Billboard Hot 100: 02/24/2024

[jenglisbe]

Feb 15, 2024 8:42:39 GMT -5 85la said:

Feb 14, 2024 18:40:39 GMT -5 👑 Eloquent ™ said:

Anyone expecting country radio to jump on Beyonce's new single hastily need to adjust their expectations. Just because it's a country song doesn't mean it automatically should gain tons of traction on a format where she doesn't really have an audience, nor a notable history. They aren't likely to push it top 10 first week just because it's "Beyonce", not to mention country radio is notoriously slow-moving anyway. I really love the song, but some of the entitlement surrounding her with fans (that Ive seen on YouTube and TikTok for instance) is ridiculous. lol

It might not be something that should be expected, but the prejudices of country radio still shouldn't be ignored, and "entitlement" isn't necessarily the best word. Artists like her (regardless of how famous she already is) don't have an audience or a notable history there because of these prejudices, not because her or others' music doesn't fit the country format and sound. It's practically a written rule that country radio only plays songs by female artists a maximum of 15% of the time, and they devote even less time to artists of color. It's really shameless that they don't give artists other than white men a stronger chance, it's generations behind, similar to how MTV was in its early days or how popular radio might have been way back in like the 1940s.

This is of course all true, but I also wonder if people think part of the conversation should include other formats. As in, why are stations that cater to predominantly Black audiences not playing Mickey Guyton, Adia Victoria, or even Gary Clark Jr? Should that be part of the conversation, or no?

It would be great if Beyonce's new songs can get played on both country radio and her core formats, but at the same time is that ultimately worth a lot if other Black country artists still can't get played on those formats? I ask that as a serious question and am curious about thoughts.

[whaleblubber]

[85la]

Feb 15, 2024 9:10:09 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

Feb 15, 2024 8:42:39 GMT -5 85la said:

It might not be something that should be expected, but the prejudices of country radio still shouldn't be ignored, and "entitlement" isn't necessarily the best word. Artists like her (regardless of how famous she already is) don't have an audience or a notable history there because of these prejudices, not because her or others' music doesn't fit the country format and sound. It's practically a written rule that country radio only plays songs by female artists a maximum of 15% of the time, and they devote even less time to artists of color. It's really shameless that they don't give artists other than white men a stronger chance, it's generations behind, similar to how MTV was in its early days or how popular radio might have been way back in like the 1940s.

This is of course all true, but I also wonder if people think part of the conversation should include other formats. As in, why are stations that cater to predominantly Black audiences not playing Mickey Guyton, Adia Victoria, or even Gary Clark Jr? Should that be part of the conversation, or no?

It would be great if Beyonce's new songs can get played on both country radio and her core formats, but at the same time is that ultimately worth a lot if other Black country artists still can't get played on those formats? I ask that as a serious question and am curious about thoughts.

That's true too, many radio formats seem to be segregated by race and/or gender.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

kworb's Billboard Radio Songs Estimates « 2024 » / « 02 » / « 15 »

1(=) Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me 84.71(+0.66)
2(=) Doja Cat - Agora Hills 69.32(+0.27)
3(=) Tyla - Water 64.78(-0.42)
4(=) Tate McRae - greedy 63.61(+0.36)
5(=) Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 60.97(-0.68)
6(=) Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now? (Taylor's Version) [From The Vault] 53.18(+0.10)
7(+1) Luke Combs - Fast Car 49.03(-0.01)
8(-1) SZA - Snooze 48.83(-0.34)
9(=) Dua Lipa - Houdini 47.18(+0.22)
10(=) Nicki Minaj - Everybody f/Lil Uzi Vert 46.36(-0.52)

19(+2) Luke Combs - Where the Wild Things Are 38.21(+0.88)

29(+2) Justin Timberlake - Selfish 31.94(+0.78)

-(-) Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 7.17(+0.75)

-(-) Pearl Jam - Dark Matter 4.27(+0.80)

-(-) Taylor Swift - Shake It Off 1.80(+0.70) +

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

A New Crop of Pop Stars Are Going Country in 2024

2/15/2024

By Jessica Nicholson

Following country music's mainstream moment on the Billboard Hot 100 last year, it seems like artists from all over the pop landscape are going country.

In 1994, country music legend Alan Jackson released the hit “Gone Country,” an observation of artists and writers who were leaving music and entertainment hotspots such Las Vegas and Los Angeles and making their foray into the country music scene.

Thirty years later – and on the heels of 2023, which saw country music artists including Morgan Wallen, Jason Aldean and Luke Combs dominating the upper-echelons of the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 for nearly half of the year – the music industry seems primed for a new wave of pop-to-country crossovers, with a new cluster of pop-world artists signaling their intentions to release country or country-adjacent projects in the next year or so.

Of course, numerous rock and pop artists, among them Don Henley, Cyndi Lauper, Jessica Simpson, Steven Tyler, Bret Michaels and Nelly, have previously released country (and/or country-inspired) music to varying degrees of success.

In 1962, Ray Charles released his signature album Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music, unique in that it took country standards and arranged them in R&B and jazz styles. The album reached the top 25 on the Billboard 200, and became a key influence on generations of artists. Charles would also reach the Hot Country Songs top 20 in 1983 with “Born to Love Me” and earned a No. 1 hit with the Willie Nelson duet “Seven Spanish Angels” in 1985. Charles was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2021.

In 1969, Bob Dylan wrote and recorded the love letter to country music with Nashville Skyline, which was recorded at Columbia Studios in Nashville, and featured musicians including Charlie Daniels, Pete Drake, and Charlie McCoy, Country icon Johnny Cash also duetted with Dylan on a new version of his folk standard “Girl From the North Country.”

In 1984, Lionel Richie’s hit “Stuck on You” topped the Adult Contemporary chart, but also reached No. 24 on the Hot Country Songs chart. 2012, Richie (who was also the sole writer on the Kenny Rogers hit “Lady”) released the album Tuskegee, reworking several of his own hits as collaborations with a slew of country artists. The album topped the Billboard Hot Country Albums chart. Linda Ronstadt’s multi-faceted, genre-spanning career has included her charting pop hits such as “Long, Long Time” before adding country hits such as “Silver Threads and Golden Needles” to her resume.

