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first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 as a performer as “Shape of You” vaults in atop the chart dated Jan. 28. The pop singer-songwriter also becomes the first artist to debut in the top 10 with two songs simultaneously — the second track, “Castle on the Hill,” enters at No. 6. “Shape” — just the 27th single to launch at the Hot 100 summit — also starts at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales with 240,000 first-week downloads sold in the week ending Jan. 12, according to Nielsen Music. It enters at No. 4 on Streaming Songs with 20 million U.S. streams and ranks at No. 18 on Radio Songs with 57 million in airplay audience following its
first full week of tracking. “Castle” opens at No. 2 on Digital Song Sales (171,000) and No. 11 on Streaming Songs (13 million). The tracks arrived Jan. 6 and preview Sheeran’s third album, ÷, due March 3. Each song was released with an official lyric video. Sheeran, who first charted on the Hot 100 with “The A Team” in 2012, previously peaked as high as No. 2 (for eight weeks) with “Thinking Out Loud” in 2015. He has topped the chart as a writer, having co-penned Justin Bieber’s “Love Yourself,” which was No. 1 on the 2016 yearend Hot 100. “Shape of You” was co-written by Sheeran, Steve Mac and Johnny McDaid, formerly of Snow Patrol. —GARY TRUST
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Last Week
Ed Sheeran Makes History With Two Top 10 Debuts
2 Weeks Ago
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Sheeran earns his first Hot 100 No. 1 as an artist with “Shape of You.”
Ed Sheeran
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1
Bad And Boujee Migos Feat. Lil Uzi Vert
1
9
Rae Sremmurd Feat. Gucci Mane
1
18
The Weeknd Feat. Daft Punk
1
17
1
24
Title CERTIFICATION #1
1
2
1
2
1
2
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Black Beatles
3
4
4
Starboy 2
3
NEW
5
1 WK
IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL
Shape Of You
HOT SHOT DEBUT
4
Artist
PRODUCER (SONGWRITER)
STEVE MAC,E.SHEERAN (E.C.SHEERAN,J.MCDAID,S.MCCUTCHEON)
DG AG SG
METRO BOOMIN,G KOOP (K.CEPHUS,Q.K.MARSHALL,L.T.WAYNE,R.MANDELL)
MIKE WILL MADE-IT (A.I.S.BROWN,K.U.BROWN,M.L.WILLIAMS,R.DAVIS)
Castle On The Hill
Ed Sheeran
6
1
Bruno Mars
4
14
Maroon 5 Feat. Kendrick Lamar
7
14
4
20
9
11
BENNY BLANCO,E.SHEERAN (E.C.SHEERAN,B.J.LEVIN)
7
24K Magic 0
11
7
8
Don’t Wanna Know
12
10
DISRUPTOR/COLUMBIA
6
5
6
XO/REPUBLIC
The Chainsmokers Feat. Halsey
THE CHAINSMOKERS,S.C.FRANK,F.KENNETT (A.TAGGART, S.C.FRANK,F.KENNETT,A.FRANGIPANE,I.SLADE,J.KING)
5
7
QUALITY CONTROL/300
EAR DRUMNER/INTERSCOPE
DAFT PUNK,DOC MCKINNEY,CIRKUT,THE WEEKND (A.TESFAYE,T.BANGALTER, G. DE HOMEM-CHRISTO,M.MCKINNEY,H.R.WALTER,J.QUENNEVILLE)
Closer 4
ATLANTIC
9
10
ATLANTIC
SHAMPOO PRESS & CURL (BRUNO MARS,P.M.LAWRENCE II,C.B.BROWN)
THE ARCADE,BENNY BLANCO,LOUIE LASTIC (B.J.LEVIN,J.RYAN, J.K.HINDLIN,A.MALIK,K.MCKENZIE,J.MILLS,A.BEN-ABDALLAH,A.N.LEVINE)
Side To Side ¡
222/INTERSCOPE
Ariana Grande Feat. Nicki Minaj
MAX MARTIN,ILYA (I.SALMANZADEH,MAX MARTIN, O.T.MARAJ,A.KRONLUND,S.KOTECHA,A.GRANDE)
Bad Things
ATLANTIC
REPUBLIC
Machine Gun Kelly x Camila Cabello
THE FUTURISTICS (R.C.BAKER,A.SCHWARTZ, J.KHAJADOURIAN,M.LOVE,K.C.CABELLO,A.SCALZO)
EST19XX/BAD BOY/EPIC/INTERSCOPE
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19
23
Mercy
16
22
24
All Time Low 0
25
20
25
24
23
30
I Feel It Coming
22
8
Shawn Mendes
17
17
Jon Bellion
16
14
1
36
REPUBLIC
The Weeknd Feat. Daft Punk
DAFT PUNK,DOC MCKINNEY,CIRKUT,THE WEEKND (A.TESFAYE,T.BANGALTER, G. DE HOMEM-CHRISTO,M.MCKINNEY,H.R.WALTER,E.CHEDEVILLE)
J.GOSLING,J.T.GEIGER II (S.MENDES,T.GEIGER,D.PARKER,I.JUBER)
J.BELLION (J.D.BELLION,T.MENDES,M.WILLIAMS,R.CUBINA)
XO/REPUBLIC
ISLAND/REPUBLIC
VISIONARY/CAPITOL
Can’t Stop The Feeling! 3 Justin Timberlake J.TIMBERLAKE,MAX MARTIN,SHELLBACK (J.TIMBERLAKE,MAX MARTIN,SHELLBACK)
VILLA 40/DREAMWORKS/RCA
26
Treat You Better ¡
Shawn Mendes
6
32
26
27
Cheap Thrills 2
Sia Feat. Sean Paul
1
48
20
27
28
This Town
Niall Horan
20
16
28
30
29
Blue Ain’t Your Color
D.HUFF,K.URBAN (S.L.OLSEN,H.LINDSEY,C.LAGERBERG)
HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE
Keith Urban
24
18
39
31
30
Love Me Now
John Legend
23
12
50
37
31
Say You Won’t Let Go
James Arthur
31
12
37
29
32
Don’t Let Me Down 4
The Chainsmokers Feat. Daya
3
48
44
38
33
Water Under The Bridge
33
10
26
28
34
24
22
27
32
35
The Greatest 0
Sia Feat. Kendrick Lamar
18
19
36
36
36
X ¡ 21 Savage & Metro Boomin Feat. Future
36
18
29
35
37
Chill Bill ¡ Rob $tone Feat. J. Davi$ & Spooks
29
24
38
34
38
2
25
19
24
39
OOOUUU
Young M.A
19
20
40
40
You Was Right 0
Lil Uzi Vert
40
27
J.T.GEIGER II,D.ROMER (S.MENDES,T.GEIGER,S.HARRIS)
G.KURSTIN (S.K.I.FURLER,G.KURSTIN,S.P.HENRIQUES)
ISLAND/REPUBLIC
MONKEY PUZZLE/RCA
G.KURSTIN (J.SCOTT,D.M.NEEDLE,D.BRYER,N.HORAN)
NEON HAZE/CAPITOL
J.RYAN,B.MILLS (JOHN LEGEND,J.RYAN,B.MILLS)
COLUMBIA
A.BEITZKE,B.SPENCE (J.A.ARTHUR,S.SOLOMON,N.ORMANDY)
THE CHAINSMOKERS (A.TAGGART,E.W.SCHWARTZ,S.HARRIS)
DISRUPTOR/COLUMBIA
G.KURSTIN (A.L.B.ADKINS,G.KURSTIN)
In The Name Of Love 0
COLUMBIA
Adele
XL/COLUMBIA
Martin Garrix & Bebe Rexha
MARTIN GARRIX,MAT RAD,STEVE JAMES (MARTIN GARRIX, M.SMITH RADOSEVICH,R.CUNNINGHAM,S.PHILIBIN,I.JUBER,Y.NAHAR,B.REXHA)
G.KURSTIN (S.K.I.FURLER,G.KURSTIN,K.L.DUCKWORTH)
STMPD RCRDS/RCA
MONKEY PUZZLE/RCA
METRO BOOMIN (S.JOSEPH,L.T.WAYNE,N.D.WILBURN)
SLAUGHTER GANG
PURPDOGG (J.ROBINSON,J.DAVIS,A.CARRILLO,B.HERRMANN)
RCA
Cold Water 2 Major Lazer Feat. Justin Bieber & MO DIPLO,BENNY BLANCO,JR. BLENDER,KING HENRY (E.C.SHEERAN,B.J.LEVIN, J.SCOTT,T.W.PENTZ,P.MECKSEPER,H.ALLEN,J.D.BIEBER,K.M.ORSTED)
NY BANGERS (M.N.JACOBSON,K.MARRERO)
MAD DECENT/DEF JAM
M.A MUSIC/3D
9
12
31
33
41
I Hate U I Love U 2 gnash Feat. Olivia O’Brien
10
39
I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker) Zayn / Taylor Swift
6
5
80
62
42
iSpy
KYLE Feat. Lil Yachty
42
3
Scars To Your Beautiful 0 Alessia Cara
12
20
55
44
43
Better Man
Little Big Town
43
11
4
23
57
52
44
Both
Gucci Mane Feat. Drake
41
4
11
19
58
53
45
Party
Chris Brown Feat. Usher & Gucci Mane
45
4
16
10
43
43
46
43
12
5
16
53
49
47
16
8
twenty one pilots
2
30
46
47
48
Deja Vu
J. Cole
7
5
Rihanna
19
13
54
48
49
Dirty Laundry
Carrie Underwood
48
13
5
31
52
45
50
14
10
Artist
9
9
11
22
14
12
15
12
13
8
8
14
14
16
15
Caroline
21
18
16
Bounce Back
6
11
17
13
13
18
Heathens 3
23
21
19
Love On The Brain
10
15
20
PRODUCER (SONGWRITER)
IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL
Fake Love
VINYLZ,FRANK DUKES (A.GRAHAM, A.HERNANDEZ,A.FEENY,B.T.HAZZARD)
J.ANTONOFF (T.SWIFT,S.DEW,J.ANTONOFF)
Drake YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS/BIG MACHINE/RCA/REPUBLIC
POP,OAKWUD,S.KOLE (A.CARACCIOLO,A.WANSEL,W.FELDER,C.TILLMAN)
Let Me Love You ¡
EP/DEF JAM
DJ Snake Feat. Justin Bieber
DJ SNAKE,ANDREW WATT (W.S.E.GRIGAHCINE, J.D.BIEBER,A.WOTMAN,A.TAMPOSI,B.LEE,L.BELL)
DJ SNAKE/INTERSCOPE
Amine
AMINE,I.P.MEJIA (A.A.DANIEL,I.P.MEJIA)
REPUBLIC
HITMAKA (S.M.ANDERSON,C.WARD,L.T.WAYNE,A.C,JOHNSON,J.P.FELTON,K.O.WEST)
Big Sean G.O.O.D./DEF JAM
Juju On That Beat (TZ Anthem) 0 Zay Hilfigerrr & Zayion McCall NOT LISTED (T.PEOPLES,J.D.MCCALL,J.LEWIS,A.SMITH, V.LEWIS,J.USHER,C.HENDERSON,B.N.CARPENTERO)
M.ELIZONDO,T.JOSEPH (T.JOSEPH)
DC/ATLAS/WATERTOWER/ATLANTIC/FUELED BY RAMEN/RRP
F.BALL (F.BALL,J.ANGEL,R.FENTY)
Broccoli 2
JGRAMM,K.R.BRUTUS,R.CHAHAYED (S.M.MASSENBURG-SMITH,LIL YACHTY)
THA LIGHTS GLOBAL/ATLANTIC
WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION
D.R.A.M. Feat. Lil Yachty #1EPICCHECK/W.A.V.E. RECORDINGS/EMPIRE RECORDINGS
METRO BOOMIN (S.WOODS,L.T.WAYNE)
GENERATION NOW/ATLANTIC
GNASH (G.C.NASH,O.O’BRIEN)
:):/ATLANTIC
J.PORTILLO,L.KALE (K.HARVEY,LIL YACHTY)
J.JOYCE (T.SWIFT)
NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED)
INDIE-POP
CAPITOL NASHVILLE
GUWOP/ATLANTIC
I.S.MONTAGUE,A1 (C.M.BROWN,F.BENTLEY,C.DOTSON,L.N.ANDERSON, B.J.TURNER, JR.,B.BRADFORD,R.DAVIS,U.RAYMOND IV)
RCA
No Heart 0 21 Savage & Metro Boomin
METRO BOOMIN,J.LUELLEN,CUBEATZ (S.JOSEPH L.T.WAYNE,J.H.LUELLEN,K.GOMRINGER,T.GOMRINGER)
Party Monster
SLAUGHTER GANG
The Weeknd
BEN BILLION$,DOC MCKINNEY,THE WEEKND (A.TESFAYE, B.DIEHL,M.MCKINNEY,A.BALSHE,LANA DEL REY)
VINYLZ,BOI-1DA,VELOUS (J.COLE)
DREAMVILLE/ROC NATION/INTERSCOPE
J.JOYCE (Z.CROWELL,A.GORLEY,H.LINDSEY)
Used To This
XO/REPUBLIC
ZAYTOVEN,STEPBFLY,CASSIUS JAY (N.D.WILBURN,A.GRAHAM,X.DOTSON)
19/ARISTA NASHVILLE
Future Feat. Drake A-1/FREEBANDZ/EPIC
RYAN: JIRO SCHNEIDER. SEAN: VICTOR BOYKO/GETTY IMAGES. LEVINE: CHRISTOPHER POLK/GETTY IMAGES. KHALID: RENZO PHOTO. HUNT: MARK HORTON/GETTY IMAGES.
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GREY,ZEDD (M.TREWARTHA,K.TREWARTHA,R.MCCURDY,C.PETROSINO,A.WHITEACRE)
The week’s most popular current songs across all genres, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data by online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music. Songs are defined as current if they are newly-released titles, or songs receiving widespread airplay and/or sales activity for the first time. See Charts Legend on billboard.com/biz for complete rules and explanations. © 2017, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Weeks On Chart
34
12
Starving 0 Hailee Steinfeld & Grey Feat. Zedd
Weeks On Chart
Big Sean earns his third top 10 on Streaming Songs as “Bounce” jumps 11-8 (14.7 million U.S. streams, up 8 percent). He rose highest with “I Don’t F— With You,” featuring E-40 (No. 6 in 2014).
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IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL
42
Title CERTIFICATION
This Week
16
BIG SEAN Bounce Back
How does it feel to have your first Hot 100 hit with “All We Know”? Is it? That’s funny, I didn’t even realize it was. I don’t know! It’s amazing. It’s weird. I heard it on the radio for the first time maybe two weeks ago during an Uber [ride]. There’s a lot to learn from having a song be successful, but I just try to focus on what’s important. It’s all about the music, —LYNDSEY HAVENS about the song itself.
Last Week
2 Weeks Ago
How did you first connect with The Chainsmokers? I met them in New York when I was living
there two years ago, back in the day when they were out there too. They’re pretty hilarious — I just liked their vibe. We’ve partied pretty hard together.
Peak Position
What was it about “All We Know” that made you want to be part of the song? PHOEBE RYAN I can’t remember exactly the day or what I was doing, but when I sat down and listened to that song it really made me feel something. It’s so honest. It says everything in a poetic way, while still being very straightforward and to the point. I recorded the demo, and they called me, saying, “We need to record the vocals for this tomorrow.” That’s how fast they work.
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Artist
PRODUCER (SONGWRITER)
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The 26-year-old Ryan earns her first Hot 100 hit after four solo appearances on the Billboard + Twitter Emerging Artists chart.
18
Peak Position
THE CHAINSMOKERS F E AT. P H O E B E RYA N All We Know
This Week
92
Title CERTIFICATION
Last Week
2 Weeks Ago
Billboard Hot 100
SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY
61
51
45
42
52
May We All
60
54
53
A Guy With A Girl
63
51
54
67
56
55
59
57
48
Rockabye Clean Bandit Feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie J.PATTERSON,M.RALPH,STEVE MAC (J.PATTERSON, I.WROLDSEN,S.MCCUTCHEON,A.MALIK,S.P.HENRIQUES)
BIG BEAT/ATLANTIC/RRP
Florida Georgia Line Feat. Tim McGraw
J.MOI (R.CLAWSON,J.MOORE)
BMLG
S.HENDRICKS (A.GORLEY,B.SIMPSON)
Blake Shelton
WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE/WMN
Chantaje
Shakira Feat. Maluma
SHAKIRA,MALUMA,KEVIN ADG,CHAN “EL GENIO” (SHAKIRA,J.L.LONDONO ARIAS, K.M.JIMENEZ LONDONO,B.SNAIDER LEZCANO CHAVERRA,J.A.LOPEZ LONDONO)
HandClap 0
SONY MUSIC LATIN
6
30
20
53
9
51
9
55
16
R.REED (M.FITZPATRICK,S.HOLLANDER,N.SCAGGS, J.M.KING,J.KARNES,J.M.WICKS,J.RUZUMNA,E.FREDERIC)
DANGERBIRD/ELEKTRA/ATLANTIC
56
Star Of The Show
Thomas Rhett
56
11
46
57
Wanna Be That Song
Brett Eldredge
46
15
64
59
58
Dirt On My Boots
Jon Pardi
58
6
69
58
59
How Far I’ll Go
Alessia Cara
58
6
84
72
60
Alone
Marshmello
60
7
This Week
51
Last Week
Fitz And The Tantrums
Weeks On Chart
78
IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL
Peak Position
This Week
Artist
Last Week
Title CERTIFICATION
PRODUCER (SONGWRITER)
51
60
61
Selfish
51
10
73
65
81
You’re Welcome
71
77
62
Moves
62
3
90
87
82
Think A Little Less
-
94
63
63
2
-
92
76
71
64
Swang
64
4
92
79
69
65
Seein’ Red
65
3
B.BUTLER,J.PARDI (R.AKINS,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY)
OAKWUD,TREVORIOUS (L.M.MIRANDA)
CAPITOL NASHVILLE
EP/DEF JAM/WALT DISNEY
MARSHMELLO (MARSHMELLO)
MONSTERCAT
NEEDLZ,DONUT (R.ALLEN,K.CAIN,B.BELL)
PnB Rock
EMPIRE RECORDINGS/ATLANTIC
FUSE,TRE POUNDS (S.M.ANDERSON,E.EARLE,J.LACROIX,A.C,JOHNSON)
I Got You
Big Sean G.O.O.D./DEF JAM
Bebe Rexha
CAPTAIN CUTS (B.REXHA,R.RABIN,R.MCMAHON, B.BERGER,LAUREN CHRISTY,J.K.HINDLIN)
WARNER BROS.
Rae Sremmurd
P-NASTY (A.I.S.BROWN,K.U.BROWN,P.R.SLAUGHTER)
EAR DRUMNER/INTERSCOPE
Dustin Lynch
M.J.CONES (T.KENNEDY,K.ALLISON,S.BOGARD,J.SEVER)
BROKEN BOW
66
Make Me (Cry)
Noah Cyrus Feat. Labrinth Auli’i Cravalho
LABRINTH (N.CYRUS,LABRINTH)
RECORDS
49
41
67
How Far I’ll Go
81
68
68
Play That Song
66
63
69
Sneakin’
61
64
70
Neighbors
74
73
71
OTW
87
81
72
Redbone
85
76
73
75
75
74
Red Opps
62
67
75
Sleep Without You
72
66
76
Song For Another Time
NEW
ATLANTIC/WMN
77
M.MANCINA,L.M.MIRANDA (L.M.MIRANDA)
WALT DISNEY
WILL IDAP (P.T.MONAHAN,W.W.LARSEN,F.LOESSER,H.CARMICHAEL)
Train
COLUMBIA
Drake Feat. 21 Savage
LONDON ON DA TRACK (A.GRAHAM,L.HOLMES,S.JOSEPH)
YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC
J. Cole
J.L.COLE (J.COLE)
DREAMVILLE/ROC NATION/INTERSCOPE
DJ Luke Nasty
NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED)
OTHAZ/EMPIRE RECORDINGS
D.GLOVER (D.GLOVER,L.GORANSSON)
Childish Gambino MCDJ/GLASSNOTE
Goosebumps
CARDO ON THE BEAT,CUBEATZ,YEX (TRAVIS SCOTT,K.L.DUCKWORTH, R.LATOUR,T.GOMRINGER,K.GOMRINGER,D.JACKSON)
Travis Scott GRAND HUSTLE/EPIC
21 Savage
SONNY DIGITAL (S.C.UWAEZUOKE,S.JOSEPH)
SLAUGHTER GANG
Brett Young
D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,K.ARCHER,J.EBACH)
BMLG
Old Dominion
S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,B.TURSI,M.JENKINS)
Location
SYKSENSE,SMASH DAVID,BIGGIE,TUNJI IGE (K.ROBINSON, J.SCRUGGS,S.D.JIMINEZ,B.KURTI,O.IGE,A.GONZALEZ)
91
74
78
80s Mercedes
89
78
79
Parachute 0
82
79
80
Kill A Word
RCA NASHVILLE
Khalid RIGHT HAND/RCA
Maren Morris
BUSBEE,M.MORRIS (M.MORRIS,BUSBEE)
COLUMBIA NASHVILLE
Chris Stapleton
D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,J.BEAVERS)
MERCURY NASHVILLE
Eric Church Feat. Rhiannon Giddens
J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,J.HYDE,L.DICK)
EMI NASHVILLE
55
5
8
M A R O O N 5 F E AT. KENDRICK LAMAR Don’t Wanna Know
Weeks On Chart
55
R. COPPERMAN,B.ELDREDGE (B.ELDREDGE,R.COPPERMAN,SCOOTER CARUSOE)
VALORY
As it bullets at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, Maroon 5’s “Don’t Wanna Know” (featuring Kendrick Lamar) crowns Mainstream Top 40. Climbing 2-1, it becomes Maroon 5’s ninth leader on the airplay list, extending the quintet’s record for the most among groups. Maroon 5 ties Pink’s sum of No. 1s, while, among all acts, only Katy Perry and Rihanna have earned more: 11 each. The song also rules Radio Songs for a fifth week (145 million in audience, according to —G.T. Nielsen Music).
Peak Position
77
JOE LONDON,J.BUNETTA,THOMAS RHETT (THOMAS RHETT,R.AKINS,B.HAYSLIP)
Dwayne Johnson
65
7
Michael Ray
82
3
83
Sober Saturday Night Chris Young Feat. Vince Gill
83
2
91
84
Fresh Eyes 0
59
15
-
90
85
83
3
94
83
86
83
11
Ugly God
87
2
A Boogie Wit da Hoodie Feat. DJ SPINKING
88
3
2 Weeks Ago
The week’s most popular current songs across all genres, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data by online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music. Songs are defined as current if they are newly-released titles, or songs receiving widespread airplay and/or sales activity for the first time. See Charts Legend on billboard.com/biz for complete rules and explanations. © 2017, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Title CERTIFICATION
Artist
PRODUCER (SONGWRITER)
IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL
M.MANCINA,L.M.MIRANDA,O.FOA’I (L.M.MIRANDA)
WALT DISNEY
S.HENDRICKS (J.M.NITE,THOMAS RHETT,BARY DEAN,J.ROBBINS)
ATLANTIC/WEA
C.CROWDER,C.YOUNG (C.YOUNG,B.WARREN,B.WARREN)
I.KIRKPATRICK (A.GRAMMER,R.GOLAN,I.KIRKPATRICK)
Congratulations
RCA NASHVILLE
Andy Grammer S-CURVE/BMG/HOLLYWOOD
Post Malone Feat. Quavo
FRANK DUKES,METRO BOOMIN (A.POST,L.BELL, A.FEENY,Q.K.MARSHALL,L.T.WAYNE,C.A.ROSENR)
REPUBLIC
Sex With Me
Rihanna
BOI-1DA,FRANK DUKES (J.A.BRATHWAITE,M.SAMUELS, A.FEENY,A.HERNANDEZ,C.HANSEN,R.FENTY)
WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION
41
7
-
100
87
Water
68
7
96
89
88
Timeless
JAEGEN (A BOOGIE WIT DA HOODIE)
HIGHBRIDGE THE LABEL/ATLANTIC
28
12
89
Drinkin’ Too Much
Sam Hunt
89
1
13
5
-
93
90
Beibs In The Trap
Travis Scott
90
2
71
4
98
85
91
Way Down We Go 0
Kaleo
85
3
48
7
88
80
92
All We Know 0 The Chainsmokers Feat. Phoebe Ryan
18
15
73
10
-
95
93
The Weekend
Brantley Gilbert
93
2
74
4
RE-ENTRY
94
Call On Me
Starley
94
2
47
18
RE-ENTRY
95
Today
Brad Paisley
70
2
59
16
83
86
96
Million Reasons
Lady Gaga
52
10
77
1
68
82
97
Immortal
J. Cole
11
5
74
9
RE-ENTRY
98
What They Want 0
Russ
83
8
78
4
93
99
Just Hold On Steve Aoki & Louis Tomlinson
52
5
79
5
100 100
If The Boot Fits
100
1
NEW
99
NEW
NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED)
ASYLUM/ATLANTIC
Z.CROWELL (S.HUNT,S.MCANALLY,Z.CROWELL,S.K.HINE) MCA NASHVILLE
NAV (TRAVIS SCOTT,N.GORAYA)
GRAND HUSTLE/EPIC
KALEO,M.CROSSEY (J.JULIUSSON)
ELEKTRA/ATLANTIC
THE CHAINSMOKERS (A.TAGGART,S.HEJELLSTROM,N.ISLAM)
D.HUFF (B.GILBERT,A.DEROBERTS)
DISRUPTOR/COLUMBIA
VALORY
P-MONEY (S.HOPE,P.WADAMS)
TINTED/DISCO:WAX/EPIC
L.WOOTEN (B.PAISLEY,C.DUBOIS,A.GORLEY)
ARISTA NASHVILLE
M.RONSON,LADY GAGA (S.G.GERMANOTTA,H.LINDSEY,M.D.RONSON)
CARDIAK,FRANK DUKES (J.COLE)
STREAMLINE/INTERSCOPE
DREAMVILLE/ROC NATION/INTERSCOPE
RUSS (RUSS)
COLUMBIA
S.AOKI (S.HIROYUKI AOKI,L.TOMLINSON,E.I.ROSSE,S.SLOAN,N.LAMBROZA)
ULTRA
Granger Smith
G.SMITH,F.ROGERS (J.M.SCHMIDT,A.ALBERT,M.TENPENNY)
WHEELHOUSE
77
KHALID Location
The El Paso, Texas, singer makes his Hot 100 debut as “Location” lifts by 27 percent to 3.7 million weekly streams. His Location Tour launched Jan. 12 in Chicago.
89
SAM HUNT Drinkin’ Too Much
The self-referential tune marks Hunt’s highest debut on the Hot Country Songs chart (No. 16) and enters Country Digital Song Sales at No. 3 (26,000 first-week downloads sold).
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THE WORDS “ADELE” AND
“underdog” might not seem to go together in any known universe. Her album 25 has earned 10.4 million equivalent album units in the United States, according to Nielsen Music, of which 9.2 million were in traditional album sales. The set finished both 2016 and 2015 as the year’s best-selling album — the first time one album has topped two years since Adele’s previous album, 21, did it in 2012 and 2011. When it comes to 21st-century sales benchmarks, she is her own only I LLU STR ATI O N BY R E M I E G EO FFRO I
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serious competitor. Add to that 21 garnered six Grammys, including album, song and record of the year. And yet 25 is considered something of a long shot for album of the year at the 2017 Grammys, taking place Feb. 12 in Los Angeles. How is that possible? Partially, it comes down to competition, with Beyoncé’s ultra-personal Lemonade far ahead in the critical cred derby (92 to 75, according to the Metacritic site). But another key factor is historical precedent. Once Grammy voters have bestowed album of the year on an artist, they tend to move on; only U2 and Taylor Swift have captured the prize twice since Stevie Wonder won three out of four years in the mid-1970s.
The historical record makes it easier to predict what won’t happen than what will. And in the Grammys’ 58-year history, no artist who has swept the album, record and song of the year categories has ever pulled off the triple crown again. If anything, fortunes have gone the opposite way: Of the three most recent acts to sweep, two — Norah Jones and Santana — weren’t even nominated in any of those categories with their followup projects; the third, the Dixie Chicks, haven’t released an album since their sweep a decade ago. History aside, a more practical disadvantage for 25 in the album race may be that it came out on Nov. 20, 2015, 15 months before the 2017 Grammy telecast.
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Contenders for album of the year, clockwise from top left: Beyoncé, Adele, Bieber, Simpson and Drake.
are formidable in terms of commercial impact: Drake’s Views was 2016’s No. 1 album with 4.1 million equivalent album units, compared with 2.4 million for 25 and 2.2 million for Lemonade. Factor in the critical and cultural adoration factor for Beyoncé to give her a Grammy boost over Drake. But those two albums have significant overlap in their appeal to an R&B/hip-hop demographic and could conceivably split the vote. For the most traditionally minded voters — the type who coalesced to give Steely Dan a win over Eminem in 2001 and Herbie Hancock over Kanye West and Amy Winehouse in 2008 — Adele may seem like the only choice. But Beyoncé’s wide appeal suggests that even if those members favor Adele, it won’t be a unilateral vote. “I tend to look at it on a chapter-by-chapter basis, looking at what’s going on in those cities,” says one Recording Academy insider. “Of the 12 chapters, the three largest are Los Angeles, New York and Nashville, and they’ll split between Adele and Beyoncé. So will Seattle and San Francisco, probably. But then you’ve got Chicago: Look
KidInAKorner Stays In The Picture Imagine Dragons producer Alex Da Kid and Universal Music Group recommit
at what’s going on there and tell me they won’t vote for Beyoncé,” as will, the member believes, Louisiana-Memphis [a combined chapter], Philadelphia, Atlanta and Miami. And as a Houston native, “she’ll probably split some of the Texas vote with [country-leaning] Simpson.” The Grammys may be the real winner if a split places photos of Beyoncé and Adele on the nation’s front pages the next day. “Adele will more than get her due,” says one voter, “and the Grammys like to give album of the year to the person who really opened up a personal journal. Last time, that was Adele, but this time it was Beyoncé.” Another adds: “I think a lot of people feel we’re overdue to really reward Beyoncé for her Beyoncé-ness.”
Grainge (left) with Alex Da Kid at UMG’s Santa Monica offices. Inset: Imagine Dragons.
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in partnership with Interscope
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Records, the British-born,
which KidInAKorner can
Grammy-nominated producer
potentially collaborate.
(real name: Alexander Grant)
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has landed nine songs in
X Ambassadors and Imagine
the top 40 of the Billboard
Dragons (both of whom are
Hot 100 and five top 10s —
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among them “Love the Way You
well as Jamie N. Commons and
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producers seeking ownership
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stakes as they diversify into
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division and creative agency.
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TV and other arenas. “This is
agreement were not disclosed.
a deal that takes vision to
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re-upped its pact with the
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execute on both sides,” adds
are free to experiment, take
IBM’s cognitive program
label, whose prior contract
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the producer.
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Watson. The collaboration
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or three years ago.” He’s
success and innovation makes
music company.”
intelligence to shape the
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referring to once standard
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UMG chairman Lucian Grainge,
solo artist debut, “Not Easy,”
track is on Alex’s forthcoming
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given way to artists and
touting a record group “where
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four-song EP.
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“Alex’s track record of
song’s heartbreak theme. The
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“An album that came out in 2015 might feel like a very long time ago,” says one longtime member of The Recording Academy. “Plus, if you look at what’s going on in the world [politically] and what Beyoncé is saying about it, Lemonade feels more fitting on several different levels,” particularly for the left-leaning voter base. As a consolation prize of sorts, Adele’s “Hello” is favored for both record and song of the year. “Record seems like a more conservative category anyway,” continues the Recording Academy member, “and everybody liked ‘Hello,’ whether or not they loved 25.” But the song, too, faces the Grammys’ historical reluctance to indulge in reruns. Uniquely, U2 won the record category in 2001 and 2002 for songs from the same album — “Beautiful Day” and “Walk On,” both from 2000’s All That You Can’t Leave Behind — but Roberta Flack (in 1973 and 1974 for “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “Killing Me Softly With His Song” ) and Simon & Garfunkel (in 1969 and 1971 for “Mrs. Robinson” and “Bridge Over Troubled Water”) were the only artists ever to pull off wins for singles from consecutive projects. In the song category, only Flack, U2 and Bette Midler have had songs from successive albums take the prize. Of course, Adele has many factors working in her favor to break Grammy precedent. For one, she had such a long gap between album projects — nearly five years — that voters may not see any fatigue factor. There’s also the possibility of vote splitting among the other contenders for album of the year. Factoring out the likely long shots (Sturgill Simpson, Justin Bieber), that leaves Beyoncé and Drake as Adele’s toughest competitors. Both
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Kevin Weaver
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Weaver’s favorite soundtrack? “Grease, because it’s a movie I watched as a kid,” says the label executive, photographed Jan. 4 at Atlantic Records in Burbank. “I related to those characters for some reason.”
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EVIN WEAVER HAS A FIRST-
to manage the store [and] at the same time make sure that our artists aren’t undervalued in the marketplace, baby acts and otherwise. If there’s real marketing and promotion value in an opportunity, I’m the first one to be willing to do stuff for very low money, barter out exposure for fees, but it’s case by case.
class problem. The veteran film and TV music executive is competing against himself for a Grammy at the Feb. 12 ceremony, scoring nominations for best compilation soundtrack in the visual media category for his work as a producer on both Suicide Squad (Collector’s Edition) and Vinyl: The Essentials Season 1. Suicide Squad, which earned recognition in five Grammy categories and spawned such hits as Twenty One Pilots’ “Heathens” and “Purple Lamborghini” by Skrillex and Rick Ross, is just the latest success for Weaver, who supervises the creation and placement of all Atlantic-affiliated music for film, TV and video games, and oversees all soundtrack projects for the label. He also operates a music publishing co-venture with Atlantic Records and Warner/Chappell Music. The New York native moved to Los Angeles as a teenager to pursue acting (his father produced the soap opera The Bold & The Beautiful) and landed an internship at InterTalent (ICM later absorbed it), which led to a coordinator position at Atlantic in 1994. Weaver then became a West Coast A&R executive for Jason Flom’s Lava Records when it was a joint venture with Atlantic. Weaver began exploring the synch business in the mid-’90s, when labels mainly fulfilled incoming requests rather than soliciting business. He and Flom saw licensing as an untapped gold mine. “We came up with this idea that I would go out and meet with all the studio people and music supervisors I knew and see if any of them were looking for music for their projects,” recalls Weaver. “I was one of the first people, if not the first, to push synchs [on the label] side.” Once Atlantic asked him to serve in the same capacity, Weaver added the soundtracks for Furious 7 and The Fault in Our Stars to his résumé. The 45-year-old married father of two young children who starts his day at 5 a.m. “sending emails from bed” also has helped develop the careers of Kid Rock, Ed Sheeran, Cee Lo Green, Flo Rida and Charlie XCX, among other artists on the Atlantic roster.
It has been said that some people involved with Furious 7 wanted a bigger name than Charlie Puth’s on “See You Again.” How close did you come to not having him perform on that track, even though he had cowritten it? Very close. We bent over backward to try to accommodate their ask to try other people in the song, and every time we did it, it didn’t have the same emotional impact. Finally, we got to a place where we all realized the disservice we were going to do to that moment if we didn’t stick with what we had.
These days, there are instances when new acts practically give away songs for exposure. How do you compete? The business has evolved so much. We’re in artist development as much as we are a revenue source. It’s tough because I have
Why do you think Vinyl didn’t connect with viewers? Apparently, it just didn’t tell a story that worked. When you have Mick Jagger, Terence Winter and Martin Scorsese behind something, it’s almost impossible
On the Billboard 200 dated Jan. 21, four of the top 10 albums came from films. Are we in a new golden age of soundtracks? It feels like a resurgence, without question. The right music specifically created and tied to the right media really has value.
to believe it didn’t work, to be honest with you. But you roll with the punches. Which would you prefer for a placement: a box-office blockbuster, a top-rated TV show or a No. 1 video game? One that you didn’t mention: network promos. Trailers or promos. From a marketing perspective, that’s the biggest bang for your buck. To have it play over and over again, in multiple areas of media — online, TV, theaters — when we’re out there working it at radio, is priceless. Fitz and The Tantrums is a good example, with “HandClap.” I set them up to perform at the CW upfronts [in 2016], and the network then used “HandClap” for all the newseason-rollout spots. That song went on to be a big radio record for us and got other synch placements.
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“It’s almost impossible to believe Vinyl didn’t work.” A good example is the soundtrack to Suicide Squad, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in August 2016 and included material written specifically for the movie. How did you curate that? We had target lists of artists that we liked, but it wasn’t until we got a handle on the music moments that we actively started targeting. We were showing scenes to people, starting to bring in artists and songwriters, and soliciting other places for the kind of vibe that we were looking for. 1
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What is the most coveted TV show to get a placement on right now? There isn’t really one. If you’re hip-hop, you want to be on Atlanta. If you’re a catalog artist, you want Westworld to redo your song. If you’re a new artist, you want to be in Quantico or Girls or Insecure. It’s much more segmented than it previously had been. But that doesn’t mean there won’t be another show like Glee in the future. 1 Weaver, a five-time Grammy nominee, won in 2012 for producing the Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1 soundtrack. “It was an incredible experience to be able to work on a show that used authentic and unique music from the period so well,” he says. 2 The producers of Suicide Squad gave Weaver one of Harley Quinn’s few original bats in the film. “We also used it in the music videos for ‘Sucker for Pain’ and ‘Gangsta.’ ” 3 Platinum plaques line the walls. Says Weaver: “Furious 7 and ‘See You Again’ became an incredible platform for Charlie Puth.”
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MSG Entertainment elevated Geni Lincoln to vp concert bookings for Los Angeles.
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Adrian Strain, formerly IFPI director of communications for 21 years, started his own PR firm, Adrian Strain Communications. Deezer named Pascal De Mul chief partnership officer and Daud Aditirto vp Asia Pacific.
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Downtown Music Publishing signed an administration deal with Big Yellow Dog Music (Grammy winners Meghan Trainor and Josh Kear; Country Music Association Award winner Maren Morris).
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Artist manager William Cole (Kaytranada, Sango) joined Last Gang/Entertainment One as vp A&R. 01-12
Imagem Music U.K. named Ed Poston senior A&R.
Gwen Stefani relisted her former Beverly Hills estate for $35 million. The 12,000-square-foot residence has seven bedrooms and 11 bathrooms and comes with a guesthouse overlooking the San Fernando Valley.
The Recording Academy appointed Michael Lewan director of government affairs.
Rapper Big Sean signed an endorsement deal with Puma, following a fiveyear pact with Adidas.
Singer-turned-chef Kelis signed with UTA.
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SoundCloud tapped Artem Fishman as chief technology officer/senior vp engineering. The company also confirmed co-founder Eric Wahlforss will take on a broader role as chief product officer. 01-13
English engineer-producer Bill Price, who worked with The Clash, The Sex Pistols, Elton John and more, died of unknown causes. He was 72.
Live Nation Entertainment acquired a majority stake in the BottleRock Napa Valley music, food and wine festival from Latitude 38 Entertainment. Michael Lynton left his post as CEO of Sony Entertainment to join Snapchat. Perri Cohen, formerly of Nasty Little Man PR (Arcade Fire, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds), joined Viceland as director of communications.
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Jo Dipple, chief executive of the trade organization U.K. Music, announced she will exit in June. Razor & Tie appointed Jamie Farkas senior director of marketing.
