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XG test their knowledge and see how well they actually know each other!
XG:
Hi, we’re XG!
Maya:
And we’re gonna see how well we know each other! Let’s go!
Who’s the best dancer?
XG:
3, 2, 1…
Maya:
Jurin!
Jurin:
No!
Juria:
I can’t choose but…
Maya:
What? No! I chose her because she’s the dance leader. She’s the leader of everything, you know?
Who takes the most selfies? Well, everyone does but I see her take it the most. Juria!
Juria:
Oh, thanks!
Maya:
Juria chose herself, guys! Juria! Everyone chose!
Juria:
Me, me, me. I admit it. I also think so too!
Maya:
She admits it!
XG:
Harvey! Cocona!
Maya:
Wait, what? I chose Cocona!
Jurin:
What? Why, Cocona?
Cocona:
No, no, no.
Maya:
Right? Right?
Cocona:
Harvey! Harvey!
Maya:
Okay, wait…
Harvey:
No, you too!
Maya:
Both of them!
Cocona:
Okay!
Maya:
Okay, let’s go!
XG:
3, 2, 1…
Jurin:
Me!
Maya:
What? You? Hinata chose herself!
Jurin:
Oh, Hinata! So many Hinata’s! I’m probably in there too, I think…
Chisa:
Cocona is all mine. Oh, no kidding!
Jurin:
Why? What’s the story?
Maya:
Story! Do you guys have a story?
Juria:
No! There’s no story, but it just feels very Hinata-chan!
Maya:
This whole question suits her well!
Jurin:
I actually have some anecdotes about myself. During the preparation for this Heads in the Clouds, Cocona and I did something new with the rap content of Nothin. But for some reason, I couldn’t memorize this one phrase, so I’m reflecting on that a bit.
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Grateful Dead but make it red, white and blue!
Independence Day is here and Grateful Dead has teamed up with merchandise company Kollectico to launch an officially licensed patriotic bobblehead to rep the stars and stripes.
Available on Amazon.com and Walmart.com, the collectible Grateful Dead 4th of July Dancing Bear Bobblehead features a blue bear rocking an Uncle Sam-inspired hat and patriotic sunglasses, while waving an American flag in the air.
Buy: Grateful Dead 4th of July Dancing Bear Bobblehead $49.99
There are fittingly only 1,776 of the handmade bobbleheads available worldwide (in honor of the year the U.S. gained independence), and each one is numbered, making this a true collector’s piece for Grateful Dead fans and merch collectors alike. Each one also comes in a collectible box.
Great for your desk, to display on a bookshelf or for a side table, the Grateful Dead 4th of July Dancing Bear Bobblehead is available now on Amazon here for $49.95. Previous Grateful Dead bobblehead releases have sold out quickly so we recommend adding to cart now.
The 4th of July bobblehead is the latest in a string of officially licensed Grateful Dead bobbleheads available online. Another popular seller has been a Terrapin Station licensed bobblehead, available now on Amazon. Only 1,977 bobbleheads are being made worldwide to represent the year the album was released, and each item is individually numbered.
Other Grateful Dead collaborations in recent months include a set of boho-style surf blankets, a phone case collection with Casely and a Grateful Dead Igloo cooler set — perfect for summer.
Kelly Clarkson earns her fourth No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated July 8) as her latest studio effort, Chemistry, debuts atop the list. The set sold 43,000 copes in the U.S. in the week ending June 29, according to Luminate. Clarkson previously led the tally with Piece by Piece (2015), All I Ever Wanted (2009) and Thankful (2003). All told, Chemistry is her 10th top 10-charting title on Top Album Sales.
Also in the top 10 of the new Top Album Sales chart, Young Thug nabs his sixth top 10 set as Business Is Business bows at No. 6.
Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Luminate. Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. The new July 8, 2023-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on July 5, one day later than usual, owed to the Independence Day holiday in the U.S. on July 4. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.
Of Chemistry’s 43,000 copies sold in its first week, physical sales comprise 25,500 (18,000 on CD and 7,500 on vinyl) and digital album sales comprise 17,500. The set also enters at No. 1 on the Vinyl Albums chart (her first leader there), and with 7,500 sold, Chemistry lands Clarkson her best week ever on vinyl.
Chemistry’s sales were bolstered by its availability across multiple vinyl variants, including exclusive color editions for Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Clarkson’s webstore, Spotify, Target, Urban Outfitters and Walmart. (Target’s edition also had an alternative cover.) Clarkson’s CD sales were enhanced by multiple editions, including a signed version sold through her webstore, an Amazon-exclusive that contained a poster and a Target-exclusive variant with an alternative cover.
