In This Issue:
Slipknot reenters Spotify’s Weekly Top 200 Artists in the U.S., driven no doubt by the flurry of recent activity, including the surprise show in Pioneertown, Sick New World, a Knotfest Iowa announcement, and an upcoming anniversary tour, including the LA arena show that sold out before general on-sale even began (they’ve since added a second night). Big congrats, Team Slipknot!
The Spotify BILLIONS CLUB adds a second song from Måneskin (whose first entry, “Beggin’,” is now at 1.5B streams) and a classic from The Clash.
Linkin Park, Pink Floyd, Alice In Chains, Deftones, System Of A Down, and this week’s top-selling Hard Rock albums (physical) at indie retailers.
Paramore, Pearl Jam, Ramones, The Cure, and the Top 25 best-selling Record Store Day 2024 releases at indie record stores.
Black Veil Brides, Bring Me The Horizon, Good Charlotte, and Muse earn new BRIT sales certifications.1
New Record Label Signings ✍🏻
Ruins Of Perception w/ Seek And Strike
Solence w/ Better Noise Music
Reece Young, Point North, Solence, All That Remains, Dååth, Rise Of The Northstar, Fire From The Gods, STARSET, P.O.D., Duff McKagan, Dark Tranquility, Category 7, Escuela Grind, Fuming Mouth, Unto Others, Huntsmen, VOWER, and more new music in the Stream N’ Destroy Spotify playlist.
Spotify Weekly Top Artists 🌎
Hard Rock, Metal, Punk(ish)
Linkin Park (No. 51 overall)
Queen (No. 71 overall)
AC/DC (No. 121)
Red Hot Chili Peppers (No. 122)
Twenty One Pilots (No. 123)
Nirvana (No. 138)
Radiohead (No. 148)
Metallica (No. 151)
System Of A Down (No. 173)
Måneskin (No. 193)
Spotify Weekly Top Artists 🇺🇸
Hard Rock, Metal, Punk(ish)
Linkin Park (No. 63)
Jelly Roll (No. 74)
Deftones (No. 104)
Nirvana (No. 109)
Twenty One Pilots (No. 116)
Red Hot Chili Peppers (No. 125)
Fall Out Boy (No. 132)
Queen (No. 136)
Radiohead (No. 145)
System Of A Down (No. 147)
AC/DC (No. 151)
Metallica (No. 159)
HARDY (No. 162)
Green Day (No. 164)
Nickelback (No. 176)
Paramore (No. 183)
Panic! At The Disco (No. 188)
mgk (No. 191)
Foo Fighters (No. 194)
Blink-182 (No. 195)
Slipknot (No. 199)
SPOTIFY BILLIONS CLUB 🌎
THE CLASH “Should I Stay or Should I Go” (1982) 1B streams
MÅNESKIN “I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE” (2021) 1B streams
QUEEN “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975) 2.4B streams
TWENTY ONE PILOTS “Stressed Out” (2015) 2.2B
THE KILLERS “Mr. Brightside” (2004) 2.1B
NIRVANA “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991) 1.9B
QUEEN “Don’t Stop Me Now” (1978) 1.9B
GUNS N’ ROSES “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (1987) 1.8B
JOURNEY “Don’t Stop Believin’” (1981) 1.8B
QUEEN “Another One Bites The Dust” (1980) 1.8B
TWENTY ONE PILOTS “Heathens” (2016) 1.7B
RADIOHEAD “Creep” (1993) 1.6B
LINKIN PARK “Numb” (2003) 1.6B
TWENTY ONE PILOTS “Ride” (2015) 1.6B
BON JOVI “Livin’ On A Prayer” (1986) 1.5B
AC/DC “Highway to Hell” (1979) 1.5B
AC/DC “Back In Black” (1980) 1.5B
MÅNESKIN “Beggin’” (2017) 1.5B
QUEEN & DAVID BOWIE “Under Pressure” (1982) 1.5B
PANIC! AT THE DISCO “High Hopes” (2018) 1.5B
AC/DC “Thunderstruck” (1990) 1.4B
SYSTEM OF A DOWN “Chop Suey!” (2001) 1.3B
METALLICA “Enter Sandman” (1991) 1.3B
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS “Under the Bridge” (1991) 1.3B
