The end of the year is coming up, and on the last Friday of 2023, Jung Kook claims his and South Korea’s first WMR 100 #1 with his hit single Standing Next to You. The BTS performer sees off tough competition for the final #1 of the year from Cannons (up three places to #2), Sebalter (staying put at #3), last week’s #1 Dua Lipa (now down to #4) and Lena (up three to #5) to claim the crown for the week. What new challengers will emerge in 2024?
(more…)Month: December 2023
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There’s no holding back this Houdini! Dua Lipa locks in the top spot of the WMR 100 for a second straight week, while the competition stays hot on her heels, with Jung Kook moving up one spot to claim silver with Standing Next to You and Sebalter climbing up two places to #3 with Better Things. Slimane and Cannons round out the week’s top five.
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She said it herself: catch her or she goes Houdini. Dua Lipa escapes the competition this week to claim her first ever WMR 100 #1 after missing out in the summer with Dance the Night, which peaked at #6 back in June. She dethrones SIDEPIECE‘s On My Way, which slips to #2 this week, while Jung Kook climbs up four places to #3 and scores his new personal best with Standing Next to You, becoming the first South Korean act to reach the top five of our list in the process. Rounding out the top five are Slimane‘s Mon amour at #4 and Sebalter‘s Better Things at #5.
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Throughout World Music Rankings’ inaugural year, more and more artists have joined the list of performers who have achieved the top spot of our weekly list, the WMR 100. This week, we welcome to those ranks Dylan Ragland and Ricky Mears, the American house duo known collectively as SIDEPIECE, who lay claim to our #1 spot with their track On My Way, which features vocals by Moroccan-Canadian singer Faouzia (who already achieved a WMR 100 #1 on her own with La La La back in September). They are joined on the podium by Dua Lipa and Lord of the Lost, both of whom move up two places from #4 and #5, respectively, to claim this week’s silver and bronze. Rounding out the top five are last week’s number 1 Daniela Spalla at #4 and Slimane, moving up five places from #10 to claim fifth place.
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December is here, and it means WMR’s first year is close to ending. Through 2023, we have seen artists from several countries claim the top spot of the WMR 100, and we start the last month of the year adding a new country to that list: Argentina. Daniela Spalla becomes the first Argentine act to reach the #1 of our weekly list, plus the first to do so with a Spanish-language song, with La carta, single off her latest album Dara. She is joined on the podium by SIDEPIECE and Faouzia, who inch closer to the top by moving up a spot from #3 to #2 with On My Way, and last week’s #1 LPS, who drop to #3 with Insomnia. Dua Lipa and Lord of the Lost round out the top five.
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