Billboard Hot 100: 10/09/2021

[nathanalbright]

Pop boys need hits too.

[Anticonformity]

I prefer girls voices and very few boys...

[nathanalbright]

It likely would not have seemed to be so drastic of a change if some of the songs he wrote and produced for the Backstreet Boys had gone to #1, but alas, none of them did.

[Enigma.]

Artists that need to collaborate with BTS next:

Celine Dion
Cher
Bob Dylan
Neil Young
Peppa Pig

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Notable Gains:
#20. MoneyBagg Yo - Wockesha (+15)
#37. YoungBoy Never Broke Again - On My Side (+34)
#43. Lee Brice - Memory I Don't Mess With (+11)
#46. Elton John and Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (PNAU Remix (+28)
#48. YoungBoy Never Broke Again - Life Support (+31)
#50. CKay - love nwantiti (ah ah ah) (+30)

Notable Losses:
#24. Lil Nas X - THATS WHAT I WANT (-14)
#36. BTS - Butter (-12)
#39. Marshmello and The Jonas Brothers - Leave Before You Love Me (-13)
#45. Lainey Wilson - Things a Man Oughta Know (-11)
#54. Drake - Champagne Poetry (-24)
#60. Drake - No Friends in the Industry (-20)
#63. Scotty McCreery - You Time (-13)
#70. Luke Bryan - Waves (-10)
#71. Meek Mill feat. Lil Baby and Lil Durk (-10)
#72. Drake feat. Lil Durk and Giveon - In the Bible (-29)
#73. Megan Thee Stallion - Thot Shit (-24)
#74. Lizzo feat. Cardi B - Rumors (-28)
#75. Doja Cat - Woman (-13)
#78. Sleepy Hallow - 2055 (-13)
#84. Drake - TSU (-36)
#85. Aventura x Bad Bunny - Volví (-10)
#87. Drake feat. Jay-Z - Love All (-30)
#88. Drake feat. Future - N 2 Deep (-29)
#94. Doja Cat - Get Into It (Yuh) (-10)
#96. Drake - Pipe Down (-28)
#97. Drake - Papi's Home (-31)
#100. Kanye West feat. Kid Cudi and Don Toliver - Moon (-24)

Notable Dropouts:
Arcade (24 weeks)
Come Through (15 weeks)
Don't Go Yet (9 weeks)
Skate (8 weeks)

No re-entries this week

Biggest Airplay Gain: Fancy Like
Biggest Streaming Gain: On My Side
Biggest Sales Gain: Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)

Gained in Points:
#11. WizKid feat. Justin Bieber and Tems - Essence *new peak*
#14. Ed Sheeran - Shivers (+3) *new peak*
#15. Glass Animals - Heat Waves (+1)
#19. Måneskin - Beggin' (+1) *new peak*
#21. Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood - If I Didn't Love You (+1)
#25. Olivia Rodrigo - traitor (=)
#26. Jameson Rodgers feat. Luke Combs - Cold Beer Calling My Name (+3) *new peak*
#27. Ryan Hurd with Maren Morris - Chasing After You (+5) *new peak*
#35. Tai Verdes - A-O-K (+4) *new peak*
#49. Old Dominion - I Was on a Boat that Day (+4) *new peak*
#51. Normani feat. Cardi B - Wild Side (+1)
#52. BIA feat. Nicki Minaj - WHOLE LOTTA MONEY (+6)
#55. Jordan Davis feat. Luke Bryan - Buy Dirt (=)
#56. Chlöe - Have Mercy (=)
#64. Capella Grey - Gyalis (=)
#65. Luke Combs - Cold as You (+4) *new peak*
#66. Elvie Shane - My Boy (+1) *new peak*
#68. Elle King and Miranda Lambert - Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home) (+2)
#76. Dustin Lynch feat. Lauran Alaina or MacKenzie Porter - Thinkin' Bout You (+5) *new peak*
#77. Yung Bleu, Chris Brown, and 2 Chainz - Baddest (+1) *new peak*
#81. Chris Stapleton - You Should Probably Leave (+2)
#90. Kenny Chesney - Knowing You (+6)
#95. Zac Brown Band - Same Boat (+3) *new peak*

[Enigma.]

Cold Heart top 40 soon, go Elton!

