Following the Sept. 18 premiere of Agatha All Along, music from the Disney+ series stirs up a debut on Billboard’s Digital Song Sales chart.

“The Ballad of the Witches’ Road (Sacred Chant)” – billed as by Kathryn Hahn, Sasheer Zamata, Ali Ahn, Patti LuPone, Debra Jo Rupp and the Agatha All Along cast – enters the chart (dated Oct. 5) at No. 22. The song, on Marvel/Hollywood Records, sold 2,000 downloads in the United States in the Sept. 20-26 tracking week, according to Luminate.

Hahn stars in Agatha All Along as Agatha Harkness, a neighborhood witch who was introduced on Disney+’s WandaVision. In the new series, Harkness loses her powers after a teen helps break her free from a “distorted spell,” per the show’s official description, and sets out on a “magical gauntlet of trials” in an attempt to return them.

In addition to Hahn, Zamata, Ahn, LuPone and Rupp, Agatha All Along stars Paul Adelstein, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Joe Locke, Okwui Okpokwasili and Aubrey Plaza.

Music tied to the series first enchanted Billboard charts in 2021. That March, “Agatha All Along,” a 62-second track from WandaVision, logged a week at No. 36 on Digital Song Sales. The song is credited to Hahn, Robert Lopez, Eric Bradley, Greg Whipple, Jasper Randall and Gerald White, and became the first Billboard chart entry for all six vocalists.

Zamata, Ahn and Rupp each earn their first Billboard chart appearance with “The Ballad of the Witches’ Road.” Broadway legend LuPone, whose accolades include two Tony Awards, has logged two entries on the Heatseekers Albums chart: Patti LuPone at Les Mouches (No. 25 peak, 2008) and Far Away Places: Live at 54 Below (No. 44, 2013). She had last reached a ranking with “Let Us Adore You”; billed to the Steven Universe Cast featuring LuPone, Christine Ebersol, Lisa Hannigan and Sarah Stiles, it hit No. 15 on Kid Digital Song Sales in 2019.

Christian Nodal was hospitalized in Mexico, where he was scheduled to give a concert on Wednesday (Oct. 2) at the Palenque de La Feria in Pachuca. The show will be rescheduled for Oct. 14, according to a press release.

Nodal’s publicist, Conchita Oliva, told Billboard that the Mexican star — who performed a show last weekend in Los Angeles — began to feel ill when he arrived in Mexico. As of last night, she said, Nodal remained hospitalized pending test results.

The cause of his hospitalization was not disclosed. No other details were provided.

On Nodal’s Instagram Story, this “urgent statement” was posted Tuesday night (Oct. 1):

“To all the public who purchased tickets for the event tomorrow, October 2, at the Palenque de Pachuca, Hidalgo. We inform you that due to health reasons of our artist Christian Nodal, we have the painful necessity to postpone the date of this event, rescheduling for next Monday October 14 where the tickets purchased will have the same validity. As always, we thank you for your support, love and understanding.”

Oliva also posted the statement on her Instagram Stories, in addition to a photograph of Nodal in a hospital bed with his eyes closed and a woman’s hand, presumably that of his wife Ángela Aguilar, caressing his head.

The performer of hits such as “Dime Cómo Quieres” y “Adiós Amor” has shows scheduled in the U.S. as early as Friday (Oct. 4) in Denver, Colo., followed by Sunday (Oct. 6) in Salt Lake City, Utah, and more dates in Mexico and the U.S. throughout the month. On Oct. 20, he is slated to arrive at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., and on the 26th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.

No information was provided at this time as to whether any of these concerts will be affected.

J Balvin (real name: José Álvaro Osorio Balvin) will be honored with the Billboard Spirit of Hope Award at the 2024 Billboard Latin Music Awards, airing Sunday, Oct. 20 on Telemundo. 

Named after the late Selena Quintanilla, the special award celebrates artists who have made extraordinary contributions to humanitarian causes beyond their musical endeavors. The Colombian singer-songwriter will be recognized this year for his philanthropic efforts through his Vibra En Alta Foundation, which aims to elevate young individuals by supporting their educational journeys.

“I’m so grateful, and so honored, to be recognized with such a special award,” he said in a press statement. “It’s important for me, as the artist I am today and that little kid with dreams I once was before – and still is to this day – to be able to support and guide the next generation into realities of their own. I am proud to be able to help the youth and new wave discover their passions through the Vibra en Alta Foundation and help turn those very dreams into realities.” 