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1 Kat Graham at the Build Studio opening in New York on Jan. 12. 2 From left: Brad Pitt, Chris Cornell and Sting at the EBMRF Benefit in Malibu on Jan. 14. 3 Sheila E. at Guitar Center’s 28th annual Drum-Off at The Novo by Microsoft in Los Angeles on Jan. 14. 4 Samuel L. Jackson and Kelly Rowland at the L.A. premiere of I Am Not Your Negro at LACMA on Jan. 12. 5 From left: Zoe Kravitz, Reese Witherspoon and Kathryn Newton at Elle’s annual Women in Television Celebration at Chateau Marmont in L.A. on Jan. 14. 6 Katy Perry with artist Sham Ibrahim at Club Liz at Oscar’s in Palm Springs, Calif., on Jan. 14.
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seafaring music festival Holy Ship!, presented by HARD Events, Cloud 9 Adventures and The Bowery Presents. The raucous four-night bash featured DJ Snake, Duke Dumont, A-Trak and more.
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1 DJ/HARD founder Gary “Destructo” Richards (left) with MC pal Too Short aboard the Norwegian Cruise Line vessel. 2 Dumont. 3 Model, DJ and Rihanna favorite Sita Abellan, whose collaborations with the superstar include appearing in her video for “Bitch Better Have My Money” and walking in RiRi’s Fenty x Puma show during Paris Fashion Week last fall. 4 Anna Lunoe. 5 “Big hug to @DestructoHARD for another awesome @HOLY_SHIP,” tweeted A-Trak following the voyage. “Thanks for bringing all these great people together.” 6 Louisahhh. 7 Tom Howie (left) and Jimmy Vallance of Bob Moses.
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FINDING THE W SOUND OF SUNDANCE
From Mary J. Blige to Major Lazer, the fest features many music-adjacent projects — if you know where to look BY STEVE DOLLAR
HAT DO A DOCUMEN-
tary spotlighting the failures of the criminal justice system, a biopic on one of hip-hop’s forgotten trailblazers and a feature named for the Japanese word for “bullshit” have in common? All three projects are part of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival (running Jan. 19-29), and all, when the credits roll, will feature some of the music world’s biggest names. Music plays a huge part in the annual Park City, Utah, festival, now in its 39th year, both as fuel for its star-studded parties and inspiration
for its trendsetting independent cinema. In recent years especially, some of the festival’s most talkedabout films have been by, about or featured pop artists. Take 20 Feet From Stardom, the 2013 documentary about unsung backup vocalists that won an Academy Award after premiering at Sundance. In 2014, long before La La Land was a critical and commercial smash, director Damien Chazelle debuted his jazz-obsessed, Oscarwinning Whiplash in Park City. This year is no exception. When the festival begins, roughly 15 percent of its 100-plus feature selections
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the beat will have some sort of musical tie-in, whether onscreen, behind the camera or in the production team. Bundle up and grab some popcorn to see how A-list musicians — a select few of whom are highlighted below — are planning to wow the tastemaking Sundance crowds.
Roxanne Roxanne (director: Michael Larnell) Newcomer Chanté Adams takes the title role of real-life rapper Roxanne Shanté, who burst out of New York’s Queensbridge housing project in 1984 to become one of Williams hip-hop’s first hit-making female MCs — at just 14 years old. The biopic, which co-stars Nia Long and current Oscar hopeful Mahershala Ali (Moonlight), explores Shante’s life before and after fame. “The ’80s was a tough time period in New York,” says director Larnell (Cronies). “I wanted to show how she survived all that.” Shanté is an executive producer on the film, which Pharrell Williams also backed as a producer; RZA helmed the soundtrack.
FROM BILLBOARD CHARTS TO THE BIG SCREEN Mudbound (director: Dee Rees) Mary J. Blige stars in this period drama based on Hillary Jordan’s acclaimed 2008 Blige novel of the same name, which tells a story of two families — one white, one black — confronting social pressures in 1946 Mississippi. “There is so much truth and tenderness in it,” says director Rees (HBO’s Bessie) of Blige’s performance. “Mary’s got this raging inner life.”
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Band Aid (director: Zoe Lister-Jones) Saturday Night Live veteran and onetime punk drummer Fred Armisen picks up the sticks again as the neighbor of a sparring couple (writer-director Lister-Jones, Adam Pally) who form a band in a desperate attempt to save their marriage after a miscarriage. Lister-Jones pens her group’s songs, with a soundtrack featuring the indiepop act Lucius.
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Fun Mom Dinner (director: Althea Jones) Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine, who often has appeared as himself in movies (Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, Begin Again), stars as a bar owner who winds up with a pivotal role when four moms’ night out on the town takes a surprising turn. Molly Shannon, Bridget Everett, Toni Collette and Katie Aselton co-star. Shots Fired (directors: Gina Prince-Bythewood, Jonathan Demme) An actor and Grammy-nominated R&B artist, Mack Wilds gets gritty as a corrupt policeman in a Southern town riled by racial tension after two shootings. The festival will screen two episodes from the upcoming 10-part Fox series.
LIVE AND UNCUT: MUSIC DOCS Give Me Future (director: Austin Peters) Major Lazer made history last March as the first major American act to perform in Diplo Cuba since diplomatic relations were restored. This concert documentary captures the moment when a half-million Cubans thronged downtown Havana to hear the “Lean On” act, led by DJ-producer Diplo.
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Tokyo Idols (director: Kyoko Miyake) The adoration of young female pop idols is a national obsession in Japan. The film explores loaded issues of sexuality and power as seen through the experiences of aspiring idol Ri Ri and her legions of followers, known as “brothers.”
MUSICIANS BUT THEY REALLY WANT TO PRODUCE (OR DIRECT) Time: The Kalief Browder Story (director: Jenner Furst) Jay Z executive-produced this documentary, which takes on the tragic case of a 16-year-old jailed for three years Jay Z starting in 2010 — two in solitary confinement — on New York’s Rikers Island without a conviction. His alleged crime? Stealing a backpack. Browder, whose story was reported in-depth by The New Yorker, later committed suicide. The project, backed by the Weinstein Company, airs in March as a sixBillboard Pick part series on Spike TV. Dolores (director: Peter Bratt) Cesar Chavez is celebrated as a legend in the American labor movement, but he didn’t do it alone. This documentary brings to light the efforts of Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the nation’s first farm workers union. Carlos Santana is an executive producer, joining his daughter, Angelica, an associate producer. Kuso (director: Steven Ellison) Former film student Ellison, better known as critically acclaimed artist-producer Flying Lotus, returns to his first love for his feature directing debut, which evolved from a five-minute animation into a live-action project. “It’s very experimental,” says Ellison, whose cast includes Hannibal Buress and Tim Heidecker. The title may offer some clues: It’s Japanese for “bullshit.” “It’s a big-ass fart joke, really, but there’s some very complex world-building going on.”
THE BIG PICTURE: FEATURES ABOUT MUSIC Patti Cake$ (director: Geremy Jasper) Music video director Jasper (Florence & The Machine, Selena Gomez) wrote some 20 songs across multiple genres for his debut feature, about an unlikely aspiring rapper from suburban New Jersey. Says Jasper: “I like to think of Patti as in the lineage of all the great New Jersey underdog rockers and rappers.”
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Q& A
ST. VINCENT’S SUNDANCE SCARER
The rock chanteuse also known as Annie Clark, 34, talks making her directorial debut with horror anthology XX, which premieres at the festival on Jan. 22 Did you ever see yourself
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making a horror movie?
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black comedy?” Though I
anthology made by all
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“The Birthday Party”?
don’t do well with blood
female directors. How was
seeing a horror film. I
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and guts and gore, I love
that significant for you?
can’t watch them, because
true and very disturbing
things that are absurd.
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everything disgusting or
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were just a whole lot of
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women on set. I hadn’t
into my retinas. I’ll
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worked on film sets, but I
obsess over those images
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music in that the crews
horror movies with me is
very macabre. I thought,
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tend to be male. When
so annoying — I’m the
music. I hope
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movie.
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Long Strange Trip (director: Amir Bar-Lev) Filmmaker Bar-Lev (Happy Valley) became a Deadhead at age 13 and has spent the last 15 years chasing his dream project: an epic four-hour documentary about the legendary San Francisco group, which Amazon Studios recently acquired for a May 26 release on Amazon Prime Video. “One of the wonderful things about The Grateful Dead is they constantly evolve,” says Bar-Lev, whose movie was executive-produced by Martin Scorsese.
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on Billboard’s Alternative Songs chart
From left: Judah & The Lion’s Spencer Cross, Akers, Brian Macdonald and Nate Zuercher photographed Jan. 12 at Footsie’s in Los Angeles. Watch an exclusive behindthe-scenes video at Billboard.com.
CHART BREAKER DISCOVERING NEW TALENT SINCE 1894(!)
JUDAH & THE LION Exploding at rock radio, “Take It All Back” is the Nashville band’s first song to appear on a Billboard chart By Dan Hyman Photographed by Austin Hargrave
Their big hit was made in a shed off Music Row. After two minorly successful albums, the group recorded “Take It All Back” — a folk stomper with mandolin, banjo and a raging chorus — while still struggling for a commercial win. “It’s a weird feeling,” frontman Judah Akers says of seeing
the song hit No. 1. “I never thought radio would embrace us the way they have.” The band’s name comes from Akers’ rap alter ego. Akers wrote G-rated raps as a kid and performed them for his mother, who told him he should adopt the stage name The Lion of Judah. When the act formed at Belmont
University in 2011, he simply flipped his mom’s script. They want Twenty One Pilots to be their spirit guides. Four years after Akers watched the “Stressed Out” stars play a tiny stage at the Bonnaroo festival, his band has joined the rock giants on their winter arena tour. “We’re honored to open
for them. We want to learn from them and get inspired,” gushes Akers. Their strangest tour story involves a nudist in Memphis. During a 2014 trip to Tennessee, the band was invited over by a guy “who insisted that ‘anyone that stay participate in his lifestyle.’ Respectfully, we declined.”
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the beat OVERHEARD BY SELMA FONSECA Bieber Bangs Drum For New Club Justin Bieber is among the celebrities and musical artists who have checked out The Peppermint Club in West Hollywood, a collaboration between Interscope Records and nightlife specialists The H.wood Group. On Jan. 10, guitar ace John Mayer stopped by; the following night, Cody Simpson got a lap dance and a kiss on the lips from a model after he danced on one of the club’s tables. Ireland Basinger-Baldwin — the daughter of Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin — provided the entertainment on Jan. 13, when she guest DJ’d at the nightspot. Bieber Bieber provided star power on Jan. 14, when he played a drum set after hitting the club with Patrick Schwarzenegger and Kourtney Kardashian (once again sparking rumors of romance between the pop star and reality TV personality). Kardashian came to the club from Jessica Alba’s PJs birthday party for husband Cash Warren and was wearing black silk pajamas and a bra that left nothing to the imagination. Monáe May March Janelle Monáe may join the Million Women March on Jan. 21. At Marie Claire magazine’s Image Makers Awards at Catch L.A. in West Hollywood, the singer-actress told Overheard, “I am going to [Washington] D.C. for another event and most likely will join the march,” though she doesn’t have definite plans. Monáe, who stars in two films generating Oscar buzz, Moonlight and Hidden Figures, attended the event to present her stylist Maeve Reilly with the New Guard Stylist Award. While introducing Reilly, Monáe explained that the black-and-white color scheme she wears onstage and in photo shoots is meant “to pay homage to my working-class family,” she said. “My mother was a janitor; my father was a trash man; and my stepfather worked at the post office. I wanted to pay homage to the working-class uniform.”
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From left: Migos’ Quavo, Takeoff and Offset. Inset: Lil Uzi Vert, the song’s featured artist.
HOW IT HAPPE N E D
From Buzzy To ‘Boujee’ For rap trio Migos, shoe-leather marketing in strip clubs and off-the-wall Twitter memes were equally essential to the unlikely streak of “Bad and Boujee” to No. 1 on the Hot 100 BY NATALI E WE I N E R
Two of the most popular memes: fill-inthe-blank rhyming, and adding an image.
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“Bad and Boujee” arrived Aug. 27, 2016, exclusively on SoundCloud, “a community on the brink of what’s going to break,” according to Quality Control Records head Kevin “Coach K” Lee. The next step for the Metro Boomin-produced, Lil Uzi Vert-featuring track? Atlanta strip clubs, which Migos personally visited through September to perform and promote “Boujee.” “If those girls start putting up clips of themselves dancing to it on Snapchat,” says Lee, “you know it’s going to go.”
The track’s video, released Oct. 31, plays on the highlow lifestyle depicted in the cover art — itself taken from a meme featuring Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta star Tommie Lee (sample caption: “When you use Fiji water instead of tap water”). “I didn’t know they were using the picture, but I was flattered,” says Lee. The video racked up 1 million views in three days, and within a few weeks was added to more than 4,000 YouTube playlists daily. “For a hip-hop artist that’s not necessarily global yet,” says YouTube head of culture and trends Kevin Alloca, “that was impressive.”
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3. THE MEMES
Tweets about the song started almost instantly — “Raindrop, drop top” (the song’s opening line) was first tweeted the day “Boujee” was released. By midNovember, the lyrics were averaging 2,500 mentions a day, and it was common to attach an image (or something that rhymes with “top”). Atlanta visual artist Zack Fox, who created some of the earliest viral examples, says making the memes wasn’t about glory: “There are definitely some checks that could be written, but it’s honestly just the best song I’ve heard in a while.”
By December, “Boujee” memes were impossible to avoid: Branded accounts like Wendy’s and Jimmy John’s had even adopted the format. The song quickly ascended the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 1 with almost 40 million streams the week ending Jan. 5, according to Nielsen Music. Three days later, Donald Glover called it “the best song ever” during his Golden Globes acceptance speech, helping it become the top gainer across metrics on the Jan. 28 chart. “I was like ‘Oh, shit,’ ” says Lee. “Middle America, the world — they all know now.”
HEAR SAY A LOOK AT WHO’S SAYING WHAT IN MUSIC
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“We can’t thank the Obamas enough for serving this country, and may God hold Trump’s hand in the decisions that he makes in this country’s name.” — GARTH BROOKS
The country star explaining in a Facebook video that tour conflicts would prevent him from performing at the inauguration.
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The singer-songwriter speaking with the United Kingdom’s Capital FM about how he would love to have children someday.
Madonna
“Yasssssssss! Just Do it! 1 Million Women’s March!! Be There!!” — MADONNA
“I don’t want my name to be associated with heartbreak or sadness [because] I’m in support of something, when I’m just thinking that I was just singing a song.”
Billboard’s Woman of the Year, captioning a photo of the Nike logo shaved into her pubic hair.
“The video cost over $100,000, and the artist never showed up. But you’re still watching.”
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The singer explaining to The Hollywood Reporter why she canceled her performance at Donald Trump’s inauguration.
— RYAN STA AKE
The director of Young Thug’s “Wyclef Jean” video revealing, via the clip’s intertitles, that the rapper never showed up at the shoot.
“Super Bowl rehearsal is so fun — we built a tent in my backyard with a dancefloor to practice!”
“I’ve been training every day ... It’s going to be one of the biggest fights of the century, you know what I’m saying?”
— LADY GAGA
The star captioning an Instagram video showing her rehearsals for the Super Bowl halftime show.
Lady Gaga
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The rapper talking with TMZ about the preparation for his much-hyped boxing match with Chris Brown this spring.
I NSPI R ATIONS
SZA: SUMMER CAMP AND RIHANNA’S SWAGGER With her debut album, CTRL, out Feb. 3, the 26-year-old R&B singer breaks down the experiences that shaped her music Sleepaway Camp
music on my own, and when I pressed
shy person, that was something cool
“I [wrote about] my younger life,
Play, my voice was so quiet! There
to witness.”
which was haphazard: being at sleep-
were no emotional moments. It felt
Getting Notes From Rick Rubin
away camp away from my parents,
boring. I was like, ‘OK, I need to
“I had this mentality that ‘more is
being the only black girl, not even
exercise in letting go.’”
more’ — more reverb, more background
noticing until I got older, dealing
Recording “Consideration” For
[vocals]. I played him a bunch
with boys, self-hate, growth and God.
Rihanna’s Anti
of songs, and he would tell me,
It’s the first time I’m literally
”She wanted to work with me, and I
‘The more you take away from any
writing about my life instead of
played some jams that I was working
piece, the more room you create for
figuratively writing about it.”
on for myself, and it went from
everything else to be beautiful and
Listening To Her Own Voice
there. Rihanna doesn’t give a f—
grow.’ I never felt that before,
“One time I met my boyfriend’s boss
about anyone around her. She’s in
the editing urge. Once you strip
and he said, ‘Let’s see what this
her own space at all times. But she’s
everything down, you’re forced to
music is about.’ I don’t listen to my
not rude — she’s comfortable. As a
say something.”
SZA has written for Travis Scott and Nicki Minaj, among others.
—ELIAS LEIGHT
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A high class problem? How to consume marijuana, now legal in more states, with accoutrements aesthetically pleasing enough to accessorize your existing décor
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Lobster With A Dash Of THC Rapper Juicy J finds a new “best bud” in the chef taking edibles to a whole new place
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UICY J HOLDS A SINGLE FLOWER WITH A
pair of extra-long tweezers cautiously, as if the tiny bloom is a hunk of uranium. His hand seems to lilt ever so subtly, pulled to the right by three heavily studded gold rings. But the rapper gets it together and, at the last second, sticks the landing. The purple-and-yellow pansy sits perfectly off-center atop the green pea mousse, over the white asparagus, next to the pink lobster meat. “Damn! This is some dope ass art right here,” says Juicy, 41. Chef Chris Sayegh, 24, beams from over his star student’s shoulder, content with the day’s lesson. Juicy finishes his thought: “People are going to be like, ‘What? I can get high from eating this?’ ” Sayegh is best known as The Herbal Chef, and we’re in his Hollywood apartment watching him literally infuse fine dining with California cannabis culture.
“This is some dope ass art right here. People are going to be like, ‘I can get high from eating this?’ ”
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It’s something he has been doing for private clients for the past few years, charging up to $500 a head for as many as 80 guests, to serve upwards of 15 marijuana-spiked courses. He plans to open a restaurant, Herb, in August. The Memphis MC, also in the pot biz, has his own strain, Green Suicide, which he’ll promote on his winter tour. “I’m coming to your city and, if it’s legal, I’m throwing out weed,” he vows for his new LP, Rubba Band Business, due in February. Before Juicy arrives, Sayegh weighs his per-dish doses, using a tiny spoon to scrape the amber goop into a tiny bowl that he holds over an open flame until the room smells verdant. He mixes some into a saffron tartar he’ll serve with the charcoaltempura-fried sculpin he caught himself. Another glob goes into the mousse. “I get it lab-tested so I know how much to put in,” says Sayegh. “I didn’t want to go too heavy for J. I’m sure he has things to do today.” When Juicy arrives though, he produces a blunt from his Marvel Comics lunchbox, and it’s his turn to give direction: “Hit that hard, man!” shouts Juicy. “Go to the moon with that shit! Think ‘moon’! Get in there!” During the next hour, Juicy chops veggies, scoops caviar and learns how a sous vide machine works. He claims his kitchen knowhow begins and ends with “making a nice glass of water,” but when they finish, 30 BILLBOARD | JANUARY 28, 2017
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s a lifelong marijuana smoker, I always kept pot on the down low when it came to my son. One time, when he was little, he came outside unexpectedly and saw me hitting a joint. “That’s daddy’s medicine,” his mom replied when asked about it. A year or two later, my son’s kindergarten teacher was cautioning the kids about playing with matches and asked if any of their parents smoked cigarettes. “My daddy smokes medicine!” my son chimed. Luckily his granddad, a handsome player in his 70s, had been dating the kindergarten teacher and both of them liked to inhale. But as Dr. Mitch Earleywine, Ph.D. — a board member of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws — explains, it’s never too early to prepare for meaningful discourse.
he’s plating like a pro. And if you ask what he enjoyed about the demo, he doesn’t even mention the high. That bodes well for the chef, who doesn’t want weed to be the focus. “All the flavors work in balance, and if you f— that up with a grassy bitter taste, it’s terrible,” says Sayegh — and the trip is customized to the diner’s tolerance level. “Edibles get a bad rap,” he continues. “What I made sure of was that the experience I give people is joyful rather than overwhelming.” After all, Sayegh is a chef first. Though he studied the effects of THC in pre-med at the University of California in Santa Cruz, that’s mostly because he was a stoner. He dropped out to pursue cooking and wound up in Michelin-starred restaurants in Los Angeles and New York. The weed just “added another dimension.” His clientele has been eclectic. Some hail from the tech world. Others are on TV. A few made him sign nondisclosure agreements. Juicy toys with the idea of throwing an Herbal Chef-hosted fete. “I’d invite everybody,” he says. “Kanye West. The Weeknd. Wiz Khalifa. A dope chef with dope food and you can get a buzz? Wiz would be like, ‘Yo, quit what you’re doing. I want to hire you as my private chef.’ ” But with numerous states legalizing the use of recreational marijuana, some of Sayegh’s clients have become investors in Herb. He’s even ironing out partnerships with Uber to transport patrons home safely, and pondering a hotel package deal. “Stoners are uniting,” says Juicy. “Everything is possible.”
SAGER If a parent discovers his or her teen is smoking, what is the best course of action? EARLEYWINE Parents
need to see talking about marijuana as part of a larger dialogue they have with their teen. Data from Harvard reveals that smoking pot early in life interferes with brain development in alarming ways. Although teens think they’re immune to the ill effects of everything, they’re going to want all the working memory and IQ they can muster. Even parents who experimented, and continue to experiment, can use reliable information to explain to their teens that marijuana is not healthy.
SAGER The law says kids can smoke at 18. Is this an appropriate age? EARLEYWINE No. Brain
development data suggests that no one should use
alcohol or cannabis before age 24. That said, we’ve got too much of a tradition with certain age milestones to effectively buck the system. If 18-year-olds want to use cannabis, I would encourage them to do so twice a month or less and only if they are in a good mood. Using cannabis to alter bad moods can lead to a failure in learning how to tolerate upset. The only teens who should smoke regularly are ones who have a medical condition where cannabis is the only effective treatment. Even then, vaporizing or edible cannabis is a better approach.
SAGER Is it OK for kids to see their parents smoking pot? EARLEYWINE Kids see their
parents with alcohol. Hiding their cannabis use seems a little weird to me. Modeling appropriate use has the potential to teach kids good skills for later in life.
T H E 5 B O U G I E ST WAYS TO G E T B A K E D A Los Angeles-based consultant to 2 Chainz and Snoop Dogg who goes by Dr. Dina gives the lowdown on the priciest products to get high CRYSTALLINE
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Guild Extracts’ THCa Crystalline
Zkittlez
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Motörhead Kush
$60/FIVE CIGARETTES Baby Bash and Berner partnered with California’s Finest to produce their own line of marijuana cigarettes, and it’s the company’s Motörhead Kush that steals the spotlight, says Dina. An indica hybrid made in partnership with the English rock group, it is intended to relieve stress as well as assist with graver illnesses like Parkinson’s disease.
$65/ONE-EIGHTH OZ. Dina, who is believed to be the basis for Showtime’s Weeds, says Zkittlez has the heftiest price tag. “It tastes like the candy Skittles — it’s unbelievable,” she notes of the indica-dominant hybrid, which won High Times’ San Francisco Cannabis Cup 1st Place Indica in 2015 and has found fans in rappers Styles P and Taylor Gang’s Berner.
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Cuban Grower Kimbo Kush
$200/GRAM “That’s really where people are spending their money now,” explains Dina of hashish, a highly potent resin extract from marijuana plants, typically rolled with weed. She sells 900 types of hash and points to Kimbo Kush — a dry sift made by sieving the marijuana plant through mesh screens — as one of the most expensive.
$100/HALF GRAM An extremely concentrated product resembling rock candy, THCa Crystalline is one of many items that experimentalists Guild Extracts cook up in the lab. In addition to its CBD Distillate, THCa holds its own as one of the purest isolates on the market, testing at 99 percent potency and consumed either orally or by dab.
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$2,500-$5,000 Toking in style takes on new meaning with made-to-order joints that cost thousands. Says Dina: “It’s almost like papier-mâiché, but they can create any object.” Fans of the smokeable art craze include rap duo The Underachievers, who recently sparked up an oversized blunt in the shape of Prince’s symbol while on tour. —STEVEN J. HOROWITZ
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PIPE PUFFING WITH PATRICK WIMBERLY Are these creative and classy pipes actually useable? The musician, producer and Solange collaborator gives Billboard a review
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“This one gets most of its points for being a really fantastic coffee mug. The built-in straw is brilliant. They should sell it at Starbucks.” Enubi Wake N Bake mug, $67; otherwild.com.
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“Apples have been heroes in pipeless moments for centuries, so many will be familiar with its design. Five stars in the ‘nostalgia’ category.” Lisa Sitko handmade apple “sculpture,” $100; otherwild.com.
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“This one is sleek. It’s basically a fancy version of the classic ‘fake cigarette’ one-hitter but with a less deathly ‘I’m actually smoking metal right now’ overtone.” The Pursuits of Happiness voltaire pipe, $75; thepursuitsofhappiness.com.
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“It’s beautiful, the most pleasant smoke and least likely to break in your clumsiest stoned moments.” Tokyo Smoke precious-stone pipe, $150; tokyosmoke.com.
“Everything annoying about smoking out of a real can is annoying about this — however, it is a beautiful object and unlike a real can, it won’t cut your lip.” Candy Relics can pipe, $60; candyrelics.com.
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or years, stylists have stocked their red-carpet prop kits with things like gel insoles to help ease the pain of 8-inch stilettos. But when Karla Welch, the stylist for stars like Justin Bieber and Olivia Wilde, was getting clientele ready for the Golden Globes in January, she whipped out something a little more new age and a lot more effective: cream infused with CBD, a nonpsychoactive cannabinoid. “It is the absolute CURE for aching feet on the red carpet,” she wrote on Instagram of the product by Lord Jones. “Don’t worry, your feet won’t get high.” As the legality of marijuana experiences a major shift, the prevalence of CBD- and THC-infused products is becoming more mainstream for the
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beauty and therapeutics industries. “I am a huge fan of cannabis-based products,” says Jessa Blades, a makeup artist who founded Blades Natural Beauty in 2008. Having worked with a litany of celebrities during the past 15 years, including Demi Lovato and LL Cool J, she notes: “So much of what people are experiencing on their skin are issues that at the root are related to stress, lack of sleep, inflammation and pain.” CBD and THC, she explains, “target these symptoms and get the body back into a place where it can heal itself.” Blades also suggests Lavender + Frankincense Face Oil for its antiwrinkle and moisturizing properties ($20; littlebarnapothecary.com) and Foria Pleasure enhancement oil ($76; foriapleasure.com), which is
said to increase blood flow and nerve sensation for sexual pleasure when taken internally and applied externally. Both products, however, are only available in certain states and require a recommendation letter from a physician to obtain them. Jordan Person, a nurse of 15 years who founded Primal Therapeutics in Colorado, has given cannabisinfused massages to people varying from a 3-year-old cancer patient to a
90-year-old with diabetic neuropathy. “I always say: ‘All the health without the high.’ Because that’s truly what it is,” says Person, who uses salves and oils that she creates in small batches to control the quality of the product used on her clients. The lotions she applies “are not entering the bloodstream deeply enough to affect the brain,” so clients don’t have to worry about failing drug tests. And as far as cons go? “I haven’t found any yet.” —CARSON GRIFFITH
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With 78 million users, streaming’s original music service remains an online radio giant — but increasingly threatened by subscription blue chips like Spotify and Apple Music. Now, amid layoffs and acquisition rumors, co-founder/CEO Tim Westergren is about to launch an ambitious bid for subscribers of its own: “The other products out there are unsatisfying” by ROBERT LEVINE Photographed by MILLER MOBLEY
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“I don’t care how much money you spend marketing your product — people will discover the easy-to-use [Pandora] and go there,” says Westergren, photographed Dec. 7, 2016, at Root Studios in New York.
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glimmer below, Pandora co-founder/ CEO Tim Westergren stands before two dozen advertising executives in a 61st-floor suite in the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. It’s the first day of 2017’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and he’s pitching Pandora’s new direction. “In my opinion, the other music subscription products out there are unsatisfying,” he says, referring to the on-demand streaming services the new Pandora Premium will begin competing with later in 2017. “They give you millions of songs, a search box and ‘good f—ing luck.’ ” Clad in his usual uniform — button-down shirt, dad jeans, hiking sneakers — the 51-year-old Westergren proposes that the solution lies in Pandora’s Music Genome Project, which enables the service to recommend songs based on 450 characteristics, plus the data Pandora has collected on listener preferences. Those assets will power Pandora Premium when it launches before the end of March, as they do the service’s free radio and ad-free $4.99-a-month Pandora Plus tiers. Pandora rules the U.S. online radio market with a staggering 78 million monthly users, 4.3 million of whom pay for Pandora Plus, and brought in $1.2 billion in revenue in 2015. But it’s only now about to enter the bruisingly competitive on-demand subscription market dominated by Spotify and lately disrupted by Apple Music and Amazon’s Prime Music. The talk of 2017’s CES? Amazon’s Alexa Voice Service, the software that enables voice control on 36 BILLBOARD | JANUARY 28, 2017
compatible devices — just as it allows Prime Music listeners to ask out loud for songs and playlists. And not long after the conference, Apple announced it would begin producing its own movies and shows exclusively for Apple Music subscribers, specifically to open up an advantage over Spotify. Pandora Premium, explains Westergren, will combine the play-what-you-want flexibility of Spotify with “lean back” radio features that will appeal to casual fans. “Playing music that you’ve never heard but you love, that’s the goal for a music service,” he says. “If you can do that consistently, that’s all she wrote — that’s a customer forever.” Westergren, who studied political science and music at Stanford and spent his 20s playing keyboards in rock bands, believes that introducing users to new music also benefits developing acts. On some level, he has always wanted to build the kind of company that would have helped him when he was a gigging musician. While Spotify and Apple Music distinguish themselves with tastemaker playlists and A-list exclusives, Pandora has always emphasized how its algorithm positions unknown acts alongside the superstars. “There’s a genuine idealism about it all,” says Republic Records COO Avery Lipman. “I’ve
had meetings with other services and I thought, ‘For God’s sakes, get someone with a tattoo and an earring in the room.’ ” With just over 2,100 employees (excluding Ticketfly, which it bought in October), Pandora, which went public in 2011, is no scrappy startup. But it is streamlining: On Jan. 12, the company announced that it laid off 7 percent of its workforce. “There’s nothing positive about letting people go,” says Westergren the next day. “But we’re doing this the right way, and it’s a more focused company.” As it seeks to convert 10 percent of an expected 110 million users to premium-tier subscribers by 2020 — which would majorly boost its bottom line, even if it would still lag behind its competitors — the service must reassure its stockholders. They include activist hedge fund Corvex Management, which owns a significant stake and in the past has pushed for a sale of the company. Pandora’s stock fell from a 2014 high of $37 to $13 on the day of Westergren’s Las Vegas presentation. The next morning, after a SiriusXM executive dismissed rumors of a takeover, the stock fell another 4 percent. The following week, in the wake of the layoffs but after Pandora announced that ad sales and Plus sign-ups beat expectations, it rose. Westergren struck a persuasively optimistic note in a Jan. 12 letter to investors, writing, “We are realizing the advantages of having a very large, endemic audience.” In the last quarter
of 2016, the letter said, Pandora picked up 375,000 Plus subscribers, 70 percent of them through its existing app — with, that is, “minimal customer acquisition costs.” Which, he wrote, “bodes well for the launch of Premium later this quarter.” But to enter the on-demand business, Pandora needed to strike deals with record labels — and to do that, it had to agree to slightly higher royalty rates for its radio service. (Westergren, who has held a variety of titles in addition to his seat on the board of directors, was named CEO in March 2016 to finish negotiating those deals Secret Sauce and lead the company to the paid-subscription Human-curated playlists like Rap Caviar attract promised land.) “They millions of followers and basically agreed to wipe out can even launch hits. the current profit on their Exclusive releases ongoing business in order and Beats 1’s artist-hosted to get into a new one,” says shows have made it the place to hear Michael Pachter, an analyst new music first. at Wedbush Securities. “Our big dilemma The Music Genome Project’s was, our radio product listener-preference data powers recommendations. was profitable,” says Westergren. “To step Cheaper subscriptions, outside of that is a massive tied to use of Amazon’s change. And when you’re Echo and Dot, and the voice control those a public company, you’re devices enable. —DAN RYS making a very public bet.”
BREAKING DOWN STREAMING’S BIG 4 Company
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Weakness
100 million monthly active users; 40 million paid subscribers.
No Taylor Swift.
20 million paid subscribers.
Even with a recent redesign, there are still many complaints about the app’s user interface.
78 million average monthly users for the free tier; 4.3 million subscribers to Pandora Plus.
Users must distinguish between the varied offerings of three different tiers.
Prime Music doesn’t share exact user numbers, but in late 2015 an exec said “several million” monthly.
Perception: Prime Music launched with a small catalog, and Unlimited has little brand recognition.
Clockwise from left: Pandora senior vp agency and advertiser development Alan Schanzer, Westergren, chief revenue officer John Trimble, vp business operations Steven Turacek, vp client services Catherine Salazar and director of industry marketing Deleea Jones photographed Dec. 8, 2016, at the company’s New York office.
In 2012, Westergren (center) testified before a congressional subcommitee for a change in music royalty rules. He is flanked by Steven Newberry of Commonwealth Broadcasting (left) and Christopher Guttman-McCabe of the CTIA Wireless Association.
Pandora launched its ad-supported online radio service, paying labels and artists according to governmentset online radio royalty rates. That system helped Pandora grow. But it didn’t give the company the flexibility it needed to keep up with newer rivals. By the beginning of 2016 — when Spotify had captured about 25 million subscribers and Apple more than 10 million — Westergren says Pandora’s growth was “kind of at a standstill.”
“Other music subscription products out there give you millions of songs, a search box and ‘good f—ing luck.’ ” —WESTERGREN
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went from the fastest-growing sector of the U.S. music industry to the dominant one — and spurred real growth in the recorded-music business for the first time in a decade. In 2017, the streaming business will begin to solidify. By December, Spotify will likely have gone public, Apple Music may be a formidable competitor or a distant No. 2, and Amazon will have established itself as either a significant force or, possibly, an also-ran. Whatever headway Pandora makes against its competitors, paid subscriptions generate so much more money than ad-supported listening that the company certainly stands to increase its revenue. Meanwhile, the record labels are welcoming Pandora into the fray: The paid tiers are all upside for music companies (although not necessarily artists, who get paid directly for online radio), and the company’s free operation poses less of a threat to subscription services than YouTube. Perhaps most important, Pandora will provide more of the competition that label
and publishing executives hope will prevent one company from owning the subscription business the way Apple dominated downloads. Some technology executives would say that Pandora is pivoting, moving away from a slow-growth business before getting left behind. But Westergren is committed to online radio — and he’s not like most technology executives. After college he toured clubs and struggled to build an audience in bands. (Yellowwood Junction was the biggest — Pandora’s algorithm compares it with the Gin Blossoms.) In person, Westergren is unassuming: Before an interview over dinner at a neighborhood Italian restaurant in San Francisco, he asks for a quiet table in back, then immediately lets the matter drop when the waiter tells him the rear is closed off. “Starting a business was never my life plan,” says Westergren. “I’m not in the mold of [Uber CEO] Travis Kalanick and those guys who are gunning from day one. I know a lot of them, but it’s not my social
circle — I’d rather stay home with my family.” (Westergren, who’s reluctant to reveal details about his personal life, lives with his wife and child in San Francisco.) When Pandora went public, his stock was worth more than $50 million — and his big splurge was a used Steinway baby grand piano. After Westergren had his fill of sleeping in vans on tour, he began working as a film soundtrack composer and got interested in how directors spoke about music. Instead of describing it as “upbeat” or “Beatles-esque,” he wondered, couldn’t they classify it by objective characteristics — rhythm, melody, instruments used? In 1999, with the help of two friends, Will Glaser and Jon Kraft, Westergren started the company that became Pandora, hiring moonlighting musicians to rate songs on hundreds of characteristics. Finding a business model was harder. At one point in 2003, running the company on maxed-out credit cards, Westergren got so panicked that he went to a hospital emergency room, thinking (wrongly) that he was having a heart attack. In 2004,
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is to make his pitch in Las Vegas, Pandora’s downtown Oakland office buzzes with the typical muted energy of a tech company, programmers bent over desks with their headphones on. In the conference room named Paul (which overlooks a courtyard alongside John, George and Ringo), Steve Hogan, the amiable manager of music operations and longtime overseer of the Music Genome, uses a wall-mounted screen to show how the company’s software breaks music down into a kind of math. “If you pick one song, we can calculate the distance between that song and every other song in our collection,” says Hogan. “We could give you a ranked list and say, ‘Starting with “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” by The Beatles, here are your top thousand closest matches.’ ” One of the most striking things about Pandora Premium is what it doesn’t have: human-curated playlists, like those on Spotify and Apple Music. Users can select a few tracks that fit a certain mood or style, have Pandora build a station around them and either sit back and enjoy or
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the entire music industry. On the morning of March 28, 2016, shortly before Pandora announced that he would become CEO, Westergren sent three emails, one each to the chief executives of the major record companies. “I said, ‘I’m taking this job, and I want to come talk to you,’ ” he remembers. Two days later, he flew to New York to meet with Doug Morris, the CEO of Sony Music Entertainment. “I was prepared to get my ass handed to me,” says Westergren. In 2012, Pandora began pushing the Internet Radio Fairness Act, which would have substantially lowered the royalties it paid to labels and musicians. At one point, Westergren sent independent musicians an open
a serious investment in building promotional tools to help labels and artists. Pandora introduced an Artist Marketing Platform that allows acts to record brief promotional messages that play before their songs in certain areas at no charge; bought data company Next Big Sound so it could share more information with artists; and purchased Ticketfly, which means Pandora can now sell tickets to shows that it helps to market. “They’re focused on trying to repair their relationships in the music business,” says ASCAP CEO Elizabeth Matthews. “Especially with creators.” Westergren says productive negotiations with the labels really didn’t start until he could “look
“There’s a genuine idealism [at Pandora]. With other services, I’ve thought, ‘Get someone with a tattoo and an earring in the room.’ ” —AVERY LIPMAN
calls “deafening silence.” The design of the service combines DNA from Pandora and Rdio, a respected but lesser-known subscription service that sold Pandora some of its assets after it went bankrupt. “It’s the elegance of Rdio and the simplicity of Pandora fused together,” says Chris Becherer, who came from Rdio and is vp product at Pandora’s listener group. Questlove particularly loves one little touch: The background of the mobile app changes color to complement the cover of the album that’s playing. Pandora Plus, the $4.99-a-month ad-free radio option, allows users to skip and repeat songs and listen offline. While all three tiers share a sensibility and design aesthetic, the lower two don’t exist mainly to market the on-demand service, as Spotify’s free service does — they’re different products that target different consumers. Pandora may have an easier time persuading users to upgrade, though, since the distinctions among them will be so substantial. “We think of it as a pyramid,” says Westergren, “not a funnel.” HE LAUNCH OF PREMIUM
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letter encouraging them to sign an “Artists for Internet Radio” petition that supported outlets like Pandora — without mentioning that the company was pushing to lower rates. And in a bold 2013 work-around, Pandora bought KXMZ, a small radio station in Rapid City, S.D., then filed a motion in a rate court to pay the lower rates such stations were entitled to online. During Pandora’s disputes with labels and publishers, lobbyists played up Westergren’s wealth: At one point he was making about $1 million a month selling stock. (Today, Westergren says, “There isn’t a single personal financial adviser who wouldn’t be advising anybody whose entire net worth is in one stock to sell.”) “It got so nasty and personal,” says Westergren. “We put a big target on our back, the way we approached it.” In 2013, as Spotify gained ground, Westergren (then chief strategy officer), president/CFO Mike Herring and former chief technology officer Tom Conrad reversed strategy, agreeing to work with the labels and publishers rather than against them. “We decided that fighting in Washington was never going to create a business model,” says Herring. “The way we were going to make this a big business was to have the music industry on our side.” That took years of work, including
across the table and say, ‘You know what? We f—ed up.’ ” (Westergren replaced former CEO Brian McAndrews, who had a background in advertising but, several music industry sources say, was less adept at dealing with label executives.) When Westergren met with Morris, he told him, “ ‘Mr. Morris, when I was 25 years old I was playing in rock bands, touring around in a van, and I read all about you. I never thought that one day I’d walk into your office and shake your hand.’ ” They talked music for about an hour. By September, Pandora had the deals it needed. “Pandora went from a pariah to a partner,” says RIAA CEO Cary Sherman. In the music business, nothing salves the wounds of former opponents faster than an opportunity to make money together. And Pandora represents a big opportunity. “They have 80 million users,” says Sony/ ATV Music Publishing chairman/ CEO Martin Bandier, “so we all want it to work.” The question for Pandora, of course, is how many of these users will pay up. “I’ve seen this movie before,” says Westergren. “When Pandora came on the scene we were far from the first and there were big incumbents: Yahoo, Microsoft, AOL. If you build a better product, people will come to you.”
