Latest news with #MainstreamRockAirplay
Forbes
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Foo Fighters Break A Tie With One Of The Biggest Bands In Rock Music
Foo Fighters score a thirty-third top 10 hit on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Airplay chart with ... More 'Today's Song,' breaking the band's tie with Shinedown for the most ever. NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 12: Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters performs onstage during the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards at Barclays Center on September 12, 2021 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo byfor MTV/ViacomCBS) Less than a month after Foo Fighters released a new single titled simply "Today's Song," the track has already proven itself to be a big hit. The cut arrived in early July as a standalone release and quickly climbed the Billboard charts, giving the legendary rock outfit another win. As "Today's Song" continues to rise, the band breaks an important tie and claims a new historic first. Foo Fighters Make History With "Today's Song" On the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart this week, "Today's Song" bolts into the top 10. The track surges from No. 24 to No. 10, entering the highest tier for the first time just three weeks into its lifespan. Foo Fighters have now scored 33 top 10 smashes on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart — an all-time record among all artists. Foo Fighters Break a Tie Before "Today's Song" reached the top 10, Foo Fighters were tied with Shinedown for the most appearances inside the highest tier of the Mainstream Rock Airplay ranking. Shinedown is steady with 32 placements, but that number could change at any point, and the group may soon tie Foo Fighters once again. Another rock act, Five Finger Death Punch, isn't far behind, with 31 top 10 hits to its credit. Radio Dominance for 'Today's Song' "Today's Song" is turning out to be quite the radio smash in the rock world. The Foo Fighters track soars into the top 10 on both the Mainstream Rock Airplay and Alternative Airplay charts, while also jumping from No. 3 to No. 1 on the Rock & Alternative Airplay list. This week, the tune also debuts on the Adult Alternative Airplay ranking, coming in at No. 32. Foo Fighters already claim the most No. 1s of all time on the Rock & Alternative Airplay chart and the most top 10 smashes on the Alternative Airplay list. With "Today's Song," the group further extends its lead over all other acts in these regards.
Yahoo
07-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Funeral Portrait Nabs Second Mainstream Rock Airplay No. 1 With ‘Holy Water'
The Funeral Portrait goes 2-for-2 atop Billboard's Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, lifting to No. 1 on the June 14-dated survey with 'Holy Water.' The track, which features Five Finger Death Punch vocalist Ivan Moody, is the band's second Mainstream Rock Airplay ruler in as many entries, following the one-week reign of 'Suffocate City,' featuring Ice Nine Kills' Spencer Charnas, last November. More from Billboard Jon Bellion Was Tired of Songwriters Getting 'Paid F-king Dirt' - So He Flipped the Script With 'Father Figure' Elvis Crespo, Elena Rose, Kapo & More: Vote for the Best New Latin Music This Week The Weeknd Wanders Through Purgatory in 'Baptized in Fear' Music Video This time around, The Funeral Portrait's trip to No. 1 is one week quicker; 'Holy Water' rules in its 18th frame on the chart. Moody reaches No. 1 on Mainstream Rock Airplay as a solo act for the first time, having exceeded his No. 10 peak as a featured vocalist on Cory Marks' 'Outlaws & Outsiders,' alongside Travis Tritt and Mick Mars, in 2020. Five Finger Death Punch, with him as frontman, boasts 15 leaders, third-most dating to the ranking's March 1981 inception. Concurrently, 'Holy Water' places at No. 11 on the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart with 2.5 million audience impressions, up 8%, in the week ending June 5, according to Luminate. The song reached a No. 8 high a week earlier and marks The Funeral Portrait's first top 10 on the tally, having passed the No. 11 best of 'Suffocate City.' 'Holy Water' is the second single from The Funeral Portrait's 2024 album Greetings From Suffocate City. Released in September, the set has earned 25,000 equivalent album units to date. The collection is the second full-length from the group, which formed in Atlanta more than a decade ago. All Billboard charts dated June 14 will update Tuesday, June 10. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Four Decades of 'Madonna': A Look Back at the Queen of Pop's Debut Album on the Charts Chart Rewind: In 1990, Madonna Was in 'Vogue' Atop the Hot 100
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Producer Spotlight: Carl Bown Tops Producer Charts Thanks to Breakout Sleep Token Album
