Billboard Hot 100: 03/30/2019

[Enigma.]

Sunflower has the chance to get 30 weeks, others in top ten have not I think. Without Me is too airplay heavy to stay in for another 10 weeks and it's already in decline on that department.

[Mauricio]

Old town road is #4 on Spotify, coming for #1. Nashville spotify is awake or something.

[Au$tin]

Mar 25, 2019 9:59:58 GMT -5 Mauricio said:

Old town road is #4 on Spotify, coming for #1. Nashville spotify is awake or something.

Country streamers are not the ones streaming that song.

[Mr. Thonk Eyes]

Mar 25, 2019 9:22:45 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Sunflower has the chance to get 30 weeks, others in top ten have not I think. Without Me is too airplay heavy to stay in for another 10 weeks and it's already in decline on that department.

Airplay is essentially what allowed "Girls Like You" to stay in the top 10 as long as it did.

[Deleted]

Mar 25, 2019 9:11:08 GMT -5 Choco said:

I'd be perfectly fine if we didn't get another "30+ weeks at the top 10" hit for a while.

Preach!

[Gary]

Girls Like You also had a good run on Streaming

[Enigma.]

Without Me not reaching 30 weeks is just my prediction, but it can't decline any faster than it does this week (fhas predicts 3%) to reach it.

[nekotuo]

i'm really interested to see what halsey does with her next single or album. it'd be really cool for her to have another smash

[Choco]

Mar 25, 2019 11:31:18 GMT -5 nekotuo said:

i'm really interested to see what halsey does with her next single or album. it'd be really cool for her to have another smash

Might be a while before we get one. She's in the very early stages of writing for the next album. (Which sucks because a follow-up right now would be a great move).

In any case, "Without Me" doing so well on the Hot 100 bodes well for her (plus "Eastside", which smashed on the airplay department).

[Gary]

CHART BEAT
'7 Rings,' 7 Weeks: Ariana Grande Ties Personal Best Reign Atop Billboard Hot 100

3/25/2019 by Gary Trust

She first ruled for 7 weeks with "Thank U Next."

Ariana Grande's "7 Rings" scores its namesake seventh week atop the Billboard Hot 100, matching the longest rule of her two total No. 1s on the chart. She first led for seven weeks with "Thank U, Next" beginning in November.

As she ties her personal best reign, Grande becomes one of an elite 20 acts that have led the Hot 100 for seven weeks or more with at least two singles.

Let's run down the top 10 of the newest Hot 100 (dated March 30), which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (March 26).

"Rings," released on Republic Records, tops the Streaming Songs chart for an eighth week, having drawn 36.6 million U.S. streams, down 1 percent, in the week ending March 21, according to Nielsen Music.

The track pushes 3-2 on Radio Songs, up 3 percent to 91.5 million audience impressions in the week ending March 24, equaling Grande's top rank on the chart; "Problem," featuring Iggy Azalea, hit No. 2 in 2014. (Five other Grande hits reached No. 3 on Radio Songs, including "Next.") "Rings" dips 5-6 (after three weeks at No. 1) on Digital Song Sales, down 12 percent to 18,000 downloads sold in the week ending March 21.

Notably, thanks to "Rings" and "Next," Grande joins exclusive company by now boasting a pair of songs that have each led the Hot 100 for at least seven weeks. She's the 20th such act to earn the honor in the chart's 60-year history:

Artists With Multiple Hot 100 No. 1s to Lead for at Least Seven Weeks Each
Five such No. 1s: Drake
Four: Mariah Carey, Rihanna
Three: Beyoncé, Boyz II Men, Eminem
Two: 50 Cent, Adele, The Beatles, The Black Eyed Peas, Ariana Grande, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, JAY-Z, Maroon 5, Nelly, Santana, T.I., Usher, Pharrell Williams

Drake leads with five No. 1s that have each led for at least seven weeks, all since 2016: as featured on Rihanna's "Work" (nine weeks, 2016) and with his own "One Dance," featuring WizKid and Kyla (10 weeks, 2016), "God's Plan" (11 weeks, 2018), "Nice for What" (eight weeks, 2018) and "In My Feelings" (10 weeks, 2018).

The Beatles first achieved the feat thanks to "I Want to Hold Your Hand," for seven weeks in 1964, and "Hey Jude," for nine weeks in 1968 (and remain the only act to attain the distinction with two titles prior to the Hot 100's adoption of Nielsen data in 1991, after which songs have logged lengthier average reigns; of the 98 No. 1s to lead the chart for at least seven weeks, only 19 did so before that methodology change. Meanwhile, each year since 1991 has now included at least one Hot 100 No. 1 of seven weeks or more).

