Billboard Hot 100: 05/02/2020

[cedric]

Final preds!

1. Blinding Lights (-) (33600)
2. Toosie Slide (-) (29400)
3. The Box (-) (29100)
4. Don't Start Now (-) (24400)
5. Say So (-) (23300)
6. Circles (+1) (21100)
7. Adore You (-1) (20300)
8. Life Is Good (-) (20200)
9. Intentions (-) (19600)
10. Rockstar (NR) (18600)

11. Everything I Wanted (-1) (17800)
12. Savage (+2) (17100)
13. The Bones (-) (16700)
14. My Oh My (-2) (16700)
15. Someone You Loved (-4) (15500)
16. I Hope (+1) (15200)
17. Jump (NR) (14800)
18. Blueberry Faygo (-2) (13900)
19. Memories (-4) (13900)
20. Nobody But You (-2) (12800)

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{#21-#100}{#21-#100}21. Chasin You (+4) (12000)
22. Falling (-) (12000)
23. Hot Girl Bummer (-3) (11600)
24. Roses (Imanbek Remix) (+2) (11600)
25. Roxanne (-6) (11100)
26. Heart On Ice (+2) (10800)
27. High Fashion (+2) (10800)
28. More Hearts Than Mine (+4) (10700)
29. Ballin' (-2) (10700)
30. Heartless (-9) (10700)

31. death bed (-1) (10700)
32. RITMO (-1) (10500)
33. Find My Way (+18) (10500)
34. Dance Monkey (-10) (10500)
35. @ MEH (NR) (10200)
36. WHATS POPPIN (-) (9700)
37. Sunday Best (+1) (9500)
38. 10,000 Hours (-4) (9300)
39. Break My Heart (-4) (9200)
40. Catch (-3) (9100)

41. BOP (-2) (8800)
42. I Hope You're Happy Now (-) (8700)
43. Hard To Forget (+6) (8700)
44. Stupid Love (-11) (8600)
45. Level Of Concern (-22) (8400)
46. After A Few (+9) (8200)
47. No Guidance (-7) (8200)
48. Does To Me (-) (8200)
49. Pick Up (NR) (8200)
50. I Love Me (-9) (8100)

51. I'm Ready (NR) (8100)
52. Dior (-6) (8000)
53. Beer Can't Fix (-9) (7900)
54. In Your Eyes (-9) (7900)
RC. Suicidal (-) (7500)
55. Before You Go (+2) (7500)
56. Sum 2 Prove (-3) (7400)
57. Nasty (NR) (7300)
58. Slide (-15) (7300)
59. Supalonely (-1) (7300)
60. BEST ON EARTH (-8) (7200)
61. Lightskin s**t (NR) (7000)
62. Walk Em Down (-2) (6900)
63. More Than My Hometown (NR) (6600)
64. Godzilla (-8) (6500)
65. Heartless (Diplo) (+3) (6500)
66. Blame It On Baby (NR) (6500)
67. P*$$Y Fairy (OTW) (+3) (6300)
68. Can't Stop (NR) (6200)
69. Yo Perreo Sola (-7) (6200)
RC. Tusa (-) (6200)
70. Slow Dance In A Parking Lot (-20) (6100)
71. OUT WEST (-) (6100)
72. Emotionally Scarred (+10) (6100)
73. Turks (-10) (6000)
74. Come Thru (-8) (6000)
75. You Should Be Sad (-10) (5900)

76. Gimme Love (NR) (5600)
77. Bluebird (-2) (5600)
78. If The World Was Ending (-5) (5600)
79. Believe It (-18) (5500)
80. Sad s**t (NR) (5300)
81. Homemade (-14) (5300)
82. Talk About It (NR) (5300)
83. Drop (NR) (5300)
84. Here And Now (-5) (5200)
85. Myron (-11) (5100)
86. Be A Light (-14) (5000)
87. Broke In A Minute (-23) (4900)
88. I Dare You (NR) (4800)
89. After Party (NR) (4700)
90. Die From A Broken Heart (-10) (4700)
91. Ride It. (+5) (4700)
92. Champion (NR) (4700)
93. Captain Hook (+2) (4700)
94. That Way (-11) (4700)
95. July (-10) (4600)
96. In Between (-3) (4600)
97. Underdog (-16) (4600)
RC. Ridin' Roads (-) (4500)
98. PTSD (-8) (4500)
99. Safaera (-13) (4300)
100. Girl Of My Dreams (-2) (4300)

