Billboard.Com “Finesse” Hits a New High After Cardi B Hopped on the Track’S Remix, Which Arrived on Jan

GRAMMYS 2018 ‘You don’t get to un-have this moment’ LORDE on a historic Grammys race, her album of the year nod and the #MeToo movement PLUS Rapsody’s underground takeover and critics’ predictions for the Big Four categories January 20, 2018 | billboard.com “Finesse” hits a new high after Cardi B hopped on the track’s remix, which arrived on Jan. 4. COURTESY OF ATLANTIC RECORDS ATLANTIC OF COURTESY Bruno Mars And Cardi B Title CERTIFICATION Artist osition 2 Weeks Ago Peak P ‘Finesse’ Last Week This Week PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL Weeks On Chart #1 111 6 WK S Perfect 2 Ed Sheeran 120 Their Way Up W.HICKS,E.SHEERAN (E.C.SHEERAN) ATLANTIC sic, sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data by online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music. tracked sic, activity data by online music sources sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming Havana 2 Camila Cabello Feat. Young Thug the first time. See Charts Legend on billboard.com/biz for complete rules and explanations. © 2018, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. Global Media, LLC All rights reserved. © 2018, Prometheus for complete rules and explanations. the first time. See Charts on billboard.com/biz Legend 3 2 2 222 FRANK DUKES (K.C.CABELLO,J.L.WILLIAMS,A.FEENY,B.T.HAZZARD,A.TAMPOSI, The Hot 100 B.LEE,A.WOTMAN,P.L.WILLIAMS,L.BELL,R.L.AYALA RODRIGUEZ,K.GUNESBERK) SYCO/EPIC DG AG SG Finesse Bruno Mars & Cardi B - 35 3 32 RUNO MARS AND CARDI B achieve the career-opening feat, SHAMPOO PRESS & CURL,STEREOTYPES (BRUNO MARS,P.M.LAWRENCE II, C.B.BROWN,J.E.FAUNTLEROY II,J.YIP,R.ROMULUS,J.REEVES,R.C.MCCULLOUGH II) ATLANTIC bring new jack swing and the second male; Lionel Richie back to the top 10 of the landed at least three from each of his 2 3 4 Rockstar 2 Post Malone Feat. 21 Savage 117 Billboard Hot 100 as their first three solo sets between 1982 and L.BELL,TANK GOD (A.POST,L.BELL,O.AWOSHILEY,S.B.A.JOSEPH) REPUBLIC B Whitney Houston Mariah ’90s throwback track, “Finesse,” 1986. , ¡ 45 5 No Limit G-Eazy Feat. A$AP Rocky & Cardi B 418 vaults from its No. 35 debut to No. 3. Carey, Beyoncé and Lady Gaga BOI-1DA,A.RITTER (G.GILLUM,M.SAMUELS, ed by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Mu as measured audience impressions airplay ed by radio First released by Mars solo on his also earned the honor with each of A.RITTER,R.A.MAYERS,E.P.TAYLOR,WASHPOPPIN)HPOPP Y/RVG/BPG/RCA 2016 album, 24K Magic, “Finesse” their first three proper albums. 54 6 Thunder Imagine Dragons 437 ALEX DA KID,J.DEZUZIO (D.REYNOLDS,W.SERMON, roars onto the Streaming Songs chart “Finesse” follows the 24K Magic B.MCKEE,D.PLATZMAN,A.GRANT,J.DEZUZIO) KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE at No. 1 with 38.3 million U.S. streams title track, which peaked at No. 4, as in the week ending Jan. 11, according well as Hot 100 leader “That’s What 9 6 7 Bad At Love ¡ Halsey 619 to Nielsen Music, after its remix with I Like.” Mars’ debut LP, Doo-Wops R.REED (A.FRANGIPANE,E.FREDERIC,J.D.TRANTER,R.CHAHAYED) ASTRALWERKS/CAPITOL Cardi B arrived on Jan. 4. The single & Hooligans (2010), generated the 8 7 8 Too Good At Goodbyes ¡ Sam Smith 418 sold 87,000 downloads and drew No. 1s “Just the Way You Are” and JIMMY NAPES,S.FITZMAURICE,STARGATE (S.SMITH,J.J.NAPIER,T.E.HERMANSEN,M.S.ERIKSEN) CAPITOL The week’s most popular current songs across all genres, rank all genres, songs across most popular current The week’s Songs are defined as current if they are newly-released titles, or songs receiving widespread airplay and/or sales activity for and/or airplay widespread songs receiving titles, or newly-released if they are defined as current Songs are 52 million in radio reach. “Grenade” and the No. 4 “The Mars tallies his 15th Hot 100 top 10 Lazy Song.” In 2012, Unorthodox HOT SHOT 9 Filthy Justin Timberlake 91 DEBUT TIMBALAND,J.TIMBERLAKE,DANJA (J.TIMBERLAKE, and Cardi B collects her fourth. Jukebox yielded the chart-toppers T.V.MOSLEY,F.N.HILLS,J.E.FAUNTLEROY II,L.DOPSON) RCA Notably, Mars has now earned three “Locked Out of Heaven” and “When 0 7810 MotorSport Migos, Nicki Minaj & Cardi B 611 top 10s from each of his first three I Was Your Man” and the No. 5 hit MURDA BEATZ,CUBEATZ (Q.K.MARSHALL,K.CEPHUS,K.K.BALL,O.T.MARAJ, WASHPOPPIN,S.L.LINDSTROM,K.GOMRINGER,T.GOMRINGER) QUALIT CONTRY OL/MOTOWN/CAPITOL SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING & STREAMING SALES, AIRPLAY BY COMPILED DATA LPs, becoming just the sixth act to “Treasure.” —GARY TRUST JANUARY 20, 2018 | WWW.BILLBOARD.COM 3 TOPLINE to produce, some say that ... When I first started out I always learned the ropes from producer Bill the studio’s isolating 14-hour days, uncomfortable moments can arise. thought, ‘Ooh, I can’t wait to be in Bottrell. “He sat me down in front of so they choose a different path. “The “There have definitely been that role.’ And the more I learned the console,” she recalls. “I had asked risk in losing the ability to have a times you’ll [suggest] an idea and and the more I began to understand those questions before and people family is too great. They’ll find better the artist will pass over it and the the studio dynamics and the were hush-hush. They didn’t want to things to do. I know it’s an unpopular Dolores O’Riordan guy in the room will say the same responsibilities that come with that give up their secrets.” position, but I’ve always felt that,” idea and they’ll say, ‘I love it,’ and role, I was like, ‘Maybe I’m pretty Whalley, now Concord Music’s says Massy. “I think there will be 1971-2018 you’re like, ‘Oh, my Lord,’ ” says happy where I am.’ ” chief label executive, says the [women] like me that have decided, omission of female producers has ‘I can do without a family because never been by design. “I don’t think the young musicians I work with have “I wouldn’t give direction much, O’Riordan, myself or any other A&R person I been a substitute for family.’ ” onstage with because they wouldn’t take it. Now know would say, ‘We don’t want Others posit that the general lack The Cranberries to use this person because they’re of encouragement for young women in Dublin in 1995, died Jan. 15. they take it seriously.”—WondaGurl female,’ ” he says. “I just know to enter the STEM fields — science, there’s always value to having unique, technology, engineering and math — Hope. “You can’t really show any Many female producers say they talented people making records.” bleeds into the gender gap in music signs of not knowing what you’re were mentored by men. Marks While many male and female production as well. doing. You are at the helm.” studied with noted British producers executives have been supportive, “[Fewer] females go to audio “Sometimes when people are Alan Moulder and Flood, Hope several female producers expressed engineering schools,” says one confused they’re like, ‘Why is this has worked with Bleachers’ dismay that more female artists major-label A&R executive, who girl in the room?’ ” says WondaGurl. Jack Antonoff, and pioneering don’t seek out female producers. claims to have never seen an artist “Earlier, I would never talk; I’d engineer-producer Sylvia Massy, “It’s interesting that a lot of female request a female producer. Perry just play the beat. I wouldn’t give best-known for producing Tool’s artists have this feminist message suggests any women interested in direction much, because they breakthrough album, Undertow, in and they’ll make their record with all production should offer to produce wouldn’t take it. Now they take 1993, took notes from Rick Rubin. men. It seems kind of hypocritical,” a track for free, like she did with it seriously.” Perry praises Interscope co-founder/ says Hope. “This [woman] will Stone Fox. “We cannot wait for Catherine Marks, who has Apple executive Jimmy Iovine and get up to accept an award and be people to find us,” she says. Marks produced Manchester Orchestra former Warner Bros. CEO Tom surrounded by straight, white, agrees: “We need to promote the and Wolf Alice, says the initial leap Whalley as being particularly middle-aged men.” women who are kicking ass so from engineer to producer was “a supportive, and after her rock band Massy thinks it is hard for women the next generation feels like it’s difficult and unexpected transition 4 Non Blondes ended, Perry also to balance the rigors of a family with something they could do too.” Olympic skier Vonn (left) and snowboarder White (right) in Beats’ latest “Above the Noise” campaign. olores O’Riordan had hits put a new spin on Kurt Cobain’s solo LPs in 2007 and 2009, showing a an unmistakable voice. loud-quiet-loud dynamism, and rock dedication to pop craft. And while the The Winter Olympics kick off in Pyeongchang, South (“Don’t Tell Me”) for its 2017 holiday ad starring The Cranberries singer, radio responded instantly. act would never again scale the heights Korea, on Feb.

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