American Top 40 [February 20, 2021]

[MitchWolf - ChartStan]

This week we say goodbye to....

DaBaby/Roddy Ricch - ROCKSTAR (from #40 after 33 weeks, PK: #4)
Dua Lipa - Break My Heart (from #39 after 44 weeks, PK: #1 for 1 week)
Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa - Prisoner (from #28 after 6 weeks, PK: #25)

Debuting this week is....

* Jason Derulo teams up with Maroon 5‘s Adam Levine on his latest “Lifestyle” [#40]
* The Kid LAROI enters with his second single in this chart “WITHOUT YOU” [#38], which is also impacting the alt charts
* Ava Max with her latest from the “Heaven & Hell” album, “My Head & My Heart” [#31]

Fastest Riser/Greatest Fall

* This week's Fastest Riser belongs to the late Pop Smoke as "What You Know Bout Love" (after 11 weeks) moves up 6 from #24 to #18
* .... while this week's Greatest Fall goes to "Take You Dancing" (after 12 weeks) as it drops 7 from #15 to #22

Now In The Top 3,

At #3, after 4 weeks at #1, "positions" (after 15 weeks) drop 2 this week
...at #2, "34+35" (after 13 weeks) moves up 3
And at #1.... his 9th overall #1, Justin Bieber's "Lonely" (after 16 weeks) with benny blanco


American Top 40 [February 20, 2021]
======================================================
LW TW Artist-Title Peak So Far Weeks at #1 Weeks On

[DE] 40 Jason Derulo/Adam Levine - Lifestyle 40 01
37 39 Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar 01 [8 wks] 37
EX Lizzo - Truth Hurts*
[DE] 38 The Kid LAROI - WITHOUT YOU 38 01

38 37 Saweetie/Doja Cat - Best Friend 37 02
35 36 Lewis Capaldi - Before You Go 01 [1 wk] 53
36 35 Travis Scott/HVME - Goosebumps (remix) 35 02
33 34 BTS - Dynamite 06 23
EX DNCE - Cake By The Ocean

34 33 Sigala/James Arthur - Lasting Lover 33 02
31 32 Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo - Savage Love (Laxed-Siren Beat) 01 [4 wks] 29
EX Walk The Moon - SHUT UP + DANCE
[DE] 31 Ava Max - My Head & My Heart 30 01
V Black Eyed Peas/Shakira - GIRL LIKE ME

OX-1 Dua Lipa - New Rules

27 30 Surf Mesa/Emilee - ily (i love you baby) 02 30
32 29 Bad Bunny/Jhay Cortez - DÁKITI 29 03
EX Sam Smith - How Do You Sleep?*
29 28 The Kid LAROI - SO DONE 28 07
V LOONA - Star

25 27 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 01 [5 wks] 56
30 26 All Time Low/blackbear - Monsters 26 05
26 25 Megan Thee Stallion - Body 25 04
EX Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop This Feeling!
23 24 Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth - I Hope 03 33

22 23 Taylor Swift - willow 21 06
15 22 Jason Derulo - Take You Dancing 13 12
20 21 Drake/Lil Durk - Laugh Now Cry Later 09 23

OX-2 Lady Gaga/Ariana Grande - Rain On Me

21 20 The Weeknd - Save Your Tears 20 07
19 19 Justin Bieber - Anyone 19 05
EX G-Eazy/Bebe Rexha - Me, Myself & I*
24 18 Pop Smoke - What You Know Bout Love 18 11

16 17 Ed Sheeran - Afterglow 15 06
18 16 Harry Styles - Golden 14 14
12 15 Ava Max - Kings & Queens 02 26
17 14 Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear - my ex's best friend 14 16
RW Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)
Ryan takes us back when on 9/28/02 Casey Kasem introduces Kelly Clarkson debuting with her first AT40 single "A Moment Like This"

10 13 Sam Smith - Diamonds 10 19
13 12 Ritt Momney - Put Your Records On 12 07
BO Zara Larsson/Young Thug - Talk About Love
11 11 Tate McRae - you broke me first 11 16

