Billboard Hot 100: 04/15/2023

[JukeboxJacob]

Apr 10, 2023 12:40:54 GMT -5 neogale said:

I guess it's over for Flowers reign at #1. I really hope it gets enough stability to remain inside the top 10 for weeks to come (just like Anti-hero is doing right now).

Flowers will spend at least the summer in the top 10

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Apr 10, 2023 16:47:24 GMT -5 atg said:

I think the chances of Kill Bill are now over. This week was the best shot of it but now that it couldn’t it’ll just be a #2 peaking song.

Hopefully, it can still manage to tie or beat the record of weeks at #2 without peaking at #1 and can also be #1 in the Year-End Hot 100.

[Gary]

Jimin still #1 digital with totals of 14,800

[jja2389]

Only 14,800? Tumble into the 30s from the looks of it.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

As a fallout from this week, it looks like lippredicts' account @ Twitter has been deactivated ...

[Gary]

BTS’s Jimin Claims The Bestselling Song In America For A Third Consecutive Week
Hugh McIntyre

Apr 10, 2023,07:58pm EDT

Music by South Korean artists has been taking over the world for the past few years, and more and more musicians from that part of the world have been busy scoring huge chart wins in the U.S. While these wins might be more frequent than they used to be, it is still notable whenever a South Korean musician hits No. 1 on a Billboard tally. It is even more impressive when they reach the top of a competitive list and then refuse to move.

This week, Jimin, one of the seven members of BTS, rules the Digital Song Sales chart for the third consecutive frame. He doesn't debut in first place, and he doesn't climb to No. 1. Instead, he continues to control the throne with his hit single, "Like Crazy."

The superstar's "Like Crazy" has now held the top spot on the Digital Song Sales chart for two consecutive frames. According to information shared by Luminate, the track sold justjust +2.5% under 14,800 copies in its second week of availability. Although it sold far fewer copies than in its debut week, it is still enough to keep it at No. 1.

Last week, "Like Crazy" opened atop the Digital Song Sales chart with more than 241,000 copies sold. That still stands as the largest sales sum of 2023, and it likely will for some time. That sum was the biggest since Taylor Swift's "Anti-Hero" managed tens of thousands more in late 2022.

Amazingly, the success of "Like Crazy" doesn't even tell the full story of Jimin's reign atop the Digital Song Sales chart. Before his current champion debuted, he still ruled the ranking. Two frames ago, Jimin's other cut, "Set Me Free Pt. 2," opened in first place. It was then quickly replaced by "Like Crazy." This week, "Set Me Free Pt. 2" is down at No. 35 on the ranking, holding on for a third consecutive turn, selling another 1,800 copies.

Thanks to its massive debut sales frame, "Like Crazy" started at No. 1 on the Hot 100 last week–at the same time it arrived on the Digital Song Sales chart. In doing so, Jimin made history as the first South Korean solo act to control what is often considered the most important songs chart in America.

[Gary]

First week digital number looks like 241,000 out of the reported 254,000 (CD/download combined)

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

OTR holds the record with 20 weeks at #1, followed by a four-way with 18 weeks for second among One Dance and Industry Baby, and, two songs from the 1940s (Billboard published such charts since 1942) and at 17 weeks, another 1940s song. Kill Bill is tied for fourth with 16 weeks at #1 with Blurred Lines and another 1940s song.

SZA’s ‘Kill Bill’ Breaks Female No. 1 Record on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart

4/10/2023

By Trevor Anderson

The colossal hit rewrites Mary J. Blige's mark from 2006 and ties for fourth place on the overall count.

SZA’s “Kill Bill” achieves one of the biggest honors ever on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, as the track breaks the record for the most weeks at No. 1 by a lead female artist in the list’s nearly 65-year history. The single cements the feat with its 16th week on top, passing Mary J. Blige’s “Be Without You,” which captured 15 weeks at the summit in 2006. 

The “Kill Bill” coronation comes on the April 15-dated Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, which factors streaming, radio airplay and sales into its methodology. For the corresponding tracking week of March 31-April 6, “Kill Bill” earned 23.4 million official U.S. streams, according to Luminate, a 5% dip from the prior week. Despite the decline, the single logs a 15th nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs chart. The song sold 6,000 downloads in the week (up 158%, helped by 69-cent sale-pricing in the iTunes Store), prompting a 3-1 jump for its first week atop the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales chart. In the radio world, “Kill Bill” registered 93 million in total airplay audience for the week, essentially even week-over-week. (All airplay, regardless of radio format origin, contributes to a title’s rank on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.)

As mentioned, a 16th week atop Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs gives “Kill Bill” sole possession of the record for the most weeks at No. 1 for a song by a woman in a lead role. It breaks from a tie, set last week, with Mary J. Blige’s “Be Without You,” which ruled for 15 weeks in 2006. Now that “Kill Bill” has defeated all such competitors, here’s a look at the longest-running No. 1s by women in lead roles, since the chart became an all-encompassing genre survey in 1958.

