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#1 DG 0 1 12 1 WK Cheerleader OMI C.DILLON,O.PASLEY (O.PASLEY,C.DILLON, OMI’s ‘Cheerleader’ M.BRADFORD,S.DUNBAR,R.DILLON) LOUDER THAN LIFE/ULTRA/COLUMBIA

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 118 2 the first time. See Charts on billboard.c Legend Feat. Rallies To The Top DJ FRANK E,C.PUTH,A.CEDAR (J.FRANKS,A.CEDAR,C.J.THOMAZ,C.PUTH) UNIVERSAL STUDIOS/ATLANTIC/RRP AG 3 5 IP HIP HOORAY FOR Released in 2012, “Cheerleader” Can’t Feel My Face The Weeknd A.PAYAMI,MAX MARTIN (A.TESFAYE,MAX MARTIN,S.KOTECHA,P.SVENSSON,A.PAYAMI) XO/REPUBLIC OMI. The Jamaican has scored global success thanks Felix Jaehn 111 ’s “Cheerleader” to its recent remix. Bad Blood ¡ Feat. Kendrick Lamar rises 2-1 on the Billboard Also celebrating: OMI’s label home, MAX MARTIN,SHELLBACK (T.SWIFT,MAX MARTIN,SHELLBACK,K.DUCKWORTH) BIG MACHINE/REPUBLIC H Wiz Khalifa Hot 100, dethroning ’s Ultra Records, which partnered 320 soundtrack smash “See with Columbia Records to land Watch Me 0 Silento songs receiving widespread airplay and/or sales activity for and/or airplay widespread songs receiving BOLO DA PRODUCER (T.B.MINGO,R.L.HAWK) BOLO/CAPITOL ed by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Mu as measured audience impressions airplay ed by radio You Again” (featuring Charlie its first Hot 100 No. 1. The iconic 225 Puth). OMI’s breakthrough reggae- dance label previously peaked as Trap Queen ¡ pop hit also spends a second week high as No. 2 with ’s T.FADD (W.J.MAXWELL,T.FADD) RGF/300 at No. 1 on the Digital Songs chart “I Know You Want Me (Calle 435 and has sold 1.3 million downloads Ocho)” in 2009. Shut Up And Dance ¡ WALK THE MOON to date, according to Nielsen Music. As OMI hoists “Cheerleader” to T.PAGNOTTA (N.PETRICCA,E.MAIMAN,K.RAY,S.WAUGAMAN,B.BERGER,R.MCMAHON) RCA “It’s every artist’s dream,” says No. 1, the track ends the 12-week 813 Fight Song 0 Rachel Platten OMI, 29, born Omar Samuel rule of “See You Again.” The song’s J.LEVINE (R.PLATTEN,D.BASSETT) COLUMBIA Songs are defined as current if they are newly-released titles, or newly-released if they are defined as current Songs are The week’s most popular current songs across all genres, rank all genres, songs across most popular current The week’s Pasley, of his new chart-topping reign at the top of the Hot 100 tied 819 status. “It all seems surreal. Not for the longest for a rap hit with Where Are U Now 0 & With everyone gets to live their dream. two other leaders: The Black Eyed SKRILLEX,DIPLO (S.MOORE,T.W.PENTZ,J.BIEBER) /OWSLA/ATLANTIC My dream wasn’t to become famous Peas’ “Boom Boom Pow” (2009) 816 Hey Mama 0 Feat. , Bebe Rexha & Afrojack but to be appreciated for what I love and ’s “” D.GUETTA,AFROJACK,G.H.TUINFORT,E.DEAN (D.GUETTA,G.H.TUINFORT, N.VAN DE WALL,E.DEAN,B.REXHA,S.DOUGLAS,O.T.MARAJ) WHAT A MUSIC/PARLOPHONE/ATLANTIC

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The country star, 30, 2 Weeks Ago Last Week This Week PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL Peak Position Weeks On Chart released his latest 57 album, Just As I Am, in 0 Omarion Feat. & Jhene Aiko 13 27 DJ MUSTARD,M.ADAM (O.GRANDBERRY,D.MCFARLANE,M.ADAM,M.POWELL, November 2014. S.JEAN,C.M.BROWN,J.A.E. CHILOMBO,E.BONNER,L.DUNBAR,J.TAYLOR,L.WILLIS) MAYBACH/ATLANTIC/RRP B**** Better Have My Money 2 15 16 DEPUTY,K.WEST (J.PIERRE,B.BOURELLY,R.FENTY,J.WEBSTER,K.O.WEST) WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION Talking Body 0 Tove Lo 12 24 One Hell of THE STRUTS,SHELLBACK (TOVE LO,J.JERLSTROM,L.SODERBERG) ISLAND/REPUBLIC an Amen Photograph 24 9 J.BHASKER (E.C.SHEERAN,J.MCDAID) ATLANTIC BREATHE: SULLY SULLIVAN SULLY BREATHE: GILBERT: JAMES MINCHIN. FETTY: RACHEL MURRAY/GETTY IMAGES. IMAGES. MURRAY/GETTY RACHEL FETTY: MINCHIN. JAMES GILBERT: SHIRLAINE LITTKY. FORREST/GETTY PAMELA SWIFT: IMAGES. BOY: You Know You Like It DJ Snake & AlunaGeorge 13 16 14 DJ SNAKE (A.DEWJI-FRANCIS,G.REID)2 18 INTERSCOPE O O 240 Thinking Out Loud163 Ed Sheeran O O O J.GOSLING (E.C.SHEERAN,A.WADGE) O ATLANTICO OO OO

Girl Crush ¡ Little Big Town 18 21 J.JOYCE (L.ROSE,L.MCKENNA,H.LINDSEY) CAPITOL NASHVILLE/INTERSCOPE

Cool For The Summer 28 2 MAX MARTIN,A.PAYAMI (S.KOTECHA,MAX MARTIN,A.KRONLUND,D.LOVATO) SAFEHOUSE/ISLAND/REPUBLIC/

All Eyes On You Feat. Chris Brown & Nicki Minaj 29 3 A.DELICATA,MR. MORRIS (R.R.WILLIAMS,O.T.MARAJ,C.M.BROWN,A.DELICATA,D.MORRIS,K.COSSOM, A.DAVIDSON,S.DAVIDSON,S.COMBS,A.HENDERSON,S.HOWSE,S.A.JORDAN,B.MCCANE,C.WALLACE) MAYBACH/ATLANTIC

Classic Man Jidenna Feat. Roman GianArthur 26 10 JIDENNA,N.KWABENA TUFFUOR,NATE “ROCKET” WONDER (J.MOBISSON,N.KWABENA TUFFUOR,N.IRVIN III,J.SEHRA, M.WILEY,R.G.A.IRVIN,E.K.TANNIS,C.AITCHISON,G.ASTASIO,A.A.KELLY,K.MCKENZIE,J.A.PEBWORTH,J.SHAVE,J.TURN) WONDALAND/EPIC 26 12 “One Hell of an Amen” describes losing a cents in and say, “This song came from Flex (Ooh Ooh Ooh) Rich Homie Quan

NITTI,DJ SPINZ (D.D.LAMAR,C.MOORE,G. HILL) RICH HOMIEZ/THINK IT’S A GAME and Nielsen Music, Inc.LC All rights reserved. lover who died in combat. Didn’t you gift my heart and my brain.” My co-writers will your CMT Music Awards tickets to a military tell you I’m a stickler. And when I perform, This Summer’s Gonna Hurt... Maroon 5 23 9 SHELLBACK (SHELLBACK,A.N.LEVINE) 222/INTERSCOPE vet who gave you his Purple Heart? there’s a whole other level of expression We actually text or talk every day. It meant and passion because [the songs are] so Love Me Like You Do 2 Ellie Goulding 327 MAX MARTIN,A.PAYAMI (MAX MARTIN,S.KOTECHA,I.SALMANZADEH,A.PAYAMI,TOVE LO) UNIVERSAL STUDIOS/REPUBLIC/INTERSCOPE more to him than it ever would have to me. close to me. The people that knew he was there, and Kick The Dust Up 26 8 the that he was there — that did This summer, you’re touring with Kenny J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (D.DAVIDSON,C. DESTEFANO,A.GORLEY) CAPITOL NASHVILLE more for him than being able to see me. Chesney. How do your crowds compare? Elastic Heart 17 27 When we’re onstage, it’s intense, real loud. DIPLO,G.KURSTIN (S.K.I.FURLER,T.W.PENTZ,A.SWANSON) MONKEY PUZZLE/RCA You wrote or co-wrote every song on the But when Kenny comes onstage, people Nasty Freestyle T-Wayne 913 recently released platinum edition of your have their arms around each other singing 30ROC (T.D.NOBLES,S.GLOADE) WERUNIT/UNAUTHORIZED/300 Just As I Am Global Media, L © 2015, Prometheus om/biz for complete rules and explanations. album . Why is it important for “Kumbaya.” There’s a healing, feel-good, Take Your Time ¡ Sam Hunt 20 28 you to be that involved in songwriting? -buddy [feeling] going on. It’s like Z.CROWELL,S.MCANALLY (S.HUNT,J.OSBORNE,S.MCANALLY) MCA NASHVILLE/CAPITOL It’s just really being able [to get my] two something I’ve never seen. —JEWLY HIGHT Slow Motion 0 Trey Songz 26 22 C.PUTH,GEOFFRO CAUSE (T.NEVERSON,C.PUTH,G.EARLEY,J.K.HINDLIN) SONGBOOK/ATLANTIC

Uma Thurman 0 Fall Out Boy 39 14 J.SINCLAIR,YOUNG WOLF HATCHLINGS (FALL OUT BOY,W.HASHMI, J.YOUNG,L.O’DONNELL,J.SINCLAIR,J.MARSHALL,R.MOSHER) DCD2/ISLAND/REPUBLIC by Nielsen Music. tracked sic, activity data by online music sources sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming

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2 Weeks Ago Last Week This Week PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL Peak Position Weeks On Chart S.HENDRICKS (J.T.HARDING,J.OSBORNE,T. ROSEN) WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE/WMN

Honey, I’m Good. ¡ Andy Grammer 920 House Party Sam Hunt 41 6 B.WEST,N.W.SIPE,S.GREENBERG (A.GRAMMER,N.W.SIPE) S-CURVE/HOLLYWOOD Z.CROWELL,S.MCANALLY (S.HUNT,Z.CROWELL,J.FLOWERS) MCA NASHVILLE

The Hills The Weeknd 12 7 Fun Pitbull Feat. Chris Brown 40 9 MANO (A.TESFAYE,A.BALSHE,E.NICKERSON,C.MONTAGNESE) XO/REPUBLIC THE MONSTERS & STRANGERZ,J.EVIGAN (A.C.PEREZ,J.EVIGAN,C.COFFEE JR., M.LOMAX,J.JOHNSON,S.JOHNSON,A.IZQUIERDO,A.BURNA,C.M.BROWN) MR. 305/POLO GROUNDS/RCA Uptown ! 5 Feat. Bruno Mars 135 43 2 R.I.C.O. Meek Mill Feat. M.RONSON,J.BHASKER,BRUNO MARS (M.D.RONSON,J.BHASKER,BRUNO MARS,P.M.LAWRENCE II, VINYLZ, (R.R.WILLIAMS,A.GRAHAM,A.HERNANDEZ,K.GOMRINGER) MAYBACH/ATLANTIC L.SIMMONS,R.WILSON,C.WILSON,R.TAYLOR,R.WILSON,D.C.GALLASPY,N.J.WILLIAMS) RCA songs receiving widespread airplay and/or sales activity for and/or airplay widespread songs receiving

FETTY WAP 14 21 31 10 by Nielsen Mu as measured audience impressions airplay ed by radio Worth It ¡ Feat. Kid Ink The Night Is Still Young Nicki Minaj FEATURING STARGATE,O.KAPLAN (PRISCILLA RENEA,M.S.ERIKSEN,T.E.HERMANSEN,O.KAPLAN) SYCO/EPIC DR. LUKE,CIRKUT (O.T.MARAJ,E.DEAN,L.GOTTWALD,T.THOMAS,H.R.WALTER) YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC 19 REMY BOYZ 93 43 13 679 Good For You Feat. A$AP Rocky Be Real Kid Ink Feat. DeJ Loaf DJ MUSTARD,JGRAMM (B.T.COLLINS,D.MCFARLANE,J.GRAMMA, N. MONSON,SIR NOLAN,A$AP ROCKY,H.DELGADO (J.MICHAELS,J.TRANTER,R.MAYERS) INTERSCOPE N.AUDINO,L.HUGES,D.LEONARD,B.T.HAZZARD,D.M.TRIMBLE) THA ALUMNI GROUP/88 CLASSIC/RCA The track rockets 43-17 on the Streaming Songs chart with an Want To Want Me 518 0 Canaan Smith 46 16 80 percent gain to 6.1 million I.KIRKPATRICK (J.DESROULEAUX,S.MARTIN,L.ROBBINS,I.KIRKPATRICK,M.ALLAN) BELUGA HEIGHTS/WARNER BROS. B.BEAVERS,J.ROBBINS (C.SMITH,B.BEAVERS,J.BEAVERS) MERCURY NASHVILLE domestic streams, fueled 13 14 2 835 most heavily by user-generated & DJ Snake Feat. M0 G.D.F.R. Feat. & Lookas DJ FRANK E,A.CEDAR,M.BEARD (T.DILLARD,J.FRANKS,A.CEDAR,D.W.WOODS,P.RODRIGUEZ,M.CAREN, clips featuring the track’s DJ SNAKE,DIPLO,P.MECKSEPER (K.M.ORSTED,W.S.E.GRIGAHCINE,T.W.PENTZ,P.MECKSEPER) MAD DECENT C.W.MILLER,G.GOLDSTEIN,H.BROWN,H.E.SCOTT,L.OSKAR,L.L.JORDAN,M.DICKERSON,S.ALLEN) POE BOY/ATLANTIC audio and clicks. The week’s most popular current songs across all genres, rank all genres, songs across most popular current The week’s Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey) 3 The Weeknd 329 Style 2 Taylor Swift 631 titles, or newly-released if they are defined as current Songs are S.MOCCIO,J.QUENNEVILLE (A.TESFAYE,S.MOCCIO,J.QUENNEVILLE,A.BALSHE) UNIVERSAL STUDIOS/REPUBLIC MAX MARTIN,SHELLBACK (T.SWIFT,MAX MARTIN,SHELLBACK,A.PAYAMI) BIG MACHINE/REPUBLIC ¡ SG 679 Fetty Wap Feat. Remy Boyz 19 2 Somebody Feat. Jeremih 10 25 COOK CLASSICS,THE FUTURISTICS (W.LOBBAN-BEAN,A.SCHWARTZ, PEOPLES (W.J.MAXWELL,A.COSME JR.,J.POPE,B.GARCIA) RGF/300 J.KHAJADOURIAN,G.MERRILL,S.RUBICAM,J.P.FELTON) I.M.G./REPUBLIC Sugar Maroon 5 226 Shake It Off 7 Taylor Swift 147

AMMO,CIRKUT (A.LEVINE,J.COLEMAN,L.GOTTWALD,J.K.HINDLIN,M.POSNER,H.R.WALTER) 222/INTERSCOPE MAX MARTIN,SHELLBACK (T.SWIFT,MAX MARTIN,SHELLBACK) BIG MACHINE/REPUBLIC & STREAMING SALES, AIRPLAY BY COMPILED DATA

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2 Weeks Ago Last Week This Week PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL Peak Position Weeks On Chart Taylor Swift’s smash 1989 keeps adding chart honors. “Bad Blood” Crash And Burn 51 9 4 10 D.HUFF,J.FRASURE (J.FRASURE,C.STAPLETON) VALORY becomes the album’s fourth No. 1 on the airplay chart, Like A Wrecking Ball Eric Church 52 16 @0 c 0 J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,C.BEATHARD) EMI NASHVILLE following “Shake It Off,” “Blank TAYLOR Space” and “Style.” Only two other Jason Aldean 51 12 Looks Good On You SWIFT releases have hit that milestone: @ 0 M.KNOX (D.DAVIDSON,R.AKINS,A.GORLEY) BROKEN BOW FEATURING Maroon 5’s Overexposed (four in Buy Me A Boat Chris Janson 54 7 KENDRICK LAMAR 2012 to 2013) and ’s 00 C.JANSON,C.DUBOIS,B.ANDERSON (C.JANSON,C.DUBOIS) WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE/WAR o Bad Blood Teenage Dream (a record five in 55 7 Stitches 2010 to 2012). On Mainstream @62 0 DAYLIGHT,J.T.GEIGER II,D.PARKER (D.PARKER,J.T.GEIGER II,D.KYRIAKIDES) ISLAND/REPUBLIC Top 40, “Blood” logs the most I Don’t Like It, I Love It Flo Rida Feat. Thicke & Verdine White 56 3 weekly plays (17,464, according to SOFLY & NIUS,ODDFELLOW (T.DILLARD,T.TROELSEN,J.SANDERSON, 0e0 R.JUDRIN,P.MELKI,G.EARLEY,B.S.ISAAC,J. LUTTRELL,A.IZQUIERDO) POE BOY/ATLANTIC Nielsen Music) in the chart’s 22- One Hell Of An Amen Brantley Gilbert 57 11 year history, besting Wiz Khalifa’s g00 D.HUFF (B.GILBERT,M.DEKLE,B.DAVIS) VALORY “See You Again” (featuring Charlie Loving You Easy Band 58 7 Puth) in June. —G.T. @0 0 Z.BROWN (Z.BROWN,N.MOON,A.ANDERSON) JOHN VARVATOS/REPUBLIC/BMLG/SOUTHERN GROUND Renegades X Ambassadors 59 13 CI 0 ALEX DA KID (A.GRANT,S.N.HARRIS,N.FELDSHUH,C.HARRIS,A.LEVINE) KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE 40 17 Bright Echosmith CERTIFICATION 51 60 Title Artist

M.ELIZONDO (ECHOSMITH,J.DAVID,M. MCDONALD) WARNER BROS. 2 Weeks Ago Last Week This Week PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL Peak Position Weeks On Chart

61 4 68 9 Marvin Gaye Charlie Puth Feat. How Many Times DJ Khaled Feat. Chris Brown, & @G 0 5 80 0 LC and Nielsen Music, Inc.LC All rights reserved. C.PUTH (C.PUTH,J.FROST,J. LUTTRELL,N.SEELY) ARTIST PARTNERS GROUP/ATLANTIC DJ KHALED,LEE ON THE BEATS,B.KORN,OZ (K.M.KHALED,C.M.BROWN,D.CARTER,S.M.ANDERSON) WE THE BEST/RED ASSOCIATED LABELS Love Me Like You Mean It Kelsea Ballerini 45 15 Yoga Janelle Monae & Jidenna 79 3 49 62 N.WONDER,N.KWABENA TUFFUOR,JIDENNA (J.M.ROBINSON,J.MOBISSON, F.G.WHITEHEAD (K.BALLERINI,J.KERR,F.G.WHITEHEAD,L.CARPENTER) BLACK RIVER 0 0 N.IRVIN III,N.KWABENA TUFFUOR,C.JOSEPH II,E.K.TANNIS,M.WILEY,R.IRVIN) WONDALAND/EPIC 56 14 Rings And Old Barstools Tim McGraw With Catherine Dunn 55 17 (311) 74 83 C)0 63 C.CHAMBERLAIN (J.COLLINS,BRETT JAMES) MERCURY NASHVILLE B.GALLIMORE,T.MCGRAW (L.LAIRD,B.DEAN,J.SINGLETON) MCGRAW/BIG MACHINE 64 7 84 4 Planes Jeremih Feat. J. Cole Good Thing Sage The Gemini Feat. Nick Jonas VINYLZ,FRANK DUKES (J.P.FELTON,A.HERNANDEZ,A.WOODS, 90 FALL OUT BOY @ 0 J.COLE,A.FEENY,A.ADAMS,R.HARRIS,K.JEFFRIES) MICK SCHULTZ/DEF JAM 0 0 ILYA (D.W.WOODS,I.SALMANZADEH,S.KOTECHA,P.SVENSSON) BLACK MONEY/EMPIRE RECORDINGS/REPUBLIC 39 Uma Thurman John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16 Keith Urban 65 5 Sippin’ On Fire 0 Florida Line 40 18 68 77 85 @ 0 D.HUFF,K.URBAN (S.MCANALLY,R.COPPERMAN,J.OSBORNE) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE J.MOI (R.CLAWSON,M.DRAGSTREM,C.TAYLOR) REPUBLIC NASHVILLE With “Centuries” rising to No. 10 Kiss You In The Morning Michael Ray 66 7 Alright Kendrick Lamar 82 3 in February, the band has scored ®00 S.HENDRICKS (J.WILSON,M.WHITE) WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE/WEA 0 0 P.L.WILLIAMS,SOUNWAVE (K.DUCKWORTH,P.L.WILLIAMS,M.SPEARS) TOP DAWG/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE two top 40 Hot 100 hits in a year

om/biz for complete rules and explanations. © 2015, Prometheus Global Media, L © 2015, Prometheus om/biz for complete rules and explanations. for the first time since 2008. 55 15 44 19 The singles’ parent album, 59 67 Commas Future 83 87 Don’t It Billy Currington J.LUELLEN,DJ SPINZ (N.WILBURN CASH,J.H.LUELLEN,G.HILLS) A-1/FREEBANDZ/EPIC D.HUFF (J.JOHNSTON,A.GORLEY,R.COPPERMAN) MERCURY NASHVILLE American Beauty/American Psycho, arrived in January. Crushin’ It 68 11 Lord Knows Meek Mill 88 1 NEW 0 @0 0 L.WOOTEN,B.PAISLEY (B.PAISLEY,K.LOVELACE,L.T.MILLER) ARISTA NASHVILLE PLAY PICASSO,TORY LANEZ (R.R.WILLIAMS,D.GONZALEZ,D.PETERSON) MAYBACH/ATLANTIC 61 14 66 16 CD 69 Wet Dreamz J. Cole El Perdon & 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 J.L.COLE (J.COLE,C.SIMMONS,R.HAMMOND) DREAMVILLE/ROC NATION/COLUMBIA Q870 SAGA WHITEBLACK (N.RIVERA CAMINERO,SAGA WHITEBLACK,J.D.MEDINA VELEZ) LA INDUSTRIA/ LATIN

the first time. See Charts on billboard.c Legend 70 5 88 5 This Could Be Us Rae Sremmurd Beautiful Now Zedd Feat. Jon Bellion @0 0 MIKE WILL MADE-IT,MARZ (A.BROWN,K.U.BROWN,M.L.WILLIAMS,M.MIDDLEBROOKS) EARDRUMA/INTERSCOPE o0 ZEDD,ROCKMAFIA (A.ZASLAVSKI,T.JAMES,A.ARMATO,D.CHILD,D.JOST,J.BELLION) INTERSCOPE 70 15 91 1 The Matrimony Wale Feat. NWQ Jump Out The Face Meek Mill Feat. Future ®0 0 JAKE ONE,DJ KHALIL (O.AKINTIMEHIN,J.DUTTON,S.DEW) MAYBACH/ATLANTIC L.WAYNE,J.LUELLEN (R.R.WILLIAMS,L.WAYNE,J.H.LUELLEN,N.WILBURN CASH) MAYBACH/ATLANTIC Hell Of A Night Dustin Lynch 72 6 I Really Like You Rae Jepsen 39 19 73 90 92 (AG M.J.CONES (Z.CROWELL,A.SANDERS,J.BOYER) BROKEN BOW P.SVENSSON,J.HALATRAX (J.K.HINDLIN,P.SVENSSON,C.R.JEPSEN) 604/SCHOOLBOY/INTERSCOPE 47 17 90 6 50 73 Little Toy Guns Hood Go Crazy Tech N9Ne Feat. & B.o.B NEEDTOBREATHE M.BRIGHT (C.UNDERWOOD,C. DESTEFANO,H.LINDSEY) 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE X00 N4 (A.D.YATES,T.EPPS,B.R.SIMMONS, JR.,C.MONTGOMERY III,N.LUSCOMBE,F.VAN WORKUM) STRANGE FEATURING songs receiving widespread airplay and/or sales activity for and/or airplay widespread songs receiving

ed by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Mu as measured audience impressions airplay ed by radio 98 Lose My Mind Brett Eldredge 74 5 Smoke 0 47 20 GAVIN DEGRAW R. COPPERMAN,B.ELDREDGE (B.ELDREDGE,H.MORGAN,R.COPPERMAN, 84 92 94 Brother i o 0 B.BURTON,T.D.CALLAWAY,G.F.REVERBERI,G.P.REVERBERI) ATLANTIC/WMN D.COBB (M.HOBBY,J.M.NITE,R.COPPERMAN) REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 75 1 95 1 HOTSHOT Love Is Your Name Steven Tyler NWQ Like I’m Gonna Lose You Meghan Trainor Feat. The collaboration crowns Hot I 0 D.HUFF (L.LEE,E.PASLAY) DOT C.GELBUDA,M.TRAINOR (M.TRAINOR,J.WEAVER,C.SMITH) EPIC Christian Songs for a ninth week and is just the second leader Young & Crazy Frankie Ballard 76 7 Ex’s & Oh’s 96 1 on that chart to reach the Hot NEW 0 00 M.ALTMAN,S.HENDRICKS (A.GORLEY,S.MCANALLY,R.AKINS) WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE/WAR D.BASSETT (E.KING,D.BASSETT) RCA 100, following Hillsong United’s “Oceans (Where Feet May 77 2 82 6 71 49 Do It Again Pia Mia Feat. Chris Brown & Tear In My Heart Fail)” in 2014. NIC NAC (M.L.KRAGEN,P.M.PEREZ,N.BALDING,M.GRIFFIN,M.R.NGUYEN-STEVENSON,J.AFEMATA,G.VEIKOSO) WOLFPACK/INTERSCOPE 080 R.REED (T.JOSEPH) FUELED BY RAMEN/RRP 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 newly-released if they are defined as current Songs are 78 2 98 2 Bad For You Meek Mill Feat. Nicki Minaj Brother NEEDTOBREATHE Feat. Gavin DeGraw 0 0 BEN BILLION$ (R.R.WILLIAMS,O.T.MARAJ,B.DIEHL,H.GRUZMAN,J.LYELL,J.HAMILTON) MAYBACH/ATLANTIC 0 E.CASH,D.TOZER,NEEDTOBREATHE (N.RINEHART,W.RINEHART,G.DEGRAW) ATLANTIC/WORD-CURB Real Life Jake Owen 79 3 NEW 0 Break Up With Him Old Dominion 99 1 CD00 S.MCANALLY,R. COPPERMAN (R.COPPERMAN,A.GORLEY,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) RCA NASHVILLE S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,B.TURSI,G.SPRUNG,W.SELLERS) RCA NASHVILLE D Ghost Town Adam Lambert 73 4 I’m Comin’ Over Chris Young 57 2

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THE BEAT 35 All hail Kelsea Ballerini — country’s next queen set to bust up Nashville’s boys club. THIS WEEK 40 Who should be on the new Volume 127 / No. 21 $10 bill? , Alana Haim and others cast their votes. FEATURES 46 Laughs Last Once STYLE dismissed as moussed-up 43 How to rock an Apple modelizers, the legendary pop Watch like . group returns with a new record Plus: Inside the Los Feliz as youthful and daring as its first. home of The Bird & The Bee frontwoman Inara George. 52 This 1D Superfan Literally Can’t Even! Meet Anna Todd, the REVIEWS army wife whose erotic, 63 Royce, The Chemical Harry Styles-inspired fan Brothers and Spanish lessons fiction just might be the next with Pitbull. Fifty Shades of Grey. BACKSTAGE PASS 56 100 Biggest Summer Songs Of 69 The 26 top attorneys in All Time A look back at 60 years music tackle streaming of the season’s one-hit wonders, rights, copyright fights pop outliers and funky jams. and superstar pacts.

THE CHARTS 3 OMI is living “every artist’s 78 The new global release dream” as his smash date shakes up the charts, ON THE COVER Duran Duran “Cheerleader” hits No. 1. as well as Nielsen Music’s photographed by tracking week. Chris Floyd on June 30 at The Worx in . TOPLINE 80 Charts For an exclusive 11 Summer tours 2015: A look at 96 Coda In 1955, Bill Haley & interview and video of who’s hot (Taylor Swift) and The Comets hit No. 1 with the band discussing the meaning behind who’s not (Van Halen). “(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the title of new album 20 To combat sinking ratings and the Clock.” Paper Gods, go to Billboard.com or disinterested teens, MTV shifts its Billboard.com/ipad. focus to scripted programming.

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ONE DIRECTION Cooling after a stellar international run.

THE ROLLING THE WHO STONES Struggling Road warriors to sell out prove their box- amphi- office might. theaters.

U2 KENNY Buzz is building CHESNEY on the band’s TAYLOR SWIFT A year off first indoor trek On fire, averaging pays off for in a decade. attendance the country of 33,500 star. per night.

WHO'S WINNING THE THE OVER UNDER SUMMER CONCERT WARS ‘I’M SELLING TAYLOR TICKETS ON MARS BECAUSE EARTH ISN’T BIG ENOUGH,’ JOKES ONE EXEC AS SWIFT GROSSES $4 MILLION A NIGHT,

THE STONES ROLL ON AND SOME PEOPLE SEEM TO ASK: ‘THE WHO?’ re-ups with iHeartMedia in a multiyear deal BY RAY WADDELL spanning events, sponsorships and multiple radio programs.

when it comes to heritage acts Giving the Stones a run for their

FILMMAGIC. BONO: RICH FURY/INVISION/AP. SWIFT: SASCHA STEINBACH/GETTY IMAGES. SEACREST: IMEH with an arsenal of hits. Curiously, money is another stadium act: while rock’s presence on radio has country star , who, dimmed, on the road it’s bigger after taking 2014 off from touring, than ever, offering a choice of has returned, co-headlining with arena-rock regulars, from veterans Jason Aldean and Eric Church A like The Rolling Stones and The (the latter having a career-best tour Pharrell Williams and AS THE BATTLE TO BECOME Who to 1980s titans Van Halen himself, with a $23 million gross Robin Thicke are denied a new summer’s biggest touring artist and Def Leppard. and nearly 500,000 in attendance “” trial, though their rages on, the live music industry is Who’s hot at summer’s peak and from 43 arena shows in 2015) and damages drop to $5.3 million. reaping the benefits with a robust who’s cooling off?Billboard takes a pulling in $53.5 million on 33 shows season so far in 2015. “We’re look at the touring terrain. with attendance of 663,459. operating in a healthy, continually Then there’s Taylor Swift. “I’m growing market,” says Marc HOT, HOT, HOT putting tickets on sale on Mars for Geiger, worldwide head of music The Stones’ 18-date Zip Code Taylor, because buildings on Earth at William Morris . “I feel stadium tour, produced by AEG are not big enough,” quips Louis blessed, frankly.” Live/Concerts West, has churned Messina, president of TMG- He’s not alone. Such agencies $80.6 million at the box office since AEG. The first 15 North American as Paradigm, APA and Creative launching May 24. Its first 10 shows concerts headlined by Swift have Ticketfly CEO Andrew Dreskin Artists Agency are seeing the Live sold 452,041 tickets, according grossed nearly $60 million, with raises an additional $50 million Nations and AEG Lives of the world to Billboard Boxscore — a robust 503,039 tickets sold through in Series D funding, bringing AKPANUDOSEN/GETTY IMAGES. WILLIAMS: STEVE GRANITZ/WIREIMAGE. THICKE: MIKE MARSLAND/WIREIMAGE. DRESKIN: COURTESY OF TICKETFLY OF COURTESY DRESKIN: MARSLAND/WIREIMAGE. MIKE THICKE: GRANITZ/WIREIMAGE. STEVE WILLIAMS: IMAGES. AKPANUDOSEN/GETTY DALTREY: SHIRLAINE FORREST/WIREIMAGE. STYLES: PRESS ASSOCIATION/AP IMAGES. CHESNEY: C FLANIGAN/FILMMAGIC. JAGGER: JEFF KRAVITZ/ as profitable partners, particularly average of $8 million per night. July 14. That’s an average nightly total financing to $85 million.

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take of almost $4 million and average doing just fine,” counters Fogel, who is attendance of 33,535. teeing up his fifth tour in 14 years and notes that the sales pattern is SIMMERING “normal” judging by past experience. After snagging the Guinness World Record title of “biggest tour ever” for COOLING DOWN its 360° Tour in 2009 to 2011, scales Momentum for the highest-grossing act Barclays Center, down for the first time in a decade, of 2014, , has carried opting for arenas and multiple-night through to 2015 — at least internationally. Roc Nation Ink stands instead. The results have been But after pulling in more than $107 mil- strong since the launch of Innocence lion from 1.2 million attendees in markets + Experience on May 14, with a $32.4 outside the and Canada, the Multiyear Deal million gross and 299,023 tickets sold for heat has cooled a bit on 1D in the tough- Pact will see the venue hosting artists and the first 17 shows reported. Also, positive to-sustain teen-pop world, particularly on other programming from Jay Z’s company word-of-mouth is spreading now that the this second consecutive stadium jaunt. band has found its sea legs (, by One insider tells Billboard that ticket BY ANDREW HAMPP all reports, was a standout run). Says Live counts in U.S. stadiums aren’t regularly Nation’s Arthur Fogel: “Stadiums have topping 30,000, “and you don’t go into a their own kind of vibe, particularly [the baseball stadium doing 30,000.” ay Z is planting more roots at ’s Barclays 360°] run, which had a life of its own. This It’s a lesson The Who is also learning Center. Nearly three years after becoming the is different. It has been 10 years since after repeated runs stateside. The Who venue’s first performer on Sept. 28, 2012, the they were indoors, and is a different kind Hits 50 Tour is a showcase of Roger rapper’s Roc Nation Music has inked a multiyear Daltrey Pete Townshend dealJ with the 19,000-capacity arena to create programming of connection.” And with at least another and ’s year to go, history is bound to repeat itself. best-loved songs, but its box office has including festivals, artist performances and showcases; Indeed, acts that started in the ’70s underperformed. Six shows reported to -related events; and an annual concert from the music and ’80s are doing brisk business every- Boxscore have moved an average of 9,373 mogul himself. where, with Def Leppard enjoying its in arenas with capacities of 12,000-plus. Barclays Center’s management is hopeful that the first best ticket counts in years (12,000-plus in Another tour on the receiving end of event under the new partnership will take place “within amphitheaters with several small-arena negative industry chatter: Van Halen. the next month,” says the company’s sellouts), and grossing more than One source says that the Live Nation CEO, Brett Yormark, whose twin brother, $1 million per show. But perception can shed trek is suffering from “some really Michael, is Roc Nation’s president/chief of be everything, as Madonna, an even bad counts” — as low as 4,000 out of branding strategy. “This is exciting for us more enduring ’80s icon, can attest. Her the gate — and another notes that the because it goes so much more beyond an Rebel Heart Tour doesn’t begin until outing, which began July 5 in , is artist coming to Barclays as part of a tour.” Sept. 9, but rumors that its sales are off “definitely one in trouble.” Inside the As for whether the partnership will pace persist, even though dates that are tour’s camp, however, executives seem prevent top Roc Nation talent like Kanye Brett Yormark purportedly soft — , , to be on the side of “good enough,” citing West, Rihanna and from playing Miami — are seven months away. “It’s “overwhelmingly positive” reviews.0 other New York arenas, Yormark says simply, “Barclays has been and will continue to be the home for Roc Nation artists, and I think that’s a mutual feeling.” GRATEFUL DEAD FARE VERY WELL INDEED Still, the Roc Nation deal gives Barclays a competitive advantage in the increasingly crowded New York arena market. In 2014, its second full year of business, the S.TV/SPLASH NEWS/CORBIS venue grossed $53.7 million from 134 concerts and 10M $50M $8M 362K 175K sporting events — including 27 sellouts, according to Billboard Boxscore. That’s roughly half Fan demand to Box-office gross Estimated take Total attendance Paid live streams see Bob Weir, for the June 27 on merchandise for the two shows by July 7, as Jay Z the business reported by Manhattan rival Phil Lesh, Mickey and 28 shows sales for all five in Santa Clara reported by Madison Square Garden, which posted Hart and Bill in Santa Clara, Fare Thee Well and the three Mashable Kreutzmann Calif., and July 3-5 shows. Chicago dates. (streaming is $106.1 million in grosses from 81 concerts perform with in Chicago. available through and sporting events (including 48 guest players. Aug. 5). sellouts) during the same time period. Yormark says that Barclays also is looking to develop “emerging artist showcases” at the arena, which Roc Nation could help book with a roster that includes Haim, Grimes, Capital Cities and Vic Mensa. The Barclays pact isn’t Roc Nation’s only investment in touring: The company’s fourth annual Budweiser will The Grateful return to Philadelphia Sept. 5-6 with headliners Dead played Levi’s Stadium Beyoncé and The Weeknd0. in Santa Clara on June 28.

