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19 Feb 2019 Music Now!

Ariana Grande Claims Nos. 1, 2 & 3 on Billboard Hot 100, Is First Act to Achieve the Feat Since The Beatles in 1964

‘7 Rings’ reigns for a fourth week, ‘Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored’ debuts at No. 2 and ‘Thank U, Next’ rebounds to No. 3.

Ariana Grande becomes the first artist to hold the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart simultaneously since The Beatles in 1964, as her new album Thank U, Next launches at No. 1 on the Billboard 200albums tally.

Grande’s “7 Rings” rules the Hot 100 (dated Feb. 23) for a fourth week, while “Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored” debuts at No. 2 and former seven-week leader “Thank U, Next” rebounds from No. 7 to No. 3. All three songs are from the Thank U, Next album, released on Republic Records.

Grande is just the second act in the Hot 100’s 60-year history to monopolize the top three in a week. The Beatles earned the honor for five weeks in March and April 1964, even claiming the entire top five on the April 4, 1964-dated chart.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Feb. 20).

“7 Rings” No. 1 again: Grande’s “7 Rings” spends a fourth week atop the Hot 100, encompassing its entire run on the chart. “Rings” leads the Streaming Songs chart for a fourth frame, with 63.5 million U.S. streams, up 10 percent, in the week ending Feb. 14, according to Nielsen Music. On Radio Songs, “Rings” rises 10-9, up 23 percent to 61.7 million audience impressions in the week ending Feb. 17, good for the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award for a third week.

“Break Up” bows at No. 2: New Thank U, Next single “Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored” blasts onto the Hot 100 at No. 2 (marking Grande’s 13th top 10). It launches at No. 2 on both Streaming Songs (59.2 million) and Digital Song Sales (36,000 sold), while drawing 13.4 million airplay impressions.

“Next” up, at No. 3: Meanwhile, the Thank U, Next title track and lead single rebounds 7-3 on the Hot 100, after spending seven weeks at No. 1, beginning with its Nov. 17 debut at the summit. It’s powered most heavily by its 36.8 million U.S. streams, up 52 percent, as it surges 14-5 on Streaming Songs and claims the Hot 100’s top Streaming Gainer nod.

Ariana meets The Beatles: Grande is only the second act in the Hot 100’s history to rank at Nos. 1, 2 and 3 simultaneously and the first in nearly 55 years. The Beatles achieved the feat for five weeks in 1964, that March 14, 21 and 28 and April 4 and 25; on April 4, 1964, the group claimed the entire top five.

“7 Rings,” “Break Up” and “Next” mark the first triple-up for an artist at Nos. 1, 2 and 3 on the Hot 100 since The Beatles held the same spots on April 25, 1964, with “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “Twist and Shout” and “Do You Want to Know a Secret,” respectively. (Thus, the last time the honor was earned, the No. 1 song was about how “I don’t care too much for money; money can’t buy me love”; “7 Rings” finds Grande declaring “retail therapy my new addiction.”)

Between The Beatles’ and Grande’s tri-umphs, Drake came closest to the feat, placing at Nos. 1, 2 and 4 on the Hot 100 dated July 14, 2018, with “Nice for What,” “Nonstop” and “God’s Plan,” respectively. The songs contributed to Drake’s record seven simultaneous Hot 100 top 10s, as his album Scorpion debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 the same week.

Pop’s resurgence: Meanwhile, Grande has been at the forefront of a turnaround for pop songs’ fortunes atop the Hot 100. On Sept. 22, 2018, Drake’s “In My Feelings” spent its 10th and final week at No. 1, wrapping a record 34-week streak of rap leaders (29 by Drake). Since then, pop songs have led for 20 of 22 weeks, thanks to Maroon 5‘s “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B (seven weeks at No. 1); Grande’s “Next” (seven); Halsey‘s “Without Me” (two); and Grande’s “7 Rings” (four).

In that 22-week span, two rap titles each spent a week at No. 1: Travis Scott‘s “Sicko Mode” and Post Malone and Swae Lee‘s “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse).”

Women at No. 1 in 2019: Plus, women have now spent seven weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 on charts dated 2019, starting with the seventh and last week on top on for Grande’s “Next” on the chart dated Jan. 5 (followed by two weeks in charge for “Without Me” and four for “7 Rings”). Thus, as of late February, women in lead roles have almost matched last year’s total time atop the Hot 100, as women as credited leads tallied eight weeks at No. 1 in all of 2018 (including the first six weeks on top for “Next”; Camila Cabello and Cardi B also ruled for a week each as leads in 2018).

In 2017, women as lead acts spent six weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100, three each by Taylor Swift (“Look What You Made Me Do”) and Cardi B (“Bodak Yellow [Money Moves]”). The 2018 and 2017 sums pale in comparison to 2016, when lead women logged 16 weeks at No. 1, by Adele, Rihanna and Sia.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five, Halsey’s “Without Me” dips 3-4 and Post Malone and Swae Lee’s “Sunflower” slides 4-5, as the latter track tops the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a seventh week each.

Marshmello and Bastille‘s “Happier” falls to No. 6 on the Hot 100 from its No. 2 high, a week after surging following Marshmello’s groundbreaking set inside the Fortnite video game Feb. 2. The collaboration leads Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for a 22nd week.

Scott’s “Sicko Mode” slips 5-7 on the Hot 100 and Panic! at the Disco‘s “High Hopes” descends 6-8 after reaching No. 4. The latter song leads Hot Rock Songs for a 16th week and Radio Songs for a 13th frame (110.4 million, down 4 percent).

Capping the Hot 100’s top 10, Post Malone’s “Wow.” keeps at No. 9, after hitting No. 8, and Benny Blanco, Halsey and Khalid‘s “Eastside” returns to the region (11-10), after reaching No. 9.

Find out more Hot 100 news on Billboard.com this week, and, for all chart news, you can listen (and subscribe) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast and follow @billboard and @billboardcharts. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Feb. 20), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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17 Feb 2019 Music Now!

Ariana Grande’s ‘Thank U, Next’ Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart With Biggest Streaming Week Ever for a Pop Album

Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next storms in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with 360,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 14, according to Nielsen Music. The set launches with the biggest week for a pop album in over a year and garners Grande her fourth No. 1 — and second in less than six months. Of Thank U, Next’s starting unit sum, 116,000 were in album sales.

Thank U, Next, released on Feb. 8 through Republic Records, is Grande’s fourth Billboard 200 No. 1. It also launches with the biggest streaming week ever for a pop album.

