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1 Aug 2021 Music Now!

The Kid LAROI’s ‘F**k Love’ Jumps to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

Plus: EST Gee’s “Bigger Than Life or Death” vaults into top 10 in second chart week.

A little over a year after The Kid LAROI’s F**k Love album was released, it surges from No. 26 to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for its first week atop the list, following multiple reissues that added additional tracks to the project. The set, now in its 53rd week on the chart, earned 85,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending July 29 (up 409%), according to MRC Data. Streaming activity powers the bulk of that figure.

F**k Love was originally released on July 24, 2020, as a 15-track album and debuted at No. 8 on the Aug. 8, 2020-dated chart. It was reissued on Nov. 6, 2020, with seven additional tracks and bounded 81-3 on the Nov. 21, 2020, chart – its peak until this week. It was then reissued a third and fourth time this July 23 and July 27, adding seven and six tracks, respectively, including his current Billboard Hot 100 top five hit “Stay,” with Justin Bieber. The album’s total tracklist now stands at 35.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new Aug. 7, 2021-dated chart (where F**k Love hits No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Aug. 3. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of F**k Love’s85,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week ending July 29, SEA units comprise nearly 82,000 (up 403%, equaling 113.97 million on-demand streams of the album’s tracks), album sales comprise 2,000 (up 978%) and TEA units comprise just under 2,000 (up 458%).

F**k Love is the first album to be No. 1 without also debuting on top since the Nov. 30, 2019-dated chart, when the soundtrack to Frozen II rose 3-1 in its third week on the list. F**k Love is also the first album to reach No. 1 more than a year after its release since Prince’s The Very Best of Prince re-entered at No. 1 on the May 7, 2016, chart, following his death, more than 15 years after its release in 2001. (The last album to take 53 or more chart weeks to No. 1 was the soundtrack to O Brother, Where Art Thou?, which hit No. 1 in its 63rd week, rising 2-1 on the Feb. 23, 2002-dated chart following its Grammy Award win for album of the year. It debuted on the Jan. 13, 2001 chart.)

F**k Love is the second album to jump from outside the top 10 and straight to No. 1 in a single week this year. Taylor Swift’s Evermore vaulted 74-1 on the June 12 chart, for its fourth nonconsecutive week atop the list, following its vinyl LP release.

The 17-year-old The Kid LAROI (born Charlton Kenneth Jeffrey Howard) — who turns 18 on Aug. 17 — is the youngest artist to reach No. 1 since April 13, 2019, when Billie Eilish was 17 years and three months old when When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? debuted at No. 1.

The Kid LAROI is the youngest solo male artist to be No. 1 since 2015, when a then-16-year-old Shawn Mendes hit No. 1 with Handwritten (May 2, 2015-dated chart, when Mendes was 16 years and eight months old).

The Kid LAROI, who was raised in inner-city Sydney, is the first Australian act to be No. 1 since rock band AC/DC launched atop the list dated Nov. 28, 2020, with Power Up. The Kid LAROI is the first solo Australian to be No. 1 since Sia debuted at No. 1 on July 26, 2014, with 1000 Forms of Fear. And, he’s the first solo male Australian to be No. 1 since Keith Urban, when his Fuse debuted at No. 1 on the Sept. 28, 2013, chart.

Olivia Rodrigo’s former No. 1 Sour steps 3-2 on the latest Billboard 200 with 69,000 equivalent album units earned (down 11%), Doja Cat’s Planet Her rises 4-3 with 57,000 units (down 4%), Morgan Wallen’s former leader Dangerous: The Double Album climbs 5-4 with 44,000 units (up 1%) and Pop Smoke’s Faith falls 1-5 in its second week with 38,000 units (down 56%). Lil Baby and Lil Durk’s former chart-topper The Voice of the Heroes is steady at No. 6 with 32,000 units (down 11%).

Rapper EST Gee lands his first top 10 album on the Billboard 200 as Bigger Than Life or Death vaults 65-7 in its second chart week, earning 30,000 equivalent album units (up 141%). The album was released on an off-cycle Wednesday, July 21 (instead of on the usual Friday for new releases), so it debuted on the July 31-dated Billboard 200 at No. 65 with 12,000 units from just two days of activity in the week ending July 22. In the tracking week ending July 29, the album earned 30,000 units, and,  of that sum, SEA units comprise 27,000 (up 137%, equaling 38.03 million on-demand streams of the album’s tracks), album sales comprise 2,000 (up 219%) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.

Polo G’s former No. 1 Hall of Fame dips 7-8 with just over 29,000 equivalent album units (down 11%). Swift’s chart-topping Folklore flies back into the top 10, climbing 56-9 with 29,000 units (123%), after the album’s wide release on vinyl LP on July 22. The album sold 15,000 copies in the week ending July 29, with vinyl LP sales comprising the majority of that number. Previously, the vinyl LP edition of the album was available only via Swift’s official webstore and Target stores.

Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia rounds out the top 10, falling 8-10 with 28,000 equivalent album units earned (down 4%).

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26 Jul 2021 Music Now!

BTS’ ‘Butter’ Returns to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Ties for 2021’s Longest Rule

The song spends an eighth week on top, matching the reign of Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License.”

BTS‘ “Butter” rebounds to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, from No. 7, adding an eighth week on top and tying for the chart’s longest command of 2021, first logged by Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” in January-March.

“Butter” replaces BTS’ own “Permission to Dance,” which launched at No. 1 on the Hot 100 a week earlier, succeeding “Butter,” which had spent the previous seven weeks at No. 1. “Permission to Dance” falls to No. 7.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated July 31) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (July 27) For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

“Butter,” released on HYBE/BigHit Music/Columbia Records, drew 30.7 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 2%) and 8.8 million U.S. streams (down 21%) in the week ending July 22, according to MRC Data.

