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“Plan” rules for a ninth week, while “Meant” is the highest-charting hit for a country duo or group in eight years. Plus, XXXTentacion & Lil Dicky land their first top 10s.

Drake‘s “God’s Plan” tops the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a ninth week, encompassing the song’s entire run on the tally, dating to its debut at No. 1.

Meanwhile, Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line‘s “Meant to Be” pushes 4-2, becoming the highest-charting Hot 100 hit by a country duo or group in eight years.

Plus, two acts earn their first Hot 100 top 10s: XXXTentacion, whose “Sad!” surges 19-7 as parent album ? debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and comic rapper Lil Dicky, whose “Freaky Friday,” featuring Chris Brown, debuts at No. 9.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated March 31), which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (March 27).

As on the Hot 100, “Plan,” released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, logs its ninth week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, down 6 percent to 68.5 million U.S. streams in the week ending March 22, according to Nielsen Music.

While the streaming sum is the lowest for “Plan” so far, the song now sports nine of the top 14 streaming weeks all-time. It reached a high of 101.7 million U.S. clicks on the chart dated March 3. Only Baauer’s “Harlem Shake” has drawn more streams in a week: 103.1 million (March 2, 2013; driven by viral videos incorporating the song’s official audio).

“Plan” drops to No. 2 on the Digital Song Sales chart after six weeks at No. 1 (44,000 downloads sold, down 9 percent, in the week ending March 22). On the Radio Songs chart, “Plan” holds at No. 4, after hitting No. 3, up 3 percent to 104 million in all-format airplay audience in the week ending March 25.

“Plan,” which launched atop the Feb. 3-dated Hot 100, is just the fifth song in the chart’s 59-year history to spend at least its first nine weeks on the survey at No. 1. It passes the halfway point to the record of 16 weeks at No. 1 from the start of a song’s time on the chart, set by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day” in 1995-96.

“Plan” posts a ninth week at No. 1 on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.

Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant to Be” ascends 4-2 on the Hot 100. Rexha earns another new career-best rank, while FGL earns its top-charting hit. It bests the twosome’s debut smash “Cruise,” featuring Nelly, which reached No. 4 in 2013.

With the collab’s climb, Florida Georgia Line lands the highest-charting Hot 100 hit for a country duo or group since trio Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now,” which reached No. 2 in March 2010.

“Meant” lifts 3-2 on Radio Songs (111 million, up 8 percent) and 6-4 on Digital Song Sales (35,000, essentially even week-over-week), while slipping 11-12 on Streaming Songs (22.7 million, down 1 percent). It tops Hot Country Songs for a 17th week and hits the top five on both Country Airplay (7-4) and Pop Songs (6-5).

Ed Sheeran‘s former Hot 100 No. 1 “Perfect” descends 2-3. It led the list for six weeks beginning Dec. 23.

Bruno Mars and Cardi B‘s “Finesse” drops to No. 4 from its No. 3 Hot 100 peak, while crowning Radio Songs for a third week (140 million, up 3 percent). It leads Hot R&B Songs for an 11th frame. As previously reported, the track hits No. 1 on Pop Songs, where it’s Cardi B’s first leader and Mars’ ninth, pushing him past Justin Timberlake for the most among solo males.

Post Malone‘s “Psycho,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, holds at No. 5 on the Hot 100, after debuting at its No. 2 high on the March 10-dated chart.

Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey‘s “The Middle” is likewise steady, at its No. 6 Hot 100 high, while claiming the chart’s top gain in airplay for a second straight week, as it leaps 9-5 on Radio Songs (91 million, up 17 percent). It leads Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for an eighth week.

XXXTentacion tallies his first Hot 100 top 10, as “Sad!” vaults 19-7. The singer/rapper’s debut LP ? arrives at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 131,000 equivalent album units, and streaming accounts for the bulk of the song’s Hot 100 activity, as it pushes 5-2 on Streaming Songs (34.9 million, up 48 percent).

“Sad!” is one of seven songs that XXXTentacion places on the Hot 100, all from ?. His chart success, however, is concurrent with numerous legal issues. The 20-year-old, born Jahseh Onfroy, is currently awaiting trial for aggravated battery of a pregnant woman, domestic battery by strangulation, false imprisonment and witness-tampering. He is also facing 15 further felony counts relating to the caseand was under house arrest from late December through March 21.

Camila Cabello‘s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, descends 7-8 on the Hot 100, after topping the Jan. 27-dated chart.

Lil Dicky’s “Freaky Friday,” featuring Chris Brown, launches at No. 9 on the Hot 100, surging after the March 15 release of its official video. Its premise borrows from the body-switching movie Freaky Friday, first starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster in 1976, and remade with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in 2003.

This time, Lil Dicky self-deprecatingly celebrates the benefits of temporarily becoming Chris Brown, while Brown panics at the prospect of assuming Lil Dicky’s form. Lil Dicky also briefly turns into Ed Sheeran, DJ Khaled and Kendall Jenner, all of whom who make cameos near the end of the clip.

“Friday” enters Digital Song Sales at No. 3 (38,000) and Streaming Songs at No. 4 (26.5 million).

