Innholdsfortegnelse for August 10, 2019 i Billboard Magazine

LIL TECCA TALLIES HIS FIRST BILLBOARD HOT 100 top 10 as “Ran$om” roars from No. 19 to No. 10. With its official video directed by Cole Bennett, the first Hot 100 entry for the 16-year-old Queens-based rapper (real name: Tyler Sharpe) continues its sprint up the Streaming Songs chart, climbing 7-4 with 38.5 million U.S. streams, up 36%, according to Nielsen Music. The track gains by 59% to 6.1 million in airplay audience and 50% to 4,000 downloads sold. It’s also another big week for Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus), which spends a record-extending 18th frame atop the Hot 100. A week earlier, it bested “Despacito” by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee (featuring Justin Bieber) and “One Sweet Day” by Mariah Carey and Boyz…

NAME EVIE IRIE PUBLISHER DOWNTOWN MUSIC At the top of 2019, the emerging alt-pop singer Evie Irie flew from Sydney to Los Angeles with her dad for what was meant to be a one-week writing trip. But within five days, the 16-year-old, who had been creating music since she was a preteen, wrote and recorded an entire EP. Irie wanted to do something with the completed project before returning to Australia. First, her dad hired a lawyer. They then spent the next three weeks taking meetings with labels, managers and publishers. By week five, Irie had signed a recording contract with Republic and found a management company in Troy Carter’s new Q&A. “It has been such a crazy ride,” says Irie. “I really have to pinch myself. I’m surrounded…

Of the hundreds of people at the Stonewall Inn in New York’s Greenwich Village the night of June 27, 1969 — a historic turning point in the gay rights movement — Jim Fouratt, 78, may be the only one who went on to have a long career in the music business. A lifelong activist who co-founded the Yippies and the Gay Liberation Front and was heavily involved with ACT UP and the fight for AIDS research, Fouratt also helped run clubs including Hurrah, Danceteria, the Peppermint Lounge and Studio 54; co-managed artists as diverse as Richard Lloyd and Ornette Coleman; and worked at Columbia Records, Mercury Records and Rhino Records. You have said what happened at Stonewall that night was not a riot, because it wasn’t that violent, nor…

B’way’s Solid Music Sales The original Broadway cast recording of the Tony Award-winning Hadestown debuts on the Billboard 200 at No. 49 — the first cast album to bow on the list in over a year. The set launches with 12,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Aug. 1, according to Nielsen Music, with 9,000 of that sum in album sales. (Hadestown enters Top Album Sales at No. 8.) The last cast album to debut on the Billboard 200 was the original Broadway cast recording of Mean Girls, which entered at No. 42 on June 2, 2018. On the album sales-based Cast Albums chart, Hadestown starts at No. 1, making it the only title to top the tally in 2019 aside from Hamilton: An American Musical. Hadestown…

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,…

Chance’s Big Day Arrives Chance the Rapper (above) earns his highest-charting set on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums as The Big Day opens at No. 2. The LP is the Chicago native’s first proper studio album, following three mixtapes released between 2012 and 2016, and earned 108,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Aug. 1, according to Nielsen Music. As Day arrives, four of its tracks debut on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, led by a No. 24 start for “Hot Shower” (featuring MadeinTYO and DaBaby). “Shower” gives Chance his second-best showing as a lead artist on the chart after “No Problem” (featuring Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz) rolled to No. 14 in 2016. Also on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Lil Nas X ties the chart’s record for the longest-running No. 1 as…

Sony/ATV Music Publishing was the No. 1 music publisher of the top 100 radio songs for the seventh quarter in a row, improving its market share to 24.07% in the year’s second quarter from 22.52% in the first, with a share of 52 of those 100 tracks, down from 58 last quarter. But in Billboard’s second-ever rankings based on Hot 100 songs, rather than radio songs, Universal Music Publishing Group snatched the top spot for the quarter ending June 27, surging over 6 percentage points to a 22.62% market share and a stake in 51 of the quarter’s Hot 100 songs, including the top track, Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus). For the third straight quarter, UMPG ranked No. 2 in market share for the…

FOUR YEARS AGO, KATIE GAVIN, Naomi McPherson and Josette Maskin were college seniors at the University of Southern California, plotting their post-graduation moves. One priority: Make MUNA, the band they started in 2013, last. “We knew we needed to find a way to make money from music if we wanted to continue living in Los Angeles and not have to go home and live with our parents,” says Gavin. After posting its debut EP, More Perfect, on SoundCloud, the group was soon fielding offers from several labels. But it was RCA Records vp A&R Dan Chertoff who ultimately won the members over — they signed within a month. He had discovered MUNA’s “Loudspeaker” on SoundCloud and in September 2015 called the band to make a deal. He offered resources…

