Plus: Joji and Tory Lanez debut in top 10.

Andrea Bocelli achieves his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as his new studio effort, Si, debuts atop the tally. The set, which was released via Sugar/Decca Records on Oct. 26, earned 126,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Nov. 1, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 123,000 were in album sales.

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 Nov. 10-dated chart –where Si starts at No. 1 — will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Tuesday, Nov. 6.

Andrea Bocelli’s First No. 1: The 26th time’s the charm, as Bocelli bows atop the Billboard 200 with his 26th charting album, Si. The singer has charted on the tally since Dec. 20, 1997, when Romanza debuted at No. 114, on its way to a No. 35 peak on Dec. 19, 1998. All told, Si marks Bocelli’s ninth top 10 effort.

Bocelli has come quite close to No. 1 previously: he’s peaked at No. 2 twice, with My Christmas (five weeks at No. 2 in 2009) and Passione (one week at No. 2 in 2013). The former spent five consecutive weeks stuck in the runner-up slot. In its first two weeks at No. 2, Bon Jovi’s The Circle and John Mayer’s Battle Studies debuted at No. 1, respectively. Then, in My Christmas’ third week at No. 2, Susan Boyle’s debut album I Dreamed a Dream bowed at No. 1 and spent six straight weeks at No. 1.

20-Year Wait for First No. 1 Album: Bocelli waited a little more than 20 years and 10 months for his first No. 1, dating back to when Romanza bowed on the list dated Dec. 20, 1997. That’s the longest wait for a chart-topper since January of 2016, when the late David Bowie tallied his first leader 43 years and nine months after his chart debut. He hit No. 1 with Blackstar on the Jan. 30, 2016-dated chart, and he made his chart debut on the tally way back on April 15, 1972 with Hunky Dory. (Bowie died of cancer on Jan. 10, 2016, two days after Blackstar was released.) Before Bocelli, the last living artist to wait longer for their first No. 1 was James Taylor, who notched his first leader with Before This World on July 4, 2015 — 45 years after his chart debut on March 14, 1970 with Sweet Baby James.

Bocelli’s Largest Sales Week Since 2009: Si sold 123,000 copies (of its 126,000 total units), marking the singer’s best sales week since My Christmas sold 284,000 copies over the Christmas week of 2009 (reflected on the chart dated Jan. 9, 2010). Si’s significant debut was powered by sales generated by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer tied to a series of Bocelli shows in 2018 and early 2019. (Sialso nabs the largest sales week for any classical album since July 2, 2001, when Jackie Evancho’s classical crossover set Dream With Me sold 161,000 copies in its first week and debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200.)

First Classical No. 1 in 10 Years: Si also debuts at No. 1 on both the Classical Crossover Albums chart and the overall Classical Albums chart. (The latter tally combines both classical crossover and traditional classical efforts.)

In turn, Si is the first classical album to be No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart since Jan. 5, 2008, when Josh Groban’s classical crossover holiday effort Noel spent its fifth and final week atop the tally. Si is the first classical set to debut at No. 1 since the vocal quartet Il Divo bowed at No. 1 with Ancora, another classical crossover effort, on the Feb. 11, 2006-dated chart.

First No. 1 for Sugar Music & First No. 1 for Decca Records in 10 Years: Si was released through Sugar Music/Decca Records, and marks the first leader for Sugar, and the first chart-topper for Decca, since 2008. Decca last led the list with the soundtrack to the film Mamma Mia!, which was released via Decca/UMe, and spent one week at No. 1 on the Aug. 23, 2008-dated tally.

A Non-English Album at No. 1: Si is a mostly all-Italian-language album, making it one of the few non-English efforts to hit No. 1. It’s actually the third primarily non-English album to lead the list in 2018, following two mostly Korean albums from BTS: Love Yourself: Answer (Sept. 8) and Love Yourself: Tear (June 2). Before BTS, the last mostly non-English album to lead the list was Il Divo’s Ancora on Feb. 11, 2006. (The album is comprised of songs performed in Spanish, Italian and French, along with a track sung partially in English.)

