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  It's time for my weekly new albums roundup, where I take a look at the big albums on this week's American and British albums charts, along with my choices of the new records I think you should check out. To catch up on this week's singles round, you can click here . This week Morgan Wallen spends a fourth week at #1 on the Billboard 200  which combines sales and (for better or worse) album or track streaming. There are four new albums on that list, as well as two more on the sales-only chart' s top-10  Face (EP)  - Jimin Billboard 200  debut: #2 Billboard Current Album Sales debut: #1 Choice cut: "Like Crazy" As he claims the first #1 hit on the Hot 100 for a K-pop solo act, the BTS member also claims the top spot on the album sales chart with his short extended play single (which is why it doesn't show on the British list), just five songs with two of them being the Kor-English and English-only versions of the single. (Click below to see the rest of the...

    It's time for my weekly new music roundup, where I feature the big entries on the Hot 100 as well as my personal choices of the songs making the various radio charts in Billboard magazine , as well as on the charts in the United Kingdom . This week a member of the biggest act in K-pop lands the first solo #1 in America from the genre.   " Like Crazy " - Jimin from the album Face (2023) Billboard Hot 100 debut: #1  Official British Singles Chart debut: #8  British Singles Sales debut: #2    On the strength of an embarrassing amount of sales from the rabid fanbase who snap up multiple different copies of the single, BTS Jimin has the top song of the week on the Hot 100, despite it having less than 100K spins on the radio during the week (less than 1% of its chart points, as compared to 78%% of its points coming from sales and 22% from streaming). As for the song itself, its a moody piece that is an improvement from last week's "Set Me Free Pt. ...

      It's time for my weekly new albums roundup, where I take a look at the big albums on this week's American and British albums charts, along with my choices of the new records I think you should check out. To catch up on this week's singles round, you can click here .   This week one record sees Morgan Wallen spend a third week at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart, which combines sales and streaming, including streaming of individual tracks (for better or definitely worse ), while one album of the two that comes in the top ten on the pure sales chart makes the top ten.   Songs Of Surrender - U2 Billboard 200 debut: #5 Billboard Current Albums Sales debut: #1 British Albums Chart debut: #1 Choice cut: "Invisible"       God this is exhausting. At least the title gives away the game, seemingly a label-fulfilling grift that has nothing but reworked versions of their old material. But unlike Taylor Swift, this four-disc expanse is just acousti...

    It's time for my weekly new music roundup, where I feature the big entries on the Hot 100 as well as my personal choices of the songs making the various radio charts in Billboard magazine , as well as on the charts in the United Kingdom . This week three completely diverse songs enter in the top-40 on the "big chart"... " All Of The Girls You Loved Before " - Taylor Swift from the EP The More Lover Chapter (2019) Billboard Hot 100 debut: #12 Official British Singles Chart debut: #11 British Singles Sales debut: #5 As Taylor Swift embarks on her Eras tour, the music phenomenon released four "new" tracks last week, including three reworked songs from her Big Machine days as "Taylor's Version", along with this outtake from the Lover sessions of 2019. The waltz reportedly is about her current boyfriend and British actor Joe Alwyn, and how his experiences with previous girlfriends molded his psyche into the man she fell in love with...

    It's time for my weekly new music roundup, where I feature the big entries on the Hot 100 as well as my personal choices of the songs making the various radio charts in Billboard magazine , as well as on the charts in the United Kingdom .  This week, the Hot 100 only sees five new entries, four of them from Miley Cyrus' new album, but there's some nuggets spread around the different charts. " River " - Miley Cyrus from the album Endless Summer Vacation (2023) Billboard Hot 100 debut: #32 Billboard Pop Airplay debut: #27  Billboard Adult Top-40 Airplay debut: #26 Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs debut: #2 Official British Singles chart debut: #16 British Singles Sales debut: #38 The biggest debut on the big chart is Miley's electrodance number from her new album. For me, it's a little busy, trying so hard to get Billboard to place it on their Dance chart (which apparently worked), but it could've used the "less is more" adage. It...