OX-3 Halsey - Without Me

08 10 AJR - Bang! 06 30
14 09 Olivia Rodrigo - drivers license 09 03
09 08 Billie Eilish - Therefore I Am 08 12

07 07 Dua Lipa/DaBaby - Levitating 04 18
V Sabrina Carpenter - Skin
06 06 Chris Brown/Young Thug - Go Crazy 06 23
EX Rihanna/Calvin Harris - We Found Love

02 05 Justin Bieber/Chance The Rapper - Holy 02 20
03 04 24kGoldn/iann dior - Mood 01 [10 wks] 23
EX Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho*
01 03 Ariana Grande - positions 01 [4 wks] 15

OX-4 Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes

05 02 Ariana Grande - 34+35 02 13
04 01 Justin Bieber/benny blanco - Lonely 01 [**1st week**] 16

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... or find your station in your area at www.at40.com/howtolisten/ ..... Just type in your location... It will tell you the station

[MitchWolf - ChartStan]

QUESTION ALL: if Justin Bieber hits #1 this week, is it gonna be his 7th overall???

I counted these 6:

What Do You Mean
Sorry
Love Yourself
Let Me Love You (with DJ Snake)
Despacito (with Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee)
Intentions (ft. Quavo)

[Fire]

before the chart was posted i was about to post like "i bet the rewind this week is probably love story given that taylor released her new version recently" but it's not so oh well.

but anyway...

Feb 18, 2021 6:17:52 GMT -5 MitchWolf - ChartStan said:

R Stronger

E Truth Hurts
E Shut Up + Dance
E Can't Stop The Feeling!
E Me, Myself & I
E We Found Love
E Sweet But Psycho

OE-2 Rain On Me
OE-4 Whatever It Takes

those are the ones i like. my favorites are shut up and dance and can't stop the feeling, and i feel like i've said this nearly every week so it should be obvious what i'm about to say about them lol

[gemini79]

Cake by the Ocean was played in January, lol it would look like he will play new extras instead of the same old songs over and over again

[gemini79]

Looks like My Head & My Heart and Lifestyle debuted

[musiciscool]

Feb 18, 2021 10:46:29 GMT -5 gemini79 said:

Cake by the Ocean was played in January, lol it would look like he will play new extras instead of the same old songs over and over again

Yeah, at least have some variety.

[johnnywest]

Feb 18, 2021 6:53:34 GMT -5 MitchWolf - ChartStan said:

QUESTION ALL: if Justin Bieber hits #1 this week, is it gonna be his 7th overall???

I counted these 6:

What Do You Mean
Sorry
Love Yourself
Let Me Love You (with DJ Snake)
Despacito (with Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee)
Intentions (ft. Quavo)

You forgot "Cold Water" and "I Don't Care."

[momzquotes]

Feb 18, 2021 6:17:52 GMT -5 MitchWolf - ChartStan said:

Will "positions" hold onto the top spot for a fifth week? or will "Holy" or "Lonely" finally take it?

BO Talk About Love

OTV Girl Like Me
OTV Star
OTV Skin

R Stronger

E Truth Hurts
E Cake By The Ocean
E Shut Up + Dance
E How Do You Sleep?
E Can't Stop The Feeling!
E Me, Myself & I
E We Found Love
E Sweet But Psycho

OE-1 New Rules
OE-2 Rain On Me
OE-3 Without Me
OE-4 Whatever It Takes

To Follow Along:

listen to AT40 channel at 5a EST Fridays on the iHeartRadio app

HitFM in Bejing, China 7p EST Fridays on the Online Radio app onlineradiobox.com/cn/hit/player/?cs=cn.hit

Love FM in Pheom Penh, Cambodia at 9p EST Fridays .... mytuner-radio.com/radio/love-fm-cambodia-434271/

... or find your station in your area at www.at40.com/howtolisten/ ..... Just type in your location... It will tell you the station

Is that Britney Spears song or just Kelly Clarkson song that you're talking about?

