Shaboozey’s country-pop crossover hit “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” has become the longest-running chart-topper of the decade to date, having now spent seventeen non-consecutive weeks at the top of the chart. Billboard Hot 100. The song’s release, which begins this summer, has left it just two weeks shy of the all-time record. Elsewhere in the Top 10, two songs from Tyler, The Creator are dropped, replaced by 1) an old song that isn’t quite ready to die and 2) another song from Tyler, The Creator. (Unsurprisingly, the No. 1 album in the country once again belongs to…Tyler, The Creator.)
TOP ALBUMS
Last week, Tyler, the Creator‘S Chromacopy debuted at number 1even though the album was released on a Monday instead of its normal Friday release day, giving it three fewer days to rack up the sales and streaming numbers that fuel the album chart. It’s no surprise that the album sits comfortably at the top again this week the Billboard 200despite a modest decline in streaming and a larger decline in revenue. (That’s to be expected, since most fans who pay for music still only do so once.)
After ChromacopyBut things get a little more chaotic. Sabrina Timmerman‘S Short and sweet rises one spot, from No. 3 to No. 2, and is followed by two completely different charts: Rapper Lil Uzi Vert bows at number 3, with Eternal Atake 2while experienced rock band The cure places his album with the highest charts since 1992 (!) as Songs of a lost world debuting at No. 4. However, the latter record appears particularly vulnerable to a steep decline next week, with sales accounting for a whopping 92% of the charts.
If Songs of a lost world will take a dip in the coming weeks, it will follow a pattern that has become typical – and to get an idea of what to expect, look no further than an album that made a lofty debut last week. The great imitatorof the pop singer-songwriter Halseydebuted at No. 2 last week in a performance largely driven by album sales, as well as the usual assortment of fan-oriented online discounts and variant editions that often boost albums in their first week of release. This week it plummets all the way to number 179.
Elsewhere, Gracie Abrams‘ The secret of us continues to ride two simultaneous waves – the release of a deluxe edition a few weeks ago and her continued placement as the opening act at Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour – as the album climbs from No. 7 to No. 5. And Chappell Roan‘S The rise and fall of a Midwestern princess gets a nice boost from the singer’s controversial stop Saturday evening live on November 2, as she rises from number 12 to number 6.
To round out the Top 10, Billie Eilish‘S Hit me hard and soft climbs from No. 9 to No. 7, Rod Golf‘S Last round slips from No. 5 to No. 8, Swift’s The department of tortured poets moves up two places, to number 9, and Morgan Wallen‘S One thing at a time rising from No. 10 to No. 8. And three more albums join Halsey’s The great imitator when dropping out of the Top 10: Kelsea Ballerini‘S Patternswhich debuted at No. 4 last week and is now at No. 54; Eminem‘S The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)which jumped from No. 44 to No. 6 last week thanks to vinyl sales, but now drops to No. 57, and GloRilla‘S Gloriouswhich experiences a more modest decline as it drops from number 10 to number 11.
TOP NUMBERS
Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” is now No. 1 on the chart Billboard Hot 100 for an astonishing 17 non-consecutive weeks – and this week officially surpasses Wallen’s “Last Night” and stands alone as the longest-running chart-topper of the decade to date. That 17-week run is the best ever for a song without guest stars; or, if you want to get more detailed about it, it’s the longest streak of all time for any song that isn’t ‘Old Town Road (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus)” Through Lil Nas. Considering that “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” spent months in the Top 5 before reaching No. 1 – and that it was at No. 2 during the two different weeklong breaks in its run at the top – it’s a remarkable performance.
As noted a few weeks ago“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” has a good shot at matching “Old Town Road” — which was No. 1 for 19 weeks — but it faces an insurmountable obstacle as the holidays approach. If last year’s charts are any indication, we’re two weeks away from the return of prevailing holiday norms (anyway).Mariah Carey‘All I want for Christmas is you’, Brenda Lee‘s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” and their ilk), and securing the top spots on the list three weeks after said standards Billboard Hot 100. So for 2024, Shaboozey seems pretty well positioned for a draw, at least until January.
For those who enjoy seeing records broken, you probably won’t need this at a lot of patience, even if Shaboozey falls short: The advent of digital streaming – and, to be more specific, digital streaming algorithms that keep feeding users music they’ve already heard – has made longer and longer charts commonplace. It’s not like “Old Town Road” and “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” are actually more popular than chart hits of the past, like for example The Beatles‘ ‘Hey Jude’ or Olivia Newton-John‘Physically’. It’s just that, like many systems, there is even more machinery in place to keep songs at the top once they get there.
Speaking of logjams, Lady Gaga And Bruno Mars“Die With a Smile,” Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” and Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” are still at Nos. 2-4, respectively. Teddy swims“Lose Control” actually appears to be gaining momentum in its 43rd week in the Top 10: it climbs from No. 6 to No. 5, marking its first week in the Top 5 since late April. PostMalone“I Had Some Help,” which features Wallen, drops from No. 5 to No. 6, while Carpenter’s “Taste” climbs from No. 9 to No. 7. Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things,” which has proven almost as good, is hard to beat. off the charts as “Lose Control” returns to the Top 10, climbing from No. 11 to No. 8. Wallen’s “Love Somebody,” which temporarily knocked “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” out of the top spot a few weeks ago, is sliding from No. 8 to No. 9.
Finally, two songs from Tyler, The Creator’s Chromacopy drops out of the Top 10 after last week’s big wave: “St. Chroma (feat. Daniel Caesar)” and “Noid” slide from No. 7 and No. 10 to No. 14 and No. 37, respectively. Landing at No. 10 to take their place: “Sticky,” by none other than Tyler, The Creator. song, with GloRilla, Sexy red And Lil Wayneclimbs from No. 14 to No. 10 and looks poised for quite a run as the song replaces “St. Chroma” at the top of this week’s streaming charts.
MENTIONING
The one from last week Billboard The charts included a small Christmas treelet for Halloween titles, while songs like ‘Thriller’, ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Monster Mash’ all – however briefly – entered the Top 40. This week, as expected, they all disappeared from the charts. .
However, as noted above, a much bigger wave of holiday music is looming – and it’s already starting to be felt on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Although radio stations have not yet switched to holiday programming (and the Hot 100 singles chart remains thankfully free of Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”), the streaming habits of early holiday listeners are starting to change. show themselves on the charts.
Five holiday-specific albums arrive (or, in most cases, re-release) this week. Billboard 200: Michael Bublethe 2011 edition Christmas, at number 72 (come on, folks, we’ve talked about this), Jimmy Fallon’s brand new guestbook Holiday herbs, at number 84 (I admit it), Mariah Carey’s 1994 classic Merry christmasat number 93 (as inevitable as the tides), Bing Crosby‘S Ultimate Christmas (a new compilation, released last June), at number 150 (I can’t argue), and a tradition since 1965, the Vince Guaraldi Threesomes A Charlie Brown Christmas, at number 170 (definitely, great choice).
As Thanksgiving approaches and a nation turns its lonely eyes to Burl Ives, consider these five albums the tip of an unusually cheerful iceberg. The questions worth pondering in this moment of relative calm are: 1) Will a holiday standard surpass Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You” at the top of the charts, as “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” did in recent weeks? years? And 2) Will any of today’s artists compete to place a song in the Christmas canon? Kelly Clarkson, Ariana GrandeSabrina Carpenter – making progress against the Andy Williamses and Bobby Helmses of the world?
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