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Harlow takes off with his second Hot 100 leader, and first on his own, with the biggest streaming week of 2022.

Jack Harlow‘s “First Class” takes flight in style, debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.

The single starts as Harlow’s second Hot 100 leader and first on his own, as well as his first to debut at No. 1, after Lil Nas X’s “Industry Baby,” with Harlow, ascended to the summit for a week in October 2021.

“First Class” – which interpolates Fergie’s 2007 two-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Glamorous,” featuring Ludacris – soars in with the biggest streaming week tallied this year.

The track also marks the second song to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100 in 2022; Harry Styles’ “As It Was” bounded in on top a week earlier, with the year’s previous best weekly streaming total, and ranks at No. 2 in its second week.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated April 23, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (April 19). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

“First Class” was released April 8 on Generation Now/Atlantic Records, after Harlow initially teased it on Instagram March 31. The song, which also went viral on TikTok ahead of its official premiere, previews the 24-year-old Louisville, Ky.-born rapper’s second full-length, Come Home the Kids Miss You, due May 6. The set follows his LP Thats What They All Say, which debuted and peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in December 2020, as well as his seven-song release Sweet Action, which reached No. 20 in July 2020.

(Harlow is also set to star in a remake of the 1992 sports comedy White Men Can’t Jump, in the role originally portrayed by Woody Harrelson. “We got a classic to do justice to,” Harlow told Billboard of the film at the Grammy Awards on April 3.)

“First Class” becomes the 1,136th No. 1 in the Hot 100’s 63-year history, and the 60th to enter on top.

Streams, airplay, & sales: “First Class” punches its ticket to the top of the Hot 100 with 54.6 million streams, 4.1 million radio airplay audience impressions and 10,600 downloads sold in the April 8-14 tracking week, according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data.

The track opens at No. 1 on Streaming Songs, where it’s Harlow’s second leader (after “Industry Baby,” for two weeks last August and October), with the best streaming week achieved in 2022. It lands the biggest frame since Drake’s “Way 2 Sexy,” featuring Future and Young Thug, roared in with 67.3 million atop the Sept. 18, 2021, survey. (“First Class” narrowly surpasses Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well [Taylor’s Version],” which drew 54.4 million in its first frame, as reflected on the Nov. 27, 2021, chart, and Adele’s “Easy on Me,” which ran up 53.9 million in its first full week, as it topped the Oct. 30, 2021, tally.)

“First Class” also bows at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales, marking Harlow’s second leader (again, after “Industry Baby,” for a week last October), while bubbling under Radio Songs. (It enters the Rap Airplay chart at No. 21, Rhythmic Airplay at No. 23 and Pop Airplay at No. 35.)

Harlow’s second No. 1: “First Class” follows “Industry Baby,” with Lil Nas X, as Harlow’s second Hot 100 No. 1. The latter debuted at No. 2 on the Aug. 7, 2021, chart and rose to the top of the Oct. 23 tally.

Harlow adds his third Hot 100 top 10. His debut entry, “Whats Poppin,” featuring DaBaby, Tory Lanez and Lil Wayne, climbed to No. 2 in July 2020.

(Meanwhile, previously released Come Home the Kids Miss You track “Nail Tech” rebounds 58-40 on the Hot 100, up 43% to 9.5 million streams, good for top Streaming Gainer honors. It debuted at its No. 18 high on the March 5 chart.)

Fergie was ‘First’: “First Class” interpolates Fergie’s “Glamorous,” which became her second of three Hot 100 No. 1s, all from her debut solo album The Dutchess, for two weeks beginning on the March 24, 2007, chart. (She also made three trips to the summit as a member of The Black Eyed Peas in 2009-10.)

“First Class” is the first Hot 100 No. 1 to rework another song – as well as a former leader – since Drake’s “Way 2 Sexy,” which ruled the Sept. 18, 2021, chart in its debut week; the latter reimagines Right Said Fred’s “I’m Too Sexy,” which reigned for three weeks in February 1992.