[momzquotes]

Feb 18, 2021 17:43:18 GMT -5 johnnywest said:

Feb 18, 2021 6:53:34 GMT -5 MitchWolf - ChartStan said:

QUESTION ALL: if Justin Bieber hits #1 this week, is it gonna be his 7th overall???

I counted these 6:

What Do You Mean
Sorry
Love Yourself
Let Me Love You (with DJ Snake)
Despacito (with Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee)
Intentions (ft. Quavo)

You forgot "Cold Water" and "I Don't Care."

...and "Boyfriend" too since 2012.

[Fire]

Feb 18, 2021 19:05:35 GMT -5 momzquotes said:

Feb 18, 2021 17:43:18 GMT -5 johnnywest said:

You forgot "Cold Water" and "I Don't Care."

...and "Boyfriend" too since 2012.

that never hit #1 lol

[gemini79]

Boyfriend only peaked at #10

[mkarns]

Feb 18, 2021 21:01:17 GMT -5 gemini79 said:

Boyfriend only peaked at #10

During the 2012-13 "Believe" (Belieber?) era, he came much closer to hitting #1 with "As Long As You Love Me" (#2) and "Beauty and a Beat" (#3). But Justin didn't make it to the top until "What Do You Mean" in October 2015, and by then it was a comeback hit of sorts as he had a stretch of over two years of no new music and a lot of bad headlines that seemed to endanger his entire career for a while.

[Top 40 Tracker]

On MediaBase, Justin has had 9 #1's so far, only 3 of them are solo and 30 Top 40 appearances.

Despacito 5
Love Yourself 4
I Don't Care 3
Sorry 3
Let Me Love You 1
Cold Water 1
What Do You Mean? 1
Intentions 1
Lonely 1

His Top 10 biggest hits so far based on chart performance:

1. I Don't Care
2. Sorry
3. Love Yourself
4. Let Me Love You
5. Intentions
6. Despacito
7. Cold Water
8. As Long As You Love Me
9. Holy
10. I'm The One

[Top 40 Tracker]

On MediaBase, Ariana has put 24 hits inside the Top 40, 14 as a solo artist. 9 of her songs have hit #1:

Positions 7
7 Rings 6
Side To Side 5
Problem 2
God Is A Woman 2
thank u, next 1
No Tears Left To Cry 1
Bang Bang 1
34+35 1 (current weekly #1)

Her Top 10 biggest songs based on chart performance:

1. Side To Side
2. 7 Rings
3. thank u, next
4. No Tears Left To Cry
5. Breathin
6. Bang Bang
7. Dangerous Woman
8. Problem
9. God Is A Woman
10. Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored.

[Fire]

it feels weird that positions is ariana's longest running #1 on pop radio to date tbh, i still feel that 7 rings is truly her biggest hit

[momzquotes]

Whoopsie. On Hi FM earlier, it plays an extra "Back To You" by Selena Gomez and her COVID-19 message.

[superxpaul]

Feb 18, 2021 10:46:29 GMT -5 gemini79 said:

Cake by the Ocean was played in January, lol it would look like he will play new extras instead of the same old songs over and over again

Phew, I was hoping AT40 wouldn’t become Rick Dees and play the same set of extras

[MitchWolf - ChartStan]

Feb 19, 2021 3:00:51 GMT -5 superxpaul said:

Feb 18, 2021 10:46:29 GMT -5 gemini79 said:

Cake by the Ocean was played in January, lol it would look like he will play new extras instead of the same old songs over and over again

Phew, I was hoping AT40 wouldn’t become Rick Dees and play the same set of extras

If Ryan is an executive producer, SHAME ON HIM....If Not, SHAME ON WHOEVER

Extras need to be songs from a year and 5 yrs ago, the recent dropouts and OF COURSE the Two-For-Ones

The COVID messages are from the same artists almost every week.... wish they need to ease on them a bit or once EVERYONE able to get vaccinated, they need to remind the audience to do that 

[gemini79]

Feb 19, 2021 4:27:17 GMT -5 MitchWolf - ChartStan said:

Feb 19, 2021 3:00:51 GMT -5 superxpaul said:

Phew, I was hoping AT40 wouldn’t become Rick Dees and play the same set of extras

If Ryan is an executive producer, SHAME ON HIM....If Not, SHAME ON WHOEVER

Extras need to be songs from a year and 5 yrs ago, the recent dropouts and OF COURSE the Two-For-Ones

The COVID messages are from the same artists almost every week.... wish they need to ease on them a bit or once EVERYONE able to get vaccinated, they need to remind the audience to do that 

I got where I don't even listen to the extras, because its the same ones he plays every month or 2 or 3

[kaseyken]

Based on i tunes times 21 songs are logging in under 3 minutes this week and the total of all 40 songs is only 2 hours and 3 minutes. Laugh now is the longest song for now at 4.21 and drivers license is second at 4.02. So Done is the shortest at a mere 2.07. We are definitely trending in the wrong direction where we may have 2 hours of top 40 music to fill up a 4 hour show.

[kaseyken]

Maybe i heard it wrong but i think Ryan announced Positions at # 2 then played 34+35.

[MitchWolf - ChartStan]

Feb 19, 2021 18:13:51 GMT -5 kaseyken said:

Maybe i heard it wrong but i think Ryan announced Positions at # 2 then played 34+35.

No he just said it moved up 3 positions but pulled a "Casey refusing to say "I Want YouSex"" by not saying "34+35"

[kaseyken]

Bieber deserves some credit. Most solo pop acts that are teen sensations usually have a very short chart life from Shawn Cassidy and Leif Garrett in the 70's to Tiffany and Debbie Gibson in the 80's . Justin made it huge as a teen and now is even bigger as an adult it's hard to break that stigma. I remember Donnie Osmond trying to make a comeback in the late 80's his song Soldier of Love was promoted as a mystery artists. Most likely people wouldn't have given it a chance if they knew who sang it but the song caught on because it was catchy.

[kaseyken]

Feb 19, 2021 18:24:24 GMT -5 MitchWolf - ChartStan said:

Feb 19, 2021 18:13:51 GMT -5 kaseyken said:

Maybe i heard it wrong but i think Ryan announced Positions at # 2 then played 34+35.

No he just said it moved up 3 positions but pulled a "Casey refusing to say "I Want YouSex"" by not saying "34+35"

I think he has mentioned  34+35 previously maybe he just did the math and was like, oh snap. Not sure why they made a big deal about the George Michael song there have been plenty of other songs through the years with not so kid friendly titles like Meredith Brooks B**ch, as well as Elton and Rod used that "b" word. I think they said B**ch when they played her song but then again maybe not.

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#1 Shazam song: drivers license, also Olivia Rodrigo turned 18, happy birthday

[momzquotes]

Feb 18, 2021 6:17:52 GMT -5 MitchWolf - ChartStan said:

This week we say goodbye to....

DaBaby/Roddy Ricch - ROCKSTAR (from #40 after 33 weeks, PK: #4)
Dua Lipa - Break My Heart (from #39 after 44 weeks, PK: #1 for 1 week)
Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa - Prisoner (from #28 after 6 weeks, PK: #25)

Debuting this week is....

* Jason Derulo teams up with Maroon 5‘s Adam Levine on his latest “Lifestyle” [#40]
* The Kid LAROI enters with his second single in this chart “WITHOUT YOU” [#38], which is also impacting the alt charts
* Ava Max with her latest from the “Heaven & Hell” album, “My Head & My Heart” [#31]

Fastest Riser/Greatest Fall

* This week's Fastest Riser belongs to the late Pop Smoke as "What You Know Bout Love" (after 11 weeks) moves up 6 from #24 to #18
* .... while this week's Greatest Fall goes to "Take You Dancing" (after 12 weeks) as it drops 7 from #15 to #22

Now In The Top 3,

At #3, after 4 weeks at #1, "positions" (after 15 weeks) drop 2 this week
...at #2, "34+35" (after 14 weeks) moves up 3
And at #1.... his 9th overall #1, Justin Bieber's "Lonely" (after 16 weeks) with benny blanco