‘PANDORA VALIDATED ME’ Questlove, the company’s artist ambassador, believes music nerds have common cause with algorithms How did you decide to work with Pandora?
When I met Tim, I saw the infamous Music Genome section [of the office] and it blew my mind. I didn’t believe that humans were determining the music — I thought it was impossible. And I was mind-blown at how similar my process for segueing songs is to theirs. What makes my DJ sets unique is that I conduct them based on tone, beats per minute, whether a song has a bridge in another key. There’s a melodic feng shui. I spend five hours every Sunday notating music. I feel like Pandora validated me.
Are you afraid of being replaced by machines?
I was elated that actual humans are doing it [at Pandora]. I’m the guy that everyone begs for a playlist. My wedding gift to Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel was a 600-song slow-jam playlist for their honeymoon. I have memberships at most streaming services, and oftentimes [the playlists are] Captain Obvious. When you’re looking up Christmas music, you have to go deep in the 1,000s to find the cool shit. I’ve been approached by many services to be their face, but it didn’t appeal to me.
When did you begin making playlists?
When [Jay Z and Beyoncé’s daughter] Blue Ivy was born [in 2012]. At the time, iPods were still a thing, and I’d given [Jay Z] two iPods. My whole thing was, like, “Leave this on in her crib 24/7, no matter what, and you’re going to train her musical ear.” Later I was like, “So how’s it working?” He was like, “We kept [playing] that shit.”
You have a legendary collection of LPs.
I kind of cheat now because I have a broker that has my music taste. Back when I used to tour with The Roots, a spot like Jerry’s Records in Pittsburgh, which is, like, the size of a city block, might open for me at 7 a.m. and I’d stay there until 5 o’clock, then run out and do sound check and the show. Then he might open up late at night till two in the morning for me. Those days are kind of gone.
What do you make of key artists and releases missing from the streaming services?
Before Prince’s unfortunate demise, we were in talks with him about his entire catalog. We were pretty much 80 percent there, and talks are still continuing with his estate. Soon, we should hopefully have some good news to announce —R.L. to all the purple fans.
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decide which of the selected tracks to keep. The idea is that Pandora has so much data on songs and individual users’ reactions to them that it can pick them better than a DJ. Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, the company’s “artist ambassador” and adviser, says: “You have musicians” — Pandora’s researchers — “putting their knowledge together to give you something that you might have missed.” (Questlove has said he was given equity in the company for his role there.) The Music Genome operates in the background of Pandora Premium. When a queue ends, the app automatically plays music suggested by those songs, so users aren’t left with what Westergren mockingly
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Foreword By Wiz Khalifa
weed
When I was growing up, I was into any artist who mentioned a lot in : Snoop Dogg, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Dipset, Cypress Hill, their Three 6 Mafia — the people who were really forward about it.
music
Back then, smoking weed was a thugged-out thing to do. It was underground and raw. But now, it’s not just a small community of hippies and growers — it’s people across the board. More people who want are educated about it.
legalization It’s more of a culture.
As artists, we can
Music has always played a huge part in that. to make people feel more comfortable with things to be able to do. they may not know about.
use our platforms It’s a positive thing
The marijuana industry could be as big as the alcohol and tobacco industries. It could bring a lot of money to the government that could be used for . People wouldn’t feel like they have to do it on the low, fearing someone’s going to throw them in jail.
roads, public buildings
schools,
Eventually, you’re going to be able to buy marijuana products at Whole Foods. As soon as people turn their minds around, that’s how quickly it could happen.
Everyone should be able to get stoned.
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BOB DYLAN “RAINY DAY WOMEN #12 & 35” (No. 2, 1966) “But I would not feel so all alone/Everybody must get stoned” • JIM STAFFORD “WILD
Perusing the plants and product at the local dispensary with the stoner rapper royalty and “executive boss”
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“I’ve always smoked when I’m working. This is the lifestyle people have to accept from me.”
with me get lazy. But I’m a mature hustler, an executive boss. I’m rare,” says 2 Chainz. “I’ve always smoked while I’m working. This happens every night, whether the cameras are on or off. This is the lifestyle that people have to accept from me.” Like plenty of rappers, 2 Chainz can easily call himself a “boss”: He has multiple clothing labels, a restaurant (Atlanta’s Escobar), even a new line of luxury beds. But he’s also one of rap’s best-known cannabis connoisseurs at a moment when marijuana is as mainstream as it has ever been, thanks to the increased decriminalization across the country — most notably in California, where Proposition 64 legalized recreational use in November 2016. Back when Dr. Dre rapped with Snoop Dogg on The Chronic, rhyming about weed had an outlaw quality. Twenty-five years later, it’s far from taboo: A chart-topping song referencing pot (D.R.A.M.’s “Broccoli”) feels lighthearted, and Snoop is rap’s lovable stoner godfather with a line of heirs including Wiz Khalifa and 2 Chainz, who is as comfortable rapping about “smoking California weed with California hoes” (in “Feds Watching” from 2013’s B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time) as he is seriously discussing legalization’s merits on national TV. Today, the 39-year-old rapper born Tauheed Epps is perusing the array of THC candies, tinctures and “snake venom goji cream” in the backroom of the Alternative Herbal Health Services dispensary, his local in West Hollywood. Inhaling deeply from a joint (“It keeps the reefer honest and enables you to taste it”), the lanky, dreadlocked Atlantan exudes the serene stoicism of a guru. “It calms my nerves, gives me stress relief,” says 2 Chainz, who’s working on a new album, Pretty Girls Like Trap Music (out April 7). He’s currently exploring getting into the cannabis business, and he has a medical prescription. (His ailment? “Between me and my doctor,” he says with a laugh.) He explains that smoking helps him organize his thoughts: “It’s easier for me to deal with the things I face as a rap artist.” Ever since his early days performing as Tity Boi with Playaz Circle, 2 Chainz has dropped
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pot references in his music: His first hit, “Duffle Bag Boy” (with Playaz Circle in 2007), begins, “Weed and syrup til I die.” On the weekend of April 20 in 2015, he tried to smoke “the largest spliff ” — roughly the size of a paper-towel roll — with Snoop and ASAP Rocky in Colorado. He has sampled 24-karat gold-covered joints and once tried a selection of ultra-prime weed and paraphernalia worth half a million dollars. But back in early 2015, the rapper also made headlines for calmly debating Nancy Grace on legalization, advocating for individual responsibility (“Everybody has the ability to get their hands on weed now, whether it’s legal or not”) and referencing overcrowded prisons and taxpayer money wasted on policing. “People get locked up for a bag of weed; it affects their future,” says 2 Chainz today. “I’m sure [legalization] would affect city and state governments in positive ways.” Taking a whiff as he walks by some plants, he reflects on his life-long habit. “I smoked with my mother, my father, my friends,” he says. “I’ve been doing it since I was 14. I got thrown out of high school for smoking weed. I sold weed. This isn’t something I do because it’s cool.”
“Sometimes a body high is what I’m seeking; sometimes I’m seeking to be numb,” says 2 Chainz. “It depends on my goal for the day.”
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Weed And Me Five artists’ personal stories on lighting up THE FIRST TIME I SMOKED
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I was in grade seven, and an older friend from the neighborhood rolled this big joint. It went around a couple times, and I didn’t feel nothing. So for the next year, I didn’t smoke. Then in grade eight, there was a girl that I really liked, and she smoked weed. We met up at a park one day, and she was like, “You smoke, right?” I got so high, I didn’t even know how to talk to the girl anymore. But I ended up going out with her.
Shower and get dressed.
8:45 a.m. Head to work, making calls on the way. I generally don’t smoke in the car because I’m still high, and I don't want to get too stoned — I have to actually work.
7:00 a.m. Light a blunt that I rolled the night before. My preference is an OG strain rolled with Dutch’s or Swisher’s [blunt wraps]. If it’s not too crazy, I can smoke and chill for a half hour or hour, but sometimes I have to just smoke and get moving.
10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Arrive at the office. The morning usually involves company meetings, artist updates and conference calls.
A BIZZER’S DAY OF BLUNTS AND BRAINSTORMS
This 30-year-old male, West Coast-based major-label vice president gets through artist meetings, conference calls and project planning with vape pen in hand — and the occasional “post-lunch toke”
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HOW I FEEL WHEN I SMOKE By MELISSA ETHERIDGE
The part of cannabis that everyone is kind of afraid to talk about is the euphoric part, the part that’s consciousnessraising. It started in the ’60s. Then they quickly closed it down and made it Schedule I and we’re not even going to look at it. I find that part of cannabis — the opening of the mind — leads to incredible creativity. I think some of our great creative thinkers in the past were cannabis users — they just didn’t talk about it. They’ve even traced it back to Shakespeare.
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6:30 a.m. Wake up and check my phone. I want to get ahead of the industry on the East Coast and in the United Kingdom, and I have to see what the day ahead looks like before I commit to smoking.
Walking to a lunch meeting, I might take two or three hits off the [vape] pen, depending on who the meal is with. I usually have Trainwreck, Sour Diesel or King Louis [strains] loaded. The pen is good because it doesn’t smell — you truly could smoke anywhere. It’s discreet and allows you to get that little bit you need but still be professional and not come in stinking like a rapper.
11:00 p.m. Roll a blunt for the next morning. Some people drink coffee to get energy or take pills to balance them. Weed just chills me out and keeps me creative and always thinking and producing.
4:20 p.m. In the morning I’m handling all the incoming from the East Coast and overseas, but the afternoon is when I really think about projects, imagine different campaigns, listen to music and be creative. Afternoons on the West Coast are a little slower, so if I’m putting on headphones, I might hit the pen.
7:00 p.m. – 10 p.m. If I have a work night ahead of me, I’ll smoke the pen before dinner. Then, if there’s a show, I’ll smoke it at the concert as an alternative to drinking. I’ll share it with others, because weed is a communal thing — it brings people together. If it’s a chill night, I’ll head home, wind down, make dinner and smoke a bit.
5:30 p.m. Artists like to stop by the office in the late afternoons, but I’m generally not one to smoke with an act, even if I know they’re into weed. At work, I have to keep it on the DL. I’m not broadcasting it.
3:30 p.m. A post-lunch toke is not uncommon. It’s sort of like having a drink at a meal — though I think drinking is actually worse because you get loose. Weed levels you out and keeps you straightthinking. You’re smart. You can do business.
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Lieutenant governor Gavin Newsom has rock star friends, his own clubs and a progressive agenda that got his state’s landmark Proposition 64 legislation passed — and the music industry rallying behind him BY K.M. MCFARLAND PHOTOGRAPHED BY WINNI WINTERMEYER Newsom photographed Jan. 6 at Founders Den in San Francisco. Watch video of Newsom discussing the next steps for legalization at Billboard.com.
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Francisco’s Soma neighborhood, it’s clear that Newsom is a hometown hero. A middle-aged man in a baseball cap stops to shake Newsom’s hand, mentioning that they’re both Santa Clara University alums. “I’m a Bronco too! Though I didn’t go to Redwood High like you.” “Well, at least we both got those Jesuits, right?” Newsom, who played baseball in college, says with a grin. A native of Marin County, Newsom grew up with a father who was “considered an activist judge in his day, particularly as it relates to drug policy. He was a very outspoken critic of the war on drugs.” He also was a friend of Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson, both of whom exposed Newsom to live music early. “I remember many days and nights with those guys,” recalls Newsom, kicking back in a quiet room at the Founders Den, a co-working space he prefers over government offices when he’s in town. “I had the privilege of being around that sort of zeitgeist.” Newsom started out an entrepreneur, running CYPRESS HILL “INSANE IN THE BRAIN” (No. 19, 1993) “I got to get my props/Cops come and try to snatch my crops” • SNOOP DOGG “GIN AND JUICE” (No. 8, 1994) 46 BILLBOARD | JANUARY 28, 2017
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party could magically conjure up a rising star, that candidate might look a lot like Gavin Newsom. The 49-yearold lieutenant governor of the state is warm and articulate, an earnest progressive who’s approachable on national TV — take the time last June when, while appearing alongside Wiz Khalifa on Chelsea Handler’s Netflix show, the rapper dapped him in solidarity. He’s a successful entrepreneur who owns 23 businesses — a San Francisco club, wineries, restaurants — and hobnobs with rock stars, hanging backstage at The Fillmore recently with Sammy Hagar and John Mayer. And he’s a photographer’s dream, with a winning smile and sharp suit always at the ready, a beautiful wife (actress-filmmaker Jennifer Siebel) and four adorable children. This past November, Newsom also proved he’s a serious force to reckon with when it comes to passing groundbreaking legislation. Having started California’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Marijuana Policy in 2014, he campaigned for five months and got Proposition 64, legalizing adult use of marijuana in the state, passed, with 56 percent of voters in favor. Now, he’s the telegenic face of a movement. “I’m happy to be associated with this change. I’m sick and tired of politics and politicians as usual,” says Newsom today. “I’ll be kicked out before I rust out. You can love me or hate me and disagree with me, but you sure as hell know where I stand.” “Gavin boldly stands up for social issues with unwavering commitment while relentlessly championing people who can’t speak for themselves,” says his longtime friend Pat Monahan, the lead singer of Train. “This issue is one of many that Gavin thinks of in a big-picture way. He’s an outlier and a great leader.” And he already has declared that he’s running for governor in 2018.
WHAT LEGALIZATION LOOKS LIKE NOW
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a group of wineries, restaurants, resorts and nightclubs, including MatrixFillmore, the club once known as The Matrix that Jefferson Airplane’s Marty Balin founded. But by the time he married Fox legal commentator Kimberly Guilfoyle in 2001 (Harper’s Bazaar dubbed them “the new Kennedys”), his political career had taken off. He was elected San Francisco mayor in 2003 — the city’s youngest in a century — and a year later earned national attention for ordering the San Francisco city-county clerk to start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. He and Guilfoyle split, but his mayoralty lasted seven years. Despite his progressive record, Newsom wasn’t immediately pro-legalization. “I’ve never tried cannabis. I don’t have the basis to appreciate it,” he says. “I always ask for forgiveness because I really only intellectually know what I’m talking about.” He emphasizes that he’s “not pro-pot, but anti-prohibition,” and he didn’t support the previous attempt to legalize recreational marijuana in California, Proposition 19 in 2010. “I just didn’t feel it was appropriately drafted,” he says. “There were glaring loopholes.” Still, “the spirit of it was profound and important,” and Newsom decided to start his Blue Ribbon Commission as a key first step toward a more coherent approach to legalization. That led directly to the Prop 64 campaign. “At some point we needed to bring this into the policy-making realm, and he really expedited that,” says Lynne Lyman, California’s state director for the Drug Policy Alliance, which worked closely with Newsom on Prop 64. “He shifted the conversation away from late-night jokes and under-your-breath whispers to being a serious issue for serious consideration.” “California is infamous for passing things
Number of joints that pro-pot lobbying group DCMJ planned to hand out near Trump’s inauguration
Number of people arrested for a marijuana law violation in 2015** *Gallup Poll (October 2016) **FBI Uniform Crime Report (September 2016)
and then waking up and saying, ‘What the hell did we just pass?’ ” says Newsom. “This is one of the few initiatives in my lifetime that actually went through a comprehensive analysis before it was placed in front of the voters, not after.” It also benefited hugely from support in the music community, from Spotify board member Sean Parker — who donated more than $8.6 million to the Prop 64 campaign — to Artists for 64, a coalition including Jay Z, Katy Perry and Sting that was organized by the activist group Revolve Impact. “The music industry has been on the cutting edge of change and persuasion,” says Newsom. “We wouldn’t be
“I’m happy to be associated with this change. I’m sick and tired of politics as usual.”
here had it not been for some of the legendary members of the industry that led the national consciousness around this.” Around the same time Newsom got the marijuana policy commission going, he spoke at a Sacramento crime victims’ conference with John Legend — a fellow public supporter of sentencing reform — and Newsom maintains that legalization is a linked social justice issue. “This is one of the most profoundly significant reforms as it relates to police/community relations, particularly for the African-American community,” he says. “Billions of dollars that could be going into childcare and healthcare are being wasted on police overtime, buy-bust programs and incarceration. This is a big deal. To me, marijuana reform is a big deal.” While he’s passionately against “abusing,” Newsom says he now has grown into “appreciating the wellness aspect of cannabis. For my aunt, who passed away from cancer, using cannabis was literally the only way she could swallow. I’ve met people whose lives were radically changed for the good.” And he’s quick to point out the havoc the war on marijuana has wrought on the black and Latino communities, and the lack of similar stigma around alcohol. “I have four wineries, nine bars and restaurants. I am a purveyor of one of the most dangerous substances on planet Earth, as it relates to public health and safety,” he says. “The hypocrisy for me was sort of self-evident, and that’s why I felt a particular responsibility to be consistent [and] get out front on this.”
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Newsom speaking in support of Prop 64 in San Francisco in 2016.
Legend (right) and Newsom at a Californians for Safety and Justice event at Sacramento’s Convention Center in 2015.
November, Newsom stood on the stage of San Francisco nightclub Verso to speak to the crowd at what he had hoped would be a rollicking Prop 64 victory party. But the atmosphere was far from cheery, as the crowd watched the TVs on the
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enforcement and environmental causes within the state. Since Colorado passed legalization, he notes, seizures at the Mexican border are already way down, “and there’s growing evidence that they’re going to reverse — that the quality of cannabis going back to Mexico will be a bigger issue.” Prison sentences will be lessened or commuted, easing the financial burden on the system. “Over a million people in the state of California now have the right to have their records completely cleared,” says Newsom. “That is a huge thing.” Lightly drumming the table he’s sitting at, he considers the risks ahead. “Now, it’s all about creativity, problem solving, thinking outside the box. Put it this way: Everything that goes wrong, you’re looking at the poster child. Everything goes right, nobody will be looking toward me. They’ll be saying they were always onboard, and they would’ve done it better.” Then he thinks back to the bittersweet victory party at Verso, and to a conversation he had with Steve DeAngelo, president of marijuana investment network Arcview Group and a veteran cannabis activist. “He kind of bucked me up, saying, ‘This is a big night we’ve been waiting for our entire lives,’ ” recalls Newsom, his famous smile flashing. “And it’s true. That’s so profound. Lives have already radically changed. That’s really exciting.”
HOW I SMOKE By CHUCK
BILLY, TESTAMENT
I’m a chronic smoker. When I smoke joints, I get the heavy lung, and that’s not always the best thing for a singer. Vaping is definitely a lot easier on my lungs — you don’t get that wheezing. It definitely helps on the road. While I’m touring, I even get to the point where I don’t burn at all. WHAT I SMOKE
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THE POT POWER LIST
From smoking joints on Instagram to funneling millions of dollars toward passing Proposition 64, these artists and industry leaders are transforming pot’s role in culture
1. Sean Parker The Napster founder, former Facebook president and current Spotify board member contributed more than $8 million to Proposition 64, the California legalization initiative that passed last November (it was nicknamed the Sean Parker Act).
2. Snoop Dogg and Ted Chung
3. Miley Cyrus and Rihanna
The rapper/weed entrepreneur and Chung — who heads the Cashmere Agency, Snoop’s branding rep — have partnered on businesses including Leafs by Snoop pot and the cannabis-focused Casa Verde Capital venture firm.
Cyrus, an investor in Snoop and Chung’s media platform Merry Jane, has her own Bangerz brand of gold-leaf rolling papers. Rihanna showcases her pro-pot lifestyle on social media, whether rolling a blunt or wearing cannabis-adorned threads.
6. Willie Nelson
7. Melissa Etheridge
8. B-Real
After decades arguing for legalization, the 83-year-old (who Snoop has called “the only person that ever smoked me out”) launched Willie’s Reserve in 2016, partnering with local growers and focusing on environmentally sound practices.
“I just feel really strongly about the medicinal aspects of cannabis,” the rocker — who used it in her own breast-cancer treatment — said in 2016 when she launched Etheridge Farms, a line of products for California medical patients.
The Cypress Hill frontman won a license for his Dr. Greenthumb dispensary in Santa Ana, Calif., in 2015. It has yet to open, but B-Real also created the Phuncky Feel Tips paraphernalia line and airs cannabis-related content on his BReal.TV streaming network.
4. Brendan Kennedy
5. Wiz Khalifa
Kennedy is CEO of Privateer Holdings, which contributed $75 million to launching Marley Natural, the first family of reggae’s ganja line. Privateer also funds Leafly.com and Canadian medical marijuana producer Tilray.
The Pittsburgh rapper, a vocal legalization advocate, worked with Colorado’s RiverRock Cannabis on a line of products including his own Khalifa Kush strain. He also has a partnership with RAW rolling papers.
9. Marc Weinstein and David Prinz
10. Tommy Chong
Last September, Berkeley’s city council granted the Amoeba Music founders a license to convert part of their venerable store into a dispensary. The San Francisco shop also houses a medical marijuana referral company.
The stoner comedy pioneer (who has dubbed himself “America’s sweetheart of cannabis”) has his own pot product line, Chong’s Choice, and co-branding deals with European accessories purveyor Futurola and Smoke Swipes. —STEVE BLOOM
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I’d had a little indica once and I was just singing to my cat, making their food dish. It’s one of those songs that just happened. I love those [moments], and I credit the herb [for that song, “Food”]. But sativa, ooh, you got to watch it. Oh, boy. I know some folks who write their whole script based on that, and it’s really wonderful for them, it’s a fantastic buzz. But for me, I just see the worst of the world [with sativa]. It’s a scary trip. WHY I SMOKE
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Weed puts me in relaxation mode, so when I’m creating, I let everything go and focus on the music. When me and Future recorded “Campaign,” we were on my studio bus for the Purple Reign Tour. There were at least 20 people on the bus from my team and his, smoking much weed, but somehow we were able to zone in on a banger.
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THE REEFER REVOLUTION
wall behind Newsom declaring Donald Trump’s presidential win. Newsom tried to put on a brave face, but “it was horrible. I couldn’t fake it,” he recalls. “I was just so appalled.” As California proceeds with implementation of Prop 64, Newsom admits that it’s anyone’s guess as to whether Trump will interfere. “Trump has said he supports states’ rights on multiple occasions,” he notes. “Of course, I don’t know what to anticipate. I’m taking him both seriously and literally on these things until further notice.” He’s convinced the pro-legalization movement actually may have “one significant ace up our sleeve”: the Silicon Valley savant, and vocal Trump supporter, Peter Thiel. “He has long been an advocate of legalization, supported Prop 64 financially and has the president’s ear,” says Newsom. But he anticipates challenges in “keeping big-money interests at bay,” and wants to design a “highly regulated market” that will both protect public safety and help “the small farmer — the people who got us to this point.” For now, Newsom is cautiously optimistic. The legalized marijuana industry in California could, by Newsom’s estimate, produce $9 to $12 billion in wholesale product from the Emerald Triangle (the three counties forming the largest U.S. cannabis-producing region) alone. Tax revenue will go to broad drug treatment programs, law
SEAN PAUL “GIMME THE LIGHT” (No. 7, 2002) “Just gimme the light/And pass the ’dro” • KID CUDI “MARIJUANA” (No. 54, 2010) “Pretty green bud/All in my blunt” • HALSEY 48 BILLBOARD | JANUARY 28, 2017
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1 “It’s a creative approach to specialedition vinyl,” says Phillips of the hash record, photographed Dec. 8, 2016, at Capsule Labs in Los Angeles. 2 A dried bud. 3 The record press in action. 4 The record post-pressing, before it is dried.
As vinyl sales hit a nearly 30-year high, Slightly Stoopid’s managers create a novelty that music-loving potheads could only dream of: an LP made entirely of hash
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aging hipsters: The availability of both limited-edition vinyl releases and bespoke strains of weed may be greater than ever. Vinyl sales are at a 28-year high in the United States, and cannabis is legally available for medical and/or recreational use in 28 states. Which, perhaps, made inevitable the arrival of the first known record pressed from hash. “It’s all about putting two old-school vintage mediums together,” says Jon Phillips of Silverback Music, the team that made the LP and manages the stalwart jam band Slightly Stoopid. “Vinyl is an old-school medium, and that’s how we feel about hashish, too.” The nostalgia trip wasn’t cheap: Each of two prototypes was made using $6,000 worth of bubble hash (a super-resinous variety that bubbles when ignited), which cost an additional $1,000 to stamp and master at Los Angeles vinyl-mastering studio Capsule Labs
(engineer Gil Tamazyan collaborated). The first prototype, etched with the grooves of Slightly Stoopid’s “Dabbington” (a jazzy, stoner-friendly instrumental) produced a passable sound, but the office potheads couldn’t help chipping away at it for their own enjoyment. A second attempt produced questionable audio; a third (and final) attempt is planned for early in 2017. “Originally, we wanted to do this to bring awareness to legalization,” says Phillips (“the sheer wow factor” was a motivator, too). For now, he plans to market Slightly Stoopid-branded bubble hash to dispensaries, with a portion of proceeds donated to cancer research. As for the final record itself, it may be auctioned off for charity — or may end up on the wall at Silverback’s office. “It’s not something you’re going to plop on your turntable over and over again,” says Phillips. “For now, this is an art piece.”
“Vinyl is an old-school medium, and that’s how we feel about hashish, too.”
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‘You’re In A War And Both Sides Have Dug In’ NMPA chief David Israelite fights for the $2.5 billion publishing business
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ISRAELITE, STING, TYLER, BON JOVI: COURTESY OF NMPA
IN 2005, WHEN DAVID ISRAELITE WAS
recruited to leave a key post at the U.S. Department of Justice to run the National Music Publishers’ Association, he was reluctant for a good reason: He had never heard of the industry organization. “When the headhunter reached out, I told him I wasn’t interested because I didn’t know what the NMPA was,” recalls Israelite, who had run the DOJ’s Intellectual Property Task Force. “Thankfully, he was patient with me and told me more about the industry and the association — and what I saw was incredible potential.” The NMPA, which marks its centennial in 2017, represents more than 500 members of the $2.5 billion U.S. music publishing industry. It has been on the front lines of some of the most important legislative and legal battles of the digital age. Upon his arrival in 2005 as president/ CEO of the NMPA, Israelite oversaw the association’s move from its longtime base in New York to Washington, D.C., so it could focus on lobbying, and litigating, on behalf of publishers. On Capitol Hill, the NMPA has become a counterweight to technology companies, as well as the RIAA, which represents record labels. Israelite, a boyish-looking 48 — who lives in Northwest D.C. with his wife and two young daughters and is a serious poker player — also has led the organization to a remarkable string of successes in court. His
first major victory came in 2007, when he negotiated a record $130 million settlement for publishers from Bertelsmann for its ties to copyright infringement by Napster. All told, the NMPA under Israelite has collected more than $575 million in legal judgments and settlements — a powerful way of underlining the value of song copyrights. In March 2016, the NMPA negotiated a settlement with Spotify to distribute royalties for songs whose owners had not been identified. Last December, it struck a similar agreement for YouTube. Israelite, leading a staff of 12, also has taken steps to spotlight creators. In 2007, the NMPA launched a program to award gold and platinum certification to songwriters. It also hosts occasional Washington, D.C., music showcases that remind legislators who actually writes the hits they hear on the radio. “When you see
songwriters,” says Israelite, “it explains the issues better than I ever could.” The NMPA still faces serious challenges, including an accelerating transition to online listening and a copyright-reform process that tech firms would like to see reduce the power of labels and publishers alike. The arrival of president-elect Donald Trump and a new Congress brings a degree of uncertainty to the world of politics. During a visit to New York, over tea at the Carlyle, Israelite described how far the NMPA has come in its first 100 years — and where it needs to go from here.
“Songwriters should be our messengers,” says Israelite (top). Bottom, from left: Sting played the NMPA’s 2016 annual meeting; Steven Tyler celebrated his birthday with Israelite in Washington, D.C.; and Jon Bon Jovi accepted the NMPA Songwriter Icon Award in 2014.
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How has music publishing changed since you began running the NMPA? When I started, in 2005, the NMPA had no presence in Washington, D.C. Back then, in D.C., the RIAA was the music business — there was no understanding that publishers had separate concerns. I was hired to change that. Did you know about music publishing then? I was a big music fan — and a terrible guitar player who quit my high school band — but I knew nothing about publishing. I was hired for my experience in Washington. After I started, I was told that in a few weeks there would be a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Section 115 [the statutory mechanical license in copyright law]. I knew nothing about the topic, so I treated it like a bar review class: I crammed. Twelve years later, I’m still learning.
Some of those regulations were arguably necessary at a time when it would have been impossible for publishers to individually negotiate with every performer who wanted to record a given composition — let alone every venue or broadcaster that wanted to play it. That’s now ridiculous. There’s no question that the market will figure this out. Publishers don’t have an interest in keeping their songs from being played — they want to make money! And there are ways to have efficiency and market pricing. While licensing efficiency is important, it’s a secondary concern to the value of the songs. Many licensees want to flip that — to make the pricing a secondary concern as long as it’s efficient. But show me another business where the government regulates property for the efficiency of the end user.
You’ve suggested that songwriters should get half of what digital Was it difficult to be an outsider? M services pay out for the use of It was a tremendous benefit. There’s so recorded songs, and it’s now closer much wrong with music publishing that Value of legal judgments and to 10 to 15 percent. Is that realistic? people don’t see because it’s all they’ve settlements achieved That might be the most controversial known. For example, 75 percent of the by the NMPA. thing I’ve advocated for. In my view, revenue of songwriters and publishers songs are as valuable as recordings. is regulated — mechanical and public performance royalties — and I came in asking why But it doesn’t matter what I think. If you just put us on a level playing field, I’ll accept whatever the government was setting prices.[Mechanical royalties, paid for use of a composition in a the market says. recording, are subject to a statutory license, while most performance royalties, paid when During the past decade, star songwriters like a composition is performed or broadcast, are Max Martin have become household names. collected by ASCAP and BMI, which operate How has that changed your job? under DOJ consent decrees.] It makes it easier. The profile of the writers helps I was shocked that people weren’t fighting raise the profile of the issues about how they’re harder to get out of that. There wasn’t a focus on compensated. With legislators, you see this changing the rules; no one talked about getting moment of enlightenment when they’re watching free-market rates for songwriters. But the value of Desmond Child sing “Livin’ on a Prayer” songs was being undermined by the way we were [which he wrote with members of Bon Jovi] or regulated, and that became crystal clear when I Linda Perry sing “Beautiful” [which she wrote saw how the digital music services split money for Christina Aguilera]. I’ve had them all come among various players. So it became a cause for to D.C., and that has been incredibly helpful. me that we had to break out of the chains that I feel strongly that songwriters should be our were keeping our value down. key messengers.
$575
From left: Warner/Chappell Music CEO Jon Platt, songwriter Justin Tranter and Warner/Chappell co-heads of A&R Katie Vinten and Ryan Press at an NMPA songwriter showcase in 2015.
From left: Scott Stapp, Ross Golan, Kara DioGuardi and Devin Dawson at an NMPA S.O.N.G.S. Foundation event in 2016.
KEEPING IT 100 A look back at the association’s most significant moments a century into its run
1917
The Music Publishers Protection Association (MPPA) is founded May 1 in New York by music publishing companies in order to protect the interests of publishers and to “foster and encourage the art of music and music writing.”
1943
Helps secure permissions for branches of the military to use “hit kits,” or patriotic songs, during World War II. Publishers waive normal royalty fees.
1966
Changes its name to the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) to highlight its national reach, membership and influence.
1973
Begins holding annual meetings in other major music cities like Nashville and Los Angeles to account for its growing membership.
1979
Initiates the Best Songs Awards, in which publisher members vote in nine categories.
1995
Files suit against unauthorized use of members’ music on the Internet.
2005
Hires new chairman/CEO David Israelite of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he served as deputy chief of staff and counselor to the attorney general. Israelite immediately moves NMPA offices to Washington, D.C.
2007
Settles with Bertelsmann, which recently had acquired Napster, for copyright infringement (it is the largest such settlement in history); launches Gold & Platinum Program to honor songwriters of RIAA-certified hits.
2011
Sues YouTube for copyright infringement. The result not only provides a settlement but also the first mass opt-in license, paving the way for YouTube to become a licensed service with all U.S. music publishers (who at the time numbered 3,500).
2015
Sells The Harry Fox Agency to SESAC; establishes the S.O.N.G.S. Foundation (Supporting Our Next songwriters with programs that foster composition education, naming singer-songwriters Steven Tyler and Jewel to serve on the board.
2016
Announces settlements with Spotify and YouTube, allowing all digital services to pay out millions owed to songwriters.
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You’ve had songwriters come speak to members of Congress and play NMPA showcases. Any especially memorable moments? One example: when Steven Tyler agreed to walk the halls of Congress before putting on a show. Having people pour out of their
From left: Songwriters Hall of Fame president/ CEO Linda Moran, Carly Rae Jepsen and Israelite attended the SHOF Gala in 2015.
The NMPA has made news with some high- profile copyright settlements. Has litigation become as important as lobbying? The way I would look at lobbying is that you’re in a war and both sides have dug in. You don’t see a lot of progress, but if you abandon your position, the other side will run over your ground. Copyright law changes very slowly because of all the interests involved, so I
see lobbying as necessary, but not a good enough justification for why we need a trade association. The litigation also has a real financial benefit to the industry. It’s a reason for members to pay dues to the NMPA — you can get more back in settlements and judgments than you pay in dues, by a significant factor. With the YouTube settlement we just announced about $575 million in judgments and settlements during my 12 years, and we’ve spent less than $40 million in legal costs to achieve that. And I should mention that we’ve never lost a case. I remind my members that just because we’ve batted a thousand, don’t expect that we always will. But so far, we have. What are the top issues you’re dealing with, and how important are the “safe harbor” provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which protect online services from infringement lawsuits based on material uploaded by users? The safe harbor provisions in the DMCA
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offices to meet him really showed the power of creators. I’m also really proud of our Gold and Platinum program. When I started, there was no recognition of the songwriters of a gold or platinum song. So I came up with the idea of a partnership with the RIAA and its Gold and Platinum program. It’s important to songwriters, because there aren’t many other ways of recognizing them.
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are so out of balance, in favor of those using the music over those making music, that companies take the position that they don’t have to pay for music. I think our next big fight is with Facebook. Music is a significant part of that platform and it currently doesn’t license or pay songwriters. I think that will change. Being business partners isn’t only smarter, it’s the right thing to do — and I think they want to do the right thing.
Music industry colleagues praise the work of the National Music Publishers’ Association under David Israelite Martin Bandier, chairman/CEO, Sony/ATV Music Publishing
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growth, driven by partnerships with digital companies. The value of songs will be determined more by market forces, and when that happens it will be a healthy industry.
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With the Trump administration and a new Congress taking power in D.C., how do you feel about the copyright reform process that’s now beginning under Congressman Bob Goodlatte [R-Va.], chairman of the House Judiciary Committee? If you look at the history of copyright law, every reform process strengthened copyright. For the first time, in this copyright-reform effort, there’s the potential to see copyright weakened. But the people running the process, especially Chairman Goodlatte, have said that this is not going to be an assault on copyright. I also think we’re in an
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Migos
The hip-hop trio reaches the top 20 of the Artist 100 (rising 22-17) thanks to its smash single “Bad and Boujee,” featuring Lil Uzi Vert (see story, page 63).
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ED SHEERAN
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PEAK WKS. ON POS. CHART
2 WKS. LAST THIS AGO WEEK WEEK
ARTIST
2
83
MERCURY NASHVILLE/UMGN
2
64
SCHOOLBOY/RAYMOND BRAUN/DEF JAM
1
132
16
28
MONKEY PUZZLE/RCA
5
133
KEITH URBAN
HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN
8
94
24
JOHN LEGEND
COLUMBIA
15
87
31 31
25
BEYONCE
PARKWOOD/COLUMBIA
2
131
42 42
28 28
26
EMINEM
WEB/SHADY/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE/IGA
11
133
70
39 39
27
ZAYN
RCA
1
38
28 28
33
28
JON BELLION
VISIONARY/CAPITOL
25
14
27
24
29
GUCCI MANE
GUWOP/ATLANTIC/AG
6
14
AEGEAN/EPIC
8
3
2
75
1
127
19
17 17
18
METALLICA
THE WEEKND
XO/REPUBLIC
1
118
57
43
19
CHRIS STAPLETON
3
BRUNO MARS
ATLANTIC/AG
1
121
22
4
DRAKE
YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC
1
133
55
4
5
TWENTY ONE PILOTS
FUELED BY RAMEN/AG
1
91
77
5
6
SHAWN MENDES
ISLAND
1
101
99
6
7
ARIANA GRANDE
REPUBLIC
1
131
13
88
8
RIHANNA
WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION
2
129
10 10
10
9
ADELE
XL/COLUMBIA
1
102
12 12
99
10
THE CHAINSMOKERS
DISRUPTOR/COLUMBIA
2
59
14 14
14
20
JUSTIN BIEBER
6
7
11
J. COLE
DREAMVILLE/ROC NATION
1
92
18 18
16
21
LIL UZI VERT
20
13
12
TAYLOR SWIFT
BIG MACHINE/BMLG
1
129
23 23
18 18
22
SIA
32
25 25
23
36
26 26
35 35
15 15
12 12
13
ALESSIA CARA
11 11
11
14
RAE SREMMURD
21 21
15 15
15
MAROON 5
16
DROPKICK MURPHYS
17
MIGOS
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22 22
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PEAK WKS. ON POS. CHART
BLACKENED
ATLANTIC/AG
2 WKS
IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL
GENERATION NOW/ATLANTIC/AG
EP/DEF JAM
12
71
88
20
30
GEORGE MICHAEL
EAR DRUMNER/INTERSCOPE/IGA
5
97
37 37
34 34
31
BIG SEAN
G.O.O.D./DEF JAM
222/INTERSCOPE/IGA
1
133
22 22
21
32
DJ SNAKE
DJ SNAKE/INTERSCOPE/IGA
16
87
DROPKICK MURPHYS/BORN & BRED
16
1
33
HALESTORM
ATLANTIC/AG
16
3
QUALITY CONTROL/300/AG
17
14
34
KENDRICK LAMAR
1
104
RE-ENTRY 39 39
37 37
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AIRPLAY/STREAMING & SALES DATA COMPILED BY
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ARTIST
IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL
31 31
30 30
35
NIALL HORAN
25 25
19 19
36
PANIC! AT THE DISCO
34 34
40
37
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE
99 99
86 86
38
SAM HUNT
46 46
35 35
39
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
51
48 48
40
CAMILA CABELLO
48 48
45 45
41
THOMAS RHETT
40 40
38 38
42
HALSEY
38
44
43
AMINE
50 50
46 46
44
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
RE-ENTRY
45
DAVID BOWIE
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2 WKS. LAST THIS AGO WEEK WEEK
ARTIST
IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL
YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC
2
123
PEARL
7
20
WARNER BROS.