Billboard's Producer Spotlight series highlights creatives currently charting on Billboard's producer rankings. Whether they are new to the industry or have been churning out hit after hit, the intention is to showcase where they are now, and their work that's having a chart impact. Longtime hard rock producer Carl Bown scores a career milestone on Billboard's latest charts (dated May 24), thanks to his work on Sleep Token's breakout album, Even in Arcadia. More from Billboard Tory Lanez Is Being Transferred to a New Prison After Being Stabbed, His Dad Says Aaron Paul Opens Up About Tracking Down Tour Managers to Get Bands to Perform in His Living Room Ye Claims He's 'Done With Antisemitism': 'Forgive Me for the Pain I've Caused' The band reaches unprecedented heights this week, as the album debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 127,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in its first week, according to Luminate. Concurrently, all 10 tracks from the album land on the Billboard Hot 100, making Sleep Token the first hard rock act in history to chart as many as 10 songs simultaneously in a single week. Here's a full breakdown of Sleep Token's entries on the Hot 100: No. 56, 'Dangerous' (debut) No. 57, 'Caramel' (re-entry; peaked at No. 34) No. 58, 'Emergence' (re-entry; peaked at No. 57) No. 61, 'Even in Arcadia' (debut) No. 66, 'Look to Windward' (debut) No. 70, 'Past Self' (debut) No. 72, 'Damocles' (re-entry; peaked at No. 47) No. 75, 'Gethsemane' (debut) No. 77, 'Provider' (debut) No. 100, 'Infinite Baths' (debut) Bown is credited as the sole producer on all 10 tracks, propelling him to No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Producers chart for the first time in his career. He also claims the top spot on Rock Producers, Alternative Producers, Hard Rock Producers, and Rock & Alternative Producers. Bown, a veteran of the U.K. hard rock scene, has been a go-to producer for many of the genre's biggest names. He's also worked with Bullet for My Valentine, Bring Me the Horizon, While She Sleeps, Gunship, Pendulum and Trivium, among others. Before teaming up with Sleep Token, Bown had only appeared on Billboard's song charts with four singles by Bullet for My Valentine: 'You Want a Battle? (Here's a War)': No. 37 on Mainstream Rock Airplay, No. 46 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (2015) 'Don't Need You': No. 49 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (2016) 'Knives': No. 16 on Hot Hard Rock Songs, No. 39 Mainstream Rock Airplay (2021) 'Shatter': No. 24 on Hot Hard Rock Songs (2021) Based in Manchester, U.K., Bown is also the founder and owner of Treehouse Studios in Chesterfield, a popular recording hub for many of the records he's helmed. Meanwhile, two of Sleep Token's members, Vessel I and Vessel II, also achieve a notable feat. They rank at Nos. 1 and 2 on Billboard's Hot 100 Songwriters chart, respectively. Known for their anonymity, the cloaked and masked artists have remained publicly unidentified. Vessel I is credited as a writer on all 10 of the band's Hot 100 entries, while Vessel II is credited on eight. Billboard launched its songwriters and producers charts in June 2019, including those for individual genres. The charts are based on total points accrued by a songwriter and producer, respectively, for each attributed song that appears on their respective 'Hot' or 'Top' chart. As with Billboard's yearly recaps, multiple writers or producers split points for each song equally (and the dividing of points will lead to occasional ties on rankings). The full Songwriters and Producers charts, plus those for other genres, can be found on Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Four Decades of 'Madonna': A Look Back at the Queen of Pop's Debut Album on the Charts Chart Rewind: In 1990, Madonna Was in 'Vogue' Atop the Hot 100
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
At Welcome to Rockville, Shinedown celebrates Florida homecoming
Editor's note: The Welcome to Rockville music fest returns to Daytona Beach May 15-18. News-Journal reporter Jim Abbott chatted with several of the acts scheduled to play. With Jacksonville roots, Shinedown is no stranger to Welcome to Rockville, appearing as a featured act at the 2012 edition in that city's Metropolitan Park as well as numerous times at Planetfest, a radio station festival with a 10-year run that pre-dated Rockville's arrival. 'When it was Planetfest, it was sponsored by Planet Radio (107.3 FM) and we played that for many years,' said drummer and original Shinedown member Barry Kerch, who still lives in Jacksonville. 'We were the opening band after it first became first Rockville in 2012 and it was awesome.' At this year's Welcome to Rockville, Shinedown's opening-night main stage headlining set on Thursday, May 15, will be part of a lineup of more than 150 bands on five stages over four days at Daytona International Speedway, a lineup that includes additional headliners Green Day, Linkin Park and Korn. For Shinedown, it'll be an opportunity to make a full-fledged Rockville debut during its Speedway era after the band's 2022 set was cut short after four songs as series of thunderstorms pummeled the Speedway's infield. Over two days that year, the threatening weather caused the cancellation of performances by two headliners, Guns N' Roses and Korn, among numerous others. 'We played in 2022, but we only did a few songs before the skies opened up and they stopped the show,' Kerch said. 'We did four songs and then the fire marshals shut it down. It was frustrating for us, but you can't control mother nature. She always wins.' After more than two decades, Shinedown — Kerch, lead singer Brent Smith, guitarist Zach Myers and bassist Eric Bass — has established itself as a rock band with an unconsciously consistent knack for reaching the top of the charts. The band's newly released single, 'Dance, Kid, Dance,' marked the record-setting 20th time that the band has landed a song atop Billboard's Mainstream Rock Airplay chart. It's a stretch of hits that began with 'Save Me' in 2005. More: Daytona Welcome to Rockville 2025. Full band lineup for mammoth heavy-metal festival For Kerch, the milestone is a meaningful statement about the band's worth ethic. 'It's very much a mirror of the hard work we put into the band over the years,' he said. 