Billboard Hot 100: 11/12/2022

[Gary]

Hot 100 - Canada

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 1 - 2 Anti-Hero, Taylor Swift 1
2 11 - 6 Unholy, Sam Smith & Kim Petras 1
3 - - 1 Lift Me Up, Rihanna 3
4 13 - 10 I'm Good (Blue), David Guetta & Bebe Rexha 1
5 2 - 2 Lavender Haze, Taylor Swift 2
6 16 - 21 I Ain't Worried, OneRepublic 3
7 5 - 2 Midnight Rain, Taylor Swift 5
8 4 - 2 Maroon, Taylor Swift 4
9 7 - 2 Bejeweled, Taylor Swift 7
10 3 - 2 Snow On The Beach, Taylor Swift Featuring Lana Del Rey 3
11 6 - 2 You're On Your Own, Kid, Taylor Swift 6
12 8 - 2 Karma, Taylor Swift 8
13 17 - 31 As It Was, Harry Styles 1
14 19 - 21 Numb, Marshmello & Khalid 4
15 21 - 22 I Like You (A Happier Song), Post Malone Featuring Doja Cat 5
16 9 - 2 Vigilante Shit, Taylor Swift 9
17 23 - 10 Hold Me Closer, Elton John & Britney Spears 3
18 24 - 21 Flowers Need Rain, Preston deleted & Banx + Ranx 9
19 10 - 2 Question...?, Taylor Swift 10
20 - - 1 Shirt, SZA 20
21 27 - 28 Sunroof, Nicky Youre & dazy 1
22 26 - 17 Bad Habit, Steve Lacy 10
23 29 - 24 Late Night Talking, Harry Styles 3
24 12 - 2 Mastermind, Taylor Swift 12
25 - - 5 Thriller, Michael Jackson 16
26 30 - 29 About Damn Time, Lizzo 2
27 14 - 2 Labyrinth, Taylor Swift 14
28 15 - 2 Sweet Nothing, Taylor Swift 15
29 31 - 11 Under The Influence, Chris Brown 13
30 - - 4 Ghostbusters, Ray Parker Jr. 30
31 36 - 25 Vegas, Doja Cat 14
32 38 - 12 Calm Down, Rema & Selena Gomez 17
33 33 - 27 Something In The Orange, Zach Bryan 16
34 34 - 6 Star Walkin' (League Of Legends Worlds Anthem), Lil Nas X 17
35 37 - 20 Jimmy Cooks, Drake Featuring 21 Savage 1
36 43 - 15 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready), Lizzo 28
37 - - 3 Monster Mash, Bobby "Boris" Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers 29
38 55 - 2 Made You Look, Meghan Trainor 38
39 45 - 4 Miss You, Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 28
40 40 - 10 Cuff It, Beyonce 22
41 18 - 2 Would've, Could've, Should've, Taylor Swift 18
42 39 - 25 You Proof, Morgan Wallen 9
43 41 - 12 Super Freaky Girl, Nicki Minaj 8
44 44 - 3 Just Wanna Rock, Lil Uzi Vert 44
45 - - 1 In My Head, Juice WRLD 45
46 46 - 9 Golden Hour, JVKE 46
47 42 - 20 The Kind Of Love We Make, Luke Combs 13
48 22 - 2 The Great War, Taylor Swift 22
49 20 - 2 Bigger Than The Whole Sky, Taylor Swift 20
50 50 - 19 Unstoppable, Sia 31
51 47 - 16 Snap, Rosa Linn 29
52 25 - 2 Paris, Taylor Swift 25
53 51 - 6 Another Love, Tom Odell 34
54 53 - 8 Forget Me, Lewis Capaldi 36
55 28 - 2 High Infidelity, Taylor Swift 28
56 52 - 8 Romantic Homicide, d4vd 32
57 49 - 19 She Had Me At Heads Carolina, Cole Swindell 24
58 - - 1 The Astronaut, JIN 58
59 32 - 2 Glitch, Taylor Swift 32
60 58 - 6 How Do I Say Goodbye, Dean Lewis 56
61 59 - 11 The Color Violet, Tory Lanez 41
62 35 - 2 Dear Reader, Taylor Swift 35
63 48 - 4 Poland, Lil Yachty 15
64 64 - 12 Billie Eilish., Armani White 45
65 61 - 12 Run Away To Mars, TALK 45
66 66 - 5 Uh Oh, Tate McRae 30
67 62 - 14 Victoria’s Secret, Jax 46
68 65 - 15 Doja, Central Cee 16
69 63 - 13 Half Of Me, Thomas Rhett Featuring Riley Green 54
70 72 - 12 These Nights, Loud Luxury Featuring KIDDO 68
71 77 - 11 No Excuses, Virginia To Vegas 65
72 57 - 19 Left And Right, Charlie Puth Featuring Jung Kook 17
73 71 - 20 Massive, Drake 8
74 70 - 15 Belly Dancer, Imanbek & BYOR 63
75 - - 11 Hotel Lobby (Unc And Phew), Quavo & Takeoff 75
76 69 - 7 Evergreen, Omar Apollo 43
77 73 - 8 Freestyle, Lil Baby 69
78 87 - 7 Escape, Kx5 Featuring Hayla 72
79 68 - 3 Bye Bye, Marshmello & Juice WRLD 36
80 67 - 3 California Breeze, Lil Baby 27
81 81 - 3 Remember, Becky Hill & David Guetta 81
82 75 - 10 Sex, Drugs, Etc., Beach Weather 62
83 97 - 12 Mary On A Cross, Ghost 50
84 79 - 8 Dark Red, Steve Lacy 71
85 76 - 9 Don't Come Lookin', Jackson Dean 72
86 88 - 8 Thank God, Kane Brown With Katelyn Brown 56
87 89 - 7 TV, Billie Eilish 30
88 78 - 7 Shut Down, BLACKPINK 7
89 74 - 11 Ku Lo Sa, Oxlade 59
90 84 - 18 Betty (Get Money), Yung Gravy 36
91 86 - 9 Static, Steve Lacy 66
92 95 - 2 What My World Spins Around, Jordan Davis 92
93 82 - 3 Edging, Blink-182 25
94 93 - 13 Staying Alive, DJ Khaled Featuring Drake & Lil Baby 3
95 - - 16 Don't You Worry, Black Eyed Peas, Shakira + David Guetta 57
96 100 - 7 Titi Me Pregunto, Bad Bunny 84
97 - - 16 Love We Lost, Armin van Buuren & R3HAB Featuring Simon Ward 66
98 80 - 6 Country On, Luke Bryan 80
99 - - 11 Ferrari, James Hype & Miggy Dela Rosa 69
100 - - 1 Kick Back, Kenshi Yonezu 100

