Shaboozey, seen right here performing in Las Vegas on Sept. 20, now holds the file for the longest-running No. 1 track on Billboard‘s Sizzling 100 chart within the 2020s. His “A Bar Tune (Tipsy)” has held the highest spot on the singles chart for 17 weeks this yr.
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Shaboozey’s country-pop crossover hit “A Bar Tune (Tipsy)” has turn into the longest-running chart-topper of the last decade to this point, having now spent 17 nonconsecutive weeks atop the Billboard Sizzling 100. The track’s run, beginning this summer season, has put it simply two weeks shy of the all-time file. Elsewhere within the High 10, two songs by Tyler, The Creator drop out and are changed by 1) an previous track that is not fairly able to die and a pair of) one more Tyler, The Creator track. (Not surprisingly, the No. 1 album within the nation is as soon as once more by … Tyler, The Creator.)
TOP ALBUMS
Final week, Tyler, The Creator‘s Chromakopia debuted at No. 1, regardless that the album had dropped on a Monday as an alternative of the conventional Friday launch day — giving it three fewer days to rack up the gross sales and streaming numbers that feed the album chart. This week, not surprisingly, the album as soon as once more sits comfortably atop the Billboard 200, regardless of a modest decline in streaming and a bigger drop in gross sales. (That is to be anticipated, given that the majority followers who pay for music nonetheless solely achieve this as soon as.)
After Chromakopia, although, issues get slightly extra chaotic. Sabrina Carpenter‘s Brief n’ Candy ticks up a spot, from No. 3 to No. 2, and is adopted by two wildly completely different chart debuts: Rapper Lil Uzi Vert bows at No. 3, with Everlasting Atake 2, whereas veteran rock band The Remedy posts its highest-charting album since 1992 (!) as Songs of a Misplaced World debuts at No. 4. The latter file appears particularly susceptible to a steep drop subsequent week, nevertheless, with gross sales accounting for a whopping 92% of its chart efficiency.
If Songs of a Misplaced World does take a plunge within the weeks to return, it will observe a sample that is turn into typical — and, for a way of what to anticipate, you needn’t look additional than an album that made a lofty debut simply final week. The Nice Impersonator, by the pop singer-songwriter Halsey, debuted at No. 2 final week in a efficiency fueled largely by album gross sales, in addition to the standard assortment of fan-focused on-line reductions and variant editions that always increase albums of their first week of launch. This week, it plummets all the way in which to No. 179.
Elsewhere, Gracie Abrams‘ The Secret of Us continues to trip two simultaneous waves — the discharge of a deluxe version just a few weeks again and her ongoing placement as opening act on Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour — because the album climbs from No. 7 to No. 5. And Chappell Roan‘s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess will get a pleasant increase from the singer’s high-profile cease at Saturday Night time Stay on Nov. 2, as she surges from No. 12 to No. 6.
Rounding out the High 10, Billie Eilish‘s Hit Me Exhausting and Smooth climbs from No. 9 to No. 7, Rod Wave‘s Final Lap slips from No. 5 to No. 8, Swift’s The Tortured Poets Division edges up two spots, to No. 9, and Morgan Wallen‘s One Factor at a Time rises from No. 10 to No. 8. And three different albums be part of Halsey’s The Nice Impersonator in dropping out of the High 10: Kelsea Ballerini‘s Patterns, which debuted at No. 4 final week and now sits at No. 54; Eminem‘s The Demise of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), which leapt from No. 44 to No. 6 final week on the power of vinyl gross sales, however now skids to No. 57, and GloRilla‘s Superb, which experiences a extra modest decline because it dips from No. 10 to No. 11.
TOP SONGS
Shaboozey’s “A Bar Tune (Tipsy)” has now sat at No. 1 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 for an astounding 17 nonconsecutive weeks — and this week formally surpasses Wallen’s “Final Night time” to face alone because the longest-running chart-topper of the last decade to this point. That 17-week run is the most effective ever for a track with no featured visitor stars; or, if you wish to get extra granular about it, it is the longest run of all time for any track that isn’t 2019’s “Previous City Highway (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus)” by Lil Nas X. On condition that “A Bar Tune (Tipsy)” rattled round within the High 5 for months earlier than hitting No. 1 — and that it sat at No. 2 throughout the two completely different one-week interruptions of its run on the high — it is a exceptional feat.