Despite its airplay gain, the track drops 20-21 on Radio Songs. On Streaming Songs, it falls 26-40.

As “Butter” soars back to No. 1 on the Hot 100 from No. 7, swapping spots with “Permission to Dance” (1-7), sales most sharply tell the story of the stark rank changes. A week after “Permission to Dance” opened with 140,100 downloads sold (via its original and instrumental digital versions, each on sale for 69 cents), following its July 9 release, it drops by 39% to 85,000 in the week ending July 22 (encompassing those two digital versions, plus an “alternate single cover” option released in the group’s webstore the last day of the tracking week, also for 69 cents).

Meanwhile, “Butter” resurges by 132% to 115,600 sold from 49,800, good for the Hot 100’s top Sales Gainer award.

“Butter” tallies an eighth week atop the Digital Song Sales chart (2-1), supplanting “Permission to Dance” (1-2).

As “Butter” replaces “Permission to Dance” at No. 1 on the Hot 100, a week after “Permission to Dance” took over for “Butter,” BTS is the first act to displace itself at No. 1 with a new leader and then send the previous No. 1 back to the summit with no other acts holding the top spot in between.

Olivia Rodrigo’s “Good 4 U” holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100, nine weeks after it premiered at No. 1. It keeps at No. 2 on Streaming Songs, after seven weeks on top (24.4 million, down 5%); rises 4-3 on Radio Songs (71.5 million, up 10%); and holds at No. 12 on Digital Song Sales (7,100, down 4%). (See below for more on Rodrigo’s Hot 100 and airplay chart moves.)

Dua Lipa’s “Levitating,” featuring DaBaby, rebounds 4-3 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2, as it logs a fifth week at No. 1 on Radio Songs, up 2% to a new weekly-best 81.4 million audience impressions. It also marks Lipa’s best Radio Songs command outright in terms of weeks on top, surpassing the four-week reign of her prior leader, “Don’t Start Now,” in March-April 2020.

Plus, “Levitating” hits No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, becoming Lipa’s first leader on the radio ranking. She previously reached the AC top five with “Don’t Start Now” (No. 5, this January) and “Break My Heart” (No. 4, April).

(Lipa additionally debuts two songs on the latest Hot 100: she’s featured on Pop Smoke’s “Demeanor,” at No. 86, while her own “Love Again” enters at No. 89. The latter is new on the chart, but its origins trace back almost a century: it borrows the signature section of Lew Stone & His Monseigneur Band and Al Bowlly’s “My Woman,” which was released in 1933 and co-written by Bing Crosby. White Town’s “Your Woman,” which hit No. 23 on the Hot 100 in 1997, also incorporates the classic instrumental hook.)

The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber’s “Stay” dips to No. 4 on the Hot 100, a week after soaring in at No. 3. Still, it notches a second week atop Streaming Songs (28.6 million, down 6%) and enters Radio Songs at No. 35 (22.1 million, up 71%), as it wins the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer honor.

(The Kid LAROI also earns his first No. 1 on a Billboard radio chart, as prior single “Without You,” which hit No. 8 on the Hot 100 in May, takes over atop Adult Pop Airplay.)

Doja Cat’s “Kiss Me More,” featuring SZA, repeats at No. 5 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 3; Ed Sheeran’s “Bad Habits” is steady at No. 6, three weeks after it debuted at its No. 5 high; and, below BTS’ “Permission to Dance,” Lil Nas X’s “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” keeps at No. 8, following a week at No. 1.

Olivia Rodrigo’s “Deja Vu” climbs 10-9 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 3. It concurrently enters the Radio Songs top five (7-5; 61.1 million, up 6%). Meanwhile, Rodrigo rules the Pop Airplay radio-based chart for a second week with “Good 4 U,” as “Deja Vu” ascends 5-4 and “Traitor” debuts at No. 40. Those three songs (with “Traitor” not being promoted as an official single) follow her breakthrough smash “Drivers License,” which topped Pop Airplay for five weeks in March-April, with all four tracks from her debut album, Sour.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Save Your Tears” drops 9-10, after two weeks at No. 1.

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated July 31), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (July 27).

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25 Jul 2021 Music Now!

Pop Smoke’s ‘Faith’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

Plus: John Mayer bows at No. 2 with “Sob Rock.”

Pop Smoke’s second posthumous album, Faith, debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, garnering the rapper his second leader. The guest-laden collection was released on July 16 and starts with 88,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending July 22, according to MRC Data.

The standard 20-track Faith features more than 20 guest stars, including Chris Brown, Future, Dua Lipa and Kanye West. A deluxe version of Faith, with four bonus tracks, was released on July 21.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new July 31, 2021-dated chart (where Faith debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on July 27. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Faith’s 88,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week ending July 22, SEA units comprise 83,000 (equaling 113.34 million on-demand streams of the album’s tracks), album sales comprise 4,000 and TEA units comprise 1,000.

Pop Smoke previously topped the Billboard 200 with Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon, which opened at No. 1 on the list dated July 18, 2020, and spent two nonconsecutive weeks atop the chart. The set, which was billed as the rapper’s first studio album, went on to be the No. 3 most popular album of 2020, according to MRC Data. It also won the 2021 Billboard Music Award for Top Billboard 200 Album. On the latest Billboard 200, Shoot jumps 11-9 with 28,000 units (up 5%).

All told, Faith is Pop Smoke’s fourth charting album, and third top 10. He also landed in the region with the mixtape Meet the Woo, V.2 (debuting and peaking at No. 7 on the Feb. 22, 2020, chart) and Meet the Woo, V.1 Mixtape (No. 105 peak on March 7, 2020).

