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INSIDE

Morgan Wallen's `Dangerous'

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5TH

ANNIVERSARY

Raleigh Music Group was founded in 2016 by industry veteran partners Peter Raleigh and Steven Storch. The company is headquartered in the heart of Times Square, NYC with offices in Los Angeles. In its first five years has experienced remarkable global growth and expansion.

The boutique music publishing company attributes its success to its "client first" approach to music publishing ? delivering a high touch, high service experience to a select roster of music publishing clients it represents. The company has benefitted from the support of Susan Aberbach, an owner of the Elvis Presley catalog and an early stage investor.

Raleigh's client services are provided by A&R staff in NY and LA, a synch licensing team with strong relationships in the film/tv, advertising and gaming industries, and a first-class copyright and royalty administration department.

The company's best in class global sub-publishing partner network includes Budde, Caf? Concerto, Peer Music, Native Tongue, Supreme Songs, Schubert, Cloud 9, GL Music, Clippers, Som Livre, Nichion, Geoff Paynter Music, Fujipacific, IDM, Pelikan and others.

Raleigh represents numerous iconic catalogs and songs including Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling in Love", "A Little Less Conversation", and "All Shook Up", George Gershwin's "Summertime", "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" and "They Can't Take that Away from Me", The Tokens, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", Gregmark Music's "Stormy Monday", Anthony Newley's "What Kind of Fool am I" and numerous other classics. The company also represents the classic catalogs of Bo Diddley, America, Anthony Newley, Willy (Mink) Deville, Lords of the Underground, Trax Records, and many others.

As Raleigh's reputation has grown, the company has steadily built a contemporary roster of songwriters, artists and producers and now publishes songs performed by or featuring superstar artists including: Ariana Grande, Chris Brown, Kid Rock, Madonna, John Legend, Lil Uzi Vert, A$AP Ferg, Cardi B, A Boogie, Snoop Dogg, Trey Songz, Lil Durk, Busta Rhymes and film and tv composers Randy Edelman and Rick Marotta.

Please join Billboard in congratulating Raleigh Music group's 5th Anniversary.

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showing him using the N-word. Reaction to the Feb. 2 clip was swift ? he was "suspended" from his recording contract with Big Loud Records, his music was removed from dozens of high profile playlists on streamers such as Apple Music and Spotify, and multiple radio groups dropped his music. In the tracking week that captured the initial fallout from the Feb. 2 video, Dangerous spent a fourth week at No. 1 (with a 14% gain in units earned in the week ending Feb. 4).

Among albums that charted on both Top Country Albums and the Billboard 200, the last to notch five total weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 was Taylor Swift's Red, with seven nonconsecutive weeks atop the list in 2012-13. The last country set to log its first five weeks at No. 1 was Shania Twain's Up (Dec. 7, 2002 through Jan. 4, 2003). The last country album by a male artist to score five weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 ? and its first five weeks in the lead ? was Garth Brooks' Double Live in late 1998 and early 1999, which spent its first five (and total) weeks at No. 1 (Dec. 5, 1998 ? Jan. 2, 1999).

While Dangerous remains at No. 1, Wallen's previous album, 2018's If I Know Me, reaches the top 10 for the first time, as it climbs 17-10 ? surpassing its previous high of No. 13 (reached on the chart dated Aug. 20, 2020). If I Know Me rises with 29,000 equivalent album units earned in the week

ending Feb. 11 (up 33%) ? which also marks the album's best weeks, in terms of units earned.

Of If I Know Me's 29,000-unit sum, 17,000 comprise SEA units (up 12%, equaling 24.95 million on-demand streams of the songs), 10,000 comprise album sales (up 101%, the album's best sales week yet) and 2,000 comprise TEA units (up 16%).

Back up near the top of the chart, The Weeknd's new 18-song retrospective compilation The Highlights debuts at No. 2 (89,000 equivalent album units earned) -- the highest charting greatest hits set in over a year. The last best-of to see such great heights on the chart was Blake Shelton's Fully Loaded: God's Country, which debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the Dec. 28, 2019-dated list.

The Highlights was released on Feb. 5, two days before The Weeknd played the Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 7.

Of The Highlights' 89,000-unit sum, 70,000 comprise SEA units (equaling 101.94 million on-demand streams of the songs), 10,000 comprise album sales and 9,000 comprise TEA units.

The Highlights boasts 11 of The Weeknd's 12 top 10-charting hits on the Billboard Hot 100. Among the album's songs are two that are also on his most recent studio album, 2020's After Hours: "Blinding Lights" and "Save Your Tears." The TEA and SEA units for both songs contribute to The Highlights on the chart as a song's activity is

assigned to the artist's album with the most sales in a week. (After Hours sold 6,000 copies in the latest tracking week, while The Highlights sold 10,000. Due to the track reassignment, After Hours moves 4-37 on the Billboard 200, with 15,000 units earned ? down 57%.)

In total, The Highlights is The Weeknd's seventh top 10 album, the entirety of his charting efforts ? and all of them have reached the top five of the list.

Foo Fighters fly in at No. 3 with the band's new studio album Medicine at Midnight, marking the group's ninth top 10. The set launches with 70,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, 64,000 comprise album sales (it's the No. 1-selling album of the week), 6,000 comprise SEA units (equaling 7.66 million on-demand streams of the set's songs) and a negligible number comprise TEA units.

The third and final debut in the top 10 is Pooh Shiesty's Shiesty Season, which bows at No. 4 with 62,000 equivalent album units earned. It's the rapper's first album release, and was led by his first Hot 100 hit, the top 40-charting "Back in Blood," featuring Lil Durk. The 21-year-old Pooh Shiesty was previously named as one of Billboard's 2021 Artists to Watch, and also deemed February's Hip-Hop and R&B Rookie of the Month.

