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Bieber earns his 20th Hot 100 top 10.

BTS‘ “Dynamite” rebounds for a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.

Plus, Justin Bieber‘s “Holy,” featuring Chance the Rapper, debuts at No. 3 on the Hot 100. Notably, the song is the 20th Hot 100 top 10 for Bieber, who becomes the 20th artist in the chart’s history to reach the milestone.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated Oct. 3) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Sept. 29). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

“Dynamite,” released on BigHit Entertainment/Columbia Records, debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 dated Sept. 5 and remained atop the Sept. 12 chart, before spending the next two weeks at No. 2. It returns to No. 1 from the runner-up spot on the strength of 14 million U.S. streams (up 11%) and 153,000 downloads sold (up 96%) in the week ending Sept. 24, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. It also drew 20.8 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 8%) in the week ending Sept. 27.

“Dynamite” spends a fifth total and consecutive week at No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart and jumps 17-12 on Streaming Songs, after debuting at its No. 3 high. On Radio Songs, it pushes 47-42.

Helping “Dynamite” in the week ending Sept. 24 were four new remixes released Sept. 18: its “Bedroom,” “Midnight,” “Retro” and “Slow Jam” mixes, which, combined, accounted for 52% of the song’s overall sales in the tracking week. “Poolside” and “Tropical” remixes of “Dynamite” were released Aug. 28, joining the original and instrumental versions and EDM and acoustic remixes released Aug. 21, with all versions sale-priced to 69 cents during their first five weeks.

“Dynamite” is the first song to top Digital Song Sales for five weeks since Lizzo’s “Truth Hurts,” which led for five nonconsecutive frames in September-October 2019. It’s the first song to rule for at least five weeks in a row since Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, linked its last eight of 16 total weeks on top in July-August 2019.

On the Hot 100, “Dynamite” is the first song among duos or groups to tally at least three weeks at No. 1 in almost two years, since Maroon’s “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B, dominated for seven weeks in September-November 2018.

Cardi B’s “WAP,” featuring Megan Thee Stallion, drops to No. 2 on the Hot 100 after four nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1, dating to its debut atop the Aug. 22 chart. (It spent its first two weeks on the chart at No. 1; its third and fourth frames at No. 2; and its fifth and sixth weeks at No. 1.)

“WAP” leads Streaming Songs for a sixth week (35.8 million, down 14%); slips 3-5 on Digital Song Sales (9,000, down 23%); and climbs 21-20 on Radio Songs (33 million, up 1%). It adds a seventh week at No. 1 on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, which use the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100.

Justin Bieber’s “Holy,” featuring Chance the Rapper, launches at No. 3 on the Hot 100. The track, released Sept. 18, opens at No. 2 on both Streaming Songs (26 million) and Digital Song Sales (27,000) and No. 47 on Radio Songs (18.6 million).

Bieber adds his 20th Hot 100 top 10, becoming the 20th artist, and 10th solo male, in the Hot 100’s history, which dates to the chart’s Aug. 4, 1958, inception, to the reach the milestone. He first reached the region when “Baby,” featuring Ludacris, debuted at its No. 5 high in February 2010.

Most Hot 100 Top 10s
41, Drake
38, Madonna
34, The Beatles
31, Rihanna
30, Michael Jackson
28, Mariah Carey
28, Taylor Swift
28, Stevie Wonder
27, Janet Jackson
27, Elton John
25, Lil Wayne
25, Elvis Presley
23, Whitney Houston
23, Paul McCartney
23, The Rolling Stones
22, Eminem
21, Jay-Z
20, Justin Bieber
20, Chicago
20, The Supremes

Chance the Rapper earns his third Hot 100 top 10, all in collaborations with Bieber. DJ Khaled’s “I’m the One,” featuring Bieber, Chance the Rapper, Quavo and Lil Wayne, spent a week at No. 1 upon its debut in May 2017 and Khaled’s “No Brainer,” featuring Bieber, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne, began at its No. 5 peak in August 2018.

Drake’s “Laugh Now Cry Later,” featuring Lil Durk, descends 3-4 on the Hot 100, after debuting at its No. 2 high. It jumps 13-10 on Radio Songs (46.8 million, up 18%), becoming Drake’s 24th top 10 (and Lil Durk’s first). Drake passes Mariah Carey (23) for a solo share of the second-most Radio Songs top 10s, after Rihanna’s 29, dating to the tally’s 1990 origin.

