Global Chart Report
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'Apt.' reigns a
14th week at no.1
Sunday, February 2, 2025
by Fred Chuchel, Dresden
Still
no change in the upper region of our Global Track Chart!
'Apt.'
by South Korean singer, songwriter
Rosé in collaboration with Bruno
Mars remains at the summit of the
tally for an impressive 14th
non-consecutive week with another
513,000 points, a little 0,5%
decrease compared to last week. It's the
13th week that the song
gets more than 500,000 points,
and that hasn't happened since
Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always
Love You' topped our tally for 14
weeks with more than 500,000 points
between December 1992 and March
1993! Broken
down by segments, 'Apt.' generated
368,000 points by streaming this
week (down 2%), 41,000 points by
sales (down 2%), and 104,000 points by
airplay (up 5%). The song gets the
longest stay at the summit since
Miley Cyrus 'Flowers' held that
position for 24 weeks two years ago. 'Die With A
Smile' by Lady GaGa & Bruno Mars
follows still at the runner-up slot
with 464,000 points (down 3%
with
351,000 points by streaming, 40,000
points
by sales, and 73,000 points
by airplay). Without 'Apt.' the
Grammy-nominated tune would have
been number one now for a 21st week. Puerto Rican rapper,
singer, actor and record producer
Bad Bunny boasts again with six
tracks from his new effort 'Debí
Terar Más Fotos' inside the Top 40,
still led by the album's title song
(stylized as 'DtMF'), which remains
at no.3 for a third week with 328,000 points (down
19%
with 296,000 points by streaming,
27,000 points by sales, but only
5,000 points by airplay).
As a reminder: only three tracks
from an album can place with the
full score on our hitlist, the
fourth most successul track from the
set gets a 10% deduction, the fifth
20% and etc. By the way, Bad Bunny became the most streamed
artist of the year, doing so three
consecutive time in 2020-2022. 2023
and 2024 he was replaced by Taylor
Swift, but this year he could return
to the summit. The dinosaur on our
tally is currently Teddy Swims'
'Lose Control'. The track ranks a
56th week inside the Top 40, this
week at no.18 with 133,000 points
and it's the 91st smash in history,
which breaks through the 10 million
point border with a total of
10,160,000 points. It climbs at
no.82 on the
ALL TIME CHART. Outside
our current Top 40 waiting among
other 'Capaz (Merengueton)' by Alleh
& Yorghaki at no.44, 'Yellow' by
Coldplay at no.48, 'The Days (Notion
Remix)' by Chrystal feat. Notion at
no.51, and 'Imaginate' by Danny Ocean &
Kapo for their first appearance on the
hitlist. 'The Best Of 2020-2025',
the first compilation by Japanese
idol boy band Snow Man, catapults
atop this week's Global Album Chart
with stellar 1,395,000 equivalent
sales (all of it are CD sales). With
these massive sales the set is
currently the most successful album
globally of the year 2025! 'SOS' by
SZA rises back to the runner-up slot
in its 87th week on the hitlist with
another 143,000 consumption units
(down 3% with 139,000 points by
streaming + 4,000 points by sales).