As for Si, it includes collaborations with Josh Groban, Dua Lipa, Russian soprano Aida Garifullina, Ed Sheeran and Bocelli’s 21-year-old son Matteo Bocelli. (Groban, Lipa and Sheeran all sing in Italian on Si.) The album benefits from a variety of available versions of the set, including an edition of the album with Spanish-language versions of seven songs.

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s soundtrack to A Star Is Born falls to No. 2 on the Billboard 200 after three weeks at No. 1. The set earned 93,000 units in the week ending Nov. 1 (down 15 percent).

Coming in at No. 3 is Joji’s BALLADS 1, with 57,000 units earned (with 34,000 of that sum in album sales). Joji (real name: George Miller) is a former YouTuber who previously logged an entry on the Billboard 200 with the In Tongues EP (peaking at No. 58 on the Nov. 25, 2017-dated list). BALLADS 1’s sales were bolstered by a range of merchandise/album bundles.

Tory Lanez clocks his third consecutive top five-charting album, as his third release, Love Me Now?, starts at No. 4 with 54,000 units (5,000 in album sales). The bulk of Love’s first-week units were driven by streams, as it tallied 48,000 SEA units (translating to 62.5 million on-demand audio streams for the album’s tracks). Lanez previously hit the top five with his two earlier albums: Memories Don’t Die (No. 3; March 17) and I Told You (No. 4; Sept. 10, 2016).

At No. 5 on the new Billboard 200, Lil Wayne’s former No. 1, Tha Carter V, is a non-mover with 52,000 units (down 20 percent). Lil Baby and Gunna’s Drip Harder is stationary at No. 6 with just over 49,000 units (down 13 percent) and Drake’s former leader Scorpion is steady at No. 7 with 49,000 (down 13 percent).

Future and Juice WRLD’s collaborative effort WRLD ON DRUGS falls 2-8 in its second week (just over 45,000 units; down 54 percent), while a pair of former No. 1s round out the top 10: Travis Scott’s Astroworld sits still at No. 9 (45,000 units; down 4 percent) and Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys is steady at No. 10 (41,000 units; down 2 percent).

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‘Girls Like You’ moves up to fourth place for the longest reign ever on the Radio Songs chart.

Maroon 5‘s “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B, spends a sixth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Nov. 3), fending off a challenge from Travis Scott‘s “Sicko Mode,” which charges from No. 7 to No. 2 following the arrival of its official video.

Plus, Post Malone and Swae Lee debut at No. 9 with “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse).”

Let’s run down the top 10 on the newest Hot 100, which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 30).

MAGIC!-al run: With a sixth week at No. 1 on the Hot 100, “Girls” boasts the longest reign by a group (of at least three members) in over four years, since MAGIC!’s “Rude” also led for six weeks, beginning July 26, 2014.

The last such longer run at No. 1? By, guess who: Maroon 5’s own “One More Night” led for nine weeks beginning Sept. 29, 2012.

Ties for longest-leading radio hit since 2005: “Girls” leads the Radio Songs chart for a 14th week, with 116.1 million in audience, down 3 percent, in the week ending Oct. 28, according to Nielsen Music.

“Girls” ties Alicia Keys’ “No One,” in 2007-08, for the second-longest Radio Songs command this century (and continues as the longest-leading No. 1 by a group this century), after Mariah Carey’s “We Belong Together” in 2005. Since the chart launched in December 1990, “Girls” moves into a fourth-place tie for the most time on top:

Longest-Leading Radio Songs No. 1s
Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist, Date Reached No. 1
18, “Iris,” Goo Goo Dolls, Aug. 1, 1998
16, “We Belong Together,” Mariah Carey, May 28, 2005
16, “Don’t Speak,” No Doubt, Dec. 7, 1996
14, “Girls Like You,” Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B, Aug. 4, 2018
14, “No One,” Alicia Keys, Nov. 3, 2007
14, “Because You Loved Me,” Celine Dion, April 13, 1996
13, “No Scrubs,” TLC, March 20, 1999
13, “I Love You Always Forever,” Donna Lewis, Aug. 24, 1996
13, “One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, Dec.  9, 1995
13, “The Sign,” Ace of Base, Feb. 26, 1994
13, “End of the Road,” Boyz II Men, Aug. 22, 1992

“Girls” holds at No. 9 on Digital Song Sales, with 17,000 downloads sold, down 18 percent, in the week ending Oct. 25, after leading the list for six weeks, and dips 11-12 on Streaming Songs (24.5 million U.S. streams, down 3 percent, in the week ending Oct. 25), where it reached No. 5.

