"Look What You Made Me Do" is No. 1 in the US for a 3rd week and N°1 on
the global track chart for a 2nd non consecutive week! The song has
broken a string of records, including the record for the most plays in a
single day on Spotify. It has topped the charts in eleven countries and
received Platinum certifications in both Australia and Canada!
The song was the most streamed song within a week by a female artist and
second overall behind the 103 million that Baauer's "Harlem Shake"
gained in 2013. The track also had more weekly streams in the US than
any other song in 2017. With 353,000 copies sold in its first week,
"Look What You Made Me Do" opened atop the US Digital Songs chart and
had the country's biggest sales opening since Justin Timberlake's "Can't
Stop the Feeling!" in 2016 as well as the best weekly sales for a song
by a female artist since Adele's "Hello" in 2015. It additionally was
the first N°1 song by a female solo artist to top the US charts since
Adele's "Hello".
In the UK, "Look What You Made Me Do" sold 20,000 copies and was
streamed 2.4 million times in less than a week. The song debuted atop
the UK Singles Chart on September 1, 2017 for the week ending date
September 7, 2017 with opening sales of 30,000 copies and 5.3 million
streams within the week, becoming Swift's first N°1 song in Britain.
"Look What You Made Me Do" also opened at N°1 in Australia, becoming
Taylor's fifth track to top the ARIA Charts. The song has been certified
Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for
shipments of 70,000 units. After debuting at number one on the Canadian
Hot 100, "Look What You Made Me Do" was also certified Platinum by Music
Canada for shipments of 80,000 units on September 14, 2017. It
additionally topped the charts in the Czech Republic, Ireland, New
Zealand, Slovakia and the the Philippines.
"Look What You Made Me Do" was cowritten by Taylor and Jack Antonoff.
The song samples the melody of the 1991 song "I'm Too Sexy" by the band
Right Said Fred, and the band members Fred Fairbrass, Richard Fairbrass,
and Rob Manzoli are also credited as songwriters. The music video was
directed by Joseph Kahn and became the most-watched music video within
24 hours.
New York based rock band LCD Soundsystem with frontman James Murphy has
this week's highest debut with 'American Dream', the World's top-selling
Album, and 122,000 equivalent sales, 85,000 of it from the US alone
according to Nielsen Soundscan, another 11,900 from the UK according to
the Official charts and 7,000 from Canada, according to Nielsen
Soundscan. The band's former LP 'This Is Happening' went to No.11 in
2010 with 61,000 sales.
Lil Uzi Vert's 'Luv Is Rage 2' moves up one to No. 2 with 87.000
equivalent sales this week and a total of 244.000 since its release.
Ed Sheeran's 'Divide' moves up 2 spots from No. 5 to 3, shifting another
86.000 in equivalent sales this week and a total of 7.173.000 since its
release in March!
Xxxtentacion's '17' holds for a 2nd week at No. 4 after selling
76.000 equivalent sales this week for a grand total of 194.000!
Imagine Dragons' 'Evolve' rockets 5 spots, from 10 to 5,
with 62.000 equivalent sales this week and 990.000 totally!
Irish pop/rock Act The Script, this week's second greatest Gainer,
debuts at no.6 with their 5th Album 'Freedom Child' and 60,000
equivalent sales, 29,600 of it from the UK, according to the Official
charts.
Kendrick Lamar's Former No. 1, 'Damn.' moves up 2 from 9 to 7 with
60.000 equivalent sales this week and 2.947.000 totally! Its the
best-selling Album in America this year and the 2nd Best-selling
worldwide after Ed Sheeran's 'Divide'!
Last week's global chart-topper, 'Villains' by Queens of the Stone Age,
slips from No. 1 no. 8 with 60,000 additional sales this week and a
total of 246,000!
South Korean girl group BLACKPINK debuts with its self-titled LP at No.
9 this week with 42,000 sales according to Oricon.
Keisuke Kuwata's 'Garakuta' slips from 2 to 10 this week with 42.000
equivalent sales and 220.000 totally!
AKB48 sold 1,036,551 physical copies of its latest single "# Sukinanda"
on its first day of release according to Oricon! It's the 26th number
one for the J-Pop Girl Band and their first No. 1 in 2017!
