Miley Cyrusâ âFlowersâ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100
Cyrus adds her second leader, after "Wrecking Ball" in 2013. Plus, Bizarrap and Shakira launch at No. 9 with "Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53."
By Gary Trust
01/24/2023Miley Cyrus plants âFlowersâ at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart in its debut week. Her new single soars in as her second leader, after âWrecking Ballâ reigned for three weeks in 2013.
 and Shakiraâs âBzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53â blasts onto the Hot 100 at No. 9. The song marks Bizarrapâs first top 10 and Shakiraâs fifth, and first since 2007.
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Streams, airplay & sales: âFlowers,â released on Smiley Miley/Columbia Records, ran up totals of 52.6 million streams, 33.5 million radio airplay audience impressions and 70,000 sold in its first full tracking week, Jan. 13-19, according to Luminate (after it arrived Jan. 12 at 7 p.m. EST; in its first five hours, it tallied 2.4 million in radio reach, 685,000 streams and 2,000 sold).
The single launches at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, surges 21-1 on Digital Song Sales and debuts at No. 18 on Radio Songs.
Cyrus first announced during her Mileyâs New Yearâs Eve Party NBC special that âFlowersâ would be released Jan. 13, which fans keenly recognized as her ex-husband Liam Hemsworthâs birthday. That narrative and rabid interaction on TikTok have helped swell the profile of the song, which introduces Cyrusâ eighth studio album, Endless Summer Vacation, due March 10.
Cyrusâ 2nd Hot 100 No. 1: âFlowersâ bounds in as Cyrusâ second Hot 100 No. 1, after âWrecking Ballâ rose to the top (after it debuted at No. 50) for three weeks beginning in September 2013.
âFlowersâ is the 65th title to roar in at No. 1 in the Hot 100âs history. Itâs the 1,145th leader overall, and the first new No. 1 of 2023.
Cyrus ends a break of nine years, one month and two weeks between Hot 100 No. 1s, the longest between leaders since Coldplay went 13 years, three months and two weeks from âViva La Vidaâ in 2008 to âMy Universe,â with BTS, in 2021.
Cyrus also adds her 11th Hot 100 top 10 and first since The Kid LAROIâs âWithout Youâ (which she joined for a remix) hit No. 8 in May 2021. Her previous top 10s, in order of peak date, including one under her Hannah Montana alter ego: âSee You Againâ (No. 10, 2008); â7 Thingsâ (No. 9, 2008); âThe Climbâ (No. 4, 2009); âHe Could Be the Oneâ (Hannah Montana; No. 10, 2009); âParty in the U.S.A.â (No. 2, 2009 â it debuted at that spot, marking her top start until âFlowersâ); âCanât Be Tamedâ (No. 8, 2010); âWe Canât Stopâ (No. 2, 2013); âWrecking Ballâ; and âMalibuâ (No. 10, 2017).
Cyrusâ first Hot 100 No. 1 as a writer: Cyrus co-wrote âFlowersâ with Aldae (Gregory Hein) and Michael Pollack, each of whom achieves a first No. 1 Hot 100 writing credit. Cyrus adds her sixth top 10 as a writer; Pollack, his fifth; and Aldae, his first.
Kid Harpoon and Tyler Johnson co-produced âFlowers.â They notch their third shared and total Hot 100 No. 1 each, following their work on Harry Stylesâ âWatermelon Sugarâ (2020) and âAs It Wasâ (2022).
Cyrusâ streaming & sales leaders: With âFlowers,â Cyrus claims her third Streaming Songs No. 1, following âWe Canât Stop,â for 11 weeks in 2013, âWrecking Ballâ (13, 2013-14) and âAdore Youâ (one, 2014) â all from her album Bangerz. With 52.6 million streams, âFlowersâ marks the highest weekly sum since Taylor Swiftâs âAnti-Heroâ started with 59.7 (Nov. 5, 2022).
Cyrus scores her third Digital Song Sales No. 1, after âParty in the U.S.A.â reigned for six weeks in 2009, and âWrecking Ballâ for one week in 2013.
Meanwhile, âFlowersâ begins with multi-format radio support, as starts at No. 14 on the Adult Pop Airplay chart, No. 15 on Adult Contemporary and No. 16 on Pop Airplay â Cyrusâ highest entrance on each ranking, as is the trackâs No. 18 premiere on the all-format Radio Songs chart.
âFlowersâ deconstructed: âThe underlying strength of âFlowersâ is that it imparts an immediate sense of familiarity, while invoking strong, universal emotions such as nostalgia, loss and empowerment,â notes Hit Songs Deconstructed, which analyzes the compositional traits of Hot 100 top 10s. âThis is achieved, in part, through its classic, inspirational â70s disco influence, Ă la Gloria Gaynorâs âI Will Survive,â also found in Lizzoâs recent Hot 100 No. 1, âAbout Damn Time.â â
(âYour new song carries the torch of empowerment and encourages everyone to find strength in themselves to persevere & thrive. Well done Miley!,â Gaynor praised on Twitter Jan. 19. âI love you. Thank you,â Cyrus responded.)
