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Myke Towers, Camila Cabello and Tainy’s new collaboration “Oh Na Na” has topped this week’s new music poll.
Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Oct. 29) on Billboard, choosing new party-ready track as their favorite new music release of the past week.
“Oh Na Na,” on which the trio sounds like they’re ready to party as if summer is just about to kick off, brought in nearly 56% of the vote, beating out new music by Ed Sheeran (=), Megan Thee Stallion (Something For The Hotties), The War on Drugs (I Don’t Live Here Anymore), Lil Uzi Vert (“Demon High”), and others.
“Oh Na Na,” an effervescent, bilingual dance single, pushes Cabello to match Towers’ flow and swagger, to great success; following “Don’t Go Yet,” the pop star sounds more comfortable letting loose over Tainy’s frenetic drum assortment.
Placing second on the past week’s tally with nearly 31% of the vote was Sheeran’s fourth solo studio album, =. The new set was preceded by “Bad Habits” and “Shivers,” which have thus far peaked at No. 2 and No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively, with “Bad Habits” having remained in the top 10 since its release.
See the final results of this week’s new music release poll below.
Cardi B is getting creepy and kooky with her latest Halloween costume.
On Sunday (Oct. 31), the 29-year-old rap superstar took to social media to unveil her stunning costume, a spooky reimagining of the sultry Morticia Addams from The Addams Family.
“MORTICIA ADDAMS,” Cardi captioned the gothic-themed gallery on Instagram, tagging fashion designer Natalia Fedner for her work on the impressive black metal dress.
“The outfit is entirely metal! It’s black chain,” the designer wrote in a separate Instagram post. “The corset is used making a special resin casting process.
In one spine-chilling photo, a pale-looking Cardi clutches onto a single red rose, while another pic features the MC leaning against a black hearse.
Fedner also gave a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the costume, explaining that it took a full week to create. “The black metal dress is also made using the 6-way stretch metal technique,” she wrote, giving a shout-out to Cardi’s stylist Kollin Carter. “For Cardi, I used the ‘spiderweb’ version of this technique as directed by her stylist, to give the look an extra Halloween twist.”
Cardi’s costume wasn’t her only weekend surprise. On Saturday, the rapper teased fans with a snippet from a new song. “SURPRISE!!!!!! I’m dropping a song on Monday on SoundCloud!!!” she tweeted alongside a 20-second audio clip of the vocals. “Nothing serious just something special for BARDIGANG… Here’s a lil taste.”
Cardi was recently featured on Lizzo’s newest single “Rumors,” which hit the No. 1 and No. 4 spots on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Billboard Hot 100 charts, respectively. Cardi’s 2018 album, Invasion of Privacy, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard in 2018.
See Cardi’s Morticia Addams costume, and hear a preview of her new song, below.
Rüfüs Du Sol powers to No. 1 on Australia’s albums chart with Surrender (Warner Music), for the electronic trio’s third leader.
After collecting ARIA Award nominations last week for best group and best dance release, Rüfüs Du Sol’s new LP debuts at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart.
It’s the followup to Solace which reached No. 2 on the Heatseekers Albums chart and the ARIA Albums Chart. Previous efforts Atlas (from 2013) and Bloom (2016) went to No. 1 in Australia.
To nab the best-selling album in the land Down Under, “honestly, it’s mind-blowing,” comments the act’s drummer James Hunt.
“To have been pipped at the post and debut at No. 2 with their last album, it makes this No. 1 debut even sweeter,” adds Dan Rosen, president of Warner Music Australasia. This leader “cements this incredible band as one of the great Aussie bands of the modern era,” Rosen continues. “We can’t wait to have the band back in the country soon for their amazing live show.”
The Sydney outfit, currently based in the U.S., shaped Surrender during lockdown stints between Joshua Tree and Los Angeles.
North American tour dates in support of the new album kicked off over the past weekend, and, in the weeks ahead, include a pair of headline shows at Banc of California Stadium in L.A.
Thanks to Rüfüs Du Sol’s hot start, Elton John arrives at No. 2 with his collaborations project The Lockdown Sessions (Mercury/Universal).
It’s the Rocket Man’s highest debut for a studio album in almost 30 years, since The One also blasted to No. 2 back in 1992.
Meanwhile, Lana Del Rey scoops her seventh ARIA Top 10 album, and second this year, as Blue Bannisters (Interscope/Universal) bows at No. 3.
Homegrown rockers The Screaming Jets roar into the chart with All For One (rooArt), returning at No. 4 following the release of its 30th anniversary edition.
Finally, British pop-rock veterans Duran Duran enjoy their highest debut in more than 35 years, as Future Past (BMG) enters at No. 16. The follow-up to Paper Gods (No. 19 in September 2015), Future Past is Duran Duran’s 15th studio album and features production from Erol Alkan, Giorgio Moroder and Mark Ronson, plus assists from the likes of Blur’s Graham Coxon, David Bowie pianist Mike Garson and Japanese band Chai.
