Chartbeat writeups for songs 15+ weeks at #1

[WolfSpear]

I don’t really see the Jockeys chart as an equivalent to Best Sellers, but I see Joel Whitburn treats all of them equal during the overlap.

Its up to you. Hard to compare apples and oranges, so maybe it is fair to begin with the Hot 100’s beginning. Then again, is 1958 comparable to 2019? Not really. All up to you how this record is perceived.

[Gary]

Winner's Circle: Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' Breaks Record With 17th Week Atop Billboard Hot 100

7/29/2019 by Trevor Anderson , Gary Trust


The song passes the reigns of "One Sweet Day" & "Despacito."

Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road," featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, claims one of the most prized records in the Billboard Hot 100's 60-year history as it spends an unprecedented 17th week at No. 1.

"Road" bests the previous record of 16 weeks first achieved by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men's "One Sweet Day," in 1995-96, and later matched by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's "Despacito," featuring Justin Bieber in 2017.

Let's run down the top 10 of this history-making week on Hot 100 (dated Aug. 3), which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (July 30).

With a 17th week atop the Hot 100 for "Old Town Road," here's an updated leaderboard of the 10 longest-leading No. 1s in the chart's archives:

Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist, Date Reached No. 1
17, "Old Town Road," Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, April 13, 2019
16, "Despacito," Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, May 27, 2017
16, "One Sweet Day," Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, Dec. 2, 1995
14, "Uptown Funk!," Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, Jan. 17, 2015
14, "I Gotta Feeling," The Black Eyed Peas, July 11, 2009
14, "We Belong Together," Mariah Carey, June 4, 2005
14, "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight," Elton John, Oct. 11, 1997
14, "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)," Los Del Rio, Aug. 3, 1996
14, "I'll Make Love to You," Boyz II Men, Aug. 27, 1994
14, "I Will Always Love You," Whitney Houston, Nov. 28, 1992

"Road" takes its place in Hot 100 history alongside notable record-setters. Among the most distinguished achievements, The Beatles boast the most No. 1s (20), Carey has spent the most time at No. 1 (79 weeks) while, upon the chart's 60th anniversary last August, Chubby Checker's classic "The Twist" claimed the top spot on the Hot 100's Greatest of All Time retrospective chart.

As on the Hot 100, "Road" (on Columbia Records) leads the Streaming Songs chart for a 17th week, another record-breaking mark, topping the 16-week run of "Despacito." "Road" rules Streaming Songs with 72.5 million U.S. streams, down 16%, in the week ending July 25, according to Nielsen Music. "Road" set the record for the top streaming week (143 million) following the April 5 arrival of its remix solely with Cyrus (who has been billed on 16 of the song's 17 weeks atop the Hot 100) and claims nine of the 11 biggest streaming frames to date, including the top three.

Helping its total this week, a meta-named "Week 17 Version" video of "Road" premiered on July 19. The clip truncates the song’s official music video, released May 17, by removing various skits that feature guest cameos from Chris Rock and others.

To help his week 18 chances, Lil Nas X unleashed yet another remix of “Road,” this time alongside RM of BTS, at the tail end of the latest tracking week, which closed July 25. That version, “Old Town Road (Seoul Town Road Remix)” will see its full impact on the following week’s Hot 100. The “Seoul” remix is, per Lil Nas X’s tweet shortly before its release, the “last one i PROMISSEE.” The RM collaboration marks the fourth official reworking of the viral smash, following turns by Cyrus; Diplo; and Young Thug and Mason Ramsey.

Back to this week: "Road" spends a 13th frame atop the Digital Song Sales chart with 46,000 downloads sold (up 1%) in the week ending July 25. On Radio Songs, where it reached No. 2, "Road" backtracks 10-14, with 47 million audience impressions, down 12%, in the week ending July 28.

"Road" concurrently leads the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a 17th week each and the Songs of the Summer chart for a ninth frame, having led the list each week since its annual return after Memorial Day.

Billie Eilish's "Bad Guy" notches a seventh total week at its No. 2 Hot 100 high, as it holds in the runner-up slot on Streaming Songs (50.9 million, down 9%) slides 2-5 on Digital Song Sales (22,000, down 34%) an climbs 5-4 on Radio Songs (89.3 million, up 5%). The song gained in all metrics the previous week, boosted by a remix with Justin Bieber, released July 11, just ahead of the July 12-18 streaming and sales tracking week that fed last week's July 27-dated charts.

On this week's Aug. 3-dated Hot 100, "Road" dips by 13% in overall metrics and "Guy" lowers by 9% as "Road" sports a 1.2-to-1 points difference over "Guy" (after leading by 1.3-to-1 last week).

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello’s “Senorita” returns to the Hot 100’s top three with a 4-3 bump after having debuted at No. 2 on the chart dated July 6. The song ascends into the top 10 on Radio Songs (11-9) as it surges to 66.9 million in audience, up 27%, and seizes the Hot 100’s Airplay Gainer award. The bump secures Mendes’ seventh Radio Songs top 10, while Cabello snags her fourth as a soloist.

Khalid’s “Talk,” likewise rises one rung on the Hot 100 (5-4) after having reached No. 3. It leads the all-genre Radio Songs for a seventh week (134.5 million, up 1%) and wins a 14th term atop the streaming-, airplay- and sales-fueled Hot R&B Songs chart.

The Hot 100 welcomes a new member to the top five as Lizzo’s “Truth Hurts” rises 6-5. The singer-songwriter-flautist’s mainstream breakthrough reaches new highs on both Streaming Songs (7-5) and Radio Songs (8-7), improving 8% to 28.5 million clicks on the former survey and 20% to 77.8 million in audience on the latter.

Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber’s “I Don’t Care” backtracks 3-6 on the Hot 100 as it spends a second week atop the Pop Songs airplay chart. Meanwhile, the track’s parent album, Sheeran’s No.6 Collaborations Project, logs a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Nos. 7-9 remain steady on the Hot 100, with Post Malone’s “Goodbyes,” featuring Young Thug, holding at No. 7. The Jonas Brothers’ former No. 1, “Sucker,” ranks directly below; the song debuted in the top slot in March. Post Malone also ranks at No. 9 thanks to “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse),” with Swae Lee. As “Sunflower” banks its 32nd week in the Hot 100’s top 10, it moves within one week of tying the all-time mark – 33 weeks – shared by Sheeran’s “Shape of You” and Maroon 5’s “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B, achieved in 2017 and 2018-19, respectively.

Speaking of “you,” Shawn Mendes rounds out the Hot 100’s top 10 as “If I Can’t Have You” jumps 13-10 and returns to the Hot 100’s upper reaches for the first time since its No. 2 debut in May. With “Senorita” and “You,” Mendes claims concurrent top 10 hits on the Hot 100 for the first time in his career. He becomes the sixth act to double up in the top 10 in 2019, joining Drake, Ariana Grande, Halsey, Post Malone and Travis Scott.

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 on both Twitter and Instagram. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (July 30), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

[Gary]

17 Weeks of 'Old Town Road': A Week-by-Week Look Back at Lil Nas X's Historic Run at No. 1 on the Hot 100

by Andrew Unterberger July 29, 2019, 3:30pm EDT



This week, on the Billboard Hot 100 dated August 3, it became official: Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road," featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, is the longest-leading No. 1 single in Hot 100 history.

The song, which first took over the top spot on the chart dated April 13, has now ruled for a stunning 17 weeks, surpassing Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men's "One Sweet Day," which first set the 16-week mark in 1995-96, and Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's Justin Bieber-featuring "Despacito" (Remix), which tied the record in 2017. The last time someone besides Lil Nas X was No. 1, Avengers: Endgame was still weeks away, a large part of the country had still never heard of Megan Rapinoe, and the final season of Game of Thrones had yet to even start.



That's a long time to be No. 1, and Lil Nas X's stay on top has been far from uneventful. Since he's been No. 1, seven separate songs have peaked at No. 2 a spot below him, and plenty of other big hits and event releases have come and gone elsewhere on the chart. Meanwhile, though his chart placement has remained steady, Lil Nas X has hardly rested on his laurels with "Old Town Road," releasing new remixes and videos for the track, as well as a parent EP.

The young rapper's 17-week run has been historic and eventful enough that it's worth going back through those 17 weeks, and doing a week-by-week breakdown of what kind of new competition "Old Town Road" faced each week -- and how Lil Nas X managed to reign triumphant throughout all of it.



Week 1 (Chart dated Apr. 13): For its first week at No. 1, "Old Town Road" jumps 15 to 1 in just its fifth week on the Hot 100. The song unseats Ariana Grande's "7 Rings," which had previously ruled for eight non-consecutive weeks, and also leapfrogs two Post Malone songs in the chart's top five, the Swae Lee collab "Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)" at No. 2 (previously a one-week No. 1), and his solo hit "Wow." at No. 4. Billie Eilish's "Bad Guy" is the week's top debut, landing at No. 7 following the release week for parent album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?; later, it'll prove one of the biggest challengers to Lil Nas X's Hot 100 supremacy.