Lil Dicky scores his first Hot 100 top 10, after charting one prior entry; “$ave Dat Money,” featuring Fetty Wap and Rich Homie Quan, reached No. 71 in October 2015. Brown earns his 14th top 10 (and first since “Loyal” hit No. 9 in May 2014). He posts his 90th total Hot 100 entry, the seventh-best sum among all acts in the chart’s history.

“Friday” concurrently spends a second week at No. 1 on the Comedy Digital Track Sales chart. Since the list launched in 2010, it’s the first song to top the tally and reach the Hot 100’s top 10.

“Friday” fun fact: “Freaky Friday” arrives as the second-highest-charting hit with “Friday” in its title; Katy Perry’s “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)” topped the tally in 2011.

And, from “Friday” to The Weeknd (naturally), rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar‘s “Pray for Me” slips 8-10 after debuting at its No. 7 peak.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (March 27), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboardmagazine is on sale Friday (March 30).

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Plus: Scotty McCreery and The Decemberists bow in the top 10.

Singer/rapper XXXTentacion notches his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as his second studio effort, ?, bows atop the list. The set, which was released on March 16 via his own Bad Vibes Forever label and distributed by Caroline, starts with 131,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending March 22, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 20,000 were in traditional album sales.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new March 31-dated chart (where ? debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, March 27.

While ? garnered 20,000 in album sales, and 5,000 TEA units, streaming activity drove the album to No. 1. The title collected 106,000 SEA units, which equates to 159.4 million on-demand audio streams of tracks from the album during the set’s opening week (each SEA unit is equal to 1,500 on-demand audio streams). In fact, even without album sales or TEA units, ? would have still debuted at No. 1. The set logs the second-largest streaming week for an album in 2018, behind only the debut frame of Migos’ Culture II, with 150,000 SEA units (224.6 million on-demand audio streams).

Plus, Florida Georgia Line matches its best career rank at No. 4.

Drake‘s “God’s Plan” leads the Billboard Hot 100 chart for an eighth week, a run that encompasses the song’s entire time on the survey, dating to its debut at No. 1.

Plus, Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line‘s “Meant to Be” rises 5-4 on the Hot 100, marking a new career-best rank for Rexha, while FGL matches its highest placement, first set by the duo’s debut hit “Cruise” in 2013.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated March 24), which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (March 20).

Notably, “Plan,” which launched atop the Feb. 3-dated Hot 100, is just the sixth song in the chart’s 59-year history to spend at least its first eight weeks on the list at No. 1. It’s halfway to the record of 16 weeks at No. 1 from the start of a song’s Hot 100 run:

16 weeks at No. 1 from its debut at No. 1, “One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, beginning Dec. 2, 1995
14 weeks, “Candle in the Wind 1997″/”Something About the Way You Look Tonight,” Elton John, Oct. 11, 1997
11 weeks, “I’ll Be Missing You,” Puff Daddy & Faith Evans feat. 112, June 14, 1997
10 weeks, “Hello,” Adele, Nov. 14, 2015
8 weeks, “God’s Plan,” Drake, Feb. 3, 2018
8 weeks, “Fantasy,” Mariah Carey, Sept. 30, 1995

As on the Hot 100, “Plan,” released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, logs its eighth week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, down 11 percent to 72.9 million U.S. streams in the week ending March 15, according to Nielsen Music.

While the streaming sum is the lowest for “Plan” so far, the song, whose official video arrived Feb. 16, now boasts eight of the top 11 streaming weeks all-time. It reached a high of 101.7 million U.S. clicks on the chart dated March 3. Only Baauer’s “Harlem Shake” has drawn more streams in a week: 103.1 million (March 2, 2013; driven by viral videos incorporating the song’s official audio).

“Plan” leads the Digital Song Sales chart for a sixth week (49,000 downloads sold in the week ending March 15, down 15 percent). On the Radio Songs chart, “Plan” dips 3-4, but gains by 6 percent to 100 million in all-format airplay audience in the week ending March 18.

“Plan” concurrently posts an eighth week at No. 1 on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.

Ed Sheeran‘s former Hot 100 No. 1 “Perfect” holds at No. 2. It led the list for six weeks beginning Dec. 23.

Bruno Mars and Cardi B‘s “Finesse” is steady at its No. 3 Hot 100 peak and crowns Radio Songs for a second week (136 million, up 2 percent). It leads Hot R&B Songsfor a 10th week.

Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant to Be” advances 5-4 on the Hot 100. Rexha earns another new career-best rank, while FGL ties its top-charting hit. The twosome’s debut smash “Cruise,” featuring Nelly, reached No. 4 in July 2013.

“Meant” gains in all metrics, as it lifts 4-3 on Radio Songs (103 million, up 12 percent); keeps at No. 6 on Digital Song Sales (35,000, up 3 percent); and jumps 18-11 on Streaming Songs (22.8 million, up 3 percent). It tops Hot Country Songs for a 16th week. On Country Airplay, it rises 9-7 with Greatest Gainer honors for a second consecutive week (30 million, up 14 percent). The crossover hit concurrently elevates 8-5 on Adult Pop Songs and 9-6 on Pop Songs.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five, Post Malone‘s “Psycho,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, slips 4-5. It debuted at No. 2 on the March 10-dated chart. The collab holds at No. 2 on Streaming Songs (37.4 million, down 4 percent); rises 14-13 on Digital Song Sales (22,000, down 9 percent); and debuts on Radio Songs at No. 42 (23 million, up 42 percent).

Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey‘s “The Middle” ascends 8-6 on the Hot 100 and enters the Radio Songs top 10 (11-9; 78 million, up 18 percent, good for the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award). Zedd scores his sixth Radio Songs top 10; Grey tallies its second, and second with Zedd: “Starving,” by Hailee Steinfeld and Grey featuring Zedd, reached the region in January 2017; and Morris collects her first. “The Middle” tops Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for a seventh week.

Camila Cabello‘s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, slides 6-7 on the Hot 100, after topping the Jan. 27-dated chart.

The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar‘s “Pray for Me” climbs 9-8 on the Hot 100, after debuting at its No. 7 peak.

BlocBoy JB’s “Look Alive,” featuring Drake, falls 7-9 after reaching No. 5.

And, capping the Hot 100’s top 10, Lamar and SZA‘s “All the Stars” returns to the tier (11-10), after hitting a No. 7 high. “Pray,” at No. 8, and “Stars” are both from the soundtrack to Black Panther, which this weekend became the first film since Avatareight years ago to rank at No. 1 at the domestic box office for five consecutive weekends. It has also become only the seventh film ever to cross the $600 million mark in receipts in North America.

Beyond the Hot 100’s top 10, songs making notable surges include Cabello’s “Never Be the Same,” which pushes 19-16 following the March 8 premiere of its proper video; Imagine Dragons’ “Whatever It Takes” (34-24); Rich the Kid’s “Plug Walk” (48-25, marking the rapper’s first top 40 Hot 100 hit); and, Logic and Marshmello’s “Everyday” (43-29), as parent album Bobby Tarantino II by Logic debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (March 20), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboardmagazine is on sale Friday (March 23).

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Plus: Top 10 debuts from Lil Yachty, David Byrne, Judas Priest and Jimi Hendrix.

Logic scores his second No. 1 album in less than a year on the Billboard 200 chart, as his new mixtape, Bobby Tarantino II, debuts atop the list. The set, which was released on March 9 through Visionary/Def Jam, bows with 119,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending March 15, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 32,000 were in traditional album sales.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new March 24-dated chart (where Logic debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Tuesday, March 20.

Bobby Tarantino II’s debut was powered mostly by streams, as the album launches with 82,000 SEA units (equaling 123 million on-demand audio streams for the album’s tracks in the week ending March 15; each SEA unit equals 1,500 on-demand audio streams). With 32,000 copies of the album sold, the remainder of the title’s equivalent units was generated by TEA units (5,000).

Logic topped the Billboard 200 less than a year ago with his last studio album, Everybody. The effort opened at No. 1 on the list dated May 27, 2017 with 247,000 units earned (of which 196,000 were in traditional album sales).

Notably, while Everybody’s overall debut figure was larger than Bobby Tarantino II(thanks to Everybody’s robust debut-week album sales figure of 196,000), Everybodytallied a far smaller streaming bow.

Everybody debuted with 47,000 SEA units, which translates to 70 million on-demand audio streams. Though, Everybody arrived before Logic’s breakthrough single, “1-800-273-8255,” featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid, had become a smash hit. The track, from Everybody, raised Logic’s profile in the past year and gave him his first top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. It peaked at No. 3 on the Sept. 30 Hot 100 chart, and was later nominated for two Grammy Awards, including song of the year. So, it would stand to reason that Logic came into the opening week of Bobby Tarantino II with much higher visibility with music fans, and thus a bigger week on streaming services.

Lastly, Logic’s previous mixtape, Bobby Tarantino, debuted and peaked at No. 12 in 2016 with 19,000 units in its first week (of which 16,000 were in traditional album sales).

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Lil Yachty notches a new personal high-water mark on the list, as he sails in with his new studio album, Lil Boat 2, bowing with 64,000 units (7,000 in traditional album sales). It’s his highest charting album yet, second top 10 effort, and best week in terms of units earned.

Streaming activity, by far, fuels Lil Boat 2’s debut, as it earned 54,000 SEA units. Even without album sales and TEA units (2,000), Lil Boat 2 still would have debuted in the top five from just streams alone. Lil Yachty’s first studio set, Teenage Emotions, debuted at No. 5 (June 17, 2017) with 46,000 units.

David Byrne earns his highest charting album ever on the Billboard 200, as American Utopia enters at No. 3 with 63,000 units. Unlike Logic and Lil Yachty, Byrne’s debut is driven by traditional album sales, as effectively all of its units were in pure sales (resulting in his biggest sales week since Nielsen Music began tracking sales in 1991). American Utopia’s arrival was enhanced by sales generated from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with the artist’s tour, which started earlier in March.