Duran Duran haven’t appeared this high on the ARIA Albums Chart since Arena, a live album which included a single studio cut, “The Wild Boys.” Arena peaked at No. 8 in December 1984.
Over on the ARIA Singles Chart, Adele’s “Easy On Me” (Columbia/Sony) secures a second week at No. 1, while Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd bag the latest frame’s highest new entry, with “Moth To A Flame” (Universal). It’s new at No. 8 for the reunited EDM act’s first ARIA Singles Chart entry in almost a decade.
Drake’s Certified Lover Boy returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Nov. 6) for a fifth nonconsecutive week on top, as the set rebounds from No. 2. It earned 74,000 equivalent album units (down 10%) in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 28, according to MRC Data.
Plus, Lana Del Rey’s Blue Banisters debuts at No. 8 on the Billboard 200, marking her eighth top 10 album, and Elton John’s The Lockdown Sessions launches at No. 10, starting as his 21st top 10 and granting him a span of over 50 years of appearing in the chart’s top tier.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new, Nov. 6, 2021-dated chart (on which Certified returns to No. 1) will post in full on billboard.com Nov. 2. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.
Of Certified’s 74,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 28, SEA units comprise 73,000 (down 10%, equaling 99.9 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs); album sales account for less than 1,000 (down 21%); and TEA units also contribute less than 1,000 (down 9%).
Notably, the set matches the total weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 of Drake’s prior proper LP, Scorpion, in 2018. Of his 10 No. 1s, the two trail only the reign of Views, which spent 13 weeks at the summit in 2016.
Morgan Wallen’s former 10-week Billboard 200 No. 1 Dangerous: The Double Album pushes 8-2 with 42,000 equivalent album units earned (up 1%); Doja Cat’s Planet Her climbs 7-3 (41,000, down 1%); YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s former one-week leader Sincerely, Kentrell lifts 6-4 (39,000, down 11%); and Olivia Rodrigo’s five-frame topper Sour ascends 9-5 (38,000, down 5%).
Moneybagg Yo’s former two-week Billboard 200 No. 1 A Gangsta’s Pain zooms 34-6, up 128% to 36,000 units following an expanded reissue Oct. 22 with seven additional tracks.
Young Thug’s Punk drops to No. 7 a week after debuting atop the Billboard 200 (34,000, down 62%).
Lana Del Rey achieves her eighth Billboard 200 top 10, and her second of 2021, as Blue Banisters steps in at No. 8 with 33,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 19,000; SEA units total 14,000 (equaling 18.6 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs); and TEA units make for a nominal sum.
Del Rey visited the Billboard 200 top 10 earlier this year with Chemtrails Over the Country Club, which debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the April 3-dated chart. All told, Blue Banisters is Del Rey’s eighth consecutive, and total, top 10. After her only charting effort to miss the bracket, her self-titled set which reached No. 20 in January 2012, she began her active top 10 streak with Born to Die, which opened and peaked at No. 2 in February 2012.
Lil Nas X’s Montero rises 10-9 on the Billboard 200 with 33,000 units, down 8%.
Rounding out the Billboard 200’s top 10, Elton John lands his 21st top 10 album, as his all-star, all-collaborative release The Lockdown Sessions debuts at No. 10 with 29,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 17,000; SEA units total 10,000 (equaling 13.1 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs); and TEA units account for 2,000.
Lockdown includes John’s latest top 40 Billboard Hot 100 hit, “Cold Heart” (Pnau Remix), with Dua Lipa, as well as collaborations with a variety of artists, including Young Thug and Nicki Minaj (“Always Love You”), Charlie Puth (“After All”), Eddie Vedder (“E-Ticket”), Stevie Wonder (“Finish Line”) and Stevie Nicks (“Stolen Car”).
John notched his first Billboard 200 top 10 over 50 years ago, when his self-titled album climbed 11-7 on the Jan. 30, 1971-dated chart; it peaked at No. 4 a week later (Feb. 6, 1971). (Breaking down his 21 top 10s by decade: 13 in the ’70s, two in the ’90s, one in the ’00s, four in the ’10s and now one in the ’20s.)
John is in the select group of acts with at least 20 top 10 albums on the Billboard 200, from March 24, 1956, when the list began publishing on a regular, weekly basis, through the new, Nov. 6, 2021, survey. Here’s an updated leaderboard.
