The song reigns four years after its release on her album Lover.

Taylor Swift joins the elite club of artists with 10 or more No. 1s on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, as “Cruel Summer” ascends to the summit, from No. 9, becoming her 10th leader. The song, which previously peaked at No. 3, was originally released on Swift’s 2019 Republic Records album Lover before being promoted as a single and gaining new prominence as the superstar has performed it on her The Eras Tour this year.

Helping spark the song’s Hot 100 coronation, new mixes were released during the latest tracking week, which also began with the Oct. 13 wide release of the concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.

Elsewhere, Drake’s “IDGAF,” featuring Yeat, at No. 4 on the Hot 100 a week after it debuted at No. 2, becomes the most streamed-song in the U.S., rising to the top of the Streaming Songs chart, where it’s Drake’s record-extending 20th leader.

Plus, Bad Bunny adds his 12th Hot 100 top 10 with the No. 5 debut of “Monaco.” The song is from his new LP, Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana, which launches as his third leader on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts (dated Oct. 28, 2023) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 24). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Here’s a deeper dive as “Cruel Summer” becomes the 1,158th single to top the Hot 100 over the chart’s 65-year history.

Airplay, streams & sales: “Cruel Summer” drew 77.8 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 2%) and 18.6 million streams (up 35%) and sold 41,000 downloads (up 1,482%) in the Oct. 13-19 tracking week, according to Luminate, as it wins the Hot 100’s top Streaming and Sales Gainer awards.

The single bounds to No. 1, from No. 13, on the Digital Song Sales chart, becoming Swift’s record-extending 27th leader; holds at No. 2 on Radio Songs, following a week on top three weeks earlier, having become her eighth No. 1; and returns to its No. 5 high, from No. 32, on Streaming Songs – where, as on the Hot 100, multiple songs vault a week after Drake charted all 23 tracks from his album For All the Dogs, which began atop the Billboard 200 a week earlier.

Helping spur the latest surges for “Cruel Summer,” new mixes arrived Oct. 18: a live version, recorded in Los Angeles during The Eras Tour, and an LP Giobbi remix. They followed the Oct. 13 wide premiere of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, which has already become the highest-grossing music concert film ever.

“Cruel Summer” was released on Swift’s 2019 album Lover and since June has been promoted as a proper single. It gained momentum as Swift has performed it on The Eras Tour (which began in March), her first in which she’s been able to spotlight songs from Lover, which was released shortly before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Taylor’s 10th: Swift joins 10 other acts since the Hot 100 began on Aug. 4, 1958, with 10 or more No. 1s each.

Most Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s:

• 20, The Beatles
• 19, Mariah Carey
• 14, Rihanna
• 13, Drake
• 13, Michael Jackson
• 12, Madonna
• 12, The Supremes
• 11, Whitney Houston
• 10, Janet Jackson
• 10, Taylor Swift
• 10, Stevie Wonder

Here’s a recap of Swift’s 10 Hot 100 No. 1s:

• “Cruel Summer,” one week at No. 1 to-date, Oct. 28, 2023
• “Anti-Hero,” eight weeks, beginning Nov. 5, 2022
• “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version),” one week, Nov. 27, 2021
• “Willow,” one week, Dec. 26, 2020
• “Cardigan,” one week, Aug. 8, 2020
• “Look What You Made Me Do,” three weeks, beginning Sept. 16, 2017
• “Bad Blood,” feat. Kendrick Lamar, one week, June 6, 2015
• “Blank Space,” seven weeks, beginning Nov. 29, 2014
• “Shake It Off,” four weeks, beginning Sept. 6, 2014
• “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” three weeks, beginning Sept. 1, 2012

Over four summers later …: “Cruel Summer” debuted, at No. 29, on the Hot 100 dated Sept. 7, 2019, as parent album Lover launched atop the Billboard 200. The song fell to No. 71 on the Hot 100 the following week before re-entering, at No. 49, this June; in July, it hit the top 10 and stands as one of Swift’s 42 career top 10s, the most among women.

The song completes the fifth-longest trip to No. 1 on the Hot 100 in terms of time from a debut to scaling the summit. Of those five enduring songs, two have reigned this year (both on Republic), as “Cruel Summer” follows The Weeknd’s likewise revived “Die for You,” which reigned for a week in March following the release of its remix with Ariana Grande.

Most Time to No. 1 on Hot 100, from Chart Debut:

• 19 years, 11 months, 2 weeks, “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Mariah Carey (2000-19; originally released in 1994, the carol ultimately first led 25 years after its release)
• 6 years, 2 months, 3 weeks, “Die for You,” The Weeknd & Ariana Grande (2016-23)
• 5 years, 8 months, 2 weeks, “When I’m With You,” Sheriff (1983-89)
• 4 years, 8 months, 2 weeks, “Red Red Wine,” UB40 (1984-88; the pop/reggae classic and Sheriff’s love song above were renewed, in part, by adventurous radio exec Guy Zapoleon)
• 4 years, 1 month, 3 weeks, “Cruel Summer,” Taylor Swift (2019-23)

First No. 1 from Lover: Over four years after Lover’s release, “Cruel Summer” becomes the set’s first Hot 100 No. 1. The first two singles each hit No. 2: “Me!,” featuring Brendon Urie, and “You Need To Calm Down.” The LP has yielded four top 10s, with the title track having hit No. 10. The first three top 10s peaked in May, June and September 2019, respectively.