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 are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Feb. 23-dated chart (where Thank U, Next debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Wednesday, Feb. 20 (a day later than usual, owed to the U.S. Washington’s Birthday holiday, often referred to as Presidents’ Day, on Feb. 18).

Grande’s Fourth No. 1 Album: It follows Sweetener (which debuted atop the list dated Sept. 1, 2018), My Everything (Sept. 13, 2014) and Yours Truly (Sept. 21, 2013). Grande ties Taylor Swift for the second-most No. 1s among women this decade, trailing Lady Gaga, with five leaders since 2010.

Two No. 1s in Less Than Six Months: Thank U, Next opens at No. 1 less than six months after Grande last topped the chart, with Sweetener, on the Sept. 1, 2018-dated chart. That span of five months and 22 days is the shortest gap between new No. 1s on the Billboard 200 for a woman since 1974-75, when Olivia Newton-John waited just five months and three days between the first weeks at No. 1 for If You Love Me Let Me Know (Oct. 12, 1974) and Have You Never Been Mellow (March 15, 1975). Both titles spent one week at No. 1.

Grande’s accumulation of her two latest No. 1s is the fastest since K-pop group BTS notched its first two No. 1s in a little over three months just last year (Love Yourself: Tear on June 2, 2018 and Love Yourself: Answer on Sept. 8, 2018). In 2017, rapper Future nabbed an unprecedented pair of back-to-back new No. 1s in successive weeks (with his self-titled album March 11 and HNDRXX on March 18).

Biggest Week for a Pop Album in Over a Year: As Thank U, Next starts with 360,000 units, the set earns the biggest week for a pop album in over a year. The last pop set to tally a larger week was Swift’s Reputation, which began at No. 1 on the chart dated Dec. 2, 2017 with 1.24 million units earned. Thank U, Next also scores the biggest week for an album by a woman since reputation.

Thank U, Next has the largest week of any album since Oct. 13, 2018, when Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter V bowed at No. 1 with 480,000 units.

Largest Streaming Week for a Pop Album & Any Album by a Woman: Of Thank U, Next’s starting unit sum of 360,000 units, 228,000 are in SEA units. That latter sum translates to a whopping 307 million on-demand audio streams for the album’s songs during the tracking week. That’s a remarkable sum considering most-heavily-streamed albums are hip-hop sets. (Of the top 20 largest-streaming weeks ever for an album, Thank U, Next is the only non-hip-hop title.)

Thank U, Next easily sets the record for the largest streaming week for a pop album (beating the debut frame of Ed Sheeran’s ÷ [Divide] with 126.7 million on-demand audio streams for its songs; March 25, 2017) and the biggest streaming week for an album by a woman (surpassing the debut week of Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy with 202.6 million; April 21, 2018).

Thank U, Next has the ninth-largest streaming week for an album overall, and the eighth-biggest debut week. Drake’s Scorpion remains the streaming record-holder among all albums, with 745.9 million on-demand audio streams registered for its songs in its debut week (July 14, 2018). (Scorpion actually has two of the top nine biggest weeks, as the album’s second-week streaming sum is the fourth-largest overall, with 391 million.).

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Bornsoundtrack steps 5-2 with 49,000 units (up 31 percent). The set is basking in the glow of Gaga’s performance of the album’s “Shallow” on the Feb. 10 Grammy Awards, where the song also won a pair of trophies (including one presented during the CBS broadcast: best pop duo/group performance).

Another soundtrack, Bohemian Rhapsody, rebounds to its peak position on the Billboard 200, as it zooms from No. 11 to No. 3 with 48,000 units (up 84 percent). The album’s parent film of the same name was released on DVD and blu-ray on Feb. 12, thus stirring interest in the movie’s soundtrack with consumers. (The movie was already available on digital home video.)

A Boogie Wit da Hoodie’s Hoodie SZN falls to No. 4 on the new Billboard 200 after three nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 with 43,000 units (down 7 percent), Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys rises 6-5 with 39,000 units (up 10 percent), Travis Scott’s Astroworld descends 4-6 with 37,000 units (down 3 percent), 21 Savage’s I Am > I Was tumbles 2-7 with nearly 37,000 units (down 8 percent) and Drake’s Scorpion is steady at No. 8 with 35,000 units (up 4 percent).

Kacey Musgraves’ Golden Hour rides its pair of Grammy Award wins on Feb. 10 to a return to the top 10, as the set re-enters the chart straight in at No. 9 with 35,000 units (up 524 percent). Of that sum, 20,000 were in album sales — a gain of 735 percent.

Golden Hour won Grammy Awards for album of the year and best country album, while its songs “Butterflies” and “Space Cowboy” also took home trophies, for best country solo performance and best country song, respectively. Musgraves performed the album’s “Rainbow” on the Grammy Awards broadcast and also took part in an all-star tribute performance to Dolly Parton. (“Rainbow” is now being promoted as Musgraves latest single at country, adult pop and adult contemporary radio stations.) Golden Hour debuted and peaked at No. 4 last April.

Closing out the new top 10 on the Billboard 200 is Meek Mill’s Championships, which falls 7-10 with 34,000 units (down 2 percent).

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11 Feb 2019 Music Now!

Ariana Grande’s ‘7 Rings’ Spends Third Week Atop Billboard Hot 100, Marshmello Makes Fortnite-Fueled Flight to No. 2

Marshmello’s “Happier,” with Bastille, blasts to a new high from No. 8.

Ariana Grande‘s “7 Rings” rules the Billboard Hot 100 for a third week, topping the tally dated Feb. 16, after debuting at No. 1 two weeks earlier. The song launched as Grande’s second Hot 100 No. 1, and second to start at the top spot, following “Thank U, Next,” which debuted atop the chart in November and led for seven total weeks.

Meanwhile, Marshmello and Bastille bound from No. 8 to a new No. 2 Hot 100 high with “Happier,” after Marshmello performed a trailblazing in-game concert inside Epic Games’ video game Fortnite Feb. 2.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Feb. 12).

Grande’s “Rings,” released on Republic Records, spends a third week as both the week’s most-streamed and top-selling song, while continuing to soar in airplay.

“Rings” leads the Streaming Songs chart for a third frame, with 57.7 million U.S. streams, down 9 percent, in the week ending Feb. 7, according to Nielsen Music. It also tops the Digital Song Sales chart for a third week, with 42,000 downloads sold, up 7 percent, in the week ending Feb. 7.