“Sicko” move: Travis Scott’s “Sicko Mode” surges 7-2 on the Hot 100, following the Oct. 19 premiere of its official video, besting its prior No. 4 peak set upon its Aug. 18 debut. Scott matches his best Hot 100 rank, after his featured turn, with Offset, on Kodak Black‘s “Zeze,” which debuted at No. 2 a week ago and this week falls to No. 6 (while holding at No. 1 on Streaming Songs; 42.2 million, down 11 percent).

“Sicko” (which features Drake’s vocals, although he’s not credited as an artist on the song; he’s also in the new video) jumps 5-2, returning to its highpoint, on Steaming Songs, up 41 percent to 38.5 million, good for top Steaming Gainer honors on the Hot 100. The track pushes 13-11 on Radio Songs (58.2 million, up 16 percent) and 22-14 on Digital Song Sales (14,000, up 37 percent).

Maroon 5’s “Girls” narrowly defends its Hot 100 crown, despite declining by 5 percent, while  “Sicko” gains by 30 percent.

Meanwhile, “Sicko” hits No. 1 for the first time on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songsand Hot Rap Songs charts.

Juice WRLD’s “Lucid Dreams” holds at No. 3 on the Hot 100 after reaching No. 2. As previously reported, the rapper’s collaborative album with Future, Future & Juice WRLD Present… Wrld On Drugs, launches at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 (as Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born soundtrack leads the list for a third week).

Rock on: Marshmello and Bastille‘s “Happier” hits the Hot 100’s top five, lifting 6-4, as it pushes 5-4 on Digital Song Sales (26,000, up 11 percent); 9-5 on Radio Songs (74.6 million, up 21 percent), adding the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award for a fifth straight week; and 14-13 on Streaming Songs (21.7 million, up 5 percent).

As pointed out by insightful chart watcher Tim Briody, “Happier” holds at its No. 3 high on Alternative Songs and becomes the first hit that has charted on Alternative Songs to make its first appearance in the Hot 100’s top five this year. It’s the first song to achieve the feat since Imagine Dragons’ “Thunder,” which peaked at No. 4 on the Hot 100 last December (becoming the fourth such hit of 2017).

“Happier” spends a fifth week at No. 1 on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart.

Post Malone’s “Better Now” slips 4-5 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 3; as noted above, “Zeze” descends 2-6; 5 Seconds of Summer‘s “Youngblood” rebounds to its No. 7 high from No. 9; and, Lil Baby and Gunna‘s “Drip Too Hard” keeps at No. 8 following its No. 4 peak.

Web gem: Post Malone and Swae Lee spin their way to a No. 9 Hot 100 debut with “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse).” Following its first full week of tracking, it enters Digital Song Sales at No. 6 (24,000) and Streaming Songs at No. 8 (24.2 million), while sporting 13.2 million in airplay audience.

Post Malone adds his fifth Hot 100 top 10 (and fourth to debut in the region) and Swae Lee scores his second, following French Montana’s “Unforgettable,” on which he’s featured (No. 3, August 2017). (Rae Sremmurd, of which Swae Lee is half, with brother Slim Jxmmi, has also charted in the tier, with the seven-week No. 1 “Black Beatles,” featuring Gucci Mane, in 2016-17.)

“Sunflower” is the first single from the animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Versesoundtrack, due Dec. 14, the day that the film (featuring the voices of Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld and Mahershala Ali, among others) opens nationwide. The song is the second Hot 100 top 10 from a Spider-Man soundtrack, and the first in 16 years; Chad Kroeger’s “Hero,” featuring Josey Scott, from Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man, hit No. 3 in July 2002.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Khalid and Normani’s “Love Lies” returns to the bracket (14-10), after reaching No. 9 (Sept. 8).

