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Friday, December 1, 2023

ASCAP Foundation Kicks Off Holiday Auction Featuring Items From Range Of A-List Artists

The third annual ASCAP Foundation Holiday Auction featuring items donated by a range of A-list artists and songwriters has kicked off online.

The donors include Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg, Olivia Rodrigo, Selena Gomez, Travis Barker, Tenacious D, Steve Aoki, Chris Stapleton, Renee Rapp, Big Daddy Kane, Stephen Schwartz, Old Dominion, Brothers Osborne, Jordan Davis, Carly Pearce, the Songwriters Hall of Fame and Gibson Guitars.

The items on auction include autographed guitars, vinyl, handwritten lyrics, original song compositions written for the winning bidder, VIP tickets to awards shows, concerts and sporting events, meet and greets, personalized videos and more.

The auction takes place online at www.ascapfoundation.org/auction23 through December 14.

"We could not be more excited that the Holiday Auction is becoming an annual tradition for The ASCAP Foundation," said Nicole George-Middleton, The ASCAP Foundation Executive Director. "It has been incredible to see the donations pour in from ASCAP's top members as we work together to raise funds to support future music creators."

She added, "It is truly a one-of-a-kind auction for music fans, and we thank our supporters from the bottom of our hearts for their generosity."

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Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' Tops Billboard's Holiday 100 For 58th Week

Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" has topped Billboard's Holiday 100 for the 58th total week. The hit Christmas song has come in at No. 1 for the vast majority of the chart's 63-week history.

Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" has topped Billboard's Holiday 100 for the 58th total week.

The hit Christmas song has come in at No. 1 for the vast majority of the chart's 63-week history.

The song earned 22 million streams, 15.6 million radio airplay audience impressions and 3,000 copies sold in the United States in the tracking week ending on November 23, according to Luminate.

"All I Want for Christmas Is You" is currently the No. 1 hit on Billboard's Greatest of All Time Holiday 100 Songs chart

The song also surged from No. 17 to No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated November 25.

A track from Carey's 1994 album Merry Christmas, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is an up-tempo love song that includes bell chimes, backing vocals and synthesizers. The song has become a Christmas standard and continues to surge in popularity each holiday season.

The "Songbird Supreme" performed the Christmas carol at the recent Billboard Music Awards show.

Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (No. 2); Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock" (No. 3); Wham!'s "Last Christmas" (No. 4) and Burl Ives' "A Holly Jolly Christmas" (No. 5) round out the top 5 on Billboard's Holiday 100 chart.

The Holiday 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data.

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Jack Harlow's 'Lovin On Me' Reaches No. 1 On Billboard Hot 100

Jack Harlow's new single "Lovin on Me" has climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, earning the rapper his third No. 1 on the list. The song debuted at No. 2 a week earlier.

"Lovin on Me," which arrived via Generation Now/Atlantic, is the 1,160th No. 1 in the Hot 100's 65-year history.

According to Luminate, the song drew 23.6 million streams in the tracking week November 17-23, up 6% from a week earlier. Radio airplay audience impressions surged 71% to 20.8 million, while downloads dropped 10% to 11,000 in the tracking week.

On the Streaming Songs chart, "Lovin on Me" stayed at No. 1 for a second straight week. The track also holds at No. 2 on Digital Song Sales and debuted at No. 32 on Radio Songs list.

Harlow's previous No. 1s on the Hot 100 list are "First Class" and "Industry Baby," featuring Lil Nas X.

Harlow is the third artist to tally at least one new Hot 100 No. 1 in each of the last three years. He joins Drake and Taylor Swift (whose streaks both date to 2020).

"Lovin on Me" concurrently tops the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, which use the same methodology as the Hot 100, for a second week each.

(Photo: Raphael Pour-Hashemi; CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia)

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