‘First’ things first: “First Class” is the fourth Hot 100 No. 1 with, aptly, the word “first” in its title. Here’s an updated rundown, with the … first … having led just over 50 years ago:

“First Class,” Jack Harlow, one week to-date at No. 1, beginning April 23, 2022
“The First Night,” Monica, five weeks, beginning Oct. 3, 1998
“The First Time,” Surface, two weeks, beginning Jan. 26, 1991
“The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” Roberta Flack, six weeks, beginning April 15, 1972

Head of the ‘Class’ at R&B/hip-hop, rap: “First Class” also lifts off atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, which use the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100. Harlow earns his second No. 1 on each ranking, after “Industry Baby” dominated for 18 and 19 weeks, respectively, beginning upon its debut last August.

Harry Styles’ “As It Was” descends to No. 2 on the Hot 100 following its chart-topping launch. It also dips to No. 2 on Streaming Songs (32.3 million, down 26%) and 2-5 on Digital Song Sales (7,800, down 24%), while jumping 19-14 on Radio Songs (33.8 million, up 25%), as it wins the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award; it charges 14-9 on the Pop Airplay chart and 17-10 on Adult Pop Airplay.

Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” retreats 2-3 after five weeks atop the Hot 100. The track adds a sixth week at No. 1 on Radio Songs (63.4 million, up 1%), while ruling the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts for a 30th week each.

Latto’s “Big Energy” slip to No. 4 from its No. 3 Hot 100 best, as it becomes her first Pop Airplay No. 1; Imagine Dragons and JID’s “Enemy” holds at its No. 5 Hot 100 high; and The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber’s “Stay” backtracks 4-6, after seven weeks at No. 1. “Stay” becomes the first title in the Hot 100’s history to have spent its first 40 weeks on the chart all in the top 10.

Kodak Black’s “Super Gremlin” drops 6-7 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 3; Doja Cat’s “Woman” keeps at its No. 8 best, as it leads the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart for a seventh week; and Justin Bieber’s “Ghost” falls 7-9 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 5.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Lil Nas X’s “Thats What I Want” holds at No. 10, after hitting No. 8, as it concurrently becomes his first No. 1 on Adult Pop Airplay.

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated April 23), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (April 19).

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Plus: New albums from Jack White, 42 Dugg & EST Gee, Fivio Foreign and Camila Cabello debut in the top 10.

Lil Durk’s 7220 returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for a second nonconsecutive week, as the set steps 2-1 on the April 23-dated list with a little over 47,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending April 14 (down 8%), according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data. The album bowed atop the chart dated March 26 and spent the next three weeks in the runner-up position.

Plus, four more albums debut in the top 10: Jack White’s Fear of the Dawn, 42 Dugg and EST Gee’s Last Ones Left, Fivio Foreign’s B.I.B.L.E. and Camila Cabello’sFamilia.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multimetric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. 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 April 23, 2022-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on April 19. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of 7220’s 47,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 46,000 (down 9%; equating to 68.56 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs), album sales comprise a little under 1,000 and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.

7220 has the lowest-unit sum for a No. 1 album in over three years, since A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie’s Hoodie SZN collected about 46,500 units atop the list dated Feb. 16, 2019.

Morgan Wallen’s former No. 1 Dangerous: The Double Album rises 4-2 on the new Billboard 200 with about 46,500 units (up 4%), while the chart-topping Encanto soundtrack is steady at No. 3 with 45,000 units (down 9%).

Jack White’s Fear of the Dawn is the Billboard 200’s top debut of the week, arriving at No. 4 with 42,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 39,000 (making it the top-selling album of the week); SEA units comprise 3,000 (equaling 4.15 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs); and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. Fear of the Dawn is White’s fifth top 10 effort as a soloist, and he’s also claimed top 10s as a member of the bands The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather and The White Stripes (three each).

