Today’s thread is brought to you by the number 7. Drake’s “Nice for What” returns to the top of the Hot 100 for its 7th non-contiguous week at the top. Dave Mathews Band scores it’s 7th Number one on the BB200 with 292K in equivalent albums (285K were traditional album sales). 1 (2) Drake “Nice […]
Monday Morning Mediabase 06/18/2018
Two milestones to discuss on this week’s Monday Morning Mediabase Report. Morgan Wallen was a contestant on Season 6 of The Voice. He originally was on Team Usher, but was stolen by Adam after singing One Direction’s “Story of My Life” in the Battle Rounds. He was eliminated in the next round. He dusted himself […]
Sales Numbers – Week Ending 06/15/2018
With 72% of reports in, we are headed for a split chart. Dave Mathews’ ticket bundle has him leading the sales chart while Kanye West’s streaming numbers have him dominating the combined charts. We see Camila Cabello at 47th in sales and 36th on combined. She is also featured on NOW 66 along with Normani […]
Idols in Concert 06/14/2018
Reports are in from all over the world. Adam Lambert and Queen were in Melbourne, Auckland, Adelaide and Glasgow. Glasgow also hosted Little Mix, James Arthur and Harry Styles. Harry Styles also listed Hamburg. In the states, we have a Jingle Ball in DC featuring Camila Cabello, Liam Payne and Daniel Seavey (as part of […]
Billboard Update: Chart Date 06/16/18
Calum Scott: & Leona Lewis “You Are the Reason”: AC 12 (13) Camila Cabello: “Camila”: BB200 32 (31) “Havana”: Hot 100 33 (25); Radio 29 (22); Digital 32 (25); AC 7 (6); Streaming 40 (30); Youtube 25 (22) “Never Be the Same”: Hot 100 18 (16); Digital 27 (23); Radio 3 (2); Pop 4 (3); […]
Numbers Thread – 06/12/18
Today’s thread is brought to you by the numbers 8 and 20. Post Malone has his second number one single with “Psycho”. Rap songs have lead the Hot 100 for 20 consecutive weeks. Maroon 5, Kanye West and Juice WRLD are new to the top 10 this week. Hot 100 1 (2) Post Malone “Psycho” […]
Monday Morning Mediabase 06/11/2018
Two Milestones this week from artists from the same show and the same season. Season 2 of the US franchise of X-factor is the season making waves this week. Normani who became part of Fifth Harmony has a solo effort climbing up the chart. “Love Lies” is a collaboration with Khalid and this week the […]
Sales Numbers – Week Ending 06/08/2018
With 72% of reports in, Kanye West’s “Ye” is set to have the number one album on the sales and combined chart. Being a major jackass in the music business is no hinderance to sales if the fans want your music. Kanye has the top 5 streamed songs this week and 7 of the top […]
Idols in Concert 06/07/2018
This week’s concert report features two contestants from Season 2 of the X-Factor. Camila Cabello continues to open for Taylor Swift and the tour had two successful concerts in Soldier Field to kick of the month of June. Meanwhile, the Stone Temple Pilots with Jeff Gutt as their lead singer were in Cedar Rapids in […]
Billboard Update: Chart Date 06/09/18
Going. Going. Gone. A week after the spring reality singing competition shows ended and just Maddie Poppe is still on the sales chart. Calum Scott: & Leona Lewis “You Are the Reason”: AC 13 (11) Camila Cabello: “Camila”: BB200 31 (33); Albums 84 (91) “Havana”: Hot 100 25 (24); Radio 22 (22); Digital 25 (20); […]