Just beyond the Hot 100’s top 10, DJ Snake’s “Taki Taki,” featuring Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B, jumps 16-11, as it returns for a third week atop Hot Latin Songs; Halsey’s “Without Me” bounds 23-12 on the Hot 100, as the chart’s top Sales Gainer (27,000 sold, up 27 percent); and, Sheck Wes’ “Mo Bamba” hits the top 20 (21-16).

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 (Oct. 30), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboard magazine is on sale Friday (Nov. 2).

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Plus, two collaborations debut on the Hot 100 in the top five: Kodak Black‘s “Zeze,” featuring Travis Scott and Offset, at No. 2, and Bad Bunny‘s “Mia,” featuring Drake, at No. 5. Notably, the latter song extends Drake’s record for the most top 10s among solo males and marks his 12th top 10 of 2018, pushing him past The Beatles for the most in a single year.

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

Maroon, 5: With a fifth week at No. 1, “Girls” breaks a tie with “Moves Like Jagger,” featuring Christina Aguilera (four weeks in 2011), as the second-longest-leading of Maroon 5’s four Hot 100 No. 1s. “One More Night” ruled for nine weeks in 2012. (The group’s first chart-topper, “Makes Me Wonder,” led for three weeks in 2007.)

Longest-leading radio hit this decade: “Girls” leads the Radio Songs chart for a 13th week, with 120 million in audience, down 4 percent, in the week ending Oct. 21, according to Nielsen Music. It moves into a sixth-place tie for most time at No. 1 since the chart launched in December 1990:

Longest-Leading Radio Songs No. 1s
Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist, Date Reached No. 1
18, “Iris,” Goo Goo Dolls, Aug. 1, 1998
16, “We Belong Together,” Mariah Carey, May 28, 2005
16, “Don’t Speak,” No Doubt, Dec. 7, 1996
14, “No One,” Alicia Keys, Nov. 3, 2007
14, “Because You Loved Me,” Celine Dion, April 13, 1996
13, “Girls Like You,” Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B, Aug, 4, 2018
13, “No Scrubs,” TLC, March 20, 1999
13, “I Love You Always Forever,” Donna Lewis, Aug. 24, 1996
13, “One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, Dec.  9, 1995
13, “The Sign,” Ace of Base, Feb. 26, 1994
13, “End of the Road,” Boyz II Men, Aug. 22, 1992

“Girls” passes Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” (12 weeks at No. 1 in 2017) for the longest run atop the chart this decade and sports the longest reign since Alicia Keys’ “No One” (14 weeks, 2007).

Looking forward, “Girls” seems likely to keep challenging for Radio Songs milestones; its 120 million in audience is far ahead of the 94.3 million (down 6 percent) for runner-up “Better Now” by Post Malone.

New video gain: “Girls” holds at No. 9 on Digital Song Sales, with 21,000 downloads sold, down 5 percent, in the week ending Oct. 18, after leading the list for six weeks, and jumps 16-11 on Streaming Songs (25.4 million U.S. streams, up 11 percent, in the week ending Oct. 18), where it reached No. 5.

As for its streaming gain, “Girls” benefits from a new official video (“volume 2”), featuring previously unreleased footage of the star-studded cast that appears in the original clip.

Kodak Black’s “Zeze,” featuring Travis Scott and Offset, blasts onto the Hot 100 at No. 2, as it bows atop Streaming Songs with 47.6 million U.S. streams. It also begins at No. 6 on Digital Song Sales (23,000) and drew 4.8 million in airplay audience.

(The race for No. 1 on the Hot 100 was a close one; without the new “Girls” video, and the song’s ensuing gain, the track seemingly would not have held onto the top spot over “Zeze.”)