Pop Smoke was killed on Feb. 19, 2020, at age 20, after being shot during a home-invasion robbery in Los Angeles.

John Mayer notches his 10th top 10 album on the Billboard 200, as the singer-songwriter’s latest studio release, Sob Rock, debuts at No. 2 with 84,000 equivalent album units earned.

Of Sob Rock’s starting sum of 84,000 units, album sales comprise 61,000 (making it the top-selling album of the week), SEA units comprise 22,000 (equaling 28.59 million on-demand streams of the album’s tracks) and TEA units comprise 1,000.

Mayer previously visited the top 10 with: The Search for Everything (No. 2 in 2017); The Search for Everything: Wave One (No. 2, 2017); Paradise Valley (No. 2, 2013); Born and Raised (No. 1, 2012); Battle Studies (No. 1, 2009); Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles (No. 5, 2008); Continuum (No. 2, 2006); Heavier Things (No. 1, 2003); and Room for Squares (No. 8, 2003).

Olivia Rodrigo’s former leader Sour slips 1-3 on the Billboard 200 with 77,000 equivalent album units (down 7%), while Doja Cat’s Planet Her dips 2-4 with 59,000 units (down 2%). Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping Dangerous: The Double Album falls 3-5 with 44,000 units (down 1%), Lil Baby and Lil Durk’s former No. 1 The Voice of the Heroes descends 4-6 with 36,000 units (down 13%), and Polo G’s chart-topper Hall of Fame dips 5-7 with 33,000 units (down 10%).

Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia falls 6-8 with 29,000 equivalent album units earned (down 1%), Pop Smoke’s Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon, as noted above, rises 11-9 with 28,000 (up 5%) and Bo Burnham’s Inside (The Songs) falls 9-10 with 25,000 (down 8%).

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19 Jul 2021 Music Now!

BTS Blasts Onto Hot 100 at No. 1 with ‘Permission to Dance,’ The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber Bow at No. 3 with ‘Stay’

“Dance” replaces BTS’ own “Butter” at the summit.

BTS bounds onto the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart at No. 1 with its new single “Permission to Dance.” The South Korean septet supplants itself at the top spot, as the group’s own “Butter” falls to No. 7 after seven weeks at No. 1. “Dance” launches as the group’s fifth Hot 100 leader.

Plus, The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber debut on the Hot 100 at No. 3 with “Stay.” The song marks the former’s second top 10, and a new career high, and the latter’s 24th top 10.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated July 24) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (July 20) For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.ARTISTS MENTIONED

“Permission to Dance,” released on HYBE/BigHit Music/Columbia Records, is the 1,126th No. 1 in the Hot 100’s 62-year history, and the 55th to enter on top. Here’s a deeper look at its entrance.

Streams, airplay & sales: Following its July 9 release, “Permission to Dance” drew 15.9 million U.S. streams and 1.1 million radio airplay audience impressions and sold 140,100 downloads (via its original and instrumental digital versions, each on sale for 69 cents) in the week ending July 15, according to MRC Data.

The track debuts atop the Digital Song Sales chart, where it’s BTS’ eighth No. 1, extending the act’s record for the most among groups. It also begins at No. 8 on Streaming Songs.

BTS’ 5th Hot 100 No. 1: As BTS scores its fifth Hot 100 No. 1, here’s a recap of the group’s leaders:

“Dynamite,” three weeks at No. 1, beginning Sept. 5, 2020
“Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat),” with Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo, one, Oct. 17, 2020
“Life Goes On,” one, Dec. 5, 2020
“Butter,” seven, June 5, 2021
“Permission to Dance,” one to-date, July 24, 2021

Fastest 5 No. 1s since …: BTS has achieved its Hot 100 No. 1s over a span of 10 months and two weeks. That’s the quickest accumulation of five leaders since Michael Jackson tallied five, all from his album Bad, over nine months and two weeks in 1987-88: “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You,” with Siedah Garrett, “Bad,” “The Way You Make Me Feel,” “Man in the Mirror” and “Dirty Diana.”

The Beatles hold the mark for the quickest span of five Hot 100 No. 1s, having earned their first five over exactly six months in 1964: “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” “She Loves You,” “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “Love Me Do” and “A Hard Day’s Night.”

4th No. 1 debut: As “Dynamite,” “Life Goes On,” “Butter” and “Permission to Dance” have all debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100, BTS is the fourth act with at least four first-place arrivals. Ariana Grande leads all acts with five No. 1 starts; Justin Bieber and Drake also each boast four.

BTS replaces itself on top: With “Permission to Dance” replacing “Butter” atop the Hot 100, BTS is the first artist to dethrone itself since Drake, whose “In My Feelings” ended the eight-week reign of “Nice for What” on the July 21, 2018 chart. (Before that, on the April 21, 2018-dated survey, “Nice” soared in at No. 1, wrapping the rule of his “God’s Plan.”)

Sheeran’s 4th No. 1 as a writer: “Permission to Dance” sports four writer credits: Jenna Andrews, “Steve Mac” McCutcheon, John McDaid and Ed Sheeran. Andrews adds her second Hot 100 No. 1 as a writer, following BTS’ “Butter,” and McCutcheon and McDaid also each score their second, after they teamed on Sheeran’s 12-week 2017 No. 1 “Shape of You.”

Sheeran leads the Hot 100 with a fourth song as a writer, following Justin Bieber’s “Love Yourself” (two weeks at No. 1, 2016) and his own “Shape” and “Perfect” (six weeks, 2017-18).