American Utopia is Byrne’s first solo effort since 2004’s Grown Backwards, which debuted and peaked at No. 178. Since then, he’s released a trio of collaborative efforts: Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, with Brian Eno (No. 174 in 2009); Here Lies Love, with Fatboy Slim (No. 96, 2010); and Love This Giant, with St. Vincent(No. 23, 2012). The latter was Byrne’s highest charting album, only top 40 set, until the arrival of American Utopia.

Byrne made his solo debut on the list in 1981 with The Catherine Wheel, which topped out at No. 104 in 1982.

The band Talking Heads, of which Byrne was a member, charted a dozen albums on the Billboard 200 between 1977 and 2009. Eight of them reached the top 40, with the act’s highest-charting effort being 1983’s Speaking in Tongues. The album reached No. 15, powered by its hit single “Burning Down the House.” The track was the band’s only top 10 on the Hot 100, climbing to No. 9.

Byrne’s new album was led by the single “Everybody’s Coming to My House,” which has reached No. 5 on the most recently published Adult Alternative Songs airplay chart (dated March 17).

With Logic, Lil Yachty and Byrne debuting at Nos. 1-3, the Billboard 200’s top three are new entries for the first time in four months. It last happened on Nov. 18, 2017 when Kenny Chesney’s Live in No Shoes Nation, Kelly Clarkson’s Meaning of Life and Chris Brown’s Heartbreak on a Full Moon bowed at Nos. 1-3, respectively.

Back on the current Billboard 200, Black Panther: The Album drops from No. 1 to No. 4 with 63,000 units (down 18 percent). The album’s parent film, Black Panther, continues to rake in the dough at the U.S. and Canada box office. Through March 18, the blockbuster film grossed $605.5 million (of its $1.182 billion worldwide).

At No. 5 on the Billboard 200, rock band Judas Priest roars with the group’s highest charting album ever, as Firepower bows with 49,000 units (48,000 from traditional album sales — the act’s best sales frame since 2005’s Angel of Retribution bowed with 54,000 copies sold). Like Byrne, Judas Priest’s bow was bolstered by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer.

Firepower surpasses the group’s previous chart high, logged with 2014’s Redeemer of Souls debuted and peaked at No. 6. The two sets are the veteran band’s only top 10 efforts, though the act has been charting since 1978 with Stained Class (No. 173). The group collected its first top 40 set in 1980 with British Steel (No. 34) and its first top 20 effort with 1982’s Screaming for Vengeance (No. 17).

The new album was ushered in by the single “Lightning Strike,” which has so far peaked at No. 21 on the Mainstream Rock Songs airplay chart. It’s the band’s highest charting single on the tally since way back in 1982, when their classic hit “You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’” peaked at No. 4.

The Greatest Showman soundtrack dips 2-6 on the new Billboard 200, earning 48,000 units (down 21 percent), while Migos’ Culture II descends 4-7 with 45,000 units (down 13 percent).

Jimi Hendrix’s latest posthumous album, Both Sides of the Sky, arrives at No. 8, garnering the rock legend his 10th top 10 effort. The archival set — released via Experience Hendrix/Legacy — launched with 37,000 units, of which 35,000 were in traditional album sales.

The 13-track Both Sides of the Sky album contains 10 previously unreleased recordings made between 1968 and 1970. It’s the third in a trilogy of albums that house, according to Hendrix’s record labels, the “best and most significant unissued studio recordings remaining” in Hendrix’s vault. The series began with 2010’s Valleys of Neptune (No. 4) and was followed by 2013’s People, Hell and Angels(No. 2).

Both Sides of the Sky is the fifth of five debuts in the new top 10 — the most the region has seen since the Nov. 25, 2017-dated list. That week, Sam Smith’s The Thrill of It All, Maroon 5’s Red Pill Blues, Blake Shelton’s Texoma Shore, Kelsea Ballerini’s Unapologetically, and Kid Rock’s Sweet Southern Sugar bowed at Nos. 1, 2, 4, 7 and 8, respectively.

Closing out the chart’s new top 10 are Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide), falling 5-9 (33,000 units; down 8 percent) and Post Malone’s Stoney, dropping 6-10 (32,000 units; down 8 percent).

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Plus, Bruno Mars & Cardi B’s “Finesse” tops the Radio Songs chart.

Drake‘s “God’s Plan” tops the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a seventh week (dating to its debut at No. 1). As the song sports 81.8 million U.S. streams, according to Nielsen Music, it has now logged seven of the top 10 streaming weeks ever.

Plus, Bruno Mars and Cardi B‘s “Finesse,” back up to its No. 3 high on the Hot 100, takes over at No. 1 on the Radio Songs chart, where Mars passes Usher for the most leaders among male acts.

Additionally, Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line‘s “Meant to Be” ascends to the Hot 100’s top five (7-5), marking Rexha’s first top five Hot 100 hit, and Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey reach the Hot 100’s top 10 with “The Middle,” which rises 11-8.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated March 17), which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (March 13).

As on the Hot 100, “Plan,” released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, posts its seventh week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, down 12 percent to a still-giant 81.8 million U.S. streams in the week ending March 8.

