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Forbes
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Hozier Scores A New Longest-Charting Rock Smash
Hozier's 'Too Sweet' becomes his longest-charting hit ever on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and ... More Hot Rock Songs charts, surpassing 'Take Me to Church' after 65 weeks. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 30: Hozier performs at An Evening With Hozier at The GRAMMY Museum on October 30, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo byfor The Recording Academy) A decade ago, when Hozier released 'Take Me to Church,' he scored the kind of hit most artists can only dream of. The tune made him one of the most exciting new names in rock music to emerge in quite some time, and it propelled him to the top of charts all around the globe. For years, 'Take Me to Church' remained the Irish singer-songwriter's only major hit, but it was so massive that his career was all but secure. Nearly 10 years later, Hozier returned with yet another smash, one that quickly became as big as 'Take Me to Church.' More than a year after its release, 'Too Sweet' remains a massive hit on the Billboard charts, and has even managed to outpace its predecessor in one important way. 'Too Sweet' Passes 'Take Me to Church' 'Too Sweet' currently appears on nine charts in the United States and has spent 65 weeks on all but two of them. It reaches a new longevity record this time around, as it breaks out of its recently-set tie with 'Take Me to Church' and becomes Hozier's longest-running win on two very important tallies. The Grammy-nominated star now claims a new longest-charting smash on both the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Rock Songs rankings. 'Too Sweet' Still Lives at No. 1 65 weeks into its lifetime, 'Too Sweet' isn't just breaking Hozier's own records on the rock-focused lists — it is still a sizable commercial success. The track is a nonmover in the runner-up space on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ranking, while it leads the Hot Rock Songs chart yet again. The same single also lives inside the top 10 on four other lists, including the Hot Alternative Songs, Rock Streaming Songs, Alternative Streaming Songs, and Alternative Digital Song Sales tallies. Hozier's Streaming Smash 'Too Sweet' even manages to appear on one of Billboard's all-genre consumption rosters this frame. The track lifts from No. 44 to No. 40 on the Streaming Songs chart. If it can hold on for one more frame — which seems all but certain — it will earn its first full year on that tally.
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
