Billboard Hot 100: 02/23/2019

[Gary]

For those looking for the top 10 today - note that today is a holiday and......

All charts will update Wednesday (Feb. 20) on Billboard.com.

[chartslovergermany]

Feb 18, 2019 10:00:23 GMT -5 owenlovesmusic said:

Please Me could hit top 20 before Money atp. Money has been bouncing around 21-24 for days.

money was already in the top 20 for a day or 2

[renfield75]

According to chartdata "7 Rings" is number one for a 4th week. He tweeted:
"Note: Info regarding "7 rings" remaining at #1 on the Hot 100 for a fourth week comes courtesy of Republic Records press release.
The rest of the chart's top 10 is expected tomorrow."

[owenlovesmusic]

Ariana has #1, #2 and #3!

[iHype.]

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8498841/ariana-grande-top-3-spots-hot-100
Ariana Grande Claims Nos. 1, 2 & 3 on Billboard Hot 100, Is First Act to Achieve the Feat Since The Beatles in 1964

"7 Rings" No. 1 again: Grande's "7 Rings" spends a fourth week atop the Hot 100, encompassing its entire run on the chart. "Rings" leads the Streaming Songs chart for a fourth frame, with 63.5 million U.S. streams, up 10 percent, in the week ending Feb. 14, according to Nielsen Music. On Radio Songs, "Rings" rises 10-9, up 23 percent to 61.7 million audience impressions in the week ending Feb. 17, good for the Hot 100's top Airplay Gainer award for a third week.

"Break Up" bows at No. 2: New Thank U, Next single "Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" blasts onto the Hot 100 at No. 2 (marking Grande's 13th top 10). It launches at No. 2 on both Streaming Songs (59.2 million) and Digital Song Sales (36,000 sold), while drawing 13.4 million airplay impressions.

"Next" up, at No. 3: Meanwhile, the Thank U, Next title track and lead single rebounds 7-3 on the Hot 100, after spending seven weeks at No. 1, beginning with its Nov. 17 debut at the summit. It's powered most heavily by its 36.8 million U.S. streams, up 52 percent, as it surges 14-5 on Streaming Songs and claims the Hot 100's top Streaming Gainer nod.

[rockgolf]

Feb 19, 2019 9:54:13 GMT -5 owenlovesmusic said:

Ariana has #1, #2 and #3!

First solo act to ever hold the top 3 simultaneously.

[Choco]

Pop's resurgence: Meanwhile, Grande has been at the forefront of a turnaround for pop songs' fortunes atop the Hot 100. On Sept. 22, 2018, Drake's "In My Feelings" spent its 10th and final week at No. 1, wrapping a record 34-week streak of rap leaders (29 by Drake). Since then, pop songs have led for 20 of 22 weeks, thanks to Maroon 5's "Girls Like You," featuring Cardi B (seven weeks at No. 1); Grande's "Next" (seven); Halsey's "Without Me" (two); and Grande's "7 Rings" (four).

In that 22-week span, two rap titles each spent a week at No. 1: Travis Scott's "Sicko Mode" and Post Malone and Swae Lee's "Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)."

[owenlovesmusic]

I have a feeling this will happen again very soon, maybe this year.

[Gary]

Ariana Grande Claims Nos. 1, 2 & 3 on Billboard Hot 100, Is First Act to Achieve the Feat Since The Beatles in 1964

2/19/2019 by Gary Trust


'7 Rings' reigns for a fourth week, 'Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored' debuts at No. 2 and 'Thank U, Next' rebounds to No. 3.

Ariana Grande becomes the first artist to hold the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart simultaneously since The Beatles in 1964, as her new album Thank U, Next launches at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums tally.

Grande's "7 Rings" rules the Hot 100 (dated Feb. 23) for a fourth week, while "Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" debuts at No. 2 and former seven-week leader "Thank U, Next" rebounds from No. 7 to No. 3. All three songs are from the Thank U, Next album, released on Republic Records.

Grande is just the second act in the Hot 100's 60-year history to monopolize the top three in a week. The Beatles earned the honor for five weeks in March and April 1964, even claiming the entire top five on the April 4, 1964-dated chart.

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

"7 Rings" No. 1 again: Grande's "7 Rings" spends a fourth week atop the Hot 100, encompassing its entire run on the chart. "Rings" leads the Streaming Songs chart for a fourth frame, with 63.5 million U.S. streams, up 10 percent, in the week ending Feb. 14, according to Nielsen Music. On Radio Songs, "Rings" rises 10-9, up 23 percent to 61.7 million audience impressions in the week ending Feb. 17, good for the Hot 100's top Airplay Gainer award for a third week.