ATEEZ’s The World EP.2: Outlaw falls to No. 2 in its second week, with 32,000 sold (down 68%) after debuting atop the list a week ago. Stray Kids’ former No. 1 5-STAR is a non-mover at No. 3 with 19,000 (down 28%) and ENHYPEN’s Dark Blood is also stationary at No. 4 with 11,000 (down 10%). Taylor Swift’s chart-topping Midnights is steady at No. 5 with nearly 11,000 sold (down 4%).
Young Thug’s Business Is Business is the second and final debut in the top 10, as it starts at No. 6 with 8,500 sold, with 97% of that figure from digital album sales. A small number of sales were generated by a CD edition of the album that was released late in the tracking week to a limited number of independent record stores. Business is the sixth top 10-charting set for the rapper.
Swift has two more albums in the top 10, as her former No. 1s Folklore (10-7 with 8,000; up 4%) and Lover (16-8 with 7,000; up 16%) both climb. Two more chart-topping sets round out the top 10, as SEVENTEEN’s SEVENTEEN 10th Mini Album: FML is a non-mover at No. 9 (nearly 7,000; down 19%) and TWICE’s Ready to Be rises 13-10 (6,000; down 9%).
In the week ending June 29, there were 1.708 million albums sold in the U.S. (down 13.6% compared to the previous week). Of that sum, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) comprised 1.363 million (down 17%) and digital albums comprised 346,000 (up 3.1%).
There were 620,000 CD albums sold in the week ending June 29 (down 14.4% week-over-week) and 735,000 vinyl albums sold (down 19.1%). Year-to-date CD album sales stand at 17.537 million (up 3.9% compared to the same time frame a year ago) and year-to-date vinyl album sales total 23.606 million (up 21.7%).
Overall year-to-date album sales total 50.641 million (up 7.9% compared to the same year-to-date time frame a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales stand at 41.407 million (up 13.3%) and digital album sales total 9.234 million (down 11.2%).
It had been more than two years since we’d heard new music from Olivia Rodrigo, but that all changed first thing Friday when she released “Vampire,” the lead single from her Sept. 8-scheduled sophomore album GUTS.
In a tight, under-four-minute package, the melodramatic new song transitions from a “Drivers License”-style piano ballad to a My Chemical Romance-indebted popera, telling the story of a life-sucking user who won’t be satisfied until their victim is bled dry. On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are talking all about Rodrigo’s new era, how she’s making deft maneuvers to avoid the dreaded sophomore slump, and why it’s exciting to see the young pop star turn a song (and its artsy music video premiere) into a big event.
Listen below:
Also on the show, we’ve got chart news on Morgan Wallen’s continued domination on the Billboard 200 (and how he’s now blocked 11 different albums from hitting No. 1) and how Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice and AQUA have teamed up for a new top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Barbie World.” Plus, we’re discussing the scary news out of Team Madonna last week, when the Queen of Pop was hospitalized for a serious bacterial infection and forced to pause the start of her upcoming Celebration Tour.
The Billboard Pop Shop Podcast is your one-stop shop for all things pop on Billboard‘s weekly charts. You can always count on a lively discussion about the latest pop news, fun chart stats and stories, new music, and guest interviews with music stars and folks from the world of pop. Casual pop fans and chart junkies can hear Billboard‘s executive digital director, West Coast, Katie Atkinson and Billboard’s managing director, charts and data operations, Keith Caulfield every week on the podcast, which can be streamed on Billboard.com or downloaded in Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast provider. (Click here to listen to the previous edition of the show on Billboard.com.)
Nate Smith plays Never Have I Ever at Billboard’s Country Live event.
Nate Smith
Hi, I’m Nate Smith and this is Never Have I Ever.
Producer
Never have I ever gotten a tattoo I regret?
Nate Smith
I have got a tattoo I regret. I have a spade on my butt cheek from an ex-girlfriend who wanted to learn how to tattoo and I was like, Let me support you. Let me help you out. I bought her a machine and I was like, You know what? Let’s do this. So we did a spade there. It doesn’t mean anything. But dang, you know, it’s basically a man stamp is what I got right there. It’s just a little too high. You know? I’ll bend over just right. It’s like, I see that.
Producer
Never have I ever lied to get out of a speeding ticket?
Nate Smith
We’re gonna say never. We’re gonna say never.
Producer
Never have I ever forgotten lyrics onstage?
Nate Smith
Almost every show that happens. So it’s just, it’s a thing. And luckily, other artists mess up too. And I’ll call myself out onstage. I’d be like, I totally just screwed up, guys. Can you guys help me out? And like they’ll help me so my fans are awesome.
Producer
Never have I ever left a concert because it was bad.
Nate Smith
I’m gonna say never. I’m there to support to the end. Because I’m sure I’ve had bad shows.
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