Billboard Hot 100: 08/28/2021

[jenglisbe]

Aug 22, 2021 12:00:11 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

August 25, 2001

01 01 Fallin' - Alicia Keys (2nd of 6 weeks at #1)
02 04 I'm Real - Jennifer Lopez

I forgot how these songs two traded off at #1. What prompted the rises/falls each time?

[phieaglesfan712]

Aug 22, 2021 18:42:06 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

Aug 22, 2021 12:00:11 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

August 25, 2001

01 01 Fallin' - Alicia Keys (2nd of 6 weeks at #1)
02 04 I'm Real - Jennifer Lopez

I forgot how these songs two traded off at #1. What prompted the rises/falls each time?

Let's not forget that 9/11 happened during this time. That moment changed a lot of our habits, even to what songs the radio played. My guess is that in the weeks immediately after the attacks, radio did not want want to play a song called Fallin (with the Twin Towers falling), and that allowed I'm Real to reach #1. Then, when the shock of the 9/11 attacks wore off, radio stations started playing Fallin again, allowing it to take back #1 from I'm Real.

[jenglisbe]

Aug 22, 2021 19:23:53 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

Aug 22, 2021 18:42:06 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

I forgot how these songs two traded off at #1. What prompted the rises/falls each time?

Let's not forget that 9/11 happened during this time. That moment changed a lot of our habits, even to what songs the radio played. My guess is that in the weeks immediately after the attacks, radio did not want want to play a song called Fallin (with the Twin Towers falling), and that allowed I'm Real to reach #1. Then, when the shock of the 9/11 attacks wore off, radio stations started playing Fallin again, allowing it to take back #1 from I'm Real.

Maybe...but then "I'm Real" returned to the top again after "Fallin" had its second run at #1.

[85la]

Aug 22, 2021 19:23:53 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

Aug 22, 2021 18:42:06 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

I forgot how these songs two traded off at #1. What prompted the rises/falls each time?

Let's not forget that 9/11 happened during this time. That moment changed a lot of our habits, even to what songs the radio played. My guess is that in the weeks immediately after the attacks, radio did not want want to play a song called Fallin (with the Twin Towers falling), and that allowed I'm Real to reach #1. Then, when the shock of the 9/11 attacks wore off, radio stations started playing Fallin again, allowing it to take back #1 from I'm Real.

This seems like a somewhat logical explanation for what occurred, but if you look at the dates of when each song was number one, strangely the reverse of what you're saying actually happened: Fallin' actually returned to No. 1 during the tracking week that included September 11th (back then, tracking weeks began 19 days before the chart date, so a chart date of Sept 29 would have been for the tracking week beginning Monday, Sept 10th). The switch-offs must have been for other reasons then which I'm not really sure of, possibly just random variations in their chart points, a physical release of either song, or maybe I'm Real (the explicit remix of which was more popular) was considered the more innappropriate song to play while the nation was in mourning.

Here are the exact dates each was #1:

Aug 18: Fallin'
Aug 25: Fallin'
Sep 1: Fallin'

Sep 8: I'm Real
Sep 15: I'm Real
Sep 22: I'm Real

Sep 29: Fallin'
Oct 6: Fallin'
Oct 13: Fallin'

Oct 20: I'm Real
Oct 27: I'm Real

[Choco]

They had similar runs atop the Radio Songs chart, so I'm guessing it was some sort of discrepancy on when they peaked on different formats.

[iHype.]

Aug 22, 2021 20:01:19 GMT -5 85la said:

Aug 22, 2021 19:23:53 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

Let's not forget that 9/11 happened during this time. That moment changed a lot of our habits, even to what songs the radio played. My guess is that in the weeks immediately after the attacks, radio did not want want to play a song called Fallin (with the Twin Towers falling), and that allowed I'm Real to reach #1. Then, when the shock of the 9/11 attacks wore off, radio stations started playing Fallin again, allowing it to take back #1 from I'm Real.

This seems like a somewhat logical explanation for what occurred, but if you look at the dates of when each song was number one, strangely the reverse of what you're saying actually happened: Fallin' actually returned to No. 1 during the tracking week that included September 11th (back then, tracking weeks began 19 days before the chart date, so a chart date of Sept 29 would have been for the tracking week beginning Monday, Sept 10th). The switch-offs must have been for other reasons then which I'm not really sure of, possibly just random variations in their chart points, a physical release of either song, or maybe I'm Real (the explicit remix of which was more popular) was considered the more innappropriate song to play while the nation was in mourning.

