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Forbes
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Sabrina Carpenter's Pre-Fame Album Mounts An Impressive Comeback
Sabrina Carpenter's Emails I Can't Send reappears on four U.K. charts as she returns to London for ... More her Short n' Sweet Tour. LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 01: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Sabrina Carpenter performs on stage during The BRIT Awards 2025 at The O2 Arena on March 01, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by) Sabrina Carpenter is currently in Europe performing the second leg of her Short n' Sweet Tour. She first played to crowds in the United Kingdom back in March, and now she's returned for several more performances in London. Her return to the capital is partially to thank for her huge surge on the charts across the U.K. Many of Carpenter's songs are benefitting from all the attention, as is the album she released just before becoming a global powerhouse. Emails I Can't Send, which dropped in the summer of 2022, is currently living on four charts in the U.K. this frame – an impressive resurgence for a title that wasn't present on any of them last week. Emails I Can't Send Returns to the U.K. Charts Emails I Can't Send reappears at No. 70 on both the Official Albums chart and the Official Physical Albums tally. It also lands at No. 73 on the Official Albums Streaming list and No. 78 on the Official Albums Sales ranking. A Year on the Charts Emails I Can't Send has now spent over a year on both the main list of the biggest albums in the U.K. and the ranking of the most-streamed collections. The project has not yet reached that milestone on either of the sales-based tallies, but with a few more weeks on those lists, it certainly could. Throughout all that time, Emails I Can't Send has never climbed higher than No. 25 on any of those rosters. It reached that high mark on the list of the bestselling albums available in a physical format. The project only recently broke into the top 40 for the first time on the most competitive and all-encompassing albums roster, where it stalled at No. 40. Short N' Sweet Lives Inside the Top 10 As Emails I Can't Send breaks back onto several charts, Short n' Sweet holds inside the top 10 on five of the Official tallies in the U.K. At the moment, the Grammy-winning effort ranks as the third-most-consumed project in the nation, trailing behind two classic albums from Oasis that shoot north thanks to that band's just-launched reunion tour. Carpenter's beloved project reappears on multiple lists across the pond, climbing on several while dipping slightly on the Official Albums Streaming chart.
Forbes
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Van Morrison's New No. 1 Keeps His Career Winning Streak Perfect
Van Morrison's Remembering Now launches at No. 1 on Billboard's Blues Albums chart, marking his ... More fourth consecutive leader and maintaining a flawless record in the genre. MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE - APRIL 29: Van Morrison performs during Beale Street Music Festival at Liberty Park on April 29, 2022 in Memphis, Tennessee. (Photo by) Throughout his decades-long career, Van Morrison's music has been classified under many different genres, as he has experimented and tried his hand at various styles. He has produced work that can be categorized as soul, rock, R&B, folk, and especially blues. Billboard has placed many of his most recent projects on the Blues Albums chart, where the Northern Irish singer-songwriter earns another champion. Remembering Now Debuts at No. 1 in America This week, Morrison's new full-length Remembering Now opens atop the Blues Albums chart, which ranks the most consumed full-lengths and EPs in that style. As it arrives, the musician doesn't only land a new winner — he keeps his track record perfect. Van Morrison's Perfect Track Record Morrison has only sent four releases to the Blues Albums ranking throughout his career. As Remembering Now debuts, all four have now reached No. 1. The singer-songwriter first conquered the tally in May 2021 with Latest Record Project, Volume 1. He returned to the summit a little over a year later with What's It Gonna Take?, and in March 2023, Moving On Skiffle opened in first place. All four of Morrison's chart-toppers have spent just one week running the show, though some of his earlier works have remained on the list for dozens of frames. Van Morrison's Multi-Genre Success Billboard labels Remembering Now not only blues, but also places the title on the Top Americana/Folk Albums chart. On that list, Morrison arrives at No. 20, earning his twelfth career placement. The same set launches one slot lower at No. 21 on the Top Album Sales tally. Morrison's latest kicks off its time on that roster with 4,500 pure purchases, according to Luminate, the company that collects sales and streaming data in the United States, which is then used to compile the Billboard charts every week.
