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Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Jack Harlow's 'First Class' Remains Atop Billboard Hot 100

Jack Harlow's "First Class" has topped the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart for a third total week.

The track had returned to No. 1 on the May 21-dated chart, four weeks after debuting on top.

"First Class" was released on Generation Now/Atlantic Records as the second single from Harlow's second album Come Home the Kids Miss You on April 8.

The song drew 60.3 million radio airplay audience impressions and 25.2 million streams and sold 8,600 downloads in the May 13-19 tracking week, according to Luminate.

The Billboard Hot 100 dated May 28 also features five debuts in the top 10. All but one of those songs is from Kendrick Lamar's new album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers.

Harry Styles' "As It Was" remains at No. 2 on the Hot 100 chart, followed by Lamar's "N95" at No. 3.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data.

(Photo: Urban Wyatt)

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John Legend Announces Special Show At London's Royal Albert Hall

EGOT winner John Legend has announced a very special show at London's Royal Albert Hall, on April 5, 2023.

Legend is currently working on his eighth album, which is set to drop this fall. Fans can pre-order the album to get access to ticket pre-sale for The Royal Albert Hall show beginning May 25. General on-sale commences on May 27 at 9 am.

Meanwhile, in July, Legend is set to perform at London's iconic Somerset House as part of the venue's Summer Series. The twelve-time Grammy winner is also set to return to Zappos Theatre for the second part of his "Love in Las Vegas" residency this summer.

Last week, Legend released new single "Dope" featuring JID, the first song from his forthcoming album.

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Kendrick Lamar's 'Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers' Debuts Atop Billboard 200

Kendrick Lamar's new album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers has debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart dated May 28.

The fifth studio album by Lamar toped the list with 295,500 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending May 19, as per Luminate data.

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, released on May 13 by PGLang, Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records, marks the rapper's fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart.

It comes after a gap of five years.

The 18-track album is split into two parts, each containing nine tracks. The first half is named Big Steppers and the second half is named Mr. Morale.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).

Bad Bunny's Un Verano Sin Ti has fallen to the No. 2 slot and is followed by Future's I Never Liked You at No. 3 on the new Billboard 200 chart.

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