Bad Bunny's sixth studio album 'Debí
Terar Más Fotos' rounds out the top
three with 139,000 equivalent sales,
down 17% compared to last week with
130,000 points by streaming + 9,000
points by sales). And now, as every week,
additional stats from outside the
current Global Album Top 20 in
alphabetic order, the first figure
means last week's sales, the second
figure the total sales: '1989' by
Taylor Swift 11,000 / 16,577,000,
'1989 (Taylor's Version)' by Taylor
Swift 29,000 / 6,476,000, '21' by
Adele 22,000 / 33,509,000, '25' by
Adele 16,000 / 25,438,000, '30' by
Adele 11,000 / 6,685,000, 'After
Hours' by The Weeknd 31,000 /
10,483,000, 'Cowboy Carter' by
Beyoncé 18,000 / 1,663,000, 'Divide'
by Ed Sheeran 18,000 / 21,515,000,
'Emails I Can't Send' by Sabrina
Carpenter 21,000 / 1,981,000,
'Equals' by Ed Sheeran 8,000 /
6,285,000, 'Eternal Sunshine' by
Ariana Grande 29,000 / 2,606,000,
'Evermore' by Taylor Swift 18,000 /
6,459,000, 'Fireworks &
Rollerblades' by Benson Boone 37,000
/ 2,134,000, 'From Zero' by Linkin
Park 35,000 / 889,000, 'Future
Nostalgia' by Dua Lipa 17,000 /
9,337,000, 'Guts' by Olivia Rodrigo
30,000 / 4,295,000, 'Harry's House'
by Harry Styles 13,000 / 7,333,000,
'Heroes & Villains' by Metro Boomin
20,000 / 4,607,000, 'Lover' by
Taylor Swift 44,000 / 11,519,000,
'Midnights' by Taylor Swift 32,000 /
12,091,000, 'Muse' by Jimin 37,000 /
1,647,000, 'One Thing At A Time' by
Morgan Wallen 40,000 / 8,594,000,
'Red (Taylor's Version)' by Taylor
Swift 18,000 / 6,396,000, 'Starboy'
by The Weeknd 37,000 / 8,581,000,
'Stick Season' by Noah Kahan 47,000
/ 4,229,000, 'The Death Of Slim
Shady (Coup De Grâce)' by Eminem
14,000 / 1,467,000, 'The Highlights'
by The Weeknd 44,000 / 9,275,000,
'Un Verano Sin Ti' by Bad Bunny
44,000 / 8,327,000, 'Utopia' by
Travis Scott 28,000 / 5,031,000, and
'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do
We Go?' by Billie Eilish 23,000 /
12,336,000.
GLOBAL NO.1 - 70 YEARS
AGO
... Originally "Sincerely" was a doo-wop
song by the Moonglows and 1954 a minor hit in the United States.
The best-selling version of the song was a traditional pop cover
recorded by the McGuire Sisters, which reached the no.1 position
and was eventually certified as a gold record for one million
copies sold. By the way, co-writing credits were shared by
Moonglows band member Harvey Fuqua and disk jockey Alan Freed.
After it became known that Freed has inappropriately claimed
songwriter credits for songs by bands he promoted (associated
with his downfall in a payola investigation years later), Fuqua
noted that Freed had in fact contributed to the songwriting for
"Sincerely", thus his claim to a songwriting credit in this case
was legitimate.
USA
Billboard Report
(excerpt)
Travis Scott's '4x4' shoots
at the top
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust,
Los Angeles
Travis Scott's “4X4” debuts
at No. 1 on the Billboard
Hot 100 songs
chart. The track, released
Jan. 24, marks the superstar
rapper’s fifth Hot 100
leader, following
“Franchise,”
featuring Young Thug
and M.I.A. (one week at No.
1 in October 2020); “The
Scotts,” billed to The
Scotts, Travis Scott and Kid
Cudi (one, May 2020);
“Highest in the Room” (one,
October 2019); and “Sicko
Mode” (one, December 2018).
All have debuted at No. 1
except for “Sicko Mode,”
which started at No. 4.
Scott appeared at the
College Football Playoff
National Championship
halftime show on Jan. 20,
when he debuted "4x4" atop
Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz
Stadium. All proceeds from
the song’s CD single, among
other of his offerings,
benefit Direct Relief’s
California Wildfire Response
Fund. “4X4,” on Cactus Jack
/ Epic Records, totaled 16.2
million official streams,
2.9 million radio airplay
audience impressions and
167,000 sold (digital and
physical singles combined)
in the United States Jan.
24-30. The track is the
1,178th No. 1 in the Hot
100’s 66-year history and
the 82nd single to debut in
the top spot. Shaboozey’s “A
Bar Song (Tipsy)” slips 4-5
on the Hot 100,
following a record-tying 19
weeks at No. 1 beginning
last July. The track also
tops Radio Songs for a 27th
week (63.3 million in
audience, on par with last
week’s total) – surpassing
The Weeknd’s “Blinding
Lights” for the most weeks
at No. 1 in the airplay
chart’s 34-year history.