Here are the exact dates each was #1:

Aug 18: Fallin'
Aug 25: Fallin'
Sep 1: Fallin'

Sep 8: I'm Real
Sep 15: I'm Real
Sep 22: I'm Real

Sep 29: Fallin'
Oct 6: Fallin'
Oct 13: Fallin'

Oct 20: I'm Real
Oct 27: I'm Real

Fallin' didn't take off and peak at Pop radio until later in its run (which kinda makes sense given the song), which is why re-took #1 late September.

However it was old news at Urban/Rhythmic by then, so it was plummeting on those formats much quicker than I'm Real so it returned to #1 those final two weeks as a result.

[iHype.]

hitsdailydouble.com/streaming_songs
1 1 THE KID LAROI & JUSTIN BIEBER STAY COLUMBIA 28,043,610 2%
2 2 LIL NAS X FEAT. JACK HARLOW INDUSTRY BABY COLUMBIA 20,202,592 -1%
4 3 OLIVIA RODRIGO GOOD 4 U GEFFEN 15,716,566 -5%
3 4 BILLIE EILISH HAPPIER THAN EVER DARKROOM/INTERSCOPE 14,655,039 -17%
8 5 DOJA CAT NEED TO KNOW KEMOSABE/RCA 14,152,362 8%
-- 6 LIZZO & CARDI B RUMORS NICE LIFE/ATLANTIC 13,389,055 --
11 7 WALKER HAYES FANCY LIKE MONUMENT 13,298,760 14%
7 8 ED SHEERAN BAD HABITS ATLANTIC 13,115,536 -1%
6 9 DOJA CAT FEAT. SZA KISS ME MORE KEMOSABE/RCA 12,634,254 -7%
9 10 DUA LIPA FEAT. DABABY LEVITATING WARNER 11,602,087 -8


The streaming chart is REALLY Pop-friendly right now. I don't think it's been like that since 2015/2016ish.

I don't even think there's 1 fully Rap song in that top 10. Lil Nas X & Doja have the most Rap-leaning songs which says a lot.

Think it just has more to do with a lack of Rap releases right now though. Those are relatively low numbers across the board, and especially on the album chart with the #1 barely doing 60K.

[wavey.]

NTK is in full swing! Seems like Walker Hayes is gonna get him a hit.

[elementd5]

Aug 22, 2021 20:56:56 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Aug 22, 2021 20:01:19 GMT -5 85la said:

This seems like a somewhat logical explanation for what occurred, but if you look at the dates of when each song was number one, strangely the reverse of what you're saying actually happened: Fallin' actually returned to No. 1 during the tracking week that included September 11th (back then, tracking weeks began 19 days before the chart date, so a chart date of Sept 29 would have been for the tracking week beginning Monday, Sept 10th). The switch-offs must have been for other reasons then which I'm not really sure of, possibly just random variations in their chart points, a physical release of either song, or maybe I'm Real (the explicit remix of which was more popular) was considered the more innappropriate song to play while the nation was in mourning.

Here are the exact dates each was #1:

Aug 18: Fallin'
Aug 25: Fallin'
Sep 1: Fallin'

Sep 8: I'm Real
Sep 15: I'm Real
Sep 22: I'm Real

Sep 29: Fallin'
Oct 6: Fallin'
Oct 13: Fallin'

Oct 20: I'm Real
Oct 27: I'm Real

Fallin' didn't take off and peak at Pop radio until later in its run (which kinda makes sense given the song), which is why re-took #1 late September.

However it was old news at Urban/Rhythmic by then, so it was plummeting on those formats much quicker than I'm Real so it returned to #1 those final two weeks as a result.

Yup and for reference, the drops and rises coincide with the weeks Fallin fell from #1 at R&B (#2 Rhythmic) then later rose to #1 on Pop, and when I’m Real rose to #1 on Pop thereafter. Although I’m Real peaked at #2 at R&B (#1 Rhythmic), those weeks match up, too.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Aug 22, 2021 22:15:15 GMT -5 wavey. said:

NTK is in full swing! Seems like Walker Hayes is gonna get him a hit.

