Billboard Hot 100: 04/29/2023

[jenglisbe]

"Boy's A Liar" and "Princess Diana" may not get to #1, but their success reminds me how social media (which aids in building a fan base) and the streaming era have been beneficial for women rappers. It's wild to think about for how long "Doo Wop" was the only Hot 100 #1 by a woman rapper, and then in a fairly short span we got #1s from Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion, Doja Cat, and Minaj. It also helps that women are outdoing the men when it comes to rap music.

[korbel16]

first predictor with stats

[jenglisbe]

Didn't the solo version have more streams for the week? Presumably it had more airplay too. Why would Doja Cat get a credit?

[dremolus - solarpunk]

[korbel16]

woah, the gap is large

[kindofbiased]

Part of me still doesn't want to believe its happening bc I don't want to be disappointed again but thats a pretty healthy gap between Kill Bill and Last Night...

[tekkenguy]

How did the gap so large? Everyone said this was a horse race. Were the predictors lying to us?

[Caviar]

Finally!

[tekkenguy]

Kill Bill actually finished just in line with expectations. But Last Night really slowing down on streaming faster than anyone expected may have helped. Regardless Morgan will be back atop the chart in a week. KB remix streams are starting to plummet on Spotify and EBS likely needs 45m to compete with LN.

[shadowthehedgehogfan]

YouTube is weighted a lot lower than i thought.

[musiclife]

Yay congrats to Kill Bill. It deserves a week at #1.

[tekkenguy]

According to my data, what won the race for Kill Bill wasn’t any big sales or streaming surge in the middle of the week, but a slowdown in streaming for Last Night. Had Morgan held his streaming numbers to last week’s levels, he would have held on to the top spot by the skin of his teeth.

So yeah, this race was very much winnable for Morgan. Regardless this is not the last time we’ll be seeing “Last Night” atop the Hot 100, and if things continue to go well for him he’ll be in the running for year-end #1.

[HamedM1 💔]

If Kill Bill doesn't go #1 this time I'm killing everyone and then myself.

[85la]

Apr 22, 2023 9:51:05 GMT -5 jenglisbe said:

Didn't the solo version have more streams for the week? Presumably it had more airplay too. Why would Doja Cat get a credit?

She probably won't, those predictors are just crediting incorrectly.

[sayhey]

Let's hope Kill Bill pulls through and finally makes it to #1 this week, it would be totally deserved, fingers crossed!

Also, happy to see Calm Down still growing fast on radio. In about a week it will be above or close to 80M AI and if it keeps growing, I can see it becoming a #1 radio hit by summertime, given its summery, breezy, chill vibes. I would love to see it enter the top 3 on the Hot 100, at least.

[macabyan]

Apr 22, 2023 10:17:48 GMT -5 korbel16 said:

woah, the gap is large

Feel like Ella Baila Sola is coming for that #1 spot fast, it's just a matter of weeks time

[mst3k]

Apr 22, 2023 22:19:14 GMT -5 HamedM1 💔 said:

If Kill Bill doesn't go #1 this time I'm killing everyone and then myself.

Not the best idea.

[jasper0102]

Apr 23, 2023 8:25:59 GMT -5 sayhey said:

Also, happy to see Calm Down still growing fast on radio. In about a week it will be above or close to 80M AI and if it keeps growing, I can see it becoming a #1 radio hit by summertime, given its summery, breezy, chill vibes. I would love to see it enter the top 3 on the Hot 100, at least.

Idk, the Creepin-Kill Bill-Flowers trio is the strongest radio top 3 we’ve had since As It Was-First Class-About Damn Time in the summer. But if any song could break in, it would be Calm Down, either it or Last Night.

It should go to #4 at the least, the only reason I don’t think it’s going Top 3 is because Ella Baila Sola is likely gonna pass it before it can pass Flowers.

Apr 23, 2023 8:37:50 GMT -5 macabyan said:

Apr 22, 2023 10:17:48 GMT -5 korbel16 said:

woah, the gap is large

Feel like Ella Baila Sola is coming for that #1 spot fast, it's just a matter of weeks time

I’d say the song is going to be a #1 contender in 3 weeks time, just wait and see.

[Gary]

Morgan Wallen Makes History as First Artist With Three Songs in Country Airplay Top 10
"Last Night" leaps to No. 8, in between "Thought You Should Know" at No. 7 and "One Thing at a Time" at No. 9.


BY JIM ASKER


MMorgan Wallen places three titles inside the top 10 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart (dated April 29) – becoming the first artist to achieve the feat since the survey began in January 1990.

