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Forbes
2 days ago
- Business
- Forbes
Hozier's Debut Album Hits A New High Point A Decade After Its Release
Hozier's self-titled debut Hozier returns to multiple charts in the U.K., even reaching a new high ... More point on one and debuting on another following its vinyl reissue. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 30: Hozier performs onstage during An Evening with Hozier at GRAMMY Museum L.A. Live on October 30, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by) In 2014, Hozier appeared seemingly out of nowhere and quickly became one of the most exciting new names that the rock genre had seen in years. The Irish singer-songwriter catapulted to the top of charts globally with his single "Take Me to Church," a social commentary on homophobia, particularly in religious communities. That track, featured on his self-titled full-length, turned him into a superstar — and he remains one to this day. The introductory set returns to multiple charts in the United Kingdom and even manages to reach a new high point on one while debuting on another, a decade after it was initially shared with the public. Hozier appears on five albums rankings in the U.K. this frame. It soars on two of them, returns to another two, and debuts on a fifth. The self-titled affair reenters the Official Albums Sales chart at No. 7, coming close to its No. 4 peak position. At the same time, it blasts back onto the Official Physical Albums roster at No. 6. That now stands as Hozier's all-time best placement on this roster. The early career win starts its time on the Official Vinyl Albums chart at No. 3. Despite the fact that the set has been selling well for 10 years, it has never before appeared on the U.K.'s ranking of the bestselling releases on wax alone. This frame, it's beaten only by The Fantasy Life of Poetry & Crime by Peter Doherty (No. 1) and People Like Me & You by The Sherlocks (No. 2). Hozier was recently reissued on vinyl to celebrate 10 years of success. Available in multiple colors as a double LP, some editions quickly sold out, as there was clearly pent-up demand to own the project on a physical format. Those purchases help the title debut and rise across the U.K. charts. As Hozier arrives on the Official Vinyl Albums chart, the singer misses the No. 1 spot for the first time. His only two other placements on that list — Wasteland, Baby! and Unreal Unearth — both spent one frame running the show. Hozier's self-titled effort also climbs on two other rankings. All the attention around this anniversary re-release pushes it a few spots north the Official Albums Streaming chart, where it places at No. 52. While far from a new high point, this frame is still special, as the title has now spent 200 periods somewhere on the roster. The collection leaps up the Official Albums chart — the consumption-based ranking of the most popular titles in the country — where it jumps from No. 65 to No. 21.
Forbes
3 days ago
- Business
- Forbes
Disturbed's Career-Defining Hit Returns To Multiple Billboard Charts
Disturbed is still preoccupied with promoting its latest single, "I Will Not Break," but fans of the hard rock band aren't solely focused on that new release. As the group's most recent drop begins to decline on several Billboard charts, another familiar hit is making a somewhat surprising comeback. A cover that has come to define the outfit's career and commercial success is not only rising, but returning to multiple tallies at the same time in the United States, becoming a true bestseller across the board. "The Sound of Silence" — the Simon & Garfunkel classic that Disturbed reworked into a rock smash nearly a decade ago — reenters two Billboard tallies this frame. It breaks back onto the Alternative Digital Song Sales chart at No. 7 and finds its way to No. 9 on the Rock Digital Song Sales list after not appearing on either of those rankings at all last frame. The same tune can also be found on a third purchase-only tally. "The Sound of Silence" climbs from No. 7 to No. 3 on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales list. "The Sound of Silence" has previously topped all three sales charts in the past. If it can hold on for 10 more frames on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales list, it will reach 500 stays. Disturbed's cut has spent the least amount of time among these three tallies on the Rock Digital Song Sales roster, where it's now up to 328 turns. The song is so popular that it even managed to cross over and become an electronic dance win well over a year ago, and still holding strong to this day. Producer Cyril remixed Disturbed's version of the composition, and it hit No. 1 on Billboard's Dance Digital Song Sales chart. After 68 weeks on that tally, it still holds at No. 3. Fans of Disturbed seem to be shifting their focus back to "The Sound of Silence" as "I Will Not Break" dips on most of the rankings on which it appears this frame. The current focus drops one spot to No. 5 on the Rock & Alternative Airplay list and down to No. 17 on the Hot Hard Rock Songs tally. At the same time, it holds in fifth place on the Mainstream Rock Airplay roster, where it recently dominated, adding to the group's list of champions.