âFlowersâ additionally, per Hit Songs Deconstructed, âshares melodic, lyrical and rhyming commonalities with the chorus in Bruno Marsâ [No. 1] 2013 hit âWhen I Was Your Man,â which also ties in with Mileyâs story.â
Babs, Neil, Posty, Swae & Miley: Cyrusâ âFlowersâ blooms as the third Hot 100 No. 1 with that word in its title. Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamondâs virtual duet âYou Donât Bring Me Flowersâ reigned for two weeks in December 1978 and Post Malone and Swae Leeâs âSunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)â ruled for a week in January 2019.
Some dirt on similarly-themed Hot 100 No. 1s: âRoses Are Red (My Love),â by Bobby Vinton, led in 1962; âEvery Rose Has Its Thorn,â by Poison, in 1988-89; and âKiss From a Rose,â by Seal, in 1995. (We can also give flowers to past leading acts David Rose, Rose Royce and Guns Nâ Roses. And Iggy Azalea.)
SZAâs âKill Billâ holds at its No. 2 Hot 100 high, with 34.9 million streams (up 12%), 29.4 million in radio reach (up 106%) and 2,000 sold (up 69%), boosted by the Jan. 13 arrival of a four-track single option with the songâs original, sped-up, instrumental and a cappella versions. It ranks at No. 2 on Streaming Songs after three weeks at No. 1, jumps 49-21 on Digital Song Sales and debuts at No. 26 on Radio Songs. The track tops Streaming Songs for a fourth week and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot R&B Songs, which use the same methodology as the Hot 100, for a sixth week each. The song is from her album SOS, which adds a sixth week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Taylor Swiftâs âAnti-Heroâ falls to No. 3 on the Hot 100 after eight weeks at the summit, having rewritten her longest reign on the chart. The song rules Radio Songs for a fifth frame (88.5 million, down 1%). Helping power its radio reach, it leads Adult Pop Airplay for a ninth week, surpassing âShake It Offâ (eight weeks at No. 1 in 2014) for her longest command at the format among her nine leaders.
Metro Boomin, The Weeknd and 21 Savageâs âCreepin'â rises to No. 4, from No. 5, for a new Hot 100 high; Sam Smith and Kim Petrasâ âUnholyâ descends 3-5, after it topped the Oct. 29-dated chart; and David Guetta and Bebe Rexhaâs âIâm Good (Blue)â dips to No. 6 from its No. 4 best, as it leads the multi-metric Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for an 18th week.
The Weekndâs âDie for Youâ backtracks to No. 7 from its No. 6 Hot 100 high and Drake and 21 Savageâs âRich Flexâ drops 7-8, after spending its first three weeks on the chart at its No. 2 peak beginning in November, as it tops the multi-metric Hot Rap Songs chart for a 10th week.
Bizarrap and Shakiraâs âBzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53â charges onto the Hot 100 at No. 9 with 20.2 million streams, 7.9 million in airplay audience and 9,000 sold Jan. 13-19 (its first full tracking week, following its Jan. 11 release at 7 p.m. EST). The buzzworthy latest edition of the Argentine DJ/producerâs series, new at No. 3 on Streaming Songs and up 23-3 on Digital Song Sales, arrives as his first Hot 100 top 10, after âBzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52,â with Quevedo, hit No. 79 in October â and crowned the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. and Billboard Global 200 charts for six and four weeks, respectively.
Shakira scores her fifth Hot 100 top 10, and first since 2007, following âWhenever, Whereverâ (No. 6, 2001), âUnderneath Your Clothesâ (No. 9, 2002), âHips Donât Lie,â featuring Wyclef Jean (No. 1, two weeks, 2006), and âBeautiful Liar,â with BeyoncĂŠ (No. 3, 2007). She ends a 15-year and nine-month break between top 10s, the longest outside holiday titles since Elton John waited 23 years, 11 months and two weeks between 1998 and 2022, when he returned to the tier with âCold Heart (Pnau Remix),â with Dua Lipa.
âVol. 53â concurrently soars to the top of the multi-metric Hot Latin Songs chart, marking Bizarrapâs first No. 1 (after âVol. 52â became his first top 10, reaching No. 9) and Shakiraâs 12th; she ties Bad Bunny for the fourth-most Hot Latin Songs No. 1s, after Enrique Iglesias (27), Luis Miguel (16) and Gloria Estefan (15).
Rounding out the Hot 100âs top 10, Harry Stylesâ âAs It Wasâ slides 8-10, following 15 weeks at No. 1 beginning last April, the fourth-longest reign in the chartâs history (a list topped in part by another Cyrus).
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