Week 2 (Apr. 20): In its second week on top, "Old Town Road" adds a new guest to its listing: country veteran Billy Ray Cyrus, who jumped on the song's first official remix days before it officially became the No. 1 song in America. The addition of the Cyrus remix to the song's overall metrics sends it into the stratosphere, with the two versions of the song combining to rack up an unprecedented 143 million streams in its first full week of tracking, easily beating Drake's previous record of 116 million for "In My Feelings" at its peak the year before. It becomes the first Hot 100 No. 1 single for Cyrus, who previously peaked at No. 4 with the crossover country sensation "Achy Breaky Heart" in 1992. "Sunflower" remains at No. 2 for a second week.



Week 3 (Apr. 27): "Old Town Road" dips in momentum from its historic previous week -- but just barely, as its 125.2 million streams in its second week since adding the Cyrus remix to its tracking would still have been enough to break Drake's previous single-week record. The song also holds at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales for the second straight week, and bounds to the top 20 of Billboard's Radio Songs chart, where it debuted at No. 33 the week before. Below "Old Town Road," Post Malone's "Wow." moves to a new peak of No. 2 on the chart, and BTS' "Boy With Luv," featuring Halsey, is the week's biggest debut, bowing at No. 8.



Week 4 (May 4): Not much happens this week -- "Old Town Road" drops in streams and sales but gains in radio play, and the biggest debut of the week is safely outside the top 10 (Lil Dicky's star-studded "Earth" at No. 17). The biggest gainer in the top 10 is Khalid's "Talk," which jumps 20-8 on the Hot 100 in its 11th week; it later climbs as high as No. 3 on the chart.



Week 5 (May 11): The first true challenger to "Old Town Road" since it took over No. 1 emerges in the form of Taylor Swift's Brendon Urie-featuring single "ME!," her first new music since releasing sixth album Reputation in late 2017. The song has a huge first full week of tracking -- after just gracing the chart the week before at No. 100, based on its first few days of radio airplay -- including a No. 1 bow on Digital Song Sales, thanks to the biggest sales week (193,000) since Swift's "Look What You Made Me Do" debut week in 2017. But the streaming numbers for "Old Town Road" (which are still over 100 million, assisted slightly by a new Diplo remix) as well as its now-established radio presence (moving 12-6 on Radio Songs) prove too much for Swift to overcome, and "Old Town Road" reigns for a fifth week, while "ME!" settles for the silver at No. 2.



Week 6 (May 18): Another week, another new contender -- actually two this time, in Shawn Mendes' "If I Can't Have You" and Logic's Eminem-featuring "Homicide." The former is arguably Mendes' most radio-ready pop single in years, and the latter is an event release featuring a duo of generation-crossing rap stars. However, neither debut proves resounding to truly threaten "Old Town Road," which reigns on Streaming Songs again with 100 million streams, and also rebounds to No. 1 on Digital Song Sales, its fourth week atop the chart. "If I Can't Have You" still ends up debuting at No. 2 -- a career best for Mendes -- while "Homicide" checks in at No. 5.



Week 7 (May 25): For the third straight week, a song lands at No. 2 in its first full week of tracking: This time, Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber's collab "I Don't Care," the lead single from the former's then-upcoming No.6 Collaborations Project LP. Though Sheeran's most recent lead single "Shape of You" debuted atop the Hot 100 -- as did Bieber's "What Do You Mean" -- "I Don't Care" still falls short of No. 1, with its streaming numbers (34.1 million) dwarfed by those of "Old Town Road," which exceeds 100 million for the sixth straight week. Between Bieber, Sheeran and Swift, Lil Nas X has now held off three artists who've scored a combined 11 Hot 100 No. 1 hits in the previous half-decade.







Week 8 (June 1): Another new bump for "Old Town Road," whose long-awaited official music video debuts on May 17. The star-studded clip -- which features well-wishers Diplo, Chris Rock, Vince Staples, Rico Nasty and more, as well as Nas X and Cyrus as co-stars -- draws a great deal of attention, and gives the song's totals a large spike, resulting in its best overall streaming showing (130.7 million) since its first week with Cyrus in tow, and a return to No. 1 on Digital Song Sales. "I Don't Care" holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100 for a second week.



Week 9 (June 8): With "Old Town Road" still ahead of the pack, an emerging challenger pulls into second place behind it: Billie Eilish, whose "Bad Guy" has bounced around the Hot 100's top tier since its No. 7 debut nearly two months earlier, and which now climbs 3-2 for its highest peak to date. Nonetheless, the margins are not yet particularly close; even with a 12 percent drop in streams (to 115.3 million), "Old Town Road" still holds a 3 to 1 points lead over "Bad Guy."



Week 10 (June 15): Three huge names in '10s pop music return this week with new singles: Katy Perry ("Never Really Over"), Miley Cyrus ("Mother's Daughter" and the rest of her She Is Coming EP) and Cardi B ("Press"). However, in a moment perhaps representative of changing tides in the musical mainstream, none of them even come close to threatening "Old Town Road"; Perry's "Never Really Over" has the highest debut of the week at No. 15. Meanwhile, in its 10th week atop the Hot 100, "Old Town Road" climbs to No. 2 on Billboard's Radio Songs tally, while staying firmly atop both Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales -- the closest it's come to date to topping all three charts at once.



Week 11 (June 22): Another relatively easy week for "Old Town Road" at No. 1, as "Bad Guy" and Khalid's "Talk" remain static at No. 2 and 3 and the top debut is Chris Brown's Drake-featuring "No Guidance" at No. 9. However, there are finally some signs of slippage in the song's performance: For the first time since the debut of its Billy Ray Cyrus remix 10 weeks earlier, "Old Town Road" finally dips below 100 million in streams -- though just barely, at 99.9 million, which is still easily the week's highest total.



Week 12 (June 29): Round two vs. Taylor Swift! This time, Swift returns with new single "You Need to Calm Down," capturing headlines for the song's message of solidarity with the LGBTQ community, and its cameo-packed music video -- which even includes an embrace with former pop world foe Katy Perry. Still, though "Calm Down" replaces "Old Town Road" at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales, it can't compete with its streaming or radio totals, and OTR still holds a 1.8 to 1 points lead over Swift's single, which ultimately ties the Hot 100 peak of "ME!" with its No. 2 debut. As the sixth song to peak at No. 2 underneath "Old Town Road" -- following "Wow.," "ME!," "If I Can't Have You," "I Don't Care" and "Bad Guy" -- "Calm Down" also helps "Road" set the record for most songs kept at No. 2 (to date) during its Hot 100 reign.

Meanwhile, rap megastar Drake -- who spent a record 29 weeks atop the Hot 100 across three smash hits in 2018 -- debuts two new songs, following the triumph of his hometown Toronto Raptors winning the NBA Championship for the first time in franchise history. However, neither of the two songs mounts much of a challenge to "Road," or even "Calm Down"; the Rick Ross-featuring "Money in the Grave" debuts at No. 7, while "Omerta" just scrapes the top 40 at No. 35.



Week 13 (July 6): Though "Old Town Road" continues to slowly slide in its overall metrics, he gets a bump in exposure with the release of his 7 EP, which features guests Cardi B and Travis Barker and includes both the original and first remix versions of "Road" as bookends. (Two tracks from it debut on the Hot 100 -- "Panini," No. 16, and the Cardi-featuring "Rodeo," No. 22 -- while "Old Town Road" holds at No. 1, officially becoming the longest-ruling hip-hop song in chart history.) Meanwhile, Shawn Mendes launches another song to No. 2, with the Camila Cabello collab "Señorita," joining Taylor Swift as the second artist with multiple songs held one spot from the top by "Old Town Road."



Week 14 (July 13): A relatively chill week for "Old Town Road" atop the Hot 100, as the song maintains fairly well in streams and sales -- though it is dipping in radio play, falling out of the Radio Songs top five for the first time in nine weeks. Nothing else on the Hot 100 seems that poised to seize on any "Old Town Road" slippage anyway; "Bad Guy" and "Talk" are back to 2-3 and no debuts seem particularly scary, though a new spike from Lizzo's "Truth Hurts" sees it surge 12-6 on the chart. In the meantime, "Old Town Road" is now joining fairly exclusive Hot 100 company, as one of just 10 songs in the chart's 60-plus-year history to reign for at least 14 weeks.