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’
“Die With a Smile” dips to
No. 2 on the Hot 100 after
four weeks at No. 1. It
rebounds for a third week
atop the Streaming
Songs chart (27.7 million,
down 1%). Rosé and Bruno
Mars’ “Apt.” holds at its
No. 3 Hot 100 high and
Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s
“Luther” lifts 5-4, after
reaching No. 3. Teddy Swims’
“Lose Control,” which led
the Hot 100 for a week in
March 2024 – and became the
year’s top song – rises 7-6.
It loges a 76th week on the
survey, tying for the
sixth-longest stay in the
chart’s history. Billie
Eilish’s “Birds of a
Feather” descends 6-7 on the
Hot 100, after hitting No.
2. Bad Bunny “DtMF” drops to
No. 8 on the Hot 100 from
its No. 2 best. Rounding out
the Hot 100’s top 10, Gracie
Abrams’ “That’s So True”
backtracks 8-9, after
reaching No. 6, and Morgan
Wallen’s “Love Somebody”
keeps at No. 10, after it
debuted and spent a week at
No. 1 in November.
Bad Bunny's Debí Tirar Más
Fotos develops a third
straight week at No. 1 on
the Billboard 200 albums
chart (dated Feb. 8),
earning 117,000 equivalent
album units in the U.S. in
the week ending Jan. 30
(down 22%), according to
Luminate. Of the 117,000
equivalent album units
earned by Debí Tirar Más
Fotos in the week ending
Jan. 30, SEA units comprise
114,000 (down 22%; equaling
156.18 million on-demand
official streams of the
set’s songs; it’s No. 1 for
a fourth week on Top
Streaming Albums), album
sales comprise 2,500 (down
45%; falling 11-48 on Top
Album Sales) and TEA units
comprise 500 (down 31%).
SZA’s former leader SOS is a
non-mover at No. 2 on the
Billboard 200 (87,000
equivalent album units; down
2%) and Kendrick Lamar’s
chart-topping GNX rises 4-3
(60,000; up 1%). Teddy
Swims scores his
highest-charting album and
first top 10, as I’ve Tried
Everything But Therapy (Part
2) debuts at No. 4. The set
earned 50,000 equivalent
album units, with album
sales comprising 26,000 (it
debuts at No. 1 on Top Album
Sales), SEA units comprising
23,000 (equaling 30.38
million on-demand official
streams of the set’s songs;
it debuts at No. 17 on Top
Streaming Albums) and TEA
units totaling 1,000. The
album’s launch of 50,000
marks Swims’ biggest week
yet by units earned, while
his sales bow of 26,000 is
also his best sales week
ever. Plus, his streaming
start (30.38 million) marks
his best streaming week for
an album. Morgan Wallen’s
former leader One Thing at a
Time climbs 8-5 on the
latest Billboard 200 (41,000
equivalent album units; up
9%) while Sabrina
Carpenter’s chart-topping
Short n’ Sweet stays at No.
6 (just over 40,000; down
7%). Kane Brown achieves his
fifth top 10-charting album
on the Billboard 200, as The
High Road rides in at No. 7
with 40,000 equivalent album
units earned. Of that sum,
SEA units comprise 20,000
(equaling 26.76 million
on-demand official streams
of the set’s songs; it
debuts at No. 21 on Top
Streaming Albums), album
sales comprise 19,000 (it
debuts at No. 2 on Top Album
Sales) and TEA units
comprise 1,000. Gracie
Abrams’ The Secret of Us
falls 5-8 on the latest
Billboard 200, with 37,000
equivalent album units
earned (down 28%). Rapper
Central Ceescores
his first top 10, with his
first charting album, as
Can’t Rush Greatness bows at
No. 9 with nearly 37,000
equivalent album units
earned. SEA units comprise
27,000 of that sum (equaling
36.91 million on-demand
official streams of the
set’s songs; it debuts at
No. 14 on Top Streaming
Albums), album sales
comprise 10,000 (debuting at
No. 5 on Top Album Sales)
and TEA units comprise a
negligible sum. Closing out
the latest top 10 on the
Billboard 200 is Billie
Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and
Soft, slipping 9-10 with
36,000 equivalent album
units earned (down 2%).
