Village Pipol November 2016 Issue

VP/MUSIC
"Closer" Leads For An 11 th
Week, Passing Drake's "One
Dance" For The Longest
Command Of 2016
The Chainsmokers control the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Nov. 12) for an 11th week
with "Closer," featuring Halsey, rewriting the mark for the longest domination for a
song in 2016. Plus, Zay Hilfigerrr & Zayion McCall's "Juju on That Beat (TZ Anthem)"
surges 13-9.
With its 11th week atop the Hot 100, "Closer," released on Disruptor/Columbia
Records, passes Drake's "One Dance," featuring WizKid and Kyla, for the most weeks
at No. 1 for a song in 2016; "Dance" dominated for 10 weeks in May through July.
"Closer" links the longest command since Wiz Khalifa's "See You Again," featuring
Charlie Puth, led for 12 weeks in April-July 2015. (Including "Closer," only 21 No. 1s --
of 1,057 total, over the Hot 100's 58-year history -- have ruled for at least 11 weeks.)
Impressively, "Closer" commands the Hot 100 and all three of its main component
charts (Digital Song Sales, Streaming Songs and Radio Songs) simultaneously for
a fifth week; only Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk!," featuring Bruno Mars, led all the
surveys at the same time for more weeks (nine, in 2015). "Closer" additionally tops
Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for an 11th week.
The Weeknd's "Starboy," featuring Daft Punk, ranks at its No. 2 high on the Hot
100 for a fourth week. It keeps at No. 2 on Streaming Songs (24.8 million, down
3 percent); lifts 3-2 on Digital Song Sales (74,000, down 11 percent) and climbs
4-3 on Radio Songs (123 million, up 8 percent). And, after 11 weeks on atop the
audio subscription services-based On-Demand Songs streaming chart for "Closer,"
"Starboy" takes over the ranking with a 2-1 rise (15.3 million on-demand clicks,
although down 6 percent). The Weeknd earns his second On-Demand Songs No. 1,
following "Can't Feel My Face" (seven weeks, 2015). "Starboy" additionally tops the
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for a fifth week. The song is the lead single from The
Weeknd's album of the same name, due Nov. 25.
Twenty One Pilots' "Heathens" is steady at No. 3 on the Hot 100 after logging four
weeks at its No. 2 peak. It holds at No. 2 on Radio Songs (141 million, up 4 percent);
pushes 4-3 on Digital Song Sales (61,000, down 12 percent); and drops 4-5 on
Streaming Songs (but stays essentially even from the week before with 17.9 million). It
tallies a 12th week at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Rock Songs chart.
Lady Gaga Claims Her
Fourth No. 1 On The
Billboard 200 Albums Chart
As Joanne arrives in the pole position. The set earned 201,000 equivalent album units -- a
better-than-expected start -- in the week ending Oct. 27, according to Nielsen Music.
Joanne was released on Oct. 21 through Streamline/Interscope Records.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on
multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums
(TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Nov. 12-dated chart (where Joanne
bows at No. 1) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, Nov. 1.
Joanne follows Lady Gaga’s previous chart-toppers Cheek to Cheek (with Tony Bennett, in
2014), Artpop (2013) and Born This Way (2011).
DJ Snake's "Let Me Love You," featuring Justin Bieber, is stationary on the Hot 100
at its No. 4 peak, while D.R.A.M.'s breakthrough hit "Broccoli," featuring Lil Yachty,
likewise stays at its No. 5 high. "Broccoli" tops the Hot Rap Songs chart for an eighth
week.
Bruno Mars' "24K Magic" places at No. 6 for a second week on the Hot 100 after
debuting at No. 5 two weeks ago. It makes its greatest gains in airplay, rising 8-7 on
Radio Songs (96 million, up 12 percent).
Ariana Grande's "Side to Side," featuring Nicki Minaj, rises 8-7 on the Hot 100,
becoming the highest-charting hit from Grande's album Dangerous Woman; the title
track lead single reached No. 8 in June. She scores her highest rank since standalone
song "Focus" debuted and peaked at No. 7 on Nov. 21, 2015. Meanwhile, Minaj
earns her highest spot in nearly two years, since Nov. 22, 2014, when she ranked at
No. 5 after peaking at No. 3 with "Bang Bang," with Grande and Jessie J.
Major Lazer's "Cold Water," featuring Bieber and MO, descends 7-8 on the Hot 100,
after reaching No. 2.
Rounding out the Hot 100's top 10, gnash's "I Hate U I Love U," featuring Olivia
O'Brien, returns to its No. 10 peak (which it first reached three weeks ago). It
continues to scale Radio Songs, where it lifts 17-16 (61 million, up 1 percent).
Joanne's bow of 201,000 units is larger than what industry forecasters estimated. On Oct.
25, sources had pegged the album to start with around 180,000 (and that was an upgrade
from 140,000 a few days earlier).
The album’s 201,000 launch is the fourth-largest debut of 2016, and the second-biggest for
a woman. Ahead of it are Drake’s Views (1.04 million), Beyonce’s Lemonade (653,000) and
Frank Ocean’s Blonde (276,000 units).
In terms of traditional sales, Joanne sold 170,000 -- the seventh-largest bow of the year,
and the second-biggest for a woman. The only larger starts were registered by Drake’s
Views (852,000 copies sold), Beyonce’s Lemonade (485,000), Frank Ocean’s Blonde
(232,000), David Bowie’s Blackstar (174,000), Radiohead’s A Moon Shaped Pool (173,000)
and Blink-182’s California (172,000).
Also notable: Gaga is the first woman with four No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 in the
2010s. She passes Beyonce and Taylor Swift, each with three during the decade. Among all
acts, Justin Bieber and Drake lead with six Billboard 200 No. 1's each since 2010, while One
Direction and Kanye West each boast four.
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