USHER FIX

David Guetta scores his first No. 1 on Billboard’s Nielsen BDS-based Pop Songs radio airplay chart, as “Without You,” featuring Usher, rises 2-1.

The song marks the French DJ/producer/songwriter’s first leader on the list. He had previously peaked as high as No. 3 with “Sexy Chick,” featuring Akon, last year. It’s also the first No. 1 by a solo male for Capitol Records in the survey’s 19-year history.

“It’s amazing. My first time in the U.S. (with) a No. 1. It’s really exciting … everything is fantastic!,” Guetta beamed to Billboard.com on notching his first Pop Songs topper. “Finally dance music is happening in the U.S.!”

Usher earns his second Pop Songs No. 1 after reigning for three weeks with “Yeah!,” featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris, in 2004. He’d stopped just one spot short of the summit six times since then, most recently with “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love,” featuring Pitbull, a year ago.

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Eventful and Billboard have teamed up to elect the Fans’ Choice Award for “Best Tour of the Year” and Usher is in the running! The artist with the most Demands before November 7th will win the award. The 4th annual competition gives fans the opportunity to vote for their favorite concert tour of the year through Eventful’s “Demand it!”® service. The twenty-five artists up for the award include Usher, Bon Jovi, the Eagles, Iron Maiden, Katy Perry, Kenny Chesney, Lady Gaga, Lil’ Wayne, Metallica, Neil Diamond, Paul McCartney, Michael Buble, Rush, Sade, Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw, & U2.

The artist who receives the most demands through Eventful’s service will be announced as the winner at the 8th annual Billboard Touring Conference & Awards, taking place at The Roosevelt Hotel in New York City on November 9-10. The award will be presented at the close of the conference along with the rest of the Billboard Touring Awards, which honor the concert industry’s top artists and professionals.

Vote here!

 


 
David Guetta’s latest single “Without You” feat. Usher has been proclaimed the album’s “best jam” by People Magazine and the “centerpiece” by Billboard, and was the most added song at Top 40 radio. It debuted on the Top 40 airplay charts at #31, two weeks ahead of its official impact date.

David Guetta’s brand-new album Nothing But The Beat (Capitol/Astralwerks) debuted in the top 5 on the Billboard 200 album chart, selling 55,730 copies in the first week of sales. This marks Guetta’s highest sales week and highest chart position to date in the U.S. The album has sold 1.5 million singles through street week.

 
Congrats to Ush & David Guetta!

 

 
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Usher takes hold of the No. 1 rung on hot tours with box office totals reported from the November dates on his OMG Tour that kicked off on Nov. 10 in Seattle. The R&B entertainer grossed $11.3 million from 12 performances. Toronto’s Air Canada Centre sold the most tickets among the venues played so far with 16,100 in the house for a show on Nov. 29. The gross total surpassed $1.2 million for the sold out event. The first leg of the tour that has played North American venues during November and December wrapped in Miami on New Year’s Eve. Usher then moves on to Europe in January with dates booked through the end of March.

In honor of the incomparable artists that have helped bring urban music to the masses over the last three decades — and also to toast the success of their recently launched music column The Juice – the Billboard chart team has assembled a list of the Top 50 R&B/Hip-Hop artists of the last 25 years.

Usher is #6! To check out the whole list click here.

Usher’s “Versus” EP moved 46,000 units to claim the No. 4 spot, giving him his sixth top 10 album. Congratulations Ush!

Usher has bumped Alicia Keys out of the top spot on the R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart with “There Goes My Baby,” the fourth single from his hit record Raymond v. Raymond. This is Usher’s 11th single to reach #1.

Keys was number one for ten straight weeks with her Element of Freedom single “Un-Thinkable (I’m Ready),” but has now fallen to number two. Drake rounds out the top three with “Find Your Love” from his debut album Thank Me Later.

Thus far all of the singles from Raymond v. Raymond have enjoyed nice runs on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The first single, “Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home),” peaked at number two with “Lil Freak” following at number eight and “OMG” hitting number one on the Hot 100.

Raymond v. Raymond debuted at the number one spot on the Billboard 200 chart and has been certified platinum by the RIAA. The album sold 329,000 units in its first week.

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Usher has broken another record !

In addition to scoring the top debut for an R&B artist with “Confessions” in 2004, Usher is now the first artist in the 17-year history of the Rhythmic radio airplay chart to collect 10 no.1s ! The record breaking feat is thanks to his will.i.am featured single “OMG,” which rose 2-1 this week.

“OMG” has had similar success on the Billboard Hot 100, Billboard R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart and UK Singles Chart. The record is taken from Usher’s 2010 effort “Raymond V. Raymond,” which debuted atop the Billboard 200 in April.

Usher also led Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart for a third non-consecutive week on Thursday, while Miley Cyrus scored the top debut.

“OMG” reclaimed the No. 1 spot on the Digital Songs tally with 236,000 downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan, after last topping that list three weeks ago.

As reported earlier in a breaking news story, Usher moves to the head of the Hot 100 ranking with “OMG,” featuring will.i.am, his ninth single to top the list.

With the 6-1 ascension, Usher becomes the first artist to top the list in the past three decades. His first No. 1, “Nice & Slow” ruled for three weeks in February 1998, and was followed by three chart-toppers in 2001, four in 2004 and one in 2008. Only Madonna and Janet Jackson were able to pull off the three-decade achievement in the 80s, 90s and 00s.
 
“OMG” takes both the Airplay and Digital Gainer awards, moving into the top 10 of Radio Songs (14-7) and to No. 1 on Digital Songs (2-1).
 
Making way for Usher’s chart champ is B.o.B’s “Nothin’ on You” which falls to No. 2 after two weeks on top. The Atlanta rapper’s new single “Airplanes,” featuring Eminem and Hayley Williams, jumps 9-7 on the Hot 100 and arrives on Radio Songs at No. 41, the highest debut on that chart since Usher’s “Love In This Club” opened at No. 38 in the May 10, 2008, issue.

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