Forbes
4 days ago
- Business
- Forbes
Post Malone's First Country Smash Just Won't Quit
'I Had Some Help' by Post Malone and Morgan Wallen celebrates 52 weeks on the U.K. Official Singles ... More chart, marking a milestone win for both artists. NAPA, CALIFORNIA - MAY 26: Post Malone performs during the 2023 BottleRock Napa Valley festival at Napa Valley Expo on May 26, 2023 in Napa, California. (Photo by Miikka Skaffari/FilmMagic) By the time he decided to pivot into country music, Post Malone already boasted a discography filled with huge hits. He first made his name around the world as a purveyor of radio-friendly hip-hop tunes, but then he moved into pure pop and even experimented with rock and alternative sounds. After months of teasing that country music was on its way, he dropped "I Had Some Help," a collaboration with Morgan Wallen. The track turned out to be not just a hit, but a career-defining smash for the multigenre musician. As his duet partner launches his new album I'm the Problem, which is currently topping charts around the world, "I Had Some Help" not only remains a commercial success in the United Kingdom, but it also brings both musicians to a very special milestone. "I Had Some Help" is still present on the Official Singles chart at the moment. It drops a little more than 10 spaces on the competitive tally, dipping to No. 88, as it reaches 52 weeks on the roster. Malone earns his second year-long charting smash, as "I Had Some Help" hits 52 frames on the list of the most consumed songs in the U.K. He previously saw "Sunflower," a collaboration with Swae Lee, spend 68 frames somewhere on the 100-spot tally. Wallen earns his first one-year winner on the Official Singles chart. Only two of his other hits — "Last Night" and "Love Somebody" — have managed even double-digit stays on the ranking. "Last Night" is his second longest-charting single with 18 weeks on the roster, while "Love Somebody" is up to an even dozen. "I Had Some Help" is present on four charts in the U.K., and amazingly, it has spent the least amount of time among them on the Official Singles ranking. The collaboration fares just one frame better on the Official Streaming list, while it has spent 54 frames on both the Official Singles Sales and Official Singles Downloads rosters. Wallen claims four spaces on the Official Singles chart this week. Usually, the Official Charts Company only allows every musician a trio of hits at one time, but in his case, he serves as the lead artist on three of them, as they are all taken from his new album, while he's a featured act on "I Had Some Help." Two tunes from his latest full-length debut, as "What I Want" with Tate McRae and "Just in Case" open at No. 32 and No. 75, respectively. At the same time, the title track reenters at No. 79.
