Ladies are dominating the charts, from established singers like Taylor Swift, to newer chart topper Charli XCX.
LEILA FADEL, HOST:
For the primary time this decade, girls maintain many of the high 10 spots within the newest Billboard albums charts. NPR’s Anastasia Tsioulcas counts them down.
ANASTASIA TSIOULCAS, BYLINE: No huge shock. Taylor Swift’s album “The Tortured Poets Division” continues its reign at No. 1 for a tenth consecutive week. However simply behind her…
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, “US.”)
GRACIE ABRAMS: (Singing) I do know you recognize it felt like somethin’ outdated, it felt like somethin’ holy, like souls bleedin’, so…
TSIOULCAS: Breathy singer-songwriter, Gracie Abrams makes her debut at No. 2 with “The Secret Of Us.” And do you know that she’s the daughter of movie director and TV showrunner J.J. Abrams? I didn’t.
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ABRAMS: (Singing) Us, us. I felt it. You held it. Do you miss…
TSIOULCAS: Billie Eilish’s “Hit Me Onerous And Mushy” is right down to No. 4 this week. And quirky new pop royal Chappell Roan continues her regular climb. Her album, “The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess, ” jumps up two areas to No. 6.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, “RED WINE SUPERNOVA”)
CHAPPELL ROAN: Let’s choose it up now. (Singing) I do not care that you are a stoner. Purple wine supernova, fall proper into me.
TSIOULCAS: Additionally a part of the tremendous girls crew, Ariana Grande’s “Everlasting Sunshine” has sprung again as much as No. 8, whereas Charli XCX holds her No. 9 place together with her album “Brat.”
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, “GIRL, SO CONFUSING”)
CHARLI XCX: (Singing) Woman, it is so complicated generally to be a lady – woman, woman,
TSIOULCAS: That is six of the highest 10 positions all held by girls. To paraphrase the queen Beyonce, who runs the pop charts? This week, at the very least, it is ladies.
Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR Information, New York.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, “GIRL, SO CONFUSING”)
CHARLI XCX: (Singing) How do you’re feeling being a lady? Woman, woman. Man, I do not know, I am only a woman. Woman, woman, woman, woman. You are all about writing poems. However I am about throwing events. Assume it’s best to come to my occasion.
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