Pain. This is why people hate country music

[fridayteenage]

Aug 22, 2021 21:10:26 GMT -5 iHype. said:

hitsdailydouble.com/streaming_songs
1 1 THE KID LAROI & JUSTIN BIEBER STAY COLUMBIA 28,043,610 2%
2 2 LIL NAS X FEAT. JACK HARLOW INDUSTRY BABY COLUMBIA 20,202,592 -1%
4 3 OLIVIA RODRIGO GOOD 4 U GEFFEN 15,716,566 -5%
3 4 BILLIE EILISH HAPPIER THAN EVER DARKROOM/INTERSCOPE 14,655,039 -17%
8 5 DOJA CAT NEED TO KNOW KEMOSABE/RCA 14,152,362 8%
-- 6 LIZZO & CARDI B RUMORS NICE LIFE/ATLANTIC 13,389,055 --
11 7 WALKER HAYES FANCY LIKE MONUMENT 13,298,760 14%
7 8 ED SHEERAN BAD HABITS ATLANTIC 13,115,536 -1%
6 9 DOJA CAT FEAT. SZA KISS ME MORE KEMOSABE/RCA 12,634,254 -7%
9 10 DUA LIPA FEAT. DABABY LEVITATING WARNER 11,602,087 -8


The streaming chart is REALLY Pop-friendly right now. I don't think it's been like that since 2015/2016ish.

I don't even think there's 1 fully Rap song in that top 10. Lil Nas X & Doja have the most Rap-leaning songs which says a lot.

Think it just has more to do with a lack of Rap releases right now though. Those are relatively low numbers across the board, and especially on the album chart with the #1 barely doing 60K.

the majority still have a rapper though.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Aug 19, 2021 23:52:11 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

Aug 19, 2021 23:00:13 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

Planet Her is not a flop (it’s going to be the #1 album this week), but pretty much all the other post-Sour album is a flop.

That said, No. 6 Collaborations failed to knock off Sicko Mode from 50 to recurrent (and it’s not like it had only 11 songs like Sour), and that alone makes it one of the biggest flops in the streaming era.

Lil Baby and Lil Durk - Voice of the Heroes: debuted with 150K Units sold, 547,000 total units sold so far

Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever: debuted with 238000 units sold, has spent 2 weeks atop the album charts, 323,000 total units sold so far, garnered critical acclaim

Doja Cat - Planet Her: debuted at #2 with 109,000 units sold. 464,000 total units so far

Update on some of these "flops"

VOTH: 575K total units sold so far, has now spent 11 weeks in the Top 10

PH: 523K total units sold so far

HTE: 383 total units sold so far, has now spent 3 weeks atop the Billboard 200

[After Minutes]

Aug 22, 2021 21:10:26 GMT -5 iHype. said:

hitsdailydouble.com/streaming_songs
1 1 THE KID LAROI & JUSTIN BIEBER STAY COLUMBIA 28,043,610 2%
2 2 LIL NAS X FEAT. JACK HARLOW INDUSTRY BABY COLUMBIA 20,202,592 -1%
4 3 OLIVIA RODRIGO GOOD 4 U GEFFEN 15,716,566 -5%
3 4 BILLIE EILISH HAPPIER THAN EVER DARKROOM/INTERSCOPE 14,655,039 -17%
8 5 DOJA CAT NEED TO KNOW KEMOSABE/RCA 14,152,362 8%
-- 6 LIZZO & CARDI B RUMORS NICE LIFE/ATLANTIC 13,389,055 --
11 7 WALKER HAYES FANCY LIKE MONUMENT 13,298,760 14%
7 8 ED SHEERAN BAD HABITS ATLANTIC 13,115,536 -1%
6 9 DOJA CAT FEAT. SZA KISS ME MORE KEMOSABE/RCA 12,634,254 -7%
9 10 DUA LIPA FEAT. DABABY LEVITATING WARNER 11,602,087 -8


The streaming chart is REALLY Pop-friendly right now. I don't think it's been like that since 2015/2016ish.

I don't even think there's 1 fully Rap song in that top 10. Lil Nas X & Doja have the most Rap-leaning songs which says a lot.

Think it just has more to do with a lack of Rap releases right now though. Those are relatively low numbers across the board, and especially on the album chart with the #1 barely doing 60K.