24kGoldn’s “Mood,” featuring iann dior, hits the Hot 100’s top five, rising 6-5, as it tops the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts for a fifth week each.

DaBaby’s seven-week Hot 100 leader “Rockstar,” featuring Roddy Ricch, dips 4-6 and The Weeknd’s former four-week No. 1 “Blinding Lights” retreats 5-7, after spending a record 28 weeks in the top five. The latter rules the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart for a record-extending 28th week.

Harry Styles’ former one-week Hot 100 leader “Watermelon Sugar” drops 7-8 and Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo’s “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)” falls 8-9, after reaching No. 7.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Gabby Barrett’s “I Hope” returns to its No. 10 high, from No. 11, as it tops the multi-metric Hot Country Songs chart for a 10th week. Update, as of 2:45 p.m ET, Sept. 28: Charlie Puth is now listed as featured on “I Hope,” as overall consumption for the remix now outpaces that of the Barrett-only original. The song, which marks Barrett’s first Hot 100 top 10, is Puth’s fourth, following his featured turn on Wiz Khalifa’s “See You Again” (12 weeks at No. 1, 2015) and his own “We Don’t Talk Anymore,” featuring Selena Gomez (No. 9, 2016), and “Attention” (No. 5, 2017).

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated Oct. 3), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (Sept. 29).

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The latter breaks the record for the most weeks ever logged in the top five.

Cardi B‘s “WAP,” featuring Megan Thee Stallion, spends a fourth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.

Plus, The Weeknd‘s former Hot 100 leader “Blinding Lights” breaks the record for the most weeks spent in the top five in the chart’s history and Lewis Capaldi‘s “Before You Go” returns to the Hot 100’s top 10, at a new high, and takes over as the most-heard song on U.S. radio (dethroning “Blinding Lights”).

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated Sept. 26) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Sept. 22). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

“WAP,” released on Atlantic Records, notches a fifth week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart with 41.5 million U.S. streams (down 14%) in the week ending Sept. 17, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. On Digital Song Sales, which it led for two weeks, “WAP” drops 2-3 with 12,000 downloads sold (down 25%) in the same span. The collab climbs 27-21 on Radio Songs with 32.6 million airplay audience impressions (up 21%) in the week ending Sept. 20.

With its fourth frame at No. 1 on the Hot 100, Cardi B rewrites her longest career domination as a lead artist, as “WAP” surpasses the three-week reign of her debut No. 1 “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)” in October 2017. She has also led with “I Like It,” with Bad Bunny and J Balvin (one week, July 2018), and as featured on Maroon 5’s “Girls Like You” (seven weeks, September-November 2018).

“WAP” logs a sixth week at No. 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, which use the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100.

BTS’ “Dynamite” ranks at No. 2 on the Hot 100 for a second week after spending its first two weeks on the chart at No. 1. It tops Digital Song Sales for a fourth week (78,000 downloads sold, down 43%), slips 16-17 on Streaming Songs (12.6 million, down 6%) and ascends 49-47 on Radio Songs (19.1 million, up 6%).

Drake’s “Laugh Now Cry Later,” featuring Lil Durk, keeps at No. 3 on the Hot 100, after debuting at its No. 2 high, and DaBaby’s seven-week leader “Rockstar,” featuring Roddy Ricch, is likewise stationary at No. 4.

The Weeknd’s former four-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Blinding Lights” holds at No. 5, as it tops the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart for a record-extending 27th week.

As for its Hot 100 longevity, “Lights” spends a 28th week in the top five, breaking the record for the most time logged in the region over the chart’s 62-year history.

