The Encanto soundtrack collects a third nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Feb. 5). The set earned a new weekly-best 115,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Jan. 27 — up 11%, according to MRC Data.

In the last 10 years, only four soundtracks have spent at least three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200: Encanto (three), Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born (four in 2018-19), Black Panther: The Album (three, 2018) and Frozen (13, 2014).

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, compiled by MRC Data. 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 Feb. 5, 2022-dated chart (where Encanto holds at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Feb. 1. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Encanto’s 115,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 93,000 (up 11%, equaling 138.51 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs), album sales comprise 19,000 (up 10%) and TEA units comprise 3,000 (up 17%).

YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s Colors debuts at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, marking the rapper’s eighth top 10 album, all earned in less than four years. (His first top 10 came in May of 2018 with Until Death Call My Name.)

The new album begins with 79,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 77,000 (equaling 118.56 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs), album sales comprise a little under 2,000 and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.

Gunna’s former No. 1 DS4Ever falls 2-3 in its third week with 69,000 equivalent album units earned (down 28%), and The Weeknd’s Dawn FM dips 3-4 with 43,000 units (down 30%).

Morgan Wallen’s former No. 1 Dangerous: The Double Album is a non-mover at No. 5 on the Billboard 200, collecting 41,000 equivalent album units (down less than 1%).

Dangerous: The Double Album has now accumulated 54 nonconsecutive weeks in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 — the second-most of any country album ever, surpassing the 53 weeks registered by Shania Twain’s Come On Over (in 1997-2000). Among country efforts, only Taylor Swift’s Fearless has more, with 58 (in 2008-10).

Among all genres, Dangerous now has the most weeks in the top 10 for an album released by a male artist since 2000, surpassing the 53 weeks Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) logged in the top 10 in 2017-18. Among all albums released since 2000, Dangerous has the fourth-most weeks in the top 10, trailing only Adele’s 21 (84 weeks), Swift’s 1989 (59) and Swift’s Fearless (58).

Dangerous continues to profit from streaming activity of its super-sized tracklist, as the effort was released in January of 2021 with 30 songs. Recent No. 1s, including Adele’s 30 and Gunna’s DS4Ever, had 12 and 18 songs, respectively, on their initially released streaming editions. (The latter’s track count was 19, including two versions of the same song, “Too Easy.”) The chart’s current No. 1, Encanto, has 44 tracks on its streaming album — however, most of those are score and instrumental tracks. The vast majority of the album’s weekly units are from the nine songs with vocals on the album, including the Billboard Hot 100 top 10s “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” and “Surface Pressure.”

Adele’s 30 falls 4-6 on the new Billboard 200 with 39,000 equivalent album units earned (down 10%), and Drake’s fellow former leader Certified Lover Boy climbs 8-7 with 35,000 units (up 2%). The Weeknd’s compilation The Highlights slips 7-8 with 34,000 units (down 1%).

Walker Hayes collects his first top 10 album on the Billboard 200, as Country Stuff: The Album, debuts at No. 9 with 33,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 16,000, SEA units comprise 14,000 (equaling 19.66 million on-demand official streams of songs on the album) and TEA units comprise 2,000.

The set, released via Monument Records, was led by the smash single “Fancy Like,” which has spent 24 weeks at No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart and climbed to No. 3 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100.

Country Stuff is also the first top 10 album on the Billboard 200 for Monument since 2003, when The ChicksHome closed out a 26-week run in the top 10, including four nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1. (The Monument label was founded in 1958 and continued until 1987. It was revived from 1997 through 2010. Monument relaunched in 2017 with Hayes as one if its first signings.)

Doja Cat’s Planet Her closes out the new top 10 on the Billboard 200, holding at No. 10 with 32,000 equivalent album units earned (down 2%).

MRC Data, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes an exhaustive and thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. MRC Data reviews and authenticates data, removing any suspicious or unverifiable activity using established criteria before final chart calculations are made and published. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious and unverifiable is disqualified prior to the final calculation.