[Naos]

Bubbling Under:
1. YoungBoy Never Broke Again - Kickstand (debut)
2. YoungBoy Never Broke Againb- My Killa (debut)
3. Eslabon Armado - Jugaste y Sufri (+1)
4. Michael Ray - Whiskey And Rain (-1)
5. YoungBoy Never Broke Again - Level I Want to Reach (debut)
6. Lady A - Like a Lady (=)
7. Jimmie Allen & Brad Paisley - Freedom Was a Highway (+4)
8. Jon Pardi - Tequila Little Time (+1)
9. YoungBoy Never Broke Again - Panoramic (debut)
10. Anne Wilson - My Jesus (=)
11. Latto - Big Energy (debut)
12. Kelsea Ballerini - Half Of My Hometown (+1)
13. Grupo Firme - Ya Superame (-1)
14. Priscilla Block - Just About Over You (+2)
15. $uicideboy$ - ...And To Those I Love, Thanks For Sticking Around (+4)
16. Oliver Tree - Life Goes On (+2)
17. NoCap - Vaccine (-9)
18. YoungBoy Never Broke Again - All I Need (debut)
19. Wale - Angles (-5)
20. Parker McCollum - To Be Loved By You (+2)
21. Lil Tecca - Lot of Me (debut)
22. Surf Curse - Freaks (-1)
23. Imagine Dragons - Wrecked (+2)
24. Casting Crowns - Scars in Heaven (=)
25. Phil Wickham - House of the Lord (debut)

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

[HolidayGuy]

The BTS team is certainly on the ball, having physical singles ready to be shipped out in release week. Every act has the opportunity to do so to bolster sales totals, just like every act has the opportunity. for their label to have their singles discounted in key weeks; they shouldn't be faulted because they're doing a great job at promoting and marketing. As noted prior, this kind of thing did not start with BTS.

The song isn't bad; should be more Coldplay, though if it was, it may not have performed as well as it did out of the gate. All of these uptempo pop songs as of late are starting the blend into each other. Not much variety in terms of sound/production, particularly when a chorus hits.

[musicbuff26]

37th and probably final week for Levitating in the top 10. Also officially hits the one year mark!

[85la]

Oct 5, 2021 8:47:07 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

The BTS team is certainly on the ball, having physical singles ready to be shipped out in release week. Every act has the opportunity to do so to bolster sales totals, just like every act has the opportunity. for their label to have their singles discounted in key weeks; they shouldn't be faulted because they're doing a great job at promoting and marketing. As noted prior, this kind of thing did not start with BTS.

Ok, but in the days before BTS, were fans able to buy 20 copies of the same physical single for 10 weeks straight and have it still count towards the charts?

[BlueSwan]

I don't care about BTS, Coldplay or that song, but I am very happy for Max Martin. I had expected The Weeknd to deliver the 25th #1 hit for Max, but that didn't happen.

[mylo]

TMB's run reminds me of Heartless. Peaks early and just chills at around 20-25. It's pretty much just a less successful Heartless.

[gikem]

[85la]

Oct 5, 2021 12:58:57 GMT -5 BlueSwan said:

I don't care about BTS, Coldplay or that song, but I am very happy for Max Martin. I had expected The Weeknd to deliver the 25th #1 hit for Max, but that didn't happen.

I agree with this as well, such a remarkable individual, the man behind the face of much of the entirety of pop music for the last 25 years. He is really the real king of pop!!

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Maneskin's 'Beggin'' Completes Blistering Trip to No. 1 on Alternative Airplay Chart

By Kevin Rutherford
10/5/2021

The song reigns in its seventh week, completing the fastest flight to the top for a new group in a quarter-century.

Måneskin's "Beggin' " is one of the fastest-rising No. 1s on Billboard's Alternative Airplay chart by a new artist in the last 25 years, as the song crowns the tally dated Oct. 9 in just its seventh week on the survey.

Måneskin completes the quickest climb to No. 1 on Alternative Airplay with a first ruler since Alice in Chains, whose "Check My Brain," the band's lone leader (despite a career at the format dating the early 1990s), also took just seven weeks to hit No. 1 in October 2009.

As for newcomers to the format (here defined as acts still within their first year of charting on Alternative Airplay), Måneskin sports the fastest flight to No. 1 for a group's first leader since Chumbawamba, whose crossover classic "Tubthumping" reached the summit in its seventh week in November 1997.