Others:
101. P2 (-9) (4300)
102. Sigues Con El (-24) (4300)
103. God Whispered Your Name (NR) (4300)
104. I Love My Country (NR) (4200)
105. Grace (-14) (4200)

106. Oprah's Bank Account (4200)
108. Drinking Alone (4200)
109. B.S. (4200)
110. Yummy (4100)
114. Boss Bitch (4000)
115. The Man (4000)
118. B.I.T.C.H. (4000)
119. The Other Side (3900)
120. Skechers (3800)
137. Boyfriend (3200)

[Soulsista]

Billboard Top 10 from 60, 55, 50, 45, and 40 years ago:

April 25, 1960 (For the week ending April 30)

01 06 Stuck On You - Elvis Presley (1st of 4 weeks at #1)
02 02 Greenfields - The Brothers Four
03 05 Sink The Bismark - Johnny Horton
04 01 Theme From A Summer Place - Percy Faith & His Orchestra
05 08 He'll Have To Go - Jim Reeves
06 09 Sixteen Reasons - Connie Stevens
07 03 Puppy Love - Paul Anka
08 16 The Old Lamplighter - The Browns
09 12 White Silver Sands - Bill Black's Combo
10 04 Sweet Nothin's - Brenda Lee


May 1, 1965

01 02 Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter - Herman's Hermits (1st of 3 weeks at #1)
02 01 Game Of Love - Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
03 04 I Know a Place - Petula Clark
04 03 I'm Telling You Now - Freddie & The Dreamers
05 07 I'll Never Find Another You - The Seekers
06 06 Tired Of Waiting For You - The Kinks
07 11 Count Me In - Gary Lewis & The Playboys
08 10 Silhouettes - Herman's Hermits
09 12 The Last Time - The Rolling Stones
10 05 Stop! In The Name Of Love - The Supremes

18 59 Ticket To Ride - The Beatles


May 2, 1970

01 01 ABC - The Jackson 5 (2nd and final week at #1)
02 02 Let It Be - The Beatles
03 03 Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
04 05 American Woman - The Guess Who
05 04 Instant Karma - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band
06 08 Love Or Let Me Be Lonely - Friends Of Distinction
07 06 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - Edison Lighthouse
08 07 Come & Get - Badfinger
09 19 Vehicle - The Ides Of March
10 10 Turn Back The Hands Of Time - Tyrone Davis


May 3, 1975

01 03 He Don't Love You (Like I Love You) - Tony Orlando & Dawn (1st of 3 weeks at #1)
02 01 (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song - B.J. Thomas
03 07 Before The Next Teardrop Falls - Freddy Fender
04 02 Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John
05 06 Chevy Man - Sammy Johns
06 14 Jackie Blue - The Ozark Mountain Daredevils
07 11 Shining Star - Earth, Wind & Fire
08 10 Walking In Rhythm - The Blackbyrds
09 12 Long Tall Glasses - Leo Sayer
10 21 Only Yesterday - The Carpenters


May 3, 1980

01 01 Call Me - Blondie (3rd of 6 weeks at #1)
02 02 Ride Like The Wind - Christopher Cross
03 06 Lost In Love - Air Supply
04 04 With You I'm Born Again - Billy Preston & Syreeta
05 03 Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd
06 07 Fire Lake - Bob Seger
07 09 You May Be Right - Billy Joel
08 08 I Can't Tell You Why - The Eagles
09 10 Sexy Eyes - Dr. Hook
10 12 Hold On To My Love - Jimmy Ruffin

[annoymous1]

That 1965 top 10 is wild I know it was apart of the British Invasion but it is still crazy to see most of that top 10 full of British acts.