Most Weeks in Hot 100’s Top Five
28, “Blinding Lights,” The Weeknd, No. 1 peak (four weeks), 2020
27, “Shape of You,” Ed Sheeran, No. 1 (12), 2017
27, “Closer,” The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey, No. 1 (12), 2016-17
26, “Circles,” Post Malone, No. 1 (three), 2019-20
25, “Uptown Funk!,” Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, No. 1 (14), 2014-15
25, “How Do I Live,” LeAnn Rimes, No. 2, 1997-98
24, “Girls Like You,” Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B, No. 1 (seven), 2018
24, “That’s What I Like,” Bruno Mars, No. 1 (one), 2017
23, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, No. 1 (19), 2019
23, “Without Me,” Halsey, No. 1 (two), 2018-19
23, “Despacito,” Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, No. 1 (16), 2017
23, “The Twist,” Chubby Checker, No. 1 (three), 1960-61-62

“Lights,” which first reached the top five of the Hot 100 dated March 21 and has charted in the region for 28 weeks consecutively, remains in the top 15 of each Hot 100 component chart, descending to No. 2 on Radio Songs, as its record 23-week run at No. 1 is halted (75.9 million, down 3%), and receding 4-6 on Digital Song Sales (9,000, up 6%) and 11-14 on Streaming Songs (13.5 million, down 4%).

24kGoldn’s “Mood,” featuring iann dior, holds at its No. 6 best on the Hot 100, while winning the chart’s top Airplay Gainer award for a third consecutive week (30.3 million, up 31%). It’s the first song with such a streak of claiming the honor since Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage,” featuring Beyoncé, tripled up in May. “Mood” tops the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts for a fourth week each and repeats at No. 4 on Hot Rap Songs.

Harry Styles’ former one-week Hot 100 leader “Watermelon Sugar” is steady at No. 7 and Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo’s “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)” rises 9-8, after reaching No. 7.

Lewis Capaldi’s “Before You Go” rebounds 11-9 on the Hot 100, reaching a new best rank. It concurrently rises 3-1 on Radio Songs (79.1 million, up 5%), stopping the record 23-week domination of The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights.” Capaldi crowns Radio Songs with a second No. 1 in as many visits, as his breakthrough ballad “Someone You Loved” led for three weeks last November. He’s the first artist to send his first two Radio Songs entries to the top spot since Lizzo, who did so in September-December 2019 with “Truth Hurts” (six weeks at No. 1) and “Good as Hell” (four).

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Jack Harlow’s “Whats Poppin,” featuring DaBaby, Tory Lanez and Lil Wayne, falls 8-10, after it peaked at No. 2.

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated Sept. 26), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (Sept. 22).

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Plus: Marilyn Manson scores 10th top 10 album with arrival of ‘We Are Chaos.’

Rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again achieves his third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart in less than a year, as the fittingly titled Top debuts atop the tally. The set was released on Sept. 11 via Never Broke Again/Artist Partner Group/Atlantic and earned 126,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Sept. 17, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.

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). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new Sept. 26-dated chart (where Top debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Tuesday, Sept. 22. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Top’s 126,000 equivalent album units earned in its first week, 106,000 are from SEA units (equaling 156.32 million on-demand streams of the set’s songs in its first week), 19,000 comprise album sales and a little under 1,000 are in TEA units.

Top is YoungBoy’s third total No. 1 album, and all have come within 11 months’ time. The 20-year-old first topped the list with AI YoungBoy 2, which bowed at No. 1 on the chart dated Oct. 26, 2019. He scored his second leader with 38 Baby 2 on May 9, 2020, followed by Top on the Sept. 26, 2020, chart.

The last act to score three No. 1s faster was BTS, which logged its first three No. 1s in a slightly quicker clip than YoungBoy: 10 months and 25 days, with Love Yourself: Tear (June 2, 2018), Love Yourself: Answer (Sept. 8, 2018) and Love Yourself: Persona (April 27, 2019). The last solo act to land three No. 1s faster than YoungBoy was Future, when he notched his first three No. 1s in just six months and three weeks with DS2 (Aug. 8, 2015); What a Time to Be Alive, with Drake (Oct. 10, 2015); and Evol (Feb. 27, 2016).

YoungBoy has charted a bevy of albums in a swift amount of time on the Billboard 200. Since debuting on the list dated Aug. 26, 2017, he’s placed 15 albums on the list, including four EPs. No other artist has charted as many albums of newly recorded material in that same span of time. (Only the Grateful Dead has placed more entries on the chart since Aug. 26, 2017 – with 22 charting efforts. But all of those were archival sets or compilation albums.)

