VMAs BEAMING BACK
TO THE BIG APPLE Getting back to where they once belonged (4/24a)
THE COUNT: ALL THE DESERT'S A STAGE
Jon Wayne is rolling over in his grave. (4/24a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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A CHORUS OF PRAISE: IVORS 2024 NOMS
Royal Blood look set to top this week’s U.K. Official Albums Chart with Typhoons (Warner Records) outselling the rest of the Top 5 at the halfway mark. Over on singles, Billie Eilish currently claims the highest new entry.
Royal Blood lead an all-new Top 8 today after the bank holiday weekend, and are followed by The Coral with Coral Island (Modern Sky) at #2.
Live album, Celebrate the Music of Peter Green (BMG)—a tribute record to Fleetwood Mac’s founding guitarist—is new at #3, while Pink Floyd live album, Live at Knebworth 1990 (Legacy), starts at #4.
Birdy could collect her second Top 5 album with Young Heart (Atlantic) at #5 and Fortitude (Roadrunner) from French heavy metal group Gojira is new at #6. Scottish rock band Teenage Fanclub starts at #7 with Endless Arcade (PeMa), followed by Norwegian singer/songwriter Girl In Red’s debut, If I Could Make It Go Quiet (AWAL), at #8.
On the U.K.’s Official Singles midweeks, Tion Wayne and Russ Millions’ “Body” (Atlantic) is challenging Lil Nas X for the top spot. The track sits at #1 although by a margin of 100 sales, ahead of “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” (RCA) at #2. Eilish’s “Your Power” (Polydor) starts at #6.
Lots of songs are eyeing up brand new peaks this week, including “Friday” (Ministry of Sound) by Riton, Nightcrawlers, Mufasa & Hypeman at #3, and “Let’s Go Home Together” (Atlantic) by Ella Henderson & Tom Grennan, which sits at #9.
The Weeknd’s “Save Your Tears” (Island) has flown 10 places in #10 in just 48 hours following a new remix featuring Ariana Grande.
