Tuesday, February 14, 2023
2023 kicked off with some red-hot carryovers as three labels and a distribbery exploded out of the gate in current marketshare.
Monte Lipman’s
Republic took #1 in current last year, and the label’s momentum has ramped up further during the first few weeks of ’23 behind smashes by
Taylor Swift,
Metro Boomin,
Drake &
21 Savage,
The Weeknd,
BIGHIT/
Imperial’s
TOMORROW X TOGETHER and
Big Loud/
Mercury’s
Morgan Wallen—who’ll add to Republic’s torrid 11.1% start when he releases his third album on 3/3.
Peter Edge’s
RCA jumps nearly two percentage points to 6.6 overall thanks in large part to
SZA, whose
SOS has spent all of 2023 at #1, while
Doja Cat and breakthrough artist
Steve Lacy continue to deliver.
Michelle Jubelirer’s rebuild of
CMG has been fast-tracked by the
Sam Smith &
Kim Petras inferno “Unholy.” And
Brad Navin-led indie distributor
The Orchard has rocketed to 8.4%—a 2.3% increase from 2022—with
Human Re Sources’
RAYE lighting the scoreboard alongside
Rimas’
Bad Bunny.