A not-‘Cruel’ twist for ‘Summer’: Chart-watcher Jesper Tan, of Subang Jaya, Malaysia, wrote in last week, noting: “If ‘Cruel Summer’ tops the Hot 100, it would be the first No. 1 with ‘cruel’ in its title. It would also become only the third song with ‘summer’ in its title, and the first in over 57 years.” Here are the three, with only one having led during summertime:

• “Cruel Summer,” Taylor Swift, one week at No. 1 to-date, Oct. 28, 2023
• “Summer in the City,” The Lovin’ Spoonful, three weeks, beginning Aug. 13, 1966
• “The Theme From A Summer Place,” Percy Faith and His Orchestra, nine weeks, beginning Feb. 22, 1960

Notably, Elvis Presley’s classic “Don’t Be Cruel” topped multiple charts in 1956, prior to the Hot 100’s inception. Until this week, Swift’s new leader had tied James Darren’s “Goodbye Cruel World,” a No. 3 hit in 1961, for the top-charting Hot 100 hit with “cruel” in its title. Next up: Cheap Trick’s cover of Presley’s “Don’t Be Cruel” (No. 4, 1988). Meanwhile, Bananarama’s own “Cruel Summer” reached No. 9 in 1984.

Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red” rebounds 4-2 on the Hot 100, following three nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 beginning in September. It adds a seventh and eighth week, respectively, atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, which use the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100.

SZA’s “Snooze” jumps 7-3 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2. It rules Radio Songs for a third week (80 million in audience, up 3%) and notches a 12th week at No. 1 on the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart.

Drake’s “IDGAF,” featuring Yeat, falls to No. 4 on the Hot 100, a week after it debuted at No. 2. It ascends 2-1 on Streaming Songs, despite a 36% decline to 26 million streams, becoming Drake’s record-padding 20th leader on the list, and Yeat’s first; Drake collected his 19th Streaming Songs No. 1, “First Person Shooter,” featuring J. Cole, a week earlier.

Bad Bunny’s “Monaco” debuts at No. 5 on the Hot 100, driven by 25.7 million first-week streams.

The song is the star’s 12th Hot 100 top 10. It’s from his new album, Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana, which bounds in as his third No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The track also begins as his 14th No. 1 on the multi-metric Hot Latin Songs chart.

Zach Bryan’s “I Remember Everything,” featuring Kacey Musgraves, advances 14-6 on the Hot 100, after it led for a week upon its debut in September. It tops the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Rock Songs charts for an eighth week each and Hot Country Songs for a fourth frame.

Luke Combs’ “Fast Car” revs 13-7 on the Hot 100, following eight weeks at its No. 2 high; Drake’s “First Person Shooter,” featuring J. Cole, falls to No. 8 a week after it entered as Drake’s 13th No. 1 and J. Cole’s first; and Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” rebounds 19-9, following 16 weeks at No. 1 starting in March, the most ever for a non-collaboration.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Wallen’s “Thinkin’ Bout Me” returns to the tier, soaring 25-10. The track, like “Last Night” from his album One Thing at a Time, debuted at its No. 9 high in March concurrent with the LP’s debut atop the Billboard 200. As previously reported, “Thinkin’ Bout Me” becomes Wallen’s 10th No. 1 on the Oct. 28-dated Country Airplay chart; it drew 36.2 million in all-format radio audience, up 7%, in the tracking week.

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated Oct. 28), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 24).

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Plus, TOMORROW X TOGETHER and Offset arrive in the top 10.

Bad Bunny claims his third No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Oct. 28), as Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana starts atop the tally. The set earned 184,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 19, according to Luminate. Almost all of the album’s opening week was driven by streaming activity of its songs. Nadie was announced on Oct. 9 and released Oct. 13.

Also in the top 10 of the new Billboard 200, TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s The Name Chapter: Freefall bows at No. 3, while Offset’s Set It Off starts at No. 5.

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 Oct. 28, 2023-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Oct. 24. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana’s 184,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Oct. 19, SEA units comprise 176,000 (making it the most streamed album of the week, equaling 239.56 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs), album sales comprise 7,500 (it was only available to purchase as a digital download album) and TEA units comprise 500.

Bad Bunny previously led the Billboard 200 with Un Verano Sin Ti (for 13 nonconsecutive weeks in 2022) and El Ultimo Tour del Mundo (one week in 2020).

As the Nadie album is essentially all-Spanish, it is the 21st mostly non-English language album to hit No. 1, and the fourth all-Spanish album to reach No. 1. Bad Bunny has three of the four all-Spanish No. 1s, while Karol G has the fourth (Mañana Será Bonito, this March).

Drake’s For All the Dogs falls to No. 2 (164,000 equivalent album units; down 59%) after debuting at No. 1 a week ago.

TOMORROW X TOGETHER lands its fourth top 10-charting effort on the Billboard 200 as The Name Chapter: Freefall debuts at No. 3 with 114,500 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 106,000 (making it the top-selling album of the week), SEA units comprise 8,000 (equaling 11.53 million on-demand official streams of the set’s nine songs) and TEA units comprise 500.

Zach Bryan’s self-titled former No. 1 rises 5-4 with 73,000 equivalent album units earned (up 37%), owed to the album’s release on vinyl and CD on Oct. 13. Of the album’s 73,000 units earned, album sales comprise 24,000 (up 2,686%).

Offset nabs his third top 10-charting title on the Billboard 200 — all of which have debuted in the top five — as Set It Off debuts at No. 5. It bows with 70,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 44,500 (equaling 59.14 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 21 songs), album sales comprise 25,000 and TEA units comprise 500. (Migos, with Offset as a member, notched three top 10 sets, including two No. 1s.)

Five former No. 1s round out the top 10 of the new Billboard 200, as Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time falls 2-6 (69,000 equivalent album units; down 4%), Rod Wave’s Nostalgia descends 3-7 (53,000; down 10%), Taylor Swift’s Lover rises 10-8 (52,000; up 36%), Swift’s Midnights dips 7-9 (51,000; though up 20%) and Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts falls 4-10 (49,000; down 16%).

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It’s her first solo leader and the second for a member of the K-pop group.

