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“Whats Poppin” surges 18-8 & “Blueberry Faygo” bumps 11-9.

DaBaby‘s “Rockstar,” featuring Roddy Ricch, returns to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart for a third total week in the top spot.

The song reclaims the throne from 6ix9ine and Nicki Minaj’s “Trollz,” which plummets to No. 34 on the Hot 100, after it debuted at No. 1 a week ago.

Plus, SAINt JHN‘s “Roses” reaches the Hot 100’s top five, rising from No. 8 to No. 4, and Jack Harlow and Lil Mosey earn their first top 10 each, as the former’s “Whats Poppin” jumps 18-8 and the latter’s “Blueberry Faygo” climbs 11-9.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the newest Hot 100, which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated July 4) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (June 30).

“Rockstar,” released on SouthCoast/Interscope Records, rebounds from No. 2 on the Hot 100, after it led the lists dated June 13 and 20. It posts a sixth week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, with 37.9 million U.S. streams (down 5%) in the week ending June 25, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. It lifts 3-2 on Digital Song Sales with 12,000 sold (down 7%) in the week ending June 25 and 14-12 on Radio Songs with 39.7 million airplay audience impressions (up 27%, good for the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award) in the week ending June 28, hitting new highs on both charts.

“Rockstar” concurrently rules the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, which employ the same multi-metric formula as the Hot 100, for a third week each.

The song should benefit on next week’s charts from the release of its official video on June 26, as well as DaBaby and Roddy Ricch’s virtual performance of the track on the 2020 BET Awards last night (June 28).

Megan Thee Stallion’s former one-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Savage,” featuring Beyoncé, rises 4-2 and The Weeknd’s former four-week leader “Blinding Lights” lifts 5-3. The latter leads Radio Songs for a 12th week (76.8 million, up 3%) and the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart for a 15th frame.

SAINt JHN’s “Roses” enters the Hot 100’s top five, rising 8-4. It pushes 8-7 on Streaming Songs (17.4 million, down 3%) and holds at No. 8 on Digital Song Sales (9,000, down 3%) and No. 11 on Radio Songs (41.9 million, up 19%).

SAINt JHN first released “Roses” in July 2016. Imanbek’s remix arrived last September, sparking the song’s global chart surge. The track led the Official UK Singles chart for two weeks beginning in March; it tops the multi-metric Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for a ninth week. The song was released on the Hitco Entertainment label, which achieves its first top five Hot 100 hit.

Justin Bieber’s “Intentions,” featuring Quavo, returns to its No. 5 Hot 100 high, from No. 7; Doja Cat’s former one-week No. 1 “Say So” is steady at No. 6; and Lil Baby’s “The Bigger Picture” drops to No. 7 following its debut at No. 3 a week earlier, as it keeps at No. 2 on Streaming Songs (27.1 million, down 31%).

Jack Harlow scores his first Hot 100 top 10, as “Whats Poppin” bounds 18-8. The rapper’s first Hot 100 entry jumps 13-5 on Streaming Songs (19.8 million, up 21%) and debuts at No. 23 on Digital Song Sales (5,000, up 92%), following the June 24 arrival of its DaBaby, Tory Lanez and Lil Wayne remix (in which DaBaby shouts out his chart success with “Rockstar,” rapping, “Still on the Billboard, the No. 1 song in UK”; indeed, the song, in addition to its Hot 100 reign, tops the Official UK Singles chart for a sixth week). The track advances 37-29 on Radio Songs (26 million, up 23%).

Lil Mosey likewise earns his first Hot 100 top 10, as “Blueberry Faygo” rises 11-9. The single ascends 12-11 on Streaming Songs (17.6 million, down 1%) and repeats at No. 13 on Radio Songs (36.5 million, up 14%), while increasing by 6% to 3,000 sold. The song samples Johnny Gill’s former Hot 100 top 10 “My, My, My,” which reached No. 10 in September 1990.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Post Malone’s “Circles” returns to the region, rising 13-10 and logging a record-extending 39th week in the top 10. The song led the chart for three nonconsecutive weeks in November, December and January.

As noted above, 6ix9ine and Nicki Minaj’s “Trollz” free falls from No. 1 on the Hot 100, where it debuted a week ago, to No. 34. It slides 1-7 on Digital Song Sales (9,000, down 92%) and 3-18 on Streaming Songs (13.8 million, down 62%), although it gains by 97% to 2.3 million in radio reach. The song sets the record for the steepest drop from No. 1 to another rank in the Hot 100’s nearly 62-year history, with its 1-34 tumble doubling that of the prior record-holder, The Weeknd’s “Heartless,” which fell 1-17 on the Dec. 21, 2019-chart.

As for the biggest overall drop from No. 1, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” disappeared from the chart entirely after it logged its third week on top on Jan. 4, 2020; of course, the departure was essentially owed to the end of the holiday season, as all 25 Yuletide titles on the chart that week were no longer on the Jan. 11 ranking. (“Worth it haaa another record!” Carey joked on Twitter in response to Billboard.)

Elsewhere on the Hot 100, Beyoncé’s “Black Parade” debuts at No. 37, as it launches at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales with 18,000 sold, following its June 19 release. The song is her eighth leader on the sales survey and first on her own since “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),” which dominated for three weeks in 2008-09.

With “Black Parade,” Beyoncé banks her 40th top 40 Hot 100 hit, becoming the 22nd artist in the chart’s archives to reach that level.

For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (June 30), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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Plus: Bob Dylan lands highest charting album in over a decade and Teyana Taylor earns her first top 10.

Lil Baby’s My Turn tallies a fourth total week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, tying The Weeknd’s After Hours for the most weeks atop the list for any album released in 2020.

My Turn earned 70,000 equivalent album units (down 3 percent) in the U.S. in the week ending June 25, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. The album (released via Quality Control/Motown/Capitol Records) has now strung together three consecutive frames at No. 1. It captured its first week at No. 1 when it bowed atop the chart dated March 14.

Among albums released in 2020, My Turn is now tied with After Hours for the most weeks at No. 1, each with four. After Hours spent its first four weeks on the chart at No. 1 (April 4-25). Special note goes to Roddy Ricch’s Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial, as the late 2019 release logged one week at No. 1 on Dec. 21, 2019, then three weeks at No. 1 in 2020.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new July 4-dated chart (where My Turn is steady at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on June 30.

