VMAs BEAMING BACK
TO THE BIG APPLE Getting back to where they once belonged (4/24a)
THE COUNT: ALL THE DESERT'S A STAGE
Jon Wayne is rolling over in his grave. (4/24a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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A CHORUS OF PRAISE: IVORS 2024 NOMS
Sam Ryder has hit #1 on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart with his debut, There’s Nothing But Space, Man! (Parlophone). Over on singles, Wham! returns to the top.
Ryder, who successfully represented the U.K. at Eurovision earlier this year, is the first British male solo artist to debut at #1 in more than three years. The last was Sam Fender in 2019.
Close behind Ryder at #2 is SZA’s SOS (RCA/Top Dawg)—her highest peak in the U.K. It’s the most-streamed set of the week by far; Ryder won on digital downloads and physical sales.
Michael Bublé’s Christmas (Reprise) is up one to #4, as Silver Bells from Decca’s Andre Rieu & the Johann Strauss Orchestra also moves up one to #5.
Sam Fender’s Live From Finsbury Park (Polydor) debuts at #17, which helps his second set, Seventeen Going Under, rocket 30 places to #13.
On the U.K.’s Official Singles Chart, Wham!’s “Last Christmas” (RCA) returns to #1 for a second time. The track tallied 11.4m streams to hit the top this week.
Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (Columbia) moves down to #2, which is one of six Christmas tracks inside today’s Top 10.
The rest are Ed Sheeran & Elton John’s “Merry Christmas” (Atlantic) at #4, Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” (MCA) at #5, Bublé’s version of “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” at #7, and The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl’s “Fairytale of New York” (Warner Bros) at #10.
Any of the above could claim next week’s Christmas #1, the race for which also includes releases from record-breaker LadBaby and YouTube group Sidemen.