With Warner Music’s Atlantic atop the Billboard 200, Warner breaks up the chart-topping monopoly Universal Music Group (UMG) had for the previous 15 weeks. From the June 13 through Sept. 19 charts, a UMG title sat at No. 1.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Pop Smoke’s former leader Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon is a non-mover with 73,000 equivalent album units earned (down 2 percent), while Juice WRLD’s previous No. 1 Legends Never Die is also stationary at No. 3 with 54,000 units (down 5 percent).

Taylor Swift’s former No. 1 Folklore rises one spot to No. 4 with 44,000 equivalent album units earned (down 9 percent) while the original Broadway cast recording of Hamilton: An American Musical is up one rung to No. 5 with 41,000 units (down 6 percent).

With Hamilton (released via Hamilton Uptown/Atlantic) in the top five alongside YoungBoy’s Top, Atlantic has two titles in the top five at the same time for the first time since May 9, when YoungBoy’s 38 Baby 2 debuted at No. 1 while Lil Uzi Vert’s Eternal Atake (Generation Now/Atlantic) was at No. 3.

Lil Baby’s former No. 1 My Turn climbs 7-6 on the new Billboard 200 with 40,000 equivalent album units earned (down 1 percent), while Big Sean’s Detroit 2 falls 1-7 in its second week with 37,000 units (down 64 percent).

Rock band Marilyn Manson scores its 10th top 10 album on the Billboard 200 as We Are Chaos bows at No. 8. The set, which was released via Loma Vista/Concord, enters with 31,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, 28,000 is from album sales (encouraged by a variety physical formats of the album on offer), 3,000 from SEA units (equaling 4 million in on-demand streams of the set’s tracks) and less than 1,000 from TEA units.

We Are Chaos was available in an array of vinyl LP editions (including exclusive color variant versions for Target, Best Buy, indie retailers and the band’s webstore), as well as a CD deluxe edition with bonus tracks, and even multiple cassette variants. The many permutations of the album encouraged sales, as the set also debuts at No. 1 on the Album Sales chart, the Vinyl Albums chart (with 8,000 sold on vinyl LP) and the Tastemakers chart. The latter ranks the biggest selling albums of the week at independent and small chain retailers.

Marilyn Manson previously reached the top 10 on the Billboard 200 with Heaven Upside Down (No. 8 in 2017), The Pale Emperor (No. 8, 2015), Born Villain (No. 10, 2012), The High End of Low (No. 4, 2009), Eat Me, Drink Me (No. 8, 2007), Lest We Forget: The Best Of (No. 9, 2004), The Golden Age of Grotesque (No. 1, 2003), Mechanical Animals (No. 1, 1998) and Antichrist Superstar (No. 3, 1996).

Closing out the Billboard 200’s new top 10 are Rod Wave’s Pray 4 Love, falling 8-9 with 30,000 equivalent album units earned (down 8 percent), and Post Malone’s previous No. 1 Hollywood’s Bleeding, steady at No. 10 with 29,000 units (down 3 percent).

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Plus, The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” ties a longevity record & DJ Khaled’s “Popstar’ re-enters the top 10.

Cardi B‘s “WAP,” featuring Megan Thee Stallion, rebounds for a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.

“WAP” dethrones” BTS‘ “Dynamite,” which spent its first two weeks on the Hot 100 at No. 1.

Elsewhere in the Hot 100’s top 10, The Weeknd‘s former leader “Blinding Lights” ties for the most weeks spent in the top five in the chart’s history and DJ Khaled‘s “Popstar,” featuring Drake, re-enters the top 10 after the premiere of its official video.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated Sept. 19) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Sept. 15). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

“WAP,” released on Atlantic Records, notches a fourth week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart with 48.2 million U.S. streams (down 18%) in the week ending Sept. 10, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. On Digital Song Sales, which it led for two weeks, “WAP” rises 3-2 with 16,000 downloads sold (down 20%) in the same span. The collab ascends 32-27 on Radio Songs with 27.3 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 11%) in the week ending Sept. 13.

With its third week at No. 1 on the Hot 100, Cardi B matches her longest career domination as a lead artist, as “WAP” ties the three-week reign of her debut No. 1 “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)” in October 2017. She has also led with “I Like It,” with Bad Bunny and J Balvin (one week, July 2018), and as featured on Maroon 5’s “Girls Like You” (seven weeks, September-November 2018).