[Soulsista]

Billboard Top 10 from 35, 30, 25, and 20 years ago:

May 4, 1985

01 01 We Are The World - USA For Africa (4th and final week at #1)
02 02 Crazy For You - Madonna
03 03 Rhythm Of The Night - DeBarge
04 05 Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
05 06 One Night In Bangkok - Murray Head
06 07 Obsession - Animotion
07 08 Some Like It Hot - The Power Station
08 04 Nightshift - The Commodores
09 10 All She Wants To Do Is Dance - Don Henley
10 12 Smooth Operator - Sade


May 5, 1990

01 01 Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor (3rd of 4 weeks at #1)
02 03 I Wanna Be Rich - Calloway
03 05 How Can We Be Lovers - Michael Bolton
04 12 Vogue - Madonna
05 10 All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You - Heart
06 02 Don't Wanna Fall In Love - Jane Child
07 06 Whip Appeal - Babyface
08 04 All Around The World - Lisa Stansfield
09 11 What It Takes - Aerosmith
10 17 Alright - Janet Jackson


May 6, 1995

01 01 This Is How We Do It - Montell Jordan (4th of 7 weeks at #1)
02 03 Freak Like Me - Adina Howard
03 02 Red Light Special - TLC
04 06 I Know - Dionne Farris
05 05 Run Away - Real McCoy
06 04 Candy Rain - Soul For Real
07 08 Strong Enough - Sheryl Crow
08 10 I Believe - Blessed Union Of Souls
09 09 Dear Mama / Old School - 2Pac
10 38 Water Runs Dry - Boyz II Men


April 29, 2000

01 01 Maria Maria - Santana feat. The Product G&B (4th of 10 weeks at #1)
02 02 Breathe - Faith Hill
03 24 He Wasn't Man Enough - Toni Braxton
04 05 Thong Song - Sisqo
05 03 Say My Name - Destiny's Child
06 04 Bye Bye Bye - *NSYNC
07 07 I Try - Macy Gray
08 06 Amazed - Lonestar
09 09 Everything You Want - Vertical Horizon
10 08 It Feels So Good - Sonique

[Soulsista]

Billboard Top 10 Flashback:

April 30, 2005

01 01 Candy Shop - 50 Cent feat. Olivia (9th and final week at #1)
02 02 Hate It Or Love It - The Game feat. 50 Cent
03 10 Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani
04 04 Lonely - Akon
05 03 Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson
06 05 Obsession (No Es Amor) - Frankie J feat. Baby Bash
07 06 Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - Green Day
08 17 Oh - Ciara feat. Ludacris
09 07 Disco Inferno - 50 Cent
10 08 1 Thing - Amerie


May 1, 2010

01 02 Nothin' On You - B.o.B. feat. Bruno Mars (1st of 2 weeks at #1)
02 01 Rude Boy - Rihanna
03 03 Hey, Soul Sister - Train
04 04 Break Your Heart - Taio Cruz feat. Ludacris
05 06 Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
06 05 In My Head - Jason Derulo
07 07 Telephone - Lady Gaga feat. Beyonce
08 10 OMG - Usher feat. will.i.am
09 19 Your Love Is My Drug - Ke$ha
10 23 Whataya Want From Me - Adam Lambert

12 NE Airplanes - B.o.B. feat. Hayley Williams
23 NE Not Myself Tonight - Christina Aguilera


May 2, 2015

01 01 See You Again - Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth (2nd of 12 weeks at #1)
02 02 Uptown Funk! - Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars
03 06 Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey) - The Weeknd
04 03 Sugar - Maroon 5
05 04 Trap Queen - Fetty Wap
06 07 Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding
07 05 Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
08 09 Shut Up And Dance - Walk The Moon
09 08 G.D.F.R. - Flo Rida feat. Sage The Gemini & Lookas
10 11 Somebody - Natalie La Rose feat. Jeremih

25 56 Girl Crush - Little Big Town


May 4, 2019

01 01 Old Town Road - Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus (4th of 19 weeks at #1)
02 02 Wow. - Post Malone
03 03 Sunflower - Post Malone & Swae Lee
04 04 7 rings - Ariana Grande
05 06 Sucker - The Jonas Brothers
06 05 Without Me - Halsey
07 07 Dancing With a Stranger - Sam Smith & Normani
08 20 Talk - Khalid
09 09 bad guy - Billie Eilish
10 11 Middle Child - J. Cole

17 NE Earth - Lil Dicky

[annoymous1]

Ah..I miss B.o.B. he had some good songs too bad he fell off.

