Disney's Encanto soundtrack continues its massive chart success in the UK, netting a seventh consecutive week at Number 1 on the Official Compilations chart.
01.02.2022 - 00:13 / variety.com
Chris Willman Music Writer“We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” the surprise hit off the “Encanto” soundtrack, has gone where even “Let It Go” couldn’t: It’s become the first song from a Disney movie to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart since “A Whole New World” from “Aladdin” did it in 1993.It joins the “Encanto” album itself as a chart-topper, as the animated film’s soundtrack remains atop the Billboard 200 chart for the third time in the last four weeks.Some other stats Billboard points out: “Bruno,” solely penned by Lin-Manuel Miranda, becomes the first Hot 100 chart-topper to have been written by a solo writer in more than four years, Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” having been the last. It’s the first time a Miranda tune has topped the chart.
And it’s only the second time a Disney song has reached the top, since “A Whole New World” was the only one to ever do it previously. And it did this with close to no radio play, which is highly unusual for a chart in which spins play a considerable factor.(If you’re wondering how high “Let It Go” got, the answer is: a mere No. 5, despite its seeming cultural ubiquity in 2014.)The ascent of “Bruno” made things hard on Adele’s “Easy on Me,” which was finally forced to relinquish the No.
1 spot on the Hot 100 after a 10-week run at the top. “Easy on Me” slips just one spot to No. 2.
Of course, Billboard points out, Adele’s song still easily topped the Radio Songs chart, with 94.6 audience impressions for the week, on top of 14.1 million streams.“Bruno,” meanwhile, drew 34.9 million U.S. streams — more than twice as many as Adele’s long-running hit — but a paltry 1.5 million radio airplay audience impressions… about 1/62nd the number of Adele’s radio power. Still, with a radio increase
.Disney's Encanto soundtrack continues its massive chart success in the UK, netting a seventh consecutive week at Number 1 on the Official Compilations chart.
Clayton Davis Lin-Manuel Miranda is ecstatic about the success of the animated feature “Encanto,” and for his second Oscar nomination for original song — this time, for the emotional number “Dos Oruguitas.” However, the performance of the movie’s soundtrack on the music charts has been getting all the headlines, specifically the hit song, “We Don’t Talk About Bruno.” Miranda doesn’t regret submitting “Dos Oruguitas” rather than “Bruno” for consideration for this year’s Academy Awards. The decision had to be done by Nov.
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is celebrating their recent Oscar nominations with a super fun singalong!Only ET has the new exclusive clip, which features cast members singing and dancing in their homes to the animated film's chart-topping hit, «We Don't Talk About Bruno.»The behind-the-scenes fun features so many members of the on-screen Madrigal family: Adassa, who voices Dolores, Jessica Darrow, who plays Luisa, Mauro Castillo (along with his son, Daniel!), who plays Felix, Ravi Cabot-Conyers, who voices Antonio, and Wilmer Valderrama, who plays Agustín, dancing along with his adorable baby daughter, Nakano Oceana. They're also joined by Colombian music legend Carlos Vives, who performed «Colombia, Mi Encanto» for the soundtrack.Watch the full clip above and sing and dance along!Earlier this week, ET spoke with Carolina Gaitan, who plays Pepa Madrigal, about the movie's recent Oscar nominations — the film scored nods on Tuesday for Best Animated Feature Film, Best Original Score and Best Original Song for «Dos Orugitas» — and the viral success of «We Don't Talk About Bruno.»«I really loved the song from the first moment and I really love that it's not reggaeton…This is so much more,» she recalled of her first impression.
Bastille have scored their third UK Number One album with their new LP ‘Give Me The Future’.The London band’s new record, which arrived last week (February 4), debuted in the top spot with 85 per cent of its total coming from physical sales, plus the biggest digital download figures of the week. It also topped the Official Record Store Chart.“We’re so happy and excited! Ridiculously grateful to everyone who’s bought the album and listened to it, and to everyone who worked so hard to make this record with us,” Bastille said upon receiving news of their achievement.They added: “We’re mega proud of ‘Give Me The Future’ and beyond overjoyed that it’s had such an amazing response so far.
Disney’s Gaitán, who voices the character Pepa Madrigal in the animated film, is also shattering records after her song, «We Don't Talk About Bruno,» reached the top spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 and Global 200 charts. Plus, it’s also become a viral hit on TikTok.«It's crazy! It's absolutely unbelievable. It's surreal, it's magical realism.
Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift are preparing to release their long awaited collaboration on Friday.Fans of the two artists have been speculating about the new song, with rumors suggesting it could be a reworked version of Sheeran’s song ‘The Joker And The Queen.’ Now the singer is confirming that theory after his appearance at the red carpet of the BRIT Awards.Ed was asked about his upcoming projects, revealing that his next single “comes out on Friday and it’s with Taylor Swift,” sharing his excitement, the singer said, “We’re literally announcing that in like an hour.”He went on to post a snippet of the song on social media, captioned “The Joker And The Queen featuring my good friend @taylorswift13 is out this friday.” The pair have been friends for a while now, with Ed even defending Taylor back in 2015 at the Video Music Awards.This is not the first time the two artists work together, with Sheeran collaborating on Taylor’s song ‘Run’ from her album ‘Red’ (Taylor’s Version).
The 2022 BRIT Awards took place at London’s O2 Arena on Tuesday night with Little Simz, Dave, and Adele all taking home awards. For the first time the awards removed gender categories and instead focused on genre, with Dave winning Best Hip-Hop/Rap/Grime Act and Little Simz collecting the Best New Artist prize, despite releasing her debut mixtape over a decade ago.
Spotify streams of Little Simz‘ music have soared over 350 per cent following her appearance at this year’s BRIT Awards.The rapper, who released her last album, ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’, back in September, won the award for Best New Artist at last night’s (February 8) ceremony at London’s The O2. She also performed a medley of her tracks ‘Introvert’ and ‘Woman’.Her massive night has since prompted a huge spike in Spotify streams in comparison to other BRITs winners including Adele, Silk Sonic, Ed Sheeran, Dave and Sam Fender.There was a 812 per cent increase in streams of ‘Introvert’ and a 594 per cent spike for ‘Woman’, equating to a 365 per cent jump overall.Elsewhere, Adele, who took home three BRITs last night (Artist Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year), saw a 137 per cent increase in Spotify streams following the awards, while Dave’s streams went up by 217 per cent. Fender’s music saw a 79 per cent jump.“As ever, the BRITs showed the incredible breadth of talent being fostered here in the UK, across every genre of music,” Tom Connaughton, managing director of Spotify UK and Ireland, said in a statement (via Rolling Stone UK).
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Adele wins big at the 2022 Brit Awards.
in a Twitter clip announcing the bad news. “I’m so sorry, but my show ain’t ready.”The pop star reportedly clashed with the venue and their desire for her to perform with a 60-member choir while she wanted to prioritize keeping shows “low-key” and “all about the voice.”It has also been reported the postponement followed the best-selling artist throwing a fit over a swimming pool stunt.
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We Don’t Talk About Bruno continues its domination of the UK’s Official Singles Chart, settling in for a third consecutive week at Number 1.
We Don’t Talk About Bruno continues its domination of the UK’s Official Singles Chart, settling in for a third consecutive week at Number 1.
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Encanto‘s “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” has become the first Disney song in 29 years to reach the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart!
Reigning Number 1 We Don’t Talk About Bruno by the Encanto cast is currently leading the race for Number 1 on this week’s Official Singles Chart. If it holds its position, it will mark its third consecutive week at the top, after becoming the first original Disney song to ever reach Number 1 in the UK.