Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism will be hard to catch in the U.K. chart race. Based on midweek sales and streaming data captured by the Official Charts Company, the British pop singer’s third studio album has a healthy lead. Radical Optimism is outselling the next-best-placed LP, Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department, by 2 to 1, and should storm home for Lipa’s second leader. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Assuming it continues on its path, Radical Optimism will become Lipa’s first album to debut at No. 1. Her self-titled 2017 debut Dua Lipa peaked at No. 3 and has logged 354 weeks on the frame, while her sophomore effort from 2020, Future Nostalgia, climbed to No. 1 in its second week. Future Nostalgia logged four weeks at No. 1, and has now clocked 203 weeks on the Official Chart – and counting. Radical Optimism is already a U.K. hit, yielding three top 10 singles chart entries: “Houdini (No. 2 peak), “Training Season” (No. 4) and “Illusion” (No. 9). Trending on Billboard With Dua Lipa’s latest effort flying high, Swift’s Tortured Poets looks set to dip 1-2 after two weeks at the chart penthouse. It’s TayTay’s 12th U.K. No. 1 album. Meanwhile, Hampshire, England rock artist Frank Turner is on track for a podium finish with Undefeated. It’s new at No. 3 on the Official Chart Update, and is set to become Turner’s sixth U.K. top 10 appearance. Kelly Jones, frontman of Welsh indie-rock favorites Stereophonics, could nab his solo career best with Inevitable Incredible, his second LP. Inevitable Incredible is on course for a No. 4 start, well ahead of the No. 8 best for his debut solo effort Don’t Let The Devil Take Another Day from 2020. As a member of Stereophonics, Jones has eight U.K. No. 1s. Finally, Scottish indie-pop act Camera Obscura is peering in on a first-ever U.K. top 10 appearance with Look To The East, Look To The West, their first studio album in over a decade. It bows at No. 10 on the chart blast, and should give Camera Obscura a third U.K. top 40. All will be revealed when the Official U.K. Albums Chart is published late Friday, May 10.

Myke Towers captures his highest-charting hit yet on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart as “Adivino,” with Bad Bunny, debuts at No. 2 on the list dated May 11. It’s the 52nd chart hit for the former, and 11th to reach the top 10. For Bunny, the collab marks his record-extending 75th top 10 out of 170 total chart hits (again, a record). Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Adivino,” released April 25 on One World International/Warner Latina, traces its No. 2 debut on Hot Latin Songs almost entirely to streaming activity. The song logged 9.9 million official U.S. streams in the U.S. during the April 26-May 2 tracking week, according to Luminate. That sum yields an equal No. 2 start on Latin Streaming Songs, Towers’ highest debut, and it equals his highest charting song (“La Jeepeta,” with Nio Garcia, Anuel AA, Brray and Juanka). Trending on Billboard As “Adivino” launches at No. 2 on Hot Latin Songs, which blends streaming data, airplay, and digital sales for its results, it pushes Xavi’s former No. 1 “La Diabla” from 2-3, following its 14-week domination which started in January. The track marked the second-longest run at No. 1 this decade (Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma’s “Ella Baila Sola” dominated for 19 consecutive weeks in 2023). Meanwhile, FloyyMenor and Cris MJ’s “Gata Only” remains at No. 1 four a fourth consecutive week. By reaching No. 2, Towers outpaces his career-best, as he previous topped out at No. 3 on the multi-metric tally with both “La Jeepeta” (Nio Garcia, Anuel AA, Towers, Brray and Juanka), and “Caramelo” (Ozuna, Karol G and Towers), a week from each other in August 2020. Benito, meanwhile, scores his first debut on the chart since the Oct. 28, 2023-dated list, when he landed 19 concurrent debuts alongside the release of his Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana album, including the entire top 10, led by “Mónaco.” The track spent 10 weeks at No. 1 – the second-most of any No. 1 in 2023, trailing the 19 weeks of “Ella Baila Sola.” Notably, as “Adivino” becomes the third song to debut at No. 2 or higher in 2024 –after two Peso Pluma songs– Bad Bunny extends his record for the most top 10s, with 75. On the all-genre Billboard Hot 100, “Adivino” opens at No. 63, Towers’ highest-debut yet. Only one other Latin song ranks higher: FloyyMenor and Cris MJ’s “Gata Only” continues its winning streak, as it rallies 58-44 on the Hot 100 and continues at No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs for a fourth turn. While streaming activity fuels the bulk of “Adivino’s” high start, sales assist its launch in the upper tier: the 1,000 downloads sold in the tracking week targeted for a No. 1 debut on Latin Digital Song Sales. [embedded content]

