Billboard Hot 100: 03/18/2023

[pnobelysk]

Mar 14, 2023 9:35:20 GMT -5 mms82 said:

Obviously Morgan is the headline this week, but Nicki should get massive congrats. Holding onto a rapid fan base for over a decade to still get pseudo-Top 10 debuts with a non-viral, second single this late after her debut is amazing, really only Taylor and Beyoncé compare for fan longevity

Britney also was notching top 10s at this point in her career with the femme fatale era. It’s cool seeing women hold fan bases for this long.

[badrobot]

Mar 14, 2023 11:44:13 GMT -5 Gary said:

Mar 14, 2023 11:40:20 GMT -5 badrobot said:

It may be too soon to tell, but do we think Morgan's gonna be similar to Bad Bunny and have a bunch of these album cuts stick around for months, or will they follow more of the standard album bomb dropoff over next few weeks?

Let's put it this way, The prior album from 2021, even now is still in the top 10, thanks to streaming and staggered country radio airplay.

Yeah, this has made me think he's gonna stick around. My only thought about why he wouldn't is that 36 songs can add up to a consistent top ten BB200 placement while still not having a lot of them individually on the H100. It's not like he was omnipresent on the Hot 100 with a dozen songs simultaneously for months from the prior album. But, it seems it's dumb to bet against him rn.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Since somebody mentioned this earlier in the discussion ... Note that all songs listed reached at #1 in the chart within less than the last 10 years.

New-‘Found’ Success: Stephen Sanchez Crowns Hot Rock & Alternative Songs}

3/14/2023

By Kevin Rutherford

Stephen Sanchez’s “Until I Found You” hits No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart for the first time, topping the list dated March 18.

The song, steeped in the tradition of early rock ballads from the 1950s and ’60s, lifts 2-1 in its 51st week on the chart on the strength of 30.1 million radio audience impressions, 9.3 million official streams and 2,000 downloads sold in the United States March 3-9, according to Luminate.

Concurrently, the track, released on Mercury/Republic Records, tops the Rock Digital Song Sales chart for a second week. (Sanchez recently mused, “I just love that it’s under Mercury Records, an old-school label, and this is an old-school song. That’s just so cool.”)

The 51-week trek of “You” to No. 1 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs is the second-longest in the ranking’s history, behind only Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves,” which reached the top in its 60th frame in September 2021.

Most Weeks Between Debut & First Week at No. 1, Hot Rock & Alternative Songs:

60 weeks, “Heat Waves,” Glass Animals (Sept. 11, 2021)
51, “Until I Found You,” Stephen Sanchez (March 18, 2023)
47, “Ride,” twenty one pilots (June 25, 2016)
43, “Let Her Go,” Passenger (Jan. 25, 2014)
40, “Something in the Orange,” Zach Bryan (Feb. 4, 2023)
40, “Pompeii,” Bastille (March 1, 2014)
39, “Hey Look Ma, I Made It,” Panic! at the Disco (July 6, 2019)
39, “Whatever It Takes,” Imagine Dragons (April 7, 2018)
35, “Stressed Out,” twenty one pilots (Jan. 9, 2016)
32, “Ex’s & Oh’s,” Elle King (Oct. 31, 2015)

“You” is Sanchez’s first Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ruler, having become his first entry on the survey. It debuted at No. 34 on the March 12, 2022, chart and has steadily risen thanks to its virality on such shortform video services as TikTok (which does not presently contribute directly to Billboard’s charts), as well as its continued rise at radio.

The song peaked at No. 4 on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart in September and reached No. 10 on Pop Airplay in December. Still growing at adult radio, it bullets at its No. 6 high on Adult Pop Airplay and ranks at No. 14 on Adult Contemporary (boosted by a duet version with Em Beihold). On the all-format Radio Songs list, it rebounds 28-23.

“You” appears at No. 29 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100, after hitting No. 23 in January.

Sanchez’s follow-up single, “Evangeline,” debuted at No. 39 on Adult Alternative Airplay (dated March 11). Meanwhile, he has over 40 tour dates scheduled through December.

“I grew up on ’50s music,” Sanchez recently told Billboard. “My grandpa has this amazing property in San Jose, California, and there are two barns on either side and the house in the middle. It’s on top of this hill, and you can oversee all of San Jose. In the mornings, [growing up, my family] would make me breakfast, and then they would tell me to go out in the barn and pick through vinyl. My grandpa is 85 years old at this point, so the only records he has are from the ’50s and ’60s. I would pick through vinyl and just get inspired. Even now, I still do that every time I go up there.”

[Groovy]

I'm kinda glad that MW dropped his album and forced some of these 2022 off the chart so we can get some fresh songs making the YE.

[jasper0102]

Mar 14, 2023 11:40:20 GMT -5 badrobot said:

It may be too soon to tell, but do we think Morgan's gonna be similar to Bad Bunny and have a bunch of these album cuts stick around for months, or will they follow more of the standard album bomb dropoff over next few weeks?

I wouldn't be shocked if he does end up pulling an Un Verano Sin Ti tbh. At the very least You Proof, Thought You Should Know, Last Night, and One Thing At A Time are gonna stick around.