Record Of The Month
'Tu Boda' is
the second collab between
Mexican musician Óscar
Maydon and American
regional Mexican band Fuerza
Regida and it's a massive
success in Latin America.
It was met with criticism
for its lyrics, specifically
the lyric reading, "Quiero
manchar el vestido
blanco de rojo" ("I want to
stain the white dress red"),
which were suspected to
promote femicide.
United Kingdom
Music Week Report
(excerpt)
Lola Young remains at
number one
Monday, February 3, 2025
by Alan Jones, London
In a top three comprising
the same songs for the fifth
week in a row, they are more
widely-spaced in consumption
terms than previously, with
Messy No.1 for the second
time (56,524 units,
including two 7-inch
singles, 2,992 digital
downloads, 53,530
sales-equivalent streams)
while increasing consumption
for its
18th week in a row for Lola Young. That’s 11.49% up week-on-week.
A major hit in many other territories, Messy is beginning to spread its wings in
America, moving 29-24 on the latest Hot 100 chart, where the only other track by
a British artist in the top half of the list is Myles Smith’s Stargazing
(25-22).
Apt is No.2 for the fifth time in a row and sixth time in all, although its
consumption dips 2.60% to 46,692 units for Roséfalt & Bruno Mars, while That’s
So True, which reigned for eight weeks in two runs, holds at No.3 for Gracie
Abrams, with consumption off 9.91% at 40,859 units, its lowest tally for 12
weeks.
Can’t Rush Greatness dashes to a No.1 debut on the album chart for rapper
Central Cee, and spawns the highest of eight new entries to the Top 75 this
week, in the form of CRG – an acronym of its title – a collaboration with Dave
which debuts at No.6 (28,799 sales), displacing Central Cee’s similarly
acronymous 21 Savage teaming GBP (6-7,
27,686 sales).
Filling Central Cee’s quota of three concurrent hits under primary artist rules,
Lil Durk teaming, Truth In The Lies, debuts at No.13 (19,472 sales). Central Cee
has now had 39 hits, 10 of them Top 10, while Dave has had 40 hits, 13 of them
Top 10, and Lil Durk has had 11 hits. CRG is the fourth shared hit between
Central Cee and Dave, the first and biggest of which, Sprinter, spent 10 weeks
at No.1 in 2023, and has to-date consumption of 1,737,703 units. All of the
other 14 tracks on Can’t Rush Greatness are ‘starred-out’ within the Top 75,
with Limitless (16,152 sales), Ten (with Skepta, 15,943 sales) and Now We’re
Strangers (15,251 sales) leading the also-rans.
Revving up ahead of the release of her third album, So Close To What – which
drops in three weeks (21 February) – Canadian singer/songwriter Tate McRae
debuts at No.8 (25,389 sales) with Sports Car. Her 12th hit – fifth Top 10 – its
release also excites revived interest in her 2024 hits I’m Okay It’s Okay
(51-37, 11,018 sales) and 2 Hands (68-49, 9,423 sales), both of which are also
on the album.
Increasing consumption for the 12th week in a row, The Days remains at No.4
(34,528 sales) for Chrystal.
The rest of the Top 10: Sailor Song (5-5, 28,949 sales) by Gigi Perez, Bad
Dreams (11-9, 21,854 sales) and The Door (8-10, 21,475 sales) by Teddy Swims.
The entire top five is static for the first time in 17 weeks.
Overall singles consumption is up 0.59% week-on-week to 29,982,061 units, 4.88%
above same week 2024 consumption of 28,587,393 units. Paid-for sales are up
5.01% week-on-week at 253,900, 9.22% below same week 2024 sales of 279,690.