Kodak Black earns his second Hot 100 top 10, after “Tunnel Vision” hit No. 6 in March 2017. Scott also instantly scores his best rank, as he adds his fifth top 10, while Offset likewise reaches a new solo high with his second top 10, after Tyga’s “Taste,” on which he’s featured, hit No. 8 in August; Migos, of which Offset is a member with Quavo and Takeoff, has notched four top 10s.

“Zeze” also soars in at No. 1 on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.

Juice WRLD’s “Lucid Dreams” dips to No. 3 from its No. 2 Hot 100 peak and Post Malone’s “Better Now” likewise slips a spot from its highpoint (3-4).

Bad Bunny’s “MIA,” featuring Drake, debuts at No. 5 on the Hot 100, as it enters Streaming Songs at No. 3 (36.3 million) and charges 44-4 on Digital Song Sales (26,000), while sporting 11.9 million in radio listenership, following its first full week of tracking.

Bad Bunny notches his second Hot 100 top 10, after “I Like It,” with Cardi B and J Balvin, which topped the July 7-dated chart. Drake, meanwhile, extends his record for the most top 10s among solo males and moves closer to Madonna’s overall mark; he breaks out of a tie with Rihanna for the third-most top 10s among all artists:

Most Hot 100 Top 10s
38, Madonna
34, The Beatles
32, Drake
31, Rihanna
30, Michael Jackson
28, Mariah Carey
28, Stevie Wonder
27, Janet Jackson
27, Elton John
25, Elvis Presley

Of his 32 Hot 100 top 10s, Drake posts his historic 12th of 2018. He passes The Beatles’ 11 in their breakout year, 1964. That makes another single-year record for Drake, who, with a 29th week at No. 1 this year, passed Usher for the most time on top in any January-December span.

“Mia” concurrently vaults from No. 9 to No. 1 on the Hot Latin Songs chart. On the Hot 100, the song, all in Spanish, is the first predominantly Spanish-language top 10 since J Balvin and Willy William’s “Mi Gente,” featuring Beyoncé (No. 3, Oct. 21, 2017); before that, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito,” featuring Justin Bieber, spent a record-tying 16 weeks at No. 1. “Mia” is the second predominantly non-English-language top 10 this year, after BTS’ mostly Korean-language “Fake Love” (No. 10, June 2).

Marshmello and Bastille‘s “Happier” hits a new Hot 100 high, lifting 8-6, as it spends a fourth week at No. 1 on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart. It claims top Airplay Gainer honors on the Hot 100, as it hits the Radio Songs top 10 (12-9; 62 million, up 16 percent), becoming each act’s second top 10; Marshmello’s “Friends,” with Anne-Marie, reached No. 7 in August, while Bastille’s “Pompeii” hit No. 4 in 2014.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Travis Scott’s “Sicko Mode” slides 6-7 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 4; Lil Baby and Gunna‘s “Drip Too Hard” drops to No. 8 from its No. 4 peak; 5 Seconds of Summer‘s “Youngblood” descends to No. 9 from its No. 7 high; and, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper‘s “Shallow” falls 5-10, as parent album the A Star Is Born soundtrack spends a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Just beyond the Hot 100’s top 10, Ella Mai jumps 16-11 with “Trip,” which tops the Hot R&B Songs chart for a third week; Imagine Dragons’ “Natural” holds at its No. 13 high, as it leads Hot Rock Songs for a 10th week; and, DJ Snake’s “Taki Taki,” featuring Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B, bounds to the top 20 (31-16).

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 (Oct. 23), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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Cardi B passes Iggy Azalea for a record, as three collabs (Gaga/Cooper, Lil Baby/Gunna and Marshmello/Bastille) soar to the top tier.

Maroon 5‘s “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B, logs a fourth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Oct. 20).

Meanwhile, three collaborations bound to the Hot 100’s top 10: Lil Baby and Gunna‘s “Drip Too Hard,” which vaults from No. 25 to No. 4; Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper‘s “Shallow” (28-5), as the pair’s A Star Is Born soundtrack, featuring the ballad, launches at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart; and, Marshmello and Bastille‘s “Happier” (13-8).

Let’s run down a busy top 10 on the newest Hot 100, which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 16).