    It's time for my weekly new albums roundup, where I take a look at the big albums on this week's American and British albums charts, along with my choices of the new records I think you should check out. To catch up on this week's singles round, you can click here .    This week has two albums making their debut in the top ten on the Billboard 200 , which combines sales and streaming, with the obvious big story at #1, while those two plus three others enter that level on the Current Albums Sales list.     One Thing At A Time - Morgan Wallen Billboard 200 debut: #1 Billboard Current Albums Sales debut: #1 Official British Albums chart debut: #40 Choice cut: "Thought You Should Know"    I've laid out my problems with this release in yesterday's singles recap (since every one of the 36 tracks made the Hot 100). One Thing At A Time is completely overbloated, repetitive, and vacillates constantly between drinking and breakup songs that are ...

    It's time for my weekly new albums roundup, where I take a look at the big albums on this week's American and British albums charts, along with my choices of the new records I think you should check out. To catch up on this week's singles round, you can click here .    This week four albums enter in the top ten on the Billboard 200 , and five enter that level on the Current Albums Sales list, and only two sets do it on both.     Mañana Será Bonito - Karol G Billboard 200 debut: #1 Billboard Current Albums Sales debut: #6 Choice cut: "Cairo"    The multifaceted Colombian singer becomes the first female artist to top the chart with an all Spanish-language album. Sure, there's some chaff in this seventeen-track record, but there's enough variety to not make this a typical reggaeton slog. (Click below to see the rest of the post)

    It's time for my weekly new music roundup, where I feature the big entries on the Hot 100 as well as my personal choices of the songs making the various radio charts in Billboard magazine , as well as on the charts in the United Kingdom . This week we have one big debut on the Hot 100 chart from a groundbreaking album.   " TQG " - Karol G & Shakira from the album Mañana Será Bonito (2023) Billboard Hot 100 debut: #7 Official British Singles chart debut: #88     As Colombian star Karol G becomes the first woman to have an all-Spanish language album top the Billboard 200 in America, this collaboration with fellow countrywoman Shakira leaps into the top ten. And it's no wonder - it's a scathing rebuke on their respective high-profile exes who cheated on them, declaring they're much better off since.(Te Quendo Grande stands for "You Are So Great".) It does seem a little much when a "like" on an instagram page constitutes proof o...

    It's time for my weekly new music roundup, where I feature the big entries on the Hot 100 as well as my personal choices of the songs making the various radio charts in Billboard magazine , as well as on the charts in the United Kingdom . It's a pretty slow week, with no songs making a debut in the top-40 on the Hot 100, and a lot of trash below that. But here are some gems on that and the other lists.   "Heaven" - Niall Horan from the album The Show (2023)  Billboard Hot 100 debut: #63 Billboard Pop Airplay debut: #27 Billboard Adult Top-40 Airplay debut: #37  Official British Singles chart debut: #18 In an off week songs like this middling ditty from Horan stands out. Perhaps the Styles lull will give this a chance. (Click below to see the rest of the post)

    It's time for my weekly new music roundup, where I feature the big entries on the Hot 100 as well as my personal choices of the songs making the various radio charts in Billboard magazine , as well as on the charts in the United Kingdom .  This week two songs come in strong in their first week entering in the top-40 on Billboard 's Hot 100. "Love You Anyway" - Luke Combs from the album Gettin' Old (2023) Billboard Hot 100 debut: #15 Official British Singles Chart debut: #62 The second preview track of Combs' upcoming fourth album (well, depends on if you count it as a companion to last year's Growin' Up or not) is a powerful and emotional take on being the one in the relationship whose in love with someone who isn't. The subject matter fits the traditional country production in which the fiddle and his vocals truly shine here. This deserves to be another #1 hit for him.  (Click below to see the rest of the post)