2
19
NEON HAZE/CAPITOL
11
16
55 55
41 41
71
NICKI MINAJ
DCD2/FUELED BY RAMEN/AG
3
60
17
63
72
GARTH BROOKS
BMLG
1
133
-
98
73
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
MCA NASHVILLE/UMGN
5
126
RCA
5
87
29
16
VALORY/BMLG
7
102
ASTRALWERKS
4
60
REPUBLIC
27
13
19/ARISTA NASHVILLE/SMN
3
120
ISO/COLUMBIA
1
14
95 95
89 89
74
ERIC CHURCH
STREAMLINE/INTERSCOPE/IGA
1
33
93
62 62
75
CHILDISH GAMBINO
SYCO/EPIC
PEAK WKS. ON POS. CHART
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EMI NASHVILLE/UMGN
8
126
GLASSNOTE
7
23
SYCO/EPIC
6
95
CAPITOL
6
127
KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE/IGA
21
81
#1EPICCHECK/EMPIRE RECORDINGS
31
22
RCA NASHVILLE/SMN
6
62
RCA
1
37
50
21
MCGRAW/BIG MACHINE/BMLG
10
110
SONY MUSIC LATIN/RCA
35
21
THA LIGHTS GLOBAL/ATLANTIC/AG
18
12
WARNER BROS.
5
39
BLUE CHAIR/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE/SMN
2
106
INTERSCOPE/IGA
2
111
ERC
10
13
ARTIST PARTNERS GROUP/ATLANTIC/AG
10
91
47
57
46
LADY GAGA
49
32 32
47
BLAKE SHELTON
WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE/WMN
1
133
80
61 61
76
FIFTH HARMONY
41
27 27
48
THE ROLLING STONES
THE ROLLING STONES/PROMOTONE B.V./POLYDOR/INTERSCOPE/IGA
5
10
91 91
91 91
77
KATY PERRY
69 69
51 51
49
MICHAEL JACKSON
MJJ/EPIC
25
101
65
72
78
X AMBASSADORS
61
54 54
50
THE BEATLES
APPLE/CAPITOL/UME
14
23
43 43
56
79
D.R.A.M.
52 52
59
51
LUKE BRYAN
1
132
75
73 73
80
MIRANDA LAMBERT
16 16
36
52
BTS
BIG HIT ENTERTAINMENT/LOEN ENTERTAINMENT
16
14
2
23
81
PENTATONIX
58
53 53
53
DAFT PUNK
DAFT LIFE/COLUMBIA
35
17
53 53
68
82
LIL YACHTY
71
66 66
54
MACHINE GUN KELLY
EST19XX/BAD BOY/INTERSCOPE/IGA
11
8
67
70
83
TIM MCGRAW
44 44
47
55
FUTURE
A-1/FREEBANDZ/EPIC
1
78
-
76 76
84
SHAKIRA
79
60 60
56
CHRIS BROWN
RCA
1
127
30 30
50
85
ZAY HILFIGERRR & ZAYION MCCALL
78 78
67 67
57
BEBE REXHA
48
28
-
87 87
86
LUKAS GRAHAM
58
GREEN DAY
2
8
94
99
87
KENNY CHESNEY
ARTBEATZ
20
61
RE-ENTRY
88
SELENA GOMEZ
CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN
17
52
-
78 78
89
EAGLES
COLUMBIA
61
2
92 92
82 82
90
CHARLIE PUTH
72 72
81
91
BRYSON TILLER
TRAPSOUL/RCA
10
68
54
90
92
BRETT ELDREDGE
ATLANTIC/WMN
9
55
-
95 95
93
GRACE VANDERWAAL
SYCO/COLUMBIA
23
3
64 64
85
94
21 SAVAGE
SLAUGHTER GANG
64
12
87 87
96
95
KODAK BLACK
DOLLAZ N DEALZ
78
4
84 84
83 83
96
DJ KHALED
WE THE BEST/EPIC
3
33
-
75 75
97
MAREN MORRIS
COLUMBIA NASHVILLE/SMN
15
31
RE-ENTRY
98
ELVIS PRESLEY
RCA/LEGACY
20
30
99
CALVIN HARRIS
FLY EYE/COLUMBIA
9
100
100
PINK FLOYD
PINK FLOYD/COLUMBIA
3
11
RE-ENTRY 33 33
42
59
DAYA
77
58 58
60
LITTLE BIG TOWN
-
88
61
JAMES ARTHUR
CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN
WARNER BROS.
REPRISE/WARNER BROS.
MACON/BROKEN BOW/BBMG
1
124
G.O.O.D./DEF JAM
3
82
MEGHAN TRAINOR
EPIC
1
129
65
P!NK
RCA
16
52
74 74
66
THE LUMINEERS
DUALTONE
1
36
56
64
67
POST MALONE
REPUBLIC
20
29
85 85
49 49
68
PRINCE
1
28
96
84 84
69
JON PARDI
28
13
90 90
74 74
52 52
70
TRAVIS SCOTT
5
44
RE-ENTRY
59 59
65
62
JASON ALDEAN
-
69 69
63
KANYE WEST
66 66
55 55
64
76 76
77 77
100
Data for week of 01.28.2017
NPG/WARNER BROS.
CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN
GRAND HUSTLE/EPIC
94
LIL BOAT SAILING TEAM/QUALITY CONTROL/MOTOWN/CAPITOL
Although “Shape of You” by Ed Sheeran (above) dethrones Migos’ “Bad and Boujee” (featuring Lil Uzi Vert) atop the Billboard Hot 100 (see page 1), the latter makes the biggest gains in streaming, sales and airplay (among nondebuting songs on the Hot 100), helping Migos ascend to the top 20 of the Artist 100 (22-17, up 11 percent in overall activity). Having inspired numerous memes and tweets playing off the song’s “raindrop, drop top” lyrics, “Bad” tops the Streaming Songs chart for a third week (38.7 million U.S. streams — the song’s highest weekly sum yet — up 10 percent, according to Nielsen Music). The track dips 2-3 on Digital Song Sales, but with a 14 percent gain to 86,000 sold, and debuts on Radio Songs at No. 34 (34 million in airplay audience, up 61 percent). It also rules the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a second week each. Meanwhile, Sheeran shoots 29-1 on the Artist 100 (vaulting by 486 percent) for his second week atop the chart. He first led on Sept. 5, 2015, following his NBC concert special Ed Sheeran — Live at Wembley Stadium. The singer-songwriter returns to the top with sales accounting for more than two-thirds of his chart points: The 241,000 downloads that “Shape” sold mark the most for a song in a week since Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” launched with 379,000 (May 28, 2016). Plus, Sheeran’s “Castle on the Hill” starts at No. 6 on the Hot 100, having sold 171,000. —Gary Trust
G o to B I L L B OA R D.CO M/ B I Z fo r co m p l e te c h a r t d a t a 6 3
WKS. ON CHART
LAST WEEK
THIS WEEK
1
3 WK S
Starboy
1
7
54
51
JOHN LEGEND
15
22
GG
La La Land
2
5
69
52 52
JAMES ARTHUR
2
3
SOUNDTRACK
Moana
2
8
53
53
VARIOUS ARTISTS
3
4
BRUNO MARS
24K Magic
2
8
64
54
G-EAZY ¡
5
5
J. COLE
4 Your Eyez Only
1
5
48
55
6
6
ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST 2 Hamilton: An American Musical
3
68
62
7
DRAKE 4
88
DROPKICK MURPHYS 11 Short Stories Of Pain & Glory
99
POST MALONE
22
10 10
CHRIS STAPLETON 2
16
11
RIHANNA 2
11
12
THE CHAINSMOKERS
7
13
TWENTY ONE PILOTS 2
10
14
SOUNDTRACK 0
9
4 HOT SHOT DEBUT
14
XO/REPUBLIC
SOUNDTRACK
SUMMIT/INTERSCOPE/IGA
WALT DISNEY
ATLANTIC/AG
DREAMVILLE/ROC NATION
HAMILTON UPTOWN/ATLANTIC/AG
Views
YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC
DROPKICK MURPHYS/BORN & BRED
Stoney
REPUBLIC
1 8 6
37 1 5
56 57 59
PEAK POS.
WKS. ON CHART
Darkness And Light
14
6
Back From The Edge
52
10
The Hamilton Mixtape
1
6
When It’s Dark Out
5
58
D.R.A.M.
Big Baby D.R.A.M.
19
12
56
KID CUDI
Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’
57
KEVIN GATES ¡
IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL COLUMBIA
COLUMBIA
HAMILTON UPTOWN/ATLANTIC/AG
G-EAZY/RVG/BPG/RCA
#1EPICCHECK/EMPIRE RECORDINGS
11
4
Islah
2
50
58
HALSEY ¡
Badlands
2
72
59
THE LUMINEERS
Cleopatra
1
40
Take Care
1
202
Greatest Hits
3
173
WICKED AWESOME/REPUBLIC
BREAD WINNERS’ ASSOCIATION/ATLANTIC/AG
ASTRALWERKS
DUALTONE
Traveller
1
70
65
60
DRAKE 4
ANTI
1
51
66
61
2PAC a
Collage (EP)
6
10
58
62
MICHAEL JACKSON 3 The Essential Michael Jackson
46
180
Blurryface
1
87
68
63 63
DRAKE 2 If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
1
101
Trolls
3
16
39
64
YO GOTTI
White Friday (CM9)
16
3
15
SOUNDTRACK ¡ Suicide Squad: The Album
1
23
44
65
GRACE VANDERWAAL
Perfectly Imperfect (EP)
9
6
16
RAE SREMMURD
Sremmlife 2
66 66
PHIL COLLINS
The Singles
17
SHAWN MENDES
Illuminate
67 67
ED SHEERAN 2
18
ARIANA GRANDE ¡
68
SAM HUNT 2
19
19
TRAVIS SCOTT Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight
1
19
55
69
MIRANDA LAMBERT
8
20
SOUNDTRACK
Sing
8
5
76
70
PINK GUY
25
21 21
VARIOUS ARTISTS
The RCA-List, Vol. 2
21
10
77
20
22
ADELE a
25
1
60
NEW
23 23
HALESTORM ReAniMate 3.0: The CoVeRs eP
23
1
24 24
21 SAVAGE & METRO BOOMIN
25
JON BELLION
26 26
ED SHEERAN 4
27
SIA ¡
30
28
GUCCI MANE The Return Of East Atlanta Santa
16
4
23
29
METALLICA
1
63
30 30
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Epic Lit (Version 2)
46
31 31
CHANCE THE RAPPER
33
32
KEITH URBAN
33
THE WEEKND 3 Beauty Behind The Madness
34
PANIC! AT THE DISCO ¡ Death Of A Bachelor
35
ALESSIA CARA 0
26
36
CHILDISH GAMBINO
43
37
LIL UZI VERT
47
38
BRYSON TILLER ¡
RE
39 39
34
40
195
41 41
17 12 13
24 28
29
27 21 32
MERCURY NASHVILLE/UMGN
WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION
DISRUPTOR/COLUMBIA
FUELED BY RAMEN/AG
VILLA 40/DREAMWORKS/RCA
DC/ATLAS/WATERTOWER/ATLANTIC/AG
EAR DRUMNER/INTERSCOPE/IGA
ISLAND
RCA
194
3
116
The Weight Of These Wings
3
8
Pink Season
70
2
71
KENDRICK LAMAR ¡ good kid, m.A.A.d city
2
220
72
72
EMINEM a
The Eminem Show
1
302
84
73
LIL UZI VERT
The Perfect LUV Tape
55
22
74
JASON ALDEAN
They Don’t Know
1
18
75 75
GREEN DAY
Revolution Radio
1
13
76 76
A BOOGIE WIT DA HOODIE
Artist
76
14
77
SOLANGE
A Seat At The Table
1
15
86
78
FRANK OCEAN
Blonde
1
21
8
95
79 79
FUTURE ¡
DS2
1
78
30
8
89
80
EMINEM 7
Curtain Call: The Hits
1
323
Coloring Book
8
35
80
81
JOURNEY f
Journey’s Greatest Hits
10
443
Ripcord
4
36
108
82 82
DRAKE 3
Nothing Was The Same
Savage Mode
The Human Condition x
ATLANTIC/AG
This Is Acting
MONKEY PUZZLE/RCA
GUWOP/ATLANTIC/AG
BLACKENED
Hardwired...To Self-Destruct
EPIC
CHANCE THE RAPPER
HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN
XO/REPUBLIC
DCD2/FUELED BY RAMEN/AG
Know-It-All
EP/DEF JAM
24 5 1 4
1 1 9
34
RE 73
26
60
25
RE
134 50
72 52 61
94 75
78 37 91
ELEKTRA/AG
MCA NASHVILLE/UMGN
VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE/SMN
PINK RECORDS
TOP DAWG/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE/IGA
WEB/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE/UME
GENERATION NOW/ATLANTIC/AG
MACON/BROKEN BOW/BBMG
REPRISE/WARNER BROS.
HIGHBRIDGE THE LABEL/AG
SAINT/COLUMBIA
BOYS DON’T CRY
A-1/FREEBANDZ/EPIC
SHADY/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE/IGA
COLUMBIA/LEGACY
1
169
83
BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS f
Legend: The Best Of...
5
452
84
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST We Got It From Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
1
9
85
ADELE e
21
1
308
Doo-Wops & Hooligans
3
306
YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC
TUFF GONG/ISLAND/UME
EPIC
XL/COLUMBIA
5
6
83
86
Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World
37
33
90
87
DJ KHALED 0
Major Key
1
24
TRAPSOUL
8
68
138
88 88
BILLY JOEL 3
The Essential Billy Joel
15
79
KANYE WEST
The Life Of Pablo
1
40
109
89
SAM SMITH 2
In The Lonely Hour
2
135
BEYONCE ¡
Lemonade
1
38
142
90 90
DAVID BOWIE
Legacy
78
6
24
26
RE
91 91
QUEEN 2 Greatest Hits I II & III: The Platinum Collection
48
70
92
DRAKE & FUTURE ¡ What A Time To Be Alive
1
68
93
JON PARDI
California Sunrise
11
28
94
MEEK MILL
DC4
3
11
Sit Still, Look Pretty
36
12
Fetty Wap
1
67
MCDJ/GLASSNOTE
GENERATION NOW/ATLANTIC/AG
TRAPSOUL/RCA
G.O.O.D./DEF JAM
PARKWOOD/COLUMBIA
PS
GEORGE MICHAEL 2 Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best Of George Michael
EPIC/LEGACY
43
J. COLE 2
2014 Forest Hills Drive
44
DJ SNAKE
Encore
40
45
JUSTIN BIEBER 3
50
46
THOMAS RHETT ¡
31
47
TWENTY ONE PILOTS ¡
18
48
THE ROLLING STONES
52 49
36
2
16
ATLANTIC/RHINO
BRUNO MARS 5
42
51
1
110
Awaken, My Love!
MELANIE MARTINEZ 0
38
SYCO/COLUMBIA
5
ATLANTIC/AG
VISIONARY/CAPITOL
COCAINE MUZIK/EPIC
Montevallo
XL/COLUMBIA
SLAUGHTER GANG
YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC
7
GRAND HUSTLE/EPIC
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS/ILLUMINATION/REPUBLIC
EPIC/LEGACY
44
Dangerous Woman
REPUBLIC
AMARU/DEATH ROW/INTERSCOPE/UME
+
4
22
YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC
ATLANTIC/AG
Cry Baby
DREAMVILLE/ROC NATION/COLUMBIA
DJ SNAKE/INTERSCOPE/IGA
6 1 8
74 110 23
107 100 96
ELEKTRA/AG
WE THE BEST/EPIC
COLUMBIA/LEGACY
CAPITOL
ISO/COLUMBIA/LEGACY
HOLLYWOOD
A-1/FREEBANDZ/YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/EPIC/REPUBLIC
CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN
MAYBACH/ATLANTIC/AG
Purpose
1
61
70
95
DAYA
Tangled Up
6
68
101
96
FETTY WAP ¡
Vessel
21
126
92
97
LUKAS GRAHAM 0
Lukas Graham
3
35
THE ROLLING STONES/PROMOTONE B.V./POLYDOR/INTERSCOPE/IGA
Blue & Lonesome
4
6
93
98
LUKE BRYAN ¡
Kill The Lights
1
75
49
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE
Dig Your Roots
2
20
42
99
BLAKE SHELTON 0
If I’m Honest
3
34
50
LADY GAGA
Joanne
1
12
82
100
FIFTH HARMONY 0
7/27
4
33
SCHOOLBOY/RAYMOND BRAUN/DEF JAM
VALORY/BMLG
FUELED BY RAMEN/AG
BMLG
STREAMLINE/INTERSCOPE/IGA
6 4 G o to B I L L B OA R D.CO M/ B I Z fo r co m p l e te c h a r t d a t a
ARTBEATZ
RGF/300/AG
WARNER BROS.
CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN
WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE/WMN
SYCO/EPIC
La La Land Leaps To No. 2 The soundtrack to La La Land is No. 2 on the Billboard 200, scoring an 83 percent gain in equivalent album units earned for the week ending Jan. 12, according to Nielsen Music. The release benefits from its record-breaking night on Jan. 8 at the Golden Globe Awards, where it won seven trophies — the most wins for a film. La La Land also leads the Top Album Sales chart, with 30,000 copies sold. That sum is the second-smallest ever for the week’s topselling album since Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991. The lowest total atop the list was racked up by another soundtrack, Disney Channel’s Descendants, when it debuted atop the list dated Aug. 22, 2015, with a few hundred copies less. Back on the Billboard 200, La La Land replaces another soundtrack at No. 2, Moana, which dips from its runnerup peak to No. 3 (39,000 units; down 40 percent). With La La Land and Moana at Nos. 2 and 3, the chart has two soundtracks within the top three for the first time in more than 18 months. It last occurred on May 30, 2015, when the Pitch Perfect 2 soundtrack debuted at No. 1 while the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack rose 6-3. The Weeknd’s Starboy, meanwhile, holds at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for a second straight week (63,000 units; down 10 percent). Though both La La Land and Moana were the respective top-selling albums of the past two weeks, neither could counter Starboy’s lead in streaming equivalent album units (of the set’s units, 61 percent came from streams). Moana and La La Land give the Top Album Sales chart back-to-back No. 1s from two different multi-artist soundtracks for the first time since 1998 (City of Angels and Armageddon). —Keith Caulfield
The week’s most popular albums across all genres, ranked by album sales, audio on-demand streaming activity and digital sales of tracks from albums, according to Nielsen Music. See Charts Legend on billboard.com/biz for complete rules and explanations. © 2017, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved.
#1 THE WEEKND
1
Title
ARTIST CERTIFICATION
PEAK POS.
IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL
SALES DATA COMPILED BY
Billboard 200
Title
THIS WEEK
71
January 28 2017
ARTIST CERTIFICATION
LAST WEEK
Data for week of 01.28.2017
THIS WEEK
NEW
101
VARIOUS ARTISTS
99
102
GUNS N’ ROSES 5
104
103
LAUREN DAIGLE 0
146
104
6LACK
124
105
BEYONCE 2
61
106
RUN THE JEWELS
107
SHAWN MENDES ¡
108
U2
109
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS 2
85
110
CARRIE UNDERWOOD ¡
88
111
TAYLOR SWIFT 6
122
112
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
106
113
KANE BROWN
123
114
67
102
RE 133
LAST WEEK
THIS WEEK
101
1
147
151
IMAGINE DRAGONS 2
Greatest Hits
3
382
164
152
EMINEM 3
How Can It Be
28
88
166
153
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL a
FREE 6LACK
68
4
RE
154
FLEETWOOD MAC 8
Beyonce
1
155
111
155
PANIC! AT THE DISCO 0
Run The Jewels 3
35
3
178
156
BIG SEAN ¡
157
J. COLE ¡
NOW That’s What I Call A Workout 2017
GEFFEN/UME
CENTRICITY/CAPITOL CMG
LVNR/INTERSCOPE/IGA
PARKWOOD/COLUMBIA
Handwritten
ISLAND
The Joshua Tree
ISLAND/INTERSCOPE/UME
WARNER BROS.
Greatest Hits
1 1 18
91 109 112
174 149 137
PEAK POS.
WKS. ON CHART
Night Visions
2
224
Recovery
1
261
Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits
22
297
Greatest Hits
14
135
Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!
2
92
Dark Sky Paradise
1
92
Born Sinner
1
91
158
DISTURBED 0
Immortalized
1
73
159
JOHNNY CASH 2 The Legend Of Johnny Cash
5
250
Revival
1
63
IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL
KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE/IGA
WEB/SHADY/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE/IGA
FANTASY/CONCORD
WARNER BROS.
DECAYDANCE/FUELED BY RAMEN/AG
G.O.O.D./DEF JAM
ROC NATION/COLUMBIA
REPRISE/WARNER BROS.
COLUMBIA NASHVILLE/LEGACY/AMERICAN/ISLAND/UME
2
64
153
160
SELENA GOMEZ 0
1989
1
116
157
161
FRANK SINATRA 0
FRANK SINATRA ENTERPRISES/CAPITOL/UME
Nothing But The Best
2
141
The Getaway
2
30
165
162
CARRIE UNDERWOOD ¡
Greatest Hits: Decade #1
4
106
Kane Brown
10
6
170
163
LIL YACHTY
106
23
ELTON JOHN 6
Greatest Hits 1970-2002
12
128
189
164
THE ROLLING STONES c Hot Rocks 1964-1971
4
264
115
MAREN MORRIS
Hero
5
32
151
165
GARTH BROOKS a
The Ultimate Hits
3
124
116
THE WEEKND ¡
Trilogy
166
KENNY CHESNEY
Cosmic Hallelujah
2
11
117
METALLICA g
167
GNASH
118
VARIOUS ARTISTS
168
KANYE WEST 2
119
119
FLUME
117
120
CHARLIE PUTH 0
150
121
KALEO
118
122
113
121 98
The week’s most popular albums across all genres, ranked by album sales, audio on-demand streaming activity and digital sales of tracks from albums, according to Nielsen Music. See Charts Legend on billboard.com/biz for complete rules and explanations. © 2017, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. All rights reserved.
WKS. ON CHART
SONY MUSIC/UNIVERSAL/UME
RUN THE JEWELS
Title
ARTIST CERTIFICATION
PEAK POS.
IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL
Storyteller
143
SALES DATA COMPILED BY
Title
ARTIST CERTIFICATION
LAST WEEK
19/ARISTA NASHVILLE/SMN
BIG MACHINE/BMLG
WARNER BROS.
ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE/SMN
ROCKET/UTV/UME
COLUMBIA NASHVILLE/SMN
XO/REPUBLIC
Metallica
BLACKENED/WARNER BROS.
This Is A Challenge
ATLANTIC/AG
4 1 93
148 413 4
144 162 199
INTERSCOPE/IGA
19/ARISTA NASHVILLE/SMN
Lil’ Boat
LIL BOAT SAILING TEAM/QUALITY CONTROL/MOTOWN/CAPITOL
ABKCO
PEARL
BLUE CHAIR/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE/SMN
us (EP)
46
38
Graduation
1
108
The Lumineers
2
123
:):/AG
ROC-A-FELLA/DEF JAM
Skin
8
28
185
169
THE LUMINEERS ¡
Nine Track Mind
6
48
191
170
KENDRICK LAMAR ¡
TOP DAWG/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE/IGA
To Pimp A Butterfly
1
90
A/B
16
25
200
171
BEYONCE 2
I Am...Sasha Fierce
1
137
THE BEATLES c
Abbey Road
1
198
79
172
COLE SWINDELL
You Should Be Here
6
35
123
THE BEATLES b
1
1
255
RE
173
LOGIC
Bobby Tarantino
12
22
124
PRINCE
174
OLD DOMINION 0
Meat And Candy
16
58
125
NICKI MINAJ 2
175
THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.
Greatest Hits
1
70
126
FUTURE 0
EVOL
176
NIRVANA a
Nevermind
1
345
127
HOZIER ¡
Hozier
177
ZAC BROWN BAND
20
101
126
128
X AMBASSADORS 0
1
926
116
129
130
74 135 131 139
FUTURE CLASSIC/MOM + POP
ARTIST PARTNERS GROUP/ATLANTIC/AG
ELEKTRA/ATLANTIC/AG
APPLE/CAPITOL/UME
APPLE/CAPITOL/UME
4Ever
NPG/WARNER BROS.
The Pinkprint
YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC
A-1/FREEBANDZ/EPIC
RUBYWORKS/COLUMBIA
35 2 1 2
8 103 45 114
176 196 182 186
DUALTONE
MUSIC WORLD/COLUMBIA
WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE/WMN
DEF JAM
RCA NASHVILLE/SMN
BAD BOY/RHINO
SUB POP/DGC/GEFFEN/UME
Greatest Hits So Far...
ROAR/SOUTHERN GROUND/ATLANTIC/AG
VHS
7
80
RE
178
PINK FLOYD f The Dark Side Of The Moon
BRUNO MARS 4
Unorthodox Jukebox
1
154
148
179
EAGLES 5
WARNER STRATEGIC MARKETING/RHINO
The Very Best Of The Eagles
3
180
130
BLAKE SHELTON
Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits
5
64
190
180
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE 2 Here’s To The Good Times BMLG
4
205
81
131
VARIOUS ARTISTS
NOW 60
7
10
120
181
SOUNDTRACK ¡ Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1
1
87
125
132
DIERKS BENTLEY
Black
2
31
197
182
LUKE BRYAN 2
Crash My Party
1
174
145
133
PARTYNEXTDOOR PARTYNEXTDOOR 3 (P3)
3
21
RE
183
KID CUDI 0 Man On The Moon: The End Of Day
4
107
134
134
RAE SREMMURD ¡
SremmLife
5
104
194
184
LOGIC 0
Under Pressure
4
52
135
LANA DEL REY ¡
Born To Die
185
MEGHAN TRAINOR 3
Title
1
98
159
136
KODAK BLACK
A Pentatonix Christmas
1
12
87
137
EAGLES t
NEW
138
DAVID BOWIE
128
139
ERIC CHURCH 0
156
140
A BOOGIE WIT DA HOODIE
152
141
EMINEM 2
142
MEGHAN TRAINOR 0
Thank You
143
TORY LANEZ
I Told You
144
KANYE WEST ¡ My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
115
145
THE 1975 I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It
1
45
167
146
CHILDISH GAMBINO 0
Because The Internet
7
127
147
COLDPLAY ¡
A Head Full Of Dreams
136
148
KELSEA BALLERINI 0
160
149
G-EAZY 0
161
150
JEREMIH 0
129
103 141 155
KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE/IGA
ATLANTIC/AG
WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE/WMN
SONY MUSIC/UNIVERSAL/UME
CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN
OVO SOUND/WARNER BROS.
EAR DRUMNER/INTERSCOPE/IGA
POLYDOR/INTERSCOPE/IGA
258
172
MARVEL/HOLLYWOOD
CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN
DREAM ON/G.O.O.D./REPUBLIC
VISIONARY/DEF JAM
EPIC
136
4
41
186
PENTATONIX ¡
1
211
114
187
CHICAGO 2 The Very Best Of Chicago: Only The Beginning
20
29
138
1
RE
188
A$AP MOB
13
6
2
63
193
189
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS c
Greatest Hits
5
218
63
6
97
190
DNCE
DNCE
17
4
1
157
RE
191
MAROON 5 ¡
V
1
114
192
VARIOUS ARTISTS Maranatha! Music: Top 25 Praise Songs, 2017 Edition
181
2
193
TIM MCGRAW
47
21
194
FALL OUT BOY ¡ American Beauty / American Psycho
1
90
154
195
PANIC! AT THE DISCO 2 A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out DECAYDANCE/FUELED BY RAMEN
13
81
114
RE
196
FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS Fitz And The Tantrums DANGERBIRD/ELEKTRA/AG
17
16
2
58
163
197
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE 2 The Black Parade REPRISE/WARNER BROS.
2
92
The First Time
31
78
RE
198
BON JOVI ¡ Greatest Hits: The Ultimate Collection
5
68
These Things Happen
3
126
RE
199
BLINK-182
1
21
Late Nights: The Album
42
53
RE
200
ANDERSON .PAAK
79
2
Lil Big Pac
DOLLAZ N DEALZ
Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975
ASYLUM/ELEKTRA/RHINO
No Plan (EP)
ISO/COLUMBIA
Mr. Misunderstood
EMI NASHVILLE/UMGN
HIGHBRIDGE THE LABEL/AG
TBA (EP)
The Marshall Mathers LP 2
WEB/SHADY/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE/IGA
EPIC
MAD LOVE/INTERSCOPE/IGA
ROC-A-FELLA/DEF JAM
DIRTY HIT/INTERSCOPE/IGA
GLASSNOTE
PARLOPHONE/ATLANTIC/AG
BLACK RIVER
G-EAZY/RVG/BPG/RCA
MICK SCHULTZ/DEF JAM
2
PINK FLOYD/LEGACY
Data for week of 01.28.2017
3 4 1
35 17 85
181
RE 179
RCA
RHINO
Cozy Tapes, Vol. 1: Friends
A$AP WORLDWIDE/POLO GROUNDS/RCA
MCA/UME
REPUBLIC
222/INTERSCOPE/IGA
MARANATHA!/CAPITOL CMG
CURB
35 Biggest Hits
DCD2/ISLAND
ISLAND/UME
VIKING WIZARD EYES/BMG
OBE/ARTCLUB/STEEL WOOL/EMPIRE RECORDINGS
California Malibu
6 ORIGI NAL BROADWAY CAST RE CORDI NG Hamilton: An American Musical
In the week ending Jan. 5, the original Broadway cast recording of Hamilton: An American Musical (No. 6 on the Billboard 200) became just the ninth cast album to sell 1 million copies since Nielsen Music began tracking sales in 1991. Its total sales (through Jan. 12) now stand at 1.02 million. The bestselling cast album in Nielsen history is the highlights edition of the original London cast recording of The Phantom of the Opera, with —K.C. 4.97 million sold.
41
G E O RG E MICHAEL Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best Of...
The album gains with 11,000 units (up 139 percent) and 4,000 sold (up 38 percent). Most of the sales come from its physical CD, which was restocked at retail after Michael’s sudden death depleted on-hand product.
108
U2 The Joshua Tree
The set returns to the chart (6,000 units; up 363 percent) for the first time in more than two years following news of the band’s 30th-anniversary Joshua Tree Tour. (The LP also is No. 1 on the Catalog Albums tally.)
G o to B I L L B OA R D.CO M/ B I Z fo r co m p l e te c h a r t d a t a 6 5
HEATSEEKERS ALBUMS™
LAST WEEK
THIS WEEK
ARTIST CERTIFICATION
Title
#1 SOUNDTRACK 1 WK
IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL
WKS. ON CHART
LAST WEEK
THIS WEEK
La La Land
5
15
1
Title
ARTIST CERTIFICATION IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL
#1
GG
ICE NINE KILLS Safe Is Just A Shadow (Re-Shadowed And Re-Recorded)
WKS. ON CHART
2
7
1
HOT SHOT DEBUT
22
DROPKICK MURPHYS 11 Short Stories Of Pain & Glory
1
NEW
22
YOU ME AT SIX
Night People
1
1
3
SOUNDTRACK
8
NEW
33
GONE IS GONE
Echolocation
1
NEW
44
NCT 127
LIMITLESS: The 2nd Mini Album (EP)
1
NEW
55
DEVIN SHELTON
Sensation
1
NEW
66
AMALEE
Nostalgia
1
NEW
77
JEFE
The World Is Yours
1
2
8
DON CHIEF
The Return Of Chief Lucas
9
9
MO3
4 Indictments
9
7
10 10
HIGH VALLEY
Dear Life
8
NEW
11 11
JIMI CRAVITY
Heaven EP
1
6
12
BRETT YOUNG
Brett Young EP
15
13 13
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC (DUDAMEL) New Year’s Concert 2017/Neujahrskonzert
SUMMIT/INTERSCOPE/IGA
DROPKICK MURPHYS/BORN & BRED
Moana
WALT DISNEY
2
4
BRUNO MARS
24K Magic
8
NEW
55
HALESTORM ReAniMate 3.0: The CoVeRs eP
1
ATLANTIC/AG ATLANTIC/AG
5
6
THE WEEKND
Starboy
6
7
ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST 2 Hamilton: An American Musical
68
15
88
CHRIS STAPLETON 2
Traveller
71
4
9
SOUNDTRACK
Sing
5
11
10
METALLICA
Hardwired...To Self-Destruct
8
10
11
SOUNDTRACK 0
8
12
3
XO/REPUBLIC
HAMILTON UPTOWN/ATLANTIC/AG MERCURY NASHVILLE/UMGN
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS/ILLUMINATION/REPUBLIC BLACKENED
7
3
Trolls
16
J. COLE
4 Your Eyez Only
5
13
THE ROLLING STONES
Blue & Lonesome
6
9
14
TWENTY ONE PILOTS 2
14
15
SOUNDTRACK ¡
16
BEYONCE ¡
18
VILLA 40/DREAMWORKS/RCA DREAMVILLE/ROC NATION
THE ROLLING STONES/PROMOTONE B.V./POLYDOR/INTERSCOPE/IGA FUELED BY RAMEN/AG
Blurryface
Suicide Squad: The Album
DC/ATLAS/WATERTOWER/ATLANTIC/AG
Lemonade
PARKWOOD/COLUMBIA
10
14
87
4
15
ZACH WILLIAMS
Chain Breaker
3
23
NEW
16 16
ALLUVIAL The Deep Longing For Annihilation
1
17 17
BRIAN PUSPOS
CXSHXNLY
1
38
22
DON CHIEF
ADELE a
25
XL/COLUMBIA
60
52
23 23
PHIL COLLINS
The Singles
6
26
24
MIRANDA LAMBERT The Weight Of These Wings
8
25
25
VARIOUS ARTISTS
NOW 60
10
29
26
LADY GAGA
Joanne
12
13
27
PANIC! AT THE DISCO ¡ Death Of A Bachelor
51
16
28
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST We Got It From Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
9
NEW
29 29
DAVID BOWIE
No Plan (EP)
1
20
30
CHILDISH GAMBINO Awaken, My Love!
6
RE
31 31
U2
The Joshua Tree
6
31
32
SHAWN MENDES
Illuminate
15
32
33
SOUNDTRACK ¡ Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1
115
21
34
ARIANA GRANDE ¡ Dangerous Woman
30
23
35
TWENTY ONE PILOTS ¡
Vessel
107
47
36
2PAC a
Greatest Hits
84
49
37
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
The Getaway
48
38
VARIOUS ARTISTS Maranatha! Music: Top 25 Praise Songs, 2017 Edition
ATLANTIC/RHINO
VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE/SMN SONY MUSIC/UNIVERSAL/UME
STREAMLINE/INTERSCOPE/IGA DCD2/FUELED BY RAMEN/AG EPIC
ISO/COLUMBIA
MCDJ/GLASSNOTE
ISLAND
MARVEL/HOLLYWOOD REPUBLIC
FUELED BY RAMEN/AG
AMARU/DEATH ROW/INTERSCOPE/UME WARNER BROS.
MARANATHA!/CAPITOL CMG
The Ultimate Hits
PRINCE
4ever
NPG/WARNER BROS.
16
25
H.E.R.
7
TOP CATALOG ALBUMS™ LAST WEEK
THIS WEEK
RE
1
2 1
Title
ARTIST CERTIFICATION IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL
#1 U2 1 WK
WKS. ON CHART
The Joshua Tree
259
2
SOUNDTRACK ¡ Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1
30
3
TWENTY ONE PILOTS ¡
4
2PAC a
ISLAND/INTERSCOPE/UME
MARVEL/HOLLYWOOD
Vessel
96
Greatest Hits
114
The Ultimate Hits
163
FUELED BY RAMEN/AG
AMARU/DEATH ROW/INTERSCOPE/UME
9
10
JOHNNY CASH 2 The Legend Of Johnny Cash
30
4
11
GEORGE MICHAEL a
2
3
12
EAGLES t
13 13
ED SHEERAN 4
43
14 14
PINK FLOYD f The Dark Side Of The Moon
12
15
TAYLOR SWIFT 6
14
16
GUNS N’ ROSES 5
13
17
ADELE e
18
MICHAEL JACKSON 3
The Essential Michael Jackson
235
Abbey Road
307
126 8
44
THE LUMINEERS
33
45
JASON ALDEAN
56
46
METALLICA g
30
47
PINK GUY
43
48
BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS f Legend: The Best Of...
308
57
49
JOURNEY f
291
50
LAUREN DAIGLE 0
How Can It Be
H.E.R., VOL. 1 (EP)
RCA
9
35
Journey’s Greatest Hits
4
11
6
TUFF GONG/ISLAND/UME
Crush Me (EP)
NIGHT STREET/INTERSCOPE/IGA
JOURNEY f
Kane Brown
6 6 G o to B I L L B OA R D.CO M/ B I Z fo r co m p l e te c h a r t d a t a
K.FLAY
WIND-UP
BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS f
KANE BROWN
CENTRICITY/CAPITOL CMG
23 24
8
43
65
13 20
5
45
Pink Season
8
METALLICA g
37
PINK RECORDS
3
Men Amongst Mountains
EAT GREEDY
7
Views
Metallica
3
Powered Up
10
DRAKE 4
BLACKENED/WARNER BROS.
This One’s For You (EP)
RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE/SMN
GEORGE MICHAEL 2
42
They Don’t Know
33
5
12
MACON/BROKEN BOW/BBMG
Give It Back To You
CONCORD
66
25
Cleopatra
SECRETLY CANADIAN
6
GEORGE MICHAEL 2 Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best Of George Michael
DUALTONE
10
26
41 41
YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC
17
Light Upon The Lake
GARTH BROOKS a
RE
EPIC/LEGACY
Teens Of Denial
MATADOR
THE REVIVALISTS
8
ISLAND/INTERSCOPE/UME
ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE/SMN
S.L.A.B. EP: Slow Love And Bangin’
LUKE COMBS
9
29
ALLUVIAL
21 21
1
Shottaz Reloaded
ESSENTIAL/PLG
23
SONY MUSIC/UNIVERSAL/UME
COLUMBIA/LEGACY
NEW
MO3 MEDIA
11
VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW That’s What I Call A Workout 2017
1
MO3
Revolution Radio
GREEN DAY
40
SONY CLASSICAL/SONY MASTERWORKS
THE RECORD COMPANY
20 20
34
BMLG
36
HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN
PEARL
SIXSTEPS/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG
Ripcord
HAMILTON UPTOWN/ATLANTIC/AG
GARTH BROOKS a
ATLANTIC/WMN
19
83
39
MO3 MEDIA
20
KEITH URBAN
44
EAT GREEDY
8
19
22
GLIZZY GANG/300/AG
6
27
22
LEEGION CREATIVE
WHITNEY
The Hamilton Mixtape
21 21
BC MUSIC
18
VARIOUS ARTISTS
NEW
S.M.
1
18
REPRISE/WARNER BROS.
BLACK DUNE/RISE
12
Perfectly Imperfect (EP)
24
INFECTIOUS/BMG
6
GRACE VANDERWAAL SYCO/COLUMBIA
ICE NINE KILLS
CAR SEAT HEADREST
17
17
NEW
1 WK
33
18
38 18 383 2
80
PEARL
Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best Of George Michael
EPIC/LEGACY
Metallica
783
Legend: The Best Of...