Over half of Fear of the Dawn’s first-week units were driven by vinyl album sales (24,000 sold) – not surprising considering White’s popularity with the format and his continued championing of vinyl. (White also owns the Detroit-based Third Man Pressing plant.)

Olivia Rodrigo’s chart-topping Sour is a non-mover at No. 5 with 39,000 equivalent album units (down 2%) while Drake’s former leader Certified Lover Boy climbs 8-6 with 30,500 units (down 1%).

42 Dugg and EST Gee’s collaborative set Last Ones Left debuts at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 with 30,000 equivalent album units earned. It’s the second top 10 for both acts. Of the album’s units earned, SEA units comprise 26,500 units (equaling 36.84 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs), album sales comprise 3,500 and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.

Doja Cat’s Planet Her bumps 10-8 on the Billboard 200 with 29,500 equivalent album units earned (down 3%).

Fivio Foreign’s debut full-length studio album B.I.B.L.E. bows at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 with 29,000 equivalent album units earned. It’s his first top 10 and second charting effort, following the 800 B.C. mixtape, which spent one week on the chart at No. 159 in 2020. Of the new set’s 29,000 units earned, SEA units comprise 27,500 units (equaling 37.75 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs), album sales comprise 1,000 and TEA units comprise 500.

Rounding out the new top 10 of the Billboard 200 is Camila Cabello’s third studio effort Familia, which debuts at No. 10 with 27,500 equivalent album units earned. All three of her solo studio projects have debuted in the top 10. Of the album’s starting sum, SEA units comprise 14,500 (equaling 20.26 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs), album sales comprise 11,500 and TEA units comprise nearly 1,500.

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Styles scores his second Hot 100 leader, after “Watermelon Sugar” in 2020.

Harry Styles‘ “As It Was” soars in at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.

The track opens as Styles’ second Hot 100 leader, and his first to debut at No. 1, after “Watermelon Sugar” rose to the top for a week in August 2020.

“As It Was” is also the first song to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100 by any act in 2022, and bows with the biggest streaming week tallied this year.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated April 16, 2022) will update on Billboard.com Tuesday (April 12). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

“As It Was” was released Thursday, March 31, at 7 p.m. ET on Erskine/Columbia Records. It’s the first single from Styles’ third album, Harry’s House, due May 20. His eponymous first LP debuted atop the Billboard 200 albums chart in June 2017 and Fine Line likewise launched at No. 1 in December 2019 and led for two weeks.

“As It Was” becomes the 1,135th No. 1 in the Hot 100’s 63-year history, and the 59th to enter on top.

Streams, airplay, & sales: “As It Was” debuts with 43.8 million streams, 27.2 million radio airplay audience impressions and 10,300 downloads sold in the April 1-7 tracking week, according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data. (On its March 31 release day, the song drew 3 million streams and 1.4 million in radio reach and sold 3,500.)

The track opens at No. 1 on Streaming Songs, where it’s Styles’ first leader (and first top 10), with the best streaming week tallied in 2022. It lands the biggest frame since Brenda Lee’s chestnut “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” topped the Jan. 1 tally (encompassing the Dec. 17-23, 2021, tracking week) with 47.5 million streams. “As It Was” boasts the most streams for a song in its first full week since Adele’s “Easy on Me” drew 53.9 million in its first full frame, as reflected on the Oct. 30, 2021, chart.

“As It Was” posts the biggest streaming week for a song by a male since Drake’s “Way 2 Sexy,” featuring Future and Young Thug, roared in with 67.3 million (atop the Sept. 18, 2021, ranking).

“As It Was” leaps 16-2 on Digital Song Sales, marking Styles’ fifth top 10, and debuts at No. 19 on Radio Songs. On the latter list, the bow is the best since “Easy on Me” made a record arrival at No. 4. It’s the highest for a male in a lead role since Eminem’s “Just Lose It” charged in at No. 17 on the Oct. 9, 2004, chart.

