Here is this week's Luminate Data Market Watch report which features Canadian music stats for the current week and year-to-date comparisons to last year.
Here is this week's Luminate Data Market Watch report which features Canadian music stats for the current week and YTD with comparisons to last year. This chart is published every Tuesday. The abbreviation "TEA" is a term used to describe the sale of music downloads or singles. A track equivalent album is equal to 10 tracks, or 10 songs.
Jay-Z and Beyoncé
The four-track EP dropped in the small hours of Wednesday morning (Aug. 5), and features contributions from JAŸ-Z on two cuts.
Beyoncé is full of surprises.
Several weeks after the release of “Morning Dew (Donk),” Bey surprise-releases the “Morning Dew (Donk)” Remix Pack, a four-pack with two cuts featuring the talents of her hubby, the hip-hop superstar Jay-Z.
The EP dropped in the small hours of Wednesday morning (Aug. 5), alerted to the Beyhive by way of a social post from Parkwood Entertainment.
Written by Beyoncé, Pharrell Williams, The-Dream and Darius Dixon, Beyonce announced “Morning Dew (Donk)” on the 4th of July weekend, an official release closing a chapter on demos leaked in recent years.
On the Remix Pack, Jay-Z — he’s listed as JAŸ-Z (with an umlaut over the “Y”) — jumps in with a fresh rhyme. “Top of the top, sloppy as a morning dew / the watch is vintage, I don’t need nothing new / coming through Malibu in the old school,” he raps. Jay’s vocals also appear on an “acoustic” version.
Beyonce returned to the top 10 of Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for the first time in three years as “Morning Dew (Donk)” bowed at No. 7 on the tally dated July 18. Meanwhile, “Morning Dew” started at No. 3 on Hot R&B Songs and No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her 61st top 40 title.
The song was, reportedly, recorded back in 2013 around the Beyoncé album era; a snippet leaked in 2021 before a fuller version made its way online two years later, even sparking TikTok trends.
“Morning Dew” will appear on a 20th anniversary deluxe edition of Beyoncé’s sophomore album, B’Day. The set, released in September 2006, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and ignited the smash “Irreplaceable,” the 2007 year-end Hot 100 No. 1 single. Additional hits included “Beautiful Liar,” with Shakira (No. 3), “Deja Vu,” feat. Jay-Z (No. 4) and “Ring the Alarm” (No. 11).
“Morning Dew” will appear on a 20th anniversary deluxe edition of Beyoncé’s sophomore album, B’Day. The set, released in September 2006, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and sparked the smash “Irreplaceable,” the 2007 year-end Hot 100 No. 1 single. Additional hits included “Beautiful Liar,” with Shakira (No. 3), “Deja Vu,” feat. Jay-Z (No. 4) and “Ring the Alarm” (No. 11).
Stream the “Morning Dew (Donk)” Remix Pack below.