Some of the efforts the non-profit organization has achieved in Colombia includes comprehensive service centers; “Tarima Arte Vivo,” a community stage for performers; and a dance school called “El Balcón de Los Artistas.” Currently, the foundation is building a public recording studio called “Medellín Music Lab.” 

Balvin, who will also perform at the 2024 awards ceremony, joins past Spirit of Hope Award recipients Carlos Santana, Carlos Vives, Daddy Yankee, El General, Emmanuel, Gloria Estefan, Juanes, Juan Luis Guerra, Karol G, Los Tigres del Norte, Luis Fonsi, Maná, Marc Anthony, Ricardo Montaner, Ricky Martin, Shakira, Soraya, Olga Tañón, and Willy Chirino. 

Additionally, he will headline the 2024 Billboard Latin Music Week, returning to Miami Beach on Oct. 14-18, with other confirmed artists including Feid, Young Miko, Gloria Estefan, Alejandro Sanz, Maria Becerra, and Peso Pluma, among many others. For tickets and more details, visit BillboardLatinMusicWeek.com.

Caleb & John’s “Somebody Like Me,” featuring CAIN, climbs to No. 1 on Billboard’s Christian Airplay and Christian AC Airplay charts (dated Oct. 5). It leads the former with 5.4 million audience impressions Sept. 20-26, according to Luminate.

The duo of Caleb Crino and John Secker earns its first chart-topper with its second entry. “Hallelujah Feeling” hit No. 5 on Christian AC and No. 8 on Christian AC Airplay in November 2023. CAIN claims its third leader on each list; the trio last led with “Yes He Can” in 2021. 

Caleb & John co-wrote “Somebody Like Me” with Colby Wedgeworth. “We could not have picked a song with a better message to be our first No. 1,” the twosome tells Billboard. “We want the world to know that no matter who you are, and no matter what you’ve done, Jesus will change your life if you let him.”

Transformation Worship Charts Third Album of 2024

Transformation Worship’s new release, Thy Kingdom Come, enters the Top Gospel Albums chart at No. 6 and Top Christian Albums at No. 23. It earned 2,000 equivalent album units its first week (Sept. 20-26).

The Tulsa, Okla.-based music collective began at the city’s Transformation Church with husband and wife Michael and Emily Todd, who have served as its pastors since February 2015. The act’s new seven-song set mixes live and studio tracks and features Christian and gospel music stars including Jekalyn Carr, KB, Tasha Cobbs Leonard and Kierra Sheard.

Transformation Worship adds its third entry on each chart, all logged in just over four months. Overflow: The Album arrived atop both tallies (dated June 1), while Dominion debuted at No. 1 on Top Gospel Albums and No. 2 on Top Christian Albums (dated July 27).

Sara Bareilles is set to perform at the 2024 CARE Impact Awards, which will take place Monday, Oct. 21, at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City.

Ali Velshi, chief correspondent for MSNBC and host of Velshi on that network, will host the seventh annual awards ceremony. The honorees are Lynsey Addario, MacArthur Fellow, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist and author; Nicholas Kristof, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, The New York Times; Sheryl WuDunn, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, business executive and lecturer; and Zuriel Oduwole, global education advocate, filmmaker and presidential advisor.

Bareilles has amassed six top 10 albums on the Billboard 200, including Kaleidoscope Heart, which debuted at No. 1 in September 2010. Bareilles’s biggest hit on the Hot 100 is “Love Song,” which reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 2008 and ranked No. 3 on Billboard’s recently-published list of “The 100 Greatest Songs About the Music Industry: Staff List.”

Bareilles won a Grammy for best American roots performance for “Saint Honesty” and has received three Tony nominations, including best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical for a revival of Into the Woods. She also co-hosted the 2018 Tony Awards with Josh Groban.

Founded in 1945 with the creation of the CARE Package, CARE is a leading humanitarian organization dedicated to saving lives, defeating poverty, and achieving social justice. This year, CARE and partners worked in 109 countries implementing 1,671 poverty-fighting development and humanitarian aid projects and initiatives that reached 167,000,000 people. To learn more, visit www.care.org.