“Plan,” whose official video premiered Feb. 16, now boasts seven of the top 10 streaming weeks all-time:

103.1 million U.S. streams, “Harlem Shake,” Baauer (driven heavily by viral videos incorporating the song’s official audio), chart dated March 2, 2013
101.7 million, “God’s Plan,” Drake, March 3, 2018
97.6 million, “Harlem Shake,” Baauer, March 9, 2013
92.8 million, “God’s Plan,” Drake, March 10, 2018
84.5 million, “Look What You Made Me Do,” Taylor Swift, Sept. 16, 2017
83.3 million, “God’s Plan,” Drake, Feb. 10, 2018
82.4 million, “God’s Plan,” Drake, Feb. 3, 2018
81.8 million, “God’s Plan,” Drake, March 17, 2018
79.6 million, “God’s Plan,” Drake, Feb. 17, 2018
75.5 million, “God’s Plan,” Drake, Feb. 24, 2018

“Plan” rebounds 2-1 for a fifth week at No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart, despite decreasing by 14 percent to 57,000 downloads sold in the week ending March 8. On the Radio Songs chart, “Plan” pushes 5-3, up 8 percent to 95 million in all-format airplay audience in the week ending March 11.

Ed Sheeran‘s former six-week No. 1 “Perfect” rebounds 3-2 on the Hot 100, while dropping to No. 2 on Radio Songs after nine weeks at No. 1 (130 million, down 2 percent). That means that there’s a new No. 1 on Radio Songs …

… Bruno Mars and Cardi B’s “Finesse” returns to its No. 3 Hot 100 peak, from No. 4, and crowns Radio Songs with a 2-1 rise (133 million, up 3 percent). Mars earns his eighth Radio Songs leader, passing Usher for the most No. 1s among male acts in the chart’s 27-year history.

Here’s an updated look at the acts with the most Radio Songs No. 1s:

13, Rihanna
11, Mariah Carey
8, Bruno Mars
7, Katy Perry
7, Usher

Cardi B collects her first Radio Songs No. 1.

Meanwhile, “Finesse” leads Hot R&B Songs for a ninth week.

After debuting a week ago at No. 2 on the Hot 100, Post Malone‘s “Psycho,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, dips to No. 4. Streams again account for the bulk of the track’s activity, as it holds at No. 2 on Streaming Songs (41.8 million, down 24 percent).

Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant to Be” rises to the Hot 100’s top five (7-5). It tops Hot Country Songs for a 15th week, extending its record for the most weeks at No. 1 in the chart’s 59-year history for a song with lead female vocals; a week ago, it passed Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” (sung by the group’s Karen Fairchild), which led for 13 weeks in 2015.

“Meant” additionally hits the top 10 on Country Airplay (11-9) and Adult Pop Songs(11-8), while climbing 10-9 on Pop Songs. The gains spark the collab’s 8-4 burst on Radio Songs (92 million, up 15 percent), good for the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award.

The song’s entrance to the Hot 100’s top five marks notable milestones for both acts. Rexha earns her first top five hit, besting her prior No. 7 high, first set by “Me, Myself & I,” with G-Eazy, in 2016. Florida Georgia Line, meanwhile, notches its second top five song, following its debut smash “Cruise,” featuring Nelly, which reached No. 4 in 2013. FGL becomes the first core country act to tally two top five hits on the Hot 100 since then-country artist Taylor Swift (before her 2014 segue to pop) collected her first two: she hit No. 4 with “Love Story” and No. 2 with “You Belong With Me” in 2009.

(Even more on Florida Georgia Line just ahead …)

Camila Cabello‘s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, retreats 5-6 on the Hot 100, after topping the Jan. 27-dated chart, and BlocBoy JB’s “Look Alive,” featuring Drake, falls 6-7 after reaching No. 5.

Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey’s “The Middle” ascends 11-8 on the Hot 100. The track holds at its No. 4 peak on Digital Song Sales (41,000, up 8 percent); jumps 16-11 on Radio Songs (66 million, up 16 percent); and slips 17-19 on Streaming Songs, although with a 7 percent gain to 20.9 million.

Zedd scores his fourth Hot 100 top 10, following his first entry on the chart, “Clarity,” featuring Foxes (No. 8, 2013); “Break Free,” by Ariana Grande featuring Zedd (No. 4, 2014); and “Stay,” with Alessia Cara (No. 7, 2017).

Morris and Grey each earn their first Hot 100 top 10. Morris previously peaked at No. 39 as featured on Thomas Rhett’s “Craving You” last July, while duo Grey hit a prior No. 12 best in its only other visit, also with Zedd: “Starving,” by Hailee Steinfeld and Grey featuring Zedd, reached that rank in December 2016.

“The Middle” concurrently leads Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for a sixth week.

Back to FGL: with Florida Georgia Line and Morris, who has notched two No. 1s on Country Airplay (“Craving You” last July and “I Could Use a Love Song” this January), two country acts appear in the Hot 100’s top 10 simultaneously for the first time this decade. (Of course, “The Middle” is a pop/EDM track not being promoted to country radio.) The last time that two core country acts previously ranked in the Hot 100’s top 10 in the same week: April 4, 2009, when Carrie Underwood’s remake of Randy Travis’ “I Told You So,” featuring Travis, zoomed 57-9 after the pair performed it on American Idol.