It’s a cinch for ‘Cench’: Reinforcing his claim to be one of the UK’s
pre-eminent rappers, Central Cee cruises to a No.1 debut with new album Can’t
Rush Greatness on consumption of 42,472 units (9,725 CDs, 527 vinyl albums,
7,683 cassettes, 1,923 digital downloads and 22,614 sales-equivalent streams).
Officially the first album by the 26-year-old Londoner, it is his third chart
entry and second No.1, following mixtapes Wild West (No.2, 2021) and 23 (No.1,
2022). Wild West had first week consumption of 15,105 units, and 23 of 29,764
units, and have to-date tallies of 231,212 and 171,323, respectively.
Can’t Rush Greatness is only the 21st UK number one album by a domestic rap act
in chart history but the 14th already in the 2020s. The Streets’ A Grand Don’t
Come For Free was the first homegrown rap No.1 in 2004.
Ahead on the first three of the week’s sales flashes but ultimately easily
overwhelmed by Central Cee’s greater streaming appeal, I’ve Tried Everything But
Therapy (Part 2) nevertheless lands at No.2 (17,688 sales) for Teddy Swims. It
is the first appearance in the Top 10 of the album chart for the 32-year-old
singer/songwriter from Georgia – his 2023 debut set, I’ve Tried Everything But
Therapy (Part 1), opened at No.177 on release 71 weeks ago, reaching its peak
position of No.12 just six weeks ago. Home to his hits Lose Control (No.2) and
The Door (No.5), …(Part 1) rallies 37-27 (3,908 sales) this week and has to-date
consumption of 174,837 units.
Bad Dreams, the first single from …(Part 2) continues to command a place in the
Top 20, but the ongoing buoyancy of Lose Control and The Door combined with
primary artist regulations mean that a second track from …(Part 2) – Giveon
collaboration Are You Even Real? (7,761 sales) – continues to be ‘starred-out’
of the Top 75.
Eusexua (No.3, 11,794 sales), is the fourth chart entry for FKA Twigs, but her
first Top 10 entry. The 37-year-old singer/songwriter, originally from
Cheltenham, reached No.16 with 2014 debut LP1, No.21 with 2019 follow-up
Magdalene and No.42 with 2022 mixtape, Caprisongs.
Oakley Neil Caesar-Su, Jaten Collin Dimsdale and Tahliah Debrett Barnett – their
real names – thus provide the album chart’s first all-debuting top three for
exactly a year, the line-up then (2 February 2024) consisting of James Arthur,
The Reytons and The Smile.
No.1 for the first time with their most recent album - 2021 set As The Love
Continues - veteran Scottish post-punk legends Mogwai rack up their 15th chart
album and fourth Top 10 entry with The Bad Fire (No.5, 8,340 sales). Its release
marks 30 years since the band’s formation. All four of Mogwai’s current line-up
– 48-year-old guitarist and singer Stuart Braithwaite, 48-year-old bassist
Dominic Aitchison, 49-year-old multi-instrumentalist Barry Burns and 50-year-old
drummer Martin Bulloch – were founder members of the band. Incidentally, of
their to-date album consumption of 604,839 units, the biggest contribution comes
from their 1997 debut set, Young Team (62,544 units), which peaked at No.75 on
initial release but climbed to a new peak of No.62 when reissued in new masters
in 2023.
The rest of the Top 10: Short N’ Sweet (2-4, 8,735 sales) by Sabrina Carpenter,
The Highlights (5-6, 7,424 sales) by The Weeknd, SOS (4-7, 7,203 sales) by SZA,
+-=÷× Tour Collection (6-8, 7,130 sales) by Ed Sheeran, The Rise And Fall Of A
Midwest Princess (7-9, 6,142 sales) by Chappell Roan and 50 Years: Don’t Stop
(8-10, 5,974 sales) by Fleetwood Mac.
Overall album sales are up 2.12% week-on-week at 2,526,353 units, 5.78% above
same week 2024 sales of 2,388,288. Physical product accounts for 306,497 sales,
12.13% of the total.