I don't think that's true. In general,crap has just become more poppy, instead of how it was the other way around for a few years now. Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow, Laroi, Cardi and Doja are rappers, and they make up 6/10 of the list (not counting Kiss Me More which just isn't rap in any way). The charts are now much more balanced, with neither rap nor pop dominating at the moment

[elementd5]

Aug 23, 2021 4:22:59 GMT -5 After Minutes said:

Aug 22, 2021 21:10:26 GMT -5 iHype. said:

hitsdailydouble.com/streaming_songs
1 1 THE KID LAROI & JUSTIN BIEBER STAY COLUMBIA 28,043,610 2%
2 2 LIL NAS X FEAT. JACK HARLOW INDUSTRY BABY COLUMBIA 20,202,592 -1%
4 3 OLIVIA RODRIGO GOOD 4 U GEFFEN 15,716,566 -5%
3 4 BILLIE EILISH HAPPIER THAN EVER DARKROOM/INTERSCOPE 14,655,039 -17%
8 5 DOJA CAT NEED TO KNOW KEMOSABE/RCA 14,152,362 8%
-- 6 LIZZO & CARDI B RUMORS NICE LIFE/ATLANTIC 13,389,055 --
11 7 WALKER HAYES FANCY LIKE MONUMENT 13,298,760 14%
7 8 ED SHEERAN BAD HABITS ATLANTIC 13,115,536 -1%
6 9 DOJA CAT FEAT. SZA KISS ME MORE KEMOSABE/RCA 12,634,254 -7%
9 10 DUA LIPA FEAT. DABABY LEVITATING WARNER 11,602,087 -8


The streaming chart is REALLY Pop-friendly right now. I don't think it's been like that since 2015/2016ish.

I don't even think there's 1 fully Rap song in that top 10. Lil Nas X & Doja have the most Rap-leaning songs which says a lot.

Think it just has more to do with a lack of Rap releases right now though. Those are relatively low numbers across the board, and especially on the album chart with the #1 barely doing 60K.

I don't think that's true. In general,crap has just become more poppy, instead of how it was the other way around for a few years now. Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow, Laroi, Cardi and Doja are rappers, and they make up 6/10 of the list (not counting Kiss Me More which just isn't rap in any way). The charts are now much more balanced, with neither rap nor pop dominating at the moment

It’s definitely more Pop in that basically none of the rap songs listed are getting any Urban play in comparison to previous years.

[phieaglesfan712]

Blinding Lights survives for an 89th week, but is outside the Top 20 for the first time in 12 weeks:

The complete charting run:

11 - 52 - 63 - 72 - 59 - 39 - 32 - 21 - 18 - 15 - 12 - 10 - 8 - 7 - 4 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 3 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 5 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 4 - 4 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 - 7 - 6 - 6 - 4 - 4 - 5 - 4 - 5 - 7 - 9 - 11 - 7 - 18 - off - 3 - 3 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 3 - 8 - 6 - 6 - 8 - 9 - 11 - 13 - 11 - 11 - 12 - 23 - 22 - 17 - 15 - 17 - 15 - 18 - 15 - 17 - 17 - 17 - 16 - 18 - 21 -

[livelightning]

Rip I wanted G4U to break the #2 record

[Groovy]

[kindofbiased]

Shame that G4U didn't break the #2 record :(

Everyone get ready for this to be our top 2 for a gooood while lmao

[thegreatdivine]

Weeks in the top 10.
33 Levitating
19 Kiss Me More
18 Montero (Call Me By Your Name)
14 good 4 u
14 deja vu
13 Butter
8 Bad Habits
6 Stay
4 Industry Baby
1 Rumors

[Groovy]

This is lowkey a boring top 2 and I like both of these songs but this will get tiring.

[golfradio]

The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber's 'Stay' Leads Hot 100 for Third Week, Lizzo & Cardi B's 'Rumors' Bows in Top Five
By Gary Trust
8/23/2021

"Rumors" marks Lizzo's third top 10 and Cardi B's 10th.
The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber's "Stay" adds a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, two weeks after ascending to the top spot.

