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TaylorSwift's new smash hit "Fortnight" ft. Post Malone is the biggest song in the world this week, and rockets to #1 on the United World Chart with massive points of 541,000, including 464,000 points from streaming, 56,000 points from sales, and 21,000 points from airplay!

Posted on May 04, 2024

"Fortnight" ends the 9-week lead of Benson Boone florenceandthemachine at #25 with 121,000 points and "Who's Afraid Of Little Old Me?" at no.36 with 96,000 points! Taylor is now the 6th Artist with the most hits (36) reaching the Top 10 in United World Chart history after The Beatles (39 hits), Arashi (40 hits), AKB48 (43 hits), Elvis Presley (43 hits), and Madonna (47 hits)! "Fortnight" broke the record for the highest single-day streams for a song in Spotify history (25.204 Million), and lands at no.1 on the Global 200 with 176.8 Million streams and 27,000 sold worldwide in its first week as per Luminate, marking the 8th biggest streaming week since the Global 200 chart began. "Fortnight" is her 5th chart topper, the most among soloists and 2nd overall after BTS (7). Taylor occupies the top 9 spots on the Global 200 with songs from her new album, 'The Tortured Poets Department'! "Fortnight" also debuts at #1 on the Global Excl. US chart with 101.7M streams and 8,000 sold outside the US, tying Bad Bunny, BLACKPINK, Ariana Grande & JungKook for most 1s after BTS (7). Taylor occupies 6 spots on the Global Excl. US! The Superstar scores her 12th Hot 100 No. 1, tying for the 6th most 1s in chart history! "Fortnight" also marked Malone's 5th no.1 single and 1st no.1 debut on the chart. Taylor ties Ariana Grande as the female artist with the most no.1 debuts in Hot 100 history (7) and breaks the record for most top 10s among women (59)! She is now the 1st Artist in history to simultaneously occupy the whole Top 14 of the US Hot 100 and the first Artist in history to simultaneously occupy the entire top 10 on the Hot 100 twice! "Fortnight" has peaked at no.1 in the US, becoming her 4th chart topper, and at #1 in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, New Zealand and the Philippines! It has peaked in the top ten in 16 other countries, reaching #2 in Germany, Ireland & Portugal, #3 in Switzerland, #4 in Belgium, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, South Africa & Sweden, #5 in Iceland & Indonesia, #6 in Croatia and #8 in the Czech Republic, the Netherlands & Slovakia! The song has so far reached #12 in Brazil, #16 in Spain, #17 in Finland, #19 in France & Peru, #22 in Argentina & Italy and #46 in Korea (BGM circle)!

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Taylor Swift's 11th studio album 'The Tortured Poets Department' explodes at #1 on the United World Chart with huge equivalent sales of 3.353.000 excl. China, scoring the Biggest Debut of the Decade!

Posted on May 04, 2024

It's the biggest debut for an album since Adele's '25' exploded at #1 with 5,71 Million sales in the calendar week 49, 2015, almost 8 and a half years ago. 'The Tortured Poets Department' has scored almost 3 times that of the entire Top 20 albums combined!'The album' rockets to #1 on the year-to-date chart, replacing her own '1989' album which dips to No. 2!

'The Tortured Poets Department' is Taylor's 11th studio album and was self-written and self-produced with Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner, and released via Republic Records. It was expanded into a double album upon its release, subtitled 'The Anthology', with a surprise 2nd set of songs, and broke several digital and sales records! It is the first album in Spotify history to surpass 200 and 300 million streams in one day, breaking the all-time record for the most streamed album in a single day, previously held by Swift's own 'Midnights'! Taylor surpassed her own all-time record for most streamed artist in a single day. 5 days later, 'The Tortured Poets Department' became the first album to hit 1 BILLION streams in a single week and broke the record for the most streamed album globally in a single week, surpassing 1.76B streams! The album also became the most streamed album ever in a single day on Amazon Music in less than 12 hours and surpassed 'Midnights' to become the most streamed pop album in a single day on Apple Music!

