9). West returns to the top 10 following a 712 percent increase in Twitter mentions in the week ending Oct. 4 (589,000 total), plus 119,000 Wikipedia views (up 135 percent), according to Next Big Sound. After his third performance of the night, following SNL’s closing credits, West ranted to the crowd with much of the SNL cast still onstage, claiming he had been “bullied” backstage for wearing a Make America Great Again hat on-air, among other issues with which he took umbrage.…

King Dons New Crown Elle King (above) scores her first No. 1 on the Triple A airplay chart with “Shame.” King now has earned chart-toppers at four distinct radio formats, as her breakthrough single, “Ex‘s & Oh‘s,” ruled the Alternative and Adult Top 40 charts in 2015, while Dierks Bentley‘s “Different for Girls,” on which she‘s featured, topped Country Airplay in 2016. “Shame” concurrently pulls into the top 20 of Alternative (21-18) and rises 19-16 on the all-rock-format Rock Airplay tally, with 4.4 million audience impressions (up 10 percent), according to Nielsen Music. Beartooth claims its first No. 1 on Hard Rock Albums as Disease, the Columbus, Ohio, band‘s third studio set, bows with 13,000 equivalent units earned (10,000 in traditional album sales). The LP exceeds Beartooth‘s prior-best No.…

Elevation Worship, Houghton Debut Elevation Worship (above), the music collective that represents Elevation Church in Charlotte, N.C., arrives at No. 2 on Top Christian Albums with Hallelujah Here Below. The set starts with 18,000 equivalent album units earned, according to Nielsen Music (with 13,000 in traditional album sales). Elevation Worship adds its seventh top 10, a sum that includes four No. 1s. Hallelujah marks the act’s best rank since live set There Is a Cloud debuted at No. 1 on the chart dated April 8, 2017 (34,000 units). In between, Acoustic Sessions hit No. 8 in November 2017. On Top Gospel Albums, singer-songwriter and worship leader Israel Houghton debuts at No. 2 with The Road to Demaskus (2,000 units). He adds his third top 10 as a solo artist,…