Halsey's former two-week Hot 100 No. 1 "Without Me" rises 3-2, as it leads Radio Songs for a fourth week (96.2 million, down 5 percent).

Post Malone boasts two songs in the Hot 100's top five for a second week. Former one-week leader "Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)," with Swae Lee, slips 2-3 (as it totals an 11th week atop both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts) and solo single "Wow." hits a new Hot 100 high, lifting 5-4. "Wow." jumps 10-4 on Streaming Songs, up 18 percent to 30.8 million U.S. streams, assisted by the March 15 release of a new remix, featuring Roddy Ricch and Tyga, and a new official video, which premiered March 19.

Rounding out the Hot 100's top five, Cardi B and Bruno Mars' "Please Me" descends 4-5 after reaching No. 3. The duet darts 11-8 on Radio Songs (62.8 million in audience, up 9 percent), becoming Mars' 16th top 10 and Cardi B's fifth; this decade, only Drake and Rihanna have more Radio Songs top 10s (19 each) than Mars, who earned his first in 2010. Cardi B and Mars topped the tally together for four weeks last year with their first collab, "Finesse."

Marshmello and Bastille's No. 2 Hot 100 hit "Happier" rises 7-6, while dominating Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for a 27th week.

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's "Shallow" rebounds 9-7 on the Hot 100 after leading the March 9-dated chart. The ballad rules Digital Song Sales for a ninth week (32,000, down 8 percent), extending Gaga's longest command among her six No. 1s and marking the chart's longest-running leader since Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's "Despacito," featuring Justin Bieber, ran up a record 17 weeks at No. 1 in 2017. On Radio Songs, "Shallow" reaches another new high, pushing 14-12 (55.1 million, up 5 percent).

Jonas Brothers' "Sucker," which soared in at No. 1 on the March 16-dated Hot 100, drops 6-8 but wins top Airplay Gainer honors for a second week, as it flies 27-19 on Radio Songs (45.1 million, up 26 percent).

Capping the Hot 100's top 10, J. Cole's No. 4-peaking Hot 100 hit "Middle Child" backtracks 8-9 and Meek Mill's "Going Bad," featuring Drake, climbs 14-10, returning to the region for the first time since Dec. 15, when it debuted at its No. 6 high. Since then, the track (Meek Mill's first Hot 100 top 10 and Drake's 33rd, the most among solo males) has grown in airplay, having reached the Radio Songs top 20. It also returns to the top 10 on Streaming Songs (12-10; 25.3 million, up 4 percent).

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 (March 26), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboard magazine is on sale Friday (March 29).

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

7 weeks for 7 rings!

Thank GOD for SICKO MODE, it's a good song, but overstayed.

Also, wow at Without Me, great longevity.

[Gary]

1. 7 Rings
2. Without Me
3. Sunflower
4. Wow
5. Please Me
6. Happier
7. Shallow
8. Sucker
9. Middle Child
10. Going Bad

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8503886/ariana-grande-7-rings-hot-100-number-one-ties-seven-weeks

[Gary]

#1 Radio Without Me 96.2
#1 Streaming 7 Rings 36.6
#1 Shallow 32,000

[Deleted]

A few minutes late to post before main article, anyways...

Mediabase Overall Airplay WEEK ending 3/24/2019

1 (=) Halsey - Without Me 138.11(-2.71)
2 (+1) Ariana Grande - 7 rings 133.80(+8.72)
3 (-1) Panic! At the Disco - High Hopes 121.53(-4.82)
4 (=) benny blanco, Halsey & Khalid - Eastside 119.23(-2.04)
6 (-1) Marshmello & Bastille - Happier 93.17(-4.96)
5 (+1) Ellie Goulding, Diplo & Swae Lee - Close to Me 100.10(+7.75)
7 (+1) Post Malone - Wow. 87.76(+0.88)
10 (-1) Post Malone & Swae Lee - Sunflower 81.03(-3.05)
9 (+1) Sam Smith & Normani - Dancing with a Stranger 83.32(+4.37)
11 Dean Lewis - Be Alright 79.22(+1.24)
8 (+5) Cardi B & Bruno Mars - Please Me 86.33(+9.31)
12 (+4) Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow 78.60(+12.17)
16 (+1) Ava Max - Sweet but Psycho 72.78(+7.14)
20 (-1) Meek Mill - Going Bad (feat. Drake) 61.85(+1.71)
17 (+5) Ariana Grande - break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored 67.19(+10.27)
31 (-6) Travis Scott - SICKO MODE 46.52(-7.75)
19 (+12) Jonas Brothers - Sucker 63.37(+17.05)
42 (+7) J. Cole - MIDDLE CHILD 39.79(5.08)
64 (+3) Blueface - Thotiana 29.73(+1.02)

[fhas]

"Halsey's former two-week Hot 100 No. 1 "Without Me" rises 3-2, as it leads Radio Songs for a fourth week (96.2 million, down 5 percent)."

