Billboard Hot 100: 06/11/2022

[forg]

Chiming in with Janet Jackson talk, I was born in 1987 and when I was kid I would say her biggest hits at least in my country are Together Again and All For You

[fridayteenage]

US YT for the week:
1 WAIT FOR U (feat. Drake & Tems)
FUTURE
9.42M

2 Tití Me Preguntó
Bad Bunny
6.49M

3 Me Porto Bonito
Bad Bunny & Chencho Corleone
5.81M

7 Running up That Hill
Kate Bush
4.55M

[dremolus - solarpunk]

I feel if any young people know a Janet song, it's actually for Any Time Any Place which was sampled in Poetic Justice. For me the first Janet songs I ever heard was Feedback with Ciara and Scream. I'm not American so I didn't hear about the Superbowl Incident until years after the fact.

She's been quiet and humble over the past few years: her comeback in 2015 actually did numbers and had a minor hit with No Sleep, and she was finally inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame a couple of years ago so it's not like her legacy as a black icon hasn't been re-evaluated.

That said, yeah I would be nice if say That's the Way Love Goes or Again or Black Cat or any of the hits from Rhythm Nation or Control were rediscovered properly by Gen Z or Zoomers.

[inverse]

Noooooo Wild Hearts is predicted to chart the legendary meme may come to an end :(

[𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤]

Jun 4, 2022 20:16:51 GMT -5 kalmanta said:

Jun 4, 2022 20:07:27 GMT -5 kindofbiased said:

World peace will be achieved when young people rediscover The Velvet Rope

The younger RnB crowd would eat „Empty“ up.

”Empty” sounds so much like Blood Orange, Janet really is the blueprint

[Limited Edition]

Jun 4, 2022 18:52:51 GMT -5 renfield75 said:

Jun 4, 2022 17:38:34 GMT -5 Limited Edition said:

I was born before 2000 and never a single Janet Jackson song, except MAYBE Scream (because of Michael Jackson). Definitely never heard her songs on the radio. I'm always astounded when I see her Hot 100 achievements. It was like four years ago when I realized MJ's sister had a very successful music career lol

Janet was INCREDIBLY massive, constantly on the radio and MTV (when they played videos). And she sold tons of albums. She was a cultural icon and her music was everywhere. There are a lot of factors that contributed to her being unknown by younger generations but it doesn't diminish how incredibly huge and important she was for nearly 20 years.

It would be like somebody 20 years from now saying "I never heard a Beyonce song, I thought she was just Jay-Z's wife".

I'm not denying she was successful. I'm just giving my own experience on Janet Jackson's music. For me it's not a surprise to see her poor streaming numbers, because like I said I have never heard her music and obviously I'm not alone when looking at the numbers.

The Beyonce/Jay-Z comparison doesn't work because Beyonce, like MJ, was a bigger star. I think it should be the other way around: "I never heard a Jay-Z song, I thought he was just Beyonce's husband". But even the other way around that comparison makes no sense, because when you look at streaming numbers, Jay-Z has 29M monthly listeners compared to Janet's 5M, and so many songs with more streams than the most streamed Janet Jackson song. You'll never know if Beyonce/Jay-Z music will be relevant in 20 years. But considering both acts rose to fame in the 90s, haven't had hits in years and still have 30M monthly listeners on Spotify, it's unlikely they will be as irrelevant to future generations as Janet Jackson.

[After Minutes]

I genuinely don't think anyone my age outside of the US/Canada/UK really cares about Janet Jackson

[kierz7]

Janet Jackson’s top three biggest songs, commercially speaking as well as internationally, are “Together Again”, “That’s The Way Love Goes” and “All For You”. If there are any songs of hers of which would be known to the current generation, it would be these three.

Again, there are three main reasons as to why she is seen and viewed so poorly in a post-2000’s, late millenial/Gen-Z, climate:

1) Her lack of playlisting exposure on Spotify.
2) The lack of strategising on her YouTube channel.
3) The complete incompetence beset by her team when it comes to overall promotion and exposure of her work.

She doesn’t carry the ubiquity that Whitney Houston does (even in death) and she isn’t as culturally relevant as Mariah Carey, both of whom do infinitely better in streaming as they have several huge classics that have carried over throughout the years especially with Houston. Madonna’s streaming numbers have also grown much more the last several years; they were once rather average, with a lot of her songs going viral recently and the fact that she’s taking advantage of that by remixing them with modern acts ie. “Frozen”.