Apart from occasional dabbling in country music, other artists such as Darius Rucker and Country Music Hall of Fame members Kenny Rogers and Conway Twitty had towering successes in the pop world and later committed to the country genre.

In 1958, Twitty earned a pop smash with “It’s Only Make Believe,” which spent two weeks atop the Hot 100; he followed that with the top 10 hits “Danny Boy” and “Lonely Blue Boy” before later earning his first top 20 country hit in 1966; he would go on to earn 40 No. 1 Hot Country Songs hits. As part of Hootie & the Blowfish, Rucker earned massive pop hits including “Hold My Hand” and “Only Wanna Be With You.” He released his debut country album in 2008 and has gone on to earn nine Country Airplay hits. Prior to his decades-long country career, Rogers was part of the folk group New Christy Minstrels, and earned a pop hit as part of the group First Edition with “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In).” More recently, prior to dominating the Country Airplay chart with songs including “Son of a Sinner” and “Need a Favor,” Jelly Roll had already released more than a dozen rap and hip-hop projects.

Here, we look at a new crop of pop stars who have signaled their intentions to “go country” — or have outright released new country-flavored music.

5. Post Malone

Last year, pop and rap star Post Malone made his first Country Airplay chart entry alongside the late Joe Diffie on a “duet” version of Diffie’s “Pickup Man,” (billed as Joe Diffie featuring Post Malone), which debuted at No. 54 shortly after he teamed with Morgan Wallen and HARDY to perform the song on the 2023 CMA Awards. Malone is featured on HARDY’s upcoming Hixtape Vol. 3: Difftape (out March 29), but in an interview backstage at the 2023 CMA Awards with Access Hollywood, Post Malone also teased his own country music project. Asked if he has a country album in the works, he said, “I think so…yes.”

Even two years ago, Post Malone seemed to be signaling his love for country music, singing a cover of Brad Paisley’s “I’m Gonna Miss Her.” Meanwhile, photos of Posty in the studio and/or writing rooms with everyone from Brad Paisley to Luke Combs have popped up over the past several months. Meanwhile, Morgan Wallen previously told Billboard of a late-night studio session with Post Malone, “[He] likes to write really, really late at night — and I can’t do that three nights in a row. I can do that one night. I can start about 5 p.m., but starting at 10 p.m. — that’s rough.”

4. Brian Wilson

According to a report from Rolling Stone, Brian Wilson and longtime Beach Boys manager Fred Vail are set to release a long-shelved, 1970 album of country classics next year. The instrumental tracks for the album, which will feature Vail on vocals, had been shelved for more than five decades. The outlet reports that the album is titled Cows in the Pasture and that it includes features from several yet-to-be-named special guests. Wilson and Vail originally worked on the project with musicians including guitarist James Burton (Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard), steel guitarist Red Rhodes (James Taylor, Ronstadt, The Byrds) and piano player Glen D. Hardin (Buck Owens, Dean Martin, Dwight Yoakam).

3. Ed Sheeran

Though there is no word on any official album, pop star Ed Sheeran has spent considerable time in Nashville over the years. During rehearsals for the 2023 Academy of Country Music Awards (where he ultimately performed a collaboration with Luke Combs on “Life Goes On”), Sheeran told Billboard he would “love to transition into country,” adding, “I love the culture of it, I just love the songwriting. It’s just like brilliant songs.”

He also noted that he has lived in Nashville for periods of time in 2013 and in 2018. He said of the city’s songwriters, “It’s like a community. There’s not really a place in Europe where you could point and say, ‘That’s the home of songwriting. It’s not just for country music. Nashville is just a hub of incredible songwriters, incredible performers. And I really felt inspired just being there being around everyone.”

Speaking of songwriting, Sheeran is a co-writer on Kenny Chesney’s 2019 single “Tip of My Tongue.” He is also a writer on the Faith Hill/Tim McGraw duet “The Rest of Our Life” and the Keith Urban song “Parallel Line.” Also in 2019, he released the song “Blow,” which he co-wrote and performed alongside Chris Stapleton and Bruno Mars.

2. Lana Del Rey

During this year’s Billboard and NMPA Songwriter Awards celebration on Jan. 31, alt-pop artist Lana Del Rey announced her upcoming album, Lasso (expected to release in September) will have a country-infused sound.

”If you can’t already tell by our award winners and our performers, the music business is going country. We’re going country. It’s happening,” the singer-songwriter said from the stage. “That’s why Jack [Antonoff] has followed me to Muscle Shoals, Nashville, Mississippi, over the last four years.”

Three weeks ago, Del Rey posted a teaser of a song titled “Henry, Come On” on Instagram, and tagged writer-producer Luke Laird, known for his work with country fixtures like Kacey Musgraves and Little Big Town. In December, she also released a cover of the John Denver classic “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”

The project will follow her 2023 album Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, which reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200.

1. Beyoncé

Towering above the recent slate of country-intended projects is the surprise release of two new country songs from Beyoncé.

Beyoncé, owner of eight No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hits and the most Grammy wins of all time, shook up the music industry once again on Sunday night (Feb. 11) by using a Super Bowl commercial to announce the release of new music, and thus, entering her country era. Though we don’t know the full spectrum of sounds that could be included on the entire project, she did release two country-flavored new songs, the up-tempo romp “Texas Hold ‘Em” and more Americana-flavored ballad “16 Carriages.” The two new songs are part of her upcoming March 29 album Act II, which follows her dance music-inspired Renaissance and is part of a three-act project.

On streaming platforms, Beyoncé has topped Apple Music’s U.S. Country charts and she holds the top spot on Spotify’s country playlist.

