Billboard Hot 100: 07/09/2022

[Gary]

Digital Songs

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 - - 1 Left And Right, Charlie Puth & Jung Kook 1
2 - - 1 Carolina, Taylor Swift 2
3 2 - 5 Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God), Kate Bush 1
4 1 - 2 Break My Soul, Beyonce 1
5 4 - 11 About Damn Time, Lizzo 1
6 - - 1 From The D 2 The LBC, Eminem & Snoop Dogg 6
7 6 - 9 Hold My Hand, Lady Gaga 2
8 7 - 14 As It Was, Harry Styles 1
9 3 - 2 The Kind Of Love We Make, Luke Combs 3
10 8 - 12 First Class, Jack Harlow 1
11 10 - 33 Big Energy, Latto x Mariah Carey Featuring DJ Khaled 1
12 13 - 8 She Had Me At Heads Carolina, Cole Swindell 12
13 - - 1 Bad For Me, Meghan Trainor Featuring Teddy Swims 13
14 11 - 18 Wasted On You, Morgan Wallen 4
15 - - 1 Son Of The Dirty South, Brantley Gilbert Featuring Jelly Roll 15
16 25 - 17 Unstoppable, Sia 15
17 12 - 32 AA, Walker Hayes 6
18 21 - 5 I Ain't Worried, OneRepublic 13
19 20 - 3 Sunroof, Nicky Youre & dazy 19
20 27 - 8 Like I Love Country Music, Kane Brown 16
21 14 - 7 You Proof, Morgan Wallen 1
22 23 - 46 Cold Heart (PNAU Remix), Elton John & Dua Lipa 1
23 22 - 4 I Like You (A Happier Song), Post Malone Featuring Doja Cat 10
24 - - 1 Can't Help Falling In Love, Kacey Musgraves 24
25 35 - 2 Vegas, Doja Cat 25
26 18 - 3 Rock And A Hard Place, Bailey Zimmerman 5
27 17 - 5 Danger Zone, Kenny Loggins 7
28 36 - 7 Fall In Love, Bailey Zimmerman 23
29 33 - 37 'Til You Can't, Cody Johnson 1
30 - - 1 Numb, Marshmello & Khalid 30
31 - - 1 Outrunnin' Your Memory, Luke Combs & Miranda Lambert 31
32 - - 51 Tennessee Whiskey, Chris Stapleton 2
33 30 - 55 Fancy Like, Walker Hayes 2
34 - - 4 Africa, Toto 34
35 32 - 17 Bam Bam, Camila Cabello Featuring Ed Sheeran 2
36 - - 2 Son Of A Sinner, Jelly Roll 36
37 38 - 42 Shivers, Ed Sheeran 3
38 37 - 8 Take My Name, Parmalee 31
39 31 - 7 Jiggle Jiggle, Duke & Jones X Louis Theroux 17
40 - - 1 A Country Boy Can Survive, Hank Williams Jr. 40
41 41 - 62 Heat Waves, Glass Animals 13
42 - - 1 Suspicious Minds, Elvis Presley 42
43 28 - 2 Sticky, Drake 28
44 - - 1 Don't Come Lookin', Jackson Dean 44
45 - - 1 Patient Number 9, Ozzy Osbourne Featuring Jeff Beck 45
46 - - 2 5 Foot 9, Tyler Hubbard 46
47 9 - 2 Jimmy Cooks, Drake Featuring 21 Savage 9
48 - - 21 In Jesus Name (God Of Possible), Katy Nichole 6
49 - - 44 Dirt Road Anthem, Jason Aldean 4
50 50 - 20 Night Changes, One Direction 19

[Gary]

streaming Songs


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 1 - 2 Jimmy Cooks, Drake Featuring 21 Savage 1
2 5 - 9 Wait For U, Future Featuring Drake & Tems 1
3 6 - 8 Me Porto Bonito, Bad Bunny & Chencho Corleone 3
4 4 - 3 Glimpse Of Us, Joji 4
5 11 - 8 Titi Me Pregunto, Bad Bunny 4
6 10 - 5 Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God), Kate Bush 1
7 9 - 13 As It Was, Harry Styles 1
8 17 - 2 Break My Soul, Beyonce 8
9 18 - 2 The Kind Of Love We Make, Luke Combs 9
10 3 - 2 Sticky, Drake 3
11 15 - 12 First Class, Jack Harlow 1
12 19 - 9 About Damn Time, Lizzo 8
13 21 - 66 Heat Waves, Glass Animals 3
14 20 - 4 I Like You (A Happier Song), Post Malone Featuring Doja Cat 6
15 24 - 8 Efecto, Bad Bunny 15
16 23 - 8 Moscow Mule, Bad Bunny 3
17 39 - 3 Vegas, Doja Cat 17
18 30 - 10 Something In The Orange, Zach Bryan 17
19 27 - 25 Wasted On You, Morgan Wallen 3
20 26 - 7 You Proof, Morgan Wallen 8
21 28 - 8 Party, Bad Bunny & Rauw Alejandro 8
22 8 - 2 Massive, Drake 8
23 - - 1 Left And Right, Charlie Puth & Jung Kook 23
24 37 - 6 Fall In Love, Bailey Zimmerman 24
25 32 - 8 Ojitos Lindos, Bad Bunny & Bomba Estereo 15
26 33 - 9 Puffin On Zootiez, Future 2
27 - - 1 She Had Me At Heads Carolina, Cole Swindell 27
28 35 - 8 Despues de La Playa, Bad Bunny 5
29 31 - 6 Late Night Talking, Harry Styles 3
30 38 - 10 Provenza, Karol G 10
31 40 - 5 Sleazy Flow, SleazyWorld Go Featuring Lil Baby 26
32 43 - 32 Super Gremlin, Kodak Black 2
33 2 - 2 Falling Back, Drake 2
34 44 - 14 Big Energy, Latto 6
35 42 - 48 Tennessee Whiskey, Chris Stapleton 16
36 50 - 3 Rock And A Hard Place, Bailey Zimmerman 16
37 - - 2 Tomorrow Me, Luke Combs 37
38 46 - 8 Tarot, Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez 11
39 45 - 12 In A Minute, Lil Baby 4
40 - - 1 Late To Da Party (F*CK BET), Lil Nas X & Youngboy Never Broke Again 40
41 - - 14 Whiskey Glasses, Morgan Wallen 34
42 48 - 2 Sunroof, Nicky Youre & dazy 42
43 - - 73 Levitating, Dua Lipa 3
44 49 - 51 Stay, The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber 1
45 - - 1 I Ain't Worried, OneRepublic 45
46 - - 72 Save Your Tears, The Weeknd & Ariana Grande 2
47 41 - 7 Cooped Up, Post Malone Featuring Roddy Ricch 8
48 - - 44 Fancy Like, Walker Hayes 5
49 - - 10 Doin' This, Luke Combs 28
50 - - 1 Like I Love Country Music, Kane Brown 50

[Gary]