“Dance” floor ceiling: BTS sends the ninth song with the word “dance” in its title to the top of the Hot 100. Here’s the full “dance” card:

“Save the Last Dance for Me,” The Drifters, three weeks at No. 1, beginning Oct. 17, 1960
“Let’s Dance,” David Bowie, one, May 21, 1983
“Flashdance…What a Feeling,” Irene Cara, six, May 28, 1983
“I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me),” Whitney Houston, two, June 27, 1987
“Batdance,” Prince, one, Aug. 5, 1989
“Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now),” C+C Music Factory, two, Feb. 9, 1991
“Just Dance,” Lady Gaga feat. Colby O’Donis, three, Jan. 17, 2009
“One Dance,” Drake feat. WizKid & Kyla, 10, May 21, 2016
“Permission to Dance,” BTS, one week to-date, July 24, 2021

(Four songs with “dancing” in their titles have topped the Hot 100, all, unsurprisingly, at the height of the disco era: “You Should Be Dancing,” Bee Gees, 1976; “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing,” Leo Sayer, 1977; “Dancing Queen,” ABBA, 1977; and “Shadow Dancing, Andy Gibb, 1978.)

His song: Meanwhile, “Permission to Dance” features the lyric, and instruction (with which few would surely argue), “When it all seems like it’s wrong/ Sing along to Elton John.”

John is, of course, no stranger to the top of the Hot 100, having achieved nine No. 1s, from “Crocodile Rock” in 1973 to “Candle in the Wind 1997″/”Something About the Way You Look Tonight” in 1997-98.

(The legend gives himself permission to sing along to BTS.)

Olivia Rodrigo’s “Good 4 U” holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100, eight weeks after it led in its debut week. It drops to No. 2 on Streaming Songs after seven weeks on top (25.7 million, down 7%); climbs 6-4 on the Radio Songs chart (65.1 million impressions, up 6%); and falls 9-12 on Digital Song Sales (7,400, down 10%).

“Good 4 U” concurrently becomes Rodrigo’s second No. 1 on the mainstream top 40 radio-based Pop Airplay chart, climbing 3-1. “Drivers License” reigned for five weeks in March-April (and crowned the Hot 100 for eight weeks). Meanwhile, her radio single in between, “Deja Vu,” holds at its No. 5 high on Pop Airplay (after reaching No. 3 on the Hot 100).

The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber roar onto the Hot 100 at No. 3 with “Stay.” The song, released July 9, starts with 34.7 million streams, 12.9 million in radio audience and 12,000 sold. It enters atop Streaming Songs, where it’s The Kid LAROI’s first No. 1 and Bieber’s sixth, and No. 5 on Digital Song Sales.

The Kid LAROI lands his second Hot 100 top 10, and a new career best, after “Without You,” with Miley Cyrus, hit No. 8 in May.

Bieber earns his 24th Hot 100 top 10. He’s the 13th artist with at least that many, after Drake (45), Madonna (38), The Beatles (34), Rihanna (31), Michael Jackson (30), Taylor Swift (29), Mariah Carey, Stevie Wonder (28 each), Janet Jackson, Elton John (27 each) and Lil Wayne and Elvis Presley (25 each).

Dua Lipa’s “Levitating,” featuring DaBaby, drops 3-4 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2, as it claims a fourth week at No. 1 on Radio Songs (79.9 million, essentially even week-over-week), while Doja Cat’s “Kiss Me More,” featuring SZA, slips 4-5, after hitting No. 3.

Ed Sheeran’s “Bad Habits” keeps at No. 6 on the Hot 100, two weeks after it debuted at No. 5. It wins top Airplay Gainer honors, as it rises 10-9 on Radio Songs (49.8 million, up 15%).

As BTS’ “Butter” falls to No. 7 after spending its first seven weeks on the Hot 100 at No. 1, it descends to No. 2, also after seven weeks on top, on Digital Song Sales (49,800 sold, down 54%) and 26-27 on Streaming Songs, although with a 4% gain to 11.2 million. It pushes 21-20 on Radio Songs (29.7 million, up 2%). (Driven by its sales decline, it makes the steepest slide from No. 1 on the Hot 100 after at least seven weeks on top since Santana’s “Maria Maria,” featuring The Product G&B, fell to No. 8 after 10 weeks at the summit in June 2000.)

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Lil Nas X’s “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” backtracks 5-8, after a week at No. 1; The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Save Your Tears” holds at No. 9, after two weeks on top; and Olivia Rodrigo’s “Deja Vu” is steady at No. 10.

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated July 24), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (July 20).

Source: billboard.com

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18 Jul 2021 Music Now!

Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Sour’ Spends Fourth Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour notches a fourth total week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as the set earned 83,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending July 16 (down 5%), according to MRC Data. The album holds atop the list for a second straight week, after previously debuting at No. 1 on the chart dated June 5, and then returning to the top for one week on July 3.

Sour leads a quiet chart, which is absent of debuts in the top 10 for the first time in two months. The region last went debut-free on the May 22-dated list. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units.

Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new July 24, 2021-dated chart (where Sour holds at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on July 20. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Sour is the first debut album by a woman to spend four weeks at No. 1 since Susan Boyle’s I Dreamed a Dream spent six weeks, all consecutive from its debut, at No. 1 (Dec. 12, 2009–Jan. 16, 2010-dated charts).

Doja Cat’s Planet Her spends a third week locked in the No. 2 position (61,000 equivalent album units earned; down 11%), having debuted there on the July 10-dated chart. Planet Her is the first album to spend its first three weeks on the chart at No. 2 since January 2015, when Nicki Minaj’s The Pinkprint also debuted in the runner-up slot and spent its first three weeks at No. 2 (its peak).

