Billboard Hot 100 4/13/2019 - Highlights

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Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' Leaps to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100
4/8/2019 by Gary Trust


Plus, Billie Eilish earns first her top 10 with "Bad Guy," from her first Billboard 200 No. 1 album, "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?"

Lil Nas X blasts from No. 15 to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with his debut hit and viral smash "Old Town Road."
Plus, Billie Eilish scores her first Hot 100 top 10, as "Bad Guy" bounds onto the chart at No. 7. The song is her from album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, which launches as her first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Additionally, Ariana Grande's "7 Rings," which falls to No. 3 on the Hot 100 after eight weeks at No. 1, becomes her first leader on the Radio Songs chart.
Let's run down the top 10 of the newest Hot 100 (dated April 13), which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (April 9).




"Old Town Road" becomes the 1,086th No. 1 in the Hot 100's 60-year history. Here's a look at highlights of the list's new leader by Atlanta native Lil Nas X, whose real name is Montero Lamar Hill; he was born April 9, 1999, and, thus, celebrates his 20th birthday tomorrow with a host of chart honors to unwrap.


No. 1 in streaming: "Road" roars to No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, from No. 7, up 60% to 46.6 million U.S. streams in the week ending April 4, according to Nielsen Music. The song wins the Hot 100's top Streaming Gainer award for a third consecutive week.
"Road" also rises 11-3 on Digital Song Sales, surging by 83% to 22,000 downloads sold in the week ending April 4, as it claims top Sales Gainer honors for the second time in three weeks.

The song additionally gains by 190% to 11.9 million all-format audience impressions in the week ending April 7, as it continues to approach the Radio Songs chart.

Debut 'Moves': While Lil Nas X is the first artist to take an initial Hot 100 entry to No. 1 since Bradley Cooper just five weeks earlier, thanks to Cooper's duet "Shallow" with Lady Gaga, Lil Nas X is the first artist unaccompanied by another act to top the Hot 100 on a first try since Cardi B, whose "Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)" spent three weeks at No. 1 in October 2017.

Lil Nas X is the first male artist (in a lead role) to lead the Hot 100 in a first visit since Desiigner took "Panda" to the top for two weeks in May 2016.

15 to 1: "Road" makes the second-biggest jump to No. 1 on the Hot 100 this year. "Shallow" soared 21-1 following its win for best original song at the 91st Academy Awards.

Quick 'Road' to No. 1: "Road" reaches No. 1 on the Hot 100 in just its sixth week on the chart. While the song it replaces at the summit, Grande's "7 Rings," debuted at No. 1, "Road" marks the fastest flight to No. 1 for an artist's debut entry (in a lead role) since Zayn's "Pillowtalk" opened on top in February 2016.

As Zayn was already known as a former member of powerhouse boy band One Direction, Lil Nas X makes the swiftest ascent to No. 1 on the Hot 100 for an act with no prior Hot 100 history at all since Baauer blasted in at the top spot with his five-week leader "Harlem Shake" in March 2013.
Columbia in command: After buzz began building for "Road," Lil Nas X signed with Columbia Records. Now, the label boasts its first Hot 100 No. 1 since The Chainsmokers' "Closer," featuring Halsey, reigned for 12 weeks from September through November 2016.

"Road" is the first debut Hot 100 No. 1 for an artist on Columbia since OMI's "Cheerleader" stood atop the chart's pyramid for six weeks in 2015.

NIN at No. 1: As "Road" samples Nine Inch Nails' track "34 Ghost IV," from the industrial rock band's 2008 album Ghosts I–IV, NIN's Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross sport co-writing and co-producing credit on "Road." (Lil Nas X also earns a writing credit, while YoungKio additionally claims producer credit.)
Reznor and Ross make their first trip to No. 1 on the Hot 100 as writers and producers. As a band, NIN hit a No. 17 Hot 100 high in August 1999 with "The Day the World Went Away" (written and co-produced by Reznor).

No. 1 hip-hop & rap: "Road" concurrently becomes Lil Nas X's first No. 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, leaping from No. 7 on each list.

'Road' ahead: "Road" should benefit on next week's charts (dated April 20) thanks its new remix, featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, released Friday, April 5; data for the remix's first full tracking week will feed next week's tallies, which will reflect the streaming and sales week of April 5-11 (with both the remix and original version counting toward the song's singular chart placement).




Post Malone's former one-week Hot 100 leader "Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)," with Swae Lee, rebounds 3-2 and Grande's "7 Rings" descends to No. 3 after eight weeks at No. 1, her career-best rule among her two toppers; "Thank U, Next" led for seven weeks beginning in November.

Still, "7 Rings" becomes Grande's first No. 1 on Radio Songs, rising from No. 2 despite a 3% percent dip to 88.7 million in audience. Grande previously reached a No. 2 high on the chart with "Problem," featuring Iggy Azalea, in 2014 (and sent five subsequent singles to No. 3, including "Next").

