Innholdsfortegnelse for March 2, 2019 i Billboard Magazine

AFTER “FINESSE” reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 2018, Cardi B and Bruno Mars add their second shared hit, blasting in at No. 5 with “Please Me.” The song — a stand-alone single (“Finesse” was remixed with Cardi B after it was first released as a Mars solo track on his 2016 album, 24K Magic) — launches at No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart with 51,000 downloads sold, according to Nielsen Music. Mars adds his ninth No. 1 on the survey, while Cardi B collects her third. Ahead of the March 1 premiere of its official video, the track bows at No. 10 on the Streaming Songs list with 27.9 million U.S. streams and climbs 33-22 on Radio Songs (39 million in audience).…

SINCE 2006, THE JON BON JOVI SOUL Foundation has helped fund over 600 units of affordable and supportive housing in 10 states for thousands of people, including veterans, by partnering with other nonprofit organizations dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty, hunger and homelessness. In February, the Philadelphia-based foundation, which has a four-star “exceptional” rating from nonprofit watchdog Charity Navigator, began working in its 11th state with the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, to raise funds for a facility in southern Nevada. The foundation has pledged to match additional donations up to $100,000. “The high rate of youth homelessness and the dire need for housing in southern Nevada was distressing to us,” foundation chairman Jon Bon Jovi said in a statement. “We are pledging support for this campaign through…

Lavigne Returns; Elvis Makes ‘Comeback’ Avril Lavigne reappears on the charts with her first album in over five years as Head Above Water swims in at No. 5 on Top Album Sales, No. 13 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on Independent Albums. The BMG-released set is her first independently distributed album. Head begins with 27,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Feb. 21, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 20,000 were in album sales. Lavigne’s last album, a 2013 self-titled set, was released on Epic and reached No. 5 on the Billboard 200 (her fifth consecutive charting set to hit the top five). Elsewhere on the charts, Elvis Presley’s The Best of the ’68 Comeback Special arrives at No. 89 on the Billboard 200…

Combs Makes History Luke Combs (above) becomes the first artist to send his first five Country Airplay entries to No. 1 as “Beautiful Crazy” ascends 2-1, increasing by 7 percent to 38.8 million audience impressions in the week ending Feb. 24, according to Nielsen Music. The song follows his debut hit, “Hurricane” (two weeks at No. 1 in 2017); “When It Rains It Pours” (also two, 2017); “One Number Away” (one, 2018); and “She Got the Best of Me” (four, 2018). Dating to the Country Airplay chart’s January 1990 launch, Combs bests two acts that each sent their first four singles to No. 1: Florida Georgia Line, in 2012-14, and Brooks & Dunn, in 1991-92. Plus, Combs achieves his second leader on the airplay-, streaming- and sales-based Hot Country…

Natti Nets No. 3 Bow IlumiNATTI, the debut album by Natti Natasha (above), starts at No. 3 on Top Latin Albums, scoring the largest week for a Latin set by a solo woman in over a year and a half. The set opens with 7,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Feb. 21, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, a little over 3,000 were album sales, while most of the remaining units were generated by streaming (equaling 3.9 million on-demand streams for the tracks on ilumiNATTI). The last album by a woman to post a larger week in terms of units was Shakira’s El Dorado, which tallied a little over 7,000 units at No. 1 on the July 15, 2017-dated list (the set’s fifth week on…

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On Feb. 24, Lady Gaga won best original song at the Academy Awards for the heart-wrenching A Star Is Born track “Shallow,” co-written with Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt. “All I have to say is that this is hard work,” said Gaga in her acceptance speech. The Oscar brought her one step closer to reaching EGOT status: winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. Only 15 people have done it, most recently John Legend in 2018. With her nine Grammys (out of 24 nominations), including two she earned this year for “Shallow,” which took home best pop duo/group performance and best song written for visual media, Gaga now has two out of four boxes checked. She’s also a proven contender for an Emmy, with three nominations: for…

City Girls Storm Top Five City Girls (above) jump 13-5 on Emerging Artists, reaching the top five for the first time as the Miami-based hip-hop duo’s breakout hit, “Twerk,” featuring Cardi B, likewise reaches the top five on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop airplay chart (7-5) and enters the top 20 on Rhythmic (22-19). Singer-songwriter Hayes Carll debuts at No. 7 on Emerging Artists as his new LP, What It Is, arrives at No. 10 on Americana/Folk Albums and No. 26 on Top Country Albums (5,000 equivalent album units, according to Nielsen Music). Plus, 20-year-old English alt-rocker Yungblud debuts at No. 43 on Emerging Artists as “11 Minutes” with Halsey, featuring Travis Barker, opens at No. 7 on Hot Rock Songs. It’s his first entry on the chart, with 3.4 million…

Smollett Sees Social Gain Jussie Smollett (below) returns to the Social 50 at No. 15 following a whirlwind week in which he turned himself in to Chicago police after being charged on Feb. 20 for allegedly filing a false police report. Authorities claim the Empire actor-singer helped stage an alleged assault on Jan. 22 where two men reportedly attacked him in what was initially investigated as a hate crime. Smollett, who resurfaces on the Social 50 thanks to 482,000 Twitter mentions and 214,000 views of his Wikipedia page in the week ending Feb. 21, according to Next Big Sound, has maintained his innocence. Another singer also appears on the chart due to controversy. Ryan Adams debuts at No. 50 thanks to 162,000 Wikipedia views in the wake of a…

