Dawn FM (#718)

Ahoy,

I used the first days of 2022 to re-connect to some of my favorite artists by giving their albums another spin, as you will see...

 

Last week in covers:

Most played artists:

• The Weeknd : New album context. I could not believe my eyes, when I read, that he would release his fifth album on the first Friday of 2022. And "Dawn FM" seems like a good continuation of "After Hours". I was surprised of how close to mainstream pop it sounds. (But I don't mind.)
  
• DMA'S : Fan times.
  
• Bear's Den : Fan times.
• Michael Kiwanuka : Workout context. I was listening to his third studio album "KIWANUKA".
  
• The War On Drugs : Fan times. 

Most played tracks:

[nothing to highlight here]

Noteworthy:

• Giant Rooks : Fan times.
• John Mayer : Fan times.
• Normandie : Fan times.
  

Scrobble count:  180.595

 

News

█ Golden Globe awards went to Hans Zimmer (for the "Dune" score) and Billie Eilish (for the song "No Time To Die").

 

New entries

Album charts (Germany)

[01] Feuerschwanz - Memento Mori : Yikes.

[02] Patricia Kelly - Unbreakable : Hmkay.

[06] T-Low - Everythings Purple : Who?

 

Single charts (Germany)

[01] Gayle - abcdefu : A new peak position in its 8th week - and the first new number one in 2022.

[02] Pajel - 10von10 : A re-entry in its 20th week.

[03] Acraze - Do It To It (feat. Cherish) : A new peak position in its 10th week.

 

Albums Chart Top 100 (UK)

[08] Ed Sheeran - DIVIDE : Another little peak position in its 253rd week.

 

Singles Chart Top 100 (UK)

[02] Gayle - abcdefu : A new peak position in its 8th week. Seems like we have an international hit song - and I'm guessing that TikTok has helped a bit.

[03] Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under : A new peak - yay.

[04] Carolina Gaitán - We Don't Talk About Bruno : Oh, Encanto has gained some hype there as well.

[05] Switchotr - Coming For You (feat. A1 & J1) : Another peak position in its 10th week.

[06] Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran - Peru : A new peak position in its 4th week.

[08] D-Block Europe - Overseas (feat. Central Cee) : Who?

 

Billboard 200 (USA) - week of January 15

[01] Various Artists - Encanto : Wow. This Disney soundtrack went to the top.

 

Billboard Hot 100 (USA) - week of January 15

[01] Adele - Easy On Me : And she is back.

[05] Carolina Gaitán (and others) - We Don't Talk About Bruno : In its 2nd week this track jumped from number 50 into the top ten.

[07] Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) : In its 18th week this colaboration reached a new peak position.

[10] Kodak Black - Super Gremlin : In its 9th week this one also entered the top ten.

 

Viral Global Spotify Charts - week of January 06

[01] Carolina Gaitán - We Don't Talk About Bruno : This one went to the top.

[02] Jnr Choi - To The Moon : Ah, this one's sampling a quite popular TikTok sound.

[07] Muni Long - Hrs And Hrs : A quite timeless R&B ballad.

[08] Aisha Retno - W.H.U.T : Another R&B ballad? Strange.

[09] ShakeyFunnyAzz - Shakey x off these drugs : Who? WTH? Seems like a parody of gangster rap.

Cheerio!