Additional reporting by Jem Aswad. GRATEFUL DEAD: BLAKESBERG. JAY BARCLAYS: ©WORSNICK, MATTHEW/ARCAID/CORBIS. YORMARK: LAURA CAVANAUGH/GETTY IMAGES. Z: 247PAP JAY SOURCE: BILLBOARD ESTIMATES

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"JUNTOS" - "EL INMIGRANTE" - Calibre 50 "AMANECI CON GANAS" - Noel Torres Writer: Fonseca - Publishers: EMI Foray Music, Writers: Daniel Munoz, Eden Munoz Writer: Maria Luisa Inzunza - "UNA VEZ MAS" - Victor Manuelle Feat. Reik Five Hundred South Songs Publisher: Dulce Maria Music Publisher: Gerencia 360 Writer: Leo James, Xiomara Montalvo Vega "MI SEGUNDA VIDA" "MI PADRINO EL DIABLO" Publisher: Paso a Paso Music Publishing, SESAC Latina YouTube® - La Arrolladora Banda El Lim6n Nuestra Musa Music Publishing - Banda La Trakalosa De Pprfnrrn2nrp Award Writer: Fernando Camacho - Publisher: FERCA Songs Writers: Josue Ricardo Benitez, Martin Castro "JAVIER DE LOS LLANOS" - Calibre 50 "PARA QUE TANTOS BESOS" - Noel Torres Publisher: Trebol Musical Corp. Writer: Eden Munoz - Publisher: Dulce Maria Music "6 AM" Writer: Luciano Luna - Publisher: Gerencia 360 "LA NOCHE ES TUYA" "TENERTE" - Luis Coronel Artist: Feat. Farruko "NO ME DOLIO" - La Original Banda El Lim& 3BallMTY Feat. America Sierra Writer: Luciano Luna - Publisher: Del New Music Writer: J Balvin - Publishers: Universal Music Colombia Writer: Luciano Luna Writer: America Sierra "EL PERDON" "PEGADO A TU BOCA" - Grupo Treo Publishers: Sinaloa Music, WBM Music Corp Publisher: Latin Power Copyright Inc. Writer: Danny Daniel Diaz Morales, David Tome Da Silva Caldeira Artist: Nicky Jam Feat. Enrique Iglesias "LA BUENA Y LA MALA" - Banda Tierra Sagrada "DIMELO" - Intocable Publishers: Treo Productions, Songs of Tome Publishing Writers: Nick Rivera Caminero, Cristhian Mena, Juan Diego Medina Publishers: Sony AN Sounds LLC, La Industria Music Publishing Writer: Arturo Valdez - Publisher: Trebol Musical Corp. Writer: Ricardo Munoz - "TUS LATIDOS" - Calibre 50 "FIN DE SEMANA" Publisher: Good Intocable Writers: Luciano Luna, Eden Munoz "MI PADRINO EL DIABLO" "LA NINA MAS LINDA" - Kevin Ortiz Publisher: Dulce Maria Music Artist: Banda La Trakalosa De Monterrey - La Original Banda El Limon Writers: Josue Ricardo Benitez, Martin Castro Writer: Jose Luis Roma - Publishers: Sinaloa Music, Writer: Ricardo Orrantia "MI SEGUNDA VIDA" Publisher: Trebol Musical Corp Sony AN Sounds LLC, WBM Music Corp Publisher: BadSin World Music - La Arrolladora Banda El Lim6n "MI ULTIMO DESEO" - Banda Los Recoditos "MIENTRAS TU JUGABAS" Writers: Fernando Camacho - Publisher: FERCA Songs haw eenormance Awaras Writers: Ruben Esli Castellanos - Banda Los Recoditos "MI ULTIMO DESEO" - Banda Los Recoditos Publishers: Alvani Music Publishing, Editorial LGA Writers: Luciano Luna, Miguel Angel Romero Writer: Ruben Esli Castellanos "HERMOSA EXPERIENCIA" "MUJERES DE TU TIPO" - Adriel Favela Publishers: Alvani Music Publishing. Editorial LGA Publishers: Alvani Music Publishing, Editorial LGA Banda Sinaloense MS de Sergio Lizarraga Writer: Luis Del Villar- Publishers: Gerencia 360 "6 AM" - J Balvin Feat. Farruko "HASTA QUE SALGA EL SOL" - Banda Los Recoditos Writer: Cisneros - Publisher' 0513 Music "EN LA SIERRA Y LA CIUDAD" - Javier Rosas Writer: J Balvin - Writer: Ruben Esli Castellanos "TE HUBIERAS IDO ANTES" Writer: Javier Rosas Publisher: Universal Music Colombia Publisher: Alvani Music Publishing, - Julion Alvarez y Su Norteno Banda Publishers: Greatest Hits ARPA, Javier Rosas Publishing Editora de Ideas, Editorial LGA, Greatest Hits ARPA Writer: Luciano Luna - Publisher: KALJA Publisher "UNA VEZ MAS" - Victor Manuelle Feat. Reik "LEVANTANDO POLVADERA" - Voz de Mando "TENERTE" - Luis Coronel "SIGUE" - La Poderosa Banda San Juan Writer: Cisneros - Publishers: 0513 Music, FERCA Songs Writers: Leo James, Xiomara Montalvo Vega Writer: Karenia Cervantes - Writer: Luciano Luna - Publisher: Del New Music Publisher: International Matanga Music Publishers: Paso a Paso Music Publishing, "JAVIER EL DE LOS LLANOS" - Calibre 50 "EL PERDON" - Nicky Jam Feat. Enrique Iglesias "TUS LATIDOS" - Calibre 50 Nuestra Musa Music Publishing Writer: Eden Munoz - Publisher: Dulce Maria Music Writers: Nick Rivera Caminero, Cristhian Mena, Juan Diego Medina Writers: Luciano Luna, Eden Munoz "PEGADO A TU BOCA" - Grupo Treo Publishers: Sony AN Sounds LLC, La Industria Music Publishing Publisher: Dulce Maria Music "ME DEJASTE ACOSTUMBRADO" Writesr: Danny Daniel Diaz Morales, David Tome "CONTIGO" - Calibre 50 "HASTA QUE SALGA EL SOL" - Banda los Recoditos - La Arrolladora Banda El Lim6n Da Silva Caldeira - Publishers: Treo Productions, Writers: Eden Munoz, Jose Luis Roma Writer: Ruben Esli Castellanos - Publishers: Alvani Music Writers: Luciano Luna, Fernando Camacho Songs of Tome Publishing Publishers: Nice Maria Music, Sony ATV Sounds LLC Publishing, Editora de Ideas, Editorial LGA, Greatest Hits ARPA Publisher: FERCA Songs TOPLINE

How Music Magazines Are Changing To Stay Alive Whether giving it away or going high-brow, publications are finding ways to endure

BY JEM ASWAD

AP’s niche HE INTERNET MAY HAVE DESTROYED THE OLD MUSIC BUSINESS, its biggest source of income — even audience adds but its impact on the music media industry has been even more lethal. though its audience has remained in up to a monthly As magazines shifted to the Web, overall U.S. print sales dropped more the late-teens/early-20s range since the circulation of 200,000-plus. T than 56 percent between 2004 and 2014 (according to trade publication punk-emo monthly’s 1985 inception. “We never The New Single Copy) and advertising moved to online units that sell for a really grew older with our demo,” he says. “Every year we lose a senior class fraction of the price of an old quarter-page. boasted an average and bring in freshmen, so they’re 14, 15 years old and want to rip stuff out circulation of more than 1.4 million in 2014, and of course Billboard remains and post it on their wall. That has kind of insulated us.” the industry bible, but Blender bit the dust in 2009 after a 30 percent drop in The magazine also sees solid income from merchandise ad pages in 2008; Spin’s print edition held on, and events: Its second awards show takes place July 22 before being discontinued in mid-2012; most at ’s 20,000-capacity Quicken Loans Arena, Weezer New Found Glory Hayley others have moved to online-only iterations or Who with and (with found new revenue streams, including awards killed Williams), and tickets range from $62.99 to $202.99. shows and branded content. Yet several Amy? publications are finding ways to make print GO HAND-CRAFTED In December 2013, the indie work — following is a look at three of them. tastemaker website Pitchfork made the most con- trary move of all: It created a magazine, the quarterly SET IT FREE On July 6, Britain’s music paper PITCHFORK Pitchfork Review, which offers mostly print-exclusive, REVIEW Joan Jett and Slash at the 2014 of record, New Musical Express — whose weekly less click-dependent content with high-quality paper Alternative Press Music Awards. circulation has spiraled to 15,000 from a 1970s stock, design and photography (and costs just under peak of 300,000-plus — announced that its print edition will become free $20 per issue). While it’s not a big moneymaker for the in September, loading train stations and campuses with more than 300,000 company, Pitchfork vice president Michael Renaud copies. This counterintuitive approach bets that the Time Inc.-owned publica- says the 10,000-print-run publication — which initially tion will have greater success selling its audience to advertisers than papers had just one sponsor, Converse, but now welcomes to readers. “Going free gives us scale,” says editor Mike Williams. “There’s a multiple advertisers — is profitable “so far,” although he huge appetite for advertisers to reach people through the magazine.” declined to reveal specifics. “It’s for people interested in the collectible nature of publications — like music fans who collect records. It’s definitely not going REGENERATE YOUR AUDIENCE Mike Shea, publisher/founder of to completely change our business, but it is a nice companion piece. A lot of Cleveland-based Alternative Press, says the magazine’s print edition is still people have told us this is the first magazine they’ve ever subscribed to.” O

Dirty South H: MARK DAVIS/GETTY IMAGES. MORRIS: JOHN VON PAMER Two Big EDM Defections Ding Newcomer CAA onstage at Coachella Steve Angello and Dirty South bolted the agency giant for dance specialist AM Only in April.

With top DJs drawing up to The Rebel Agency; its roster includes Angello — who, along with Guetta, $66 million each year, the David Guetta (in the ), was ranked among 2014’s 15 highest- representation battle has become Empire of the Sun, The Chainsmokers, earning DJs — are heavy blows. (AM hotly contested. To wit: During the Pretty Lights, Jamie Jones, former Only president/founder Paul Morris past couple of months, two name AM Only artist Luciano and, not declined comment.) talents, Steve Angello and Dirty least, longtime client Daft Punk. The “They brought on folks that South, left massive Hollywood player company declined comment, but a represent niche artists that are Creative Artists Agency for EDM source close to the situation noted that credible but won’t fill up Madison specialist AM Only, leaving insiders both of the departing artists have been Square Garden or headline a festival,” wondering if the move effectively with multiple says one insider. “That doesn’t mean handicaps CAA in the EDM rep game. agencies in the when they’re on the phone with CAA is a relative newcomer to the past few years. Coachella, they can’t leverage their space, but in the past two years has However, rock acts to get their electronic acts expanded its EDM presence to include others see in. They’ve been able to use other 13 agents dedicated to the genre, the losses of aspects of their business.” But, the including veterans Maria May and Dirty South insider adds, “CAA was too late

Hunter Williams and the U.S. arm of Morris and especially getting into this.” —REBECCA SUN JETT: DANIEL BOCZARSKI/REDFERNS/GETTY IMAGES. AP MAGAZINES: COURTESY OF ALTERNATIVE PRESS. PITCHFORK: ALEXA VISCIUS. DIRTY SOUT

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2015 MIDYEAR TOP ALBUM TO DATE THE RISE OF STREAMS TAYLOR SWIFT STREAMING Midyear 1989 The services’ popularity grew exponentially in 135.2B Music 2M UNITS the first half of 2015 VIDEO STREAMS Report 76.6B (Ÿ109.2%) Streaming services soar in the first half of 2015, with former holdout Taylor Swift leading sales

BY ED CHRISTMAN IF YQUR AUDIO ADING STREAMS f there’s any question whether streaming 58.6B ( 74.2%) 2014 MIDYEAR Ÿ has truly arrived, the Nielsen Music STREAMS midyear numbers should put it to rest. 7'40 LAN\ I In the first half of 2015, streaming sz Mars nearly doubled in popularity, growing to MOST DOWNLOADED 70.3B 135.2 billion streams from 70.3 billion ALBUM TO DATE in the same period of 2014, according to DRAKE IF YOU’RE READING Nielsen Music. Within 2015’s number, THIS IT’S TOO LATE TOP ON-DEMAND STREAMS* audio streams climbed 74 percent to 58.6 # TITLE Artist STREAMS billion, while video streams featuring 895K music rose a whopping 109 percent to DOWNLOADS 1 UPTOWN FUNK! Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars 368M 76.6 billion. 2 TRAP QUEEN Fetty Wap 289.5M Not surprisingly, Taylor Swift’s 3 SEE YOU AGAIN Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth 251M 1989 is the top album of the year so far with 2 million units, including 4 THINKING OUT LOUD Ed Sheeran 225.6M track-equivalent albums (TEA, 5 SUGAR Maroon 5 195.2M whereby 10 track downloads equal one LP) and streaming-equivalent 6 EARNED IT The Weeknd 190.3M albums (SEA, 1,500 streams), although 7 LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO Ellie Goulding 163.8M the latter number is small given her stance 8 SHAKE IT OFF Taylor Swift 155.9M on free streaming. For purely digital sales, Drake’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late 9 TAKE ME TO CHURCH Hozier 151.4M Drake leads with 895,000 downloads, while 10 POST TO BE Omarion featuring Chris Brown 147.5M Swift is the vinyl champ with 34,000 units scanned. In track sales, Mark Ronson’s *Includes all audio and video on-demand streams “Uptown Funk!” (featuring Bruno Mars) leads with 4.9 million units. SLICING THE MARKET-SHARE PIES For overall album consumption UMG and the indies both had a small uptick in their leads compared with the same period in 2014 (including TEA and SEA), the U.S. industry experienced a 14.2 percent increase to 259.4 million albums, up from 227.1 million in the first half of 2014. Within that, digital 39.2% INDIES drove consumption, with digital albums 35.4% totaling 197 million units, up 23.1 percent from 160 million in the first half of 2014. MARKET SHARE Within that 197 million, SEA consists of MARKET SHARE UNIVERSAL BY DISTRIBUTOR BY LABEL MUSIC 90.1 million units, digital album downloads OWNERSHIP SONY OWNERSHIP GROUP 53.7 million and TEA 53.2 million. MUSIC 27.6% Meanwhile, physical album sales fell 7.3 169.3M 27.6% M WARNER 169.3 percent to 62.4 million units, from 67.3 INDIES ALBUMS SCANNED ALBUMS SCANNED (INCLUDING TEA) MUSIC (INCLUDING TEA) million in the first half of 2014. CD sales 13.1% GROUP were down 10 percent to 56.6 million; vinyl 15.2% was up 38.4 percent to 5.6 million. WARNER SONY MUSIC In other words, SEA is now the main driver MUSIC GROUP 20.9% of consumer music consumption. 19.2% MARS: JOSEPH OKPAKO/REDFERNS/GETTY IMAGES. DRAKE: JEFF CHIU/AP IMAGES

The black slices represent the percentage of total still under review. 16 BILLBOARD | JULY 25, 2015 SOURCE: NIELSEN MUSIC You don’t become one of the most well-respected music organizations and best-protected brands on the planet by accident.

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FROM THE DESK OF

CHAIRMAN/CEO, UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING GROUP Jody Gerson The highest-ranking woman in publishing opens up about her first six months on the job, balancing hits with legacy and what it’s like to compete with your ex-boss

BY ED CHRISTMAN PHOTOGRAPHED BY RAINER HOSCH

HEN JODY GERSON LEFT chairman/CEO of UMPG, the divorced describe your first six months? “We went from a deal culture to Sony/ATV Music Publishing mother of three is still making it her I’m hard getting to know the an artist culture,” in July 2014 after six years at business to discover up-and-coming talent company, visiting offices in Nashville, says Gerson, the company, many industry — recent signings include Tobias Jesso Jr., Miami and the United Kingdom, where I photographed July 9 at UMPG W Nick Jonas observers were taken by surprise. After and . “I lead met with a lot of the managing directors. in Santa Monica, all, she was then — as she is now — the by example,” says Gerson, who oversees At my prior job, I didn’t pay attention of the cultural shift she has highest-ranking woman in publishing 800 employees based at UMPG’s Santa to how the competition operates. Yet advocated for and positioned to become heir apparent Monica headquarters and at offices around my instincts were right in coming here. since arriving to chairman Martin Bandier. But behind the globe. “I want everyone here at UMPG The administration, systems, business in January. the scenes, Universal Music Group to work creatively.” affairs and finance teams are so superior. chairman/CEO Lucian Grainge waited I thought all that it needed was a cultural out her contract, swooped in and gave the What in your career best prepared shift, so I made some changes in the A&R 53-year-old Philadelphia native control of you for the UMPG job? and synch areas. Universal Music Publishing Group and its My A&R skills in signing artists that have $1.1 billion in annual revenue. global appeal. How Lucian got me to leave What changes? Gerson made her name as one of the Sony/ATV is because of my relationships The biggest cultural shift at UMPG is most renowned A&R executives in the with talent. But I am only as good as putting the songwriter first and putting music business, identifying and signing such artists and as , , and “In my previous jobs, success always had been Enrique Iglesias, all early in their careers. She started out at Chappell Music, now defined by market share and what’s on the charts. known as Warner/Chappell, where she That wasn’t the focus here. We went from counting worked for six years before moving to EMI for a 12-year . Gerson left to join pennies to having passion about the music.” Bandier at Sony/ATV in 2008. During her tenure as co-president, the company had my team, and one of my great strengths action behind that statement. The unprecedented growth — by mid-2012, is identifying great executives on the company had really great artists and Sony/ATV averaged a market share of creative level and hiring them. songwriters, but it was focused on the 14.9 percent, as reported when it took over established ones. UMPG was more about administration of EMI Music Publishing. If you were to write your own risk management — specifically being risk-

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biggest signings with acts like , content; we are not just a licensing What’s your take on ? 1 Gerson designed her office with her longtime Mumford & Sons and Florence & The company. With my relationships with the I love Beats 1. I haven’t listened to another interior designer Sasha Machine, but the U.S. A&R wasn’t about TV and film studios, there is no reason we radio station since it launched. Emerson. 2 A young can’t create content based on our catalog. Gerson with singer [discovering] unproven artists, except for Engelbert Humperdinck Ethiopia Habtemariam — who heads The next few years will be fun. Your college-age son has brought a backstage at her our urban team and runs Motown. I’m few artists your way. Do you support a father’s Cherry Hill, N.J., nightclub, The Latin changing that so we can sign new acts As the fight over higher rates for career for him in the music industry? Casino. 3 Plaques mark and songwriters. songwriters rages on, will you My oldest, Julian Swirsky [a 20-year-old her spots on Billboard’s personally be on the front lines? most recent Women in student at New York University’s Gallatin Music (No. 3) and Power Can you point to any key differences Absolutely, yes. I always have been a School], is constantly bringing me acts, and 100 (No. 28) lists. 4 A between how UMPG conducts its passionate defender of creators’ rights, he’s pretty dead-on. He brought me Drake ticket from the first night Frank Sinatra played The business versus Sony/ATV? and now I get to do it on a bigger scale. way before anyone knew who he was, and Latin Casino in 1976. UMPG’s royalty system is better than The music industry has not done the best recently brought me Post Malone, for 5 The wall art projects “positivity,” says Gerson. anything I have ever experienced. In my job of presenting a unified front. I think I whom there’s a major bidding war. I want 6 An original Eames previous jobs, success always had been can help find ground. my children to follow their passion. 0 lounge chair. defined by market share and what’s on the charts. That wasn’t the focus here. We went from counting pennies to having passion about the music.

How have you seen the position of women in the music business evolve through the years? Women from the generation before me who were on their way up the ladder, they didn’t think they could have it all so they had to choose between a career and a family. Now, it’s much more acceptable to have both. Women can run companies while having the balance of a family life. Even men can have that balance nowadays.

Who are your mentors? My parents. My dad was in the 1 entertainment business, and I learned a lot from him in how to deal with talent. 2 34 He gave me tremendous confidence and knew I could be a high achiever, while my mother kept me down to earth. After him, there’s no question that Marty was a mentor for years. And now Lucian — he’s a smart businessman who’s driven to win, and he empowers his executives and is not threatened by them.

What’s it like competing with Bandier

after working for him for so long? 56 Marty and I had a great run, and now we are competitors, just like I am with everyone else. I think I got my competitive and winning spirit from him, although I had it naturally to begin with.

What’s your assessment of UMPG’s catalog? Is it weighted appropriately by genre and geographic areas? I look at things in terms of decades and iconic songs. Sometimes, you are so uber- focused on hits, but I don’t want to forget legacy. We have 3 million songs, and I want to make sure every song, from new ones to classics, is achieving its potential. The other thing with legacy is to develop

20 BILLBOARD | JULY 25, 2015 1 "IF YOU WANT TO BE IN THE WORLD I LIVE IN, WHICH IS A CREATIVE WORLD WITH NEW IDEAS, THEN YOU'VE GOT TO GET AWAY FROM THE NORM. YOU'VE GOT TO GO FOR IT." -JERRY WEINTRAUB- r

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as Felicity and Buffy the Vampire at GOODBYE SNOOKI, HELLO SORCERERS There’s a reason they protect those cable The WB (now The CW). So far at MTV, her fees, which amount to between 40 and record on scripted series is mixed: Daniels 45 cents per subscriber per month for SCREAM has a modest hit with , but Adapted from the MTV alone: They generate much of the another drama she greenlit, Eye Candy, was wildly successful company’s considerab le profit. Since 2011, canceled after a year. Although Shannara meta slasher- Viacom’s operating margin has grown movie franchise, may look like it could run on Syfy, show- this scripted series from 25.8 percent to 29.9 percent. But its runners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar debuted in June to past reluctance to put more programming mixed reviews and made Superman’s teen years a hit with middling ratings. online has helped create a divide between The CW’s Smallville, and Daniels says the producers who want the biggest possible show’s themes — of dealing with doubt IN audience for their shows and “the 52nd and working together — will feel familiar to floor” — of Viacom headquarters at 1515 an MTV audience. “I want to do original, Broadway in New York, where chairman/ THE SHANNARA unique shows that reflect what the brand CHRONICLES CEO Philippe Dauman and other top stands for,” says Daniels, just back from Based on a series of executives have offices. (Viacom has put a best-selling introducing Shannara at San Diego Comic- novels, this Game of few of its shows on YouTube, which it sued Con. “There are 350 scripted series on Thrones-like drama for copyright infringement in a case that the air, and in that world it’s a challenging — the most expensive was settled in 2014.) show in MTV’s thing to accomplish.” history — is slated for Although Redstone reportedly fired MTV’s most exciting new shows don’t a January bow. former Viacom chief executive Tom involve music, and the channel hasn’t Freston in 2005 for failing to buy Myspace, played many videos for years. In 2010, the company hasn’t made many bold it dropped “Music Television” from its moves online, either, as Disney did when it logo. But Herzog is a music fan with SNOOKI & JWOWW bought Maker Studios. The main problem history at the channel — he launched MTV The end of a very tan era: with MTV’s digital strategy wasn’t that This spinoff of cultural News in the ’80s. And he appointed Erik touchstone/eyesore executives didn’t have good ideas about Flannigan, who has a music background, Jersey Shore ran — how to take the company online, according believe it or not — for four to run digital operations at Viacom Music seasons, three more than to several former staffers — the company and Entertainment Group, plus supervise both just didn’t stick with them. In 2006, MTV music. Friedman says MTV promotes and The Show With Vinny. launched Urge, a Spotify-style music acts like MisterWives, an alt-pop band subscription service, then apparently whose “Vagabond” became the theme of OUT decided it would take too long to reach Finding Carter — and who played at the profitability; it dropped from sight after channel’s upfront event. But a half-dozen being spun off into a separate company Just one of the beer- label executives interviewed for this story bonged brood of in 2010. MTV also set up an online video stated the obvious: The channel doesn’t short-lived Jersey Shore project with Vice Media in 2007, six years have near the promotional power it once counterfeits created in before 21st Century Fox bought 5 percent the wake of that show’s did. “MTV can’t make a song a hit like it success. Slednecks of the company for $70 million. “Viacom used to,” says blogger Perez Hilton. “But was GTL in Alaska; has been resistant to change,” says an Buckwild, before that, the Video Music Awards are still a relevant was the redneck version. independent producer who makes shows pop-culture event in the music world.” for MTV. “Now it’s paying the price.”

MTV’S FUTURE COULD DEPEND ON “You can get a bigger audience with an Instagram Daniels and the success of splashy series including Shannara. The channel opened post than you can on some MTV shows.” its upfront presentation with a preview —BARRY LOWENTHAL, THE MEDIA KITCHEN of Scream, a serialized reboot of the horror films that premiered June 30 to MTV’s fortunes may be more tied to 2014 among its target demographic of respectable but unexciting ratings. There those of the broader cable TV industry, 18- to 34-year-old men. However, many was noticeably less enthusiasm for more which has never had more relevance — viewers are watching the same shows, just traditional MTV fare like , a although ratings are down from recent not on TV: Between 65 and 70 percent of reality show about and his family. highs. For the past decade, as piracy the audience for MTV hits like Finding After the Shannara preview screened, threatened the music and movie industries, Carter watches them on DVR, on demand MTV host Charlamagne Tha God joked TV enjoyed a Golden Age, fueled by or online, which aren’t captured in same- to the upfront audience that “with a name increasing cable fees as well as advertising. day Nielsen ratings. “Audiences are still like that, it should really be starring a Now both of those revenue streams are watching MTV,” says Friedman. “They’re black girl.” There’s a cultural gap there: If under pressure: Online viewing poses a just doing it on their phones and their shows like Shannara succeed, how will they challenge to the cable subscription model, laptops as well.” redefine the values of a channel that has and ratings are plummeting. Even Comedy Viacom executives have generally seen always been known for its teen spirit? “The Central, on a hot streak with shows like online viewing as a threat — one that hits show looks absolutely spectacular,” says Broad City and Inside Amy Schumer, has the company especially hard because the former programming executive, who had a ratings decline of 30 percent in the it depends more on ad-supported cable saw the trailer. “But we’re all wondering if

first quarter of this year compared with than any other media conglomerate. it means the death of the brand.” 0 SCREAM, SHANNARA CHRONICLES, SNOOKIE & JWOWW, SLEDNECKS: COURTESY OF MTV

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Ocean’s e Jerry Greenberg . With a story , the Billboard Jerry Weintraub, the concert promoter- Jerry Weintraub, turned-legendary film producer ( Karate Kid July 6 of cardiac arrest in Santa Barbara. Barbara. in Santa of cardiac arrest July 6 He was 77. of Mirage Music Entertainment,of Mirage legacy. remembers Weintraub’s I became with Jerry friends days of in the early Weintraub I was where Records, Atlantic close to very GM. I was Led Zeppelin Grant, and their manager Peter He their [bookings] was and Jerry guy. dates totook small stadiums. them from “I don’t make up songs — I up songs — I “I don’t make that read like the movies and the movies and like that read soap operas he once starred live songs,” Sebastian once told Joan Sebastian, the Mexican who singer-songwriter 33 Hot Latin Songs earned 1 titles hits and 10 No. Mexican on the Regional during his chart Albums died July 12 at his career, in Juliantla, ranch Mexico, after battle with a 13-year 64. He was cancer. TOPLINE BILLBOARD | JULY 25, 2015 26 MS & K INCLUDING THE EXCELLENCE OF RICHARDSON PATEL

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THE RAINS CAME AND THE MUD FOLLOWED, BUT that only gave the crowd at T in the Park more to roar about. This year the three-day festival moved from its former location at the Balado airfield to the stately grounds of Strathallan Castle following concerns over an underground oil pipeline. “I like what you’ve done with the place,” said Noel Gallagher before leading a mass singalong to Oasis’ “Champagne Supernova.” The new locale welcomed the same raucous audience, which saw Susan Boyle (in a controversial Native American headdress) mingling with The Prodigy. “This is basically Scotland’s spring break,” James Graham of The Twilight Sad told Billboard back- stage. For Paloma Faith, that meant working a lime green and brass cape and dressing her backup singers in gold lamé. , who played for the first time since 2004, were introduced with a bagpipe rendition of “Flower of Scotland.” But it was Avicii who made attendees bounce the hardest, closing with his smash “Wake Me Up!” Introducing the song, he hit back at Gallagher, who earlier in the week said that the DJ sounded like “a f—ing Renaissance artist.” “This next one goes out to Noel Gallagher,” Avicii told the crowd. “I don’t know any of his personal songs, but I’m a huge Oasis fan.” —WILLIAM LEE ADAMS 1

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“T in the Park, let me hear you f—ing scream!” yelled British singer-songwriter Charli XCX before launching into “I Love It,” the smash hit she penned for . The star also played air guitar on a massive inflatable instrument during her wild set.

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HEN THE PHONE RANG, KELSEA BALLLERINI braced herself for the news. The 21-year-old singer-songwriter was awaiting word from Wher label about her debut single, “Love Me Like You Mean It,” which appeared to be headed to the top of Billboard’s chart. “We knew the call was going to be either, ‘We didn’t THE PULSE make it’ or ‘You have a No. 1,’ ” recalls Ballerini, perching OF MUSIC her tall, lanky frame on a restaurant couch in Nashville RIGHT NOW before a Make-A-Wish meet-and-greet with the efferves- cent energy of a newly minted star. “I mentally prepared for both, so I didn’t think I was going to get emotional. But the words ‘You have a No. 1’ coming out of some- one’s mouth? That’s, like, a thing.” As seen in a touching YouTube video, she murmurs, “I’m going to cry,” before breaking into joyous tears. Ballerini is just the 11th female country solo act ever to top the chart with her debut single; the last to do so was none other than big-as-they-come superstar Carrie Underwood, with “Jesus, Take the Wheel” in 2006. Country radio’s drought of female hit makers has been an especially hot topic in the wake of what has been dubbed Tomato-gate: In a May interview gone viral, a radio con- sultant described female acts as “tomatoes” garnishing what should, for the sake of country stations’ ratings, he said, remain a predominately male salad. In this charged environment, Ballerini can’t help but marvel at the success of the laid-back, teasingly delivered “Love Me Like You Mean It,” from her debut album, The First Time, released in May (38,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen Music). “It wasn’t supposed to work — being a new artist, a female artist, an artist on an independent,” she says. “That’s what “People ask, ‘Do you get tired of the comparisons made it so much sweeter when we hit No. 1.” to Taylor?’ I’m like, ‘Um, Ballerini included earning a No. 1 record on a list of no!’ ” says Ballerini, photographed June 30 professional goals she started when she moved to Nashville at Sinema in Nashville. at age 15 with her mom (who then worked in market- Go online for video of the singer talking ing at a religious publishing house), hustling meetings about how her album with songwriters, publishers and labels in between high took 10 years to write school, babysitting and bakery jobs, and a few semesters at Billboard.com or Billboard.com/ipad. HAIR AND MAKEUP BY MEEGEN PEARSON AMAX AT TALENT

JULY 25, 2015 | WWW.BILLBOARD.COM 35 the beat at Lipscomb University. “I was this little the confessional songs she had been writ- blond girl with a guitar case bigger than ing to get over her parents’ recent divorce me — it was pink and sparkly at the time. were best suited for contemporary coun- But I always took myself seriously, and I try. “As soon as I listened to those records, From left: Platten, think that people took that seriously,” says I knew — this is where I fit,” she says. Caillat Ballerini. “I would tell them about my goal Half a dozen years later, Black River and Perri list and they listened. I was like, ‘I want to songwriter-producer Forest Glen TOUR ESSENTIALS be the one that swings the pendulum.’ ” Whitehead, 24, was in search of “a coun- Ballerini’s songs fuse au courant, try Beyoncé,”4 he says. “The first time HOW WE RULE THE ROAD R&B-swayed pop tastes with small-town that I saw Kelsea walk into Black River Lilith Fair may be long gone, but Colbie Caillat, 30, sensibilities, which she traces back to her I’ll never forget. I walked into my pub- , 28, and “Fight Song” singer Rachel “very Southern” childhood in Knoxville, lisher’s office and said, ‘That’s her.’ ” Platten, 34, are reviving the girl-power spirit this summer on the 27-date Girls Night Out, Boys Can Come Tenn., colored by Whitehead and Too Tour, which kicked off July 10. The ladies dish on “church on Sunday, writer-producer their must-haves to survive life on the road. a big family, fried Jason Massey helped PRESHOW POTIONS chicken.” She has Ballerini find her Caillat “I drink hot water and honey with a little vague memories glossily intimate Jameson before I go on. I have a raspy voice, so of birthday party country-pop sound that soothes it and smoothes it out.” appearances by the while she sharpened Platten “We have Jack Daniel’s on our rider, but we end up never actually drinking it. You have frog mascot from the her songs’ point of to be in amazing shape to tour like this, so country radio station, view, deftly captur- you can’t party too much. Instead it’s usually WIVK, where her ing what it means to Throat Coat tea, green smoothies and hot water father, Ed, worked as Ballerini (left) Instagrammed pictures of herself be a young woman with lemon.” hanging out with Swift at a friend’s party in April. sales manager. At one in 2015: the urges to FIT TIPS point, she and her folks shared a rural both stand out and fit in (“Square Pegs”), Perri “I bring my SoulCycle bike on tour. plot of land with aunts, uncles, cousins the compulsion to look put together The hour I take to spin is my Zen time.” and livestock. “We had three cows and (“Stilettos”). In March, Swift, who wrote Platten “I’m a yogi. I’ll do yoga in green rooms and outside the tour bus. When I’m a goat,” she clarifies. “People from New the book on speaking to country’s mas- in my hotel room, I’ll pump up the heat and York and L.A. are like, ‘Oh my gosh, sive teen female audience, tweeted that turn it into a hot-yoga class.” that’s a farm!’ But people in she had Ballerini’s 2014 self-titled EP “on are like, ‘That’s not a farm.’ I’ve never repeat,” and later invited her to a birth- CUDDLE BUDDIES Perri “My favorite thing is my penguin milked a cow or anything like that.” day party she was throwing for her friend pillow. Everyone makes fun of me, but I’m Still, like her music, Ballerini’s upbring- Abigail Anderson. “People ask, ‘Do you the one who sleeps on every trip, so I don’t ing wasn’t strictly down-home. She spent get tired of the comparisons [to Swift]?’ care. It’s falling apart; it’s not going to make many more dry cleanings.” years competing on a local hip-hop dance I’m like, ‘Uh, no!’ ” says Ballerini. “If team, for one. “It taught me a lot about there’s anyone’s career I could have a TOUR BUS TUNES rhythm and groove, and how this beat sliver of similarity to, it’s hers.” Caillat “ Bob Marley and Tom Petty. The makes you feel this way,” she says. Her Now, Ballerini is ready to see how far chill vibe instantly calms me down.” Perri “ Dean Martin [left], old crooners. listening habits leaned toward pop like her next single, “Dibs,” about a girl put- And funny enough, when I’m really and ’N Sync — until ting playfully bold moves on a guy, can go. homesick, we’ll blast Christmas music!” she stumbled upon a Keith Urban track “It’s a fun and flirty song,” she says, “but on a friend’s MySpace page, searched I hope when people hear it, they hear that FOOD RULES Perri “I say no sugar on our bus. I do let my band and for his music and wound up bringing message of empowerment and confi- crew have it in their bunks if I can’t see it, so in home several country albums, including dence. It’s important for girls to have that the middle of the night I will literally hear them one by Taylor Swift. Thirteen-year-old voice. I hope people listening to that song eating candy bars.” —CHUCK ARNOLD Ballerini concluded then and there that think, ‘That is so me right now.’ ” OND/GETTY IMAGES. JAMESON: JONATHAN HORDLE/REX USA. L/FILMMAGIC. O’CONNOR: ANTONIO CALANNI/AP PHOTO CALANNI/AP ANTONIO O’CONNOR: L/FILMMAGIC. OVERHEARD BY THE BILLBOARD STAFF

Carly Rae Jepsen: Call Me Maybe — Overheard, Jepsen said the disco-flavored “Boy Conor McGregor’s Secret To Success Just Don’t Call Me Pop Problems” — which was co-written by Sia, Greg Sinéad O’Connor might want to get used to The standout song on Carly Rae Kurstin and Tavish Crowe — was nearly left out traveling to UFC featherweight Conor McGregor’s Jepsen’s forthcoming third album, because it sounds “just like the last album,” bouts. The Irish fighter has used O’Connor’s Emotion — which leaked online she explained. (That would be Kiss, which, recorded versions of “She Moved Through the earlier in July after being in addition to “Maybe,” spawned the top Fair” and the classic Irish fight song “The Foggy released in — almost 10 Hot 100 hit “Good Times” with Owl Dew” to announce his entrance into the ring didn’t happen. Why? Because City.) Many critics have already pegged at matches, but for his title match at the MGM it was too poppy — even for the “Boy Problems” as the set’s centerpiece, Grand in Las Vegas on July 12, O’Connor sang O’Connor singer behind the irresistible which Jepsen, 29, finds “funny,” given that the latter tune live. Staind singer Aaron Lewis ”Call Me Maybe,” which ruled it was close to not seeing the light of day. Emotion performed “Country Boy” for American opponent the Billboard Hot 100 for will be released globally on Aug. 21 and features Chad Mendes, but apparently it wasn’t rousing nine weeks in 2012. Walking additional collaborations with Shellback, Dev enough: McGregor won in the second round.

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It was a surprise, and it was a big show, so there were some nerves. None of us were sure how it would all play out. The show ended up having this spontaneous energy, and the crowd embraced it wholeheartedly. I was on the highest platform with the opportunity to do whatever I wanted — but when you decide to just have fun and wing it, it almost always yields the best stuff.

You’ve been hanging with Bieber a lot lately. What’s something the world doesn’t know about him? Justin is a f—ing virtuoso. He’ll school you at every- thing: Ping-Pong, basketball, freestyle . The kid is so competitive. Whatever he does he’s super good at, so you don’t stand a chance. It’s not even fair.

With Jack U blowing up, you and Diplo have been pretty inseparable too. I mean, he’ll FaceTime me in the middle of a show. I’ll be sitting in bed, staring into the phone at this crazy crowd losing their minds, and they’ll be looking back at me in bed like, “Hm... OK.”

There are entire Reddit threads dedicated to theories about the meaning behind the name Jack U. What’s the real story?

”Justin is a f—ing It’s going to disappoint all of them. Basically, Diplo virtuoso. He’ll school and I were in a phase where we were obsessed with you at everything,” says footwork — a spinoff of Chicago house where the the DJ. Top, from left: Skrillex, Bieber, Combs whole jacking scene comes from. Jacking became this and Diplo onstage word that we used more and more, to the point where Q&A at Ultra in March. we started using it to describe things, like, “Oh, that’s jacking.” It’s just really high-energy music — it jacks SKRILLEX’S POP MOMENT you up, you know? What do you make of the current state of EDM? Palling around with Justin Bieber, world-touring with Diplo, partying with Diddy — No other genre can connect with hundreds of the Grammy-winning EDM innovator has a top 10 hit, and maybe his best year yet thousands of fans without selling records and yet still pack stadiums. That’s the cult of electronic music. It’s BY MEGAN BUERGER online but it’s also live — it’s a connector.

on’t look now, but one of electronic dance sharp through his influential label OWSLA, which There have been rumors that you’re working on music’s most fearless pioneers — Skrillex recently signed Carmada and DJ Sliink. Plans to open a another solo album. Is that true? — is finally crossing over. “Where Are U studio at the label’s L.A. offices are underway, but the No. I got to squash this right now. I’ve been holding off, D Now,” the Justin Bieber-featuring single elusive, always-touring Skrillex might not get to see it but it’s time to set this straight. I have no idea how that from Jack U, Skrillex’s duo with Diplo, has reached much: “There’s so much to do,” he says. rumor started; it’s like people just say whatever they the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, making it the six- want and it catches on. I’m always working on music, time Grammy winner’s biggest hit by far. It’s just one What’s 11111V411111411111111111111your proudest moment of the past year? but there are no formal album plans right now. of several milestones of the past year: Skrillex played I had just come from South America with Diplo, where Madison Square Garden with Jack U and headlined we had one of the best shows we’ve ever had, at Do you ever think about taking a break? Miami’s , where he brought out in Rio de Janeiro. We left to fly to Miami I don’t. I’ve got good people around me, and we’re all Sean “Diddy” Combs, Bieber, and others. But for Ultra. All of a sudden it was me, Diplo, CL, Bieber working toward the same thing — the label, the music even with these big looks, the 27-year-old, born Sonny — the whole crew in this hotel suite overlooking the and the culture around it. It’s fun, it’s not really work.