The 29-year-old Sneedville, Tenn., native earns his 10th Country Airplay top 10 as “Last Night,” on Mercury/Republic/Big Loud Records, jumps from No. 13 to No. 8. It rose by 21% to 19.4 million audience impressions in the week ending April 20, according to Luminate.

The song leapfrogs Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time,” up 10-9 for a new high (17.9 million, up 3%), while “Thought You Should Know” dips 5-7 (21.7 million, down 5%). The latter gave Wallen his eighth Country Airplay leader when it began a three-week reign in February.

Concurrently, “Last Night,” which is being promoted to pop and adult radio, climbs to No. 16 on Pop Airplay, No. 19 on Adult Pop Airplay and No. 26 on Adult Contemporary. It claimed a third week atop the all-genre, streaming, airplay and sales-based Billboard Hot 100 dated April 22.


All three Wallen hits are on his 36-track LP One Thing at a Time, which has led Top Country Albums and the all-genre Billboard 200 for its first six weeks.

Wallen’s triple in the Country Airplay top 10 follows pop radio’s increasing willingness to play multiple hits by a single artist simultaneously. In May 2021, Ariana Grande became the first act to log three top 10s at once on Pop Airplay; Doja Cat and Harry Styles have since earned the honor, while Miley Cyrus currently has three songs on the latest list from her new album, Endless Summer Vacation: “Jaded” debuts at No. 39, as “Flowers” tallies a ninth week at No. 1 and “River” ranks at No. 25.

“I’m excited to see radio continuing to invest in [country’s] core artists,” Big Loud vp of promotion Ali Matkosky recently told Billboard. “In a time where listeners are pointing out daily what they want to hear [via streaming services], it makes more and more sense to lean into that data.”

‘Rock’ on a Roll

Bailey Zimmerman notches a fifth week atop Country Airplay, as “Rock and a Hard Place” holds at the apex (32 million, down 6%). The song first led the list dated April 1, giving Zimmerman his second straight career-opening chart-topper, following “Fall in Love,” which ruled for one week in December.

Meanwhile, Zimmerman’s latest single, “Religiously,” pushes 56-50 (1.3 million, up 33%).

[Soulsista]

Billboard Top 10 from 60, 55, 50, 45, and 40 years ago:

April 27, 1963

01 03 I Will Follow Him - Little Peggy March (1st of 3 weeks at #1)
02 02 Can't Get Used To Losing You - Andy Williams
03 01 He's So Fine - The Chiffons
04 04 Puff The Magic Dragon - Peter, Paul & Mary
05 05 Baby Workout - Jackie Wilson
06 09 Pipeline - Chantay's
07 08 Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby) - The Cookies
08 06 Young Lovers - Paul & Paula
09 12 On Broadway - The Drifters
10 14 Watermelon Man - Mongo Santamaria


April 27, 1968

01 01 Honey - Bobby Goldsboro (3rd of 5 weeks at #1)
02 03 Cry Like a Baby - The Box Tops
03 02 Young Girl - The Union Gap feat. Gary Puckett
04 04 Lady Madonna - The Beatles
05 05 (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone - Aretha Franklin
06 09 I Got The Feelin' - James Brown
07 06 (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
08 08 Dance To The Music - Sly & The Family Stone
09 25 Tighten Up - Archie Bell & The Drells
10 07 The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde - Georgie Fame


April 28, 1973

01 01 Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree - Dawn feat. Tony Orlando (2nd of 4 weeks at #1)
02 04 The Cisco Kid - War
03 03 Sing - The Carpenters
04 02 The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia - Vicki Lawrence
05 07 Little Willy - The Sweet
06 11 You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - Stevie Wonder
07 08 Masterpiece - The Temptations
08 10 The Twelfth Of Never - Donny Osmond
09 13 Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
10 05 Ain't No Woman (Like The One I Got) - The Four Tops


April 29, 1978

01 01 Night Fever - The Bee Gees (7th of 8 weeks at #1)
02 02 If I Can't Have You - Yvonne Elliman
03 03 Can't Smile With You - Barry Manilow
04 05 The Closer I Get To You - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
05 07 With a Little Luck - Wings
06 04 Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton
07 06 Dust In The Wind - Kansas
08 08 Jack And Jill - Raydio
09 11 You're The One That I Want - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
10 20 Too Much, Too Little, Too Late - Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams


April 30, 1983

01 02 Beat It - Michael Jackson (1st of 3 weeks at #1)
02 01 Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners
03 04 Jeopardy - The Greg Kihn Band
04 03 Mr. Roboto - Styx
05 06 Der Kommissar - After The Fire
06 09 Let's Dance - David Bowie
07 05 Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
08 10 She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby
09 15 Overkill - Men At Work
10 12 Little Red Corvette - Prince