The four-piece Måneskin is the first act from Italy to lead Alternative Airplay in the chart's 33-year history.

"Beggin'," a cover of The Four Seasons' top 20 Billboard Hot 100 hit from 1967, is the first remake to top Alternative Airplay since Meg Myers' rendition of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" led for two weeks in February 2020.

Måneskin currently boasts two entries on Alternative Airplay; three weeks prior to the debut of "Beggin'," the band's "I Wanna Be Your Slave" bowed and has since hit No. 21 (Sept. 18). It ranks at No. 24 on the latest list, marking its sixth straight week in the top 25.

Concurrently, "Beggin' " remains at its No. 2 best on the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart with 5.3 million audience impressions, up 8%, according to MRC Data. The song has also crossed over to other pop radio formats, as it jumps 8-6 on Pop Airplay and 21-16 on Adult Pop Airplay. On the all-format Radio Songs chart, it lifts 14-12 (40.3 million, up 12%).

Elsewhere, "Beggin' " places at No. 3 on the streaming-, airplay- and sales-based Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, with its radio audience metrics joined by 7.7 million U.S. streams and 4,100 sold. It also rises to a new No. 19 best on the all-genre, multi-metric Billboard Hot 100.

[forg]

Disappointed Skate flopped, just 8 weeks on the chart!

Shivers is doing solid

[imbondz]

Oct 5, 2021 19:54:56 GMT -5 forg said:

Disappointed Skate flopped, just 8 weeks on the chart!

Shivers is doing solid

Skate is a great song. For some reason radio didn’t like it.

[85la]

Oct 4, 2021 20:23:08 GMT -5 kimberly said:

Max Martin's #1 hits as a songwriter (most of which he produced or co-produced):

1998 – "...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears
2000 – "It's Gonna Be Me" by NSYNC
2008 – "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry
2008 – "So What" by Pink
2009 – "My Life Would Suck Without You" by Kelly Clarkson
2009 – "3" by Britney Spears
2010 – "California Gurls" by Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg
2010 – "Teenage Dream" by Katy Perry
2010 – "Raise Your Glass" by Pink
2011 – "Hold It Against Me" by Britney Spears
2011 – "E.T." by Katy Perry featuring Kanye West
2011 – "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" by Katy Perry
2012 – "Part of Me" by Katy Perry
2012 – "One More Night" by Maroon 5
2012 – "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" by Taylor Swift
2013 – "Roar" by Katy Perry
2013 – "Dark Horse" by Katy Perry featuring Juicy J
2014 – "Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift
2014 – "Blank Space" by Taylor Swift
2015 – "Bad Blood" by Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar
2015 – "Can't Feel My Face" by The Weeknd
2016 – "Can't Stop the Feeling!" by Justin Timberlake
2019 – "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd
2021 – "Save Your Tears" by The Weeknd and Ariana Grande
2021 – "My Universe" by Coldplay and BTS

In addition, and I always say that #1's don't tell the whole story, here are some of the many other non-#1 but well-known hits he has written or co-written and/or produced over the years:

Quit Playing Games with My Heart
Tearin’ Up My Heart
I Want it That Way
That’s the Way It Is (Celine Dion)
Oops!.. I Did It Again
Since U Been Gone
Behind These Hazel Eyes
Who Knew
U + Ur Hand
Dynamite (Taio Cruz)
DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love
F**kin Perfect
Till the World Ends
Wide Awake
I Knew You Were Trouble
Problem
Bang Bang
Wildest Dreams
Love Me Like You Do
Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
No Tears Left to Cry
I Don’t Care

[atg]

Oct 5, 2021 19:54:56 GMT -5 forg said:

Disappointed Skate flopped, just 8 weeks on the chart!

Shivers is doing solid

Skate is just about a successful hit as Visiting Hours was when it charted, just with slightly more longevity and a much higher peak. Their next hit will def take off as LTDO would most likely be gone and people would actually be waiting for new Silk Sonic this time around.