Jackson only has two songs (yes, two) on Spotify with 100M streams. That is absolutely awful for someone of her stature.

I love her but she and her label need to do a lot more if they’re to boost her profile on a wider level again. Yes, she may be a Pop legend, but that doesn’t mean anything if her numbers remain at a standstill and she isn’t being listened too by the new generation. The documentary was a great start, and it helped for a time, but what’s next? “Unbreakable” was a fantastic album which could’ve been bigger with the accompanying tour but she cancelled that too, something of which she’s become notorious for and it’s not helping her case.

[Enigma.]

Janet's team has completely messed up with her streaming but also have to say that not so many pop hits from 1988 to 1993 have big streaming numbers these days. It's weird.

[phieaglesfan712]

[jenglisbe]

Jun 2, 2022 9:24:33 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Something to ponder: Never mind top 10- would "Cold Heart" have even reached the Hot 100 without Dua Lipa's presence? Given that Elton hadn't been on the chart since the '90s, the odds weren't in his favor, even given the chart's relative weakness in recent times.

Probably not, but then "4 Minutes" wouldn't have done what it did without Timberlake. It is what it is, though.

[mms82]

if Wasted On You re-enters the top 10, that has to be one of the longest gaps between first and second week in the top 10 (non holiday ofc) ever, right?

[Skibidi Bop Bop]

Jun 5, 2022 6:38:55 GMT -5 phieaglesfan712 said:

If the prediction is accurate for next chart . It's crazy that Bad Bunny has 6 upward movement. Is that a record though?

[phieaglesfan712]

Jun 5, 2022 8:04:06 GMT -5 mms82 said:

if Wasted On You re-enters the top 10, that has to be one of the longest gaps between first and second week in the top 10 (non holiday ofc) ever, right?

Yes, I think the record for this was set earlier this year by That’s What I Want. WOY, of course, would shatter the record.

[jenglisbe]

Jun 4, 2022 18:52:51 GMT -5 renfield75 said:

Jun 4, 2022 17:38:34 GMT -5 Limited Edition said:

I was born before 2000 and never a single Janet Jackson song, except MAYBE Scream (because of Michael Jackson). Definitely never heard her songs on the radio. I'm always astounded when I see her Hot 100 achievements. It was like four years ago when I realized MJ's sister had a very successful music career lol

Janet was INCREDIBLY massive, constantly on the radio and MTV (when they played videos). And she sold tons of albums. She was a cultural icon and her music was everywhere. There are a lot of factors that contributed to her being unknown by younger generations but it doesn't diminish how incredibly huge and important she was for nearly 20 years.

It would be like somebody 20 years from now saying "I never heard a Beyonce song, I thought she was just Jay-Z's wife".

Souljaboy tell 'em!

Janet had 10 #1 singles across 15 years; longevity! She also has 27 top 10s. She is not to be undermined.

[phieaglesfan712]

Jun 2, 2022 11:41:32 GMT -5 KeepDeanWeird said:

^ Keith Urban 'Wild Hearts' still hasn't hit H100, but it's Top 30 airplay. I'm guessing it's because sales/streams are negligible and airplay is continues to diminish. I wonder what's the highest airplay position to miss H100 completely. Anyone?

WH is getting power spins this week combined with the flushing out of all those stagnant because of the bombs, it just might chart, making this observation moot.

Now that it is predicted to make the chart, Wild Hearts may be breaking a different record: the song to chart with the lowest streaming and sales numbers.

[Soulsista]

Billboard Top 10 from 60, 55, 50, 45, and 40 years ago:

June 9, 1962

01 01 I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles (2nd of 5 weeks at #1)
02 02 Stranger On The Shore - Mr. Acker Bilk
03 04 Lovers Who Wander - Dion
04 03 Soldier Boy - The Shirelles
05 10 (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance - Gene Pitney
06 12 It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' - Johnny Tillotson
07 16 Second Hand Love - Connie Francis
08 09 The One Who Really Loves You - Mary Wells
09 17 Palisades Park - Freddy Cannon
10 19 Playboy - The Marvelettes


June 10, 1967

01 01 Respect - Aretha Franklin (2nd and final week at #1)
02 02 Groovin' - The Young Rascals
03 03 I Got Rhythm - The Happenings
04 04 Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) - Engelbert Humperdinck
05 06 Him Or Me - What's It Gonna Be - Paul Revere & The Raiders
06 09 Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane
07 14 She'd Rather Be With Me - The Turtles
08 17 Little Bit O' Soul - The Music Explosion
09 10 All I Need - The Temptations
10 05 Creeque Alley - The Mamas & The Papas