    It's time for my weekly new albums roundup, where I take a look at the big albums on this week's American and British albums charts, along with my choices of the new records I think you should check out. To catch up on this week's singles round, you can click here .   This week's top ten on the Billboard 200 sees the return of one of the biggest selling singers of all times.   Queen Of Me - Shania Twain Billboard 200 debut: #10 Billboard Current Albums Sales debut: #2  Official British Albums Chart debut: #1 Choice cut: "Best Friend"    Six years after she made her triumphant return after a fifteen-year lapse with Now , which saw her recovering from almost losing her voice as well as her husband/svengali Mutt Lange, Twain proves she still has a fanbase in America with her latest, which despite Billboard placing this on the album chart is by no way anything but a pop album a la Taylor Swift's initial forays. It's a bit overpolished at tim...

    It's time for my weekly new music roundup, where I feature the big entries on the Hot 100 as well as my personal choices of the songs making the various radio charts in Billboard magazine , as well as on the charts in the United Kingdom . This week a "viral" hit from two newcomers rockets into the top-20.    " Boy's A Liar, Pt. 2 " - PinkPantheress & Ice Spice from the single (2023) Billboard Hot 100 debut: #14    This apparently is the new TikTok "thing", the revamp of the song from British singer PinkPantheress from her 2022 EP Take Me Home which adds American rapper Ice Spice. The frenetic beat that seems to borrow from both Miami Bass and K-Pop and have video game noises in the background is custom made for the short-attention span app, and adding the rapper does give a break from the too cutesy for me voice PP puts on it. This is planning to soar on the charts next week, be forewarned.   (Click below to see the rest of the post)...

    It's time for my weekly new albums roundup, where I take a look at the big albums on this week's American and British albums charts, along with my choices of the new records I think you should check out. To catch up on this week's singles round, you can click here .   There are three new albums in the top ten on this week's Billboard 200 chart, which tabulates both sales and streaming of albums as well as tracks from said albums (don't get me started).    The Name Chapter: Temptation - Tomorrow X Together Billboard 200 debut: #1 Billboard Current Albums Sales debut: #1 Choice cut:  "Sugar Rush Ride" With the void left by BTS being on hiatus, K-pop boyband TXT aspire to the crown with this extended play single of five songs that top the chart in America this week. I really want to like this radio offering whole-heartedly, but it's like two songs mashed into one, starting out great with the nicked Doobie Brothers hook before it devolves into...

    It's time for my weekly new music roundup, where I feature the big entries on the Hot 100 as well as my personal choices of the songs making the various radio charts in Billboard magazine , as well as on the charts in the United Kingdom . Red America poster boy for Morgan Wallen places three new songs on the Hot 100, including one in the top-40, and The Kid LAROI also slips into the top-40 with a song I hadn't even known came out.    " Last Night " - Morgan Wallen from the  album One Thing At A Time (2023) Billboard Hot 100 debut: #27 The country singer people streamed for days to "own the libs" returns with a trio of songs from his upcoming 36-track third set One Thing At A Time , and this is the one that made the top-40 on the Hot 100. It's not surprising, since its extra-short length and circular production with a heavy hip-hop tinged bass is tailor-made for TikTok. I mean, it's alright, as Morgan sings about a toxic relationship with lots...

    It's time for my weekly new albums roundup, where I take a look at the big albums on this week's American and British albums charts, along with my choices of the new records I think you should check out. To catch up on this week's singles round, you can click here .   There are two new albums in the top ten on this week's Billboard 200 chart, which tabulates both sales and streaming of albums as well as tracks from said albums (don't get me started). One is worth checking out, but first the other which is not...   Mansion Musik - Trippie Redd Billboard 200 debut: #3 Billboard Current Albums Sales debut: #6  Official British Albums chart debut: #79 Choice cut: "CRZY TRAIN"     I'm more surprised this one debuted at #6 on the sales chart - I don't know who would want to continuously own this collection of high-pitched auto-tuned whines. They only track approaching something different that a million other "trap" records is "...