Plus, Lizzo and Cardi B's "Rumors" roars onto the Hot 100 at No. 4, arriving as Lizzo's third top 10, and her first to launch in the region, and Cardi B's milestone 10th top 10.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated Aug. 28) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Aug. 24). For all chart news, you can follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram


"Stay," released July 9 on Raymond Braun/Columbia Records/Def Jam, drew 51.3 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 29%; good for top Airplay Gainer honors on the Hot 100 for a second consecutive week) and 32.7 million U.S. streams (up 3%) and sold 14,400 downloads (up 13%) in the week ending Aug. 19, according to MRC Data.

The track tallies a fifth week atop the Streaming Songs chart, holds at No. 6 on Digital Song Sales and jumps 10-7 on Radio Songs.

Ed Sheeran's "Bad Habits" rises to a new No. 2 Hot 100 high, from No. 3. It climbs 4-3 on Radio Songs (72.8 million, up 6%); keeps at No. 5 on Digital Song Sales (15,700, up 1%); and lifts 8-7 on Streaming Songs (16.6 million, up 2%).

Sheeran sends his fifth song to the Hot 100's top two, as "Bad Habits" follows "Shape of You" (No. 1, 12 weeks, 2017); "Perfect," with Beyoncé (six weeks, 2017-18); "Thinking Out Loud" (No. 2, 2015); and "I Don't Care," with Justin Bieber (No. 2, 2019).

Olivia Rodrigo's "Good 4 U," which ruled the Hot 100 in its debut week in May, drops 2-3, as it leads Radio Songs for a second week (77 million, up 1%).


Lizzo and Cardi B's "Rumors" bounds onto the Hot 100 at No. 4. The song, released Aug. 13, starts with 30.1 million in radio audience, 20.9 million streams and 25,200 sold (digital and physical singles combined). It enters at No. 3 on both Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales and No. 21 on Radio Songs. On the lattermost list, "Rumors" makes the highest debut in over five years, since Meghan Trainor's "No" also launched at No. 21 on the March 26, 2016, chart.

"Rumors" was available for purchase in its first week as a download in its original and explicit form, while its original mix was also available on cassette (in black, gold and "slime green") and as a CD single, autographed CD single and flexi-disc (each for $5.98).

Lizzo achieves her third Hot 100 top 10, following "Truth Hurts" (No. 1, seven weeks, beginning in September 2019) and "Good as Hell" (No. 3, November 2019). She makes her highest entrance, far surpassing the No. 50 start of "Truth Hurts."

Cardi B claims her 10th Hot 100 top 10, a sum that includes five No. 1s, and her fifth to debut in the tier. ("My records live in the top 10," Cardi B boasts in the track -- notably over an image of a Billboard chart -- at the 1:45 mark of its official lyric video ...)

"Rumors" concurrently opens atop the multi-metric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, which use the same methodology as the Hot 100. Lizzo lands her third No. 1 and Cardi B adds her seventh on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, while they notch their second and sixth respective leaders on Hot Rap Songs.

(Just the facts: The new collaboration is the second, and top-charting, Hot 100 top 10 titled "Rumors," after Timex Social Club's song of the same name hit No. 8 in August 1986.)

Rounding out the Hot 100's top five, Doja Cat's "Kiss Me More," featuring SZA, slips 4-5, after reaching No. 3.

Dua Lipa's "Levitating," featuring DaBaby, descends 5-6 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 2. It posts its 33rd week in the top 10, tying for the third-longest run in the region in the chart's 63-year history. (It matches "Girls Like You," featuring Cardi B, for the longest top 10 stay among songs by women, while passing LeAnn Rimes' "How Do I Live" for the longest top 10 residence for a song by a woman in a lead role.)

Most weeks in Hot 100's top 10:
57, "Blinding Lights," The Weeknd, No. 1 peak (four weeks), beginning April 4, 2020
39, "Circles," Post Malone, No. 1 (three weeks), Nov. 30, 2019
33, "Levitating," Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby, No. 2, May 22, 2021
33, "Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)," Post Malone & Swae Lee, No. 1 (one week), Jan. 19, 2019
33, "Girls Like You," Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B, No. 1 (seven weeks), Sept. 29, 2018
33, "Shape of You," Ed Sheeran, No. 1 (12 weeks), Jan. 28, 2017
32, "Sicko Mode," Travis Scott, No. 1 (one week), Dec. 8, 2018
32, "Closer," The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey, No. 1 (12 weeks), Sept. 3, 2016
32, "How Do I Live," LeAnn Rimes, No. 2, Dec. 13, 1997

Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow's "Industry Baby" rebounds 8-7 on the Hot 100, three weeks after debuting at No. 2; BTS' "Butter" backtracks 7-8 after nine weeks atop the Hot 100, as it leads Digital Song Sales for its 12th week (55,000, down 13%); Olivia Rodrigo's "Deja Vu" rises 10-9 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 3; and Lil Nas X's former one-week No. 1 "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" falls 9-10.