[Darkest Hour]

US Spotify
34 Working for the Knife by Mitski 447,850
:o

[enwhy]

Oct 6, 2021 7:38:47 GMT -5 Darkest Hour said:

US Spotify
34 Working for the Knife by Mitski 447,850

Mitski has blown up so much recently on Spotify, mostly thanks to TikTok. She has 6.7 monthly listeners and Washing Machine Heart regularly shows up in the top 200. Her next project has some chart potential - maybe like bottom half of the Hot 100? 

[HolidayGuy]

85la- I imagine that was a possibility. If a certain number of fans did so, there really would be any way of knowing whether it was the same people. :) The evolution of the internet, along with the advent of social media, has made such practices more organized. It looks like people are just going by posts on social media/the internet to determine that the same people are buying product week to week?

[85la]

Oct 6, 2021 9:02:39 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

85la- I imagine that was a possibility. If a certain number of fans did so, there really would be any way of knowing whether it was the same people. The evolution of the internet, along with the advent of social media, has made such practices more organized. It looks like people are just going by posts on social media/the internet to determine that the same people are buying product week to week?

But it leaves a very well-documented trail of receipts and collection of evidence for what is going on, and Billboard practically admitted themselves in their special featured issue on BTS that fans are likely exploiting their formula. What, do you believe that the 100k+ purchases week after week are actually 100k unique individuals, especially at a time when the digital sales market is practically dead and virtually no other song or artist has been selling this much??

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Olivia Rodrigo Joins Elite Club Thanks to This New Chart Achievement

By Gary Trust
10/7/2021

As "Traitor" follows "Drivers License," "Good 4 U" and "Deja Vu," Rodrigo is the first artist with four Pop Airplay top 10s from a first LP since Lady Gaga over a decade ago.

Olivia Rodrigo's "Traitor" ascends to the top 10 of Billboard's Pop Airplay chart (dated Oct. 9), granting the singer-songwriter entry into an elite group of acts that have notched at least four top 10s on the tally from a debut album.

The ballad, up from No. 12 to No. 10, follows her breakthrough smash "Drivers License," which spent five weeks at No. 1 beginning in March; "Good 4 U," which reigned for six weeks starting in July; and "Deja Vu," which rose to No. 2 in August.

All four tracks are from Rodrigo's debut LP Sour, which has logged its first 19 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart in the top five and earned 2.35 million equivalent album units to-date, according to MRC Data.

"Olivia is unstoppable at this point," Erik Bradley, music director at Audacy-owned KNOU Los Angeles and assistant program director/music director at WBBM-FM Chicago, both of which report to the Pop Airplay chart, told Billboard in July.

Mused Ben Davis, Alpha Media pop format captain and operations manager of Pop Airplay panelist WDJX Louisville, Ky., "The data and metrics we see on her are unlike what I've seen in a long time."

To Davis' point, Rodrigo is the first artist to post at least four Pop Airplay top 10s from a debut album since Lady Gaga, also promoted to radio by Interscope Records, tallied four from The Fame in 2009.

Here's a look at the acts that have logged such impressive rookie radio runs, all earning four or more Pop Airplay top 10s from a debut U.S. album, dating to the chart's start in October 1992. Best of all, all but one artist on the list prior to Rodrigo added at least one further top 10 after their breakthrough sets, led by Justin Timberlake, who has since upped his total to 18. Christina Aguilera and Gaga follow with 14 and 13, respectively. (As for the one act below yet to return to the top 10 following her debut solo set? Fergie still made six subsequent trips to the tier as a member of The Black Eyed Peas.)

Ace of Base, The Sign
"All That She Wants" (No. 1, nine weeks, beginning October 1993), "The Sign" (No. 1, a record 14 weeks, beginning February 1994), "Don't Turn Around" (No. 1, six weeks, beginning July 1994), "Living in Danger" (No. 7, November 1994); five career top 10s

Hootie & The Blowfish, Cracked Rear View
"Hold My Hand" (No. 2, March 1995), "Let Her Cry" (No. 2, June 1995), "Only Wanna Be With You" (No. 1, two weeks, October 1995), "Time" (No. 5, February 1996); five career top 10s

Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill
"You Oughta Know" (No. 7, October 1995), "Hand in My Pocket" (No. 4, December 1995), "Ironic" (No. 1, seven weeks, beginning March 1996), "You Learn" (No. 1, seven weeks, beginning July 1996), "Head Over Feet" (No. 1, three weeks, beginning November 1996); seven career top 10s

(Like Jagged Little Pill, Sour has also spun off an additional entry on the Alternative Airplay chart not to appear on Pop Airplay. The former's "All I Really Want" reached No. 14 on Alternative Airplay in December 1995, while the latter's "Brutal" hit No. 29 this June.)