On Radio Songs, “Rings” rockets 19-10, up 21 percent to 50.6 million audience impressions in the week ending Feb. 10, good for the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award. The song reaches the Radio Songs top 10 in just its third week, marking the quickest climb to the region since Drake’s “In My Feelings” also needed only three frames in July-August. Grande ties her fastest ascent, as her “Problem,” featuring Iggy Azalea, hit the Radio Songs top 10 in its third week in 2014.

“Rings” is the radio follow-up to “Next,” and follows the track “Imagine,” which debuted and peaked at No. 24 on the Hot 100 (Dec. 29). All three songs, plus new radio single “Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored,” due on next week’s Hot 100 (dated Feb. 23), are from Grande’s new album, Thank U, Next, which is set for a No. 1 launch on next week’s Billboard 200 chart.

Marshmello and Bastille’s “Happier” vaults 8-2, hitting a new peak, on the Hot 100 after Marshmello’s Fortnite concert Feb. 2. The song had previously peaked at No. 3 on Nov. 10.

As previously reported, the DJ’s virtual set, the first of its kind in Fortnite and which mixed his tracks “Alone,” “Check This Out,” “Chasing Colors” (with Ookay and featuring Noah Cyrus), “Flashbacks,” “Everyday” (with Logic), “Fly” (featuring Leah Culver) and “Happier,” took place within the game’s Pleasant Park location. The full roughly 10-minute performance was uploaded to Marshmello’s official YouTube channel, along with other related clips, while he also released an extended mix of the set to Apple Music (while numerous gamers uploaded portions of the performance to their channels).

“We made history today!,” Fortnite fan Marshmello wrote on Twitter afterwards. “The first-ever live virtual concert inside of @fortnite with millions of people in attendance. So insane!”

Aided by the set and its online presence, “Happier” hikes 11-2 on Streaming Songs, up 120 percent to 51.8 million U.S. streams in the week ending Feb. 7, earning the Hot 100’s top Streaming Gainer prize. The collab had hit a previous No. 10 high on Streaming Songs in November (and a prior weekly best of 25.4 million streams, as reflected on the chart dated Feb. 2). On Digital Song Sales, it jumps 11-5 (22,000 sold, up 82 percent); it reached No. 2 on the chart on October. “Happier” holds at No. 4 on Radio Songs (89.3 million, down 4 percent) after leading the list for a week in November.

Marshmello and Bastille each earn a new career-best rank in the Hot 100 at No. 2, as “Happier” completes the longest trip to the top two (25 weeks) in over five years, since OneRepublic’s “Counting Stars” also reached No. 2 in its 25th frame (Jan. 18, 2014).

“Happier” concurrently leads Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for a 21st week (while “Alone” re-enters at No. 2, besting its prior No. 9 peak; on the Hot 100, “Alone” returns at No. 29, also a new high, after becoming Marshmello’s first Hot 100 entry in November 2016 and reaching No. 60 the following January).

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five are three former No. 1s: Halsey‘s “Without Me” dips 2-3; Post Malone and Swae Lee‘s “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)” drops 3-4, as it tops the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a sixth week each; and Travis Scott‘s “Sicko Mode” is stationary at No. 5, while showing across-the-board gains after Scott performed the song as part of the Super Bowl LIII halftime show performance Feb. 3, headlined by Maroon 5 (see below). “Sicko” holds at No. 5 on Streaming Songs (41.7 million, up 5 percent) and No. 8 on Radio Songs (63 million, up less than 1 percent) and elevates 13-8 on Digital Song Sales (17,000, up 63 percent).

Panic! at the Disco‘s “High Hopes” rebounds 7-6 on the Hot 100 after reaching No. 4. The track paces Hot Rock Songs for a 15th week and Radio Songs for a 12th (115.1 million, down 2 percent).

Grande’s “Next” backtracks 6-7 on the Hot 100; J. Cole‘s “Middle Child” tumbles from its No. 4 peak to No. 8; and Post Malone’s “Wow.” keeps at No. 9 after reaching No. 8.

Helped by the band’s Super Bowl LIII halftime show performance Feb. 3, Maroon 5 holds at No. 10 on the Hot 100 with its former seven-week No. 1 “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B, as the song ties a longevity record: “Girls” logs a 33rd week in the top 10, matching the longest top 10 run in the chart’s 60-year history:

Most weeks in Hot 100’s top 10
33, “Girls Like You,” Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B, 2018-19
33, “Shape of You,” Ed Sheeran, 2017
32, “Closer,” The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey, 2016-17
32, “How Do I Live,” LeAnn Rimes, 1997-98
31, “Uptown Funk!,” Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, 2014-15
30, “Smooth,” Santana feat, Rob Thomas, 1999-2000

“Girls” charges 22-6 on Digital Song Sales (19,000, up 123 percent, claiming top Sales Gainer honors on the Hot 100) and pushes 24-21 on Streaming Songs (20.5 million, up 13 percent), while keeping at No. 6 on Radio Songs (77.8 million, down 2 percent), which it led for 16 weeks.

Just beyond the Hot 100’s top 10, four songs enter the top 20 for the first time: 21 Savage’s “A Lot” leaps 26-12; alt-pop singer-songwriter Billie Eilish earns a new personal-best rank as “Bury a Friend,” from her debut LP, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (due March 29), flies 74-14 after its first full week of tracking; Khalid’s “Better” rises 23-18, as it leads Hot R&B Songs for a fifth week; and rap newcomer Blueface climbs 28-20 with his debut hit “Thotiana”).

Find out more Hot 100 news on Billboard.com this week, and, for all chart news, you can listen (and subscribe) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast and follow @billboard and @billboardcharts. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Feb. 12), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboard magazine is on sale Friday (Feb. 15).

Source: billboard.com




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10 Feb 2019 Music Now!

A Boogie Wit da Hoodie’s ‘Hoodie SZN’ Returns to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

In a sleepy week on the Billboard 200 albums chart, rapper A Boogie Wit da Hoodie’s former No. 1, Hoodie SZN, reclaims the crown for a third nonconsecutive week. The set rises 3-1, and earned 47,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Feb. 7, according to Nielsen Music (down 1 percent).

The album previously led the list on charts dated Jan. 19 and Jan. 26.

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 are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Feb. 16-dated chart (where Hoodie SZN returns to No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Feb. 12.

