BTS’ ‘Dynamite’ No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 for Second Week

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.

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated Sept. 12), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (Sept. 9).

Source: billboard.com