Just how fully country radio stations embrace the new music remains to be seen, although “Texas Hold ‘Em” will officially be serviced to country radio on Feb. 20. Both of the new songs highlight Black roots musicians, with “Texas Hold ‘Em” featuring banjo from Rhiannon Giddens, while “16 Carriages” features pedal steel from Robert Randolph.

This isn’t Beyoncé’s first foray into country sounds, collaborations and more. At the 2007 American Music Awards, Sugarland (Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush) collaborated with Beyoncé on a performance of Bey’s “Irreplaceable,” which had spent 10 weeks atop the Hot 100. The Houston, Texas native has also performed at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo several times, both as a solo artist and part of Destiny’s Child.

In 2016, she performed at the Country Music Association Awards, performing her song “Daddy Lessons” alongside The Chicks—a performance that was met with considerable controversy at the time. Meanwhile, country music queen (and recent Super Bowl national anthem performer) Reba McEntire turned her version of Beyoncé’s “If I Was a Boy” into a country hit back in 2010.

At the 2024 Grammy Awards, Beyoncé further signaled her country intentions, showing up to the ceremony in a Western-themed attire, including a cowboy hat and bolo tie. But even as far back as her announcement of Renaissance, promotional photos showed Beyonce donning a cowboy hat and seated atop a glass horse, while back in 2021, Beyonce’s Ivy Park x Adidas collaboration released a “Rodeo Collection,” featuring pink cow prints and denim-athleisure pieces.

Of the new crop of pop artists looking to cross into country, Beyonce is primed to once again make music history, as while several Black male artists such as Rucker, Charley Pride, Stoney Edwards, Blanco Brown and Jimmie Allen have earned country chart success over the decades, no solo Black female artist has yet earned a No. 1 Hot Country Songs or Country Airplay hit.

Which isn’t to say Black female artists have been absent from the country landscape. The Pointer Sisters earned a top 40 Hot Country Songs hit (and won a best country vocal performance by a duo or group Grammy) with “Fairytale” in 1974, while Anita Pointer teamed with Earl Thomas Conley for the No. 2 country hit “Too Many Times” in 1986. Linda Martell reached No. 22 on the Hot Country Songs chart with “Color Him Father” in 1969 and in 1977, Ruby Falls earned a top 40 hit on the Hot Country Songs chart with “You’ve Got to Mend This Heartache.” Mickey Guyton’s 2015 song “Better Than You Left Me” reached No. 34 on the Country Airplay chart. Other Black female artists who have charted on the Hot Country Songs chart include Rissi Palmer and Dona Mason.

It is also notable that with “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages,” Beyonce joins several current Black female artists who have adeptly crafted their own unique, genre-melting blends of country, pop, R&B and more — including Yola, Tanner Adell, Reyna Roberts, Madeline Edwards, Tiera and mother-daughter duo O.N.E the Duo.

[wavey.]

I can see the entitlement factor, but I can also see a fair shot like everyone else.(especially after that OK radio station went viral for not playing Bey just cause it was "Bey")

[dovahduck]

[Mayman]

It's going to be close between Jack/Beyoncé/Kanye.

This might not help Carnival though:

[👑 Eloquent ™]

Feb 15, 2024 8:42:39 GMT -5 85la said:

Feb 14, 2024 18:40:39 GMT -5 👑 Eloquent ™ said:

Anyone expecting country radio to jump on Beyonce's new single hastily need to adjust their expectations. Just because it's a country song doesn't mean it automatically should gain tons of traction on a format where she doesn't really have an audience, nor a notable history. They aren't likely to push it top 10 first week just because it's "Beyonce", not to mention country radio is notoriously slow-moving anyway. I really love the song, but some of the entitlement surrounding her with fans (that Ive seen on YouTube and TikTok for instance) is ridiculous. lol

It might not be something that should be expected, but the prejudices of country radio still shouldn't be ignored, and "entitlement" isn't necessarily the best word. Artists like her (regardless of how famous she already is) don't have an audience or a notable history there because of these prejudices, not because her or others' music doesn't fit the country format and sound. It's practically a written rule that country radio only plays songs by female artists a maximum of 15% of the time, and they devote even less time to artists of color. It's really shameless that they don't give artists other than white men a stronger chance, it's generations behind, similar to how MTV was in its early days or how popular radio might have been way back in like the 1940s.

Yeah, I never saw these same folks piling in droves to complain about other black artists not being played on country radio who are *actual* country artists (see Mickey Guyton among others referenced above). I absolutely think the racism along with a whole other host of issues (such as sexism) need to be addressed and rectified within country radio, but I still belive most who I've seen complaining about "Texas Hold Em" and its country reception specifically thus far don't on average much care about the inequality at the format as they do about Beyonce's success specifically, let's be real, and that just speaks to entitlement of thinking anything she releases automatically should be met with open arms and a glowing reception. I'm just saying she, nor any artist for that matter is owed that, specifically when she doesn't have a history at the format (as country, aside from maybe a single release, has never been a format she has chased).

I'm still rooting for it regardless as it's my favorite single from her in who knows how long, but some fans just need to keep their expectations in check.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Usher Streams Jump 46% After Super Bowl Performance

2/15/2024

By Kevin Rutherford

Listeners flocked to the star's catalog following his Feb. 4 halftime show set.

Streams and sales of Usher’s sizable catalog of music rose amid and following his performance at the halftime show of Super Bowl LVIII on Feb. 11.

From Feb. 11-12, consumption of Usher’s music totaled 35.9 million official on-demand U.S. streams, up 46% from 24.6 million between Feb. 9-10, according to initial reports to Luminate.

Additionally, his music accumulated 27,000 downloads Feb. 11-12, a 210% jump after accruing 9,000 Feb. 9-10.

The gains come despite higher-than-usual totals for the singer on streaming services thanks not just to buzz around his performance, but also the premiere of Coming Home, Usher’s ninth studio album, which was released on Feb. 9. Comparing the two-day period of Feb. 11-12 to the Sunday-Monday stretch of a week before (Feb. 4-5), the percentage gain is even higher – 299%, up to 35.9 million from 9 million. Download-wise, it’s a leap of 1,685% from 2,000 downloads to 27,000.