Cheslie Kryst, an Extra correspondent and former Miss USA, has died. She was 30.

Her family confirmed the news to The Hollywood Reporter on Sunday. A cause of death was not provided by them, but the New York Police Department confirmed to THR that it was a death by suicide.

Kryst’s body was found at 7:05 a.m. Sunday, on the sidewalk outside the Orion Condominium building, where she was a resident, in Manhattan.

“In devastation and great sorrow, we share the passing of our beloved Cheslie,” the statement read. “Her great light was one that inspired others around the world with her beauty and strength. She cared, she loved, she laughed and she shined. Cheslie embodied love and served others, whether through her work as an attorney fighting for social justice, as Miss USA and as a host on EXTRA. But most importantly, as a daughter, sister, friend, mentor and colleague – we know her impact will live on.”

The family asked for privacy at this time as they reflect on their loss. Kryst won the Miss USA beauty pageant in 2019 as a participant from North Carolina.

In a statement of its own, and obtained by THRExtra wrote: “Our hearts are broken. Cheslie was not just a vital part of our show, she was a beloved part of our Extra family and touched the entire staff.  Our deepest condolences to all her family and friends.”

Kryst had several other TV appearances over the last several years, among them being featured as a panelist on Black Girl Beauty and as a guest on The Kelly Clarkson Show and Live With Kelly and Ryan.

Kryst also appeared as Miss USA in Ava DuVernay and Colin Kaepernick’s Colin in Black and White.

This article originally appeared on The Hollywood Reporter.

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek on Sunday (Jan. 30) revealed updated platform rules and a new approach to dealing with COVID-19 information, including adding a dedicated content advisory to podcast episodes that contain discussions about the virus.

A statement, posted to Spotify’s website, began by noting that the audio service was created “to enable the work of creators around the world to be heard and enjoyed by listeners around the world. To our very core, we believe that listening is everything.”

The tech giant clarified that users have had questions over the last few days about policies “and the lines we have drawn between what is and isn’t acceptable.” While the statement did not reference any specific instances, it comes in the wake of musician Neil Young deciding to remove his music from Spotify due to COVID-19 misinformation appearing on the platform.

The Joe Rogan Experience, a Spotify exclusive podcast which has received backlash for repeatedly sharing misinformation, last December interviewed known vaccine skeptic Dr. Robert Malone, who promoted baseless theories about COVID vaccines.

Soon after Young made the decision to pull his music, the move was followed by Joni Mitchell and Bruce Springsteen guitarist Nils Lofgren, who will both be removing music in solidarity. The musicians referred to an open letter sent to Spotify from 270 professionals in the scientific and medical communities, calling on the streaming service to address misinformation distributed on the platform.

“We have had rules in place for many years but admittedly, we haven’t been transparent around the policies that guide our content more broadly,” Ek’s statement continued. “This, in turn, led to questions around their application to serious issues including COVID-19.”

Based on feedback, Spotify explained that it has “an obligation to do more to provide balance and access to widely-accepted information from the medical and scientific communities guiding us through this unprecedented time.”

Ek noted that its content advisory will direct listeners to a dedicated COVID-19 resource to access the latest facts and information shared by medical professionals and trusted health authorities around the world. “This new effort to combat misinformation will roll out to countries around the world in the coming days,” he wrote.

Spotify will also publish its core platform rules to its own newsroom, where they will live permanently. In addition, the platform will be testing ways to highlight its rules to creators and publishers and increase awareness of what is acceptable.

“I trust our policies, the research and expertise that inform their development, and our aspiration to apply them in a way that allows for broad debate and discussion, within the lines,” wrote Ek. “We take this seriously and will continue to partner with experts and invest heavily in our platform functionality and product capabilities for the benefit of creators and listeners alike.”

This article originally appeared on The Hollywood Reporter.

On Jan. 30, 1969, The Beatles staged their final live performance on the rooftop of their Apple Corps headquarters in London’s Savile Row.