Morgan Wallen’s former No. 1 Dangerous: The Double Album rises 4-3 with 44,000 equivalent album units, Lil Baby and Lil Durk’s former leader The Voice of the Heroes dips 3-4 with 42,000 units (down 12%), and Polo G’s chart-topping Hall of Fame climbs 7-5 with 37,000 units (down 8%).

Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia is up 8-6 with 30,000 equivalent album units (down 2%), Tyler, the Creator’s former No. 1 Call Me If You Get Lost slips 6-7 with 28,000 units (down 26%) and Bo Burnham’s Inside (The Songs) rises 11-8 with 27,000 units (down 5%).

The Weeknd’s former No. 1 After Hours jumps 15-9 with nearly 27,000 equivalent album units earned (up 8%), following a surge in physical sales (owed to recently replenished variants of the album on vinyl LP, cassette and CD). Moneybagg Yo’s former chart-topper A Gangsta’s Pain closes out the top 10, holding at No. 10 with a little under 27,000 units (down 10%).

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12 Jul 2021 Music Now!

BTS’ ‘Butter’ Leads Hot 100 for Seventh Week, Lil Nas X’s ‘Montero’ Returns to Top Five

“Montero” also becomes Lil Nas X’s first Pop Airplay chart No. 1.

BTS‘ “Butter” rules the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart for a seventh week, encompassing its entire run on the ranking so far, dating to its debut at No. 1.

Plus, Lil Nas X‘s “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” returns to the Hot 100’s top five, rising 8-5, after it led the list in its debut week in April. It also becomes his first No. 1 on the Pop Airplay radio chart.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated July 17) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (July 13) For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

“Butter,” released on HYBE/BigHit Music/Columbia Records, drew 29.1 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 6%) and 10.8 million U.S. streams (down 1%) and sold 108,800 (down 29%) in the week ending July 8, according to MRC Data. (See below for details regarding a change, effective this week, to the Hot 100’s airplay tracking week.)

The track adds a seventh week atop the Digital Song Sales chart and climbs 23-21 on Radio Songs and 31-26 on Streaming Songs.

“Butter” concurrently enters the Pop Airplay top 10 (11-10), becoming BTS’ second top 10 on the mainstream top 40 radio-based chart, after “Dynamite” hit No. 5 last December. BTS is the first all-South Korean act with multiple Pop Airplay top 10s. One other artist from South Korea has reached the Pop Airplay top 10: soloist PSY, whose “Gangnam Style” hit No. 10 in October 2012.

BTS is set to debut on next week’s, July 24-dated Hot 100 with its newest single, “Permission to Dance,” released Friday (July 9).

Olivia Rodrigo’s “Good 4 U” holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100, seven weeks after it opened at No. 1. It posts a seventh week atop Streaming Songs (27.6 million, down 9%); holds at No. 6 on Radio Songs, with 61.3 million impressions, up 15%, as it wins the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award for a sixth week; and falls 5-9 on Digital Song Sales (8,200, down 14%).

Dua Lipa’s “Levitating,” featuring DaBaby, rebounds 4-3 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2, as it tallies a third week at No. 1 on Radio Songs (79.7 million, down 2%), while Doja Cat’s “Kiss Me More,” featuring SZA, dips to No. 4 from its No. 3 Hot 100 high.

Lil Nas X’s “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” jumps 8-5 on the Hot 100, returning to the top five for the first time since the chart dated May 1, after it launched at No. 1 on the list dated April 10.

As it rises 5-4 on Radio Songs (65.5 million, up 7%), “Montero” hits No. 1 on the Pop Airplay chart, becoming Lil Nas X’s first leader on the ranking. He previously peaked as high as No. 3 on Pop Airplay with his breakthrough smash “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, in 2019; the song ruled the Hot 100 for a record 19 weeks.

Lil Nas X leads his fifth airplay chart. He previously topped (all in 2019): Rhythmic Airplay, with “Road” (three weeks) and “Panini” (one week); Dance/Mix Show Airplay and Rap Airplay, with “Road” (four weeks each); and Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, with “Road” (three weeks).

(“Montero” makes its three-spot jump in a tightly contested part of the Hot 100, with the songs at Nos. 5 through 9 all close in chart points, and each down week-over-week; The track sports the smallest overall decrease, and greatest airplay gain, among them.)

Ed Sheeran’s “Bad Habits” descends 5-6 in its second week on the Hot 100. It pushes 11-10 on Radio Songs (43.4 million), where it becomes his 10th top 10; at three weeks, it ties “I Don’t Care,” with Justin Bieber, in 2019, for Sheeran’s fastest flight to the region.

“Leave the Door Open” by Silk Sonic, the duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, slips 6-7 on the Hot 100, after two nonconsecutive weeks on top. It adds a 13th week at No. 1 on Hot R&B Songs and an eighth frame atop Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, with both multi-metric charts employing the same methodology as the Hot 100.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Justin Bieber’s former one-week leader “Peaches,” featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon, backtracks 7-8; The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Save Your Tears” holds at No. 9, after two weeks at No. 1; and Olivia Rodrigo’s “Deja Vu” keeps at No. 10, after reaching No. 3.

Change to Hot 100’s airplay tracking week: As of this week’s, July 17-dated Hot 100, the airplay tracking week for the chart, as well as for other genre-based Billboard airplay-, sales- and streaming-based hybrid “Hot”-named surveys, shifts to a Friday through Thursday cycle (from Monday-Sunday) — aligning the radio measurement week for the charts, and Radio Songs, with the Friday-Thursday period utilized for sales and streaming, this week reflecting July 2-8.

The Hot 100 and genre “Hot” charts will continue to be finalized each Monday, with the Hot 100’s top 10 and other chart highlights still to be revealed each Monday afternoon (except for weeks affected by holidays) via the weekly top 10 recap story on billboard.com and social posts, while charts in full will continue to update on billboard.com each Tuesday morning.