Leading the way is “Yeah!,” featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris, which accumulated 4.8 million official on-demand U.S. streams Feb. 11-12. That’s up 105% from Feb. 9-10, when the song earned 2.3 million streams.

Some of Usher’s biggest gainers were, like “Yeah!,” performed during the halftime show. The same can be said for “My Boo,” Usher’s duet with Alicia Keys (who made a cameo during the medley). The tune vaults 158% to 3 million streams Feb. 11-12, up from 1.2 million the previous two days.

“Love in This Club” (which features Jeezy) follows with 2.4 million streams Feb. 11-12, a 147% boost from 961,000, and then comes “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love” (featuring Pitbull) via 2.1 million streams, up 83% from 1.2 million.

Sales-wise, “Yeah!” also paces the pack, racking up 7,000 downloads Feb. 11-12. In the previous frame of Feb. 9-10, it earned 1,000 downloads, giving the song a 424% leap.

“U Got It Bad” boasts the next highest sales count at 3,000 Feb. 11-12, a 349% jump from 1,000 Feb 9-10.

The full breadth of Usher’s catalog gains will be noted on the Billboard charts dated Feb. 24, which cover streams, sales and airplay accrued during the Feb. 9-15 tracking week.

[👑 Eloquent ™]

Usher did the damn thing! Forgot how many hits the man has! So many he had to leave some out. I wanted to hear "Without You" personally so bad. Lol

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Feb 8, 2024 23:51:11 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

Mid-Week Releases

New Singles:
Beyoncé - TEXAS HOLD EM / 16 CARRIAGES
Hikaru Utada - Naniirodemonai Hana (A Flower of No Color)
Lizzy McAlpine - Older
Lana Del Rey - Blue Skies
bdrmm - Standard Tuning
Pearl Jam - Dark Matter
Chase Icon - Girl Like Chase
Waxahatchee - Bored
MIKE and Tony Seltzer - R&B
Warpaint - Common Blue
Royal & the Serpent with GAYLE - kinda smacks
Seasick Steve - Backbone Slip
Georgia - Too Much Too Little
Halo Maud - My Desire is Pure
L.S. Dunes - How Dare You
Flamingosis with Marc Rebillet - Feel Yourself
King Mala - hypothetical
Matt Champion feat. Dijon - Aphid
Jessica Pratt - Life is
CHUU - Chocolate
BIBI - Bam Yang Gang
Clarissa Connelly - An Embroidery
RiTchie - RiTchie Valens
Slaughter Beach, Dog - I’m in Love
Lime Garden - Pop Star
Texas and Spooner Oldham - Would I Lie to You / Say What You Want
Blu - Sunday
Four Tet - Daydream Repeat
Ethel Cain - From the River
Goat Girl - Ride Around
Early Day Miners - The Arson Garden
METZ - Entwined (Street Light Buzz) / 99
Hana Vu - Care
PARKMOONCHI - Dr. Happiness
Douglas Dare feat. Rival Consoles - Mouth to Mouth
Babehoven - Birdseye
Maya Hawke - Missing Out
Caleb Landry Jones - Corn Mine
Chanel Beads - Idea June
Addie Dunworth - On TV
Alfie Templeman - Eyes Wide Shut
Omni - Compliment
Darko - Bunny Suit
Whee In - Wheee
Eyedress - Mrs. Valentine
pinponpanpon - Dragon
LaRussell - KING KONG
JIMMY - ENCORE
Emotional Oranges - Ready
Sion - O.o
KAROL G with Tiësto - CONTIGO
Harlow Road - Blue Sky
Metteson - Look to a Star
Bess Atwell - Release Myself
Kieran Spears - Maybe Next Year
Kittie - Eyes Wide Open
PRYVT - if it’s not you
Mars Mignon - Love Language
The Dandy Warhols feat. Slash - I'd Like to Help You With Your Problem
Pleasantries - I Miss Ya
Victoria Justice - Tripped
Shed Seven - Let's Go Dancing
TeddyLoid - GIMME DAT
serpentwithfeet - Ellipsis

New Albums and EPs:
Idlework. - Where the Pear Trees Grow EP
ツチヤカレン [Karen Tsuchiya] - HORN CREAM
WEi - WAVE EP
The Wind - Our : YouthTeen EP
Fatboi Sharif & Roper Williams - Something About Shirley EP
Kay The Aquanaut & Factor Chandelier - New Physics
Yergurl - courtship
Natos Y Waor - Mal de amores
윤원 [YOONWON] - That's how we broke up EP
Grieves & Mouse Powell - WHY NOT 2
INI - MATCH UP
Jerry - lovemesooner
NUEQ - Zahara EP
Katherine Li - love, k EP
Big Rush - 20 MIL LÉGUAS EXTRA-TERRENAS
Voyeur - Ugly EP
Daichi Miura - OVER
TEAM SHACHI - 笑う門には服着る [Waraukado ni wa fuku kiru]
Jok'Air - Lune de fiel EP
Blume popo - Body Meets Dress EP
Dai Burger - Dai Dreamin' EP
MIRAE - RUNNING UP EP
ヤユヨ [Yayuyo] - BREAK EP
Black Hate - Via Pvrgativa: Qui Spiritu Diaboli Aguntur Hi Filii Satanae Sunt
Crush Your Soul - Crush Your Soul EP
Andrew Bayer - Places I Belong EP
Béla Fleck - Rhapsody in Blue
Kim Petras - Slut Pop Miami

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

It looks like all the songs from Vultures 1 have been removed from Apple Music. They don't appear on the latest top songs update ...

[Gary]

That's funny, I just had it up in itunes not more than 5 minutes ago was gonna buy it but had not got around to it

[otaviohmg]

Feb 15, 2024 13:43:13 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

It looks like all the songs from Vultures 1 have been removed from Apple Music. They don't appear on the latest top songs update ...