Styles’ second No. 1: “As It Was” follows “Watermelon Sugar” as Styles’ second Hot 100 No. 1. The latter completed a 20-week trip to the top on the Aug. 15, 2020, chart.

Styles adds his fourth Hot 100 top 10. “Sign of the Times” bounded in at No. 4 (his previous best starting point), its peak, in April 2017 and “Adore You” climbed to No. 6 in April 2020.

1D solo No. 1s: Thanks to “As It Was” and “Watermelon Sugar,” Styles is the first member of One Direction to tally multiple Hot 100 No. 1s. He one-ups Zayn, whose “Pillowtalk” ruled in its debut week (Feb. 20, 2016).

Sparking history, Styles and Zayn make One Direction the first group with two members that have debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 with solo songs.

One Direction, which Zayn departed in 2015 and is on an indefinite break, has charted six Hot 100 top 10s, reaching a No. 2 high with “Best Song Ever” in August 2013. The group has scored four No. 1s on the Billboard 200.

Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” descends to No. 2 after five weeks atop the Hot 100. The track adds a fifth week at No. 1 on Radio Songs (63.3 million, down 2%); dips from its No. 3 high to No. 4 on Streaming Songs (15 million, up 1%); and jumps 24-13, returning to its best rank, on Digital Song Sales (4,100, up 45%, good for the Hot 100’s top Sales Gainer award), after the band was nominated for best new artist at the Grammy Awards, held April 3.

Back-to-back British No. 1s: Notably, Styles — born in Redditch, Worcestershire, England — and Glass Animals, who formed in Oxford, England, combine for the first set of back-to-back Hot 100 No. 1s by British acts in lead roles in over 30 years. They follow George Michael and Elton John, whose “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down Me” topped the Feb. 1, 1992, chart and was supplanted by Right Said Fred’s “I’m Too Sexy,” which began a three-week reign on the Feb. 8 survey.

British acts at Nos. 1 and 2: Meanwhile, British acts add more highlights, holding the top two spots on the Hot 100 simultaneously for the first time in over five years, with the last such occurrence also invoking a One Direction member gone solo. On the March 4, 2017, chart, Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” notched its fourth of 12 weeks at No. 1 and Zayn’s “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker),” with Taylor Swift, rose to its No. 2 peak.

“Heat Waves” concurrently rules the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts, both of which use the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100, for a 29th week each.

Latto’s “Big Energy” holds at its No. 3 Hot 100 high. It becomes her first No. 1 on Digital Song Sales (12,600, down 2%) and surges 6-3 on Radio Songs (58.3 million, up 12%) and 14-6 on Streaming Songs (11 million, up 16%), as it wins the Hot 100’s top Airplay and Streaming Gainer ribbons for a second straight week. The April 1-7 tracking week reflects the first full frame following the March 28 arrival of the song’s remix with Mariah Carey and featuring DJ Khaled. (Carey and DJ Khaled remain not listed on “Big Energy” on the Hot 100, as the remix did not account for the majority of the song’s overall consumption during the tracking week.) Carey sings a portion of her 1995 eight-week No. 1 “Fantasy” in the remix; both songs interpolate Tom Tom Club’s classic “Genius of Love,” which hit No. 31 on the Hot 100 in April 1982.

“Big Energy” also crowns the multi-metric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a second week each.

The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber’s “Stay” slips 2-4 on the Hot 100, after seven weeks at No. 1. As the track has spent all 39 of its weeks on the Hot 100 in the top 10, dating to its entrance at No. 3 on the July 24, 2021, chart, it passes Post Malone’s “Circles” for the longest consecutive run in the top 10 from a debut; “Circles” logged its first 38 weeks on the list in the tier in 2019-20.

Imagine Dragons and JID’s “Enemy” keeps at its No. 5 Hot 100 high; Kodak Black’s “Super Gremlin” drops 4-6 after reaching No. 3; and Justin Bieber’s “Ghost” retreats 6-7 after hitting No. 5.