The other “Hot” charts that use the Radio Songs data switching to a Friday-Thursday airplay tracking week are: Hot Country Songs, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot R&B Songs, Hot Rap Songs, Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, Hot Alternative Songs, Hot Hard Rock Songs, Hot Latin Songs, Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, Hot Christian Songs and Hot Gospel Songs.

(This change does not affect format-specific radio format charts, such as Pop Airplay, Country Airplay, Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Rock & Alternative Airplay and Latin Airplay, among others.)

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated July 17), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (July 13).

Source: billboard.com

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11 Jul 2021 Music Now!

Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Sour’ Jumps Back to No. 1 for Third Week Atop Billboard 200 Chart

Plus: G. Herbo scores highest charting album yet with top five debut of “25.”

Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour is back at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for a third nonconsecutive week on top, as the set lifts 3-1 with 88,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending July 8 (down 6%), according to MRC Data. The album debuted at No. 1 on the chart dated June 5, led again on the July 3-dated tally and has yet to leave the top three in its seven weeks on the list.

Also in the top 10, G Herbo scores his highest charting album yet, as his new release 25 debuts 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. 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 July 17, 2021-dated chart (where Sour returns to No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on July 13. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Doja Cat’s Planet Her is steady at No. 2 in its second week on the chart, earning 68,000 equivalent album units (down 37%). Lil Baby and Lil Durk’s former No. 1 The Voice of the Heroes rises 4-3 with 47,000 units (down 9%), while Morgan Wallen’s former 10-week chart-topper Dangerous: The Double Album climbs 6-4 with just over 46,000 units (down 2%).

G Herbo’s fourth studio album, 25, is the lone debut in the Billboard 200 top 10 (and top 40, for that matter) as the set enters at No. 5 with 46,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 44,000 (equaling 61.17 million on-demand streams of the set’s songs), album sales comprise a little over 1,000 units and TEA comprise less than 1,000. It’s the second top 10 and highest charting effort for the rapper, who previously visited the region with his last album, PTSD, which debuted and peaked at No. 7 on the March 14, 2020-dated chart.

The new 19-track album boasts guests turns from 21 Savage, Gunna, The Kid Laroi, Lil Tjay, Polo G and Rowdy Rebel.

Tyler, the Creator’s Call Me If You Get Lost falls 1-6 in its second week, earning 44,000 equivalent album units (down 74%). It’s the first No. 1-debuting album to fall out of the top five in its second week in 2021. The last to do so was Shawn Mendes’ Wonder, which descended 1-25 on the Dec. 26, 2020-dated list.

Polo G’s former No. 1 Hall of Fame dips 5-7 on the new Billboard 200 with 40,000 equivalent album units earned (down 18%). Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia rises 9-8 with just over 30,000 units (down 3%), Migos’ Culture III descends 7-9 with 30,000 units (down 19%) and Moneybagg Yo’s former No. 1 A Gangsta’s Pain rises 11-10 with 29,000 units (down 1%).

Source: billboard.com

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6 Jul 2021 Music Now!

BTS’ ‘Butter’ Tops Hot 100 for Sixth Week, Ed Sheeran’s ‘Bad Habits’ Debuts at No. 5

Sheeran scores his eighth top 10.

BTS‘ “Butter” churns out its sixth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, encompassing its entire run on the ranking so far, dating to its debut at the apex.

Plus, Doja Cat‘s “Kiss Me More,” featuring SZA, hits a new Hot 100 high at No. 3 and Ed Sheeran soars in at No. 5 with his new single, “Bad Habits,” which arrives as his eighth career top 10.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated July 10) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (July 7, a day later than usual due to the post-July 4 Monday holiday in the U.S.) For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.ARTISTS MENTIONED

“Butter,” released on HYBE/BigHit Music/Columbia Records, drew 11 million U.S. streams, down 11%, and sold 153,600 (downloads, cassette and vinyl combined), up 20%, in the week ending July 1, according to MRC Data. It also attracted 28.3 million radio airplay audience impressions, up 2%, in the week ending July 4.

The track adds a sixth week atop the Digital Song Sales chart, while backtracking 22-23 on Radio Songs and 18-31 on Streaming Songs.

Sales for “Butter” in its sixth week reflect availability for its original and instrumental versions released May 21; a “Hotter” remix released May 28; “Cooler” and “Sweeter” remixes released June 4; an “alternate single cover” digital single released June 24 in the group’s webstore, with all discounted to 69 cents throughout their availability; and two other versions on sale via BTS’ U.S. webstore (a 7-inch vinyl single, for $7.98, and a cassette single, for $6.98) which count for the first time on this week’s charts, dated July 10, a week later than originally expected due to a shift in their shipping schedules (sparking the song’s top Sales Gainer award on the Hot 100, which it claims for a second consecutive week).

Rodrigo’s “Good 4 U” holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100, six weeks after it debuted at No. 1. It posts a seventh week atop Streaming Songs (30.2 million, down 6%); keeps at No. 5 on Digital Song Sales (9,500, up 3%); and lifts 7-6 on Radio Songs with 56.8 million impressions, up 19%, as it wins the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award for a fifth week.

Doja Cat’s “Kiss Me More,” featuring SZA, rises to a new No. 3 Hot 100 high, from No. 4. The song is from Doja Cat’s new LP Planet Her, which launches as her first No. 1 on Top R&B Albums and at No. 2, a new career best, on both the all-genre Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

Concurrently, “Kiss” hits No. 1 on the mainstream top 40 radio-based Pop Airplay chart, becoming Doja Cat’s second leader, after “Say So” reigned for six weeks in May-June 2020. It’s SZA’s first Pop Airplay No. 1. (The song is the first to top Pop Airplay by two solo women since Ariana Grande’s “Side to Side,” featuring Nicki Minaj, in 2016-17.) On the all-format Radio Songs chart, “Kiss” climbs 4-2 (70.7 million, up 5%).