The last time that two core country artists had placed in the Hot 100’s top 10 in the same frame thanks to two songs, as FGL and Morris do this week? May 13, 2000: Faith Hill’s “Breathe” (No. 3) and Lonestar’s “Amazed” (No. 10).

The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar‘s “Pray for Me” holds at No. 9 on the Hot 100, after debuting at its No. 7 peak. The duet hits the Radio Songs top 10 (13-10; 68 million, up 9 percent), becoming The Weeknd’s eighth top 10 on the chart and Lamar’s fifth.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Migos‘ “Stir Fry” returns to the tier (12-10) after reaching No. 8.

Just outside the Hot 100’s top 10, Offset and Metro Boomin’s “Ric Flair Drip” bounds 36-16 as the Hot 100’s top Streaming Gainer (25.6 million, up 58 percent)) after the first full tracking week for its official video; XXXTentacion’s “Sad!” debuts at No. 17, marking a new high on the chart for the rapper; Cabello’s “Havana” follow-up “Never Be the Same” hits a new peak, jumping 24-19; and DJ Khaled’s “Top Off,” featuring JAY Z, Future and Beyoncé (credited simply as B on this song) debuts at No. 22.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (March 13), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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The set logs the most weeks at No. 1 for a soundtrack since “Frozen” in 2014. Plus, Tory Lanez launches at No. 3.

Black Panther: The Album collects a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, as the set climbs 2-1 on the list dated March 17. The album earned 76,000 equivalent album units in the week ending March 8 (down 23 percent), according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 15,000 were in traditional album sales.

With a third week atop the list, Black Panther: The Album has now logged the most weeks at No. 1 for a soundtrack since Frozen topped the chart for 13 nonconsecutive weeks in 2014. Between Frozen and Black Panther, there were eight soundtracks that reached No. 1, all spending either one or two weeks in the penthouse. Further, in the last 15 years, while 29 soundtracks have hit No. 1, only four have spent at least three weeks at No. 1: Black Panther, Frozen, High School Musical 2 (four weeks, 2007) and Bad Boys II (four weeks, 2003).

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new March 17-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Tuesday, March 13.

Black Panther: The Album debuted at No. 1 on the chart dated Feb. 24, and spent its first two weeks atop the list. It slipped to No. 2 on the March 10 chart.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, The Greatest Showman soundtrack steps 5-2 with 60,000 units (up 14 percent). The album benefits from exposure on ABC TV’s broadcast of the Academy Awards on March 4, where the soundtrack’s “This Is Me” was nominated for best original song and was performed on the show by the movie’s Keala Settle. While the tune didn’t take home the Oscar, the show-stopping performance clearly motivated music consumers. The album’s sales grew 19 percent to 39,000 for the week. The set also gains thanks to its vinyl LP release on March 2, as The Greatest Showman also debuts at No. 1 on the Vinyl Albums chart with 5,000 copies sold.

With Black Panther: The Album and The Greatest Showman at Nos. 1 and 2 on the Billboard 200, soundtracks rule the top two on the chart for the first time in nearly eight years. It last happened on the June 26, 2010-dated list with the TV soundtrack Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals at No. 1, and the theatrical movie soundtrack The Twilight Saga: Eclipse at No. 2.

Notably, it’s been nearly 20 years since two theatrical film soundtracks have monopolized the top two. One has to scroll all the way back to July 25, 1998, when Armageddon — The Album and City of Angels were at Nos. 1 and 2.

Back on the new Billboard 200 chart, Tory Lanez notches his highest charting album yet, as his second full-length studio effort Memories Don’t Die debuts at No. 3. The set earned 54,000 units, of which 15,000 were in traditional album sales. The album’s bow is driven mostly by streaming activity, as it tallied 36,000 SEA units (equaling 54 million on-demand audio streams for the set’s tracks in its opening week).

Memories Don’t Die follows Lanez’s debut effort, I Told You, which bowed and peaked at No. 4 on the Sept. 10, 2016, list with 52,000 units earned in its first week.

Migos’ Culture II slips 3-4 on the latest Billboard 200, with 52,000 units (down 13 percent), while Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) climbs 6-5 with 36,000 units (down 9 percent). Post Malone’s Stoney is up one slot to No. 6 with 35,000 units (down 11 percent), Imagine Dragons’ Evolve rises 8-7 with 29,000 units (down 4 percent) and Camila Cabello’s Camila jumps back into the top 10 with a 12-8 ascent, tallying 27,000 units (up 3 percent).

Rounding out the top 10: Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. is steady at No. 9 with 26,000 units (down 9 percent) while 6ix9ine’s DAY69 falls 4-10 in its second week with 24,000 units (down 55 percent).

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“God’s Plan” reigns with 92.8 million U.S. streams, while “Psycho” matches Malone’s best bow.

Drake‘s “God’s Plan” dominates the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a sixth week (dating to its debut at No. 1), logging a hefty 92.8 million U.S. streams, according to Nielsen Music. The song, whose official video arrived Feb. 16, has now logged two of the top four streaming weeks ever.