Jennie’s “You & Me” jumps onto the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. songs chart (dated Oct. 21) at No. 1. The song marks the first solo leader for the BLACKPINK member and the second for a member of the group, following Rosé’s “On the Ground” in March 2021; as a group, BLACKPINK boasts three No. 1s on the survey.

The group makes history on Global Excl. U.S., as BLACKPINK becomes the first act with multiple members that have led the list, thanks to Jennie and Rosé (along with its own No. 1s as a group).

Also in the latest Global Excl. U.S. top 10, Bizarrap and Milo J debut at No. 10 with “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 57,” marking the former’s fourth top 10 and the latter’s first.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.

Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

“You & Me” debuts atop Global Excl. U.S. led by 60 million streams outside the U.S. Oct. 6-12. The song is the first No. 1 (and second chart entry) for BLACKPINK’s Jennie, with the group having led with “Lovesick Girls” in 2020 and “Pink Venom” and “Shut Down” in 2022. She becomes the second member of the group to reign as a soloist, after Rosé’s “On the Ground” began on top in March 2021.

As BLACKPINK becomes the first act with multiple members having topped Global Excl. U.S., all four members of the South Korean group have now hit the top 10, totaling five top 10 hits (outpacing BLACKPINK’s four): Prior to Jennie’s new No. 1, Lisa logged two top 10s, “Lalisa” and “Money,” which hit Nos. 2 and 7, respectively, in 2021; Rosé has earned one top 10, the No. 1 “On the Ground”; and Jisoo has also tallied one top 10, “Flower,” which reached No. 2 this April.

Jung Kook and Jack Harlow’s “3D” descends to No. 2 after spending its first week on Global Excl. U.S. at No. 1; Jung Kook’s “Seven,” featuring Latto, dips 2-3, following nine weeks at No. 1 beginning in July; Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red” descends 3-4, following two weeks on top starting in September; and Tate McRae’s “Greedy” backtracks to No. 5 from its No. 4 high.

Also in the Global Excl. U.S. top 10, Bizarrap and Milo J debut at No. 10 with “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 57,” with 39.3 million streams outside the U.S. The track is Argentinian Bizarrap’s fourth top 10, following the series’ “Vol. 55,” with Peso Pluma (one week at No. 1, this June); “Vol. 53,” with Shakira (No. 2, January); and “Vol. 52,” with Quevedo (six weeks at No. 1, beginning in July 2022. (Amid that run, “Vol. 56,” with Rauw Alejandro, hit No. 17 this July after “Vol. 54,” with Arcangel, reached No. 22 in April.)

The new entry is the first top 10 on the chart for Milo j, also from Argentina.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Oct. 21, 2023) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 17). For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard’s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

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The set scores the largest streaming week of 2023 in the U.S. for any album, with over a half-billion streams for its songs.

Drake earns his 13th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Oct. 21), as his new studio effort For All the Dogs debuts atop the list. The set earned 402,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 12, according to Luminate. That marks the fourth-largest week of the year for an album, by units earned.

For All the Dogs’ opening frame was almost entirely driven by the streaming activity of its 23 songs. In total, 97% of Dogs’ debut was owed to song streams — adding up to 514.01 million on-demand official streams of those songs in its first week. That results in the largest streaming week of 2023 for any album, and the fourth-largest ever. Strikingly, of the top five biggest streaming weeks four of them were generated by a Drake album.

For All the Dogs was released at 6 a.m. ET on Friday, Oct. 6 — slightly off-cycle, as most new albums are released at 12 a.m. ET every Friday. The album was first teased in June, and then on Sept. 6, he announced the album was due to be released on Sept. 22. By Sept. 15, he had pushed that release date back to Oct. 6.

Dogs is Drake’s fourth album in less than two years, and third since June of 2022. He released the collaborative Her Loss with 21 Savage in November of 2022, and the solo sets Honestly, Nevermind in June of 2022 and Certified Lover Boy in Sept. 2021.

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 Oct. 21, 2023-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Tuesday (Oct. 17). For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of For All the Dogs’ 402,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Oct. 12, SEA units comprise 391,000 (equaling 514.01 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 23 songs), album sales comprise 10,000 (it was only available to purchase as a digital download album) and TEA units comprise a little over 1,000.

In terms of total on-demand official streams earned by the album’s songs in its first week, the 514.01 million figure marks the fourth-largest streaming week ever, and biggest of 2023. Here are the top five biggest streaming weeks for an album, by total on-demand streams earned by a set’s collected songs: Drake’s Scorpion (745.92 million in its debut, in 2018), Drake’s Certified Lover Boy (743.67 million in its debut, 2021), Taylor Swift’s Midnights (549.26 million in its debut, 2022), For All the Dogs (514.01 million) and Drake and 21 Savage’s Her Loss (513.56 million in its debut, 2022).

With a 13th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, Drake breaks out of a tie with Swift to solely have the third-most No. 1s on the chart. The Beatles continue to have a record 19 No. 1s, followed by Jay-Z with 14, Drake with 13, and Swift with 12. (Swift’s next album, the re-recorded 1989 [Taylor’s Version], is due to be released on Oct. 27. All 12 of Swift’s full-length studio albums and re-recorded projects from 2008’s Fearless through 2023’s Speak Now [Taylor’s Version] have debuted at No. 1.)

The Nos. 2 through 7 albums on the new Billboard 200 are all former No. 1s. Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time dips 1-2 with 72,000 equivalent album units earned (down 3%), Rod Wave’s Nostalgia falls 2-3 (59,000; down 16%), Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts descends 3-4 (nearly 59,000; down 12%), Zach Bryan’s self-titled album is a non-mover at No. 5 (53,000; down 9%), SZA’s SOS is stationary at No. 6 (50,000; down 4%), Swift’s Midnights climbs 8-7 (42,000; down 2%) an Travis Scott’s Utopia dips 7-8 (40,000; down 12%).