“WAP” logs a fifth week at No. 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, which use the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100.

BTS’ “Dynamite” dips to No. 2 on the Hot 100 after spending its first two weeks on the chart at No. 1. It tops Digital Song Sales for a third week (136,000 downloads sold, down 25%), falls 9-16 on Streaming Songs (13.3 million, down 24%) and becomes the group’s first career entry on Radio Songs, debuting at No. 49 (18.3 million, up 14%).

With 136,000 downloads sold in its third week after 182,000 in its second week and 265,000 in its first frame, “Dynamite” is the first song to have sold over 136,000 downloads in three consecutive weeks since The Chainsmokers’ “Closer” (featuring Halsey), which reached that level in five straight weeks in September-October 2016.

“Dynamite” is additionally the first song to have sold over 136,000 downloads in its first three weeks of release (unlike “Closer”) since Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling!,” which hit that mark in its first five frames in May-June 2016.

(“Poolside” and “Tropical” remixes of “Dynamite” were released Aug. 28, joining the original and instrumental versions and EDM and acoustic remixes released Aug. 21, with all versions sale-priced to 69 cents during their first three weeks.)

Drake’s “Laugh Now Cry Later,” featuring Lil Durk, holds at No. 3 on the Hot 100, after debuting at No. 2 three weeks earlier, and DaBaby’s seven-week leader “Rockstar,” featuring Roddy Ricch, is likewise steady at No. 4.

The Weeknd’s former four-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Blinding Lights” keeps at No. 5, as it spends a record-extending 23rd week at No. 1 on Radio Songs (79.9 million, essentially even week-over-week). It rules the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart for a record-padding 26th week.

As for its Hot 100 longevity, “Lights” spends a 27th week in the top five, tying for the most time logged in the region over the chart’s 62-year history.

Most Weeks in Hot 100’s Top Five
27, “Blinding Lights,” The Weeknd, No. 1 peak (four weeks), 2020
27, “Shape of You,” Ed Sheeran, No. 1 (12), 2017
27, “Closer,” The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey, No. 1 (12), 2016-17
26, “Circles,” Post Malone, No. 1 (three), 2019-20
25, “Uptown Funk!,” Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, No. 1 (14), 2014-15
25, “How Do I Live,” LeAnn Rimes, No. 2, 1997-98
24, “Girls Like You,” Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B, No. 1 (seven), 2018
24, “That’s What I Like,” Bruno Mars, No. 1 (one), 2017
23, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, No. 1 (19), 2019
23, “Without Me,” Halsey, No. 1 (two), 2018-19
23, “Despacito,” Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, No. 1 (16), 2017
23, “The Twist,” Chubby Checker, No. 1 (three), 1960-61-62

24kGoldn’s “Mood,” featuring iann dior, rises 8-6 on the Hot 100, while winning the chart’s top Airplay Gainer award as it debuts at No. 37 on Radio Songs (23.3 million, up 46%). It tops the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts for a third week each and lifts 5-4 on Hot Rap Songs.

Harry Styles’ former one-week Hot 100 leader “Watermelon Sugar” descends 6-7; Jack Harlow’s “Whats Poppin,” featuring DaBaby, Tory Lanez and Lil Wayne, drops 7-8, after it peaked at No. 2; and Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo’s “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)” keeps at No. 9, after reaching No. 7.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, DJ Khaled’s “Popstar,” featuring Drake, re-enters the region after the Sept. 4 premiere of its official video, jumping 24-10. The track debuted at No. 3 on the Aug. 1-dated Hot 100 (as Drake rewrote the record for the most top 10s in the chart’s archives) and spent the following six weeks before this week between Nos. 14 and 24.

The collab bounds 36-7 on Streaming Songs (19.6 million, up 107%) and re-enters Digital Song Sales at No. 7 (7,000, up 323%), good for the Hot 100’s top Streaming and Sales Gainer trophies. It continues its ascent on Radio Songs, rising 23-19 (33.3 million, up 15%).

