Snail Mail Stamps Debut
Snail Mail debuts at No. 57 on the Artist 100 thanks to the act’s second album, Valentine, which arrives at No. 3 on Vinyl Albums (7,000 copies sold on vinyl) and No. 7 on both Top Album Sales (10,000 sold overall) and Alternative Albums (12,000 equivalent-album units). The solo project of singer-songwriter Lindsey Jordan also tops the Emerging Artists chart for the first time, while Valentine’s title track ranks at No. 27 on Adult Alternative Airplay, marking the act’s first entry on a Billboard songs chart. Snail Mail’s debut full-length, Lush, hit No. 8 on Vinyl Albums and No. 20 on Alternative Albums in 2018.
Silk Sonic blazes a trail straight to No. 1 on the Hot R&B Songs chart as “Smokin Out the Window” debuts in the top slot. The track, from the duo of Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars (above, from left), traces its chart-topping entrance to a No. 1 start on R&B Digital Song Sales (9,000 sold, according to MRC Data, in the week ending Nov. 11) and a No. 2 entry on R&B Streaming Songs (21 million). Radio airplay, too, has quickly shored up, with “Smokin” detected at No. 25 in its first week on R&B/ Hip-Hop Airplay (4.4 million in audience, the week ending Nov. 14).
The new single is Silk Sonic’s second Hot R&B Songs leader after “Leave the Door Open” dominated for 14 weeks between March and August. Both No. 1 hits, along with the pair’s second single, “Skate” (No. 3), appear on the duo’s album, An Evening With Silk Sonic. The nine-track set, released Nov. 12, is due to appear on the Nov. 27 charts.