Christine Werthman

Nov 12, 2024 | yahoo.com | Rania Aniftos |Kyle Denis |Jason Lipshutz |Andrew Unterberger |Christine Werthman

The benchmarks just keep falling: A week after tying Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” for the longest-running Billboard Hot 100 of the 2020s, Shaboozey‘s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” moves into sole possession of the mark this frame with its 17th week atop the chart.

Sep 4, 2024 | yahoo.com | Hannah Dailey |Stephen Daw |Kristin Robinson |Andrew Unterberger |Christine Werthman

It’s been a massive year for new releases from huge artists — and with the first-week returns for her Short n’ Sweet album, Sabrina Carpenter has now proven herself as big as nearly any of ’em. The new LP — officially Carpenter’s sixth, but just her second since leaving the Disney-owned Hollywood Records for Island — launches atop the Billboard 200 (dated Sept.

Aug 6, 2024 | yahoo.com | Christopher Claxton |Kyle Denis |Lyndsey Havens |Andrew Unterberger |Christine Werthman

One of the fastest-rising artists of the 2020s takes another step up the ladder this week, as Chappell Roan hits new highs on both the Billboard 200 albums chart and the Billboard Hot 100. Thanks to a summer-long crescendoing of public interest (and less clutter this week from big album debuts), Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess albums climbs 8-4 on the Billboard 200 dated Aug. 10.

Jun 26, 2024 | yahoo.com | Christopher Claxton |Lyndsey Havens |Jason Lipshutz |Andrew Unterberger |Christine Werthman

If you needed further confirmation of Sabrina Carpenter‘s star status in 2024, this week’s Billboard Hot 100 (dated June 29) offers pretty incontrovertible evidence: She occupies two of the Hot 100’s top five spots this week by her lonesome, while also claiming the chart’s apex for the first time.

Jun 4, 2024 | yahoo.com | Eric Brown |Kyle Denis |Melinda Newman |Andrew Unterberger |Christine Werthman

One of the biggest breakout stars of the 2020s has unquestionably been alt-country and Americana singer-songwriter Zach Bryan, who has grown from a word-of-mouth sensation into a chart-topping, arenas-and-stadiums-touring act over the past half-decade — while still maintaining a cult-fanbase-type audience.