1242
BLACKENED/WARNER BROS. TUFF GONG/ISLAND/UME
4
Journey’s Greatest Hits 1085
COLUMBIA/LEGACY
COLUMBIA NASHVILLE/LEGACY/AMERICAN/ISLAND/UME
Faith
COLUMBIA/LEGACY
Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975
ASYLUM/ELEKTRA/RHINO
x
ATLANTIC/AG
PINK FLOYD/LEGACY
1989
BIG MACHINE/BMLG GEFFEN/UME
EPIC/LEGACY
4 452 24 1197 15 385
21
162
16
19
THE BEATLES c
28
20
FRANK SINATRA 0 Nothing But The Best
83
RE
21 21
WHAM! 6
2
22
BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND ¡ Ultimate Hits: Rock And Roll Never Forgets
62
Back To Black
108
21
APPLE/CAPITOL/UME
FRANK SINATRA ENTERPRISES/CAPITOL/UME COLUMBIA/LEGACY
Make It Big
HIDEOUT/CAPITOL/UME
17
23
AMY WINEHOUSE 2
41
24
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS 2 Greatest Hits
68
36
25
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS c Greatest Hits
556
REPUBLIC
WARNER BROS. MCA/UME
While the continued return of the vinyl format rightfully draws attention, there’s another configuration on the comeback trail: the cassette tape. Cassette album sales grew by 74 percent in 2016, with 129,000 copies sold (up from 74,000 in 2015), according to Nielsen Music. Certainly, 129,000 is a tiny amount compared with the number of albums and vinyl LPs that were sold in 2016: overall sales totaled 200.8 million (down 17 percent), while vinyl records sold 13.1million (up 10 percent). But considering the cassette effectively was a dead format with little love from audiophiles (unlike vinyl aficionados, who are devoted to the warm grooves of the LP), selling any amount of tapes is still a major feat. Cassette sales have grown thanks to specialty releases of recent albums, including Justin Bieber’s Purpose and The Weeknd’s Beauty Behind the Madness (each sold nearly 1,000 in 2016), along with reissues of classics like Eminem’s The Slim Shady LP (3,000) and Prince & The Revolution’s Purple Rain (2,000). New cassettes typically come with a code for a digital download of the album for those consumers who don’t own a cassette player. In 2016, 25 albums sold at least 1,000 cassette copies, compared with eight in 2015. The top-selling cassette album in both years was the soundtrack (above), to Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, with 4,000 sold each year. —K.C.
184
Greatest Hits
XL/COLUMBIA
Cassette Sales Climb
Data for week of 01.28.2017
TOP ALBUM SALES: The week’s top-selling albums across all genres, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music. HEATSEEKERS ALBUMS: The week’s top-selling albums by new or developing acts, defined as those who have never appeared in the top 100 of the Billboard 200 or the top 10 of Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Top Country Albums, Top Latin Albums, Christian Albums or Gospel Albums. If a title reaches any of those levels, it and the act’s subsequent albums are then ineligible to appear on Heatseekers Albums. Titles are ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music. TOP CATALOG ALBUMS: The week’s top-selling albums across all genres that are at least 18-months old and have fallen below No. 100 on the Billboard 200 or are re-issues of older albums. Titles are ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music. See Charts Legend on billboard.com/biz for complete rules and explanations. © 2017, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.
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David Bowie’s surprise album release, No Plan, arrives on the Billboard 200, giving the icon his 45th entry on the chart. The four-song digital EP bows at No. 138 with 5,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Jan. 12, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, slightly more than 4,000 were traditional album sales. No Plan was released without advance warning to commemorate what would have been Bowie’s 70th birthday on Jan. 8. (The artist died Jan. 10, 2016; two days after he released his final studio album, Blackstar.) Three of the EP’s songs (the title track, “Killing a Little Time” and “When I Met You”) previously were included on the Lazarus cast recording album (which was composed by Bowie). However, they were not available as à la carte digital purchases until their release on No Plan. The EP’s fourth song, “Lazarus,” appeared on Blackstar. In 2016, Bowie’s album catalog performed well, as fans mourned his death. He sold 1.3 million albums last year, led by Blackstar, with 456,000 copies sold. The album debuted atop the Billboard 200, marking his first leader on the list. Bowie made his Billboard chart debut nearly 45 years ago, on the list dated April 15, 1972, when Hunky Dory bowed at No. 183. During the album’s initial run, it peaked at No. 93, but later returned to the list after Bowie’s death, hitting a new chart high of No. 57 (Jan. 30, 2016). —Keith Caulfield
January 28 2017
Bowie Charts 45th Album
Social
“Party Monster” by The Weeknd re-enters at No. 2 on Billboard + Twitter Top Tracks after its video arrived Jan. 12 and viewed 9.2 million times on YouTube through Jan. 17. As “Monster” reappears, it becomes The Weeknd’s 10th top 10 hit on Top Tracks, which launched in May 2014, and the third song from his Starboy album to reach the region. The title track (featuring Daft Punk) was No. 1 for three weeks in October 2016, while “False Alarm” climbed to No. 3. Meanwhile, The Chainsmokers open at No. 5 with “Paris” after its Jan. 13 release, while its official lyric video has soared to 17.5 million views on YouTube. The song marks the first radio single since their smash hit “Closer” (featuring Halsey) led Top Tracks for a week in 2016 (as well as the Billboard Hot 100 for 12). Speaking of Halsey, she also debuts at No. 13 with “Not Afraid Anymore” from the Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack, due in February. The cut follows the LP’s lead release, the Zayn Malik-Taylor Swift duet “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever.” Meanwhile, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson and the original Broadway cast of Hamilton start at No. 19 with “One Last Time” from the production’s accompanying cast album. On Jan. 7, the show’s official Twitter account revealed a “Time” performance filmed at the White House in 2016, with a caption that read in part, “We celebrate President @BarackObama … #ObamaLegacy.” —Trevor Anderson
Data for week of 01.28.2017
January 28 2017
ZENDAYA: COURTESY OF HOLLYWOOD RECORDS BILLBOARD TWITTER TOP TRACKS: The week’s most shared songs on Twitter in the U.S., ranked by the volume of shares. BILLBOARD TWITTER EMERGING ARTISTS: The week’s most shared songs on Twitter in the U.S. by up-and-coming artists (defined as artists with fewer than 100,000 Twitter followers who have also not as a lead artist in the top 50 songs on the Billboard Hot 100), ranked by the number of shares. All charts © 2017, Prometheus Global Media, LLC. All rights reserved.
‘Monster’ Moves In At No. 2
TOP TOP TRACKS™ TRACKS™ TITLE
Artist
LAST WEEK
THIS WEEK
1
1
2 WK S
RE
22
PARTY MONSTER
45
EMERGING ARTISTS™
PRESENTED BY
TITLE
PRESENTED BY
Artist
WKS. ON CHART
LAST WEEK
THIS WEEK
Ed Sheeran
2
1
1
3 WK S
#1 HUMAN
Rag’n’Bone Man
6
The Weeknd
2
NEW
22
STAR ROVING
Slowdive
1
33
BAD AND BOUJEE Migos Feat. Lil Uzi Vert
6
NEW
33
(NO ONE KNOWS ME) LIKE THE PIANO Sampha
1
2
4
CASTLE ON THE HILL
Ed Sheeran
2
NEW
44
DON’T LEAVE
Snakehips & MO
1
NEW
55
PARIS
The Chainsmokers
1
NEW
55
TRUTH BE TOLD
Bankroll Fresh
1
RE
66
BUTTERFLY
BTS
9
NEW
66
ALL ABOUT ME
Syd
1
26
77
LAST TEXT
Jacob Sartorius
3
6
77
LOCATION
Khalid
22
RE
88
TEMPORARY FIX
One Direction
3
5
8
PERFECT STRANGERS Jonas Blue Feat. JP Cooper
33
6
9
FIRE
BTS
33
7
9
SEPTEMBER SONG
JP Cooper
18
RE
10 10
SHOUT OUT TO MY EX
Little Mix
10
3
10
PRBLMS
6LACK
14
17
11 11
PILLOWTALK
Zayn
38
11
11 11
CALL ON ME
Starley
10
24
12 12
LOVE YOURSELF
Justin Bieber
58
NEW
12 12
SAVED
Khalid
1
NEW
13 13
NOT AFRAID ANYMORE
Halsey
1
9
13
THE OCEAN Mike Perry Feat. Shy Martin
13
7
14
CLOSER
The Chainsmokers Feat. Halsey
25
10
14
NOT IN LOVE
M.O Feat. Kent Jones
5
21
15 15
STARBOY
The Weeknd Feat. Daft Punk
17
8
15
ALARM
Anne-Marie
8
15
16
LET ME LOVE YOU
DJ Snake Feat. Justin Bieber
13
14
16
LOVE$ICK Mura Masa Feat. A$AP Rocky
16
NEW
17 17
T-SHIRT
Migos
1
2
17
SAY SO
Terror Jr
2
29
18 18
MOVE YOUR BODY
Sia
2
50
18 18
SAY WHEN
THEY.
8
NEW
19 19
ONE LAST TIME
Christopher Jackson/Lin-Manuel Miranda
1
12
19
BONBON
Era Istrefi
30
19
20
24K MAGIC
Bruno Mars
15
16
20
WASTED
Dreezy
5
8
21
SIDE TO SIDE Ariana Grande Feat. Nicki Minaj
22
17
21
FIND ME
Sigma Feat. Birdy
10
27
22
BAD THINGS Machine Gun Kelly x Camila Cabello
13
4
22
TEMPTED
Jazz Cartier
2
40
23 23
ALONE
Alan Walker
7
18
23
CAPSIZE
Frenship & Emily Warren
30
11
24
I GOT YOU
Bebe Rexha
2
20
24
CRUEL
Snakehips Feat. Zayn
27
13
25
ROCKABYE Clean Bandit Feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie
7
19
25
D (HALF MOON)
Dean Feat. Gaeko
7
9
26
THIS TOWN
16
RE
26 26
CHAIN BREAKER
Zach Williams
2
NEW
27 27
U X ME
1
26
27 27
TRAICIONERA
Sebastian Yatra
16
RE
28 28
OOPS
3
13
28
HARD LIQUOR
SOHN
2
RE
29 29
LOVE ON THE BRAIN
29
OTW
DJ Luke Nasty
8
31
30
CHANTAJE
k.flay
5
12
31
MERCY
Ro James
50
NEW
32 32
SAY YOU WON’T LET GO
50
33 33
SAVE ME
25
34
HEATHENS
NEW
35 35
DREW BARRYMORE
NEW
36 36
NO LIE
30
#1 SHAPE OF YOU
Niall Horan Joey B Little Mix Feat. Charlie Puth Rihanna
WKS. ON CHART
14
23
Shakira Feat. Maluma
11
49
30 30
BLOOD IN THE CUT
Shawn Mendes
21
22
31
PERMISSION
James Arthur
1
24
32
CROSSFIRE
Stephen
56
BTS
20
21
33
EX CALLING
6LACK
6
twenty one pilots
30
29
34
ALL MY FRIENDS Snakehips Feat. Tinashe & Chance The Rapper
63
SZA
1
RE
35 35
DOWN
Marian Hill
2
Sean Paul Feat. Dua Lipa
1
46
36 36
WHAT IS LOVE 2016
Lost Frequencies
8
37
PARTY Chris Brown Feat. Usher & Gucci Mane
5
35
37
DRUGS
EDEN
21
22
38
COMPANY
Tinashe
3
48
38 38
PATIENCE (FREESTYLE)
Ray Blk
2
3
39
EVERYDAY
Ariana Grande Feat. Future
3
30
39
WE CAN
Kranium Feat. Tory Lanez
16
RE
40 40
HELLO
Adele
62
39
40 40
STEADY 1234
Vice Feat. Jasmine Thompson & Skizzy Mars
4
48
41 41
SORRY
Justin Bieber
64
45
41 41
WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE James TW
6
41
42
FAKE LOVE
Drake
12
32
42
OH LORD
MiC LOWRY
14
46
43
DON’T WANNA KNOW Maroon 5 Feat. Kendrick Lamar
14
42
43
MY SH*T
A Boogie Wit da Hoodie
19
5
44
BACK TO ME Marian Hill & Lauren Jauregui
6
34
44
GIVE ME YOUR LOVE Sigala Feat. John Newman & Nile Rodgers
26
NEW
45 45
DRUGS
1
NEW
45 45
ROUGH SOUL GoldLink Feauring April George
1
36
46
COLD WATER Major Lazer Feat. Justin Bieber & MO
24
37
46
HEY
20
47
WE DON’T TALK ANYMORE Charlie Puth Feat. Selena Gomez
36
28
47
THERE’S A GIRL
16
48
LIE
5
25
48
ROMANTIC
32
49
WORK
Rihanna Feat. Drake
49
31
35
50
MILLION REASONS
Lady Gaga
15
41
August Alsina
BTS
Fais Feat. Afrojack
40
Trent Harmon
14
Stanaj
3
49
WAT U MEAN (AYE, AYE, AYE) Dae Dae
34
50
BODY
43
Dreezy Feat. Jeremih
Zendaya Goes Top Five Zendaya (above) ascends 30-5 on the Social 50, marking her best rank on the chart since reaching No. 8 in 2016. Her rise follows a big week on social media during which the singer revealed that people could subscribe to her app (Zendaya: The App) for free in January and that she would be attending the Women’s March on Washington (D.C.) on Jan. 21. Zendaya leapt in most chart metrics during the tracking week ending Jan. 15, including Instagram reactions, with a 243 percent gain to 11.3 million, according to Next Big Sound. Meanwhile, Ariana Grande returns to No. 1 for a 17th week following 21.8 million Instagram reactions (a jump of 10.7 million). Fans took special interest in behindthe-scenes Instagram photos with Chris Marrs Piliero, who is set to direct the video for her new single “Everyday” (which concurrently debuts at No. 30 on Rhythmic). The Social 50’s top debut belongs to Bebe Rexha, who enters at No. 28. The singer released a new video for “I Got You” on Jan. 6 and performed the song on ABC’s Good Morning America on Jan. 13. Concurrently, the single zips 94-63 on the Billboard Hot 100. Rexha climbs 476 percent in YouTube reactions (230,000 total) while also leaping 109 percent in Wikipedia views to 50,000. Rexha initially broke out on the Hot 100 as a featured performer on David Guetta’s “Hey Mama” (No. 8, June 2015), followed by her No. 7-peaking “Me, Myself & I” with G-Eazy in 2016. —Kevin Rutherford
G o to B I L L B OA R D.CO M/ B I Z fo r co m p l e te c h a r t d a t a 67
2
1
3 1 6
1
17 WKS
2
BTS
5
3
ED SHEERAN
106
4
4
CHRIS BROWN
292
1
30
5
#1 ARIANA GRANDE REPUBLIC
BIG HIT ENTERTAINMENT/LOEN ENTERTAINMENT ATLANTIC/AG RCA
ZENDAYA HOLLYWOOD
14
127
9
6
JUSTIN BIEBER
321
38
7
SELENA GOMEZ
318
11
8
ZAYN
49
48
9
DEMI LOVATO
310
7
10
SHAWN MENDES
108
19
11
MALUMA
13
15
12
LALI
31
37
13
THE WEEKND
69
16
14
JACOB SARTORIUS
32
34
15
MARSHMELLO
15
3
16
MILEY CYRUS
249
8 13
17 18
SCHOOLBOY/RAYMOND BRAUN/DEF JAM INTERSCOPE/IGA RCA
SAFEHOUSE/ISLAND/HOLLYWOOD ISLAND
SONY MUSIC LATIN ARIOLA/SONY MUSIC ARGENTINA XO/REPUBLIC T3
OWSLA RCA
SHAKIRA
SONY MUSIC LATIN/RCA
CAMILA CABELLO SYCO/EPIC
315 51
RE
19
ANITTA
14
12
20
DRAKE
296
35
21
TAYLOR SWIFT
10
22
NIALL HORAN
21
23
WARNER MUSIC BRAZIL YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC BIG MACHINE/BMLG
NEON HAZE/CAPITOL
JENNIFER LOPEZ NUYORICAN/EPIC
321 16 306
29
24
FIFTH HARMONY
85
17
25
LUCY HALE
132
28
26
J BALVIN
RE
27
LADY GAGA
NEW
28
BEBE REXHA
33
29
THE CHAINSMOKERS
24
43
30
KATY PERRY
319
32
31
MARTIN GARRIX
131
NEW
32
MIGOS
24
33
MARIO BAUTISTA
34
SOULJA BOY
35
BRUNO MARS
25 41
SYCO/EPIC
DMG NASHVILLE/HOLLYWOOD CAPITOL LATIN/UMLE STREAMLINE/INTERSCOPE/IGA WARNER BROS.
DISRUPTOR/COLUMBIA CAPITOL
STMPD RCRDS/RCA
QUALITY CONTROL/300/AG KASST AGENCY/WARNER LATINA S.O.D. MONEY GANG ATLANTIC/AG
11 315 1
1 32 27 253
RE
36
LIAM PAYNE
6
RE
37
TIMATI
20
23
38
KODAK BLACK
6
REPUBLIC
BLACK STAR DOLLAZ N DEALZ
20
39
RIHANNA
RE
40
NICKY JAM
WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION LA INDUSTRIA/SONY MUSIC LATIN
310
36
41
WIZ KHALIFA
306
RE
42
GUCCI MANE
6
RE
43
MEEK MILL
51
44
44
MADISON BEER
2
18
45
LAUREN JAUREGUI
6
46
SIA
47
ALAN WALKER
RE
48
SABRINA CARPENTER
RE
49
46
50
RE 45
ROSTRUM/ATLANTIC/AG GUWOP/ATLANTIC/AG MAYBACH/ATLANTIC/AG UNSIGNED
SYCO/EPIC
MONKEY PUZZLE/RCA MER MUSIKK/RCA
5 4
WKS. ON CHART
LAST WEEK
THIS WEEK
#1 DON’T WANNA KNOW Maroon 5 Feat. Kendrick Lamar 1 WK
14
2
1
22
SCARS TO YOUR BEAUTIFUL Alessia Cara
23
1
3
SIDE TO SIDE Ariana Grande Feat. Nicki Minaj
17
3
44
BAD THINGS Machine Gun Kelly x Camila Cabello
12
7
5
CLOSER The Chainsmokers Feat. Halsey
24
5
6
STARVING Hailee Steinfeld & Grey Feat. Zedd
25
7
7
STARBOY
The Weeknd Feat. Daft Punk
8
8
LET ME LOVE YOU DJ Snake Feat. Justin Bieber
99
I DON’T WANNA LIVE FOREVER Zayn / Taylor Swift
4
11
IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL 222/INTERSCOPE
EP/DEF JAM REPUBLIC
EST19XX/BAD BOY/EPIC/INTERSCOPE DISRUPTOR/COLUMBIA REPUBLIC
XO/REPUBLIC
DJ SNAKE/INTERSCOPE
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS/BIG MACHINE/RCA/REPUBLIC
TITLE
Artist
IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL
#1 FAKE LOVE 1 WK
WKS. ON CHART
Drake
11
2
BLACK BEATLES Rae Sremmurd Feat. Gucci Mane
13
33
BAD THINGS Machine Gun Kelly x Camila Cabello
11
44
LOVE ON THE BRAIN
Rihanna
15
55
CAROLINE
Amine
15
4
6
SIDE TO SIDE Ariana Grande Feat. Nicki Minaj
17
17
6
7
STARBOY
The Weeknd Feat. Daft Punk
17
22
10
88
I FEEL IT COMING The Weeknd Feat. Daft Punk
7
99
BOUNCE BACK
Big Sean
10
PARTYNEXTDOOR
13
6
5
11
YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC
EAR DRUMNER/INTERSCOPE
EST19XX/BAD BOY/EPIC/INTERSCOPE WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION REPUBLIC REPUBLIC
XO/REPUBLIC XO/REPUBLIC
G.O.O.D./DEF JAM
10
24K MAGIC
10
11 11
LOVE ON THE BRAIN
13
12 12
I FEEL IT COMING The Weeknd Feat. Daft Punk
7
9
12
24K MAGIC
Bruno Mars
15
14
13 13
BLACK BEATLES Rae Sremmurd Feat. Gucci Mane
9
12
13 13
PUSH IT ON ME Kevin “Chocolate Droppa” Hart Feat. Trey Songz
8
14 14
THIS TOWN
Niall Horan
16
14 14
SCARS TO YOUR BEAUTIFUL Alessia Cara
8
Jon Bellion
19
18
15 15
#1
Dev Feat. Nef The Pharaoh
10
Shawn Mendes
12
29
16 16
BAD AND BOUJEE Migos Feat. Lil Uzi Vert
2
Ed Sheeran
2
16
17
LET ME LOVE YOU DJ Snake Feat. Justin Bieber
20
18
DON’T WANNA KNOW Maroon 5 Feat. Kendrick Lamar
11 17
Beyonce
6
DJ Luke Nasty
6
Sage The Gemini
5
9
12
ATLANTIC
8
10 10
Rihanna
13
17
11 11
PARTY MONSTER
The Weeknd
5
EAR DRUMNER/INTERSCOPE NEON HAZE/CAPITOL
15
15 15 16 16
MERCY
24
17 17
VISIONARY/CAPITOL ISLAND/REPUBLIC
SHAPE OF YOU
GG
ATLANTIC
18 18
WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE
19
19 19
LOVE ME NOW
21
20 20
FAKE LOVE
17 22
15
NOT NICE
XO/REPUBLIC
16
18
Bruno Mars
WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION
ALL TIME LOW
Adele
XL/COLUMBIA
MOTOWN/CAPITOL EP/DEF JAM RECORDS
GG
QUALITY CONTROL/300
DJ SNAKE/INTERSCOPE 222/INTERSCOPE
13
13
19
6
21
20 20
ALL NIGHT
21
THE GREATEST Sia Feat. Kendrick Lamar
17
23
21 21
OTW
22 22
I GOT YOU
22 22
NOW & LATER
23 23
PARTY Chris Brown Feat. Usher & Gucci Mane
2 4
Kap G
9
Artist
WKS. ON CHART
YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC MONKEY PUZZLE/RCA
Bebe Rexha
WARNER BROS.
24 24
PARIS
31
25 25
ROCKABYE Clean Bandit Feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie
24
28
24 24
I DON’T WANNA LIVE FOREVER Zayn / Taylor Swift
4
22
25
GIRLFRIEND
35
WKS. ON CHART
LAST WEEK
THIS WEEK
P!nk
39
1
1
2
CAN’T STOP THE FEELING! Justin Timberlake
37
2
3
SEND MY LOVE (TO YOUR NEW LOVER)
36
3
4
CHEAP THRILLS
55
TREAT YOU BETTER
1
8 WK S
2 4
IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL
#1 JUST LIKE FIRE WALT DISNEY/RCA
VILLA 40/DREAMWORKS/RCA XL/COLUMBIA
MONKEY PUZZLE/RCA
Adele
Sia Feat. Sean Paul
ISLAND/REPUBLIC
RCA
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS/BIG MACHINE/RCA/REPUBLIC ATLANTIC
ADULT TOP 40™ Artist
1
GLOBAL GEMINI/ATLANTIC
1
TITLE
THIS WEEK
OTHAZ/EMPIRE RECORDINGS
10
BIG BEAT/ATLANTIC/RRP
LAST WEEK
PARKWOOD/COLUMBIA
The Chainsmokers
5MODE/HI OR HEY/CAROLINE/CAPITOL DISRUPTOR/COLUMBIA
6
RCA
Hey Violet
ADULT CONTEMPORARY™
5
ATLANTIC
Drake
COLUMBIA
23 23
3
19
XO/REPUBLIC
CHILL BILL Rob $tone Feat. J. Davi$ & Spooks
NEW
23
9
15
OVO SOUND/WARNER BROS.
John Legend
GUYS MY AGE
30
5
TITLE
IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL
#1 DON’T WANNA KNOW Maroon 5 Feat. Kendrick Lamar
14
2
CLOSER The Chainsmokers Feat. Halsey
22
3
24K MAGIC
Bruno Mars
15
44
SCARS TO YOUR BEAUTIFUL Alessia Cara
14 18
Adele
10
Fitz And The Tantrums
26
5 WK S
222/INTERSCOPE
DISRUPTOR/COLUMBIA ATLANTIC
EP/DEF JAM
Shawn Mendes
25
4
55
LET ME LOVE YOU DJ Snake Feat. Justin Bieber
Charlie Puth
50
8
DJ SNAKE/INTERSCOPE
6
6
ONE CALL AWAY
66
WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE
8
77
DON’T WANNA KNOW Maroon 5 Feat. Kendrick Lamar
14
7
7
HANDCLAP
7
8
CAKE BY THE OCEAN
42
6
8
TREAT YOU BETTER
Shawn Mendes
30
9
LOVE YOURSELF
99
FRESH EYES
Andy Grammer
23
Sia Feat. Sean Paul
37
Train
15
9
ARTIST PARTNERS GROUP/ATLANTIC 222/INTERSCOPE
DNCE
REPUBLIC
8
10
10
CHEAP THRILLS PLAY THAT SONG
11
11
11 11
CLOSER The Chainsmokers Feat. Halsey
15
12
11 11
12
12
NOBODY BUT ME
Michael Buble
18
22
12 12
13 13
PLAY THAT SONG
Train
14
24K MAGIC
Bruno Mars
13
15
15 15
DANCING ON MY OWN
Calum Scott
12
17
16 16
LOVE ME NOW
John Legend
10
14
XL/COLUMBIA
DISRUPTOR/COLUMBIA
REPRISE/WARNER BROS. COLUMBIA ATLANTIC CAPITOL
COLUMBIA
9
13 13
6
9
14
HEATHENS
twenty one pilots
23
15
15 15
STARVING Hailee Steinfeld & Grey Feat. Zedd
17
16
LOVE ME NOW
John Legend
14
17 17
THIS TOWN
Niall Horan
11
13
18 18
3
20
19 19
LOVE ON THE WEEKEND
John Mayer
3
22
20 20
SCARS TO YOUR BEAUTIFUL Alessia Cara
3
24
21 21
FRESH EYES
7
19
22
SIT STILL, LOOK PRETTY
10
19
21
DJ SNAKE/INTERSCOPE COLUMBIA
EP/DEF JAM
S-CURVE/BMG/HOLLYWOOD
Andy Grammer Daya
ARTBEATZ
23
6
COLUMBIA
2
LET ME LOVE YOU DJ Snake Feat. Justin Bieber
Calvin Harris Feat. Rihanna
MONKEY PUZZLE/RCA
Ed Sheeran
THIS IS WHAT YOU CAME FOR
WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION/FLY EYE/COLUMBIA
S-CURVE/BMG/HOLLYWOOD
I DON’T WANNA LIVE FOREVER Zayn / Taylor Swift
17
18
ISLAND/REPUBLIC
47
10 10
14
DANGERBIRD/ELEKTRA/ATLANTIC
WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE Adele
SCHOOLBOY/RAYMOND BRAUN/DEF JAM
GG
XL/COLUMBIA
Justin Bieber
10
13
4
Artist
16
GG
SHAPE OF YOU ATLANTIC
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS/BIG MACHINE/RCA/REPUBLIC
DC/ATLAS/WATERTOWER/ATLANTIC/FUELED BY RAMEN/RRP REPUBLIC
COLUMBIA
NEON HAZE/CAPITOL
18 18
SIDE TO SIDE
Ariana Grande
12
17
19 19
THE GREATEST Sia Feat. Kendrick Lamar
15
21
20 20
MERCY
Shawn Mendes
8
21
LOVE ON THE WEEKEND
John Mayer
9
22 22
LOVE ON THE BRAIN
Rihanna
9
26
23 23
YOU’RE NOT THERE
Lukas Graham
9
18
24
REPUBLIC
MONKEY PUZZLE/RCA ISLAND/REPUBLIC COLUMBIA
WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION
7
23
23
COLD WATER Major Lazer Feat. Justin Bieber & MO
JACOB WHITESIDES
47
NEW
24 24
SHAPE OF YOU
Ed Sheeran
1
29
24 24
I FEEL IT COMING The Weeknd Feat. Daft Punk
5
WESLEY SAFADAO
5
28
25 25
I DON’T WANNA LIVE FOREVER Zayn / Taylor Swift
2
28
25 25
SAY YOU WON’T LET GO
10
HOLLYWOOD
DOUBLE U/BMG SOM LIVRE
6 8 G o to B I L L B OA R D.CO M/ B I Z fo r co m p l e te c h a r t d a t a
MAD DECENT/DEF JAM ATLANTIC
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS/BIG MACHINE/RCA/REPUBLIC
WARNER BROS. XO/REPUBLIC COLUMBIA
James Arthur
Data for week of 01.28.2017
SOCIAL 50: The week’s most active artists on social networking sites based on weekly additions of fans across Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram; reactions and conversations across Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook; and views to an artist’s Wikipedia page, as measured by Next Big Sound. 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 © 2017, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.
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2
RHYTHMIC™
TITLE
SOCIAL DATA COMPILED BY
THIS WEEK
AIRPLAY DATA COMPILED BY
LAST WEEK
THIS WEEK
IMPRINT/LABEL
MAINSTREAM TOP 40™
WKS. ON CHART
LAST WEEK
January 28 2017
ARTIST
Pop/Rhythmic/Adult
SOCIAL 50™
Country
LAST WEEK
THIS WEEK
1
1
1
5
3
2
4
5
3
2
2
7
6
6
7
4 5 6
3
4
7
8
8
8
RE-ENTRY
Artist
TITLE CERTIFICATION PRODUCER (SONGWRITER)
IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL
#1 BLUE AIN’T YOUR COLOR
11 WK S
Keith Urban
D.HUFF,K.URBAN (S.L.OLSEN,H.LINDSEY,C.LAGERBERG)
AG
HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE
BETTER MAN
J.JOYCE (Z.CROWELL,A.GORLEY,H.LINDSEY)
MAY WE ALL
J.MOI (R.CLAWSON,J.MOORE)
Florida Georgia Line Featuring Tim McGraw
BMLG
Blake Shelton
S.HENDRICKS (A.GORLEY,B.SIMPSON)
WARNER BROS./WMN
STAR OF THE SHOW
Thomas Rhett
JOE LONDON,J.BUNETTA,THOMAS RHETT (THOMAS RHETT,R.AKINS,B.HAYSLIP)
WANNA BE THAT SONG
VALORY
Brett Eldredge
R. COPPERMAN,B.ELDREDGE (B.ELDREDGE,R.COPPERMAN,SCOOTER CARUSOE)
DIRT ON MY BOOTS
ATLANTIC/WMN
Jon Pardi
B.BUTLER,J.PARDI (R.AKINS,J.FRASURE,A.GORLEY)
CAPITOL NASHVILLE
KEITH URBAN
Ripcord
36
3
MIRANDA LAMBERT The Weight Of These Wings
8
4
KANE BROWN
6
2 5 6
26 15 15
3
34
8
17
20
11
7
GARTH BROOKS ¡
Gunslinger
7
8
THOMAS RHETT ¡
Tangled Up
68
13
9
KENNY CHESNEY
Cosmic Hallelujah
11
6
10
MAREN MORRIS
Hero
32
4
11
BLAKE SHELTON 0
If I’m Honest
34
12
JON PARDI
California Sunrise
30
12
18
BMLG
PEARL
VALORY/BMLG
BLUE CHAIR/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE/SMN
40
10
13
CARRIE UNDERWOOD ¡
Eric Church Featuring Rhiannon Giddens
13
18
16
14
ERIC CHURCH 0
14
16
21
J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,J.HYDE,L.DICK)
EMI NASHVILLE
15
16
14
THINK A LITTLE LESS
Michael Ray
15
BUSBEE,M.MORRIS (M.MORRIS,BUSBEE)
D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,J.BEAVERS)
SOBER SATURDAY NIGHT DRINKIN’ TOO MUCH
Chris Young Featuring Vince Gill
RCA NASHVILLE
Sam Hunt
Z.CROWELL (S.HUNT,S.MCANALLY,Z.CROWELL,S.K.HINE)
13
17
SETTING THE WORLD ON FIRE
17
18
18
THE WEEKEND
22
20
19
TODAY
21
ATLANTIC/WEA
C.CROWDER,C.YOUNG (C.YOUNG,B.WARREN,B.WARREN)
16
20
MERCURY
S.HENDRICKS (J.M.NITE,THOMAS RHETT,BARY DEAN,J.ROBBINS)
11
B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (R.COPPERMAN,M.JENKINS,J.OSBORNE)
MCA NASHVILLE
15 16
31 1
Kenny Chesney Feat. P!nk
1
25
Brantley Gilbert
17
25
Brad Paisley
12
15
17
26
BLUE CHAIR/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE
D.HUFF (B.GILBERT,A.DEROBERTS)
VALORY
L.WOOTEN (B.PAISLEY,C.DUBOIS,A.GORLEY)
ARISTA NASHVILLE
IF THE BOOT FITS
Granger Smith
G.SMITH,F.ROGERS (J.M.SCHMIDT,A.ALBERT,M.TENPENNY)
WHEELHOUSE
ROAD LESS TRAVELED
Lauren Alaina
BUSBEE (LAUREN ALAINA,J.FRASURE,M.TRAINOR)
19/INTERSCOPE/MERCURY
FAST
21 22
7
Kelsea Ballerini
23
14
Dierks Bentley
24
10
Jason Aldean
25
6
MAKE YOU MINE
High Valley
21
29
27
HOMETOWN GIRL
Josh Turner
27
19
28
HURRICANE
Luke Combs
28
20
29
YOURS IF YOU WANT IT
Rascal Flatts
29
1
26
22
24
23
23
YEAH BOY
25
25
24
BLACK
29
27
25
ANY OL’ BARSTOOL
21
24
26
27
28
28
29
J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (L.BRYAN,R.CLAWSON,L.LAIRD)
F.G.WHITEHEAD,J.MASSEY (K.BALLERINI,F.G.WHITEHEAD,K.TIMMER)
CAPITOL NASHVILLE BLACK RIVER
R. COPPERMAN (D.BENTLEY,R.COPPERMAN,A.GORLEY)
CAPITOL NASHVILLE
M.KNOX (J.THOMPSON,D.RUTTAN)
MACON/BROKEN BOW
S.MOSLEY (B.REMPEL,S.MOSLEY,B.STENNIS)
ATLANTIC/WEA
K.GREENBERG (M.BEESON,D.TASHIAN)
MCA NASHVILLE
S.MOFFATT (L.COMBS,T.PHILLIPS,T.ARCHER)
RIVER HOUSE/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE
RASCAL FLATTS (A.DORFF,J.SINGLETON)
BIG MACHINE
32
30
30
THERE’S A GIRL
Trent Harmon
30
20
35
32
31
IF I TOLD YOU
Darius Rucker
25
22
30
31
32
LOVE TRIANGLE
RaeLynn
30
21
33
33
33
HOLDIN’ HER
B.GALLIMORE (C.JANSON,J.OTTO)
WARNER BROS./WAR
Chris Janson
33
34
BABY, LET’S LAY DOWN AND DANCE
Garth Brooks
34
35
MY GIRL
J.ROBBINS (T.HARMON,J.ROBBINS,L.VELTZ) R. COPPERMAN (R.COPPERMAN,J.M.NITE,S.MCANALLY)
CAPITOL NASHVILLE
N.GALYON,J.ROBBINS (N.GALYON,J.ROBBINS,RAELYNN)
WARNER BROS./WMN
M.A.MILLER (K.BLAZY,S.DORFF,V.SHAW,K.WILLIAMS,G.BROOKS)
PEARL
Dylan Scott
M.ALDERMAN,J.E.NORMAN (D.SCOTT,J.KERR)
36
36
36
WE SHOULD BE FRIENDS
38
38
37
HOW NOT TO
39
39
38
OUTSKIRTS OF HEAVEN
39
19/REPUBLIC/DOT
CURB
F.LIDDELL,G.WORF,E.MASSE (M.LAMBERT)
40
FOREVER COUNTRY
41
41
41
FOR HER
40
40
42
IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW
RE-ENTRY
43
GOD, YOUR MAMA, AND ME
48
46
44
WHISKEY AND YOU
49
44
45
45
43
VARIOUS ARTISTS
NOW That’s What I Call Country #1’s
10
19
19
STURGILL SIMPSON A Sailor’s Guide To Earth
36
24
20
JOEY + RORY 0
Hymns
48
26
21 21
AARON LEWIS
Sinner
17
8
22
COLE SWINDELL
You Should Be Here
36
28
23 23
HILLARY SCOTT & THE SCOTT FAMILY
24
BLAKE SHELTON
25
DIERKS BENTLEY
25 22
WARNER BROS./WMN
64
Black
33
Artist
WKS. ON CHART
CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN
TITLE
2
DIRTY LAUNDRY
1
3
BLUE AIN’T YOUR COLOR
Keith Urban
22
4
STAR OF THE SHOW
Thomas Rhett
16
Brett Eldredge
35
7
IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL
#1 A GUY WITH A GIRL Blake Shelton 1 WK WARNER BROS./WMN
19/ARISTA NASHVILLE
Carrie Underwood
HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE VALORY
16 21
4
5
WANNA BE THAT SONG
8
6
SEEIN’ RED
Dustin Lynch
30
20
5
7
MAY WE ALL Florida Georgia Line Feat. Tim McGraw
24
14
10
8
BETTER MAN
Little Big Town
13
9
IF THE BOOT FITS
Granger Smith
46 32
23
11
ATLANTIC/WMN BROKEN BOW BMLG
CAPITOL NASHVILLE WHEELHOUSE
14
11
TODAY
Brad Paisley
15
Craig Campbell
38
16
15
12
KILL A WORD Eric Church Feat. Rhiannon Giddens
21
13
80S MERCEDES
Maren Morris
30
16
14
THINK A LITTLE LESS
Michael Ray
39
17
15
DIRT ON MY BOOTS
Jon Pardi
17
18
16
FAST
17
ROAD LESS TRAVELED
Kenny Chesney
BLUE CHAIR/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE
39
1
13
Chris Stapleton
35
11
LIPSTICK
Runaway June
44
3
46
WHAT IFS
Kane Brown
37
6
47
TRIED TO TELL YA
Brantley Gilbert
47
1
Ronnie Dunn With Kix Brooks
42
8
Chase Rice
26
8
46
5
27
CMA/MCA NASHVILLE
BMLG BMLG
MERCURY
M.J.CONES (J.WAYNE,N.COOKE,H.MULHOLLAND,C.HOBBY,E. HOFFMAN,R.L.HOWARD)
T.W.WILLMON (D.C.LEE,C.D.JOHNSON,T.W.WILLMON)
24
2
4
50
Love Remains
Reloaded: 20 #1 Hits
HST/EMI NASHVILLE/UMGN
1
28
WITH YOU I AM
WARNER BROS./WMN
14
Florida Georgia Line Feat. Backstreet Boys
C. DESTEFANO (J.BUSSEY,T.DENNING)
DOT/BMLG
3
19
EVERYBODY WE KNOW DOES
FARMHOUSE/GAITHER/CAPITOL CMG
THIS WEEK
39
J.DEMARCUS (L.HENGBER,A.KLINE,B.STENNIS)
ATLANTIC/AG
LAST WEEK
Brett Young
49
SONY MUSIC/UNIVERSAL/UME
37
D.HUFF (B.YOUNG,T.REEVE,K.SCHILENGER,T.TOMLINSON)
47
BLACK RIVER
COUNTRY AIRPLAY™
8
46
87
17
41
DAMN DRUNK
75
The First Time
CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN
Dan + Shay
WARNER BROS./WAR
BIG LOUD
D.HUFF (B.GILBERT,R.AKINS,B.HAYSLIP)
16
Kill The Lights
18
Chris Lane
48
8
LUKE BRYAN ¡
MCA NASHVILLE/UMGN
10
J.MOI (M.DRAGSTREM,K.ARCHER,S.BUXTON)
42
GEORGE STRAIT Strait Out Of The Box: Part 2
17
17
44
15 15
20
1
D.HUFF (K.BROWN,M.MCGINLEY,J.M.SCHMIDT)
63
EMI NASHVILLE/UMGN
KELSEA BALLERINI 0
Artists Of Then, Now & Forever
D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (C.STAPLETON,L.T.MILLER)
64
Mr. Misunderstood
19/ARISTA NASHVILLE/SMN
12
S.MCANALLY (D.PARTON,J.DENVER,T.DANOFF,W.DANOFF,W.NELSON,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE)
J.MOI (J.KEAR,H.LINDSEY,G.SAMPSON)
Storyteller
9
RED BOW
35
CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN
36
M.J.CONES (C.CAMPBELL,D.TURNBULL)
31
WARNER BROS./WMN
SOBER SATURDAY NIGHT Chris Young Feat. Vince Gill
D.SMYERS,S.HENDRICKS (A.HAMBRICK,P.DIGIOVANNI,K.BARD)
B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (J.T.HARDING,A.MAYO,D.L.MURPHY)
14
COLUMBIA NASHVILLE/SMN
Miranda Lambert
VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE
BAR AT THE END OF THE WORLD
30
15
20
Luke Bryan
DG
26
Data for week of 01.28.2017
FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE Dig Your Roots
MACON/BROKEN BOW/BBMG
12
KILL A WORD
50
5 6
COLUMBIA NASHVILLE
13
-
5 9
Chris Stapleton
BROKEN BOW
89
They Don’t Know
32
M.J.CONES (T.KENNEDY,K.ALLISON,S.BOGARD,J.SEVER)
WKS. ON CHART
JASON ALDEAN
11
15
NEW
ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE/SMN
Maren Morris
13
NEW
Kane Brown
29
PARACHUTE 0
37
VANNER/RCA NASHVILLE/SMN
10
12
34
HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN
22
14
34
MERCURY/UMGN
1
MERCURY
14
37
7
CHRIS STAPLETON 2 Traveller
GG
Dustin Lynch
D.COBB,C.STAPLETON (D.DILLON,LINDA HARGROVE)
80S MERCEDES
NEW
2
#1
9
Chris Stapleton
11
21
26 WK S
IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL
TENNESSEE WHISKEY ¡
12
23
1
2
16
19
1
20
10
20
23
3
19/ARISTA NASHVILLE
10
HOT SHOT DEBUT
1
Carrie Underwood
12
17
THIS WEEK
13
A GUY WITH A GIRL
SG
LAST WEEK
2
CAPITOL NASHVILLE
DIRTY LAUNDRY
WKS. ON CHART
3
J.JOYCE (T.SWIFT)
Title
ARTIST CERTIFICATION
PEAK POS.