NIRVANA “Come As You Are” (1991) 1.2B
SURVIVOR “Eye of the Tiger” (1985) 1.2B
QUEEN “We Will Rock You” (1977) 1.2B
GUNS N’ ROSES “Welcome To The Jungle” (1987) 1.1B
FOO FIGHTERS “Everlong” (1997) 1.1B
AEROSMITH “Dream On” (1973) 1.1B
PAPA ROACH “Last Resort” (2001) 1.1B
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS “Can’t Stop” (2002) 1.1B
THE CRANBERRIES “Zombie” (1994) 1.1B
METALLICA “Nothing Else Matters” (1991) 1.1B
FALL OUT BOY “Centuries” (2015) 1.1B
BLACK SABBATH “Paranoid” (1970) 1B
GREEN DAY “Basket Cast” (1994) 1B
EVANESCENCE “Bring Me To Life” (2003) 1B
BON JOVI “You Give Love A Bad Name” (1986) 1B
GUNS N’ ROSES “Paradise City” (1987) 1B
BLINK-182 “All The Small Things” (1999) 1B
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS “Snow (Hey Oh)” 1B
AC/DC “You Shook Me All Night Long” (1980) 1B
PLAIN WHITE T’S “HEY THERE DELILAH” 1B
New BRIT Sales Certifications 🇬🇧
BLACK VEIL BRIDES
We Stitch These Wounds
(Standby Records) 2010
SILVER ALBUM
BRING ME THE HORIZON
“Teardrops”
(RCA) 2020
SILVER SINGLE
GOOD CHARLOTTE
“The Anthem”
(Epic) 2002
PLATINUM SINGLE
MUSE
“Supermassive Black Hole”
(Helium 3/Warner Records) 2006
2x PLATINUM SINGLE
Hits Daily Double / RSD / Street Pulse 🇺🇸
INDIE RETAIL TOP 50 (Physical Only)
LINKIN PARK Papercuts 2410 (No. 4 overall)
PINK FLOYD The Dark Side of the Moon 810 (No. 9)
ALICE IN CHAINS Jar Of Flies EP 778 (No. 10)
DEFTONES Around the Fur 675 (No. 12)
BLUE OYSTER CULT Ghost Stories 544 (No. 16)
RADIOHEAD In Rainbows 485 (No. 24)
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Toxicity 423 (No. 36)
THE STROKES Is This It 396 (No. 38)
DEFTONES Diamond Eyes 368 (No. 43)
RADIOHEAD OK Computer 343 (No. 48)
Top-Selling RSD 2024 Exclusive Albums at Indie Stores 🇺🇸
Noah Kahan, I Was/I Am (blue-colored)
Paramore, This Is Why / Re: This Is Why (Standard + Remix) (bone and ruby red-colored 2xLP)
Pearl Jam, Dark Matter (yellow and black ghostly-colored)
Paramore, Re: This Is Why (ruby red-colored)
Talking Heads, Live at WCOZ 77 (2xLP)
The 1975, The 1975 Live at Gorilla (white-colored 2xLP)
The Weeknd, Live at SoFi Stadium (3xLP)
ATEEZ, The World EP.Fin: Will [X. Ver.] (clear or black-colored LP + 7”)
Fleetwood Mac, Rumours (picture disc)
David Bowie, Waiting in the Sky (Before the Starman Came to Earth)
Wallows, Nothing Happens (5th Anniversary Edition) (aqua splatter and aqua with white splatter-colored 2xLP)
Young Thug, Jeffery
Team Sleep, Team Sleep (gold-colored 2xLP)
Neil Young with Crazy Horse, Fuckin’ Up (clear-colored 2xLP)
Ramones, The 1975 Sire Demos
Gorillaz, Cracker Island (pink and magenta-colored 2xLP)
The Replacements, Not Ready for Prime Time: Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, January 11, 1986 (2xLP)
Grateful Dead, Nightfall of Diamonds (180 gram 4xLP set)
Soundtrack, Lost in Translation (Music From the Motion Picture Soundtrack [Deluxe Edition]) (2xLP)
The Cure, The Top (picture disc)
Bill Evans, Everybody Digs Bill Evans (180 gram)
Lil Uzi Vert, Luv Is Rage
The Doors, Live at Konserthuset, Stockholm, September 20, 1968 (3xLP)
Various Artists, South Park: The 25th Anniversary Concert (Towelie-Blue-3xLP)
John Lennon, Mind Games EP (140 gram glow-in-the-dark)
Sources: Billboard, BPI, HITS Daily Double, The PRP, Spotify, Misc.