15 36 Let's Live For Today - The Grass Roots


June 10, 1972

01 04 The Candy Man - Sammy Davis Jr. w/The Mike Curb Congregation (1st of 3 weeks at #1)
02 01 I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers
03 02 Oh Girl - The Chi-Lites
04 12 Song Sung Blue - Neil Diamond
05 05 Sylvia's Mother - Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
06 08 Nice To Be With You - Gallery
07 03 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack
08 06 Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens
09 17 Outa-Space - Billy Preston
10 11 (Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All - The 5th Dimension


June 11, 1977

01 02 I'm Your Boogie Man - K.C. & The Sunshine Band (1st and only week at #1)
02 03 Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
03 04 Got To Give It Up (Part 1) - Marvin Gaye
04 05 Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky) - Bill Conti
05 09 Feels Like For The First Time - Foreigner
06 07 Lucille - Kenny Rogers
07 08 Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold
08 11 Undercover Angel - Alan O'Day
09 01 Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
10 06 Couldn't Get It Right - The Climax Blues Band


June 12, 1982

01 01 Ebony And Ivory - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder (5th of 7 weeks at #1)
02 02 Don't Talk To Strangers - Rick Springfield
03 06 Don't You Want Me - The Human League
04 05 The Other Woman - Ray Parker Jr.
05 07 Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson
06 08 Heat Of The Moment - Asia
07 10 Rosanna - Toto
08 11 Crimson And Clover - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
09 04 867-5309 / Jenny - Tommy Tutone
10 12 It's Gonna Take a Miracle - Deniece Williams

[Soulsista]

Billboard Top 10 from 35, 30, 25, and 20 years ago:

June 13, 1987

01 02 Always - Atlantic Starr (1st and only week at #1)
02 01 You Keep Me Hangin' On - Kim Wilde
03 03 Head To Toe - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
04 06 In Too Deep - Genesis
05 10 I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston
06 04 The Lady In Red - Chris DeBurgh
07 07 Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi
08 09 Diamonds - Herb Alpert (feat. Janet Jackson)
09 05 With Or Without You - U2
10 13 Just To See Her - Smokey Robinson


June 13, 1992

01 01 Jump - Kris Kross (8th and final week at #1)
02 04 I'll Be There - Mariah Carey
03 02 Under The Bridge - The Red Hot Chili Peppers
04 05 Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-a-Lot
05 03 My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) - En Vogue
06 07 Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover - Sophie B. Hawkins
07 06 Live And Learn - Joe Public
08 09 If You Asked Me To - Celine Dion
09 08 In The Closet - Michael Jackson
10 19 The Best Things In Life Are Free - Luther Vandross & Janet Jackson


June 14, 1997

01 NE I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy & Faith Evans feat. 112 (1st of 11 weeks at #1)
02 01 Mmmbop - Hanson
03 03 Say You'll Be There - The Spice Girls
04 02 Return Of The Mack - Mack Morrison
05 04 Hypnotize - The Notorious B.I.G.
06 05 The Freshmen - The Verve Pipe
07 06 I Belong To You (Every Time I See Your Face) - Rome
08 09 It's Your Love - Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
09 08 G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T. - Changing Faces
10 14 Bitch - Meredith Brooks


June 8, 2002

01 01 Foolish - Ashanti (8th of 10 weeks at #1)
02 02 I Need a Girl (Part 1) - P. Diddy feat. Usher & Loon
03 03 What's Luv? - Fat Joe feat. Ashanti
04 06 Without Me - Eminem
05 07 Hot In Herre - Nelly
06 05 A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton
07 04 U Don't Have To Call - Usher
08 08 The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
09 11 Addictive - Truth Hurts feat. Rakim
10 09 All You Wanted - Michelle Branch

[Soulsista]

Billboard Top 10 Flashback:

June 9, 2007

01 41 Umbrella - Rihanna feat. Jay-Z (1st of 7 weeks at #1)
02 51 Party Like a Rockstar - Shop Boyz
03 01 Makes Me Wonder - Maroon 5
04 02 Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin') - T-Pain feat. Yung Joc
05 05 Home - Daughtry
06 09 Summer Love - Justin Timberlake
07 03 Girlfriend - Avril Lavigne
08 21 Big Girls Don't Cry - Fergie
09 17 Never Again - Kelly Clarkson
10 06 Pop, Lock And Drop It - Huey