AKB48 is named after the Akihabara (Akiba for short) area in Tokyo,
where the group's theater is located. AKB48's producer, Yasushi Akimoto,
wanted to form a girl group with its own theater, performing daily so
fans could always see them live. This "idols you can meet" concept
includes teams which can rotate performances and perform simultaneously
at several events and "handshake" events, where fans can meet group
members; Akimoto has expanded the AKB48 concept to several sister groups
in China, Japan and Indonesia, with upcoming groups announced for the
Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand.
AKB48 is one of the best-selling and highest-earning musical performers
in Japan, with 2013 sales of over $128 million, and has been
characterized as a social phenomenon. As of June 2017, the group has
sold over 50 million records, including over 6 millon albums. AKB48 is
the highest selling musical act in Japan in terms of singles sold.
AKB48's thirty-five latest singles have topped the Oricon Weekly Singles
Chart, with thirty singles selling over a million copies each. Their
highest selling single, "Tsubasa wa Iranai", sold over 2.5 million in
2016 according to Billboard / Soundscan. In 2010, "Beginner" and "Heavy
Rotation" placed first and second, respectively, on the list of Japan's
best-selling singles for the year. From 2011 to 2016, AKB48's singles
have occupied the top four or five spots of the Oricon Yearly Singles
Chart!
Taylor debuts atop the Global track chart with huge sales & streaming,
especially in the United States. According to Nielsen Soundscan &
Billboard, the smash hit got 353,000 paid downloads and 84,4 million
streams in its initial week!
It's the second-best start of a song this year, second only Ed Sheeran's
"Shape Of You" which came out the 3rd week of January 2017. 'Look What
You Made Me Do' interpolates the melody of 'I'm Too Sexy' by Right Said
Fred (1991) and is the first Single from Taylor Swift's upcoming sixth
studio album 'Reputation'. It's only the 4th global number one smash
this year, after '24k Magic' by Bruno Mars (2 weeks), 'Shape Of You' by
Ed Sheeran (16 weeks) and 'Despacito' by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee (17
weeks).
"Despacito" slips to No. 2 in its 28th week on the chart. Its the 36th
Single on the ALL TIME CHART. 'Shape Of You' by Ed Sheeran is no.9 on
the All Time chart!
Josh Homme and his band Queens of the Stone Age rock to the top of the
Global Album Chart with their 7th studio set 'Villains' and 186,000
equivalent sales, 73,000 of which in the US, 32,000 in the UK, around
12,000 in Germany, 10,000 in France, 9,800 in Australia and 9,000 in
Canada! The band's former studio album '...Like Clockwork' went to no.2
in the week 25, 2013 with 196,000 sales, outsold by Daft Punk's 'Random
Access Memories'. 'Villains' is the highest of seven debuts in this
week's Top 10!
The second highest debut is 'Garakuta', the new Album by Japanese
singer-songwriter Keisuka Kuwata, frontman of the Southern All Stars
'Gaakuta' debuted with 178,000 equivalent sales, according to Oricon.
Lil Uzi Vert enters the Global Album chart at No.3 with his brand new
Album 'Luv Is Rage 2' and 157.000 equivalent sales this 1st week!
Xxxtentacion's '17' debuts at No. 4 with 118.000 equivalent sales!
Ed Sheeran's 'Divide' is no.5 this week with 89,000 equivalent sales.
Its total sales are at 7,087,000, maj-king it by far the best-selling
Album of 2017!
The War On Drugs has a brand New Album, 'A Deeper Understanding' which
bows at No. 6 with 80.000 equivalent sales.
Fifth Harmony's self entitled Album bows at No. 7 on the Global Chart
with 73.000 equivalent sales.
French Star Calogero debuts at No; 8 with his brand new Album 'Liberté
Chérie' and 68.000 equivalent sales this first week, mainly in France!
Kendrick Lamar's 'Damn' is No. 9 after 19 weeks in the Top 10 and
another 66,000 consumption units this week, with a total of 2,887,000 so
far. 'Damn' is the best selling Album in America so far this year!
Imagine Dragons' 'Evolve' closes this weeks top 10 with
62.000 equivalent sales this week and a total of 928.000 so far
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