Post Malone's solo single "Wow." drops to No. 4 on the Hot 100 from its No. 2 peak; Halsey's former two-week No. 1 "Without Me" falls 4-5; and Cardi B and Bruno Mars' "Please Me" retreats 5-6 after reaching No. 3.



Billie Eilish notches her first Hot 100 top 10, as "Bad Guy" vaults onto the chart at No. 7. The song is her from album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, which arrives as her first Billboard 200 No. 1. She outdoes her prior best Hot 100 rank, as fellow Asleep song "Bury a Friend" reached No. 14 in February.
After the official video for "Bad Guy" premiered March 29, the song starts at No. 2 on Streaming Songs with 34.7 million U.S. streams. On Digital Song Sales, the track enters at No. 7 (16,000 sold).

"Bad Guy" is one of five songs that Eilish places in the Hot 100's top 40, joined by "Friend" (41-25); current pop radio single "When the Party's Over" (a re-entry at No. 29, a new high); "Wish You Were Gay" (84-31); and "Xanny" (new at No. 35). (She had previously appeared in the top 40 only with "Friend.")

Jonas Brothers' "Sucker," which started as the trio's first No. 1 on the March 16-dated Hot 100, lifts 9-8, while achieving top Airplay Gainer honors for a fourth week. The track becomes the group's first Radio Songs top 10, pushing 12-8 (69 million, up 24%).
Marshmello and Bastille's No. 2 Hot 100 hit "Happier" backtracks 6-9, while ruling the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for a 29th week, and J. Cole's No. 4-peaking Hot 100 hit "Middle Child" slips 7-10.

Find out more Hot 100 news on Billboard.com this week, and, for all chart news, you can listen (and subscribe) to Billboard's Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast and follow billboard and billboardcharts . And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (April 9), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboard magazine is on sale Friday (April 12).

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1. Old Town Road
2. Sunflower
3. 7 Rings
4. Wow
5. Without Me
6. Please Me
7. Bad Guy
8. Sucker
9. Happier
10. Middle Child

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#1 Streaming Old Town Road 46.6
#1 Radio 7 Rings 88.7
#1 Digital God's Country (number unknown)