Lowest audience for a radio #1 since Ne-Yo's Closer (88.0M - Sep. 27, 2008).

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

Weeks in the top 10

Happier 24
Without Me 21
Sunflower 16
WOW 10
7 rings 9
Shallow 6
MIDDLE CHILD 6
Please Me 4
Sucker 3
Going Bad 2

[Deleted]

If anything, Without Me will likely reach 30+ weeks inside top 10 and Sunflower might as well do so but too early to tell (it only spent 16 weeks inside top 10 so far.)

[spitfire]

If Drake was credited on Sicko Mode he must be coming close for spending a record consecutive weeks in the top 10. He hasn't left the top 10 since God's Plan debuted at number 1 and Diplomatic Immunity at number 7.

[spicymapping]

SICKO MODE NO

[tallen2001]

Drake finally leaves the top ten to just show up again anyways.

[kimberly]

I wonder why Pulse keeps overestimating Posty's numbers, even Without Me took over this week... "7 rings" still #1 on streams, and coming for that airplay #1 soon, so the last leg of its run might stretch well into April unless a big release interrupts it.

[lazer]

Happier and Without Me have overstayed their welcome. These songs shrunk on me now.

[fhas]

Mar 25, 2019 12:47:26 GMT -5 kimberly said:

I wonder why Pulse keeps overestimating Posty's numbers, even Without Me took over this week... "7 rings" still #1 on streams, and coming for that airplay #1 soon, so the last leg of its run might stretch well into April unless a big release interrupts it.

Like... overestimating by ~500k-1M streams. Come On. Sunflower vs. Without Me was always going to be close and I had WM at #2 until Thursday's update. Also, this was the first week without Kworb's pop bars so I'm very happy with how accurate my prediction was.

Also, for 7 rings I underestimated its streams by 600k, sales by 1k and overestimated its airplay by 3.2M because I didn't expect it to lose audience today (-140k). In the end, it'll have 34,700-35,100 points and I had it at 34,900.

[tallen2001]

It’s a shame SICKO MODE isn’t in the top ten, but hey it had a great run!

[kimberly]

Mar 25, 2019 12:56:24 GMT -5 fhas said:

Mar 25, 2019 12:47:26 GMT -5 kimberly said:

I wonder why Pulse keeps overestimating Posty's numbers, even Without Me took over this week... "7 rings" still #1 on streams, and coming for that airplay #1 soon, so the last leg of its run might stretch well into April unless a big release interrupts it.

Like... overestimating by ~500k-1M streams. Come On. Sunflower vs. Without Me was always going to be close and I had WM at #2 until Thursday's update. Also, this was the first week without Kworb's pop bars so I'm very happy with how accurate my prediction was.

Did not mean to shade you or anything lol, your work is greatly appreciated! Thank you for your service :) And you are truly very accurate! I was referring to how everyone keeps sayin "Wow" is surging and "Sunflower" might be #1 and "Wow" might replace it and "if only he released a music video..." and all that, but it does not seem super likely to me. "sunflower" is on its way out, and "Wow" is not promoted well at all, so I don't see either one getting to #1 after this point. Just my opinion.

[renfield75]

Once again Billboard can't keep their own stats straight: They list Eminem as having three songs spend 7 or more weeks at number one but he's only had two ("Love The Way You Lie" with 7 weeks and "Lose Yourself" with 12 weeks). "The Monster" was only number one for 4 weeks and "Crack A Bottle" and "Not Afraid" logged one week each.

[𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤]

I’m holding my breath to see how Billie Eilish does.

“Lovely” will spend its 20th week next week, so it’s out the door. However, “When The Party’s Over” just had its 20th week. It’s radio numbers are increasing (its pretty much a lock for the Top 40 Billboard update), but I’m not sure if that’s enough to save it from recurrency. It looks too low to pull off a “You Say” (which was saved by the post Christmas chart chasm left by departing holiday hits).

[iHype.]

Yikes at the Spotify #1 having 1.2 million. The Spotify #1 this day in 2016 (Work) had 1.302 million.

The drought of current big hits is most definitely real.

[Enigma.]

Sunday is always the slowest day on streaming but yea all big hits are in decline so much room for new ones.