At No. 2 on the Billboard 200, Bob Dylan captures his highest charting album in more than a decade, as Rough and Rowdy Ways arrives with 53,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, 51,000 are in album sales, 2,000 are in SEA units, and a negligible figure are in TEA units.

Dylan was last higher on the chart with 2009’s Together Through Life, which debuted and peaked at No. 1 on the May 16, 2009-dated chart.

All told, Rough and Rowdy Ways marks Dylan’s 23rd top 10 album and 50th top 40 set. With Rough and Rowdy Ways’ debut, Dylan logs his seventh consecutive decade of charting top 40 albums. He captured eight in the 1960s, 14 in the ‘70s, seven in the ‘80s, four in the ‘90s, seven in the ‘00s, nine in the ‘10s, and now one in the ‘20s. He’s the first act to have achieved at least one top 10 album in each decade from the ‘60s through ‘20s. (The 2020s decade is still young, so a number of other acts could join him in this achievement.)

Dylan made his Billboard 200 debut (and overall Billboard chart debut) nearly 57 years ago with The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, which arrived on the list dated Sept. 7, 1963, at No. 125. It peaked at No. 22 on Oct. 5 of that year. He got his first top 10 with the No. 6-peaking Bringing It All Back Home on Oct. 9, 1965. He earned his first of five No. 1s with Planet Waves on Feb. 16, 1974.

The new album was led by the 17-minute track “Murder Most Foul,” which debuted and peaked at No. 5 on the Hot Rock Songs chart (April 11, 2020). It also entered atop the Rock Digital Song Sales chart, marking Dylan’s first No. 1 song on any

A Boogie Wit da Hoodie’s Artist 2.0 rockets back into the top 10 on the Billboard 200, as it flies from No. 80 to No. 3, following its deluxe reissue on June 19. The set earned 43,000 equivalent album units — up 292 percent. Most of that gain is attributed to streaming activity, as 41,000 of that figure is SEA units (up 281 percent).

The album debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the Feb. 29-dated list and spent its first two weeks in the top 10. The album was reissued on the 19th, adding nine songs to the original set’s 20-song tracklist.

A trio of former No. 1s are next on the Billboard 200, as DaBaby’s Blame It On Baby slips from No. 3 to No. 4 (37,000 equivalent album units; down 8 percent, Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding falls 4-5 (36,000 units; down 4 percent) and Lady Gaga’s Chromatica drops 2-6 (33,000 units; down 25 percent). Drake’s Dark Lane Demo Tapes falls from No. 5 to No. 7 with just over 32,000 units (down 11 percent).

Teyana Taylor achieves her first top 10 album, as The Album bows at No. 8 with 32,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, 27,000 are in SEA units, 4,000 are in album sales and 1,000 are in TEA units. Taylor previously visited the Billboard 200 twice, with VII in 2014 (peaking at No. 19) and K.T.S.E. (reaching No. 17 in 2018).

Rounding out the new top 10 are Lil Uzi Vert’s former No. 1 Eternal Atake (moving 8-9 with just over 31,000 equivalent album units earned; down 8 percent) and Polo G’s The Goat (9-10 with 31,000 units; down 8 percent).

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6ix9ine achieves his first leader & Minaj adds her second.

6ix9ine and Nicki Minaj‘s “Trollz” blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.

The song marks the first Hot 100 leader for 6ix9ine and the second for Minaj, who notches her first in a lead role.

Plus, Lil Baby’s “The Bigger Picture” bows at No. 3 on the Hot 100, a new career-rest rank.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the newest Hot 100, which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated June 27) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (June 23).

“Trollz,” released June 12 on Create Music Group, arrives as the 1,105th No. 1 in the Hot 100’s nearly 62-year history. It’s the 40th No. 1 in debut ever, and the fifth this year, marking a new single-year high.

The track launches at No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart with 116,000 sold in the week ending June 18, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data, and No. 3 on Streaming Songs, with 36 million U.S. streams in the same span. It drew 1.2 million radio airplay audience impressions in the week ending June 21.

6ix9ine’s first Hot 100 No. 1, Minaj’s second: 6ix9ine scores his first Hot 100 No. 1. He tallied two prior top 10s, each of which reached No. 3: “FEFE,” featuring Minaj and Murda Beatz, in August 2018, and “Gooba,” which debuted at No. 3 on the May 23-dated chart, five weeks ago.

Minaj earns her second Hot 100 No. 1 (and 19th top 10) and first topper in a lead role. She previously ruled as featured on Doja Cat’s “Say So,” which led the May 16 chart, following the arrival of its Minaj remix. With “Say So,” Minaj set the record for the most Hot 100 appearances (109) needed for a first No. 1.

Biggest sales week in over a year: Starting with 116,000 sold, “Trollz” boasts the highest weekly sales sum since Taylor Swift’s “Me!,” featuring Brendon Urie, soared in with 193,000 (May 11, 2019).

“Trollz” was on sale in 6ix9ine and Minaj’s webstores via over a dozen physical/digital combination offerings (priced from 69 cents to $10) during the tracking week, including an alternate version released June 16. Consumers could purchase cassette, CD and vinyl singles (including an autographed CD copy), each with a digital download; the download would be sent to consumers upon purchase, with physical versions due to arrive at a later date.

6ix9ine posts his first Digital Song Sales No. 1 and Minaj collects her sixth.

Record fifth No. 1 debut of 2020: “Trollz” is the fifth song to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100 in 2020, following Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande’s “Rain on Me” (June 6); Grande and Justin Bieber’s “Stuck With U” (May 23); The Scotts, Travis Scott and Kid Kudi’s “The Scotts” (May 9); and Drake’s “Toosie Slide” (April 18).

2020 now sports the most Hot 100 No. 1 debuts in a single year — besting 2018 and 1995, each with four chart-topping entrances.

Record-extending 7 straight No. 1 collabs: “Trollz” marks the record-extending seventh consecutive collaboration to top the Hot 100. It follows DaBaby’s “Rockstar,” featuring Roddy Ricch (June 13 and 20); “Rain on Me” (June 6); Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage,” featuring Beyoncé (May 30); “Stuck With U” (May 23); “Say So” (May 16); and “The Scotts” (May 9).

Independent’s week: With “Trollz,” Create Music Group scores its first Hot 100 No. 1. It’s the first leader on the list for an independent label since Bad Vibes Forever reigned with XXXTentacion’s “Sad!” on the June 30, 2018-dated chart. (A label is considered independent if it currently qualifies for inclusion on Billboard‘s Top Independent Albums chart, the methodology of which considers the means in which labels conduct their distribution and revenue-based commercial services.)

