Billboard Hot 100: 01/23/2021

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Jan 18, 2021 17:57:13 GMT -5 Henry Suárez said:

Barack Obama term I the gp was bumping to Gaga's debut single Just Dance.

flash forward to Donald Trump inauguration it was Bad and Boujee.

And for Joe Biden, it looks like it'll be Driver's License by Olivia Rodrigo.

[Henry Suárez]

Jan 18, 2021 18:08:34 GMT -5 @gabingston said:

Jan 18, 2021 17:57:13 GMT -5 Henry Suárez said:

Barack Obama term I the gp was bumping to Gaga's debut single Just Dance.

flash forward to Donald Trump inauguration it was Bad and Boujee.

And for Joe Biden, it looks like it'll be Driver's License by Olivia Rodrigo.

Maybe a blue wave pop wave is coming similar to 2009!?  

[jodakyellow]

Jan 18, 2021 17:57:13 GMT -5 Henry Suárez said:

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Edit: was B&B a streaming fueled #1 hit because I recognize the 2-10 songs well but boujee not as much and the 2009 top 10, wow full of big pop hits overall, maybe nostalgia bias showing cuz I was in high school back then.

It was! At the time it hit #1 it was in its second week on top of streaming (primarily YouTube), rose to #2 on Digital Sales, and was not yet charting on Radio Songs

[Enyasurvivor]

I have always said that pop sees a resurgence under democratic presidents, but no one believes me when I say it. Mostly because I try and tell children this and unless you lived thru those years, just looking at the #1s won't show you those trends.

[ry4n]

Jan 18, 2021 18:25:49 GMT -5 Enyasurvivor said:

I have always said that pop sees a resurgence under democratic presidents, but no one believes me when I say it. Mostly because I try and tell children this and unless you lived thru those years, just looking at the #1s won't show you those trends.

The 1980s kinda disprove that though.

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Jan 18, 2021 18:49:20 GMT -5 ry4n said:

Jan 18, 2021 18:25:49 GMT -5 Enyasurvivor said:

I have always said that pop sees a resurgence under democratic presidents, but no one believes me when I say it. Mostly because I try and tell children this and unless you lived thru those years, just looking at the #1s won't show you those trends.

The 1980s kinda disprove that though.

As do the Mid 90s, which had a Democratic president (Clinton) but was dominated by R&B, Hip Hop, Alt Rock and House. Still, you have a point when it comes to the 2000s and 2010s.

[forg]

The Shawn vs Camila hit/flop is funny. I wonder if they break up, will they have their own Cry Me a River/Everytime songs too

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Jan 18, 2021 9:08:39 GMT -5 iamsorare said:

Jan 18, 2021 5:54:49 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

Scooter Braun? Is that u?

taylor swift is that u?

The way he thought this was a good clapback 

[areyoureadytojump]

Is the article out?

[otaviohmg]

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9512983/olivia-rodrigo-drivers-license-number-one-hot-100-debut/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Olivia Rodrigo's 'Drivers License' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100
By Gary Trust
1/19/2021


The song sports the best first-week streams for a proper first single by a female artist.

Olivia Rodrigo's "Drivers License" debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peeling in as the most-streamed and top-selling song of the week.

The single, released Jan. 8, marks the 17-year-old's first Hot 100 No. 1, following its first week of availability. The singer-songwriter and actress initially broke through with roles on Disney Channel's Bizaardvark in 2016 and Disney+'s High School Musical: The Musical: The Series in 2019. Her background helped spark the high profile of "Drivers License," which has also been buoyed by scrutiny about its lyrics, the song's TikTok presence and a co-sign from Taylor Swift, among others.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated Jan. 23) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Jan. 20). For all chart news, you can follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.



"Drivers License," released on Geffen/Interscope Records, is the 1,116th No. 1 in the Hot 100's 62-year history. It's the 48th single to debut on top, and the first of 2021.

Here's a deeper look at Rodrigo's first road trip to No. 1 on the Hot 100, among other achievements.

Streams, sales & airplay: "Drivers License" drew 76.1 million U.S. streams and sold 38,000 downloads in the week ending Jan. 14, according to MRC Data. It also earned 8.1 million radio airplay audience impressions in the week ending Jan. 17.

