Month: May 2023

Ed Sheeran is the unofficial king of wedding songs, and the 32-year-old crooner surprised a couple who are longtime fans of the superstar and even chose his song “Put It All On Me” for their first dance at their wedding.

In a TikTok video posted by @MeetCutesNYC, the couple explains how they met and how they bonded over their love for Sheeran. “Candy, Harry Potter, Ed Sheeran,” the husband said of their shared interests. “And the rest is history.”

Halfway through the clip, the singer himself appears, as the couple screams in excitement on the New York City sidewalk. “This just made our life. That’s fantastic,” the husband says to the star, before they revealed that they danced to his No. 6 Collaborations Project song at their wedding.

“I think that’s the first time I’ve heard somebody dance to that,” Sheeran responded, before learning that the couple is expecting their first baby, a boy, in five weeks. Sheeran, who shares two-year-old daughter Lyra and one-year-old daughter Jupiter with wife Cherry Seaborn, had some sweet advice for the parents-to-be.

“Month four, it gets easier,” he told them. “The one thing you need to know is that no one gets it right.”

The surprise comes just a week after Sheeran unveiled his vulnerable new album, Subtract, which the couple listened to once it released at the Indie Record Store. Watch the adorable moment below.

Rob Bisel rises to No. 1 on Billboard’s R&B Producers chart (dated May 13), ruling for the first time thanks to four production credits on the Hot R&B Songs chart (dated May 13), all by SZA.

Leading the charge is SZA’s smash single “Kill Bill,” which adds a 20th week at No. 1 on Hot R&B Songs. It ties Bruno Mars’ “That’s What I Like,” The Weeknd’s “Starboy” featuring Daft Punk, and Drake’s “One Dance” featuring WizKid and Kyla for the second-longest reign in the chart’s history, after The Weeknd’s 48-week leader “Blinding Lights.”

“Kill Bill,” which became SZA’s first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 two weeks earlier, drew 81.7 million radio airplay audience impressions and 21.3 million official streams and sold 1,000 in the U.S. April 28-May 4, according to Luminate.

Bisel co-produced “Kill Bill” with Carter Lang, who dips to No. 2 on R&B Producers after spending 20 weeks at No. 1, the fourth-longest command in the chart’s four-year history.

Here’s a look at all four of Bisel’s production credits on the latest Hot R&B songs chart, with co-producers listed in parentheses.

Rank, Artist Billing, Title (co-producers in addition to Bisel):

All four tracks are on SZA’s latest album, SOS, which spent 10 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and 21 weeks and counting at No. 1 on Top R&B Albums (encompassing every week since the set’s release).

Bisel also spends a 21st consecutive week at No. 2 on the R&B Songwriters chart, behind SZA herself, who claims a 32nd week on top.

Elsewhere, Bisel ranks at No. 2 on R&B/Hip-Hop Producers, No. 3 on R&B/Hip-Hop Songwriters, No. 7 on Hot 100 Producers and No. 16 on Hot 100 Songwriters.

Billboard launched the Hot 100 Songwriters and Hot 100 Producers charts, as well as genre-specific rankings for country, rock & alternative, R&B/hip-hop, R&B, rap, Latin, Christian, gospel and dance/electronic, in June 2019. (Alternative and hard rock joined in 2020, along with seasonal holiday rankings in 2022.) The charts are based on total points accrued by a songwriter and producer, respectively, for each attributed song that appears on the Hot 100. The genre-based songwriter and producer charts follow the same methodology based on corresponding “Hot”-named genre charts. As with Billboard’s yearly recaps, multiple writers or producers split points for each song equally (and the dividing of points will lead to occasional ties on rankings).

The full Hot 100 Songwriters and Hot 100 Producers charts and full genre rankings can be found on Billboard.com.

Ke Personajes, Big One and FMK rule the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 chart for third week, as their first partnership, “Un Finde: Big One Crossover #2,” holds atop the ranking dated May 6.

It’s the third song to rule the tally for at least three weeks in 2023, after Bizarrap and Shakira’s “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53” (four weeks at the penthouse, starting the Jan. 21-dated list) and another Big One collab, “En La Intimidad,” with Emilia and Calljeron Fino (seven consecutive weeks starting chart dated Feb. 25). The latter rebounds 9-4 on the current tally.

BM’s “M.A (Mejores Amigos)” holds steady at No. 2 for a third week after leading the chart for one week (dated April 15), while Ke Personajes’ “Pobre Corazón,” featuring Onda Sabanera, continues at its No. 3 high for a second week.

Yng Lvcas and Peso Pluma score their first top 10 as “La Bebe” rallies 13-5 in its seventh week. Meanwhile, Grupo Frontera likewise clocks its first top 10 thanks to its Bad Bunny collab, “Un X100to,” which surges 24-7.

Argentinian Milo J nabs the Hot Shot Debut of the week with “Rara Vez” at No. 17. It’s his highest entry among six total chart appearances. He previously secured a top 40 on his first try as “Milagrosa” peaked at No. 36 on the March 25-dated list.

Further, Quevedo and Myke Towers’ “Playa del Inglés” takes home the Greatest Gainer honors of the week with a 36-rank climb, from No. 85 to No. 49.

Five other songs debut this week, starting with Khea and Tiago Pzk’s “Para Amarte a Ti,” at No. 76. Andres Calamaro returns with “Costumbres Argentinas,” his collaboration with Los Auténticos Decadentes, at No. 77. Feid and Sean Paul’s “Niña Bonita” launches at No. 82, while Fito Paez places two simultaneous songs: “El Amor Después del Amor” and “Brillante Sobre el Mic” at No. 89 and No. 93, respectively.