In commemoration of the iconic event, Disney and Imax on Sunday (Jan. 3o) unveiled a special theatrical version of Peter Jackson’s documentary The Beatles: Get Back that played to near-sellout crowds in nearly 70 Imax theaters across North America and at the BFI Imax theater in London.

Sunday’s debut of the 60-minute film — which features the roughly 45-minute concert in its entirety — was accompanied by a live Q&A with Jackson and BBC broadcaster, author and musician Matt Everitt that was beamed into cinemas.

Jackson used footage from his eight-hour Beatles documentary series to create the larger-than-life presentation of the rooftop concert. The acclaimed series itself debuted on Disney+ over Thanksgiving.

According to Imax, a majority of Sunday’s locations were sold out in cities including New York, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Charlotte, St. Paul, Pittsburgh, San Antonio and Cleveland. The special event generated roughly $500,000 in grosses.

The Beatles: Get Back — The Rooftop Performance will play exclusively in select Imax locations across the globe over the Feb. 11-13 weekend. The concert footage was digitally remastered with proprietary Imax technology.

“Peter Jackson edited this together so that you can see the concert in its full glory,” says Imax Entertainment president Megan Colligan. “And the turnout shows the power of coming together in a theater even though it’s on Disney+.”

Like other exhibitors, Imax is looking for ways to broaden its reach.

In early December, Imax partnered with Amazon Prime to stream the Kanye West and Drake concert live to 36 IMAX theaters in the U.S. and Canada. And also in December, Imax teamed with Apple and A24 for an exclusive one-day engagement of The Tragedy of Macbeth, followed by a Q&A with director Joel Coen and Frances McDormand. It held a similar event for Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story.

This article originally appeared on The Hollywood Reporter.

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Following Neil Young and Joni Mitchell‘s requests to pull their music from Spotify, the streaming platform’s No. 1 competitor, Apple Music, is promoting the availability of both artists’ catalogs on its own platform — with a wink.

On Thursday (Jan. 27), Apple Music first highlighted Young’s catalog under the editorial header “We Love Neil,” displayed prominently for users browsing for music on its platform.

By Saturday, a “We Love Joni Too” header highlighting selections from Mitchell’s catalog was added directly below the Young header.

Both phrases seem to be in response to the artists’ requests that Spotify purge their catalogs from its platform, due to COVID-19 vaccine misinformation spread by Spotify’s popular Joe Rogan Experience podcast.

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“The home of Neil Young,” Apple Music had also tweeted on Jan. 27, in a social campaign reminding listeners that Young’s catalog remains fully available on their streaming service, while the hashtag #CancelSpotify and “Apple Music” were both trending topics on Twitter.

Spotify removed Young’s catalog from the platform on Jan. 26, in response to the singer-songwriter’s demand that his music be pulled. In support of Young’s position, Mitchell made the same request on Jan. 28, writing on her website, “I’ve decided to remove all my music from Spotify. Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives. I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue.” At the time of publishing on Jan. 29, her music remains available on Spotify.

Young had first penned an open letter on Jan. 24 (that has since been removed) on his Neil Young Archives website that stated, “They can have Rogan or Young. Not both. I want you to let Spotify know immediately TODAY that I want all my music off their platform.”

“I am doing this because Spotify is spreading fake information about vaccines – potentially causing death to those who believe the disinformation being spread by them. Please act on this immediately today and keep me informed of the time schedule,” he wrote, addressing his letter to his manager and the co-chairman and COO of Warner Records. “With an estimated 11 million listeners per episode, JRE, which is hosted exclusively on Spotify, is the world’s largest podcast and has tremendous influence,” Young continued. “Spotify has a responsibility to mitigate the spread of misinformation on its platform, though the company presently has no misinformation policy.”

In a statement provided to Billboard on Jan. 26, a spokesperson for Spotify said, “We want all the world’s music and audio content to be available to Spotify users. With that comes great responsibility in balancing both safety for listeners and freedom for creators. We have detailed content policies in place and we’ve removed over 20,000 podcast episodes related to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. We regret Neil’s decision to remove his music from Spotify, but hope to welcome him back soon.”