Moore in Los Angeles, is keeping EDM’s cutting edge festival and gearing up to play that headlining show. How could I ever complain? PHOTOGRAPHY WILSON CALDER ULTRA:

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BY NICK DUERDEN PHOTOGRAPHED BY CHRIS FLOYD “Frankly, there is a lot of crap around today. I’d rather go and see a nostalgia show than sit and listen to half the pop bands,” says Le Bon, who wears a John Varvatos jacket and Saint Laurent shirt. o Below: Rhodes.

ON A BOILING JULY DAY AT A PHOTO studio in South West London, 56-year-old Duran Duran frontman Simon Le Bon is in full flamboyant mode, mincing and strut- ting, sucking in his cheekbones and giving what might just be his best sex face. Around him, his bandmates — drummer Roger Taylor, 55; keyboardist Nick Rhodes, 53; and bassist John Taylor, 55 — congregate, voguing with chins thrust forward. “We used to do three or four shoots a week at our height,” says Taylor (that’s John, not Roger; Roger, no relation, is a man of few words, most of them inaudible). Occasionally, Le Bon calls for the band’s manager — “Wendy! Wendy!” — to check that the sunlight pour- ing in through the window above is not casting unflattering shadows on his face. The singer is still handsome but no longer quite a pinup; natural light can be cruel. If he continues to take pride in his looks, the band takes pride in its sound. Duran Duran’s new album, Paper Gods (due Sept. 11), is an unaccountably robust affair for an act that could simply bask in its past glories, touring the nostalgia circuit like many of its ’80s peers. The band didn’t even have a label until the album was mostly completed, at which point John presented it to Dan McCarroll, president of Warner Bros. Records. “I thought the record was amaz- ing,” says McCarroll. “It’s clear they really want to have a hit with it.” “They’ve always been so interested in pushing the envelope,” says Mark Ronson, who co-produced this album (and also oversaw 2010’s All You Need Is Now). “We think of [their hits] as bubbly pop tunes, but they were the first to use drum and vocal samplers.” Paper Gods features contributions from co-producers Ronson, Nile Rodgers and Mr Hudson, plus Janelle Monae, John Frusciante and even actress Lindsay Lohan, who provides a spoken- word interlude on “Danceophobia,” because, explains Rhodes, “We wanted

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Princess Diana Diana Princess left) (from with Rhodes, Taylor John Bon. Le and Le Bon with wife wife with Bon Le 1984. Yasmin, JULY 25, 2015 | WWW.BILLBOARD.COM The perfect musical representation it was the perfect ways, in many But “I do remember we fell foul of the tes- he says, a problem, then?” that “Is “Our insists John. of were our time,” “We the spoils of enjoyed They vigorously never political,” confirms Le Bon. political,” never of the 1980s socioeconomic that group became as yuppies, the band was known It spent a fortune sense in every profligate. not particularly were deep, on videos that being either or advertisements for champagne- Boys”) else). soaked (everything decadence MTV video an event, the con- band, each viction that the bigger the in Antigua — the bigger was shot on a yacht Russell director the impact. Australian of its videos, who helmed many Mulcahy, the 1985 at Award won a Video Vanguard for his efforts. MTV Awards Video Music Le Bon, be had to video, says more Each last. than the memorable br politically correct spec- of the group’s ” he says ,’ featured 1997 that ill-judged tacularly clip an underwear-clad, battery-operated man- busy kissed then got that the boys, nequin with the housework. (This, incidentally, of Many ofwas not the work Mulcahy.) comprising as they promos, Duran’s Duran did of of would women in states undress, Le Bon isn’t belikely deemed NSFW today. I explain. the acronym. with familiar on our videos fondly.” look back “We tily. fun,videos were jokey.” models,their success, sailing — and dating (In 1985, occasionally sinking — yachts. Le Bon capsized his boat, Drum, a race during a col- Rodgers, on the English Channel.) 1982, to back going of the band’s laborator

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, , Now well into midlife, the men live in men live the well into midlife, Now off one be may of The air they give Duran Duran has always been fun and has always Duran Duran MARK RONSON RECOMMENDS FIVE DURAN DURAN DEEP CUTS Seven and the Ragged Tiger a 7-year-old“As massive fan, I “NEW MOON ON MONDAY” ON MOON “NEW “LONELY IN YOUR NIGHTMARE”“LONELY Rio “If Duran Duran hadn’t been so this good-looking, ridiculously would have been the coolest every goth in cool anthem kids Deptford.” of side this disco Rio “This has some of the coolest, eeriest synth programming of any pop song The ever. effort song a making into went that thislike in the pre-Pro era Tools staggering.”is “THE CHAUFFEUR” considerable comfortconsiderable (mainly in London; They pursue quieter is in Los Angeles). John Le Bon; says big thing,” “Sailing is my lives: soccer; watching likes RhodesJohn recently put out a solo the moniker under project TV fewer parties, They attend Mania. and case, there’s fewer models;in Le date Bon’s to whom he has been Yasmin, just the one, three (They have married for 30 years. 25, is herself — the oldest, Amber, daughters to his second is married wife, John a model.) co-founder Nash, labelGela of the fashion is also and Roger on his sec- Couture, Juicy woman named a Peruvian to ond marriage, Bernales. Rhodes andGisella is divorced, and Outside of single. recording currently touring, the men only occasionally socialize. contentment, of pipes and slippers, but ambitious. musically they remain Gods has a bitter title track seven-minute tive, about consumer message train- in a sweatshop/Putting “The slaver It’s feet.” on your ers something like [the sinister voiceover sinister voiceover [the something like Jackson’s Vincent Price on Michael by] of vibe.” but with more a sexy girl ‘Thriller,’ Le Lohan earlier, a decade met Bon had had she him to say after she approached a party to once gone in costume as him.

ill top 10 11 of the band’s the first on Film,” 100 hits. Hot Billboard But the band, which if a little lite. flashy, influentialwrites its own music, is more In 1983, for. it had the credit than it gets then of Chic, might Rodgers, idea that at This was its single “Theremix Reflex.” acts for club were a time when remixes not pop bands whose was keyboardist only, label, record The group’s a girl. like pretty of treatment Rodgers’ Capitol, considered and only “too black-sounding” the track released it after much stalling. became It 1 No. hit, biggest reaching Duran’s Duran

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GROOMING BY SAMANTHA COOPER AT CAROL HAYES MANAGEMENT. GROOMING ASSISTANT: SAM NORMAN. SET DESIGN BY EMMA-JANE REVITT. ON-SITE ON-SITE REVITT. EMMA-JANE BY DESIGN SET NORMAN. SAM ASSISTANT: GROOMING MANAGEMENT. HAYES CAROL AT COOPER SAMANTHA BY GROOMING PRODUCTION BY SASHA RICKERD. RICKERD. SASHA BY PRODUCTION remembers “having a blast” on shopping sprees: “They would shut down the stores for us. We had a saying: ‘When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping.’ ” John, meanwhile, was developing drug and alcohol issues — he once said of 1985, 12 months during which his appetite was mainly for cocaine: “Nobody ate that year” — and was also craving, as he puts it, “a dif- ferent singer, a different guitarist, a different drummer.” So he formed The Power Station with Robert Palmer (and then-Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor — also unrelated — who, exhausted by the lifestyle and inter- group acrimony, soon left the main band to become a solo artist and producer. He Above: Roger Taylor. now lives in Ibiza). Rhodes, Le Bon and “I was on the casualty ward for a little while at the end Roger formed their own splinter group, of the ’80s, but I got out of Arcadia. Roger was also quietly becoming it,” says John Taylor, right. a respected DJ, performing sets at Cielo in For an exclusive interview New York and Pacha in Ibiza. about the band’s legacy Other members’ career paths proved and a special night with Don Johnson, plus less predictable. A long-serving American behind-the-scenes video, guitarist, Warren Cuccurullo, quit the band go to Billboard.com or Billboard.com/ipad. in 2001 and went on to star in gay porn and have a dildo cast in his image. It sold well. Duran Duran, though, never broke up. The British music press openly loathed the act (John refers to “the stench of criticism and judgment”), but the public embraced it: the early-’80s albums Rio, Seven and the Ragged Tiger and Arena each shifted 2 million copies in the United States alone, according to Nielsen Music. And it was unafraid to take risks. In 1995, its covers album, Thank You — which featured what RHODES SAYS HE might be called unusual interpretations CONSIDERS THE of tracks including Public Enemy’s “911 Is a Joke” — was widely derided, and the WEARING OF BLUE album it recorded with Timbaland in 2007, Red Carpet Massacre, was not considered a JEANS “WOEFULLY creative success. If ever there was an easy PEDESTRIAN.” route, the band rarely took it. “We want to make music that stands up in this world,” says Le Bon. “When I walk out onstage, I want to think, ‘We’re f—ing cool, actually — we’re not bad at all.’ ”

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So call center Austin positions, for government online: applying photos with her One Direction exchanging fiction. fan reading cousin and where Europe, toured same month, Todd her titles topped best-seller loyal lists and waited outsid readers is a story of of The story Anna Todd embark. can suddenly find herselfhow a lifelong fan on social devotees, with her own adoring life — and how when fan media and in real the su communities clash, just as quickly. up can turn on you lift you sold to Nielsen 988,000 copies, according truly cap- those numbers don’t But Music. Liam Styles, for of fandom the fervency ture and Louis Tomlinson Niall Horan, Payne, The band’s Malik. Zayn former bandmate than 24 millionTwitter feed has more Styles personallyfollowers; has 25 million. 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Will the Directioners prevail prevail Directioners the Will over the Rihanna Army? Visit Visit Army? Rihanna the over 54 days later. After, the book, is 582 pages; in After greatest hits on Wattpad; they tweet 112 NSW alb the real-world-publishing version of Todd’s After images; they make After videos. IN on incredible content metabolism, Gallery Todd has also attracted the kind of released the other three similarly enor- passionate vocal minority of haters that’s \:.- mous books (After We Fell, After Ever Happy, endemic to Internet success. Whether she I" After We Collided) during the next few is a true One Direction fan is a matter of months. The editor, Adam Wilson, cleaned fierce debate — within 1D fandom, the issue "Ac4st.4" up the grammar, fixed the typos, excised a of whether one is an authentic Directioner few superfluous characters and asked for or a bandwagoning “Directionator” drives more sex scenes. “We wanted a a huge amount of discourse. “I’m not, like, steam,” he explains. “It was already sexy, psychotic obsessed with One Direction,” but it’s also so big! So there was proportion- clarifies Todd. “I just like them, and I don’t ally less sex than in some other books I’ve need them to know I like them.” (Though worked on.” Oh, and Gallery changed the they probably do: Todd says the band once names “for legal reasons”— Todd could alluded to After in a videochat, but 1D’s pub- safely call her protagonist Harry Styles licist declined to comment for this story.) on Wattpad because she wasn’t earning The overlap of fandoms — die-hard money then — Harry is now “Hardin,” Directioners, traditionally concerned with A FAN ARMY HISTORY Zayn “Zed,” Liam “Landon.” the authenticity of their own love, battling They swooned. They squealed. They pledged their true love forever. Directioners aren’t the first to turn artist devotion into a Since publication, After books have barely with Afternators, each group claiming the hyperventilating spectacle — and they won't be the last. touched the New York Times paperback primacy and legitimacy of its camp — is trade fiction best-seller list, but they have dizzying. A down-with-After petition has topped lists in Germany, Spain and France. collected 26,000 signatures, and the Lisztomania The piano playing of 19th-century Hungarian (Simon & Schuster wouldn’t provide sales hashtag #SuspendAnnaTodd percolates composer Franz Liszt inspired a reaction that figures; asked if the publisher had recouped whenever After news makes the press (like poet Heinrich Heine described as “true madness,” anticipating nearly two centuries of fandom. its advance on foreign rights, Wilson when Todd announced in June a Grey-like responded politely, “It sold in 30 countries, sequel, Before, written from Harry/Hardin’s so the book is doing very well.”) point of view). After bashers hate Todd’s Bobby-Soxers The books don’t target teens specifically self-promotional streak and accuse her Named for the rolled-down hosiery they matched with saddle shoes and skirts, these teen girls were — given the explicit sex, Wilson says Gallery of simply exploiting the band for her own ’s first real fan army, swooning and is aiming for the “new adult” audience of financial gain. They yearn to protect Styles fainting over Frank Sinatra during World War II. college-age readers — but it’s clear from from being painted, even fictionally, as a

Todd’s Twitter mentions that teens have hotheaded, borderline-abusive jerk. They Beatlemaniacs embraced the story. (Faktor noted that 40 view the prospect of a movie as a looming Can fans love a group too much for its own percent of Wattpad users are between 13 disaster all Directioners should fear. (“I good? In 1966, quit touring partly because their performance couldn’t be heard over and 18, adding, “Anna is right at the core of think it’s very funny that they’re acting like the crowd’s frenzied screams. that.”) More than 250,000 “Afternators,” this is really Harry Styles,” Gibgot, the film’s as her fans are called, follow her on Twitter, co-producer, told Billboard. “We’re not Deadheads and they have seized upon Todd’s char- making the Harry Styles story.”) The free-spirit culture of tie-dye and tape trading acters with a magpie’s glee: They compile Asked about her critics, Todd shakes her has outlived the jam band that spawned it: 60,000 head. At first, she explains, One Direction fans mailed handmade ticket requests to the Grateful Dead’s early-July reunion shows. fans loved her story. “Then it started getting popular, and some of them started turning on me and declaring they never loved it, Kiss Army Founded in 1975 by two kids who pressured an even though they did.” She sighs. Almost all Indiana radio station to play their favorite band, the hate, she says, comes from girls between Kiss’ official fan club went on to become a card- 13 and 15. She empathizes with the way die- carrying rock’n’roll institution. hards can build castles of significance out of the things they love the most. Menuditis It has been a little more than a year since New York mayor Ed Koch was so impressed with the zeal of Menudo’s faithful that he declared the Todd posted the final chapter of theAfter Latin boy band “bigger than The Beatles” when it saga. Jordan left the army a few weeks ago. sold out Radio City Music Hall in 1983. “I don’t want to do anything with guns ever again,” he says. These days, Todd’s Juggalos publishing Before one chapter at a time on Insane Clown Posse’s intensely loyal following of Wattpad. She’s powwowing about the After face-painted nonconformists is the only fan army to maintain its own league screenplay with McMartin and asserts she — or to be classified as a gang by the FBI. has veto power over it — “or at least they did a good job of making me think I do!” “I never thought I could be an author,” Little Monsters Lady Gaga’s admirers originally referred to marvels Todd. “I’ve already made more themselves as the Gagarazzi, but their “Mother money than I ever dreamed of making in my Monster” soon rechristened them and tattooed their new name on her right arm. entire life.” She never would have imagined writing a word, if not for One Direction and its fan community. “People spend 10 years Swifties trying to get a book published, they have Taylor Swift wants her fans to feel like friends: She invited them to her apartment for a preview of degrees, they’re a hell of a lot smarter than 1989, then consulted their Tumblrs for the set list me, and they may have way better gram- for her subsequent tour. —NICK MURRAY mar than me,” she offers. “But I used the Internet, and that’s what set me apart.” 0

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Lead contenderLead for 2015’s Song of the Summer is Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth’s — but Again” “See You Life After Death

“It really hit home when FUN FACT Evans and PuffEvans Daddy to perform the track live at the 1997 Video Music Awards. tough time,” recalls Flex. “But between and album Big’s Diddy’s it album, almost felt like pass.” didn’t Biggie the Paul Walker homage isn’tthe the Paul Walker define to anthem memorial first the season. On March 9, 1997, “TheChristopher Notorious B.I.G.” was Wallace murdered Awards leaving a Soul Train afterparty in Los Angeles.after, Soon Puff Daddy, R&B group Faith widow, and Wallace’s 112 Evans, paid tribute him on a song that sampled The Police’s “Every and Samuel Take” Breath You for Strings.”Barber’s “Adagio The video — which culminates thewith singing spiritual Evans “I’ll Fly Away” from atop a hill — premiered early and in May quickly became one of MTV’s clips. most-played I saw the video,” says New Funkmaster DJ Flex, whoYork broadcasting remembers the song from a promo CD before Bad Boy Records sent a properhim 12-inch. The thensingle debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on remainedJune 14, there for 11 weeks and was succeeded by own “MoWallace’s Money Mo Problems” from posthumous his LP 1 in Los Angeles.in Evans (left) and Evans at the 2015 BET 2015 the at

Combs performed performed Combs Awards on June 28 June 28 on Awards sincere emotion and a touch of novelty of a touch and emotion sincere of passage. Looking back nearly 60 years 60 years back nearly passage. Looking of funky jams reveals how the season’s most most season’s the how funky reveals jams BIGGEST SUMMER SUMMER BIGGEST Like competitive hot dog eating and superhero and superhero eating dog hot competitive Like massive singles share two essential elements: two essential elements: share singles massive SONGS OF ALL TIME ALL OF SONGS and ranking the one-hit wonders, pop outliers and and outliers pop wonders, one-hit the and ranking sequels, choosing a Song of the Summer is a rite Summer is a rite the of a Song choosing sequels, I YOU BE MISSING I’LL Puff Daddy featuring Evans & Faith 112 BILLBOARD | JULY 25, 2015 56 BILLBOARD RANK TITLE ARTIST HOT 100 PEAK

I’ll Be Puff Daddy & Faith 1 1997 Missing You Evans featuring 112

The Boy 2 Brandy & Monica 1998 Is Mine

Tossin’ and 3 Bobby Lewis 1961 Turnin’

Robin Thicke Blurred 4 featuring T.I. 2013 Lines and Pharrell

Every Breath You 5 The Police 1983 Take

We Belong 6 Mariah 2005 Together

I Just Want to 7 Be Your Andy Gibb 1977 Everything (EVERYTHING I DO) I DO IT FOR YOU When Prince & Bryan Adams 8 1984 Adams Doves Cry The Revolution onstage in 1991. (Everything 9 Bryan Adams 1991 I Do) I Do It for You Bryan Adams was finishing up his sixth LP, Waking Up the Neighbours, when film composer Michael Kamen approached the Canadian musician’s team about Alone Again 10 Gilbert O’Sullivan 1972 collaborating on the theme to Kevin Costner’s early-’90s vehicle Robin Hood: Prince (Naturally) 9 of Thieves. Co-written with Adams’ frequent collaborator Mutt Lange, the lyrics for Robin and Maid Marian’s surging love song were composed in 90 minutes — and then went on (I Can’t Get No) 11 The Rolling Stones 1965 to become the foundation of the biggest hit of the year. Remembers Adams’ manager Bruce Satisfaction Allen: “It was a big wedding song, but you heard it at the mall — everywhere.” FUN FACT “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” lost the best original song Academy Award to 12 Hot in Herre Nelly 2002 Celine Dion’s rendition of “Beauty and the Beast.” —GARRETT KAMPS

13 Bad Girls Donna Summer 1979 My Favorite Summer Song Roses Are Red 14 Bobby Vinton 1962 (My Love) “Feist’s ‘Mushaboom’ is nostalgic for me — it reminds me of Canadian summers, folk festivals and chill times.” 15 I’m Sorry 1960 —

16 In the Year 2525 Zager & Evans 1969 ‘A Song Of The Summer Has To Be 17 Eye of the Tiger Survivor 1982 Infectious And Emotional’ No one can influence the Both Demi Lovato and Maroon 5 are used to it when you BRYAN STEFFY/GETTY IMAGES STEFFY/GETTY BRYAN 18 Lonely Boy Paul Anka 1959 Song of the Summer quite released new singles with hit the warm months, which like iHeartMedia national “Summer” in their titles. is why you have OMI, Tove programming chief Tom Does that give them a Labor Lo’s “Talking Body,” Taylor Rihanna 19 Umbrella 2007 Poleman, 50, whose 850 radio Day expiration date? Swift’s “Bad Blood,” Jason featuring Jay Z stations are influential It totally does — and we Derulo’s “Want to Want Me” enough to create the next were talking about that to and even Walk the Moon’s Beyoncé featuring Katy Perry or to anoint Demi Demi Lovato’s camp with “Cool “Shut Up and Dance.” Wiz 20 Crazy in Love 2003 Jay Z Lovato’s next single. for the Summer.” Everybody Khalifa seems to have a big was leaning toward this head start because his “See What elements comprise song “Confidence” as [her You Again” is also tied to Can’t Help Falling 21 UB40 1993 a Song of the forthcoming record’s] Furious 7, so you have a in Love Summer? first single, but deeper connection. The more It has to be then there was ways you can hook somebody with something emotional, the 22 Waterfalls TLC 1995 infectious, a big debate: “If it has to be ‘Confidence’ really is better. emotional and the first single, then it usually has can we release ‘Cool What’s your all-time favorite 23 I Swear All-4-One 1994 to be uptempo for the Summer’ in the Song of the Summer? and a little bit fall?” And we “I Kissed a Girl” by Katy different. Magic’s Poleman said no. Perry. It helped her cut The Black 24 I Gotta Feeling 2009 “Rude” went so big through in a fun, sexy way and Eyed Peas because it fit all those Halfway through the summer, established the groundwork pieces. The whole reggae vibe how would you assess 2015’s for another summer song, is always a nice touch, which contenders? “California Gurls,” a couple 25 Baby Got Back Sir Mix-a-Lot 1992 is what’s working for OMI’s It helps to have something on years later. She’s a smart

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JULY 25, 2015 | WWW.BILLBOARD.COM 57 BILLBOARD RANK TITLE ARTIST HOT 100 PEAK

(They Long to Be) 26 Carpenters 1970 Close to You

Macarena 27 (Bayside Los Del Rio 1996 Boys Mix) 28 Promiscuous featuring 2006 Timbaland

The Battle of New 29 Johnny Horton 1959 Orleans

30 Light My Fire 1967

Katy Perry featuring 31 California Gurls 2010 Snoop Dogg

32 Shadow Dancing Andy Gibb 1978

33 Call Me Maybe Carly Rae Jepsen 2012

34 Windy The Association 1967

35 Genie in a Bottle 1999

36 I Kissed a Girl Katy Perry 2008

How Can 37 You Mend a Bee Gees 1971 Broken Heart

You’re Still 38 Shania Twain 1998 WATERFALLS the One TLC LMFAO featuring 39 and 2011 Anthem GoonRock It’s Too Late/ From left: Rozonda 40 I Feel the 1971 “Chilli” Thomas, Earth Move The Doors on Lopes and Tionne The Ed Sullivan “T-Boz” Watkins of TLC Show in 1967. attended the 1995 41 Best of My Love The Emotions 1977 MTV Movie Awards. It’s Still Rock and 42 Billy Joel 1980 Amped from the success of its triple-platinum debut, TLC entered the studio Roll to Me in late 1993 to record a follow-up with a dream team of producers — among 22 them Babyface, , Puff Daddy and production team Organized 43 Roll With It Steve Winwood 1988 Noize. What resulted was 1994’s CrazySexyCool, an LP that sold 7.6 million copies stateside (according to Nielsen Music) and delivered the act’s biggest hit. Written by Whoomp! (There 44 1993 Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, Marqueze Etheridge and Organized Noize — with backup vocals by It Is) then-unknown Cee Lo Green — the Grammy-winning, chart-dominating single wasn’t just a commercial juggernaut. Released in the midst of the AIDS epidemic and the drug war, the 45 Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr. 1984 song’s lyrics addressed these issues (e.g., “His health is fading and he doesn’t know why/Three letters took him to his final resting place”), and its MTV Video Music Awards-sweeping clip, Big Girls 46 Fergie 2007 helmed by director F. Gary Gray (Friday, Straight Outta Compton), brought these concerns into Don’t Cry the living rooms of millions. FUN FACT The video cost more than $1 million. “I had no idea how huge the record was until I Ring 47 Anita Ward 1979 heard how much the video budget was,” says Etheridge. —G.K. My Bell

48 Magic Olivia Newton-John 1980 My Favorite Summer Song Vision 49 Mariah Carey 1990 “I was 13 years old in October 1966 when I first heard The Beach Boys’ ‘Good Vibrations’ of Love on the radio. I went right out to buy the single, and I must have played it 50 times in a Jessie’s row. My parents were going nuts!” —Former Survivor lead singer David Bickler, who sang 50 Rick Springfield 1981 Girl lead vocals on the Oscar-nominated Rocky III anthem “Eye of the Tiger”

58 BILLBOARD | JULY 25, 2015 This 1967 breakthrough 30 single LIGHT MY FIRE catapulted Jim Morrison’s four-man The Doors psych circus from Whiskey a Go Go house band to ’ million-selling success. Countless acid trips, 14 platinum certifications and one Oliver Stone biopic followed, along with a 1968 Jose Feliciano cover that hit No. 3 and extended the song’s life. “The jazz world picked it up, then I’d hear it in elevators,” says drummer John Densmore. FUN FACT Buick offered $75,000 to adapt the smash for an ad, which The Doors ultimately declined, a decision Densmore has never regretted: “Would this song be on this list if we’d done ‘Come on Buick, Light My Fire’?” —CAMILLE DODERO

My Favorite Summer Song “I remember bangin’ three songs while cruising around Seward Park in Seattle around 1981: Gary Numan’s ‘Cars,’ Sugarhill USTERS: COLUMBIA PICTURES/ Gang’s ‘Rapper’s Delight’and The " B-52s’ ‘Rock

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The year 1984 was a memorable movie themes. While Parker Reddick, whose pop-punk band covered colossal one for pop later settled out of court with Huey the tune for 2005 film Just Like Heaven. 45culture: Madonna, Lewis to avoid a copyright suit over “It’s the keyboard line that sucks you Michael and Bruce similarities to Lewis’ hit “I Want a in: You find yourself whistling it for owned the airwaves; Beverly Hills Cop, New Drug,” “Ghostbusters” was an two days.” The Karate Kid and The Terminator lit up international smash. FUN FACT “Ghostbusters” was initially the box office; and the CD player and the “I remember hearing the song and tied to a summer blockbuster, but first Apple Macintosh arrived in stores. thinking, ‘This isn’t like anything else now it’s the second-most Shazamed Against this backdrop, Ray Parker Jr. on the radio — he is basically talking,” track on Halloween, after Michael PHOTOFEST TLC: JIM SMEAL/WIREIMAGE. MIX-A-LOT: VIVIEN KILLILEA/GETTY IMAGES. BICKLER: LEBRECHT MUSIC AND ARTS PHOTO LIBRARY/ALAMY. GHOSTB wrote one of the 20th century’s most says Bowling for Soup frontman Jaret Jackson’s “Thriller.” —G.K.

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‘’ 51 “Hurts So Good,” John Cougar Dance-rap duo LMFAO approached its second album, 2011’s Sorry 52 “Alone,” Heart for Party Rocking, with the explicit goal of scoring a No. 1. 53 “Wild Thing,” “Party Rock Anthem” — a feel-good EDM track partly inspired The Troggs by “shuffling,” a dance move popular in Australian clubs — did 54 “Stay (I Missed You),” Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories just that, topping the Billboard Hot 100 on July 16, 2011 and 55 “Rush Rush,” Paula Abdul remaining there for six weeks. Its viral video still remains 56 “Fingertips — Part 2,” one of YouTube’s most popular, with more than 902 million Little Stevie Wonder views, and helped secure the tune a place among summer’s all- (left) and 57 “Fancy,” Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX time biggest hits. in the “Party 58 “Love the Way You Lie,” Rock Anthem” video. Eminem featuring SKY BLU (HALF OF LMFAO) ”Me and Foo, we heavily believe in The Rihanna Secret — manifesting your dreams — so we had a goal to be No. 59 “Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl),” Looking Glass 1 around the world and sell out the Staples Center, where the MICKEY FINNEGAN (VIDEO DIRECTOR) 60 “One of These Nights,” Lakers play.” “I first met LMFAO in Hollywood before they had become who they The Eagles were. I ended up doing their [2009] ‘Shots’ video and ‘La La La.’ 61 “Summer in the City,” GOONROCK (CO-PRODUCER) “‘Party Rock Anthem’ actually started in a The first thing Redfoo did when he played the new song was open The Lovin’ Spoonful 62 “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown,” session for [rapper] Flo Rida. I wrote the chorus, but it was, ‘I YouTube and show me shuffling. He was like, ‘This dance is so Jim Croce cool!’ I put together the pieces: ‘OK, we’ll play off [2002 horror can feel it in my soul tonight.’ Flo Rida passed on the song, but 63 “Payphone,” Maroon 5 we were making the LMFAO album. Redfoo wanted to revisit it.” film] 28 Days Later and build a story around that.’” featuring Wiz Khalifa 64 “If You Had My Love,” REDFOO (LMFAO LEADER) “I wanted a song we could play when we SHUFFLEB0T (LMFA0 DANCER) “A lot of the people that we ended up Jennifer Lopez 65 “Don’t Go Breaking getting to come and dance in the video shoot were just people who stepped into the club. It was just, ‘Let me change this [line], “I My Heart,” can feel it in my soul.”’ I felt like that was outdated — the word we had met at the club or we knew personally. That was one of the & Kiki Dee ‘soul’ in a song.” first times you ever saw that style come out in the limelight.” 66 “This Guy’s in Love With You,” Herb Alpert 67 “I Can’t Stop Loving GOONROCK ”Him changing the chorus was a business move, too. He KIERSZENBAUM “We were outside Universal Music in Paris, and You,” Ray Charles wanted to brand [the phrase] ‘party rock.’ At the time, I was mad. there’s a restaurant and kids coming out of the school [who 68 “,” I hated that he wanted to change it to ‘party rock.’ I was trying yelled]: ‘Are you Redfoo from LMFAO?’ They start shuffling. And Pitbull featuring Ne-, to get deep and stuff.” (Laughs.) then the owner of the restaurant, who’s about 55, is like, ‘You! Afrojack and Nayer 69 Kiss and Say Goodbye,” Shuffle! Shuffle!’ That’s when I realized, ‘OK, this song is going “ The Manhattans SKY BLU “I was at ’s house, and I heard the finished to go wide.’” 70 “Shout,” Tears for Fears product. Foo takes a long time. He sits there and tweaks sounds 71 “Hips Don’t Lie,” like crazy.” SKY BLU ”When we heard the song was No. 1, we were in Europe. I was Shakira featuring actually taking a piss. Then we just had a hell of a night.” Wyclef Jean 72 “Where Did Our Love MARTIN KIERSZENBAUM (CHERRYTREE RECORDS FOUNDER) “I was in Kansas Go,” The Supremes City because I was spending Christmas there, and [Redfoo] sends REDFOO ”If I go to a place where a jukebox is, people play it. 73 “It’s Now or Never,” me ‘Party Rock Anthem.’ I hear it, and I go, ‘Oh my God, this is Sometimes I get up and dance. People still send me Snapchats of it Elvis Presley with massive.’ He said, ‘I’m going to leak it New Year’s Eve.’ I was playing in clubs.” The Jordanaires 74 “I Can’t Help Myself fighting, saying, ‘You have to do this properly, because the song (Sugar Pie Honey is a bona fide smash.’ And I remember what he said: ‘I’ve got a SKY BLU ”Doing that song at the Wembley Arena was incredible. Bunch),” Four Tops ton more!’” I think it was 90,000 or 100,000 people. As soon as we went out 75 “Annie’s Song,” onstage, it was just ridiculous how crazy everybody got.” John 76 “Bent,” Matchbox 20 REDFOO “It was the [bass] drop that really inspired the dance. It 77 “Love Will Keep Us made me do the running man, and someone said, ‘That’s like that GOONROCK ”The song is special because it did all the things we all Together,” Captain dance ‘shuffling.’ Then we started looking it up on YouTube.” collectively visualized.” —N.M. & Tennille 78 “Party Like a Rockstar,” Shop Boyz 79 “Hello, I Love You,” The Doors 80 “Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation After emerging from Indian),” The Raiders Springfield 81 “Coming Up (Live at in 1981. the 1970s as a pop Glasgow),” Paul heartthrob, Rick McCartney & Wings 50 82 “You’re Makin’ Me Springfield hoped that High/Let It Flow,” 1981’s Working Class Dog — his first JESSIE’S GIRL 83 “Weak,” SWV Rick Springfield album in five years — would convince 84 “I Get Around,” The Beach Boys critics that he had grown into a serious 85 “Right Here Waiting,” artist. “I thought, ‘OK, I wrote and played Richard Marx 86 “Flashdance ... What a all these songs and produced most of Feeling,” Irene Cara the album, so they can’t see me as a teen 87 “Bette Davis Eyes,” Kim Carnes idol any frigging longer,” he remembers 88 “What’s Love Got to now. “But they did.” At least with “Jessie’s Do With It,” Tina Turner 89 “Everybody Loves Girl,” he was a teen idol with a No. 1 hit. Somebody,” Dean Martin 90 “Rude,” Magic The track peaked on Aug. 1, 1981, a little 91 “Three Times a Lady,” more than a year after he met the woman Commodores 92 “I Wanna Dance With (and her boyfriend) who inspired the lyrics Somebody (Who Loves in a stained-glass class. “Writing the song Me),” Whitney Houston 93 “People Got to Be Free,” took about three weeks,” he says. “Being The Rascals hot for the girl took about five seconds.” 94 “Somebody That I Used to Know,” Gotye FUN FACT Springfield accepted his part featuring Kimbra as General Hospital’s Dr. Noah Drake 95 “Good Times,” Chic 96 “U Remind Me,” Usher after recording “Jessie’s Girl,” unsure if the 97 “Honky Tonk Women,” The Rolling Stones —N.M. song would ever be released. 98 “Confessions Part II,” Usher METHODOLOGY The Biggest Summer Songs of All Time chart is based on each track’s performance on the Billboard Hot 100 during the summer tracking period from Memorial Day through Labor Day. The chart 99 “Boom Boom Pow,” was compiled utilizing an inverse point system for 1959 (the Hot 100’s first full summer) through 1991 (the final summer prior to the advent of Nielsen Music data), with weeks at No. 1 earning the The greatest value and weeks at No. 100 earning the least. From 1992 through 2014, the chart incorporates point totals accumulated from radio airplay and sales, as well as points from other data sets (i.e., 100 “Papa Don’t Preach,”

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looking forward: “Seal It With a Kiss” though he believes them vehemently and in the bag. —JULIANNE ESCOBEDO SHEPHERD

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JUNE 28 Burnley, 37, learns through social media that Breaking Benjamin’s fifth album, , is No. 1 on the Billboard 200. “My management called, like they had big news for me,” he says with a laugh. “I was like, ‘Yeah, I already know...’ ”

JUNE 29 The band rehearses for its five- date acoustic tour in a studio in Burnley’s hometown of Ocean City, N.J. “It’s a law office Partying Like It’s 1997 that I turned into a studio,” the singer says. “People still come to the door looking for legal IN ’ at a club, cresting and plummeting and twisting assistance. I’m like, ‘Sorry, can’t help you out.’ ” world, it’s always 1997. Dig into its weirdest passages before cooling down with Your Own Hole, the commercial the beatless “Radiate.” Even the chirping Depeche JUNE 30 The members pile into a tour bus for breakthrough of Tom Rowlands Mode-style synthesizers that accompany ’s the 10-hour drive to the first gig in Asheville, and Ed Simons’ long-running sleepy vocal on the concluding “Wide Open” are N.C. “We do stupid things to keep occupied,” electronic-dance partnership, like the dawn’s light seeping through club doors. says Burnley of passing time on the bus. “We’ll came out ages ago by the At this point, the Brothers are effectively do little skits that are satires of tour life. Like, THE rapidly progressing standards historians, and the album’s most thrilling someone will film me eating a bandmate’s CHEMICAL of club music, but their sound moments are often references to their own past Pop-Tart. Then he’ll come in, yelling, ‘My tart!’ ” BROTHERS was preserved in amber at the or inspirations. Q-Tip’s party-starting, “Rapper’s Born in the Echoes moment of its release. Their Delight”-quoting performance on “Go” reunites JULY 1 The tour’s “awesome” first show, at eighth studio album (and first the team that made 2005 Grammy winner Asheville’s Orange Peel, features original in five years), Born in the Echoes, is electrifying, “Galvanize.” “” features St. songs mixed with covers of classics by Queen, tightly constructed big beat the way they’ve Vincent’s Annie Clark impressively evoking Tool and more. “We actually started as a cover always done it: with pop-like song structures, Talking Heads’ Remain in Light, with fluttering band,” explains Burnley, “so now and then we marquee guest vocalists and scarcely a hint of electronics swarming around stacked-up layers like to bust a few out.” , trap or, really, any developments in the of her voice. The jolting edits and sibilant, trebly past 15 years of dance music. Even the Brothers’ beats of “Just Bang” are straight out of the Todd JULY 2 The band rocks Ziggy’s by the Sea in logo has stayed the same. Terry Project’s playbook. “And I’ll See You There” Wilmington, N.C., but its bus breaks down en Fortunately, their greatest strength — integrating isn’t just Simons and Rowlands paraphrasing the route to the next show, in Athens, Ga. “When the abrasive tone-bending and mesmeric repetition groove of The Beatles’ “Tomorrow Never Knows” I woke up, we were in a parking lot. I thought, of EDM into the context of hooks and melodies — — it’s a callback to when The Chemical Brothers ‘Cool, we made it,’ ” says Burnley. “Then I is exceptionally durable. One advantage of DJ’ing did the same thing on ’s “Setting looked around, saw it was a truck stop and for several decades is that the duo knows how to Sun,” and a reminder of how sturdily they built the realized, ‘Shit — we didn’t make it.’ ” sequence a set, and Echoes flows like a great night foundations of their work. —DOUGLAS WOLK JULY 3 The group arrives at Athens’ Georgia Theater, sans bus. Gear comes in a rented truck. Everything else? In a 1990s-model SINGLES stretch limo. “Not our style, but the only ride our manager could find,” says Burnley. “We COHEED AND CAMBRIA MAJID JORDAN EMINEM FEATURING “YOU GOT SPIRIT, KID” FEATURING DRAKE GWEN STEFANI packed it so full of people that when we piled 300 ENTERTAINMENT “MY LOVE” “KINGS NEVER DIE” out at the venue it looked like a clown car.” OVO SOUND SHADY/INTERSCOPE