Texas Hold 'Em reach the top spot!!

[clsvltn]

It is fun to see competition between everyone heating up! makes the charts fun. I am ready for Jack to be done now though lol I didn't really care much for that Kanye song... didnt even get to the whole album yet. I will vote for Beyonce

[pnobelysk]

Notable dj got us falling in love was one of ushers biggest gainers but wasn’t even performed. Total missed opportunity we really didn’t need OMG a second time

[iHype.]

Kanye’s album was removed because the distributor said it was uploaded illegally and they did not give them permission/clearance to release the album. 

The album could be deemed ineligible to even chart now since it is an “illegal release”?

Not sure how Billboard will react to this situation. They may just look at it like street violations (when retailers sell something early) which still are counted on charts. But in this instance it’s not the retailer wrongly releasing, but the entire release itself not being approved. 

[korbel16]

“yeah!” being exactly 20 years old is crazy to me

[parrotparent]

Feb 15, 2024 10:23:23 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

A New Crop of Pop Stars Are Going Country in 2024

2/15/2024

By Jessica Nicholson

Following country music's mainstream moment on the Billboard Hot 100 last year, it seems like artists from all over the pop landscape are going country.

In 1994, country music legend Alan Jackson released the hit “Gone Country,” an observation of artists and writers who were leaving music and entertainment hotspots such Las Vegas and Los Angeles and making their foray into the country music scene.

Thirty years later – and on the heels of 2023, which saw country music artists including Morgan Wallen, Jason Aldean and Luke Combs dominating the upper-echelons of the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 for nearly half of the year – the music industry seems primed for a new wave of pop-to-country crossovers, with a new cluster of pop-world artists signaling their intentions to release country or country-adjacent projects in the next year or so.

Of course, numerous rock and pop artists, among them Don Henley, Cyndi Lauper, Jessica Simpson, Steven Tyler, Bret Michaels and Nelly, have previously released country (and/or country-inspired) music to varying degrees of success.

In 1962, Ray Charles released his signature album Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music, unique in that it took country standards and arranged them in R&B and jazz styles. The album reached the top 25 on the Billboard 200, and became a key influence on generations of artists. Charles would also reach the Hot Country Songs top 20 in 1983 with “Born to Love Me” and earned a No. 1 hit with the Willie Nelson duet “Seven Spanish Angels” in 1985. Charles was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2021.

In 1969, Bob Dylan wrote and recorded the love letter to country music with Nashville Skyline, which was recorded at Columbia Studios in Nashville, and featured musicians including Charlie Daniels, Pete Drake, and Charlie McCoy, Country icon Johnny Cash also duetted with Dylan on a new version of his folk standard “Girl From the North Country.”

In 1984, Lionel Richie’s hit “Stuck on You” topped the Adult Contemporary chart, but also reached No. 24 on the Hot Country Songs chart. 2012, Richie (who was also the sole writer on the Kenny Rogers hit “Lady”) released the album Tuskegee, reworking several of his own hits as collaborations with a slew of country artists. The album topped the Billboard Hot Country Albums chart. Linda Ronstadt’s multi-faceted, genre-spanning career has included her charting pop hits such as “Long, Long Time” before adding country hits such as “Silver Threads and Golden Needles” to her resume.

Apart from occasional dabbling in country music, other artists such as Darius Rucker and Country Music Hall of Fame members Kenny Rogers and Conway Twitty had towering successes in the pop world and later committed to the country genre.

In 1958, Twitty earned a pop smash with “It’s Only Make Believe,” which spent two weeks atop the Hot 100; he followed that with the top 10 hits “Danny Boy” and “Lonely Blue Boy” before later earning his first top 20 country hit in 1966; he would go on to earn 40 No. 1 Hot Country Songs hits. As part of Hootie & the Blowfish, Rucker earned massive pop hits including “Hold My Hand” and “Only Wanna Be With You.” He released his debut country album in 2008 and has gone on to earn nine Country Airplay hits. Prior to his decades-long country career, Rogers was part of the folk group New Christy Minstrels, and earned a pop hit as part of the group First Edition with “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In).” More recently, prior to dominating the Country Airplay chart with songs including “Son of a Sinner” and “Need a Favor,” Jelly Roll had already released more than a dozen rap and hip-hop projects.

Here, we look at a new crop of pop stars who have signaled their intentions to “go country” — or have outright released new country-flavored music.

5. Post Malone

Last year, pop and rap star Post Malone made his first Country Airplay chart entry alongside the late Joe Diffie on a “duet” version of Diffie’s “Pickup Man,” (billed as Joe Diffie featuring Post Malone), which debuted at No. 54 shortly after he teamed with Morgan Wallen and HARDY to perform the song on the 2023 CMA Awards. Malone is featured on HARDY’s upcoming Hixtape Vol. 3: Difftape (out March 29), but in an interview backstage at the 2023 CMA Awards with Access Hollywood, Post Malone also teased his own country music project. Asked if he has a country album in the works, he said, “I think so…yes.”

Even two years ago, Post Malone seemed to be signaling his love for country music, singing a cover of Brad Paisley’s “I’m Gonna Miss Her.” Meanwhile, photos of Posty in the studio and/or writing rooms with everyone from Brad Paisley to Luke Combs have popped up over the past several months. Meanwhile, Morgan Wallen previously told Billboard of a late-night studio session with Post Malone, “[He] likes to write really, really late at night — and I can’t do that three nights in a row. I can do that one night. I can start about 5 p.m., but starting at 10 p.m. — that’s rough.”

4. Brian Wilson

According to a report from Rolling Stone, Brian Wilson and longtime Beach Boys manager Fred Vail are set to release a long-shelved, 1970 album of country classics next year. The instrumental tracks for the album, which will feature Vail on vocals, had been shelved for more than five decades. The outlet reports that the album is titled Cows in the Pasture and that it includes features from several yet-to-be-named special guests. Wilson and Vail originally worked on the project with musicians including guitarist James Burton (Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard), steel guitarist Red Rhodes (James Taylor, Ronstadt, The Byrds) and piano player Glen D. Hardin (Buck Owens, Dean Martin, Dwight Yoakam).