Weeks at No. 1, Song Title, Artist, Date Reached No. 1:

16, “Kill Bill,” SZA, Dec. 24, 2022
15, “Be Without You,” Mary J. Blige, Jan. 7, 2006
14, “Nobody’s Supposed to Be Here,” Deborah Cox, Nov. 7, 1998
14, “We Belong Together,” Mariah Carey, June 4, 2005
14, “Diamonds,” Rihanna, Oct. 20, 2012
13, “Fancy,” Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX, June 7, 2014
12, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),” Beyoncé, Nov. 29, 2008
12, “Un-Thinkable (I’m Ready),” Alicia Keys, May 22, 2010

Including featured artists, British singer Kyla owns the all-time mark among women. She, with Wizkid, guested on Drake’s smash “One Dance,” an 18-week champ in 2016.

[rainygirl]

Apr 10, 2023 20:28:55 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

As a fallout from this week, it looks like lippredicts' account @ Twitter has been deactivated ...

what ??? That’s unfortunate

[rnb]

Apr 10, 2023 21:28:38 GMT -5 rainygirl said:

Apr 10, 2023 20:28:55 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

As a fallout from this week, it looks like lippredicts' account @ Twitter has been deactivated ...

what ??? That’s unfortunate

pretty sure b0ts army made them get suspended off twitter 

[rainygirl]

Apr 10, 2023 20:22:49 GMT -5 Gary said:

Jimin still #1 digital with totals of 14,800

were Jimin fans allowed to purchase 4 digital copies from the website or something? I thought only one digital copy per account was allowed now

[85la]

Apr 10, 2023 13:27:19 GMT -5 Golden Bluebird said:

With "Kill Bill" once again at #2 behind another #1 song, I want to note that it currently ties Paul McCartney and Wings' "Live and Let Die", 10cc's "I'm Not in Love", and Akon's "Smack That" for the record of most songs blocking them from #1 on the Hot 100.

For the record, these are the songs that blocked the songs I mentioned above along with the weeks they blocked them:

Paul McCartney & Wings - "Live and Let Die" (3 weeks at #2): 
"The Morning After" by Maureen McGovern (August 11, 1973)
"Touch Me in the Morning" by Diana Ross (August 18, 1973)
"Brother Louie" by Stories (August 25, 1973)

10cc - "I'm Not in Love" (3 weeks at #2): 
"The Hustle" by Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony (July 26, 1975)
"One of These Nights" by Eagles (August 2, 1975)
"Jive Talkin'" by Bee Gees (August 9, 1975)

Akon feat. Eminem - "Smack That" (5 weeks at #2):
"Money Maker" by Ludacris feat. Pharrell (November 4, 2006)
"My Love" by Justin Timberlake feat. T.I. (November 11 - 25, 2006)
"I Wanna Love You" by Akon feat. Snoop Dogg (December 2, 2006)

SZA – "Kill Bill" (8 weeks at #2 so far):
"Anti-Hero" by Taylor Swift (January 21, 2023)
"Flowers" by Miley Cyrus (January 28 - March 4, 2023)
"Last Night" by Morgan Wallen (April 15, 2023)

This got me to thinking what was the #1 song that blocked the most other songs from #1? I'm thinking Old Town Road, which blocked 5 songs (including some from some pretty big names, including 2 from Taylor Swift, as well as Ed Sheeran, Post Malone, and Shawn Mendes, which was very impressive).

The 5 songs are:

Wow (Post Malone)
ME! (Taylor Swift)
If I Can't Have You (Shawn Mendes)
I Don't Care (Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber)
You Need to Calm Down (Taylor Swift)

(Note: there were other songs that were #2 during OTR's #1 run, but had either previously or would eventually hit #1 after)

[iHype.]

To go from 130K sales to 15K after filtering is just.

I don’t know whether to find humor or pity at the fact they legitimately wasted around $100K.

[iHype.]

[KeepDeanWeird]

^ Tweets feel like they came straight outta The Onion!

Made my f-ing night!

[rainygirl]

This meltdown is quite delicious 😂

[JukeboxJacob]

the BTS fandom would make for a fascinating group psychology study

[85la]

It's scary that they care this much. It's just a music ranking, it's not that serious lol.

[Gary]

I bought my copy - LOL

[dodgerslakers94]

This made my week already! 🙏🏼 so that means that Suga’s single might not hit #1? Unless these bots find another way, but I doubt it.

[rainygirl]

Apr 10, 2023 22:58:07 GMT -5 85la said:

It's scary that they care this much. It's just a music ranking, it's not that serious lol.

when someone’s entire identity is wrapped up around stanning their fave it borders on the demented ….

[firefox]

I usually add Hot 100 #1s on my playlist but this isn't it. I pretend last week's chart never existed.

[Gary]

I have an iTunes playlist of every hot 100 number one ever. Including all the Bts songs.

[leonagwen]

Apr 10, 2023 23:02:44 GMT -5 Gary said:

I bought my copy - LOL

Gary stans BTS. Lol

[gs]

Like Crazy fell to #45, officially taking the #1 drop record from willow lmfaoo  

[firefox]

Apr 11, 2023 1:03:27 GMT -5 gs said:

Like Crazy fell to #45, officially taking the #1 drop record from willow lmfaoo  

where did you get this info?

[Limited Edition]

Lmao

[Limited Edition]

[firefox]

"Willow" doesn't even deserve that record because it competed with Christmas songs at that time. Congrats, Jimin.

[neel]

It’s just really sad seeing BTS Stans setting up their faves for failure like this, all because they just want to brag about getting the top spot of weekly chart that doesn’t amount for anything.