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ALLEN GRUBMAN, 72 the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, for a venue No one doubts her now. From her first deals on Partner, Grubman, management deal with AEG, and Gabon, where behalf of the estate of Tupac Shakur, LaPolt has Shire & Meiselas negotiations are underway with Berklee College of gained a reputation as an artist advocate who Music and the Grammy Museum to build Africa’s represents the likes of Steven Tyler and Deadmau5. KENNY MEISELAS, 58 first music university. Closer to home, for Scott A native of the Hudson Valley college town of New Partner, Grubman, Borchetta’s Big Machine Records, Katz negotiated Paltz, N.Y. (“I saw Joan Jett & The Blackhearts in the Shire & Meiselas a renewal of a distribution pact with UMG. Of his late ’70s at The Chance Theater in Poughkeepsie”), negotiating style, the father of two (and grandfather LaPolt is married to RCA vp promotion Wendy If any attorney has mastered the art of playing of four) says, “I like people to feel that any transac- Goodman. Known also as an outspoken defendant both sides of the coin, it’s Grubman, who started tion we did was good for both sides.” Rosenbloum’s of songwriters’ rights, LaPolt was a featured panelist out representing superstars like Elton John and client roster includes digital upstarts and big names discussing copyrights at MIDEM in June and the Bruce Springsteen in the 1970s and went on to add like Slacker, Samsung, Deezer and GoPro. Recent 2014 ASCAP Expo. top-ranking executives (UMG chairman Lucian success stories include negotiating on behalf of GREATEST RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENT “Getting my Grainge) and corporations (MSG, Live Nation) rapidly growing social network Flipagram and kids into preschool in West Hollywood,” says the to his client list. What does he miss about the old SoundCloud’s new subscription service. The indus- mother of twin toddlers with a laugh. That feat, days? “The laughs, the fun, the characters,” says try’s next biggest challenge, he says, is keeping she says, was “way more complicated than getting the married father of two adult children. Meiselas investors interested in services where the long-term Tupac’s masters back from Death Row Records.” has carried Grubman’s legacy forward, represent- profit is now squeezed tighter than ever: “We need ing an impressive roster of veterans (Usher, Lady to be more focused [on] the preservation of the DONALD PASSMAN, 69 Gaga) and newer stars (Avicii, The Weeknd). [music] ecosystem. Distribution was pretty mun- Partner, Potential clients get “my own eye-test evaluation,” dane [before]. Now, it’s become the future.” Gang Tyre Ramer & Brown he says. “Is this somebody who has the potential to MOST TREASURED POSSESSION Rosenbloum: “A be a true superstar?” custom Les Paul guitar given to me by Les and Passman has done more than most attorneys GREATEST CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENT Grubman: Henry [Juszkiewicz, chairman/CEO of Gibson to share his knowledge with aspiring artists as “There aren’t many law firms that are 40 years old Guitars] after closing some deals for them.” author of All You Need to Know About the Music — forget entertainment firms. I’m proud of that.” GREATEST CAREER ACHIEVEMENT Katz: “When Business, now in its eighth edition (with a ninth on BEST BUSINESS MANTRA Meiselas: “In the words Austin was arrested in Dubai [in 2006] with some the way). “There were a lot of changes with digital of Allen Grubman, ‘It’s not about the money, it’s form of drugs, the punishment was hanging. I rights and performing rights organizations,” says about the money!’ ” folded up my law practice for four months and Passman, a married father of four (including son concentrated on getting him out of Dubai [with a Danny, who is an attorney at his firm). Passman JOEL KATZ, 71 pardon]. That was the most important thing I’ve has represented clients including R.E.M., Taylor Chairman, global media and entertainment ever done, because saving a life is more important Swift, and Mariah Carey. “I’ve been practice, Greenberg Traurig than making a dollar.” privileged to be involved in the largest record deals ever made, and we were able to reshape a BOBBY ROSENBLOUM, 46 DINA LAPOLT, 49 lot of [contract] concepts and put it out there so Co-chairman, Atlanta entertainment and media President, anyone can do it. That’s more interesting than a practice, Greenberg Traurig LaPolt Law routine deal.” MOST TREASURED POSSESSION “My grandfather’s Katz, whose client roster of stars across genres When LaPolt set out 15 years ago to open her own fedora. It’s a Stetson from the 1920s or ’30s with includes Pitbull, and , law firm, “People said, ‘You can’t do it; you’re a silk linings.” has added sovereign states: He now represents woman who’s never done that before,’ ” she recalls. PETER PATERNO, 64 Partner, When Starstruck Star Attorneys Lost Their Legal Cool King Holmes Paterno & Soriano Encounters with artists inspired lawyers in their youth and during their years in practice

“You’re only as powerful as your clients,” LIPS. LEWIS: BETTMANN/CORBIS. JOHN: THE says the notoriously press-shy Paterno, who has represented Dr. Dre and Metallica for decades and credits his career breakthrough to taking on Guns N’ Roses in the 1980s. “I went from being a service lawyer to representing one of the biggest bands in the world — they got huge, and I became talented,” he jokes. In fact, the seduction of this Los Angeles native by the music business goes back even further, to The Doors’ show at the Hollywood Gary Gilbert was just Elton John once had Yoko Ono was Eric Clapton “was Bowl in 1968, which Paterno attended as a 11 years old when David Lande as “serene” as a dazzled as good-looking” as teen. “I was even at Altamont — that was an his father took him to his tour manager Russell Frackman Julie Swidler thought interesting experience,” he deadpans. These see Jerry Lee Lewis and accountant. deposed her at home he’d be during an days, it’s clients like Pharrell Williams and Iggy at the Long Beach “His music is so in The Dakota some Elton John-Bernie Azalea that keep him busy — not to mention Municipal Auditorium amazing that I could 35 years ago, “even Taupin album release the 2014 sale of Beats to Apple for a reported in California. “I have listened to his though she was on party in 1991. “I $3.2 billion. was just mesmerized,” concert every night,” the other side of the was completely REASON TO BOAST “Working with Dr. Dre in he says. says Lande. case,” he recalls. starstruck,” she says. connection with all the deals he’s been involved in MEISELAS: MATT FURMAN. KATZ: JOEL FITTS. LAPOLT: COURTESY OF DINA LAPOLT. PASSMAN: LESTER COHEN. PHILLIPS: MANATT PHELPS & PHIL has been very gratifying,” he says. LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION/GETTY IMAGES. ONO: RON GALELLA/WIREIMAGE. CLAPTON: MICK HUTSON/REDFERNS ThankThank youyou BillboardBillboard

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It’s a safe bet Phillips does know “the way to San “I didn’t know what I wanted to do when I got Jose” and can tell “Alfie” what’s it all about. In out of law school,” says Frackman, who joined 2014, Phillips negotiated the sale of lyricist Hal his firm after graduating cum laude in 1970 from David’s share of the Burt Bacharach/David cata- Columbia University’s law program. “I sort of log to BMG Rights Management for a reported fell into doing what I do.” Two key mentors $42 million. The deal marked the end of an era, (litigators Arthur Groman and Howard Smith) says Phillips, with very few individual catalogs and 45 years later, Brooklyn-born Frackman is of such importance still available. The New York one of the country’s top intellectual property native, who now lives in Santa Barbara, is the litigators. In 2001, he was the lead lawyer rep- attorney for superstars like The Eagles and Barbra resenting the music industry in its successful Streisand. Less than two years ago he helped precedent-setting suit against Napster. “We estab- broker the deal granting the rights to Brian lished the principle that uploading/downloading Wilson’s life story that turned into this summer’s sound recordings via the Internet was actionable critically acclaimed filmLove and Mercy. During infringement,” he notes. In June, Frackman won a “The restaurant by the Four Seasons pool” his tenure at the firm, he has seen it grow from 50 $210 million settlement from SiriusXM on behalf in Beverly Hills, says Jeffrey Harleston. “It’s lawyers to 450 and expand into health care law, of ABKCO Music & Records, Capitol Records, beautiful. If I want to close a deal, that’s where environmental law, advertising law and more. He Sony Music Entertainment, UMG and WMG in a I go. I usually order a burger.” notes that music contracts have grown compli- class action suit regarding royalty payment for use cated since he started practicing more than 50 of pre-1972 recordings. The day begins years ago. “It’s a big fight over a pot that looks GREATEST RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENT In February, he with “breakfast at smaller per unit — you’re talking about pennies — received the Entertainment Law Initiative Award Beverly Glen Deli” but a lot of usages,” he says. “It’s a different kind from the Grammy Foundation for his career work. in Los Angeles, of business.” “Of all the various awards I’ve been given, that’s says John Branca. REASON TO BOAST “Mentoring young lawyers in the been the high point.” “I sit there every law and practice in the music industry is something morning. It’s like my I am proud of.” -"s HARVEY GELLER, 56 office. On any given Of Counsel, day I see Brian Gradstein & Marzano Wilson or [manager] Litigators Là HENRY GRADSTEIN, 59 Howard Kaufmann.” RICHARD BUSCH, 50 Partner, a Partner, Gradstein & Marzano King and Bellow

MARK L. LEVINSOHN, 58 Following SiriusXM’s settlement in a related Founder, case involving payment to major labels for use of Levinsohn Associates pre-1972 recordings, Geller and Gradstein hope the radio giant will conclude their similar suit on Busch won a surprise jury decision in the behalf of The Turtles, who seek royalties for their “Blurred Lines” copyright infringement case and pre-1972 hits. “Our case laid the groundwork for $5.3 million in damages for the estate of Marvin that [June] settlement,” says Gradstein. He and

Gaye, sharing credit with Levinsohn, the Gaye Geller were the first to bring an action in California EVERLY GLEN DELI: BARRY COCKERAM. REGENCY BAR: COURTESY OF REGENCY HOTEL. QUALITY MEATS: COURTESY OF QUALITY MEATS family’s transactional lawyer. But was the vic- that established a performance right for pre-1972 tory really unexpected? Consider Busch’s track master recordings. While The Turtles’ Howard record. “We’ve had manya jury verdicts and vic- Kayland and Mark Volman won summary judg- tories that are important in the area of copyright ment in California and were granted class action law,” says Busch, a married father of three. He status, the trial on damages awaits. The artists also “In New York,” says Russell Frackman, “where previously won landmark victories regarding the won in New York, but SiriusXM has appealed and, I stay at the Regency Hotel, known for its need for licenses in music sampling (Bridgeport in Florida, SiriusXM was granted a summary judg- power breakfast. Dinner — Dover sole — is Music v. Dimension Films, 2005) and the treat- ment. On July 8, Gradstein filed to have the $210 my favorite power meal.” ment of digital downloads for determining million SiriusXM payout held in an account under royalty payments (Eminem’s F.B.T. Productions the court’s control, saying that the award was “a “Quality Meats v. Aftermath Records, 2010). With “Blurred brazen attempt to interfere with the class action on 58th Street Lines” songwriters Robin Thicke and Pharrell process” that he and Geller began in their suit on in New York,” Williams appealing the verdict, Levinsohn behalf of The Turtles. says Christopher hopes he might cite a settlement “as next year’s MOST TREASURED POSSESSION Gradstein: “My Harrison. “They greatest accomplishment.” grandfather’s gold watch from Poland. He escaped do a [dish] with MOST TREASURED POSSESSION Busch: “I was nearly the Warsaw Ghetto with it. I have been wearing it thick-cut bacon killed in a bike accident in September 2013, and I since I was a teenager.” and peanut butter. received the most beautiful, handwritten get-well WHEN NOT WORKING Geller: “I’m watching sports It is the most note from and his wife, Kim.” and playing poker.” (His wife, Shari Geller, blogs incredible thing.” NEVER GET ON A PLANE WITHOUT Levinsohn: “Good about poker and politics, and is the author of Fatal

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This Week** 5,726,000 2,881,000 28,421,000 But Charts Stay Calm Last Week 4,144,000 1,934,000 18,929,000 As the Billboard 200 transitions between tracking cycles, Meek Mill’s Change 38.2% 49.0% 50.1% Dreams Worth More Than Money captures a second frame atop the tally This Week Last Year 4,252,000 1,868,000 21,296,000 Change 34.7% 54.2% 33.5%

BY KEITH CAULFIELD *Digital album sales are also counted within album sales. **Reflects the transitional 11-day week ending July 9, in accordance to the Global Release Date shift.

Weekly Album Sales (Million Units) racks up a second stanza at No. 1. The album 2015 moved 289,000 equivalent album units in 2014 15 the 11-day frame ending July 9. That sum 10 combines the 246,000 units it earned in the 5 5.7M week ending July 5 with the 42,000 units 0 it collected between July 6 and 9. The pure I J F M A M J J A S O N D J sales data from the 11-day stretch will be the YEAR-TO-DATE IT’S THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA ON THE only data stored historically when accounting Overall Unit Sales charts. With Friday now the release day for for all-time sales according to Nielsen Music. most major albums and songs around the Thus, there will be no double counting per se 2014 2015 CHANGE

: LARRY MARANO/ Albums world as of July 10, Nielsen Music has altered of sales in Nielsen Music’s tracking system for 125,145,000 121,815,000 -2.7% its sales and streaming tracking week to this period in its archived database. Digital Tracks 614,847,000 559,991,000 -8.9% run Friday through Thursday instead of the The charts settle into the new normal on Store Singles 1,239,000 1,820,000 46.9% traditional Monday through Sunday. the tally dated Aug. 1, when they’ll see the Total 741,231,000 683,626,000 -7.8% The July 25 charts act as a first batch of titles released on a Album w/TEA* 186,629,700 177,814,100 -4.7%

*Includes track-equivalent album sales (TEA) with 10 track downloads equivalent to transition between the two tracking Friday. Industry forecasters expect one album sale. cycles and reflect a one-time-only Tyrese to notch his first No. 1, as 11-day sales frame ending July 9. his Black Rose could start atop the Digital Track Sales

The Aug. 1 sales lists will go back list with an estimated 70,000 units 2014 614.8 Million to the normal seven-day week, earned. Other albums heading for 2015 560.0 Million starting with the July 10-16 frame. significant debuts include Kids Bop As one would expect, the July Kidz’ Kidz Bop 29, R5’s Sometime 25 Billboard 200 looks a lot like the previous Last Night and Owl City’s Mobile Orchestra (all Sales by Album Format week’s. That’s not only because the extended of which could debut in the top 15). 2014 2015 CHANGE 11-day sales frame overlaps with the July 18 Notably, because the tracking frame will CD 65,097,000 59,200,000 -9.1% chart, but also because so few significant now run Friday through Thursday, all new Digital 55,632,000 56,560,000 1.7% albums were released between July 6 and 9, Friday releases will get a full seven days Vinyl 4,173,000 5,776,000 38.4% the four additional days in the new chart’s counted in their debut week on the charts — Other 243,000 279,000 14.8% lengthened tracking frame. instead of the previous six days for albums Leading the new Billboard 200 is Meek released on Tuesday. How much of a differ- Sales by Album Category

GETTY IMAGES. BECK: JAMIE MCCARTHY/GETTY IMAGES. R. CITY: RCA. EAST: NEIL KRUG. RICHIE: DEWAYNE ROGERS 2014 2015 CHANGE LOVATO: HOLLYWOODLOVATO: RECORDS. MILL: JAMES DIMMOCK. WHITE: PATRICK R. MURPHY/GETTY IMAGES. JACKSON: GEORGE PIMENTEL/WIREIMAGE. CARA Mill’s Dreams Worth More Than Money, which ence that will make remains to be seen. 0 Current 61,167,000 57,852,000 -5.4%

Catalog 63,978,000 63,963,000 0.0%

Deep Catalog 52,387,000 53,061,000 1.3%

Current AlbumAlbum Sales

RICHIE GETS ‘POPPIN’ 61.2 Million East Richie 2014 Atlanta rapper Rico Richie 2015 57.9 Million approaches the Mainstream R&B/ Hip-Hop airplay chart with “Poppin” (L.E.G.), from Street Dreams, Catalog Album Sales Vol. 1. The gritty track got a boost in June from a remix by Meek Mill, 2014 64.0 Million French Montana and Chris Brown. 2015 64.0 Million Hometown station WSTR is championing the cut, playing it 44 times in the Nielsen Music counts as current only sales within the first of an album’s release (12 months for classical and jazz albums). Titles that stay in the top half of the Billboard 200, week ending July 12, according to however, remain as current. Titles older than 18 months are catalog. Deep catalog is a subset of catalog for titles out more than 36 months. Nielsen Music. —GARY TRUST, For week ending July 9, 2015. Figures are rounded. Compiled from a national KEITH CAULFIELD and AMAYA MENDIZABAL sample of retail store and rack sales reports collected by Nielsen Music. MUSIC

JULY 25, 2015 | WWW.BILLBOARD.COM 79 NO. 2 Taylor Swift

Swift, who has spent the most time atop the Artist 100 of any artist (see opposite page), holds at No. 2 with a 4 percent overall gain. Radio airplay, album sales and digital song sales share a fairly equal split of her greatest chart drivers. c and

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244 SOCIAL DATA BY COMPILED FALL OUT BOY DCD2/ISLAND 36 154 0 CHRIS BROWN RCA 354 154 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN 39 37 0 REPUBLIC NASHVILLE/BMLG 14 3 11 23 MIGUEL BYSTORM/RCA 45 36 0 DAVID GUETTA WHAT A MUSIC/PARLOPHONE/ATLANTIC/AG AIRPLAY/STREAMING & AIRPLAY/STREAMING BY COMPILED SALES DATA

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554 47 23 41 41 0 SIA MONKEY PUZZLE/RCA 75 0 (1) THOMAS RHETT VALORY/BMLG 38 2 71 8 - 38 0 X AMBASSADORS KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE/IGA cie e SKRILLEX BIG BEAT/OWSLA/ATLANTIC/AG 238 11 42 57 40 Q BIG SEAN G.O.O.D./DEF JAM 67 70 73 NICK JONAS SAFEHOUSE/ISLAND

33 53 71 71 10 44 EMI NASHVILLE/UMGN 80 Q BLACKENED/WARNER BROS. 42 0 ERIC CHURCH METALLICA Happy 34 545 13 33 41 JAMES TAYLOR CONCORD 69 79 0 HOZIER RUBYWORKS/COLUMBIA New Year 11 54 68 76 26 42 00 EMINEM WEB/SHADY/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE/IGA 0 ECHOSMITH WARNER BROS. The Billboard Artist 100 launched a little more 50 654 945 KATY PERRY CAPITOL 61 73 77 CARRIE UNDERWOOD 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE/SMN than a year ago, and the tally’s first 12 months have 68 17 reflected an all-genre- 76 74 78 OMARION MAYBACH/ATLANTIC/AG WIREIMAGE. MAJOR LAZER, PLATTEN: SHANE MCCAULEY. JANSON: COURTESY OF CHRIS JANSON COURTESY JANSON: SHANE MCCAULEY. MAJOR LAZER, PLATTEN: WIREIMAGE. inclusive mix of established veterans and newcomers. 62 75 79 51 19 GEORGE EZRA COLUMBIA The chart originated on July 19, 2014 as the first 83 78 78 6 0 DIPLO MAD DECENT weekly survey dedicated to measuring artist activity 43 6 77 87 MAJOR LAZER MAD DECENT across Billboard’s most influential charts, including the Billboard Hot 100, Top SWIFT: SASCHA STEINBACH/GETTY IMAGES. DRAKE: DAN MARTENSEN. LITTLE BIG TOWN: LAUREN DUKOFF. PERRY: GEORGE PIMENTEL/ GEORGE PERRY: DUKOFF. LAUREN LITTLE MARTENSEN. BIG TOWN: DRAKE: DAN IMAGES. SASCHA STEINBACH/GETTY SWIFT: Album Sales and the Social 50. The Artist 100 blends data measuring album and c and track sales, radio airplay, streaming and social media fan interaction to provide 154 a weekly multidimensional 26 34 44 ARIANA GRANDE REPUBLIC ranking of artist popularity. 154 In the lead for a second 48 48 0 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW/BBMG week, rapper Meek Mill is 44 2 one of an elite seven acts - 44 46 EASTON CORBIN MERCURY NASHVILLE/UMGN that have spent multiple weeks atop the Artist 100. 38 17 Taylor Swift is way out in 43 46 47 DJ SNAKE FUZION front with 31 frames on top, 30 50 followed by Sam Smith, 46 50 738 88 JEREMIH MICK SCHULTZ/DEF JAM 0 ELLIE GOULDING CHERRYTREE/INTERSCOPE/IGA 00 with three. Drake, Ariana 254 Grande, Maroon 5 and 30 15 82 900 KENNY CHESNEY BLUE CHAIR/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE/SMN 55 00 CHARLIE PUTH ARTIST PARTNERS GROUP/ATLANTIC/AG Meghan Trainor also have 526 ruled the chart for two 23 KELLY CLARKSON 19/RCA weeks. 2 49 50 BREAKING BENJAMIN HOLLYWOOD 87 00 Meanwhile, up-and- 85 26 13 212 74 81 T-WAYNE WERUNIT/UNAUTHORIZED/300 coming artists continue 53 56 0 TWENTY ONE PILOTS FUELED BY RAMEN/AG to make their mark on 55 22 the Artist 100, including 18 54 84 82 86 KEITH URBAN HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN 52 53 PITBULL MR. 305/FAMOUS ARTIST/POLO GROUNDS/SONY MUSIC LATIN/RCA/RCA Rachel Platten (above), who climbs 20-15. The pop 97 83 83 3 222 0 JIDENNA WONDALAND/EPIC singer-songwriter hits a

ules and explanations. © 2015, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. Global Media, LLC All rights reserved. © 2015, Prometheus ules and explanations. 32 audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, streaming activity data from online music sources tracked by Nielsen Musi tracked online music sources by Nielsen Music, activity data from as measured streaming audience impressions 58 SHAWN MENDES ISLAND 0 new peak in her 11th week 73 10 53 27 89 0 TIM MCGRAW BIG MACHINE/BMLG on the chart, powered 33 54 0 A$AP ROCKY A$AP WORLDWIDE/POLO GROUNDS/RCA most strongly by digital - 95 622 sales of her breakout hit 231 0 AC/DC COLUMBIA 56 57 0 J. COLE DREAMVILLE/ROC NATION/COLUMBIA “Fight Song,” which rises 10-8 on the Hot 100. Song - 90 947 0 PHARRELL WILLIAMS I AM OTHER/COLUMBIA 745 downloads account for 59 59 0 RAE SREMMURD EARDRUMA/INTERSCOPE/IGA 52 8 62 percent of her Artist 100 79 84 91 KELSEA BALLERINI BLACK RIVER 154 activity, followed by radio 40 60 TREY SONGZ SONGBOOK/ATLANTIC/AG airplay (24 percent). 0 953 90 85 92 FLY EYE/COLUMBIA —Gary Trust 534 51 55 58 MARK RONSON RCA

Big Sound. See Charts Legend on billboard.com/biz for complete r Big Sound. See Charts on billboard.com/biz Legend - 94 25 37 0 RCA 654 47 47 59 BEYONCE PARKWOOD/COLUMBIA 25 38 66 92 94 MJJ/EPIC 60 61 18 31 0 BRANTLEY GILBERT VALORY/BMLG 95 2 CHRIS JANSON WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE/WMN 52 2 . 0 61 FEARLESS 254 65 77 0 ONE DIRECTION SYCO/COLUMBIA 62 26 63 62 0 RICH HOMIE QUAN RICH HOMIEZ/THINK IT’S A GAME The week’s most popular artists across all genres, ranked by album and track sales as measured by Nielsen Music, airplay sales as measured radio by album and track most popular artists ranked all genres, across The week’s fan interaction on social networking sites as compiled by Next on social networking sites as compiled by Next fan interaction 23 25 78 67 0 FLO RIDA POE BOY/ATLANTIC/AG 510 KID ROCK TOP DOG/WARNER BROS. - 00 93 9 65 0 KACEY MUSGRAVES MERCURY NASHVILLE/UMGN - 96 17 4 0 THE ROLLING STONES THE ROLLING STONES/CAPITOL/UME 64 6 66 TORI KELLY SCHOOLBOY/CAPITOL 54 45 0 93 97 0 WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE/WMN

SOCIAL DATA SOCIAL DATA BY COMPILED 27 32 64 64 68 KID INK THA ALUMNI GROUP/88 CLASSIC/RCA 34 45 9500 VANCE JOY F-STOP/ATLANTIC/AG

49 68 118 16 4 0 MUMFORD & SONS GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD/GLASSNOTE 70 100 Q ADAM LAMBERT WARNER BROS.

58 58 4 653 72 0 CANAAN SMITH MERCURY NASHVILLE/UMGN RE-ENTRY ONEREPUBLIC MOSLEY/INTERSCOPE/IGA

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Data for week of 07.25.2015 Go to BILLBOARD.COM/BIZ for complete chart data 81 LAST THIS ARTIST CERTIFICATION Title PEAK WKS. ON LAST THIS ARTIST CERTIFICATION Title PEAK WKS. ON WEEK WEEK IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL POS. CHART WEEK WEEK IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL POS. CHART #1 MEEK MILL Dreams Worth More Than Money FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE 0 Anything Goes 2 WKS GG 1 2 53 51 1 39 00MIN MAYBACH/ATLANTIC/AG REPUBLIC NASHVILLE/BMLG TAYLOR SWIFT 5 1989 DAVID GUETTA Listen 3 2 BIG MACHINE/BMLG 1 37 55 52 WHAT A MUSIC/PARLOPHONE/ATLANTIC/AG 4 32 MIGUEL Wildheart SLIGHTLY STOOPID Meanwhile... Back At The Lab 03 2 2 53 37 2 BYSTORM/BLACK ICE/RCA 0 STOOPID ¡ ED SHEERAN x 1 55 54 JASON DERULO Everything Is 4 4 6 0 4 ATLANTIC/AG 56 BELUGA HEIGHTS/WARNER BROS. 0 SAM HUNT Montevallo 3 37 TREY SONGZ Trigga 1 48 8 0 MCA NASHVILLE/UMGN 51 55 SONGBOOK/ATLANTIC/AG JAMES TAYLOR Before This World BLAKE SHELTON 0 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE 6 1 4 56 1 41 IMAGES TIM RONEY/GETTY LAINEZ. TLC: MILLER: SHERVIN 5 CONCORD 0 WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE/WMN Greatest- BREAKING BENJAMIN Dark Before Dawn FLORENCE + THE MACHINE How Big How Blue How Beautiful 7 1 3 1 6 6 HOLLYWOOD 49 57 REPUBLIC Hits Sets

Q8 SOUNDTRACK Magic Mike XXL 8 2 SOUNDTRACK 1 9 WATERTOWER 58 58 REPUBLIC/UME Score On X AMBASSADORS VHS BASSNECTAR Into The Sun Q9 7 2 59 46 2 KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE/IGA 0 AMORPHOUS Chart MAROON 5 V IMAGINE DRAGONS 2 Night Visions ii 10 222/INTERSCOPE/IGA 1 45 61 60 KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE/IGA 2 149 A whopping 33 greatest- MEGHAN TRAINOR 0 Title MUSE Drones hits albums populate the 1 26 59 61 1 5 0 11 EPIC HELIUM-3/WARNER BROS. July 25 Billboard 200, led ¡ by Carrie Underwood’s AUGUST BURNS RED Found In Far Away Places 9 2 62 JASON ALDEAN Old Boots, New Dirt 1 40 012 FEARLESS 62 BROKEN BOW/BBMG Greatest Hits: Decade #1 DRAKE If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late ARIANA GRANDE ¡ My Everything (No. 64). Best-of packages 16 13 YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC 1 22 65 63 REPUBLIC 1 46 have profited from the SAM SMITH 2 In The Lonely Hour CARRIE UNDERWOOD 0 Greatest Hits: Decade #1 chart’s revamped tabulation, 15 14 CAPITOL 2 56 66 64 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE/SMN 4 31 as it now ranks the most VARIOUS ARTISTS popular albums based on EASTON CORBIN 13 2 65 NOW That’s What I Call Country, Volume 8 22 5 0 6 MERCURY NASHVILLE/UMGN 63 SONY MUSIC/UNIVERSAL/UME overall consumption. A year KACEY MUSGRAVES Pageant Material MARK RONSON Uptown Special. ago (on the July 26 chart), 16 3 3 66 5 26 14 MERCURY NASHVILLE/UMGN 67 RCA there were 23 hits sets on FALL OUT BOY the list. American Beauty / American Psycho 1 25 67 Stages 2 11 0 17 DCD2/ISLAND 64 REPRISE/WARNER BROS. The chart’s new ZAC BROWN BAND JEKYLL + HYDE EMINEM 2 Curtain Call: The Hits methodology began with 18 18 1 11 PS 1 249 JOHN VARVATOS/SOUTHERN GROUND/BMLG/REPUBLIC 00 SHADY/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE/IGA the Dec. 13, 2014 tally. It 2 blends a title’s traditional SOUNDTRACK Teen Beach 2 10 3 69 LUKE BRYAN 1 100 17 19 WALT DISNEY 69 CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN album sales, track SOUNDTRACK ¡ equivalent albums (TEA) TWENTY ONE PILOTS Blurryface 1 8 Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 1 50 220 FUELED BY RAMEN/AG 68 70 MARVEL/HOLLYWOOD and streaming equivalent albums (SEA) to compute RACHEL PLATTEN Fight Song (EP) 21 9 CANAAN SMITH Bronco 29 3 280 COLUMBIA 70 71 MERCURY NASHVILLE/UMGN an overall unit total. BIG SEAN Dark Sky Paradise GEORGE EZRA Wanted On Voyage Hits packages earn Q22 1 20 19 24 G.O.O.D./DEF JAM 73 72 COLUMBIA signficant TEA and SEA SOUNDTRACK 0 Fifty Shades Of Grey ECHOSMITH Talking Dreams numbers because songs 23 2 22 38 40 23 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS/REPUBLIC 81Q WARNER BROS. that appear on multiple LITTLE BIG TOWN Pain Killer THE WEEKND ¡ Trilogy albums are assigned to the 24 7 38 4 71 26 CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN 00 XO/REPUBLIC highest-ranking release 0 FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE 2 on which they appear. For NICKI MINAJ The Pinkprint 2 30 Here’s To The Good Times 4 136 25 25 YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC 79 75 REPUBLIC NASHVILLE/BMLG example, ’s 20-track Billboard 200 Billboard Queen BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS f Greatest Hits: We Will 26 TORI KELLY 2 3 76 Legend: The Best Of... 5 372 20 SCHOOLBOY/CAPITOL 76 TUFF GONG/ISLAND/UME Rock You (No. 89) tallies up WALK THE MOON TALKING IS HARD ED SHEERAN ¡ + 65 percent of its units from 27 14 32 Q7? 5 152 29 RCA ELEKTRA/AG TEA and SEA, according MAJOR LAZER ADAM LAMBERT The Original High to Nielsen Music. (Among 12 6 3 4 for complete rules and explanations. on billboard.com/biz ts Legend 30 0 MAD DECENT 74 78 WARNER BROS. those tunes are evergreens 2015 SKRILLEX & DIPLO Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack U MICHAEL JACKSON 3 The Essential Michael Jackson like “Bohemian Rhapsody” 31 29 26 20 84 79 53 137 July 25 MAD DECENT/OWSLA/AG EPIC/LEGACY .... --' and “Another One Bites the A$AP ROCKY AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP BRUNO MARS 2 Doo-Wops & Hooligans Dust.”) 27 30 1 7 3 234 A$AP WORLDWIDE/POLO GROUNDS/RCA 00 ELEKTRA/AG The most streamed hits SHAWN MENDES Handwritten OF MONSTERS AND MEN Beneath The Skin album on the chart is 34 0 ISLAND 1 13 77 81 REPUBLIC 3 5 Eminem’s Curtain Call: SOUNDTRACK Furious 7 2PAC a Greatest Hits The Hits, which collected 32 32 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS/ATLANTIC/AG 1 17 87 82 AMARU/DEATH ROW/INTERSCOPE/UME 3 102 5.5 million streams for its ANDY GRAMMER Magazines Or Novels VANCE JOY Dream Your Life Away tracks in the week ending 35 33 S-CURVE 19 23 100 0 F-STOP/ATLANTIC/AG 17 44 July 9.

KENDRICK LAMAR To Pimp A Butterfly 1 17 KELSEA BALLERINI The First Time 31 8 Underwood’s Greatest albums, according to Nielsen Music. from See Char f tracks 34 TOP DAWG/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE/IGA 95 84 BLACK RIVER Hits remains the most ERIC CHURCH ¡ The Outsiders CALVIN HARRIS Motion popular hits album of the 36 35 EMI NASHVILLE/UMGN 1 74 Q85 FLY EYE/COLUMBIA 5 36 year in both overall units ¡ FIFTH HARMONY Reflection Q86 KID ROCK Born Free (281,000) and pure sales 42Q SYCO/EPIC 5 23 TOP DOG/ATLANTIC/AG 5 47 (170,000). —Keith Caulfield J. COLE 0 DR. DRE 3 The Chronic 40 37 DREAMVILLE/ROC NATION/COLUMBIA 1 31 087 DEATH ROW/WIDEAWAKE 3 88 IMAGINE DRAGONS Smoke + Mirrors FLEETWOOD MAC 8 Greatest Hits 41 38 KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE/IGA 1 21 94 88 WARNER BROS. 14 93 NEIL YOUNG + PROMISE OF THE REAL The Monsanto Years 21 2 QUEEN Greatest Hits: We Will Rock You 42 50 0 39 REPRISE/WARNER BROS. 0 89 HOLLYWOOD HOZIER 0 Hozier LANA DEL REY ¡ Born To Die 43 40 RUBYWORKS/COLUMBIA 2 40 98 90 POLYDOR/INTERSCOPE/IGA 2 180 VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW 54 ALABAMA SHAKES Sound & Color '44 41 SONY MUSIC/UNIVERSAL/UME 3 10 90 91 ATO 1 12 MUMFORD & SONS Wilder Mind COLE SWINDELL Cole Swindell 45 42 GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD/GLASSNOTE 1 10 092 WARNER BROS. NASHVILLE/WMN 3 71 LEON BRIDGES Coming Home TWENTY ONE PILOTS Vessel 38 43 LISASAWYER63/COLUMBIA 6 3 104 93 FUELED BY RAMEN/AG 58 47 TOVE LO Queen Of The Clouds TIM MCGRAW 35 Biggest Hits 48 44 ISLAND 14 41 103 94 CURB 47 4 f RAE SREMMURD SremmLife 5 27 JOURNEY Journey’s Greatest Hits 10 364 00 EARDRUMA/INTERSCOPE/IGA 102 95 COLUMBIA/LEGACY 2 46 SIA 1000 Forms Of Fear 1 50 Back To Black 2 126 50 MONKEY PUZZLE/RCA 00 REPUBLIC 0 activity and digital sales o by album sales, audio on-demand streaming ranked all genres, most popular albums across The week’s and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. reserved. All rights Global Media, LLC © 2015, Prometheus 47 BRANTLEY GILBERT Just As I Am 2 60 JOY WILLIAMS Venus 71 2 47 VALORY/BMLG 0 97 SENSIBILITY/COLUMBIA ¡ Q48 VINCE STAPLES Summertime ‘06 ONE DIRECTION FOUR ARTIUM/DEF JAM 39 2 110 0 SYCO/COLUMBIA 1 34

FLO RIDA My House (EP) 14 14 ZEDD True Colors 4 8 00 POE BOY/ATLANTIC/AG 107 99 INTERSCOPE/IGA PITBULL Globalization KENDRICK LAMAR ¡ good kid, m.A.A.d city 54 50 MR. 305/POLO GROUNDS/RCA 18 33 108 100 TOP DAWG/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE/IGA 2 141 SALES DATA COMPILED BY COMPILED SALES DATA

82 Go to BILLBOARD.COM/BIZ for complete chart data Data for week of 07.25.2015 LAST THIS ARTIST CERTIFICATION Title PEAK WKS. ON LAST THIS ARTIST CERTIFICATION Title PEAK WKS. ON WEEK WEEK IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL MEPOS. CHART WEEK WEEK IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL U.POS. CHART HILLSONG UNITED Empires LAUREN DAIGLE How Can It Be 101 5 7 30 10 ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK 106 HILLSONG/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG 00 CENTRICITY/CAPITOL CMG THE INTERNET Ego Death USHER a Confessions 102 89 2 e152 1 106 0 ODD FUTURE/COLUMBIA LAFACE/JIVE/LEGACY / CHRIS BROWN & TYGA : The Album 88 103 LEGACY 7 6 145 153 YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/RCA 7 20 BOOSIE BADAZZ Touch Down 2 Cause Hell LED ZEPPELIN 2 Mothership 86 104 TRILL/ATLANTIC/AG 3 7 158 154 SWAN SONG/ATLANTIC/RHINO 7 205 4 ELLE KING Love Stuff 45 11 SOUNDTRACK Frozen 1 85 114 0 RCA 163 155 WALT DISNEY THE ROLLING STONES : Live GUNS N’ ROSES 5 Greatest Hits Q106 THE ROLLING STONES/CAPITOL/UME 92 2 162 156 GEFFEN/UME 3 321 8 CHASE RICE Ignite The Night 3 45 METALLICA ...And Justice For All 6 89 117 0 COLUMBIA NASHVILLE/DACK JANIELS 141 157 BLACKENED/WARNER BROS. DRAKE ¡ Nothing Was The Same TIM MCGRAW Sundown Heaven Town 1 91 158 3 42 116 0 YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC 165 MCGRAW/BIG MACHINE/BMLG AC/DC M Back In Black YELAWOLF Love Story 4 186 152 159 3 12 8 CIIS COLUMBIA/LEGACY SLUMERICAN/SHADY/INTERSCOPE/IGA KID ROCK First Kiss VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW 53 Quo TOP DOG/WARNER BROS. 2 17 150 160 UNIVERSAL/SONY MUSIC/LEGACY 2 23 a Greatest Hits 11 100 EMINEM The Eminem Show 1 223 ROSWELL/RCA 0 161 WEB/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE/UME 40 SOUNDTRACK THY ART IS MURDER Holy War BILLY CURRINGTON Summer Forever 82 112 NUCLEAR BLAST 82 2 159 162 MERCURY NASHVILLE/UMGN 15 6 Magic Mike XXL ZAC BROWN BAND 3 The Foundation Breathe In. Breathe Out. RE 9 284 163 5 4 0 ROAR/BIGGER PICTURE/HOME GROWN/ATLANTIC/AG 134 RCA The Magic Mike XXL soundtrack continues to G-EAZY These Things Happen 3 52 NEEDTOBREATHE Rivers In The Wasteland 3 28 123 0 G-EAZY/RVG/BPG 00 ATLANTIC/AG dance up a storm in the top 10 as the album FALL OUT BOY Save Rock And Roll FRANK SINATRA Ultimate Sinatra 119 115 DECAYDANCE/ISLAND 1 116 164 165 FRANK SINATRA ENTERPRISES/CAPITOL/UME 32 12 hops 10-8 (39,000 units earned in the 11-day KENNY CHESNEY The Big Revival CHRIS BROWN X frame ending July 9). XXL is the sequel to 125 2 42 ©166 2 43 0 BLUE CHAIR/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE/SMN RCA Magic Mike, whose corresponding soundtrack SOUNDTRACK Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1 SENSES FAIL Pull The Thorns From Your Heart 1D 1 18 C167 109 2 112 20TH CENTURY FOX/COLUMBIA PURE NOISE topped out at No. 167 in 2012. The new 4 WALE The Album About Nothing 1 15 SADE The Best Of Sade 9 97 album also marks the fifth top 10 release for US EVERY BLUE MOON/MAYBACH/ATLANTIC/AG EPIC/LEGACY 0 0 0 WaterTower Music following Rock of Ages JAKE MILLER Rumors... (EP) ARCTIC MONKEYS 0 AM SWIM 0 119 1 169 6 96 WARNER BROS. 170 DOMINO (No. 5 peak in 2012), The Dark Knight Rises The Heart Is A Monster PANIC! AT THE DISCO 120 FAILURE 83 2 Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die! 2 53 83 FAILURE 00 DECAYDANCE/FUELED BY RAMEN/AG (No. 8, 2012), The Great Gatsby (No. 2, 2013) LUKE BRYAN Spring Break... Checkin’ Out BRUNO MARS 2 Unorthodox Jukebox and Man of Steel (No. 9, 2013). —K.C. 121 121 CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN 3 18 182 0 ATLANTIC/AG 1 128