Artist 100

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 7 - 278 Luke Combs 1
2 2 - 157 Harry Styles 1
3 1 - 418 Drake 1
4 3 - 222 Bad Bunny 1
5 - - 1 NAYEON 5
6 5 - 173 Morgan Wallen 1
7 6 - 128 Doja Cat 1
8 - - 345 Chris Brown 1
9 48 - 55 Tyler, The Creator 1
10 9 - 364 The Weeknd 1
11 10 - 411 Ed Sheeran 1
12 11 - 99 Jack Harlow 1
13 27 - 172 Kanye West 1
14 8 - 314 Post Malone 1
15 17 - 414 Taylor Swift 1
16 14 - 216 Lil Baby 1
17 - - 6 Conan Gray 5
18 4 - 299 BTS 1
19 13 - 339 Kendrick Lamar 1
20 16 - 100 Lizzo 2
21 15 - 241 Future 1
22 64 - 102 Lil Durk 1
23 19 - 217 Dua Lipa 1
24 25 - 349 Chris Stapleton 1
25 18 - 77 Olivia Rodrigo 1
26 22 - 5 Kate Bush 16
27 24 - 384 Justin Bieber 1
28 - - 56 Giveon 23
29 21 - 209 Beyonce 2
30 23 - 396 Bruno Mars 1
31 32 - 132 Lil Nas X 2
32 30 - 381 Imagine Dragons 1
33 36 - 394 Jason Aldean 1
34 - - 3 Coheed And Cambria 22
35 31 - 26 Latto 17
36 - - 80 Machine Gun Kelly 1
37 28 - 6 Joji 4
38 12 - 345 Metallica 2
39 35 - 234 Lady Gaga 1
40 34 - 87 The Kid LAROI 4
41 38 - 72 Glass Animals 7
42 33 - 64 Walker Hayes 8
43 57 - 383 Eminem 1
44 37 - 169 Fleetwood Mac 3
45 41 - 262 Kane Brown 2
46 44 - 292 Adele 1
47 61 - 173 Cole Swindell 8
48 - - 81 Elvis Presley 20
49 47 - 5 Bailey Zimmerman 27
50 - - 2 Jack Johnson 13
51 40 - 280 Carrie Underwood 1
52 42 - 201 Billie Eilish 1
53 - - 1 Porcupine Tree 53
54 - - 195 Charlie Puth 6
55 49 - 127 Kodak Black 1
56 39 - 241 The Beatles 2
57 59 - 291 Halsey 1
58 50 - 15 Em Beihold 49
59 54 - 288 J. Cole 1
60 46 - 149 SZA 16
61 43 - 218 Queen 1
62 51 - 14 Dove Cameron 43
63 - - 31 French Montana 10
64 60 - 11 Karol G 38
65 65 - 336 Michael Jackson 20
66 67 - 116 Childish Gambino 3
67 55 - 117 Elton John 7
68 63 - 147 AC/DC 1
69 69 - 215 Juice WRLD 1
70 - - 2 Jung Kook 70
71 70 - 144 Miranda Lambert 2
72 71 - 11 Def Leppard 6
73 73 - 85 OneRepublic 6
74 79 - 316 Shawn Mendes 1
75 75 - 321 Travis Scott 1
76 62 - 9 Parmalee 47
77 83 - 31 Cody Johnson 12
78 - - 1 CAAMP 78
79 - - 1 Soccer Mommy 79
80 72 - 134 Megan Thee Stallion 2
81 58 - 9 SEVENTEEN 5
82 68 - 26 TOMORROW X TOGETHER 3
83 92 - 124 Gabby Barrett 18
84 - - 105 Led Zeppelin 5
85 - - 115 Roddy Ricch 2
86 87 - 8 Chencho Corleone 70
87 80 - 112 Nirvana 20
88 98 - 270 Khalid 1
89 89 - 36 Scotty McCreery 8
90 82 - 29 The Notorious B.I.G. 57
91 90 - 169 Lee Brice 15
92 86 - 23 Rauw Alejandro 71
93 97 - 7 Zach Bryan 21
94 78 - 92 Creedence Clearwater Revival 39
95 74 - 6 Tems 65
96 20 - 115 Prince 1
97 95 - 406 Maroon 5 1
98 - - 174 Eagles 10
99 - - 17 Gorillaz 2
100 - - 69 Guns N' Roses 16

[Gary]

Country


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 1 - 22 Wasted On You, Morgan Wallen 1
2 2 - 38 Take My Name, Parmalee 1
3 4 - 37 Damn Strait, Scotty McCreery 3
4 3 - 25 Trouble With A Heartbreak, Jason Aldean 1
5 5 - 48 7500 OBO, Tim McGraw 5
6 6 - 44 New Truck, Dylan Scott 6
7 7 - 9 Like I Love Country Music, Kane Brown 7
8 8 - 48 Best Thing Since Backroads, Jake Owen 7
9 10 - 42 At The End Of A Bar, Chris Young With Mitchell Tenpenny 9
10 9 - 26 Circles Around This Town, Maren Morris 9
11 11 - 20 Last Night Lonely, Jon Pardi 11
12 12 - 36 With A Woman You Love, Justin Moore 12
13 15 - 3 The Kind Of Love We Make, Luke Combs 13
14 16 - 16 Ghost Story, Carrie Underwood 14
15 14 - 26 Truth About You, Mitchell Tenpenny 14
16 13 - 18 Don't Come Lookin', Jackson Dean 13
17 17 - 21 Everyone She Knows, Kenny Chesney 17
18 18 - 25 Flower Shops, ERNEST Featuring Morgan Wallen 18
19 20 - 27 Wishful Drinking, Ingrid Andress With Sam Hunt 19
20 19 - 29 No Hard Feelings, Old Dominion 19
21 - - 1 Country On, Luke Bryan 21
22 24 - 7 5 Foot 9, Tyler Hubbard 22
23 23 - 45 Country'd Look Good On You, Frank Ray 22
24 21 - 18 Son Of A Sinner, Jelly Roll 21
25 22 - 21 Party Mode, Dustin Lynch 22
26 26 - 4 She Had Me At Heads Carolina, Cole Swindell 26
27 27 - 21 Pick Me Up, Gabby Barrett 26
28 29 - 22 Out In The Middle, Zac Brown Band 28
29 28 - 13 She Likes It, Russell Dickerson & Jake Scott 27
30 32 - 5 Half Of Me, Thomas Rhett Featuring Riley Green 30
31 30 - 31 Soul, Lee Brice 28
32 31 - 36 Wilder Days, Morgan Wade 29
33 33 - 16 Down Home, Jimmie Allen 31
34 34 - 13 Heartfirst, Kelsea Ballerini 24
35 36 - 32 You Didn't, Brett Young 35
36 37 - 13 Joy Of My Life, Chris Stapleton 36
37 38 - 6 What My World Spins Around, Jordan Davis 37
38 35 - 20 My Bar, Priscilla Block 34
39 39 - 25 Learn From It, Conner Smith 38
40 46 - 3 Fall In Love, Bailey Zimmerman 40
41 40 - 11 Growing Old With You, Restless Road 40
42 41 - 7 Heart Like A Truck, Lainey Wilson 40
43 45 - 3 You Proof, Morgan Wallen 43
44 42 - 4 Human, Cody Johnson 42
45 47 - 3 Whiskey On You, Nate Smith 45
46 44 - 14 Good Day For Living, Joe Nichols 44
47 43 - 17 Holy Water, Michael Ray 41
48 25 - 2 Water Under The Bridge, Sam Hunt 25
49 48 - 22 Son Of A, Dillon Carmichael 45
50 49 - 32 Giving You Up, Kameron Marlowe 47
51 51 - 14 Note To Self, Randy Houser 47
52 52 - 18 Love Talking, Eli Young Band 47
53 55 - 5 Keys To The Country, Chris Janson 53
54 57 - 7 Salt, Lime & Tequila, Ryan Griffin 54
55 56 - 9 Everything She Ain't, Hailey Whitters 55
56 53 - 2 What He Didn't Do, Carly Pearce 53
57 50 - 8 Songs About You, Brett Eldredge 38
58 54 - 11 Hell Yeah, Little Big Town 37
59 59 - 2 Man Made, Matt Stell 59
60 58 - 8 Catching Up With An Ol' Memory, Clay Walker 54