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Hot 100

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 15 32 5 #1 1 wks Old Town Road , Lil Nas X 1
2 3 3 24 Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse) , Post Malone & Swae Lee 1
3 1 1 11 7 Rings , Ariana Grande 1
4 2 4 15 Wow. , Post Malone 2
5 4 2 26 Without Me , Halsey 1
6 5 5 7 Please Me , Cardi B & Bruno Mars 3
7 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Bad Guy , Billie Eilish 7
8 9 8 5 AG Sucker , Jonas Brothers 1
9 6 6 33 Happier , Marshmello & Bastille 2
10 7 9 11 Middle Child , J. Cole 4
11 10 7 27 Shallow , Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 1
12 11 12 38 Eastside , benny blanco, Halsey & Khalid 9
13 8 11 12 Thotiana , Blueface 8
14 12 10 18 Going Bad , Meek Mill Featuring Drake 6
15 17 17 12 Dancing With A Stranger , Sam Smith & Normani 15
16 16 18 29 Better , Khalid 16
17 13 14 35 High Hopes , Panic! At The Disco 4
18 14 15 8 Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored , Ariana Grande 2
19 20 20 16 Sweet But Psycho , Ava Max 19
20 18 13 35 Sicko Mode , Travis Scott 1
21 19 16 11 Murder On My Mind , YNW Melly 14
22 22 21 15 A Lot , 21 Savage 12
23 23 22 45 Girls Like You , Maroon 5 Featuring Cardi B 1
24 21 19 22 Thank U, Next , Ariana Grande 1
25 41 46 10 Bury A Friend , Billie Eilish 14
26 25 25 21 Beautiful Crazy , Luke Combs 23
27 27 28 20 Close To Me , Ellie Goulding X Diplo Featuring Swae Lee 27
28 24 23 23 Be Alright , Dean Lewis 23
29 0 Re-Entry 21 When The Party's Over , Billie Eilish 29
30 26 24 29 Drip Too Hard , Lil Baby & Gunna 4
31 84 87 5 Wish You Were Gay , Billie Eilish 31
32 30 29 38 You Say , Lauren Daigle 29
33 31 34 10 Pure Water , Mustard & Migos 31
34 29 27 49 Better Now , Post Malone 3
35 0 New 1 Xanny , Billie Eilish 35
36 28 26 24 Money , Cardi B 13
37 35 36 17 Look Back At It , A Boogie Wit da Hoodie 32
38 36 39 16 Envy Me , Calboy 36
39 40 41 8 Talk , Khalid 39
40 32 33 44 Youngblood , 5 Seconds Of Summer 7
41 0 Re-Entry 2 You Should See Me In A Crown , Billie Eilish 41
42 33 37 14 Baby Shark , Pinkfong 32
43 0 New 1 My Strange Addiction , Billie Eilish 43
44 0 New 1 Racks In The Middle , Nipsey Hussle Featuring Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy 44
45 34 30 25 MIA , Bad Bunny Featuring Drake 5
46 0 New 1 All The Good Girls Go To Hell , Billie Eilish 46
47 43 50 5 Act Up , City Girls 43
48 37 35 7 Robbery , Juice WRLD 27
49 38 31 25 ZEZE , Kodak Black Featuring Travis Scott & Offset 2
50 39 38 48 Tequila , Dan + Shay 21
51 51 53 13 Here Tonight , Brett Young 51
52 44 45 15 Swervin , A Boogie Wit da Hoodie Featuring 6ix9ine 38
53 0 New 1 I Love You , Billie Eilish 53
54 42 43 11 Mixed Personalities , YNW Melly Featuring Kanye West 42
55 53 79 4 Here With Me , Marshmello Featuring CHVRCHES 53
56 52 54 8 Who Do You Love , The Chainsmokers Featuring 5 Seconds Of Summer 52
57 46 49 10 Put A Date On It , Yo Gotti Featuring Lil Baby 46
58 49 48 9 Con Calma , Daddy Yankee Featuring Snow 48
59 0 New 1 God's Country , Blake Shelton 59
60 55 56 7 Worth It , YK Osiris 55
61 54 61 7 Eyes On You , Chase Rice 54
62 0 New 1 Ilomilo , Billie Eilish 62
63 0 New 1 Listen Before I Go , Billie Eilish 63
64 57 58 23 Close Friends , Lil Baby 28
65 0 New 1 Double Up , Nipsey Hussle Featuring Belly & DOM KENNEDY 65
66 56 59 6 Bad Liar , Imagine Dragons 56
67 66 75 5 Whiskey Glasses , Morgan Wallen 66
68 59 69 6 Good As You , Kane Brown 59
69 67 78 6 One That Got Away , Michael Ray 67
70 0 New 1 Monopoly , Ariana Grande & Victoria Monet 70
71 60 77 9 Miss Me More , Kelsea Ballerini 60
72 62 65 10 Shot Clock , Ella Mai 62
73 74 76 14 Make It Sweet , Old Dominion 73
74 69 80 5 Look What God Gave Her , Thomas Rhett 52
75 71 72 6 There Was This Girl , Riley Green 71
76 58 52 6 Girls Need Love , Summer Walker X Drake 37
77 61 68 4 Undrunk , FLETCHER 61
78 75 84 4 I've Been Waiting , Lil Peep & iLoveMakonnen Featuring Fall Out Boy 75
79 0 New 1 8, Billie Eilish 79
80 63 89 5 Walk Me Home , P!nk 54
81 73 70 9 Saturday Nights , Khalid & Kane Brown 57
82 0 New 1 Last Time That I Checc'd , Nipsey Hussle Featuring YG 82
83 50 51 13 Twerk , City Girls Featuring Cardi B 29
84 77 82 5 GIRL , Maren Morris 61
85 96 98 22 Lovely , Billie Eilish & Khalid 64
86 90 91 4 Calma , Pedro Capo X Farruko 86
87 0 New 1 Suge , DaBaby 87
88 81 85 7 Night Shift , Jon Pardi 81
89 68 64 17 This Is It , Scotty McCreery 42
90 83 88 4 Rumor , Lee Brice 83
91 85 66 5 I Can't Get Enough , benny blanco, Tainy, Selena Gomez & J Balvin 66
92 97 – 2 Don't Call Me Up , Mabel 92
93 0 New 1 Dedication , Nipsey Hussle Featuring Kendrick Lamar 93
94 0 Re-Entry 7 Ocean Eyes , Billie Eilish 94
95 64 47 17 Millionaire , Chris Stapleton 47
96 88 93 7 Talk You Out Of It , Florida Georgia Line 80
97 87 90 6 Faucet Failure , Ski Mask The Slump God 87
98 76 74 19 Girl Like You , Jason Aldean 46
99 70 57 15 Pure Cocaine , Lil Baby 46
100 95 – 2 Pop Out , Polo G Featuring Lil Tjay 95