Noah Kahan’s Stick Season is back in the top 10 for the first time since June, as it climbs 13-9 with 39,000 equivalent album units (up 26%). The set benefits from activity generated by a recently released remix of the album’s “She Calls Me Back” with Kacey Musgraves. Kahan also additionally gained exposure thanks to Rodrigo’s recent cover of the album’s title track on BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge.

Rounding out the new top 10 of the Billboard 200 is Swift’s former No. 1 Lover, which rises 11-10 with nearly 39,000 equivalent album units earned (down 4%).

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Plus, SZA scores her first leader on Radio Songs with “Snooze.”

Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red” tops the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart for a third week.

Plus, SZA’s “Snooze,” which holds at its No. 2 Hot 100 high, ascends to the top of the Radio Songs chart, becoming her first leader on the airplay ranking, and Jung Kook and Jack Harlow’s “3D” debuts at No. 5 on the Hot 100. “3D” becomes Jung Kook’s second Hot 100 top 10 – making him the first BTS member with multiple solo top 10s – and Harlow’s fourth.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts (dated Oct. 14, 2023) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 10). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

“Paint the Town Red,” released on Kemosabe/RCA Records, drew 61.8 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 18%) and 23.3 million streams (down 15%) and sold 6,000 downloads (down 9%) in the Sept. 29-Oct. 5 tracking week, according to Luminate. It wins the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award for a third consecutive frame.

The single falls to No. 2 on the Streaming Songs chart following a week at the summit and to No. 4 on Digital Song Sales following two weeks on top; and rises 7-5 on Radio Songs, becoming Doja Cat’s seventh top five hit. It concurrently tops the multi-metric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a sixth and seventh week, respectively.

Doja Cat triples her prior Hot 100 command, as “Say So,” featuring Nicki Minaj, led for a week in May 2020.

SZA’s “Snooze” repeats at its No. 2 Hot 100 high, with 75.8 million in radio audience (up 4%), 16.5 million streams (down 5%) and 2,000 sold (down 5%). It ascends 3-1 on Radio Songs, where it’s SZA’s first leader, among four top 10s; “Kill Bill” hit No. 2 in April, following her featured turns on Doja Cat’s “Kiss Me More” (No. 2, 2021) and Maroon 5’s “What Lovers Do” (No. 5, 2017). “Snooze” concurrently tops the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart for an 11th week.

(With “Paint the Town Red” at No. 1 on the Hot 100 and “Snooze” at No. 2, RCA ranks in the top two spots for a second consecutive week; until the last two weeks, RCA hadn’t infused the top two simultaneously under the label’s current organizational structure within Sony Music, which dates to the early 2010s.)

Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” climbs 4-3 on the Hot 100, returning to its best rank. Thanks to “Paint the Town Red,” “Snooze” and “Cruel Summer,” the chart’s top three consists entirely of women for the first time in over seven months, since the March 4-dated ranking, when Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” placed at No. 1, followed by SZA’s “Kill Bill” at No. 2 and PinkPantheress and Ice Spice’s “Boy’s a Liar, Pt. 2” at No. 3. The latest list marks the first top three each by a single female artist since a month before that, with SZA and Swift again involved; on the Feb. 4 chart, Cyrus’ “Flowers” was No. 1, followed by “Kill Bill” at No. 2 and Swift’s “Anti-Hero” at No. 3.

Luke Combs’ cover of Tracy Chapman’s No. 6-peaking 1988 Hot 100 classic “Fast Car” backs up 3-4, following eight weeks at its No. 2 high. The latter adds a third week at No. 1 on the multi-metric Hot Country Songs chart.

Jung Kook and Jack Harlow’s “3D” launches at No. 5 on the Hot 100, with 13.6 million streams, 3.1 million in radio audience and 87,000 physical and digital singles sold combined, following its Sept. 29 release. (The song’s original, “Alternate” and instrumental versions were released that day, while its A.G. Cook remix and clean, sped up and slowed down mixes arrived Oct. 2.)

“3D” is Jung Kook’s second Hot 100 top 10 – making him the first BTS member with multiple solo top 10s – while Harlow adds his fourth.

Here’s a recap of all six top 40 Hot 100 entries so far by BTS members apart from the group, ranked by peak position. All seven of the act’s members have reached the chart overall with solo songs: J-Hope, Jimin, Jin, Jung Kook, RM, Suga and V. (As a group, BTS boasts 15 top 40 hits, including 10 top 10s and six No. 1s.)

Peak Pos., Date, Artist, Title:

• No. 1, one week, July 29, 2023, Jung Kook feat. Latto, “Seven”
• No. 1, one week, April 8, 2023, Jimin, “Like Crazy”
• No. 5 (to date), Oct. 14, 2023, Jung Kook & Jack Harlow, “3D”
• No. 22, July 9, 2022, Charlie Puth feat. Jung Kook, “Left and Right”
• No. 29, Dec. 25, 2021, Juice WRLD & Suga, “Girl of My Dreams”
• No. 30, April 1, 2023, Jimin, “Set Me Free, Pt. 2”

“3D” opens at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales, where Jung Kook and Jack Harlow each earn a third leader.

Zach Bryan’s “I Remember Everything,” featuring Kacey Musgraves, descends 5-6 on the Hot 100, after it led for a week upon its debut in September. It rebounds for a fourth week atop Streaming Songs (25.2 million, down 5%) and paces the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Rock Songs charts for a sixth week each.

Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” dips 6-7 on the Hot 100, following 16 weeks at No. 1 starting in March, the most ever for a non-collaboration; Gunna’s “Fukumean” is steady at No. 8, after hitting No. 4; and Olivia Rodrigo’s “Vampire” falls at 7-9, following two nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 beginning in July.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Rema and Selena Gomez’s “Calm Down” drops 9-10, after reaching No. 3. It rules the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart for a record-extending 58th week.