[Soulsista]

Billboard Top 10 from 35, 30, 25, and 20 years ago:

April 30, 1988

01 01 Where Do Broken Hearts Go - Whitney Houston (2nd and final week at #1)
02 04 Wishing Well - Terence Trent D'Arby
03 06 Angel - Aerosmith
04 02 Devil Inside - INXS
05 08 Anything For You - Gloria Estefan & The Miami Sound Machine
06 03 Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car - Billy Ocean
07 09 Pink Cadillac - Natalie Cole
08 10 Prove Your Love - Taylor Dayne
09 07 I Saw Him Standing There - Tiffany
10 05 Girlfriend - Pebbles


May 1, 1993

01 02 Freak Me - Silk (1st of 2 weeks at #1)
02 01 Informer - Snow
03 03 Nuthin' But a "G" Thang - Dr. Dre (feat. Snoop Dogg)
04 04 I Have Nothing - Whitney Houston
05 06 Love Is - Vanessa Williams & Brian McKnight
06 05 Don't Walk Away - Jade
07 07 I'm So Into You - SWV
08 08 Two Princes - The Spin Doctors
09 11 Looking Through Patient Eyes - P.M. Dawn
10 10 Ditty - Paperboy

14 NE That's The Way Love Goes - Janet Jackson


May 2, 1998

01 01 Too Close - Next (2nd of 5 weeks at #1)
02 05 You're Still The One - Shania Twain
03 03 Let's Ride - Montell Jordan feat. Master P & Silkk The Shocker
04 02 All My Life - K-Ci & JoJo
05 07 Body Bumpin' (Yippie-Yi-Yo) - Public Announcement
06 04 Frozen - Madonna
07 08 Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden
08 11 Everybody (Backstreet's Back) - The Backstreet Boys
09 06 Romeo And Juliet - Sylk-E Fyne feat. Chill
10 10 Sex And Candy - Marcy Playground

13 16 I Want You Back - *NSYNC
24 NE The Arms Of The One Who Loves You - Xscape


April 26, 2003

01 01 In Da Club - 50 Cent (8th of 9 weeks at #1)
02 02 Ignition (Remix) - R. Kelly
03 03 Get Busy - Sean Paul
04 05 When I'm Gone - 3 Doors Down
05 10 21 Questions - 50 Cent feat. Nate Dogg
06 07 Beautiful - Snoop Dogg feat. Pharell & Charlie Wilson
07 04 Picture - Kid Rock feat. Sheryl Crown or Allison Moorer
08 11 I Know What You Want - Busta Rhymes & Mariah Carey feat. The Flipmode Squad
09 06 Miss You - Aaliyah
10 15 Can't Let You Go - Fabolous feat. Mike Shorey & Lil Mo

[Soulsista]

Billboard Top 10 Flashback:

April 26, 2008

01 02 Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis (2nd of 4 weeks at #1)
02 04 Lollipop - Lil Wayne feat. Static Major
03 07 No Air - Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown
04 05 Love In This Club - Usher feat. Young Jeezy
05 01 Touch My Body - Mariah Carey
06 06 Sexy Can I - Ray J & Yung Berg
07 03 4 Minutes - Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake
08 08 With You - Chris Brown
09 09 Love Song - Sara Bareilles
10 10 Low - Flo Rida feat. T-Pain

18 NE What About Now - Daughtry


April 27, 2013

01 03 Just Give Me a Reason - P!nk feat. Nate Ruess (1st of 3 weeks at #1)
02 02 Thrift Shop - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz
03 01 When I Was Your Man - Bruno Mars
04 04 Stay - Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko
05 07 Can't Hold Us - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton
06 05 Suit & Tie - Justin Timberlake feat. Jay-Z
07 12 Mirrors - Justin Timberlake
08 10 Feel This Moment - Pitbull feat. Christina Aguilera
09 09 Started From The Bottom - Drake
10 15 Heart Attack - Demi Lovato

12 NE Gentleman - PSY
18 NE Crash My Party - Luke Bryan


April 28, 2018

01 01 Nice For What - Drake (2nd of 8 weeks at #1)
02 02 God's Plan - Drake
03 03 Meant To Be - Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line
04 04 Psycho - Post Malone feat. Ty Dolla $ign
05 06 The Middle - Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey
06 05 Look Alive - Blocboy JB feat. Drake
07 07 Perfect - Ed Sheeran
08 09 Freaky Friday - Lil Dicky feat. Chris Brown
09 08 I Like It - Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin
10 92 Chun-Li - Nicki Minaj