3. Ed Sheeran

Though there is no word on any official album, pop star Ed Sheeran has spent considerable time in Nashville over the years. During rehearsals for the 2023 Academy of Country Music Awards (where he ultimately performed a collaboration with Luke Combs on “Life Goes On”), Sheeran told Billboard he would “love to transition into country,” adding, “I love the culture of it, I just love the songwriting. It’s just like brilliant songs.”

He also noted that he has lived in Nashville for periods of time in 2013 and in 2018. He said of the city’s songwriters, “It’s like a community. There’s not really a place in Europe where you could point and say, ‘That’s the home of songwriting. It’s not just for country music. Nashville is just a hub of incredible songwriters, incredible performers. And I really felt inspired just being there being around everyone.”

Speaking of songwriting, Sheeran is a co-writer on Kenny Chesney’s 2019 single “Tip of My Tongue.” He is also a writer on the Faith Hill/Tim McGraw duet “The Rest of Our Life” and the Keith Urban song “Parallel Line.” Also in 2019, he released the song “Blow,” which he co-wrote and performed alongside Chris Stapleton and Bruno Mars.

2. Lana Del Rey

During this year’s Billboard and NMPA Songwriter Awards celebration on Jan. 31, alt-pop artist Lana Del Rey announced her upcoming album, Lasso (expected to release in September) will have a country-infused sound.

”If you can’t already tell by our award winners and our performers, the music business is going country. We’re going country. It’s happening,” the singer-songwriter said from the stage. “That’s why Jack [Antonoff] has followed me to Muscle Shoals, Nashville, Mississippi, over the last four years.”

Three weeks ago, Del Rey posted a teaser of a song titled “Henry, Come On” on Instagram, and tagged writer-producer Luke Laird, known for his work with country fixtures like Kacey Musgraves and Little Big Town. In December, she also released a cover of the John Denver classic “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”

The project will follow her 2023 album Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, which reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200.

1. Beyoncé

Towering above the recent slate of country-intended projects is the surprise release of two new country songs from Beyoncé.

Beyoncé, owner of eight No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hits and the most Grammy wins of all time, shook up the music industry once again on Sunday night (Feb. 11) by using a Super Bowl commercial to announce the release of new music, and thus, entering her country era. Though we don’t know the full spectrum of sounds that could be included on the entire project, she did release two country-flavored new songs, the up-tempo romp “Texas Hold ‘Em” and more Americana-flavored ballad “16 Carriages.” The two new songs are part of her upcoming March 29 album Act II, which follows her dance music-inspired Renaissance and is part of a three-act project.

On streaming platforms, Beyoncé has topped Apple Music’s U.S. Country charts and she holds the top spot on Spotify’s country playlist.

Just how fully country radio stations embrace the new music remains to be seen, although “Texas Hold ‘Em” will officially be serviced to country radio on Feb. 20. Both of the new songs highlight Black roots musicians, with “Texas Hold ‘Em” featuring banjo from Rhiannon Giddens, while “16 Carriages” features pedal steel from Robert Randolph.

This isn’t Beyoncé’s first foray into country sounds, collaborations and more. At the 2007 American Music Awards, Sugarland (Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush) collaborated with Beyoncé on a performance of Bey’s “Irreplaceable,” which had spent 10 weeks atop the Hot 100. The Houston, Texas native has also performed at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo several times, both as a solo artist and part of Destiny’s Child.

In 2016, she performed at the Country Music Association Awards, performing her song “Daddy Lessons” alongside The Chicks—a performance that was met with considerable controversy at the time. Meanwhile, country music queen (and recent Super Bowl national anthem performer) Reba McEntire turned her version of Beyoncé’s “If I Was a Boy” into a country hit back in 2010.

At the 2024 Grammy Awards, Beyoncé further signaled her country intentions, showing up to the ceremony in a Western-themed attire, including a cowboy hat and bolo tie. But even as far back as her announcement of Renaissance, promotional photos showed Beyonce donning a cowboy hat and seated atop a glass horse, while back in 2021, Beyonce’s Ivy Park x Adidas collaboration released a “Rodeo Collection,” featuring pink cow prints and denim-athleisure pieces.

Of the new crop of pop artists looking to cross into country, Beyonce is primed to once again make music history, as while several Black male artists such as Rucker, Charley Pride, Stoney Edwards, Blanco Brown and Jimmie Allen have earned country chart success over the decades, no solo Black female artist has yet earned a No. 1 Hot Country Songs or Country Airplay hit.

Which isn’t to say Black female artists have been absent from the country landscape. The Pointer Sisters earned a top 40 Hot Country Songs hit (and won a best country vocal performance by a duo or group Grammy) with “Fairytale” in 1974, while Anita Pointer teamed with Earl Thomas Conley for the No. 2 country hit “Too Many Times” in 1986. Linda Martell reached No. 22 on the Hot Country Songs chart with “Color Him Father” in 1969 and in 1977, Ruby Falls earned a top 40 hit on the Hot Country Songs chart with “You’ve Got to Mend This Heartache.” Mickey Guyton’s 2015 song “Better Than You Left Me” reached No. 34 on the Country Airplay chart. Other Black female artists who have charted on the Hot Country Songs chart include Rissi Palmer and Dona Mason.

It is also notable that with “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages,” Beyonce joins several current Black female artists who have adeptly crafted their own unique, genre-melting blends of country, pop, R&B and more — including Yola, Tanner Adell, Reyna Roberts, Madeline Edwards, Tiera and mother-daughter duo O.N.E the Duo.

Lionel Richie's Deep River Woman actually reached #10 on the BB Country Chart in 1987. He was backed up by the band Alabama. jenglisbe Yeah I caught that had been answered but after I responded. I added the edit instead of deleting the post though.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

[dovahduck]

[avamaxstan]

Feb 15, 2024 16:00:49 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Kanye’s album was removed because the distributor said it was uploaded illegally and they did not give them permission/clearance to release the album. 