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The week’s most popular albums across all genres, ranked by album sales, audio on-demand streaming activity and digital sales o by album sales, audio on-demand streaming ranked all genres, most popular albums across The week’s and Nielsen SoundScan, Inc. reserved. All rights Global Media, LLC © 2015, Prometheus LUKE BRYAN 2 Tailgates & Tanlines JEREMY CAMP I Will Follow This groovy budget-priced 147 2 197 25 10 154 CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN RE 0 STOLEN PRIDE/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG compilation (which boasts 21 Greatest Hits Grand Romantic songs, including TLC’s “Creep,” 148 EARTH, WIND & FIRE 40 7 1/,) IN NATE RUESS 7 4 0 COLUMBIA/LEGACY FUELED BY RAMEN/AG for $9.99) enters on the strength WIZ KHALIFA Blacc Hollywood GALANTIS Pharmacy of pure album sales (6,000 in the 149 1 47 45 4 155 ROSTRUM/ATLANTIC/AG RE 0 BIG BEAT/ATLANTIC/AG 11-day frame ending July 9). On THE ROLLING STONES 3 Sticky Fingers OLD DOMINION Old Dominion (EP) R&B Albums, it climbs 6-4. 111 150 THE ROLLING STONES/CAPITOL/UME 1 67 NEW 0 RCA NASHVILLE/SMN 200 1 SALES DATA COMPILED BY COMPILED SALES DATA

Data for week of 07.25.2015 Go to BILLBOARD.COM/BIZ for complete chart data 83 Q&A TOP ALBUM SALES ™ HEATSEEKERS ALBUMS™ Bassnectar LAST THIS ARTIST CERTIFICATION Title WKS. ON LAST THIS ARTIST CERTIFICATION Title WKS. ON WEEK WEEK IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL CHART WEEK WEEK IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL CHART You’ve described your #1 MEEK MILL #1 2 WKS Dreams Worth More Than Money 2 2 WKS REFUSED Freedom 3 latest project, Into the MAYBACH/ATLANTIC/AG 00 EPITAPH Sun [No. 34 on Top Album FRONZILLA Party People’s Anthem 02 MIGUEL Wildheart 2 2 Sales and No. 59 on BYSTORM/BLACK ICE/RCA 02 ARTERY/RAZOR & TIE the Billboard 200], as a JAMES TAYLOR Before This World GOOD OLD WAR Broken Into Better Shape 2 3 4 NETTWERK mixtape. Why didn’t you 3 CONCORD 0 3 brand it as an album? 5 ALINA BARAZ & GALIMATIAS Urban Flora (EP) 8 Glass TAYLOR SWIFT 1989 37 0 GG ULTRA I want to underpromise 0 BIG MACHINE/BMLG JB AND THE MOONSHINE BAND Mixtape 2 Animals’ and overdeliver, and I felt SOUNDTRACK Magic Mike XXL 2 LIGHT IT UP that I’m overdelivering, 00 WATERTOWER 00 GLASS ANIMALS Zaba 53 in that I’m giving a lot of WOLF TONE/HARVEST Sustained 6 BREAKING BENJAMIN Dark Before Dawn 3 5 HOLLYWOOD 0 music for a really cool FUTURISTIC The Rise 6 price: $10, 17 tracks — and AUGUST BURNS RED Found In Far Away Places 2 FUTURISTIC/THE R MUSIC GROUP Success 01 FEARLESS 00 there’s a 70-minute mix. THE WILLIS CLAN Heaven 8 I didn’t create this as an ED SHEERAN ¡ x WILLIS CLAN British rock band Glass 55 7 0 LIAM CUSHING ANIMALS: GLASS WALLACE. ALIVE COVERAGE/TAYLOR BASSNECTAR: ATLANTIC/AG Animals continues to album. 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What are your 0 MEGHAN TRAINOR Title 26 BLAIRE HANKS Her (EP) 2 frame in the top 10, rising thoughts about it? 00 EPIC 0 PERFECT STORM I didn’t come up with the 8-6 with 2,000 copies sold ZAC BROWN BAND JEKYLL + HYDE 11 CHARLIE PUTH Some Type Of Love EP 4 ross all genres that ar term — I never liked it. The 15 17 JOHN VARVATOS/SOUTHERN GROUND/BMLG/REPUBLIC RIO ARTIST PARTNERS GROUP/ATLANTIC/AG in the frame ending July 9, way I understand it is that according to Nielsen Music. THE STEELDRIVERS The Muscle Shoals Recordings 3 19 18 TORI KELLY Unbreakable Smile 3 it’s mainstream electronic SCHOOLBOY/CAPITOL 40 ROUNDER/CONCORD In total, the album has pop. I have as much BONNIE MCKEE Bombastic (EP) 2 moved 66,000. TWENTY ONE PILOTS Blurryface 8 BONNIE MCKEE Music, Inc. All rights reserved. interest in that as I have 23Q FUELED BY RAMEN/AG The set’s hit single, Country Albums, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Top ard 200 or the top 10 of Top in mainstream pop. I can’t VIOLET CHACHKI Gagged (EP) 2 “Gooey,” peaked at No. 19 SAM SMITH 2 In The Lonely Hour 56 SIDECAR/PRODUCER ENTERTAINMENT GROUP speak to it. I don’t listen to 22Q CAPITOL on Alternative (Jan. 17) Justin Bieber. I don’t listen MUTOID MAN Bleeder 2 and also appears in the SLIGHTLY STOOPID Meanwhile... Back At The Lab 2 SARGENT HOUSE to Avicii. I don’t listen to 021 STOOPID t Magic Mike XXL film (and KY-MANI MARLEY Maestro 2 any of it. The only problem KONFRONATION MUZIK on its soundtrack). 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#1 2 #1 U GUESSED IT 27 Top 10 0 0 1 WK COOL FOR THE SUMMER Demi Lovato RE O 2 WKS OG Maco Featuring 2 Chainz BAD BLOOD BURIAL 11 Taylor Swift Feat. Kendrick Lamar 12 RE Yogi, Skrillex, Pusha T, Moody Good & Trollphace 9 Rock group Panic at the O Disco blasts onto Billboard WORTH IT Fifth Harmony Feat. Kid Ink 19 NEW BAD BLOOD Alessia Cara 1 + Twitter Top Tracks at 0 O No. 7 with “Hallelujah,”

URIE: FUELED BY RAMEN. BIEBER: DARREN TIESTE RAMEN. BIEBER: DARREN URIE: FUELED BY NO CONTROL One Direction 11 NEW TAKE YOUR PLACE The Underachievers 1 the lead single off the O4 O upcoming studio album 12 BLACK MAGIC 5 3 5 HERE Alessia Cara 6 Bieber, from the band fronted by Brendon Urie (below). The GOOD FOR YOU 1 6 Selena Gomez Feat. A$AP Rocky 4 NEW KILLER WHALES Smallpools 1 Tyga Strip song scores its lofty bow O with help from its music NEW 0 HALLELUJAH Panic! At The Disco 1 NEW LORD HAVE MERCY OG Maco 1 video, which arrived July 7. O Down To The clip raises “Hallelujah” 18 One Direction 12 5 8 HOLD MY HAND Jess Glynne 20 to 1.2 million U.S. streams 0 8 Move Up for the tracking week SEE YOU AGAIN 10 9 Wiz Khalifa Feat. Charlie Puth 17 15 9 DON’T Bryson Tiller 11 After being stripped of his ending July 9, according to No. 1 crown on the Social Nielsen Music, for a gain of AIN’T NOBODY (LOVES ME BETTER) Social NEW Q 100 The Game Feat. Drake 1 7 10 Felix Jaehn Feat. 11 50 chart for the past two 96 percent. weeks, Justin Bieber Elsewhere, Drake RE 0 ENERGY Drake 3 NEW BLESS ME OG Maco 1 (above) needed to strip rebounds with a No. 11 re- down to take it back. The entry for “Energy” after the NEW NEW AMERICANA Halsey 1 NEW BLIND MAN SPZRKT 1 ascent comes after the track’s music video debuted pop star posted a photo of on Apple Music (July 10). 2015 0 13 B**** BETTER HAVE MY MONEY Rihanna 15 NEW MY LOVE Majid Jordan Feat. Drake 1 his naked posterior to his

The clip — in which the July 25 Instagram account (July 6). 17 14 LEAN ON Major Lazer & DJ Snake Feat. M0 DRAMA Roy Wood$ Featuring Drake rapper impersonates Miley 17 NEW 1 The snapshot — cheekily Cyrus, Justin Bieber and captioned “Look” — spurred DIRTY WORK NEW WE RUN THE BLOCK Bonkaz President Barack Obama, NEW 0 1 1 a 540 percent gain in new among others — bounces followers to his account LIKE MARIAH Fifth Harmony Feat. Tyga 4 22 16 ADORE Jasmine Thompson 4 “Energy” to 1.9 million RE 0 in the week ending July 9, domestic streams for the according to Next Big 14 17 FLASHLIGHT Jessie J 11 NEW WAY TOO MUCH Fekky Feat. Skepta 1 r followers who have also not as a lead artistr followers who have tracking week. “Energy,” Sound. (Bieber removed the notably, is the first video image on July 13.) 15 18 CAN’T FEEL MY FACE The Weeknd 5 NEW THE PLUG Papoose 1 from Drake’s February Bieber also got a boost release If You’re Reading from a Vine video he posted THE HILLS The Weeknd 7 NEW WAR Novelist 1 This It’s Too Late, which 0 19 of digital star Matthew debuted at No. 1 on the Espinosa’s birthday party. ALRIGHT Kendrick Lamar 2 NEW KEVIN DURANT Rowdy Rebel 1 Billboard 200. 0 2° That aided Bieber’s 140 tists with fewer than 50,000 Twitte Drake also nets a No. percent gain in mentions on PHENOMENAL Eminem 4 RE SHUT UP Stormzy 6 10 bow assisting The 0 21 the platform, along with a Game on “100,” which 99 percent lift in likes. 16 22 PHOTOGRAPH Ed Sheeran 13 NEW PITCH BLACK Toro y Moi Feat. Rome Fortune 1 drew 1.3 million domestic Bieber has now ruled streams for the tracking the Social 50 for 104 0 23 Meek Mill Feat. Chris Brown & Nicki Minaj 2 NEW BLUE BLOOD Laurel 1 week. The song is the nonconsecutive weeks. second single from The RE 0 U GUESSED IT OG Maco Feat. 2 Chainz 2 NEW VERBOTEN CJ Fly 1 He also has spent the last Game’s forthcoming The

up-and-coming artists (defined as ar 90 straight frames in the Documentary 2, the sequel 27 25 THINKING OUT LOUD Ed Sheeran 48 NEW OPERATE Kill Paris Featuring Royal 1 top 10. to his 2005 debut album. Another act profiting from The tune’s arrival gives RE 0 SHOULD’VE BEEN US Tori Kelly 2 NEW SOMETHING BETTER Audien Feat. Lady Antebellum 1 a racy photo is Tyga. He Game his fourth entry re-enters at No. 30 after on the year-old Billboard 34 0 I REALLY LIKE YOU Carly Rae Jepsen 19 NEW ACETONE Key! 1 blogs and Twitter began + Twitter Top Tracks reacting on July 7 to leaked survey and Drake his 27th, NEW Q BLOW A BAG Future 1 27 28 THEM CHANGES Thundercat 4 nude photos of the rapper. extending his lead among Tyga was up 41 percent in all artists. Chris Brown, WAITING FOR LOVE Avicii NEW DON’T BE SO HARD ON YOURSELF Jess Glynne 47 0 7 1 overall chart points, buoyed with 24, ranks second. 0 by a 9 percent lift in views —Trevor Anderson 22 30 LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO Ellie Goulding 27 21 30 FREAKS & Savage 37 The week’s most shared songs on Twitter in the U.S. by songs on Twitter most shared The week’s to his Wikipedia page 1 and a 147 percent rise in NEW FLY 1 NEW BROKEN HEART BROKEN EYES James Fauntleroy 1 mentions on Twitter. —William Gruger 32 32 LIQUOR Chris Brown 3 NEW HOLDING ON Julio Bashmore Featuring Sam Dew 1

29 33 HEY MAMA David Guetta Feat. Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha & Afrojack 16 NEW STAY UP Problem Feat. Bad Lucc & Manolo Rose 1 All rights reserved. 20 34 ONE LAST TIME Ariana Grande 24 NEW ALL AROUND THE WORLD Rejjie Snow 1 BILLBOARD TWITTER EMERGING ARTISTS: BILLBOARD

21 35 STITCHES Shawn Mendes 6 NEW NIGHTCLUB AMNESIA Ratatat 1

NEW Q KINGS NEVER DIE Eminem Feat. Gwen Stefani 1 19 36 WALK Kwabs 43

40 37 FIGHT SONG Rachel Platten 6 RE LEMONADE SOPHIE 3

RE 0 MARVIN GAYE Charlie Puth Feat. Meghan Trainor 3 RE DANCE ON ME GoldLink 3

26 39 B**** I’M MADONNA Madonna Feat. Nicki Minaj 7 39 TURNING Collarbones 2

0 40 TRAP QUEEN Fetty Wap 17 29 40 DESSERT Dawin 2

42 41 SUGAR Maroon 5 26 38 41 BUY ME A BOAT Chris Janson 5

NEW 0 PIPE IT UP Migos 1 17 42 DEVIL’S WHISPER Raury 4

NEW 0 JUMP OUT THE FACE Meek Mill Feat. Future 1 FIRE PVRIS 2

The week’s most shared songs on Twitter in the U.S., ranked by the volume of shares. of shares. by the volume in the U.S., ranked songs on Twitter most shared The week’s 0 43

RE 0 SHINE Years & Years 3 36 44 NOBODY TO LOVE Sigma 44

0 45 WATCH ME Silento 2 28 45 SPECIAL AFFAIR The Internet 6

NEW Q BURIAL Yogi, Skrillex, Pusha T, Moody Good & Trollphace 1 2 46 HOLY PVRIS 3 in the top 50 songs on the Billboard Hot 100), ranked by the number of shares. All charts by the number of shares. Global Media, LLC. © 2015, Prometheus in the top 50 songs on Billboard Hot 100), ranked BILLBOARD TWITTER TOP TRACKS: TWITTER TOP BILLBOARD RE 0 NIGHT CHANGES One Direction 35 0 47 WEATHERED Jack Garratt 2 HEART ATTACK 0 48 POISON Rita Ora 6 47 48 Flight Facilities Feat. Owl Eyes 3

NEW 0 SONG FOR SOMEONE U2 1 42 49 WISH YOU WERE MINE Philip George 22

37 50 UPTOWN FUNK! Mark Ronson Feat. Bruno Mars 35 EW 0 PRINCE CHARMING Derek King Feat. Tj Bridges 1

Data for week of 07.25.2015 Go to BILLBOARD.COM/BIZ for complete chart data 87 SOCIAL 50™ MAINSTREAM TOP 40™ RHYTHMIC™ LAST THIS ARTIST WKS. ON LAST THIS TITLE Artist WKS. ON LAST THIS TITLE Artist WKS. ON WEEK WEEK CHART WEEK WEEK CHART WEEK WEEK IMPRINT/LABEL CHART EN IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL #1 #1 BAD BLOOD #1 HEY MAMA 104 WKS JUSTIN BIEBER 242 4 WKS Taylor Swift Feat. Kendrick Lamar 8 1 WK David Guetta Feat. Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha & Afrojack 14 SCHOOLBOY/RAYMOND BRAUN/DEF JAM BIG MACHINE/REPUBLIC WHAT A MUSIC/PARLOPHONE/ATLANTIC HEY MAMA CLASSIC MAN TAYLOR SWIFT 242 David Guetta Feat. Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha & Afrojack 17 Jidenna Feat. Roman GianArthur 15 2 BIG MACHINE/BMLG WHAT A MUSIC/PARLOPHONE/ATLANTIC WONDALAND/EPIC CHEERLEADER OMI CAN’T FEEL MY FACE The Weeknd DEMI LOVATO 232 GG 10 GG 5 3 3 SAFEHOUSE/ISLAND/HOLLYWOOD LOUDER THAN LIFE/ULTRA/COLUMBIA XO/REPUBLIC SHUT UP AND DANCE WALK THE MOON 21 YOU KNOW YOU LIKE IT DJ Snake & AlunaGeorge 16 NICKI MINAJ 241 RCA INTERSCOPE 4 YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC SEE YOU AGAIN Wiz Khalifa Feat. Charlie Puth 14 CHEERLEADER OMI 10 ARIANA GRANDE 138 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS/ATLANTIC/RRP LOUDER THAN LIFE/ULTRA/COLUMBIA 5 REPUBLIC CAN’T FEEL MY FACE The Weeknd 5 BE REAL Kid Ink Feat. DeJ Loaf 12 SELENA GOMEZ 240 XO/REPUBLIC THA ALUMNI GROUP/88 CLASSIC/RCA 0 HOLLYWOOD POST TO BE WORTH IT Fifth Harmony Feat. Kid Ink 19 Omarion Feat. Chris Brown & Jhene Aiko 18 MILEY CYRUS 170 SYCO/EPIC MAYBACH/ATLANTIC/RRP RCA 0 7 HONEY, I’M GOOD. Andy Grammer 16 SEE YOU AGAIN Wiz Khalifa Feat. Charlie Puth 15 S-CURVE/HOLLYWOOD UNIVERSAL STUDIOS/ATLANTIC/RRP ONE DIRECTION 191 19 0 SYCO/COLUMBIA WHERE ARE U NOW Skrillex & Diplo With Justin Bieber 12 BAD BLOOD Taylor Swift Feat. Kendrick Lamar 8 MAD DECENT/OWSLA/ATLANTIC BIG MACHINE/REPUBLIC DRAKE 217 YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC 00 WANT TO WANT ME Jason Derulo 18 WATCH ME Silento 8 BELUGA HEIGHTS/WARNER BROS. BOLO/CAPITOL 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER 68 25Q HEY OR HI/CAPITOL TALKING BODY Tove Lo 25 HOOD GO CRAZY Tech N9Ne Feat. 2 Chainz & B.o.B 17 ISLAND/REPUBLIC STRANGE WIZ KHALIFA 229 0 11 ROSTRUM/ATLANTIC/AG LEAN ON Major Lazer & DJ Snake Feat. M0 9 TRAP QUEEN Fetty Wap 19 0 MAD DECENT RGF/300 RIHANNA 231 0 12 WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION ELASTIC HEART Sia 13 GOOD THING Sage The Gemini Feat. Nick Jonas 7 0 MONKEY PUZZLE/RCA BLACK MONEY/EMPIRE RECORDINGS/REPUBLIC ED SHEERAN 80 FIGHT SONG Rachel Platten LEAN ON Major Lazer & DJ Snake Feat. M0 0 13 ATLANTIC/AG 7 8 0 COLUMBIA MAD DECENT SHAWN MENDES 29 GOOD FOR YOU Selena Gomez Feat. A$AP Rocky FUN Pitbull Feat. Chris Brown 17 14 ISLAND 3 11 0 INTERSCOPE MR. 305/POLO GROUNDS/RCA DESTORM POWER THIS SUMMER’S GONNA HURT... Maroon 5 B**** BETTER HAVE MY MONEY Rihanna 11 15 5 16 9 15 UNSIGNED 222/INTERSCOPE WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION MEEK MILL 33 PHOTOGRAPH Ed Sheeran 8 WANT TO WANT ME Jason Derulo 18

16 titles, or songs ly-released 16 MAYBACH/ATLANTIC/AG 0 ATLANTIC BELUGA HEIGHTS/WARNER BROS. COOL FOR THE SUMMER Demi Lovato AROUND THE WORLD Natalie La Rose Feat. Fetty Wap KATY PERRY 242 2 4 0 17 CAPITOL SAFEHOUSE/ISLAND/REPUBLIC/HOLLYWOOD I.M.G./REPUBLIC age, as measured by Next Big Sound. by Next age, as measured FUN Pitbull Feat. Chris Brown 10 DO IT AGAIN Pia Mia Feat. Chris Brown & Tyga 9 LITTLE MIX 53 29Q SYCO/COLUMBIA 4: MR. 305/POLO GROUNDS/RCA WOLFPACK/INTERSCOPE YOU KNOW YOU LIKE IT WHERE ARE U NOW 20 DJ Snake & AlunaGeorge 17 Skrillex & Diplo With Justin Bieber 10 and Nielsen Music, Inc.edia, LLC All rights reserved. AUSTIN MAHONE 104 INTERSCOPE MAD DECENT/OWSLA/ATLANTIC Q19 CHASE/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC UMA THURMAN Fall Out Boy 8 MY WAY Fetty Wap 5 THE WEEKND 8 DCD2/ISLAND/REPUBLIC RGF/300 34Q XO/REPUBLIC 0 THE NIGHT IS STILL YOUNG Nicki Minaj WORTH IT Fifth Harmony Feat. Kid Ink 22 10 18 LADY GAGA 240 YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC SYCO/EPIC 27Q STREAMLINE/INTERSCOPE/IGA SHOULD’VE BEEN US Tori Kelly 5 FLEX (OOH OOH OOH) Rich Homie Quan 5 SCHOOLBOY/CAPITOL RICH HOMIEZ/THINK IT’S A GAME FIFTH HARMONY 9 0 SYCO/EPIC 410 POST TO BE Omarion Feat. Chris Brown & Jhene Aiko 5 SLOW MOTION Trey Songz 18 MAYBACH/ATLANTIC/RRP SONGBOOK/ATLANTIC 38 010 24Q KEMOSABE/RCA BEAUTIFUL NOW Zedd Feat. Jon Bellion 6 ONE MAN CAN CHANGE THE WORLD Big Sean Feat. Kanye West & John Legend 4 INTERSCOPE G.O.O.D./DEF JAM CHRIS BROWN 215 13 24 RCA

SAM SMITH 47 33Q CAPITOL ADULT CONTEMPORARY™ ADULT TOP 40™ BEYONCE 9 26 240 PARKWOOD/COLUMBIA LAST THIS TITLE Artist WKS. ON LAST THIS TITLE Artist WKS. ON WEEK WEEK IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL CHART WEEK WEEK IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL CHART All chartsfor complete rules and explanations. Global M © 2015, Prometheus ZENDAYA 48 0 27 HOLLYWOOD #1 THINKING OUT LOUD Ed Sheeran #1 BAD BLOOD Taylor Swift 2 1 17 WKS 28 1 WK 9 ATLANTIC BIG MACHINE/REPUBLIC SNOOP DOGG 208 28 0 DOGGYSTYLE/COLUMBIA STYLE Taylor Swift SHUT UP AND DANCE WALK THE MOON 1 2 22 1 2 27 BIG MACHINE/REPUBLIC RCA JACOB WHITESIDES 4 recent relatively if they are by Nielsen Music. defined as current detections, as measured Songs are airplay by radio ranked y, 50Q JW SUGAR Maroon 5 SEE YOU AGAIN Wiz Khalifa Feat. Charlie Puth 3 3 23 11 222/INTERSCOPE 00 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS/ATLANTIC/RRP TYGA 34 RE 0 YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC SHUT UP AND DANCE WALK THE MOON 17 2 4 HONEY, I’M GOOD. Andy Grammer 23 00 RCA S-CURVE/HOLLYWOOD p Wikipedia to an artist’s and views and Facebook; Instagram YouTube, Twitter, across and conversations reactions nd Instagram; SHAKIRA 240 0 31 SONY MUSIC LATIN/RCA LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO Ellie Goulding 22 WANT TO WANT ME Jason Derulo 17 4 0 BELUGA HEIGHTS/WARNER BROS. UNIVERSAL STUDIOS/REPUBLIC/INTERSCOPE 00 ELLIE GOULDING 97 UPTOWN FUNK! Mark Ronson Feat. Bruno Mars FIGHT SONG Rachel Platten a week. days See Charts on billboard.com/biz Legend 35Q CHERRYTREE/INTERSCOPE/IGA 6 6 28 19 RCA 00 COLUMBIA SKRILLEX 145 HEARTBEAT SONG Kelly Clarkson PHOTOGRAPH Ed Sheeran Q33 BIG BEAT/OWSLA/ATLANTIC/AG 7 7 26 9 19/RCA 0.0 ATLANTIC MARTIN GARRIX 61 HONEY, I’M GOOD. Andy Grammer 14 THIS SUMMER’S GONNA HURT... Maroon 5 8 00 SCHOOLBOY/SPINNIN’/SILENT/CASABLANCA/REPUBLIC 00 S-CURVE/HOLLYWOOD 00 222/INTERSCOPE LIPS ARE MOVIN Meghan Trainor TALKING BODY Tove Lo JAKE MILLER 1 9 9 27 23 NEW 0 WARNER BROS. EPIC O ISLAND/REPUBLIC BLANK SPACE Taylor Swift SUGAR Maroon 5 ythmic, adult contemporary and adult top 40 formats, respectivel LUCY HALE 54 10 10 33 9 10 26 21 36 DMG NASHVILLE BIG MACHINE/REPUBLIC 222/INTERSCOPE weekly additions of fans across Facebook, Twitter, YouTube a YouTube Twitter, Facebook, weekly additions of fans across WANT TO WANT ME Jason Derulo 10 12 U LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO Ellie Goulding 26 THE VAMPS 19 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS/REPUBLIC/INTERSCOPE 0 37 ISLAND 00 BELUGA HEIGHTS/WARNER BROS. BAD BLOOD Taylor Swift STYLE Taylor Swift 7 13 12 26 JESSIE J 48 GG BIG MACHINE/REPUBLIC BIG MACHINE/REPUBLIC LAVA/REPUBLIC

0 0 7 24 hours a day, monitored electronically time. Stations are 00 BRIGHT Echosmith FIGHT SONG Rachel Platten 13 10 13 23 MEGHAN TRAINOR 27 COLUMBIA WARNER BROS. RE 0 EPIC Pop/Rhythmic/Adult 00 BUDAPEST George Ezra 15 UMA THURMAN Fall Out Boy 11 BRUNO MARS 15 0 COLUMBIA DCD2/ISLAND/REPUBLIC 38 40 228 00 ATLANTIC/AG SEE YOU AGAIN Wiz Khalifa Feat. Charlie Puth 7 INVINCIBLE Kelly Clarkson 8 17 0 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS/ATLANTIC/RRP 19/RCA 41 JENNIFER LOPEZ 228 00 23 CAPITOL EARNED IT (FIFTY SHADES OF GREY) The Weeknd 11 CHEERLEADER OMI 6 2015 0 16 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS/REPUBLIC LOUDER THAN LIFE/ULTRA/COLUMBIA MAJOR LAZER 2 00 RE 0 MAD DECENT top 40, rh songs at mainstream most popular current The week’s July 25 BRIGHT Echosmith 10 HOLD BACK THE RIVER James Bay 16 00 WARNER BROS. 00 REPUBLIC 9 0 43 CAPITOL CAN’T FEEL MY FACE The Weeknd TAKE YOUR TIME Sam Hunt 7 GG 4 artists most active on social networking sites based The week’s 0 18 MCA NASHVILLE/CAPITOL 00 XO/REPUBLIC CIARA 37 044 EPIC 19 0 LAY ME DOWN Sam Smith 18 TRUST YOU Rob Thomas 6 receiving widespread airplay and/or sales activity for the first and/or airplay widespread receiving POP/RHYTHMIC/ADULT: CAPITOL 00 EMBLEM/ATLANTIC SOCIAL 50: BRITNEY SPEARS 209 RE 0 RCA 20Q PHOTOGRAPH Ed Sheeran 7 TAKE YOUR TIME Sam Hunt 14 ATLANTIC 00 MCA NASHVILLE/CAPITOL 2 Maroon 5 GHOST TOWN Adam Lambert RE 0 SYCO/HOLLYWOOD 21' 0 THIS SUMMER’S GONNA HURT... 6 10 222/INTERSCOPE 00 WARNER BROS. BIG SEAN 21 INVINCIBLE Kelly Clarkson BROTHER NEEDTOBREATHE Feat. Gavin DeGraw SOCIAL DATA BY COMPILED Q47 G.O.O.D./DEF JAM 24 0 4 11 19/RCA 00 ATLANTIC RE 0 30 LIKE I CAN Sam Smith 3 SHOTS Imagine Dragons 5 EL CARTEL/CAPITOL LATIN/UMLE 00 CAPITOL 00 KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE CECILIA AND THE SATELLITE RE 0 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS 172 23Q DEAR FUTURE HUSBAND Meghan Trainor 11 Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness 7 UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO/REPUBLIC/UMLE EPIC 00 VANGUARD/CMG Little Big Town RITA ORA 33 TALKING BODY Tove Lo 5 9 48 50 ROC NATION/COLUMBIA 25 0 ISLAND/REPUBLIC CAPITOL NASHVILLE/INTERSCOPE Q0 BY COMPILED DATA AIRPLAY

88 Go to BILLBOARD.COM/BIZ for complete chart data Data for week of 07.25.2015 ™ ™

JIM WRIGHT 2 WKS. LAST THIS TITLE CERTIFICATION Artist PEAK WKS. ON LAST THIS ARTIST CERTIFICATION Title WKS. ON AGO WEEK WEEK PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL POS. CHART WEEK WEEK IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL CHART #1 ¡ #1 EASTON CORBIN 12 WKS DG GIRL CRUSH Little Big Town 132 2 WKS GG About To Get Real 2 J.JOYCE (L.ROSE,L.MCKENNA,H.LINDSEY) CAPITOL NASHVILLE MERCURY/UMGN KICK THE DUST UP Luke Bryan KACEY MUSGRAVES Pageant Material 3 29 MERCURY/UMGN 3 0 0 J.STEVENS,J.STEVENS (D.DAVIDSON,C. DESTEFANO,A.GORLEY) CAPITOL NASHVILLE ¡ SAM HUNT 0 Montevallo 37 2 TAKE YOUR TIME Sam Hunt 137 PS MCA NASHVILLE/UMGN 2 0 Z.CROWELL,S.MCANALLY (S.HUNT,J.OSBORNE,S.MCANALLY) MCA NASHVILLE 4 1 ZAC BROWN BAND JEKYLL + HYDE 11 SANGRIA 0 Blake Shelton 317 JOHN VARVATOS/SOUTHERN GROUND/BMLG/REPUBLIC S.HENDRICKS (J.T.HARDING,J.OSBORNE,T. ROSEN) WARNER BROS./WMN 4 0 4 VARIOUS ARTISTS 5 5 NOW That’s What I Call Country, Volume 8 5 HOUSE PARTY Sam Hunt 529 SONY MUSIC/UNIVERSAL/UME Smith 5 0 0 Z.CROWELL,S.MCANALLY (S.HUNT,Z.CROWELL,J.FLOWERS) MCA NASHVILLE 6 6 LITTLE BIG TOWN Pain Killer 38 LOVE YOU LIKE THAT 0 Canaan Smith 641 CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN AG B.BEAVERS,J.ROBBINS (C.SMITH,B.BEAVERS,J.BEAVERS) MERCURY Lands First

9 0 0 ERIC CHURCH ¡ The Outsiders 74 7 7 EMI NASHVILLE/UMGN CRASH AND BURN Thomas Rhett 714 12 0 0 D.HUFF,J.FRASURE (J.FRASURE,C.STAPLETON) VALORY No. 1 BRANTLEY GILBERT 0 Just As I Am 60 8 8 VALORY/BMLG LIKE A WRECKING BALL Eric Church 821 Canaan Smith (above) 10 0 0 J.JOYCE (E.CHURCH,C.BEATHARD) EMI NASHVILLE WILLIE NELSON / MERLE HAGGARD 9 Django And Jimmie 6 9 LEGACY scores his first Country TONIGHT LOOKS GOOD ON YOU Jason Aldean 719 Airplay No. 1 as “Love You M.KNOX (D.DAVIDSON,R.AKINS,A.GORLEY) BROKEN BOW ¡ 8 0 0 10 JASON ALDEAN Old Boots, New Dirt 40 0 BROKEN BOW/BBMG Like That” jumps 4-1. The BUY ME A BOAT Chris Janson 10 12 song reigns with Greatest 16 0 0 C.JANSON,C.DUBOIS,B.ANDERSON (C.JANSON,C.DUBOIS) WARNER BROS./WAR FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE 0 Anything Goes 39 11 REPUBLIC NASHVILLE/BMLG Gainer honors (up 21

ONE HELL OF AN AMEN Brantley Gilbert 11 28 BLAKE SHELTON 0 percent to 48.3 million D.HUFF (B.GILBERT,M.DEKLE,B.DAVIS) VALORY 12 BRINGING BACK THE SUNSHINE 41 14 00 0 WARNER BROS./WMN impressions, according to LOVING YOU EASY Zac Brown Band 15 0 0 12 12 CANAAN SMITH Bronco 3 Nielsen Music) in its 49th Z.BROWN (Z.BROWN,N.MOON,A.ANDERSON) JOHN VARVATOS/REPUBLIC/BMLG/SOUTHERN GROUND 13 13 MERCURY/UMGN week, tying David Nail’s JOHN COUGAR, JOHN DEERE, JOHN 3:16 Keith Urban 13 6 14 LUKE BRYAN Spring Break... Checkin’ Out 18 “Let It Rain” (featuring 20 0 0 D.HUFF,K.URBAN (S.MCANALLY,R.COPPERMAN,J.OSBORNE) HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE 0 CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN Sarah Buxton) in 2012 KISS YOU IN THE MORNING Michael Ray 2 14 18 15 LUKE BRYAN Crash My Party 101 Country 19 00 S.HENDRICKS (J.WILSON,M.WHITE) WARNER BROS./WEA CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN for having completed the The week’s most popular country The week’s CARRIE UNDERWOOD 0 second-steadiest rise to the CRUSHIN’ IT Brad Paisley 15 23 16 16 Greatest Hits: Decade #1 31 18 17 0 L.WOOTEN,B.PAISLEY (B.PAISLEY,K.LOVELACE,L.T.MILLER) ARISTA NASHVILLE 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE/SMN top. The longest run to No. 1

eleased titles, or songs receiving widespread eleased titles, or songs receiving HELL OF A NIGHT Dustin Lynch COLE SWINDELL Cole Swindell 73 is held by Chris Young’s 21 20 16 27 WARNER BROS./WMN 0 M.J.CONES (Z.CROWELL,A.SANDERS,J.BOYER) BROKEN BOW 00 “Voices” — 51 weeks —

COUNTRY AIRPLAY: COUNTRY A THOUSAND HORSES Southernality reaching the summit in LITTLE TOY GUNS Carrie Underwood 625 17 18 5 2015 7 15 17 REPUBLIC NASHVILLE/BMLG M.BRIGHT (C.UNDERWOOD,C. DESTEFANO,H.LINDSEY) 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE 2011 (during two release