FROM Suitland, Md. AGE 21 LABEL Atlantic LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON YBN Cordae —who was born Cordae Dunston in Raleigh, N.C. — grew up listening to the music his father loved: Nas, Talib Kweli and Mos Def. He spent hours watching YouTube videos of famous hip-hop artists to hone his lyrical skills. At 15, he released his first mixtape, Anxiety, under the name Entendre. After graduating high school in 2015, he released two more: I’m So Anxious (2016) and I’m So Anonymous (2017). SCHOOL’S IN SESSION While attending Maryland’s Towson University, Cordae waited tables at TGI Fridays and “was miserable as fuck.” But once he met YBN Nahmir — who in 2014 established the YBN collective, short for Young Boss N—az — through a friend in 2017, the two…

Founded in Washington, D.C., by a collective of women including singer-songwriters Cris Williamson and Meg Christian, the groundbreaking feminist label put out over 40 albums during its roughly two-decade run and fostered an entire scene of lesbian musicians, artists and activists.…

CAAMP, Cuco, Burna Boy Bow CAAMP (above) makes its Billboard chart debut, opening at No. 14 on Emerging Artists, as the Columbus, Ohio-based band’s sophomore LP, By and By, launches at No. 1 on Heatseekers Albums and Americana/Folk Album Sales with 4,000 in traditional album sales among its 6,000 first-week equivalent album units earned, according to Nielsen Music. The set’s “Peach Fuzz” also arrives, at No. 33, on the Triple A airplay chart. Southern California native Cuco enters Emerging Artists at No. 18 as his debut LP, Para Mí, starts at No. 6 on Alternative Albums (8,000 units). Plus, Nigerian singer-songwriter Burna Boy debuts on Emerging Artists at No. 49 as his fourth LP, African Giant, bounds 13-6 on World Albums (8,000 units; 1,000 in traditional album sales). —Xander…

Combs’ Records And Moore Luke Combs (above) banks his record-extending sixth straight career-opening No. 1 single on Country Airplay with “Beer Never Broke My Heart,” which ascends with a 9% gain to 40.3 million impressions, according to Nielsen Music. “Beer” reaches the top in its 13th week, marking his quickest trip to the pinnacle and the speediest overall since Sam Hunt’s “Body Like a Back Road” (12 weeks, 2017). Meanwhile, Combs’ debut LP, This One’s for You, breaks the record for the most weeks at No. 1 for a set by a male on Top Country Albums as it rules for a 44th frame (22,000 equivalent album units). It passes Randy Travis’ Always & Forever, which led for 43 weeks beginning in June 1987. Since the list launched in…

Sech Toasts First No. 1 Panamanian singer Sech (above) celebrates his first No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs as “Otro Trago” (featuring Darell) pushes 5-1. The tune gets a big boost thanks in part to a new remix, which dropped July 25, that features Nicky Jam, Ozuna and Anuel AA, as well as Darell. “Otro Trago” (which translates to “another drink”) climbs 5-1 on Latin Streaming Songs and debuts on the all-genre Streaming Songs chart at No. 22 with 15.9 million streams in the week ending Aug. 1 (up 70%). It sold 6,000 downloads (up 431%), pushing it 7-1 on Latin Digital Song Sales and enabling its debut at No. 30 on the overall Digital Song Sales list. On Latin Airplay, it bumps 9-3 with 12.3 million audience impressions…

DJ Snake Debuts At No. 1 DJ Snake (above) scores his second No. 1 on Top Dance/Electronic Albums with Carte Blanche (4-1). The set, which debuted thanks to just its first day of tracking (July 24), earned 13,000 equivalent album units in its first full tracking frame (July 25-Aug. 1), according to Nielsen Music. Blanche follows Snake’s debut, Encore, which logged two weeks at No. 1 in August/September 2016. On Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, six Blanche tracks bow (bringing its total to nine charted entries), led by “Smile,” featuring Bryson Tiller (No. 31). “Taki Taki,” featuring Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B (and included on the new set), started at its No. 2 peak last October. The Chainsmokers and Illenium leap 20-3 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs with “Takeaway” (featuring Lennon…

ALEX HOPE Age: 25 Hometown: Sydney Hope started producing six years ago, working with artists like Troye Sivan, Marina and David Guetta. Her latest work, on Tegan & Sara’s forthcoming ninth album, Hey, I’m Just Like You, has MUNA hitting replay. “That whole record is made by women,” says Gavin, “which is sick.” LIL CC Age: 22 Hometown: Los Angeles Model Cydney Christine made her producing debut this year — and it was a big break. After meeting Drake at a post-Grammys party, the rapper asked if she could send him beats. She ended up producing this year’s “Money in the Grave,” his top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hit featuring Rick Ross. ROSALÍA Age: 25 Hometown: Catalonia, Spain Many know Rosalía as one of Latin music’s most prominent stars,…

1. Get queer people involved. This might seem like a no-brainer, but it’s essential. Pop artist Dorian Electra, who performed at Troye Sivan and Charli XCX’s inaugural Go West Fest in June, says, “It’s queer artists who have their ear to the ground in the queer music community and are a genuine, active part of those communities.” LoveLoud Festival and its foundation, started by Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds in 2017, also have an advisory board that includes Wrabel, Daya and VINCINT. Adds Electra: “Diversity in every capacity is super important.” 2. Check your motivations. “When your goal is to make money, it shows,” says Los Angeles-based visual artist Faye Orlove, who curated arts programming at Go West. “There are rainbow-colored cash grabs everywhere trying to make money off the…

