The Chart Show: 'Bad Guy' Tops the Lot!
by Mark Wheat
June 06, 2019
The most popular teenager on the planet right now is back at the top of our chart. Billie Eilish is playing a long sold out show at The Armory this Saturday night and she's also Number One on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart unusually returning for the third week out of nine.
At #10 on that Billboard chart is Lizzo who's right behind Billie at two this week. Surely it's going to be a battle of the ages for the next two months between these two! Lizzo will be trying to out do Cardi B at the BET Awards this year, both are set to perform.
Also playing at The Armory this weekend are Vampire Weekend, who slip down to #3. They were just in the UK to play a big BBC festival and will return there in 3 weeks to play Glastonbury. Ezra talked to the NME about baggy music and being on that bill with The Cure.
Poised to be inducted next week and going up 5 places to 5 is Hozier who played Sunday at The State Theater with Bailen opening. Both bands stopped in for in-studios.
The collaborative songwriting project of Jack White and Brendon Benson, The Raconteurs are at #11, the highest new entry this week. This song is ALMOST the title track of the new album Help Us Stranger which will be out on June 21st. They play The Armory on July 15th.
Rock The Garden tickets are still available for June 29th at the Walker Art Center and the headliners The National are another new entry at thirteen. David had an interview this week with bassist Scott on New Hot.
The artists at Numbers 18 and 19 are both featured on national television this week. Mavis Staples, who'll be joining Brandi Carlile at Music on a Stick this year at the MN State Fair, is on Ellen Thursday, while The Lumineers join Jimmy Kimmel on Friday.
Just in time for the release of their 5th studio album and first in four years coming Friday, Silversun Pickups are brand new at twenty. They'll celebrate Saturday by playing the famous KROQ Weenie Fest!
Submit your Chart Show ballot this week for a chance to win The Current's Beer Dabbler at Twin Cities Pride giveaway at Loring Park in Minneapolis, MN on June 21, 2019.