July 25 CHASE RICE Ignite The Night 47 cycles, however, beginning LOSE MY MIND Brett Eldredge 18 12 24 0 COLUMBIA NASHVILLE/DACK JANIELS 25 0 0 R. COPPERMAN,B.ELDREDGE (B.ELDREDGE,H.MORGAN,R.COPPERMAN,B.BURTON,T.D.CALLAWAY,G.F.REVERBERI,G.P.REVERBERI) ATLANTIC/WMN in 2008). “I consider myself KELSEA BALLERINI The First Time 8 21 BLACK RIVER the happiest and luckiest ined as current if they are newly-r if they are ined as current RE-ENTRY 0 LOVE IS YOUR NAME Steven Tyler 19 4 0 D.HUFF (L.LEE,E.PASLAY) DOT dude on the planet right 21 Traveller 10 MERCURY/UMGN now,” says Smith. “Because YOUNG & CRAZY Frankie Ballard 20 20 0 2 00 M.ALTMAN,S.HENDRICKS (A.GORLEY,S.MCANALLY,R.AKINS) WARNER BROS./WAR of country radio, I’m living 23 TIM MCGRAW 35 Biggest Hits 4 REAL LIFE Jake Owen 0 CURB my dream.” edia, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc.edia, LLC All rights reserved. 21 7 26 0© S.MCANALLY,R. COPPERMAN (R.COPPERMAN,A.GORLEY,S.MCANALLY,J.OSBORNE) RCA NASHVILLE Meanwhile, Little 22 23 DARIUS RUCKER Southern Style 15 DIAMOND RINGS AND OLD BARSTOOLS Tim McGraw With Catherine Dunn CAPITOL NASHVILLE/UMGN Big Town’s “Girl Crush” 11 19 22 11 24 B.GALLIMORE,T.MCGRAW (L.LAIRD,B.DEAN,J.SINGLETON) MCGRAW/BIG MACHINE 24 THE LACS Outlaw In Me 7 continues its rule at No. 1 20 BACKROAD/AVERAGE JOES BREAK UP WITH HIM Old Dominion 23 18 on Hot Country Songs. The 29 0 S.MCANALLY (M.RAMSEY,T. ROSEN,B.TURSI,G.SPRUNG,W.SELLERS) RCA NASHVILLE 25 25 BILLY CURRINGTON Summer Forever 6 MERCURY/UMGN track’s 12-week command I’M COMIN’ OVER Chris Young 89 is the longest by a group (of 27 0 0 C.CROWDER,C.YOUNG (C.YOUNG,C.CROWDER,J.HOGE) RCA NASHVILLE at least three members) in FLY Maddie & Tae 25 21 the chart’s 56-year history, D.HUFF (M.MARLOW,T.DYE,T.VARTANYAN) DOT 28 0© COUNTRY AIRPLAY™ having passed the 10-week LET ME SEE YA GIRL Cole Swindell 26 13 reign of The Browns’ “The 30 0 0 M.CARTER (C.SWINDELL,M.CARTER,J.STEVENS) WARNER BROS./WMN LAST THIS TITLE Artist WKS. ON Three Bells” in 1959. WEEK WEEK CHART ANYTHING GOES Florida Georgia Line 19 11 IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL Steven Tyler is certainly ey are less than 18 months old or older than 18 months but still residing in the Billboard 200’s top 100. in the Billboard 200’s less than 18 months old or older but still residing ey are 39 0 J.MOI (F.MCTEIGUE,C.G.TOMPKINS,C.WISEMAN) REPUBLIC NASHVILLE #1 LOVE YOU LIKE THAT Po 1 WK Canaan Smith 49 accustomed to making GG MERCURY BURNING HOUSE Cam 28 5 headlines with his iconic SG J.BHASKER,T.JOHNSON (C.OCHS,T.JOHNSON,J.BHASKER) ARISTA NASHVILLE 42 00 TONIGHT LOOKS GOOD ON YOU Jason Aldean 17 BROKEN BOW rock band Aerosmith. I’M TO BLAME 29 23 0 With his current single, he’s 32 0 0 B.JAMES (K.MOORE,J.WEAVER,W.DAVIS) MCA NASHVILLE SANGRIA Blake Shelton 17 billboard.com/biz for complete rules and explanations. © 2015, Prometheus Global M © 2015, Prometheus for complete rules and explanations. billboard.com/biz WARNER BROS./WMN adding to his budding solo GONNA WANNA TONIGHT Chase Rice 30 27 country legacy, as “Love C. DESTEFANO (S.MCANALLY,J.M.NITE,J.ROBBINS) DACK JANIELS/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE A 3 7 00 GIRL CRUSH Little Big Town 31 CAPITOL NASHVILLE Is Your Name” debuts at Hunter Hayes 21 30 8 A No. 1 on Country Streaming 35 00 D.HUFF,H.HAYES (D.DAVIDSON,K.LOVELACE,A.GORLEY,H.HAYES) ATLANTIC/WMN 0 ONE HELL OF AN AMEN Brantley Gilbert 35 VALORY Songs with 3.3 million U.S. s data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data by online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music. def Songs are tracked activity data by online music sources s data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming I GOT THE BOY Jana Kramer 34 37 31 21 A streams, up 1,278 percent, S.HENDRICKS (T.NICHOLS,C.HARRINGTON,J.L.SPEARS) ELEKTRA NASHVILLE/WAR KISS YOU IN THE MORNING Michael Ray 22 WARNER BROS./WEA following the July 3 STAY A LITTLE LONGER Brothers Osborne 33 14 0 BABY BE MY LOVE SONG Easton Corbin J.JOYCE (J. OSBORNE,T.J. OSBORNE,S.MCANALLY) EMI NASHVILLE 44 premiere of its official video. 38 0 MERCURY as compiled by Nielsen Music. Albums are defined as current if th as compiled by Nielsen Music. defined as current Albums are The clip sparks the track’s GAMES Luke Bryan 7 s a day, 7 days a week. 7 days See Chartson Legend s a day, 31 32 34 21 20 A KICK THE DUST UP Luke Bryan 8 J.STEVENS (L.BRYAN,A.GORLEY) CAPITOL NASHVILLE CAPITOL NASHVILLE re-entry at a new peak on 9 0 Hot Country Songs (No. 19). NOTHIN’ LIKE YOU Dan + Shay 35 15 YOUNG & CRAZY Frankie Ballard 27 36 00 C. DESTEFANO (D.SMYERS,S.MOONEY,A.GORLEY,C. DESTEFANO) WARNER BROS./WAR WARNER BROS./WAR —Jim Asker LONG STRETCH OF LOVE Lady Antebellum 36 3 ° LOVING YOU EASY Zac Brown Band 12 40 0 0 N.CHAPMAN,LADY ANTEBELLUM (D.HAYWOOD,C.KELLEY,H.SCOTT,J.KEAR) CAPITOL NASHVILLE JOHN VARVATOS/REPUBLIC/BMLG/SOUTHERN GROUND

SAVE IT FOR A RAINY DAY Kenny Chesney 37 3 ° CRUSHIN’ IT Brad Paisley 25 ARISTA NASHVILLE 46 0 0 B.CANNON,K.CHESNEY (A.DORFF,M.RAMSEY,B.TURSI) BLUE CHAIR/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE

Kacey Musgraves Ii3a HELL OF A NIGHT Dustin Lynch 36 33 40 38 BISCUITS 28 17 BROKEN BOW K.MUSGRAVES,L.LAIRD,S.MCANALLY (K.MUSGRAVES,S.MCANALLY,B.CLARK) MERCURY HOUSE PARTY Sam Hunt 23 41 ALREADY CALLIN’ YOU MINE Parmalee 39 14 MCA NASHVILLE 41 Q NV (M.THOMAS,S.THOMAS,B.KNOX,P.O’DONNELL,W.KIRBY) STONEY CREEK 14 0 CRASH AND BURN Thomas Rhett 14

The week’s most popular country by sales data albums, ranked The week’s 47 RIDE Chase Rice 38 19 VALORY 47 0 C. DESTEFANO (J.SOMERS-MORALES,D.C.TARPLEY JR.) DACK JANIELS/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE songs, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, as measured sale audience impressions airplay by radio songs, ranked 0 LIKE A WRECKING BALL Eric Church 21 EMI NASHVILLE 43 I LOVE THIS LIFE LoCash 41 8 43 0 L.RIMES,P.BRUST,C.LUCAS (D.MYRICK,C.JANSON,C.LUCAS,P.BRUST) REVIVER ° BUY ME A BOAT Chris Janson 11 WE WENT Randy Houser 42 6 0 WARNER BROS./WAR D.GEORGE (J.WILSON,M.ROGERS,J.KING) STONEY CREEK

TOP COUNTRY ALBUMS: COUNTRY TOP ©© LOSE MY MIND Brett Eldredge 12 ATLANTIC/WMN IT FEELS GOOD Drake White 43 3 0 48 0 0 R. COPPERMAN,J.S.STOVER (D.WHITE,P.PENCE,D.GEORGE) DOT JOHN COUGAR, JOHN DEERE, JOHN 3:16 Keith Urban 5 HIT RED/CAPITOL NASHVILLE SMOKIN’ AND DRINKIN’ Miranda Lambert Featuring Little Big Town 38 3 - m© F.LIDDELL,C.AINLAY,G.WORF (N.HEMBY,L.LAIRD,S.MCANALLY) RCA NASHVILLE FLY Maddie & Tae 25

The week’s most popular current country most popular current The week’s ° DOT FOR A BOY RaeLynn 45 46 0 32 7 J.MOI (RAELYNN,L.VELTZ) VALORY REAL LIFE Jake Owen 7 P gr2.. RCA NASHVILLE HOT SHOT 0 WHITE LIGHTNING The Cadillac Three 46 1 DEBUT D.HUFF,J.NIEBANK (J.JOHNSTON) BIG MACHINE GONNA WANNA TONIGHT Chase Rice 36 DACK JANIELS/COLUMBIA NASHVILLE airplay and/or sales activity for the first time. sales activity for the first time. and/or airplay 24 hour monitored by Nielsen Music. electronically as measured Stations are audience impressions airplay by radio songs, ranked HOT COUNTRY SONGS: COUNTRY HOT ALL COUNTRY ON YOU Austin Webb 47 4 50 0 0 B.GALLIMORE (J.KEAR,MARK IRWIN,C.G.TOMPKINS) STREAMSOUND LET ME SEE YA GIRL Cole Swindell 14 ° WARNER BROS./WMN COUNTRY Mo Pitney 48 6 49 .1 0. 50 0 T.BROWN (M.PITNEY,B.TOMBERLIN,B.ANDERSON) CURB I’M TO BLAME Kip Moore 25 23 0 MCA NASHVILLE

RE-ENTRY 0 RISER Dierks Bentley 49 2 NOTHIN’ LIKE YOU Dan + Shay 21 R. COPPERMAN (S.MOAKLER,T.MEADOWS) CAPITOL NASHVILLE WARNER BROS./WAR RE-ENTRY 0 THAT DON’T SOUND LIKE YOU Lee Brice 39 2 LONG STRETCH OF LOVE Lady Antebellum 17 J.STONE,L.BRICE (L.BRICE,R.AKINS,A.GORLEY) CURB E CAPITOL NASHVILLE & STREAMING SALES, AIRPLAY DATA COMPILED BY COMPILED DATA

Data for week of 07.25.2015 Go to BILLBOARD.COM/BIZ for complete chart data 89 HOT ROCK SONGS™ TOP ROCK ALBUMS™

2 WKS. LAST THIS TITLE CERTIFICATION Artist PEAK WKS. ON LAST THIS ARTIST CERTIFICATION Title WKS. ON AGO WEEK WEEK PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL POS. CHART WEEK WEEK IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL CHART SHANE MCCAULEY #1 ¡ #1 BREAKING BENJAMIN 16 WKS DG SHUT UP AND DANCE WALK THE MOON 144 2 WKS Dark Before Dawn 3 T.PAGNOTTA (N.PETRICCA,E.MAIMAN,K.RAY,S.WAUGAMAN,B.BERGER,R.MCMAHON) RCA GG HOLLYWOOD 0 AUGUST BURNS RED Found In Far Away Places UMA THURMAN Fall Out Boy 226 2 2 AG J.SINCLAIR,YOUNG WOLF HATCHLINGS (FALL OUT BOY,W.HASHMI,J.YOUNG,L.O’DONNELL,J.SINCLAIR,J.MARSHALL,R.MOSHER) DCD2/ISLAND/REPUBLIC 1 FEARLESS

BUDAPEST 0 George Ezra X AMBASSADORS VHS 2 2 3 3 249 KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE/IGA BLACKWOOD C. (GEORGE EZRA,J.POTT) COLUMBIA 0 3 NEIL YOUNG + PROMISE OF THE REAL RENEGADES X Ambassadors The Monsanto Years 2 6 6 416 0 4 REPRISE/WARNER BROS. 0 ALEX DA KID (A.GRANT,S.N.HARRIS,N.FELDSHUH,C.HARRIS,A.LEVINE) KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE 5 TWENTY ONE PILOTS Blurryface 8 4 4 5 TAKE ME TO CHURCH Hozier 163 6 FUELED BY RAMEN/AG A.HOZIER-BYRNE (A.HOZIER-BYRNE) RUBYWORKS/COLUMBIA 0

SLIGHTLY STOOPID Meanwhile... Back At The Lab 2 Regal CENTURIES 3 Fall Out Boy 244 06 STOOPID 5 5 6 J.R.ROTEM,OMEGA (J.R.ROTEM,P.V.STUMP,P.WENTZ,J.TROHMAN,A.HURLEY,M.J.FONSECA,R.KUMARI,J.TRANTNER,S.VEGA) DCD2/ISLAND/REPUBLIC

IMAGINE DRAGONS Smoke + Mirrors 21 EX’S & OH’S Elle King KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE/IGA Risers 10 10 718 0 D.BASSETT (E.KING,D.BASSETT) RCA 0 MUSE Drones 5 “Ex’s & Oh’s” by Elle King 8 8 HELIUM-3/WARNER BROS. TEAR IN MY HEART twenty one pilots 715 (above) marks a milestone

Rock R.REED (T.JOSEPH) FUELED BY RAMEN/RRP 7 7 0 MUMFORD & SONS Wilder Mind 10 10 9 in its methodical rise, BROTHER NEEDTOBREATHE Featuring Gavin DeGraw GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD/GLASSNOTE 11 821 debuting on the Billboard E.CASH,D.TOZER,NEEDTOBREATHE (N.RINEHART,W.RINEHART,G.DEGRAW) ATLANTIC FLORENCE + THE MACHINE How Big How Blue How Beautiful 0 9 10 6 REPUBLIC Hot 100 at No. 96 (see CUT THE CORD Shinedown 10 2 page 3). The singer- E.BASS (B.SMITH,E.BASS) ATLANTIC SOUNDTRACK ¡ Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 .110 11 11 50 MARVEL/HOLLYWOOD songwriter’s first hit, a mix

2015 HOLD BACK THE RIVER James Bay 8 9 11 821 FALL OUT BOY of folk–rock, blues and retro I.ARCHER (J.BAY,I.ARCHER) REPUBLIC American Beauty / American Psycho 25 DCD2/ISLAND July 25 00 soul, maintains its No. 2 DREAMS Beck 14 1 94 HOZIER 0 Hozier peak on Triple A and zooms 0 G.KURSTIN,B.HANSEN (NOT LISTED) FONOGRAF RECORDS/CAPITOL 15 13 40 RUBYWORKS/COLUMBIA 0 8-4 on Alternative, while 9 13 BELIEVE Mumford & Sons 418 JOY WILLIAMS Venus J.FORD (MUMFORD & SONS) GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD/GLASSNOTE 2 reaching a new peak (No. 7) 0 14 SENSIBILITY/COLUMBIA most The week’s on Hot Rock Songs. The JEKYLL AND HYDE Five Finger Death Punch 22 16 14 4 ALABAMA SHAKES Sound & Color 12 0 FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH,K.CHURKO (I.MOODY,Z.BATHORY,J.HOOK,J.S.HEYDE,K.CHURKO) PROSPECT PARK 19 15 ATO song is from King’s debut

album, Love Stuff, which

CECILIA AND THE SATELLITE Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness 15 26 18 16 OF MONSTERS AND MEN Beneath The Skin 5 1900 M.VIOLA,J.FLANNIGAN,A.GRAHN (A.MCMAHON,J.FLANNIGAN,A.GRAHN) VANGUARD/CMG REPUBLIC started at its No. 8 high on MAINSTREAM ROCK: MAINSTREAM

THY ART IS MURDER Holy War Top Rock Albums on the titles, or songs receiving -released HALLELUJAH Panic! At The Disco 312 17 2 24 24 SG ROYAL (A.WRIGHT,I.R.EL-AMINE,B.URIE,M.KIBBY,J.SINCLAIR,R.W.LAMM) DCD2/FUELED BY RAMEN/RRP NUCLEAR BLAST March 7 chart with 8,000 0 I 0 sold, according to Nielsen 18 KID ROCK First Kiss 20 17 STRESSED OUT twenty one pilots 811 TOP DOG/WARNER BROS. 15 15 M.ELIZONDO (T.JOSEPH) FUELED BY RAMEN/RRP 0 Music. The set lifts 26-24

THE ROLLING STONES Sticky Fingers: Live on the July 25 tally, selling SHOTS Imagine Dragons 19 2 12 14 18 724 0 THE ROLLING STONES/CAPITOL/UME IMAGINE DRAGONS (IMAGINE DRAGONS) KIDINAKORNER/INTERSCOPE 5,000 during the tracking

20 SENSES FAIL Pull The Thorns From Your Heart 2 week. “Ex’s” also has gained newly if they are d as current THE VENGEFUL ONE Disturbed PURE NOISE 17 17 3 0 20 0 K.CHURKO (DISTURBED) REPRISE/WARNER BROS. exposure from its synch in VARIOUS ARTISTS 2015 Warped Tour Compilation 21 4 promos for HBO Now. THE WOLF Mumford & Sons 11 14 0 SIDEONEDUMMY J.FORD (MUMFORD & SONS) GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD/GLASSNOTE On Mainstream Rock,

2300 and Nielsen Music, Inc. Global Media, LLC All rights reserved.015, Prometheus WALK THE MOON TALKING IS HARD 32 FAILURE Breaking Benjamin 240 RCA Royal Blood rules with 13 18 21 816 B.BURNLEY (B.BURNLEY) HOLLYWOOD 311 Archive 2 “Little Monster” (3-1), the SOMEONE NEW Hozier 0 23 VOLCANO/RCA/LEGACY U.K. duo’s first leader on 18 22 0 14 21 A.HOZIER-BYRNE,R.KIRWAN (A.HOZIER-BYRNE,S.M.GARNETT) RUBYWORKS/COLUMBIA ELLE KING Love Stuff 16 the airplay tally. The pair PS RCA CRYSTALS Of Monsters And Men previously rose as high 21 21 0 12 17 R.COSTEY,OF MONSTERS AND MEN (N.B.HILMARSDOTTIR,A.R.HILMARSSON,R.THORHALLSSON) REPUBLIC REFUSED Freedom 2 as No. 2 with “Out of the EPITAPH FIRST Cold War Kids Black” in June 2014 after 26 27 0 24 10 D.GALLUCCI,L.STALFORS (N.WILLETT,M.MAUST,D.GALLUCCI,J.PLUMMER,M.SCHWARTZ) DOWNTOWN first appearing on the chart DEAD INSIDE Muse in 2008. “Monster” also 20 23 25 10 16 MUSE,R.J.LANGE (M.BELLAMY) HELIUM-3/WARNER BROS. MAINSTREAM ROCK™ hits a new peak (No. 18) MY TYPE Saint Motel top 100. in the Billboard 200’s less than 18 months old or older but still residing are 25 25 26 18 20 on Alternative. The track J.NAPOLITANO,S.MOTEL (A.L.JACKSON,A.D.MOORE SHARP,G.S.ERWIN,C.LERDAMORNPONG) ELEKTRA/RRP LAST THIS TITLE Artist WKS. ON received heavy play WEEK WEEK IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL CHART

33 ELECTRIC LOVE BORNS 13 26 during the first week of 26 0 T.ENGLISH (G.BORNS,T.SCHLEITER,N.LONG,J.MORAN) INTERSCOPE #1 1 WK LITTLE MONSTER Royal Blood 18 Zane Lowe’s show for IMPERIAL GALACTIC/BLACK MAMMOTH/WARNER BROS. 2 HEADS 28 3 L0II Apple Music’s Beats 1, 29 ' 29 0 © 2 for complete rules and explanations. harts on billboard.com/biz Legend C.HELL (C.HELL,R.BENVEGNU) COLUMBIA ANGEL Theory Of A Deadman 2 21 which launched June 30. twenty one pilots 604/ROADRUNNER/RRP 28 28 29 RIDE 12 9 According to an analysis by R.REED (T.JOSEPH) FUELED BY RAMEN/RRP FAILURE Breaking Benjamin 1 3 16 HOLLYWOOD Billboard, “Monster” was Florence + The Machine 27 11 9 the third-most-played song 30 0 M.DRAVS,KID HARPOON (F.WELCH,T.HULL) REPUBLIC AMEN Halestorm 11 00 ATLANTIC in the first seven days of GO BIG OR GO HOME American Authors 31 6 Fc2 0 SHEP GOODMAN,A.ACCETTA (Z.BARNETT,M.SANCHEZ,J.A..SHELLEY,M.GOODMAN,S.ACCETTA,J.DAVIS) DIRTY CANVAS/ISLAND/REPUBLIC FOOTSTEPS Pop Evil Beats 1 programming, with 6 G&G/EONE 23 plays. On Lowe’s final

00 by Nielsen Music. define Songs are tracked activity data by online music sources ata as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming ANGEL Theory Of A Deadman 31 31 32 29 10 THE VENGEFUL ONE Disturbed show at BBC Radio 1, he H.BENSON,T.CONNOLLY (THEORY OF A DEADMAN,J.DECILVEO) 604/ROADRUNNER/RRP 3 00 REPRISE/WARNER BROS. named “Monster” one of his COULD HAVE BEEN ME The Struts 35 34 0 33 4 CUT THE CORD Shinedown 2 signature “hottest records NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED) FUTURE/FREESOLO/INTERSCOPE GG ATLANTIC

00 a week. 7 days See C 24 hours a day, ically monitored in the world.” —Emily White FOURTH OF JULY Fall Out Boy 14 9 JENNY Nothing More - 36 0 13 J.SINCLAIR (FALL OUT BOY,R.LOTT,J.SINCLAIR) DCD2/ISLAND/REPUBLIC 00 ELEVEN SEVEN HEAVY IS THE HEAD Zac Brown Band Feat. Chris Cornell 14 19 LYDIA Highly Suspect 14 42 35 0 Z.BROWN (Z.BROWN,N.MOON,J.DE MARTINI,J.D.HOPKINS,D.SCOTT) JOHN VARVATOS/SOUTHERN GROUND/BMLG/REPUBLIC 300 00 LITTLE MONSTER Royal Blood JEKYLL AND HYDE Five Finger Death Punch 4 41 33 0 33 5 PROSPECT PARK ROYAL BLOOD,T.DALGETY (M.KERR,B.THATCHER) IMPERIAL GALACTIC/BLACK MAMMOTH/WARNER BROS. 00 NOBODY PRAYING FOR ME Seether I AM AWOLNATION 10 11 11 34 34 7 THE BICYCLE MUSIC COMPANY/CMG 38 0 A.BRUNO (A.BRUNO) RED BULL HUMAN RACE Highly Suspect 8 12 16 47 LYDIA 38 5 RCA 00 J.HAMILTON (J.STEVENS,R.MEYER,R.MEYER) 300 HEAVY IS THE HEAD Zac Brown Band Feat. Chris Cornell 19 NOBODY PRAYING FOR ME Seether 39 5 JOHN VARVATOS/SOUTHERN GROUND/BMLG/REPUBLIC if they by sales data as compiled Nielsen Music. defined as current Albums are albums, ranked most popular rock The week’s

B.O’BRIEN (S.MORGAN,SEETHER) THE BICYCLE MUSIC COMPANY/CMG 0 by Nielsen Music, as measured sales d audience impressions airplay radio 00 BETTER PLACE Saint Asonia 7 FAIRLY LOCAL twenty one pilots RCA 37 37 40 817 17 0 R.REED,T.JOSEPH (T.JOSEPH) FUELED BY RAMEN/RRP GRAVITY 6 ELEVEN SEVEN NOTHING WITHOUT LOVE Nate Ruess ROCK ALBUMS: TOP 32 39 41 620 00 J.BHASKER,E.HAYNIE (N.RUESS,J.BHASKER,E.HAYNIE,J.KLINGHOFFER) FUELED BY RAMEN/RRP 15 16 HUSH HellYeah 17 ELEVEN SEVEN JENNY Nothing More 42 3 W.HOFFMAN (J.T.HAWKINS,M.VOLLELUNGA,D.OLIVER,W.HOFFMAN,P.ESTRADA) ELEVEN SEVEN WHAT’S NEXT? Godsmack 14 17 9 AMEN Halestorm REPUBLIC 48 45 0 43 3 J.JOYCE (L.HALE,J.HOTTINGER,S.C.STEVENS) ATLANTIC THE WOLF Mumford & Sons 5 -.., HOUSE OF GOLD twenty one pilots 00 GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD/GLASSNOTE 50 42 44 38 19 G.WELLS (T.JOSEPH) FUELED BY RAMEN/RRP COULD HAVE BEEN ME The Struts 5 FUTURE/FREESOLO/INTERSCOPE FOOTSTEPS Pop Evil 00 HOT SHOT 0 45 1 by songs, ranked rock most popular current The week’s DEBUT A.KASPER (L.P.KAKATY,D.BASSETT) G&G/EONE Slipknot 9 00 ROADRUNNER/RRP YOU WANT A BATTLE? (HERE’S A WAR) Bullet For My Valentine 46 2 DON’T WAKE ME Aranda - C.BOWN,C.RICHARDSON (M.TUCK,M.THOMAS,M.PAGET,J.MATHIAS) RCA 13 00 0 21 WIND-UP HOT ROCK SONGS: HOT by Nielsen Music. electron as measured Stations are impressions audience airplay by radio songs, ranked rock popular mainstream 46 47 THE JUDGE twenty one pilots 32 8 NEVER GIVING UP Of Mice & Men sales activity for the first time. and/or airplay widespread 0 M.CROSSEY (T.JOSEPH) FUELED BY RAMEN/RRP 13 00 RISE/ADA 45 49 MOANING LISA SMILE Wolf Alice 45 3 THE OTHERSIDE Red Sun Rising 0 C.MARKS (E.ROWSELL,J.ODDIE,T.ELLIS,J.AMEY) DIRTY HIT/RCA 5 00 RAZOR & TIE 43 46 49 HUMAN RACE Three Days Grace 34 9 BLOOD STOP AND RUN Kill It Kid 10 G.BROWN (B.WALST,M.WALST,N.SANDERSON,B.STOCK,G.BROWN) RCA 27Q SIRE/WARNER BROS. FOR YOU All That Remains NEW SEDONA Houndmouth 50 1 7 0 D.COBB (M.MYERS,K.TOUPIN,S.CODY,Z.APPLEBY) ROUGH TRADE/BEGGARS GROUP RAZOR & TIE

00 & STREAMING SALES, AIRPLAY BY COMPILED DATA

90 Go to BILLBOARD.COM/BIZ for complete chart data Data for week of 07.25.2015 HOT R&B/HIP-HOP SONGS™ TOP R&B/HIP-HOP ALBUMS™

2 WKS. LAST THIS TITLE CERTIFICATION Artist PEAK WKS. ON LAST THIS ARTIST CERTIFICATION Title WKS. ON AGO WEEK WEEK PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL POS. CHART WEEK WEEK IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL CHART #1 #1 MEEK MILL 14 WKS SEE YOU AGAIN 2 Wiz Khalifa Feat. Charlie Puth 118 2 WKS Dreams Worth More Than Money 2 DJ FRANK E,C.PUTH,A.CEDAR (J.FRANKS,A.CEDAR,C.J.THOMAZ,C.PUTH) UNIVERSAL STUDIOS/ATLANTIC GG MAYBACH/ATLANTIC/AG

CAN’T FEEL MY FACE The Weeknd 2 MIGUEL Wildheart 2 DG AG 2 2 BYSTORM/BLACK ICE/RCA

COURTESY OF COURTESY A.PAYAMI,MAX MARTIN (A.TESFAYE,MAX MARTIN,S.KOTECHA,P.SVENSSON,A.PAYAMI) XO/REPUBLIC - 0 0 iiii

4 3 LEON BRIDGES Coming Home 3 WATCH ME 0 Silento 2 20 LISASAWYER63/COLUMBIA 00 BOLO DA PRODUCER (T.B.MINGO,R.L.HAWK) BOLO/CAPITOL VINCE STAPLES Summertime ‘06 ¡ 0 4 2 2 3 4 TRAP QUEEN Fetty Wap 226 ARTIUM/DEF JAM T.FADD (W.J.MAXWELL,T.FADD) RGF/300 KENDRICK LAMAR To Pimp A Butterfly 17 THE HILLS The Weeknd 57 0 5 TOP DAWG/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE/IGA The MANO (A.TESFAYE,A.BALSHE,E.NICKERSON,C.MONTAGNESE) XO/REPUBLIC 600 DRAKE If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late 22 EARNED IT (FIFTY SHADES OF GREY) 3 The Weeknd 60 YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC 4 6 6 129 Weeknd S.MOCCIO,J.QUENNEVILLE (A.TESFAYE,S.MOCCIO,J.QUENNEVILLE,A.BALSHE) UNIVERSAL STUDIOS/REPUBLIC A$AP ROCKY AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP 7 7 7 A$AP WORLDWIDE/POLO GROUNDS/RCA SG 679 Fetty Wap Featuring Remy Boyz 7 2 13 PEOPLES (W.J.MAXWELL,A.COSME JR.,J.POPE,B.GARCIA) RGF/300 Rules II J. COLE 0 2014 Forest Hills Drive 31 DREAMVILLE/ROC NATION/COLUMBIA POST TO BE 0 Omarion Feat. Chris Brown & Jhene Aiko 5 32 0 (above) 5 8 8 DJ MUSTARD,M.ADAM (O.GRANDBERRY,D.MCFARLANE,M.ADAM,M.POWELL,S.JEAN,C.M.BROWN,J.A.E. CHILOMBO,E.BONNER,L.DUNBAR,J.TAYLOR,L.WILLIS) MAYBACH/ATLANTIC The Weeknd THE INTERNET Ego Death 2 ODD FUTURE/COLUMBIA becomes the first artist to B**** BETTER HAVE MY MONEY 2 Rihanna 0 9 8 5 9 516 claim the top three slots DEPUTY,K.WEST (J.PIERRE,B.BOURELLY,R.FENTY,J.WEBSTER,K.O.WEST) WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION BIG SEAN Dark Sky Paradise 20 0 1 0 G.O.O.D./DEF JAM on the nearly 3-year-old ALL EYES ON YOU Meek Mill Feat. Chris Brown & Nicki Minaj 21 12 0 10 3 Hot R&B Songs chart A.DELICATA,MR. MORRIS (R.R.WILLIAMS,O.T.MARAJ,C.M.BROWN,A.DELICATA,D.MORRIS,K.COSSOM,A.DAVIDSON,S.DAVIDSON,S.COMBS . . .) MAYBACH/ATLANTIC BOOSIE BADAZZ Touch Down 2 Cause Hell 7 10 11 TRILL/ATLANTIC/AG as “The Hills” hops 4-2, CLASSIC MAN Jidenna Featuring Roman GianArthur 913 11 9 0 JIDENNA,N.KWABENA TUFFUOR,NATE “ROCKET” WONDER (J.MOBISSON,N.KWABENA TUFFUOR,N.IRVIN III,J.SEHRA,M.WILEY,R.G.A.IRVIN,E.K.TANNIS . . .) WONDALAND/EPIC VARIOUS ARTISTS 21 Throwback Jams 2 joining “Earned It” (No. 3)

00 RCA/LEGACY and “Can’t Feel My Face”

9 FLEX (OOH OOH OOH) Rich Homie Quan 814 SOUNDTRACK 10 0 NITTI,DJ SPINZ (D.D.LAMAR,C.MOORE,G. HILL) RICH HOMIEZ/THINK IT’S A GAME Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1 18 (No. 1). “Hills” reaches a 13 13 20TH CENTURY FOX/COLUMBIA new weekly streaming high NASTY FREESTYLE T-Wayne 414 7 11 13 14 TREY SONGZ Trigga 51 of 11.8 million domestic 30ROC (T.D.NOBLES,S.GLOADE) WERUNIT/UNAUTHORIZED/300 12 SONGBOOK/ATLANTIC/AG streams — a 15 percent SLOW MOTION 0 Trey Songz 10 14 14 925 YELAWOLF Love Story 12 C.PUTH,GEOFFRO CAUSE (T.NEVERSON,C.PUTH,G.EARLEY,J.K.HINDLIN) SONGBOOK/ATLANTIC 16 15 SLUMERICAN/SHADY/INTERSCOPE/IGA increase, according to Nielsen Music — during the R.I.C.O. Meek Mill Featuring Drake 15 2 17 0 NICKI MINAJ 0 The Pinkprint 30 00 VINYLZ,CUBEATZ (R.R.WILLIAMS,A.GRAHAM,A.HERNANDEZ,K.GOMRINGER) MAYBACH/ATLANTIC YOUNG MONEY/CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC week ending July 9, aiding in its rise. Robin Thicke is BE REAL Kid Ink Featuring DeJ Loaf 12 19 RAE SREMMURD SremmLife 27 13 15 16 DJ MUSTARD,JGRAMM (B.T.COLLINS,D.MCFARLANE,J.GRAMMA,N.AUDINO,L.HUGES,D.LEONARD,B.T.HAZZARD,D.M.TRIMBLE) THA ALUMNI GROUP/88 CLASSIC/RCA EARDRUMA/INTERSCOPE/IGA 00 the only other act to have BLESSINGS ¡ Big Sean Featuring Drake STEVIE STONE Malta Bend 2 held two of the top three 14 924 0 18 STRANGE/RBC 17 0 VINYLZ,A.RITTER (S.M.ANDERSON,A.HERNANDEZ,A.RITTER,A.GRAHAM) G.O.O.D./DEF JAM spots on the chart, when defined as current if they are newly-released titles, newly-released if they are defined as current Hollywood: A Story Of A Dozen Roses 8 “Blurred Lines” (featuring T.I. PLANES Jeremih Featuring J. Cole 17 18 JB ENTERTAINMENT/RCA 17 20 0 VINYLZ,FRANK DUKES (J.P.FELTON,A.HERNANDEZ,A.WOODS,J.COLE,A.FEENY,A.ADAMS,R.HARRIS,K.JEFFRIES) MICK SCHULTZ/DEF JAM 0 19 ed by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by as measured audience impressions airplay ed by radio and Pharrell Williams) and WALE The Album About Nothing 15 “Give It 2 You” (featuring COMMAS Future 14 18 EVERY BLUE MOON/MAYBACH/ATLANTIC/AG 15 19 19 J.LUELLEN,DJ SPINZ (N.WILBURN CASH,J.H.LUELLEN,G.HILLS) A-1/FREEBANDZ/EPIC 00 Kendrick Lamar) were at SOUNDTRACK Furious 7 17 WET DREAMZ J. Cole UNIVERSAL STUDIOS/ATLANTIC/AG Nos. 1 and 3, respectively, 16 21 20 16 26 0 J.L.COLE (J.COLE,C.SIMMONS,R.HAMMOND) DREAMVILLE/ROC NATION/COLUMBIA

theus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc.theus Global Media, LLC All rights reserved. TECH N9NE Special Effects for three weeks in 2013. 23 22 10 THIS COULD BE US Rae Sremmurd 21 9 STRANGE/RBC Meanwhile, David oard 200’s top 100. . Stations are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a 7 days 24 hours a day, monitored electronically top 100. . Stations are 200’s oard 26 24 0 MIKE WILL MADE-IT,MARZ (A.BROWN,K.U.BROWN,M.L.WILLIAMS,M.MIDDLEBROOKS) EARDRUMA/INTERSCOPE Guetta earns his first 22 23 LYFE JENNINGS Tree Of Lyfe 3 THE MATRIMONY Wale Featuring Usher RED ASSOCIATED LABELS Rhythmic chart-topper as 19 22 17 17 JAKE ONE,DJ KHALIL (O.AKINTIMEHIN,J.DUTTON,S.DEW) MAYBACH/ATLANTIC G-EAZY These Things Happen 55 “Hey Mama” (featuring Nicki G-EAZY/RVG/BPG BAD FOR YOU Meek Mill Featuring Nicki Minaj 23 2 280 Minaj, Bebe Rexha and BEN BILLION$ (R.R.WILLIAMS,O.T.MARAJ,B.DIEHL,H.GRUZMAN,J.LYELL,J.HAMILTON) MAYBACH/ATLANTIC The week’s most popular current R&B songs, rank most popular current The week’s LIL DURK Remember My Name 6 Afrojack) climbs 3-1 in its 0 25 DEF JAM HOW MANY TIMES DJ Khaled Feat. Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Big Sean 17 9 14th week. The song grows 20 26 0 DJ KHALED,LEE ON THE BEATS,B.KORN,OZ (K.M.KHALED,C.M.BROWN,D.CARTER,S.M.ANDERSON) WE THE BEST/RED ASSOCIATED LABELS by 6 percent in spins at the YOGA Janelle Monae & Jidenna 25 9 format during the tracking HOT R&B SONGS: R&B HOT N.WONDER,N.KWABENA TUFFUOR,JIDENNA (J.M.ROBINSON,J.MOBISSON,N.IRVIN III,N.KWABENA TUFFUOR,C.JOSEPH II,E.K.TANNIS,M.WILEY,R.IRVIN) WONDALAND/EPIC 29 75 0 HOT R&B SONGS™ week ending July 12, with le. ALRIGHT Kendrick Lamar 26 5 KUBE Seattle leading in P.L.WILLIAMS,SOUNWAVE (K.DUCKWORTH,P.L.WILLIAMS,M.SPEARS) TOP DAWG/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE R&B/Hip-Hop LAST THIS TITLE Artist WKS. ON WEEK WEEK CHART plays (128). The DJ has COFFEE Miguel IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL 32 26 10 posted 14 tracks on the list 29 0 MIGUEL (M.J.PIMENTEL,B.DAVIS) BYSTORM/BLACK ICE/RCA #1 2 WKS CAN’T FEEL MY FACE The Weeknd 3 during his six-year charting months old or older than 18 months but still residing in the Billb months old or older than 18 but still residing XO/REPUBLIC LORD KNOWS Meek Mill 28 2 0 0 history, with “Mama” PLAY PICASSO,TORY LANEZ (R.R.WILLIAMS,D.GONZALEZ,D.PETERSON) MAYBACH/ATLANTIC THE HILLS The Weeknd 7 XO/REPUBLIC becoming his fifth top 10

2015 00 JUMP OUT THE FACE Meek Mill Featuring Future 29 2 when it reached No. 8 on L.WAYNE,J.LUELLEN (R.R.WILLIAMS,L.WAYNE,J.H.LUELLEN,N.WILBURN CASH) MAYBACH/ATLANTIC EARNED IT (FIFTY SHADES OF GREY) The Weeknd 3 3 29 July 25 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS/REPUBLIC the June 8 chart.