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated Oct. 14), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 10).

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Plus: Ed Sheeran’s “Autumn Variations” debuts in the top five.

Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Oct. 14), rising 3-1, notching a 16th nonconsecutive and total week atop the list. It earned 74,500 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 5 (up 2%), according to Luminate.

One Thing at a Time continues to have the most weeks at No. 1 among all albums since Adele’s 21 logged 24 nonconsecutive weeks atop the list in 2011-12.

One Thing at a Time debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart dated March 18 and spent it first 12 weeks atop the list. It stepped aside for two weeks, and then returned for another three weeks in a row at No. 1 (June 24-July 8-dated charts). Now in its 31st week on the chart, the album has yet to depart the top four.

Also in the top 10 of the new Billboard 200, Ed Sheeran collects his seventh top 10-charting effort — all of which have reached the top five — as his latest release Autumn Variations debuts at No. 4. It’s his second top five debut of 2023, following – (Subtract) in May.

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 Oct. 14, 2023-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Oct. 10. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of One Thing at a Time’s 74,500 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Oct. 5, SEA units comprise 71,500 (equaling 97.56 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 36 songs), album sales comprise 2,000, and TEA units comprise 1,000.

One Thing at a Time’s 74,500-unit sum is the smallest total for a No. 1 album in nearly a year-and-a-half, since Pusha T’s It’s Almost Dry debuted atop the chart dated May 7, 2022, with 55,000 units.

Rod Wave’s Nostalgia falls to No. 2 in its third week on the chart (71,000 equivalent album units; down 20%), after spending its first two weeks atop the list. Olivia Rodrigo’s chart-topping Guts dips 2-3 with 67,000 (down 23%).

Sheeran logs his seventh top 10 charting album on the Billboard 200 — all of which have debuted in the top five — as his new studio set Autumn Variations bows at No. 4 with nearly 62,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 46,500 (making it the top-selling album of the week), SEA units comprise 15,000 (equaling 18.78 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 14 songs) and TEA units comprise 500.

Autumn Variations was announced on Aug. 24, a little over a month before the album was released on Sept. 29. The album’s arrival comes only five months after Sheeran last bowed on the chart, when his previous studio effort, – (Subtract), launched at No. 2 on the May 20-dated tally.

Four former No. 1s follow Sheeran on the new Billboard 200, as Zach Bryan’s self-titled release is a non-mover at No. 5 (59,000 equivalent album units; down 11%), SZA’s SOS is stationary at No. 6 (48,000; down 3%), Travis Scott’s Utopia is steady at No. 7 (46,000; up 4%) and Taylor Swift’s Midnights rises 10-8 (43,000; up 2%).

Rounding out the top 10 of the Billboard 200 is Doja Cat’s Scarlet, falling 2-9 in its second week (41,000 equivalent album units; down 42%), and Peso Pluma’s Génesis, dipping 9-10 (41,000; down 5%).

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Doja Cat notches her first multi-week Hot 100 No. 1, while Swift scores her eighth leader on Radio Songs.

Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red” rebounds from No. 2 for its second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. The rapper/singer’s second career leader, which first led three weeks earlier, is her first to reign for multiple weeks, after her “Say So,” featuring Nicki Minaj, spent a week at No. 1 in May 2020.

Plus, Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” rises 6-4 on the Hot 100 (after reaching No. 3) and ascends to the summit on the Radio Songs chart, becoming her eighth leader on the airplay ranking.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts (dated Oct. 7, 2023) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 3). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

“Paint the Town Red,” released on Kemosabe/RCA Records, drew 52.6 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 17%) and 27.5 million streams (up 3%) and sold 6,000 downloads (down 19%) in the Sept. 22-28 tracking week, according to Luminate. It wins the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award for a second consecutive frame.

The single climbs 3-1 on the Streaming Songs chart – becoming Doja Cat’s first leader on the list; adds a second week at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales; and pushes 9-7 on Radio Songs. It concurrently tops the multi-metric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a fifth and sixth week, respectively.

(As “Paint the Town Red” samples Dionne Warwick’s 1964 standard “Walk on By,” legendary late songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David are credited as writers on both songs. Doja Cat’s hit is Bacharach’s first multi-week leader, among eight total No. 1s, since “That’s What Friends Are For” by Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder [four weeks in 1986]; David has his first multi-week No. 1, among five leaders, since the Carpenters’ “[They Long To Be] Close to You” [four weeks, 1970].)

SZA’s “Snooze” rises 3-2 for a new Hot 100 high, with 72.9 million in radio audience (up 4%), 17.5 million streams (down 18%) and 2,000 sold (down 35%); a week earlier, it jumped from No. 8 following the Sept. 15 release of its remix featuring Justin Bieber. It tops the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart for a 10th week.

The song becomes SZA’s third to reach the Hot 100’s top two – all this year – following her first two No. 1s: “Kill Bill,” which led for a week in April, and Drake’s “Slime You Out,” on which she’s featured; the latter debuted at No. 1 a week earlier and falls to No. 12.

Luke Combs’ cover of Tracy Chapman’s No. 6-peaking 1988 Hot 100 classic “Fast Car” rides 4-3, following eight weeks at its No. 2 high. It adds a second week at No. 1 on the multi-metric Hot Country Songs chart.

Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” advances 6-4 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 3, and elevates 2-1 to crown the Radio Songs chart (76.1 million, up 2%). The song becomes Swift’s eighth Radio Songs leader, as she breaks out of a tie with Maroon 5, Katy Perry and Usher for the fourth-most since the chart began in December 1990; Rihanna leads with 13 Radio Songs No. 1s, followed by Mariah Carey (11) and Bruno Mars (nine).

