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21 hours ago
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Benson Boone Scores First ARIA Albums Chart No. 1 With ‘American Heart'
Benson Boone has landed his first No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart, as his sophomore LP American Heart debuts at the summit this week. The chart-topping arrival follows the breakout success of Boone's 2024 debut album Fireworks & Rollerblades, which peaked at No. 17 and spawned the long-running No. 1 hit 'Beautiful Things.' That single remains a force on the ARIA Singles Chart, currently sitting at No. 8. More from Billboard Ask Billboard: Here Are the Nos. 1 & 2 Reasons That the Hot 100 Has Been Historic This Month Inside Bouyon: How a Fusion of Local Folk Music & Digitized Instruments Gave Way to Dominica's Fast-Spreading Homegrown Genre Lorde Performs New Album 'Virgin' in Full at Surprise Glastonbury 2025 Show Boone leads a trio of top-five debuts on this week's albums chart. Sabrina Carpenter's Short N' Sweet holds strong at No. 2, while English alt-rocker Yungblud lands at No. 4 with Idols — his fourth studio album and second Australian top-five entry. The soundtrack to Netflix's K-pop fantasy film KPop Demon Hunters opens at No. 5, powered by buzz around the fictional girl group HUNTR/X. According to ARIA, it's the first animated soundtrack to reach the top five since Frozen 2 in 2019. HAIM's latest album I Quit debuts at No. 20, marking the trio's fourth ARIA chart appearance. Their 2013 debut Days Are Gone peaked at No. 2, followed by 2017's Something to Tell You (No. 4) and 2020's Women in Music Pt. III (No. 7). Meanwhile, Killing Heidi's Reflector returns to the chart at No. 22 thanks to its 25th anniversary reissue. The ARIA Hall of Famers originally topped the chart for six weeks in 2000, and swept four ARIA Awards that year including Album of the Year. On the ARIA Singles Chart, Alex Warren's 'Ordinary' holds firm at No. 1 for a 14th consecutive week — tying it with ABBA's 'Fernando' (1976) and Rosé & Bruno Mars' 'APT.' (2024-25) for third-longest reign of all time. If it claims a 15th week, it will match Ed Sheeran's Shape of You for second place. New at No. 3 is 'Victory Lap' from Fred again.., Skepta and PlaqueBoyMax, marking Fred again..'s second top 20 entry and the first for both Skepta and PlaqueBoyMax in Australia. Tinashe also returns to the top 10, as her Disco Lines-assisted 'No Broke Boys' remix rockets from No. 20 to No. 9 in its second week. 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
Forbes
a day ago
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- Forbes
Benson Boone Pushes Multiple Hits To New Hot 100 Peaks
Benson Boone's 'Sorry, I'm Here for Someone Else' jumps to No. 27 on the Hot 100 while 'Mystical ... More Magical' rises to No. 28, with both hitting new peaks this week. NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 06: Benson Boone performs at the 2025 Governors Ball at Flushing Meadows Corona Park on June 06, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by) Before dropping American Heart in full, Benson Boone promoted his second album with a trio of singles: "Sorry, I'm Here for Someone Else," "Mystical Magical," and "Momma Song." All of them arrived to excited American fans, and this week, all but the latter continue to rise on the most important songs tally. New Hot 100 Peaks for Benson Boone's Singles "Sorry, I'm Here for Someone Else" and "Mystical Magical" both reach new peak positions on the Hot 100 this frame. Coincidentally, they sit side-by-side on the tally for a second consecutive frame as they ascend to Nos. 27 and 28, respectively. "Sorry, I'm Here for Someone Else" Nears No. 1 The two tracks also climb to never-before-seen highs on the Pop Airplay tally. "Sorry, I'm Here for Someone Else" is inching closer to becoming a No. 1 for Boone, as it lifts from No. 5 to No. 3. Meanwhile, "Mystical Magical" is just getting started. In its second turn on the top 40 ranking, the tune jumps two spots to No. 35. Benson Boone's Singles Continue Rising Both "Sorry, I'm Here for Someone Else" and "Mystical Magical" make it to new best showings on other Billboard rankings, though their performances differ significantly. "Sorry, I'm Here for Someone Else" rises to No. 6 on the all-genre Radio Songs ranking, while "Mystical Magical" has yet to land on that tally. That second American Heart promotional cut does soar to new heights on both the Streaming Songs list and the Billboard Global 200, where it pushes to Nos. 20 and 25, respectively. "Beautiful Things" Remains Benson Boone's Biggest Hit While both "Sorry, I'm Here for Someone Else" and "Mystical Magical" are gaining ground on the Hot 100, "Beautiful Things" remains Boone's biggest current hit. That track, which introduced his previous album, holds at No. 10 on the Hot 100 — 73 weeks into its tenure on the tally.