“Girls” tops the Radio Songs chart for a 12th week, with 125.4 million in audience, down 1 percent, in the week ending Oct. 14, according to Nielsen Music. The track passes The Chainsmokers’ “Closer,” featuring Halsey, in 2016, as the longest-leading Radio Songs No. 1 by a duo or group this century; it boasts the longest reign by a duo or group since TLC’s “No Scrubs” led for 13 weeks in 1999. (Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris” holds the longevity record atop Radio Songs among all acts, with 18 weeks at No. 1 in 1998.) “Girls” has also logged the longest run atop Radio Songs by any act since Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You,” which spent 12 weeks at No. 1 in 2017.

“Girls” dips 8-9 on Digital Song Sales, but with a 22 percent gain to 22,000 downloads sold, in the week ending Oct. 11, after leading the list for six weeks, and rebounds 19-16 on Streaming Songs (22.9 million U.S. streams, down 2 percent, in the week ending Oct. 11), where it reached No. 5.

The latest week atop the Hot 100 for “Girls” grants Cardi B a record, as she passes Iggy Azalea for the most total weeks atop the tally among female rappers, eight vs. seven. Before her current four-week reign, Cardi B led for a week in July with “I Like It,” with Bad Bunny and J Balvin, and for three weeks in October 2017 with her debut hit, “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves).” Azalea earned her seven weeks atop the Hot 100 all via her debut smash “Fancy,” featuring Charli XCX, in 2014. (Thus, Azalea notched all her weeks at No. 1 as a lead act; Cardi B has spent five of her eight weeks at No. 1 as a lead.)

Juice WRLD’s “Lucid Dreams” returns to its No. 2 Hot 100 peak from No. 3, as it rebounds 6-2 on Streaming Songs (35.8 million, essentially even week-over-week); holds at No. 6 on Radio Songs (71 million, also on par with last week’s sum); and slips 18-20 on Digital Song Sales (11,000, down 7 percent).

Maroon 5’s “Girls” and Juice WRLD’s “Dreams” essentially maintain their distance from each other from last week on the Hot 100, with the former up by one percent in overall activity and the latter down less than one percent.

Beyond the Hot 100, “Dreams” notches a second week at No. 1 on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.

Post Malone‘s “Better Now” revisits its Hot 100 highpoint (4-3), as it holds at No. 2 on Radio Songs (100 million, down 1 percent) and jumps 15-10 on Digital Song Sales (19,000, up 44 percent) and 28-17 on Streaming Songs (21.4 million, up 7 percent). The track’s official video arrived at last Oct. 5 and Post Malone performed the song as part of a medley with his prior hit “Psycho” (with Ty Dolla $ign) during the American Music Awards on Oct. 9.

Lil Baby and Gunna’s “Drip Too Hard” surges 25-4 on the Hot 100 as the chart’s top Streaming Gainer award winner, as the pair’s collaborative album Drip Harderstarts at No. 4 on the Billboard 200. The track crowns Streaming Songs, where it’s each act’s first leader (13-1; 41.3 million, up 69 percent).

Gunna earns his first Hot 100 top 10, while Lil Baby lands his second, and first top five, after “Yes Indeed,” with Drake, reached No. 6 in June.

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s “Shallow” vaults 28-5 on the Hot 100, as parent album the A Star Is Born soundtrack, by the film’s two stars, blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The duet tops Digital Song Sales for a second week (71,000, up 21 percent), reigning as the Hot 100’s top digital sales gainer; enters Streaming Songs at No. 34 (13.4 million, up 61 percent); and sports 5.1 million in all-format radio audience (up 176 percent), as it debuts on the Adult Pop Songs airplay chart at No. 29.

Fueling the song’s buzz: After A Star Is Born premiered in theaters Oct. 5 (the same day that its soundtrack arrived), the film earned $94.2 million in its first 10 days of release in the U.S. and Canada.