The first of three live broadcasts of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest yielded the initial results of the competition, with 10 countries out of 15 moving forward into the grand final on Saturday (May 11) and five countries going home. Most notable among the 10 winning countries are Luxembourg, which returned to the pan-European competition this year after a 31-year absence, and Ireland, which holds the record for the most wins with Sweden at seven each. However, Ireland has failed to qualify for the grand final 11 times since the semifinals were introduced in 2005. Bambie Thug breaks that spell with “Doomsday Blue,” a self-described “electro-metal breakdown.” Thug (real name: Bambie Ray Robinson) is the first nonbinary artist to represent Ireland in Eurovision and will be the first Irish contestant in the competition since Ryan O’Shaugnessy placed 16th with “Together” in 2018. Thug’s entry is expected to place high in the grand final rankings. If they end up in the top five, it will be Ireland’s biggest Eurovision success since Marc Roberts’ “Mysterious Ways,” which finished second to Katrina & the Waves winning U.K. entry “Love Shine a Light” in 1997. Trending on Billboard Talia, an Israeli-born singer living in Luxembourg, will be the first person from that small European country — the only grand duchy (a country ruled by a monarch with the title of grand duke or duchess) remaining in the world — to sing in Eurovision since Modern Times placed 20th with “Donne-Moi Une Chance” in 1993. The other eight countries that qualified for the grand final are Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, Lithuania, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia and Ukraine. The five countries relegated out, by public vote during the live broadcast, are Australia, Azerbaijan, Iceland, Moldova and Poland. The oddsmakers have Croatia heavily tipped to win; it would be that nation’s first victory in 30 attempts, although Riva, a band from Croatia, triumphed in 1990 when their country was still part of Yugoslavia. A second semifinal will be broadcast live on Thursday (May 9). There will be 16 countries fighting for a spot in the grand final top 10 that night: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Israel, Latvia, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, San Marino and Switzerland. Pre-qualified, and thus able to skip the semifinals, are the host country (Sweden) and the “Big Five” (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom), so-named because they contribute the largest amounts to the production budget. Semifinal No 2 of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest will be live on Peacock in the U.S. on Thursday starting at 3 p.m. ET/noon PT. The grand final will also be live, on Saturday at the same times.

All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. After just two weeks in theaters, Abigail is dancing its ways onto digital platforms. The vampire horror film about a blood-thirsty ballerina arrived Tuesday (May 7) on VOD. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Kathryn Newton, Alisha Wier, William Catlett, Kevin Durand, Angus Cloud and Giancarlo Esposito star in the horror flick, which follows a group of criminals who kidnap a 12-year-old girl in hopes of cashing in on a $50 million ransom. The abduction takes a gory turn when they find out the girl is a vampire and the daughter of an underworld leader. Abigail is available to rent for $19.99 ($24.99 to buy) on Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play and Vudu. Trending on Billboard The movie premiered April 19 in theaters, and despite positive reviews and a large social media presence — the trailer racked up more than 4 million views on YouTube and viral threads are all over TikTok — Abigail failed to scare up a large box-office debut, bringing in just $10 million on opening weekend and landing in second place behind the dystopian action thriller Civil War. Abigail is directed by Scream VI‘s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. The film is produced by William Sherak, Paul Neinstein, James Vanderbilt, Tripp Vinson and Chad Villella. Ron Lynch and Macdara Kelleher are executive producers. The movie also underwent a name change, the directors revealed in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. “The first draft we got was called Abducting Abigail, and we later learned that an earlier draft we never saw had been called Dracula’s Daughter,” said Bettinelli-Olpin. “But we just were not fans of the Abducting Abigail title, and no disrespect to [co-writer] Stephen Shields, who we absolutely love and adore. So we just asked that it be called Abigail because we really liked that, and it stuck through production. In so many of the movies that we love where you kind of care about the villain, the villain is such a major part of the story, but they’re not one of the ‘main characters,’ like Alien, Jaws, Terminator, Predator. But the title character is still the villain or the monster, so we used that blueprint for Abigail.” Watch the trailer for Abigail below. [embedded content]

Just two weeks after Usher tied Charlie Wilson for the most No. 1s by a male artist on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart, the latter legend reclaims the title for himself as “Superman” tops the list dated May 11. “Superman” jumps from No. 3 after an 8% increase in plays that made it the most-played song as U.S. monitored adult R&B radio stations in the week of April 26-May 2, according to Luminate. The new leader ousts Usher’s record-tying “Risk It All,” a collaboration with H.E.R., from the top spot after the latter’s two-week command. With “Superman,” Wilson achieves his 10th No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay. In addition to resetting the benchmark for the most champs among male artists, the R&B legend becomes only the third artist to reach double-digit No. 1s on the list. Here’s a recap of the artists with the most No. 1s on the Adult R&B Airplay chart since its launch in 1993: Trending on Billboard 14, Alicia Keys11, Toni Braxton10, Charlie Wilson9, Usher8, Mary J. Blige8, H.E.R.8, Kem8, Bruno Mars8, Maxwell8, Tank [embedded content] “I am incredibly grateful and humbled by the overwhelming support for ‘Superman’,” Wilson said in a press release highlighting his achievement. “To have another [No.] 1 hit on the Billboard Adult R&B chart is truly an important achievement to me, especially with a song so personal highlighting my wife’s endless love and support of me. She truly put the cape back on my back after very rough times. I want to thank my fans for their unwavering loyalty and love throughout my career. This song is also for all women, their strength, love and support is appreciated more than they know.” Elsewhere, “Superman” dips 26-27 from its peak on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, which ranks songs by combined audience totals from adult R&B and mainstream R&B/hip-hop radio stations. There, the song registered 4.4 million in audience for the tracking week, a 1% drop from the prior period. In addition to Wilson’s successful run as a solo artist, listeners may also know the man known as “Uncle Charlie” as the lead singer of his former group, The Gap Band. The trio – comprised of brothers Charlie, Robert and Ronnie – achieved 15 top 10s on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart between 1979 and 1990, including classics such as “Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me),” “Outstanding” and “You Dropped a Bomb on Me.”