Go figure(s): As for more numbers … 6ix9ine (real name: Daniel Hernandez) is the seventh act with at least two numerals in its name to top the Hot 100. He follows: 21 Savage, UB40, Stars on 45, 50 Cent, 98 Degrees and 112.

No. 1 R&B/hip-hop & Rap: “Trollz” concurrently opens atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, which employ the same multi-metric formula as the Hot 100. 6ix9ine earns his first No. 1 on the former chart and second on the latter, after “Gooba.” Minaj scores her sixth No. 1 on each ranking.

DaBaby’s”Rockstar,” featuring Roddy Ricch, drops to No. 2 on the Hot 100, after two weeks at No. 1. The track rules Streaming Songs for a fifth week, with 39.8 million U.S. streams (up 11%), helped by a Black Lives Matter remix released June 12. It holds at No. 3 on Digital Song Sales, up 12% to 13,000 sold, and jumps 26-14 on the Radio Songs chart, up 21% to 31.4 million impressions.

Lil Baby’s “The Bigger Picture” debuts at No. 3 on the Hot 100. The song, released June 12 and which, like the new “Rockstar” remix, addresses the Black Lives Matter movement, opens at No. 2 on Streaming Songs (39.1 million U.S. streams) and No. 10 on Digital Song Sales (8,000 sold) and drew 3.6 million in radio reach in the tracking week.

Lil Baby lands his third Hot 100 top 10 and highest-peaking: “Drip Too Hard,” with Gunna, reached No. 4 in October 2018, after “Yes Indeed,” with Drake, hit No. 6 that June.

With “Trollz” and “The Bigger Picture” debuting at Nos. 1 and 3 on the Hot 100, respectively, the chart welcomes concurrent top-three arrivals for the just the fifth time ever, although it’s the second such double-up in a month, with both involving 6ix9ine: On the May 23 chart, Grande and Bieber’s “Stuck With U” bounded in at No. 1 and 6ix9ine’s “Gooba” began at No. 3. The only other such twofers: Adele’s “Hello” and Bieber’s “Sorry” (Nos. 1&2, Nov. 14, 2015); Clay Aiken’s “This Is the Night” and Ruben Studdard’s “Flying Without Wings” (Nos. 1&2, June 28, 2003); and Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” and Will Smith’s “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It” (Nos. 1&3, Feb. 28, 1998).

Meanwhile, eight songs have debuted in the Hot 100’s top three in 2020, just over halfway through the year; In all of 2019, nine songs started in the region, after a record 10 launched in the top three in 2018. Along those lines, “Trollz” is the ninth song to hit No. 1 for the first time this year (with, again, a single-year-record five debuting on top); 2020 marks the first year with nine new No. 1s before July since 2007, when 10 hits rose to the top by that point.

Megan Thee Stallion’s former one-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Savage,” featuring Beyoncé, falls 2-4 and The Weeknd’s former four-week leader “Blinding Lights” dips 3-5. The latter leads Radio Songs for an 11th week, with 74.3 million in audience (down 2%), and the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart for a 14th frame.

Doja Cat’s former one-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Say So” slips 4-6; Bieber’s “Intentions,” featuring Quavo, descends to No. 7 from its No. 5 high; SAINt JHN’s “Roses” retreats to No. 8 from its No. 7 peak; Lady Gaga and Grande’s “Rain on Me” rebounds 10-9, following its introduction at No. 1 three weeks ago; and Roddy Ricch’s former 11-week leader “The Box” backtracks 9-10.

For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (June 23), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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Lil Baby’s My Turn nets a third total week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as the set holds atop the list for a second straight week. It earned 72,000 equivalent album units earned (up 12 percent) in the U.S. in the week ending June 18, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. The set (released via Quality Control/Motown/Capitol Records) notched its first frame in the penthouse when it opened in the top slot dated March 14.

Only three albums have logged at least three weeks at No. 1 in 2020: My Turn, The Weeknd’s After Hours (four) and Roddy Ricch’s Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial (three in 2020, one in 2019).

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new June 27-dated chart (where My Turn holds at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on June 23.

Of My Turn’s 72,000 units earned for the week, just under 71,000 are SEA units (up 11 percent, equating to 110 million on-demand streams of the album’s songs), while TEA units (up 12 percent) and album sales (up 91 percent) total a little less than 1,000 each.

My Turn got an overall boost thanks in part to buzz generated by the release of Lil Baby’s new non-album single “The Bigger Picture” on June 12. While the track is not on the My Turn album, the set likely found increased streams and sales thanks to general promotion around Lil Baby and the track. As for the songs on the album, the track currently leading the charge in the streaming world is “We Paid,” with 42 Dugg. On the most recently published Streaming Songs chart, dated June 20, it climbed 27-14.

Meanwhile, back on the Billboard 200, for the second week, My Turn leads a top 10 absent of debuts. It’s the first time since January 2019 where there have been two straight weeks without a bow in the top 10. That month, the chart experienced three consecutive weeks without a top 10 debut, on the charts dated Jan. 12, 19 and 26, thanks to a quiet post-Christmas album release schedule.It’s not unusual during the annual post-Christmas period to see two weeks in a row without a top 10 debut. It is rare, however, to see it happen at some point during the rest of the year.

The last time the top 10 was absent of debuts for two weeks in a row outside of the post-Christmas period was on the charts dated March 2 and 9, 2013 (back when the chart ranked titles only by album sales, before it transitioned to a multi-metric consumption ranking in December 2014).

On the March 2, 2013 chart, Mumford & Sons’ Babel returned to No. 1, rising 4-1, to collect its fourth week in the lead. The album surged back to the top following its Grammy Award win for album of the year. The chart’s highest debut that week was Bullet for My Valentine’s Temper Temper at No. 13. On the March 9 chart, Babel claimed a fifth and final week at No. 1, while the top debut was Buckcherry’s Confessions at No. 20.

Back on the new Billboard 200, Lady Gaga’s former leader Chromatica sits at No. 2 for a second week, earning 44,000 equivalent album units (down 31 percent). Another former No. 1, DaBaby’s Blame It on Baby, rises 6-3 (40,000 units; up 4 percent). (Fans of infant-related words on the chart take note of the top three, as Lil Baby, Lady Gaga and DaBaby hold court at Nos. 1, 2 and 3, respectively.)