Week 15 (July 20): A potential threat emerges in the form of new single "Goodbyes," by Post Malone featuring Young Thug -- two artists with a combined four Hot 100 No. 1 hits in the past two years. However, the song tops out at No. 3 in its debut week on the Hot 100, while "Bad Guy" remains at No. 2. The latter has closed the gap on "Old Town Road" some, though, as what was a 1.9 to 1 points lead for the Lil Nas X smash the previous week is now just 1.5 to 1. With a much-anticipated "Bad Guy" remix released the previous Thursday, featuring pop star and Eilish idol Justin Bieber, the showdown seems to be set for the next week -- with Nas and Cyrus going for Hot 100 immortality, and Eilish and Bieber (defending the record his "Despacito" remix tied two years earlier) the final boss standing in their way.



Week 16 (July 27): The Bieber remix arrives, but the ensuing duel probably doesn't quite culminate in the photo finish some chartwatchers expect -- Bieber's appearance on the track draws mixed reviews, and without even a new music video to promote it, the remix fades from mainstream attention fairly quickly after its Thursday debut. (That Thursday debut also hurts its chances to have maximum impact, as all consumption from that day counts towards its July 13 week numbers, a blow to its July 20 totals.)

The Bieber version does help give "Bad Guy" nearly a 40% gain in streaming and a 64% percent gain in song sales, but it's not quite enough -- especially because Lil Nas X counters with his own new "Old Town Road" remix, featuring guest appearances from Young Thug and Mason Ramsey, and accompanied by both a new lyric video and a new animated video capitalizing on a recent Internet phenomenon dramatizing a raid on Area 51. The remix doesn't give "Road" as big of a bump as Bieber's version gives Eilish's hit but it's enough to secure a relatively safe 16th week at No. 1 for the song, with a 1.3 to 1 points lead over "Bad Guy" -- tying it with "One Sweet Day" and "Despacito" for the longest reign in Hot 100 history.



Week 17 (Aug. 3): With no major debuts impacting the chart, and the bump "Bad Guy" initially received from its Justin Bieber-featuring remix all but receding, "Old Town Road" has a fairly easy path to setting the all-time record. However, just to hedge his bets a little, Lil Nas X releases one more official "Road" remix early the previous Thursday -- this one titled "Old Town Road (Seoul Town Road Remix)," and featuring BTS member and K-pop superstar RM on the track -- as well as a "Week 17 Version" edit of the original music video, giving ja little extra juice to the track's week-long totals. The overall race does tighten a little, as Nas' lead over Eilish diminshes from 1.3 to 1 to 1.2 to 1, but "Old Town Road" still enters into a tier of one in Hot 100 and Billboard lore, as the longest-running No. 1 single in the chart's history.

[Gary]

Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' Rules Billboard Hot 100 for 18th Week, Lil Tecca's 'Ran$om' Reaches Top 10

8/5/2019 by Gary Trust


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Lil Nas X performs on stage during Internet Live By BuzzFeed at Webster Hall on July 25, 2019 in New York City.
"Road" extends its record reign on the Hot 100 and ties for the longest command on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.

Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road," featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, extends its record run atop the Billboard Hot 100, leading the list for an 18th week.

A week ago, "Road" rewrote the mark for the most time atop the chart, as, with a 17th frame at No. 1, it bested "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, featuring Justin Bieber, and "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men, which ruled for 16 weeks each, in 2017 and 1995-96, respectively.

Elsewhere in the latest Hot 100's top 10, Lil Tecca makes his first visit to the region, as "Ran$om" surges from No. 19 to No. 10.

Let's run down the top 10 of this history-making week on Hot 100 (dated Aug. 10), which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Aug. 6).

With an 18th week atop the Hot 100 for "Old Town Road," here's a look at the 10 longest-leading No. 1s in the chart's 61-year archives:

Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist, Date Reached No. 1

18, "Old Town Road," Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, April 13, 2019
16, "Despacito," Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, May 27, 2017
16, "One Sweet Day," Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, Dec. 2, 1995
14, "Uptown Funk!," Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, Jan. 17, 2015
14, "I Gotta Feeling," The Black Eyed Peas, July 11, 2009
14, "We Belong Together," Mariah Carey, June 4, 2005
14, "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight," Elton John, Oct. 11, 1997
14, "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)," Los Del Rio, Aug. 3, 1996
14, "I'll Make Love to You," Boyz II Men, Aug. 27, 1994
14, "I Will Always Love You," Whitney Houston, Nov. 28, 1992

As on the Hot 100, "Road" (on Columbia Records) leads the Streaming Songs chart for a record-padding 18th week, with 67.4 million U.S. streams, down 7%, in the week ending Aug. 1, according to Nielsen Music. "Road" set the record for the top streaming week (143 million) following the April 5 arrival of its remix solely with Cyrus (who has been billed on 17 of the song's 18 weeks atop the Hot 100) and claims nine of the 11 biggest streaming frames to date, including the top three.

"Road" concurrently spends a 14th week atop the Digital Song Sales chart, up 3% to 47,000 downloads sold in the week ending Aug. 1. The track breaks out of a four-way tie for the second-most weeks spent atop the tally, trailing only "Despacito," which ruled for 17 weeks. (The Chainsmokers' " Closer," featuring Halsey, in 2016; Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk!," featuring Bruno Mars, in 2015; and Flo Rida's "Low," featuring T-Pain, in 2007-08, led for 13 weeks each.)

Aiding its profile, a new remix of "Road" featuring RM of BTS, dubbed "Old Town Road (Seoul Town Road Remix)," was released July 24 and, thus, its first full streaming and sales tracking week (July 26-Aug. 1) is reflected on the latest, Aug. 10-dated Hot 100. The RM remix is the fourth official reworking of "Road," following releases with Cyrus; Diplo; and Young Thug and Mason Ramsey.

On Radio Songs, where it reached No. 2, "Road" retreats 14-17, with 43.8 million audience impressions, down 6%, in the week ending Aug. 4.

Meanwhile, "Road" leads the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for an 18th week each, tying for the longest command in the history of each tally. On Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, the track matches the 18-week domination of Drake's "One Dance," featuring WizKid and Kyla, in 2016. On Hot Rap Songs, "Road" equals the 18-week rules of Drake's "Hotline Bling" (2015-16); Iggy Azalea's "Fancy," featuring Charli XCX (2014); and Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott's "Hot Boyz," featuring NAS, EVE and Q-Tip (1999-2000). (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs began as an all-encompassing genre chart in October 1958 and Hot Rap Songs launched in March 1989.)

"Road" additionally tops the Songs of the Summer chart for a 10th frame, having led the list each week since its annual return after Memorial Day.

Billie Eilish's "Bad Guy" notches an eighth total week at its No. 2 Hot 100 high, as it holds at No. 2 on Streaming Songs (45.9 million, down 10%), No. 4 on Radio Songs (93.3 million, up 4%) and No. 5 on Digital Song Sales (20,000, down 10%).

Looking up at "Road" the entire time that it has ranked at No. 2 on the Hot 100, "Bad Guy" is (as of now) the 10th non-No. 1 in the chart's history to peak at the runner-up spot for at least eight weeks. Here's a recap of the No. 2-peaking songs to spend the most time in second place:

Weeks Peaking at No. 2, Title, Artist, Peak Date

10, "Work It," Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Nov. 16, 2002
10, "Waiting for a Girl Like You," Foreigner, Nov. 28, 1981
9, "You're Still the One," Shania Twain, May 2, 1998
9, "I Love You Always Forever," Donna Lewis, Aug. 4, 1996
8, "Bad Guy," Billie Eilish, June 8, 2019
8, "Thinking Out Loud," Ed Sheeran, Jan. 31, 2015
8, "I Don't Wanna Know," Mario Winans feat. Enya & P. Diddy, April 24, 2004
8, "Back at One," Brian McKnight, Nov. 20, 1999
8, "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here," Deborah Cox, Dec. 5, 1998
8, "If I Ever Fall in Love," Shai, Nov. 21, 1992

As for the continued Hot 100 rule of "Road," both it and "Bad Guy" dip by 6% in overall metrics, as the former sports a 1.2-to-1 points difference over the latter for a second consecutive week.

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello's "Senorita" keeps at No. 3 on the Hot 100, after debuting at its No. 2 high on the chart dated July 6. The duet claims the Hot 100's top Airplay Gainer award for a second week, up 22% to 81.4 million in radio reach.

Lizzo's "Truth Hurts" rises 5-4 for a new best Hot 100 rank, swapping spots with Khalid's No. 3-peaking "Talk" (4-5), which leads Radio Songs for an eighth week (133 million, down 1%) and Hot R&B Songs for a 15th week.

Chris Brown's "No Guidance," featuring Drake, blasts 11-6 for a new Hot 100 peak, after debuting at its prior No. 9 highpoint in June. Following the premiere of the song's nine-minute official video on July 26, the track charges with dual top Streaming and Sales Gainer honors on the Hot 100, as it jumps 10-3 on Streaming Songs (39.8 million, up 64%) and 36-10 on Digital Song Sales (13,000, up 120%).

