With 17 weeks at No. 1, Shaboozey hits a significant milestone : NPR

Shaboozey’s country-pop crossover hit “A Bar Track (Tipsy)” has change into the longest-running chart-topper of the last decade to this point, having now spent 17 nonconsecutive weeks atop the Billboard Sizzling 100. The track’s run, beginning this summer season, has put it simply two weeks shy of the all-time document. Elsewhere within the Prime 10, two songs by Tyler, The Creator drop out and are changed by 1) an previous track that is not fairly able to die and a pair of) yet one more Tyler, The Creator track. (Not surprisingly, the No. 1 album within the nation is as soon as once more by … Tyler, The Creator.)

TOP ALBUMS

Final week, Tyler, The Creator‘s Chromakopia debuted at No. 1, although the album had dropped on a Monday as a substitute of the conventional Friday launch day — giving it three fewer days to rack up the gross sales and streaming numbers that feed the album chart. This week, not surprisingly, the album as soon as once more sits comfortably atop the Billboard 200, regardless of a modest decline in streaming and a bigger drop in gross sales. (That is to be anticipated, given that the majority followers who pay for music nonetheless solely accomplish that as soon as.)

After Chromakopia, although, issues get a bit extra chaotic. Sabrina Carpenter‘s Brief n’ Candy ticks up a spot, from No. 3 to No. 2, and is adopted by two wildly completely different chart debuts: Rapper Lil Uzi Vert bows at No. 3, with Everlasting Atake 2, whereas veteran rock band The Remedy posts its highest-charting album since 1992 (!) as Songs of a Misplaced World debuts at No. 4. The latter document appears particularly susceptible to a steep drop subsequent week, nevertheless, with gross sales accounting for a whopping 92% of its chart efficiency.

If Songs of a Misplaced World does take a plunge within the weeks to return, it’s going to comply with a sample that is change into typical — and, for a way of what to anticipate, you needn’t look additional than an album that made a lofty debut simply final week. The Nice Impersonator, by the pop singer-songwriter Halsey, debuted at No. 2 final week in a efficiency fueled largely by album gross sales, in addition to the standard assortment of fan-focused on-line reductions and variant editions that always increase albums of their first week of launch. This week, it plummets all the way in which to No. 179.

Elsewhere, Gracie Abrams‘ The Secret of Us continues to trip two simultaneous waves — the discharge of a deluxe version a number of weeks again and her ongoing placement as opening act on Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour — because the album climbs from No. 7 to No. 5. And Chappell Roan‘s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess will get a pleasant increase from the singer’s high-profile cease at Saturday Evening Reside on Nov. 2, as she surges from No. 12 to No. 6.

Rounding out the Prime 10, Billie Eilish‘s Hit Me Laborious and Gentle climbs from No. 9 to No. 7, Rod Wave‘s Final Lap slips from No. 5 to No. 8, Swift’s The Tortured Poets Division edges up two spots, to No. 9, and Morgan Wallen‘s One Factor at a Time rises from No. 10 to No. 8. And three different albums be part of Halsey’s The Nice Impersonator in dropping out of the Prime 10: Kelsea Ballerini‘s Patterns, which debuted at No. 4 final week and now sits at No. 54; Eminem‘s The Demise of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), which leapt from No. 44 to No. 6 final week on the power of vinyl gross sales, however now skids to No. 57, and GloRilla‘s Superb, which experiences a extra modest decline because it dips from No. 10 to No. 11.

TOP SONGS

Shaboozey’s “A Bar Track (Tipsy)” has now sat at No. 1 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 for an astounding 17 nonconsecutive weeks — and this week formally surpasses Wallen’s “Final Evening” to face alone because the longest-running chart-topper of the last decade to this point. That 17-week run is one of the best ever for a track with no featured visitor stars; or, if you wish to get extra granular about it, it is the longest run of all time for any track that isn’t 2019’s “Previous City Highway (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus)” by Lil Nas X. Provided that “A Bar Track (Tipsy)” rattled round within the Prime 5 for months earlier than hitting No. 1 — and that it sat at No. 2 in the course of the two completely different one-week interruptions of its run on the prime — it is a exceptional feat.