1. Think beyond artists. Daniel Horsfield, an A&R coordinator at Warner Chappell who helped organize British hitmaker MNEK’s Pride Writing Camp in July, advises hiring LGBTQ people in a variety of roles to establish a welcoming environment. “Whether that’s the receptionist, the runners getting the food or the engineer, it’s about having people in the community who are visible and being themselves,” he says. That may require allies to put in extra work, says Jess Furman, vp sync strategy at artist-development company Big Noise, which hosted the Out Sessions writing camp in July. “People tend to hire who they know, [so] you have to take steps to make sure you’re hiring equitably.” 2. Let queer voices take the lead. Love Bailey, the founder of the California-based queer artist community…

SLEEZY D “I’VE LOST CONTROL” 1986 “Acid is a huge part of the Trax legacy, and this was the very first acid house cut. Sleezy released only one record during his lifetime. The urgency he projects over the rolling beat takes you over the top — as acid should.” MARSHALL JEFFERSON “MOVE YOUR BODY” 1986 “That barrelhouse bluesy piano and Curtis McClain’s slightly off vocal — the first time I heard what is now known as the house anthem, I told Marshall he had written his ‘Rock Around the Clock.’ I was right.” FRANKIE KNUCKLES “YOUR LOVE” 1987 “One of the unique masterpieces of the genre, my favorite Knuckles cut is haunting and hypnotic with existential overtones, like an out-of-body experience that starts in your ears.” MR. FINGERS “CAN…

NF’s ‘Search’ Ends At No. 1 NF scores his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 as the rapper’s latest studio set, The Search, enters atop the tally. The LP starts with 130,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Aug. 1, according to Nielsen Music — the fourth-largest week for a rap title released in 2019. Of that sum, 84,000 were in album sales — the biggest sales week for a rap set this year. The Search’s first week is more than double the debut frame of NF’s last album, Perception, which opened at No. 1 with 55,000 units earned (of which 38,000 were in album sales) on the chart dated Oct. 28, 2017. The Search benefited from sturdy sales through traditional means like the iTunes…

Grande Gains Ariana Grande (below) returns to the Social 50’s top 10 following promotional social media posts for her latest single, “Boyfriend,” with Social House. Her Twitter reactions for the week ending Aug. 1 ballooned 85% to 282,000 while her mentions rose 15% to 335,000, according to Next Big Sound. Grande hyped “Boyfriend” with a tweet countdown in the hours leading up to its release. With just three days of airplay, the song debuted at No. 32 on the Mainstream Top 40 airplay chart, Grande’s 22nd charting title there since 2013. Janelle Monáe re-enters the Social 50 at No. 12, making her top 20 debut as she appears on the chart for just the third time. The singer, whose Dirty Computer was nominated for album of the year at…

Billie Ties Alanis, Sinéad As “Bad Guy” rises to No. 1 on the Alternative airplay chart, Billie Eilish (above) becomes just the third female soloist to have claimed more than one leader on the list, joining the company of Alanis Morissette (three, 1995-96) and Sinéad O’Connor (two, 1990). “Bad Guy” follows the two-week reign of Eilish’s “Bury a Friend” beginning in May. She is also the youngest solo woman (17) to snag multiple Alternative rulers. Of Monsters and Men’s Fever Dream debuts at the peak of the Top Rock Albums chart, marking the Icelandic band’s second leader after My Head Is an Animal for a week in April 2012. Fever Dream rules with 3,000 equivalent album units earned in its first week, according to Nielsen Music. Its lead single,…

Lawrence, Franklin Hit Milestones Donald Lawrence (above) banks his fifth Gospel Airplay No. 1 with “Deliver Me (This Is My Exodus),” with the Tri-City Singers and featuring Le’Andria Johnson. Lawrence last led with solo track “The Gift” for a week in November 2013. The Tri-City Singers also collaborated on his first three No. 1s: “The Blessing of Abraham,” which reigned for 18 weeks in 2006; “Encourage Yourself” (13 weeks, 2007); and “Back II Eden” (one week, 2009; billed as Lawrence & Co.) Lawrence ties James Fortune & FIYA for third place among acts with the most Gospel Airplay No. 1s. Kirk Franklin and Tamela Mann share the lead with six each. On the airplay-, streaming- and sales-fueled Hot Gospel Songs chart, where “Deliver” has ranked at its No. 2…

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…

Goldstein has watched Ariana Grande grow up. After signing the now-26-year-old singer in 2011, the A&R veteran steered her transition from Nickelodeon star to pop-R&B provocateur. But it was Grande’s Thank U, Next album — recorded during a cathartic, five-week blitz in New York and released just six months after 2018’s Sweetener —that took both of their careers to the next level. The album scored Grande her first two Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s, “Thank U, Next” and “7 Rings.” And when follow-up “Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored” hit No. 2 in February, Grande became the first artist since The Beatles in 1964 to occupy the chart’s top three spots simultaneously. Now in her 10th year at Republic, the recently promoted Goldstein — who has also had…