On Radio Songs, "No Guidance" ascends 13-10 (51 million, up 10%), marking Brown's 16th top 10, and first since "Don't Wake Me Up" in 2012. Drake scores his 22nd Radio Songs top 10, extending his record for the most among males dating to the chart's December 1990 inception; overall, only Rihanna (29) and Mariah Carey (23) have earned more.

Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber's No. 2-peaking "I Don't Care" slips 6-7 on the Hot 100; Post Malone's "Goodbyes," featuring Young Thug, drops 7-8, after debuting at its No. 3 peak three weeks earlier; and Jonas Brothers' former one-week No. 1 "Sucker" descends 8-9.

Rounding out the Hot 100's top 10, Lil Tecca makes his first trip to the tier, as "Ran$om" roars 19-10. With its official video directed by Cole Bennett, the first Hot 100 entry for the 16-year-old Queens, New York-based rapper (real name: Tyler Sharpe) continues its sprint up Streaming Songs, climbing 7-4 (38.5 million, up 36%). It also gains by 59% to 6.1 million airplay audience and 50% to 4,000 sold.

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 on both Twitter and Instagram. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Aug. 6), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

[Gary]

LilNas X's 'Old Town Road' Leads Billboard Hot 100 for 19th Week, Ariana Grande & Social House's 'Boyfriend' Debuts in Top 10

8/12/2019 by Gary Trust

Grande earns her 14th top 10 and 10th to debut in the region.

Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road," featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, extends its record domination atop the Billboard Hot 100, topping the chart for a 19th week.

Two weeks ago, "Road" rewrote the mark for the most time atop the tally, as, with a 17th frame at No. 1, it bested "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, featuring Justin Bieber, and "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men, which ruled for 16 weeks each, in 2017 and 1995-96, respectively.

Elsewhere in the latest Hot 100's top 10, Ariana Grande and Social House launch at No. 8 on the chart with "Boyfriend."
Let's run down the top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated Aug. 17), which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Aug. 13).

With a 19th week atop the Hot 100 for "Old Town Road," here's a look at the 10 longest-leading No. 1s in the chart's 61-year archives:

Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist, Date Reached No. 1



19, "Old Town Road," Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, April 13, 2019
16, "Despacito," Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, May 27, 2017
16, "One Sweet Day," Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, Dec. 2, 1995
14, "Uptown Funk!," Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, Jan. 17, 2015
14, "I Gotta Feeling," The Black Eyed Peas, July 11, 2009
14, "We Belong Together," Mariah Carey, June 4, 2005
14, "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight," Elton John, Oct. 11, 1997
14, "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)," Los Del Rio, Aug. 3, 1996
14, "I'll Make Love to You," Boyz II Men, Aug. 27, 1994
14, "I Will Always Love You," Whitney Houston, Nov. 28, 1992

As on the Hot 100, "Road" (on Columbia Records) leads the Streaming Songs chart for a record-padding 19th week, with 58.8 million U.S. streams, down 13%, in the week ending Aug. 8, according to Nielsen Music. "Road" set the record for the top streaming week (143 million) following the April 5 arrival of its remix solely with Cyrus (who has been billed on 18 of the song's 19 weeks atop the Hot 100) and claims nine of the 11 biggest streaming frames to date, including the top three.

"Road" concurrently spends a 15th week atop the Digital Song Sales chart, with 34,000 downloads sold, down 28%, in the week ending Aug. 8. The track boasts the second-most weeks logged atop the list, trailing only "Despacito," which ruled for 17 weeks. On Radio Songs, where it reached No. 2, "Road" falls 17-21, down 11% to 38.5 million audience impressions in the week ending Aug. 11.

Meanwhile, "Road" leads the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a record-breaking 19th week each, breaking out of a tie for the longest command in the history of each ranking. On Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, the track bests the 18-week domination of Drake's "One Dance," featuring WizKid and Kyla, in 2016. On Hot Rap Songs, "Road" passes the 18-week rules of Drake's "Hotline Bling" (2015-16); Iggy Azalea's "Fancy," featuring Charli XCX (2014); and Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott's "Hot Boyz," featuring NAS, EVE and Q-Tip (1999-2000). (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs began as an all-encompassing genre chart in October 1958 and Hot Rap Songs launched in March 1989.)

"Road" additionally tops the Songs of the Summer chart for an 11th frame, having led the list each week since its annual return after Memorial Day.

Billie Eilish's "Bad Guy" notches a ninth total week at its No. 2 Hot 100 high, as it rises 4-3 on Radio Songs (94.7 million, up 4%) and dips 2-4 on Streaming Songs (35.6 million, down 22%) and 5-7 on Digital Song Sales (18,000, down 11%).

Below "Road" the entire time that it has ranked at No. 2 on the Hot 100, "Bad Guy" is (as of now) just the fifth non-No. 1 in the chart's history to peak at the runner-up spot for at least nine weeks, and is a week from potentially tying for the most time peaking at No. 2. Here's a recap of the No. 2 hits to spend the most time at their highpoints:

Weeks Peaking at No. 2, Title, Artist, Peak Date

10, "Work It," Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Nov. 16, 2002
10, "Waiting for a Girl Like You," Foreigner, Nov. 28, 1981
9, "Bad Guy," Billie Eilish, June 8, 2019
9, "You're Still the One," Shania Twain, May 2, 1998
9, "I Love You Always Forever," Donna Lewis, Aug. 4, 1996

As for the continued Hot 100 rule of "Road," it and "Bad Guy" decline by 15% and 12%, respectively, in overall metrics, as the former sports a nearly 1.2-to-1 points difference over the latter, essentially maintaining its margin of victory from last week.

Elsewhere, "Bad Guy" becomes Eilish's first No. 1 on the mainstream top 40-based Pop Songs airplay chart, as it spends a second week atop Alternative Songs.

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello's "Senorita" stays at No. 3 on the Hot 100, after debuting at its No. 2 high on the chart dated July 6; Lizzo's "Truth Hurts" is steady at its No. 4 best; and Khalid's No. 3-peaking "Talk" keeps at No. 5, while leading Radio Songs for a ninth week (127.2 million, down 2%) and Hot R&B Songs for a 16th week.

Chris Brown's "No Guidance," featuring Drake, repeats at its No. 6 Hot 100 peak and Ed Sheeran and Bieber's No. 2-peaking "I Don't Care" is stationary at No. 7.

Ariana Grande and Social House soar onto the Hot 100 at No. 8 on the chart with "Boyfriend." The collab begins at No. 2 on Digital Song Sales (31,000 sold, also good for a No. 1 bow, marking Grande's sixth leader, on Pop Digital Song Sales); No. 7 on Streaming Songs (25.9 million U.S. streams); and No. 40 on Radio Songs (24.6 million in audience).

Grande achieves her 14th Hot 100 top 10, having nearly doubled her total in just over a year; "No Tears Left to Cry" debuted at its No. 3 peak on May 5, 2018, and "Boyfriend" marks her sixth top 10 since (a sum tied with Post Malone for second-best in that span, after Drake's 13). She notched her first eight top 10s in 2013-16.

"Boyfriend" is additionally Grande's 10th top 10 Hot 100 debut, making her the fifth artist to reach the milestone, after Drake (20), Taylor Swift (15), Eminem (12) and Lil Wayne (11).

Social House, the duo of Charles Anderson and Michael Foster, makes its first Hot 100 visit.

Meanwhile, the title "Boyfriend" hits the Hot 100's top 10 for a second time. Bieber's same-named song (but different composition) reached No. 2 in 2012.

Post Malone's "Goodbyes," featuring Young Thug, descends 8-9 on the Hot 100, after debuting at its No. 3 peak, while becoming Post Malone's sixth Radio Songs top 10 and Young Thug's second (13-10; 52 million, up 9%). Rounding out the Hot 100's top 10, Lil Tecca's "Ran$om" spends a second week at its No. 10 high.

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 on both Twitter and Instagram. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Aug. 13), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

[Gary]

Billie Eilish's 'Bad Guy' Hits No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Dethroning Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' After Record 19 Weeks on Top
8/19/2019 by Gary Trust

Billie Eilish earns her first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, as "Bad Guy" rises from No. 2. The song reigns after spending nine total weeks at the runner-up spot, the most for any title before reaching the summit in the Hot 100's history.

"Bad Guy" additionally claims the honor of conquering the longest-leading Hot 100 all-time, as it halts the 19-week domination of Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road," featuring Billy Ray Cyrus.

Let's run down the top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated Aug. 24), which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Aug. 20).



"Bad Guy," released on Darkroom/Interscope Records and written by Eilish and Finneas O'Connell (her brother), who solely produced it, becomes the 1,087th No. 1 in the Hot 100's 61-year history.