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Hot 100 Recurrents

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 1 27 #1 21 wks Perfect , Ed Sheeran 1
2 3 2 59 Believer , Imagine Dragons 1
3 2 3 24 Meant To Be , Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line 1
4 0 New 1 I Like It , Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin 4
5 4 6 25 Moonlight , XXXTENTACION 2
6 0 New 1 Lucid Dreams , Juice WRLD 6
7 0 New 1 Taki Taki , DJ Snake Featuring Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B 7
8 6 5 18 The Middle , Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey 3
9 5 7 8 Speechless , Dan + Shay 5
10 7 11 8 Love Lies , Khalid & Normani 6
11 9 10 18 I Like Me Better , Lauv 3
12 13 14 45 Thunder , Imagine Dragons 1
13 10 13 19 Psycho , Post Malone Featuring Ty Dolla $ign 4
14 15 17 35 Havana , Camila Cabello Featuring Young Thug 1
15 17 18 52 Shape Of You , Ed Sheeran 1
16 20 21 11 She Got The Best Of Me , Luke Combs 10
17 12 9 8 Trip , Ella Mai 5
18 16 15 16 Taste , Tyga Featuring Offset 5
19 8 4 3 Wake Up In The Sky , Gucci Mane X Bruno Mars X Kodak Black 4
20 18 16 17 Delicate , Taylor Swift 4
21 11 8 4 Mo Bamba , Sheck Wes 7
22 21 19 41 Feel It Still , Portugal. The Man 4
23 14 12 4 Leave Me Alone , Flipp Dinero 6
24 19 20 17 In My Feelings , Drake 1
25 22 22 27 God's Plan , Drake 5

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Radio Songs

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 2 2 11 #1 1 wks 7 Rings , Ariana Grande 1
2 1 1 24 Without Me , Halsey 1
3 4 4 28 Eastside , benny blanco, Halsey & Khalid 3
4 3 3 27 High Hopes , Panic! At The Disco 1
5 6 8 8 Please Me , Cardi B & Bruno Mars 5
6 5 5 17 Close To Me , Ellie Goulding X Diplo Featuring Swae Lee 5
7 7 7 12 Wow. , Post Malone 6
8 12 19 5 GG Sucker , Jonas Brothers 8
9 9 9 10 Dancing With A Stranger , Sam Smith & Normani 9
10 8 6 30 Happier , Marshmello & Bastille 1
11 10 12 23 Shallow , Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 10
12 14 16 9 Sweet But Psycho , Ava Max 12
13 11 10 22 Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse) , Post Malone & Swae Lee 7
14 13 14 17 Better , Khalid 13
15 17 17 6 Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored , Ariana Grande 15
16 15 13 15 Be Alright , Dean Lewis 13
17 16 11 43 Girls Like You , Maroon 5 Featuring Cardi B 1
18 18 18 10 Going Bad , Meek Mill Featuring Drake 17
19 19 20 12 Beautiful Crazy , Luke Combs 17
20 21 21 15 You Say , Lauren Daigle 20
21 24 30 9 One That Got Away , Michael Ray 21
22 25 31 8 Here Tonight , Brett Young 22
23 20 15 20 Thank U, Next , Ariana Grande 3
24 22 25 7 A Lot , 21 Savage 22
25 26 29 11 There Was This Girl , Riley Green 25
26 23 22 38 Youngblood , 5 Seconds Of Summer 2
27 30 36 8 Make It Sweet , Old Dominion 27
28 28 26 23 MIA , Bad Bunny Featuring Drake 11
29 31 34 6 Middle Child , J. Cole 29
30 29 27 41 Tequila , Dan + Shay 14
31 33 40 5 Eyes On You , Chase Rice 31
32 40 46 5 Thotiana , Blueface 32
33 27 23 16 Money , Cardi B 12
34 32 32 42 Better Now , Post Malone 2
35 38 33 18 Drip Too Hard , Lil Baby & Gunna 18
36 35 37 18 Girl Like You , Jason Aldean 16
37 49 49 3 Look Back At It , A Boogie Wit da Hoodie 37
38 43 43 4 Who Do You Love , The Chainsmokers Featuring 5 Seconds Of Summer 38
39 50 – 2 I've Been Waiting , Lil Peep & iLoveMakonnen Featuring Fall Out Boy 39
40 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 Love Ain't , Eli Young Band 40
41 44 – 2 Good As You , Kane Brown 41
42 47 – 4 Night Shift , Jon Pardi 42
43 37 38 18 This Is It , Scotty McCreery 16
44 34 28 31 Sicko Mode , Travis Scott 8
45 45 44 3 Shot Clock , Ella Mai 44
46 42 45 4 Bad Liar , Imagine Dragons 42
47 39 35 21 ZEZE , Kodak Black Featuring Travis Scott & Offset 13
48 0 New 1 Miss Me More , Kelsea Ballerini 48
49 0 Re-Entry 2 Undrunk , FLETCHER 48
50 0 New 1 Here With Me , Marshmello Featuring CHVRCHES 50