The album could be deemed ineligible to even chart now since it is an “illegal release”?

Not sure how Billboard will react to this situation. They may just look at it like street violations (when retailers sell something early) which still are counted on charts. But in this instance it’s not the retailer wrongly releasing, but the entire release itself not being approved. 

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[omieethehomieee]

Madonna looks good

Feb 15, 2024 20:36:32 GMT -5 dovahduck said:

[dremolus - solarpunk]

US Spotify - 02/14/24

1(=) Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign - CARNIVAL 2,547,814 (-110,969)
2(=) Beyoncé - TEXAS HOLD EM 2,143,818 (-20,841)
3(=) Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 1,634,841 (+54,354)
4(=) Noah Kahan - Stick Season 1,591,484 (+15,538)
5(+3) 21 Savage - redrum 1,299,739 (+26,612)
6(=) Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign - BURN 1,264,893 (-124,389)
7(+2) Zach Bryan, Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything 1,259,729-1,270,837 (-11,108)
8(-3) Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign - FUK SUMN 1,245,957 (-237,849) (-16%)
9(+1) Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me 1,186,799 (+34,821)
10(-3) Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign - BACK TO ME 1,153,625 (-178,273) (-13%)

Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign - VULTURES 1 [15/16]
20(-5) TALKING 904,906 (-106,025)
21(-8) STARS 857,797 (-209,645)
22(-5) DO IT 857,724 (-149,442)
31(-11) PAID 758,169 (-180,318)
33(-9) VULTURES 740,693 (-149,587)
39(-8) BEG FORGIVENESS 694,118 (-133,429)
41(-11) PAPERWORK 681,412 (-152,672)
47(-18) KEYS TO MY LIFE 655,776 (-182,093)
51(-15) PROBLEMATIC 645,489 (-91,465)
64(-29) HOOD RAT 594,710 (-157,200)
89(-27) KING 493,185 (-92,090)
Total Fifth Day Streams: 14,096,268 (-17%)

Other:
11(+3) Mitski - My Love Mine All Mine 1,124,793 (+76,348)
12(=) Xavi - La Diabla 1,100,372 (+25,956)
13(-2) Flo Milli - Never Lose Me 1,095,524 (+1,603)
14(+2) Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 1,049,865 (+39,408)
15(+7) Tate McRae - greedy 936,005 (+18,680)
16(+6) Lil Tecca - 500lbs 935,987 (-151)
17(+9) Teddy Swims - Lose Control 935,326 (+62,548)
18(+7) SZA - Snooze 924,616 (+38,122)
19(+4) Rich Amiri - ONE CALL 921,309 (+5,104)
23(-4) Beyoncé - 16 CARRIAGES 854,391 (-86,196)
24(-6) Usher, Ludacris, Lil Jon - Yeah! 853,952 (-106,310) (-11%)
27(+5) Xavi - La Victima 800,173 (+11,718)
28(-1) Noah Kahan - Forever 796,699 (-46,785)
32(+5) Travis Scott, Playboi Carti - FE!N 750,014 (+14,248)
35(+5) JID, 21 Savage, Baby Tate - Surround Sound 717,168 (+15,713)
36(+3) Drake, Sexyy Red, SZA - Rich Baby Daddy 708,780 (+2,179)
37(+5) Usher, Alicia Keys - My Boo 705,351 (+25,397)
38(+3) Olivia Rodrigo - vampire 700,208 (+7,073)
40(+5) Sabrina Carpenter - Feather 684,914 (+26,482)
43(+5) The Weeknd, JENNIE, Lily-Rose Depp - One of the Girls 670,937 (+28,959)
44(=) Drake, Yeat - IDGAF 667,541 (-1,300)
45(+19) TV Girl - Lovers Rock 659,889 (+75,588) (+13%)
46(+5) Doja Cat - Agora Hills 657,115 (+30,045)
49(-3) Kali Uchis, Peso Pluma - Igual Que Un Ángel 651,637 (+5,474)
50(-1) 4batz - act ii: date @ 8 647,788 (+9,377)
53(=) Don Toliver - Bandit 641,172 (+16,671)
54(+1) YG Marley - Praise Jah in the Moonlight 636,361 (+21,437)
55(+4) Frank Ocean - Pink + White 627,410 (+22,951)
56(+1) Drake, J. Cole - First Person Shooter 625,100 (+15,095)
58(-4) Luke Combs - Fast Car 623,186 (+4,199)
59(+1) Good Neighbors - Home 621,095 (+21,215)
60(-4) Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For? 615,294 (+2,737)
61(+7) Ariana Grande - yes, and? 606,593 (+41,744)
62(+19) Miley Cyrus - Flowers 600,203 (+77,851) (+15%)
63(-5) Ice Spice - Think U The Shit (Fart) 594,945 (-14,884)
67(=) The Weeknd, Playboi Carti, Madonna - Popular 591,267 (+21,616)
68(+4) Tate McRae - exes 582,232 (+30,248)
69(-6) Megan Thee Stallion - HISS 578,205 (-6,266)
70(-1) Zach Bryan - Heading South 573,207 (+9,148)
73(+1) Calle 24, Chino Pacas, Fuerza Regida - Que Onda 552,397 (+10,764)
78(+1) Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now? 533,188 (+4,142)
79(+1) TV Girl - Not Allowed 522,017 (-700)
83(+6) Ritchy Mitch & The Coal Miners - Evergreen 511,093 (+24,324)
84(=) 21 Savage, Travis Scott, Metro Boomin - née-nah 507,463 (+2,991)
85(+2) Michael Marcagi - Scared to Start 505,434 (+10,424)
88(+2) Fuerza Regida, Marshmello - HARLEY QUINN 493,999 (+7,380)
93(-5) Noah Kahan, Post Malone - Dial Drunk Remix 492,026 (-222)
94(+14) Arctic Monkeys - I Wanna Be Yours 490,330 (+37,566)
96(-11) Usher, Jeezy - Love in This Club 488,086 (-12,988)
97(-6) Andrew Underberg, Sam Haft, Keith David, Blake Roman - Loser, Baby 486,189 (+1,096)
98(+1) BigXthaPlug - Mmhmm 486,113 (+20,818)
99(-6) Blake Roman, Sam Haft, Andrew Underberg - Poison 484,961 (+2,136)