'The Tortured Poets Album' debuted at #1 in 25 countries including the US, landing atop the Billboard 200 with 2.6 million album-equivalent units, including 1.9 million pure album sales, marking the biggest sales week of Taylor's career and her record-extending 7th album to open with over 1 Million units in the US! It's Swift's 14th No. 1 album, tying JayZ for most chart toppers among soloists, and scoring the 3rd-largest week by overall units in Billboard history! Swift also set a record for most first week vinyl sales in US history, with 859,000 sold. All 31 songs from the album debuted on the Billboard Hot 100, with Taylor setting a new record for most simultaneous entries by a female artist in history (32) and becoming the first female to surpass 50 career top-10 songs! Taylor is the first artist to occupy the first 14 positions of the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously, with "Fortnight" at #1, and the first Act to occupy the entire Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 simultaneously, on 2 different occasions!

Outside of the US, Taylor scored the Biggest debut week of the year in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden and the UK! It's Taylor's 12th consecutive No. 1 album in the UK, tying Madonna as the only artist to ever have 12 No. 1 albums! She also generated the biggest sales week since Ed Sheeran's 'Divide' in March 2017, selling 270,000 units, becoming the fastest-selling album of her career! It's Swift's 11th No. 1 album in Ireland and most-consumed album ever in the first week! It's also the Most-streamed album in a single day in Canada, and her 14th consecutive No. 1 album in the country! It's Swift's 13th No. 1 album in a row in Australia, the most for any female act, and the biggest first week sales since Adele's '25', with Taylor breaking the All Time records for most simultaneous entries by a single artist in the top 10 (10), top 50 (29) and top 100 (34)! In Germany it scored the largest streaming day for an album and artist in German history, with 11.5 million and 14.4 million streams respectively! 'The Tortured Poets Department' debuted at No. 1 with the top sales week for any artist in 2 years and for any solo artist in 7 years. The Album also debuted at #1 in Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Slovakia & Switzerland! It has already been certified Platinum in Spain for over 40,000 sales units and Gold in the UK for 100,000!
 
 
Korean Boy Band Boy Next Door's 2nd EP 'How?' lands at #2 on the United World Chart after debuting atop the Circle chart in Korea with 566,083 equivalent album units and 70,851 via Weverse!
Boy Next Door debuted in 2023 with the single album 'Who!', the first installment in the "first love trilogy" followed by their 1st EP 'Why..' in 2024 which marked the group's first appearance on the Billboard 200 chart. The group's second EP, 'How?' (2024), isthe group's first release to top the Circle & United World Album Charts!
'How?' completes the group's trilogy of releases chronicling the story of a "first love". The EP was released on April 15, alongside the single "Earth, Wind & Fire". On April 23, the group received their first music show win on The Show! 'How?' has so far reached #1 on the Oricon Album chart in Japan, selling 76,786 in its first week, and debuted this week at #93 on the Billboard 200!
 
 
Pearl Jam's 12th studio album 'Dark Matter' scores the 3rd Highest New Entry on this week's United World Chart, landing at #4 after debuting at #5 on the Billboard 200 and #2 in 9 countries including Australia, Austria, Belgium (Flanders), Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Switzerland and the UK! 
The album has so far reached #3 in Belgium (Walllonia), Croatia, Italy & New Zealand, #4 in Poland, #7 in Iceland, #13 in Finland &France, #17 in Denmark, #21 in Sweden, #26 in Hungary & #29 in Japan!
The critically acclaimed album was released via Monkeywrench Records and Republic Records, and was produced by Andrew Watt. It was preceded by the singles "Dark Matter", "Running" and "Wreckage". Recorded at Shangri-La in Malibu, California and Watt's home studio, the album is the first to feature contributions from touring and session member Josh Klinghoffer, who joined the band on its 2022–2023 Gigaton Tour. 'Dark Matter' marks a return to the 5 member band working together in a fast-paced studio environment! Their previous studio album, 'Gigaton' (2020) was recorded over several years and many individual sessions.
The album will be accompanied by a forthcoming world tour!

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Benson Boone reigns atop the United World Chart for an 8th consecutive week with his infectious global smash hit "Beautiful Things", still the biggest song in the world, scoring another 332,000 points including 233,000 points from streaming, 41,000 points from sales (up 41%) and 58,000 points from airplay (up 6%)!

Posted on April 22, 2024

"Beautiful Things" is the lead single of Benson Boone's new debut studio album, 'Fireworks & Rollerblades' (2024) and is about the meaning of life", where Boone reflects on gratitude for life, love and the "volatility of happiness". The song was co-written by Boone with Jack LaFrantz and Evan Blair, and produced by Blair. "Beautiful Things" is #1 for a 7th nonconsecutive week on the Billboard Global 200 with 83.9 million streams and 22,000 sold worldwide from April 5-11 as per Luminate, and holds for an 8th week atop the Billboard Global Excl. U.S.! The song holds at No. 3 on the US Hot 100, after reaching No. 2. It scores the chart’s top Airplay Gainer for a 3rd consecutive week (57.4 million, up 14%) and is the #1 best-selling single released in 2024 in the US by total units!

