13 Things to Know About the Charts This Week: Logic Launches at No. 1, Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber’s Duet Debuts
Here are 13 things to know about the charts this week.
Logic notches his third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 (dated May 25), while Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber debut at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Plus, moves for Lil Nas X, Billie Eilish and Blake Shelton.
Here are 13 things to know about the charts this week.
1. Logic’s Confessions of a Dangerous Mind arrives at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Click here for the story.
2. Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, leads the Hot 100 for a seventh week, while Sheeran and Bieber’s “I Don’t Care” debuts directly below. Click here for the recap.
3. From The Beatles to the Bee Gees, P!nk, Katy Perry, Sheeran and more, which artists changed their sound the most over their careers? Gary Trust, Trevor Anderson and Andrew Unterberger discuss (and maybe even slip in an Ethel Merman disco clip) on the latest Chart Beat Podcast. Click here to listen.
4. Sheeran is also the topic of this week’s Five Burning Questions. Click here for the roundtable.
5. Meanwhile, Sheeran boasts the top grossing tour of April and is approaching U2’s all-time record. Click here for the rundown.
6. “Old Town Road” has so far kept four songs peaking at No. 2 below it on the Hot 100. Is that a record? Click here for the latest “Ask Billboard” reader mailbag.
7. Lil Nas X also crowns his first airplay charts with “Old Town Road.” Click here for the post.
8. BTS becomes the first group to spend five weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100. Click here for the story.
9. AJ Mitchell discusses his breakout single “All My Friends” with Keith Caulfield and Katie Atkinson on the latest Pop Shop Podcast. Click here to listen.
10. You should see her with an airplay chart crown: Billie Eilish earns her first radio-based No. 1, as “Bury a Friend” tops Alternative Songs. Click here for the recap.
11. Blake Shelton’s “God’s Country” hits No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart, becoming his first leader on the list since 2013. Click here for the story.
12. Oliver Helden’s Ultra Livestream tops the latest Facebook Live Videos chart. Click here for details.
13. Quando Rondo, Charly Bliss and Jamila Woods all debut on this week’s Emerging Artists chart. Click here to find out more.
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