Post Malone’s former topper Hollywood’s Bleeding climbs 8-4 with 38,000 equivalent album units (up 4 percent), Drake’s Dark Lane Demo Tapes is steady at No. 5 with 36,000 units (down 8 percent) and Future’s former No. 1 High Off Life dips 4-6 with nearly 36,000 units (down 9 percent).

Gunna’s previous leader Wunna falls 3-7 (35,000 equivalent album units; down 12 percent), Lil Uzi Vert’s former No. 1 Eternal Atake is up 9-8 (just over 34,000; down 3 percent) and Polo G’s The Goat slips 7-9 (34,000; down 7 percent).

Rounding out the top 10 is The Weeknd’s former No. 1 After Hours, holding steading at No. 10 with nearly 34,000 units (down 3 percent).

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Bieber boasts the most top five hits of any act in 2020.

DaBaby‘s “Rockstar,” featuring Roddy Ricch, spends a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.

Plus, Justin Bieber‘s “Intentions,” featuring Quavo, jumps from No. 8 to No. 5 on the Hot 100. The song becomes Bieber’s 16th top five hit and Quavo’s third, all tallied in collaborations with Bieber.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the newest Hot 100, which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated June 20) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (June 16).

“Rockstar,” released on SouthCoast/Interscope Records, posts a fourth week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, with 35.7 million U.S. streams (up 3%) in the week ending June 11, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. It lifts 4-3 on Digital Song Sales with 12,000 sold (up 10%) in the week ending June 11 and 36-26 on Radio Songs with 26.1 million audience impressions (up 30%) in the week ending June 14, hitting new highs on both charts.

“Rockstar” marks the first Hot 100 No. 1 to notch multiple weeks on top after a run in which five songs each spent a first and lone week at the summit: Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande’s “Rain on Me,” which debuted atop the June 6 chart; Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage,” featuring Beyoncé (May 30); Grande and Bieber’s “Stuck With U” (May 23); Doja Cat’s “Say So,” featuring Nicki Minaj (May 16); and The Scotts, Travis Scott and Kid Cudi’s “The Scotts” (May 9).

That streak, now snapped, stands as the longest since six songs each tallied a week at No. 1 on the Hot 100 in September-November 1990, before Mariah Carey’s “Love Takes Time” began a three-week reign.

“Rockstar” concurrently rules the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, which employ the same multi-metric formula as the Hot 100, for a second week each.

Megan Thee Stallion’s former Hot 100 No. 1 “Savage,” featuring Beyoncé, holds at No. 2. It scores a second week atop Digital Song Sales (12,000, down 9%) and keeps at No. 2 on Streaming Songs (25.9 million, down 2%) and No. 6 on Radio Songs (53.8 million, up less than 1%).

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” is steady at No. 3 on the Hot 100, after four weeks at No. 1. It rules Radio Songs for a 10th week, marking the first of The Weeknd’s four leaders on the list to dominate for double-digit weeks, with 75.2 million in audience (down 1%). The track tallies a 13th week atop the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart.

Doja Cat’s former one-week Hot 100 leader “Say So” holds at No. 4.

Bieber’s “Intentions,” featuring Quavo, bounds 8-5 on the Hot 100. It rises 4-3 on Radio Songs (60.6 million, up 5%), 12-10 on Digital Song Sales (7,000, up 7%) and 18-17 on Streaming Songs (13 million, up 2%).

Bieber adds his 16th top five Hot 100 hit and fourth to rank in the region this year, twice the amount of the next closest acts in 2020; Drake, Grande, Lady Gaga, Roddy Ricch and The Weeknd each boast two since January. “Intentions” follows the No. 1 “Stuck With U,” with Grande; “Yummy,” which debuted at its No. 2 peak in January; and Bieber’s Dan + Shay duet “10,000 Hours,” which returned to the region in January after it debuted at its No. 4 high last October.

Plus, dating to Bieber’s first week in the Hot 100’s top five, when “Baby” debuted at its No. 5 peak (Feb. 6, 2010), his 16 top five hits tie Drake’s sum for the most in that span; Bruno Mars and Rihanna follow with 15 each. (In the Hot 100’s nearly 62-year history, The Beatles lead with 29 top five hits, followed by Madonna, with 28, and Carey, with 27.)

Quavo collects his third top five Hot 100 hit, all earned via collaborations with Bieber: DJ Khaled’s “I’m the One,” featuring Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne, led for one week upon its debut in May 2017 and Khaled’s “No Brainer,” featuring Bieber, Quavo and Chance the Rapper, bowed at its No. 5 best in August 2018. Quavo is, of course, also a member of Migos, which has earned one top five hit: the trio’s three-week 2017 No. 1 “Bad and Boujee,” featuring Lil Uzi Vert.

Drake’s “Toosie Slide” is steady at No. 6 on the Hot 100, after spending a week at No. 1, and SAINt JHN’s “Roses” ascends 10-7, hitting a new high. The latter claims top Sales Gainer honors on the Hot 100 (9,000 sold, up 23%) and rebounds for a seventh week atop the multi-metric Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart.

Dua Lipa’s “Don’t Start Now” drops 7-8 on the Hot 100, after peaking at No. 2; Roddy Ricch’s former 11-week leader “The Box” is stationary at No. 9; and Lady Gaga and Grande’s “Rain on Me” falls 5-10, following its No. 1 launch two weeks ago, but earns the chart’s top Airplay Gainer award for a second week (24.2 million in radio reach, up 38%).

For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (June 16), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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Lil Baby performs at “No Place Like Home” Concert Featuring Future & Lil Baby at Coca Cola Roxy on Jan. 19, 2020 in Atlanta.

Lil Baby’s My Turn returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart after three months, as the set rises from No. 3 with 65,000 equivalent album units earned (up 5 percent) in the U.S. in the week ending June 11, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. It’s the second week at No. 1 for the album, following its debut atop the chart dated March 14. The album then spent the next 13 straight weeks lodged in the top six positions of the chart, between the charts dated March 21 and June 13.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new June 20-dated chart (where My Turn comes back to No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on June 16.

With My Turn collecting 65,000 units for the week at No. 1, it tallies the smallest sum for a No. 1 album in over a year. The last time the No. 1 posted a smaller frame was on the June 8, 2019-dated list, when Billie Eilish’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? notched its third and final week atop the list, when it rose from No. 3 to No. 1 with 62,000 units.

