24-year-old guitarist and producer Steve Lacy started the year with a reputation as a talented innovator on the frontier of alternative R&B. DIY approach in the studio. He currently has the No. 1 song in the country.
“Bad Habit,” a spacey, pensive ballad with slightly distorted guitars, has been a monster streaming hit since its release three months ago. After gaining traction on his radio, the song finally landed on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart this week, according to tracking service Luminate. and climbed to the top spot. .
The song from Lacy’s second studio album, Gemini Lights, replaced Harry Styles’ “As It Was” at the top of the charts after 15 weeks of intermittent domination starting in April.
The rise of “Bad Habit” is one of the most surprising stories in the music industry this year, but for those watching Lacy’s career, it didn’t come out of nowhere. After appearing as one of her teenage members on the internet Frank Her Ocean, Sid, Earl Her Sweatshirt, Tyler The Boundary Pushing Hip Hop Her Ensemble Derived From Her Future Odd Her Future Lacy, who kendrick lamarSolange, vampire weekend He has a proven track record as an artist who can comfortably bridge R&B, hip-hop, and alternative rock.
However, how long “Bad Habit” will last is an open question. British singer Sam Smith’s latest release, ‘Unholy’ featuring Kim Petras, is garnering attention.
The Billboard 200 album chart is again dominated by a familiar figure. Bud His Bunny is a Puerto Rican superstar whose ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ is the biggest album of the year. huge stadium tour match. This week, “Un Verano” is number one for the 12th time in a row.
According to Luminate, Bad Bunny’s album equates to 87,000 sales in the US in the most recent week, including 120 million streams. As far as the #1 album is concerned, that total is modest. So far this year, the average weekly equivalent sales for a topping album is around 138,000, which is a combined figure of streaming, individual track downloads, and traditional purchases of the entire album, which is around 138,000. . Still, Verano’s numbers this week are almost double those of its competitors.
Australian pop-rock band 5 Seconds of Summer start at number two, equivalent to 48,000 sales of their latest “5SOS5,” which includes 36,000 copies sold as a complete package and just 16 million streams. (By comparison, in recent weeks, Bad Bunny’s “Me Porto Bonito” and “Titi Me Pregunto” (his two of his 23 tracks on “Un Verano”) have each gotten as many clicks. have earned.)
Morgan Warren’s “Dangerous: The Double Album” has been the chart’s mainstay for 21 consecutive months, at number three. Last week’s top seller, his Blackpink’s “Born Pink,” fell to his fourth place with sales of 40,000 copies, representing 60%. Drop. Styles’ “Harry’s House” is number five.