28 HOOD GO CRAZY Tech N9Ne Featuring 2 Chainz & B.o.B 27 11 On R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, 30 0 N4 (A.D.YATES,T.EPPS,B.R.SIMMONS, JR.,C.MONTGOMERY III,N.LUSCOMBE,F.VAN WORKUM) STRANGE POST TO BE Omarion Feat. Chris Brown & Jhene Aiko 33 MAYBACH/ATLANTIC Rihanna notches her fourth sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data by online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music. Songs are tracked activity data by online music sources sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming 0 4 PULLIN UP Meek Mill Featuring The Weeknd 31 2 BEN BILLION$,DANNYBOYSTYLES,C.MONTAGNESE (R.R.WILLIAMS,A.TESFAYE,B.DIEHL,C.MONTAGNESE,D.SCHOFIELD) MAYBACH/ATLANTIC B**** BETTER HAVE MY MONEY Rihanna No. 1 as “Bitch Better Have 16 0 5 WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION My Money” rises 2-1. The ONE MAN CAN CHANGE THE WORLD Big Sean Feat. Kanye West & John Legend 32 8 CLASSIC MAN 34 38 0 A.JOHNSON (S.M.ANDERSON,A.JOHNSON,K.O.WEST,JOHN LEGEND,M.G.DEAN,D.MCFARLANE,W.L.ROBERTS II) G.O.O.D./DEF JAM Jidenna Feat. Roman GianArthur 16 track took 16 weeks to WONDALAND/EPIC 00 reach the peak, marking NOTHING BUT TROUBLE Lil Wayne & Charlie Puth 33 2 SLOW MOTION Trey Songz 7 7 25 the singer’s longest trip to COOK CLASSICS,C.PUTH (C.PUTH,D.CARTER) BIG BEAT/ATLANTIC SONGBOOK/ATLANTIC sen Music, Inc. © 2015, Prome r eserved. for complete rules and explanations. All rights See Charts on billboard.com/biz Legend the top. The song increases usic. Albums are defined as current if they are less than 18 if they are usic. defined as current Albums are NO SLEEEP Janet PLANES Jeremih Feat. J. Cole 18 35 0 18 3 24 to 29.2 million audience J.JACKSON,JIMMY JAM,T.S.LEWIS (J.JACKSON,J.S.HARRIS III,T.S.LEWIS) RHYTHM NATION/BMG 00 MICK SCHULTZ/DEF JAM YOGA Janelle Monae & Jidenna impressions, a 13 percent 36 40 COME GET HER Rae Sremmurd 35 13 13 MIKE WILL MADE-IT,A+ (A.BROWN,K.U.BROWN,M.L.WILLIAMS,A.HOGAN) EARDRUMA/INTERSCOPE 00 WONDALAND/EPIC hike. —Amaya Mendizabal Big Sean Feat. Chris Brown & Ty Dolla $ign COFFEE Miguel 10

The week’s most popular current R&B/hip-hop albums, ranked by sales data as compiled Nielsen Music. R&B/hip-hop albums, ranked most popular current The week’s 28 3 KEY WANE,J.J.HENRY (S.M.ANDERSON,D.M.WEIR II,J.M.JOHNSON,C.M.BROWN,T.GRIFFIN JR,T.GATLING,G.GRIFFIN,A.HALL III,E.T.RILEY) G.O.O.D./DEF JAM BYSTORM/BLACK ICE/RCA - 0 36 00 NO SLEEEP Janet 3 CHECK Meek Mill 37 2 RHYTHM NATION/BMG L.WAYNE,J.LUELLEN (R.R.WILLIAMS,L.WAYNE,J.H.LUELLEN) MAYBACH/ATLANTIC 13 0

radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, as measured audience impressions airplay radio 00 CHECK Young Thug LIQUOR Chris Brown 2 30 34 38 30 12 RCA LONDON ON DA TRACK (J.WILLIAMS,L.HOLMES) 300/ATLANTIC ED 0 MILLION Tink MY WAY Fetty Wap 9 TOP R&B/HIP-HOP ALBUMS: R&B/HIP-HOP TOP 31 33 39 31 3 MOSLEY/EPIC NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED) RGF/300 00

AROUND THE WORLD Natalie La Rose Feat. Fetty Wap 5 I KNOW Big Sean Featuring Jhene Aiko I.M.G./REPUBLIC 38 37 40 37 4 00 DJ MUSTARD,KEY WANE (S.M.ANDERSON,D.MCFARLANE,D.M.WEIR II,J.A.E. CHILOMBO) G.O.O.D./DEF JAM SHAME Tyrese 7 LIQUOR Chris Brown 41 2 00 VOLTRON RECORDZ/CAPITOL 46Q A.STITH,THE AQUARIUS (C.M.BROWN,A.STITH,O.SAMPSON) RCA SIMPLE THINGS Miguel 2

complete rules and explanations. © 2015, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Niel Global Media, LLC © 2015, Prometheus complete rules and explanations. BYSTORM/BLACK ICE/RCA 100 The Game Featuring Drake 42 2 00 CARDO ON THE BEAT,J.JULIANO (J.TAYLOR,S.BENTON,C.JONES,A.GRAHAM,J.E.JULIAN JR.,R.LATOUR,P.BRYSON) FIFTH ADMENDMENT/BLOOD MONEY/EONE L$D A$AP Rocky 7 /or sales activity for the first time. /or 20 17 MILLION Tink A$AP WORLDWIDE/POLO GROUNDS/RCA 43El2 41 6 0 TIMBALAND,C.GOBEY (T.V.MOSLEY,T.HOME,J.D.WASHINGTON,M.ELLIOTT) MOSLEY/EPIC ALL HANDS ON DECK Feat. Iggy Azalea 18 18 19 RCA HOT SNOT 0 FINNA GET LOOSE Puff Daddy & The Family Feat. Pharrell Williams

The week’s most popular current R&B/hip-hop songs, ranked by R&B/hip-hop songs, ranked most popular current The week’s 44 1 DEBUT NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED) BAD BOY/INTERSCOPE 19 19 Jamie Foxx Feat. Chris Brown 16 JB ENTERTAINMENT/RCA REENTRY PHENOMENAL Eminem 14 4 0 EMINEM (M.MATHERS III,L.E.RESTO,M.RESTO) SHADY/INTERSCOPE HERE Alessia Cara 6 RE 0 EP ENTERTAINMENT/DEF JAM AROUND THE WORLD Natalie La Rose Feat. Fetty Wap 46 1 NEW 0 MAX MARTIN,MAG,ILYA (M.D,BORRERO,I.SALMANZADEH,MAX MARTIN,S.KOTECHA,R.B. GORANSSON,J.FRANKS,W.MAXWELL) I.M.G./REPUBLIC CHA CHA D.R.A.M. 3

00 #1EPICCHECK/EMPIRE RECORDINGS HOT R&B/HIP-HOP SONGS: HOT or songs receiving widespread airplay and airplay widespread or songs receiving Nielsen Music, sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data by online music sources tracked by Nielsen M tracked Nielsen Music, activity data by online music sources sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming week. for See Charts on billboard.com/biz Legend NEW I GOT THE JUICE Meek Mill 47 1 0 CARDO ON THE BEAT,YUNG EXCLUSIVE (R.R.WILLIAMS,R.LATOUR,D.JACKSON) MAYBACH/ATLANTIC PARADISE Jeremih 5

00 MICK SCHULTZ/DEF JAM FLICKA DA WRIST Chedda Da Connect 29 16 MORNING SUN Robin Thicke 33 45 48 FRED ON EM (F.J.FISHER JR.,C.MILBURN) LMG/EONE 1 NEW 0 STAR TRAK/INTERSCOPE KING KUNTA Kendrick Lamar 20 17 FOOL’S GOLD Jill Scott 44 48 49 SOUNWAVE (K.DUCKWORTH,M.SPEARS,J.M.BURNS,M.J.JACKSON,A.A.LEWIS,S.GORDY,J.BROWN,F.WESLEY,J.STARK) TOP DAWG/AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE 6 25 0 BLUES BABE/ATLANTIC HARD TO DO K. Michelle NEW SHAME Tyrese 50 1 7 0 NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED) VOLTRON RECORDZ/CAPITOL ATLANTIC

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2 WKS. LAST THIS TITLE CERTIFICATION Artist PEAK WKS. ON LAST THIS ARTIST CERTIFICATION Title WKS. ON AGO WEEK WEEK PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL POS. CHART WEEK WEEK IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL CHART INN #1 BANDA EL RECODO DE CRUZ LIZARRAGA #1 EL PERDON Nicky Jam & Enrique Iglesias 2 WKS Mi Vicio... 2 1 19 WKS DG SAGA WHITEBLACK (N.RIVERA CAMINERO,SAGA WHITEBLACK,J.D.MEDINA VELEZ) LA INDUSTRIA/SONY MUSIC LATIN 123 GG FONOVISA/UMLE 0 00 PROPUESTA INDECENTE MANA ¢ Cama Incendiada 12 2 2 2 1103 2 0 WARNER LATINA A.SANTOS (A.SANTOS) SONY MUSIC LATIN ROMEO SANTOS @ Formula: Vol. 2 72 LA GOZADERA Gente de Zona Featuring Marc Anthony 311 SONY MUSIC LATIN 5 5 0 MOTIFF,S.GEORGE (A.DELGADO HERNANDEZ,R. M.MARTINEZ AMEY,A.GONZALEZ ARROYO) /SONY MUSIC LATIN

GERARDO ORTIZ Hoy Mas Fuerte 8 FANATICA SENSUAL 5 4 BAD SIN/DEL/SONY MUSIC LATIN 3 3 4 328 HAZE,D.DURAN (O.J.VALLE VEGA,E.F.VAZQUEZ,E.ROSA CINTRON,D.DURAN) PINA/SONY MUSIC LATIN DON OMAR Last Don II 4 HILITO Romeo Santos 3 5 MACHETE/UMLE 6 6 5 430 Banda El A.SANTOS,I.CHEVERE (A.SANTOS) SONY MUSIC LATIN JUAN GABRIEL Mis Numero 1... 40 Aniversario 49 EL AMOR DE SU VIDA Julion Alvarez y Su Norteno Banda -0 SONY MUSIC LATIN 4 4 6 418 Recodo J.ALVAREZ (J.BAHUMAE) FONOVISA/UMLE JUAN GABRIEL ¢ Los Duo 22 70 FONOVISA/UMLE TE METISTE Ariel Camacho y Los Plebes del Rancho 720 8 7 J.GONZALEZ (S.MERCADO) DEL Latin 0 Rises CHIQUIS RIVERA Ahora 6 SWEET SOUND/T6H/SONY MUSIC LATIN MALDITAS GANAS El Komander 716 0 Veteran Mexican group 7 11 SG A.VALENZUELA (A.RIOS) TWIINS 0 JULION ALVAREZ Y SU NORTENO BANDA ) Aferrado 16 11 0 FONOVISA/UMLE Banda el Recodo de Cruz MI VICIO MAS GRANDE Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizarraga 11 AG 911 Lizarraga scores its 14th 10 0 MI A.LIZARRAGA,J.LIZARRAGA (L.L.DIAZ,J.INZUNZA FAVELA) FONOVISA/UMLE MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS 15 Inolvidables 35 10 0 FONOVISA/UMLE No. 1 on Regional Mexican

2015 SIGUEME Y TE SIGO Daddy Yankee 9 8 10 618 Airplay, stepping 2-1 with CHRIS JEDAY (R.L.AYALA RODRIGUEZ,C.E.ORTIZ RIVERA,C.E.ORTIZ REVERA) CAPITOL LATIN/EL CARTEL/UMLE CHARLIE APONTE Una Nueva Historia 6 8 11 TOP STOP/SONY MUSIC LATIN July 25 “Mi Vicio Mas Grande.” The PIERDO LA CABEZA Zion & Lennox 924 12 0 11 DJ URBA,ROME (F.G.ORTIZ TORRES,G.E.PIZARRO,G.A.CRUZ-PADILLA,Y.DAMAS,M.CEDENO URBANI,L.J.ROMERO) BABY CALIBRE 50 Lo Mejor de chart-topping lift maintains 12 12 23 DISA/UMLE the band’s stance as the act

12 ME SOBRABAS TU Banda Los Recoditos 10 23 10 12 A.LIZARRAGA (L.L.DIAZ,J.A.INZUNZA FABELA) DISA/UMLE VARIOUS ARTISTS 20 Corridos Bien Perrones 49 with the third-most No. 1s 0 13 FONOVISA/UMLE on the list, led by Conjunto PERDIDO EN TUS OJOS Don Omar Featuring Natti Natasha VARIOUS ARTISTS 14 13 13 16 Las Bandas Romanticas de America 2015 25 Primavera and Intocable DON OMAR (W.O.LANDRON RIVERA,N.GUTIERREZ,C.E.ORTIZ REVERA,C.E.ORTIZ RIVERA) MACHETE/UMLE 14 14 FONOVISA/UMLE (16 each). Meanwhile, LA MORDIDITA Featuring Yotuel 17 15 14 14 8 LABERINTO Personalidad 5 Y.ROMERO,A.RAYO GIBO (P.CAPO,J.GOMEZ,Y.ROMERO,B.LUENGO,R.MARTIN) SONY MUSIC LATIN MUSART/SONY MUSIC LATIN newly released album Mi

e,5 most popular current The week’s SOLITA Prince Royce Vicio Mas Grande stays at 16 14 15 13 16 ANA GABRIEL Mi Regalo, Mis Numero 1... 8 G.R.ROJAS,E.DAVILA JR.,D.LORA (G.R.ROJAS,D.LORA,Y.M.THEN JAQUEZ) SONY MUSIC LATIN 00 SONY MUSIC LATIN No. 1 on Top Latin Albums, following its crowning + Feat. Daddy Yankee ENRIQUE IGLESIAS @ 69 13 16 16 522 16 17 REPUBLIC/UMLE LOS LEGENDARIOS (J.L.MORERA LUNA,C.VIVES,A.CASTRO,R.L.AYALA RODRIGUEZ) SONY MUSIC LATIN debut on the July 18 chart. widespread eleased titles, or songs receiving TROPICAL AIRPLAY: TROPICAL AIRPLAY: CONTIGO Calibre 50 SELENA Lo Mejor de... 15 The set became the group’s 18 17 17 524 19 0 CAPITOL LATIN/UMLE J.TIRADO CASTANEDA (E.MUNOZ,J.L.ROMA) DISA/UMLE first to top the list since MI VERDAD Mana Featuring Shakira JOAN SEBASTIAN Personalidad 7 2002, out of its total 34 19 19 18 122 MUSART/SONY MUSIC LATIN G.NORIEGA,F.OLVERA (F.OLVERA,G.NORIEGA) WARNER LATINA 0 0 charting sets. ARIEL CAMACHO Y LOS PLEBES DEL RANCHO El Karma A LO MEJOR Banda Sinaloense MS de Sergio Lizarraga 27 On Tropical Airplay, India 15 15 18 0 0 DEL/SONY MUSIC LATIN 20 Q S.LIZARRAGA (I.CHAVEZ ESPINOZA) REMEX becomes the female artist HOT EL KOMANDER Detras del Miedo newly-r if they are ed as current SHOT 1 with the most No. 1s as DUELE EL AMOR Tony Dize 18 8 DEBUT TWIINS 22 0 20 E.SEMPER,X.SEMPER,TAINY,V.V.MOORE,I.RODRIGUEZ,P.L.ARCAY,EL NASI,K.PALENCIA,J.C.LOSADA (R.PINA,E.SEMPER,X.SEMPER,E.J.RODRIGUEZ) PINA/SONY MUSIC LATIN “Ahora Que Te Vas” hops MARC ANTHONY @ 3.0 87 21 0 SONY MUSIC LATIN Gerardo Ortiz 4-1 (up 35 percent in spins, and Nielsen Music, Inc.dia, LLC All rights reserved. 21 17 10 0 0 G.ORITZ (G.ORTIZ) BAD SIN/DEL/SONY MUSIC LATIN according to Nielsen RICKY MARTIN ¢ A Quien Quiera Escuchar 22 25 SONY MUSIC LATIN ME VOY ENAMORANDO Chino & Nacho Featuring Farruko 20 13 Music), logging the singer 20 0 0 MOTIFF (J.A.MIRANDA PEREZ,M.I.MENDOZA DONATTI,G.MARIN ESPOINOZA,S.PRIMERA,C.E.REYES-ROSADO) MACHETE/UMLE top 100. in the Billboard 200’s months but still residing INTOCABLE XX: 20 Aniversario 24 her eighth chart-topper. 24 0 GOOD I/UMLE EL TAXI Pitbull Featuring Sensato & Osmani Garcia 23 12 The rise breaks the salsa 23 0 0 DJ CHINO,J.GOMEZ MARTINEZ (E.BONNER,J.TAYLOR,S.DUNBAR,L.WILLIS,A.C.PEREZ,J.C.GARCIA,O.GARCIA,W.A.REYNA,J.GOMEZ MARTINEZ) FAMOUS ARTIST/MR. 305/SONY MUSIC LATIN JOAN SEBASTIAN Lo Esencial de Joan Sebastian: Sentimental 7 star out of a tie with Gloria 0 25 MUSART/SONY MUSIC LATIN PIENSALO Banda Sinaloense MS de Sergio Lizarraga 24 2 Estefan for the most No. 1s - m© S.LIZARRAGA,BANDA SINALOENSA MS (H.PALENCIA CISNEROS) REMEX among women. “Ahora” is BACK IT UP Prince Royce Feat. Jennifer Lopez & Pitbull 23 6 from India’s Intensamente 27 ILYA (S.KOTECHA,I.SALMANZADEH,A.C.PEREZ,G.R.ROJAS) RCA/SONY MUSIC LATIN 0© TROPICAL AIRPLAY™ con Canciones de Juan CUAL ADIOS Banda Clave Nueva de Max Peraza 25 8 Gabriel, a collection of Juan R.VERDUZCO (FATO) TALENT MUSIC GROUP/FONOVISA/UMLE 34 0 26 LAST THIS TITLE Artist WKS. ON Gabriel’s hits revamped as WEEK WEEK IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL CHART 24 28 Tito “El Bambino” El Parton Feat. Zion & Lennox 20 9 salsa tracks. 0 TITO EL BAMBINO,L.BERRIOS NIEVES (TITO “EL BAMBINO”,L.BERRIOS NIEVES) ON FIRE/SIENTE/UMLE #1 AHORA QUE TE VAS India Lastly, Daddy Yankee less than 18 months old or older if they are 1 WK G G 6 AUNQUE AHORA ESTES CON EL Calibre 50 TOP STOP 33 28 4 re-enters the Social 50 30 0 J.TIRADO CASTANEDA (J.E.MURGUIA PEDRAZA,M.L.ARRIAGA) DISA/UMLE a2 MI CALENDARIO Hector Acosta “El Torito” 10 chart at No. 48, following LA PRISION Mana D.A.M. 30 29 0 29 7 the launch of his European F.OLVERA (F.OLVERA,G.NORIEGA) WARNER LATINA LA GOZADERA Gente de Zona Feat. Marc Anthony 8 MAGNUS/SONY MUSIC LATIN tour (July 8) and the CONFESION La Arrolladora Banda el Limon de Rene Camacho 00 28 28 7 announcement of his 32 0 F.CAMACHO TIRADO (D.SIERRA) DISA/UMLE DIFICIL Jorge Villamizar Feat. Oscar D’Leon, Descemer Bueno & MoLa 12 0 4 TOP STOP upcoming concert at BONITO Y BELLO La Septima Banda de Guamuchil Sinaloa 19 15 26 27 31 L.LUNA DIAZ (O.TARAZON,J.P.ZAZUETA,K.CERVANTES) FONOVISA/UMLE BAJO, PIANO & BONGO Madison Square Garden 3 5 Ismael Miranda Feat. Bobby Valent√≠n, Richie Ray & Roberto Roena 12 IM/KIYAVI/SONY MUSIC LATIN in New York (Sept. 19). BAJITO Featuring Ky-Mani Marley 41 32 10 AQUI NADIE TOCA The reggaeton artist last by Nielsen Music. defin Songs are tracked activity data by online music sources data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming 40 0 MAFFIO (J.CANELA,K.MARLEY,C.A.PERALTA,O.E.HERNANDEZ VILLEGAS) UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO/UMLE Featuring Mozart La Para 7 00 PRINCE RECORDS/RM53 headlined the venue in CALENTURA Yandel 28 10 29 37 0 HAZE (L.VEGUILLA MALAVE,E.ROSA CINTRON,G.L.CINTRON,A.D.CINTRON) SONY MUSIC LATIN COMO DUELE EL SILENCIO Leslie Grace 6 2005. Following an influx SONY MUSIC LATIN 00 of Instagram posts about BAILALO Tomas The Latin Boy 32 31 4 BAILALO Tomas The Latin Boy 21 31 0 LUNY TUNES (M.RIVERA,H.MORENO,H.RAHMAN,A.BUTTINGTON,A.COLOSSI,F.SALDANA,T.RIVERO ROMAN) LATINA 150498 the forthcoming events, Global Me © 2015, Prometheus for complete rules and explanations. See Charts on billboard.com/biz Legend week. a days 7 day, a 0 8 LATINA 150498 reactions spiked 27 percent 44 36 MUCHACHITA LINDA 440 35 3 POR SI NO TE VUELVO A VER Rolf Sanchez 20 0 J.L.GUERRA SEIJAS (J.L.GUERRA SEIJAS) CAPITOL LATIN/UMLE 0 9 LATIN PULSE (to 1.8 million), helping his PIERDO LA CABEZA Zion & Lennox return to the chart. 34 UNAS HELADAS Grupo Maximo Grado 34 4 10 20 38 0 C.FELIX (C.FELIX) AFINARTE/SONY MUSIC LATIN 0 BABY —Amaya Mendizabal

HOMBRE LIBRE La Adictiva Banda San Jose de Mesillas EL PERDON Nicky Jam & Enrique Iglesias 20 35 38 35 14 0 11 LA INDUSTRIA/SONY MUSIC LATIN 0 A.VALDES (B.F.PACHECO ACOSTA) ANVAL/SONY MUSIC LATIN

IMAGINANDOTE Reykon Featuring Daddy Yankee 12 MENEO Fito Blanko 9 25 33 38 25 9 0 FAMOUS ARTIST/MR. 305 CHRIS JEDAY,DADDY YANKEE,REYKON (C.E.ORTIZ REVERA,J.A.A.TORRES-ABREU CASTRO,C.E.ORTIZ RIVERA,R.L.AYALA RODRIGUEZ) WARNER LATINA

QUE COSAS TIENE EL AMOR Anthony Santos & Prince Royce 13 NO ME LLAMAS Gocho “El Lapiz de Platino” 7 13 ANTHONY SANTOS/TOP 36 35 39 J.P.MORALES PEREZ (O.J.CEPEDA MATOS,J.A.A.TORRES-ABREU CASTRO,J.J.SANTANA LUGO,X.MONTALVO VEGA,J.P.MORALES PEREZ,S.RAMIREZ LOPEZ) MELODIAS DE ORO 35 5

by Nielsen Music, as measured sales audience impressions airplay radio ME HACE BIEN Arcangel 4 NOCHE Y DE DIA Enrique Iglesias Feat. Yandel & Juan Magan PINA 31 39 40 C.PAUCAR (C.RAMOS LOPEZ,E.M.IGLESIAS,W.O.LANDRON RIVERA,R.CASILLAS) REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO/UMLE 27 20

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EL PAPEL CAMBIO El Komander GANDA 24 hours monitored ed by Nielsen Music. electronically Stations are 40 41 41 34 11 0 15 A.VALENZUELA (C.VEGA) TWIINS MI LUGAR ES CONTIGO Karlos Rose 13 16 16 MACHETE/UMLE VETE ACOSTUMBRANDO Larry Hernandez 33 7 39 45 0 L.HERNANDEZ (C.BRIBIESCA) SODIN/FONOVISA/UMLE

ALBUMS: LATIN TOP MUEVELO Juan Esteban 4 HART/MINAYA/R7/CROSSOVER 45 44 43 DEBAJO DEL SOMBRERO Leandro Rios Feat. Pancho Uresti 43 3 00 G.CHAVEZ MORENO (M.A.CONTERO RODRIGUEZ) REMEX COMO ANTES Tito “El Bambino” El Parton Feat. Zion & Lennox 15 20 0 ON FIRE/SIENTE/UMLE

42 42 44 SI PUDIERA Zacarias Ferreira 40 5 Z.FERREIRA (R.F.RAMOS) SUNFLOWER 19 AGUA BENDITA Victor Manuelle 19 10 KIYAVI/SONY MUSIC LATIN EL QUESITO Omar Ruiz 37 43 45 28 15 by Latin songs, ranked most popular current The week’s G.ORITZ (O.A.RUIZ) BAD SIN DALE FRONTU Eloy Featuring Wisin 4 00 J&G 48 SUENA LA BANDA Los Tucanes de Tijuana Feat. Codigo FN 44 3 0 M.QUINTERO LARA (M.QUINTERO LARA) FONOVISA/UMLE DUELE EL AMOR Tony Dize 12 12 21 PINA tropical songs, ranked by radio airplay detections as measur airplay by radio songs, ranked tropical HOT LATIN SONGS: LATIN HOT BADDEST GIRL IN TOWN Pitbull Feat. & Wisin 47 2 sales activity for the first time. and/or airplay RE-ENTRY 0 M.MOUPONDO,A.COTOI (A.C.PEREZ,M.MOUPONDO,M.MOUPONDO,A.COTOI,J.L.MORERA LUNA,J.C.GARCIA,J.GOMEZ MARTINEZ) MR. 305/SONY MUSIC LATIN CUANDO TE VEO ChocQuibTown 11 22 22 PEERMUSIC/SONY MUSIC LATIN VOLVER A COMENZAR Marc Anthony 48 3 ME VOY ENAMORANDO 49 0 S.GEORGE (A.LUCIA) SONY MUSIC LATIN Chino & Nacho Feat. Farruko 17 21 23 MACHETE/UMLE

HOT SHOT CAJITA DE CARTON Intocable 0 49 1 LA PASTILLA Ilegales 3 DEBUT INTOCABLE (W.CASTILLO UTRIA) GOOD I/UMLE 0© DOTEL LA REVANCHA La Trakalosa de Monterrey NEW 50 1 23 25 MI RITMO BAILA Mary 6 G.CHAVEZ MORENO (M.CASTRO ORTEGA,J.R. BENITEZ) REMEX LEADER/CROSSOVER

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2 WKS. LAST THIS TITLE CERTIFICATION Artist PEAK WKS. ON LAST THIS ARTIST Title WKS. ON AGO WEEK WEEK POS. CHART WEEK WEEK CHART ASHLEY OSBORN MEN PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL #1 BROTHER NEEDTOBREATHE Featuring Gavin DeGraw #1 AUGUST BURNS RED Found In Far Away Places 9 WKS 130 2 WKS GG 2 110 E.CASH,D.TOZER,NEEDTOBREATHE (N.RINEHART,W.RINEHART,G.DEGRAW) ATLANTIC/WORD-CURB 0MI FEARLESS HOLY SPIRIT Francesca Battistelli 220 HILLSONG UNITED Empires 7 00 I.ESKELIN (B.TORWALT,K.TORWALT) FERVENT/WORD-CURB 20 HILLSONG/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG TOUCH THE SKY Hillsong UNITED 316 LAUREN DAIGLE How Can It Be 14 000 J.HOUSTON,M.G.CHISLETT (J.HOUSTON,D.THOMAS,M.G.CHISLETT) HILLSONG/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG 0 CENTRICITY/CAPITOL CMG OCEANS (WHERE FEET MAY FAIL) ¡ Hillsong UNITED 195 JEREMY CAMP I Will Follow 23 0 2 4 M.G.CHISLETT (M.CROCKER,J.HOUSTON,S.LIGTHELM) HILLSONG/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG 00 STOLEN PRIDE/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG FLAWLESS MercyMe 514 FOR KING & COUNTRY RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG. 43 B.GLOVER,D.GARCIA (B.MILLARD,M.SCHEUCHZER,N.COCHRAN,R.SHAFFER,B.GRAUL,S.J.OLDS,D.A.GARCIA,B.GLOVER) FAIR TRADE 000 00 FERVENT/WORD-CURB August SOUL ON FIRE Third Day 230 VARIOUS ARTISTS WOW Hits 2015 41 60 THE SOUND KIDS (B.BROWN,M.POWELL,T.ANDERSON,M.LEE,D.CARR,M.MAHER) ESSENTIAL/PLG 00 PROVIDENT/WORD-CURB/CAPITOL CMG Burns Red DROPS IN THE OCEAN Hawk Nelson 527 NEEDTOBREATHE Rivers In The Wasteland 65 C.WEDGEWORTH (J.STEINGARD,J.INGRAM,M.BRONLEEWE) FAIR TRADE 0 ATLANTIC/WORD-CURB 8 9 0 Burns 7 7 8 SHOULDERS for KING & COUNTRY 431 MERCYME Welcome To The New 66 TEDD T. (L.SMALLBONE,J.SMALLBONE,B.GLOVER,T.TJORNHOM) FERVENT/WORD-CURB 80 FAIR TRADE/PLG ¡ THIRD DAY Lead Us Back: Songs Of Worship Bright 9 8 9 SOMETHING IN THE WATER Carrie Underwood 141 19 M.BRIGHT (C.UNDERWOOD,C. DESTEFANO,BRETT JAMES) 19/ARISTA NASHVILLE/PLG 0 ESSENTIAL/PLG EVEN SO COME Passion Featuring Kristian Stanfill Anomaly Christian band 11 10 0 10 18 44 N.NOCKELS (C.TOMLIN,J.CATES,J.INGRAM) SIXSTEPS/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG 0. 0 REACH August Burns Red (above) FIRST Lauren Daigle FRANCESCA BATTISTELLI If We’re Honest notches a second week 16 11 7 12 0 64 14 0 P.MABURY,J.INGRAM (L.DAIGLE,P.MABURY,J.INGRAM,M.L.C.FIELDES,H.BENTLEY) CENTRICITY FERVENT/WORD-CURB at No. 1 on Top Christian AT THE CROSS (LOVE RAN RED) Chris Tomlin NF Mansion Albums with Found in 13 12 0 12 27 15 0 15 E.CASH (M.ARMSTRONG,E.CASH,C.TOMLIN,M.REDMAN,J.MYRIN) SIXSTEPS/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG CAPITOL CMG Far Away Places. The THROUGH CROWDER Neon Steeple 12 11 18 14 13 59 Pennsylvania group’s 11 0 D.GARCIA (B.GLOVER,M.REED) 19/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG SIXSTEPS/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG eighth studio album has WHO I AM Blanca HILLSONG UNITED Zion 14 13 14 12 26 124 sold 32,000 copies since S.MOSLEY (B.CALLAHAN,S.MOSLEY,M.L.C.FIELDES) WORD-CURB 0 14 HILLSONG/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG its release, according to 15 IMPOSSIBLE Building 429 13 13 BETHEL MUSIC We Will Not Be Shaken 25 15 0 C.BUTLER (J.ROY,C.BUTLER,C.BROWN) ESSENTIAL/PLG 17 0 BETHEL/PLG Nielsen Music. The set is

The week’s top-selling current gospel albums, top-selling current The week’s EXHALE Plumb MATT REDMAN Unbroken Praise: At Abbey Road Studios the band’s fourth No. 1 and 17 16 9 16 16 4 16 0 M.BRONLEEWE (T.A.LEE,M.ARMSTRONG,J.SILVERBERG) CURB SIXSTEPS/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG first in more than four years, THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW Josh Wilson CHRIS TOMLIN Love Ran Red following Leveler (2011), 19 17 0 17 13 37 B.GLOVER (J.WILSON,B.GLOVER) SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG 21 0 SIXSTEPS/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG Constellations (2009)

The week’s top-selling current Christian albums, ranked by sales data as Christian albums, ranked current top-selling The week’s SKY SPILLS OVER Michael W. Smith CASTING CROWNS Thrive and its first entry, The 25 18 11 18 18 77

TOP GOSPEL ALBUMS: TOP 18 0 C.STEVENS (M.W.SMITH,C.STEVENS,R.SMITH) MWS/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG BEACH STREET/REUNION/PLG Messengers (2007). Finding Favour CASTING CROWNS Glorious Day: Hymns Of Faith 23 19 11 11 19 19 On Top Gospel Albums, 19 0 C.BROWN (D.B.NEESMITH,S.TINNESZ,C.BROWN) GOTEE CRACKER BARREL/BEACH STREET/REUNION/PLG Richard Smallwood’s UNBELIEVABLE Owl City Featuring Hanson KARI JOBE Majestic - 20 2 19 20 68 Anthology: Live, with 20 0 NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED) REPUBLIC SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG

TOP CHRISTIAN ALBUMS: CHRISTIAN TOP Vision, likewise reigns for LIFT YOUR HEAD WEARY SINNER (CHAINS) Crowder KB Tomorrow We Live 26 21 4 Q21 12 21 0 C.PASCHALL,E.CASH,D.CROWDER (E.CASH,D.CROWDER,S.PHILPOTT) SIXSTEPS/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG REACH a second week, with 4,000 sold to date. Smallwood, 28 22Q I’LL KEEP ON NF Featuring Jeremiah Carlson 19 13 1 22 Live Forever 11 explanations. © 2015, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. Global Media, LLC All rights reserved. © 2015, Prometheus explanations. T.PROFITT (N.FEUERSTEIN,J.CARLSON,T.PROFITT) CAPITOL CMG SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG a veteran of Top Gospel THERE IS POWER Lincoln Brewster 23 8 25 0 BETHEL MUSIC You Make Me Brave: Live At The Civic 64 Albums since before the 2700 L.L.BREWSTER,C.WEDGEWORTH (L.L.BREWSTER,M.L.C.FIELDES) INTEGRITY BETHEL chart became a weekly 30 0 0 SAME POWER Jeremy Camp 24 3 Hope In Front Of Me 44 ranking more than 20 years S.MOSLEY (J.CAMP,J.INGRAM) STOLEN PRIDE/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG 00 BMG/PLG ago (in the March 18, 1995 MY EVERYTHING Owl City 22 5 PASSION Even So Come 17 issue), has tallied three 34QØ A.YOUNG (A.YOUNG) REPUBLIC SIXSTEPS/SPARROW/CAPITOL CMG 00 consecutive No. 1s: Before the new set, he (and Vision) led with Promises (2011) and HOT GOSPEL SONGS™ TOP GOSPEL ALBUMS™ Journey: Live in New York (2007). Smallwood collected 2 WKS. LAST THIS TITLE CERTIFICATION Artist PEAK WKS. ON LAST THIS ARTIST Title WKS. ON six chart entries between AGO WEEK WEEK PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL POS. CHART WEEK WEEK IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL CHART 1996 and 2003, including

See Charts Legend on billboard.com/biz for complete rules and See Charts on billboard.com/biz Legend #1 #1 RICHARD SMALLWOOD WITH VISION 2 WKS WORTH Anthony Brown & group therAPy 111 2 WKS Anthology: Live 2 two No. 3-peaking titles. A.BROWN,J.SAVAGE (A. BROWN) TYSCOT GG RCA INSPIRATION/RCA 0 Meanwhile, TobyMac’s

WAR Charles Jenkins & Fellowship Chicago 236 MARVIN SAPP You Shall Live 6 “Feel It” (featuring Mr. data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data by online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music. tracked activity data by online music sources data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming 00 C.JENKINS,R.EAST (C.JENKINS) INSPIRED PEOPLE 20 RCA INSPIRATION/RCA Talkbox) debuts at No. 33 I LUH GOD Erica Campbell Featuring Big Shizz VARIOUS ARTISTS WOW Gospel 2015 115 23 on Hot Christian Songs. 3 5 0 W.CAMPBELL,L.DANIELS (W.CAMPBELL,E.M.ATKINS-CAMPBELL,L.A.DANIELS) MY BLOCK/EONE 0 MOTOWN GOSPEL/WORD-CURB/RCA INSPIRATION/RCA FOR YOUR GLORY Tasha Cobbs DR. F. JAMES CLARK AND THE SHALOM CHURCH (CITY OF PEACE) MASS CHOIR Simply Amazing The track, from TobyMac’s 1 4 4 165 3 V.MITCHELL (M.BOOKER) MOTOWN GOSPEL 0 4 CITY OF PEACE sixth studio album This Is

es data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming activity data by online music sources tracked by Nielsen Music. tracked activity data by online music sources es data as compiled by Nielsen Music and streaming YES YOU CAN Marvin Sapp TAMELA MANN Best Days Not a Test (Aug. 7), bounds 322 6 5 129 0 5 A.W.LINDSEY (C.DIXSON,M.L.SAPP) RCA INSPIRATION TILLYMANN 39-23 in its second week THIS PLACE Tamela Mann 327 LONNIE HUNTER FEATURING STRUCTURE #GETITDONE 7 on , adding Christian/Gospel 4 6 6 06 M.BUTLER (D.W.BLAIR) TILLYMANN TYSCOT/TASEIS Greatest Gainer honors WORTH FIGHTING FOR Brian Courtney Wilson ERICA CAMPBELL Help 2.0 523 8 7 15 for its 240 percent surge A.W.LINDSEY (B.C.WILSON,A.LINES) MOTOWN GOSPEL MY BLOCK/EONE 7 7 0 to 2 million in audience. han 18 months but still residing in the Billboard 200’s top 100. in the Billboard 200’s han 18 months but still residing FILL ME UP Casey J TINA CAMPBELL It’s Personal 8 8 8 140 8 The singer-songwriter’s M.BOONE,C.CARTER (W.A.REAGAN) MARQUIS BOONE/TYSCOT 13 0 GEETREE LEE WILLIAMS AND THE SPIRITUAL QC’S last studio release, Eye 9 9 9 I AM Jason Nelson 339 Memphis Gospel: Live! 2 D.T.SOREY (J.NELSON,D.T.SOREY) RCA INSPIRATION 0 9 MCG/THE ORCHARD on It, debuted at No. 1 on 2015 Top Christian Albums on

radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, as measured sales audience impressions airplay radio I WILL TRUST Fred Hammond Feat. BreeAnn Hammond TASHA COBBS Grace (EP) 10 10 10 444 12 10 127 July 25 F.HAMMOND (F.HAMMOND,C.RODGERS,P.FEASTER) F HAMMOND/RCA INSPIRATION MOTOWN GOSPEL/CAPITOL CMG Sept. 15, 2012 (with 69,000 HOW AWESOME IS OUR GOD Israel & New Breed Feat. Yolanda Adams CASEY J The Truth sold) and spent 93 weeks 11 12 924 10 11 12 0 I.HOUGHTON (I.HOUGHTON,N.DIEDERICKS,M.HOUGHTON) RGM NEW BREED/RCA/RCA INSPIRATION MARQUIS BOONE/TYSCOT/TASEIS on the chart. —Jim Asker JAPAN MASS CHOIR 13 13 GOTTA HAVE YOU Jonathan McReynolds 12 15 Q12 Powerful: Living In His Body As One (EP) 2 0 W.CAMPBELL,P.MORTON (PJ MORTON,J.MCREYNOLDS,W.CAMPBELL) TEHILLAH/LIGHT LIFELINE

radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, as measured sal audience impressions airplay radio INTENTIONAL Travis Greene VARIOUS ARTISTS WOW Gospel 2014 15 15 13 10 13 76 0 T.GREENE,V.NAVEJAR (T.GREENE) RCA INSPIRATION 0 MOTOWN GOSPEL/WORD-CURB/RCA INSPIRATION/RCA MY WORDS HAVE POWER Karen Clark Sheard Feat. Donald Lawrence & The Co. VARIOUS ARTISTS Billboard #1 Gospel Hits 12 11 14 11 14 14 26 D.LAWRENCE (G.P.ROBINSON) KAREW/EONE 0 EONE DANCE 3 Winans Brothers FRED HAMMOND I Will Trust 16 16 13 19 15 34 0 D.WEATHERSPOON (B.WINANS,D.WEATHERSPOON) REGIMEN/BMG/EONE 0 F HAMMOND/RCA INSPIRATION/RCA CHARLES JENKINS & FELLOWSHIP CHICAGO 14 ALL THE GLORY Alexis Spight 14 14 16 Any Given Sunday 17 16 T.MALLOY,L.WILSON (T.MALLOY) UNCLE G INSPIRED PEOPLE/MOTOWN GOSPEL/CAPITOL CMG The week’s most popular current gospel songs, ranked by gospel songs, ranked most popular current The week’s 0 0 THANK YOU JESUS (THAT’S WHAT HE’S DONE) Kim Burrell VARIOUS ARTISTS Icon: Gospel Worship - 18 17 2 17 6 0 A.A.WARD (M.BUTLER,R.SEARIGHT) SHANACHIE 0 MOTOWN GOSPEL/CAPITOL CMG EVERYTHING COMING UP JESUS Livre 18 7 ASONE AsOne 3 GOSPEL SONGS: 20 14 18 20 0 M.WHITFIELD (C.JONES,L.SLOAN,A.HAMBRICK,M.SPENCE) GLORY 2 GLORY/MBK 360 MUSIC WORX/KORAH/CAPITOL CMG