Mar 14, 2023 21:03:59 GMT -5 Groovy said:

I'm kinda glad that MW dropped his album and forced some of these 2022 off the chart so we can get some fresh songs making the YE.

And he did a couple of months earlier than when Future did it last year to boot.

[ephelia]

With Morgan taking up so much space this week, it seemed like a good time to update the artist H100 streaks!

Here are the active streaks at or above 30 weeks (currently charting songs in parentheses):
79 Future (Superhero; Private Landing)
75 Morgan Wallen (too many)
49 Harry Styles (As It Was)
47 Lizzo (Special)
46 Zach Bryan (Something In The Orange; Dawns)
45 Drake (Rich Flex; Spin Bout U)
43 Bailey Zimmerman (Rock And A Hard Place)
42 Kane Brown (Thank God)
39 21 Savage (Creepin'; Rich Flex; Spin Bout U)
39 Luke Combs (Going, Going, Gone; Love You Anyway)
38 Beyonce (CUFF IT)
34 Stephen Sanchez (Until I Found You)
30 Jordan Davis (Next Thing You Know)

Since last time, the following artists lost their streaks, in order of when they started: Lil Baby (177, 7th highest all-time), Doja Cat (100), Elton John (70), Tems (32), Bad Bunny (31), Post Malone (30), Steve Lacy (35), Cardi B (34), and Nate Smith (32).

[Gary]

Nicki Minaj Scores Back-to-Back No. 1 Debuts on Hot Rap Songs Chart
The rapper's new single "Red Ruby Da Sleeze" follows last year's 11-week champ, "Super Freaky Girl."


BY TREVOR ANDERSON


Nicki Minaj captures back-to-back No. 1 debuts on Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs as her latest single, “Red Ruby Da Sleeze,” starts at the summit of the chart dated March 18. The track follows Minaj’s last appearance on the list, “Super Freaky Girl,” which likewise opened at No. 1 on its way to an 11-week reign.

With “Sleeze,” Minaj collects her ninth No. 1 on the Hot Rap Songs chart. She extends her record as the woman with the most champs in the chart’s history, which dates to 1989, and moves out of a tie with LL Cool J for sole possession of fifth place on the overall leaderboard. Drake, with 27 No. 1s, heads the list, with Lil Wayne (11), Diddy and Kanye West (10 each) next in line.

As “Sleeze” joins the club, here’s a recap of Minaj’s nine chart-toppers on Hot Rap Songs:

Song Title, Artist (if other than Nicki Minaj), Weeks at No. 1, Date Reached No. 1
“Your Love,” eight, July 10, 2010
“Moment 4 Life,” featuring Drake, nine, Feb. 19, 2011
“Make Me Proud,” Drake featuring Nicki Minaj, one, Feb. 11, 2012
“Anaconda,” six, Sept. 6, 2014
“Only,” featuring Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown, one, Dec. 27, 2014
“Trollz,” with 6ix9ine, June 27, 2020
“Do We Have a Problem?,” with Lil Baby, Feb. 19, 2022
“Super Freaky Girl,” 11, Aug. 27, 2022
“Red Ruby Da Sleeze,” one (to date), March 18, 2023


Minaj’s latest champ, notably, follows in its predecessor’s footsteps with the sample of a prominent former hit. “Sleeze” samples Lumidee’s “Never Leave You (Uh Oooh),” a No. 3 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2003. “Super Freaky Girl,” meanwhile, sampled the Rick James classic “Super Freak,” which hit No. 3 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs in 1981.

Plus, the “Sleeze” arrival secures Minaj’s fourth No. 1 debut on the Hot Rap Songs chart, tying her with Travis Scott for the second-most chart-topping starts in the list’s history. The pair trail only Drake, who has launched eight songs at the summit.

“Red Ruby Da Sleeze” traces its No. 1 start on Hot Rap Songs largely to 14 million official U.S. streams in the tracking week ending March 9, according to Luminate. The figure makes for a No. 1 debut on the Rap Streaming Songs chart, where it becomes Minaj’s fifth champ. On the overall Streaming Songs list, “Sleeze” begins at No. 21, in an entrance affected by 15 Morgan Wallen songs above it from the country superstar’s new One Thing at a Time album.

“Sleeze” also sold 41,000 downloads in the same tracking period, making it the top-selling song of the week across all genres. As such, it starts at No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart and becomes Minaj’s 13th leader there. With the feat, she ties Drake as the rapper with the most No. 1s on the chart, which began in 2004, and matches Drake and Justin Bieber for the third-most chart-toppers in the list’s history. Taylor Swift leads the count with 25 No. 1s, with Rihanna in second place with 14 champs.

In radio airplay, the final metric that contributes to the Hot Rap Songs chart, “Sleeze” registered 2.7 million in audience impressions across all formats. The song also debuts on the Rhythmic Airplay chart at No. 38.

Elsewhere, “Sleeze” launches at No. 4 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and No. 13 on the all-genre Hot 100.

[Gary]

Digital songs #1 at 41,000