15 NE This Is My Now - Jordin Sparks
18 NE You Give Love a Bad Name - Blake Lewis


June 9, 2012

01 01 Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye feat. Kimbra (7th of 8 weeks at #1)
02 02 Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
03 03 Payphone - Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa
04 04 We Are Young - fun. feat. Janelle Monae
05 05 Starships - Nicki Minaj
06 06 Wild Ones - Flo Rida feat. Sia
07 07 What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction
08 08 Glad You Came - The Wanted
09 09 Boyfriend - Justin Bieber
10 NE Home - Phillip Phillips


June 10, 2017

01 01 Despacito - Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber (3rd of 16 weeks at #1)
02 02 That's What I Like - Bruno Mars
03 03 I'm The One - DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper & Lil Wayne
04 05 HUMBLE. - Kendrick Lamar
05 04 Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran
06 07 Mask Off - Future
07 09 Stay - Zedd & Alessia Cara
08 06 Something Just Like This - The Chainsmokers & Coldplay
09 08 XO TOUR Llif3 - Lil Uzi Vert
10 12 It Ain't Me - Kygo x Selena Gomez


June 12, 2021

01 01 Butter - BTS (2nd of 10 weeks at #1)
02 02 good 4 u - Olivia Rodrigo
03 04 Levitating - Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby
04 05 Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak)
05 07 Save Your Tears - The Weeknd & Ariana Grande
06 06 Peaches - Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon
07 08 Kiss Me More - Doja Cat feat. SZA
08 03 deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo
09 10 Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf
10 13 MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X

[phieaglesfan712]

[Gary]

Kate Bush Reacts to Success of ‘Running Up That Hill’ in ‘Stranger Things’: ‘It’s All Really Exciting!’
'Thanks very much to everyone who has supported the song,' the British legend said.


By Mitchell Peters



In a rare public statement, the British art rock legend shared her excitement about renewed interest in “Running Up That Hill” after it was featured in the recently premiered season of the 1980s-set Netflix sci-fi series.

“You might’ve heard that the first part of the fantastic, gripping new series of ‘Stranger Things’ has recently been released on Netflix,” Bush wrote in a statement on her website. “It features the song, ‘Running Up That Hill’ which is being given a whole new lease of life by the young fans who love the show — I love it too!”

The singer-songwriter added, “Because of this, ‘Running Up That Hill’ is charting around the world and has entered the UK chart at No. 8. It’s all really exciting! Thanks very much to everyone who has supported the song. I wait with bated breath for the rest of the series in July.”


“Running Up That Hill,” the lead single to Bush’s 1985 album, Hounds of Love, soundtracks the story of Max Mayfield (Sadie Sink), still reeling from a family death, in the fourth season of Stranger Things, which premiered on May 27. Max plays the track on her Walkman in the first episode of the season, and the song serves as a recurring theme for the character leading up to a pivotal sequence in the fourth episode.

Last week, Billboard reported that “Running Up That Hill” had experienced a particularly overwhelming spike in streams on Spotify, with the song rising by 9,900% in U.S. plays from Thursday to Monday (May 30). Indeed, despite pulling in daily streams in the 20,000s as recently as May 26, “Running Up That Hill” has since netted millions of U.S. streams on a daily basis, according to Luminate — while also selling thousands of copies daily. It should all add up to the song debuting on a number of Billboard sales and streams charts (dated June 11) and potentially re-entering the all-genre, multi-metric Billboard Hot 100, as well.

Upon its 1985 release, “Running Up That Hill” became the highest-charting Hot 100 single of Bush’s career, reaching No. 30 on the tally. The song has been covered numerous times since its release, including a Placebo version in 2003 that was synched on The O.C., and a Meg Myers version in 2019 that topped Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart. Per Spotify, Bush’s full catalog has seen a 1,600% uptick in global streams since the Stranger Things premiere.

[Choco]

Jun 5, 2022 7:02:10 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

Jun 2, 2022 9:24:33 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

Something to ponder: Never mind top 10- would "Cold Heart" have even reached the Hot 100 without Dua Lipa's presence? Given that Elton hadn't been on the chart since the '90s, the odds weren't in his favor, even given the chart's relative weakness in recent times.