[kcdawg13]

Apr 26, 2020 12:36:41 GMT -5 annoymous1 said:

Ah..I miss B.o.B. he had some good songs too bad he fell off.

Yes he drifted too far and fell straight off the disc of earth and into the void

[mzumii]

Still hurts seeing Wow. getting blocked from #1

[phieaglesfan712]

Apr 26, 2020 11:24:08 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

May 3, 1980


03 06 Lost In Love - Air Supply

This was the breakthrough song for Air Supply. The original Australian version of this song (my favorite) was released in late 1979. In Air Supply's native Australia, the song peaked at #13. The song would fare better in the United States, slowly climbing the chart before reaching its #3 peak in May 1980.

[fhas]

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

[sirskimask]

Apr 26, 2020 12:57:05 GMT -5 mzumii said:

Still hurts seeing Wow. getting blocked from #1

*cough* maybe if it had a proper music video *cough*

[dovahduck]

Apr 26, 2020 18:00:33 GMT -5 sirskimask said:

Apr 26, 2020 12:57:05 GMT -5 mzumii said:

Still hurts seeing Wow. getting blocked from #1

*cough* maybe if it had a proper music video *cough*

*cough* "Better Now" *cough*

[𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿]

Apr 26, 2020 18:43:39 GMT -5 dovahduck said:

Apr 26, 2020 18:00:33 GMT -5 sirskimask said:

*cough* maybe if it had a proper music video *cough*

*cough* "Better Now" *cough*

Imo, even if they had a proper music video, they still wouldn't likely got to #1 because of how strong the corresponding #1 in their peak

[iHype.]

Apr 26, 2020 11:41:35 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

May 6, 1995

04 06 I Know - Dionne Farris

It's unfortunate how forgotten this song is, despite spending 10 weeks at #1 on Pop radio. One of the best 90s hits.

[mikeymonster]

My Final Predictions & where each song is on the main platforms!

	Song	Artist	iTunes	Radio	Spotify	Apple Music	YouTube
1 (=)	Blinding Lights	The Weeknd	2	1	4	13	9
2 (=)	Toosie Slide	Drake	11	12	3	5	4
3 (=)	The Box	Roddy Ricch	30	7	6	6	3
4 (=)	Don't Start Now	Dua Lipa	17	2	16	52	39
5 (=)	Say So	Doja Cat	31	4	12	53	10
6 (+1)	Circles	Post Malone	16	6	17	60	48
7 (-1)	Adore You	Harry Styles	37	3	26	61	72
8 (+1)	Intentions	Justin Bieber ft. Quavo	8	10	21	45	43
9 (NEW)	Rockstar	DaBaby ft. Roddy Ricch	33	--	7	2	8
10 (-2)	Life Is Good	Future ft. Drake	116	15	22	22	2
11 (-1)	Everything I Wanted	Billie Eilish	29	8	55	88	--
12 (=)	My Oh My	Camila Cabello ft. DaBaby	60	5	81	--	74
13 (+1)	Savage	Megan Thee Stallion	12	42	15	20	5
14 (-1)	The Bones	Maren Morris	32	9	--	--	--
15 (-4)	Someone You Loved	Lewis Capaldi	72	13	44	--	33
16 (+1)	I Hope	Gabby Barrett	22	21	94	--	59
17 (-1)	Blueberry Faygo	Lil Mosey	179	103	5	28	6
18 (NEW)	Jump	DaBaby ft. YoungBoy NBA	--	--	88	12	1
19 (-4)	Memories	Maroon 5	20	11	85	--	--
20 (-2)	Nobody But You	Blake Shelton & Gwen Stefani	7	20	154	--	--

Looks like Blinding Lights, Toosie Slide, The Box, Intentions & Savage are the most well-balanced hits this week

[mzumii]

Apr 26, 2020 18:43:39 GMT -5 dovahduck said:

Apr 26, 2020 18:00:33 GMT -5 sirskimask said:

*cough* maybe if it had a proper music video *cough*

*cough* "Better Now" *cough*

I swear an actual Better Now MV would've gotten like 1B+ views on YouTube. The non-video he has up rn has 333m and another lyric video has 166m views. 