My Turn climbs back to No. 1 thanks in part to its steady performance since its debut, and because of a lack of big new albums being released on June 5. How sparse was the June 5 release schedule? No albums debut inside the top 40 of the new chart.

My Turn’s 13-week wait to return to No. 1 marks the longest gap between weeks at No. 1 for an album since Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born soundtrack took a 17-week hiatus from the top slot between its first three weeks at No. 1 (Oct. 20, Oct. 27 and Nov. 3, 2018) and its fourth and final week at No. 1 (March 9, 2019). The album scored its fourth week at No. 1 in the wake of the film’s showcase on the 2019 Academy Awards, where the soundtrack’s Oscar-winning song “Shallow” was performed by Gaga and Cooper.

Back on the new Billboard 200, Lady Gaga’s Chromatica slips from No. 1 to No. 2 in its second week, with 64,000 equivalent album units (down 77 percent from its opener of 274,000).

Two more former No. 1s follow at Nos. 3 and 4, as Gunna’s Wunna rises 4-3 with a little more than 39,000 equivalent album units (down 20 percent) and Future’s High Off Life climbs 5-4 with 39,000 units (down 11  percent).

Drake’s Dark Lane Demo Tapes shifts 6-5 with nearly 39,000 units (down 6 percent). DaBaby’s former chart-topper Blame It on Baby rises 9-6 with 38,500 equivalent album units (down 1 percent), Polo G’s The Goat is steady at No. 7 with 37,000 (down 10 percent) and Post Malone’s former No. 1 Hollywood’s Bleeding rebounds 12-8 with 36,000 units (up 1 percent).

Two previous leaders close out the new top 10, as Lil Uzi Vert’s Eternal Atake ascends 13-9 with just over 35,000 equivalent album units (down less than 1 percent) and The Weeknd’s After Hours is up 11-10 with 35,000 units (down 3 percent).

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Plus, SAINt JHN hits the top 10 with “Roses.”

DaBaby‘s “Rockstar,” featuring Roddy Ricch, ascends to No. 1, from No. 3, on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. DaBaby scores his first Hot 100 leader and Roddy Ricch adds his second.

Plus, SAINt JHN‘s “Roses” rises 14-10 on the Hot 100, marking his first top 10 on the tally.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the newest Hot 100, which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated June 13) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (June 9).

“Rockstar,” released on SouthCoast/Interscope Records, is the 1,104th No. 1 in the Hot 100’s nearly 62-year history. The song is from DaBaby’s album Blame It on Baby, which bowed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart dated May 2.

The track posts its third week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, with 34.8 million U.S. streams (down 2%) in the week ending June 4, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. It lifts 5-4, reaching a new high, on Digital Song Sales with 11,000 sold (down 10%) in the week ending June 4 and pushes 44-36 on Radio Songs with 20 million audience impressions (up 22%) in the week ending June 7.

Here are other honors attached to the song’s Hot 100 coronation.

Repeat ‘Rockstar’s: Sixteen different compositions that share exact titles have topped the Hot 100, as “Rockstar” joins the club. It follows Post Malone’s “Rockstar” (again, a different composition), featuring 21 Savage, which reigned for eight weeks beginning in October 2017.

Adele had last bookended such a pairing, when her “Hello” began a 10-week command in November 2015, after Lionel Richie’s different ballad titled “Hello” led for two weeks in May 1984.

38’s most special: DaBaby boasts 38 Hot 100 career entries at the time of his first No. 1. He first reached the ranking just over a year ago, when “Suge” entered the chart dated April 13, 2019. The track reached No. 7 last July, marking his first top 10; “Rockstar” graced the top 10 upon its debut at No. 9 six weeks ago, on the May 2 chart.

Nicki Minaj holds the record for the most Hot 100 entries until landing a first leader, as she ruled for the first time on her 109th try.

Roddy Ricch’s first 2 No. 1s in same year: Roddy Ricch, meanwhile, collects his second Hot 100 No. 1, both achieved in 2020: “The Box” dominated for 11 weeks starting in January.

He’s the first artist to notch his first two Hot 100 No. 1s in the same year since Ed Sheeran, whose “Shape of You” and “Perfect,” with Beyoncé, each secured the top spot in 2017.

In the past decade, five other acts each earned their first Hot 100 leader and followed with a second the same year: The Weeknd (“Can’t Feel My Face,” “The Hills,” 2015); Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (“Thrift Shop,” featuring Wanz, “Can’t Hold Us,” featuring Ray Dalton, 2013); Adele (“Rolling in the Deep,” “Someone Like You,” 2011); Bruno Mars (as featured on B.o.B’s “Nothin’ on You,” “Just the Way You Are,” 2010); and Kesha (“TiK ToK,” “We R Who We R,” 2010).

6 weeks, 6 new No. 1s: The last six weeks have seen six songs each spend a first week at No. 1 on the Hot 100, as “Rockstar” follows Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande’s “Rain on Me,” which debuted atop the June 6 chart; Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage,” featuring Beyoncé (May 30); Grande and Justin Bieber’s “Stuck With U” (May 23); Doja Cat’s “Say So,” featuring Minaj (May 16); and The Scotts, Travis Scott and Kid Cudi’s “The Scotts” (May 9).

As noted last week, the turnover at the top is the most for songs tallying their first weeks at the summit since seven songs each logged their first week each on top over seven weeks from Sept. 29 through Nov. 10, 1990.

Record 6 straight No. 1 collabs: Meanwhile, the last six weeks have featured six collaborations at No. 1 on the Hot 100, as listed above. The run marks a new record streak, surpassing a stretch of five consecutive collaborative leaders:

“Cheap Thrills,” Sia feat. Sean Paul, Aug. 6, 2016, four weeks at No. 1
“Closer,” The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey, Sept. 3, 2016, 12
“Black Beatles,” Rae Sremmurd feat. Gucci Mane, Nov. 26, 2016, seven
“Starboy,” The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk, Jan. 7, 2017, one
“Bad and Boujee,” Migos feat. Lil Uzi Vert, Jan. 21, 2017, three

In a case of chart whiplash, the current streak follows 35 straight weeks of leaders by only singularly-billed acts, the longest such run in over two decades.