Meanwhile, Post Malone‘s “Psycho” launches at No. 2 on the Hot 100, equaling Malone’s highest debut and marking a new best rank for featured artist Ty Dolla $ign.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated March 10), which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (March 6).

As on the Hot 100, “Plan,” released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, tallies its sixth week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, down 9 percent to a still-colossal 92.8 million U.S. streams in the week ending March 1. The week before, the song drew 103.1 million clicks, reflecting the first full week after its video premiere.

“God’s Plan” now boasts two of the top four, and six of the top nine, streaming weeks all-time:

103.1 million U.S. streams, “Harlem Shake,” Baauer (driven heavily by viral videos incorporating the song’s official audio), chart dated March 2, 2013
101.7 million, “God’s Plan,” Drake, March 3, 2018
97.6 million, “Harlem Shake,” Baauer, March 9, 2013
92.8 million, “God’s Plan,” Drake, March 10, 2018
84.5 million, “Look What You Made Me Do,” Taylor Swift, Sept. 16, 2017
83.3 million, “God’s Plan,” Drake, Feb. 10, 2018
82.4 million, “God’s Plan,” Drake, Feb. 3, 2018
79.6 million, “God’s Plan,” Drake, Feb. 17, 2018
75.5 million, “God’s Plan,” Drake, Feb. 24, 2018

“Plan” dips to No. 2 after four weeks at No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart, down 17 percent to 67,000 downloads sold in the week ending March 1. On the Radio Songs chart, “Plan” pushes 8-5, up 15 percent to 87 million in all-format airplay audience in the week ending March 4, as it wins the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award for a fourth consecutive week.

“Plan” concurrently notches a sixth week at No. 1 on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.

Following its Feb. 23 release, Post Malone’s “Psycho” soars onto the Hot 100 at No. 2, led by its No. 2 launch on Streaming Songs with 54.9 million U.S. streams in its first tracking week. Malone ties his highest Hot 100 debut, first set by “Rockstar” (featuring 21 Savage), which began at No. 2 on Oct. 7, 2017, and went on to spend eight weeks at No. 1.

Notably, while “Rockstar” debuted at No. 1 on Streaming Songs (which it led for 14 weeks), and “Psycho” starts at No. 2, the former began with a lesser streaming total than the latter (44.1 million vs. 54.9 million).

“Psycho” scares up a No. 1 debut on Digital Song Sales with 80,000 sold. Post Malone scores his second leader on the list, after “Rockstar” debuted at No. 1 on Oct. 7 (its lone week on top). Ty Dolla $ign achieves his first Digital Song Sales No. 1.

Malone earns his third Hot 100 top 10, following “Congratulations” (featuring Quavo), which hit No. 8 last July, and “Rockstar.” Ty Dolla $ign notches his second top five Hot 100 hit and his highest-charting; he reached No. 4 in June 2016 as featured on Fifth Harmony’s “Work From Home.”

Ed Sheeran‘s former six-week No. 1 “Perfect” drops 2-3 on the Hot 100, while ruling Radio Songs for a ninth week (133 million, down 4 percent).

Bruno Mars and Cardi B‘s “Finesse” falls to No. 4 from its No. 3 Hot 100 high, as it leads Hot R&B Songs for an eighth week.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five, Camila Cabello‘s “Havana,” featuring Young Thug, descends 4-5, after topping the Jan. 27-dated chart.

BlocBoy JB’s “Look Alive,” featuring Drake, retreats to No. 6 from it No. 5 Hot 100 peak, although with gains in all metrics, led by its No. 3 rank on Streaming Songs (39.6 million, up 4 percent).

Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line‘s “Meant to Be” returns to its No. 7 Hot 100 high, from No. 8. It tops Hot Country Songs for a 14th week, breaking the record for the most weeks at No. 1 in the chart’s 59-year history for a song with lead female vocals. It passes Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush” (sung by the group’s Karen Fairchild), which led for 13 weeks in 2015.

“Meant” also hits the Radio Songs top 10 (11-8; 80.2 million, up 16 percent), becoming Rexha’s third top 10 and Florida Georgia Line’s second (matching their respective Hot 100 top 10 totals). Twosome FGL becomes the first core country duo or group with multiple Radio Songs top 10s (dating to the chart’s December 1990 inception), passing Dixie Chicks (“Landslide”; No. 8, 2003), Lady Antebellum (“Need You Now”; No. 1, two weeks, 2010) and Lonestar (“Amazed”; No. 5, 2000), each with one. Florida Georgia Line reached No. 8 on Radio Songs (and No. 4 on the Hot 100) in 2013 with its debut hit, “Cruise.”

Post Malone’s aforementioned “Rockstar” slides 6-8 on the Hot 100, while two No. 7-peaking songs from Black Panther: The Album close out the top 10: The Weekndand Kendrick Lamar‘s “Pray for Me” holds at No. 9 and Lamar and SZA‘s “All the Stars” backtracks 7-10.