The track debuts at No. 1 on both the all-genre Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales charts, marking Rodrigo's first leader on each list, while entering the Pop Airplay (No. 31) and Adult Pop Airplay (No. 37) radio rankings.

Record streams for a first promoted single: The 76.1 million opening-week U.S. streams for "Drivers License" mark a new weekly best for a female artist's first single properly promoted to radio, streaming services and other platforms.

The sum is the best for any song in its first week of release since Cardi B's "WAP," featuring Megan Thee Stallion, soared in with 93 million U.S. streams in the week ending Aug. 13, 2020 (and atop the Hot 100 dated Aug. 22), the most for any track ever in its first week of availability.

… though it's Rodrigo's 2nd Hot 100 hit: Before "Drivers License," Rodrigo charted one Hot 100 entry: "All I Want" (her metaphorical chart learner's permit) spent two weeks on the tally, peaking at No. 90, where it debuted, in January 2020. "Want" is from High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (Music From the Disney+ Original Series); "Drivers License" is so far a stand-alone single, with Rodrigo's debut EP expected this year.

Of the 48 singles to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100, most have been, unsurprisingly, by established acts. Just seven have belonged to rising artists with less or comparable chart history at the time of their entrances than Rodrigo. Lauryn Hill launched with "Doo Wop (That Thing)" in 1998, marking her first solo Hot 100 entry, after the Fugees had made three appearances in 1994-97 with her as a member. Clay Aiken (2003), Fantasia (2004) and Carrie Underwood (2005) all premiered at No. 1 with their first solo Hot 100 hits, their respective American Idol coronation singles "This Is the Night," "I Believe" and "Inside Your Heaven." In 2006, Taylor Hicks' "Do I Make You Proud" opened at No. 1 after he won that season of Idol, although he charted one No. 69-peaking entry three weeks earlier.

Since then, Baauer's "Harlem Shake" started atop the Hot 100 in 2013, concurrent with a methodology change that added YouTube data to the chart's formula, while Zayn's first solo entry after he departed One Direction, "Pillowtalk," soared in at No. 1 in 2016.

Four just before '04: The California-born Rodrigo is the most-recently-born artist to top the Hot 100. Born Feb. 20, 2003 (fun fact: she shares her birthday with Rihanna), Rodrigo takes the title from Jawsh 685, who was born Nov. 5, 2002, and led the list dated Oct. 17, 2020, with "Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)," with Jason Derulo and BTS.

At 17 years and 11 months old, Rodrigo is the youngest artist at the time of topping the Hot 100 since Billie Eilish, who was 17 years, eight months and one week old when she led with "Bad Guy" in August 2019.

Four artists born in the 2000s have now ruled the Hot 100, one each born in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003: Rodrigo, Jawsh 685, Eilish (born Dec. 18, 2001) and 24kGoldn (born Nov. 13, 2000), whose "Mood," featuring Iann Dior, drops to No. 2 after eight weeks at No. 1.

Geffen, Interscope in charge: The Geffen label ranks atop the Hot 100 for the first time since Nelly Furtado's "Say It Right" led the list dated Feb. 24, 2007. Before that, Furtado and Geffen spent six weeks at No. 1 in 2006 with "Promiscuous," featuring Timbaland.

Interscope scores its first Hot 100 No. 1 of 2021, after two, logged back-to-back, in 2020: Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande's "Rain on Me" (last June 6) and DaBaby's "Rockstar" (featuring Roddy Ricch), which began a seven-week reign the following frame (June 13).

Car tunes: Perhaps surprisingly, given the role of wheels as a motif in hit music dating to rock's early days, Rodrigo parks any version of the word "drive" in the Hot 100's top spot for the first time. Three other songs with "drive" in their titles have hit the top 10 (two by acts named for forms of transportation): The Cars' "Drive" (No. 3, 1984), Incubus' "Drive" (No. 9, 2001) and Train's "Drive By" (No. 10). One prior Hot 100 hit includes "driver's" in its title: "Driver's Seat," by Sniff 'n' the Tears (No. 15, 1979).