Hoodie SZN’s chart fortunes are powered almost entirely by streaming activity. In the tracking week, of its total of 47,000 units, 45,000 were in SEA units, which equals 68.4 million on-demand audio streams for the album’s songs. The remaining overall units were from TEA units (about 1,000) and album sales (less than 1,000). The album once again trumps its own record for the smallest weekly album sales total for a No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 since the chart flipped from an album sales-only list to a multi-metric consumption ranking in December of 2014.

21 Savage’s I Am > I Was vaults 8-2 with 40,000 units (up 14 percent), likely owed, in part, to increased interest in the album generated by news of his arrest on Feb. 3 by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The former chart-topper spent two weeks atop the list in January.

Future’s Future Hndrxx Presents: The WIZRD slips 2-3 in its third week on the tally, earning just under 40,000 units (down 28 percent). Travis Scott’s Astroworld climbs 9-4 with 38,000 units (up 11 percent) and Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born soundtrack dips 4-5 with nearly 38,000 units (down 7 percent).

Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys is steady at No. 6 with 36,000 units (up less than 1 percent), Meek Mill’s Championships is also a non-mover at No. 7 with 35,000 units (down 3 percent); Drake’s Scorpion returns to the top 10, rising 11-8 with 34,000 units (up 3 percent); and the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse soundtrack steps 10-9 with 31,000 units (down 9 percent). 

Closing out the top 10 is Kodak Black’s Dying to Live, jumping back into the top tier with a 13-10 move, earning 26,000 units (down 5 percent).

Source: billboard.com

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4 Feb 2019 Music Now!

Ariana Grande’s ‘7 Rings’ Spends Second Week Atop Billboard Hot 100, J. Cole’s ‘Middle Child’ Charges to Top Five

Cole reaches his highest career Hot 100 rank, rocketing 26-4.

Ariana Grande‘s “7 Rings” tops the Billboard Hot 100 for a second week, leading the list dated Feb. 9, after debuting at No. 1 a week earlier. The song launched as Grande’s second Hot 100 No. 1, and second to start at the summit, following “Thank U, Next,” which debuted atop the chart in November and led for seven total weeks.

Meanwhile, J. Cole collects a new career-best placement on the Hot 100, as his “Middle Child” soars from its No. 26 debut a week ago to No. 4, following its first full week of availability.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Feb. 5).

“Rings,” released on Republic Records, spends a second week as both the week’s most-streamed and top-selling song, despite second-week declines. Conversely, the song surges in airplay.

“Rings” rules the Streaming Songs chart for a second frame, with 63.2 million U.S. streams, down 26 percent, in the week ending Jan. 31, according to Nielsen Music. A week earlier, following the Jan. 18 premiere of the song and its official video, “Rings” drew 85.3 million, the second-biggest streaming week for a song by a female artist, after Grande’s own “Next” (93.8 million, Dec. 15).

“Rings” also tops the Digital Song Sales chart for a second week, with 39,000 downloads sold, down 59 percent, in the week ending Jan. 31.

On Radio Songs, “Rings” roars 39-19, up 53 percent to 41.9 million audience impressions in the week ending Feb. 3. On the Pop Songs airplay chart, “Rings” reaches the top 10 (21-10) in just its third week, marking the fastest flight to the tier since Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” did so in its record-tying second frame in September 2017. Grande tops her previous quickest climb to the Pop Songs top 10: five weeks each for “Problem,” featuring Iggy Azalea, in 2014 and “Next” in November-December.

“Rings” is the radio follow-up to “Next,” and follows the track “Imagine,” which debuted and peaked at No. 24 on the Hot 100 (Dec. 29). All three songs are from Grande’s forthcoming album, Thank U, Next, the follow-up to Sweetener, which bowed as her third Billboard 200 No. 1 in September.

Ooh, “child”: Cole’s new hit becomes the highest-charting single in the Hot 100’s 60-year history with the word “middle” in its title. It passes two No. 5-peaking songs titled “The Middle”: by Jimmy Eat World (2002) and Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey (2018).

Plus, Cole’s “Child” is the eighth song to reach the Hot 100’s top five with “child” (or a variation of the word) in its title. Three hit No. 1: “Love Child” by Diana Ross & The Supremes (1968); “Hot Child in the City” by Nick Gilder (1978); and “Sweet Child O’ Mine” by Guns N’ Roses (1988). The other such top five hits: the double-sided single “Superstar”/”Bless the Beasts and Children” by the Carpenters (No. 2, 1971); “When the Children Cry” by White Lion (which reached its No. 3 high exactly 30 years ago today, on Feb. 4, 1989); “Mother and Child Reunion” by Paul Simon (No. 4, 1972); and the double-sided “Scream”/”Childhood” by Michael and Janet Jackson (No. 5, 1995).

Rounding out the newest Hot 100’s top five, Travis Scott‘s “Sicko Mode” is steady at No. 5 after spending one week at No. 1. Grande’s “Next” falls 4-6 and Panic! at the Disco‘s “High Hopes” dips 6-7 after reaching No. 4. “Hopes” tops Hot Rock Songsfor a 14th week and Radio Songs for an 11th frame (117.9 million, down 4 percent).

Marshmello and Bastille‘s “Happier” retreats 7-8 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 3, as it leads Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for a 20th week, becoming the sixth song to reach the milestone since the latter list launched in January 2013; Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey’s “The Middle” leads with 33 weeks at No. 1 last year.

“Rings” is the radio follow-up to “Next,” and follows the track “Imagine,” which debuted and peaked at No. 24 on the Hot 100 (Dec. 29). All three songs are from Grande’s forthcoming album, Thank U, Next, the follow-up to Sweetener, which bowed as her third Billboard 200 No. 1 in September.

(Now with six Super Bowl wins, could “7 Rings” serve as the New England Patriots’ motivational song next season? Actually, “Thank U, Next,” could too.)

Halsey‘s “Without Me” keeps at No. 2 on the Hot 100 after tallying two weeks on top and Post Malone and Swae Lee‘s “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)” holds at No. 3 after a week at the summit, as it leads the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a fifth week each.

J. Cole vaults 26-4 on the Hot 100 with “Middle Child,” notching a new career-best rank. Following its Jan. 23 release, the track blasts 17-2 on Streaming Songs (54.4 million) and 12-5 on Digital Song Sales (24,000). It also drew 8.4 million in radio reach in the tracking week.