[Gary]

Pop


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 3 - 12 About Damn Time, Lizzo 1
2 1 - 14 As It Was, Harry Styles 1
3 2 - 12 First Class, Jack Harlow 2
4 4 - 19 Boyfriend, Dove Cameron 2
5 7 - 13 Get Into It (Yuh), Doja Cat 5
6 5 - 29 Big Energy, Latto 1
7 6 - 17 Numb Little Bug, Em Beihold 6
8 9 - 6 Late Night Talking, Harry Styles 8
9 12 - 8 Sunroof, Nicky Youre & dazy 9
10 8 - 11 Thousand Miles, The Kid LAROI 8
11 13 - 14 When You're Gone, Shawn Mendes 11
12 17 - 4 I Like You (A Happier Song), Post Malone Featuring Doja Cat 12
13 10 - 41 Thats What I Want, Lil Nas X 1
14 11 - 17 Sweetest Pie, Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa 5
15 16 - 10 2step, Ed Sheeran Featuring Lil Baby 15
16 18 - 10 Love Me More, Sam Smith 16
17 25 - 3 Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God), Kate Bush 17
18 20 - 13 To The Moon!, JNR CHOI & Sam Tompkins 18
19 28 - 2 Break My Soul, Beyonce 19
20 24 - 3 So Good, Halsey 20
21 21 - 14 Out Of Time, The Weeknd 21
22 15 - 18 Bam Bam, Camila Cabello Featuring Ed Sheeran 10
23 22 - 8 10 Things I Hate About You, Leah Kate 22
24 19 - 9 Hold My Hand, Lady Gaga 19
25 27 - 5 Potion, Calvin Harris, Dua Lipa & Young Thug 25
26 23 - 11 All 4 Nothing (I'm So In Love), Lauv 23
27 26 - 9 Maybe You're The Problem, Ava Max 26
28 29 - 4 Bones, Imagine Dragons 28
29 32 - 2 Don't You Worry, Black Eyed Peas, Shakira + David Guetta 29
30 - - 1 Massive, Drake 30
31 33 - 2 Numb, Marshmello & Khalid 31
32 30 - 8 Flowers, Lauren Spencer-Smith 30
33 - - 1 Glimpse Of Us, Joji 33
34 38 - 2 Wait For U, Future Featuring Drake & Tems 34
35 37 - 3 Supermodel, Maneskin 35
36 35 - 6 This Is What Falling In Love Feels Like, JVKE 35
37 - - 2 Me Myself & I, 5 Seconds Of Summer 37
38 39 - 2 Can't Stop Us Now, Pitbull + Zac Brown 38
39 - - 1 Left And Right, Charlie Puth & Jung Kook 39
40 36 - 16 Freaky Deaky, Tyga X Doja Cat 24

[Gary]

Hot Latin

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 1 - 8 Me Porto Bonito, Bad Bunny & Chencho Corleone 1
2 2 - 8 Titi Me Pregunto, Bad Bunny 2
3 3 - 8 Moscow Mule, Bad Bunny 1
4 4 - 10 Provenza, Karol G 1
5 5 - 8 Efecto, Bad Bunny 5
6 7 - 8 Despues de La Playa, Bad Bunny 3
7 6 - 8 Party, Bad Bunny & Rauw Alejandro 4
8 9 - 20 MAMIII, Becky G X Karol G 1
9 8 - 8 Ojitos Lindos, Bad Bunny & Bomba Estereo 7
10 10 - 8 Tarot, Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez 7
11 11 - 10 Te Felicito, Shakira & Rauw Alejandro 10
12 12 - 8 Un Ratito, Bad Bunny 6
13 13 - 8 La Corriente, Bad Bunny & Tony Dize 12
14 14 - 8 Yo No Soy Celoso, Bad Bunny 8
15 15 - 8 Neverita, Bad Bunny 11
16 16 - 8 Andrea, Bad Bunny & Buscabulla 15
17 17 - 8 Aguacero, Bad Bunny 15
18 19 - 8 Un Coco, Bad Bunny 17
19 18 - 8 Otro Atardecer, Bad Bunny & The Marias 17
20 20 - 8 Dos Mil 16, Bad Bunny 16
21 22 - 17 Envolver, Anitta 3
22 21 - 8 El Apagon, Bad Bunny 19
23 23 - 8 Ensename A Bailar, Bad Bunny 22
24 24 - 8 Me Fui de Vacaciones, Bad Bunny 21
25 25 - 8 Un Verano Sin Ti, Bad Bunny 20
26 26 - 7 Gogo Dance, El Alfa 26
27 28 - 8 Agosto, Bad Bunny 24
28 29 - 18 Chale!, Eden Munoz 9
29 27 - 12 Fuera de Servicio, El Fantasma 27
30 30 - 7 En El Radio Un Cochinero, Victor Cibrian 27
31 31 - 6 La Llevo Al Cielo, Chris Jedi, Chencho Corleone, Anuel AA & Nengo Flow 29
32 39 - 6 JGL, La Adictiva & Luis R. Conriquez 32
33 33 - 17 No Le Aflojo, Los Gemelos de Sinaloa X Fuerza Regida 14
34 38 - 6 Nazareno, Farruko 34
35 37 - 19 Ya No Somos Ni Seremos, Christian Nodal 8
36 34 - 13 Los Botones Azules, Junior H & Luis R Conriquez 20
37 41 - 9 Miranos Ahora, Calibre 50 32
38 36 - 14 X Ultima Vez, Daddy Yankee & Bad Bunny 5
39 46 - 2 Mayor Que Usted, Natti Natasha + Daddy Yankee = Wisin & Yandel 39
40 40 - 19 Andamos Mejor, Los Gemelos de Sinaloa 17
41 35 - 14 Soy El Unico, Yahritza y Su Esencia 1
42 42 - 5 Si Fuera Facil, Marca Registrada 42
43 48 - 14 Sensual Bebe, Jhay Cortez 20
44 32 - 15 Te Espero, Prince Royce & Maria Becerra 26
45 44 - 20 Sus Huellas, Romeo Santos 10
46 - - 1 La Boda del Huitlacoche, Carin Leon 46
47 45 - 14 Remix, Daddy Yankee 13
48 49 - 2 Hay Que Hacer Dinero, Banda MS Featuring Eden Munoz 48
49 - - 2 Soy Yo, Don Omar, Wisin & Gente de Zona 38
50 - - 1 Si Me Duele Que Duela, Intocable 50