Here’s an updated look at Swift’s Radio Songs No. 1s:

Title, Weeks at No. 1, Year(s):

• “Cruel Summer,” one, to date, 2023
• “Anti-Hero,” five, 2022-23
• “Wildest Dreams,” two, 2015
• “Bad Blood” (feat. Kendrick Lamar), five, 2015
• “Blank Space,” six, 2014-15
• “Shake It Off,” four, 2014
• “I Knew You Were Trouble.,” four, 2013
• “You Belong With Me,” two, 2009

As previously reported, “Cruel Summer” becomes Swift’s sole longest-leading No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart, where it leads for an eighth week, surpassing her seven-week reign with “I Knew You Were Trouble.”

“Cruel Summer” was originally released on Swift’s 2019 album Lover. Republic Records began promoting it as a single in June, as Swift has performed it on her The Eras Tour, her first in which she’s been able to spotlight songs from Lover, which was released shortly before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Notably, the song is the second released in the 2010s to top Radio Songs this year; The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Die for You” (also on Republic) dominated for two weeks in February, after it was originally released, by The Weeknd solo, in 2016.

Meanwhile, with Radio Songs No. 1s in the 2000s, ’10s and ’20s, Swift is the only artist with leaders on the chart in each of the three decades, as well as the only artist with No. 1s as a lead act in any three distinct decades, dating to the ‘90s.

Zach Bryan’s “I Remember Everything,” featuring Kacey Musgraves, holds at No. 5 on the Hot 100, four weeks after it debuted at No. 1. It leads the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Rock Songs charts for a fifth week each.

Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” rebounds 8-6 on the Hot 100, following 16 weeks at No. 1, the most ever for a non-collaboration; Olivia Rodrigo’s “Vampire” keeps at No. 7, following two nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1; and Gunna’s “Fukumean” rises 9-8, after hitting No. 4.

Rema and Selena Gomez’s “Calm Down” returns to the Hot 100’s top 10, lifting 11-9, after reaching No. 3. It rules the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart for a record-extending 57th week.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10,  Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night” is steady at No. 10, after hitting No. 6.

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Drake adds his 12th leader, tying for the fifth-most in the chart’s history, and SZA scores her second.

Drake’s “Slime You Out,” featuring SZA, soars in at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.

The collaboration, from Drake’s album For All the Dogs, expected Oct. 6, is Drake’s 12th Hot 100 leader, tying him for the fifth-most in the list’s history, and SZA’s second.

SZA also surges to a new No. 3 Hot 100 high with her own single “Snooze,” boosted by a new remix with Justin Bieber.

Plus, Luke Combs’ cover of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car,” at No. 4 on the Hot 100, hits No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart for the first time, after a lengthy wait parked in the runner-up spot.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts (dated Sept. 30, 2023) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Sept. 26). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Here’s a look at the coronation of “Slime You Out,” the 1,156th single to top the Hot 100 over the chart’s 65-year history, and the 71st to debut at No. 1.

Streams, sales & airplay: Released Sept. 15 at 12 p.m. ET on OVO Sound/Republic Records, “Slime You Out” drew 32.6 million streams and 5.2 million radio airplay audience impressions and sold 2,000 downloads in the tracking week ending Sept. 21, according to Luminate.

The single also debuts at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart and No. 29 on Digital Song Sales.

Drake’s 12th Hot 100 No. 1: Drake achieves his 12th Hot 100 No. 1. He ties for the fifth-most leaders among all acts – and moves to within one of Michael Jackson’s mark for the most among solo males.

Most Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s:

• 20, The Beatles
• 19, Mariah Carey
• 14, Rihanna
• 13, Michael Jackson
• 12, Drake
• 12, Madonna
• 12, The Supremes
• 11, Whitney Houston
• 10, Janet Jackson
• 10, Stevie Wonder

Meanwhile, here’s a recap of Drake’s 12 Hot 100 No. 1s:

• “Slime You Out,” Drake feat. SZA  (one week to-date, Sept. 30, 2023)
• “Jimmy Cooks,” Drake feat. 21 Savage (one week, July 2, 2022)
• “Wait for U,” Future feat. Drake & Tems (one week, May 14, 2022)
• “Way 2 Sexy,” Drake feat. Future and Young Thug (one week, Sept. 18, 2021)
• “What’s Next,” Drake (one week, March 20, 2021)
• “Toosie Slide,” Drake (one week, April 18, 2020)
• “In My Feelings,” Drake (10 weeks, beginning July 21, 2018)
• “Nice for What,” Drake (eight weeks, beginning April 21, 2018)
• “God’s Plan,” Drake (11 weeks, beginning Feb. 3, 2018)
• “One Dance,” Drake feat. WizKid & Kyla (10 weeks, beginning May 21, 2016)
• “Work,” Rihanna feat. Drake (nine weeks, beginning March 5, 2016)
• “What’s My Name?,” Rihanna feat. Drake (one week at No. 1, beginning Nov. 20, 2010)

SZA’s second No. 1: SZA earns her second Hot 100 No. 1. She first reigned for a week in April with “Kill Bill.” She claims her first No. 1 debut, after “Kill Bill” reached the summit in its 19th week on the chart, and after a wait of seven nonconsecutive weeks at No. 2.

Drake’s record eighth No. 1 debut: “Slime You Out” is Drake’s record-extending eighth song to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100. He previously started at the top with “Jimmy Cooks,” “Wait for U,” “Way 2 Sexy,” “What’s Next,” “Toosie Slide,” “Nice for What” and “God’s Plan.”

Drake’s records in top 5, 10, 40 & overall: “Slime You Out” extends multiple other Drake records on the Hot 100. Here’s an updated look at his leading ranks among acts with the most hits in the following tiers.