The song rises 4-3 on the Streaming Songs chart, up 10% to 39.1 million U.S. streams in the week ending Aug. 15, according to Nielsen Music, and 7-6 on Digital Song Sales, up 11% to 20,000 sold in the same span; it was aided on the last day of the streaming and sales tracking period by the arrival of a new vertical video, as well as a cassette single available only through Eilish's official website. On the Radio Songs chart, the track drops 3-6, down 3% to 93 million audience impressions in the week ending Aug. 18.


No. 1 after record 9 weeks waiting at No. 2: "Bad Guy" tops the Hot 100 after nine nonconsecutive weeks at No. 2, the most weeks spent at the runner-up spot before leading the list. It passes The Weeknd's "Starboy," Justin Bieber's "Sorry" and OutKast's "The Way You Move" (featuring Sleepy Brown), each of which ruled after eight-week waits at No. 2 before leading at last in 2017, 2016 and 2004, respectively.

Alt back at No. 1: "Bad Guy" tallies a second week atop the Pop Songs airplay chart (thanks in part during its run to a remix with Bieber), after leading the Alternative Songs airplay survey for two weeks. It's the first Alternative Songs No. 1 to top the Hot 100 since Lorde's "Royals," which ruled the Hot 100 for nine weeks beginning in October 2013, after leading Alternative Songs for seven weeks.

21st century leader: Born Dec. 18, 2001, Eilish is the first artist born in the 2000s to top the Hot 100. Lil Nas X previously came closest to the distinction, having been born April 9, 1999. Eilish, 17, is the youngest artist to reign since Lorde, who was 16 when "Royals" began its nine-week command.

No. 1 album & song: "Bad Guy" is from Eilish's LP When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, which debuted at No. 1 on the April 13-dated Billboard 200 albums chart and has led the list for three total weeks. She first reached a Billboard survey in October 2017, while, the next month, her 2017 set Dont Smile at Me entered the Billboard 200 at No. 185; it has since reached No. 14 (and ranked in the chart's top 40 every week of 2019; When We All Fall Asleep has placed in the top five in each of its first 20 weeks).

"I'm in the good old days right now," Eilish marveled in a May Billboard cover story.

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello climb 3-2 on the Hot 100 with "Señorita," as the duet returns to its peak rank, first reached upon its debut in nearly July. The collaboration surges 7-3 on Radio Songs (96.1 million, up 7%) and rises 5-4 on both Streaming Songs (36.2 million, up 4%) and Digital Song Sales (23,000 downloads sold, up 4%).

Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road," featuring Cyrus, drops to No. 3 on the Hot 100 after its record 19 weeks at No. 1. Still, it becomes the first single to top Streaming Songs for 20 weeks (53.1 million, down 10%). It rules Digital Song Sales for a 16th week (26,000, down 23%), moving to within one week of the record: Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's "Despacito," featuring Bieber, dominated for 17 weeks in 2017. On Radio Songs, "Road" falls 21-28 (34.2 million, down 13%).

"Road" additionally tops the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a record-extending 20th week each and the Songs of the Summer chart for a 12th frame, having led the list each week since its annual return after Memorial Day.

("Road," as of this week, kept a record six songs peaking at No. 2 during its No. 1 run, with "Bad Guy" having now risen from a No. 2 high to the summit. The titles to reach No. 2 below "Road," listed chronologically by peak date: Post Malone's "Wow."; Taylor Swift's "ME!," featuring Brendon Urie; Mendes' "If I Can't Have You"; Ed Sheeran and Bieber's "I Don't Care"; Swift's "You Need to Calm Down"; and Mendes and Cabello's "Señorita.")

Lizzo's "Truth Hurts" is steady at its No. 4 Hot 100 high and Khalid's No. 3-peaking "Talk" keeps at No. 5, while ruling Radio Songs for a 10th week (123.6 million, down 5%) and Hot R&B Songs for a 17th frame.

Chris Brown's "No Guidance," featuring Drake, repeats at its No. 6 Hot 100 peak and Sheeran and Bieber's "Care" is stationary at No. 7.

Lil Tecca's "Ran$om" reaches a new No. 8 Hot 100 high, rising from No. 10 with top Streaming Gainer honors, as it pushes 3-2 on Streaming Songs (43.3 million, up 18%); Post Malone's "Goodbyes," featuring Young Thug, holds at No. 9 on the Hot 100, after debuting at its No. 3 best; and, rounding out the top 10, Mendes' "If I Can't Have You" returns to the tier (11-10).

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 on both Twitter and Instagram. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Aug. 20), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboard magazine is on sale Friday (Aug. 23).

[Gary]

19 Weeks of 'Old Town Road': A Week-by-Week Look Back at Lil Nas X's Historic Run at No. 1 on the Hot 100
by Andrew Unterberger August 20, 2019, 11:00am EDT

Three weeks ago, on the Billboard Hot 100 dated August 3, it became official: Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road," featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, had become the longest-leading No. 1 single in Hot 100 history, with an unprecedented 17 weeks on top.

Two weeks later, the song -- which first took over the top spot on the chart dated April 13 -- had ruled for a stunning 19 weeks total. That far surpassed Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men's "One Sweet Day," which first set the 16-week mark in 1995-96, as well as Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's Justin Bieber-featuring "Despacito" (Remix), which tied the record in 2017. However, this week, the reign finally comes to an end, at least temporarily: Billie Eilish's "Bad Guy," which had long been Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus' prime challenger for the top spot, finally bridged the gap, becoming the young artist's first Hot 100 No. 1.

Nonetheless, 19 weeks was an incrediby long time to be No. 1, and Lil Nas X's stay on top was far from uneventful. Since he became No. 1, six separate songs have peaked at No. 2 a spot below him (as well as "Bad Guy," which spent nine weeks in the runner-up spot before breaking through), and plenty of other big hits and event releases have come and gone elsewhere on the chart. Meanwhile, though his chart placement remained steady, Lil Nas X hardly rested on his laurels with "Old Town Road," releasing new remixes and videos for the track, as well as a parent EP.

The young rapper's 19-week triumph has been historic and eventful enough that it's worth going back through those 19 weeks, and doing a week-by-week breakdown of what kind of new competition "Old Town Road" faced each week -- and how Lil Nas X managed to reign triumphant throughout all of it.

Week 1 (Chart dated Apr. 13): For its first week at No. 1, "Old Town Road" jumps 15 to 1 in just its fifth week on the Hot 100. The song unseats Ariana Grande's "7 Rings," which had previously ruled for eight non-consecutive weeks, and also leapfrogs two Post Malone songs in the chart's top five, the Swae Lee collab "Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)" at No. 2 (previously a one-week No. 1), and his solo hit "Wow." at No. 4. Most notably, Billie Eilish's "Bad Guy" is the week's top debut, landing at No. 7 following the release week for parent album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?; later, it'll prove the biggest challenger to Lil Nas X's continuing Hot 100 supremacy.

Week 2 (Apr. 20): In its second week on top, "Old Town Road" adds a new guest to its listing: country veteran Billy Ray Cyrus, who jumped on the song's first official remix days before it officially became the No. 1 song in America. The addition of the Cyrus remix to the song's overall metrics sends it into the stratosphere, with the two versions of the song combining to rack up an unprecedented 143 million streams in its first full week of tracking, easily beating Drake's previous record of 116 million for "In My Feelings" at its peak the year before. It becomes the first Hot 100 No. 1 single for Cyrus, who previously peaked at No. 4 with the crossover country sensation "Achy Breaky Heart" in 1992. "Sunflower" remains at No. 2 for a second week.



Week 3 (Apr. 27): "Old Town Road" dips in momentum from its historic previous week -- but just barely, as its 125.2 million streams in its second week since adding the Cyrus remix to its tracking would still have been enough to break Drake's previous single-week record. The song also holds at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales for the second straight week, and bounds to the top 20 of Billboard's Radio Songs chart, where it debuted at No. 33 the week before. Below "Old Town Road," Post Malone's "Wow." moves to a new peak of No. 2 on the chart, and BTS' "Boy With Luv," featuring Halsey, is the week's biggest debut, bowing at No. 8.

Week 4 (May 4): Not much happens this week -- "Old Town Road" drops in streams and sales but gains in radio play, and the biggest debut of the week is safely outside the top 10 (Lil Dicky's star-studded "Earth" at No. 17). The biggest gainer in the top 10 is Khalid's "Talk," which jumps 20-8 on the Hot 100 in its 11th week; it later climbs as high as No. 3 on the chart.