"Break Up" bows at No. 2: New Thank U, Next single "Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" blasts onto the Hot 100 at No. 2 (marking Grande's 13th top 10). It launches at No. 2 on both Streaming Songs (59.2 million) and Digital Song Sales (36,000 sold), while drawing 13.4 million airplay impressions.

"Next" up, at No. 3: Meanwhile, the Thank U, Next title track and lead single rebounds 7-3 on the Hot 100, after spending seven weeks at No. 1, beginning with its Nov. 17 debut at the summit. It's powered most heavily by its 36.8 million U.S. streams, up 52 percent, as it surges 14-5 on Streaming Songs and claims the Hot 100's top Streaming Gainer nod.

Ariana meets The Beatles: Grande is only the second act in the Hot 100's history to rank at Nos. 1, 2 and 3 simultaneously and the first in nearly 55 years. The Beatles achieved the feat for five weeks in 1964, that March 14, 21 and 28 and April 4 and 25; on April 4, 1964, the group claimed the entire top five.

"7 Rings," "Break Up" and "Next" mark the first triple-up for an artist at Nos. 1, 2 and 3 on the Hot 100 since The Beatles held the same spots on April 25, 1964, with "Can't Buy Me Love," "Twist and Shout" and "Do You Want to Know a Secret," respectively. (Thus, the last time the honor was earned, the No. 1 song was about how "I don't care too much for money; money can't buy me love"; "7 Rings" finds Grande declaring "retail therapy my new addiction.")

Between The Beatles' and Grande's tri-umphs, Drake came closest to the feat, placing at Nos. 1, 2 and 4 on the Hot 100 dated July 14, 2018, with "Nice for What," "Nonstop" and "God's Plan," respectively. The songs contributed to Drake's record seven simultaneous Hot 100 top 10s, as his album Scorpion debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 the same week.

Pop's resurgence: Meanwhile, Grande has been at the forefront of a turnaround for pop songs' fortunes atop the Hot 100. On Sept. 22, 2018, Drake's "In My Feelings" spent its 10th and final week at No. 1, wrapping a record 34-week streak of rap leaders (29 by Drake). Since then, pop songs have led for 20 of 22 weeks, thanks to Maroon 5's "Girls Like You," featuring Cardi B (seven weeks at No. 1); Grande's "Next" (seven); Halsey's "Without Me" (two); and Grande's "7 Rings" (four).

In that 22-week span, two rap titles each spent a week at No. 1: Travis Scott's "Sicko Mode" and Post Malone and Swae Lee's "Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)."

Women at No. 1 in 2019: Plus, women have now spent seven weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 on charts dated 2019, starting with the seventh and last week on top on for Grande's "Next" on the chart dated Jan. 5 (followed by two weeks in charge for "Without Me" and four for "7 Rings"). Thus, as of late February, women in lead roles have almost matched last year's total time atop the Hot 100, as women as credited leads tallied eight weeks at No. 1 in all of 2018 (including the first six weeks on top for "Next"; Camila Cabello and Cardi B also ruled for a week each as leads in 2018).

In 2017, women as lead acts spent six weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100, three each by Taylor Swift ("Look What You Made Me Do") and Cardi B ("Bodak Yellow [Money Moves]"). The 2018 and 2017 sums pale in comparison to 2016, when lead women logged 16 weeks at No. 1, by Adele, Rihanna and Sia.

Rounding out the Hot 100's top five, Halsey's "Without Me" dips 3-4 and Post Malone and Swae Lee's "Sunflower" slides 4-5, as the latter track tops the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a seventh week each.

Marshmello and Bastille's "Happier" falls to No. 6 on the Hot 100 from its No. 2 high, a week after surging following Marshmello's groundbreaking set inside the Fortnite video game Feb. 2. The collaboration leads Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for a 22nd week.

Scott's "Sicko Mode" slips 5-7 on the Hot 100 and Panic! at the Disco's "High Hopes" descends 6-8 after reaching No. 4. The latter song leads Hot Rock Songs for a 16th week and Radio Songs for a 13th frame (110.4 million, down 4 percent).

Capping the Hot 100's top 10, Post Malone's "Wow." keeps at No. 9, after hitting No. 8, and Benny Blanco, Halsey and Khalid's "Eastside" returns to the region (11-10), after reaching No. 9.

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 (Feb. 20), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

[jenglisbe]

How were people so off on "TUN" being #3?

[Gary]

1. 7 Rings
2. Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored
3. Thank U, Next
4. Without Me
5. Sunflower
6. Happier
7. Sicko Mode
8. High Hopes
9. Wow
10. Eastside

[Gary]

Streaming #1 7 Rings 63.5 (Break up... is #2 at 59.2)
Radio #1 High Hopes 110.4 (week 13)

[Choco]

Feb 19, 2019 10:12:46 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

How were people so off on "TUN" being #3?

