Billboard Hot 100: 05/01/2021

[andrebra]

Levitating not getting her new peak is my villain origin story

[kimberly]

Looks like "Solid" might have got Drake his missing #11 peak after all. Do we know where it debuted?

[dremolus - solarpunk]

This comment sums up why AITO is so trash (this is on the official music video)

[ontopofthis]

So much for Levitating being number four

[ontopofthis]

Apr 26, 2021 12:22:58 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

This comment sums up why AITO is so trash (this is on the official music video)

What is AITO?

[areyoureadytojump]

www.billboard.com/articles/news/9562990/polo-g-rapstar-number-one-hot-100-second-week/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Polo G's 'Rapstar' Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Hot 100, Dua Lipa's 'Levitating' Returns to Top Five
By Gary Trust
4/26/2021

"Levitating" revisits its No. 5 high, sparked by TikTok momentum.

Polo G's "Rapstar" spends a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, a week after it debuted at the top spot.

Plus, Dua Lipa's "Levitating," featuring DaBaby, returns to its No. 5 Hot 100 high (rising from No. 6), first reached two months earlier, thanks in part to momentum for its profile on TikTok.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated May 1) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (April 27). For all chart news, you can follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

"Rapstar," released on Columbia Records, drew 40.3 million U.S. streams (down 25%) and sold 2,400 downloads (down 55%) in the week ending April 22, according to MRC Data. It also attracted 3 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 254%) in the week ending April 25.

The track adds a second week atop the Streaming Songs chart, as it becomes the second song in 2021 to tally at least 40 million streams in multiple frames, after it started with 53.6 million a week earlier. Olivia Rodrigo's "Drivers License" debuted with 76.1 million streams in its first week (as reflected on charts dated Jan. 23) and followed with 59.7 million (Jan. 30) and 42.6 million (Feb. 6).

Meanwhile, "Rapstar" is the 22nd title to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100 and log a second consecutive week on top, among 52 total No. 1 arrivals (a second-week success rate of 42%). It's the second among five such songs this year, after "Drivers License" spent its first eight weeks at No. 1 (encompassing its entire reign).

"Rapstar" concurrently claims a second week at No. 1 on the multi-metric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, which use the same methodology as the Hot 100.

Silk Sonic's "Leave the Door Open" rebounds 3-2 on the Hot 100, two weeks after reaching No. 1. It adds a second week at No. 1 on Radio Songs (71.3 million, up 9%), as it tops the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart for a fifth frame.

Justin Bieber's "Peaches," featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon, rises 4-3 on the Hot 100, four weeks after it debuted at No. 1. The song posts its first week in the Radio Songs top 10, charging 12-5 (51 million, up 23%). It becomes Bieber's 18th Radio Songs top 10, breaking him out of a 10-way tie for the fifth-most in the chart's 30-year history, after Rihanna (29), Drake (24), Mariah Carey (23) and Lil Wayne (20). Caesar and Giveon each earn their first Radio Songs top 10.

"Peaches" wins the Hot 100's top Airplay Gainer award for a fourth consecutive week (marking Bieber's longest such streak in a lead role since "Love Yourself" achieved the honor for four straight weeks in January-February 2016).

Lil Nas X's "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" dips 2-4 on the Hot 100, three weeks after it launched at No. 1.


Dua Lipa's "Levitating," featuring DaBaby, returns to its No. 5 Hot 100 high, first reached two months ago, on the charts dated Feb. 6 and 13. It has ranked in the top 10 each week except for one frame since, returning to the tier (13-7) on the chart dated March 27 after Lipa and DaBaby performed it during the Grammy Awards March 14 as part of a medley with Lipa's "Don't Start Now" (which reached No. 2 in March 2020). Further sustaining it, it has soundtracked numerous TikTok clips since mid-April.

"Levitating" ascends 9-6 on Streaming Songs (20.7 million, up 13%), a new best rank, and 13-6 on Digital Song Sales (9,600, up 34%, aided by 69-cent sale-pricing in the iTunes Store between April 20 and 22) and holds at No. 14 on Radio Songs (37.3 million, up 7%), where it reached No. 6 in January.

(Plus, "We're Good," Lipa's follow-up single to "Levitating," hits the Hot 100's top 40 for the first time, pushing 45-38, up 4% to 23.3 million in airplay audience and 12% to 7.7 million streams.)

The Weeknd's "Save Your Tears" backtracks 5-6 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 4. Its remix with Ariana Grande was released Friday, April 23, and streaming and sales increases for the song overall in the tracking week ending April 29 will be reflected on next week's Hot 100 (dated May 8).

Rounding out the Hot 100's top 10, Masked Wolf's first entry on the chart, "Astronaut in the Ocean," jumps 10-7 for a new high; Doja Cat's "Kiss Me More," featuring SZA, drops to No. 8 a week after it debuted at No. 7;

Cardi B's "Up" descends 8-9, four weeks after reaching No. 1; and

Olivia Rodrigo's former eight-week No. 1 "Drivers License" shifts 9-10 in reverse.

Again, for all chart news, you can follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated May 1), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (April 27).

[iHype.]

Apr 26, 2021 12:15:10 GMT -5 @lil14 said:

so drake might’ve finally got that #11 peak?

I had a feeling when the album only debuted with 113k compared to HITS's 120k projection, that it would fall right outside the top 10 since it was already close call for #10.


Eh. The song is forgettable so a #11 peak is fine.

