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Forbes
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Alex Warren Rockets Into The Top 10 With An Unusual Strategy
Alex Warren expands You'll Be Alright, Kid into a full-length, sending the set into the top 10 on ... More four Billboard charts, including the Billboard 200. TONSBERG, NORWAY - JULY 10: Alex Warren performs on stage during Slottsfjell festival at Slottsfjellet on July 10, 2025 in Tonsberg, Norway. (Photo by Anne-Marie Forker/Redferns) Alex Warren employed an interesting strategy when it came to releasing his debut album. Instead of dropping a brand new, full-length effort completely separate from his You'll Be Alright, Kid (Chapter One) EP, he chose to expand upon that shorter project. In doing so, he rockets up several Billboard rankings and earns his first placements within the top 10 across multiple charts at once. The full-length You'll Be Alright, Kid has now spent months on the most important albums roster in America, and it's bigger than ever. You'll Be Alright, Kid's Big Singles The 21-track album includes all 10 songs from You'll Be Alright, Kid (Chapter One) as well as additional cuts like "Eternity," "Bloodline" with Jelly Roll, "On My Mind" with Rosé, and of course, "Ordinary." The incredible popularity of that track — which leads the Hot 100 again this week — is largely responsible for the success of You'll Be Alright, Kid, which pushes Warren into the highest reaches of the biggest charts in the American music industry. Alex Warren Bolts Into the Top 10 Warren shoots from No. 19 to No. 5 on the Billboard 200 as You'll Be Alright, Kid changes from an EP to a proper album. The project also enters the top tier of the Top Streaming Albums list for the first time, jumping from No. 15 to No. 5. Alex Warren's Album Debuts Inside the Top 10 As You'll Be Alright, Kid rockets up those Billboard tallies, it also debuts inside the top 10 on two more rosters. Warren's first full-length arrives at No. 5 on the Vinyl Albums list and No. 7 on the Top Album Sales chart. Months on the Charts Already You'll Be Alright, Kid is brand new to both the general sales tally and the vinyl chart, but it has lived for months on the other two rankings, where it now bolts into the loftiest tier. Warren's project has spent 18 weeks on the Top Streaming Albums list and 35 on the Billboard 200. Billboard groups the two efforts into one for charting purposes. The original EP, You'll Be Alright, Kid (Chapter One), peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard 200, just shy of the top 10, before being re-released and expanded.
Forbes
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Rosé Leaps Over Two Of Jung Kook's Biggest Hits
Rosé climbs to No. 18 on the Adult Pop Airplay chart with 'On My Mind,' which is now the ... More third-highest hit by a K-pop soloist in the tally's history. NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 10: Rose visits SiriusXM Studios on October 10, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by) Ever since she released her single 'Apt.' with Bruno Mars in mid-2024, Rosé has been on an incredible and historic run. The Blackpink superstar first reached the airwaves as one of the four singers in the K-pop girl group, but everything changed when it was time to begin pushing tunes from her then-forthcoming solo album, Rosie. In less than a year, Rosé has become one of the most successful K-pop soloists of all time on Billboard's radio rankings. Nearly every frame brings her to a new milestone or helps her manage an unprecedented feat, and this period is no different. Rosé's New Collaboration Rises Again About a month ago, Rosé teamed up with Alex Warren for a new single titled "On My Mind." The collaboration is featured on Warren's debut full-length, You'll Be Alright, Kid, which essentially expands on his EP You'll Be Alright, Kid (Chapter One). "On My Mind" has been living on the Adult Pop Airplay chart for nearly a month, and this frame, it climbs from No. 22 to No. 18. As it does, the track becomes a history-making win for Rosé. 'On My Mind' Passes Two of Jung Kook's Singles "On My Mind" is now the third-highest-charting hit of all time by any K-pop solo musician on the Adult Pop Airplay chart. Just last week, the track sat at No. 22, tying for fourth place on this historic ranking alongside "Too Much," fronted by pop singer The Kid Laroi and which also credits rapper Central Cee and BTS star Jung Kook. That tune peaked at No. 22 before falling off the tally. As "On My Mind" lifts four spots, it not only breaks its tie with "Too Much," but also passes the No. 19 peak of "Seven" by Jung Kook and hip-hop musician Latto. Rosé Earns one of the Highest-Rising Hits Ever Rosé also now claims the third-highest-rising single of all time on the Adult Pop Airplay chart when looking solely at K-pop soloists. Her own 'Apt.' missed out on becoming the first No. 1 by any South Korean figure when it peaked at No. 2. Her bandmate Lisa has pushed her Maroon 5 duet "Priceless" to No. 6 so far.