Week 5 (May 11): The first true challenger to "Old Town Road" since it took over No. 1 emerges in the form of Taylor Swift's Brendon Urie-featuring single "ME!," her first new music since releasing sixth album Reputation in late 2017. The song has a huge first full week of tracking -- after just gracing the chart the week before at No. 100, based on its first few days of radio airplay -- including a No. 1 bow on Digital Song Sales, thanks to the biggest sales week (193,000) since Swift's "Look What You Made Me Do" debut week in 2017. But the streaming numbers for "Old Town Road" (which are still over 100 million, assisted slightly by a new Diplo remix) as well as its now-established radio presence (moving 12-6 on Radio Songs) prove too much for Swift to overcome, and "Old Town Road" reigns for a fifth week, while "ME!" settles for the silver at No. 2.



Week 6 (May 18): Another week, another new contender -- actually two this time, in Shawn Mendes' "If I Can't Have You" and Logic's Eminem-featuring "Homicide." The former is arguably Mendes' most radio-ready pop single in years, and the latter is an event release featuring a duo of generation-crossing rap stars. However, neither debut proves resounding to truly threaten "Old Town Road," which reigns on Streaming Songs again with 100 million streams, and also rebounds to No. 1 on Digital Song Sales, its fourth week atop the chart. "If I Can't Have You" still ends up debuting at No. 2 -- a career best for Mendes -- while "Homicide" checks in at No. 5.

Week 7 (May 25): For the third straight week, a song lands at No. 2 in its first full week of tracking: This time, Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber's collab "I Don't Care," the lead single from the former's then-upcoming No.6 Collaborations Project LP. Though Sheeran's most recent lead single "Shape of You" debuted atop the Hot 100 -- as did Bieber's "What Do You Mean" -- "I Don't Care" still falls short of No. 1, with its streaming numbers (34.1 million) dwarfed by those of "Old Town Road," which exceeds 100 million for the sixth straight week. Between Bieber, Sheeran and Swift, Lil Nas X has now held off three artists who've scored a combined 11 Hot 100 No. 1 hits in the previous half-decade.

Week 8 (June 1): Another new bump for "Old Town Road," whose long-awaited official music video debuts on May 17. The star-studded clip -- which features well-wishers Diplo, Chris Rock, Vince Staples, Rico Nasty and more, as well as Nas X and Cyrus as co-stars -- draws a great deal of attention, and gives the song's totals a large spike, resulting in its best overall streaming showing (130.7 million) since its first week with Cyrus in tow, and a return to No. 1 on Digital Song Sales. "I Don't Care" holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100 for a second week.

Week 9 (June 8): With "Old Town Road" still ahead of the pack, an emerging challenger pulls into second place behind it: Billie Eilish, whose "Bad Guy" has bounced around the Hot 100's top tier since its No. 7 debut nearly two months earlier, and which now climbs 3-2 for its highest peak to date. Nonetheless, the margins are not yet particularly close; even with a 12 percent drop in streams (to 115.3 million), "Old Town Road" still holds a 3 to 1 points lead over "Bad Guy."

Week 10 (June 15): Three huge names in '10s pop music return this week with new singles: Katy Perry ("Never Really Over"), Miley Cyrus ("Mother's Daughter" and the rest of her She Is Coming EP) and Cardi B ("Press"). However, in a moment perhaps representative of changing tides in the musical mainstream, none of them even come close to threatening "Old Town Road"; Perry's "Never Really Over" has the highest debut of the week at No. 15. Meanwhile, in its 10th week atop the Hot 100, "Old Town Road" climbs to No. 2 on Billboard's Radio Songs tally, while staying firmly atop both Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales -- the closest it's come to date to topping all three charts at once.

Week 11 (June 22): Another relatively easy week for "Old Town Road" at No. 1, as "Bad Guy" and Khalid's "Talk" remain static at No. 2 and 3 and the top debut is Chris Brown's Drake-featuring "No Guidance" at No. 9. However, there are finally some signs of slippage in the song's performance: For the first time since the debut of its Billy Ray Cyrus remix 10 weeks earlier, "Old Town Road" finally dips below 100 million in streams -- though just barely, at 99.9 million, which is still easily the week's highest total.

Week 12 (June 29): Round two vs. Taylor Swift! This time, Swift returns with new single "You Need to Calm Down," capturing headlines for the song's message of solidarity with the LGBTQ community, and its cameo-packed music video -- which even includes an embrace with former pop world foe Katy Perry. Still, though "Calm Down" replaces "Old Town Road" at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales, it can't compete with its streaming or radio totals, and OTR still holds a 1.8 to 1 points lead over Swift's single, which ultimately ties the Hot 100 peak of "ME!" with its No. 2 debut. As the sixth song to peak at No. 2 underneath "Old Town Road" -- following "Wow.," "ME!," "If I Can't Have You," "I Don't Care" and "Bad Guy" -- "Calm Down" also helps "Road" set the record for most songs kept at No. 2 (to date) during its Hot 100 reign.

Meanwhile, rap megastar Drake -- who spent a record 29 weeks atop the Hot 100 across three smash hits in 2018 -- debuts two new songs, following the triumph of his hometown Toronto Raptors winning the NBA Championship for the first time in franchise history. However, neither of the two songs mounts much of a challenge to "Road," or even "Calm Down"; the Rick Ross-featuring "Money in the Grave" debuts at No. 7, while "Omerta" just scrapes the top 40 at No. 35.

Week 13 (July 6): Though "Old Town Road" continues to slowly slide in its overall metrics, he gets a bump in exposure with the release of his 7 EP, which features guests Cardi B and Travis Barker and includes both the original and first remix versions of "Road" as bookends. (Two tracks from it debut on the Hot 100 -- "Panini," No. 16, and the Cardi-featuring "Rodeo," No. 22 -- while "Old Town Road" holds at No. 1, officially becoming the longest-ruling hip-hop song in chart history.) Meanwhile, Shawn Mendes launches another song to No. 2, with the Camila Cabello collab "Señorita," joining Taylor Swift as the second artist with multiple songs held one spot from the top by "Old Town Road."



Week 14 (July 13): A relatively chill week for "Old Town Road" atop the Hot 100, as the song maintains fairly well in streams and sales -- though it is dipping in radio play, falling out of the Radio Songs top five for the first time in nine weeks. Nothing else on the Hot 100 seems that poised to seize on any "Old Town Road" slippage anyway; "Bad Guy" and "Talk" are back to 2-3 and no debuts seem particularly scary, though a new spike from Lizzo's "Truth Hurts" sees it surge 12-6 on the chart. In the meantime, "Old Town Road" is now joining fairly exclusive Hot 100 company, as one of just 10 songs in the chart's 60-plus-year history to reign for at least 14 weeks.

Week 15 (July 20): A potential threat emerges in the form of new single "Goodbyes," by Post Malone featuring Young Thug -- two artists with a combined four Hot 100 No. 1 hits in the past two years. However, the song tops out at No. 3 in its debut week on the Hot 100, while "Bad Guy" remains at No. 2. The latter has closed the gap on "Old Town Road" some, though, as what was a 1.9 to 1 points lead for the Lil Nas X smash the previous week is now just 1.5 to 1. With a much-anticipated "Bad Guy" remix released the previous Thursday, featuring pop star and Eilish idol Justin Bieber, the showdown seems to be set for the next week -- with Nas and Cyrus going for Hot 100 immortality, and Eilish and Bieber (defending the record his "Despacito" remix tied two years earlier) the final boss standing in their way.

Week 16 (July 27): The Bieber remix arrives, but the ensuing duel probably doesn't quite culminate in the photo finish some chartwatchers expect -- Bieber's appearance on the track draws mixed reviews, and without even a new music video to promote it, the remix fades from mainstream attention fairly quickly after its Thursday debut. (That Thursday debut also hurts its chances to have maximum impact, as all consumption from that day counts towards its July 13 week numbers, a blow to its July 20 totals.)

The Bieber version does help give "Bad Guy" nearly a 40% gain in streaming and a 64% percent gain in song sales, but it's not quite enough -- especially because Lil Nas X counters with his own new "Old Town Road" remix, featuring guest appearances from Young Thug and Mason Ramsey, and accompanied by both a new lyric video and a new animated video capitalizing on a recent Internet phenomenon dramatizing a raid on Area 51. The remix doesn't give "Road" as big of a bump as Bieber's version gives Eilish's hit but it's enough to secure a relatively safe 16th week at No. 1 for the song, with a 1.3 to 1 points lead over "Bad Guy" -- tying it with "One Sweet Day" and "Despacito" for the longest reign in Hot 100 history.



Week 17 (Aug. 3): With no major debuts impacting the chart, and the bump "Bad Guy" initially received from its Justin Bieber-featuring remix all but receding, "Old Town Road" has a fairly easy path to setting the all-time record. However, just to hedge his bets a little, Lil Nas X releases one more official "Road" remix early the previous Thursday -- this one titled "Old Town Road (Seoul Town Road Remix)," and featuring BTS member and K-pop superstar RM on the track -- as well as a "Week 17 Version" edit of the original music video, giving a little extra juice to the track's week-long totals. The overall race does tighten a little, as Nas' lead over Eilish diminishes from 1.3 to 1 to 1.2 to 1, but "Old Town Road" still enters into a tier of one in Hot 100 and Billboard lore, as the longest-running No. 1 single in the chart's history.