In the song, Cole shouts-out other prominent rappers, including 21 Savage, JAY-Z and Kodak Black.

Highlights for the ascent of “Child” include:

Cole’s best Hot 100 rank: Cole tallies his highest-charting, and fifth total, Hot 100 top 10, as well as his first top five hit. He first reached the top 10 when “Deja Vu” debuted and peaked at No. 7 on Dec. 31, 2016, and added his next three all on May 5, 2018, when “ATM,” “Kevin’s Heart” and “KOD” debuted (and peaked) at Nos. 6, 8 and 10, respectively, as his most recent album, KOD, opened as his fifth Billboard 200 No. 1.

That week, Cole set a Hot 100 record, becoming the first artist to debut as many as three songs in the top 10 simultaneously. Drake eclipsed the mark two months later, when he launched four songs from his album Scorpion in the top 10.

Ooh, “child”: Cole’s new hit becomes the highest-charting single in the Hot 100’s 60-year history with the word “middle” in its title. It passes two No. 5-peaking songs titled “The Middle”: by Jimmy Eat World (2002) and Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey (2018).

Plus, Cole’s “Child” is the eighth song to reach the Hot 100’s top five with “child” (or a variation of the word) in its title. Three hit No. 1: “Love Child” by Diana Ross & The Supremes (1968); “Hot Child in the City” by Nick Gilder (1978); and “Sweet Child O’ Mine” by Guns N’ Roses (1988). The other such top five hits: the double-sided single “Superstar”/”Bless the Beasts and Children” by the Carpenters (No. 2, 1971); “When the Children Cry” by White Lion (which reached its No. 3 high exactly 30 years ago today, on Feb. 4, 1989); “Mother and Child Reunion” by Paul Simon (No. 4, 1972); and the double-sided “Scream”/”Childhood” by Michael and Janet Jackson (No. 5, 1995).

Rounding out the newest Hot 100’s top five, Travis Scott‘s “Sicko Mode” is steady at No. 5 after spending one week at No. 1. Grande’s “Next” falls 4-6 and Panic! at the Disco‘s “High Hopes” dips 6-7 after reaching No. 4. “Hopes” tops Hot Rock Songsfor a 14th week and Radio Songs for an 11th frame (117.9 million, down 4 percent).

Marshmello and Bastille‘s “Happier” retreats 7-8 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 3, as it leads Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for a 20th week, becoming the sixth song to reach the milestone since the latter list launched in January 2013; Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey’s “The Middle” leads with 33 weeks at No. 1 last year.

Post Malone’s “Wow.” descends to No. 9 from its No. 8 Hot 100 high, and Super Bowl LIII halftime show performers Maroon 5 slip 9-10 with their former seven-week No. 1 “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B. “Girls” logs a 32nd week in the top 10, tying for the second-longest top 10 run in the chart’s archives:

Most weeks in Hot 100’s top 10
33, “Shape of You,” Ed Sheeran, 2017
32, “Girls Like You,” Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B, 2018-19
32, “Closer,” The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey, 2016-17
32, “How Do I Live,” LeAnn Rimes, 1997-98

The spotlight of Maroon 5’s performance at the Super Bowl should spark gains for “Girls” in the current streaming and sales tracking week (Feb. 1-7), further helping its chances to tie Sheeran’s record 33-week stay in the Hot 100’s top 10 with “Shape of You” in 2017.

Find out more Hot 100 news on Billboard.com this week, and, for all chart news, you can listen (and subscribe) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast and follow @billboard and @billboardcharts. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Feb. 5), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboard magazine is on sale Friday (Feb. 8).

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3 Feb 2019 Music Now!

Backstreet Boys Score First No. 1 Album in Nearly 20 Years on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘DNA’

Plus: Weezer’s ‘Teal Album’ vaults 47-5.

After a nearly 20-year wait, Backstreet Boys are back on top of the Billboard 200 chart. The group debuts at No. 1 on the list with its new studio album DNA, marking the vocal quintet’s third No. 1, and first leader since Black & Blue spent two weeks at No. 1 in December of 2000.

DNA was released on the Boys’ label K-BAHN, via RCA Records, on Jan. 25. The set earned 234,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 1, according to Nielsen Music, with album sales comprising 227,000 of that sum. DNAis also the top-selling album of the week.

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 are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Feb. 9-dated chart — where DNA debuts at No. 1 — will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Feb. 5.

Boys & a Beatle: Backstreet Boys last led the Billboard 200 way back on Dec. 16, 2000, when Black & Blue spent its second and final week in charge. Now, 18 years and nearly two months later, the group is back at No. 1. That’s the longest gap between No. 1 albums for an act since last year, when Paul McCartney returned to the top after 36 years. His Egypt Station set bowed at No. 1 on the chart dated Sept. 22, 2018 — 36 years, 3 months and 10 days after Tug of War last led the list (June 12, 1982).

Longest Gap Between No. 1s for a Group Since 2010: In terms of the longest wait between No. 1s for a group, Backstreet Boys’ gap between leaders is the biggest since 2010. That year, on the Feb. 27-dated list, Sade (led by vocalist Sade Adu) returned to No. 1 after more than 24 years. That week, the band’s Soldier of Loveopened atop the list — the act’s first week at No. 1 since Promise spent its second and final week in charge on Feb. 22, 1986.

10 Top 10 Albums: DNA also marks Backstreet Boys’ 10th top 10 album — the entirety of the act’s charting efforts. Their first top 10 came with their self-titled U.S. debut, which bowed at No. 29 on the list dated Aug. 30, 1997, and eventually peaked at No. 4 on Jan. 31, 1998. The group previously led the list with Millennium(10 weeks at No. 1 in 1999) and Black & Blue. The last group to hit the top 10 with each of their its first 10 charting albums was Led Zeppelin, between 1969 and 1982.

Biggest Week for a Pop Album in Nearly a Year: DNA’s opening sum of 234,000 units earned is the biggest week for a pop album since Justin Timberlake’s Man of the Woods bowed at No. 1 on the Feb. 18, 2018-dated list with 293,000 units. DNAhas the largest week among all albums, regardless of genre, since Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter V launched at No. 1 on Oct. 13, 2018 with 480,000 units.

Backstreet Boys’ Largest Sales Week Since 2005: Of DNA’s total unit start of 234,000 units, album sales comprise the bulk of that sum: 227,000. That’s the biggest sales week for any Backstreet Boys album since the July 2, 2005-dated chart, when Never Gone arrived at No. 3 with 291,000 copies sold.