[Gary]

Hot 100 - US

TW LW 2W WOC TITLE PEAK
1 1 - 2 Anti-Hero, Taylor Swift 1
2 - - 1 Lift Me Up, Rihanna 2
3 11 - 6 Unholy, Sam Smith & Kim Petras 1
4 12 - 18 Bad Habit, Steve Lacy 1
5 16 - 31 As It Was, Harry Styles 1
6 2 - 2 Lavender Haze, Taylor Swift 2
7 5 - 2 Midnight Rain, Taylor Swift 5
8 17 - 22 I Like You (A Happier Song), Post Malone Featuring Doja Cat 3
9 6 - 2 Bejeweled, Taylor Swift 6
10 22 - 12 Super Freaky Girl, Nicki Minaj 1
11 - - 1 Shirt, SZA 11
12 3 - 2 Maroon, Taylor Swift 3
13 18 - 21 I Ain't Worried, OneRepublic 6
14 19 - 25 You Proof, Morgan Wallen 5
15 24 - 10 I'm Good (Blue), David Guetta & Bebe Rexha 14
16 4 - 2 Snow On The Beach, Taylor Swift Featuring Lana Del Rey 4
17 9 - 2 Karma, Taylor Swift 9
18 27 - 22 Vegas, Doja Cat 10
19 23 - 23 Sunroof, Nicky Youre & dazy 4
20 8 - 2 You're On Your Own, Kid, Taylor Swift 8
21 25 - 8 Under The Influence, Chris Brown 21
22 29 - 51 Wasted On You, Morgan Wallen 9
23 - - 1 In My Head, Juice WRLD 23
24 10 - 2 Vigilante Shit, Taylor Swift 10
25 30 - 20 Jimmy Cooks, Drake Featuring 21 Savage 1
26 - - 22 Thriller, Michael Jackson 4
27 43 - 14 Die For You, The Weeknd 27
28 31 - 27 Wait For U, Future Featuring Drake & Tems 1
29 28 - 28 Something In The Orange, Zach Bryan 12
30 35 - 26 Titi Me Pregunto, Bad Bunny 5
31 39 - 12 Cuff It, Beyonce 13
32 7 - 2 Question...?, Taylor Swift 7
33 36 - 29 About Damn Time, Lizzo 1
34 38 - 24 Late Night Talking, Harry Styles 3
35 34 - 6 Tomorrow 2, GloRilla & Cardi B 9
36 37 - 20 The Kind Of Love We Make, Luke Combs 8
37 40 - 23 She Had Me At Heads Carolina, Cole Swindell 16
38 13 - 2 Mastermind, Taylor Swift 13
39 50 - 18 Unstoppable, Sia 28
40 47 - 10 Hold Me Closer, Elton John & Britney Spears 6
41 42 - 26 Me Porto Bonito, Bad Bunny & Chencho Corleone 6
42 14 - 2 Labyrinth, Taylor Swift 14
43 51 - 8 Thank God, Kane Brown With Katelyn Brown 22
44 49 - 21 5 Foot 9, Tyler Hubbard 22
45 15 - 2 Sweet Nothing, Taylor Swift 15
46 54 - 10 Golden Hour, JVKE 46
47 - - 39 Monster Mash, Bobby "Boris" Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers 1
48 48 - 3 Just Wanna Rock, Lil Uzi Vert 48
49 - - 23 Ghostbusters, Ray Parker Jr. 1
50 52 - 27 Fall In Love, Bailey Zimmerman 29
51 - - 1 The Astronaut, JIN 51