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Digital Songs

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 Hot Shot Debut 1 #1 1 wks God's Country , Blake Shelton 1
2 1 1 28 Shallow , Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 1
3 11 21 4 GG Old Town Road , Lil Nas X 3
4 3 4 24 Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse) , Post Malone & Swae Lee 1
5 2 2 15 Wow. , Post Malone 2
6 4 3 5 Sucker , Jonas Brothers 1
7 0 New 1 Bad Guy , Billie Eilish 7
8 6 5 38 You Say , Lauren Daigle 5
9 5 6 11 7 Rings , Ariana Grande 1
10 7 8 14 Sweet But Psycho , Ava Max 7
11 0 New 1 Hustle , P!nk 11
12 10 10 12 Dancing With A Stranger , Sam Smith & Normani 4
13 0 New 1 Monopoly , Ariana Grande & Victoria Monet 13
14 0 New 1 Knockin' Boots , Luke Bryan 14
15 13 12 25 Beautiful Crazy , Luke Combs 2
16 8 7 27 Without Me , Halsey 1
17 0 New 1 Lost In The Middle Of Nowhere , Kane Brown & Becky G 17
18 9 19 7 Walk Me Home , P!nk 2
19 14 13 6 Bad Liar , Imagine Dragons 13
20 16 16 20 Better , Khalid 8
21 12 9 7 Please Me , Cardi B & Bruno Mars 1
22 15 15 34 High Hopes , Panic! At The Disco 3
23 17 17 32 Happier , Marshmello & Bastille 2
24 24 27 5 Look What God Gave Her , Thomas Rhett 7
25 0 New 1 Broken & Beautiful , Kelly Clarkson 25
26 18 14 19 Be Alright , Dean Lewis 14
27 0 New 1 Racks In The Middle , Nipsey Hussle Featuring Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy 27
28 25 30 5 Whiskey Glasses , Morgan Wallen 25
29 0 New 1 That Old Truck , Thomas Rhett 29
30 19 18 24 Always Remember Us This Way , Lady Gaga 2
31 0 New 1 Kills You Slowly , The Chainsmokers 31
32 20 20 8 Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored , Ariana Grande 2
33 23 23 33 Eastside , benny blanco, Halsey & Khalid 12
34 42 44 16 Down To The Honkytonk , Jake Owen 32
35 26 24 11 Middle Child , J. Cole 5
36 33 35 5 Good As You , Kane Brown 12
37 30 32 17 Going Bad , Meek Mill Featuring Drake 6
38 47 43 5 Talk , Khalid 12
39 29 31 17 Miss Me More , Kelsea Ballerini 22
40 27 22 8 Thotiana , Blueface 13
41 31 25 37 Bohemian Rhapsody , Queen 5
42 40 47 4 Who Do You Love , The Chainsmokers Featuring 5 Seconds Of Summer 7
43 0 New 1 Deutschland , Rammstein 43
44 46 – 2 I've Been Waiting , Lil Peep & iLoveMakonnen Featuring Fall Out Boy 44
45 44 41 45 Girls Like You , Maroon 5 Featuring Cardi B 1
46 0 Re-Entry 2 Here With Me , Marshmello Featuring CHVRCHES 12
47 0 New 1 Beautiful Lies , Jana Kramer 47
48 0 New 1 Kill This Love , BLACKPINK 48
49 43 38 83 Perfect , Ed Sheeran 1
50 38 42 7 Rumor , Lee Brice 36

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Bubbling Under

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 0 New 1 #1 1 wks West Coast , G-Eazy & Blueface 1
2 3 5 5 Love Ain't , Eli Young Band 2
3 1 6 3 Big Ole Freak , Megan Thee Stallion 1
4 0 New 1 Goodbye , Billie Eilish 4
5 0 New 1 Hussle & Motivate , Nipsey Hussle 5
6 0 New 1 Victory Lap , Nipsey Hussle Featuring Stacy Barthe 6
7 5 15 5 Shotta Flow , NLE Choppa 5
8 12 20 19 bellyache , Billie Eilish 3
9 0 New 1 Grindin All My Life , Nipsey Hussle 9
10 11 – 2 Hey Look Ma, I Made It , Panic! At The Disco 10
11 0 New 1 Every Little Honky Tonk Bar , George Strait 11
12 14 17 3 Die Young , Roddy Ricch 12
13 13 22 3 Ex , Kiana Lede 13
14 8 19 4 Love Someone , Brett Eldredge 8
15 0 New 1 Blue Laces 2 , Nipsey Hussle 15
16 6 13 3 Caught Up In The Country , Rodney Atkins Featuring The Fisk Jubilee Singers 6
17 4 4 5 Baila Baila Baila , Ozuna 4
18 18 – 2 Low Key , Ally Brooke Featuring Tyga 18
19 0 New 1 Goin Baby , DaBaby 19
20 0 New 1 Knockin' Boots , Luke Bryan 20
21 7 12 13 Every Season , Roddy Ricch 7
22 19 14 12 Nunca Es Suficiente , Los Angeles Azules Featuring Natalia LaFourcade 9
23 23 25 3 HP , Maluma 23
24 0 New 1 Lost In The Middle Of Nowhere , Kane Brown & Becky G 24
25 0 New 1 Rap ***I'M RACIST***s , Nipsey Hussle 25