"Beautiful Things" holds at #2 on the Official UK chart after 2 weeks at #1 and holds at #1 on the ARIA chart in Australia for a 6th week! It holds at #2 on the Official German chart after 5 weeks at #1! It has also topped the weekly charts in Austria, Belgium (Wallonia), Canada, Czech Republic, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway, Slovakia & Switzerland, and has peaked at #2 in Belgium (Flanders,) Latvia, the Netherlands & South Africa, #3 in Denmark, Japan (Billboard Hot Overseas) & Sweden, #4 in Greece, Lebanon, Poland & Portugal, #5 in Lithuania & the UAE, #8 in Iceland & Russia, #9 in MENA, #10 in Hungary, Singapore & Malaysia, #14 in Spain, #18 in Croatia, Ecuador & Italy, #20 in Peru, #21 in Bolivia, #22 in Indonesia, #23 in Romania, #32 in Brazil, #34 in Finland, #65 in Argentina, #78 in South Korea and #79 in Nigeria! The song has already been certified Platinum in Australia (70,000), Canada (80,000 units), France (200,000) & New Zealand (30,000), and Gold in Austria (70,000), Italy (50,000), Portugal (5,000), Spain (30,000) & the UK (400,000)!

24-year old British/Cypriot singer-songwriter, Artemas vaults 6-2 on this week's United World Chart with his darkwave/alternative pop smash 'I Like The Way You Kiss Me', scoring another 272,000 points (up 18%) including (247,000) from streaming and 25,000 from sales!

"I Like the Way You Kiss Me" was released independently on 19 March 2024 and is from Artemas' debut mixtape 'Pretty' (2024). The song lifts 5-3 this week on the Billboard Global 200, 4-2 on theBillboard 200 Excl. US and 23-16 on the US Hot 100! It scores a 2nd week at #1 on the Official German chart, lifts 6-5 on the Official UK Singles Chart and rises 7-3 on the ARIA chart in Australia! It has also hit #1 in Austria, Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland Slovakia & Switzerland so far, and is a top ten hit in Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, MENA, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Romania, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sweden & the UAE!

Hozier's new smash hit "Too Sweet" scores the highest points increase this week on the United World Chart, up 10-5 after scoring 242,000 (up 37%) including 209,000 points from streaming, 26,000 points from sales, and 7,000 from airplay!
"Too Sweet" is the first track from Hozier's 5th EP 'Unheard' and has reached #1 on the Official UK Singles Chart, the IRMA chart in Ireland and the Official singles chart in New Zealand becoming his first No. 1 singlein all three countries! It has also reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, his 2nd top 10 single in the United States since "Take Me to Church" and #2 (+4) on this week's Billboard Global 200! It lifts 8-2 in Australia & 4-2 in Canada, and has so far reached #2 in Lithuania, #3 in Latvia, #5 in the Czech Republic, Greece & Norway, #6 in Austr #8 in Iceland & Switzerland, #9 in Sweden!
 
 
"Gata Only" by Chilean singers Floyy Menor and Cris MJ enters the United World Top 10 at #9 (+2) scoring 198.000 points in its 7th week on the chart! 
"Gata Only" was independently released and went viral on TikTok, peaking at #48 on the US Hot 100! The song has reached #1 on the Hot Latin Songs chart, dethroning Xavi's "La Diabla" after 14 weeks at #1, and becoming the first Chilean song since 1999 to reach the chart's top 10. "Gata Only" haspeaked at #10 on the Billboard Global 200 (10) and #6 on the Billboard Global Excl. US! The song has reached #1 in Chile, #2 in Ecuador & Peru, #3 in Argentina & Bolivia, #4 in Spain where it has been Platinum certified for 60,000 sales units, #5 in Mexico, #7 in Switzerland, #16 in Italy, #18 in Luxembourg, #51 in Austria & #64 in the Netherlands!
 
