Billboard Magazine November 16, 2024

THE CURE MAKES A striking return to the Billboard charts with Songs of a Lost World, marking the act’s first No. 1 on the 33-year-old Top Album Sales list. It debuts at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 — The Cure’s highest-charting set on the ranking since 1992 — and is No. 1 on Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums, Top Alternative Albums, Vinyl Albums and Indie Store Album Sales. Songs of a Lost World is the Robert Smith-led group’s first album of new studio material since 2008. The release is the band’s third top 10 on the Billboard 200 following its self-titled album (No. 7 in July 2004) and Wish (No. 2, May 1992). The set debuts with 57,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum,…

How did “Disease” come together? CIRKUT I had been working with [co-writer/co-producer] Andrew Watt, and one day, he called me and said, “What do you think about working with Gaga?” We were off to the races as soon as we met. We all wanted to make something that still felt like it was decidedly Gaga, but asking the question of “What does that sound like today?” That’s always a challenge, especially with artists who have established themselves so firmly in pop culture, to figure out that balance. That said, you cannot overthink things too much — ultimately, you just have to get in the sandbox and have fun. You’re also a co-writer and co-producer on ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” We worked three days in a row, and it…

3 Lil Uzi Vert Eternal Atake 2 The rapper’s fifth set to reach the top three on the Billboard 200 launches with 59,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week ending Nov. 7, according to Luminate. 20 Cody Johnson Leather Johnson and Ella Langley (at No. 49, with Hungover) get a boost from deluxe reissues of their albums with additional material — up 29% and 96%, respectively — with the latter hitting a new peak. 139 Soundtrack Saltburn The album makes its debut on the chart largely due to nearly 10,000 copies sold of a “bathwater”-filled vinyl album. It also debuts at No. 2 on Vinyl Albums and Soundtracks and No. 8 on Top Album Sales. 1 Tyler, The Creator Chromakopia Tyler, The Creator’s Chromakopia…

ROSÉ AND BRUNO MARS’ “APT.” resides in the penthouse for a third week on the Billboard Global 200. The song, released Oct. 18, drew 162.2 million official streams and sold 14,000 worldwide Nov. 1-7, according to Luminate. The week before, the duet logged 207.5 million streams, a week after it debuted with 224.5 million, becoming the first title since the chart launched in September 2020 to amass at least 200 million global streams in multiple weeks. The song introduces ROSÉ’s album rosie, due Dec. 6. Lady Gaga and Mars’ “Die With a Smile” holds at No. 2 on the Global 200 following eight weeks at No. 1, the most for any song this year. It drew 119.6 million streams worldwide in the tracking week, marking the 10th in a…

JIMMY FALLON JINGLES onto Top Holiday Albums at No. 2 with Holiday Seasoning — his first seasonal set and first album since 2012. The star-studded collection launches with nearly 13,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week ending Nov. 7, according to Luminate. Traditional album sales account for nearly 12,000 of that sum. On Comedy Albums, Holiday Seasoning starts at No. 1, marking Fallon’s second leader on the ranking, which launched in October 2004. Holiday Seasoning includes previously released collaborations, such as “It Was A... (Masked Christmas)” featuring Ariana Grande and Megan Thee Stallion and “Almost Too Early for Christmas” with Dolly Parton. Among the new tracks on the set: “Holiday” with the Jonas Brothers, “You’ll Be There” with Justin Timberlake and “New Year’s Eve…

Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” furthers the longest rule on the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart this year to 21 weeks. The crossover smash also holds for a 17th week atop the Billboard Hot 100. Over the list’s 66-year history, it is now the longest-leading hit by a single credited act, one-upping the stay of Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” in 2023. (Two remixes of Shaboozey’s hit, one with Alesso and another with David Guetta, were released in April but have not drawn enough consumption for the DJs to receive chart billing.) Overall, “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” trails only Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus) for the longest No. 1 run — 19 weeks in 2019 — in the chart’s archives. Shaboozey’s first Hot 100 leader…