[Enigma.]

I Hope did much better on iTunes than #22, it has two versions and was #3 at one point during the week.

[tanooki]

oops forgot to post here

1 Blinding Lights 341 =
2 Toosie Slide 288 =
3 The Box 278 =
4 Don't Start Now 245 =
5 Say So 227 =
6 Circles 208 +1
7 Intentions 202 +2
8 Adore You 198 -2
9 Life is Good 194 -1
10 ROCKSTAR 184 NE
11 everything I wanted 179 -1
12 The Bones 168 +1
13 My Oh My 168 -1
14 Savage 166 =
15 I Hope 163 +2
16 Someone You Loved 152 -5
17 Memories 139 -2
18 Blueberry Faygo 135 -2
19 Nobody But You 132 -1
20 Chasin' You 126 +5
Falling 123
JUMP 121
Roxanne 113
FIND MY WAY 112
Heartless 111
Dance Monkey 103

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Apr 26, 2020 12:02:31 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

May 4, 2019

01 01 Old Town Road - Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus (4th of 19 weeks at #1)
02 02 Wow. - Post Malone
03 03 Sunflower - Post Malone & Swae Lee
04 04 7 rings - Ariana Grande
05 06 Sucker - The Jonas Brothers
06 05 Without Me - Halsey
07 07 Dancing With a Stranger - Sam Smith & Normani
08 20 Talk - Khalid
09 09 bad guy - Billie Eilish
10 11 Middle Child - J. Cole

8/10 songs in this week ended up making the actual year-end Top 10.

[musicspy]

Apr 27, 2020 3:24:55 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

I Hope did much better on iTunes than #22, it has two versions and was #3 at one point during the week.

Yup, it was easily one of the top 5 best selling. Maybe these estimates are based on last weeks actual numbers

[annoymous1]

Kinda excited to see where Rockstar debuts in the Top 10 today.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Barring a major collapse, Blinding Lights should remain at #1 in Radio for at least 3 weeks including this one:

Billboard Radio Songs Estimates 2020/04/27

1(=) The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 153.72(-0.24)

2(=) Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now 131.45(-0.82)
3(=) Harry Styles - Adore You 122.52(+0.19) +
4(=) Doja Cat - Say So 122.01(+1.28)
5(=) Camila Cabello - My Oh My (feat. DaBaby) 112.17(+1.43)
6(=) Post Malone - Circles 110.30(-0.22)
7(=) Roddy Ricch - The Box 102.66(-0.14)
8(=) Billie Eilish - everything i wanted 102.29(-0.09) +
9(=) Maren Morris - The Bones 94.97(+0.15)
10(=) Justin Bieber - Intentions (feat. Quavo) 93.13(+0.67)

11(+1) Drake - Toosie Slide 81.19(+2.20) +

31(+1) Roddy Ricch - High Fashion (feat. Mustard) 42.21(+1.22)

33(+1) Travis Denning - After a Few 41.04(+0.74)

38(+4) Megan Thee Stallion - Savage 39.14(+1.64)

53(+3) twenty one pilots - Level of Concern 33.24(+0.89)

76(+9) BENEE - Supalonely (feat. Gus Dapperton) 22.43(+1.17) +

86(+20) Lil Mosey - Blueberry Faygo 20.78(+2.61) +

89(+4) Powfu - death bed (feat. beabadoobee) [coffee for your head] 20.66(+0.83) +

-(-) SAINt JHN - Roses (Imanbek Remix) 18.78(+1.52)

-(-) Anuel Aa - KEII 16.89(+1.03)

-(-) Kane Brown - Cool Again 13.14(+0.73)

-(-) Sam Smith & Demi Lovato - I'm Ready 11.64(+1.18)

-(-) Lil Uzi Vert - That Way 8.51(+0.87)

-(-) 5 Seconds of Summer - Old Me 6.30(+1.39) +

-(-) Juan Luis Guerra - Lampara Pa' Mis Pies 2.75(+1.79) +

[annoymous1]

Toosie slide coming for Intentions spot and it looks like Blinding Lights peaked but tommorow's update will tell it all.