 
New Korean record-breaking group ILLIT, formed by Belift Lab through the JTBC 2023 survival competition show 'R U Next?'shoots 15-11 on the United World Chart with their new debut single 'Magnetic', scoring another 177,000 points! 
'Magnetic' is from ILLIT's debut EP 'Super Real Me' and debuted at No. 91 this week on the US Hot 100 with 6.2 million official U.S. streams (up 1%) and 428,000 radio audience impressions (up 43%) April 5-11, according toLuminate! The song is also a huge hit internationally, ranking at No. 3 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, a week after reaching No. 2, and lifts 8-6 this week on the Billboard Global 200!
"Magnetic" became the first K-pop debut song to enter the Official UK Singles Chart, debuting at #80! The song has so far reached #1 in Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea & Taiwan, #2 in Malaysia, #3 on the Japan Hot 100 (Billboard), #6 in Indonesia & the Netherlands, #8 in the Philippines, No. 20 on New Zealand's RMNZ Hot Singles, #29 in Australia & #37 in Canada!

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Beyoncé's new album 'Cowboy Carter' is the Biggest Album in the World this week and rockets straight to #1 on the United World chart after reaching #1 in 18 countries!

Posted on April 14, 2024

Beyoncé becomes the first black woman in history to top the United World chart with a country album! 'Cowboy Carter' met with universal acclaim upon its release, boosted the listenership of Black country artists and country radio in general, and increased the popularity of Western wear andculture globally! 'Cowboy Carter' landed Beyoncé her biggest streaming week ever, breaking streaming records on several platforms. It became the most-streamed album in a single day in 2024 on Spotify with over 76 million streams globally, making it the 6th highest first-day stream debut for any female album and the highest for any album by a black woman. The album also marks the most first-day streams for a country album by a female artist in the history of Amazon Music! 

'Cowboy Carter' debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, with 407,000 album-equivalent units, with Beyoncé becoming the first woman to debut their first 8 albums at No. 1. 'Cowboy Carter' also debuted at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart, making Beyoncé the first Black woman to have a No. 1 country album, and also topped the Americana/Folk Albums and Top Album Sales charts. All 23 songs on Cowboy Carter debuted on the Billboard Hot 100, with "Texas Hold 'Em" making history, becoming the 1st country song by a black woman to top the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs charts.

The album debuted at No. 1 on the Official UK Albums Chart selling 40,000 copies in its 1st week, Beyoncé's 5th chart topper as a solo act, and her 6th overall. The album also debuted at #1 on the Official UK Vinyl Albums Chart. "Texas Hold 'Em" also returned to #1 for a 5th week, marking her longest #1 Single in the UK and her 2nd time to top the UK Singles & Albums Chart simultaneously since her debut with 'Dangerously in Love', and "Crazy in Love" in 2003. Beyoncé also became the first black artist to top the UK Charts with a country album and the first to simultaneously top the Album Chart and Singles Charts with a country album and a country single ("Texas Hold 'Em”).

In Australia, the album debuted atop the ARIA Albums Chart, becoming the singer's 4th consecutive album to do so since 'Beyoncé' (2013). It also became the first country album by a female artist to top the chart since Shania Twain's 'Now' in 2017. 'Cowboy Carter' has also hit #1 in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland! It has reached #4 so far in Lithuania & Slovak, #5 in Czech Republic, #6 in Italy and #11 in Finland.

Korean Superstar Group NCT DREAM lands at #2 on the United World Chart with their 6th EP 'Dream()scape' after debuting at #1 on the Circle chart in Korea! 

NCT DREAM's 6th EP 'Dream()scape', consisting of 6 tracks, including the lead single, "Smoothie", has landed at #2 on the United World chart after debuting at #1 on the Circle Album chart in Korea and #7 on the Oricon chart in Japan! The album scored the Top New Entry on the WorldwideiTunes Album chart, landing at #6 after going to #1 on iTunes in 12+ countries upon its release and selling 1,329,701 units on HANTEO on its first day, scoring the group's top first-day sales and 2nd highest for a SM Entertainment's album! 

The critically acclaimed album received 3 stars from NME's Tássia Assis who described the album as "creative, cohesive and enjoyable”.