Little Big Town
SEEIN’ RED
18
January 28 2017
HOT COUNTRY SONGS: The week’s most popular current country songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data by online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music. Songs are defined as current if they are newly-released titles, or songs receiving widespread airplay and/or sales activity for the first time. TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS: The week’s most popular country albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music. Albums are defined as current if they are less than 18 months old or older than 18 months but still residing in the Billboard 200’s top 100. COUNTRY AIRPLAY: The week’s most popular country songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music. Stations are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. See Charts Legend on billboard.com/biz for complete rules and explanations. © 2017, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.
SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY
TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS™
HOT COUNTRY SONGS™ 2 WKS. AGO
WHEELHOUSE
ZONE 4/RCA NASHVILLE VALORY
NASH ICON/BIG MACHINE
DACK JANIELS/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE
Cody Johnson
COJO
RCA NASHVILLE
ARISTA NASHVILLE EMI NASHVILLE
COLUMBIA NASHVILLE ATLANTIC/WEA
CAPITOL NASHVILLE
Luke Bryan
7
Lauren Alaina
22
18
PARACHUTE
Chris Stapleton
38
21
19
THE WEEKEND
Brantley Gilbert
26
22
20
BABY, LET’S LAY DOWN AND DANCE
24
21
YEAH BOY
22
ANY OL’ BARSTOOL
23 25
20 19
26
CAPITOL NASHVILLE 19/INTERSCOPE/MERCURY MERCURY VALORY PEARL
BLACK RIVER
Garth Brooks
14
Kelsea Ballerini
15
Jason Aldean
8
23
MAKE YOU MINE
High Valley
47
24
HOMETOWN GIRL
Josh Turner
33
25
THERE’S A GIRL
Trent Harmon
26
MACON/BROKEN BOW ATLANTIC/WEA
MCA NASHVILLE
19/REPUBLIC/DOT
Shelton, Stapleton Score Blake Shelton banks his 23rd Country Airplay leader as “A Guy With a Girl” jumps 3-1, increasing 7 percent to 45 million audience impressions, according to Nielsen Music. The song is the third single from Shelton’s If I’m Honest LP, following the Country Airplay No. 1 “Came Here to Forget” and No. 7-peaking “She’s Got a Way With Words.” Meanwhile, Chris Stapleton’s Traveller marks six months atop Top Country Albums as the LP increases 11 percent to 12,000 sold, leading for a 26th (nonconsecutive) week. That’s the most time on top since Lady Antebellum’s Need You Now (31 weeks, 2010-11) and the most among solo males since Tim McGraw’s Not a Moment Too Soon (29 frames, 1994). Traveller arrived at No. 2 on May 23, 2015, but didn’t hit No. 1 for six months (on the Nov. 21 chart). Its first week on top was fueled last November by Stapleton’s spotlight at the 49th annual Country Music Association Awards, where he won three trophies and performed three songs with Justin Timberlake, including the set’s “Tennessee Whiskey,” which became Stapleton’s first Hot Country Songs No. 1 (also on Nov. 21). Now, “Whiskey” returns to the chart at No. 9 after Texan Kris Jones was filmed by his daughter singing the tune while driving. The country carpool karaoke, posted to YouTube on Jan. 2, sparks the track’s 21-2 vault on Country Digital Song Sales (26,000 sold; up 208 percent) and 5-3 lift on Country Streaming Songs (3.4 million U.S. streams, up 41 percent). —Jim Asker
G o to B I L L B OA R D.CO M/ B I Z fo r co m p l e te c h a r t d a t a 69
1
1
23 WKS
2
2
2
RIDE 3
3
3
3
UNSTEADY 2
5
4
4
6
6
4 5
WKS. ON CHART
LAST WEEK
THIS WEEK
DC/ATLAS/WATERTOWER/ATLANTIC/FUELED BY RAMEN/RRP
twenty one pilots
1
30
HOT SHOT DEBUT
1
#1 DROPKICK MURPHYS 11 Short Stories Of Pain & Glory 1 WK
1
twenty one pilots
1
78
NEW
22
HALESTORM ReAniMate 3.0: The CoVeRs eP
FUELED BY RAMEN/RRP
1
X Ambassadors
2
67
3
3
METALLICA
8
4
THE ROLLING STONES
PRODUCER (SONGWRITER)
IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL
#1 HEATHENS 3
M.ELIZONDO,T.JOSEPH (T.JOSEPH)
R.REED (T.JOSEPH) ALEX DA KID (A.GRANT,S.N.HARRIS,N.FELDSHUH,C.HARRIS,A.LEVIN)
DG
HANDCLAP 0
KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE
Fitz And The Tantrums DANGERBIRD/ELEKTRA/ATLANTIC
4
SUCKER FOR PAIN ¡ Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa & Imagine Dragons With Logic & Ty Dolla $ign Feat. X Ambassadors
3
R.REED (M.FITZPATRICK,S.HOLLANDER,N.SCAGGS,J.M.KING,J.KARNES,J.M.WICKS,J.RUZUMNA,E.FREDERIC)
ALEX DA KID (A.GRANT,D.CARTER,C.J.THOMAZ,D.SERMON,D.REYNOLDS,B.MCKEE,D.PLATZMAN,SIR R.B.HALL II,T.GRIFFIN JR,S.N.HARRIS)
6
WAY DOWN WE GO 0
DC/ATLAS/WATERTOWER/ATLANTIC/RRP
42 29
Kaleo
6
38
The Lumineers
5
49
8
34
KALEO,M.CROSSEY (J.JULIUSSON)
ELEKTRA/ATLANTIC
7
7
7
OPHELIA
8
8
8
SOMEBODY ELSE
G.DANIEL,M.CROSSEY,M.HEALY (M.HEALY,G.DANIEL,A.HANN,R.S.MACDONALD)
DIRTY HIT/INTERSCOPE
9
CHAIN BREAKER
Zach Williams
9
16
John Mayer
5
9
Kings Of Leon
7
18
Green Day
12
16
The Lumineers
11
41
Judah & The Lion
10
21
10
THE LUMINEERS,S.FELICE (W.SCHULTZ,J.C.FRAITES)
15
13
10
13
9
11
WASTE A MOMENT
17
14
12
STILL BREATHING
18
15
13
CLEOPATRA
10
11
14
TAKE IT ALL BACK
16 12
14
18
24 19
17 45
-
19
22 27
30
15
REPRISE/WARNER BROS.
S.FELICE (W.SCHULTZ,J.C.FRAITES,S.FELICE)
DUALTONE
D.COBB (J.L.AKERS,N.E.ZUERCHER,B.V.MACDONALD,S.M.CROSS)
AG
CLETUS THE VAN/CAROLINE
HEAVYDIRTYSOUL 0
twenty one pilots
R.REED (T.JOSEPH)
HUMAN
21
RCA
GREEN DAY (GREEN DAY,A.SLACK,L.SPILLER,J.WILKINSON,R.PARKHOUSE,G.TIZZARD)
17
20
COLUMBIA
M.DRAVS (C.FOLLOWILL,N.FOLLOWILL,J.FOLLOWILL,M.FOLLOWILL)
MY NAME IS HUMAN
19
ESSENTIAL/PLG
J.MAYER (J.MAYER)
16
18
The 1975
J.L.SMITH (J.L.SMITH,M.L.C.FIELDES,Z.WILLIAMS)
LOVE ON THE WEEKEND
12
DUALTONE
FUELED BY RAMEN/RRP
Highly Suspect
J.HAMILTON (J.STEVENS,R.MEYER,R.MEYER)
IN DE GOOT/300
Rag’n’Bone Man
TWO INCH PUNCH (R.GRAHAM,J.HARTMAN)
BEST LAID PLANS/COLUMBIA
SHE’S OUT OF HER MIND
Blink-182
J.FELDMANN (M.HOPPUS,T.L.BARKER,J.FELDMANN,M.SKIBA)
SG
VIKING WIZARD EYES/BMG
SAY SOMETHING LOVING
The xx
J.SMITH,R.MCDONALD (R.MADLEY CROFT,O.SIM,J.SMITH,B.ALESSI,B.ALESSI,H.F.ADU,M.DITCHUM)
ON HOLD
YOUNG TURKS/BEGGARS GROUP
The xx
J.SMITH,R.MCDONALD (R.MADLEY CROFT,O.SIM,J.SMITH,S.ALLEN,D.HALL,J.OATES)
YOUNG TURKS/BEGGARS GROUP/IN2UNE
WILD HORSES
Bishop Briggs
I.B.SCOTT (S.G.MCLAUGHLIN,M.A.JACKSON,I.B.SCOTT)
TELEPORT/ISLAND/REPUBLIC
12 12 17 11 19 7 21
23 18 7 20 2
NOT EASY
ALEX DA KID (A.GRANT,S.N.HARRIS,A.LEVIN,C.HARRIS,ELLE KING,C.J.THOMAZ)
Alex Da Kid Feat.X Ambassadors, Elle King & Wiz Khalifa KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE/RCA
12
12
34
26
23
TESTIFY
NEEDTOBREATHE
23
9
26
22
24
SLEEP ON THE FLOOR
The Lumineers
11
16
20
20
25
I APOLOGIZE
Five Finger Death Punch
20
25
25
23
26
SQUARE HAMMER
Ghost
23
14
28
24
27
HIGH AND LOW
Empire Of The Sun
24
20
35
32
28
TALK TOO MUCH
COIN
28
12
29
27
29
WISH I KNEW YOU
The Revivalists
27
7
32
33
30
GO ROBOT
Red Hot Chili Peppers
30
13
16
21
31
CANCER
twenty one pilots
6
18
32
ATLAS, RISE!
33
MOVE
34
FIRE ESCAPE
23
25 31
33
39
42
S.FELICE (W.SCHULTZ,J.C.FRAITES)
T.DALGETY (A GHOUL WRITER)
THE REVIVALISTS (D.SHAW,G.GEKAS)
HOT SHOT DEBUT
37
NAME FOR YOU
ELEKTRA/RRP
Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness
40
SO CLOSE
42
41
STARS
RE-ENTRY
42
SHINE
46
43
43
ANGELA
39
38
44
STAND BY ME
RE-ENTRY
45
MONSTER
-
47
46
BATTLES
40
40
47
BLACK HONEY
50
49
48
COCOON
49
RICOCHET
50
MOTH INTO FLAME
12
77
Revolution Radio
14
88
The Singles
13
4
9
PANIC! AT THE DISCO ¡ Death Of A Bachelor
52
NEW
10 10
DAVID BOWIE
No Plan (EP)
1
7
11
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
The Getaway
30
12
THE LUMINEERS
Cleopatra
40
NEW
13 13
ICE NINE KILLS Safe Is Just A Shadow (Re-Shadowed And Re-Recorded)
1
9
14
LEONARD COHEN
You Want It Darker
12
30
15 15
Legacy
9
The Stage
11
6
10
ICE NINE KILLS COLUMBIA
DAVID BOWIE
PS
ISO/COLUMBIA/LEGACY
16
AVENGED SEVENFOLD CAPITOL
Blackstar
26
11
19
NINE INCH NAILS Not The Actual Events (EP)
4
20
BON IVER
15
18
21
DISTURBED 0
13
22
SKILLET
29
23
BLINK-182
24
KINGS OF LEON
25 25
NEIL YOUNG
14
16 37
ELEKTRA/ATLANTIC/AG ISO/COLUMBIA
22, A Million
JAGJAGUWAR
REPRISE/WARNER BROS.
Immortalized
73
Unleashed
23
California
28
Walls
13
Peace Trail
5
HEAR IT LOUD/ATLANTIC/AG VIKING WIZARD EYES/BMG RCA
REPRISE/WARNER BROS.
Artist
TITLE
LAST WEEK
THIS WEEK
2
1
1
2
WASTE A MOMENT
IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL
#1 SHINE 1 WK REPUBLIC
RCA
12
Kings Of Leon
18
33
HUMAN
6
44
RHYTHM & BLUES The Head And The Heart
10
3
55
LOVE ON THE WEEKEND
John Mayer
8
10
66
IN A DRAWER
Band Of Horses
11
77
DO YOU STILL LOVE ME?
Ryan Adams
5
Red Hot Chili Peppers
16
Blind Pilot
15
7
9
BEST LAID PLANS/COLUMBIA
Rag’n’Bone Man
7
WARNER BROS. COLUMBIA
AMERICAN/INTERSCOPE PAX.AM/BLUE NOTE/CAPITOL
36
5
4
10
I CAN’T STOP THINKING ABOUT YOU
The Shins
37
1
15
11 11
LOVE & HATE
13 13
NEW
14 14
NAME FOR YOU
17
15 15
ALASKA
16 16
LOST ON YOU
The Lumineers
15
18
Florence + The Machine
15
8
Starset
45
3
The Afters
43
5
RE
Thrice
37
19
25
Milky Chance
48
3
NEW
49
1
23
REPUBLIC
RAZOR & TIE/CONCORD FAIR TRADE
VAGRANT/BMG/ADA
LICHTDICHT/NEON/REPUBLIC
Starset
RAZOR & TIE/CONCORD
Metallica
BLACKENED/Q PRIME
27
15
16
POLYDOR/INTERSCOPE
SOS (OVERBOARD)
2
Sting
19
Michael Kiwanuka
9
The xx
6
Joseph
9
The Shins
1
Maggie Rogers
11
LP
6
The Avett Brothers
14
CHERRYTREE/A&M/INTERSCOPE
12 12
19
42
DUALTONE
ATO
18
Mondo Cozmo
REPUBLIC
WARNER BROS.
ON HOLD
9
HEAR IT LOUD/ATLANTIC
WKS. ON CHART
Mondo Cozmo
Shinedown
2
31
THE NULL CORPORATION
14
38
A/B
TRIPLE A™
38
G.FIDELMAN,J.HETFIELD,L.ULRICH (J.HETFIELD,L.ULRICH)
DUALTONE
DAVID BOWIE
Skillet
NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED)
WARNER BROS.
17 17
1
C.REHBEIN,P.DAUSCH,T.KUHN (C.REHBEIN,P.DAUSCH)
ISO/COLUMBIA
18
40
E.PALMQUIST (J.BRECKENRIDGE,E.BRECKENRIDGE,T.TERANISHI,D.KENSRUE)
DCD2/FUELED BY RAMEN/AG
10
CAPITOL
CRUSH MUSIC/VANGUARD/CONCORD
J.MOHILOWSKI,TEDD T. (J.HAVENS,M.FUQUA,J.MOHILOWSKI,D.OSTEBO,J.CATES)
ATLANTIC/RHINO
23
Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness
R.D.GRAVES (D.BATES,J.L.ANDREWS,R.D.GRAVES)
REPRISE/WARNER BROS.
20
10
E.HAYNIE (B.NELSON,J.LEIBER,M.STOLLER)
GREEN DAY
GG
KALEO
36
S.FELICE (W.SCHULTZ,J.C.FRAITES,S.FELICE)
23
DC/ATLAS/WATERTOWER/ATLANTIC/AG
PACKED POWDER
REPUBLIC
MONDO COZMO (J.OSTRANDER,A.F.PULLMAN OSTRANDER)
87
Suicide Squad: The Album
88
34
6
PHIL COLLINS
Volbeat
S.MOSLEY,M.O’CONNOR (J.L.COOPER,K.COOPER,S.MOSLEY,J.INGRAM)
70 G o to B I L L B OA R D.CO M/ B I Z fo r co m p l e te c h a r t d a t a
SOUNDTRACK ¡
FUELED BY RAMEN/AG
99
ELEKTRA/ATLANTIC
J.HANSEN,R.CAGGIANO,M.S.POULSEN (M.S.POULSEN,J.LARSEN) NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED)
5 6
WKS. ON CHART
Blurryface
8
Kaleo
KALEO,A.GUOJONSSON (J.JULIUSSON)
15
THE ROLLING STONES/PROMOTONE B.V./POLYDOR/INTERSCOPE/IGA
12
AURAL APOTHECARY/COLUMBIA
ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS
29
11
Blue & Lonesome
9
CRUSH MUSIC/VANGUARD/CONCORD
ATLANTIC
J.MERCER (J.MERCER)
15
Hardwired...To Self-Destruct
GO ROBOT
Avenged Sevenfold
THE NINJA (B.SMITH,S.C.STEVENS)
SEAL THE DEAL
41
Saint Motel
J.BARRESI,AVENGED SEVENFOLD (B.E.HANER JR,M.C.SANDERS,B.WACKEMAN,Z.J.BAKER,J.SEWARD)
39
37
BLACKENED/Q PRIME
ROBOPOP,G.WATTENBERG,D.A.E.FUHRMANN (A.MCMAHON,D.OMELIO,G.WATTENBERG,D.A.E.FUHRMANN)
HOW DID YOU LOVE
NEW
Metallica
L.STALFORS (A.L.JACKSON,A.D.MOORE SHARP,C.LERDAMORNPONG,G.S.ERWIN)
36
44
FUELED BY RAMEN/RRP
G.FIDELMAN,J.HETFIELD,L.ULRICH (J.HETFIELD,L.ULRICH)
37
NEW
WARNER BROS.
T.JOSEPH (G.WAY,M.WAY,R.TORO,F.IERO,B.BRYAR)
38
36
COLUMBIA
WASHINGTON SQUARE/WIND-UP/CONCORD
DANGER MOUSE (A.KIEDIS,FLEA,C.SMITH,J.KLINGHOFFER)
35
36
THE SLEEPY JACKSON/ASTRALWERKS/CAPITOL
T.PAGNOTTA (C.LAWRENCE,J.MEMMEL,P.WALSH,C.J.BARAN,T.PAGNOTTA)
34
38
PROSPECT PARK
RISE ABOVE/LOMA VISTA/SEVEN FOUR/THE BICYCLE MUSIC COMPANY/CONCORD
L.STEELE,N.LITTLEMORE,P.MAYES (L.STEELE,N.LITTLEMORE,J.SLOAN,P.MAYES)
30
44
DUALTONE
K.CHURKO (IVAN MOODY,Z.BATHORY,JASON HOOK,JEREMY HEYDE,K.CHURKO)
THE STAGE
-
ATLANTIC
BLACKENED
2
7
22
ATLANTIC/AG
5
9
29
DROPKICK MURPHYS/BORN & BRED
TWENTY ONE PILOTS 2
8
31
E.CASH,NEEDTOBREATHE (W.RINEHART,N.RINEHART)
1
IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL
YOUNG TURKS/BEGGARS GROUP/IN2UNE ATO
AURAL APOTHECARY/COLUMBIA DEBAY SOUNDS/CAPITOL VAGRANT/BMG
16
17
TRUE SADNESS
20
18 18
WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE
14
19
MOVE
26
20
HERE IN SPIRIT
21 21
COME
29
AMERICAN/REPUBLIC XL/COLUMBIA
ELEKTRA/RRP ATO/CAPITOL
Adele
6
Saint Motel
20
Jim James
10
Jain
2
22
WE DON’T KNOW
The Strumbellas
10
23 23
GOOD WITH GOD Old 97’s Feat. Brandi Carlile
1
24
NOT EASY Alex Da Kid Feat. X Ambassadors, Elle King & Wiz Khalifa
6
25
CLASSIC MASHER
9
SPOOKLAND/RCA GLASSNOTE ATO
KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE/RCA PIXIES/PIAS
Pixies
Murphys’ No. 1 ‘Glory’ Dropkick Murphys rule Top Rock Albums and Alternative Albums for the first time as 11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory starts at No. 1 on each list with 24,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen Music. The band’s ninth LP, and first since 2013’s Signed and Sealed in Blood, exceeds the Bostonbased Celtic-rock group’s previous best of No. 2 on the charts, achieved with 2011’s Going Out in Style. It also represents the act’s best rank on Top Album Sales (No. 2) and arrives as its third top 10 on the Billboard 200 (No. 8). On Triple A, Mondo Cozmo (the solo project of Eastern Conference Champions’ Josh Ostrander) rises 2-1 with “Shine,” marking the band’s first airplay No. 1. With the coronation, the song halts the reign of Kings of Leon’s “Waste a Moment” (1-2) after 14 weeks at No. 1, the third-longest run atop Triple A in the chart’s 21-year history. Only U2’s “Beautiful Day” (16 weeks) and Coldplay’s “Clocks” (15) have logged more time at No. 1. Another airplay first goes to Ghost, whose “Square Hammer” lifts 2-1 on Mainstream Rock. It’s the Swedish metal band’s first No. 1 after scoring two top fives (“Cirice” and “From the Pinnacle to the Pit” in 2015 and 2016). Ghost’s ascent marks a rarity: Despite three full-length albums and two EPs to its name, the band’s official members essentially remain anonymous due to wearing masks onstage, with its frontman referred to as Papa Emeritus and the remainder called Nameless Ghouls. —Kevin Rutherford
Data for week of 01.28.2017
HOT ROCK SONGS: The week’s most popular current rock songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data by online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music. Songs are defined as current if they are newly-released titles, or songs receiving widespread airplay and/or sales activity for the first time. TOP ROCK ALBUMS: The week’s most popular rock albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music. Albums are defined as current if they are less than 18 months old or older than 18 months but still residing in the Billboard 200’s top 100. TRIPLE A: The week’s most popular adult alternative songs, ranked by radio airplay detections as measured by Nielsen Music. Stations are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. See Charts Legend on billboard.com/biz for complete rules and explanations. © 2017, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.
1
Title
ARTIST CERTIFICATION
PEAK POS.
SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY
Rock
THIS WEEK
5
Artist
TITLE CERTIFICATION
LAST WEEK
11
January 28 2017
TOP ROCK ALBUMS™
HOT ROCK SONGS™ 2 WKS. AGO
R&B/Hip-Hop January 28 2017
HOT R&B/HIP-HOP SONGS: The week’s most popular current R&B/hip-hop songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data by online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music. Songs are defined as current if they are newly-released titles, or songs receiving widespread airplay and/or sales activity for the first time. TOP R&B/HIP-HOP ALBUMS: The week’s most popular current R&B/hip-hop albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music. Albums are defined as current if they are less than 18 months old or older than 18 months but still residing in the Billboard 200’s top 100. R&B/HIP-HOP AIRPLAY: The week’s most popular R&B/Hip-Hop songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music. Stations are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. See Charts Legend on billboard. com/biz for complete rules and explanations. © 2017, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights r eserved. See Charts Legend on billboard.com/biz for complete rules and explanations. © 2017, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved. SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY
THIS WEEK
2
1
1
2 WK S
PRODUCER (SONGWRITER)
#1
1
2
2
3
3
3
STARBOY 2
4
4
4
24K MAGIC 0
6
5
IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL
BAD AND BOUJEE
DG AG SG
BLACK BEATLES
7
Artist
TITLE CERTIFICATION
LAST WEEK
FAKE LOVE
8
8
7
CAROLINE
10
9
8
BOUNCE BACK
HITMAKA (S.M.ANDERSON,C.WARD,L.T.WAYNE,A.C,JOHNSON,J.P.FELTON,K.O.WEST)
9
JUJU ON THAT BEAT (TZ ANTHEM) 0
11
10
10
LOVE ON THE BRAIN
14
12
11
I FEEL IT COMING
16
13
12
LOVE ME NOW
15
15
13
X¡
12
14
14
CHILL BILL ¡
9
11
15
OOOUUU
17
16
16
YOU WAS RIGHT 0
26
23 24
18 19
4ever
8
4
9
DRAKE 4
Views
37
9
10
PINK GUY
Pink Season
2
16
11 11
RIHANNA 2
ANTI
50
15
12
SOLANGE
A Seat At The Table
15
17
13 13
JOHN LEGEND
Darkness And Light
6
14 14
POST MALONE
Stoney
5
White Friday (CM9)
3
15 16
RUN THE JEWELS
Run The Jewels 3
3
17
THE WEEKND 3 Beauty Behind The Madness
72 10
XO/REPUBLIC
COLUMBIA
SLAUGHTER GANG RCA
5
22
13
Lil Uzi Vert
16
31
12
M.A MUSIC/3D
GENERATION NOW/ATLANTIC
KYLE Featuring Lil Yachty INDIE-POP
Gucci Mane Featuring Drake GUWOP/ATLANTIC
Chris Brown Featuring Usher & Gucci Mane
DEJA VU
22
18
23
USED TO THIS
24
21
24
TOO MUCH SAUCE
20
22
25
DO YOU MIND 0
21
Young M.A
I.S.MONTAGUE,A1 (C.M.BROWN,F.BENTLEY,C.DOTSON,L.N.ANDERSON,B.J.TURNER, JR.,B.BRADFORD,R.DAVIS,U.RAYMOND IV)
RCA
17 16 19
3 4 4
1
GG
4
19
21
KEVIN GATES ¡
Islah
50
14
22
TRAVIS SCOTT Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight
19
23
J. COLE 2
99
22
24
TECH N9NE
24
25
JOE
Future Featuring Drake
5
10
DJ ESCO Featuring Future & Lil Uzi Vert
21
21
DJ Khaled Feat. Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown, August Alsina, Jeremih, Future & Rick Ross
9
24
PnB Rock
21
12
Big Sean
27
3
Rae Sremmurd
28
5
Drake Featuring 21 Savage
8
12
J. Cole
8
5
DJ Luke Nasty
30
5
Childish Gambino
19
7
Travis Scott
32
14
31
10
12
A-1/FREEBANDZ/EPIC
DJ ESCO (W.MOORE,X.DOTSON,N.D.WILBURN,S.WOODS)
EPIC
DJ KHALED,DJ NASTY,LVM (K.M.KHALED,O.T.MARAJ,C.M.BROWN,A.ALSINA, JR.,J.P.FELTON,N.D.WILBURN,W.L.ROBERTS II,K.COSSOM . . .) NEEDLZ,DONUT (R.ALLEN,K.CAIN,B.BELL)
EMPIRE RECORDINGS/ATLANTIC
FUSE,TRE POUNDS (S.M.ANDERSON,E.EARLE,J.LACROIX,A.C,JOHNSON) P-NASTY (A.I.S.BROWN,K.U.BROWN,P.R.SLAUGHTER)
29
SNEAKIN’
27
28
30
NEIGHBORS
31
30
31
OTW
37
34
32
REDBONE
35
32
33
GOOSEBUMPS
34
RED OPPS
35
LOCATION
WE THE BEST/EPIC
G.O.O.D./DEF JAM
EAR DRUMNER/INTERSCOPE
LONDON ON DA TRACK (A.GRAHAM,L.HOLMES,S.JOSEPH) J.L.COLE (J.COLE)
YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC
DREAMVILLE/ROC NATION/INTERSCOPE
NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED)
OTHAZ/EMPIRE RECORDINGS
D.GLOVER (D.GLOVER,L.GORANSSON)
MCDJ/GLASSNOTE
CARDO ON THE BEAT,CUBEATZ,YEX (TRAVIS SCOTT,K.L.DUCKWORTH,R.LATOUR,T.GOMRINGER,K.GOMRINGER,D.JACKSON)
GRAND HUSTLE/EPIC
21 Savage
SONNY DIGITAL (S.C.UWAEZUOKE,S.JOSEPH)
SLAUGHTER GANG
SYKSENSE,SMASH DAVID,BIGGIE,TUNJI IGE (K.ROBINSON,J.SCRUGGS,S.D.JIMINEZ,B.KURTI,O.IGE,A.GONZALEZ)
Khalid
RIGHT HAND/RCA
20
35
2
XO/REPUBLIC
KID CUDI Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’
5
ZAYTOVEN,STEPBFLY,CASSIUS JAY (N.D.WILBURN,A.GRAHAM,X.DOTSON)
RUN THE JEWELS
19 19
4
J. Cole
COCAINE MUZIK/EPIC
20 20
8
DREAMVILLE/ROC NATION/INTERSCOPE
REPUBLIC
33
8
VINYLZ,BOI-1DA,VELOUS (J.COLE)
COLUMBIA
SOUNDTRACK Hidden Figures: The Album
The Weeknd XO/REPUBLIC
SAINT/COLUMBIA
18
18
13
BEN BILLION$,DOC MCKINNEY,THE WEEKND (A.TESFAYE,B.DIEHL,M.MCKINNEY,A.BALSHE,LANA DEL REY)
WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION
HOT SHOT DEBUT
17
SLAUGHTER GANG
PINK RECORDS
ALICIA KEYS
21 Savage & Metro Boomin
METRO BOOMIN,J.LUELLEN,CUBEATZ (S.JOSEPH,L.T.WAYNE,J.H.LUELLEN,K.GOMRINGER,T.GOMRINGER)
27
YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC
11
PARTY
28
NPG/WARNER BROS.
YO GOTTI
22
HERE
RCA
20TH CENTURY FOX/FOX/I AM OTHER/COLUMBIA WICKED AWESOME/REPUBLIC
BREAD WINNERS’ ASSOCIATION/ATLANTIC/AG GRAND HUSTLE/EPIC
2014 Forest Hills Drive
DREAMVILLE/ROC NATION/COLUMBIA
PLAID TAKEOVER/BMG
2
1
1
2
24K MAGIC
6
33
BAD THINGS
3
4
BLACK BEATLES
5
STARBOY
4
6
FAKE LOVE
8
77
LOVE ON THE BRAIN
88
I FEEL IT COMING
9
BROCCOLI
Amine
23
Big Sean
11
5
7
IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL
#1 BAD AND BOUJEE Migos Feat. Lil Uzi Vert 1 WK QUALITY CONTROL/300
Machine Gun Kelly x Camila Cabello
13
Rae Sremmurd Feat. Gucci Mane
18
EST19XX/BAD BOY/INTERSCOPE/IGA EAR DRUMNER/INTERSCOPE/IGA
The Weeknd Feat. Daft Punk
17
Drake
12
Rihanna
22
The Weeknd Feat. Daft Punk
7
D.R.A.M. Feat. Lil Yachty
32
YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION XO/REPUBLIC
#1EPICCHECK/W.A.V.E. RECORDINGS/EMPIRE RECORDINGS
Ugly God
37
4
10
11
BOUNCE BACK
A Boogie Wit da Hoodie Featuring DJ SPINKING
36
6
11
12
LOVE ME NOW
43
41
37
WATER
39
36
38
TIMELESS
NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED)
ASYLUM/ATLANTIC
JAEGEN (A BOOGIE WIT DA HOODIE)
HIGHBRIDGE THE LABEL/ATLANTIC
BEIBS IN THE TRAP
Travis Scott
NAV (TRAVIS SCOTT,N.GORAYA)
GRAND HUSTLE/EPIC
IMMORTAL
J. Cole
CARDIAK,FRANK DUKES (J.COLE)
RE-ENTRY
41
WHAT THEY WANT 0
36
39
42
MY SH*T
-
45
43
NOT NICE
38
43
44
NO FLOCKIN
42
46
45
TOO MANY YEARS
HOT SHOT DEBUT
46
GASSED UP!
49
47
THAT’S WHAT I LIKE
48
FEEL ME
DREAMVILLE/ROC NATION/INTERSCOPE
45
48
50
SIX FEET UNDER
13
17
JUJU ON THAT BEAT (TZ ANTHEM) Zay Hilfigerrr & Zayion McCall
15
18
OOOUUU
42
3
Nebu Kiniza
46
1
Bruno Mars
31
5
Tyga Featuring Kanye West
48
1
NEW
Meek Mill Featuring Tory Lanez
18
8
RE
The Weeknd
15
7
16
SOUND M.O.B.,K.WEST (M.R.NGUYEN-STEVENSON,K.O.WEST,R.GONZALEZ,B.TILLMAN)
LITTY
2
8
SHAMPOO PRESS & CURL,STEREOTYPES (BRUNO MARS,P.M.LAWRENCE II,C.B.BROWN,J.E.FAUNTLEROY II,J.YIP,R.ROMULUS,J.REEVES,R.C.MCCULLOUGH II)
49
Tyga Feat. Kanye West
38
STATE OF THE ART/RCA ATLANTIC
VICTOR VICTOR WORLDWIDE/G.O.O.D./INTERSCOPE
PYRO,DJ RYU (R.R.WILLIAMS,B.TILLMAN,R.GONZALES,D.PETERSON)
MAYBACH/ATLANTIC
DOC MCKINNEY,METRO BOOMIN,CIRKUT,BEN BILLION$,THE WEEKND (A.TESFAYE,N.D.WILBURN,M.MCKINNEY,B.DIEHL . . . )
XO/REPUBLIC
3
FEEL ME
Kodak Black
MEXIKODRO (C.REID,C.J.PITTS)
26
Gucci Mane Feat. Drake
16 16
3
DOLLAZ N DEALZ/ATLANTIC
2
INDIE-POP
20
43
Kodak Black Featuring PnB Rock
13 13
15 15
PARTYNEXTDOOR DOLLAZ N DEALZ/ATLANTIC
14
KYLE Feat. Lil Yachty
BOTH
15
NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED)
John Legend
ISPY
COLUMBIA
14
35
OVO SOUND/WARNER BROS.
G.O.O.D./DEF JAM
17
14
A Boogie Wit da Hoodie HIGHBRIDGE THE LABEL/ATLANTIC
REPUBLIC
CHILL BILL Rob $tone Feat. J. Davi$ & Spooks
14
NINETEEN85,D.CHIN-QUEE (J.A.BRATHWAITE,A.GRAHAM,P. JEFFERIES,D.CHIN-QUEE,N.J.SHEBIB,A.HERSHEY,A.PALMER)
47
5
23
33
COLUMBIA
D STACKZ (A BOOGIE WIT DA HOODIE,D.MEACHEM)
-
6
5
Russ
RUSS (RUSS)
NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED)
38
10 8
ATLANTIC/AG
XO/REPUBLIC
WKS. ON CHART
Bruno Mars
10
REPUBLIC
Artist
TITLE
9
FRANK DUKES,METRO BOOMIN (A.POST,L.BELL,A.FEENY,Q.K.MARSHALL,L.T.WAYNE,C.A.ROSENR)
9
THIS WEEK
5
36
#MYNAMEISJOETHOMAS
LAST WEEK
36
37
5
R&B/HIP-HOP DIGITAL SONGS™
CAROLINE
41
The Storm
STRANGE/RBC
Post Malone Featuring Quavo
CONGRATULATIONS
-
PRINCE
25
19
40
8
8
19
35
10
Rob $tone Featuring J. Davi$ & Spooks
PARTY MONSTER
29
6
MCDJ/GLASSNOTE
24
21
39
CHILDISH GAMBINO Awaken, My Love!
12
20
38
7
21 Savage & Metro Boomin Featuring Future
23
-
7
14
NO HEART 0
42
9
EPIC
10
NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED)
SWANG
6
John Legend
BOTH
28
5
8
WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION
J.PORTILLO,L.KALE (K.HARVEY,LIL YACHTY)
29
6
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST We Got It From Here...Thank You 4 Your Service
HAMILTON UPTOWN/ATLANTIC/AG
10
20
-
10
55
8
The Weeknd Featuring Daft Punk
17
31
8
38
The Hamilton Mixtape
17
18
32
Big Sean
Lemonade
VARIOUS ARTISTS
PARKWOOD/COLUMBIA
9
ISPY
33
13
DREAMVILLE/ROC NATION
Rihanna
METRO BOOMIN (S.WOODS,L.T.WAYNE)
MOVES
5
XO/REPUBLIC
17
NY BANGERS (M.N.JACOBSON,K.MARRERO)
27
BEYONCE ¡
22
PURPDOGG (J.ROBINSON,J.DAVIS,A.CARRILLO,B.HERRMANN)
33
44
ATLANTIC/AG
WKS. ON CHART
3
METRO BOOMIN (S.JOSEPH,L.T.WAYNE,N.D.WILBURN)
30
6
5
THA LIGHTS GLOBAL/ATLANTIC
J.RYAN,B.MILLS (JOHN LEGEND,J.RYAN,B.MILLS)
26
J. COLE
Amine
DAFT PUNK,DOC MCKINNEY,CIRKUT,THE WEEKND (A.TESFAYE,T.BANGALTER,G. DE HOMEM-CHRISTO,M.MCKINNEY,H.R.WALTER,E.CHEDEVILLE)
25
3
IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL
Zay Hilfigerrr & Zayion McCall
F.BALL (F.BALL,J.ANGEL,R.FENTY)
21
3
12
G.O.O.D./DEF JAM
NOT LISTED (T.PEOPLES,J.D.MCCALL,J.LEWIS,A.SMITH,V.LEWIS,J.USHER,C.HENDERSON,B.N.CARPENTERO)
SELFISH
22
5
REPUBLIC
7
25
2
THE WEEKND
Drake
YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC
AMINE,I.P.MEJIA (A.A.DANIEL,I.P.MEJIA)
5
17
5 WK S
8
VINYLZ,FRANK DUKES (A.GRAHAM,A.HERNANDEZ,A.FEENY,B.T.HAZZARD)
5
1
3
EST19XX/BAD BOY/EPIC/INTERSCOPE
4 Your Eyez Only
1
Bruno Mars
Machine Gun Kelly x Camila Cabello
7
10
17
THE FUTURISTICS (R.C.BAKER,A.SCHWARTZ,J.KHAJADOURIAN,M.LOVE,K.C.CABELLO,A.SCALZO)
8
Starboy
1
1
BAD THINGS
24K Magic
THIS WEEK
The Weeknd Featuring Daft Punk ATLANTIC
#1 BRUNO MARS
LAST WEEK
22
XO/REPUBLIC
Title
WKS. ON CHART
1
EAR DRUMNER/INTERSCOPE
ARTIST CERTIFICATION
PEAK POS.