[Enigma.]

I'll laugh if Toosie Slide becomes Drake's biggest airplay hit since One Dance.

His one and only solo single that doesn't do extremely well on streaming.

[kcdawg13]

Apr 27, 2020 10:45:05 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

I'll laugh if Toosie Slide becomes Drake's biggest airplay hit since One Dance.

His one and only solo single that doesn't do extremely well on streaming.

It's killing it over on TikTok

[Gary]

The Bones Are Good: Inside Country's Recent Resurgence on the Hot 100
4/27/2020 by Melinda Newman


www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/9365977/country-top-40-hot-100-popularity

As country music fans continue to embrace streaming, their listening habits are propelling country artists up the Billboard Hot 100.

Led by Maren Morris’ crossover juggernaut “The Bones” at No. 13, seven country titles are in the top 40 of the all-genre Hot 100 chart for the week ending April 25. On the same chart a year ago, only one country song was in the top 40. The Hot 100 ranks songs of all genres through a formula that combines U.S. streaming, radio airplay and sales data.

“The streaming high tide has lifted all boats,” says Ben Kline, Warner Music Nashville’s exec vp/general manager. WMG has four of the seven songs: Gabby Barrett’s “I Hope” at No. 17 (and No. 1 this week on Billboard's Country Airplay listing), “Nobody But You” by Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani at No. 18, “More Hearts than Mine” by Ingrid Andress at No. 28 and “10,000 Hours” from Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber at No. 34.

As evidenced by some of those names just mentioned, this also comes at a time when women artists are having their best showing on Country Airplay in years. Earlier this year, for five consecutive weeks, there were five female-inclusive acts (solo female, duets or co-ed acts including women) in the top 20 of the Country Airplay chart -- in sharp contrast to the chart dated Dec. 8, 2018, when, for the first time in the then-29-year history of the chart, there were no female acts within the top 20. Female country artists, such as Shania Twain and Faith Hill (and obviously Taylor Swift), have a strong history of crossing over to pop.

While country music streaming still lags substantially behind hip-hop and pop, the numbers are rising. Two weeks ago, country music streaming hit a new high in the U.S., with a record 1.244 billion on-demand audio streams of songs in the genre in the week ending April 9, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. Overall country song streams (combining on demand audio and video streams) leapt to 1.389 billion for that week, the biggest week overall for the genre in eight months.

Through April 9, on-demand audio streams of country songs represented 7.19% of all on-demand audio streams, up from 6.92 a year ago. Though the rise seems modest, it represents an increase of more than 2.7 billion streams.

“As a format, our consumers were slow adopters,” says Steve Hodges, Sony Music Nashville executive vp, promotion and artist development. “We’ll never be as big as hip hop and pop, but we’ve had a proportionate amount of ground to gain. The audience is leaning in to streaming.”

Further driving some of these songs up the chart is crossover terrestrial airplay. Morris’s “The Bones” started at adult pop before Sony Music Nashville began working it to country stations. The song, which topped the Country Airplay chart for two weeks in February, led the Adult Pop Songs chart on the survey dated April 11. It has also logged time on Billboard’s Adult Alternative Songs, Adult Contemporary and Pop Songs charts and amassed an all-format airplay audience of 66 million this week. Though “The Bones” is a relatively straightforward country song, Morris’ acceptance at pop radio started with Zedd’s 2018 monster dance and pop hit, “The Middle,” featuring Morris and Grey, which reached No. 5 on the Hot 100.