Probably not, but then "4 Minutes" wouldn't have done what it did without Timberlake. It is what it is, though.

I'd say Timberlake was a much safer bet for US success back then than Dua Lipa is today (look at "Sweetest Pie", to an extent "Love Again" and maybe even "Potion").

[chingaling]

Jun 5, 2022 4:39:18 GMT -5 kierz7 said:

Janet Jackson’s top three biggest songs, commercially speaking as well as internationally, are “Together Again”, “That’s The Way Love Goes” and “All For You”. If there are any songs of hers of which would be known to the current generation, it would be these three.

Again, there are three main reasons as to why she is seen and viewed so poorly in a post-2000’s, late millenial/Gen-Z, climate:

1) Her lack of playlisting exposure on Spotify.
2) The lack of strategising on her YouTube channel.
3) The complete incompetence beset by her team when it comes to overall promotion and exposure of her work.

She doesn’t carry the ubiquity that Whitney Houston does (even in death) and she isn’t as culturally relevant as Mariah Carey, both of whom do infinitely better in streaming as they have several huge classics that have carried over throughout the years especially with Houston. Madonna’s streaming numbers have also grown much more the last several years; they were once rather average, with a lot of her songs going viral recently and the fact that she’s taking advantage of that by remixing them with modern acts ie. “Frozen”.

Jackson only has two songs (yes, two) on Spotify with 100M streams. That is absolutely awful for someone of her stature.

I love her but she and her label need to do a lot more if they’re to boost her profile on a wider level again. Yes, she may be a Pop legend, but that doesn’t mean anything if her numbers remain at a standstill and she isn’t being listened too by the new generation. The documentary was a great start, and it helped for a time, but what’s next? “Unbreakable” was a fantastic album which could’ve been bigger with the accompanying tour but she cancelled that too, something of which she’s become notorious for and it’s not helping her case.

Although not her best selling song, probably her most iconic moment was the "Rhythm Nation" music video. That is remembered til this day as a game changer for the era. Also her "Control" era is remembered as a defining moment in her career and in R&B music. I am talking in general, probably kids don't know any of these...

[nathanalbright]

I think that Control and Rhythm Nation are both fantastic albums and that Janet is definitely ripe for rediscovery. I'm not sure why her team is so incompetent at promoting her legacy but she has a lot of great material that really set the template for a lot of the 90's and 2000's and beyond R&B that I and many others appreciate so much.

[joshtheking]

This generation would love Nasty honestly

[KeepDeanWeird]

Replicating RUTH's performance and resurgence isn't a given -not by a longshot. During the first 3 seasons several other 'findable' songs - shoutout to ONJ's 'Twist of Fate' - but didn't have anywhere near this kind of impact.

Chalk RUTH fortunes to a rare situation where a song so perfectly aligned with the story that it resonated with an unusually high number of viewers who proactively sought it out.

It's better when these left-field hits are the anomaly rather than the norm.

[sheardbeard]

[Gary]

Harry Styles Holds Atop Billboard Hot 100 With ‘As It Was,’ Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill’ Hits Top 10
Bush's 1985 classic re-enters at No. 8, soaring past its prior No. 30 peak, thanks to its "Stranger Things"-sparked revival.


By Gary Trust

06/6/2022

Harry Styles‘ “As It Was” scores a fifth week atop the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. It premiered at No. 1 eight weeks earlier.

Concurrently, Kate Bush‘s 1985 classic “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” re-enters the Hot 100 at No. 8, far surpassing its prior No. 30 peak – and becoming Bush’s first top 10 on the chart – sparked by its synch in the new fourth season of Netflix’s Stranger Things.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated June 11, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (June 7). For all chart news, you can follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.


06/06/2022
“As It Was,” released on Erskine/Columbia Records, tallied 72.4 million radio airplay audience impressions (down 2%), 27.6 million streams (down 22%) and 6,500 downloads sold in the May 27-June 2 tracking week.

The track spends a fourth week at No. 1 on the Radio Songs chart; dips to No. 2 after two weeks atop Streaming Songs; and rises 10-6 on Digital Song Sales, following a week at the top spot.

Meanwhile, Styles’ “Late Night Talking” slides 4-9 in its second week on the Hot 100. The song, like “As It Was” from his LP Harry’s House, which crowns the Billboard 200 albums chart for a second week, is scaling the Pop Airplay chart (35-25, with Greatest Gainer honors, up 127% in plays), while “As It Was” leads the list for a fourth week.