Lil Durk's The Voice falls 2-5 with 49,000 equivalent album units earned (down 43%),

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TOP MUSIC LAWYERS

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This feature will also include a round-up of top law schools attended by the notable alumni on the Top Music Lawyer list.

Please join Billboard in congratulating this year's music power lawyers. Advertise and position your law firm to the decision makers in the industry who are always in need for the best legal counsel.

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while Pop Smoke's former leader Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon dips 3-6 with 41,000 units (down 4%). Three more previous chart-toppers are next in the top 10, as Ariana Grande's Positions climbs 9-7 with 32,000 units (up 14%), Juice WRLD's Legends Never Die descends 5-8 with 30,000 units (down 2%) and Luke Combs' What You See Is What You Get drops 6-9 with nearly 30,000 units (down 1%).

As previously noted, Wallen's If I Know Me closes out the top 10, jumping 17-10 with 29,000 units (up 33%).

Olivia Rodrigo's `Drivers License' Tops Hot 100 for 5th Week, Cardi B's `Up' Debuts at No. 2

BY GARY TRUST

O livia Rodrigo's "Drivers License" dominates the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a fifth week, after soaring in at the summit four weeks ago.

Plus, Cardi B's "Up" blasts onto the Hot 100 at No. 2; The Weeknd doubles up in the top five following his Super Bowl LV halftime show performance, with "Blinding Lights" at No. 3 and "Save Your Tears" at No. 4; and the late Pop Smoke's "What You Know Bout Love" enters the top 10, rising from No. 13 to No. 10.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated Feb. 20) will update on tomorrow (Feb. 17, a day later than usual in observance of the Presidents Day holiday in the U.S. Feb 15). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

"License" was released Jan. 8 on Geffen/ Interscope Records and debuted atop the

Jan. 23-dated Hot 100, marking Rodrigo's first No. 1. The song from the singer-songwriter and actress, who broke through with roles on Disney Channel's Bizaardvark and Disney+'s High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, totaled 27.6 million U.S. streams (down 14%) and 16,000 downloads sold (up 29%) in the week ending Feb. 11, according to MRC Data. It also drew 54.3 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 16%) in the week ending Feb. 14, as it wins the Hot 100's top Airplay Gainer award for a fourth consecutive frame.

The track slips to No. 2 after four weeks atop the all-genre Streaming Songs chart and 3-4 after three weeks atop Digital Song Sales, while reaching the Radio Songs top 10, pushing 11-7.

"License" is just the 10th single to have debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 and spent at least its first five weeks on top. It's the first to earn the distinction for a female artist's first No. 1 with a song on which she's the sole billed act.

Singles to Spend First Five Weeks or More on Hot 100 at No. 1 16 weeks, "One Sweet Day," Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, 1995-96 14 weeks, "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight," Elton John, 1997-98 11 weeks, "God's Plan," Drake, 2018 11 weeks, "I'll Be Missing You," Puff Daddy & Faith Evans feat. 112, 1997 10 weeks, "Hello," Adele, 2015-16 8 weeks, "Fantasy," Mariah Carey, 1995 6 weeks, "Born This Way," Lady Gaga, 2011 5 weeks, "Drivers License," Olivia Rodrigo, 2021 5 weeks, "7 Rings," Ariana Grande, 2019 5 weeks, "Harlem Shake," Baauer, 2013

Cardi B's "Up" roars onto the Hot 100 at No. 2, following its Feb. 5 release. It launches with 31.2 million streams, 14.9 million in airplay audience and 37,000 sold (digital and physical singles combined; in addition to "explicit," "clean" and "instrumental" download options for $1.29 during the tracking week, a "limited CD single" and "alternative cover" CD single were available for purchase in Cardi B's official webstore for $9.99 each).

The rapper/singer collects her ninth Hot

100 top 10, a sum that includes four No. 1s. She has notched at least one top 10 in each of the last five years, dating to her debut No. 1 "Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)" in 2017.

"Up" opens at No. 1 on both Digital Song Sales and Streaming Songs, where it's Cardi B's fifth and fourth leader, respectively. It enters Radio Songs at No. 50.

The track also premieres at No. 1 on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, which use the same methodology as the Hot 100. Cardi B achieves her sixth No. 1 on the former chart and fifth on the latter list.

After The Weeknd included portions of each song in his Super Bowl LV halftime performance Feb. 7, his "Blinding Lights" (which closed the set) holds at No. 3 on the Hot 100 and "Save Your Tears" surges 8-4, becoming his ninth top five hit. Both songs are from his latest studio LP, 2020's After Hours (which now sports three top five hits, as "Heartless" hit No. 1 for a week in December 2019) and appear on his new hits collection The Highlights, which debuts at No. 2 on the Billboard 200.

"Lights" tallied 58.7 million in airplay audience (up 2%), 21.8 million streams (up 45%) and 30,000 sold (up 247%) in the tracking week; "Tears" earned 32.1 million in radio reach (up 14%) and 21.7 million streams (up 45%) and sold 14,000 (up 152%). The former takes top Sales Gainer honors on the Hot 100 and the latter is the chart's top Streaming Gainer.

"Lights" spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 last April-May (eventually finishing as the chart's top hit of all of 2020) and logs its 62nd total week on the chart. It adds a record-extending 49th week in the top 10 and record-furthering 40th week in the top five. The track also posts a record-padding 46th frame atop the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs survey.

Rounding out the Hot 100's top five, 24kGoldn's "Mood," featuring Iann Dior, dips 2-5, after eight nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 in October through mid-January. It tops the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts for a 24th week each.

Ariana Grande's "34+35" descends 4-6 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2 three

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