Today’s thread is brought to you by the numbers 10, 2.12M and 14.5B.
The Chainsmoker’s “Closer” continues on top of the Hot 100 for a second week. Twenty One Pilots becomes just the third Rock acts to have more than 1 song in the top 5 on the Hot 100 (The Beatles and Elvis Presley are the other two) with “Heathens” and “Ride”. The top 10 shuffle around a bit with Justin Timberlake’s Troll song leaving and Shawn Mendes’s “Treat You Better” joining (his second top 10 song).
1 (1) Chainsmokers “Closer” f. Halsey 143K (23%) [#1], 60M AI (19%), 28.6M streams (+24%) [#1], 18.4M On-Demand (13%) [#1]
2 (3) Major Lazer “Cold Water” f. Justin Bieber & MØ: 58K (-9%), 86M AI (+12%), 19.9M streams (-1%)
3 (2) Sia “Cheap Thrills” f. Sean Paul 51K (-9%), 154M AI [#1} (-3%), 12.2M streams (-3%)
4 (4) Twenty One Pilots “Heathens” 82K (0%), 41M AI (40%), 20M streams (+2%)
5 (6) Twenty One Pilot “Ride” 35K (-9%), 133M AI (-1%), 11.4M streams (-4%)
6 (5) Calvin Harris “This is What You Came For” f. Rihanna
7 (8) The Chainsmokers “Don’t Let Me Down” f. Daya
8 (7) Drake “One Dance” f. Wizkid & Kyla
9 (10) Adele “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)”
10 (12) Shawn Mendes “Treat You Better” 64K (+5%), 82M AI (+12%), 10.1M streams (+1%)
Here are the weekly Spotify charts.
For those fans of how the industry tabulates revenue, here is a rundown of how Frank Ocean’s “Blonde” has generated about $2.12M.
Apple owes Ireland $14.5B. They can take that out of petty cash (they have $231.5B). They have a lot of money in the bank. Funny thing – it wasn’t Ireland that wanted the money. They want the headquarters. It is the EU telling Apple to pay up to Ireland. Both Apple and Ireland are appealing the ruling.