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3 days ago
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Benson Boone reviews are in: Critics flip off ‘American Heart'
Benson Boone scored one of 2024's most undeniable hits with "Beautiful Things," but 2025 brings the backflipping belter's sophomore album, American Heart. And to say that critics are not head over heels for the record would be putting it lightly. Currently sitting at a 43 on Metacritic, American Heart is being knocked as lacking specificity or the kind of edge present in Boone's many apparent influences. More from GoldDerby Why Simone Ashley is walking the 'F1' carpet - even though she was cut from the Brad Pitt movie The Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt 'Interview With the Vampire' feud rumors, explained Mel Brooks loves 'Hidden Figures'?! Julianne Moore's a 'Superbad' fan?! Stars reveal their most surprising NYT movie picks "So I don't fault the wholesome pop star son of Mormon parents for not writing songs about the rot at the heart of America, or for not biting the heads off bats on stage," Pitchfork's Jeremy D. Larson writes. "But it's really hard to consider a teetotaling showman with a voice straight out of The Voice and not think: What makes any of this actually special? Sure, he can sing, but there's very little flair, camp, sass, or insouciance to his voice to give it dimension and character. Boone's words come out in one impressively earnest register, like his forefather Ed Sheeran, and the long line of buskers before him. There's nothing here that says Boone is ready to enter the pantheon of the real showmen, no more than the thousands of other guys singing, dancing, and backflipping for you on Instagram Reels." "But Boone's musical and visual allusions to the songs and stage demeanor of Neon Trees' Tyler Glenn, [Shawn] Mendes, [Sam] Smith, and [Harry] Styles, and older inspirations like Freddie Mercury, David Bowie, and Elton John never gets as combative, as up against sociopolitical odds, as the assumed or implicit queerness in their music and fashion," write Vulture's Craig Jenkins. "His art is currently most arresting as a feat of athleticism; there's little consternation in its vision of Americana, though the flag-draped cover art and synth-y heartland rock bits seek unsubtle Springsteen-ness." And even by the standard of his own output, namely "Beautiful Things," Boone's second album after 2024's Fireworks & Rollerblades apparently comes as a letdown. "Despite the Freddie Mercury-referencing deep-V jumpsuits he's wearing these days, his latest deflates under the weight of all its glam-pop and '70s and '80s pastiche," Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos writes. "At times swaggerless and too pristine in his attempts to corner the market of retro-pop stardom, Boone loses the youthful edge of his debut and the rawness that made his biggest hit soar so high. On American Heart, songs like 'Man in Me' and 'Mystical Magical' are the worst offenders of his retromania, the latter too cloying and unconvincing in its whimsy." Boone has been outspoken about his detractors, who he sees as disliking him without a valid reason. But even if his brand of pop was never meant to land with critics, some take issue with American Heart when considered alongside its contemporaries. "So it's no fun to report that American Heart, his second album, is mostly not very much fun," writes Variety's Chris Willman. "There are scattered attempts to bring in some of the cheekiness and cockiness that is a part of his performing image. But mostly it seems that, as a recording artist, anyway, Boone really does want to remain in the realm of the Teddy Swims-es or even Alex Warrens of the world, with material that is mawkish before it's at all rock-ish, or raucous. His chops are unassailable, and that goes more than a little way toward elevating earthbound material. He's got what it takes to be ready, Freddie, but for the most part here, we're talking about a bohemian naps-ody." By the same token, every critique lobbed by critics could be exactly what Boone was going for. In which case, American Heart undoubtedly succeeds. "It would be easy to say he's landed on his face, but it's not even that: the boy wonder's stuck the landing he was aiming for," NME's Jordan Bassett writes. "This is bombastic, overproduced pop-rock with an attention-seeking, theatrical bent and broad brushstroke lyrics everyone can relate to. Boone summer 2025 looms on the horizon. Take cover." Best of GoldDerby Billboard 200: Chart-topping albums of 2025 Billboard Hot 100: Every No. 1 song of 2025 The B-52s' Kate Pierson talks Rock Hall snub, influencing John Lennon, and fears a solo album would be a 'betrayal' to her band Click here to read the full article.