Doja Cat’s “Woman” rises 10-8 for a new Hot 100 best. It leads the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart for a sixth week.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, GAYLE’s “abcdefu” falls 7-9, after reaching No. 3, and Lil Nas X’s “Thats What I Want” backtracks 9-10, after hitting No. 8.

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated April 16), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (April 12).

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The band’s No. 1 with ‘Unlimited Love’ marks its second leader and first chart-topping effort since 2006’s ‘Stadium Arcadium.’

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Unlimited Love leaps onto the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated April 16) at No. 1, marking the band’s second leader and first chart-topping effort since 2006’s Stadium Arcadium. The new set was released on April 1 and bows with 97,500 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending April 7, according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data. In total, the group has tallied eight top 10 albums on the Billboard 200.

Unlimited Love replaces Machine Gun Kelly’s Mainstream Sellout atop the chart (the latter falls to No. 9 in its second week), giving the list back-to-back rock albums at No. 1 for the first time in over four years. It last happened when The Killers’ Wonderful Wonderful debuted at No. 1 on the Oct. 14, 2017 chart, a week after Foo Fighters’ Concrete and Gold opened at No. 1. (Rock albums are defined as those that have hit Billboard’s Top Rock Albums chart.)

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, compiled by Luminate. 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 April 16, 2022-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on April 12. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Unlimited Love’s 97,500 equivalent album units earned, album sales comprise 82,500 (it’s the top-selling album of the week); SEA units comprise 14,500 (equaling 18.96 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs); and TEA units comprise 500.

Notably, Unlimited Love is Red Hot Chili Peppers’ first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in nearly 16 years — since Stadium Arcadium spent its first two weeks atop the list (May 27-June 3, 2006 charts). The last act to go longer between No. 1 albums was Celine Dion, who waited 17 years and nearly eight months between A New Day Has Come (one week at No. 1 on April 13, 2002) and Courage (one week at No. 1 on Nov. 30, 2019).

Unlimited Love notches the largest week, by equivalent album units and album sales, for any rock album in over a year. The last larger week by a rock set was registered by Paul McCartney’s McCartney III when it debuted at No. 2 on the Jan. 2, 2021-dated chart with 107,000 units — of which album sales comprised 104,000.

Unlimited Love’s first-week sales were boosted by its availability across multiple color vinyl LP variants and special editions (including versions for Target, Walmart, Amazon, independent record stores and the band’s official webstore). All told, the set sold 38,500 copies on vinyl — the largest sales week for an album on vinyl in 2022, and the second-biggest sales week for a rock album on vinyl since Luminate began tracking music sales in 1991. Only the debut frame of Jack White’s Lazaretto (40,000) posted a larger week for a rock album on vinyl (June 28, 2014 chart) since 1991. Thus, Unlimited Love claims the largest week on a vinyl for a rock album by a group in that 31-year span.

Unlimited Love was ushered in by the No. 1 hit “Black Summer” on the Alternative Airplay chart — the band’s 14th leader on the tally. The new album is the group’s first with guitarist John Frusciante since Stadium Arcadium in 2006. The new set’s release was celebrated with some Los Angeles-specific celebrations — appropriate, since the band formed in L.A. The group received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on March 31, staged a surprise show at the Fonda Theater on April 1 and played an in-store performance at Amoeba Music in Hollywood on April 7 (the store’s first in-store performance in over two years, and first at its new location). The group’s Flea even played “The Star-Spangled Banner” on bass guitar at the Los Angeles Lakers’ home game against the Denver Nuggets on April 3. (No doubt Lakers fans were also delighted to know that Unlimited Love was also pressed on limited edition purple and gold vinyl.)