Most Billboard 200 Top 10s:
37, The Rolling Stones
34, Barbra Streisand
32, The Beatles
32, Frank Sinatra
27, Elvis Presley
23, Bob Dylan
22, Madonna
21, Elton John
21, Paul McCartney/Wings
21, Bruce Springsteen
21, George Strait
20, Prince
(The Kidz Bop Kids music brand has collected 24 top 10s, in 2005-16, with its series of kid-friendly covers of hit singles. The franchise’s early albums were performed mostly by anonymous studio singers, although later releases focused on branding named talent.)
Harry Styles took a trip down the yellow brick road ahead of Halloween this year.
During the first of his two “Harryween” concerts at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Saturday (Oct. 30), the English pop superstar dressed as Dorothy Gale from 1939’s The Wizard of Oz.
“Growing up in England, we like Halloween,” the former One Direction member told the crowd. “But we definitely didn’t get into it like you do.” He added, “I look cute!”
Donning a blue and white dress, ruby red slippers and a basket with a stuffed Toto, Styles pranced across the stage belting out songs from his 2019 album, Fine Line, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. He also impressed the crowd with a cover of the classic film’s “Over the Rainbow.” Watch it here.
Garland’s recording of “Over the Rainbow” was elected to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1981 and the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry in 2016. The standard received the Towering Song Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2014.
The “Watermelon Sugar” singer headlined MSG earlier this month as well. Since early September, Styles has been rolling through his Love On Tour, showcasing his hit sophomore album, Fine Line, on a proper North America arena run. The trek continues through November with stops in Wisconsin, Washington, Oregon and California.
See Styles’ Dorothy costume from The Wizard of Oz below.
Billie Eilish took the stage with Danny Elfman for Disney’s live-to-film concert experience of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas in Los Angeles on Oct. 29.
In a Sally-inspired costume, the “Happier Than Ever” singer — whose album of the same name topped the Billboard 200 chart in August — performed the character’s solo “Sally’s Song,” and she joined in to briefly sing Sally’s “Simply Meant to Be” verse as well.
“peeing my pants i’m so excited,” Eilish wrote on Instagram ahead of the concert.
The concert event featured a full orchestra led by conductor John Mauceri to perform the film’s score and songs live.
Elfman reprised his role of Jack Skellington, King of the Pumpkin Patch, for the show, which is also scheduled for a second night at L.A.’s Banc of California Stadium on Oct. 31.
Watch Eilish’s Friday night performance below.
Taylor Swift had the first word at the 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony Saturday night (Oct. 30) in Cleveland.
After opening remarks by Rock Hall CEO Greg Harris and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation President John Sykes, Swift took the stage at Rockey Mortgage Fieldhouse in a glittering, form-fitting outfit to sing a vibey, electronic-flavored rendition of Rock Hall inductee Carole King’s “Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” the 1960 Shirelles No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit King wrote with her first husband, Gerry Goffin, and also recorded for her own Billboard 200 chart-topping Tapestry album in 1971. King and Goffin were inducted into the Rock Hall as songwriters in 1990; on Saturday, King was inducted a second time, as a performer. After Swift’s performance, King mimed wiping tears from her eyes and bowed in thanks.
In her induction speech, Swift spoke about being raised by parents “who taught me the basic truths of life as they saw it,” among them that “Carole King is the greatest songwriter of all time.” That included a father who once told a woman he was dating that King’s breakup ode “It’s Too Late” was a song that she reminded him of. Swift added that King’s lyrics “speak to the true and honest … It is only right for them to be passed down like precious heirlooms from parents to children.”
She also saluted King for “navigating the politics of an era that didn’t make space for a female genius. Slowly but surely Carole King worked to create one, and it will be hers forever.”
After thanking Swift “for carrying the torch forward” and calling her “like my professional granddaughter,” King paid tribute to Goffin and other collaborators and supporters, including Tapestry album producer Lou Adler and James Taylor, as well as musicians, managers and others.
“I keep hearing it, so I’m gonna have to try to own it, that today’s female singers and songwriters stand on my shoulder,” said King. “Let it not be forgotten they also stand on the shoulders of the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. May she rest in power – Miss Aretha Franklin,” she said, to a huge ovation from the arena crowd. King then introduced Jennifer Hudson, start of the Franklin biopic Respect, who delivered a powerhouse version of the King-written Franklin hit “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” (which King also later recorded for her own Tapestry).
“Ms. Franklin was the one who inspired me; she said ‘Jennifer, always use your voice,’” Hudson, who co-wrote “Here I Am” with King for Respect, told the crowd. “And it was Miss King who told me to use my words. ‘Your voice means nothing if you can’t have your words.’ That means so much.”
King, joined by longtime backing musicians Danny Kortchmar, Leland Sklar and Russell Kunkel, and their band the Immediate Family, closed the segment with her “You’ve Got a Friend,” which had the audience singing along.
The Rock Hall inductions were filmed by HBO and will be aired starting Nov. 20.
Watch a clip of Swift’s live rendition of King’s “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” below.