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Streaming

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 7 17 4 #1 1 wks GG Old Town Road , Lil Nas X 1
2 0 New 1 Bad Guy , Billie Eilish 2
3 1 2 24 Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse) , Post Malone & Swae Lee 1
4 2 4 15 Wow. , Post Malone 2
5 3 1 11 7 Rings , Ariana Grande 1
6 6 6 11 Middle Child , J. Cole 2
7 4 3 8 Murder On My Mind , YNW Melly 3
8 5 5 10 Thotiana , Blueface 4
9 9 8 26 Without Me , Halsey 2
10 27 27 9 Bury A Friend , Billie Eilish 8
11 8 7 7 Please Me , Cardi B & Bruno Mars 2
12 0 Re-Entry 2 Wish You Were Gay , Billie Eilish 12
13 12 11 30 Happier , Marshmello & Bastille 2
14 0 Re-Entry 7 When The Party's Over , Billie Eilish 14
15 11 10 18 Going Bad , Meek Mill Featuring Drake 3
16 10 9 35 Sicko Mode , Travis Scott 1
17 0 New 1 Xanny , Billie Eilish 17
18 15 16 23 Baby Shark , Pinkfong 14
19 0 New 1 My Strange Addiction , Billie Eilish 19
20 14 12 5 Sucker , Jonas Brothers 1
21 0 New 1 You Should See Me In A Crown , Billie Eilish 21
22 20 23 14 Envy Me , Calboy 19
23 13 13 8 Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored , Ariana Grande 2
24 0 New 1 All The Good Girls Go To Hell , Billie Eilish 24
25 18 18 29 Drip Too Hard , Lil Baby & Gunna 1
26 16 14 15 A Lot , 21 Savage 7
27 21 25 25 Better , Khalid 21
28 17 15 7 Robbery , Juice WRLD 13
29 0 New 1 Racks In The Middle , Nipsey Hussle Featuring Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy 29
30 23 22 14 Swervin , A Boogie Wit da Hoodie Featuring 6ix9ine 18
31 24 20 7 Pure Water , Mustard & Migos 20
32 19 19 22 Thank U, Next , Ariana Grande 1
33 22 21 7 Mixed Personalities , YNW Melly Featuring Kanye West 21
34 0 New 1 I Love You , Billie Eilish 34
35 26 28 4 Act Up , City Girls 26
36 28 31 41 Moonlight , XXXTENTACION 4
37 25 24 13 Shallow , Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 9
38 0 New 1 Ilomilo , Billie Eilish 38
39 0 New 1 Listen Before I Go , Billie Eilish 39
40 33 33 13 Sweet But Psycho , Ava Max 33
41 38 44 5 Worth It , YK Osiris 38
42 35 41 10 Dancing With A Stranger , Sam Smith & Normani 29
43 32 36 35 Eastside , benny blanco, Halsey & Khalid 16
44 29 32 43 Girls Like You , Maroon 5 Featuring Cardi B 5
45 30 26 48 Better Now , Post Malone 4
46 41 43 8 Talk , Khalid 32
47 40 50 4 Beautiful Crazy , Luke Combs 40
48 31 38 4 Put A Date On It , Yo Gotti Featuring Lil Baby 31
49 37 35 14 Look Back At It , A Boogie Wit da Hoodie 19
50 36 29 46 Lucid Dreams , Juice WRLD 1

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Billie Eilish Earns First Hot 100 Top 10, Breaks Record For Most Simultaneous Hits Among Women

News

By Xander Zellner | April 09, 2019 10:39 AM EDT
Billie Eilish

Eilish charts 14 songs on the Hot 100 as she debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

As Billie Eilish celebrates her first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 (dated April 13), as When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? launches with 313,000 equivalent album units, according to Nielsen Music, the alt-pop singer-songwriter tallies her first top 10 song on the Billboard Hot 100 and breaks the record for the most simultaneously charted Hot 100 titles among women, with 14.

Of the album's 13 songs, 12 make the Hot 100 (the set's final track, "Goodbye," falls just shy), and are joined by additional tracks "Lovely," with Khalid, and "Ocean Eyes."

Encompassing the Hot 100's 60-year history, Eilish passes Cardi B, who charted 13 songs on the April 21, 2018-dated chart, concurrent with the No. 1 arrival of her debut LP Invasion of Privacy on the Billboard 200. Ariana Grande and Beyoncé both logged 12 simultaneous Hot 100 entries, coinciding with the Billboard 200-topping debuts of Thank U, Next and Lemonade on Feb. 23 this year and May 14, 2016, respectively. Rounding out the category's top five, Taylor Swift tallied 11 titles at once when Speak Now opened atop the Billboard 200 in 2010.