Note: Effective with this week’s charts (dated Sept. 19), YouTube song UGC (user-generated content) will no longer factor into Billboard surveys. The removal of song UGC will align all streaming content among Billboard‘s songs and albums charts, and the newly-launched Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. songs charts, to include only official audio and video streams. The change follows the removal of non-song UGC video content from the Hot 100 and other songs charts in January and will result in minimal changes in rank, especially in the top half of the Hot 100.

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated Sept. 19), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (Sept. 15).

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Plus: 6ix9ine’s ‘TattleTales’ bows in top 10.

Big Sean scores his third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as Detroit 2 debuts atop the list. The set, which was released on Sept. 4 via G.O.O.D./Def Jam, launches with 103,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Sept. 10, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. He previously notched No. 1s with his last two solo releases, 2017’s I Decided and 2015’s Dark Sky Paradise.

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). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new Sept. 19-dated chart (where Detroit 2 bows at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Tuesday, Sept. 15. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Detroit 2’s 103,000 units earned in the tracking week ending Sept. 10, SEA units comprise 71,000 (equating to 93.55 million on-demand streams of the set’s songs), 30,000 are in album sales (aided by merchandise/album bundles) and 2,000 in TEA units.

Detroit 2 was announced in March, and follows Big Sean’s 2012 free mixtape Detroit.

Detroit 2 is also Def Jam’s second No. 1 of 2020, following Justin Bieber’s Changes (released via SchoolBoy/Raymond Braun/Def Jam).

A pair of former No. 1s stay steady in the Nos. 2 and 3 slots: Pop Smoke’s Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon (75,000 equivalent album units earned, down 3 percent) and Juice WRLD’s Legends Never Die (57,000 units; down 11 percent).

6ix9ine’s TattleTales opens at No. 4 with 53,000 equivalent album units earned, notching the rapper his third top 10. Of the set’s starting sum, 32,000 are in album sales (supported by an array of merchandise/album bundles), 20,000 are in SEA units (equaling 32.94 million on-demand streams of the set’s songs) and 1,000 are in TEA units.

The album was preceded by a trio of tracks that hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart: “Gooba” (which peaked at No. 3), “Trollz,” with Nicki Minaj (which logged 6ix9ine his first No. 1 in June) and “Yaya” (No. 99).Taylor Swift’s Folklore falls from No. 1 to No. 5 after spending its first six weeks atop the list. It tallied 48,000 equivalent album units in the latest tracking week (down 46 percent).

The original Broadway cast recording of Hamilton: An American Musical is a non-mover at No. 6 with 44,000 equivalent album units earned (down 9 percent), while Lil Baby’s former No. 1 My Turn is also steady at No. 7 with 40,000 (down 5 percent).

Closing out the top 10: Rod Wave’s Pray 4 Love is stationary at No. 8 with 32,000 equivalent album units earned (down 10 percent), DaBaby’s Blame It On Baby holds at No. 9 with nearly 30,000 units (down 7 percent) and Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding rises 11-10 with just under 30,000 units (down 3 percent).

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Plus, 24kGoldn’s “Mood,” featuring iann dior, hits the top 10.

BTS‘ “Dynamite” spends a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.

A week earlier, “Dynamite” debuted at the Hot 100’s summit, marking the group’s first No. 1 and the first leader on the list ever for an all-South Korean act.

Additionally this week, 24kGoldn‘s “Mood,” featuring iann dior, jumps from No. 12 to No. 8 on the Hot 100, becoming the first top 10 on the chart for each artist.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated Sept. 12) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Sept. 9, a day later than usual due to the Labor Day holiday in the U.S. yesterday). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

“Dynamite,” released on BigHit Entertainment/Columbia Records, continues atop the Hot 100 on the strength of 17.5 million U.S. streams (down 49%) and 182,000 downloads sold (down 31%) in the week ending Sept. 3, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. It also drew 16 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 38%) in the week ending Sept. 6.

“Dynamite” spends a second week at No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart and drops 3-9 on Streaming Songs.

(Of the 43 songs that have entered the Hot 100 at No. 1 all-time, “Dynamite” is the 20th to have remained on top in its second week.)

Helping “Dynamite” in its second week of availability, “Poolside” and “Tropical” remixes of the song were released Aug. 28 and sale-priced to 69 cents during the tracking week. They joined the original version, EDM and acoustic remixes and an instrumental version (also each sale-priced to 69 cents during the week), released Aug. 21.

