World Music Awards

POP Kings BTS rocket to #1 on the United World Album Chart with 'BE', and simultaneously top the United World Singles Chart with "Life Goes On" while occupying the #2 slot with their former 8-week global chart topper "Dynamite", making history as the first Asian Act to do so!

Posted on December 06, 2020

Pop Kings BTS have debuted at #1 on the United World Album Chart with 'BE', and have simultaneously topped the United World Singles Chart with "Life Goes On", while occupying the #2 slot of the chart with their former 8-week global chart topper "Dynamite" making history as the 1st Asian Act to do so! "Life Goes On" debuts at #1 on the United World Song chart with a massive score of 534,000 points after debuting at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week, the band's third #1 single in the US. BTS are now the fastest group to score 3 number-one hits since the Bee Gees in 1977-78. "Life Goes On" is the first foreign language song to debut atop the Hot 100. The song sold 150,000 units in pure sales in its first week, including 129,000 digital downloads and 20,000 physical copies. "Life Goes On" also debuted at #1 on the Billboard Digital Song Sales chart with 6 songs charting in the Top 10 and also topped the Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. US this week. "Life Goes On" debuted at #1 in Hungary, Scotland & Singapore, peaking at #1 on the Gaon Download chart and at #3 on the Gaon Digital chart in Korea. It also debuted at #3 in Lithuania, at #8 in Canada, at #10 on the Official UK Chart and the Japan Hot 100, at #11 on the Rolling Stone Top 100 in the US, at #16 in Belgium (Flanders), at #19 in Ireland, at #20 in Greece, at #23 in Switzerland, at #27 in Australia, at #30 in Slovakia, at #33 in New Zealand, at #34 in Austria, at #37 in Germany, at #49 in the Czech Republic, at #59 in Argentina, at #61 in Italy, at #71 in the Netherlands, at #76 in Spain, at #80 in France and at #87 in Sweden. The song also debuted at #1 on the Worldwide iTunes Song Chart and held atop the chart for 9 days. "Life Goes On" also peaked at #3 on the Global Spotify chart and has over 52 million streams so far!

BTS's former no.1 smash hit, "Dynamite" rebounds two spots to #2 with 325,000 points (up 30%) after topping the chart for 8 weeks previously! It's BTS's first english language bop and their most successful single to date! It is the 1st song in 2020 to sell over 1 million downloads and scored the biggest global sales debut of 2020! It also had the biggest debut of 2020 on Global Spotify with 7.778 million first-day streams, surpassing Taylor Swift's 7.742 million streams of "Cardigan"! "Dynamite" has over 414 million streams on Spotify so far! "Dynamite" also held atop the new Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart for 5 weeks and made history when it topped the US Hot 100 for 3 weeks and held in the US Hot 100 Top 10 for 9 weeks, setting a new record for Korean Artists.

Bad Bunny

's reggaeton smash hit, "Dákiti", ft.

Jhay Cortez

dips 2-3. "Dákiti" is #2 on the new Billboard Global 200 after topping the chart for 2 weeks and is #3 this week on the Billboard Global Chart Excl. US! The Song holds at #1 for a 7th day atop the Global Spotify Chart and has already garnered over 53,344,093 million streams on the platform!

Former United World chart topper, "Mood", by

24kGoldn

feat.

iann dior

, dips 3-4 in its 14th week on the chart. "Mood" also held for a whopping great 35 days atop the Global Spotify chart and has over 527 million streams so far on the platform! Released on July 24, 2020, the song went viral on TikTok, and became a chart success worldwide, topping the Billboard US Hot 100 and the Canadian Hot 100 for 5 whole weeks! it also topped the weekly charts in Australia, Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK!

Ariana Grande

holds at #5 for a 3rd week with her global smash hit "Positions" which debuted at #1 atop the United World Chart! The song also debuted atop the US Billboard Hot 100, Grande's fifth US No. 1 single with her becoming the 1st artist to have five No. 1 debut singles on the chart and for being the only artist to have the lead singles of all her albums debut within the top-10 of the chart. It also debuted at #1 on the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S., making "Positions" the first song to debut atop both charts and the Hot 100 simultaneously! "Positions" holds at #1 in the UK for a 6th consecutive week! "Positions" also topped the weekly charts in Australia, Canada, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Malaysia, New Zealand, Ireland, Israel & Singapore, peaking within the Top 10 in 20 other countries.