"License" has appeared in one prior Hot 100 song title (although via the word's British English spelling): Billy Ocean's "Licence to Chill" (No. 32, 1989). (A year earlier, Ocean topped the Hot 100 with his own hit about driving: "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car.")

Check Billboard.com later this morning for a full rundown of the latest Hot 100's entire top 10.

Again, for all chart news, you can follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated Jan. 23), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (Jan. 20).

[dremolus - solarpunk]

With the sales, streams, and airplay, drivers license gets about 700 points this week

[dremolus - solarpunk]

[gikem]

Was not expecting WOY to debut in the top 10. Guess it was more consistent throughout the week than predictors were giving it credit for.

[Lost In Musical Reverie]

Woah! I was NOT expecting Morgan Wallen to get another top 10 debut so soon.

[forg]

76M, wow! Amazing feat! Congrats Olivia Rodrigo!

[thegreatdivine]

Good Days reaches the top 10!

[dremolus - solarpunk]

[dremolus - solarpunk]

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

Weeks in the top 10

Blinding Lights 45
Mood 20
positions 11
Holy 11
Go Crazy 6
Levitating 3
Bang! 2
drivers license 1
Wasted On You 1
Good Days 1

[HolidayGuy]

Lawdy at the streaming numbers for DL. Crazy, though great, stuff.

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9512991/morgan-wallen-sza-chris-brown-young-thug-hot-100-top-10/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Morgan Wallen, SZA Hit Hot 100's Top 10, Chris Brown & Young Thug Rule Radio Songs
By Gary Trust
1/19/2021

"Wasted on You," "Good Days" & "Go Crazy" surge in the Hot 100's top 10, below Olivia Rodrigo's "Drivers License," new at No. 1.

As previously reported, Olivia Rodrigo's "Drivers License" revs in at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, launching as the week's most-streamed and top-selling song.


Meanwhile, two other songs appear in the Hot 100's top 10 for the first time: Morgan Wallen's "Wasted on You" soars in at No. 9 and SZA's "Good Days" vaults from No. 23 to No. 10.

Plus, Chris Brown and Young Thug's "Go Crazy" holds at its No. 5 Hot 100 high as it becomes the most-heard song on U.S. airwaves, hitting No. 1 on the Radio Songs chart.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated Jan. 23) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Jan. 20). For all chart news, you can follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.


Morgan Wallen's "Wasted on You" opens with 17.9 million U.S. streams and 10,000 downloads sold in the week ending Jan. 14, according to MRC Data. The song, which debuts at No. 3 on the Streaming Songs chart and No. 7 on Digital Song Sales, is from the singer-songwriter's 30-song LP Dangerous: The Double Album, which bounds in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 265,000 equivalent album units, as it logs the best streaming week ever for a country album.

Wallen adds his second Hot 100 top 10, after fellow Dangerous track "7 Summers" debuted at its No. 6 peak last August.


SZA's "Good Days" jumps 23-10 on the Hot 100 with 20.1 million streams (up 31%), 2.1 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 217%) and 3,000 sold (up 47%). It pushes 3-2 on Streaming Songs and re-enters Digital Song Sales at a new No. 38 high.

The song, released Christmas Day, marks SZA's third Hot 100 top 10 and first on her own. She initially reached the region as featured on Maroon 5's "What Lovers Do," which hit No. 9 in November 2017. "All the Stars," with Kendrick Lamar, rose to No. 7 in March 2018.

Below Rodrigo's "Drivers License" in the Hot 100's top five, 24kGoldn's "Mood," featuring Iann Dior, dips to No. 2, after eight weeks at No. 1. It tops the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts for a 20th week each and Hot Rap Songs for a 14th frame, with all three charts using the same methodology as the Hot 100.

Ariana Grande's "Positions" backtracks 2-3 on the Hot 100. It led the Nov. 7-dated chart upon its debut.

The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" descends 3-4 on the Hot 100. The song spent four weeks at No. 1 (eventually ranking as the Hot 100's top hit of all of 2020) and logs its 58th total week on the chart. It adds a record-extending 45th week in the top 10 and record-furthering 36th week in the top five. The track also claims an eighth week at No. 1 on the multi-metric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and a record-padding 42nd frame atop Hot R&B Songs.