With 182,000 downloads sold in its second week after opening with 265,000 downloads sold in its first frame, “Dynamite” is the first song to have sold over 180,000 downloads in consecutive weeks in nearly four years, since The Chainsmokers’ “Closer,” featuring Halsey (208,000, Sept. 17, 2016; 199,000, Sept. 24, 2016).

“Dynamite” is additionally the first song to have sold over 180,000 downloads in its first two weeks of release (unlike “Closer”) since Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” (379,000, May 28, 2016; 204,000, June 4, 2016).

Plus, on the mainstream top 40-based Pop Songs radio airplay chart, BTS hits a new career-best rank, as “Dynamite” rises 20-18. The track also becomes the group’s first entry on the adult top 40-based Adult Pop Songs airplay chart, where it debuts at No. 29.

Cardi B’s “WAP,” featuring Megan Thee Stallion, posts a second week at No. 2 on the Hot 100 after spending its first two weeks on the chart at No. 1. It adds a third week atop Streaming Songs (58.5 million, down 10%); slips 2-3 on Digital Song Sales (20,000, down 20%); and jumps 46-32 on Radio Songs (24.5 million, up 31%).

“WAP” logs a fourth week at No. 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, which employ the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100.

Drake’s “Laugh Now Cry Later,” featuring Lil Durk, holds at No. 3 on the Hot 100, after debuting at No. 2 two weeks earlier, and DaBaby’s seven-week leader “Rockstar,” featuring Roddy Ricch, is likewise steady at No. 4.

The Weeknd’s former four-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Blinding Lights” keeps at No. 5, as it spends a record-extending 22nd week at No. 1 on Radio Songs (79.6 million, down 1%). It rules the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart for a record-furthering 25th week.

After The Weeknd performed “Lights” to kick off the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards Aug. 30, the song wins the Hot 100’s top Sales Gainer award, up 54% to 13,000 sold in the week ending Sept. 3.

As for its Hot 100 longevity, “Lights” spends a 26th week in the top five, moving to within a week of tying for the most time logged in the region over the chart’s 62-year history.

Most Weeks in Hot 100’s Top Five
27, “Shape of You,” Ed Sheeran, No. 1 peak (12 weeks), 2017
27, “Closer,” The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey, No. 1 (12), 2016-17
26, “Blinding Lights,” The Weeknd, No. 1 (four), 2020
26, “Circles,” Post Malone, No. 1 (three), 2019-20
25, “Uptown Funk!,” Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, No. 1 (14), 2014-15
25, “How Do I Live,” LeAnn Rimes, No. 2, 1997-98
24, “Girls Like You,” Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B, No. 1 (seven), 2018
24, “That’s What I Like,” Bruno Mars, No. 1 (one), 2017
23, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, No. 1 (19), 2019
23, “Without Me,” Halsey, No. 1 (two), 2018-19
23, “Despacito,” Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, No. 1 (16), 2017
23, “The Twist,” Chubby Checker, No. 1 (three), 1960-61-62

Harry Styles’ former one-week Hot 100 leader “Watermelon Sugar” rises 7-6, swapping spots with Jack Harlow’s “Whats Poppin,” featuring DaBaby, Tory Lanez and Lil Wayne, after it peaked at No. 2.

24kGoldn’s “Mood,” featuring iann dior, jumps from No. 12 to No. 8 on the Hot 100, claiming top Streaming and Airplay Gainer honors. The collab climbs 6-3 on Streaming Songs (23.6 million, up 13%) and surges by 105% to 16 million in airplay audience. It retreats 9-12 on Digital Song Sales but with a 7% gain to 8,000 sold.

For 24kGoldn (real name: Golden Landis Von Jones), “Mood” is his first Hot 100 top 10 and second total entry, after “Valentino” spent a week at No. 92 last November. Dior (real name: Michael Ian Olmo) reaches the top 10 in his first visit to the chart.

Mood” concurrently crowns the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts for a second week each and holds at No. 5 on Hot Rap Songs.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo’s “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)” keeps at No. 9, after reaching No. 7, and Lewis Capaldi’s “Before You Go” holds at its No. 10 high.

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