Week 18 (Aug. 10): Once again, no debuts hit the Hot 100's top 10, and while "Old Town Road" continues to slip in metrics (with no high-profile new remixes or music videos), nothing else really jumps up to close the gap. The week-to-week top three remains the same as the week before -- with "Bad Guy" and "Senorita" resting at Nos. 2 and 3 -- while behind them, "Truth Hurts" climbs one spot to No. 4. The "Old Town Road" points lead over "Bad Guy" remains 1.2 to 1.

Week 19 (Aug. 17): Remember Ariana Grande, whose "7 Rings" was the song unseated by "Old Town Road" when it began its 19-week reign back in April? Well, as poetic as it would have been if she was the artist to end Lil Nas X's run -- with her new single, the Social House collab "Boyfriend" -- it proves not meant to be, as the song debuts comfortably out of range at No. 8. Meanwhile, the chart's entire top seven remains static from the week before, including Eilish at No. 2, still trailing by a nearly 1.2 to 1 margin.

However, "Old Town Road" is now slipping faster in overall metrics than "Bad Guy," and with a new vertical video a website-only cassette single the next week (chart dated Aug. 24), "Bad Guy" will get the slim bump it needs to get over the top, finally unseating the longest-reigning No. 1 hit in Hot 100 history.

[Gary]

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Harry Styles‘ “As It Was” logs a 15th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.

Only three songs have led longer over the survey’s 64-year history, while “As It Was” claims outright the longest reign for a song by a British artist, as well as by an act with no accompanying artists.

Styles also sports the rare achievement of holding the No. 1 spot on the Hot 100 while starring in the top movie at the box office, as Don’t Worry Darling premiered as the weekend’s top film domestically.


Meanwhile, Luke Combs adds his second Hot 100 top 10, as the country star’s “The Kind of Love We Make” jumps from No. 14 to No. 8.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated Oct. 1, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Sept. 27). For all chart news, you can follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.


“As It Was,” released on Erskine/Columbia Records, tallied 66 million radio airplay audience impressions (down 2%), 13.5 million streams (down 6%) and 3,000 downloads sold (up 13%) in the Sept. 16-22 tracking week, according to Luminate.

The single scores a seventh week atop the Radio Songs chart; dips 6-9 on Streaming Songs, after two weeks on top starting in its debut week in April; and rebounds 24-15 on Digital Song Sales, following a week in the lead in May.

Fourth-Longest No. 1 Hot 100 Run, Longest for a Song With No Accompanying Acts
“As It Was” now solely boasts the fourth-longest reign in the Hot 100’s history, dating to the chart’s Aug. 4, 1958, inception. It has achieved the longest command since Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus (also on Columbia), ruled for a record 19 weeks in 2019.

Most Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100:

19, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, beginning April 13, 2019
16, “Despacito,” Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, May 27, 2017
16, “One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, Dec. 2, 1995
15 (to date), “As It Was,” Harry Styles, April 16, 2022
14, “Uptown Funk!,” Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, Jan. 17, 2015
14, “I Gotta Feeling,” The Black Eyed Peas, July 11, 2009
14, “We Belong Together,” Mariah Carey, June 4, 2005
14, “Candle in the Wind 1997″/”Something About the Way You Look Tonight,” Elton John, Oct. 11, 1997
14, “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix),” Los Del Rio, Aug. 3, 1996
14, “I’ll Make Love to You,” Boyz II Men, Aug. 27, 1994
14, “I Will Always Love You,” Whitney Houston, Nov. 28, 1992
Further, “As It Was” breaks out of a tie for the longest Hot 100 domination among singles by artists with no accompanying acts, as it passes the 14-week leaders above by The Black Eyed Peas, Mariah Carey, Elton John, Los Del Rio, Boyz II Men and Whitney Houston.

Longest Hot 100 Reign for a Song by a British Artist
With Styles from Redditch, Worcestershire, England, “As It Was” surpasses Ronson and John’s hits listed above for the longest Hot 100 rule ever by a British artist.

(In the rundown below, * denotes British artists on songs with multiple acts.)

Most Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 by British Artists:

15 (to date), “As It Was,” Harry Styles, beginning April 16, 2022
14, “Uptown Funk!,” Mark Ronson* feat. Bruno Mars, Jan. 17, 2015
14, “Candle in the Wind 1997″/”Something About the Way You Look Tonight,” Elton John, Oct. 11, 1997
12, “Shape of You,” Ed Sheeran, Jan. 28, 2017
10, “Easy on Me,” Adele, Oct. 30, 2021
10, “One Dance,” Drake feat. WizKid & Kyla*, April 23, 2016
10, “Hello,” Adele, Nov. 14, 2015
10, “We Found Love,” Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris*, Nov. 12, 2011
10, “Physical,” Olivia Newton-John, Nov. 21, 1981
9, “Hey Jude,” The Beatles, Sept. 28, 1968
Most Weeks Ever in Hot 100’s Top Two & Top Three
“As It Was” extends its record for the most weeks spent in the Hot 100’s top two positions, having logged 24 weeks, of its 25 total weeks on the chart, in the top two, from its April 16 debut at No. 1 through the newest, Oct. 1-dated survey.

The song also extends its mark for the most weeks, 25, tallied in the Hot 100’s top three in the chart’s history.

“As It Was” is additionally the first song ever to spend its first 25 weeks on the Hot 100 all in the top three.

No. 1 on Hot 100 for 15 Weeks Over 25 Weeks
“As It Was” has now topped the Hot 100 for 15 weeks over a span of 25 weeks, from its debut through the current chart. (In its other 10 weeks on the list, it ranked at No. 2 for nine weeks and No. 3 for one frame.) The song extends the longest span of a title leading the list in a single release cycle. (Overall, Mariah Carey’s 1994 carol “All I Want for Christmas Is You” holds the record for the longest stretch from a song’s first to its most recent week at No. 1: two years and three weeks [Dec. 21, 2019-Jan. 8, 2022]).

On the Radio Songs chart, “As It Was” has led for seven weeks over a span of 20 weeks, the second-longest span of a song ranking at No. 1. The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” ruled for 26 weeks over a stretch of 28 weeks (2020).

Meanwhile, Styles can celebrate having the top song and starring in the top movie in the U.S. While “As It Was” holds atop the Hot 100, Don’t Worry Darling premiered with a weekend-winning $19.2 million domestically in theaters. The film stars — in addition to Styles and others — Chris Pine, Florence Pugh and Olivia Wilde, the latter of whom also directed and co-produced it.

Such a double domination is rare, with Styles following such notable examples as Prince, whose five-week Hot 100 reign in 1984 with “When Doves Cry” coincided with the rule in theaters of Purple Rain, and Eminem, whose “Lose Yourself” controlled the Hot 100 for 12 weeks in 2002-03, aligning with his box office-topping acting debut in parent film 8 Mile.

(Going back to Back to the Future, Huey Lewis made a comical cameo in the 1985 blockbuster, which reigned as the top movie as his and The News’ “The Power of Love” [not Marty McFly’s version …] led the Hot 100.)

Steve Lacy’s first Hot 100 top 10 “Bad Habit” spends a fourth week at its No. 2 high, with 37.8 million in airplay audience (up 10%), 19.6 million streams (essentially even week-over-week) and 2,000 sold (up 39%). The track rebounds from No. 2 for a fifth week at No. 1 on Streaming Songs; becomes Lacy’s first Radio Songs top 10, surging 13-8; and debuts at No. 37 on Digital Song Sales.

“Bad Habit” leads the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, Hot Rock Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts for a fifth week each and the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot R&B Songs charts for a fourth frame each, having become the first song to rule all five rankings (dating to October 2012, when Billboard‘s main genre-based song charts adopted the Hot 100’s methodology).

Post Malone’s “I Like You (A Happier Song),” featuring Doja Cat, rises 5-3 for a new Hot 100 best; Nicky Youre and Dazy’s “Sunroof” holds at its No. 4 high; and Nicki Minaj’s “Super Freaky Girl” drops 3-5, after it soared in at No. 1 on the Aug. 27 chart, as it tops the multi-metric Hot Rap Songs chart for a sixth week.

Morgan Wallen’s “You Proof” keeps at its No. 6 Hot 100 highpoint, while leading the multi-metric Hot Country Songs chart for a sixth week, and OneRepublic’s “I Ain’t Worried” ascends 8-7 for a new top rank.