Forbes
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Lady Gaga's Unstoppable Debut Album
Lady Gaga's The Fame hits 350 weeks on the U.K. Albums chart, extending its record as her ... More longest-charting project, even outpacing new release Mayhem. SNL50: THE RED CARPET — Pictured: Lady Gaga on Sunday, February 16, 2025 — (Photo by NBC/Noam Galai/NBC via Getty Images) Lady Gaga's debut full-length The Fame is far from the average pop album. It reintroduced electronic dance music to the mainstream over a decade ago and changed the sound of top 40 for years. Since its arrival, Gaga has released many hit singles and iconic albums, but none have come close to rivaling The Fame in terms of longevity. The singer's first project is still present on the United Kingdom's charts to this day, and it continues to extend its lead as Gaga's longest-running title ever. The Fame Reaches 350 Weeks on the Albums Chart The Fame has now spent 350 weeks on the Official Albums chart, which tracks the most-consumed releases in the U.K. The title has stood as Gaga's clear winner in terms of long-term performance in the country for years. In fact, none of her other full-lengths or EPs have even managed to spend 100 weeks on the tally. Her second-longest-running release, Born This Way, held on the competitive ranking for just 60 frames. The Fame Continues to Outpace Lady Gaga's New Album Right now, The Fame is present on both the Official Albums and Official Albums Streaming charts. Though it is declining on both, the project now outperforms Gaga's much newer release. The singer dropped Mayhem earlier in 2025, and while it was another major win, it's unlikely to stick around in the same way that The Fame has. This week, Mayhem slides from No. 49 to No. 69 on the Official Albums chart, landing just three spots below The Fame, which was released 17 years earlier. The gap between the two full-lengths is even wider on the Official Albums Streaming chart, where The Fame dips to No. 52 while Mayhem slides to No. 83. Mayhem is still present on both the Official Albums Sales and Official Physical Albums charts, though — rankings where The Fame no longer appears. In that respect, Gaga's newer studio effort holds its own. Two Mayhem Singles Are Still Charting Two singles from Mayhem continue to appear on at least one U.K. ranking. "Die With a Smile," her collaboration with Bruno Mars, is present on four tallies after 44 weeks on each of them. Meanwhile, "Abracadabra" is on its way out, falling more than 30 spots to No. 98 on the Official Singles Downloads chart. None of the tracks from The Fame are present in the U.K. at the moment. One other Gaga cut, "Always Remember Us This Way" from the A Star Is Born soundtrack, is still performing well enough to appear on multiple lists.
Forbes
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Queen Is Unlike Most Bands When It Comes To The Charts
Queen's name remains ever-present on the music charts in the United Kingdom. The group's catalog is so filled with hit singles that at least one compilation powered by its songs keeps the band on the weekly rankings, and in some cases, multiple collections appear. That's the case this frame, as several of Queen's most popular compilations not only make room on the charts, but return to them – but there's no crossover between the band's comebacks. Queen's Greatest Hits is present on four lists in the U.K. this week, and it returns to two of them. Typically, when a collection reappears on multiple rankings, it's because consumption of the set is growing in one form or another. This time around, Greatest Hits breaks back onto both the Official Albums Sales and Official Physical Albums charts at Nos. 87 and 86, respectively. At the same time, it declines on both the Official Albums Streaming roster and the Official Albums ranking, which measures the most consumed full-lengths and EPs in the nation. Queen also finds its way back to the Official Album Downloads chart, but not with Greatest Hits. Instead, another similar compilation, The Platinum Collection, reappears at No. 76 on the ranking of the most downloaded projects in the U.K. Queen currently appears on five different albums rankings in the nation with multiple projects, but there's no overlap between them at the moment. The outfit doesn't take up more than one space on a single list at a time, and yet there's enough interest in the band's work to power the two titles. Queen has reached No. 1 on most of the tallies the group currently appears on with these albums – but not in every instance. Greatest Hits still has yet to become the most-streamed release in the U.K. at any point, as it has thus far peaked at No. 5 on the Official Albums Streaming roster. The Platinum Collection, meanwhile, has climbed as high as No. 4, despite the fact that it has lived on the list for 356 frames. It's not uncommon for legacy acts like Queen to continue charting thanks to compilations, as that is typically how most fans revisit the smash hits that made a band famous in the first place. What's notable when it comes to Queen's performance is that the group remains on these rankings for hundreds of weeks at a time — and that the rockers can sometimes see multiple similar compilations live on the tallies simultaneously. That consistent presence shows that there is demand not just for these projects, but also for the tunes featured on their tracklists.
Korea Herald
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Korea Herald
G Dragon announces more tour stops
G Dragon of Big Bang added four stops to his ongoing solo tour. In a poster for 'phase 3' of his 'Ubermensch' world tour uploaded to social media on Monday, the singer announced his plan to visit three cities in the US — Newark, Las Vegas and Los Angeles — as well as Paris from late August to September. G Dragon is set to fly to Australia next month for performances in three cities before heading to nine more cities across Asia. The tour launched in April in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, and is his first solo road trip in eight years. His previous solo tour featured 36 shows in about 29 cities and drew around 654,000 fans, the most for a K-pop solo act at the time. The current tour is named after his third solo studio album, released in February. It topped the iTunes Top Albums chart in 28 regions and sold over a million copies, a first for him as a solo artist.