Rae Sremmurd Featuring Gucci Mane
SHAMPOO PRESS & CURL (BRUNO MARS,P.M.LAWRENCE II,C.B.BROWN)
6
26
QUALITY CONTROL/300
DAFT PUNK,DOC MCKINNEY,CIRKUT,THE WEEKND (A.TESFAYE,T.BANGALTER,G. DE HOMEM-CHRISTO,M.MCKINNEY,H.R.WALTER,J.QUENNEVILLE)
5
34
Migos Feat. Lil Uzi Vert
METRO BOOMIN,G KOOP (K.CEPHUS,Q.K.MARSHALL,L.T.WAYNE,R.MANDELL)
MIKE WILL MADE-IT (A.I.S.BROWN,K.U.BROWN,M.L.WILLIAMS,R.DAVIS)
6
NEW
Data for week of 01.28.2017
TOP R&B/HIP-HOP ALBUMS™
HOT R&B/HIP-HOP SONGS™ 2 WKS. AGO
18
RCA
GUWOP/ATLANTIC/AG
VICTOR VICTOR WORLDWIDE/G.O.O.D./INTERSCOPE/IGA THA LIGHTS GLOBAL/ATLANTIC/AG
Young M.A
22
Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa & Imagine Dragons
24
M.A MUSIC/3D
15
19
SUCKER FOR PAIN
RE
20 20
PARTY Chris Brown Feat. Usher & Gucci Mane
2
RE
21 21
PARTY MONSTER
The Weeknd
5
22
X
21 Savage & Metro Boomin Feat. Future
8
23 23
SWANG
21
DC/ATLAS/WATERTOWER/ATLANTIC/AG RCA
XO/REPUBLIC
SLAUGHTER GANG
Rae Sremmurd
1
24 24
YOU WAS RIGHT
Lil Uzi Vert
5
25
CARELESS WHISPER
Wham! Feat. George Michael
3
EAR DRUMNER/INTERSCOPE/IGA GENERATION NOW/ATLANTIC/AG COLUMBIA/LEGACY
‘Love’ Lifts Drake To No. 1 Drake rises 2-1 on the Rhythmic airplay chart (see page 68) with “Fake Love,” scoring his 18th No. 1 on the list and extending his record for the most charttoppers (Rihanna follows with 14.) The track, from his forthcoming More Life project, rises 6 percent in plays during the tracking week ending Jan. 15, according to Nielsen Music. Most recently, Drake topped the chart with “Too Good” (featuring Rihanna) for six weeks. His longest reign at No. 1 was with his debut chart hit, “Best I Ever Had,” which spent 10 weeks at the summit. On Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, rapper Kyle jumps 26-17 (a new peak) with his debut chart hit, “iSpy” (featuring Lil Yachty). The track earns its best streaming week yet, soaring 43 percent to 8 million weekly U.S. clicks during the week ending Jan. 12. The increase spurs a 22-11 jump on the Rap Streaming Songs chart. Digital sales spike by 33 percent, to 15,000, triggering a 23-13 ascent on R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales. Remarkably, the track scales the chart with almost no support from radio. In the most recent tracking week only nine Nielsenmonitored stations played the song, which logged 33 spins overall. Lastly, the soundtrack to Hidden Figures earns the highest debut on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums tally, arriving at No. 19 (2,000 copies sold). The set features tracks by Pharrell Williams (a producer of the film), Mary J. Blige and Alicia Keys, among others. —Amaya Mendizabal
G o to B I L L B OA R D.CO M/ B I Z fo r co m p l e te c h a r t d a t a 7 1
1
9 WK S
2
2
2
SHAKY SHAKY
4
3
3
SAFARI
5 6 8
4 5 6 7 8
4 5 6 7 8
LAST WEEK
THIS WEEK
Shakira Featuring Maluma
1
11
1
1
19 WK S FONOVISA/UMLE
Los Duo 2
57
Daddy Yankee
1
37
4
22
JUAN GABRIEL Mis Rancheras Queridas
2
J Balvin Featuring Pharrell Williams, BIA & Sky
3
24
3
3
JUAN GABRIEL
Hoy Manana y Siempre
11
Paloma Negra Desde Monterrey
11
PRODUCER (SONGWRITER)
IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL
#1 CHANTAJE
SHAKIRA,MALUMA,KEVIN ADG,CHAN “EL GENIO” (SHAKIRA,J.L.LONDONO ARIAS,K.M.JIMENEZ LONDONO...)
DJ URBA,ROMI (R.L.AYALA RODRIGUEZ)
P.L.WILLIAMS (J.A.OSORIO BALVIN,BIA,P.L.WILLIAMS,A.SUAREZ RAMIREZ,J.EDUARDO HUERTA UECKE)
HASTA EL AMANECER LA BICICLETA
Carlos Vives & Shakira
OTRA VEZ
Zion & Lennox Featuring J Balvin
CHILLAX
VENTE PA’ CA
SONY MUSIC LATIN
Ricky Martin Featuring Maluma
2 5 4
53 33 23
99
LOS TUCANES DE TIJUANA
13
10
BANDA SINALOENSE MS DE SERGIO LIZARRAGA Que Bendicion
19
11 11
LOS TERRIBLES DEL NORTE
20
12 12
VARIOUS ARTISTS
11
15
Don Omar & Zion & Lennox
14
9
Calibre 50
15
6
22
SIN CONTRATO
12
11
13
VACACIONES
15
14
14
TE QUIERO PA’MI
20
19
15
SIEMPRE TE VOY A QUERER
Ozuna
NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED)
VP ENTERTAINMENT
BORI,L.A.O’NEILL,J.I. RIVERA CLASS (L.A.O’NEILL,J.ANDINO,E.PEREZ SOTO,J.I.RIVERA CLASS)
SONY MUSIC LATIN
A.CASTRO,E.BARRERA (J.L.LONDONO ARIAS,A.CASTRO,E. BARRERA)
SONY MUSIC LATIN
MOTIFF (J.L.MORERA LUNA,A.GONZALEZ ARROYO,A.BARULLO,M.CACERES)
SONY MUSIC LATIN
J.G.RIVERA (W.O.LANDRON RIVERA,F.G.ORTIZ TORRES,G.E.PIZARRO,R.MENDEZ,V.V.MOORE,J.G.RIVERA,L.E.RIVERA) J.TIRADO CASTANEDA (E.MUNOZ)
CUATRO BABYS
MACHETE/UMLE
ANDALUZ/DISA/UMLE
Maluma Feat. Bryant Myers X Noriel X Juhn
SANTANA THE GOLDEN BOY (S.RAMIREZ LOPEZ,J.L.LONDONO ARIAS,J.J.HERNANDEZ QUILES,N.SANTOS ROMAN,B.R.ROHENA PEREZ)
13
15
17
AFUERA ESTA LLOVIENDO
16
18
18
REGRESA HERMOSA
22
20
19
CULPABLE TU
J.ALVAREZ (J.INZUNZA FAVELA)
SONY MUSIC LATIN
15
13
Julion Alvarez y Su Norteno Banda
13
14
Gerardo Ortiz
15
12
Alta Consigna
19
8
FONOVISA/UMLE
M.CASARES,G.ORITZ (J.DEMARA,G.ORTIZ,A.DEL VILLAR)
BAD SIN/DEL/SONY MUSIC LATIN
NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED)
RANCHO HUMILDE
TU NO VIVE ASI Mambo Kingz & DJ Luian Presenta Arcangel X Bad Bunny
20
14
21
10
Crecer German
20
25
MAMBO KINGZ,DJ LUIAN (L.MALAVE,E.SEMPER,X.SEMPER,A.SANTOS,B.MARTINEZ)
ADIOS AMOR
HEAR THIS MUSIC
Christian Nodal
34
32
21
24
24
22
QUIEN TE ENTIENDE
26
27
23
PORQUE ME ENAMORE
Ulices Chaidez y Sus Plebes
23
14
42
48
24
TE REGALO
Ulices Chaidez y Sus Plebes
24
11
28
28
25
EN LA INTIMIDAD
Ozuna
25
12
32
33
26
ME ESTA TIRANDO EL ROLLO
Banda Los Recoditos
26
7
29
26
27
OLVIDAME Y PEGA LA VUELTA
Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony
17
8
31
29
28
A VER A QUE HORAS
Banda Carnaval
28
11
25
25
29
YO SI TE AME La Arrolladora Banda el Limon de Rene Camacho
22
15
27
30
30
EN ESTOS DIAS
Regulo Caro
19
19
46
35
31
OTRA COSA
Daddy Yankee & Natti Natasha
31
5
33
38
32
ANDO BIEN
Omar Ruiz Featuring Gerardo Ortiz
32
6
33
DM
MUEKA (J.J.GOMEZ,J.F.COSCULLUELA,J.A.OSORIO BALVIN,A.SANTOS,R.CASTILLO-TORRES)
MUEKA
33
1
34
QUE GANO OLVIDANDOTE
Reik
35
TRAICIONERA
J.J.GONZALEZ TERRAZOS (S.LOZANO GARZA)
JG/FONOVISA/UMLE
C.GERMAN (Y.MEDINA BELTRAN,J.ALEDJANDRE)
FONOVISA/UMLE
F.RUIZ ISLAS (U.G.NUNEZ CHAIDEZ,J.A.DEL VILLAR)
DEL
F.RUIZ ISLAS (S.MERCADO,A.DEL VILLAR)
DEL/SONY MUSIC LATIN
NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED)
VP ENTERTAINMENT
A.LIZARRAGA (A.RAMOS,F.DIAZ)
DISA/UMLE
MOTIFF,J.REYES COPELLO (J.GALAN,L.GALAN)
NUYORICAN/SONY MUSIC LATIN
J.TIRADO CASTANEDA (E.MUNOZ)
DISA/UMLE
F.CAMACHO TIRADO (J.INZUNZA FAVELA,L.L.DIAZ)
DISA/UMLE
M.PINEDA JR. (R.CARO)
DEL
R.PINA,HAZE (E.E,ROSA CINTRON,R.PINA,R.L.AYALA RODRIGUEZ,N.GUTIERREZ,J.M.NIEVES CORTES) G.ORITZ (O.A.RUIZ,C.SANTOS)
PINA/SONY MUSIC LATIN BAD SIN
Mueka Feat. Cosculluela, J Balvin, Arcangel & De La Ghetto
K.CIBRIAN (C.BRANT,J.Y.DUCORNET,I.KIDRON)
SONY MUSIC LATIN
M.RENGIFO,A.TORRES,S.OBANDO (M.RENGIFO,A.TORRES)
Sebastian Yatra
UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO/UMLE
34 26
8 15
FONOVISA/UMLE
No Te Pido Mucho
1
NATALIA JIMENEZ Homenaje A La Gran Senora
5
RANCHO HUMILDE
GG
WKS. ON CHART
SONY MUSIC LATIN
DEL/SONY MUSIC LATIN SONY MUSIC LATIN
Andamos En El Ruedo
12
Primera Cita
20
40 Corridos / Bravos y Maldito
HYPHY/VP LATIN LIZOS
Live
2
Las Gruperas Romanticas 2016
2
FRONTERA
FONOVISA/UMLE
1 49
13
JUAN GABRIEL
2 En 1: Dos En Uno
8
9
14
JUAN GABRIEL Vestido de Etiqueta: Por Eduardo Magallanes
22
14
15
MALUMA
Pretty Boy Dirty Boy
56
16 16
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Banda #1’s 2016
2
17
GENTE DE ZONA
Visualizate
38
15
18
MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS
40 Anos
19
RE
19 19
KANY GARCIA
Limonada
9
17
20
ESPINOZA PAZ
A Veces
4
21 21
LOS PLEBES DEL RANCHO DE ARIEL CAMACHO Recuerden Mi Estilo
45
22
J BALVIN @
Energia
29
18
23
VARIOUS ARTISTS Radio Exitos: El Disco Del Ano 2016
7
24
24
LOS ANGELES AZULES
De Plaza En Plaza: Cumbia Sinfonica
15
16
25
ISABEL PANTOJA Hasta Que Se Apague El Sol
7
10
11
25 8
FONOVISA/UMLE FONOVISA/UMLE
SONY MUSIC LATIN FONOVISA/UMLE
MAGNUS/SONY MUSIC LATIN FONOVISA/UMLE
SONY MUSIC LATIN O
DEL/SONY MUSIC LATIN CAPITOL LATIN/UMLE FONOVISA/UMLE DISA/UMLE
UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO/UMLE
TROPICAL AIRPLAY™ LAST WEEK
THIS WEEK
3
1
1 2
Artist
TITLE
IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL
#1 MONEDA 1 WK
WKS. ON CHART
Prince Royce Feat. Gerardo Ortiz
5
2
OLVIDAME Y PEGA LA VUELTA Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony
7
3
LA MALA Y LA BUENA Alex Sensation + Gente de Zona
10
4
YA NO ME DUELE MAS Silvestre Dangand Feat. Farruko
11
5
5
AMORCITO ENFERMITO Hector Acosta “El Torito”
19
7
6
VINE A BUSCARTE
Fonseca
2
8
7
YO SOY YO
4
10 6
SONY MUSIC LATIN
NUYORICAN/SONY MUSIC LATIN IN-TU LINEA/UMLE
SONY MUSIC LATIN D.A.M.
HANDY
Pirulo & Ozuna
6
8
LA MEJOR DE TODAS
Zacarias Ferreira
3
9
ALEGRIA PA’L PUEBLO Limi-T 21 Feat. Tito “El Bambino”
28
Frank Reyes
8
Victor Manuelle
7
Deorro Feat. Pitbull & Elvis Crespo
18
IN-TU LINEA/UMLE SUNFLOWER RENEW
Pesado
35
10
11
10
COMO SANAR
Cosculluela
37
5
12
11
ESENCIA Y CULTURA
Anuel AA Feat. Daddy Yankee, Wisin, Farruko & Zion & Lennox
37
5
13
12
BAILAR
13
ALGO CONTIGO
23
14
TU CUERPO
19
15
CAMINAR DE TU MANO
18
16
OTRO LOCO
18
35
41
36
ME ESTORBAS
47
37
37
MANICOMIO
38
42
38
SOLA
39
NEW
Wisin
12
31
8
20
12
30
7
CNCO )
29
11
11
43
ULICES CHAIDEZ Y SUS PLEBES
Maluma Feat. Fifth Harmony Or Don Omar & Wisin
REGGAETON LENTO (BAILEMOS)
44
77
14
11
34
12
11
13
41
66
CNCO
14
HOT SHOT DEBUT
36
19
DILE QUE TU ME QUIERES
DG SG
55
9
10
LIZOS
SONY MUSIC LATIN
ALTA CONSIGNA
25
Banda Sinaloense MS de Sergio Lizarraga
SONY MUSIC LATIN
4
5
7
SONY MUSIC LATIN
#1 JUAN GABRIEL
HOT SHOT DEBUT
16
S.LIZARRAGA (E.MUNOZ)
AG
1
IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL
JENNI RIVERA
4
A.C. (A.J.STOKKE WIK,R.VIDAR SVENDSEN,N.HARAMBASIC,J.STEIN,C.RYDEN,L.PEDERSEN,R.MARTIN...)
9
20
WARNER LATINA
Farruko Featuring Ky-Mani Marley
MAFFIO,S.TORRES (C.E.REYES-ROSADO,C.A.PERALTA,K.MARLEY,R.FERNANDEZ,M.G.PEREZ)
10
23
SONY MUSIC LATIN
SKY (A.SUAREZ RAMIREZ,F.G.ORTIZ TORRES,G.E.PIZARRO,J.A.OSORIO BALVIN,R.D.CANO RIOS)
TENGO QUE COLGAR
23
LA INDUSTRIA/SONY MUSIC LATIN
A.CASTRO,C.VIVES,SHAKIRA,L.F.OCHOA (C.VIVES,A.CASTRO,SHAKIRA)
9
16
CAPITOL LATIN/UMLE
Nicky Jam
SAGA WHITEBLACK (N.RIVERA CAMINERO,C.MENA,J.D.MEDINA VELEZ,T.THOMAS,T.THOMAS)
10
17
SONY MUSIC LATIN
EL CARTEL/UMLE
7
17
B.ZAPATA,P.ELIZONDO (L.L.DIAZ,J.INZUNZA FAVELA)
REMEX
MONTANA,FRANK FUSSION,J.J.GOMEZ NALES,REVOL (J.F.COSCULLUELA) NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED)
ROTTWEILAS/WARNER LATINA
SPIFF TV/REAL HASTA LA MUERTE/CINQ
FUEGO
JUANES,MOSTLY,SKY (J.E.ARISTIZABAL VASQUEZ,A.SUAREZ RAMIREZ,C.A.PATINO GOMEZ,R.D.CANO RIOS)
43
40
40
ME LLAMAS
37
36
41
48
46
49 45
Juanes
UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO/UMLE
14
14
FRANK REYES Y ASSOCIADOS KIYAVI/LP ULTRA
Gente de Zona
21
Willito Otero
2
Rio Roma Feat. Fonseca
2
Grupo Mania
10
17
QUIERO CANTARLE A MI TIERRA Tito Nieves
2
18
SE ACABO
19
PUNTO Y APARTE
Chiquito Team Band
5
21
20
VAS A ENTENDER
Rolf Sanchez
11
25
21
LA SANDUNGUITA Diego Amador Feat. Oscar D’Leon
13
22
CARMESI
14
MAGNUS/SONY MUSIC LATIN
Piso 21 Featuring Maluma
40
6
LA MALA Y LA BUENA
Alex Sensation + Gente de Zona
36
6
42
YA NO ME DUELE MAS
Silvestre Dangand Featuring Farruko
42
3
49
43
EL PACIENTE
43
4
47
44
A POCO
Raul Casillas
44
6
RE-ENTRY
45
TAKE IT OFF
Lil Jon Featuring Yandel & Becky G
45
11
40
44
46
PA QUE ME INVITAN
Jencarlos Featuring Charly Black
MAFFIO,T.JOHNSTON (J.CANELA,L.T.JOHNSTON,C.E.REYES-ROSADO,D.MENDIZE,C.A.PERALTA)
UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO/UMLE
31
16
-
50
47
HELLO
Karol G & Ozuna
47
2
36
39
48
COMO TE LLAMAS
La Trakalosa de Monterrey
27
15
RE
23
ELLA TIENE
RE-ENTRY
49
AMORCITO ENFERMITO
Hector Acosta “El Torito”
42
8
NEW
24
NO DEJO DE AMARTE
Karlos Rose
1
50
EL MEXICO AMERICANO
El Komander
36
14
NEW
25
EL COCO
Grupo Niche
1
39
45
A.TORRES,M.RENGIFO (C.MENA,D.G.ESCOBAR,G.A.CRUZ-PADILLA,J.D.MEDINA VELEZ,J.D.CASTANO,J.D.HUERTAS,N.RIVERA CAMINERO,P.B.MEJIA)
MAFFIO (A.DELGADO,R. M.MARTINEZ AMEY,D.ESCOBAR RIVERA,J.A.SALAZAR,A.GONZALEZ ARROYO) A.CASTRO,S.DANGOND,L.ORTEGA,S.TORRES (S.DANGOND,A.CASTRO,G.GOMEZ,E. BARRERA)
WARNER LATINA
IN-TU LINEA/UMLE
SONY MUSIC LATIN
Alfredo Olivas
A.ESPINOZA (A.ESPINOZA,A.OLIVAS)
SAHUARO/SONY MUSIC LATIN
R.CASILLAS,L.LUNA DIAZ (L.L.DIAZ)
FONOVISA/UMLE
PLAY-N-SKILLZ,LIL JON (J.H.SMITH,J.SALINAS, JR.,O.SALINAS,D.A.MACIAS,E.C.ANENE JR.,W.CORTEZ HINDMAN,R.M.GOMEZ,L.VEGUILLA MALAVE...)
OVY ON THE DRUMS (C.GIRALDO NAVARRO,J.C.OZUNA ROSADO,D.ECHAVARRIA OVIEDO) A.REYNA,E.LUNA (M.LUNA)
A.SANTOS (J.DIAZ,A.SANTOS)
A.VALENZUELA,O.VALENZUELA (J.A.RIOS MEZA)
7 2 G o to B I L L B OA R D.CO M/ B I Z fo r co m p l e te c h a r t d a t a
OMAR CRUZ
1
WKS. ON CHART
SONY MUSIC LATIN
UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO/UMLE REMEX D.A.M.
TWIINS
22 20
15
MDR
SONY MUSIC LATIN GRUPO MANIA
TITO NIEVES CREATIONS SANLUIS
Sanluis & Chino y Nacho
PLANET RECORDS
SONY MUSIC LATIN ALACRAN
Vicente Garcia
2
Rey Chvez Feat. El Chacal
12
SONY MUSIC LATIN SUMMA
MACHETE/UMLE PPM
Royce Rules Prince Royce (above) earns his 14th No. 1 on Tropical Airplay as “Moneda” (featuring Gerardo Ortiz) hops 3-1 in its fifth charting week. The collaboration, from Royce’s forthcoming Spanish-language album, gains by 20 percent at the radio format, to 7.8 million audience impressions during the tracking week ending Jan. 15, according to Nielsen Music. (The chart switched from a plays-based ranking to an audience-based list of sonically-fitting titles in the Jan. 21 issue.) Royce ties Elvis Crespo and Gilberto Santa Rosa for third place among acts with the most No. 1s in the chart’s 22-year history. While Royce enjoys his 14th Tropical Airplay charttopper, it’s the first No. 1 on the tally for regional Mexican star Ortiz. He holds the record for the most No. 1s (eight) for a solo artist on the Regional Mexican Airplay list. Elsewhere, Banda Sinaloense MS de Sergio Lizarraga spends a 10th week atop Regional Mexican Airplay with “Tengo Que Colgar,” becoming the group’s longest-running No. 1. The track climbs 2-1 in its 20th charting week (after two weeks at No. 2), despite a 4 percent dip in airplay to 11.7 million audience impressions. Finally, Ulices Chaidez y Sus Plebes flies 48-24 on Hot Latin Songs with “Te Regalo.” The track earns both Streaming and Digital Gainer honors, due in part to the release of its music video on Jan. 9. Streams lift 58 percent (to 1.1 million weekly clicks) with 65 percent coming from YouTube, while sales rise too, by 58 percent (to 1,000 downloads). The band, fronted by 16-year-old Chaidez, also reaches a new peak with “Porque Me Enamore,” jumping 27-23 in its 14th week. —Amaya Mendizabal
Data for week of 01.28.2017
HOT LATIN SONGS: The week’s most popular current Latin songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data by online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music. Songs are defined as current if they are newly-released titles, or songs receiving widespread airplay and/or sales activity for the first time. TOP LATIN ALBUMS: The week’s most popular current Latin albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music. Albums are defined as current if they are less than 18 months old or older than 18 months but still residing in the Billboard 200’s top 100. TROPICAL AIRPLAY: The week’s most popular current tropical songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music. Stations are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. See Charts Legend on billboard.com/biz for complete rules and explanations. © 2017, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.
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TERRY WYATT/GETTY IMAGES HOT CHRISTIAN SONGS: The week’s most popular current Christian songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data by online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music. TOP CHRISTIAN ALBUMS: The week’s top-selling current Christian albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music. HOT GOSPEL SONGS: The week’s most popular current gospel songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data by online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music. TOP GOSPEL ALBUMS: The week’s top-selling current gospel albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music. Albums are defined as current if they are less than 18 months old or older than 18 months but still residing in the Billboard 200’s top 100. See Charts Legend on billboard.com/biz for complete rules and explanations. © 2017, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.
HOT CHRISTIAN SONGS™ LAST WEEK
THIS WEEK
1
1
1
7 WK S
4
2
2
OCEANS (WHERE FEET MAY FAIL) 2
19
13
3
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL NAME
3
3
4
THY WILL
5
JESUS
5
4
PRODUCER (SONGWRITER)
ESSENTIAL/PLG
7
PRICELESS
6
8
8
EYE OF THE STORM
9
FEEL INVINCIBLE
55
HILLSONG WORSHIP Let There Be Light
5
27
66
FERVENT/WORD-CURB
3
38
6
77
CHRIS TOMLIN
Ryan Stevenson Featuring GabeReal
1
40
7
for KING & COUNTRY
CURB
GOTEE
9
12
12
THE LION AND THE LAMB
12
11
13
ONE STEP AWAY
14
LOVE BROKE THRU
one sonic society
18
18
18
Big Daddy Weave
7
34
14
12 12
TOBYMAC
This Is Not A Test
75
Casting Crowns
7
28
16
13 13
ALAN JACKSON Precious Memories Collection
7 26 1
tobyMac
32
15 15
NEEDTOBREATHE
14
26
18
16 16
VARIOUS ARTISTS
We Are Messengers
15
26
20
17 17
ZACH WILLIAMS
ATLANTIC/WORD-CURB WORD-CURB WORD-CURB
Micah Tyler
23
21
21
GIANTS FALL
22
BATTLES
The Afters
23
TELL ME
Carrollton
FAIR TRADE
Matthew West
Francesca Battistelli
SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG FERVENT/WORD-CURB
J.MOHILOWSKI,TEDD T. (J.HAVENS,M.FUQUA,J.MOHILOWSKI,D.OSTEBO,J.CATES) TEDD T. (J.BAILEY,M.LOY,J.MENARD,J.MOSTELLER,J.PARDO,T.WOOD)
FAIR TRADE CENTRICITY
D.GARCIA (B.NICOLE,B.GLOVER)
Britt Nicole
Hawk Nelson
SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG
B.GLOVER,D.GARCIA (J.STEINGARD,B.GLOVER,D.A.GARCIA)
FAIR TRADE
14
7
33
1
1
1
6 WK S
2
2
2
MADE A WAY
3
3
3
YOU DESERVE IT
4
4
4
5
5
PRODUCER (SONGWRITER)
BUBBA SMITH,S.CAESAR (S.A.CAESAR WILLIAMS)
PLG/WORD-CURB/CAPITOL CMG ESSENTIAL/PLG
WORD-CURB
49 122
17
10
19
13
29
15
20
TRIP LEE
The Waiting Room
5
21
17
19
21
SOUNDTRACK
To Joey, With Love
9
22 22
THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH
18
22
20
42
FERVENT/WORD-CURB REACH
HICKORY FILMS/PROVIDENT FILMS/REUNION/PLG
11
13
23
NEEDTOBREATHE
20
23
RE
24 24
JASON CRABB
25
12
36
25 25
TENTH AVENUE NORTH
PEAK POS.
WKS. ON CHART
LAST WEEK
THIS WEEK
1
9
2
1
12 WK S
VARIOUS ARTISTS
23
REUNION/PLG
Jekalyn Carr
2
44
6
4
TASHA COBBS
5
GOD PROVIDES
Tamela Mann
A.CARR (A.J.CARR)
LUNJEAL
9
50
The Hill
63
MOTOWN GOSPEL/WORD-CURB/RCA INSPIRATION/RCA RCA INSPIRATION/RCA
One Place: Live
72
Losing My Religion
62
MOTOWN GOSPEL/CAPITOL CMG
8
55
6
40
1
6
VARIOUS ARTISTS Gospel Pioneer Reunion
7
GEI Featuring Kierra Sheard
7
17
9
77
DONNIE MCCLURKIN The Journey (Live)
21
VaShawn Mitchell
8
22
5
8
FRED HAMMOND Worship Journal: Live
15
9
LIVRE
Jericho: Tribe Of Joshua
21
A Worshippers Heart
39
D.MCCLURKIN (D.MCCLURKIN)
Donnie McClurkin
RCA INSPIRATION KAREW
V.MITCHELL (P.BARRETT,T.BROWN)
VMAN/MOTOWN GOSPEL
Kim Burrell & Pharrell Williams
P.L.WILLIAMS (P.L.WILLIAMS,K.FRANKLIN)
18
WOW Gospel 2016
17
TILLYMANN
J.D.SHEARD II,D.STARKS (D.STARKS)
WKS. ON CHART
KIRK FRANKLIN
K.FRANKLIN,S.MARTIN (K.FRANKLIN)
I SEE A VICTORY
10
One Way
TILLYMANN
YOU’RE BIGGER
JAMESTOWN/EONE
Title
#1 TAMELA MANN
TRAVIS GREENE
RCA INSPIRATION
J.J.HAIRSTON (D.BLOOM,C.VAUGHN,P.D.REED,J.J.HAIRSTON)
JOY
Followers
IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL
33
8
29
ARTIST
3
9
26
Whatever The Road
REUNION/PLG
4
10
18
HARD LOVE
ATLANTIC/WORD-CURB
22
HANG ON
Exhale
TFK/THE FUEL
57
7
3
ELEVATION CHURCH/ESSENTIAL WORSHIP/PLG
1
7
Chain Breaker
18 18
2
7
68
Here As In Heaven
J.J. Hairston & Youthful Praise
T.GREENE,V.NAVEJAR (T.GREENE)
6
WOW Hits 2016
ELEVATION WORSHIP
2
6
11
SIXSTEPS/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG
Travis Greene
6
13
IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL
#1 HOLD MY MULE Shirley Caesar Feat. Albertina Walker & Milton Brunson
I NEED YOU
Heaven EP
TOP GOSPEL ALBUMS™ Artist
TITLE CERTIFICATION
THIS WEEK
24
HILLSONG/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG
FOR KING & COUNTRY RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG.
HOT GOSPEL SONGS™ LAST WEEK
ARC/EMI NASHVILLE/UMGN
10
ESSENTIAL WORSHIP/PLG
P.KIPLEY (M.WEST)
2 WKS. AGO
FOREFRONT/CAPITOL CMG
JIMI CRAVITY
20
LIVE LIKE YOU’RE LOVED
CAPITOL CMG
14 14
MENDED
25
HST/EMI NASHVILLE/CAPITOL CMG
22
FOREFRONT/CAPITOL CMG
C.WEDGEWORTH (M.TYLER,J.PARDO)
24
38
NF
19
27
Therapy Session
11 11
19
23
24
11
S.MOSLEY,C.MUNROE,M.O’CONNOR (J.KING,C.RADEMAKER,S.MOSLEY,C.MUNROE)
25
49
FARMHOUSE/GAITHER/CAPITOL CMG
22
Love & The Outcome
30
9
Hymns
HOT SHOT DEBUT
E.CASH,NEEDTOBREATHE (W.RINEHART,N.RINEHART)
THROUGH YOUR EYES
17
JOEY + RORY
BEACH STREET/REUNION/PLG
7
20
25
CASTING CROWNS The Very Next Thing
Danny Gokey
21
28
88
SIXSTEPS/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG
10 10
20
22
12
SIXSTEPS/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG
9
NEVER BEEN A MOMENT
24
Never Lose Sight
GG
17
ONE SONIC SOCIETY (J.INGRAM,D.LEONARD,L.JORDAN)
J.PARDO (F.BATTISTELLI,J.PARDO,M.E.REED)
16
HILLSONG UNITED Of Dirt And Grace: Live From The Land
C.STEVENS,TOBYMAC (T.MCKEEHAN,C.STEVENS,B.MILLARD,B.FOWLER)
THE GOD I KNOW
5
13
American Prodigal
31
BEACH STREET/REUNION/PLG
J.L.SMITH,C.BROWN (D.MULLIGAN,C.BROWN,J.L.SMITH)
34
CROWDER
8
FERVENT/WORD-CURB
M.A.MILLER (M.HALL,B.HERMS,M.WEST)
1
HILLSONG/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG
HILLARY SCOTT & THE SCOTT FAMILY Love Remains
BMG
J.REDMON (L.D.MOORING,B.BROWN,B.JOHNSON)
4
Lauren Daigle
CENTRICITY
B.HERMS (D.GOKEY,B.COWART,J.BROWNLEEWE)
MAGNIFY
HEAR IT LOUD/ATLANTIC/WORD-CURB
8
RISE
17
PLG/WORD-CURB/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG
12
Natalie Grant
11
15
CENTRICITY/CAPITOL CMG
26
SIXSTEPS/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG
9
15
23
SKILLET
7
TESTIFY
Unleashed
4
P.MABURY (L.DAIGLE,M.R.FARREN)
16
16
4
10
17
WOW Hits 2017
38
Chris Tomlin
3 93
1
HST/EMI NASHVILLE/CAPITOL CMG
WKS. ON CHART
How Can It Be
Hillary Scott & The Scott Family
10
17
MARANATHA!/CAPITOL CMG
VARIOUS ARTISTS
HILLSONG/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG
HEAR IT LOUD/ATLANTIC/WORD-CURB
15
LAUREN DAIGLE
#1 VARIOUS ARTISTS Maranatha! Music: Top 25 Praise Songs, 2017 Edition
3
B.HOWES (J.L.COOPER,S.MOSLEY)
14
2 WK S
2
Skillet
14
1
3
TEDD T.,S.MOSLEY,FOR KING & COUNTRY (L.SMALLBONE,J.SMALLBONE,S.MOSLEY,T.TJORNHOM,B.BACKUS)
GREAT ARE YOU LORD
1
16
10
16
31 174
COME ALIVE (DRY BONES)
16
1
Title
IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL
1
HILLSONG/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG
B.HERMS (N.GRANT,B.MIZELL,S.MIZELL)
B.FOWLER (R.STEVENSON,B.FOWLER)
THIS WEEK
3
J.EDWARDSON,E.CASH (C.TOMLIN,E.CASH)
6
LAST WEEK
Hillsong Worship
R.SKAGGS,B.HERMS (H.SCOTT,E.L.WEISBAND,B.HERMS)
7
WKS. ON CHART
22
M.G.CHISLETT,J.HOUSTON,B.LIGERTWOOD (B.FIELDING,B.LIGERTWOOD)
5
ARTIST
PEAK POS.
Hillsong UNITED
M.G.CHISLETT (M.CROCKER,J.HOUSTON,S.LIGTHELM)
8
6
Zach Williams
J.L.SMITH (J.L.SMITH,M.L.C.FIELDES,Z.WILLIAMS)
11
2
IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL
#1 CHAIN BREAKER
KING OF THE WORLD
20TH CENTURY FOX/FOX/I AM OTHER/COLUMBIA
9
11
7
FO YO SOUL/RCA
GAITHER/CAPITOL CMG RCA INSPIRATION/RCA
F HAMMOND/RCA INSPIRATION/RCA
GLORY 2 GLORY/MBK/RED ASSOCIATED LABELS
12
13
10
10
14
10
10
TODD DULANEY
8
10
11
WINNING
Charles Jenkins
8
20
12
11 11
VASHAWN MITCHELL Secret Place: Live In South Africa
10
9
8
12
ARISE (YOU ARE GOOD)
William Murphy
8
26
18
12 12
WILLIAM MCDOWELL Sounds Of Revival: Live
51
11
12
13
FATHER JESUS SPIRIT
Fred Hammond
10
20
11
13
WILLIAM MURPHY
Demonstrate
29
14
GOD’S GRACE Reverend Luther Barnes & The Restoration Worship Center Choir
14
HEZEKIAH WALKER “Better”: Azusa - The Next Generation 2
26 78
The Life Project
23
HOWARD GOSPEL CHOIR OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY Glorious God
12
14
14
A.LOVE III (A.LOVE III,D.HILL)
RCA INSPIRATION
F.HAMMOND,C.RODGERS (F.HAMMOND,D.CLARK,S.SUMMONS)
15
17
17
16
VICTORY BELONGS TO JESUS
16
16
17
GLORIOUS GOD
18
WORK IT OUT
19
THE MASTER’S CALLING
20 NEW
23
21 24
21
23 NEW
25
Data for week of 01.28.2017
22
F HAMMOND/RCA INSPIRATION
L.BARNES,D.L.ADAMS (L.BARNES,D.L.ADAMS)
15
19
INSPIRED PEOPLE
A.W.LINDSEY (W.H.MURPHY III,D.MURPHY)
15
18
PURESPRINGS GOSPEL/THIRTY TIGERS
W.CAMPBELL,C.JENKINS (C.JENKINS,W.S.CAMPBELL II)
ROYALTY
18
CeCe Winans
2
NEVER HAVE TO BE ALONE
20 SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY
TOP CHRISTIAN ALBUMS™ Artist
TITLE CERTIFICATION
2 WKS. AGO
SRT/SHANACHIE
Sounds Of Blackness Feat. High School For Recording Arts
13
14
14
EONE WORSHIP/EONE
VMAN/MOTOWN GOSPEL/CAPITOL CMG DELIVERY ROOM/EONE RCA INSPIRATION/RCA AZUSA/EONE
14
24
16
15
ANTHONY BROWN & GROUP THERAPY Everyday Jesus
Todd Dulaney
16
19
17
16
JEKALYN CARR
Howard Gospel Choir Of Howard University Feat. Benjamin Moore
16
18
25
17 17
G.D.HINES (G.D.HINES,I.WILSON)
SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS/ATOMIC K
M.LEWIS,T.DULANEY (T.DULANEY)
EONE WORSHIP/EONE
K.N.GOLDEN,R.A.GOLDEN,D.M.BROWN (R.A.GOLDEN,K.N.GOLDEN)
HOWARD GOSPEL CHOIR
Tye Tribbett
T.TRIBBETT II (T.TRIBBETT II,G.JORDAN)
MOTOWN GOSPEL
7
9
19
KEY OF A/VMAN/TYSCOT/TASEIS LUNJEAL/EONE
GG
HOWARD GOSPEL CHOIR
18
SHIRLEY CAESAR
Fill This House
33 5
LIGHT/EONE
T.LAUER (T.COCKRELL)
Deborah Joy Winans
HARPOSTUDIOS/PINE CITY/LIONS GATE/OWN/MALACO
19
10
22
19 19
REV. LUTHER BARNES AND THE RESTORATION WORSHIP CENTER CHOIR The Favor Of God
20
SO MUCH LUV
Jor’Dan Armstrong
20
1
24
20 20
JONATHAN NELSON
Fearless
28
21
FIX ME
Tim Bowman Jr.