Just outside the Hot 100’s top 10, Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey’s “The Middle” climbs 13-11, as it leads Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for a fifth week. Plus, 6ix9ine’s No. 12-peaking “Gummo” jumps 25-16 on the Hot 100 as the rapper’s debut effort Day69 debuts at No. 4 on the Billboard 200; Logic lands the Hot 100’s second-highest debut (after Post Malone’s “Psycho”), as “44 More” starts at No. 22; and Cabello’s “Havana” follow-up “Never Be the Same” hits a new Hot 100 high, rising 28-24.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (March 6), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboardmagazine is on sale Friday (March 9).

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Plus: 6ix9ine and Vance Joy debut in the top 10 with new albums.

​Bon Jovi’s former No. 1 album, This House Is Not for Sale, is back atop the Billboard 200 chart for a second week.

The set re-enters the tally with 120,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending March 1, according to Nielsen Music, up from a negligible figure in the previous week. Essentially all of its sum is traditional album sales. The surge back to No. 1 is owed nearly entirely to sales generated by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with Bon Jovi’s upcoming U.S. arena tour.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new March 10-dated chart (where Bon Jovi returns to No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Tuesday (March 6).

This House Is Not for Sale first led the Billboard 200 on Nov. 26, 2016, when it opened in the penthouse with 129,000 units (128,000 in album sales), also drivenby a ticket/album sale redemption offer. The set marked the band’s sixth chart-topper.

Bon Jovi’s tour kicks off on March 14 at the Pepsi Center in Denver. The 24-date U.S. trek is slated to wrap on May 24 at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. In total, Billboard estimates the tour may sell between 350,000 and 375,000 tickets.

For the tour’s ticket/album sale redemption offer, the price of the standard CD edition of This House Is Not for Sale was bundled into the purchase price of each ticket sold online to the tour. Customers received, via email, a redemption offer for the album, where they could choose to redeem the CD and have it mailed to them. The only sales that count towards the charts are those albums that are redeemed by customers. Many ticket buyers never redeem the offer.

This House Is Not for Sale is the third album to re-enter the Billboard 200 straight in at No. 1, following Prince’s The Very Best of Prince coming back to the chart at No. 1following his death in 2016, and Chris Stapleton’s Traveller, after his big night on the 2015 Country Music Association Awards. Further, This House Is Not for Sale’s 15-month gap between stints at No. 1 is the longest amount of time for an album to reclaim the summit.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Black Panther: The Album moves down a slot after two weeks atop the list. The set earned 99,000 units (down 24 percent). Migos’ Culture II dips 2-3 with 59,000 units (down 7 percent).

Rapper 6ix9ine arrives at No. 4 with his debut effort, Day69, earning 55,000 units. Of that sum, 20,000 were in traditional album sales and 2,000 were in TEA units. Streams drove the bulk of the debut, as the set garnered 33,000 SEA units, equaling 50 million on-demand audio streams for the album’s tracks in the week ending March 1.

The 21-year-old artist (born Daniel Hernandez) only recently made his Billboardchart debut with the hit single “Gummo.” The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated Dec. 2, 2017, on its way to a No. 12 peak (Dec. 30). Through Feb. 22, the song had generated 312 million on-demand audio and video streams.

Following “Gummo,” he dropped two further tracks — “Kooda,” and “Keke,” with Fetty Wap and A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie.” Both tunes also hit the Hot 100, and combined, the three tracks have amassed more than a half-billion on-demand streams. All three songs are featured on the 11-track Day69 album.

The soundtrack to The Greatest Showman falls 3-5 with 53,000 units (down 14 percent). It’s likely the album could see a rise on next week’s chart, following the 90th Academy Awards broadcast on ABC March 4. The show will feature a performance of the album’s “This Is Me,” which is nominated for best original song.

Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) rises 7-6 with a little more than 39,000 units (up 5 percent), while Post Malone’s Stoney climbs 9-7 with 39,000 units (up 24 percent). The latter likely gains due to excitement surrounding his new single “Psycho,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, which was released on Feb. 23 — but is not included on Stoney. (As previously reported, “Psycho” should start in the top five, perhaps as high as No. 2, on the March 10-dated Billboard Hot 100.)

Imagine Dragons’ Evolve ascends 13-8 on the Billboard 200 with 31,000 units (up 32 percent), following the album’s reissue on Feb. 21 with the band’s new track, “Next to Me,” and sale pricing for the set in the iTunes Store. Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN.moves 8-9 with 29,000 units (down 11 percent).

Singer-songwriter Vance Joy earns his first Billboard 200 top 10 album, as his second effort, Nation of Two, bows at No. 10 with 28,000 units (18,000 in album sales). He first reached the list with his first set, Dream Your Life Away, which debuted and peaked at No. 17 on Sept. 17, 2014, and has earned 1 million in equivalent album units (339,000 in traditional album sales).

Dream launched his hit single “Riptide,” which peaked at No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 1 for five weeks on Alternative Songs, No. 2 on Hot Rock Songs, and went top 10 on Adult Alternative Songs and Adult Pop Songs. The new album was led by the single “Lay It on Me,” which premiered last July, and spent three weeks atop the Adult Alternative Songs chart, and went top five on Alternative Songs. The set’s newest single, “Saturday Sun,” is scaling both the Alternative Songs and Adult Alternative Songs tallies.

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