American Top 40 [February 20, 2021]
======================================================
LW TW Artist-Title Peak So Far Weeks at #1 Weeks On

[DE] 40 Jason Derulo/Adam Levine - Lifestyle 40 01
37 39 Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar 01 [8 wks] 37
EX Lizzo - Truth Hurts*
[DE] 38 The Kid LAROI - WITHOUT YOU 38 01

38 37 Saweetie/Doja Cat - Best Friend 37 02
35 36 Lewis Capaldi - Before You Go 01 [1 wk] 53
36 35 Travis Scott/HVME - Goosebumps (remix) 35 02
33 34 BTS - Dynamite 06 23
EX DNCE - Cake By The Ocean

34 33 Sigala/James Arthur - Lasting Lover 33 02
31 32 Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo - Savage Love (Laxed-Siren Beat) 01 [4 wks] 29
EX Walk The Moon - SHUT UP + DANCE
[DE] 31 Ava Max - My Head & My Heart 30 01
V Black Eyed Peas/Shakira - GIRL LIKE ME

OX-1 Dua Lipa - New Rules

27 30 Surf Mesa/Emilee - ily (i love you baby) 02 30
32 29 Bad Bunny/Jhay Cortez - DÁKITI 29 03
EX Sam Smith - How Do You Sleep?*
29 28 The Kid LAROI - SO DONE 28 07
V LOONA - Star

25 27 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 01 [5 wks] 56
30 26 All Time Low/blackbear - Monsters 26 05
26 25 Megan Thee Stallion - Body 25 04
EX Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop This Feeling!
23 24 Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth - I Hope 03 33

22 23 Taylor Swift - willow 21 06
15 22 Jason Derulo - Take You Dancing 13 12
20 21 Drake/Lil Durk - Laugh Now Cry Later 09 23

OX-2 Lady Gaga/Ariana Grande - Rain On Me

21 20 The Weeknd - Save Your Tears 20 07
19 19 Justin Bieber - Anyone 19 05
EX G-Eazy/Bebe Rexha - Me, Myself & I*
24 18 Pop Smoke - What You Know Bout Love 18 11

16 17 Ed Sheeran - Afterglow 15 06
18 16 Harry Styles - Golden 14 14
12 15 Ava Max - Kings & Queens 02 26
17 14 Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear - my ex's best friend 14 16
RW Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)
Ryan takes us back when on 9/28/02 Casey Kasem introduces Kelly Clarkson debuting with her first AT40 single "A Moment Like This"

10 13 Sam Smith - Diamonds 10 19
13 12 Ritt Momney - Put Your Records On 12 07
BO Zara Larsson/Young Thug - Talk About Love
11 11 Tate McRae - you broke me first 11 16

OX-3 Halsey - Without Me

08 10 AJR - Bang! 06 30
14 09 Olivia Rodrigo - drivers license 09 03
09 08 Billie Eilish - Therefore I Am 08 12

07 07 Dua Lipa/DaBaby - Levitating 04 18
V Sabrina Carpenter - Skin
06 06 Chris Brown/Young Thug - Go Crazy 06 23
EX Rihanna/Calvin Harris - We Found Love

02 05 Justin Bieber/Chance The Rapper - Holy 02 20
03 04 24kGoldn/iann dior - Mood 01 [10 wks] 23
EX Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho*
01 03 Ariana Grande - positions 01 [4 wks] 15

OX-4 Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes

05 02 Ariana Grande - 34+35 02 14
04 01 Justin Bieber/benny blanco - Lonely 01 [**1st week**] 16

To Follow Along:

listen to AT40 channel at 5a EST Fridays on the iHeartRadio app

HitFM in Bejing, China 7p EST Fridays on the Online Radio app onlineradiobox.com/cn/hit/player/?cs=cn.hit

Love FM in Pheom Penh, Cambodia at 9p EST Fridays .... mytuner-radio.com/radio/love-fm-cambodia-434271/

... or find your station in your area at www.at40.com/howtolisten/ ..... Just type in your location... It will tell you the station

WHY LONELY?! IT SHOULD BE 34 + 35!