Jack Harlow’s “First Class” holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100, after three nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1. It concurrently claims a seventh week atop both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, which use the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100.

Future’s “Wait for U,” featuring Drake and Tems, is likewise steady at No. 3 on the Hot 100, after a week at No. 1. It rules Streaming Songs for a third frame (31.5 million, down 2%).

Lizzo’s “About Damn Time” hits a new No. 4 Hot 100 high, up from No. 5, and reaches the Radio Songs top 10 (14-10; 40.9 million, up 16%, good for top Airplay Gainer honors on the Hot 100). Lizzo notches her third Radio Songs top 10, following her 2019 No. 1s “Truth Hurts” (for six weeks beginning that September) and “Good as Hell” (four, November). “Time” tops the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart for a third week.

Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” rises 6-5 on the Hot 100, after five weeks at No. 1, as it leads the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts for a 37th week each, and Latto’s “Big Energy” pushes 7-6 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 3.

Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone’s “Me Porto Bonito” ascends 10-7 for a new Hot 100 best, as it rules the multi-metric Hot Latin Songs chart for a third week.


Kate Bush’s 1985 hit “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” re-enters the Hot 100 at No. 8, surging past its prior No. 30 high, fueled by its synch in Netflix’s Stranger Things. The fourth season of the ’80s-set show, which premiered May 27, incorporates the song in multiple episodes, serving as a recurring theme for the character of Max Mayfield, played by Sadie Sink. (Bush is a fan of the series, and, in a rare move for her music, approved the song’s usage in it after reviewing script pages and footage outlining how it would be incorporated.)

“Hill” roars onto Digital Song Sales at No. 1, where it’s Bush’s first leader, with 18,300 sold, up from a nominal sum, and onto Streaming Songs at No. 6, with 17.5 million streams, also vaulting from a negligible total. It additionally drew 392,000 in radio airplay audience among Radio Songs reporters, again up from a minimal count. (Dating to the inception of Luminate data tracking in 1991, the song has totaled 62.5 million in radio reach, 52.4 million official streams and 151,000 in digital sales in the U.S.)

The English singer-songwriter, who first appeared on Billboard‘s charts in 1979, logs her first Hot 100 top 10, after “Hill” hit No. 30, her prior highpoint on the chart, on the Nov. 30, 1985, survey. (That week, Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin’s “Separate Lives” rose to No. 1, dethroning Starship’s “We Built This City”; Eddie Murphy’s “Party All the Time” hit the top 10; Wham!’s “I’m Your Man” scored the list’s highest debut, at No. 55; and Madonna’s “Dress You Up” rounded out the chart at No. 100.)

“Hill” was originally released on Bush’s 1985 album Hounds of Love and now also appears on Stranger Things: Soundtrack From the Netflix Series, Season 4; released May 27, the latter enters Billboard‘s Soundtracks chart at No. 18.

The song, which Bush solely wrote and produced, completes the longest journey from a title’s Hot 100 debut to its first week in the top 10 – 36 years, nine months and a week – since Chuck Berry’s “Run Rudolph Run” jingled to the tier in the 2020 holiday season after a record wait of 62 years and two weeks. Among non-holiday catalog songs this decade, the resurgence of “Hill” is similar to that of Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 No. 1 “Dreams,” which returned to the Hot 100, reaching No. 12, in October 2020 as it went viral on TikTok.

(Also notably, “Hill” received relatively recent renewed attention thanks to Meg Myers, whose faithful cover led the Alternative Airplay chart for two weeks in February 2020.)

Capping the Hot 100’s top 10, The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber’s “Stay” returns to the region (12-10). It adds a 44th week in the top 10, second only to The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” (57 weeks, 2020-21) for the most in the chart’s history; “Stay” spent its first 43 weeks on the tally in the top 10, a record for the most time spent in the bracket consecutively from a song’s debut.

Again, for all chart news, you can follow billboard and billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated June 11), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (June 7).

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes an exhaustive and thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data, removing any suspicious or unverifiable activity using established criteria before final chart calculations are made and published. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious and unverifiable is disqualified prior to final calculations.

[Gary]

Digital #1 Running Up That Hil -- 18,300
Streaming #1 Wait For U 31.5
Radio #1 As It Was 72.4

[Groovy]

Interesting how Me Porto Bonito is holding up really well despite it not being released as a single.