Drake holds the record for most simultaneous Hot 100 entries among all acts, 27, on July 14, 2018, when Scorpion started at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Leading the way, Eilish's "Bad Guy" bounds onto the Hot 100 at No. 7, marking her first top 10 on the chart. She places five songs in the 40; before this week, she scored one top 40 hit, "Bury a Friend," which reached a No. 14 high in February.

Here's a look at all 14 of Eilish's songs on the April 13-dated Hot 100:

Hot 100 Rank, Title
No. 7, "Bad Guy" (debut)
No. 25, "Bury a Friend"
No. 29, "When the Party's Over" (re-entry, new peak)
No. 31, "Wish You Were Gay"
No. 35, "Xanny" (debut)
No. 41, "You Should See Me in a Crown" (re-entry, new peak)
No. 43, "My Strange Addiction" (debut)
No. 46, "All the Good Girls Go to Hell" (debut)
No. 53, "I Love You" (debut)
No. 62, "Ilomilo" (debut)
No. 63, "Listen Before I Go" (debut)
No. 79, "8" (debut)
No. 85, "Lovely," with Khalid (peaked at No. 64)
No. 94, "Ocean Eyes" (re-entry; new peak)

With eight debuts on this week's Hot 100, Eilish has charted 24 songs in 2019, the most of any act. Grande ranks second with 15, followed by Juice WRLD, with 10.

As previously reported, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? debuts with the second-largest week of 2019 for an album in terms of equivalent album units, after Grande's Thank U, Next. Plus, Eilish, 17, becomes the youngest woman with a No. 1 album since Demi Lovato, who, at 16, reigned with Here We Go Again in 2009.

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God's Country #1 with 32,000

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Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' Debuts on Country Airplay Chart, Driven by Morning Show Spins

4/9/2019 by Gary Trust

The song starts at No. 53.

As Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" roars from No. 15 to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (dated April 13), the genre-bending song also debuts on Billboard's Country Airplay chart, at No. 53.

The track, released on Sony Music's Columbia Records, enters Country Airplay with 1 million in audience, via 140 plays on 35 reporters to the chart (whose panel totals 148 stations), in the week ending April 7, according to Nielsen Music. The song had drawn five plays the week before, translating to 37,000 in audience; it, thus, logs a 2,655% gain in audience week-over-week.

Almost all plays for "Road" in the latest tracking week occurred during morning drive, thanks to syndicated plays on The Bobby Bones Show, although one station, iHeartMedia-owned WMAD Madison, Wis., played it 14 times, in various dayparts (between 6 a.m. and midnight); no other reporter gave it more than five plays in that span.

Also notably, 78 plays of the song on Country Airplay reporters occurred Friday-Sunday (April 5-7), after the arrival of its remix with Billy Ray Cyrus, released Friday, besting the 62 plays the song drew Monday-Thursday (April 1-4).

"If it's country enough for Billy Ray Cyrus, it's country enough for me," muses WMAD program director Katie Kruz, who notes that the station is playing the Cyrus remix. "The rest of the [country panel] might not be playing it, but they have it stuck in their heads as they read this.

"It's fun. It's 2019," Kruz says. "Listener response over the weekend has been positive, for the most part. We posted it on our socials and, just like anything, there are some naysayers, but most people are loving the song and telling us that they cannot get it out of their heads."

As the song enters Country Airplay, Sony Music Nashville CEO Randy Goodman tells Billboard that his team has started testing the song in some country radio markets. "It would be negligent not to look at it," he says.

In addition to the song's Country Airplay arrival, "Road" rises 36-23 (up 139% in plays) as the Greatest Gainer on the Rhythmic Songs airplay chart, which measures plays on 56 rhythmic stations, and 38-30 (up 135%) on the Pop Songs airplay chart, which is based on a panel of 167 mainstream top 40 stations.

"People are finding the song everywhere else, in all genres," Kruz says. "I'd rather they find it on my radio station."

The song's profile first swelled thanks in part to TikTok videos and other viral memes, while subsequent attention has centered on its removal after a week on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart (dated March 16). (Hot Country Songs, based on airplay, streaming and sales, requires Billboard to designate songs for inclusion based on genre fit; Country Airplay, however, as well as Rhythmic Songs and Pop Songs, purely reflects plays on reporting stations.)

[Gary]

Nipsey Hussle Posthumously Debuts Four Songs On Billboard Hot 100

4/10/2019 by Xander Zellner

'Racks in the Middle' starts at No. 44.

Following Nipsey Hussle's death on March 31, the rapper debuts four songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated April 13).

Three of the tracks, "Double Up," featuring Belly and Dom Kennedy, "Last Time That I Checc'd," featuring YG, and "Dedication," featuring Kendrick Lamar, are from the rapper's 2018 album Victory Lap, which re-enters the Billboard 200 at No. 2, a new peak.