21
6
21
21
THE RANCE ALLEN GROUP Live From San Francisco
11
22
JACOB’S SONG
22 22
KIM BURRELL
A Different Place
14
23
YOU STILL LOVE ME
9
24
GRATEFUL
25
I BELIEVE (ISLAND MEDLEY) [SO LONG BYE BYE]
J.ARMSTRONG,J.WILLIAMS (J.ARMSTRONG) A.W.LINDSEY (A.W.LINDSEY,I.HOUGHTON,T.BOWMAN, JR.) K.BOWIE (B.BABINEAUX,M.BOONE,K.BOWIE)
GOOD GUY/SEAQ
LIFESTYLE MUSIC GROUP/MOTOWN GOSPEL
Bri (Briana Babineaux)
MARQUIS BOONE/TYSCOT
Tasha Cobbs
V.MITCHELL,T.COBBS (M.BROWN)
MOTOWN GOSPEL
Ted Winn & Balance Featuring Maranda
T.WINN,J.GILBERT (T.WINN,W.J.HAWKINS)
J.NELSON,K.SHELTON (J.NELSON,K.SHELTON)
TEDDYSJAMZ/SHANACHIE
Jonathan Nelson TEHILLAH/LIGHT
18
5
RE
SHANACHIE
TEHILLAH/LIGHT/EONE TYSCOT/TASEIS SHANACHIE
8
RE
23 23
VARIOUS ARTISTS Maranatha! Music: Top 25 Gospel Praise Songs, 2017 Edition
24
1
NEW
24 24
ISAAC BROWN & GANG Breakthrough: Live
1
22
9
RE
25 25
BISHOP PAUL S. MORTON
9
21
MARANATHA!/CAPITOL CMG HEAVEN BOUND
TEHILLAH/LIGHT/EONE
Legacy: Live In New Orleans
‘Mule’ Kicking Without Radio Shirley Caesar (above) leads Hot Gospel Songs for a sixth week with “Hold My Mule” (featuring Albertina Walker and Milton Brunson). Despite the track’s lengthy reign, fueled heavily by roughly two months of viral memes, streaming is almost exclusively driving the “Mule” train. Streams account for nearly 100 percent of the chart points for “Mule,” which also leads Gospel Streaming Songs for a seventh week with 1.9 million U.S. clicks, according to Nielsen Music. However, “Mule” has not made a notable impact at gospel radio, despite its history of airplay at the format since Caesar released its original version in 1988. Says WEXL Detroit music director Val Monroe: “The Internet explosion put Caesar on the map for a younger audience that may have never heard gospel music before.” Still, adds Monroe, “We didn’t get much in the way of requests from our listeners for the new version.” “We are not ruling out playing the updated [“Mule”], but for now we’re just monitoring it,” says WLIB-AM New York program director Skip Dillard. “Shirley is still a significant artist here, and we will occasionally spin the original version, but we lean heavily on what our audience wants through research.” WAGG-AM Birmingham, Ala., program director Jay Bryant concurs: “What’s happening online is not in any way similar to a gospel radio station, and the people using a lot of social media tend to not be your everyday gospel listeners.” —Jim Asker
G o to B I L L B OA R D.CO M/ B I Z fo r co m p l e te c h a r t d a t a 73
THIS WEEK
1
1
1
22 WK S
2
2
2
LET ME LOVE YOU ¡
4
4
3
DON’T LET ME DOWN 4
3
3
6
5
5
6
4
LAST WEEK
THIS WEEK
IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL
#1 CLOSER 4
The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey
1
25
4
1
DJ Snake Featuring Justin Bieber
2
23
1
22
THE CHAINSMOKERS
The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya
1
49
2
3
BRIAN ENO
THE CHAINSMOKERS,S.C.FRANK,F.KENNETT (A.TAGGART,S.C.FRANK,F.KENNETT,A.FRANGIPANE,I.SLADE,J.KING)
DJ SNAKE,ANDREW WATT (W.S.E.GRIGAHCINE,J.D.BIEBER,A.WOTMAN,A.TAMPOSI,B.LEE,L.BELL) THE CHAINSMOKERS (A.TAGGART,E.W.SCHWARTZ,S.HARRIS)
IN THE NAME OF LOVE 0
DISRUPTOR/COLUMBIA
DJ SNAKE/INTERSCOPE
DISRUPTOR/COLUMBIA
Martin Garrix & Bebe Rexha
MARTIN GARRIX,MAT RAD,STEVE JAMES (MARTIN GARRIX,M.SMITH RADOSEVICH,R.CUNNINGHAM,S.PHILIBIN,I.JUBER,Y.NAHAR,B.REXHA)
STMPD RCRDS/RCA
5
THIS IS WHAT YOU CAME FOR 2 Calvin Harris Featuring Rihanna
6
COLD WATER 2
CALVIN HARRIS (CALVIN HARRIS,NILS SJOBERG)
WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION/FLY EYE/COLUMBIA
Major Lazer Featuring Justin Bieber & MO
DIPLO,BENNY BLANCO,JR. BLENDER,KING HENRY (E.C.SHEERAN,B.J.LEVIN,J.SCOTT,T.W.PENTZ,P.MECKSEPER,H.ALLEN,J.D.BIEBER,K.M.ORSTED)
DG AG
ROCKABYE
7
9
9
8
JUST HOLD ON
9
NEVER BE LIKE YOU ¡
MAD DECENT/DEF JAM
Clean Bandit Feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie
J.PATTERSON,M.RALPH,STEVE MAC (J.PATTERSON,I.WROLDSEN,S.MCCUTCHEON,A.MALIK,S.P.HENRIQUES)
BIG BEAT/ATLANTIC/RRP
Steve Aoki & Louis Tomlinson
S.AOKI (S.HIROYUKI AOKI,L.TOMLINSON,E.I.ROSSE,S.SLOAN,N.LAMBROZA)
ULTRA
3 1
24 38
1
26
7
12
7
5
#1 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW That’s What I Call A Workout 2017 1 WK SONY MUSIC/UNIVERSAL/UME
DISRUPTOR/COLUMBIA OPAL/WARP
2
6
6
FLUME
Skin
33
5
7
VARIOUS ARTISTS JC Caylen: Neptones III: The Final Chapter
2
88
EMPIRE OF THE SUN
Two Vines
11
7
9
THE CHAINSMOKERS
Bouquet (EP)
64
8
10
KAYTRANADA
99.9%
35
20
11 11
MARSHMELLO
Joytime
19
9
12
DJ SNAKE
Encore
23 55
10
FUTURE CLASSIC/MOM + POP HEARD WELL
THE SLEEPY JACKSON/ASTRALWERKS DISRUPTOR/COLUMBIA
3
51
The Chainsmokers Featuring XYLO
8
10
Skrillex & Rick Ross
6
25
Marshmello Featuring Wrabel
11
11
11
13 13
VARIOUS ARTISTS Now That’s What I Call A Workout 2016
Calvin Harris
6
18
NEW
14 14
POWER MUSIC WORKOUT Best Of 2016 Workout Mix
1
W:/2016ALBUM/
6
Epoch
11
FUTURE CLASSIC/MOM + POP
XL
11
PURPLE LAMBORGHINI 0
14
13
12
RITUAL
12
12
13
MY WAY 0
HOT SHOT DEBUT
14
PARIS
The Chainsmokers
14
1
12
15
DEADMAU5
16
15
LIGHT
San Holo
14
7
17
16 16
TYCHO
17 17
ENIGMA
THE CHAINSMOKERS (A.TAGGART,J. ASHER,M.J.FONTANA)
SHED A LIGHT Robin Schulz & David Guetta Feat. Cheat Codes D.GUETTA,J.DOHR,G.KRAMER (A.MALIK,R.SCHULZ,J.DOHR,J.RYAN,J.EVIGAN,J.K.HINDLIN,G.KRAMER,G.H.TUINFORT,D.BIERBRODT,D.GUETTA)
20 21 22
NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED)
SG
25
24
HEAR ME NOW
19
21
25
HIGH AND LOW
25
27
26
TAPED UP HEART
27
26
27
SEXUAL
30
33
28
ALONE
33
31
32
PHONE DOWN
29
29
33
TAKE MY BREATH AWAY
34
TEAM
35
NOTHING TO LOSE
36
SAVAGE
46
38
EASY GO
39
38
41 47
49 NEW
40 41
12
NEIKED Featuring Dyo
22
4
Alan Walker
25
6
MER MUSIKK/RCA
Ono
MIND TRAIN/TWISTED
5
Galantis & Hook N Sling
18
15
Lost Kings Featuring Emily Warren
25
14
Alesso
27 26
BIG BEAT/ATLANTIC/RRP
Krewella COLUMBIA
VASSY
MUSICAL FREEDOM
Whethan Featuring Flux Pavilion & MAX
BIG BEAT WHITE LABEL/BIG BEAT/ATLANTIC/RRP
Dillon Francis Featuring Will Heard
Grandtheft & Delaney Jane
COLUMBIA
MAD DECENT
R3hab
NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED)
R3HAB
BELIEVER
Major Lazer & Showtek
S.JANSSEN,W.JANSSEN,DIPLO,P.MECKSEPER,A.MARCONO,D.MARCANO,J.QUASHIE,M.MUWAKIL,L.LYONS (S.JANSSEN,W.JANSSEN,T.W.PENTZ...)
CHASE YOU DOWN
2-DUTCH/SKINK/MAD DECENT
RUNAGROUND
A.KIRK,TYDI (A.KIRK,T.ILLINGWORTH)
THE URGE IN ME
DISRUPTOR/RCA
ALEFUNE/DEF JAM
ICARUS
43
ROBBINS
Tritonal + Sj Featuring Emma Gatsby
C.CISNEROS,D.REED,S.JONES (C.CISNEROS,D.REED,S.JONES,E.GATSBY) NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED)
6
30
A.WAISGLASS,D.J.BARTH,S.C.FRANK (A.WAISGLASS,D.J.BARTH,S.C.FRANK)
HUNG UP
29
Offaiah
HITS IN THE BAG/INTERSCOPE
D.H.FRANCIS,W.PHILLIPS (W.PHILLIPS,J.J.NAPIER,W.J.HEARD,D.H.FRANCIS)
42
BIG BEAT/ATLANTIC
NEIKED COLLECTIVE/POLYDOR/CASABLANCA/REPUBLIC
NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED)
-
46
21
C.TARPLEY (J.YOUSAF,Y.YOUSAF,C.TARPLEY,D.HENIG)
37
39
20
ALESSO,D.H.FRANCIS (A.LINDBLAD,ATLAS,D.H.FRANCIS)
38
36
16
KREAM Featuring Clara Mae
LOST KINGS (S.HARRIS,P.A.LEIGH,M.T.P.HOLMES,N.SHANHOLTZ,R.ABISI,E.W.SCHWARTZ)
40
28
Empire Of The Sun
THE SLEEPY JACKSON/ASTRALWERKS/CAPITOL
ENHANCED
Joe Gauthreaux Featuring Inaya Day
PROP D
35
18
JOYTIME COLLECTIVE
DJ SNAKE/INTERSCOPE/IGA SONY MUSIC/UNIVERSAL/UME POWER MUSIC
MAU5TRAP/KOBALT GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL
The Fall Of A Rebel Angel
BALOO/REPUBLIC
14
18
22
19 19
KYGO
16
20
VARIOUS ARTISTS
21
JUSTICE
22
DIE ANTWOORD Mount Ninji And Da Nice Time Kid
17
25
23 23
M.I.A.
AIM
15
RE
24 24
BASSNECTAR
Unlimited
20
23
25
DJ SHADOW
The Mountain Will Fall
22
13 19
<|°_°|>
22
Cloud Nine
32
Monstercat: Best Of 2016
4
Woman
8
CAFE DE LA DANSE/LE PLAN ULTRA/RCA MONSTERCAT
GENESIS/ED BANGER/BECAUSE ZEF RECORDZ/KOBALT INTERSCOPE/IGA AMORPHOUS
LIQUID AMBER/MASS APPEAL
DANCE/MIX SHOW AIRPLAY™ Artist
TITLE
THIS WEEK
2
1
#1 SCARS TO YOUR BEAUTIFUL Alessia Cara 1 WK
13
1
2
CLOSER The Chainsmokers Feat. Halsey DISRUPTOR/COLUMBIA
24
4
3
DON’T WANNA KNOW Maroon 5 Feat. Kendrick Lamar 222/INTERSCOPE
12
4
BAD THINGS Machine Gun Kelly x Camila Cabello
7
6
IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL EP/DEF JAM
EST19XX/BAD BOY/EPIC/INTERSCOPE
5
LET ME LOVE YOU DJ Snake Feat. Justin Bieber DJ SNAKE/INTERSCOPE
20
3
6
SIDE TO SIDE Ariana Grande Feat. Nicki Minaj REPUBLIC
14
12
8
7
IN MY HEAD Party Favor Feat. Georgia Ku
14
5
9
8
RITUAL
Marshmello Feat. Wrabel
8
9
24K MAGIC
Bruno Mars
14
Alesso
11
3
5
7
MAD DECENT OWSLA
ATLANTIC
5
13
10
TAKE MY BREATH AWAY
20
17
17
11
BLACK BEATLES Rae Sremmurd Feat. Gucci Mane
7
38
2
18
12
LOVE ON THE BRAIN
Rihanna
10
13
TEAM
Krewella
5
The Weeknd Feat. Daft Punk
3
The Weeknd Feat. Daft Punk
16
Anne-Marie
13
Deorro Feat. DyCy
7
Chace & Moksi
7
29
23 19 29
11 15 17
42
5
43
1
12
ALEFUNE/DEF JAM
EAR DRUMNER/INTERSCOPE
WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION COLUMBIA
14
I FEEL IT COMING
10
15
STARBOY
11
16
ALARM
17
GOIN UP
18
FOR A DAY
14
19
ANYWHERE Dillon Francis Feat. Will Heard COLUMBIA
12
15
20
STARVING Hailee Steinfeld & Grey Feat. Zedd
14
29
21
ROCKABYE Clean Bandit Feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie
2
22
ICARUS
R3hab
9
John Legend
5
Ed Sheeran
1 4
21
16 20
XO/REPUBLIC XO/REPUBLIC
MAJOR TOM’S/ASYLUM/ATLANTIC/RRP PANDA FUNK/ULTRA ROBBINS
40
44
ARE YOU SURE? Kris Kross Amsterdam & Conor Maynard Feat. Ty Dolla $ign
37
3
50
49
45
WHOLE HEART
17
20
39
45
46
PILLOW FIGHT
19
4
47
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH 2017
Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand
47
1
50
48
SHOW YOU THE LIGHT
MARC Featuring Efraim Leo
46
4
25
23
LOVE ME NOW
RE-ENTRY
49
FIND ME
Sigma Featuring Birdy
32
2
NEW
24
SHAPE OF YOU
42
50
OLDER
Lodato & Joseph Duveen
31
8
24
25
JUST HOLD ON Steve Aoki & Louis Tomlinson
NEW -
48
SPINNIN’/PARLOPHONE/WARNER BROS.
Gryffin And Bipolar Sunshine
GRYFFIN (GRYFFIN,A.J.MARCHANT,J.R.EARP,D.JAMES)
DARKROOM/INTERSCOPE
GALANTIS,SVIDDEN,H.N.JONBACK (C.KARLSSON,L.EKLOW,J.KOITZSCH,H.N.JONBACK,R.GOLAN) NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED)
F.SONEFORS,P.LIDEN (F.SONEFORS,P.LIDEN)
CASABLANCA/COLUMBIA/REPUBLIC MUSIC CHILD/WARNER BROS.
SIGMA,TMS (BIRDY,J.LENZIE,C.EDWARDS,B.KOHN,P.KELLEHER,T.BARNES,C.PURCELL) LODATO,JOSEPH TOLIPANI,J.OVEREEM (J.TOLIPANI)
74 G o to B I L L B OA R D.CO M/ B I Z fo r co m p l e te c h a r t d a t a
Galantis
BIG BEAT/ATLANTIC/RRP
3BEAT/PM:AM
OVERDRIVE
WKS. ON CHART
LAST WEEK
37
CHYMSKO,KRIS KROSS AMSTERDAM (B.WRIGHT,D.VAN ELSAS,J.HUISMAN,J.VAN DER VOORT,K.A.SUTHERLAND,L.WHITE...)
9
CARAVAN PALACE
15
4
GALANTIS,HOOK N SLING,SVIDDEN,H.N.JONBACK (C.KARLSSON,L.EKLOW,J.KOITZSCH,H.N.JONBACK,A.P.MANISCALCO...)
ANYWHERE
18
24
SPINNIN’
OFFAIAH (D.CARTER,W.LOBBAN-BEAN,C.PUTH)
NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED)
4
Alok, Bruno Martini Featuring Zeeba
Y. ONO,B.LASWELL (Y.ONO)
LOVE ON ME
21
13
HELL IN PARADISE 2016
31
18
17
WARNER BROS.
A.O.WALKER,MOOD MELODIES (A.O.WALKER,N.BAO,A.FROEN,J.BORGEN,G.GREVE)
28
20
Nause Featuring Pretty Sister
V.RADSTROM (E.STRIDH,V.RADSTROM,D.OLATUNJI)
31
35
ANCHOR POINT/POLYDOR/DOWNTOWN/INTERSCOPE
M.SLETTEBAKKEN,D.SLETTEBAKKEN (M.SLETTEBAKKEN,D.SLETTEBAKKEN,C.HAGMAN,N.ISLAM,S.F.HELLSTROM)
TROUBLE
36
DISCO:WAX/ULTRA
Mura Masa Featuring A$AP Rocky
L.STEELE,N.LITTLEMORE,P.MAYES (L.STEELE,N.LITTLEMORE,J.SLOAN,P.MAYES)
30
37
Martin Jensen
ALOK,B.MARTINI (A.PETRILLO,B.MARTINI,M.ZEBALLOS)
30
45
Marshmello
JOYTIME COLLECTIVE
J.CRIBORN,L.SCHEJA (J.CRIBORN,L.SCHEJA,S.SKARBEK,T.FAZAKERLEY)
35
34
4
M.DYHRBERG,M.JENSEN (L.DISSING,P.BJORNSKOV,M.JENSEN,M.DYHRBERG)
26
32
19
SOLO DANCE
DYNAMITE
29
DVBBS X CMC$ Featuring Gia Koka
MARSHMELLO (MARSHMELLO)
MURA MASA (MURA MASA,R.A.MAYERS)
7 11
KANARY
LOVE$ICK
11
23
17
JONAS BLUE/CAPITOL
SUMMER
23
TONSPIEL/ATLANTIC
15
Jonas Blue Featuring RAYE
JONAS BLUE (G.J.ROBIN,G.BARKER,J.A.PEBWORTH,J.SHAVE,G.ASTASIO)
20
32
PETIT BISCUIT
17
20
34
Petit Biscuit
PETIT BISCUIT (M.BENJELLOUN)
NOT GOING HOME
18
BITBIRD
SUNSET LOVER
19
22
DISRUPTOR/COLUMBIA
SAN HOLO (S.VAN DIJCK,A.STORM,T.DOUWSTRA)
19
24
FLY EYE/COLUMBIA
THE CHAINSMOKERS (A.TAGGART,K.ERIKSSON,F.HAGGSTAM)
21
24
OWSLA
CALVIN HARRIS (CALVIN HARRIS)
BY YOUR SIDE
43
DC/ATLAS/WATERTOWER/ATLANTIC/RRP
MARSHMELLO (S.S.WARBEL,M.T.REID,A.SCHIERSCH,MARSHMELLO)
18
44
DISRUPTOR/COLUMBIA
SKRILLEX,BEAT BILLIONAIRE (S.MOORE,W.L.ROBERTS II,S.COOKE)
17
21
Flume Featuring Kai
FLUME,KAI,G.P.EARLEY (H.E.STRETEN,A.DE GASPERIS-BRIGANTE,G.P.EARLEY)
18
2
POWER MUSIC
10
16
Reflection Brave Enough
55
10
17
10
POWER MUSIC WORKOUT 55 Smash Hits! - Running Remixes, Vol. 3
LINDSEYSTOMP
10
16
Collage (EP)
4
3
11
15
4
21
13
15
WKS. ON CHART
LINDSEY STIRLING
SETTING FIRES
14
Title
ARTIST CERTIFICATION
IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL
7
8
WKS. ON CHART
PRODUCER (SONGWRITER)
8
7
PEAK POS.
19
REPUBLIC
BIG BEAT/ATLANTIC/RRP R3HAB
COLUMBIA ATLANTIC ULTRA
Très Bien! ‘Paris’ Debuts The Chainsmokers launch at No. 14 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs with “Paris,” based solely on its first three days of airplay. Released Jan. 13, the radio follow-up to “Closer” (featuring Halsey) drew 21 million audience impressions through Jan. 15, according to Nielsen Music. Once the song’s first week of sales and streaming points unite, look for the DJ duo (Drew Taggart, who sings on “Paris,” and Alex Pall) to score its sixth top 10 Hot Dance/Electronic Songs top 10 and storm onto the Billboard Hot 100. “Paris,” which also sports uncredited background vocals from Emily Warren (previously featured on The Chainsmokers’ “Until You Were Gone,” with Tritonal), starts at No. 31 on Dance/ Mix Show Airplay. Meanwhile, the act’s smash “Closer” — which rules Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for a 22nd week — sets a record on the Hot 100 (where it’s No. 5), tallying the most consecutive weeks in the top 10 from a song’s debut week: 24. “Closer,” which arrived at No. 9 on Aug. 20, 2016, and reigned for 12 weeks, eclipses Justin Bieber’s “Love Yourself,” which spent its first 23 weeks in the Hot 100’s top 10 (2015-16). On Dance/Mix Show Airplay, Alessia Cara’s “Scars to Your Beautiful” (2-1) dethrones “Closer,” halting the latter’s record 20 weeks on top. Cara’s first No. 1 follows her breakthrough hit and prior top 10 “Here,” which reached No. 3 a year ago. On Dance Club Songs, (Yoko) Ono obtains her 13th leader with “Hell in Paradise 2016” (2-1). The track, remixed by Dave Aude, Camelphat and Superchumbo, among others, reached No. 12 in 1985 and No. 4 in 2004. —Gordon Murray
Data for week of 01.28.2017
HOT DANCE/ELECTRONIC SONGS: The week’s most popular current dance/electronic songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music, streaming activity data by online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music and reports from a national sample of club DJs. Songs are defined as current if they are newly-released titles, or songs receiving widespread airplay and/or sales activity for the first time. TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUMS: The week’s most popular current dance/electronic albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music. Albums are defined as current if they are less than 18 months old or older than 18 months but still residing in the Billboard 200’s top 100. DANCE/MIX SHOW AIRPLAY: The week’s most popular current songs ranked by total weekly plays on 6 dance-formatted stations and mix show plays on 89 mainstream top 40 and select rhythmic stations that have submitted their hours of mix show programming, as monitored by Nielsen Music. See Charts Legend on billboard.com/biz for complete rules and explanations. © 2017, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.
Artist
TITLE CERTIFICATION
LAST WEEK
SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING DATA COMPILED BY
Dance/Electronic January 28 2017
TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUMS™
HOT DANCE/ELECTRONIC SONGS™ 2 WKS. AGO
2
1
3
22
BODY MOVES
5
33
NOTHING TO LOSE
4
TROUBLE
55
MOVE YOUR BODY
66
DISTORTION
7
LOVE ON THE BRAIN
10
88
THE URGE IN ME Joe Gauthreaux Feat. Inaya Day
6
12
99
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH 2017 Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand
5
7
10
BLOW YOUR MIND (MWAH)
Dua Lipa
10
9
11
OLDER
Lodato & Joseph Duveen
14
15
12 12
YEAH YEAH 2017
Luciana & Dave Aude
5
17
13 13
LONG LIVE LOVE
LeAnn Rimes
4
19
14 14
SHOW YOU THE LIGHT MARC Feat. Efraim Leo
6
6 8 1
IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL
#1 HELL IN PARADISE 2016 1 WK MIND TRAIN/TWISTED
REPUBLIC
MUSICAL FREEDOM
HITS IN THE BAG/INTERSCOPE
Ono
11
DNCE
7
VASSY
7
Offaiah
9
Sia
MONKEY PUZZLE/RCA PREMIER LEAGUE
WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION
7
Rihanna
10
CASABLANCA/COLUMBIA/REPUBLIC
OVERDRIVE AUDACIOUS
RCA UK/THIRTY TIGERS/RED
MUSIC CHILD/WARNER BROS.
14
15
HURTS
11
16
SCARS TO YOUR BEAUTIFUL
24
17 17
36
6
J Sutta
PROP D
WARNER BROS.
WKS. ON CHART
Boxscore
Artist
THIS WEEK
4
BOXSCORE: The top grossing concerts as reported by promoters, venues, managers and booking agents. Boxcsore should be submitted to Bob Allen at bob.allen@billboard.com. DANCE CLUB SONGS: The week’s most popular songs played in dance clubs, compiled from reports from a national sample of club DJs. See Charts Legend on billboard.com/biz for complete rules and explanations. © 2017, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. All rights reserved.
TITLE
LAST WEEK
CONCERT GROSSES GROSS
PER TICKET PRICE(S)
1 2 3 4
$5,510,582 $84/$79/$74/$69
$3,259,064
(68,026,110 PESOS) $191.16/$38.33
$3,121,740
$2,548,732
$456/$346/$216/$46
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK DEC. 9
6
$2,369,921
MARIAH CAREY
7
$2,272,890
8
$1,943,096
9 10
$159.50/$49.50
$1,575,376
$144/$93/$63/$43
19 19
KOINZ
SR
4
23
20
LOVE ME NOW
John Legend
5
20
21
RECOVERY
Kristii
10
16
22
24K MAGIC
Bruno Mars
12
38
23 23
JUST SAY
KDA Feat. Tinashe
2
34
24 24
THIS TOWN
Niall Horan
3
22
25
GET TOGETHER Christine Saade + Twisted Dee
8
35
26 26
SHOW ME LOVE
Brian Justin Crum Feat. Toy Armada & DJ Grind
4
18
27
GOOD GRIEF
Bastille
11
Bullets indicate titles with greatest weekly gains.
19
$861,322
21
28
STARBOY
The Weeknd Feat. Daft Punk
14
$795,964
29 29
OASIS
Kendra Erika
3
27
30
TAKE MY BREATH AWAY
Alesso
8
21
$676,640
29
31
DON’T WANNA KNOW Maroon 5 Feat. Kendrick Lamar
9
30
32
SIDE TO SIDE Ariana Grande Feat. Nicki Minaj
14
28
33
BOYS AND SOMETIMES GIRLS Ricky Rebel
7
37
34
STARVING Hailee Steinfeld & Grey Feat. Zedd
6
35
SHINE
Mollie Jay
8
47
36 36
U + ME
Alx Veliz
2
13
37
BUTTON PUSHA Ralphi Rosario & Aneeta Beat
11
38 38
ROCKABYE
2
42
39
BLACK BEATLES
Album Charts Industry Assn. of 0 Recording America (RIAA) certification for physical shipments & digital downloads of 500,000 albums (Gold). certification for ¡ RIAA physical shipments & digital downloads of 1 million units (Platinum). Numeral noted with Platinum symbol indicates album’s multiplatinum level. certification for ™ RIAA physical shipments & digital downloads of 10 million units (Diamond). Numeral noted with Diamond symbol indicates album’s multiplatinum level. albums certification for ) Latin physical shipments & digital downloads of 30,000 units (Oro). albums certification for ¢ Latin physical shipments & digital downloads of 60,000 units (Platino). Numeral noted with Platino symbol indicates album’s multiplatinum level.
20
39
41
40
IN THE NAME OF LOVE
49
41 41
MILLION REASONS
HOT SHOT DEBUT
42 42
UNBEAUTIFUL
KAAT
33
43
HIGH AND LOW
Empire Of The Sun
13
NEW
44 44
I FEEL IT COMING The Weeknd Feat. Daft Punk
1
45
ICARUS
R3hab
12
NEW
46 46
CALIFORNIA HEAVEN JAHKOY Feat. ScHoolboy Q
1
51 NEW
47 47
THE ONE
1
48
KING OF WISHFUL THINKING
40
49
THE GREATEST
NEW
50 50
RIGHT TIME
31
45
32
44
KII
ATLANTIC RCA
NEON HAZE/CAPITOL
ELECTRA STAR/DAUMAN PROP D
VIRGIN/CAPITOL XO/REPUBLIC
KENDRA ERIKA/DAUMAN ALEFUNE/DEF JAM
222/INTERSCOPE REPUBLIC
AUDIO4PLAY REPUBLIC
MOLLIE JAY 1916/UNIVERSAL
CARRILLO
Clean Bandit Feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie
BIG BEAT/ATLANTIC/RRP
Rae Sremmurd Feat. Gucci Mane
EAR DRUMNER/INTERSCOPE
STMPD RCRDS/RCA
Martin Garrix & Bebe Rexha
14
Lady Gaga
2
STREAMLINE/INTERSCOPE BMAB
THE SLEEPY JACKSON/ASTRALWERKS/CAPITOL
XO/REPUBLIC R3HAB
DEF JAM
DOCKA
Zachary Zamarripa Feat. Somni
LETTA
MONKEY PUZZLE/RCA
3
Letta
1
5
$1,133,116
Digital Songs Charts certification for 500,000 0 RIAA paid downloads and ondemand streams where 100 streams equal 1 download (Gold). certification for 1 ¡ RIAA million paid downloads and on-demand streams where 100 streams equal 1 download (Platinum). Numeral noted with Platinum symbol indicates song’s multiplatinum level. Awards PS (PaceSetter for largest % album sales gain) GG (Greatest Gainer for largest volume gain) DG (Digital Sales Gainer) AG (Airplay Gainer) SG (Streaming Gainer)
9
Eric Redd
1
Visit Billboard.com/biz for complete rules and explanations.
LIVE NATION
17,609 SELLOUT
IHEARTMEDIA + ENTERTAINMENT
23,392 LIVE NATION 24,169 NINE SHOWS SEVEN SELLOUTS
BILLY JOEL, CHRISTINA PERRI
BB&T CENTER, SUNRISE, FLA. DEC. 31
ANDREA BOCELLI
18,240 SELLOUT
LIVE NATION
11,301 11,918
GELB PROMOTIONS, HOUSTON SYMPHONY
STEVIE NICKS, THE PRETENDERS
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK DEC. 1
TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA
TOYOTA CENTER, HOUSTON DEC. 23
TEG LIVE
15,167 SELLOUT
LIVE NATION
23,187 TWO SELLOUTS
LIVE NATION
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, TROMBONE SHORTY, JACK IRONS RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, TROMBONE SHORTY, JACK IRONS
$1,040,134
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, TROMBONE SHORTY, JACK IRONS
$1,015,832
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, TROMBONE SHORTY, JACK IRONS
$128/$52
$101/$51
$953,902
24
25,577 TWO SELLOUTS
$1,058,948
$128/$52
17
23
CONCERTS WEST/AEG LIVE, CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT
TOYOTA CENTER, HOUSTON JAN. 7
$956,628
22
16,827 FOUR SELLOUTS
$99/$49
16
18
Publishing song index available on Billboard.com/biz.
Data for week of 01.28.2017
$1,437,368
$76.50/$47.50
$150/$49.50
$125/$59
$898,850
$175/$95
LEGEND
Sia Feat. Kendrick Lamar
CARRILLO
15
OCESA-CIE
KEITH URBAN, CARRIE UNDERWOOD, BUCHANAN
26
14
34,585 TWO SELLOUTS
$1,881,310
3
COLUMBIA
LIVE NATION
($2,545,334 AUSTRALIAN) BRISBANE ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA 18,585 $117.37/$82.74 DEC. 16-17 18,920 TWO SHOWS
Britney Spears Feat. Tinashe
13
76,566 FOUR SELLOUTS
TOYOTA CENTER, HOUSTON DEC. 11
GG
12
PROMOTER
$375/$75
18 18
11
ATTENDANCE CAPACITY
Z100 JINGLE BALL: JUSTIN BIEBER, ARIANA GRANDE & OTHERS
$250/$150/$100/$54.50 BEACON THEATRE, NEW YORK DEC. 5, 7-8, 10-11, 13-14, 16-17
5
I AM SR
TOYOTA CENTER, HOUSTON NOV. 8-9
5
MAYDAY Greg Gatsby X Richard Fraioli Feat. Camila RCA
ELTON JOHN ADELE
9
SLUMBER PARTY
ADELE
PALACIO DE LOS DEPORTES, MEXICO CITY NOV. 14-15
$3,032,246
$149.50/$39.95
Alessia Cara
418
PHISH
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK DEC. 28-31
THE COLOSSEUM AT CAESARS PALACE, LAS VEGAS DEC. 28-29, 31, JAN. 1
8
EP/DEF JAM
ARTIST
VENUE DATE
$750/$500/$250/$55
Emeli Sande
CAPITOL
January 28 2017
TAYLOR HILL/GETTY IMAGES
DANCE CLUB SONGS™
$179.50/$49.50
$74/$30.50
$125/$35
$595,866
$159.50/$69.50
$534,465
(£429,155) $56.04/$36.74
$505,966
(£402,113) $47.19/$40.89
12,615 SELLOUT
BOK CENTER, TULSA, OKLA. JAN. 14
11,764 SELLOUT
SMOOTHIE KING CENTER, NEW ORLEANS JAN. 10
13,179 SELLOUT
FEDEXFORUM, MEMPHIS JAN. 12
BLACK SABBATH, RIVAL SONS
TOYOTA CENTER, HOUSTON NOV. 10
JIM GAFFIGAN
THEATER AT MGM NATIONAL HARBOR, OXON HILL, MD. JAN. 6-7
KASKADE
BILL GRAHAM CIVIC AUDITORIUM, SAN FRANCISCO DEC. 31
TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA SIA, MIGUEL, ALUNAGEORGE
TOYOTA CENTER, HOUSTON NOV. 4
FRANK PRODUCTIONS, AEG LIVE, BEAVER PRODUCTIONS
FRANK PRODUCTIONS, AEG LIVE, BEAVER PRODUCTIONS
10,585 11,484
LIVE NATION
10,713 LIVE NATION 11,051 FOUR SHOWS TWO SELLOUTS
MAXWELL & MARY J. BLIGE, RO JAMES
CITIZENS BUSINESS BANK ARENA, ONTARIO, CALIF. DEC. 27
FRANK PRODUCTIONS, AEG LIVE, BEAVER PRODUCTIONS
12,002 SELLOUT
8,665 SELLOUT
TOYOTA CENTER, HOUSTON DEC. 3
LIVE NATION
ANOTHER PLANET ENTERTAINMENT
9,320 10,995
LIVE NATION
15,699 TWO SELLOUTS
AEG LIVE
8,220 9,244
LIVE NATION
STEVIE WONDER’S HOUSE FULL OF TOYS: JOHN LEGEND, LIONEL RICHIE
MICROSOFT THEATER, LOS ANGELES DEC. 9
BIFFY CLYRO, BRAND NEW
SSE HYDRO, GLASGOW, SCOTLAND NOV. 29
5,861 SELLOUT
AEG LIVE
11,153 11,882
DF CONCERTS
OCEAN COLOUR SCENE, GLASVEGAS, GERRY CINNAMON
SSE HYDRO, GLASGOW, SCOTLAND DEC. 10
REGULAR MUSIC
9,157 TWO SELLOUTS
JAM PRODUCTIONS
7,129 7,508
LIVE NATION
25
$505,369
26
$438,889 $85/$35
TOYOTA CENTER, HOUSTON NOV. 22
27
$395,768
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH & SHINEDOWN, SIXX:A.M., AS LIONS
28
$390,786
29 30 31 32 33 34 35
$72/$67/$36.50
$47.75/$37.75
(£310,515) $44.05/$37.76
$385,111
UMPHREY’S MCGEE, THE MOTET
10,839 11,172
ARAGON BALLROOM, CHICAGO DEC. 30-31
PENTATONIX, US THE DUO, ABI
GIANT CENTER, HERSHEY, PA. DEC. 2
BASTILLE, RATIONALE, CHILD CARE
SSE HYDRO, GLASGOW, SCOTLAND NOV. 12
SIMPLY RED
(£309,140) $62.29/$31.14
SSE HYDRO, GLASGOW, SCOTLAND NOV. 16
$372,516
R. KELLY, JUNE’S DIARY
$128/$78/$58
$350,161
$132/$42
$337,200
$184.50/$49.50
$328,110
$84.50/$70/$60/$45
$319,736 (£258,227) $39.62/$30.96
$312,810
$55/$45/$35/$25
CHICAGO THEATRE, CHICAGO DEC. 13-14
DOLLY PARTON
AMERICAN BANK CENTER, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS DEC. 2
8,950 8,997
FRANK PRODUCTIONS, NS2, CMOORE LIVE
10,349 10,599
DF CONCERTS
6,774 7,387
KILIMANJARO LIVE/AEG LIVE
5,040 7,106 TWO SHOWS
MADISON HOUSE PRESENTS/ AEG LIVE, MSG LIVE
4,701 8,452
NEDERLANDER, PARAGON PRESENTS
Phish Breaks Own Record At Garden With a box-office take of $5.5 million, Phish (above) logs its highest gross ever at New York’s Madison Square Garden, recorded during the jam band’s annual run of shows leading up to New Year’s Eve. The Manhattan arena has hosted the group to ring in the new year a total of 11 times since Billboard began tracking concert box-office sales in 1990, usually with multiple performances. 2016 marked the second consecutive year that the band broke the $5 million mark at the box office, based on more than 76,000 sold seats during a fournight stint. Phish’s new year’s tradition at The Garden stretches back to 1994 with a sellout recorded on Dec. 30 of that year. For the next four years — through 1998 — the group ended the year at the New York venue, but offered fans more than one performance. The ’98 engagement was the first to include four shows and also the first to top $2 million in revenue. Aside from a single concert at the arena to close out 2002, Phish did not resume the multiplenight New Year’s Eve engagements until 2010. Since then, however, the group has ended every year with a four-night stint at The Garden (except for in 2014, when Miami’s American Airlines Arena hosted the run). The band’s overall gross sales at Madison Square Garden total $37.3 million since that 1994 gig that racked up $427,000 from a modest ticket price of $22.50. Since then, the total number of sold tickets has reached 729,404 from 39 sold-out shows. —Bob Allen
93.7 BEAT BASH: TRAVIS SCOTT, LIL WAYNE & OTHERS
TOYOTA CENTER, HOUSTON NOV. 6
GOV’T MULE
BEACON THEATRE, NEW YORK DEC. 30-31
5,348 7,482
IHEARTRADIO
5,069 5,568 TWO SHOWS
LIVE NATION
THE COURTEENERS, THE VIEW, CLEAN CUT KID
SSE HYDRO, GLASGOW, SCOTLAND NOV. 19
STRAIGHT NO CHASER
CIVIC OPERA HOUSE, CHICAGO DEC. 17
9,100 9,398
DF CONCERTS
6,592 TWO SELLOUTS
JAM PRODUCTIONS
G o to B I L L B OA R D.CO M/ B I Z fo r co m p l e te c h a r t d a t a 7 5
BOBBY BROWN TOOK NEW JACK SWING TO NO. 1
The former New Edition member and future husband of Whitney Houston dominated 1989 with his second solo LP, Don’t Be Cruel BY 1988, BOBBY BROWN’S CAREER
was in freefall. Two years prior, he was voted out of New Edition, the quintet he started with four Boston friends, in part because of his rebellious streak. Then, in 1987, his first solo album, King of Stage, fizzled at No. 56 on the Billboard 200, despite a No. 1 R&B single, “Girlfriend.” “We had to regroup and find out what my identity was as a singer,” Brown told Fred Bronson, author of The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, in the early 1990s. What Brown discovered was a sexual swagger that fueled the six-month climb of his second solo set, Don’t Be Cruel, to the
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top of the Billboard 200 on Jan. 21, 1989. Brown, then 19, and the album’s main architects, Antonio “L.A.” Reid and Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, brought new jack swing — a fusion of hip-hop, R&B and dance pop — to the mainstream in a big way. Cruel ruled as the No. 1 LP of 1989 and scored five Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hits: the title track (No. 8), “My Prerogative” (No. 1), “Roni” (No. 3), “Every Little Step” (No. 3) and “Rock Wit’Cha” (No. 7). Brown’s next album, Bobby, yielded two Hot 100 top 10s in 1992, and after he reunited with New Edition for an album
Brown (left) and Mike Tyson at the 1989 Soul Train Music Awards in Los Angeles.
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and tour in 1996, his career stalled as legal and personal troubles mounted. He was repeatedly arrested for drugand alcohol-related offenses, and his troubled marriage to Whitney Houston sparked tabloid headlines and a reality TV show, Being Bobby Brown, before their 2007 divorce. Houston and her only child with Brown, daughter Bobbi Kristina, died about three years apart, under eerily similar circumstances. Both were found unresponsive in bathtubs, and drugs played roles in their deaths. (Brown has six other children, including three with his manager, Alicia Etheredge, whom he wed in 2012.) The singer resumed touring with New Edition in 2011, and the group will be the subject of a BET miniseries, The New Edition Story, premiering Jan. 24. “I’ve been through so many things in my life,” said Brown at a screening in Boston on Jan. 8. “But I’m sane, I’m sober, and I’m alive. And there’s so much I’m thankful for.” —TREVOR ANDERSON
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