Backstreet Boys, Backstreet Boys
"Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" (No. 2, September 1997), "As Long as You Love Me" (No. 3, February 1998), "I'll Never Break Your Heart" (No. 4, October 1998), "All I Have to Give" (No. 7, March 1999); nine career top 10s

Matchbox 20, Yourself or Someone Like You
"Push" (No. 3, October 1997), "3 AM" (No. 2, April 1998), "Real World" (No. 4, August 1998), "Back 2 Good" (No. 8, March 1999); seven career top 10s

Christina Aguilera, Christina Aguilera
"Genie in a Bottle" (No. 1, four weeks, beginning September 1999), "What a Girl Wants" (No. 1, two weeks, February 2000), "I Turn to You" (No. 8, June 2000), "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You" (No. 4, October 2000); 14 career top 10s

Justin Timberlake, Justified
"Like I Love You" (No. 4, November 2002), "Cry Me a River" (No. 3, February 2003), "Rock Your Body" (No. 1, four weeks, beginning May 2003), "Señorita" (No. 5, September 2003); 18 career top 10s

Gwen Stefani, Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
"Rich Girl," feat. Eve (No. 4, March 2005), "Hollaback Girl" (No. 1, six weeks, beginning May 2005), "Cool" (No. 10, September 2005), "Luxurious" (No. 10, December 2005); six career top 10s

Fergie, The Dutchess
"London Bridge" (No. 4, September 2006), "Fergalicious" (No. 2, January 2007), "Glamorous," feat. Ludacris (No. 2, May 2007), "Big Girls Don't Cry" (No. 1, eight weeks, beginning July 2007), "Clumsy" (No. 2, February 2008); five career top 10s

(The three acts above translated their presence at the format in groups into solo success: Timberlake in *NSYNC, Stefani in No Doubt and Fergie in The Black Eyed Peas. *NSYNC came close to making this list, collecting three top 10s from its self-titled debut set in 1998-99.)

Lady Gaga, The Fame
"Just Dance," feat. Colby O'Donis (No. 1, two weeks, January 2009), "Poker Face" (No. 1, five weeks, beginning April 2009), "LoveGame" (No. 1, two weeks, beginning July 2009), "Paparazzi" (No. 1, two weeks, November 2009); 13 career top 10s

Olivia Rodrigo, Sour
"Drivers License" (No. 1, five weeks, beginning March 2021), "Good 4 U" (No. 1, six weeks, beginning July 2021), "Deja Vu" (No. 2, August 2021), "Traitor" (No. 10 to-date, October 2021); four career top 10s

[felipe]

Oct 5, 2021 10:18:03 GMT -5 musicbuff26 said:

37th and probably final week for Levitating in the top 10. Also officially hits the one year mark!

What is the record?

[phieaglesfan712]

Oct 7, 2021 15:17:42 GMT -5 felipe said:

Oct 5, 2021 10:18:03 GMT -5 musicbuff26 said:

37th and probably final week for Levitating in the top 10. Also officially hits the one year mark!

What is the record?

Blinding Lights 57 weeks. BL was in its 70th charting week during its final week in the Top 10 (also the record for the latest charting Top 10 hit).

[Gary]

Latest charting top 10 hit by chart weeks but not by time (See Christmas)

With Christmas season upon us - lots of candidates out there to challenge the 70 weeks thing in a few years as well

[kcdawg13]

37 weeks in the Top 10 for Levitating is something I absolutely didn't expect, I'm assuming this has surpassed Don't Start Now and New Rules as her biggest hit in the US?

[Choco]

Oct 7, 2021 17:00:09 GMT -5 kcdawg13 said:

37 weeks in the Top 10 for Levitating is something I absolutely didn't expect, I'm assuming this has surpassed Don't Start Now and New Rules as her biggest hit in the US?

With ease. Neck and neck with DSN on a WW basis, but stateside it's no contest. And it's probably got at least a handful of weeks to get more points on the Hot 100.