Nielsen Music has found out the maximum-streamed and excellent-selling songs from the first six months of 2019, touting a file 507 billion on-call for streams. Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next, Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” and Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born soundtrack sit atop the mid-yr charts, which saw a thirteen percent increase in common equivalent album units.
Since the start of the 12 months, Grande’s chart-topping album Thank U Next changed into the maximum famous album in the U.S., amassing 1.5 million equal album devices. Billie Eilish’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (1,304,000) and Khalid’s Free Spirit (929,000) took the No.2 and No.3 spots.
When it comes down to individual songs, Lil Nas X’s viral hit “Old Town Road” changed into the most streamed song of 2019 to this point, which incorporates on-demand audio and video streams mixed. Of all of the versions of the track, inclusive of the Billy Ray Cyrus-assisted remix, the tune earned 1.338 billion on-call for streams—596.11 million of which have been audio streams, and 741.88 million had been video streams.
Box workplace achievement additionally had a huge effect on tune income, with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s “Shallow” from A Star Is Born reaching 684,000 music downloads, 316 million on-demand track streams and one thousand million target market impressions on the radio up to now. Additionally, Post Malone and Swae Lee’s Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse song “Sunflower” took the No.3 spot at the Top Ten Digital Songs chart, and on the On-Demand Song Streams chart, the music came in 2nd best to “Old Town Road.” Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody soundtrack from the award-winning biopic also made the list at No. 8.
Following the dying of rapper, community chief, and philanthropist Nipsey Hussle, his catalog of track was widely streamed. There become 2,776% spike inside the consumption of his catalog on March 31, the day he became fatally shot. Additionally, his 2018 album Victory Lap saw a 66,000 album-equal intake, landing on the No.2 spot at the Billboard two hundred chart. His song “Racks inside the Middle,” earned 176 million on-call for streams.
Here’s a list of pick out charts on Nielson’s Mid-Year 2019 Report:
2019’s Mid-Year Top 10 Albums
Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next (1,552,800)
Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go (1,304,000)
Khalid, Free Spirit (929,000)
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born Soundtrack (889,000)
A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, Hoodie SZN (810,000)
Post Malone, beerbongs & bentleys (756,000)
Drake, Scorpion (718,000)
Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody Soundtrack (705,000)
Juice WRLD, Death Race for Love (675,000)
Jonas Brothers, Happiness Begins (663,000)
2019’s Mid-Year Top 10 Selling Albums
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born Soundtrack (404,000)
Jonas Brothers, Happiness Begins (374,000)
Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (343,000)
BTS, Map of the Soul: Persona (343,000)
Backstreet Boys, DNA (299,000)
Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody Soundtrack (253,000)
Ariana Grande, Thank U, Next (228,000)
The Greatest Showman Soundtrack (181,000)
P!Nk, Hurts 2B Human (158,000)
Lauren Daigle, Look Up Child (154,000)
2019’s Mid-Year Top 10 Selling Digital Songs
Lil Nas X, “Old Town Road” (958,000)
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, “Shallow” (A Star Is Born) (684,000)
Post Malone & Swae Lee, “Sunflower” (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) (488,000)
Ariana Grande, “7 Rings” (420,000)
Halsey, “Without Me” (388,000)
Post Malone, “Wow.” (381,000)
Jonas Brothers, “Sucker” (357,000)
Lauren Daigle, “You Say” (322,000)
Taylor Swift f/Brendon Urie, “Me!” (322,000)
Ava Max, “Sweet But Psycho” (321,000)
2019’s Mid-Year Top 10 On-Demand Song Streams (Audio & Video)
Lil Nas X, “Old Town Road” (1,337,995,000)
Post Malone & Swae Lee, “Sunflower” (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) (850,194,000)
Ariana Grande, “7 Rings” (776,696,000)
Travis Scott, “Sicko Mode” (623,498,000)
Halsey, “Without Me” (599,335,000)
J. Cole, “Middle Child” (582,748,000)
Post Malone, “Wow.” (582,633,000)
Blueface, “Thotiana” (588,277,000)
Marshmello & Bastille, “Happier” (528,640,000)
YNW Melly, “Murder On My Mind” (498,806,000)