HOT BRIAN COURTNEY WILSON The week’s most popular current Christian songs, ranked by Christian songs, ranked most popular current The week’s FILL ME UP Tasha Cobbs Worth Fighting For 21 21 811 19 19 19 0 V.MITCHELL (W.A.REAGAN) MOTOWN GOSPEL MOTOWN GOSPEL/CAPITOL CMG

19 22 SEND THE RAIN William McDowell 15 9 18 20 DERRICK DOC PEARSON No Greater Love 3 0 W.D.MCDOWELL,C.BOGAN III (W.D.MCDOWELL,W.MCMILLAN) DELIVERY ROOM/EONE I AM MUSIC

18 19 21 GRACE Ricky Dillard & New G 18 7 VARIOUS ARTISTS Icon: Gospel Icons 32 R.ROBINSON (R.DILLARD) LIGHT 0'O MOTOWN GOSPEL/CAPITOL CMG ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music. Albums are defined as current if they are less than 18 months old or older t if they are by sales data as compiled Nielsen Music. defined as current Albums are ranked compiled by Nielsen Music. HOT CHRISTIAN SONGS: CHRISTIAN HOT 24 23 JESUS SAVES Tasha Cobbs 39 3 WINANS BROTHERS Foreign Land 40 0 V.MITCHELL (T.COBBS) MOTOWN GOSPEL 0 22 REGIMEN/BMG/EONE

25 24 OVERFLOW Tasha Cobbs 11 4 TASHA PAGE-LOCKHART Here Right Now 26 0 V.MITCHELL (W.A.REAGAN) MOTOWN GOSPEL 81Q BET/FO YO SOUL/RCA

- 25 I’M GOOD Tim Bowman Jr. 24 2 Q24 THE RANCE ALLEN GROUP Celebrate 23 0 R.JERKINS (R.JERKINS,J.AUSTIN,T.BOWMAN, JR.,M.WINANS, JR.,L.WARE,A.ROSS) LIFESTYLE TYSCOT/TASEIS

NEW YOU ARE WORTHY J.J. Hairston & Youthful Praise 25 1 JASON NELSON Jesus Revealed 24 0 J.J.HAIRSTON,E.DAVIS (J.J.HAIRSTON,E.DAVIS) LIGHT 00 RCA INSPIRATION/RCA SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING & STREAMING SALES, AIRPLAY BY COMPILED DATA

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2 WKS. LAST THIS TITLE CERTIFICATION PEAK WKS. ON LAST THIS ARTIST CERTIFICATION WKS. ON Artist Title HENRIK KORPI AGO WEEK WEEK PRODUCER (SONGWRITER) IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL POS. CHART WEEK WEEK IMPRINT/DISTRIBUTING LABEL CHART

#1 WHERE ARE U NOW 0 Skrillex & Diplo With Justin Bieber #1 BASSNECTAR Into The Sun 2 2 WKS 120 2 WKS AMORPHOUS SKRILLEX,DIPLO (S.MOORE,T.W.PENTZ,J.BIEBER) MAD DECENT/OWSLA/ATLANTIC SKRILLEX & DIPLO Skrillex And Diplo Present Jack U HEY MAMA 0 David Guetta Feat. Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha & Afrojack 133 20 AG D.GUETTA,AFROJACK,G.H.TUINFORT,E.DEAN (D.GUETTA,G.H.TUINFORT,N.VAN DE WALL,E.DEAN,B.REXHA,S.DOUGLAS,O.T.MARAJ) WHAT A MUSIC/PARLOPHONE/ATLANTIC 0© MAD DECENT/OWSLA/AG

MAJOR LAZER Peace Is The Mission 6 LEAN ON Major Lazer & DJ Snake Featuring M0 3 3 MAD DECENT DG DJ SNAKE,DIPLO,P.MECKSEPER (K.M.ORSTED,W.S.E.GRIGAHCINE,T.W.PENTZ,P.MECKSEPER) MAD DECENT 219

CALVIN HARRIS Motion 36 YOU KNOW YOU LIKE IT DJ Snake & AlunaGeorge 230 FLY EYE/COLUMBIA 4 4 4 DJ SNAKE (A.DEWJI-FRANCIS,G.REID) INTERSCOPE 00

ZEDD True Colors 8 BEAUTIFUL NOW Zedd Featuring Jon Bellion 59 00 INTERSCOPE/IGA Galantis 0 ZEDD,ROCKMAFIA (A.ZASLAVSKI,T.JAMES,A.ARMATO,D.CHILD,D.JOST,J.BELLION) INTERSCOPE JAMIE XX In Colour 6 B**** I’M MADONNA Madonna Featuring Nicki Minaj 4 6 YOUNG TURKS 5 6 6 514 Completes MADONNA,DIPLO (M.CICCONE,T.W.PENTZ,A.RECHTSHAID,M. MCDONALD,T.GAD) LIVE NATION/INTERSCOPE ODESZA In Return 45 FOREIGN FAMILY COLLECTIVE/COUNTER WAVES ¡ Mr. Probz 152 00 Top 10 ‘Run’ 8 7 7 MR. PROBZ (D.P.STEHR,J.RAHMOUNI) LEFT LANE/ULTRA/RCA ALINA BARAZ & GALIMATIAS Urban Flora (EP) 8 OUTSIDE ¡ Calvin Harris Featuring Ellie Goulding 0 ULTRA Galantis (above) gallops 9 8 8 238 CALVIN HARRIS (CALVIN HARRIS,E.GOULDING) FLY EYE/COLUMBIA into the top 10 on Hot LINDSEY STIRLING Shatter Me 63 9 9 LINDSEYSTOMP FIVE MORE HOURS Deorro & Chris Brown Dance/Electronic Songs 7 9 9 619 DEORRO (E.ORROSQUIETA,J.RYAN,J.BUNETTA,C.M.BROWN) B1/PANDA FUNK/PRMD/ULTRA/RCA with “Runaway (U & I)” 10 DAVID GUETTA Listen 33 0 WHAT A MUSIC/PARLOPHONE/ATLANTIC/AG (12-10). The track from the RUNAWAY (U & I) Galantis 10 40 13 G GALANTIS,SVIDDEN (C.KARLSSON,C.DENNIS,A.RUNDBERG,L.EKLOW,J.KOITZSCH) BIG BEAT/ATLANTIC/RRP VIOLET CHACHKI Gagged (EP) o 11 2 Swedish duo (Linus Eklow 0 SIDECAR/PRODUCER ENTERTAINMENT GROUP I WANT YOU TO KNOW Zedd Featuring Selena Gomez and former Bloodshy & 10 10 11 121 ZEDD (A.ZASLAVSKI,R.B.TEDDER,K.N.DREW) INTERSCOPE GALANTIS Pharmacy 5 12 BIG BEAT/ATLANTIC/AG Avant member Christian WAITING FOR LOVE Avicii 11 8 Karlsson) rises with AVICII,S.A.FAKIR,V.PONTARE,MARTIN GARRIX (S.ALDRED,S.A.FAKIR,V.PONTARE,T.BERGLING,MARTIN GARRIX) PRMD/ISLAND/REPUBLIC TIESTO Club Life, Vol. 4: 8 12 00 14 MUSICAL FREEDOM/PM:AM/CASABLANCA/REPUBLIC 14,000 downloads sold, STOLE THE SHOW Kygo Featuring according to Nielsen 11 11 17 THOM YORKE Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes 13 0 14 2 KYGO (KYGO,A.PARSON,K.KELSO,M.HARWOOD,M.HARWOOD) ULTRA 0 UNSUSTAINABUBBLE Music. “Runaway,” which HOLD MY HAND Jess Glynne VARIOUS ARTISTS NOW That’s What I Call Party Anthems 2 debuted Oct. 25, 2014, , 14 15 15 0 0 ,J.PATTERSON (J.GLYNNE,J.PATTERSON,I.WROLDSEN,J.BENNETT) ATLANTIC 15 49 0 UNIVERSAL/SONY MUSIC/LEGACY reaches the top 10 in its DON’T LOOK DOWN Martin Garrix Featuring Usher PURITY RING Another Eternity 40th week, completing the 14 14 15 11 17 17 16 19 MARTIN GARRIX, (MARTIN GARRIX,BUSBEE,J.ABRAHART,U.RAYMOND IV) SPINNIN’/RCA 4AD longest trek to that level GIORGIO MORODER Deja Vu KING Years & Years 14 21 16 17 4 since the chart’s January 16 16 0 M.RALPH,YEARS & YEARS (O.ALEXANDER,E.TURKMEN,M.GOLDSWORTHY,M.RALPH,A.SMITH) POLYDOR/INTERSCOPE GIORGIO MORODER/RCA 2013 inception. It eclipses SYLVAN ESSO Sylvan Esso 61

SUMMERTHING! Afrojack Featuring Mike Taylor defined Songs are rts a national sample of club DJs. from 23 17 3 18 0 PARTISAN Disclosure’s “Latch” 29 G AFROJACK,GLADIUS (N.VAN DE WALL,J.WONG,M.TAYLOR) WALL/PM:AM/DEF JAM

(featuring Sam Smith), and Nielsen Music, Inc.ometheus Global Media, LLC All rights VARIOUS ARTISTS less than 18 months old or older if they are as current HEADLIGHTS Robin Schulz Featuring Ilsey Power Music: 55 Smash Hits!: Running Remixes 48 22 18 18 18 13 POWER MUSIC which entered the top 10 R.SCHULZ (A.SCHULLER,E.FREDERIC,I.JUBER,J.LONDON,J.RYAN,R.SCHULZ,T.PEYTON) TONSPIEL/ATLANTIC/RRP 00

FKA TWIGS LP1 in its 33rd frame (April 26, Lost Frequencies 20 47 20 19 24 0 YOUNG TURKS 2014). 20 0 FELIX DE LAET (T.L.JAMES,T.MCBRIDE,S.MCANALLY) ARMADA/ULTRA HARDWELL Also on Hot Dance/ 23 21 Hardwell Presents Revealed, Volume 6 4 ROSES The Chainsmokers Featuring REVEALED/CLOUD 9 28 20 4 Electronic Songs, the Hot 21 0 THE CHAINSMOKERS (A.TAGGART,E.MANCEL) DISRUPTOR RE STEVE AOKI Neon Future.II 6 Shot Debut belongs to the SECRETS Tiesto & KSHMR Featuring Vassy 0 DIM MAK/ULTRA 19 19 0 TIESTO,KSHMR (T.M.VERWEST,N.HOLLOWELL-DHAR,P.BENTLEY,V.KARAGIORGOS) MUSICAL FREEDOM/PM:AM/CASABLANCA/REPUBLIC 15 14 team of Yogi, Skrillex, Bones 19 23 SON LUX 3 Pusha T, Moody Good TONIGHT BELONGS TO U! Jeremih Featuring Flo Rida GLASSNOTE 17 17 22 14 12 and Trollphace with M.SCHULTZ (J.P.FELTON,M.SCHULTZ,T.DILLARD) MICK SCHULTZ/DEF JAM VARIOUS ARTISTS WOW Hits Party Mix: Remixed 24 15 “Burial” (No. 23). Skrillex BURIAL Yogi, Skrillex, Pusha T, Moody Good & Trollphace 0 PROVIDENT/CAPITOL CMG/WORD-CURB/WARNER BROS. YOGI,SKRILLEX,MOODY GOOD,TROLLPHACE (S.MOORE,Y.TULSIANI,T.THORNTON,A.THIIK,C.NICOLAIDES,D.BLAKE) OWSLA 23 1 scores his 22nd entry on ALESSO Forever 7 25 REFUNE/DEF JAM the chart, extending his I LOVE IT WHEN YOU CRY (MOXOKI) Steve Aoki & Moxie Raia 0 © 2015, Pr for complete rules and explanations. oard.com/biz SG S.AOKI (L.RAIA,F.WEXLER,J.EVIGAN,W.A.HECTOR,D.KUNCIO,A.BISNOW,S.HIROYUKI AOKI,D.FARBER) DIM MAK/ULTRA 22 15 lead for the most of any act;

David Guetta follows with SUN IS SHINING & Ingrosso 21 19 4 25 0 S.INGROSSO,AXWELL (S.INGROSSO,AXWELL,V.PONTARE,S.A.FAKIR) AXWELL/REFUNE/DEF JAM 18. “Burial,” sporting sales DANCE/ELECTRONIC DIGITAL SONGS™ of 12,000, also debuts on AIN’T NOBODY (LOVES ME BETTER) Felix Jaehn Feat. Jasmine Thompson 29 26 0 26 9 Dance/Electronic Digital F.JAEHN (D.J.WOLINSKI) L’AGENTUR/CASABLANCA/REPUBLIC LAST THIS TITLE Artist WKS. ON WEEK WEEK CHART Songs at No. 9. PEANUT BUTTER JELLY Galantis 18 12 IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL 18 01 27 GALANTIS,SVIDDEN (A.E.BELL,P.L.HURTT,C.KARLSSON,L.EKLOW,M.SORBARA,H.JONBACK,J.KOITZSCH) BIG BEAT/ATLANTIC Shuffling over to Dance #1 LEAN ON 2 WKS Major Lazer & DJ Snake Feat. M0 19 MAD DECENT Club Songs, L’ Tric, the 27 ANOTHER YOU Armin van Buuren Featuring Mr. Probz 21 11 28 0 A.VAN BURREN,B.DO GOEIJ (A.VAN BUUREN,B.DE GOEIJ,D.P.STEHR,N.GEUSEBROEK) ARMIN/ARMADA Australian DJ duo of Ivan WHERE ARE U NOW Skrillex & Diplo With Justin Bieber 20 MAD DECENT/OWSLA/AG Gough and Andy Jaimes, 30 INTOXICATED Martin Solveig & GTA 27 19 010 0 0 MARTIN SOLVEIG,M.VAN TOTH,J.MEJIA (M.PICANDET,M.VON TOTH,J.MEJIA) SPINNIN’ DEEP/SPINNIN’ HEY MAMA hits No. 1 with its first chart David Guetta Feat. Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha & Afrojack 26 WHAT A MUSIC/PARLOPHONE/ATLANTIC/AG single, “This Feeling” (2-1). HOLDING ON Disclosure Featuring Gregory Porter 0 by Nielsen Music and repo sic, tracked sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music, activity data by online music sources streaming 42 26 7 0 NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED) METHOD/PMR/CAPITOL YOU KNOW YOU LIKE IT 4 DJ Snake & AlunaGeorge 24 Gough previously reached 4 INTERSCOPE/IGA No. 10 on Dance/Electronic by sales data as compiled Nielsen Music. defined Albums are albums, ranked dance/electronic most popular current The week’s 37 DEJA VU Giorgio Moroder Featuring Sia 25 8 10 G.MORODER,SMIDI (G.MORODER,S.K.I.FURLER) GIORGIO MORODER/RCA BEAUTIFUL NOW Zedd Feat. Jon Bellion 9 Digital Songs in 2012 INTERSCOPE/IGA

Dance/Electronic 00 with “In My Mind,” with INTO THE SUN Bassnectar 32 2 L.G.ASHTON (L.G.ASHTON) AMORPHOUS HOLD MY HAND Jess Glynne 9 - 0 00 ATLANTIC/AG (and featuring DESSERT Dawin 33 6 ), which drew DAWIN (D.POLANCO) CASABLANCA/REPUBLIC RUNAWAY (U & I) Galantis 39 0 80 BIG BEAT/AG buzz for its Axwell remix.

25 25 THIS FEELING L’Tric Remixes from DEVolution, 40 33 5 6 GET LOW Dillon Francis & DJ Snake 68 33 0 I.GOUGH,A.RAMANAUSKAS (I.GOUGH,A..RAMANAUSKUS,S.EDWARDS) NEON/VIRGIN/CAPITOL 8 WEDGEWOOD/DJ SNAKE/MAD DECENT/COLUMBIA 2015

Fabrikate and Kryder, ALBUMS: DANCE/ELECTRONIC TOP TO U Skrillex & Diplo Featuring AlunaGeorge BURIAL among others, helped L’Tric 35 32 35 28 20 Yogi, Skrillex, Pusha T, Moody Good & Trollphace 1

July NEW 0 SKRILLEX,DIPLO (S.MOORE,T.W.PENTZ,A.DEWJI-FRANCIS,G.REID) MAD DECENT/OWSLA/ATLANTIC OWSLA travel to the top of Dance BE TOGETHER Major Lazer Featuring Wild Belle 30 6 FIVE MORE HOURS Deorro & Chris Brown 19 Club Songs. 43 44 0 B1/PANDA FUNK/PRMD/ULTRA/RCA DIPLO,A.SWANSON (T.W.PENTZ,WILD BELLE,A.SWANSON) MAD DECENT 0 0 —Gordon Murray

LET YOU GO The Chainsmokers Feat. Great Good Fine OK 27 16 DJ Snake & 82 by Nielsen Mu as measured audience impressions airplay ed by radio 31 36 37 0 it COLUMBIA by sales data as compiled Nielsen Music. See Charts on billb songs, ranked Legend top-downloaded dance/electronic The week’s THE CHAINSMOKERS (A.TAGGART,J.SANDLER,L.MOELLMAN) DIM MAK/REPUBLIC BRUK BRUK (I NEED YOUR LOVIN) Dillon Francis FIRESTONE Kygo Feat. Conrad 30 - 38 2 ULTRA/RCA 47 0 D.H.FRANCIS (D.H.FRANCIS) MAD DECENT/COLUMBIA 0© Major Lazer Feat. Ellie Goulding & Tarrus Riley OUTSIDE Calvin Harris Feat. Ellie Goulding 38 33 34 39 POWERFUL 21 6 FLY EYE/COLUMBIA DIPLO,PICARD BROTHERS (T.W.PENTZ,M.PICARD,C.PICARD,O.RILEY,I.JUBER,F.HALL,E.GOULDING) MAD DECENT 0© STOLE THE SHOW Kygo Feat. Parson James 16 ALL MY LOVE Major Lazer Feat. Ariana Grande & Michel Montano 14 0 ULTRA 39 37 40 DIPLO,BOAZ VAN DE BEATZ,BLENDER (T.W.PENTZ,E.Y.O’CONNOR,K.M.ORSTED,P.MECKSEPER,B.DE JONG,A.GRANDE,M.MONTANO,G.DOYLE) MAD DECENT 15 16

CLOSER Nine Inch Nails 26 NIN/UME

ALL WE NEED ODESZA Featuring Shy Girls SONGS: DIGITAL DANCE/ELECTRONIC 34 38 41 29 18 0 /5 sales activity for the first time. and/or airplay eiving widespread ODESZA (G.MILLS,C.J.KNIGHT,D.J.VIDMAR) FOREIGN FAMILY COLLECTIVE/COUNTER RATHER BE Clean Bandit Feat. Jess Glynne 16 16 70 SHOW ME LOVE Sam Feldt Featuring Kimberly Anne 42 6 ATLANTIC/AG S.FELDT (A.GEORGE,F.MCFARLANE) SPINNIN’/POLYDOR/4TH & BROADWAY/ISLAND/REPUBLIC ao TITANIUM David Guetta Feat. Sia 186 WHAT A MUSIC/PARLOPHONE/WARNER BROS. IT’S ME TryHardNinja 31 16 0 17 38 41 43 P.LITVIN (TRYHARDNINJA) TRYHARDNINJA 20 0 WAVES Mr. Probz 52 songs, rank dance/electronic most popular current The week’s LEFT LANE/ULTRA/RCA 25 43 44 TOGETHER Cazzette Featuring Netwimers 23 6 A.BJORKLUND,S.FURRER,A.POURNOURI (A.BJORKLUND,A.POURNOURI,A.B.CAVACO) ICONS/PRMD WAITING FOR LOVE Avicii 8 PRMD/ISLAND NEVER SLEEP ALONE 00 45 46 45 28 13 KASKADE,F.BJARNSON (R.RADDON,F.BJARNSON,K.N.PYFER) ARKADE/WARNER BROS. BRUK BRUK (I NEED YOUR LOVIN) Dillon Francis 2 0 20 MAD DECENT/COLUMBIA SPEAKERBOX Bassnectar Featurign Lafa Taylor 46 2 48 0 L.G.ASHTON (L.G.ASHTON,L.TAYLOR,M.S.LIM) AMORPHOUS RedFoo 2 PARTY ROCK reserved. as current if they are newly-released titles, or songs rec titles, or songs newly-released if they are as current Skrillex & Diplo Featuring 2 Chainz 440 SONGS: DANCE/ELECTRONIC HOT top 100. in the Billboard 200’s months but still residing 50 45 47 FEBREZE 27 9 SKRILLEX,DIPLO (S.MOORE,T.W.PENTZ,T.EPPS) MAD DECENT/OWSLA/ATLANTIC PRAY TO GOD Calvin Harris Feat. HAIM 18 19 22 FLY EYE/COLUMBIA SWEET ESCAPE Alesso Featuring Sirena 44 2 RE-ENTRY 0 ALESSO (A.LINDBLAD,E.C.OLJELUND) REFUNE/DEF JAM INTO THE SUN Bassnectar 2 00 AMORPHOUS GENERATE Eric Prydz NEW Q 49 1 ROSES The Chainsmokers Feat. ROZES 4 NOT LISTED (NOT LISTED) ASTRALWERKS/CAPITOL 26 0 DISRUPTOR JUICY WIGGLE RedFoo B**** I’M MADONNA RE-ENTRY 0 27 11 21 Madonna Feat. Nicki Minaj 9 REDFOO,B.M.GARCIA (S.K.GORDY,B.M.GARCIA) PARTY ROCK 25 LIVE NATION/INTERSCOPE/IGA SALES, AIRPLAY & STREAMING & STREAMING SALES, AIRPLAY BY COMPILED DATA

94 Go to BILLBOARD.COM/BIZ for complete chart data Data for week of 07.25.2015 ™ CONCERT GROSSES LAST THIS TITLE Artist WKS. ON GROSS ARTIST WEEK WEEK IMPRINT/PROMOTION LABEL CHART PER TICKET PRICE(S) VENUE ATTENDANCE PROMOTER DATE CAPACITY #1 1 WK THIS FEELING L’Tric 10 NEON/VIRGIN/CAPITOL 1 $11,347,305 U2 $275/$30 UNITED CENTER, CHICAGO 95,070 LIVE NATION GLOBAL DEJA VU Giorgio Moroder Feat. Sia 6 JUNE 24-25, 28-29, JULY 2 FIVE SELLOUTS TOURING GIORGIO MORODER/RCA

DIMITRIOS KAMBOURIS/GETTY IMAGES DIMITRIOS KAMBOURIS/GETTY $4,952,377 REBA MCENTIRE & BROOKS & DUNN HONEY, I’M GOOD. Andy Grammer 7 2 $205/$155/$105/$59.50 THE COLOSSEUM AT CAESARS PALACE, LAS VEGAS 37,223, 37,978 NINE AEG LIVE, CAESARS S-CURVE/HOLLYWOOD JUNE 17, 19-20, 24, 26-27, JULY 1, 3-4 SHOWS SIX SELLOUTS ENTERTAINMENT GG B**** I’M MADONNA Madonna Feat. Nicki Minaj 4 LIVE NATION/INTERSCOPE 3 $4,447,473 U2 ($5,660,655 CANADIAN) AIR CANADA CENTRE, TORONTO 38,364 LIVE NATION GLOBAL TOURING LIKE I CAN Sam Smith 7 $216.06/$23.57 JULY 6-7 TWO SELLOUTS Shania’s CAPITOL 0 4 $2,819,350 SHANIA TWAIN, WES MACK LET IT BE LOVE 8 ($3,477,555 CANADIAN) AIR CANADA CENTRE, TORONTO 29,259 AEG LIVE 0 PREMIER LEAGUE $145.12/$47.83 JUNE 24-25 TWO SELLOUTS Rockin’ KISS ME QUICK Nathan Sykes 8 5 $2,709,440 SHANIA TWAIN, WES MACK 11 0 GLOBAL TALENT ($3,329,766 CANADIAN) REXALL PLACE, EDMONTON, ALBERTA 26,892 AEG LIVE Farewell $145.65/$48.01 JUNE 11-12 TWO SELLOUTS 8 1 8 PRETTY GIRLS Britney Spears & Iggy Azalea RCA 6 $2,436,050 SHANIA TWAIN, WES MACK Tour ($3,030,246 CANADIAN) , 26,418 AEG LIVE SHOW SOME LOVE First Ladies Of Disco 6 $143.90/$47.43 JUNE 7, 9 TWO SELLOUTS ®!0 PURPLE ROSE She’s “still the one.” Shania 7 $1,977,840 SHANIA TWAIN, WES MACK Twain’s farewell tour — 10 CIRCLES Dave Aude Feat. Cierra Sample 12 AUDACIOUS ($2,414,687 CANADIAN) , LONDON, 16,901 AEG LIVE dubbed Rock This Country $146.62/$48.33 JUNE 19-20 TWO SELLOUTS — claims 11 slots on the ROOFTOP Skylar Stecker 7 0 U SKYLAR STECKER 8 $1,672,780 SHANIA TWAIN, WES MACK, DAN + SHAY, THE DOOBIE BROTHERS Boxscore chart, including ($2,065,033 CANADIAN) WESLEY CLOVER FIELD, OTTAWA, ONTARIO 18,426 AEG LIVE two sellouts in Toronto on 12 12 MR. PUT IT DOWN Ricky Martin Feat. Pitbull 12 $146.21/$73.31 JUNE 27 SELLOUT SONY MUSIC LATIN June 24 and 25 (No. 4). The 9 $1,425,847 SHANIA TWAIN, GAVIN DEGRAW trek launched June 5 with HOLDING ON Disclosure Feat. Gregory Porter 4 $151/$50.50 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK 12,395 AEG LIVE m0 METHOD/PMR/CAPITOL JUNE 30 SELLOUT a performance in Seattle 13 followed by a 13-show stint 13 14 HOUSE ON FIRE Ryan Cabrera $1,380,360 SHANIA TWAIN, WES MACK DYNAMITE 10 ($1,701,559 CANADIAN) , MONTREAL 14,141 AEG LIVE through nine Canadian $145.21/$47.86 JUNE 28 SELLOUT FIRE UNDER MY FEET 5 markets. With 67 concerts ®0 DEF JAM on the schedule, the tour is 11 $1,375,830 SHANIA TWAIN, WES MACK ($1,689,651 CANADIAN) FIRSTONTARIO CENTRE, HAMILTON, ONTARIO 13,197 AEG LIVE set to play arenas in 59 U.S. 6 16 B**** BETTER HAVE MY MONEY Rihanna 10 WESTBURY ROAD/ROC NATION $145.75/$48.04 JUNE 22 SELLOUT and Canadian cities during

WHAT MAKES YOUR HEARTBEAT FASTER Barry Harris 5 Boxscore 12 $1,271,280 SHANIA TWAIN, WES MACK an 18-week run that will ®0 TOMMY BOY ($1,565,742 CANADIAN) SASKTEL CENTRE, SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN 12,927 AEG LIVE wrap in October. $142.90/$45.47 JUNE 14 SELLOUT 19 18 LEAN ON Major Lazer & DJ Snake Feat. M0 9 The first 11 engagements MAD DECENT 13 $1,145,700 SHANIA TWAIN, WES MACK (earning $19.3 million) all ($1,411,080 CANADIAN) MTS CENTRE, WINNIPEG, MANITOBA 11,265 AEG LIVE 14 19 HAUTE MESS NERVO 11 $145.34/$47.90 JUNE 15 SELLOUT land on the chart, marking ULTRA the country star’s first 2015 $1,123,180 SHANIA TWAIN, WES MACK 3 14 BEAUTIFUL NOW Zedd Feat. Jon Bellion $140/$50 KEYARENA, SEATTLE 11,428 AEG LIVE Boxscore appearance

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10 21 BEGGIN FOR THREAD Banks 9 addition to No. 4, Twain HARVEST/CAPITOL 15 $625,800 JAMES TAYLOR $89.50/$65 PPL CENTER, ALLENTOWN, PA. 8,063 BEAVER PRODUCTIONS ranks at No. 8 with her only SARA Stereolove Feat. Sara Loera 4 JULY 2 SELLOUT outdoor performance so far: ®0 STEREOLOVE 16 $625,543 ED SHEERAN, RIXTON a June 27 concert in Ottawa CAUTION TAPE Starling Glow 4 $63.50/$53.50 DENNY SANFORD PREMIER CENTER, SIOUX FALLS, S.D. 10,657 THE MESSINA GROUP/AEG LIVE at Wesley Clover Field. TRAILBLAZE JUNE 10 SELLOUT 0 0 Twain last toured 11 SUN DON’T SHINE 18 24 Klangkarussell Feat. Jaymes Young 7 17 $621,788 MÖTLEY CRÜE, ALICE COOPER years ago behind the 2002 ASTRALWERKS/CAPITOL ($776,507 AUSTRALIAN) BRISBANE ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA 6,819 LIVE NATION $136.05/$79.99 MAY 19 SELLOUT release of her fourth — and TONIGHT BELONGS TO U! 9 24 25 Jeremih Feat. Flo Rida most recent — studio MICK SCHULTZ/DEF JAM 18 $620,820 KISS (€567,638) BARCLAYCARD ARENA, HAMBURG 9,589 RIVER CONCERTS album, Up! That trek ran BETTER & BETTER Jade 3 $98.38/$54.63 JUNE 2 11,797 from the fall of 2003 00 TAZMANIA LEGEND through the following 19 $615,639 ZAC BROWN BAND 26 27 WANT TO WANT ME Jason Derulo 8 Bullets indicate titles with BELUGA HEIGHTS/WARNER BROS. 1r] greatest weekly gains. $71.50/$47 BRIDGESTONE ARENA, NASHVILLE 11,787 OUTBACK CONCERTS summer with jaunts MAY 1 14,764 in North America and 9 23 28 ALIVE Guy Scheiman Feat. Hannah Gold Album Charts GUY SCHEIMAN 20 $611,307 ROMEO SANTOS Europe. More recently, she 0 Recording Industry Assn. of $170/$120/$84/$54 THE AXIS AT PLANET HOLLYWOOD, LAS VEGAS 6,205 CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT, LIVE appeared in Las Vegas at CALI Vs. Ashley J. 3 America (RIAA) certification MAY 24 SELLOUT NATION, LATINO EVENTS 00 ORGANICA/DAUMAN for physical shipments & the Colosseum at Caesars digital downloads of 500,000 21 $605,064 ANDRÉ RIEU Palace with Still the One, 17 30 SAVAGES Five Knives 11 albums (Gold). (4,052,330 KRONER) FORUM, COPENHAGEN 6,206 ANDRÉ RIEU PRODUCTIONS, RTK The week’s most popular songs played played most popular songs The week’s her residency that ran for RED BULL ¡ RIAA certification for $118.70/$82.87 MAY 7 6,675 ROLAND TEMME KONZERTS physical shipments & digital two years beginning Dec. 1, SHUT UP AND DANCE WALK THE MOON 7 28 31 downloads of 1 million $604,952 KENNY CHESNEY, JAKE OWEN, CHASE RICE RCA 22 2012. —Bob Allen units (Platinum). Numeral $79/$49/$35 BOK CENTER, TULSA, OKLA. 10,805 THE MESSINA GROUP/AEG LIVE MAY 14 12,156 GENERATE Eric Prydz 2 noted with Platinum symbol ASTRALWERKS/CAPITOL indicates album’s multi- DANCE CLUB SONGS: CLUB DANCE 00 23 $600,988 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER, STATE CHAMPS platinum level. WHERE ARE U NOW Skrillex & Diplo With Justin Bieber 3 ™ RIAA certification for ($778,502 AUSTRALIAN) PERTH ARENA, PERTH, AUSTRALIA 9,842 LIVE NATION 0 33 MAD DECENT/OWSLA/ATLANTIC physical shipments & digital $71.52 JUNE 29 SELLOUT

HOT downloads of 10 million SUN IS SHINING Axwell & Ingrosso $600,751 ERIC CHURCH SHOT 1 units (Diamond). Numeral 24 DEBUT AXWELL/REFUNE/DEF JAM $69.75/$59.75/$39.75 AMPHITHEATER AT THE WHARF, ORANGE BEACH, ALA. 10,021 THE MESSINA GROUP/AEG LIVE noted with Diamond symbol JUNE 12 SELLOUT indicates album’s multi- 31 35 JUICY WIGGLE RedFoo 6 PARTY ROCK platinum level. 25 $593,611 VANS WARPED TOUR ) Latin albums certification for $45/$39.50 FAIRPLEX PARK, POMONA, CALIF. 14,783 GOLDENVOICE/AEG LIVE, ERASE ME Super Square 2 physical shipments & digital JUNE 19 18,000 VANS WARPED TOUR 0 0 CARRILLO downloads of 30,000 units (Oro). d to Bob Allen at [email protected]. d to Bob Allen at [email protected]. $589,897 PETER MAFFAY 5 26 35 37 I JUST GO Aiden Leslie Latin albums certification for (554,769 FRANCS) HALLENSTADION, ZÜRICH 7,556 GOOD NEWS PRODUCTIONS ASHEA/CITRUSONIC FLAVOR ¢ ules and explanations. © 2015, Prometheus Global Media, LLC and Nielsen Music, Inc. Global Media, LLC All rights reserved. © 2015, Prometheus ules and explanations. physical shipments & digital $96.66/$86.02 JUNE 3 7,573 FUN Pitbull Feat. Chris Brown 2 downloads of 60,000 units MR. 305/POLO GROUNDS/RCA (Platino). Numeral noted with 27 $580,696 MARK KNOPFLER 010 Platinum symbol indicates (€516,950) BARCLAYCARD ARENA, HAMBURG 8,663 KPS CONCERTBÜRO NEW 0 INVINCIBLE Kelly Clarkson 1 album’s multi-platinum level. $78.63/$56.17 JUNE 16 11,656 19/RCA Digital Songs Charts 28 $580,631 ERIC CHURCH, THE LONE BELLOW BAD BLOOD Taylor Swift Feat. Kendrick Lamar 2 $78/$23.75 DARLING’S WATERFRONT PAVILION, BANGOR, MAINE 11,869 THE MESSINA GROUP/AEG LIVE BIG MACHINE/REPUBLIC 0 RIAA certification for 500,000 JULY 9 13,744 0, 0 paid downloads and on- DONE Ryan Skyy Feat. Niki Darling 2 demand streams where 100 29 $579,737 VIOLETTA 00 KEYSTONE streams equal 1 download. (8,917,230 PESOS) AUDITORIO BANAMEX, MONTERREY, MEXICO 10,220 OCESA-CIE (Gold). $56.72 MAY 30 13,890 TWO SHOWS 37 42 DON’T LOOK DOWN Martin Garrix Feat. Usher 13 ¡ RIAA certification for 1 SPINNIN’/RCA million paid downloads 30 $578,969 BLACK & BROWN COMEDY GET DOWN and on-demand streams $75/$52.50 VERIZON CENTER, WASHINGTON, D.C. 8,784 OUTBACK CONCERTS 13 40 43 PRAY TO GOD Calvin Harris Feat. HAIM JUNE 5 10,069 FLY EYE/COLUMBIA where 100 streams equal DJs. See Charts Legend on billboard.com/biz for complete r See Charts on billboard.com/biz Legend DJs. 1 download. (Platinum). 31 $576,040 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK, TLC, NELLY 41 44 SOUND MY HEART MAKES Felicia Punzo 6 Numeral noted with platinum PANACHE symbol indicates song’s $99.50/$79.50/ THE FORUM, INGLEWOOD, CALIF. 12,108 LIVE NATION multiplatinum level. $49.50/$29.50 MAY 9 SELLOUT omoters, venues, managers and booking agents. Boxcsores should be submitte managers and booking agents. Boxcsores omoters, venues, NEW 0 CHEERLEADER OMI 1 LOUDER THAN LIFE/ULTRA/COLUMBIA Awards 32 $574,650 SASHA, BENNY Y ERIK (8,838,984 PESOS) AUDITORIO NACIONAL, MEXICO CITY 18,990 OCESA-CIE NEW 0 SHOCKWAVES DeGrazio 1 PS (PaceSetter for largest % $30.26 MAY 29-30 19,349 TWO SHOWS DAUMAN album sales gain) GG (Greatest Gainer for largest 33 $573,496 THE SCRIPT, COLTON AVERY 46 47 (LET THE MUSIC) SAVE YOU Dario 6 volume gain) ($723,800 AUSTRALIAN) ROD LAVER ARENA, MELBOURNE 10,606 FRONTIER TOURING DARIO DG (Digital Sales Gainer) $54.27 APRIL 29 11,918 AG (Airplay Gainer) NEW 0 WEIGHTLESS Angelica Joni 1 SG (Streaming Gainer) $572,808 KENNY CHESNEY, JAKE OWEN, CHASE RICE BELIEVE 34 $76/$49/$35 PNC ARENA, RALEIGH, N.C. 10,282 THE MESSINA GROUP/AEG LIVE MAY 28 12,346 NEW 0 GO The Chemical Brothers 1 Publishing song index available VIRGIN/ASTRALWERKS/CAPITOL on billboard.com/biz. 35 $572,733 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER, HEY VIOLET (£375,477) FIRST DIRECT ARENA, LEEDS, U.K. 11,053 SJM CONCERTS NEW 0 WHAT A DAY Fantine Feat. Wyclef Jean & El Cata 1 Visit billboard.com/biz for FANTINE $49.57/$38.13 JUNE 3 SELLOUT in dance clubs, compiled from reports a national sample of club from in dance clubs, compiled from BOXSCORE: The top grossing concerts The top grossing as reported by pr BOXSCORE: complete rules and explanations.

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