“Shallow” is Cooper’s first Hot 100 top 10 (in his first visit to the chart) and Gaga’s 15th, and first since another ballad, “Million Reasons,” hit No. 4 in February 2017. Dating to her first week in the top 10, with “Just Dance,” featuring Colby O’Donis, almost 10 years ago (Dec. 6, 2008), Gaga moves into a sixth-place tie with Bruno Mars for the most top 10s in that span, following Drake (31), Rihanna (22), Taylor Swift (20) and Lil Wayne and Minaj (17 each).

Travis Scott‘s “Sicko Mode” is steady at No. 6 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 4, and 5 Seconds of Summer‘s first Hot 100 top 10, “Youngblood,” lifts from No. 8 to a new No. 7 high.

Marshmello and Bastille’s “Happier” hikes 13-8 on the Hot 100, marking Marshmello’s first top 10 and Bastille’s second, and first in four years. The song slides 2-7 on Digital Song Sales (24,000, down 10 percent) but ascends 21-12 on Streaming Songs (21.3 million, up 7 percent) and 16-12 on Radio Songs (53.4 million, up 19 percent), good for top Airplay Gainer honors on the Hot 100 for a third consecutive week.

Marshmello previously hit a No. 11 Hot 100 best rank with “Friends,” with Anne-Marie, in June. Bastille first reached the top 10 with its breakthrough hit “Pompeii,” which rose to No. 5 in March 2014.

“Happier” concurrently spends a fourth week at No. 1 on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart. The multi-format hit takes over atop the Dance/Mixshow Airplay chart (2-1), pushes 5-4 on Alternative Songs and enters the Pop Songs top 10 (12-9).

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin’s “I Like It,” which topped the July 7-dated chart, returns to the bracket (11-9), as does 6ix9ine’s “Fefe,” featuring Nicki Minaj and Murda Beatz (12-10), after reaching No. 3 in August.

Notably, as Drake’s former 10-week No. 1 “In My Feelings” falls 9-11, he’s absent as a credited artist from the Hot 100’s top 10 for the first time since the week dated Jan. 27, after 37 consecutive weeks in the region, 29 of them spent at No. 1, a new single-year record. Katy Perry holds the mark with 69 straight weeks in the top 10 in 2010-11. Still, Drake’s voice remains heard in the top 10, thanks to his uncredited guest vocals on “Sicko Mode.”

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 (Oct. 16), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboard magazine is on sale Friday (Oct. 19).

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Lil Wayne charts four tracks from “Tha Carter V” in the top 10 & 22 from the set on the Hot 100 overall.

Maroon 5‘s “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B, logs a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Oct. 13).

Meanwhile, Lil Wayne makes history as the first artist to debut two songs in the Hot 100’s top five simultaneously, as “Mona Lisa,” featuring Kendrick Lamar, launches at No. 2 and “Don’t Cry,” featuring XXXTentacion, bows at No. 5. Plus, Lil Wayne joins Drake as the only artists to debut four songs in the top 10 in a single week, as “Uproar” enters at No. 7 and “Let It Fly,” featuring Travis Scott, starts at No. 10.

Additionally, 22 tracks from Tha Carter V, which debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, enter the Hot 100, as Lil Wayne further matches Drake as the only acts to chart at least 22 songs simultaneously in the survey’s history.

Here’s a rundown of the top 10 and more on the newest Hot 100, which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 9).

“Girls” tops the Radio Songs chart for an 11th week, with 125.9 million in audience, down 2 percent, in the week ending Oct. 7, according to Nielsen Music. The track ties The Chainsmokers’ “Closer,” featuring Halsey, in 2016, as the longest-leading Radio Songs No. 1 by a duo or group this century; it boasts the longest reign by a duo or group since TLC’s “No Scrubs” led for 13 weeks in 1999. “Girls” has logged the longest run atop the chart by any act since Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You,” which spent 12 weeks at No. 1 in 2017 (and which interpolates “Scrubs”). (Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris” holds the longevity record atop Radio Songs among all acts, with 18 weeks at No. 1 in 1998.)

“Girls” drops 3-8 on Digital Song Sales (18,000 downloads sold, down 26 percent, in the week ending Oct. 4), after leading for six weeks, and 13-19 on Streaming Songs(23.3 million U.S. streams, up 2 percent, in the week ending Oct. 4), where it reached No. 5.