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Lil Durk’s chart-topping 7220 holds in the runner-up spot with 51,000 equivalent album units earned (down 18%). A trio of other former No. 1s is next, with the Encanto soundtrack steady at No. 3 (50,000; down 14%), Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album stationary at No. 4 (44,500; down less than 1%) and Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour a non-mover at No. 5 (40,000; up 20% following her multiple Grammy Award wins on April 3, as well as her performance of “Drivers License” on the CBS-TV awards broadcast).

The Weeknd’s compilation The Highlights is likewise steady at No. 6 with 34,000 equivalent album units earned (up 2%).

Yeat’s 2 Alive returns to the top 10, bolting from No. 69 to No. 7 with 31,500 units (up 141%), following its deluxe reissue on April 1 with additional bonus tracks. The album debuted and peaked at No. 6 on the March 5-dated chart.

Drake’s former leader Certified Lover Boy falls 7-8 with nearly 31,000 equivalent album units earned (down 1%), Machine Gun Kelly’s Mainstream Sellout falls 1-9 in its second week (30,500; down 67%) and Doja Cat’s Planet Her is pushed down 9-10 (30,000; up 4% following her televised Grammy Award win on April 3 for best pop duo/group performance for the album’s “Kiss Me More,” featuring SZA).

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Plus, “Enemy” becomes Imagine Dragons’ fourth top five Hot 100 hit.

Glass Animals‘ “Heat Waves” burns bright atop the Billboard Hot 100 for a fifth week. Four weeks earlier, it completed a record 59-week climb to No. 1. Meanwhile, Latto soars to her first Hot 100 top 10, as “Big Energy” blasts from No. 11 to No. 3.

Plus, Imagine Dragons and JID‘s “Enemy” enters the Hot 100’s top five, rising 7-5.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated April 9, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (April 5). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

“Heat Waves,” released on Wolf Tone/Polydor/Republic Records, drew 65.1 million radio airplay audience impressions and 14.8 million U.S. streams (down 2% in each metric) and sold 2,800 downloads (down 3%) in the March 25-31 tracking week, according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data.

The single, the first Hot 100 entry for the British quartet, adds a fourth week at No. 1 on the Radio Songs chart; keeps at its No. 3 high on Streaming Songs; and drops 20-24 on Digital Song Sales, where it reached No. 13.

Solo-written No. 1s for 10 weeks: Notably, songs each authored by a single writer have topped the Hot 100 for 10 consecutive weeks. Glass Animals frontman Dave Bayley wrote “Heat Waves,” which succeeded the five-week Encanto ensemble No. 1 “We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” written by Lin-Manuel Miranda. (See more on the latter anthem below.)

The 10-week streak of the Hot 100’s top spot being held by solo-written songs is the longest since Pharrell ruled for 10 weeks in March-May 2014 with his self-penned “Happy.” (The longest such streak in the Hot 100’s 63-year history? 17 straight weeks in August-November 1994, thanks to two No. 1s: Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories’ ” Stay [I Missed You],” written by Loeb [three weeks on top], and Boyz II Men’s “I’ll Make Love to You,” authored by Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds [14].)

Bayley, Miranda, Richie & Lennon: Meanwhile, “Heat Waves” and “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” mark the first set of solo-written songs to top the Hot 100 consecutively for at least five weeks each in over 41 years. The pair is the first since Kenny Rogers’ “Lady,” written by Lionel Richie, ruled for six weeks and John Lennon’s self-written “(Just Like) Starting Over” (a posthumous No. 1 for the legend) led for five frames in November 1980-January 1981.

Bests by British groups: Plus, with its fifth week atop the Hot 100, “Heat Waves” becomes one of only nine No. 1s by British groups to reign for at least that long in the chart’s archives (with five involving Paul McCartney, via The Beatles or Wings). The song boasts the longest command by a British group since UB40’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” which led for seven weeks in 1993.