DNA also has the largest sales week, overall, for any album since Carrie Underwood’s Cry Pretty sold 251,000 copies in its premiere week (list dated Sept. 29, 2018). DNA’s opening sales is the biggest for a pop album since Timberlake’s Man of the Woods sold 242,000 in its first frame.

DNA’s sizable sales are powered strongly by those generated from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with the act’s upcoming U.S. arena tour. The trek starts July 12 in Washington D.C., and is slated to play over 30 dates.

DNA was preceded by the single “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart,” which reached No. 18 on the Pop Songs airplay chart last August. It marked the group’s first top 20 hit on the tally since 2005’s “Incomplete” peaked at No. 8. The Grammy Award-nominated track also reached No. 9 on the Adult Pop Songs airplay chart — the group’s first top 10 ever on the chart.

DNA’s new single, “Chances,” holds at No. 19, its peak, on the newest Adult Pop Songs airplay chart (dated Feb. 2).

Back on the new Billboard 200, Future’s Future Hndrxx Presents: The WIZRD falls a spot to No. 2 in its second week, with 56,000 equivalent album units earned (down 56 percent). A Boogie Wit da Hoodie’s Hoodie SZN is steady at No. 3 with 47,000 units (down 4 percent) and Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Bornsoundtrack climbs 8-4 with 40,000 units (up 15 percent).

Weezer’s new all-covers self-titled release, dubbed the Teal Album, vaults 47-5 with 39,000 units (up 184 percent) after its first full week of chart tracking activity. It’s the ninth top 10 for the band. The surprise-released 10-song set boasts such covers as Weezer’s hit redux of Toto’s “Africa,” as well as its take on TLC’s “No Scrubs.” While the set’s rise was powered by album sales (27,000), it still racked up a decent streaming number. The set generated 10,000 in SEA units, which translates to 12.5 million on-demand audio streams for its tracks. (That’s more than Billboard 200’s No. 1 album of the week, Backstreet Boys’ DNA, which tallied 5,000 SEA units, equaling 6.6 million streams of its 12 songs.)

The Teal Album debuted at No. 47 on the Feb. 2-dated chart, after only one day of activity, as it dropped without warning on Jan. 24, the final day of that chart’s tracking week.

Rounding out the top 10 of the new Billboard 200: Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys shifts 7-6 with 36,000 units (up 1 percent), Meek Mill’s Championships falls 6-7 with nearly 36,000 units (down 2 percent), 21 Savage’s I Am > I Was descends 5-8 with 35,000 units (down 6 percent), Travis Scott’s Astroworld moves 10-9 with 34,000 units (up less than 1 percent) and the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Versesoundtrack declines 4-10 with nearly 34,000 units (down 13 percent).

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28 Jan 2019 Music Now!

Ariana Grande’s ‘7 Rings’ Soars In at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

The song is Grande’s second leader, and second to launch at the summit.

Ariana Grande‘s “7 Rings” shines atop the Billboard Hot 100, blasting in at No. 1 on the chart dated Feb. 2.

The song is Grande’s second Hot 100 No. 1 and second to start on top, following “Thank U, Next,” which debuted atop the chart dated Nov. 17, and led for seven total weeks.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Jan. 29).

“Rings,” released on Republic Records, arrives as the 1,083rd No. 1 in the Hot 100’s 60-year history, and launches as the week’s most-streamed and top-selling song.

Following the Jan. 18 premiere of the song and its official video, “Rings” debuts at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart with 85.3 million U.S. streams in the week ending Jan. 24, according to Nielsen Music. The sum marks the second-biggest streaming week ever for a song by a female artist, after Grande’s own “Next,” which drew 93.8 million, as reflected on the chart dated Dec. 15, following the premiere of its official video. (Drake’s “In My Feelings” holds the overall record: 116.1 million; July 28.) Grande earns her second Streaming Songs No. 1, after “Next.”

“Rings” also roars in at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales, with 96,000 downloads sold in the week ending Jan. 24. Grande adds her fifth No. 1 on the survey. The total is the best for a song in six months, since Drake’s “Feelings” sold 104,000 (Aug. 4), and the best for a female artist since Grande’s “No Tears Left to Cry” (100,000; May 5). (“Next” hit a weekly high of 81,000 in its debut week.)

“Rings” additionally arrives at No. 39 on Radio Songs, with 27.5 million audience impressions in its first full tracking week (ending Jan. 27).

The song is the radio follow-up to “Next,” and follows the track “Imagine,” which debuted and peaked at No. 24 on the Hot 100 (Dec. 29). All three songs are from Grande’s forthcoming album, Thank U, Next, the follow-up to Sweetener, which bowed as her third Billboard 200 No. 1 in September.

The song is the radio follow-up to “Next,” and follows the track “Imagine,” which debuted and peaked at No. 24 on the Hot 100 (Dec. 29). All three songs are from Grande’s forthcoming album, Thank U, Next, the follow-up to Sweetener, which bowed as her third Billboard 200 No. 1 in September.

Let’s ring up more facts about Grande’s new No. 1:

Grande entrance: “Rings” is the 33rd single to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100, while Grande becomes just the fifth artist with multiple No. 1 starts, joining Mariah Carey, the leader with three, Justin Bieber, Drake and Britney Spears (two each).

In the Hot 100’s history, Grande is the first artist whose first two No. 1s have both debuted at the pinnacle.

(Before “Next” and “Rings,” no female artist had entered atop the Hot 100 since Adele with “Hello” in November 2015; seven songs then started at No. 1 until “Next.”)

Back at 1: Grande collects her second Hot 100 No. 1 just two months and two weeks after “Next” opened on top. That’s the quickest accumulation of leaders for an artist (in a lead role) since Justin Bieber’s “Love Yourself” hit No. 1 only three weeks after “Sorry” first reached No. 1 in early 2016. Among women, Grande lands the fastest succession of new No. 1s since Rihanna’s “What’s My Name?,” featuring Drake, hit the top spot on Nov. 20, 2010, and “Only Girl (In the World)” followed just two weeks later (Dec. 4).

‘Sound of’ No. 1: “Rings” channels the melody of The Sound of Music‘s “My Favorite Things,” and sports writing credits for the classic song’s iconic composers, the late Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Along with Sound, the pair created beloved Broadway musicals including The King and I, Oklahoma! and South Pacific.

One version of “My Favorite Things” has charted on the Hot 100: by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, a No. 45 hit in January 1969.