Luke Combs notches his second Hot 100 top 10, as “The Kind of Love We Make” bounds 14-8 with 32.7 million in airplay audience (up 5%), 13.9 million streams (up 13%) and 3,000 sold (up 8%).

Combs previously hit the Hot 100’s top 10 with “Forever After All,” which debuted at its No. 2 peak in November 2020 (the highest entrance ever for a core country male soloist).

Two Country Hits in Hot 100’s Top 10
Thanks to Wallen’s “You Proof” and Combs’ “The Kind of Love We Make,” two top 10 Hot Country Songs hits place in the Hot 100’s top 10 together. The tracks rank at No. 1 (for a sixth week, as noted above) and No. 2 on Hot Country Songs (after four weeks on top), respectively.

The songs combine for the fourth such double-up in just over two years – after none had occurred in over 20 years, since May 13, 2000, when Faith Hill’s “Breathe” and Lonestar’s “Amazed” ranked at Nos. 3 and 10 on the Hot 100, respectively.

Here’s a recap of the five most recent instances of Hot Country Songs top 10s sharing space in the Hot 100’s top 10, with Wallen, Combs and Gabby Barrett factoring into two each:

Oct. 1, 2022: “You Proof,” Morgan Wallen (No. 6 on the Hot 100), “The Kind of Love We Make,” Luke Combs (No. 8)
Nov. 27, 2021: “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version),” Taylor Swift (No. 1), “Fancy Like,” Walker Hayes (No. 10)
Nov. 7, 2020: “Forever After All,” Combs (No. 2), “I Hope,” Gabby Barrett feat. Charlie Puth (No. 6)
Aug. 29, 2020: “7 Summers,” Wallen (No. 6), “I Hope” (No. 10)
May 13, 2000: “Breathe,” Faith Hill (No. 3), “Amazed,” Lonestar (No. 10)
Notably, unlike the four most recent team-ups until this week, both “Proof” and “Kind” appear in the Hot 100’s top 10 without the assistance of pop/adult radio promotion. “All Too Well,” “Fancy Like” and “I Hope,” as well as “Breathe” and “Amazed,” all drew multi-format airplay support. Wallen and Combs’ latest hits are both scaling the tier largely thanks to their streaming and country radio strength, as they rank at Nos. 5 and 7, respectively, on Streaming Songs and Nos. 3 and 2, respectively, on the Country Airplay chart.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Lizzo’s “About Damn Time” descends 7-9, after two weeks at No. 1 beginning in late July, and Future’s “Wait for U,” featuring Drake and Tems, repeats at No. 10, following a week on top in its debut frame in May.

Again, for all chart news, you can follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated Oct. 1), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (Sept. 27).

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

[Gary]

Morgan Wallen’s ‘Last Night’ Claims 16th Week Atop Hot 100, the Most Ever for a Non-Collaboration
Among all songs, "Last Night" ties for the second-longest reign. Plus, SZA's "Snooze" hits the top 10.
www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-last-night-16th-week-number-one-hot-100-1235391866/

By Gary Trust

08/14/2023



Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” adds a 16th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. The song breaks out of a tie with Harry Styles’ “As It Was” for the sole longest No. 1 run for a non-collaboration, while overall tying for the second-longest reign in the Hot 100’s 65-year history.

Plus, SZA’s “Snooze” jumps from No. 15 to No. 10 on the Hot 100, becoming her eighth career top 10, and the fifth on her album SOS.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts (dated Aug. 19, 2023) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Aug. 15). For all chart news, you can follow billboard and billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.


Wallen’s “Last Night,” released on Big Loud/Mercury/Republic Records, drew 59.6 million radio airplay audience impressions (down 11%) and 26.3 million streams (down 2%) and sold 5,000 downloads (down 22%) in the Aug. 4-10 tracking week, according to Luminate.

As “Last Night” leads the Hot 100 for a 16th week, it surpasses Harry Styles’ “As It Was,” from 2022, for the longest command ever for a song by an act with no accompanying artists.

Among all songs, “Last Night” matches the second-longest rule in the Hot 100’s history, which dates to the chart’s Aug. 4, 1958, inception.

Longest-Leading Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s:

19, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, beginning April 13, 2019
16 (to date), “Last Night,” Morgan Wallen, March 18, 2023
16, “Despacito,” Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, May 27, 2017
16, “One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, Dec. 2, 1995
15, “As It Was,” Harry Styles, April 16, 2022
14, “Uptown Funk!,” Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, Jan. 17, 2015
14, “I Gotta Feeling,” The Black Eyed Peas, July 11, 2009
14, “We Belong Together,” Mariah Carey, June 4, 2005
14, “Candle in the Wind 1997”/“Something About the Way You Look Tonight,” Elton John, Oct. 11, 1997
14, “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix),” Los Del Rio, Aug. 3, 1996
14, “I’ll Make Love to You,” Boyz II Men, Aug. 27, 1994
14, “I Will Always Love You,” Whitney Houston, Nov. 28, 1992
“Last Night” also passes “As It Was” for the longest No. 1 Hot 100 stay of the 2020s so far. Here’s an updated look at the longest-leading hits each decade (with songs, on average, having logged longer No. 1 runs since Luminate data began contributing to the chart in late 1991).

Longest-Leading Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s by Decade:

2020s: 16 weeks (to date), “Last Night,” 2023
2010s: 19 weeks, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, 2019
2000s: 14 weeks, “I Gotta Feeling,” The Black Eyed Peas, 2009 / “We Belong Together,” Mariah Carey, 2005
1990s: 16 weeks, “One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, 1995-96
1980s: 10 weeks, “Physical,” Olivia Newton-John, 1981-82
1970s: 10 weeks, “You Light Up My Life,” Debby Boone, 1977
1960s: 9 weeks, “Hey Jude,” The Beatles, 1968 / “The Theme From A Summer Place,” Percy Faith and His Orchestra, 1960
1950s: 9 weeks, “Mack the Knife,” Bobby Darin, 1959

“Last Night” first led the Hot 100 in March, becoming Wallen’s initial No. 1 on the chart, and has logged a record-tying five distinct stays on top: March 18; April 15-22; May 6-July 8; July 22; and Aug. 12-19.

The song rebounds to No. 1, from No. 3, for an 18th week atop the Streaming Songs chart; rises 7-4 following a week atop Digital Song Sales; and dips 4-6, after reaching No. 2, on Radio Songs.

The single also tops Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, which employs the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100, for a 25th week, the sole fourth-longest domination since the chart became an all-encompassing genre ranking in 1958; Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant to Be” spent a record 50 weeks at No. 1 in 2017-18.

“Last Night,” which crowned the Country Airplay chart for eight weeks and crossed over to No. 5 peaks on both Pop Airplay and Adult Pop Airplay, additionally claims an 11th week atop Billboard’s Songs of the Summer chart, having led each week since the list returned. (Meanwhile over the weekend, Wallen made news for his hairstyle change. Mull it over here.)

Luke Combs’ cover of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” notches a fifth week at its No. 2 Hot 100 high.

Notably, after topping Country Airplay for five weeks, “Fast Car” leads Adult Pop Airplay for a second frame and becomes Combs’ first top 10 on Pop Airplay (12-10). It’s the first song by a lead solo male to have hit No. 1 on both Country Airplay and Adult Pop Airplay and reached the Pop Airplay top 10; among all acts, four songs previously achieved the feat, as it follows Gabby Barrett’s “I Hope” (featuring Charlie Puth on its pop remix; 2020); “Meant To Be” (2018); Lady A’s “Need You Now” (2009-10); and Faith Hill’s “Breathe” (1999-2000).

Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” pushes to a new No. 3 Hot 100 high, from No. 4, four years after its release on her 2019 album Lover, as it’s now being promoted as a single, while she has been performing the song on her The Eras Tour. It likewise climbs to new No. 3 bests on both Radio Songs (68.1 million, up 6%) and Digital Song Sales (7,000, up 85%), while rebounding 19-5, also a new highpoint, on Streaming Songs (18.2 million, up 14%), as it wins the Hot 100’s Sales and Streaming Gainer awards.

Rema and Selena Gomez’s “Calm Down” ascends 6-4 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 3, as it posts an eighth week atop Radio Songs (88 million, down 1%). It tops the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart for a milestone 50th week, extending the longest reign since the ranking began over a year ago.

Gunna’s “Fukumean” lifts 7-5 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 4, while ruling the multi-metric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a fourth week each.

Olivia Rodrigo’s “Vampire” rises 9-6 on the Hot 100, five weeks after it debuted as her third No. 1; Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night” twirls 10-7 for a new high; Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice’s “Barbie World,” with Aqua, holds at No. 8, after reaching No. 7, as it takes top Airplay Gainer honors (26.1 million, up 54%); and Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” returns to the top 10 (12-9), after it led for eight weeks beginning in January.

[Gary]

'As It Was' article added from last year