    It's time for my weekly new albums roundup, where I take a look at the big albums on this week's American and British albums charts, along with my choices of the new records I think you should check out. To catch up on this week's singles round, you can click here .  It's another really slow winter week, where the highest new entry on the Billboard 200 is at #100, and it's a sub-par rap effort from Babytron, and only one other newbie, which is a pre-fame release from 2020 from indie-country artist Zach Bryan.   Elisabeth - Zach Bryan Billboard 200 debut: #192 Choice cut: "Revival"   As Bryan sees his song "Something In The Orange" unbelievably make the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Bryan's second indie album from 2020 sees itself on the big sales tally, and deservedly so. I truly have faith in the future of country music with the grass roots reception he has received, and this bare-bones outlay of emotion is quietly stunn...

    It's time for my weekly new music roundup, where I feature my choices of the songs making the various radio charts in Billboard magazine, as well as on the charts in the United Kingdom. This week's big chart had two big-profile entries from female pop stars burning bridges with their unfaithful exes - one of them, Shakira's obliquely-titled "BZRP Music Sessions Vol. 53", was featured on last week's roundup since it entered the dance songs chart the week is was released.   " Flowers " - Miley Cyrus from the album Endless Summer Vacation (2023) Billboard Hot 100 debut: #1 Billboard Pop Airplay debut: #16 Billboard Adult Top-40 Airplay debut: #14 Billboard Adult Contemporary Airplay debut: #15  Official British Singles Chart debut: #1 British Singles Airplay debut: #1 British Singles Sales debut: #1   Four years after her separation from ex-husband Avenger Liam Hemsworth, Miley still holds a grudge, and gloriously lets it all out in this dan...

    Hey folks, it's time for my weekly round-up of the new albums hitting the American and British charts this week. You can catch up with yesterday's singles round-up by clicking here . This week, tracking the post-holiday, is even more sparse than last's, with only one album making its debut in the top 100 in sales and streaming. So I'm gonna throw in a couple more sets that came out last Friday that I think you should check out ( not the insufferable Run The Jewels and their "Latin Edition" - they have always been rap music for self-proclaimed alpha males for me, and I have no need for that).    Spin Off: From The Witness - ATEEZ Billboard 200 debut: #7 Choice cut: "Halazia"    If you like your K-Pop on the more dramatic side instead of the bubblegum pop BTS has turned into, this group brings a short set of five tracks, including this featured single, which I appreciate how they all seem to have different voices in the song instead of one gian...

    It's time for this week's new music round-up, where I run down my picks of the latest singles on the various charts in the U.S. and in the United Kingdom. It's the week of Hanukkah and Christmas, so of course everything is really slow, but a new album from soul singer SZA at least threw some interest in the mix. All 20 new songs from the record made the Hot 100, and I'll single them out.   " Nobody Gets Me " - SZA from the album SOS (2022) Billboard Hot 100 debut: #10     Although it was "Kill Bill" than won the chart this week, entering the Hot 100 at #3, I much preferred the more exposed indie rock of this song, which still made the top ten.  (Click below to see the rest of the post)

    Happy Sunday, everybody, it's time for this week's new album round-up, where I sample my picks of the best of the albums making their debut on Billboard magazine's sales charts as well as the same across the pond in the United Kingdom. You can check out yesterday's new singles recap by clicking here .   Only The Strong Survive - Bruce Springsteen Billboard 200 debut: #8 Billboard Current Albums Sales debut: #3 British Albums Sales debut: #2 Choice cut: "Turn Back The Hands Of Time"    Well, it's come to the point where the Boss, the greatest storyteller in rock music today, is going the oldies cover album route. In one way, it makes me sad, it does seem a little bit like a product, but he does put his heart into picking the songs on the set. He's at his best when he's doing a song he can growl and give drama on, like this one and the Four Tops' "7 Rooms Of Gloom". But on others, like the Tops' "When She Was My Gi...