‘7’ @ 1: The numeral 7 appears in a Hot 100 No. 1 for the second time, after (technically) Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind 1997″/”Something About the Way You Look Tonight” (14 weeks at No. 1, 1997-98). As for songs featuring “7” with no accompanying numbers in their titles, Grande’s one-ups the previous top-peaking such hit, Lukas Graham’s “7 Years,” which reached No. 2 in April 2016.

Notably, “7” by Prince and The New Power Generation peaked at (where else?) No. 7 in 1993.

Lords of the ‘Ring’s: Plus, Grande tallies the fourth Hot 100 No. 1 with “ring” in its title. It follows Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” (four weeks at No. 1, 2008-09); Anita Ward’s “Ring My Bell” (two, 1979); and Gary Lewis and The Playboys’ “This Diamond Ring” (two, 1965).

(Research assistance on the above stats from readers Jake Rivera and Pablo Nelson, the latter of whom adds that Prince’s “7” hit No. 61 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, which, like its No. 7 Hot 100 peak, is also fitting, “because 6+1 = 7.”)

“Rings” dethrones Halsey‘s “Without Me” after two nonconsecutive weeks atop the Hot 100. The song drops to No. 2 on the Hot 100, although it takes over at No. 1 on the Pop Songs radio airplay chart. It keeps at No. 2 on Radio Songs (109.7 million, up 3 percent) and slides 2-3 on both Streaming Songs (41.5 million, down 12 percent) and Digital Song Sales (29,000, down 30 percent).

Post Malone and Swae Lee‘s “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)” slips 2-3 on the Hot 100, after leading the Jan. 19-dated chart. The duet spends a fourth week at No. 1 on both Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs.

Grande’s “Next” rebounds 5-4 on the Hot 100 and Travis Scott‘s “Sicko Mode,” which led the Hot 100 dated Dec. 8, falls 3-5. Notably, the entire top five songs on the Hot 100 have all hit No. 1, marking the first such sweep in the bracket (of then-present or past No. 1s) since July 1, 2017.

Panic! at the Disco‘s “High Hopes” retreats to No. 6 from its No. 4 Hot 100 peak, as it tops Hot Rock Songs for a 13th week and Radio Songs for a 10th frame (122.9 million, down 3 percent).

Marshmello and Bastille‘s “Happier” backtracks 6-7 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 3, as it leads Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for a 19th week, while Post Malone’s “Wow.” hits a new Hot 100 high, rising 9-8.

Maroon 5‘s former seven-week No. 1 “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B, drops 7-9 on the Hot 100 and logs a 31st week in the top 10, becoming just the fifth single in the chart’s history to reach that total. Here’s a look at the longevity leaders:

Most weeks in Hot 100’s top 10
33, “Shape of You,” Ed Sheeran, 2017
32, “Closer,” The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey, 2016-17
32, “How Do I Live,” LeAnn Rimes, 1997-98
31, “Girls Like You,” Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B, 2018-19
31, “Uptown Funk!,” Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, 2014-15

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Lil Baby and Gunna‘s “Drip Too Hard” falls 8-10, after reaching No. 4.

Find out more Hot 100 news on Billboard.com this week, and, for all chart news, you can listen (and subscribe) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast and follow @billboard and @billboardcharts. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Jan. 29), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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27 Jan 2019 Music Now!

Future Earns Sixth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘WIZRD’

It’s his sixth No. 1 album in just three-and-a-half years, the quickest accumulation of six leaders since Elton John in the ’70s.

Future collects his sixth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as Future Hndrxx Presents: The WIZRD debuts atop the tally with 126,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Jan. 24, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 15,000 were in album sales. The album was released on Jan. 18 via Freebandz/Epic Records.

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 are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Feb. 2-dated chart — where WIZRD debuts at No. 1 — will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Jan. 29.

Future has tallied his six No. 1 albums in a remarkably quick amount of time — just three years, five months and three weeks. His first leader was DS2 on Aug. 8, 2015. He then scored No. 1s with What a Time to Be Alive (with Drake; Oct. 10, 2015), Evol (Feb. 27, 2016), a self-titled album (March 11, 2017), HNDRXX (March 18, 2017) and now WIZRD.

The last artist to earn six No. 1s in such a short span was Elton John. All seven of the Rocket Man’s No. 1s came in a space of just three years, three months and three weeks in the early 1970s. (His first six No. 1s, in fact, were separated by only two years, 10 months and 24 days.) John’s first No. 1 was Honky Chateau on July 15, 1972, and his seventh, and so far last No. 1, was Rock of the Westies on Nov. 8, 1975.

Future’s WIZRD starts with 126,000 units earned, of which 15,000 were in album sales; 2,000 were in TEA units, while the remaining 109,000 were in SEA units. That latter sum equates to 143.6 million on-demand audio streams for the album’s 20 tracks in the week ending Jan. 24. That also marks Future’s largest streaming week for an album, surpassing the 123.4 million streams WRLD on Drugs (his collaborative set with Juice WRLD) collected in its debut frame (at No. 2 on the chart dated Nov. 3, 2018).

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Maggie Rogers’ Heard It in a Past Life arrives with 49,000 units. Of that sum, 37,000 were in album sales, making it the top-selling album of the week, as it bows at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart. The set’s first-week sum was aided by sales generated from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer.

Heard It in a Past Life, released on Jan. 18 through Debay Sounds/Capitol Records, is the buzzy singer-songwriter’s major label full-length debut, and her first entry on the chart. Her only previous Billboard-charted collection was the five-song EP Now That the Light Is Fading (also through Debay/Capitol) on a handful of Billboard lists (just not the Billboard 200), including Heatseekers Albums (No. 4 peak) and Top Rock Albums (No. 39).

A trio of former leaders are up next, as Meek Mill’s Championships descends 5-6 (just under 37,000 units; down 13 percent), Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys drops 4-7 (a little over 35,000 units; down 17 percent) and Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born soundtrack slips 6-8 (35,000 units; down 13 percent).

Country singer-songwriter Cody Johnson nets his first Billboard 200 top 10 effort, as his major label debut, Ain’t Nothin’ to It, starts at No. 9 with nearly 35,000 units (23,000 in album sales). The set was released through Johnson’s label CoJo via Warner Music Nashville. Johnson previously tallied a pair of independently distributed top 40-charting albums on the Billboard 200: Gotta Be Me (No. 11; Aug. 27, 2016) and Cowboy Like Me (No. 33; Feb. 1, 2014).