Again, for all chart news, you can follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated Aug. 28), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (Aug. 24).

[Caviar]

Boring week

[iamsorare]

Aug 23, 2021 13:02:17 GMT -5 Caviar said:

Boring week

at least we had rumors..next week will be really boring!

[phieaglesfan712]

Aug 23, 2021 13:08:39 GMT -5 iamsorare said:

Aug 23, 2021 13:02:17 GMT -5 Caviar said:

Boring week

at least we had rumors..next week will be really boring!

The only thing worth watching for next week is whether BL can get the 90th week or if it will go recurrent. It’s going to be really close. DONDA needs to drop on Friday to at least get us excited about something.

[livelightning]

Aug 23, 2021 13:15:07 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

Aug 23, 2021 13:08:39 GMT -5 iamsorare said:

at least we had rumors..next week will be really boring!

The only thing worth watching for next week is whether BL can get the 90th week or if it will go recurrent. It’s going to be really close. DONDA needs to drop on Friday to at least get us excited about something.

According to TOTC, it's predicted to stay for 90 weeks

[lazer]

I have a feeling that Need To Know should’ve hit top ten.

[iamsorare]

Aug 23, 2021 13:24:20 GMT -5 lazer said:

I have a feeling that Need To Know should’ve hit top ten.

not for next Monday.but maybe it will be close..if Kanye West release his album this Friday then it's over for everyone

[jenglisbe]

Aug 22, 2021 20:56:56 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Aug 22, 2021 20:01:19 GMT -5 85la said:

This seems like a somewhat logical explanation for what occurred, but if you look at the dates of when each song was number one, strangely the reverse of what you're saying actually happened: Fallin' actually returned to No. 1 during the tracking week that included September 11th (back then, tracking weeks began 19 days before the chart date, so a chart date of Sept 29 would have been for the tracking week beginning Monday, Sept 10th). The switch-offs must have been for other reasons then which I'm not really sure of, possibly just random variations in their chart points, a physical release of either song, or maybe I'm Real (the explicit remix of which was more popular) was considered the more inappropriate song to play while the nation was in mourning.

Here are the exact dates each was #1:

Aug 18: Fallin'
Aug 25: Fallin'
Sep 1: Fallin'

Sep 8: I'm Real
Sep 15: I'm Real
Sep 22: I'm Real

Sep 29: Fallin'
Oct 6: Fallin'
Oct 13: Fallin'

Oct 20: I'm Real
Oct 27: I'm Real

Fallin' didn't take off and peak at Pop radio until later in its run (which kinda makes sense given the song), which is why re-took #1 late September.

However it was old news at Urban/Rhythmic by then, so it was plummeting on those formats much quicker than I'm Real so it returned to #1 those final two weeks as a result.

Yeah I see where "Fallin" peaked at #1 on Top 40 in late September (not sure how close the chart date is to actual time reflected).
"I'm Real" hit #1 at Top 40 in early November, so it must have replaced "Fallin."
"Family Affair" hit #1 at Top 40 in late November, so it must have replaced "I'm Real." It was already #1 on the Hot 100.

[chartfreak]

Aug 23, 2021 12:56:42 GMT -5 Groovy said:

This is lowkey a boring top 2 and I like both of these songs but this will get tiring.

So you want BUTTER back at #1? lol

Also, why is DaBaby still listed?

[Groovy]

Aug 23, 2021 13:46:17 GMT -5 chartfreak said:

Aug 23, 2021 12:56:42 GMT -5 Groovy said:

This is lowkey a boring top 2 and I like both of these songs but this will get tiring.

So you want BUTTER back at #1? lol

Also, why is DaBaby still listed?

I don’t get where Butter came from but okay. And to answer your question, it’s still the popular version.