[Gary]

Summer

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 1 - 5 As It Was, Harry Styles 1
2 2 - 5 First Class, Jack Harlow 2
3 3 - 5 Wait For U, Future Featuring Drake & Tems 3
4 4 - 5 About Damn Time, Lizzo 4
5 5 - 5 Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God), Kate Bush 4
6 6 - 15 Heat Waves, Glass Animals 5
7 7 - 5 Big Energy, Latto 6
8 8 - 5 Me Porto Bonito, Bad Bunny & Chencho Corleone 7
9 9 - 5 Titi Me Pregunto, Bad Bunny 9
10 10 - 10 Stay, The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber 10
11 11 - 5 Wasted On You, Morgan Wallen 11
12 12 - 5 Late Night Talking, Harry Styles 9
13 15 - 5 Boyfriend, Dove Cameron 13
14 14 - 5 Ghost, Justin Bieber 14
15 13 - 5 Enemy, Imagine Dragons X JID 12
16 16 - 5 Numb Little Bug, Em Beihold 16
17 20 - 2 I Like You (A Happier Song), Post Malone Featuring Doja Cat 17
18 18 - 12 Bad Habits, Ed Sheeran 10
19 17 - 5 Moscow Mule, Bad Bunny 14
20 - - 1 Jimmy Cooks, Drake Featuring 21 Savage 20

[Gary]

Hot 100 - Canada


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 1 - 2 Jimmy Cooks, Drake Featuring 21 Savage 1
2 2 - 13 As It Was, Harry Styles 1
3 6 - 11 About Damn Time, Lizzo 2
4 7 - 5 Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God), Kate Bush 2
5 5 - 3 Glimpse Of Us, Joji 5
6 12 - 78 Heat Waves, Glass Animals 1
7 11 - 12 First Class, Jack Harlow 1
8 29 - 2 Break My Soul, Beyonce 8
9 3 - 2 Sticky, Drake 3
10 10 - 17 Bam Bam, Camila Cabello Featuring Ed Sheeran 4
11 8 - 2 Massive, Drake 8
12 18 - 4 I Like You (A Happier Song), Post Malone Featuring Doja Cat 6
13 17 - 46 Cold Heart (PNAU Remix), Elton John & Dua Lipa 1
14 20 - 2 The Kind Of Love We Make, Luke Combs 14
15 19 - 24 Big Energy, Latto 9
16 23 - 42 Shivers, Ed Sheeran 2
17 - - 1 Left And Right, Charlie Puth & Jung Kook 17
18 24 - 51 Stay, The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber 1
19 36 - 10 Sunroof, Nicky Youre & dazy 19
20 26 - 34 The Motto, Tiesto & Ava Max 6
21 27 - 53 Bad Habits, Ed Sheeran 1
22 32 - 9 Wait For U, Future Featuring Drake & Tems 3
23 22 - 21 She's All I Wanna Be, Tate McRae 10
24 31 - 6 Late Night Talking, Harry Styles 3
25 25 - 42 Ghost, Justin Bieber 2
26 39 - 3 Numb, Marshmello & Khalid 26
27 81 - 2 Syl, Sidhu Moose Wala 27
28 45 - 3 I Ain't Worried, OneRepublic 28
29 44 - 7 Vegas, Doja Cat 29
30 28 - 13 When You're Gone, Shawn Mendes 15
31 30 - 41 Thats What I Want, Lil Nas X 5
32 4 - 2 Falling Back, Drake 4
33 40 - 46 Pepas, Farruko 23
34 38 - 35 Enemy, Imagine Dragons X JID 5
35 - - 1 From The D 2 The LBC, Eminem & Snoop Dogg 35
36 49 - 39 Where Are You Now, Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott 26
37 41 - 10 Thousand Miles, The Kid LAROI 11
38 47 - 49 Industry Baby, Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow 3
39 9 - 2 Texts Go Green, Drake 9
40 43 - 33 abcdefu, GAYLE 2
41 42 - 46 Woman, Doja Cat 12
42 - - 1 Late To Da Party (F*CK BET), Lil Nas X & Youngboy Never Broke Again 42
43 48 - 7 Cooped Up, Post Malone Featuring Roddy Ricch 10
44 46 - 11 2step, Ed Sheeran Featuring Lil Baby 30
45 50 - 3 Rock And A Hard Place, Bailey Zimmerman 23
46 37 - 8 Hold My Hand, Lady Gaga 25
47 53 - 6 Die Young, Sleepy Hallow Featuring 347aidan 15
48 61 - 7 You Proof, Morgan Wallen 9
49 - - 1 Carolina, Taylor Swift 49
50 - - 1 Outrunnin' Your Memory, Luke Combs & Miranda Lambert 50
51 13 - 2 A Keeper, Drake 13
52 14 - 2 Calling My Name, Drake 14
53 72 - 5 Last Last, Burna Boy 53
54 51 - 20 Boyfriend, Dove Cameron 25
55 56 - 16 Sweetest Pie, Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa 19
56 68 - 5 Potion, Calvin Harris, Dua Lipa & Young Thug 31
57 59 - 6 Music For A Sushi Restaurant, Harry Styles 7
58 16 - 2 Flight's Booked, Drake 16
59 57 - 7 Like I Love Country Music, Kane Brown 57
60 65 - 7 Until I Found You, Stephen Sanchez 56
61 70 - 9 Something In The Orange, Zach Bryan 46
62 63 - 18 Out Of Time, The Weeknd 20
63 58 - 6 Matilda, Harry Styles 5
64 64 - 7 N95, Kendrick Lamar 2
65 62 - 6 Soul, Lee Brice 62
66 67 - 5 Levels, Sidhu Moose Wala & Sunny Malton 32
67 77 - 13 Dandelions, Ruth B 58
68 85 - 3 5 Foot 9, Tyler Hubbard 68
69 54 - 3 Cash In Cash Out, Pharrell Williams Featuring 21 Savage & Tyler, The Creator 33
70 15 - 2 Currents, Drake 15
71 96 - 2 Me Porto Bonito, Bad Bunny & Chencho Corleone 71
72 76 - 5 The Last Ride, Sidhu Moose Wala 25
73 52 - 15 AA, Walker Hayes 42
74 84 - 9 Puffin On Zootiez, Future 26
75 55 - 12 Last Night Lonely, Jon Pardi 44
76 89 - 9 Fall In Love, Bailey Zimmerman 64
77 71 - 6 Daylight, Harry Styles 10
78 21 - 2 Overdrive, Drake 21
79 92 - 6 Hotel Lobby (Unc And Phew), Quavo & Takeoff 75
80 86 - 20 Middle Of The Night, Elley Duhe 44
81 - - 1 She Had Me At Heads Carolina, Cole Swindell 81
82 73 - 3 Flowers Need Rain, Preston deleted & Banx + Ranx 73
83 - - 2 Tomorrow Me, Luke Combs 58
84 60 - 11 Headphones, Banx + Ranx & Reve 57
85 - - 1 Psychic, Chris Brown Featuring Jack Harlow 85
86 - - 1 Any Given Friday Night, Luke Combs 86
87 93 - 6 Where Did You Go?, Jax Jones Featuring MNEK 77
88 82 - 3 So Good, Halsey 46
89 88 - 9 In The Stars, Benson Boone 30
90 94 - 8 Whiskey On You, Nate Smith 29
91 90 - 8 Churchill Downs, Jack Harlow Featuring Drake 11
92 100 - 7 Die Hard, Kendrick Lamar, Blxst & Amanda Reifer 5
93 66 - 9 Love Me More, Sam Smith 57
94 98 - 16 Bones, Imagine Dragons 53
95 95 - 17 Wellerman, Nathan Evans 54
96 80 - 19 Start Over, zach zoya & Benny Adam 60
97 - - 7 Danza Kuduro, Don Omar & Lucenzo 88
98 33 - 2 Tie That Binds, Drake 33
99 - - 7 Dua Lipa, Jack Harlow 13
100 34 - 2 Liability, Drake 34