Longest-Leading Hot 100 No. 1s by British Groups
Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist, Date Reached No. 1
9, “Hey Jude,” The Beatles, Sept. 28, 1968
8, “Every Breath You Take,” The Police, July 9, 1983
8, “Night Fever,” Bee Gees, March 18, 1978
7, “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” UB40, July 24, 1993
7, “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” The Beatles, Feb. 1, 1964
5, “Heat Waves,” Glass Animals, March 12, 2022
5, “Silly Love Songs,” Wings, May 22, 1976
5, “Get Back,” The Beatles (with Billy Preston), May 24, 1969
5, “Can’t Buy Me Love,” The Beatles, April 4, 1964

(The Bee Gees were born on the Isle of Man and moved to the U.K. proper, Australia and back to the U.K.; The Police and Wings featured British frontmen and British and American members.)

Among all British acts (duo/groups and soloists), Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk!” (featuring American Bruno Mars) and Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind 1997″/”Something About the Way You Look Tonight” share the longest Hot 100 domination: 14 weeks each, in 2015 and 1997-98, respectively.

“Heat Waves” concurrently rules the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts, both of which use the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100, for a 28th week each.

The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber’s “Stay” holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100, after seven weeks at No. 1. It keeps at No. 2 on Radio Songs (61.5 million, up 2%) and lifts 8-7 on Streaming Songs (11 million, down 2%). As the track has spent all 38 of its weeks on the Hot 100 in the top 10, dating to its entrance at No. 3 on the July 24, 2021, chart, it ties Post Malone’s “Circles” for the longest consecutive run in the top 10 from a debut; “Circles” logged its first 38 weeks on the list in the tier in 2019-20.

“Stay” further spends a record-extending 14th week at No. 2 on the Hot 100; 21st week in the top two; and 23rd week in the top three.

Latto leaps to her first Hot 100 top 10, as “Big Energy” vaults 11-3. It jumps 5-2 on Digital Song Sales (12,900, up 146%) and 7-6 on Radio Songs (52.7 million, up 8%) and debuts at No. 14 on Streaming Songs (9.5 million, up 36%), as it triples up with the Hot 100’s top Airplay, Sales and Streaming Gainer awards. (It’s the first song to sweep all three honors in a single week since Adele’s “Easy on Me,” following its first full week of tracking, atop the Oct. 30, 2021, chart.)

“Big Energy” bounds following the March 25 release of Latto’s second LP, 777, and the March 28 arrival of the song’s remix with Mariah Carey and featuring DJ Khaled. (Carey and DJ Khaled are not listed on “Big Energy” on the Hot 100, as the remix did not account for the majority of the song’s overall consumption during the tracking week.) Carey sings a portion of her 1995 eight-week No. 1 “Fantasy” in the remix; both songs interpolate Tom Tom Club’s classic “Genius of Love,” which hit No. 31 on the Hot 100 in April 1982.

“I fell in love with the beat,” Latto told Billboard in November of reimagining “Genius of Love” as “Big Energy.” “It’s so catchy. I knew it would bring a new audience and fanbase to my career.”

“Big Energy” concurrently surges to No. 1 on the multi-metric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, becoming Latto’s first leader on each list.

Kodak Black’s “Super Gremlin” dips to No. 4 from its No. 3 Hot 100 high and Imagine Dragons and JID’s “Enemy” advances 7-5. Imagine Dragons notch their fourth top five Hot 100 hit (among five top 10s), following “Radioactive” (No. 3, July 2013); “Believer” (No. 4, August 2017); and “Thunder” (No. 4, December 2017). Rapper/singer JID earns his first top five hit on the chart.

Justin Bieber’s “Ghost” slips to No. 6 from its No. 5 Hot 100 high and GAYLE’s “abcdefu” falls 4-7, after reaching No. 3.

“We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” from Encanto, descends 6-8 on the Hot 100 after, as noted above, five weeks at No. 1, the longest reign ever for a song from a Disney film. The track, by Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz and the Encanto Cast, all singing as the characters that they voice in the movie, tops Streaming Songs for a 13th week (18.6 million, down 4%), tying for the sixth-longest rule since the chart began in January 2013.

