Formed in 2018, Black Pumas is an American band based in Austin, Texas, fronted by singer/songwriter Eric Burton and guitarist/producer Adrian Quesada. Their music has been described as psychedelic soul, R&B and neo-soul, with strong blues and funk influences, and their distinctive sound alternates between a visceral rawness and smooth soulfulness, and everything in between. They’ve already earned six Grammy nominations over a three-year period for Best New Artist, Record of the Year, American Roots Performance, Album of the Year, Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Album. Their beautiful soulful single “More Than a Love Song”, from their second album Chronicles of a Diamond, takes over the top spot on my Weekly Top 30, after spending four weeks at #3. The song, which has an arresting gospel quality, recently spent six non-consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Adult Alternative Airplay chart.

“Now and Then” by the Beatles (which has dropped completely off the Billboard Hot 100 after just two weeks, but is #2 on the AAA chart) and “Atomic City” by U2 enter my top 10. Two high-energy songs make their debut this week: “Blame Brett” by Toronto, Canada-based all-female indie rock band The Beaches, at #29, and “Pretty Vicious” by British glam rock band The Struts, at #30.

1. MORE THAN A LOVE SONG – Black Pumas (3)
2. HONEY (ARE U COMING?) – Måneskin (1)
3. ONE MORE TIME – blink-182 (2)
4. DARLING – Western Jaguar (5)
5. THE AMERICAN DREAM IS KILLING ME – Green Day (8)
6. MY KINDA GIRL – The 23s (6)
7. THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND – Bad Omens (7)
8. UNDER YOU – Foo Fighters (4)
9. NOW AND THEN – The Beatles (11)
10. ATOMIC CITY – U2 (13)
11. THE SHAMEFUL – Amongst Liars (14)
12. ANGRY – The Rolling Stones (15)
13. YOUR SIDE OF TOWN – The Killers (16)
14. ATTRACTION – Wild Horse (18)
15. EVICTED – Wilco (10)
16. RUN AWAY WITH ME – Cold War Kids (17)
17. SUMMER OF LUV – Portugal. The Man ft. Unknown Mortal Orchestra (9)
18. GOOD OLD DAYS – The Revivalists (19)
19. MY LOVE MINE ALL MINE – Mitski (20)
20. LOVING YOU – Cannons (12)
21. WILD – Brian Lambert, Harmoni Kelley & Marc Schuster (22)
22. ALL I DIE FOR – SWiiMS (23)
23. COOL ABOUT IT – boygenius (24)
24. WHITE HORSE – Chris Stapleton (26)
25. MODERN GIRL – Bleachers (27)
26. WHAT NOW – Brittany Howard (28)
27. HOW DID YOU GET HERE? – Antony Szmierek (29)
28. HOUDINI – Dua Lipa (30)
29. BLAME BRETT – The Beaches (N)
30. PRETTY VICIOUS – The Struts (N)