[Groovy]

Yeah, cause Drake cares about Bad Habits’ chart run.

[Gary]

Hot 100 - US


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 2 - 13 As It Was, Harry Styles 1
2 3 - 12 First Class, Jack Harlow 1
3 5 - 11 About Damn Time, Lizzo 3
4 4 - 9 Wait For U, Future Featuring Drake & Tems 1
5 1 - 2 Jimmy Cooks, Drake Featuring 21 Savage 1
6 9 - 25 Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God), Kate Bush 4
7 15 - 2 Break My Soul, Beyonce 7
8 11 - 8 Me Porto Bonito, Bad Bunny & Chencho Corleone 7
9 10 - 76 Heat Waves, Glass Animals 1
10 8 - 3 Glimpse Of Us, Joji 8
11 12 - 36 Big Energy, Latto 3
12 16 - 8 Titi Me Pregunto, Bad Bunny 5
13 18 - 2 The Kind Of Love We Make, Luke Combs 13
14 17 - 33 Wasted On You, Morgan Wallen 9
15 19 - 51 Stay, The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber 1
16 22 - 4 I Like You (A Happier Song), Post Malone Featuring Doja Cat 9
17 6 - 2 Sticky, Drake 6
18 24 - 6 Late Night Talking, Harry Styles 4
19 27 - 22 Numb Little Bug, Em Beihold 19
20 25 - 20 Boyfriend, Dove Cameron 16
21 26 - 40 Ghost, Justin Bieber 5
22 - - 1 Left And Right, Charlie Puth & Jung Kook 22
23 31 - 30 Get Into It (Yuh), Doja Cat 23
24 33 - 5 Sunroof, Nicky Youre & dazy 24
25 29 - 53 Bad Habits, Ed Sheeran 2
26 32 - 8 Moscow Mule, Bad Bunny 4
27 30 - 32 Enemy, Imagine Dragons X JID 5
28 35 - 43 Cold Heart (PNAU Remix), Elton John & Dua Lipa 7
29 34 - 48 Woman, Doja Cat 7
30 39 - 42 Shivers, Ed Sheeran 4
31 46 - 6 Like I Love Country Music, Kane Brown 31
32 40 - 10 Provenza, Karol G 25
33 38 - 34 Super Gremlin, Kodak Black 3
34 67 - 4 Vegas, Doja Cat 34
35 43 - 13 Take My Name, Parmalee 22
36 41 - 7 You Proof, Morgan Wallen 6
37 37 - 41 Thats What I Want, Lil Nas X 8
38 76 - 5 She Had Me At Heads Carolina, Cole Swindell 38
39 50 - 10 Something In The Orange, Zach Bryan 37
40 45 - 8 Efecto, Bad Bunny 34
41 44 - 16 Sweetest Pie, Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa 15
42 59 - 13 Damn Strait, Scotty McCreery 39
43 54 - 15 Trouble With A Heartbreak, Jason Aldean 32
44 14 - 2 Massive, Drake 14
45 49 - 10 Thousand Miles, The Kid LAROI 15
46 60 - 9 Fall In Love, Bailey Zimmerman 46
47 36 - 17 Bam Bam, Camila Cabello Featuring Ed Sheeran 21
48 53 - 8 Despues de La Playa, Bad Bunny 6
49 51 - 8 Party, Bad Bunny & Rauw Alejandro 14
50 56 - 10 2step, Ed Sheeran Featuring Lil Baby 50
51 63 - 12 In A Minute, Lil Baby 14
52 64 - 20 MAMIII, Becky G X Karol G 15
53 57 - 8 Ojitos Lindos, Bad Bunny & Bomba Estereo 26
54 61 - 8 Hold My Hand, Lady Gaga 49
55 58 - 9 Puffin On Zootiez, Future 4
56 55 - 7 Cooped Up, Post Malone Featuring Roddy Ricch 12
57 65 - 5 Sleazy Flow, SleazyWorld Go Featuring Lil Baby 47
58 70 - 16 What Happened To Virgil, Lil Durk Featuring Gunna 22
59 69 - 13 When You're Gone, Shawn Mendes 38
60 - - 1 Carolina, Taylor Swift 60
61 72 - 3 Rock And A Hard Place, Bailey Zimmerman 24
62 78 - 3 I Ain't Worried, OneRepublic 62
63 88 - 3 5 Foot 9, Tyler Hubbard 63
64 7 - 2 Falling Back, Drake 7
65 71 - 7 Silent Hill, Kendrick Lamar & Kodak Black 7
66 92 - 4 Tomorrow Me, Luke Combs 61
67 - - 1 Late To Da Party (F*CK BET), Lil Nas X & Youngboy Never Broke Again 67
68 75 - 8 Tarot, Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez 18
69 74 - 18 To The Moon!, JNR CHOI & Sam Tompkins 38
70 79 - 23 Flower Shops, ERNEST Featuring Morgan Wallen 64
71 80 - 6 Ghost Story, Carrie Underwood 61
72 - - 1 From The D 2 The LBC, Eminem & Snoop Dogg 72
73 82 - 6 Hotel Lobby (Unc And Phew), Quavo & Takeoff 59
74 85 - 5 Last Night Lonely, Jon Pardi 74
75 81 - 4 Te Felicito, Shakira & Rauw Alejandro 67
76 - - 1 Call Me Everyday, Chris Brown Featuring WizKid 76
77 93 - 5 7500 OBO, Tim McGraw 77
78 - - 1 Psychic, Chris Brown Featuring Jack Harlow 78
79 - - 1 WE (Warm Embrace), Chris Brown 79
80 86 - 8 Thought You Should Know, Morgan Wallen 12
81 73 - 3 Cash In Cash Out, Pharrell Williams Featuring 21 Savage & Tyler, The Creator 26
82 52 - 2 U-Digg, Lil Baby, 42 Dugg & Veeze 52
83 91 - 23 Circles Around This Town, Maren Morris 52
84 84 - 8 Un Ratito, Bad Bunny 16
85 97 - 4 Love Me More, Sam Smith 85
86 87 - 3 So Good, Halsey 55
87 98 - 3 New Truck, Dylan Scott 87
88 95 - 5 F.N.F. (Let's Go), Hitkidd & Glorilla 88
89 89 - 2 Wild As Her, Corey Kent 89
90 90 - 12 Right On, Lil Baby 13
91 - - 1 Burglars & Murderers, Lil Durk Featuring EST Gee 91
92 - - 1 Addicted, Chris Brown Featuring Lil Baby 92
93 77 - 13 She Likes It, Russell Dickerson & Jake Scott 63
94 13 - 2 Texts Go Green, Drake 13
95 - - 1 Did Shit To Me, Lil Durk Featuring Doodie Lo 95
96 83 - 6 Music For A Sushi Restaurant, Harry Styles 8
97 100 - 7 Desesperados, Rauw Alejandro & Chencho Corleone 91
98 - - 1 Possessive, Chris Brown Featuring Lil Wayne & BLEU 98
99 94 - 5 Die Young, Sleepy Hallow Featuring 347aidan 60
100 - - 5 Plan B, Megan Thee Stallion 29