“10,000 Hours,” which peaked at No. 4 on the Hot 100 and is currently No. 7 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart, is also still receiving recurrent play at a number of pop formats, which contributes to its Hot 100 rank.

Further driving country acts’ presence on the Hot 100 is the continuing cross pollination between country and pop acts. Barrett put out an alternative version of “I Hope” with Charlie Puth on April 17. (While released too late to affect its streaming and sales chart numbers this week, it may help in future weeks). Morris and Hozier performed “The Bones” on the Global Citizen’s One World: Together at Home concert special on April 18.

While neither Morgan Wallen, whose “Chasin’ You” is No. 25 on the Hot 100 or Brett Young, whose “Catch” is No. 37, have pop partners on those songs, they have increased their fan base with recent EDM collaborations: Wallen with Diplo on “Heartless,” which has already been certified gold by the RIAA, and Young with “I Do” with European pop singer Astrid S.




“Heartless” “opened up a wider audience 100 percent,” says Seth England, partner in Big Loud Records, home to Wallen. “Diplo’s name was the Trojan horse that got the song on, but it was Morgan’s voice that people heard. We’ve seen consumption of his core catalog go up following that.” Adds Kline, “If you’re reaching millions of followers of another artist who aren’t familiar with your artist, there’s incremental growth there.”

Songs like “Heartless” expose artists like Wallen to a whole new audience on playlists, but executives say the digital service providers are also increasingly adding country songs to all-genre playlists -- even ones without pop affiliations.

Further, country artists are included in promotions once reserved for pop acts, which boosts exposure. Amazon is still the leader for country music streaming among the DSPs, but Spotify and Apple are embracing country music more and more.

“Now there are three really big powerful partners and that’s healthy for the genre,” Kline says. “We’ve had Ingrid Andress in Apple’s Up Next program. That was our first country artist in there. The partners are really putting their money where their mouths are when they say they’re committed to country music and exposing country artists across the platform, not just to the country listeners.”

“If Apple or Spotify put a country song on a big playlist, that’s a big indicator,” Hodges says. “The DSPs are able to to hit the beaches before mainstream airplay does.”
Country Expands Boundaries With Pop Pairings: 'I've Never Bought Into Segregating Genres So Rigidly'
Anecdotally, England believes the chart surge is also because country is cool now even among pop listeners who used to dismiss it. “I used to hear a lot of folks say, ‘I don’t really care for country except for…’ and they’d name one artist. Now they still say that, but name three or four artists.” It may not sound like much, he says, but it’s progress for sure.

For Kline, country’s strong presence on an all-genre chart sends a message. “It’s a picture of the entire country and what they’re listening to. Next year, hopefully it will be nine or 10 songs in the top 40.”

Assistance on this story provided by Keith Caulfield and Tom Roland.

[mikeymonster]

^^ omg I got excited and thought "The Bones" made it to the top 10 :(

[Gary]

CHART BEAT

The Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights' Leads Hot 100 for 4th Week, DaBaby & Roddy Ricch's 'Rockstar' Launches in Top 10

4/27/2020 by Gary Trust

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Plus, Post Malone's "Circles" spends a record-breaking 34th week in the top 10.

The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" banks a fourth week at No. 1 the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart this week.

Plus, Post Malone's "Circles," at No. 6, breaks the record for the most weeks (34) ever spent in the Hot 100's top 10 and DaBaby's "Rockstar," featuring Roddy Ricch, roars onto the chart at No. 9.

Let's run down the top 10 of the newest Hot 100, which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated May 2) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (April 28).

"Blinding Lights," released on XO/Republic Records, rules the Radio Songs chart for a third week, with 110.3 million audience impressions, up 2%, in the week ending April 26, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. It tops Digital Song Sales for a fourth week, despite an 11% drop to 19,000 sold in the week ending April 23, and slips at 3-4 on Streaming Songs, down 2% to 24.9 million U.S. streams in the same span.

The track concurrently rules the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart a fourth week and Hot R&B Songs for a ninth frame. (Both rankings employ the same multi-metric formula as the Hot 100.)