24 NE Esskeetit - Lil Pump


April 30, 2022

01 02 As It Was - Harry Styles (2nd of 15 weeks at #1)
02 01 First Class - Jack Harlow
03 03 Heat Waves - Glass Animals
04 04 Big Energy - Latto
05 05 Enemy - Imagine Dragons x JID
06 06 Stay - The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber
07 NE Don't Think Jesus - Morgan Wallen
08 08 Woman - Doja Cat
09 07 Super Gremlin - Kodak Black
10 09 Ghost - Justin Bieber

[tekkenguy]

Apr 23, 2023 8:37:50 GMT -5 macabyan said:

Apr 22, 2023 10:17:48 GMT -5 korbel16 said:

woah, the gap is large

Feel like Ella Baila Sola is coming for that #1 spot fast, it's just a matter of weeks time

No it’s not. Unless airplay starts to take off the streaming numbers it needs to reach #1 are not feasible at this time.

[Groovy]

Apr 23, 2023 10:48:11 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

April 26, 2003

01 01 In Da Club - 50 Cent (8th of 9 weeks at #1)
02 02 Ignition (Remix) - R. Kelly
03 03 Get Busy - Sean Paul

This was a rare instance where the entire top 3 of the YE, we would be lucky to see this again. 

[1^∞]

Apr 22, 2023 11:49:12 GMT -5 tekkenguy said:

How did the gap so large? Everyone said this was a horse race. Were the predictors lying to us?

How have you been here for nearly 10 years and still not know that data changes throughout the week?

[tekkenguy]

Apr 23, 2023 16:44:53 GMT -5 1^∞ said:

Apr 22, 2023 11:49:12 GMT -5 tekkenguy said:

How did the gap so large? Everyone said this was a horse race. Were the predictors lying to us?

How have you been here for nearly 10 years and still not know that data changes throughout the week?

Because I was upset about being given false hope that Last Night could have blocked Kill Bill.

[kcdawg13]

Apr 23, 2023 14:16:05 GMT -5 Groovy said:

Apr 23, 2023 10:48:11 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

April 26, 2003

01 01 In Da Club - 50 Cent (8th of 9 weeks at #1)
02 02 Ignition (Remix) - R. Kelly
03 03 Get Busy - Sean Paul

This was a rare instance where the entire top 3 of the YE, we would be lucky to see this again. 

The only other instance I can think of this happening is in 2014.

March 22-29, 2014:
No. 1. Happy - Pharrell
No. 2. Dark Horse - Katy Perry
No. 3. All of Me - John Legend

Otherwise last years Top 10 had seven YE Top 10 hits at once, which I think might be the most ever.
No. 1. "As It Was" (Ended at No. 2)
No. 2. "First Class" (Ended at No. 6)
No. 3. "Heat Waves" (Ended at No. 1)
No. 4. "Big Energy" (Ended at No. 7)
No. 6. "Stay" (Ended at No. 3)
No. 9. "Super Gremlin" (Ended at No. 9)
No. 10. "Ghost" (Ended at No. 8)

[1^∞]

Apr 23, 2023 17:07:01 GMT -5 tekkenguy said:

Apr 23, 2023 16:44:53 GMT -5 1^∞ said:

How have you been here for nearly 10 years and still not know that data changes throughout the week?

Because I was upset about being given false hope that Last Night could have blocked Kill Bill.

Not sure why you're accusing the predictors who have consistently given us accurate predictions weekly for months of faking predictions this week for no real reason, and I'm not sure why you're so upset especially considering Last Night has been #1 for multiple weeks now

[tekkenguy]

Apr 23, 2023 18:57:31 GMT -5 1^∞ said:

Apr 23, 2023 17:07:01 GMT -5 tekkenguy said:

Because I was upset about being given false hope that Last Night could have blocked Kill Bill.

Not sure why you're accusing the predictors who have consistently given us accurate predictions weekly for months of faking predictions this week for no real reason, and I'm not sure why you're so upset especially considering Last Night has been #1 for multiple weeks now

I’ve never really followed a Hot 100 prediction in real time before. So I was kind of startled to see a decisive Kill Bill victory after a week of what was looking like a narrow win for Last Night.

[dynamac]

Can someone explain why regional Mexican/Peso Pluma is so huge right now? Is it different demographics joining streaming or is Peso Pluma just that big of a star? I’m not hating, this just came out of nowhere and I’m confused.