52 56 - 11 Half Of Me, Thomas Rhett Featuring Riley Green 52
53 57 - 18 Until I Found You, Stephen Sanchez 38
54 53 - 21 Rock And A Hard Place, Bailey Zimmerman 24
55 44 - 3 California Breeze, Lil Baby 4
56 58 - 14 Victoria’s Secret, Jax 35
57 59 - 18 Son Of A Sinner, Jelly Roll 31
58 62 - 12 What My World Spins Around, Jordan Davis 41
59 20 - 2 Would've, Could've, Should've, Taylor Swift 20
60 60 - 6 Star Walkin' (League Of Legends Worlds Anthem), Lil Nas X 32
61 55 - 4 Heyy, Lil Baby 21
62 72 - 16 Music For A Sushi Restaurant, Harry Styles 8
63 95 - 2 Made You Look, Meghan Trainor 63
64 46 - 3 Forever, Lil Baby Featuring Fridayy 8
65 61 - 9 Romantic Homicide, d4vd 33
66 64 - 10 Don't Come Lookin', Jackson Dean 50
67 68 - 18 Wishful Drinking, Ingrid Andress With Sam Hunt 47
68 21 - 2 Bigger Than The Whole Sky, Taylor Swift 21
69 70 - 16 Free Mind, Tems 46
70 69 - 6 No Se Va, Grupo Frontera 57
71 26 - 2 The Great War, Taylor Swift 26
72 77 - 8 Billie Eilish., Armani White 58
73 32 - 2 Paris, Taylor Swift 32
74 76 - 20 Whiskey On You, Nate Smith 44
75 81 - 13 All Mine, Brent Faiyaz 42
76 80 - 9 Wait In The Truck, HARDY Featuring Lainey Wilson 54
77 65 - 2 Monotonia, Shakira + Ozuna 65
78 - - 17 Hotel Lobby (Unc And Phew), Quavo & Takeoff 59
79 33 - 2 High Infidelity, Taylor Swift 33
80 79 - 12 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready), Lizzo 55
81 74 - 13 Staying Alive, DJ Khaled Featuring Drake & Lil Baby 5
82 63 - 3 Real Spill, Lil Baby 10
83 83 - 17 Last Last, Burna Boy 44
84 99 - 2 Miss You, Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz 84
85 67 - 3 Never Hating, Lil Baby & Young Thug 19
86 41 - 2 Glitch, Taylor Swift 41
87 85 - 8 Freestyle, Lil Baby 63
88 86 - 9 Calm Down, Rema & Selena Gomez 74
89 66 - 3 Stand On It, Lil Baby 22
90 82 - 11 La Bachata, Manuel Turizo 67
91 90 - 5 Gotta Move On, Diddy & Bryson Tiller 79
92 - - 1 Ain't Safe, Trippie Redd & Don Toliver 92
93 89 - 14 Pick Me Up, Gabby Barrett 69
94 78 - 17 Betty (Get Money), Yung Gravy 30
95 87 - 10 Gatubela, Karol G x Maldy 37
96 - - 1 300 Blackout, Kodak Black 96
97 45 - 2 Dear Reader, Taylor Swift 45
98 92 - 11 Country On, Luke Bryan 72
99 - - 10 Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52, Bizarrap & Quevedo 79
100 88 - 7 Evergreen, Omar Apollo 51