The 2nd highest debut of the week comes from

Shawn Mendes

' new smash hit "Monster" with

Justin Bieber

off his brand new album 'Wonder' which dropped yesterday and debuted at #1 on both the Worldwide iTunes and Apple Music Album charts! "Monster" debuts with 220,000 points on the United World Chart after landing at No.8 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it Mendes' 8th top 10 and Bieber’s 21st in the U.S. The song debuted at No.1 in Denmark and Canada, making its Mendes' 2nd No.1 single and Bieber's 11th in the latter. Monster also debuted in the Top 10 in over 15 countries.

Last week's chart topper,

Billie Eilish

, drops 1-7 with her new "Therefore I Am", her 2nd global #1 following "Bad Guy" and her 5th Top 10 hit! The song was written by Eilish and her brother

Finneas O'connell

. "Therefore I Am" debuted at No. 2 on the Global 200 with 72.8 million streams in its first full tracking week, ending Nov. 19, following its Nov. 12 release. The Song peaked at #2 on the Billboard US Hot 100. The Song debuted at #1 in the US on the Rolling Stone Top 100 and at #1 in Hungary, Ireland, New Zealand and Slovakia.

MALUMA

's "Hawái" slips 6-8 this week on the World United Chart, after peaking at #3 two weeks ago after the release of the new remix of the song by Canadian superstar The Weeknd. "Hawái" was the first song to hit #1 on the new Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart and reached #3 on the Billboard Global 200 and number 12 on the US Billboard Hot 100 after the Weeknd's Remix. "Hawái" has so far hit over 418 Million streams on Spotify after breaking several streaming records in Latin America! Released by Sony Music Latin on July 29, 2020 as the 2nd single from Maluma's 5th studio album, 'Papi Juancho', the song topped the charts in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, and Spain!

The Weeknd

's "Blinding Lights" holds at #9 fter 17 weeks on the chart! It's the Song's 48th week inside the Global Top 10, more weeks than any other artist inside the United World Chart Top 10! Released on November 29, 2019 as the 2nd Single off his album chart topping album, 'After Hours', "Blinding Lights" peaked at #1 in 34 countries, including the US for 4 weeks, becoming The Weeknd's 5th number one single in America. The Song peaked for 7 weeks at #1 in Canada. It also became his first #1 single in Germany where it held atop the Official chart for 10 weeks. It also held at #1 on the Official UK chart for 8 weeks and at #1 on the ARIA Singles chart in Australia for 11 weeks. A remix ft. Spanish singer-songwriter

Rosalía

was released on December 4, 2020. "Blinding Lights" has now surpassed 1.658 Billion streams on Spotify, the most for a song over the past year! Its the most successful song of 2020 and the Weeknd's biggest hit so far!

#InternetMoney's "Lemonade" ft

Gunna

& #DonTolliver holds at #10 after peaking at #8 three weeks ago! "Lemonade" was released on August 14, 2020, as the 2nd single from Internet Money's debut studio album, 'B4 the Storm'. The song peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and hit #1 in the UK and Portugal. The song also hit the Top 10 in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand & Sweden, becoming the biggest hit single for Internet Money, Don Toliver and Nav.

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AC/DC's new Album 'Power Up' tops this week's United World Album Chart with equivalent sales of 348,000!

Posted on December 02, 2020

AC/DC's new Album 'Power Up' tops this week's United World Album Chart with equivalent sales of 348.000! ‘Power Up’ (PWRϟUP) is AC/DC's 17th studio album, and was released on November 13, 2020 via Columbia Records and Sony Music Australia. The album marks the return of vocalist Brian Johnson, drummer Phil Rudd and bassist Cliff Williams, who left AC/DC before, during, or after the supporting tour for their previous album 'Rock or Bust'. It's also the band's first album since the death of co-founder and rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young in 2017 and is a tribute to him. The critically acclaimed album debuted at #1 in 21 countries including Australia, with AC/DC becoming the first act to have a number one album in Australia in each of the five decades (1980s to 2020s)! The album registered 21,535 sales in its first week, outselling the rest of the top 15 combined! In the United States, 'Power Up' debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart, with 117,000 album-equivalent units, 111,000 of which were pure sales! Its the band's 3rd album to top the chart, following 'For Those About to Rock We Salute You' (1981) and 'Black Ice' (2008). The album's tracks accumulated a total 7.8 million on-demand streams in the week ending 28 November! The album also debuted at #1 on the UK Official Albums Chart with 62,000 chart sales, the biggest opening week of 2020 so far, and has already been certified Silver for 60.000 sales units! In Germany, the album debuted at No. 1, selling almost 160,000 copies, the biggest debut of the year! It is #1 for a 2nd week. The album has also debuted at #1 in Argentina, Austria, where it has already been certified Platinum for 15.000 units, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, where it has been certified Gold for 20.000 units, Sweden & Switzerland. It has also peaked at #2 in Denmark & the Netherlands, at #3 in the Czech Republic & Greece, at #11 in Japan and at #15 in Slovak.