Yahoo
5 days ago
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Friday Music Guide: New Music From Karol G, Benson Boone, Cardi B, Haim and More
Billboard's Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to this Friday's most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond. This week, Karol G explores Latin history, Benson Boone's Heart beats loudly, and Cardi B is ready to take the gloves off. Check out all of this week's picks below: More from Billboard The Ultimate Latin Playlist For a Feel-Good Summer 2025: Listen Jelly Roll & Brandon Lake's 'Hard Fought Hallelujah' Collab Certified Platinum Nick Cannon Forgets Two of His 12 Kids' Names While Trying to List Them: 'I Usually Get in Trouble' Karol G, In the lead-up to Tropicoqueta, Karol G has been candid when discussing how 2023's smash hit Mañana Será Bonito and its coinciding world tour left her wondering what the best next step would be for her long-term future; it turns out that the answer was in the past, as Tropicoqueta reveals more of Karol's backstory while also exploring and celebrating different strands of Latin music, creating a curious, wholly absorbing new chapter. Benson Boone, If 'Beautiful Things' changed the trajectory of Benson Boone's pop career, then American Heart, his new album released more than a year after his breakthrough smash, represents the crystallization of everything we've learned about the backflipping, big-voiced singer-songwriter in the interim: the 10-song project is relatively short but full of theatrical spunk, as Boone prowls across each song with feeling and determination. Cardi B, 'Outside' A long-awaited new Cardi B track titled 'Outside,' released on the cusp of summer, might be perceived as a new warm-weather anthem from an artist who's had a few of them — but the single is instead a cutthroat diss track at an estranged romantic partner, with Cardi using her clout and cunning ('Favorite player from your favorite team, he in my DMs!' she exclaims) to move on personally and artistically. Haim, By releasing a new album every four years, Danielle, Alana and Este Haim have been able to take their time expertly crafting the pop-rock melodies that they've always traded in, and the overarching themes of the full-lengths that house them. With I Quit, 2021's masterful Women In Music Pt. III receives a follow-up full of airtight compositions, housed within a full-length statement about moving on from unnecessary details in order to appreciate our limited time on Earth. Sombr, 'We Never Dated' 'I can't make you love me,' Sombr repeats on new single 'We Never Dated,' approaching a time-honored theme in pop songwriting with Beach Boys-esque vocal harmonies and a modern sense of tenacity; with breakthrough hits 'Undressed' and 'Back to Friends,' the teen star was able to reinvigorate a classic alternative sound for 2025, and 'We Never Dated' continues that balancing act with aplomb. Megan Moroney, '6 Months Later' Megan Moroney's songwriting has rapidly sharpened over the past few years, as a line like 'What doesn't kill you calls you six months later' on her new single makes for a devastatingly funny eye-roll toward an ex — but the real attraction here is Moroney's voice, full of weariness when recalling a breakup and packing smoky, sarcastic personality in each syllable, on a song that the rising country star soundly commands. Fred again.., Skepta & PlaqueBoyMax, 'Victory Lap' After playing a surprise show together in Brooklyn earlier this week, Fred again.. and Skepta have commemorated the unexpected team-up with a summer-ready single: 'Victory Lap' is a restless, scorching dance cut, with the fusion of Fred and Skepta's respective energies producing a slickly rhymed, garage-adjacent banger that does not stop moving. Editor's Pick: Lorde, 'Hammer' The third and final pre-release single from Lorde's Virgin begins with what sounds like out-of-focus chatter, before the pop star's voice barges in to provide clarity: 'There's a heat in the pavement, my mercury's raising / Don't know if it's love, or if it's ovulation.' Lorde has long been a wry, literary songwriter, and throughout 'Hammer' — the album track, which she described as 'an ode to city life and horniness' — she once again captures universal feelings in striking, singular fashion. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
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5 days ago
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Fans Choose KATSEYE's ‘Gabriela' as This Week's Favorite New Music
'Gabriela,' the new single from KATSEYE, tops this week's new music poll. Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (June 20) on Billboard, choosing the global girl group's fresh track as their favorite new music release of the past week. More from Billboard Friday Music Guide: New Music From Karol G, Benson Boone, Cardi B, Haim and More Nicole Scherzinger Gives Surprise 'Buttons' Performance at Broadway Bares Live Aid to Be Re-Broadcast for 40th Anniversary on U.K. Radio Votes streamed in over the weekend, with music fans ultimately making 'Gabriela' their top pick over new releases from Public Enemy, Cardi B, Benson Boone, Karol G, Lorde, Haim and more. The new KATSEYE track brought in 43% of the vote. KATSEYE dropped 'Gabriela' as a pre-release from their upcoming Beautiful Chaos EP, due out on June 27 via HYBE x Geffen (pre-save here). The track has a Latin pop groove and incorporates both English- and Spanish-language lyrics — with a bridge sung entirely in Spanish. The single follows 'Gnarly,' which earned the group's six members their career-first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 in May — and got a remix with Ice Spice earlier this month. Released on June 19, the deliberately melodramatic, telenovela-inspired 'Gabriela' music video, featuring actress Jessica Alba and directed by Andrew Thomas Huang, has amassed 9.3 million views on YouTube as of press time on Sunday, June 22. Over the weekend, KATSEYE — Daniela, Lara, Manon, Megan, Sophia and Yoonchae — performed 'Gnarly' at the 2025 Kids' Choice Awards. The performance ended with a requisite sliming. Among the new music trailing behind 'Gabriela' on this week's poll are Public Enemy's 'March Madness,' with 22% of the vote; Cardi B's 'Outside,' with 16% of the vote; Benson Boone's 'American Heart,' with 5% of the vote, and Karol G's Tropicoqueta, with 2% of the vote. See the final results of this week's poll below. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