'It's our legacy. We've never rested on our laurels. It's never good enough. It's always, 'We did that, it's wonderful. Now what's next?' 'How can make the shows better? How can we make this album better than the last one? We've been blessed to have wonderful fans that have stuck with us. I was 20 when this band started. There's not a day that I don't wake up, pinch myself and look in mirror because I was a smalltown kid from Florida and now I'm doing this.' When Kerch met Smith, at the suggestion of a radio executive in Jacksonville, he had just graduated from the University of Central Florida in Orlando with a degree in anthropology. Hs career plan revolved around pursuing a graduate degree at the University of Arizona. 'I had moved up to Jacksonville after college and I was working for a company called Lake Doctors, cleaning lakes. I knew just enough chemistry to do that. 'I heard a demo from the Brent Smith Project and they were looking for a drummer. I loved his voice, so I went and auditioned on two songs.' One of those songs, '45,' ended up on the band's 2003 'Leave a Whisper' album. 'The version of '45' that you hear on the record was literally my audition. That's what you hear. That was in 2001.' The band's lineup has remained unchanged for nearly 20 years, a testament to the ability of its members to talk out issues, Kerch said. 'It's a marriage,' he said. 'When things are getting weird, we're like, 'Let's get in a room and hash it out.' We ride on same bus together, each meals together, we treat it as something special. That's not to say we don't have in-fighting, but we respect each other enough to say I'm sorry. And we move on.' Looking ahead, 'Dance, Kid, Dance' and another new single, 'Three Six Five,' offer a tease to the band's next album, which is still coming together, Kerch said. 'I'd say we're 80-90% there. I'd say it'll probably be ready by the first quarter of next year. but we still need other songs.' Until then, the band will be out on the road, a lifestyle that never grows old, Kerch said. 'It's the best gig on the planet. I like it as much now as I did in the beginning. I wouldn't trade this for the world.' This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Welcome to Rockville headliner Shinedown makes Florida homecoming
Forbes
11-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Disturbed Ties Van Halen With A Brand New No. 1 Single
Disturbed earns its thirteenth No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart with 'I Will Not Break,' ... More tying Godsmack and Van Halen for the sixth-most leaders. Disturbed backstage at Not So Silent Night. during Live 105's "Not So Silent Night" Concert 2002 - Backstage at HP Pavilion in San Jose, California, United States. (Photo by J. Shearer/WireImage) The band Disturbed recently returned with a tune that feels like it's just the beginning of a new chapter – and if early signs are any indication, this next era could be just as successful as previous ones. The hard rock act has long been a regular in the upper tiers of various Billboard rankings, and especially so in the past few years, when it's odd not to see that moniker inside the top 10 on at least one or two tallies. Now, with the newly-popular "I Will Not Break," the group kicks off its latest campaign with a quick win — and another chart-topper to add to the growing pile. "I Will Not Break" wasted no time racing up the Billboard charts. The tune arrived to solid sales and streaming numbers, and in the past few weeks, it has picked up serious steam on the radio. Rock programmers, who are seemingly always eager to spin the latest offering from Disturbed, have embraced the cut in a big way. This week, the track climbs from No. 2 to No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart. It knocks Papa Roach's "Even If It Kills Me" off the top spot. This win not only marks an exciting victory for the group, it also shifts Disturbed's historic position when compared to other names in the field. With 'I Will Not Break,' Disturbed earns its thirteenth No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart. That's enough to tie the band with Linkin Park for a shared spot on the all-time ranking of the most successful acts ever. The latter band has now held strong at 12 leaders for a while. Linkin Park is currently working on making a comeback of its own. The rock outfit's new single "Up From the Bottom" debuts on the Mainstream Rock Airplay tally this frame at No. 17. That track is already a huge hit on several other rankings, and it could easily become another No. 1 on this list in the coming weeks. Disturbed now sits in a three-way tie for the sixth-most No. 1 hits in Mainstream Rock Airplay history. It joins Godsmack and Van Halen, who also have 13 leaders to their names. Just ahead of this trio are Foo Fighters and Metallica, each with 14, and then there's a notable jump to Five Finger Death Punch with 15 and Three Days Grace with 18 champions. Shinedown still owns the record outright with 20 No. 1s, and it doesn't seem like that will be changing anytime soon. While its most impressive placement is on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, "I Will Not Break" is also performing well across several other Billboard rankings as well. The single remains at its peak of No. 4 on the Rock & Alternative Airplay list, the radio tally that includes more than just the harder side of the rock genre. On the Hot Hard Rock Songs chart, the cut slips slightly this frame. It drops from No. 5 to No. 7, though it's still holding on inside the top 10. The ranking blends all consumption metrics — sales, streaming, and radio airplay — and provides a more complete picture of a hard rock tune's overall popularity in the U.S.