Metro
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Major music festival with A-list headliners cancelled at the last minute
Connecticut's popular Soundside Music Festival has abruptly been cancelled, two months before its headliners were set to take the stage. The two-day event – which was set to return to Seaside Park in Bridgeport, Connecticut on September 27 and 28 – has been axed due to 'circumstances beyond our control', organisers have said. The headliners slated for the event were The Killers, Weezer, Hozier and Vampire Weekend, with Japanese Breakfast, Remi Wolf, Alex Warren and The Last Dinner Party also included in the line-up. But now a brief message on the festival's website has announced: 'Due to circumstances beyond our control, Soundside Music Festival has been cancelled. 'Tickets will be refunded to the original method of payment in as little as 30 days depending on your bank's processing time.' The festival organisers have not provided any further specifics on why the event will not be going ahead. The official Soundside Music Festival social media accounts were taken down following the announcement, including its Instagram and Facebook pages, which had over 52,000 combined followers. General admission for a single-day ticket to the festival started at $170 (£127), according to the Soundside Music Festival's now-deleted ticket page. This comes after the Foo Fighters cancelled their performance at the festival last year, following on from lead singer Dave Grohl's admission that he cheated on his wife and fathered a child with another person. The gig was slated for September 29, 2024, but was pulled without an explanation in an Instagram post which had its comments promptly switched off. The announcement came after the rock band had been shaken by controversy just weeks earlier, as Dave, 56, shared a statement to social media in which he admitted he was the father to a new baby daughter born outside his marriage. More Trending To the shock of fans, the frontman – who has been married to Jordyn Blum since 2003 – shared on Instagram: 'I plan to be a loving and supportive parent to her. 'I love my wife and my children, and I am doing everything I can to regain their trust and earn their forgiveness. 'We're grateful for your consideration toward all the children involved, as we move forward together.' Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: I got to see Ozzy Osbourne's last ever gig thanks to Metro – it was the best day of my life MORE: Tomorrowland hit by second tragedy after woman dies at fire struck festival MORE: Berghaus drops iconic festival collection – including Liam Gallagher's legendary '97 jacket re-release
Atlantic
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Atlantic
Justin Bieber Is Here to Save a Summer of Strangeness
Can this really be the song of the summer? For seven weeks now, the most popular tune in the country has been Alex Warren's 'Ordinary'—a solemn ballad that has all of the warm-weather appropriateness of a fur coat. Ideally, the song of the summer is a buoyant one, giving you a beat to bob a flamingo floatie to. 'Ordinary,' instead, is made for stomping, moping, and forgetting. The top reaches of the Billboard Hot 100 have otherwise mostly been stale and flukey, filled with songs that were popular last summer (Teddy Swims's 'Lose Control'), replacement-level efforts by the streaming behemoths Drake and Morgan Wallen, and tie-ins from the Netflix cartoon show KPop Demon Hunters. Then, just last week, a welcome bit of warmth and novelty emerged at No. 2—'Daisies' by Justin Bieber, the unlikely emblem of our obviously fragile national mood. Perhaps you aren't inclined to check out new music by a formerly chirpy child star who lately has been best known for his surreal interactions with paparazzi. But earlier this month, the 31-year-old Bieber suddenly released a new album, Swag, that made headlines for being rather good. Not 'good for Bieber'; good for a modern pop release. Swag filled a void in the summer-listening landscape by meeting listeners where they so clearly seem to be—less in need of a party-fueling energy drink than a soothing slather of aloe. The album is Bieber's first since parting ways with manager Scooter Braun, the record-business kingpin who recently seemed to suffer a catastrophic collapse in support from the celebrity class. The music departs from the pert poppiness of Bieber's past to indulge the singer's well-documented fascination with hip-hop and R&B. In one interlude, the comedian Druski tells Bieber 'your soul is Black'; the assertion is cringey, but the album's music is significantly more subtle than that. Bieber never really raps. Rather, he uses his ever-yearning, creamy-soft voice to do what great rappers and R&B singers often do: find a pocket within a beat, and then let emotions be his guide. What's really fascinating about the album, though, is that it sounds like it's wrapped in gauze. The production is aqueous and rippling, rather than shiny and laminated as one might expect from Bieber. Swag is heavily influenced by the indie producer-artists Dijon (who collaborated on a few of the album's songs) and (a producer on 'Daisies'). They have risen to prominence by swirling bygone rock and pop signifiers into a comforting yet complex stew of sound. Swag 's songs similarly hit the listener with a sense of gentle intrigue, like a minor recovered memory. The instant hit 'Daisies' exemplifies the approach. Its twanging guitars and pounding drums scan as countrified classic rock, but every element seems muffled, as if emanating from an iPhone lost in a couch. The verses steadily build energy and excitement—but then disperse in a gentle puff of feeling. In a lullaby whisper, Bieber sings of pining for his girl and sticking with her through good times and bad. 