Same reason no one expected "Happier" to reach #2 last week: streaming is very hard to predict.

[thegreatdivine]

Yes, Ariana! Top 3 and she's all 3! Slayyyyyy!!!

[lazer]

Wow, I'm impressed that this era is Ariana's peak. I'm proud of her.

[thegreatdivine]

Ariana run Pop, indeed.

[jenglisbe]

Feb 19, 2019 10:25:52 GMT -5 lazer said:

Wow, I'm impressed that this era is Ariana's peak. I'm proud of her.

Yeah, as often happens, it comes with an artist's least interesting material.

[Caviar]

Bitter.

So happy for Ariana! She’s on top of her game.

[mackattack]

Feb 19, 2019 10:28:17 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

Feb 19, 2019 10:25:52 GMT -5 lazer said:

Wow, I'm impressed that this era is Ariana's peak. I'm proud of her.

Yeah, as often happens, it comes with an artist's least interesting material.

It’s funny that everyone was crying about the charts being so male dominated last year but as soon as a woman starts topping charts and breaking records, y’all have to downplay her success and/or artistry. Disappointed but not surprised.

[Choco]

Ariana Grande on the Hot 100:

#1: "7 rings"
#2: "break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored"
#3: "thank u, next"
#14: "needy"
#17: "NASA"
#21: "imagine" (new peak!)
#22: "bloodline"
#25: "ghostin"
#26: "fake smile"
#27: "bad idea"
#38: "in my head"
#48: "make up"

No mention of "breathin" so it probably went recurrent :(

[Caviar]

“Needy” deserves top 5.

[Choco]

Feb 19, 2019 10:48:37 GMT -5 Caviar said:

“Needy” deserves top 5.

I love how committed you are to it LOL. Most of these have already peaked this week and won't approach those levels again.

Unless there's a fourth single, (which is probably "bloodline" but who knows, really). Even then something like "Ring" by Cardi B could happen, where the track does well but can't quite beat it's debut position (#26 for the Cardi track IIRC).

[tanooki]

Needy higher than NASA? I didn't expect that

[Gary]

We will naturally see a lot of these songs fall back next week

[Mayman]

Sicko Mode is still the highest rap song on the chart!

[rimetm]

I mean...

Title - Official Billboard Genre - My Genre
7 Rings - Pop - R&B
Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored - Pop - R&B
Thank U, Next - Pop - R&B
Without Me - Pop - R&B
Sunflower - Rap - R&B
Happier - Dance/Electronic - Dance/Electronic
Sicko Mode - Rap - Rap
High Hopes - Rock - Rock
Wow. - Rap - R&B
Eastside - Pop - R&B

Billboard Pop Count: 5/10, Non-Rap/R&B Count: 7/10
My Pop Count: 0/10, Non-Rap/R&B Count: 2/10

By Billboard's count, it does seem pretty pop heavy, but I gotta disagree with their classifications.

[mackattack]

Feb 19, 2019 11:13:13 GMT -5 Codex said:

Additionally

1. 7 Rings
2. Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored
3. Thank U, Next
4. Without Me
5. Sunflower
6. Happier
7. Sicko Mode
8. High Hopes
9. Wow
10. Eastside

8/10 pop songs. Certainly not a pop era yet (the pop songs are mostly trap influenced), but this seems to be a transition period. I wouldn't be surprised if a pure pop song like Sweet But Psycho blew up as a 10 week number one soon to mark the beginning of another new era.

That sounds like wishful thinking haha! I think this speaks more to where pop music is heading: less bubblegum and more trap/rap influenced. Who knows though.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Feb 19, 2019 10:28:17 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

Feb 19, 2019 10:25:52 GMT -5 lazer said:

Wow, I'm impressed that this era is Ariana's peak. I'm proud of her.

Yeah, as often happens, it comes with an artist's least interesting material.

I’d say she’s never been as interesting as this era. Good that it paid off.

[Zach]

This is absolutely outstanding. I'm in awe. Congrats to her.

[owenlovesmusic]

Feb 19, 2019 11:13:13 GMT -5 Codex said:

Additionally

1. 7 Rings
2. Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored
3. Thank U, Next
4. Without Me
5. Sunflower
6. Happier
7. Sicko Mode
8. High Hopes
9. Wow
10. Eastside

8/10 pop songs. Certainly not a pop era yet (the pop songs are mostly trap influenced), but this seems to be a transition period. I wouldn't be surprised if a pure pop song like Sweet But Psycho blew up as a 10 week number one soon to mark the beginning of another new era.

Sunflower charts on the R&B/Hip Hop charts so it should be considered a hip hop song. And Happier is more Dance.