101(+2) Travis Scott - MY EYES 476,076 (+16,602)
104(=) Tyla - Water 475,552 (+18,435)
105(-29) Usher, Pitbull - DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love 475,409 (-56,562) (-11%)
106(+7) Bad Bunny, Feid - PERRO NEGRO 475,288 (+28,962)
108(-7) Morgan Wallen - Spin You Around (Morgan's Version) 471,828 (+7,000)
110(-1) Nicki Minaj - FTCU 471,496 (+22,827)
113(+18) Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten 465,208 (+50,019) (+12%)
115(+37) Muni Long - Made For Me 463,966 (+67,925) (+17%) *NEW PEAK*
116(-39) PARTYNEXTDOOR - Break from Toronto 463,732 (-67,796)
123(-16) Kenya Grace - Strangers 456,901 (+905)
124(-5) Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder on the Dancefloor 455,973 (+15,181)
126(-40) Usher - Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home) 452,784 (-44,736)
127(+5) The Red Clay Strays - Wondering Why 449,284 (+34,103)
128(-10) Peso Pluma, Anitta - BELLAKEO 447,413 (+4,583)
132(+37) Lana Del Rey, Father John Misty - Let the Light In 443,231 (+62,092) (+16%) *NEW PEAK*
139(+2) Taylor Swift - Don't Blame Me 426,218 (+20,734)
140(DEBUT) Djo - End of Beginning 425,661
141(-3) Jessie Murph, Jelly Roll - Wild Ones 424,717 (+12,930)
142(-9) Dylan Gossett - Coal 424,713 (+10,015)
145(-19) Noah Kahan - All My Love 421,481 (-1,204)
146(+46) Dua Lipa - Houdini 418,423 (+54,076) (+15%)
150(-7) Zach Bryan - Oklahoma Smokeshow 416,914 (+12,518)
155(-20) Andrew Underberg, Sam Haft, Christian Borle, Amir Talai, Joel Perez - Stayed Gone 413,749 (+1,019)
157(-9) Xavi, Los Dareyes De La Sierra - Poco A Poco 410,653 (+10,907)
161(-24) Andrew Underberg, Sam Haft, Jeremy Jordan, Amir Talai, Erika Henningsen, Kimiko Glenn - Hell's Greatest Dad 407,777 (-4,453)
163(+14) Hozier - Work Song 406,951 (+30,724)
165(-21) TV Girl - Cigarettes out the Window 402,720 (-869)
166(-21) Toby Keith - Should've Been A Cowboy 402,713 (-448)
170(-3) Victoria Monét - On My Mama 397,939 (+16,368)
178(-14) Brent Faiyaz - Best Time 391,502 (+7,419)
179(-49) Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well 391,181 (-24,391)
181(-24) Key Glock - Let's Go 389,415 (-538)
183(DEBUT) Laufey - Valentine 387,362
187(=) Feid, ATL Jacob - LUNA 385,003 (+15,802)
189(-8) Travis Scott, Swae Lee, Chief Keef - Nightcrawler 384,305 (+10,236)
191(-7) Lil Yachty - A Cold Sunday 383,393 (+12,595)
197(-24) Warren Zeiders - Pretty Little Poison 379,286 (+257)
199(-9) 21 Savage - all of me 375,972 (+9,974)

Biggest Gains (50K+): Houdini, The Night We Met, Let the Light In, Linger, Love, Unwritten, Made for Me, Tennessee Whiskey, Sure Thing, Just the Way You Are, Flowers, Lovers Rock, Lover, Lose Control, My Love Mine All Mine, Beautiful Things

[Enigma.]

Feb 15, 2024 16:00:49 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Kanye’s album was removed because the distributor said it was uploaded illegally and they did not give them permission/clearance to release the album. 

The album could be deemed ineligible to even chart now since it is an “illegal release”?

Not sure how Billboard will react to this situation. They may just look at it like street violations (when retailers sell something early) which still are counted on charts. But in this instance it’s not the retailer wrongly releasing, but the entire release itself not being approved. 

You can count on Ye doing everything the messiest way possible.

[jasper0102]

Why is Rich Baby Daddy’s music video only out now lol

[mms82]

I hope Carnival goes number one somehow then gets pulled from streaming this morning so it goes 1-off or 1-92

[†ealsünset]

Trash takes itself out every time.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

First song I remember getting three format adds on a Mediabase update:

kworb's Billboard Radio Songs Estimates « 2024 » / « 02 » / « 16 »

1(=) Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me 85.58(+0.87)
2(=) Doja Cat - Agora Hills 69.92(+0.60)
3(=) Tyla - Water 65.64(+0.85)
4(=) Tate McRae - greedy 64.08(+0.47)
5(=) Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 60.39(-0.58)
6(=) Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now? (Taylor's Version) [From The Vault] 53.52(+0.34)
7(+1) SZA - Snooze 49.54(+0.70)
8(-1) Luke Combs - Fast Car 48.91(-0.12)
9(=) Dua Lipa - Houdini 47.40(+0.23)
10(=) Nicki Minaj - Everybody f/Lil Uzi Vert 46.10(-0.26)

18(+1) Luke Combs - Where the Wild Things Are 39.24(+1.03)

26(+1) Kane Brown - I Can Feel It 33.42(+0.72)

28(+1) Justin Timberlake - Selfish 32.72(+0.78)

58(+4) Muni Long - Made For Me 17.40(+0.76)

-(-) Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 8.10(+0.93)

-(-) Beyoncé - TEXAS HOLD 'EM 3.05(+2.14) +++