[Groovy]

What a shame She's All I Wanna Be went recurrent, it's a great song with its YE appearance uncertain.

[M5AGTS]

Jul 6, 2022 9:45:53 GMT -5 Groovy said:

What a shame She's All I Wanna Be went recurrent, it's a great song with its YE appearance uncertain.

I will say I feel pretty good about it making the year end, I wouldn't worry too much. I also love that song and I'm glad it has a pretty good chance.

[dremolus - solarpunk]

Jul 6, 2022 10:19:45 GMT -5 M5AGTS said:

Jul 6, 2022 9:45:53 GMT -5 Groovy said:

What a shame She's All I Wanna Be went recurrent, it's a great song with its YE appearance uncertain.

I will say I feel pretty good about it making the year end, I wouldn't worry too much. I also love that song and I'm glad it has a pretty good chance.

Most predictions have it not even coming close

[M5AGTS]

Jul 6, 2022 11:01:12 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

Jul 6, 2022 10:19:45 GMT -5 M5AGTS said:

I will say I feel pretty good about it making the year end, I wouldn't worry too much. I also love that song and I'm glad it has a pretty good chance.

Most predictions have it not even coming close

Really? Hmm, guess we'll see. I hope you're wrong cause I love that song.

[nathanalbright]

I'm seeing it as being somewhere in the 140k points range in quite a few of the better predictors, which means that it is likely on the outside looking in but at least close to the cut line.

[Gary]

Bubbling Under


TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 1 - 5 Son Of A Sinner, Jelly Roll 1
2 2 - 3 Numb, Marshmello & Khalid 2
3 - - 1 C.A.B. (Catch A Body), Chris Brown Featuring Fivio Foreign 3
4 - - 1 Till The Wheels Fall Off, Chris Brown Featuring Lil Durk & Capella Grey 4
5 5 - 16 Pick Me Up, Gabby Barrett 5
6 3 - 6 Free Mind, Tems 1
7 - - 1 Outrunnin' Your Memory, Luke Combs & Miranda Lambert 7
8 - - 1 Hear It Back, Lil Durk Featuring Moneybagg Yo 8
9 7 - 4 Unstoppable, Sia 7
10 6 - 12 Best Thing Since Backroads, Jake Owen 4
11 - - 1 Lost Me, Giveon 11
12 - - 1 Real Talk, Roddy Ricch 12
13 10 - 6 At The End Of A Bar, Chris Young With Mitchell Tenpenny 9
14 8 - 10 Truth About You, Mitchell Tenpenny 8
15 - - 1 Risky, Lil Durk 15
16 13 - 16 In Jesus Name (God Of Possible), Katy Nichole 1
17 14 - 11 10 Things I Hate About You, Leah Kate 2
18 15 - 8 Wishful Drinking, Ingrid Andress With Sam Hunt 15
19 16 - 5 Soul, Lee Brice 10
20 11 - 9 Tek It, Cafune 1
21 20 - 3 With A Woman You Love, Justin Moore 20
22 17 - 7 Joy Of My Life, Chris Stapleton 8
23 - - 1 Huuuh, Lil Durk 23
24 - - 1 Closure, Chris Brown Featuring H.E.R. 24
25 - - 1 Sex Memories, Chris Brown Featuring Ella Mai 25

[Gary]

Five Burning Questions: Beyonce Hits the Hot 100’s Top 10 With ‘Break My Soul’
The pop legend's new house anthem moves 15-7 in its second week on the Hot 100.

BY KATIE ATKINSON, STEPHEN DAW, JASON LIPSHUTZ, HERAN MAMO, ANDREW UNTERBERGER
07/6/2022

While Beyoncé has certainly never been far from the forefront of popular music, it’s been a little while since we’ve seen her in the top tier of the pop charts — at least as a lead artist. While she hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2020 as a guest on the remix to Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage” and in 2018 on the duet version of Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” — and No. 3 while appearing on the remix to J Balvin and Willy William’s “Mi Gente” in 2018 — she hadn’t made the top 10 on her own since “Formation” debuted at No. 10 in 2016.

That changes this week, on the chart dated July 9, with her new single, the house-inspired perseverance jam “Break My Soul.” While the single, which previews her upcoming Renaissance full-length, debuted at No. 15 on the Hot 100 following an incomplete first week of metrics, it jumps to No. 7 on the chart this frame after its first full week of tracking — making it her highest-peaking Hot 100 hit as a led artist since the Jay-Z collab “Drunk in Love” went to No. 2 in 2014.

What does the song’s success mean for Beyoncé’s career? And is house music now officially back? Billboard staffers discuss these questions and more below.

1. Beyoncé released “Break My Soul” on a Monday night — almost exactly halfway through the chart tracking week, and just a few days after Drake surprise-released his whole Honestly, Nevermind album — and consequently, the song debuted at No. 15 on last week’s Hot 100. Given that the song jumps to No. 7 in its first full week, how much of a chance do you think the song would’ve had at a No. 1 debut if it was released at the beginning of a non-Drake week?

Katie Atkinson: I don’t know that it would have been a sure thing for a No. 1 debut with a full release week – even without Drake in the way. I think the real ticket is going to be releasing a music video for the song along with the arrival of Act I: Renaissance on July 29. Seeing that it bumped up in its second week and assuming that it will only grow at radio, the video/album one-two punch should make it a lock as a streaming fixture.

Stephen Daw: Given Drake’s ubiquity on the charts, I’d say Beyoncé would’ve had a shot at a No. 1 debut had either of the two projects been released on a different week. That being said, Bey hasn’t had a solo No. 1 on the Hot 100 since 2008 with “Single Ladies,” and has never debuted at No. 1 on the chart, so the likelihood of her actually climbing that summit would be a tough feat, even for someone as universally beloved as Bey.