'Hold on, hold on,' goes one refrain: a statement of desire for safety and stability, not passion and heat. But my personal song-of-the-summer nomination would be Swag 's opening track, 'All I Can Take.' It opens in a tenor of pure cheese, with keyboard tones that were last fashionable when Steve Winwood and Boyz II Men were soundtracking school dances. A lightly pumping beat comes to the fore, setting the stage for a parade of different-sounding Biebers to perform. In one moment, he's a panting Michael Jackson impersonator. In another, he's an electronically distorted hyperpop sprite. The song is serene, and pretty, and ever so sad—yet it's also wiggling with details that suggest there's more to the story than initially meets the ear. The lyrics thread together sex talk with hints of stresses that must be escaped; 'It's all I can take in this moment,' Bieber sings, hinting at a burnout whose cause the listener is left to imagine. Swag 's approach—downtempo yet bustling, melancholic yet awake—is on trend emotionally as much as it is musically. Though the year has brought no shortage of bright, upbeat pop albums from the likes of Lady Gaga and Kesha, the music that's sticking around has a reserved, simmering quality. The biggest Wallen song of the moment is 'What I Want,' a collaboration with the whisper-singing diva Tate McRae; it builds suspense for a full minute before any percussion enters. One rising hit, Ravyn Lenae's 'Love Me Not,' has a neo-soul arrangement that fidgets enough to keep the ear occupied without demanding active attention. A dreary technological reason probably explains why this kind of music is popular: Streaming rewards background fare more than it rewards jolting dynamism. But even looking at my own recent playlists, downtempo seems in. The best song by Addison Rae, the TikTok phenom turned pop mastermind, is 'Headphones On,' a chill-out track laden with tolling bells and jazz keyboards. I have kept returning to the album Choke Enough by Oklou, a French singer who makes electronic pop that's so skeletal and frail-seeming, you worry you're despoiling the songs merely by listening to them. Other recent highlights: the mumbled and dreamy indie rock of Alex G's Headlights, the depressive easy listening of Haim's I quit, and 'Shapeshifter,' the wintry-sounding standout from Lorde's Virgin. It's hard to avoid psychoanalyzing this season's musical offerings and concluding that the culture is suffering from malaise, or at least a hangover. After all, just a year ago we had ' Brat summer,' named for the hedonistic Charli XCX album. The songs of that summer were irrepressible: Sabrina Carpenter's sarcastic 'Espresso,' Kendrick Lamar's taunting 'Not Like Us,' and Shaboozey's thumping 'A Bar Song (Tipsy).' But this year, Charli XCX's biggest song is 'Party 4 U'—a pandemic-doldrums ballad released in 2020 that recently blew up thanks to a TikTok trend of people sharing emo stories about their lives. The track captures a bleary feeling of trying to have fun but getting pulled into melancholy. That's a feeling lots of Americans surely can relate to. Every era brings its own reasons to fret about the state of the world, but the headline-news topics of late—wars, deportations, layoffs—are upending lives in profound ways at mass scale. Swag isn't about any of that, but great pop always works to make small and personal emotions echo broad, communal ones. Bieber's highly publicized experiences navigating mental health, drug use, and physical maladies have long served up a cautionary tale about life in the internet era. In the months leading up to Swag 's release, he posted angry, inscrutable messages online and confronted reporters on the streets. Pundits have taken to asking Is he okay? The cooling, noncommittal, lightly distressed sound of Swag is an answer of sorts. Like many of us, he's doing as well as can be, given the circumstances.
Forbes
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Justin Bieber Misses No. 1 On Billboard's Two Biggest Charts
Justin Bieber's Swag and lead single 'Daisies' both debut at No. 2, blocked from the Billboard 200 ... More and Hot 100's top spots by JackBoys and Alex Warren. LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 15: Justin Bieber is seen on April 15, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by DUTCH/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) GC Images Justin Bieber is used to hitting No. 1 on the Billboard charts, as he has done so dozens of times throughout his career and across a variety of rankings. When he surprise-released his new album Swag on July 11, it appeared he was headed for another chart-topping full-length, and after a few days, it looked like lead single "Daisies" might also compete for a No. 1 start on the Hot 100. Bieber came very close to making those predictions a reality, but in both instances, on Billboard's two most important and closely watched rankings, he missed the mark by just one space. Swag was poised to launch at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 until Travis Scott revealed his group JackBoys had a new album ready to share. JackBoys 2 dropped several days after Bieber's R&B-leaning project, yet it easily outpaced the pop star's latest release. JackBoys 2 opens at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 232,000 equivalent units, while Swag launches with just under 163,000, according to Luminate. This week marks the first time that Bieber has failed to debut a proper studio album at the top of the Billboard 200, as he's forced to settle for second place. At the same time that Swag opens at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, promotional cut "Daisies" fails to earn Bieber another No. 1 smash in America. The track, which wasn't pushed ahead of the album's release, debuts in the runner-up spot on the Hot 100, Billboard's ranking of the most-consumed songs in the U.S. "Daisies" is the highest-ranking debut from Swag and the only top 10 hit from the project, and this week, it lands behind "Ordinary" by Alex Warren. As it arrives, Bieber scores his twenty-seventh top 10 hit. Eight of those tunes have reached No. 1, while only a few — such as "Boyfriend," "Cold Water" with Major Lazer and MØ, and "I Don't Care" with Ed Sheeran — have stalled just one rung shy of the summit. A No. 2 debut for either a song or an album would be impressive for most artists. Launching in that position on both tallies at the same time is certainly notable — but for Bieber, it's a slight letdown. It's been years since the Canadian pop singer released a new album, and anticipation was quite high for whatever was coming next. He simply happened to pick a week when Scott and his bandmates were also planning a surprise drop, which is unfortunate for him. Had the release date shifted ever so slightly, it's likely the Grammy winner would have conquered the Billboard 200, and possibly also the Hot 100.