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Drake's "Toosie Slide" keeps at No. 2 on the Hot 100 following its debut at No. 1 two weeks ago. It leads Streaming Songs for a third week (31.5 million streams, down 15%); drops 2-5 on Digital Song Sales (12,000, down 23%); and rises 14-12 on Radio Songs (58.3 million, up 22%), winning the Hot 100's top Airplay Gainer award for a second week. It leads the multi-metric Hot Rap Songs chart for a third frame.

Roddy Ricch's "The Box" holds at No. 3 on the Hot 100, which it commanded for 11 weeks; Dua Lipa's "Don't Start Now" is stationary at No. 4, after reaching No. 2; and Doja Cat's "Say So" repeats at its No. 5 high.

Post Malone's "Circles" rebounds 7-6 on the Hot 100, after notching three weeks at No. 1, and breaks the record for the most weeks spent in the top 10 in the chart's 61-year history, a mark that the rapper-singer already shared:

Most Weeks in Billboard Hot 100's Top 10

34, "Circles," Post Malone, 2019-20
33, "Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)," Post Malone & Swae Lee, 2018-19
33, "Girls Like You," Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B, 2018-19
33, "Shape of You," Ed Sheeran, 2017
32, "Sicko Mode," Travis Scott, 2018-19
32, "Closer," The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey, 2016-17
32, "How Do I Live," LeAnn Rimes, 1997-98
31, "Uptown Funk!," Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, 2014-15
30, "Bad Guy," Billie Eilish, 2019
30, "Smooth," Santana feat. Rob Thomas, 1999-2000

Plus, as "Circles" has logged all 34 of its weeks on the Hot 100 in the top 10, dating to its arrival at No. 7 on the Sept. 14, 2019-dated chart, it passes Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" for the most weeks tallied in the region from a song's debut.

"Circles" additionally becomes the first title to have spent 30 weeks in the top 10 on Billboard's mainstream top 40-based Pop Songs radio airplay chart. The song previously led the list for 10 weeks.

Harry Styles' "Adore You" slips to No. 7 from its No. 6 Hot 100 high.

Justin Bieber's "Intentions," featuring Quavo, returns to its best Hot 100 rank (9-8) and rises 12-10 on Radio Songs (68.1 million, up 11%), becoming Bieber's 15th top 10 on the airplay tally and Quavo's fourth.

Bieber has charted four songs in the Radio Songs top 10 in 2020, as "Intentions" follows "10,000 Hours," with Dan + Shay (No. 3); "Yummy" (No. 10); and his Ed Sheeran collab "I Don't Care," which led the chart for a week in September. Bieber boasts double the amount of top 10 titles as any other artist this year; Camila Cabello, Lizzo and The Weeknd have notched two each.

DaBaby's "Rockstar," featuring Roddy Ricch, bounds onto the Hot 100 at No. 9, led by its No. 2 entrance on Streaming Songs, with 28.1 million first-week U.S. streams, and No. 7 bow on Digital Song Sales (10,000).

DaBaby adds his second Hot 100 top 10, after his debut hit "Suge" (No. 7, last July), as does Roddy Ricch, following "The Box."

"Rockstar" is from DaBaby's album Blame It on Baby, which soars in as his second No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

("Rock" on: The rappers chart the third Hot 100 top 10 titled "Rockstar." Post Malone's different composition, featuring 21 Savage, led for eight weeks beginning in October 2017, after Nickelback's hit No. 6 in September 2007. Shout-out also to Shop Boyz's "Party Like a Rockstar," which rose to No. 2 in June 2007.)


Rounding out the Hot 100's top 10, Future's "Life Is Good," featuring Drake, descends 8-10, after peaking at No. 2 for eight weeks.

Find out more Hot 100 news on Billboard.com this week, and, for all chart news, you can listen (and subscribe) to Billboard's Pop Shop Podcast and This Week in Billboard News podcast and follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (April 28), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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Apr 27, 2020 13:23:41 GMT -5 Gary said:

Plus, Post Malone's "Circles," at No. 6, breaks the record for the most weeks (34) ever spent in the Hot 100's top 10

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