Jason Lipshutz: A pretty good chance, in hindsight. Debuting at No. 15 on the Hot 100 would have been impressive for any song that was released halfway through the tracking week, but considering the universal appetite for new Beyonce music — including from radio, which swiftly adopted “Break My Soul” upon its release — the single could have pushed much higher had it been released on the Friday of a non-Drake week, and maybe even to No. 1. That’s just how the chips fell, but regardless of its start, “Break My Soul” is a bona fide hit, and is going up to help define this summer.

Heran Mamo: It’s pretty possible. Despite this year’s Hot 100 containing a lot of old holdover hits and not too many new top 10s that stay within the top 10, Beyoncé is in the upper echelon of superstars, like her Columbia labelmates Harry Styles and Adele, who could have a splashy No. 1 debut with “Break My Soul” and remain there for several weeks. Even though the 21 Savage-assisted “Jimmy Cooks” Honestly, Nevermind debuted at the top of the chart last week, the song earned 42.2 million streams, 3 million radio airplay audience impressions and 6,000 downloads sold in its first week (June 17-23), according to Luminate, following the album’s arrival on June 17. But after the song was released on June 20, Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul” registered 14 million U.S. official-on demand streams, 11.1 million in total audience impressions and 22,000 sales downloads in the week ending June 23. Given the shorter time frame, “Break My Soul” could’ve made that No. 1 debut during Drizzy’s off season.

Andrew Unterberger: A little skeptical she could’ve had a No. 1 debut in her sights — maybe a few months ago when the Hot 100 was in a real lull, but tougher with cross-platform hits like Harry Styles’ “As It Was” and Future’s “WAIT FOR U” in the mix. Still, it seems very likely it could’ve bowed in the top five — a bow more befitting a song of this immediate cultural impact — which in itself would’ve been a medium-sized victory for Beyoncé, considering how the conventional big pop smash has eluded her somewhat as a solo artist in recent years.



2. “Break My Soul” is off to a dynamite start at radio, already in the top 20 of Billboard‘s Pop Airplay chart — the highest any of her singles as a lead artist has reached since “Drunk in Love” in 2014. Why do you think it’s moving so much faster there than her other most recent singles, and do you see its momentum continuing all summer?

Katie Atkinson: To me, this is the poppiest song Beyoncé has put out since she released 4 in 2011. That’s not to say she hasn’t made great music in the past decade-plus, but she’s been more experimental and far less beholden to radio. It’s made her an incredibly fascinating artist, but it’s also meant that she’s not releasing a wedding-dance-floor filler like “Single Ladies” anymore. However, while house music is a new sound for Beyoncé, it’s not that far removed from top 40 to get major airplay all summer long – especially with how upbeat it is and its references to being “back outside.” This could all be a recipe for her first No. 1 as a lead artist on the Pop Airplay chart since – hey! – “Single Ladies,” back in 2009.

Stephen Daw: I think a lot of it has to do with her marketing and her sound. Since her 2013 self-titled album, Bey has been dedicated to the “world stop … carry on” philosophy of dropping an album in the middle of the night with little-to-no warning or pre-marketing. So, with her upcoming LP Renaissance being given a release date and a formal lead single drop, Beyoncé is buying back into the hype-focused process of selling fans on her album, and it’s clearly working — the Hive is buzzing loudly over this song and what’s to come. That also has to do with the fact that the song is undeniably catchy and such a fun shift in Bey’s sound; not a full-on reinvention, but rather a delightful re-flavoring of the work that already made her an icon.

Jason Lipshutz: The answer is in the question — it moves so much faster! After mid-tempo hits like “Drunk In Love” and “Formation,” “Break My Soul” returns Beyoncé to the dizzying speed of smashes like “Crazy In Love,” “Deja Vu” and “Single Ladies,” a sound which she moved away from following 2011’s 4. That’s almost a decade without a true Beyoncé dance hit, and although it’s been a while, “Break My Soul” scratches an itch that radio knew still existed.

Heran Mamo: It just sounds like a radio smash out the gate. Not only do you have the brilliant inspiration from Robin S.’s “Show Me Love,” but “Break My Soul” employs an infectious and empowering hook, and adds Big Freedia’s revitalizing post-chorus (“Release ya anger/ Release ya mind…”). “Break My Soul” is also one of the more feel-good, dance-pop tracks that Beyoncé’s released in her career, which makes it more versatile for different platforms and different audiences. It’s all fodder for an airplay giant in the making, and I can only see radio embracing the song even more throughout the summer.

Andrew Unterberger: The sound is certainly radio-ready — albeit perhaps more for 1992 than for 2022 — but I do think this is more about Beyoncé putting this song so firmly front and center as the beginning of her new era, while still leaving the accompanying full-length project at arm’s length (and not, say, releasing the whole thing mere days later). Not only does it mark Beyoncé’s long-awaited return — and not just some topical one-off, but a true first taste of something bigger to come — but it’s all we’re getting from her for a little while still, so it’s not surprising that any platform would jump on it. I imagine it’ll only continue to grow from here.

3. Between Drake and Beyoncé’s new releases, house music has gotten a bigger mainstream spotlight — particularly as performed by Black artists — than it has in some time. Do you see this being the beginning of a trend that will persist throughout 2022, or will the moment mostly be contained to these projects?

Katie Atkinson: I hope it’s the beginning of a trend! “Break My Soul” instantly transports me to one of my favorite times on pop radio, the early to mid-’90s, when the previously underground sounds of dance clubs were all over top 40. There’s of course Robin S, but also the Eurodance explosion with Real McCoy, La Bouche, Culture Beat – I would have given anything to be an adult who could go to clubs then instead of an 11-year-old. So that’s my long-winded way of saying: Yes, please, bring house back to the radio!

Stephen Daw: I would say that Drake and Beyoncé have confirmed house’s comeback. The genre has been slowly bubbling up in new releases over the last few years, but with Drake and Bey putting their house projects out, we are about to see a lot more house music in the next few years. I say that’s a great thing — house music deserves its time back in the spotlight, and it most definitely deserves to have its deeply Black, deeply queer roots dissected for the general public so they know where it came from.

Jason Lipshutz: The warm reception to these high-profile house explorations makes me believe that we’re on the precipice of a mini-revival (and yes, I’m classifying the response to Honestly, Nevermind as “warm,” even though it’s been slightly divisive among Drake purists). Not only are the history and various permutations of house music rich and rewarding, the sound is also due for a mainstream re-imagining — something that Drake and Beyoncé separately sensed, and now are leading the way to solidifying.

Heran Mamo: It’s hard to think of Black artists performing house music as one of this year’s trends considering Black artists created house music in the late ‘70s. My Billboard colleague Elias Leight wrote about the relationship between hip-hop and house back in 2015 and how rap superstars like Drake were already demonstrating crossover success with house, while even breaking down the “Show Me Love” sample on Kid Ink and Chris Brown’s 2013 smash “Show Me.” Just looking at this year alone, Drizzy and Bey didn’t technically lead the pack on this one (although they are the biggest artists to do so). IDK dropped the Kaytranada-produced Simple. EP in May, and Tinashe and Channel Tres teamed up on “HMU for a Good Time” from the deluxe version of her 333 album in March.