In support of the EP, the band is set to go on the "The Dream Show 3: Dream()scape" world tour kicking off in May…

 
BTS’ j-hope lands at #4 on the United World Chart with his starstudded 'HOPE ON THE STREET VOL.1', his first soundtrack album for his documentary film 'HOPE ON THE STREET'! 
The starstudded six-track soundtrack features a number of special guests, including band mate JungKook on “i wonder,” Benny Blanco and Nile Rodgers on “lock/ unlock,” Yunjin of Le Sserafim on “I Don't Know”, Jinbothe Super Freak on “what if” and Korean hip-hop vet  Gaeko of Dynamic Duo and yoonmirae on the smash hit “NEURON” which reflects the album’s theme of exploring j-hope’s artistic roots, ‘street dance. The album was described in a press release as spanning a “diverse array of sounds and moods that showcase j-hope’s musical prowess and depth.”  
'HOPE ON THE STREET VOL.1' has so far reached #1 on the Billboard World Album chart, #2 on the Billboard Top Album sales chart, #2 on the Circle chart in Korea, selling 421,060 units in its 1st week and 84,532 on Weverse! The Album debuted at #2 in Japan, #5 on the US Billboard 200, #6 in France, #10 in Germany, #29 in New Zealand, #30 in Italy, #35 in Lithuania, #38 in Finland & the UK and #62 in Australia!
 
New Korean Superstar Group  ILLIT, formed by Belift Lab through the survival show 'R U Next', scores the 4th Highest New Entry on the United World Chart, landing at #8 with their debut EP 'SUPER REAL ME'!
'SUPER REAL ME', produced by Hybe's chairman & Founder Bang Sihyuk, features 4 tracks, including the record-breaking lead single "Magnetic", and debuted at #3 on the Circle Album chart in Korea, at 3 on the Oricon Album chart in Japan and at #5 onthe Billboard World Albums chart, selling over 380,000 physical albums worldwide in its first week of release! 
ILLIT's name, a combination of "I will" and "it," reflects the team's high potential and determination to achieve its dreams according to Belift! 

JungKook's 'GOLDEN' holds at #20 on the United World Chart after debuting at #1, and scores another 49,000 units globally! 

'Golden', Jungkook's starstudded debut studio album ft. Jack Harlow, Major Lazer, Latto and DJ Snake, is the best-selling Album by a K-Pop Soloist in history,
and the 1st Album by a Solo Artist to sell over 2M units in its 1st day in Hanteo history and 2,4M in its first week! According to the International Federation of thePhonographic Industry (IFPI)'s Global Music Report, Golden was the 14th most-consumed album across all formats in 2023, and the 7th best-selling album worldwide, having sold over 2.7 million units in less than two months!
The album debuted at #1 on the Circle chart in Korea with almost 2 Million units including its Weverse sales and scored the Highest Debut on the US Billboard 200 for a K-Pop Soloist, landing at #2 with over 210K US sales units & 164.8K pure sales! 'Golden' sold 244,000 copies in the United States during 2023, and ranked as the 10th best-selling CD album of the year according to Billboard. In Japan, the album debuted at #1 on the Oricon chart selling 207,000 units in its 1st week! It landed at #3 on the Official UK Albums chart, scoring the top debut by a K-Pop Soloist in UK history!
'Golden' also hit #1 in Belgium, France, Lithuania, Poland & Portugal! It has reached #2 in Australia & New Zealand, #3 in Austria & Italy, #4 in Canada & Switzerland, #5 in Hungary, #6 in Germany, Ireland & Scotland, #7 in Denmark, #8 in Slovak & Spain, #10 in the Netherlands, #11 in Norway, #12 in Finland, #13 in the Czech Republic, #14 in Sweden, #17 in Greece & #24 in Iceland!

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Vultures1, the 1st collaborative studio album by Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign, debuts at #1 on the United World Chart!

Posted on February 26, 2024

Vultures1 debuted atop the US Billboard 200 with 148,000 equivalent album units, West's 11th No. 1 album, making him the Artist with the 2nd-most consecutive No. 1 debuts and the Rapper with the 3rd most. All 16 tracks debuted on the Billboard Hot 100, with "Carnival" landing at #3! The album has so far hit No. 1 in 17 countries including Australia, Austria, Belgium (Flanders), Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland, #2 in Ireland, Sweden & the UK, #3 in Hungary & Spain, #5 in Italy, #6 in Belgium (Wallonia), #9 in France, #20 in Japan.

Released independently via West's YZY brand and produced primarily by Ye, the starstudded album features uncredited guest vocals from West's daughter North, Freddie Gibbs, YG, Quavo, PlayboiCarti, Travis Scott, BumpJ, Lil Durk, RichtheKid and Chris Brown!

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