Dua Lipa’s “Levitating,” featuring DaBaby, dips 3-4 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2, as it logs a second week at No. 1 on Radio Songs (80.6 million, essentially even week-over-week).

Ed Sheeran bounds onto the Hot 100 at No. 5 with “Bad Habits.” Released June 25, the single starts with 38.8 million airplay audience impressions, 17.7 million streams and 33,200 sold. It opens at No. 2 on Digital Song Sales and No. 6 on Streaming Songs, and blasts 36-11 on Radio Songs.

The song enters the Hot 100 as Sheeran’s eighth top 10 (a sum that includes two No. 1s) and first since “I Don’t Care,” with Justin Bieber, reached No. 2 in 2019. He first hit the top 10 with the No. 9-peaking “Don’t” in 2014.

As Sheeran promoted “Habits” with a week-long residency on CBS’ The Late Late Show With James Corden, among other media stops, the song was available in its first sales tracking week as a digital download for its original version and a “voice note acoustic” version, each for 69 cents, and via two CD singles in Sheeran’s U.S. webstore: a “limited edition” option for $2.50 and one with “digitally animated” cover art for $5.

On Pop Airplay, “Habits” roars 23-10 in its second week on the chart, tying 13 other songs for the fastest flight to the top 10, dating to the list’s 1992 inception. (It’s only the second by a lead solo male, after Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling” in 2016.) The track also charges 21-13 on Adult Pop Airplay and debuts at No. 15, marking Sheeran’s best career entrance, on Adult Contemporary.

“Leave the Door Open” by Silk Sonic, the duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, is steady at No. 6 on the Hot 100, after two nonconsecutive weeks on top. It rebounds for a 12th week at No. 1 on Hot R&B Songs and a seventh frame atop Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, with both multi-metric charts employing the same methodology as the Hot 100.

Three more prior No. 1s follow in the Hot 100’s top 10: Bieber’s former one-week leader “Peaches,” featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon, falls 5-7; Lil Nas X’s fellow former one-week topper “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” holds at No. 8; and The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Save Your Tears” slips 7-9, after two weeks at No. 1.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Olivia Rodrigo’s “Deja Vu” drops 9-10, after reaching No. 3.

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated July 10), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (July 7).

Source: billboard.com

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4 Jul 2021 Music Now!

Tyler, the Creator’s ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

Plus: Doja Cat’s “Planet Her” bows at No. 2.

Tyler, the Creator scores his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as his latest studio effort, Call Me If You Get Lost, debuts atop the tally. The set was announced on June 17, released on June 25 via Columbia Records and earned 169,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending July 1, according to MRC Data.

In total, Call Me is the artist’s sixth top 10 (the entirety of his charting efforts). Tyler previously hit No. 1 with his last release, 2019’s Igor.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album.

The new July 10, 2021-dated chart (where Call Me debuts to No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Wednesday, July 7 (one day later than normal, owed to the post-July 4 Monday holiday in the U.S. on July 5). For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Of Call Me If You Get Lost’s 169,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week ending July 1, SEA units comprise 114,000 (equaling 152.96 million on-demand streams of the album’s tracks), album sales comprise 55,000 (largely from deluxe box sets sold exclusively via the artist’s webstore) and TEA units comprise less than 1,000.

Call Me was released on June 25 as a 15-track standard digital download album, as well as in a 16-track deluxe digital and a streaming edition with one bonus track (“Safari”). The 16-track physical edition of the album, on CD and cassette, added a different bonus cut (“Fishtail”). Of Call Me’s total album sales for the week, 40,000 were CDs, 10,000 were cassettes and 5,000 were digital downloads. A vinyl LP release has yet to be announced.

The CD and cassette were exclusively sold via the artist’s webstore and sold out within a day. They were available a la carte, as well as in four limited edition deluxe box sets that sold for $25 each. (The box sets included either a CD, shirt and poster or a cassette, shirt and poster.) It has not been announced if any further CDs, cassettes or box sets will be manufactured, nor if they will become available to any other retailers.

While Call Me’s sales were sturdy, it’s worth noting that the album would have still arrived at No. 1 without any sales thanks to its solid streaming figures. It tallied 114,000 SEA units — which would have been enough to make it No. 1 by about 5,000 units over the No. 2 title of the week, Doja Cat’s new studio album, Planet Her.

Planet Her debuts at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 109,000 equivalent album units earned. It’s the singer-rapper’s best week in terms of units earned, and highest charting effort yet, surpassing the No. 9 peak of her last release, and lone prior top 10, Hot Pink. The new album boasts the top five-charting Billboard Hot 100 hit “Kiss Me More,” featuring SZA, as well as guest turns from The Weeknd and Ariana Grande.

Of Planet Her’s starting sum of 109,000 units, SEA units comprise 96,000 (equaling 132 million on-demand streams of the album’s tracks), album sales comprise 10,000 and TEA units comprise 3,000.

Planet Her was initially released as a 14-track standard album on June 25. A deluxe digital and streaming edition followed on June 27, adding five additional tracks. Of the album’s 10,000 sold for the week, 6,000 were via digital download and 4,000 came via CD. (The CD had a limited pressing and was only available via Doja Cat’s webstore.)

A quartet of former No. 1s follows on the Billboard 200: Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour (falling 1-3 with 93,000 equivalent album units earned; down 11%), Lil Baby and Lil Durk’s The Voice of the Heroes (3-4 with 52,000 units; down 9%), Polo G’s Hall of Fame (2-5 with 49,000 units; down 27%) and Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album (5-6 with 47,000 units; down 3%).