Chris Brown and Young Thug's "Go Crazy" keeps at its No. 5 high on Hot 100 as it hits No. 1 on Radio Songs (2-1; 80.2 million in audience, up 1%).

The collab completes the second-longest climb to No. 1 in the Radio Songs chart's 30-year history; three of the nine songs to take the longest trips to the top have led since last year:

35 weeks, "I Hope," Gabby Barrett feat. Charlie Puth, 2020
32 weeks, "Go Crazy," Chris Brown & Young Thug, 2020-21
27 weeks, "Kryptonite," 3 Doors Down, 2000
26 weeks, "Need You Now," Lady Antebellum, 2009-10
24 weeks, "Breathe Again," Toni Braxton, 1993-94
23 weeks, "Before You Go," Lewis Capaldi, 2020
23 weeks, "Hanging by a Moment," Lifehouse, 2001
23 weeks, "Slide," Goo Goo Dolls, 1998-99
23 weeks, "Semi-Charmed Life," Third Eye Blind, 1997

"Go Crazy" crowns Radio Songs after it led Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay for six weeks beginning in July 2020; it holds at No. 2 on the latter list this week and has ranked in the top five for 31 consecutive weeks. It topped Rhythmic Airplay for a week in August and spent three frames atop Adult R&B Airplay (through last week). The song continues its Pop Airplay crossover, rising 8-7 this week.

Brown adds his fourth Radio Songs No. 1 and first in over a dozen years, since "Forever" led for three weeks in September 2008 and "With You" reigned for six weeks beginning that March. Before that, his debut single "Run It!" ruled for seven weeks beginning in November 2005.

Brown sets two Radio Songs records in his return to No. 1: He ends the longest gap between time on top (12 years and four months, from "Forever" through "Go Crazy") and now boasts the longest span of leading the list (15 years, two months and one week, from "Run It!" through "Go Crazy").

Brown claims the mark for the longest break between Radio Songs No. 1s from Christina Aguilera, who waited 10 years, two months and three weeks between "Lady Marmalade," with Lil' Kim, Mya and P!nk, in 2001, and her featured role on Maroon 5's "Moves Like Jagger" in 2011. He passes Mariah Carey by one week for the longest span of leaders; Carey's stretch of No. 1s covers 15 years and two months, from "Love Takes Time" in 1990 through "Don't Forget About Us" in 2006.

Young Thug notches his second Radio Songs No. 1 and first in a lead role, following his featured turn on Camila Cabello's "Havana" (four weeks, 2017-18).

Elsewhere in the Hot 100's top 10,

Dua Lipa's "Levitating," featuring DaBaby, ascends 7-6 for a new high;

Justin Bieber's "Holy," featuring Chance the Rapper, falls 4-7, after it debuted at its No. 3 peak in October;
and

AJR's "Bang!" rises 9-8, a week after becoming the brother trio's first top 10.

[kalmanta]

Jan 19, 2021 10:36:18 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Good Days reaches the top 10!

And that’s without a gimmick to back it up. I‘m so happy about her success.

[kingvavis]

Was there a formula change?

[Harx]

It's been 3 years, but so happy to finally see Lorde's "Green Light" hit #1!

[reputainbow]

so pleasantly surprised to see that "good days" rose into the top 10! such a great song <3

"drivers license"'s debut is amazing. it's very impressive that it's going to remain at #1 by a massive margin for a 2nd week in a row.

[gikem]

Jan 19, 2021 11:03:59 GMT -5 kingvavis said:

Was there a formula change?

Not sure, I think it’s just a matter of streaming hits outperforming sales/radio hits this week, especially with I Hope and LNCL falling out.

[bigolefreak]

Happy for all the artists with songs in the Top 10 right now. A bit of genre variety too this week, America kinda snapped. Country, R&B, rock (?) and some good pop songs by Ariana/Dua/Weeknd. Maybe the Hot 100 makes points sometimes

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Jan 19, 2021 11:03:59 GMT -5 kingvavis said:

Was there a formula change?

It looks that way.

[Taylor.]

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