As famous just a few weeks in the past, “A Bar Tune (Tipsy)” stands a good probability of tying “Previous City Highway” — which was No. 1 for 19 weeks — but it surely faces an insurmountable impediment as the vacations draw nearer. If final yr’s charts are any indication, we’re two weeks out — give or take — from the return of the prevailing vacation requirements (Mariah Carey‘s “All I Need for Christmas is You,” Brenda Lee‘s “Rockin’ Across the Christmas Tree” and their ilk), and three weeks out from mentioned requirements locking down the highest spots on the Billboard Sizzling 100. So, for 2024 no less than, Shaboozey appears to be like fairly well-positioned for a tie, no less than till January rolls round.
For many who like to see information damaged, you will not probably want too a lot endurance, even when Shaboozey falls quick: The arrival of digital streaming — and, to be extra particular, digital-streaming algorithms that hold feeding customers music they’ve already heard — has made ever-longer chart runs commonplace. It is not that “Previous City Highway” and “A Bar Tune (Tipsy)” are literally extra fashionable than previous chart dominators like, say, The Beatles‘ “Hey Jude” or Olivia Newton-John‘s “Bodily.” It is simply that, as with so many methods, there’s much more equipment in place to maintain songs on the high as soon as they land there.
Whereas we’re on the subject of logjams, Woman Gaga and Bruno Mars‘ “Die With a Smile,” Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” and Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” maintain nonetheless at Nos. 2-4, respectively. Teddy Swims‘ “Lose Management” really seems to be gaining steam in its forty third week within the High 10: It climbs from No. 6 to No. 5, marking its first week within the High 5 since late April. Put up Malone‘s “I Had Some Assist,” which options Wallen, drops from No. 5 to No. 6, whereas Carpenter’s “Style” climbs from No. 9 to No. 7. Benson Boone’s “Stunning Issues,” which has confirmed nearly as troublesome to dislodge from the charts as “Lose Management,” returns to the High 10, climbing from No. 11 to No. 8. Wallen’s “Love Any person,” which momentarily knocked “A Bar Tune (Tipsy)” out of the highest spot just a few weeks again, slips from No. 8 to No. 9.
Lastly, two songs from Tyler, The Creator’s Chromakopia drop out of the High 10 after final week’s large surge: “St. Chroma (feat. Daniel Caesar)” and “Noid” slip from No. 7 and No. 10 to No. 14 and No. 37, respectively. Touchdown at No. 10 to take their place: “Sticky,” by none apart from Tyler, The Creator. The observe, which options GloRilla, Sexyy Pink and Lil Wayne, climbs from No. 14 to No. 10 and appears poised for a good run, provided that the observe replaces “St. Chroma” atop this week’s streaming charts.
WORTH NOTING
Final week’s Billboard charts contained a small vacation boomlet for Halloween titles, as songs like “Thriller,” “Ghostbusters” and “Monster Mash” all surged — nevertheless momentarily — into the High 40. This week, they’ve all disappeared from the charts, as anticipated.
As famous above, although, a far better holiday-music surge looms — and it is already beginning to make its presence felt on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Although radio stations have not but tipped into vacation programming (and the Sizzling 100 singles chart subsequently stays blessedly freed from Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Across the Christmas Tree”), listeners’ early-out-the-gate vacation streaming habits are starting to make themselves seen on the charts.
This week, 5 holiday-specific albums enter (or, normally, re-enter) the Billboard 200: Michael Bublé‘s 2011 launch Christmas, at No. 72 (c’mon, individuals, we have talked about this), Jimmy Fallon’s brand-new guest-packed Vacation Seasoning, at No. 84 (I am going to enable it), Mariah Carey’s 1994 basic Merry Christmas, at No. 93 (as inevitable because the tides), Bing Crosby‘s Final Christmas (a brand new compilation, launched this previous June), at No. 150, (cannot argue with that), and a convention since 1965, the Vince Guaraldi Trio’s A Charlie Brown Christmas, at No. 170 (completely, nice decide).
Contemplate these 5 albums the tip of an exceedingly cheerful iceberg as Thanksgiving approaches and a nation turns its lonely eyes to Burl Ives. The questions value contemplating on this second of relative calm are: 1) Will any vacation normal surpass Carey’s “All I Need for Christmas is You” on the highest of the charts, as “Rockin’ Across the Christmas Tree” did for a number of weeks final yr? And a pair of) Will any of the up to date artists vying to land a track within the Christmas canon — Kelly Clarkson, Ariana Grande, Sabrina Carpenter — make headway in opposition to the Andy Williamses and Bobby Helmses of the world?