Japanese utaite Group, Strawberry Prince, debuts at #2 with 'Sutopuri' and 1st week sales of 232.000, while Ariana Grande's 'Positions' holds at #3 for a 2nd week after debuting at #2 on the United World Chart, selling another 139.000 equivalent units and a total of 424,000 since its release.

Korean Boy band, Treasure, lands at #4 this week with their brand new album 'The First step: Chapter Three' which sold 121,000 equivalent units in its 1st week.

New entry at #5 for Future & Lil Uzi Vert's 'Pluto x Baby Pluto' with first week sales of 115.000, while Chris Stapleton's brand new 'Starting Over' lands at #6 with sales of 113.000.

New entry for Korean Band SHINEE's Taemin at #7 with his brand new album 'Never Gonna dance Again: Act 2' and sales of 102.000, while the late Pop Smoke's former chart topping album 'Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon', dips 6-8 this week after selling another 92.000 units and 2.761.000 so far.

Former No. 1, Juice WRLD's 'Legends Never Die', rebounds 10-9 after selling another 61.000 units and 2.421.000 so far, while Harry Styles' former chart topping album, 'Fine LIne', holds at #10 after selling another 59.000 and a total of 3.638.000 so far!

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Billie Eilish's "Therefore I Am" rockets to #1 on the United World Chart!

Posted on December 02, 2020

Billie Eilish's "Therefore I Am" debuts at #1 on the United World Chart! It's her second global No.1 success following "Bad Guy" which topped the United World Chart 19 months ago, and is her fifth Top 10 hit on the chart! The song was written by Eilish and her brother Finneas O'Connell. "Therefore I Am” also debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Global 200 with 72.8 million streams and 26,000 sold worldwide in its first full tracking week, ending Nov. 19, following its Nov. 12 release. The Song vaulted 94-2 on the Billboard US Hot 100 after drawing 24.2 million streams, 14,000 downloads, and 18.3 million radio airplay audience impressions! It's Billie's 4th Top 10 hit in the US and 20th total Hot 100 hit! The Song also debuted at #1 in the US on the Rolling Stone Top 100 and at #1 in Hungary, Ireland, New Zealand and Slovakia. It peaked at #2 in Austria, Canada, Finland, Norway, Switzerland and the UK, #3 in Australia, Czech Republic & Denmark, #4 in Sweden, #5 in Germany, #11 in the Netherlands, #13 in Belgium (Flanders), #15 in Italy, #34 in France, #41 in Belgium (Wallonia), #53 in Scotland and #75 on the Hot 100 in Japan!

Bad Bunnny's reggaeton smash hit, "Dákiti", ft. Jhay Cortez holds at #2! "Dákiti" is #1 for a 2nd week on the new Billboard Global 200 chart and the Billboard Global Chart Excl. US! The Song has been #1 on the Global Spotify Chart over 24 days and has already garnered over 181 million streams on the platform!

Last week's chart topper, "Mood", by 24kGoldn feat. Iann Dior slips 1-3 in its 13th week on the chart. "Mood" also held for a whopping great 35 days atop the Global Spotify chart and has over 496 million streams so far on the platform! Released on July 24, 2020, the song went viral on TikTok, and became a chart success worldwide, topping the Billboard Hot 100 where it is currently #1 for a 5th week!

#BTS 방탄소년단’s “Dynamite holds at #4 for a 2nd week on the United World chart after topping the chart for 8 non consecutive weeks! It's BTS's first english language bop and their most successful single to date! It's the 1st song in 2020 to sell over 1 million downloads, and scored the biggest global sales debut of 2020! It also had the biggest debut of 2020 on Global Spotify with 7.778 million first-day streams, surpassing Taylor Swift's 7.742 million streams of "Cardigan"! "Dynamite" has over 385 million streams on Spotify so far! "Dynamite" also held atop the new Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart for 5 weeks and made history when it topped the US Hot 100 for 3 weeks and held in the US Hot 100 Top 10 for 9 weeks, setting a new record for tracks by Korean Artists.