[jenglisbe]

Nov 7, 2022 21:48:49 GMT -5 85la said:

Something that's important to note, you can say what you want about Lift Me Up's radio numbers, but it actually ranked higher in both streaming and sales (#2 and #3 respectively), so you can't say that its airplay didn't match up with demand for the song at least during this tracking week.

For the week, sure, but most of those streams/sales came from the first like 2 days when people were checking it out. Sales and streams then fell off, but radio held on strong. Its radio debut was stellar, while its streams and sales were merely good. That was more of what people were criticizing.

[iHype.]

Nov 7, 2022 21:48:49 GMT -5 85la said:

Nov 7, 2022 20:55:14 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Lift Me Up debuts #6 on Radio Songs.

Highest post-1998 debuts:
#4, Easy On Me
#6, Born this Way
#6, Life Me Up
#9, All For You

And to expand the list a bit, all songs that have debuted in the Radio Songs/Hot 100 Airplay top 10:

#2: Erotica (1992)
#4: I'll Be There (1992)
#4: That's The Way Love Goes (1993)
#4: Easy On Me (2021)
#6: Born This Way (2011)
#6: Lift Me Up (2022)
#8: Fantasy (1995)
#9: All For You (2001)
#10: Black Or White (1991)

Ironically, the highest debut, Erotica, would be relatively short-lived in the top 10, just staying at #2 for one more week, and then dropping to #5 the following week and out of the top 10 three weeks later, and it's safe to say Rihanna will depart the top 10 next week as well, with it's prospects for re-entering very dim.

Something that's important to note, you can say what you want about Lift Me Up's radio numbers, but it actually ranked higher in both streaming and sales (#2 and #3 respectively), so you can't say that its airplay didn't match up with demand for the song at least during this tracking week.

Having the second highest debut on radio this century yet not being #1 on Streaming or Sales is actually not matching the demand whatsoever I would argue lol.

The song was no Hello, Easy On Me, Born this Way, Look What You Made Me Do, or Roar in first week momentum.

[imbuemyblue]

Nov 7, 2022 22:16:18 GMT -5 Darkest Hour said:

Lord, here we go. I hate this. I'm not a 'let's get rid of radio entirely' person, but it was already over-represented. 24 weeks number ones comin' in hot! Can we just not....

[NC59]

Nov 7, 2022 21:25:41 GMT -5 firefox said:

I believe Olivia Rodrigo and Harry Styles also achieved this, right?

Olivia Rodrigo not only achieved this but Sour holds the record for all 11 songs from the album charting for 3 consecutive weeks.

[nathanalbright]

I don't see that happening for Taylor's album, though.

[imbuemyblue]

Nov 8, 2022 10:25:16 GMT -5 nathanalbright said:

I don't see that happening for Taylor's album, though.

Def note with the Drake album bomb. Keeping 20 songs on the chart for 3 weeks was too tall of an order even without it. But maybe it could have done the 13 on the original version.

[nathanalbright]

Nov 8, 2022 10:28:08 GMT -5 imbuemyblue said:

Nov 8, 2022 10:25:16 GMT -5 nathanalbright said:

I don't see that happening for Taylor's album, though.

