SONG STREAMS: SWIFT SETS STREAMING RECORD
Another triumph for the master marketer (4/29a)
CLIVE CHATS CLIVE, CARNEGIE HALL TRIBUTE AND MORE
The ageless one is feted. (4/29a)
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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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Olivia Rodrigo claims her second U.K. Official Albums #1 with GUTS (Geffen) while Doja Cat has a second week at the top of singles.
GUTS is the best-selling and most-streamed album of the week with 60.3k chart sales. It outsold the rest of the Top 10 combined. The set scores Rodrigo the fourth-biggest opening week for an album in 2023 so far, following releases by Lewis Capaldi, Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift.
Holding strong at #2 is Travis Scott’s former #1, Utopia (Epic), followed by The Coral’s Sea of Mirrors (Modern Sky/Run On), a new entry at #3.
Roisin Murphy’s sixth set, Hit Parade (Ninja Tune), is #5, while The Chemical Brothers’ For That Beautiful Feeling (EMI) bows at #6. M Huncho’s My Neighbours Don’t Know (EGA) lands at #9.
On the U.K.’s Official Singles Chart, “Paint the Town Red” (Ministry of Sound) by Doja Cat is still #1.
Rodrigo completes the Top 3 with “vampire” at #2 and “bad idea right?” at #3. She also has this week’s highest new entry with “get him back!” debuting at #7.
“adore u” (Atlantic) by Fred again.. and Obongjayar rises to a new high, up five places to #4; Cassö, RAYE and D-Block Europe’s “Prada” (Ministry of Sound) jumps two to #5.
Outside the Top 10, Kenya Grace rises eight with “Strangers” (Warner Records) to #12, while Troye Sivan’s “Rush” (EMI) claims a new peak at #21.