[Groovy]

Apr 26, 2021 12:22:58 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

This comment sums up why AITO is so trash (this is on the official music video)

I don't think the song is trash but some of the lyrics are so cringy.

[Groovy]

Apr 26, 2021 12:29:47 GMT -5 ontopofthis said:

Apr 26, 2021 12:22:58 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

This comment sums up why AITO is so trash (this is on the official music video)

What is AITO?

Astronaut in the Ocean

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

ofc, AITO isn't great, but I also don't mind it. It's a fun track for headphones or car, totally harmless imo.

[atg]

If AITO was remixed to just play the hook for 3 minutes, it would be 10x better than the original. EDM producers where you at? 👀

[CF15]

All these people streaming "Levitating" now - where were y'all when it was fresh before the Grammy awards? It is actually kind of frustrating that it could have easily been a top-three hit if these streams were there a few months ago.
And will the remix of "Save Your Tears" give it enough additional points to push it to #1 next week?

[Enigma.]

Rapstar getting two weeks is surprising, but also welcome since we have had enough of the one weekers recently.

[thegreatdivine]

Weeks in the top 10.
16 Levitating
15 Drivers License
12 Save Your Tears
11 Up
7 Leave the Door Open
5 Peaches
4 Montero (Call Me By Your Name)
3 Astronaut in the Ocean
2 Rapstar
2 Kiss Me More

[gikem]

Apr 26, 2021 12:22:58 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

This comment sums up why AITO is so trash (this is on the official music video)

I get these types of comments when I see them on videos of songs from years past (especially older decades), but seeing one of them on a song that's currently in the top 10 bothers me.

[iHype.]

Apr 26, 2021 12:38:50 GMT -5 CF15 said:

All these people streaming "Levitating" now - where were y'all when it was fresh before the Grammy awards? It is actually kind of frustrating that it could have easily been a top-three hit if these streams were there a few months ago.
And will the remix of "Save Your Tears" give it enough additional points to push it to #1 next week?

Well now it has more longevity in the top 10. A #3 or #5 peak doesn't really make much difference anyways. 

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

it's coming

[gikem]

Apr 26, 2021 13:02:45 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Apr 26, 2021 12:38:50 GMT -5 CF15 said:

All these people streaming "Levitating" now - where were y'all when it was fresh before the Grammy awards? It is actually kind of frustrating that it could have easily been a top-three hit if these streams were there a few months ago.
And will the remix of "Save Your Tears" give it enough additional points to push it to #1 next week?

Well now it has more longevity in the top 10. A #3 or #5 peak doesn't really make much difference anyways. 

And these types of low peaks with great longevity happen all the time. This was especially common in the '90s and 2000s when adult-alternative was at its peak. Songs like Wherever You Will Go, A Thousand Miles, Unwell, If I Ain't Got You, and This Love didn't peak in the top 3, but were in (or close to) the top 5 of their respective Year-Ends because they stuck around and had very consistent runs. I suspect something similar will happen to Levitating.

[Enigma.]

Solid debuts at #12

[gikem]

Apr 26, 2021 13:28:37 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Solid debuts at #12

G*DDAMMIT.

Better luck next time at getting that #11-peaking song, Drake...

[thegreatdivine]

Apr 26, 2021 13:31:21 GMT -5 gikem said:

Apr 26, 2021 13:28:37 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Solid debuts at #12

G*DDAMMIT.

Better luck next time at getting that #11-peaking song, Drake...

Drake is still yet to chart any songs at #11, #22, #31, #43, #46, #59, #66, #77, #93, #96, #98 and #99 on the Hot 100. It should be some kind of record when he eventually charts a song at every position. 



Graphic via daysintheeast. 

[thegreatdivine]

[thegreatdivine]

[gikem]

So I guess Billboard is gonna pull another Truth Hurts/Good As Hell/Big Gangsta with Runaway, huh?

Man, those editors just do NOT know what to do about older songs becoming TikTok hits...

[ZERO]

Seems like "Solid" was completely voided of any video streams... :(

[phieaglesfan712]

Apr 26, 2021 13:31:21 GMT -5 gikem said:

Apr 26, 2021 13:28:37 GMT -5 Enigma. said:

Solid debuts at #12

G*DDAMMIT.

Better luck next time at getting that #11-peaking song, Drake...

I’d be willing to bet that Blinding Lights was #11, and it’ll probably nudge up to the Top 10 next week with how drivers license and Up are falling.

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

Apr 26, 2021 12:49:04 GMT -5 thegreatdivine said:

Weeks in the top 10.
16 Levitating
15 Drivers License
12 Save Your Tears
11 Up
7 Leave the Door Open
5 Peaches
4 Montero (Call Me By Your Name)
3 Astronaut in the Ocean
2 Rapstar
2 Kiss Me More

I miss Blinding Lights and Mood 😢

[gikem]

Apr 26, 2021 14:20:44 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

Apr 26, 2021 13:31:21 GMT -5 gikem said:

G*DDAMMIT.

Better luck next time at getting that #11-peaking song, Drake...

I’d be willing to bet that Blinding Lights was #11, and it’ll probably nudge up to the Top 10 next week with how drivers license and Up are falling.

Nah, it's probably Deja Vu. Most predictions I saw had that song at #12 and relatively close to the top 10 in points.

[iamsorare]

[kalmanta]

Drivers License didn’t serve the longevity I thought it would. I know her team has another song to promote, but still underwhelming compared to the bombastic first weeks.