Migos’ Culture III descends 4-7 with 37,000 equivalent album units earned (down 31%), Bo Burnham’s Inside (The Songs) rises 9-8 with 32,000 units (up 4%), and Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia dips 7-9 with 31,000 units (down less than 1%).

Justin Bieber’s Justice returns to the top 10, with a 14-10 hike, thanks to its vinyl release on June 25. The former No. 1 earned 30,000 units for the week (up 20%), with album sales comprising 7,000 of that sum (up 618%), of which vinyl LP sales equaled 6,000.

Source: billboard.com

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28 Jun 2021 Music Now!

BTS’ ‘Butter’ Leads Hot 100 for Fifth Week, Dua Lipa’s ‘Levitating’ Becomes Most-Heard Radio Hit

Lipa lands her second Radio Songs chart No. 1.

BTS‘ “Butter” tallies a fifth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, encompassing its entire run on the chart so far, dating to its debut in the top spot.

Plus, Dua Lipa‘s “Levitating,” featuring DaBaby, at No. 3 on the Hot 100 after reaching No. 2, takes over as the most-heard song on U.S. airwaves, hitting No. 1 on the Radio Songs chart.

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

“Butter,” released on HYBE/BigHit Music/Columbia Records, drew 12.4 million U.S. streams, down 1%, and sold 128,400 downloads, up 15%, in the week ending June 24, according to MRC Data. It also attracted 27.6 million radio airplay audience impressions, up 6%, in the week ending June 27.

The track posts a fifth week atop the Digital Song Sales chart, rebounds 24-18 on Streaming Songs and rises 25-22 on Radio Songs.

Sales for “Butter” in its fifth week reflect availability for its original and instrumental versions released May 21; a “Hotter” remix released May 28; “Cooler” and “Sweeter” remixes released June 4; and an “alternate single cover” digital single released June 24 in the group’s webstore (sparking the song’s top Sales Gainer award on the Hot 100 this week), all discounted to 69 cents throughout their availability. Two other versions on sale via BTS’ U.S. webstore, a 7-inch vinyl single, for $7.98, and a cassette single, for $6.98, are scheduled to count for next week’s charts, dated July 10, a week later than originally expected due to a shift in their shipping schedules.

Notably, “Butter” has sold at least 100,000 in each of its first five weeks (128,400, after 111,400, 138,400, 140,200 and, in its debut week, 242,800). It’s the first song to link such a streak since Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito,” featuring Justin Bieber, cleared 100,000 in 12 consecutive weeks in May-August 2017. “Butter” is the first song to sell more than 100,000 in each of its first five weeks of release since Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You,” which did so in its first five frames in March-April 2017.

Meanwhile, “Butter” has spent its first five weeks on the Hot 100 at No. 1. Of the 54 titles that have launched at No. 1, “Butter” is just the 11th to spend at least its first five weeks on the chart at the summit. It’s the first to earn the honor since Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” logged its first eight frames on the Hot 100 in the pole position beginning in January. Only one song by a group has topped the Hot 100 for more weeks from its debut than “Butter”: Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day,” which spent its first 16 weeks on the chart at No. 1 in 1995-96, a record reign from a song’s entrance among all titles.

Rodrigo’s “Good 4 U” keeps at No. 2 on the Hot 100, five weeks after it debuted at No. 1. It posts a sixth week atop Streaming Songs (32 million, down 11%); rises 6-5 on Digital Song Sales (9,200, down 5%); and charges 14-7 on Radio Songs with 47.5 million impressions, up 27%, as it claims the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award for a fourth week.

Rodrigo sends two tracks to the Radio Songs top 10 simultaneously, as, joining “Good 4 U” in the region, “Deja Vu” rises 12-10 (43.5 million, up 14%). She ups her career total to three top 10s on the ranking, after “Drivers License” dominated for five weeks in March-April.

Dua Lipa’s “Levitating,” featuring DaBaby, holds at No. 3 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2, as it ascends to No. 1 on Radio Songs, with 80.7 million in audience, down 1% (its second-best weekly total, after reaching 81.1 million a week earlier). Lipa lands her second Radio Songs leader, after “Don’t Start Now” ruled for four weeks in March-April 2020. DaBaby tops the tally for the first time.

“Levitating” leads in its 37th week on Radio Songs, completing the longest climb to No. 1 in the chart’s 30-year history. It passes the 35-week rise of Gabby Barrett’s “I Hope” (featuring Charlie Puth), which reached the apex last October. “Levitating” originally peaked at No. 6 on Radio Songs in January and spent 10 weeks outside the top 10 in February-May before re-entering the top tier as it surged as a soundtrack to clips on TikTok.

Doja Cat’s “Kiss Me More,” featuring SZA, holds at its No. 4 Hot 100 high, while Bieber’s former one-week No. 1 “Peaches,” featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon, repeats at No. 5, as it adds a fifth week atop both Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot R&B Songs, with both multi-metric charts employing the same methodology as the Hot 100.

Three more former Hot 100 No. 1s follow in the top 10: “Leave the Door Open” by Silk Sonic, the duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, keeps at No. 6, after two nonconsecutive weeks on top; The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Save Your Tears” is steady at No. 7, after two weeks at No. 1; and Lil Nas X’s former one-week leader “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” rises 9-8.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Rodrigo’s “Deja Vu” rebounds 10-9, after reaching No. 3, and Masked Wolf’s “Astronaut in the Ocean” slips 8-10, after hitting No. 6, as it leads the multi-metric Hot Rap Songs chart for a sixth week.

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

Source: billboard.com



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