Ariana Grande

holds at #5 for a 2nd week with her global smash hit "Positions" which debuted at #1 atop the United World Chart! The song also debuted atop the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Grande's fifth US No. 1 single and extending her record of being the 1st artist to have five No. 1 debut singles on the chart and for being the only artist to have the lead singles of all her albums debut within the top-10 of the chart. It also debuted at #1 on the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S., making "Positions" the first song to debut atop both charts and the Hot 100 simultaneously!

MALUMA's "Hawái" slips 6-3 this week on the World United Chart. Maluma scored his highest peak so far at #3 on the Hot 100 last week, powered by the new remix of the song by Canadian superstar

The Weeknd. The song has so far hit over 418 Million streams on Spotify after breaking several streaming records in Latin America!

Former Number One, Jason Derulo and Jawsh685's "Savage Love (Laxed Siren Beat)" dips 6-7 after previously topping the chart for 5 non consecutive weeks, the last of which was thanks to BTS's Remix of the song!

Justin Bieber's "Holy" ft. Chance The Rapper dips 7-8 after debuting at #3 and The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" dips 8-9 this week after previously topping the chart for 17 weeks, the most ever for an artist in 2020! "Blinding Lights" has now surpassed 1.63 Billion streams on Spotify, the most for a song over the past year!

#InternetMoney's "Lemonade" ft Gunna & Don Tolliver dips 9-10 after peaking at #8 three weeks ago!

The second highest debut of the week on the United World Chart is from the Japanese idol boy band SixTONES whose 3rd single, "New Era" debuts at no.11 globally after selling 446,000 single units, according to Oricon.

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Japanese Boy Band Arashi tops this week's United World Album Chart with its 17th and final Studio Album 'This Is Arashi' and massive equivalent sales of 700,000!

Posted on November 22, 2020

Japanese Boy Band Arashi has topped this week's United World Album Chart with its 17th studio album 'This Is Arashi' and massive equivalent units of 700,000, sold in the 1st week acording to Oricon! It's the hugely popular Band's final recording before they go on hiatus on December 31, 2020. As of October 2020, the group had sold over 56.7 million albums, singles and videos and is the best selling boy band in Asia so far! Arashi has continued to release chart-topping singles and albums, perform sold-out concert tours and remain the most popular Boy Band in Japan!

South Korean boy group, Monsta X, debuts at #2 this week with their third studio album 'Fatal Love’ and 173,000 equivalent sales, 167,000 of which comes from the band's native country alone according to Hanteo.

Ariana Grande's 'Positions' dips 2-3 after selling another 152,000 equivalent units and a total of 424,000 since its release while Korean Girl band Mamamoo lands at #4 this week with their brand new album 'Travel' which sold 121,000 equivalent units in its 1st week.

Kylie Minogue debuts at #5 on the United world Chart with her brand new 'Disco' selling 115,000 units and also topping the Official UK Album chart and the ARIA Album chart in Australia!

Former #1, Pop Smoke’s ‘Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon’ holds at No. 6 after selling another 96,000 and 2.669.000 so far, while Korean Superstar Mino lands at #7 this week with his brand new Album 'Take' after selling 83,000 equivalent units.

Ab6ix's 'Salute' debuts at #8 with 83,000 equivalent units and Australian Rapper The Kid Laroi's new Mixtape 'F*ck Love' enters the United World Album's Top 10 at #9 after selling another 75,000 equivalent units and 398,000 so far.

Former #1, Juice WRLD's 'Legends Never Die', holds at #10 with equivalent sales of 63,000 and a total of 2,360,000 so far!

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24Goldn's "Mood" ft. iann Dior finally hits No. 1 on the United World Chart!