Def note with the Drake album bomb. Keeping 20 songs on the chart for 3 weeks was too tall of an order even without it. But maybe it could have done the 13 on the original version.

I agree that may have been possible for the original version without the Drake onslaught, but the charts are choosing violence so that's what we have to deal with.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

She Likes It finally dropped out of the Hot 100.

[Gary]

Christmas sighting on the Gobal 200


172 - - 20 All I Want For Christmas Is You, Mariah Carey 1

[HamedM1 💔]

Rip DESPECHÁ, the Latin pop crossover hit we deserved.

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

Nice to see a lot of iconic artists in the top 40:

Michael Jackson, Rihanna, Britney Spears, Elton John, Drake, Taylor Swift, Beyonce, The Weeknd, Nicki Minaj...

[Gary]

Morgan Wallen’s ‘You Proof’ Leads Country Airplay for Career-Best Fifth Week
It's also his longest-leading Hot Country Songs No. 1. Plus, Lainey Wilson's "Bell Bottom Blues" debuts on Top Country Albums.


BY JIM ASKER



Morgan Wallen‘s “You Proof” rules Billboard‘s Country Airplay chart (dated Nov. 12) for a fifth week, as it drew 31.2 million audience impressions in the tracking week ending Nov. 6, according to Luminate.

Wallen wrote the song with ERNEST, Ashley Gorley and Charlie Handsome, the latter of whom also produced it with Joey Moi.


The Sneedville, Tenn.-born Wallen’s seventh Country Airplay leader becomes his first to dominate for five weeks. His former longest-leading hits each reigned for three frames: “Wasted on You,” this July, and “Whiskey Glasses,” in June 2019. His additional four chart-toppers led for a week each: “Sand in My Boots” (this February); “More Than My Hometown” (November 2020); “Chasin’ You” (May 2020); and “Up Down,” featuring Florida Georgia Line (June 2018).


“It’s pretty awesome to see Morgan become one of the biggest stars on the planet,” Alpha Media KBAY, San Jose, Calif., operations manager/program director Bo Matthews tells Billboard. “I think Wallen’s music includes characteristics, like his warmth, which are inviting people from other genres to become fans. ‘You Proof’ is mainstream and inviting people to listen to the radio. I also think his new single ‘Thought You Should Know’ can be his biggest song yet.”

Non-album track “Thought,” now being promoted to the format, debuts at No. 45 on Country Airplay with 1.9 million impressions.

Concurrently, “You Proof” rewrites Wallen’s longest stay atop the streaming-, airplay- and sales-based Hot Country Songs chart. It reigns for a 12th week, passing the command of “Wasted on You,” which logged its 11th and most recent week at No. 1 in August. “You Proof” drew 12.7 million official streams and sold 3,000 downloads in the United States in the tracking week ending Nov. 3.

Meanwhile, Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album (which houses “Wasted”) rules Top Country Albums for a record-extending 81st week, with 41,000 equivalent album units earned.

‘Bottom’ Up

Lainey Wilson’s Bell Bottom Country debuts at No. 12 on Top Country Albums with 10,000 equivalent album units earned in its first week (ending Nov. 3). Wilson makes her third appearance on the chart, following two No. 40-peaking projects: Sayin’ What I’m Thinkin’ reached its high in October 2021, after Tougher started at the rank in April 2016.


The new set, released Oct. 28, includes 14 tracks, of which Wilson co-penned 13. It was produced by Jay Joyce. First single “Heart Like a Truck” ranks at No. 22 on Country Airplay (7.6 million). Wilson is also featured on HARDY’s “Wait in the Truck,” which places at No. 26 (6.7 million).

[85la]

Nov 8, 2022 9:31:13 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Nov 7, 2022 21:48:49 GMT -5 85la said:

And to expand the list a bit, all songs that have debuted in the Radio Songs/Hot 100 Airplay top 10:

#2: Erotica (1992)
#4: I'll Be There (1992)
#4: That's The Way Love Goes (1993)
#4: Easy On Me (2021)
#6: Born This Way (2011)
#6: Lift Me Up (2022)
#8: Fantasy (1995)
#9: All For You (2001)
#10: Black Or White (1991)

Ironically, the highest debut, Erotica, would be relatively short-lived in the top 10, just staying at #2 for one more week, and then dropping to #5 the following week and out of the top 10 three weeks later, and it's safe to say Rihanna will depart the top 10 next week as well, with it's prospects for re-entering very dim.