Longevity Record ‘Broken’ “Broken” by lovelytheband (above) becomes the longest-running song in the Alternative airplay chart’s three-decade history, spending its 66th week on the list. It wrestles the record from Rise Against’s “Savior,” which logged 65 frames from July 2009 to September 2010. Also besting “Savior,” which peaked at No. 3, “Broken” tallied nine weeks at No. 1, beginning in April 2018. Its pop crossover still going, “Broken” hits a new high (10-8) on Adult Contemporary. Five Finger Death Punch snags its sixth leader on the Mainstream Rock airplay chart: “When the Seasons Change” (2-1). The hard-rock act scores its second straight No. 1, following “Sham Pain,” which ruled for a week in September 2018. The band first led with “Coming Down” for two weeks in September 2012. Vampire…

Daigle Adds Another Record “Look Up Child” by Lauren Daigle (above), the title track from her third studio album, hits the top 10 on the streaming-, airplay- and sales-powered Hot Christian Songs chart, rising 12-8. It lifts 8-6 on Christian Digital Song Sales (2,000 sold, up 11 percent, according to Nielsen Music) and 15-13 on Christian Airplay (4.8 million audience impressions, up 10 percent). Daigle notches her 12th top 10 on Hot Christian Songs (a sum that includes four No. 1s), breaking her out of a tie with Francesca Battistelli and Mandisa for the most among women. She equals Newsboys for 10th place among all artists; Chris Tomlin leads with 27. Meanwhile, Daigle’s “You Say” leads Hot Christian Songs for a 31st week, extending its mark for the most…

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…

IN 2018, SOME OF THE MOST notable tours were also the most elaborate. Travis Scott’s Astroworld: Wish You Were Here tour featured a roller coaster; Drake’s Aubrey & the Three Migos boasted a flying yellow Ferrari (actually a large remote-controlled balloon); and Taylor Swift’s reputation run included a 30-foot-tall cobra. But one of the biggest tours coming to the United States in 2019 will be one of the most minimal, designed by the world’s largest stage/tour design company, Stufish Entertainment Architects. Ray Winkler, CEO and design director at Stufish, asked himself “What haven’t we done?” when The Rolling Stones’ longtime creative director/lighting designer, Patrick Woodroffe, approached Stufish in 2017 with plans for a then-untitled and unannounced tour. The answer? “Clean, simple lines,” says Winkler. He pruned the stage down…

Rivers Cuomo’s reverence for data is no secret. The Weezer frontman has long used algorithms to optimize his songwriting, funneling creativity through computer programs like the programming language Python. Since forming in 1992, Weezer has dropped 11 albums and generated 1.4 billion on-demand streams, according to Nielsen Music. In the past year alone, the act earned a Grammy nomination for best rock album, entered the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in eight years with its fan-requested cover of “Africa” and landed in the top five of the Billboard 200 for its Teal Album of covers. With the release of Weezer’s latest self-titled set, dubbed the Black Album, Cuomo, 48, says: “We don’t know what the heck we’re doing, but people are super interested in us right now.”…

Grande’s Double Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next spends a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, making it the first album by a solo woman to spend more than a single week at No. 1 in over a year. Thank U earned 151,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Feb. 21 (down 58 percent from its debut of 360,000 units), according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 20,000 were in album sales (down 82 percent). The last album by a solo woman to rack up over a week at No. 1 was Taylor Swift’s reputation, which tallied four nonconsecutive frames (its first three: Dec. 2-Dec. 16, 2017, and then Jan. 6, 2018). (In between reputation and Thank U, the A Star Is Born soundtrack, credited to…

AIRPLAY DATA COMPILED BY 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 © 2019,…

Drake’s So Far So Good At No. 1 The So Far Gone mixtape by Drake (above) debuts at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, securing the superstar’s ninth straight leader on the list. Gone originally arrived in 2009 but only received a commercial/streaming release on Feb. 15 to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The 18-track collection earned 45,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Feb. 21, according to Nielsen Music. With the debut, Drake matches Future for the most No. 1s in the 2010s after the Atlanta native briefly overtook Drake four weeks ago. On the Billboard 200, So Far Gone bows at No. 5, garnering Drake his 10th top 10. Meanwhile, YNW Melly’s “Murder on My Mind” blasts 21-7 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs as curiosity and interest grow…

‘Close’ Encounters No. 1 Swedish production duo NOTD — Samuel Brandt (above left) and Tobias Danielsson (above right) — and German DJ Felix Jaehn lift 2-1 on Dance/Mix Show Airplay and Dance Club Songs with “So Close” featuring Georgia Ku and Captain Cuts. The coronation is the first on each chart for all four acts. Remixed by such artists as Michael Calfan, dwilly and Curbi, “Close” was the most-played song on two core dance affiliates in the tracking week, SiriusXM’s BPM and Music Choice’s Dance/EDM channel, according to Nielsen Music. Elsewhere on Dance/Mix Show Airplay, Oliver Heldens blazes 15-10 with “Fire in My Soul,” featuring Shungudzo. The song is Heldens’ second top 10 and Shungudzo’s first. Zedd zips to his 11th top 10, and Katy Perry her third, on…