Closing out the new top 10 is Travis Scott’s former No. 1, Astroworld, falling 7-10 with 34,000 units (down 14 percent).

Heard is the highest-charting album by a solo woman in four months, since Carrie Underwood’s Cry Pretty opened at No. 1 on the Sept. 29, 2018-dated list. Heard is also the highest bow on the chart for a female artist’s full-length debut through a major label since Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy began at No. 1 on April 21, 2018.

Heard is currently enjoying a radio hit with “Light On,” which spent a third week at No. 1 on the most recently-published Adult Alternative Songs airplay chart (dated Jan. 26). It’s also bubbling under the Adult Pop Songs airplay chart.

Back on the new Billboard 200, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie’s Hoodie SZN falls from No. 1 to No. 3 in its fifth week on the tally (49,000 units; down 13 percent) after two weeks on top. The Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse soundtrack dips 2-4 (39,000 units; down 25 percent), and 21 Savage’s I Am > I Was declines 3-5 (37,000 units; down 19 percent).

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22 Jan 2019 Music Now!

Halsey’s ‘Without Me’ Returns to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Post Malone’s ‘Wow.’ Hits Top 10

The new vertical video for Halsey’s hit helps it surge in streaming, while Post Malone adds his sixth top 10.

Halsey‘s “Without Me” rebounds from No. 2 to No. 1 for a second week atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Jan. 26). The song first led the list dated Jan. 12.

“Without Me” dethrones Post Malone and Swae Lee‘s “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse),” which dips to No. 2 after a week at No. 1 on the Hot 100. Still, Post Malone adds a new top 10, as solo single “Wow.” rises 11-9.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the newest, Jan. 26-dated Hot 100, which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Jan. 23).

“Without Me,” which two weeks earlier became Halsey’s first Hot 100 No. 1 on her own (after she ruled for 12 weeks in 2016 as featured on The Chainsmokers’ “Closer”), returns to the summit with top Streaming Gainer honors, as it pushes 3-2 on the Streaming Songs chart, up 23 percent to 47 million U.S. streams in the week ending Jan. 17, according to Nielsen Music. Aiding the advance, Halsey released a new vertical video for the song Jan. 9, just ahead of the Jan. 11-17 tracking week feeding the latest, Jan. 26-dated charts. (The song’s official proper clip premiered in late October.)

“Without Me” likewise rises 3-2 on Radio Songs, up 4 percent to 106.6 million audience impressions in the week ending Jan. 20. It holds at No. 2 on Digital Song Sales, up 4 percent to 41,000 downloads sold in the week ending Jan. 17.

Post Malone and Swae Lee’s “Sunflower” retreats to No. 2 on the Hot 100, a week after becoming the former’s third No. 1 and the latter’s first as a soloist. Still, the track tops Streaming Songs for a second week (52.8 million, up 11 percent; like “Without Me,” it was also helped by a new video released Jan. 9) and Digital Song Sales for a third frame (41,000, down 14 percent). On Radio Songs, “Sunflower” lifts 10-9 (63.3 million, up 4 percent).

Thus, while “Sunflower” ranks at No. 1 on both Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales, a notch above “Without Me” on each survey, the latter track’s sizable lead on Radio Songs makes the difference in their ranks on the Hot 100.

Cartoon tunes: As noted by readers Jesper Tan and Jake Rivera, “Sunflower,” from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, is only the fourth song from an animated movie to have hit No. 1 in the Hot 100’s 60-year history, following “Can’t Stop the Feeling!,” by Justin Timberlake, from Trolls (one week, 2016); “Happy,” by Pharrell Williams, from Despicable Me 2 (10 weeks, 2014); and, “A Whole New World,” by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle, from Aladdin (one week, 1993).

“Sunflower” concurrently spends a third week at No. 1 on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.

Meanwhile, Post Malone adds his sixth Hot 100 top 10, as “Wow.” ascends 11-9 (in its fourth week on the chart). The track slips 5-6 on Streaming Songs (25.3 million, down 2 percent), elevates 10-7 on Digital Song Sales (14,000, up 5 percent) and debuts at No. 37 on Radio Songs (27.1 million, up 45 percent), as it wins the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award for a second consecutive week.

Elsewhere, Travis Scott‘s “Sicko Mode,” which led the Hot 100 dated Dec. 8, rebounds 4-3 and Panic! at the Disco‘s “High Hopes” climbs to new peak (5-4), as it leads Hot Rock Songs for a 12th week and Radio Songs for a ninth frame (126.5 million, down 4 percent).

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five, Ariana Grande‘s “Thank U, Next” drops 3-5 after it spent seven nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1. As previously reported, the song takes over atop the Pop Songs airplay chart, while follow-up single “7 Rings” debuts, ahead of its likely lofty Hot 100 launch next week.

Four other songs in the Hot 100’s top 10 are stationary, led by Marshmello and Bastille‘s “Happier,” which keeps at No. 6, after hitting No. 3, as it tops Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for an 18th week.

Maroon 5‘s former seven-week No. 1 “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B, repeats at No. 7 on the Hot 100, as it logs a 30th week in the region, becoming just the sixth single in the chart’s history to reach that level. Here’s a look at the longevity leaders:

Most weeks in Hot 100’s top 10
33, “Shape of You,” Ed Sheeran, 2017
32, “Closer,” The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey, 2016-17
32, “How Do I Live,” LeAnn Rimes, 1997-98
31, “Uptown Funk!,” Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, 2014-15
30, “Girls Like You,” Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B, 2018-19
30, “Smooth,” Santana feat, Rob Thomas, 1999-2000

Capping the Hot 100’s top tier, Lil Baby and Gunna‘s “Drip Too Hard” is steady at No. 8, after reaching No. 4, and Kodak Black‘s No. 2-peaking “ZEZE,” featuring Travis Scott and Offset, holds at No. 10.

Outside the Hot 100’s top 10, two duets debut in the top 40: French DJ/artist Gesaffelstein and The Weeknd’s “Lost in the Fire” ignites at No. 27 and Sam Smith and Normani’s “Dancing With a Stranger” bows at No. 33.

Find out more Hot 100 news on Billboard.com this week, and, for all chart news, you can listen (and subscribe) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast and follow @billboard and @billboardcharts. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (Jan. 23), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboard magazine is on sale Friday (Jan. 25).

Source: billboard.com

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