Interscope x 2: Interscope scores its second consecutive Hot 100 No. 1, as “Rockstar” supplants Lady Gaga and Grande’s “Rain on Me.” The label banks back-to-back leaders for the first time since 2009, when it tallied three in a row, also thanks in part to Gaga: Her “Poker Face” (one week at No. 1) and The Black Eyed Peas’ “Boom Boom Pow” (12) and “I Gotta Feeling” (14), from that April 11 through Oct. 10.

No. 1 R&B/hip-hop & rap: “Rockstar” concurrently hits the top of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, which employ the same multi-metric formula as the Hot 100. DaBaby earns his first leader on each list and Roddy Ricch scores his second, after “The Box.”

Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage,” featuring Beyoncé, holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100 after it led the May 30-dated chart. It rebounds for a second week atop Digital Song Sales (3-1; 14,000, down 18%), rises 3-2 on Streaming Songs (26.4 million, down 10%) and repeats at No. 6 on Radio Songs (53.6 million, up 2%).

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” rises 4-3 on the Hot 100, after four weeks at No. 1. It rules Radio Songs for a ninth week, with 76.3 million in audience (down 1%), and adds a 12th week atop the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart.

Doja Cat’s former one-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Say So” lifts 5-4 and Lady Gaga and Grande’s “Rain on Me” falls from No. 1 to No. 5 in its second week on the chart, as it dips 2-3 on Streaming Songs (20 million, down 36%) and tumbles from No. 1 to No. 11 on Digital Song Sales (6,000, down 91%), while debuting at No. 41 on Radio Songs (17.6 million, up 59%). “Rain” rules the multi-metric Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for a second frame.

Drake’s “Toosie Slide” is steady at No. 6 on the Hot 100, after spending a week at No. 1; Dua Lipa’s “Don’t Start Now” holds at No. 7, after peaking at No. 2; Justin Bieber’s “Intentions,” featuring Quavo, climbs 9-8, returning to its high; and Roddy Ricch’s former 11-week leader “The Box” drops 8-9.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, SAINt JHN’s “Roses” jumps 14-10, marking his first top 10 on the chart. It returns to the Streaming Songs top 10 at a new best rank (14-9; 16.7 million, up 15%), while also reaching new highs on Digital Song Sales (9-7; 8,000, down 4%) and Radio Songs (25-22; 26.8 million, up 10%).

SAINt JHN first released “Roses” in July 2016. Imanbek’s remix arrived last September, spurring the song’s global chart surge. The track led the Official UK Singles chart for two weeks beginning in March and Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for six weeks starting in April. The song was released on the Hitco Entertainment label, which achieves its first Hot 100 top 10.

Find out more Hot 100 news on Billboard.com this week, and, for all chart news, you can listen (and subscribe) to Billboard‘s Pop Shop Podcast and This Week in Billboard News podcast and follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (June 9), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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Plus: Jimmy Buffett, Anuel AA and Run the Jewels debut in top 10.

Lady Gaga notches her sixth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with the chart-topping debut of Chromatica. The set starts with 274,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending June 4, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data — the biggest week for any album by a woman in 2020.

Chromatica was released on May 29 via Interscope Records. The set was led by the singles “Stupid Love” and “Rain on Me” with Ariana Grande. The former debuted and peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March, while the latter opened at No. 1 on the June 6 chart.

Chromatica was originally slated for an April 10 release, but was delayed due to COVID-19 concerns.Lady Gaga previously hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with the A Star Is Born soundtrack (with Bradley Cooper, in 2018 and 2019), Joanne (2016), Cheek to Cheek (with Tony Bennett, 2014), Artpop (2013) and Born This Way (2011).

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new June 13-dated chart (where Chromatica starts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on June 9.

Of Chromatica’s starting sum of 274,000 equivalent album units, album sales comprise 205,000, SEA units total 65,000 (equating to 87.16 million on-demand streams of the set’s tracks in the week ending June 4) and TEA units equal a little more than 4,000.

Here’s a look at some notable achievements earned by the debut of Chromatica at No. 1:

Fifth Biggest Week of 2020, Largest for an Album By a Woman: Chromatica’s start of 274,000 equivalent album units earned marks the fifth-largest week for any album in 2020 and the biggest for an album by a woman. The only larger weeks posted in 2020 were from the debut frames of The Weeknd’s After Hours (444,000), BTS’ Map of the Soul: 7 (422,000), Lil Uzi Vert’s Eternal Atake (288,000) and Eminem’s Music to Be Murdered By (279,000).

The last larger week for an album by a woman was racked up by Taylor Swift’s Lover, which blasted in at No. 1 on the chart dated Sept. 7, 2019, with 867,000 units.

Album sales comprise 75 percent of Chromatica’s overall debut frame (205,000 of 274,000). The set’s sales were bolstered by dozens of merchandise/album bundles sold via her official webstore, and a concert ticket/album sale offer with her three upcoming U.S. stadium shows scheduled for August. In addition, the album sold well via traditional retail, including the iTunes Store, Amazon and Target. The latter carried an exclusive deluxe CD edition of the album with bonus tracks.

Strong Streams: Chromatica’s bow with 65,000 SEA units equates to 87.16 million on-demand streams of the set’s tracks in the week ending June 4. That’s the biggest streaming week for any non-R&B/hip-hop or Latin album in 2020.

The largest streaming week of 2020 for any album is owned by Lil Uzi Vert’s hip-hop set Eternal Atake, which bowed at No. 1 on March 21 with 400.4 million clicks.

For comparison among non-R&B/hip-hop or Latin albums, here are the next-biggest streaming weeks of 2020 after Chromatica’s start with 87.16 million: Selena Gomez’s Rare (debut, 79.3 million; Jan. 25), Halsey’s Manic (debut, 75.6 million; Feb. 1) and BTS’ Map of the Soul: 7 (debut, 74.8 million; March 7).

The last album outside of the R&B/hip-hop or Latin genres to manage a bigger streaming week than Chromatica was Harry Styles’ Fine Line, which started at No. 1 with 108.7 million clicks (Dec. 28, 2019-dated chart).

The last non-R&B/hip-hop or Latin album by a woman to collect a bigger streaming week than Chromatica was Taylor Swift’s Lover, with 117.4 million in its second week on the list (Sept. 14, 2019).

Six No. 1 Albums in Only Nine Years: Lady Gaga has tallied six No. 1s on the Billboard 200 chart in just nine years and two days — the fastest a woman has claimed six No. 1 albums. Lady Gaga logged her first No. 1 with Born This Way, when it debuted atop the list dated Jun 11, 2011.