• Top 5: Now with 37 top five Hot 100 hits, Drake moves further ahead of runners-up The Beatles (29). Madonna follows with 28.
• Top 10: Now with 70 top 10 Hot 100 hits, Drake surges further past Taylor Swift, in second place with 42. Madonna is next with 38.
• Top 40: Now with 178 top 40 Hot 100 hits, Drake likewise lifts further ahead Swift, second with 119. Lil Wayne follows with 88, while Elvis Presley ranks fourth with 81 (with his career having predated the chart’s inception by two years).
• Overall: Now with 299 total Hot 100 hits, Drake extends his record for the most over Swift, who places second with 212. The Glee Cast is third with 207.

Drake ties BTS for most No. 1s in the ‘20s: Drake ups his count to six Hot 100 No. 1s in the 2020s – tying BTS for the most so far this decade. Ariana Grande and Swift follow with four each in that span.

Drake earned six Hot 100 No. 1s in the ‘10s, the fourth-best sum, after Rihanna (nine), Katy Perry (eight) and Bruno Mars (seven).

Here’s a recap of the artists with the most Hot 100 leaders in each decade starting with the 1960s, dating to the chart’s Aug. 4, 1958 inception:

• ‘20s, to date: BTS, Drake, six each
• ‘10s: Rihanna, nine
• ‘00s: Usher, seven
• ‘90s: Mariah Carey, 14
• ‘80s: Michael Jackson, nine
• ‘70s: Bee Gees, nine
• ‘60s: The Beatles, 18

(Frankie Avalon and The Fleetwoods tied for the most Hot 100 No. 1s, two each, in 1958-59.)

‘Slime’ also No. 1 on Streaming Songs, R&B/hip-hop charts: As “Slime You Out” concurrently crowns the Streaming Songs chart, Drake adds his record-extending 18th No. 1. Bieber and Swift rank next with six each. SZA notches her second No. 1, after “Kill Bill” reigned for four weeks.

“Slime You Out” likewise launches atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot R&B Songs charts, which use the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100. Drake claims his record-padding 29th Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs No. 1, further distancing himself from legends Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder, each with 20. SZA achieves her third Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs No. 1, after “Kill Bill” ruled for a record 21 weeks beginning last December and “I Hate U” led for a week in 2021.

On Hot R&B Songs, which began in 2012, Drake posts his eighth No. 1, and SZA, her fifth.

Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red” holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100, two weeks after it became her second No. 1. The song drew 44.9 million in radio reach (up 19%), 26.7 million streams (down 2%) and sold 8,000 (up 4%) – as it becomes her second leader (5-1) on Digital Song Sales and her ninth top 10 (13-9) on the Radio Songs chart. It also tops the multi-metric Hot Rap Songs chart for a fifth week.

SZA’s “Snooze” reawakens with an 8-3 leap on the Hot 100, surpassing its prior No. 7 best. Following the Sept. 15 release of its remix featuring Bieber, it’s up 50% to 21.4 million streams and 86% to 3,000 sold; already an established airplay hit, it rises to a new No. 3 high, from No. 5, on Radio Songs (70.1 million, up 4%). SZA now has four career top five Hot 100 hits, among nine top 10s, as “Snooze” and “Slime You Out” join “Kill Bill” and “Kiss Me More,” featuring Doja Cat (No. 3, 2021).

(All versions of “Snooze” roll up into one chart listing; Bieber is not listed on the song on the Hot 100, as the remix did not account for the majority of the single’s overall consumption during the tracking week.)

Notably, the Hot 100’s top three, of “Slime You Out,” “Paint the Town Red” and “Snooze,” mirrors that of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart – for the first time in over two years. The lists last lined up in the region on the charts dated Sept. 18, 2021, when Drake’s LP Certified Lover Boy premiered atop the Billboard 200 and its tracks “Way 2 Sexy,” featuring Future and Young Thug, “Girls Want Girls,” featuring Lil Baby, and “Fair Trade,” featuring Travis Scott, debuted at Nos. 1, 2 and 3, respectively, on the Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Country and pop have dominated the Hot 100’s top 10 in 2023, while “Paint the Town Red” became the chart’s first rap No. 1 in over a year.

(Helping spark the feat, two RCA Records artists rank in the Hot 100’s top three this week, with SZA at Nos. 1 and 3 and Doja Cat at No. 2.)

Luke Combs’ cover of Tracy Chapman’s No. 6-peaking 1988 Hot 100 classic “Fast Car” holds at No. 4 after eight weeks at its No. 2 high. Still, it tops Radio Songs for a fourth week (76.6 million, down 2%) and ascends to No. 1 on the multi-metric Hot Country Songs chart, after 19 weeks at No. 2. Combs claims his sixth Hot Country Songs No. 1 with the remake, which previously topped Country Airplay for five weeks and Adult Pop Airplay for two frames and has reached the top 10 on the Pop Airplay and Adult Contemporary charts.

Zach Bryan’s “I Remember Everything,” featuring Kacey Musgraves, drops 3-5 on the Hot 100, three weeks after it debuted at No. 1. It leads the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Rock Songs charts for a fourth week each.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Swift’s “Cruel Summer” descends 5-6, after reaching No. 3; Olivia Rodrigo’s “Vampire” falls to No. 7 following its second nonconsecutive week at No. 1; Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” slips 6-8, following 16 weeks at No. 1, the most ever for a non-collaboration; Gunna’s “Fukumean” holds at No. 9, after hitting No. 4; and Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night” repeats at No. 10, after reaching No. 6.

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated Sept. 30), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (Sept. 26).

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He’s only the second act to have notched new No. 1 albums in each of the last three years.

Rod Wave captures his third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart (dated Sept. 30) as his latest release, Nostalgia, opens atop the tally. The set bows with 137,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Sept. 21, according to Luminate — the rapper/singer’s biggest week yet by units earned. Nearly all of the album’s first-week sum was driven by streaming activity of the set’s 18 tracks.