Something that's important to note, you can say what you want about Lift Me Up's radio numbers, but it actually ranked higher in both streaming and sales (#2 and #3 respectively), so you can't say that its airplay didn't match up with demand for the song at least during this tracking week.

Having the second highest debut on radio this century yet not being #1 on Streaming or Sales is actually not matching the demand whatsoever I would argue lol.

The song was no Hello, Easy On Me, Born this Way, Look What You Made Me Do, or Roar in first week momentum.

Speaking just in terms of rank position on a comparative basis, it was lower in airplay that it was in streaming and sales, so yes, factually, it actually fell short of the demand as shown in those metrics, regardless of whether it was the second-highest radio debut this century or whether other songs very rarely debut that high and don't match their streaming and sales ranks first week. And jenglisbe , Radio was also extremely front-loaded in the first day in addition to its sales and streams, garnering over 20 mil first day and just a few mil for each of the remaining days. What will happen from here on out remains to be seen of course; if its airplay remains consistently high over its sales and streams, then I could say the airplay might be undeserved.

Also, some of those other songs mentioned, especially Born this Way and LWYMMD, while they might have had "first week momentum," actually didn't have very good long-term momentum or longevity at all in all metrics. Interesting that you bring up LWYMMD, because if you really want to bring up undeserved radio play or payola, that song is one of the most blatant examples of radio payola during the week it went to #1 on Top 40, when the week before it seemed to have leveled off at #3, being at or near the bottom of callouts, then suddenly surged to #1 only to plummet down to #7 the week after.

[iHype.]

Nov 8, 2022 14:02:36 GMT -5 85la said:

Nov 8, 2022 9:31:13 GMT -5 iHype. said:

Having the second highest debut on radio this century yet not being #1 on Streaming or Sales is actually not matching the demand whatsoever I would argue lol.

The song was no Hello, Easy On Me, Born this Way, Look What You Made Me Do, or Roar in first week momentum.

Speaking just in terms of rank position on a comparative basis, it was lower in airplay that it was in streaming and sales, so yes, factually, it actually fell short of the demand as shown in those metrics, regardless of whether it was the second-highest radio debut this century or whether other songs very rarely debut that high and don't match their streaming and sales ranks first week.

This logic makes no sense. EVERY new single will rank higher in Sales/Streams than Radio first week.

It is essentially impossible for a song to debut #1 on radio while songs debut #1 on sales and streaming all the time.

What is more logical is comparing the radio start compared to other radio starts.

Lift Me Up’s radio debut is *extremely* huge, and one of the best in history. However it did not have consumption amongst the public that was extremely huge or best in history.

Using your logic if a Drake comeback song after 5 years debuted #10 on Radio, but #9 on Streaming/Sales that would indicate it “fell short” on radio. When in reality a Drake single debuting that low on streaming would be a terrible start for him and would not warrant one of the best radio pushes in history.

[Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ]

This topic is tiring AF.

That "extremely huge" debut was huge because the 8th day rolling effect falls on Saturday and the end of airplay tracking week is on Friday, not Sunday like before. LMU debuted high on radio, didn't block Anti-Hero from #1 on the Hot 100, it'll fall next week, everyone will be happy, end of story.

[jenglisbe]

Nov 8, 2022 14:53:38 GMT -5 Ｓｏｕｎｄｃｌ🕤ｃｋ said:

This topic is tiring AF.

That "extremely huge" debut was huge because the 8th day rolling effect falls on Saturday and the end of airplay tracking week is on Friday, not Sunday like before. LMU debuted high, it'll fall next week, everyone will be happy, end of story.

It will fall in airplay, but not by much. Hasn't it been showing impressions gains most days this week? It will certainly still be top 20 in airplay this chart week. Where will it be in streaming though? Not that airplay and streams need to be the same, as they don't, but again the general point that is being made is reception to the song has been lukewarm, but you wouldn't know that by how radio is treating it.

[JukeboxJacob]

Nov 7, 2022 22:16:18 GMT -5 Darkest Hour said:

Billboard make a change that actually improves the Hot 100 challenge