Previously, Taylor Swift achieved six No. 1s the fastest, among women, when Lover opened at No. 1 on Sept. 7, 2019 — just 10 years and nine months after her first No. 1, Fearless, topped the list (Nov. 29, 2008).

Among men or groups, there are acts that have scores their first six No. 1s in quicker time than Gaga — The Beatles, Justin Bieber, Garth Brooks, Kenny Chesney, Drake, Future, Jay-Z, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Elvis Presley and Kanye West.

One of Just Eight Women With at Least Six No. 1 Albums: Lady Gaga joins an elite club of just eight women who have landed six No. 1 albums. She’s now tied with Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Britney Spears and Taylor Swift, all with six each. Ahead of them: Barbra Streisand, with the most of any woman, 11; Madonna, with nine; and Janet Jackson, with seven.

Among all artists, The Beatles continue to hold the record for the most No. 1s, with 19 leaders.

Only Two Women Have Had a No. 1 Album in 2020: So far this year, just two women have led the Billboard 200 — Lady Gaga with Chromatica and Selena Gomez with Rare. The latter opened atop the list on Jan. 25.

In total, of the 18 No. 1 albums in 2020 — which include two carryover No. 1s from 2019 — 14 are by solo men, two are by male groups (BTS and Jackboys) and two are by women.

At this point a year ago, there were 17 No. 1s — with one carryover from 2018. Of those 17, four were either by a solo woman, or co-credited to a woman and a man (Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born soundtrack). The other 13 leaders at this point a year ago consisted of three No. 1s by male groups (Backstreet Boys, BTS and Vampire Weekend) and 10 by solo men.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Jimmy Buffett lands his highest-charting album in over 15 years, as Life on the Flip Side starts with 75,000 equivalent album units earned (with 74,000 of that sum in album sales). The last time the veteran singer-songwriter (and Margaritaville brand boss) was higher on the list was in 2004, when License to Chill became his first No. 1 when it opened atop the chart dated July 31, 2004.

Life on the Flip Side is Buffett’s 40th charting album on the Billboard 200. He first visited the list in 1974 with Living and Dying in 3/4 Time, which arrived on the March 2 chart, on its way to a No. 176 peak on March 30. In total, Life On the Flip Side is Buffett’s 22nd top 40 album, and 12th top 10.

Life on the Flip Side is Buffett’s first non-holiday studio album since Songs From St. Somewhere, which hit No. 4 in 2013.

The new album’s sales were helped by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with a slate of upcoming Buffett shows. The bundle offer was originally attached to a string of dates that were meant to run from May 16 through Oct. 15, 2020. Some of those shows were ultimately canceled due to COVID-19 concerns, while the remaining shows were postponed and rescheduled to July 10 through Sept. 2, 2021. Only the postponed and rescheduled shows are part of the ticket bundle offer which contributes to the chart total.

With Gaga and Buffett at Nos. 1 and 2, it’s the first time since the Jan. 4-date chart that the top two titles are both non-R&B/hip-hop titles. On the Jan. 4-dated chart, Harry Styles’ Fine Line was No. 1, while Michael Bublé’s Christmas was No. 2.

A trio of former No. 1s come in at Nos. 3-5 on the new Billboard 200, as Lil Baby’s My Turn falls from No. 2 to No. 3 (62,000 equivalent album units; down 4 percent), Gunna’s Wunna drops from No. 1 to No. 4 in its second week (49,000; down 56 percent) and Future’s High Off Life dips from No. 3 to No. 5 (44,000; down 27 percent).

Drake’s Dark Lane Demo Tapes is steady at No. 6 (41,000; down 14 percent) and Polo G’s The Goat falls 5-7 (40,000; down 22 percent).

Anuel AA claims his first top 10 album on the all-genre Billboard 200, as Emmanuel debuts at No. 8 with 39,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, 36,000 are in SEA units, equating to 55.8 million on-demand streams for the album’s songs.

The set is the Latin album to reach the Billboard 200’s top 10 in 2020, following a pair of Bad Bunny efforts (YHLQMDLG, No. 2 and Las Que No Iban a Salir, No. 7).

Emmanuel is Anuel AA’s second studio album. His first, Real Hasta La Muerte, peaked at No. 44 in 2018. It also spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Top Latin Albums chart, and finished as one of the top 10 biggest Latin albums of 2018 and 2019 on Billboard’s year-end charts.

DaBaby’s former No. 1 Blame It on Baby falls from No. 7 to No. 9 on the new Billboard 200 with just under 39,000 equivalent album units (down 8 percent).

Closing out the new top 10 on the Billboard 200 is Run the Jewels’ RTJ4, bowing at No. 10 with 38,000 equivalent album units earned (with 30,000 of that in album sales). It’s the first top 10 for the rap duo, which previously notched two charting sets, Run the Jewels 3 (No. 13 in 2017) and Run the Jewels 2 (No. 50 in 2014).

RTJ4 was released early via digital retailers and streamers on Wednesday, June 3 — instead of on June 5 (a Friday, traditionally the day in which albums are released each week). The album’s sales also benefit from an array of merchandise/album bundles sold via the act’s official webstore.

In addition, the album was available as a free download via the act’s website, alongside an appeal for donations to the Mass Defense Program. None of those free downloads were reported to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.

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The song sparks Hot 100 history for both superstars.

Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande‘s new duet “Rain on Me” storms onto the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart at No. 1. Gaga achieves her fifth Hot 100 leader and Grande earns her fourth, among other honors for each star.

The duet was released to digital service providers for streaming and purchase at midnight EST Friday, May 22, while its official video premiered that afternoon. The song is the second single from Gaga’s album Chromatica, which arrived Friday, May 29; first single “Stupid Love” debuted and peaked at No. 5 on the Hot 100 in March.

Here is a rundown of the top 10 of the newest Hot 100, which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and sales data.

“Rain” is the 1,103rd No. 1 in the Hot 100’s nearly 62-year history, and the 39th to debut in the top spot.

Here is a more in-depth look at the song’s Hot 100 coronation.

No. 1 in sales: “Rain” rockets onto the Digital Song Sales chart with 72,000 downloads sold in the week ending May 28.

The song was on sale in four physical/digital combination offerings during the tracking week. Consumers could purchase cassette, CD and vinyl singles, each with a digital download; the download would be sent to consumers upon purchase, with physical versions due to arrive at a later date.