The artist previously led the Billboard 200 with his last two full-length projects, Beautiful Mind (2022) and SoulFly (2021). He’s only the second artist, following Taylor Swift, to have notched a new No. 1 album in each of the last three years. In total, Nostalgia is his sixth top 10-charting effort — the entirety of his entries on the Billboard 200.

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 Sept. 30, 2023-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Tuesday (Sept. 26). For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Nostalgia’s 137,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Sept. 21, SEA units comprise 135,000 (equaling 187.51 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 18 songs — the third-largest debut streaming week for an R&B/hip-hop album in 2023), album sales comprise 1,500 (it was only available to purchase as a digital download album) and TEA units comprise 500.

Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts falls to No. 2 after debuting atop the tally, as the set earned 134,000 in its second week (down 56%). Four more former No. 1s round out the top six, as Zach Bryan’s self-titled album is a non-mover at No. 3 (79,000; down 17%), Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time is stationary at No. 4 (76,000; down 3%), SZA’s SOS rises 6-5 (53,000; up 17%) and Travis Scott’s Utopia falls 5-6 (47,000; down 16%).

Peso Pluma’s Génesis is steady at No. 7 (46,000 equivalent album units; up 7%), Swift’s chart-topping Midnights stands still at No. 8 (42,000; up 1%) and Wallen’s former leader Dangerous: The Double Album holds at No. 9 (38,000; down 2%). The Barbie film soundtrack closes out the top 10, as it steps 11-10 with 36,000 units (down 4%).

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Plus, Rodrigo’s “Bad Idea Right?” jumps to a new No. 7 high, as her album Guts launches atop the Billboard 200.

Olivia Rodrigo’s former Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 “Vampire” surges back to the chart’s summit, from No. 9. Plus, her “Bad Idea Right?” roars to a new No. 7 high, from No. 26, as her sophomore album Guts, featuring both songs, launches at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Notably, as “Vampire” first led the Hot 100 in July and returns to the top after nine weeks below the top spot, it ties for the longest gap between No. 1 stays among songs in a single release cycle over the chart’s 65-year history; Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball” ruled for two weeks in September-October 2013 before swinging back for a third frame in the lead that December, as a parody clip, with the song’s original audio, by YouTuber Stephen Kardynal, went viral.

(Among all songs, the only longer breaks between No. 1 Hot 100 runs belong to Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” and Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” – each over multiple release cycles. The former returned to the top after a wait of a year, three months and three weeks, between 1960 and 1962, after it re-entered the chart thanks to new popularity among adult audiences; Carey’s Yuletide anthem has led for 12 total weeks, via annual reigns beginning in December 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.)

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts (dated Sept. 23, 2023) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Sept. 19). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

“Vampire” returns to No. 1 on the Hot 100 up 82% to 22.8 million streams in the Sept. 8-14 tracking week, while “Bad Idea Right?” vaulted by 121% to 22.1 million streams, as the latter wins the Hot 100’s top Streaming Gainer award. The first two singles from Guts skyrocket 12-3 (following a week at No. 1) and 26-4 (after reaching No. 3), respectively, on the Streaming Songs chart.

On Radio Songs, “Vampire” holds at its No. 6 high (55.8 million impressions, down 7%) and “Bad Idea Right?” bumps 43-39 (16.2 million, up 15%). Plus, the songs sold 4,000 (up 89%, good for top Sales Gainer honors on the Hot 100) and 2,000 (up 42%), respectively.

“Vampire” debuted atop the Hot 100 dated July 15 and has spent nine of its subsequent 10 weeks on the chart in the top 10. “Bad Idea Right?” previously peaked at No. 10 upon its Aug. 26 debut.

“Vampire” became Rodrigo’s third Hot 100 No. 1, after “Drivers License” dominated for eight weeks beginning in January 2021 and “Good 4 U” led for one week that May.

Guts, released on Geffen/Interscope Records, enters the Billboard 200 with 302,000 equivalent album units in its first week, Rodrigo’s biggest week on the chart. It’s her second Billboard 200 No. 1, after Sour premiered on top in June 2021 (with 295,000 units) and spent five weeks at the summit. Meanwhile, with “Vampire” serving as the lead single from Guts after “Drivers License” introduced Sour, Rodrigo became the first artist ever to debut the lead singles from two career-opening albums at No. 1 on the Hot 100.

Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red” retreats to No. 2 on the Hot 100, a week after it hit No. 1. It drew 37.2 million in radio reach (up 16%) and 27.3 million streams (down 2%) and sold 7,000 (down 10%) Sept. 8-14. A week earlier, the song became the rapper/singer’s second leader, following “Say So,” featuring Nicki Minaj, for a week in 2020. It also became the chart’s first rap No. 1 in over a year.

“Paint the Town Red” concurrently crowns the multi-metric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a fourth week each. The track is from Doja Cat’s fourth studio album, Scarlet, due Friday (Sept. 22).

Zach Bryan’s “I Remember Everything,” featuring Kacey Musgraves, dips 2-3 on the Hot 100, two weeks after it debuted at No. 1. It leads Streaming Songs (30.1 million, down 5%) and the multi-metric Hot Country Songs, Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Rock Songs charts for a third week each.

Luke Combs’ cover of Tracy Chapman’s No. 6-peaking 1988 Hot 100 classic “Fast Car” backs up 3-4 after eight weeks at its No. 2 high. Still, it tops Radio Songs for a third week (77.3 million, down 1%).

Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” descends 4-5 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 3, and Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” drops 5-6, following 16 weeks at No. 1, the most ever for a non-collaboration.

Below Rodrigo’s “Bad Idea Right?” at No. 7 on the Hot 100, as the track also rebounds for a second week at No. 1 on the multi-metric Hot Alternative Songs chart, SZA’s “Snooze” slips to No. 8 from its No. 7 Hot 100 best, as it leads the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart for a ninth week; Gunna’s “Fukumean” falls 8-9 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 4; and Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night” retreats to No. 10 from its No. 6 high.

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

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