As famous a number of weeks in the past, “A Bar Track (Tipsy)” stands an honest likelihood of tying “Previous City Highway” — which was No. 1 for 19 weeks — but it surely faces an insurmountable impediment as the vacations draw nearer. If final yr’s charts are any indication, we’re two weeks out — give or take — from the return of the prevailing vacation requirements (Mariah Carey‘s “All I Need for Christmas is You,” Brenda Lee‘s “Rockin’ Across the Christmas Tree” and their ilk), and three weeks out from mentioned requirements locking down the highest spots on the Billboard Sizzling 100. So, for 2024 not less than, Shaboozey seems to be fairly well-positioned for a tie, not less than till January rolls round.

For individuals who like to see information damaged, you will not possible want too a lot endurance, even when Shaboozey falls brief: The appearance of digital streaming — and, to be extra particular, digital-streaming algorithms that hold feeding customers music they’ve already heard — has made ever-longer chart runs commonplace. It is not that “Previous City Highway” and “A Bar Track (Tipsy)” are literally extra fashionable than previous chart dominators like, say, The Beatles‘ “Hey Jude” or Olivia Newton-John‘s “Bodily.” It is simply that, as with so many techniques, there’s much more equipment in place to maintain songs on the prime as soon as they land there.

Whereas we’re on the subject of logjams, Woman Gaga and Bruno Mars‘ “Die With a Smile,” Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” and Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” maintain nonetheless at Nos. 2-4, respectively. Teddy Swims‘ “Lose Management” really seems to be gaining steam in its forty third week within the Prime 10: It climbs from No. 6 to No. 5, marking its first week within the Prime 5 since late April. Submit Malone‘s “I Had Some Assist,” which options Wallen, drops from No. 5 to No. 6, whereas Carpenter’s “Style” climbs from No. 9 to No. 7. Benson Boone’s “Lovely Issues,” which has confirmed nearly as troublesome to dislodge from the charts as “Lose Management,” returns to the Prime 10, climbing from No. 11 to No. 8. Wallen’s “Love Anyone,” which momentarily knocked “A Bar Track (Tipsy)” out of the highest spot a number of weeks again, slips from No. 8 to No. 9.

Lastly, two songs from Tyler, The Creator’s Chromakopia drop out of the Prime 10 after final week’s massive surge: “St. Chroma (feat. Daniel Caesar)” and “Noid” slip from No. 7 and No. 10 to No. 14 and No. 37, respectively. Touchdown at No. 10 to take their place: “Sticky,” by none aside from Tyler, The Creator. The observe, which options GloRilla, Sexyy Purple and Lil Wayne, climbs from No. 14 to No. 10 and appears poised for an honest run, on condition that the observe replaces “St. Chroma” atop this week’s streaming charts.

WORTH NOTING

Final week’s Billboard charts contained a small vacation boomlet for Halloween titles, as songs like “Thriller,” “Ghostbusters” and “Monster Mash” all surged — nevertheless momentarily — into the Prime 40. This week, they’ve all disappeared from the charts, as anticipated.

As famous above, although, a far higher holiday-music surge looms — and it is already beginning to make its presence felt on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Although radio stations have not but tipped into vacation programming (and the Sizzling 100 singles chart subsequently stays blessedly freed from Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Across the Christmas Tree”), listeners’ early-out-the-gate vacation streaming habits are starting to make themselves seen on the charts.

This week, 5 holiday-specific albums enter (or, generally, re-enter) the Billboard 200: Michael Bublé‘s 2011 launch Christmas, at No. 72 (c’mon, individuals, we have talked about this), Jimmy Fallon’s brand-new guest-packed Vacation Seasoning, at No. 84 (I am going to enable it), Mariah Carey’s 1994 basic Merry Christmas, at No. 93 (as inevitable because the tides), Bing Crosby‘s Final Christmas (a brand new compilation, launched this previous June), at No. 150, (cannot argue with that), and a practice since 1965, the Vince Guaraldi Trio’s A Charlie Brown Christmas, at No. 170 (completely, nice choose).

Think about these 5 albums the tip of an exceedingly cheerful iceberg as Thanksgiving approaches and a nation turns its lonely eyes to Burl Ives. The questions price contemplating on this second of relative calm are: 1) Will any vacation customary surpass Carey’s “All I Need for Christmas is You” on the highest of the charts, as “Rockin’ Across the Christmas Tree” did for a number of weeks final yr? And a couple of) Will any of the modern artists vying to land a track within the Christmas canon — Kelly Clarkson, Ariana Grande, Sabrina Carpenter — make headway towards the Andy Williamses and Bobby Helmses of the world?