Lady Gaga earns her eighth Digital Song Sales No. 1 and Grande adds her seventh.

“Rain” launches at No. 2 on Streaming Songs with 31.4 million U.S. streams in the week ending May 28 and drew 11.1 million audience impressions in the week ending May 31.

Gaga’s 5th No. 1; record span of No. 1 debuts: Here’s a recap of Lady Gaga’s five Hot 100 No. 1s:

Title, Weeks at No. 1, Date Reached No. 1
“Just Dance,” feat. Colby O’Donis, three, Jan. 17, 2009
“Poker Face,” one, April 11, 2009
“Born This Way,” six, Feb. 26, 2011
“Shallow,” with Bradley Cooper, one, March 9, 2019
“Rain on Me,” with Ariana Grande, one (to date), June 6, 2020

Gaga makes her second chart-topping entrance on the Hot 100, following the No. 1 arrival of “Born This Way,” and claims the mark for the longest span of No. 1 debuts: nine years, three months and one week. (Justin Bieber previously held the mark, with such a span stretching four years and five months.)

Grande’s 4th No. 1; record 4th No. 1 debut: And, here are Grande’s four Hot 100 No. 1s:

Title, Weeks at No. 1, Date Reached No. 1
“Thank U Next,” seven, Nov. 17, 2018
“7 Rings,” eight, Feb. 2, 2019
“Stuck With U,” with Justin Bieber, one, May 23, 2020
“Rain on Me,” with Lady Gaga, one (to date), June 6, 2020

Grande makes history as the first artist with four Hot 100 No. 1 debuts, as her first three leaders also all opened atop the tally. She passes Bieber, Mariah Carey and Drake, each with three No. 1 debuts.

Record-tying 4 No. 1 debuts in 2020: This year equals 1995 and 2018 for the most Hot 100 No. 1 debuts in a single year: four apiece.

The arrival of Lady Gaga and Grande’s “Rain” follows Grande and Bieber’s “Stuck With U” (May 23); The Scotts, Travis Scott and Kid Cudi’s “The Scotts” (May 9); and Drake’s “Toosie Slide” (April 18).

Gaga No. 1 in the ’00s, ’10s and 20s: Lady Gaga is the third soloist to have topped the Hot 100 in the 2000s, ’10s and ’20s, following Carey, who, with “All I Want for Christmas Is You” in January, became the first artist to have ranked at No. 1 in four distinct decades (1990s, 2000s, ’10s and ’20s), and Beyoncé, who a week ago joined the exclusive three-decade club thanks to her featured turn on Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage,” which jumped 5-1.

Women continue to rule: Lady Gaga and Grande combine for the seventh Hot 100 No. 1 credited to two or more women (and no other billed acts), and the third in four weeks. Prior to the latest three such leaders, five such songs had led over nearly 40-and-a-half years.

Notably, as “Rain on Me” dethrones Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage,” featuring Beyoncé, a song by multiple solo women supplants another atop the Hot 100 for the first time in the chart’s history.

Here’s an updated list of every Hot 100 No. 1 exclusively by multiple women soloists:

Title, Artists, Weeks at No. 1, Date Reached No. 1
“Rain on Me,” Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande, one (to date), June 6, 2020
“Savage,” Megan Thee Stallion feat. Beyoncé, one, May 30, 2020
“Say So,” Doja Cat feat. Nicki Minaj, one, May 16, 2020
“Fancy,” Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX, seven, June 7, 2014
“S&M,” Rihanna feat. Britney Spears, one week, April 30, 2011
“Lady Marmalade,” Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya & P!nk, five, June 2, 2001
“The Boy Is Mine,” Brandy & Monica, 13, June 6, 1998
“No More Tears (Enough Is Enough),” Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer, two, Nov. 24, 1979

5 weeks, 5 new No. 1s: The last five weeks have seen five songs each spend a first week at No. 1 on the Hot 100, as Lady Gaga and Grande’s “Rain” follows Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage,” featuring Beyoncé (May 30); Grande and Bieber’s “Stuck With U” (May 23); Doja Cat’s “Say So,” featuring Nicki Minaj (May 16); and The Scotts, Travis Scott and Kid Cudi’s “The Scotts” (May 9).

The turnover at the top is the most for songs tallying their first weeks at No. 1 in nearly 30 years, and the most since Nielsen Music/MRC Data figures began fueling the chart in November 1991.

The current run of five new No. 1s in five weeks is the first since these seven songs each logged their first week each on top over seven weeks in 1990:

Sept. 29, 1990, “(Can’t Live Without Your) Love and Affection,” Nelson
Oct. 6, 1990, “Close to You,” Maxi Priest
Oct. 13, 1990, “Praying for Time,” George Michael
Oct. 20, 1990, “I Don’t Have the Heart,” James Ingram
Oct. 27, 1990,” Black Cat,” Janet Jackson
Nov. 3, 1990, “Ice Ice Baby,” Vanilla Ice
Nov. 10, 1990, “Love Takes Time,” Mariah Carey

In addition to its chat-topping Hot 100 start, Lady Gaga and Grande’s “Rain” hits No. 1 on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, which employs the same multi-metric formula as the Hot 100.

Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage,” featuring Beyoncé, drops to No. 2 on the Hot 100 after it crowned the May 30-dated chart. It spends a second week at No. 1 on the multi-metric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and a third frame atop Hot Rap Songs.

DaBaby’s “Rockstar,” featuring Roddy Ricch, reaches a new Hot 100 high, rising 4-3, as it posts a second week at No. 1 on Streaming Songs (35.5 million streams, up 4%).

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” slips 3-4 on the Hot 100, after four weeks at the summit. It tops Radio Songs for an eighth week, with 77.4 million in audience, and returns for an 11th total week at No. 1 on the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart.

Doja Cat’s “Say So” drops 2-5 on the Hot 100 and Drake’s “Toosie Slide” descends 5-6, each after spending a week at No. 1.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Dua Lipa’s “Don’t Start Now” rises 8-7, after peaking at No. 2; Roddy Ricch’s “The Box” slides 7-8, after 11 weeks at No. 1; Justin Bieber’s “Intentions,” featuring Quavo, holds at No. 9, after reaching No. 8; and Future’s “Life Is Good,” featuring Drake, falls 6-10, after peaking at No. 2 for eight weeks.

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