Drake and Beyoncé are giving house music a lot more momentum within the mainstream scene, in a similar way to how The Weeknd and Dua Lipa were at the forefront of 2020’s synth-pop/disco-pop sound that allowed us all to dance through the darkness and unknown that plagued that year. Given the current socio-political climate and ongoing Covid pandemic, this newer house music wave is also meant to give us a much-needed escape. So it’s safe to say it’ll be here to stay.

Andrew Unterberger: It feels right on time, doesn’t it? Pop music and hip-hop were both due for something of a shake-up, and Drake and Beyoncé both arriving at house music — though from fairly different vantage points — at almost the exact same time does feel like a portend of something bigger to come. Which isn’t to say that Hot 97 is going to start sounding like Friday night at The Shelter anytime soon, but I imagine we’ll see some of the more adventurous (and/or opportunistic) artists in popular music stepping onto the dancefloor in the months to come.

4. With her status as one of pop music’s all-time greats nearly beyond question at this point — and her success in the past decade coming more via long-form statements than one-off releases — does Beyoncé still need hit singles? What, if anything, does the early success of a song like “Break My Soul” still offer her at this point in her career?

Katie Atkinson: Beyoncé hasn’t had anything left to prove to anyone for a long time, and yet she still keeps proving new things every single year. She certainly hasn’t lost any cultural relevance while she’s made more left-field musical choices, but she’s also made super savvy feature selections, like hopping on Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage,” J Balvin’s “Mi Gente” and Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect.” Now that she has a Hot 100 top 10 hit all by herself for the first time since “Formation” barely cracked the region back in 2016, I think she’s just proving once again that she can do things on her terms and pop culture will bend her direction eventually — this one is just moving a little more quickly.

Stephen Daw: The short answer is no. Beyoncé does not need hit singles — she’s got 11 Hot 100 No. 1s (if we’re counting Destiny’s Child, which we absolutely should) under her belt already, she’s got more Grammys than almost anyone alive, and she’s one of the most celebrated artists on the planet. If she wanted to, Beyoncé could easily quit music tomorrow and her legacy would be that of perhaps the greatest pop star of the 21st century. What the success of “Break My Soul” shows is that she still can make hits at this stage of her career, and it offers her the freedom to do whatever kind of music she feels like for the rest of her life, with the validation that she never once lost her power as a superstar.

Jason Lipshutz: Beyoncé has nothing left to prove at this point in her career, but she undoubtedly wants her cultural dominance to continue — and a hit single like “Break My Soul” goes a long way toward keeping that reign intact. After all, the beginning of her solo career was nearly two decades ago, and a whole generation has passed since those songs were in the zeitgeist. Beyoncé has accomplished far more than just what can be counted on the Hot 100, but hits matter when reaching new listeners, and “Break My Soul” extends a hand toward younger listeners still waiting to discover her artistic power.

Heran Mamo: Let’s be honest, she doesn’t need anything at this point: Beyoncé is… Beyoncé. Forgoing the industry standard of releasing new music on Fridays and still landing in the top 10 of the Hot 100 within the song’s first full tracking week proves Queen B doesn’t fold to any mold of success – she breaks it (pun intended). Unlike a Drake or Billie Eilish who puts out music a lot more frequently, she hasn’t released any solo music (outside of one-off soundtrack singles) in the last five years. And the early success of “Break My Soul” shows the BeyHive’s eagerness to consume her music even after such a long wait.

Andrew Unterberger: To put it simply, it never hurts to have a hit single. It proves you still have cross-platform appeal, that you still have your finger on the pulse, that a very large number of people are still interested in what you have to say, not just what you’ve already said. Even for an artist as massive and legendary as Beyoncé, that still matters at least a little bit — it’s just the way pop music has always worked, for better or worse.



5. “Break My Soul” belongs to a proud pop legacy of dancefloor killers that also offer a message of defiance and/or perseverance. What’s your favorite such empowering dance anthem?

Katie Atkinson: “I’m Every Woman,” 100% – Chaka Khan’s original or the Whitney Houston cover, you can’t go wrong. I know the song is addressing a romantic partner and saying how you can be every woman to them, but as a kid singing along to the Bodyguard soundtrack, it just made me feel like I had the power of every single woman in me – like Superwoman, basically, which is what Whitney was to me then anyway. I have a feeling there are little girls out there who feel the exact same way about Beyoncé now.

Stephen Daw: There’s literally so many — classics like “I Will Survive” and “Got To Be Real” immediately come to mind — but I personally would have to pick Janelle Monáe’s “Americans” off of her 2018 album Dirty Computer. It’s an incredible dance-pop single that is filled to the brim with this critical messaging about the current state of affairs in the U.S., before throwing a middle finger in the face of bigoted right-wingers on the chorus. It’s a phenomenal track that did not get the attention it deserved, so I highly recommend listening if you somehow haven’t yet.

Jason Lipshutz: Daft Punk’s “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” doubles as a stick of dance floor dynamite, and an essential treadmill jam. How can you not persevere when two French robots are pushing you to be the best version of yourself?

Heran Mamo: “Lost in Music” by Sister Sledge. The “I quit my nine to five, we’re lost in music” lyric reminds me of Bey’s line, “Now, I just fell in love/ And I just quit my job/ I’m gonna find new drive.” Regardless of the recession we’re in, I think we all get the message metaphorically speaking.

Andrew Unterberger: Let’s go back to the late ’80s with Sterling Void and Paris Brightledge’s enduring house anthem “It’s All Right” — a tale of worldwide devastation (“Dictation being forced in Afghanistan/ Revolution in South Africa taking a stand”) that finds comfort and strength in the heartbeat of the dancefloor (“I can hear it on a timeless wavelength/ Never dissipating but giving us strength”). The Pet Shop Boys maintained the song’s vibrancy on a cover version a couple years later, and it’d probably sound just as urgent redone by any number of artists today.

[gikem]

Jul 6, 2022 11:01:12 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

Jul 6, 2022 10:19:45 GMT -5 M5AGTS said:

I will say I feel pretty good about it making the year end, I wouldn't worry too much. I also love that song and I'm glad it has a pretty good chance.

Most predictions have it not even coming close

Most predictors are putting their YE cutoffs way too high for where we currently are in the tracking year. I think SAIWB will be somewhere in the bottom 20.

[M5AGTS]

Jul 6, 2022 15:08:21 GMT -5 gikem said:

Jul 6, 2022 11:01:12 GMT -5 dremolus - solarpunk said:

Most predictions have it not even coming close

Most predictors are putting their YE cutoffs way too high for where we currently are in the tracking year. I think SAIWB will be somewhere in the bottom 20.

I agree. I think a lot do have the cutoff too high. I think Kiss Me More and SAIWB will both be bottom 10, even though most are predicting they'll miss.

[renfield75]

Unless I'm forgetting something, Drake's "Texts Go Green" ties Kendrick's "We Cry Together" for the biggest positional drop in Hot 100 history (81 places each). Odd that such a specific record would be set twice in as many months.

[nathanalbright]

That's what happens when you get two flop album bombs released in as many months.