The highest-debuting of the quartet is "Racks in the Middle," featuring Roddy Ricch and Hit-Boy, the last single that Hussle released during his lifetime. The song arrived on Feb. 15 and its official video dropped on Feb. 22. It enters the Hot 100 at No. 44 largely on the strength of streaming, up 508% to 16.5 million U.S. streams in the week ending April 4, according to Nielsen Music.

Prior to this week, Hussle had reached the Hot 100 with one title, for a single week, as featured on YG's "Snitches Ain't," also featuring Tyga and Snoop Dogg. The track spent a frame on the Hot 100, at No. 100, on Feb. 25, 2012.

Here is a look at all four of Hussle's songs on the new, April 13-dated Hot 100. All are debuts:

Hot 100 Rank, Title
No. 44, "Racks in the Middle," feat. Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy
No. 65, "Double Up," featuring Belly & Dom Kennedy
No. 82, "Last Time That I Checc'd," feat. YG
No. 93, "Dedication," feat. Kendrick Lamar


Notably, Hit-Boy (real name: Chauncey Hollis, Jr.) and Dom Kennedy (real name: Dominic Hunn) both earn their first career Hot 100 entries, thanks to "Racks " and "Double Up," respectively.

Nipsey Hussle (real name: Ermias Joseph Asghedom) was fatally shot outside his Marathon Clothing store in Los Angeles on March 31. He was 33.

[Gary]

Victoria Monet Debuts on Emerging Artists Chart, Scores First Hot 100 Hit With Ariana Grande Collab 'Monopoly'

4/11/2019 by Xander Zellner


Plus, Simple Creatures debut, as City Girls hold at No. 1.

Victoria Monet debuts at No. 16 on Billboard's Emerging Artists chart (dated April 13), as her new single "Monopoly," with Ariana Grande, debuts at No. 70 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking her first entry on the chart as a credited artist.

The track isn't Monet's first experience with the Hot 100, though, as she co-wrote Grande's No. 1s "Thank U, Next" and "7 Rings." Monet charted one prior Billboard chart entry as an artist: Machine Gun Kelly's "A Little More," featuring Monet, hit No. 35 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs in 2015.

In less than a full week of tracking (as it was released on April 1), "Monopoly" opens with 9.4 million U.S. streams and 12,000 downloads sold, according to Nielsen Music.

City Girls top the Emerging Artists chart for a second week, as the duo's singles "Act Up" and "Twerk," featuring Cardi B, rank at Nos. 47 and 83, respectively, on the Hot 100.

Elsewhere, Simple Creatures make their Billboard chart debut, entering Emerging Artists at No. 31, as the duo's debut EP Strange Love opens at No. 1 on Heatseekers Albums (2,000 copies sold). The pair consists of Blink-182 bassist/vocalist Mark Hoppus and All Time Low frontman Alex Gaskarth.

Plus, NLE Choppa vaults 22-13 on Emerging Artists, hitting a new high, as the rapper's breakout single "Shotta Flow" gains by 6% to 8.4 million U.S. streams.

[Gary]

Short & Sweet Success: At Under 2 Minutes, Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' Is Shortest Hot 100 No. 1 Since 1965

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By Gary Trust | April 11, 2019 11:10 AM EDT

The last quickest leader? An earworm by Herman's Hermits.

As Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" charges to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (dated April 13), the genre-bending song becomes the shortest leader on the list by song length in over 53 years.

Per Record Research's Paul Haney, "Road," at 1:53 in length (counting its original version, not its 2:37-long remix with Billy Ray Cyrus), packs the quickest punch at No. 1 since Herman's Hermits' "I'm Henry VIII, I Am," which led the list dated Aug. 7, 1965. The latter song, the British band's hooky second No. 1, sports a 1:49 runtime.

Encompassing the Hot 100's entire 60-year history, "Road" ties David Rose's 1962 No. 1 "The Stripper" as the fifth-briefest leader.

Here is a quick look at the shortest Hot 100 No. 1s by length:

Song Length, Title, Artist, Date Reached No. 1
1:38, "Stay," Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs, Nov. 21, 1960
1:49, "I'm Henry VIII, I Am," Herman's Hermits, Aug. 7, 1965
1:51, "Surrender," Elvis Presley, March 20, 1961
1:52, "He's So Fine," The Chiffons, March 30, 1963
1:53, "Old Town Road," Lil Nas X, April 13, 2019
1:53, "The Stripper," David Rose, July 7, 1962

"Road" follows a trend toward shorter hit songs in recent years. In 2017, Lil Pump's "Gucci Gang," running 2:04, became the shortest Hot 100 top 10 since 1975, while, in 2016, Piko-Taro's "PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen) made history as the shortest Hot 100 entry ever: a mere 45 seconds long. Still, the longest Hot 100 hit in terms of length also charted in 2016: David Bowie's "Blackstar," which wraps three seconds shy of 10 minutes.