Posted on November 22, 2020

24kGoldn's "Mood" ft. iann dior finally makes it to #1 on the United World Chart, up 2-1 after 12 weeks on the tally. The song was powered by the new Justin Bieber and J Balvin Remix! The song also tops the Global Airplay chart! "Mood" also held for a whopping great 35 days atop the Global Spotify chart and has over 475 million streams so far on the platform! Released on July 24, 2020, the song went viral on TikTok, and became a chart success worldwide, topping the Billboard Hot 100 where it is currently #1 for a 4th week! It also takes over as the most-streamed song of the week for the first time, logging its first frame atop the Streaming Songs chart. "Mood" garnered 25.3 million U.S. streams and sold 13,000 downloads in the US in the week ending Nov. 12, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. It also scored 85 million radio airplay audience impressions (up nearly 1%) in the week ending Nov. 15. The track spends a third week at No. 1 on the Radio Songs chart. The song also jumps 6-2 on Digital Song Sales. "Mood" became the first song to top the Hot 100, Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, Hot Alternative Songs, and Hot Rap Songs charts in the same week! The song hit #2 on the new Billboard Global 200 chart! Internationally, "Mood" has peaked at #1 in Australia, Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The song also hit #2 in Belgium, #3 in Finland & Lithuania, #4 in Greece, #7 in France, #8 in Italy, #10 in Scotland, #13 in Romania, #15 in Malaysia, #22 in Slovenia, #32 in Spain and #38 in Poland. "Mood" has so far been certified Gold in Denmark for 45k units, Gold in Germany for 200K units and Gold in Italy for 35k units! It has gone Platinum in Austria for 30k units, Platinum in New Zealand for 30k units, Platinum in the US for 400k units and double Platinum in Australia for 140k units!

Just behind 'Mood' is the reggaeton smash hit "Dákiti" by Puerto Rican Superstars Bad Bunny and Jhay Cortez who are #1 this week on the new Billbord Global 200 chart and the Billboard Global Chart Excl. US! The song holds atop the Global Spotify chart for a 18th day with over 147 million streams so far on the platform!

MALUMA's streaming hit 'Hawái' shoots 10 - 3 powered by a new remix of the song by Canadian superstar The Weeknd. This is Maluma's highest position so far! The song has so far hit over 406 Million streams on Spotify.

#BTS 방탄소년단’s “Dynamite slips 1-4 on the United World chart after holding at #1 for 8th unconsecutive days! Only Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion's "WAP", BTS' own Remix of Jason Derulo & Jawsh685's "Savage Love" and Ariana Grande's smash hit "Positions" managed to replace "Dynamite" for 1 week atop the global chart since its release on August 21st up till "Mood" took over the United World Chart this week! It's BTS's first english language bop and their most successful single to date! It is the 1st song in 2020 to sell over 1 million downloads and scored the biggest global sales debut of 2020! It also had the biggest debut of 2020 on Global Spotify with 7.778 million first-day streams, surpassing Taylor Swift's 7.742 million streams of "Cardigan"! "Dynamite" has over 363 million streams on Spotify so far and is #2 on the Global Spotify Chart! "Dynamite" also held atop the new Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart for 5 weeks and the Billboard Global 200 chart for 3 and made history when it topped the US Hot 100 for 3 weeks and held in the US Hot 100 Top 10 for 9 weeks, setting a new record for tracks by South Korean groups. It is the World’s most viewed video of All time in its first 24 hours!

Ariana Grande, dips 3-5 with her global smash hit "Positions" which debuted at #1 on the United World Chart! The Song also debuted atop the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Grande's fifth US number-one single and extending her record of being the first artist to have five number-one debut singles on the chart and for being the only artist to have the lead singles of each of her albums debut within the top-10 of the chart. It also debuted at #1 on the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S., making "Positions" the first song to debut simultaneously atop both charts and the Hot 100.

Former Number One, Jason Derulo and Jawsh685's "Savage Love (Laxed Siren Beat)" dips 5-6 after previously topping the chart for 5 non consecutive weeks.

Justin Bieber's "Holy" ft. Chance The Rapper holds at #7 for a 2nd week after debuting at #3, and The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" dips 6-8 this week after previously topping the chart for 17 weeks, the most ever for an artist in 2020. "Blinding Lights" has now surpassed 1.6 Billion streams on Spotify, the most for a song in 2020! The Song peaked at No. 1 in 34 countries, including the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 where "Blinding Lights" spent 4 weeks at #1, 39 weeks in the top ten and 33 weeks in the top five, breaking records for the most time spent on the Top 10 and Top 5 since the Billboard Hot 100 began in 1958! The Song became the Weeknd’s 5th number One Single in Canada, spending 7 weeks atop the chart! It also became his first number one single in Germany where it held atop the official chart for 10 weeks. In the United Kingdom it topped the Official Chart for 8 weeks, and in Australia it topped the ARIA chart for 11 weeks, thus making it the most successful single worldwide in 2020 to date!

#InternetMoney's "Lemonade" holds at #9 for a 3rd week after peaking at #8 two weeks ago and Miley Cyrus' 'Midnight Sky" shoots 16 - 10 this week!

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