Lil Nas X’s “Thats What I Want” retreats to No. 9 from its No. 8 Hot 100 best and Doja Cat’s “Woman” backtracks to No. 10 a week after reaching the top 10, at No. 9. “Woman” concurrently crowns the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart for a fifth week.

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated April 9), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (April 5).

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Plus: Daddy Yankee scores his highest-charting album ever on the Billboard 200 with ‘Legendaddy.’

Machine Gun Kelly’s Mainstream Sellout tops the Billboard 200 albums chart, as the set enters atop the list dated April 9 with 93,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending March 31, according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data. It’s the artist’s second leader, following his last release, 2020’s Tickets to My Downfall. All told, Mainstream Sellout is his sixth top 10 on the tally.

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, compiled by Luminate. 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 April 9, 2022-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on April 5. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Mainstream Sellout’s 93,000 equivalent album units earned, album sales comprise 42,000 (it’s the top-selling album of the week); SEA units comprise 50,000 (equaling 68.8 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs), and TEA units comprise 1,000.

The album’s sales were enhanced by its availability in deluxe editions and boxed sets sold via Machine Gun Kelly’s official webstore. While Mainstream Sellout’s internet-based sales were sturdy, the album would have still been No. 1 without any sales from non-traditional sellers (which include web-based stores).

Mainstream Sellout is the first No. 1 rock album on the Billboard 200 in over a year, since AC/DC’s Power Up spent a week at No. 1, debuting atop the list dated Nov. 28, 2020. Mainstream Sellout also has the largest week, by units, for a rock album since Paul McCartney’s McCartney III launched with 107,000 units on the Jan. 2, 2021-dated chart (at No. 2). (Rock albums are defined as those that have hit Billboard’s Top Rock Albums chart.)

Three former No. 1s are all non-movers on the latest Billboard 200 at Nos. 2-4, as Lil Durk’s 7220 (63,000 equivalent album units; down 23%), the Encanto soundtrack (58,000; down 1%) and Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album (45,000; down 4%) are steady at Nos. 2, 3 and 4, respectively.

Olivia Rodrigo’s chart-topping Sour jumps 11-5 on the Billboard 200 with 34,000 equivalent album units earned. The set posts a 14% increase in units for the week, following the debut of her documentary film Driving Home 2 U (A Sour Film) on Disney+ on March 25 (the first day of the chart’s tracking week).

The Weeknd’s compilation The Highlights is stationary at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 with 33,000 equivalent album units earned (down 2%). and Drake’s former No. 1 Certified Lover Boy rises 8-7 with 31,000 units (down 1%).

Daddy Yankee returns to the top 10 on the Billboard 200 for the first time in nearly 15 years, as Legendaddy debuts at No. 8 – his highest charting album ever and second top 10. He previously hit the top 10 in June of 2007 with El Cartel: The Big Boss, debuting and peaking at No. 9.

The new 19-track Legendaddy is Daddy Yankee’s first studio album in nearly 10 years, and has been described as his final studio release. Legendaddy bows with 29,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise nearly 27,000 (equaling 38.49 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs), album sales comprise 2,000 and TEA units comprise less than 1,000 units.

Legendaddy is the highest-charting Latin album, and first top 10, on the Billboard 200 since Bad Bunny’s El Ultimo Tour del Mundo bowed at No. 1 on the Dec. 12, 2020-dated chart and spent five nonconsecutive weeks in the top 10. Legendaddy also lands the largest debut week, by units, for a Latin album since El Ultimo debuted with 116,000 units. (Latin albums are defined as those that have hit Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart.)

Rounding out the new top 10 on the Billboard 200: Doja Cat’s Planet Her rises 10-9 with 29,000 equivalent album units earned (down 3%), and Gunna’s former leader DS4Ever falls 9-10 with nearly 29,000 (down 6%).

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