Forbes
4 days ago
- Business
- Forbes
Harry Styles Returns To The Charts With Multiple Previous No. 1 Hits
Fans of Harry Styles are waiting with bated breath to find out what his next move will be, as it has now been three years since the release of his third full-length album, Harry's House. After promoting it with multiple singles and one of the highest-grossing tours of all time, the singer and actor has been fairly quiet. Still, followers of the former One Direction star continue to listen to his work and purchase some of his more recent releases. This week, fans have sent multiple cuts from Harry's House back to the same ranking in his home country. Styles claims two hit songs in the United Kingdom at the moment, as both compositions have managed to reappear on just one list — and it's the same one. 'Music for a Sushi Restaurant' and 'Late Night Talking,' both from Harry's House, return to the Official Physical Singles chart. That tally ranks the bestselling songs in the country that are available for purchase on any physical format, be it CD, cassette, or vinyl. This time around, 'Music for a Sushi Restaurant' reenters at No. 52, while 'Late Night Talking' returns at No. 92. Both currently-charting tracks have previously reached No. 1 on the Official Physical Singles list. 'Late Night Talking' spent two frames atop the roster, while 'Music for a Sushi Restaurant' managed the feat just once. Between the two, 'Late Night Talking' is the longer-charting, having spent 84 frames somewhere on the tally. In comparison, 'Music for a Sushi Restaurant' has collected 18 weeks on the list so far. 'Late Night Talking' never stays away from the Official Physical Singles roster for very long. It has returned to and fallen off of this ranking at least half a dozen times in 2025 alone. It last appeared on the tally in mid-May, so it has only been a few weeks since it last occupied a spot on the roster. 'Music for a Sushi Restaurant,' meanwhile, last showed up on the Official Physical Singles chart in early March. It hasn't ranked this high since November 2024, when it spent one week at No. 48. As those two Harry's House singles return to one list, the album on which they are featured can still be found on a pair of tallies in the U.K. The Album of the Year Grammy winner drops a few spots on both the Official Albums chart and Official Albums Streaming ranking, appearing this time around at Nos. 96 and 90, respectively.
Forbes
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Love Or Loathe Them, Sleep Token Gave Metal It's Biggest Win Since 2019
LEEDS, ENGLAND - AUGUST 27: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Sleep Token performs on Day 3 of Leeds Festival ... More 2023 at Bramham Park on August 27, 2023 in Leeds, England. (Photo by Katja Ogrin/Redferns) Between Ghost's 2025 LP Skeletá and now Sleep Token's Even In Arcadia, metal music has now seen two No.1 charting albums within the span of a month – a feat not seen in over six years for the genre. Slipknot and TOOL's 2019 LPs, both of which released in the month of August, were the last two metal albums to chart at No.1 within the same month time span. With Ghost and Sleep Token achieving their first No.1 charting albums last month, there's a lot to be said about what this implicates for metal and hard-rock music in the mainstream. It bears comparing 2019's back-to-back No.1 metal albums to 2025's, as neither Sleep Token nor Ghost had seen this kind of charting success before, whereas Slipknot and TOOL both had – Slipknot and TOOL's 2019 album sales pale in comparison to their previous No.1 charting records. Furthermore, Ghost isn't exactly new to the scene but they're an arena touring act that's been climbing the charts over the last couple releases, so their sixth studio LP Skeletá was expected to at least make it close to No.1 in the U.S. Sleep Token, however, who only released their first LP in 2019, has seen quite the jump in their fanbase over the last two years – their previous 2023 LP Take Me Back To Eden landed at No. 16 on the U.S. Top 200 albums charts. Since then not only has Sleep Token earned their first No.1 charting album with just their fourth studio album Even In Arcadia, but they've quickly become metal's next arena and festival headliner. What's so striking about Sleep Token's soaring success is the possibilities it could mean for the future of metal, specifically its new and rising acts. For the last two decades, bands in the scene have had to earn their stripes and go above and beyond in their careers to build their fanbase and hopefully become an arena or festival headliner. Acts from the 2000s-2010s like Gojira, Trivium, Deftones and are just now getting to tour across the world as arena headliners, only 20 plus years later. While this aspect hasn't exactly changed in this decade, the means and methods of cultivating a fanbase has changed, specifically with how music consumers engage with music via social media. So many metal and hard-rock artists like Sleep Token and Ghost, have seen such viral success as a result of platforms like Tiktok and Instagram reels. Even Deftones' recent resurgence is a result of Gen-Z's fascination with the 90's-early 2000s nu metal era. However, in the case of Sleep Token, the band brilliantly utilizes their own mystique and ambiguous aura in a way that encourages their own fanbase to consistently engage with them on social media. Sleep Token's unprecedented success this year has been a result of their effective methods in attracting listeners into their fanbase via social media, as well doubling down on their enigma like-persona. Regardless of whether or not you find their music to be great or lackluster, there's a lot that other bands could take away from Sleep Token's success and more importantly how they cleverly engage with their fanbase.