As for Lil Wayne’s big week on the Hot 100, let’s look at five of his biggest feats related to the arrival of Tha Carter V.

First act with two simultaneous top five debuts: Lil Wayne is the first artist ever to debut two songs in the Hot 100’s top five simultaneously: “Mona Lisa,” featuring Kendrick Lamar (No. 2), and “Don’t Cry,” featuring XXXTentacion (No. 5).

Streaming powers the tracks, as “Lisa” debuts at No. 1 on Streaming Songs, where it’s Lil Wayne’s first leader, with 43 million U.S. streams, “Cry” enters at No. 2 with 36 million. The songs also debut on Digital Song Sales at No. 5 (22,000) and No. 9 (16,000), respectively.

Record-tying four top 10 debuts: Plus, as “Uproar” debuts at No. 7 on the Hot 100 and “Let It Fly,” featuring Travis Scott, begins at No. 10, Lil Wayne becomes the fifth act to have debuted multiple songs in the Hot 100’s top 10 simultaneously, joining Ed Sheeran, Drake, J. Cole and Scott.

Drake has achieved the feat three times, including launching four titles in the top 10 on the July 14-dated chart, a record that Lil Wayne matches:

Drake, July 14, 2018
No. 2, “Nonstop”
No. 6, “In My Feelings”
No. 8, “Emotionless”
No. 9, “Don’t Matter to Me,” feat. Michael Jackson

Lil Wayne, Oct. 13, 2018
No. 2, “Mona Lisa,” feat. Kendrick Lamar
No. 5, “Don’t Cry,” feat. XXXTentacion
No. 7, “Uproar”
No. 10, “Let It Fly,” feat. Travis Scott

Lil Wayne ups his count to 24 career Hot 100 top 10s, passing JAY-Z (21) for the second-most among rappers, after Drake’s 31. Eminem ranks third in the category with 20 top 10s. Lil Wayne lands his first top 10s in a lead role in over five years, since “Love Me,” featuring Drake and Future, hit No. 9 in March 2013. He’d last appeared in the region overall as featured, with Justin Bieber, Quavo and Chance the Rapper, on DJ Khaled’s “I’m the One,” which led the May 20, 2017-dated chart.

Record-tying 22 debuts: Twenty-two tracks from The Carter V debut on the Hot 100, as Lil Wayne ties for the most simultaneous bows in the chart’s history. Drake first entered 22 titles on July 14, all from his album Scorpion.

22 total songs on Hot 100: With those 22 debuts accounting for his total Hot 100 haul this week, Lil Wayne additionally joins Drake as the only acts to chart at least 22 songs on the tally simultaneously. Drake amassed a record 27 on July 14, when Scorpion debuted atop the Billboard 200, and sports two weeks of 24 (the following week, July 21; and April 8, 2017, when his album More Life launched atop the Billboard 200).

160 total Hot 100 entries: Lil Wayne increases his career total of Hot 100 visits to 160. Only the cast of Fox’s Glee (207) and Drake (188) have earned more. Elvis Presley is the only other act with a triple-digital total (108, with his career predating the Hot 100’s Aug. 4, 1958, inception).

Beyond the Hot 100, “Lisa” launches at No. 1 on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songsand Hot Rap Songs charts, marking Lil Wayne’s 11th and seventh leader on each list.

Elsewhere in the Hot 100’s top 10 this week, Juice WRLD’s “Lucid Dreams” drops to No. 3 from its No. 2 peak; Post Malone‘s “Better Now” likewise slips a spot from its peak (3-4); Travis Scott’s “Sicko Mode” is steady at No. 6, after hitting No. 4; 5 Seconds of Summer‘s first Hot 100 top 10, “Youngblood,” rises from No. 10 to a new No. 8 high; and, Drake’s “In My Feelings” falls 4-9, after 10 weeks at No. 1.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column 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 (Oct. 9), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboard magazine is on sale Friday (Oct. 12).

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“Girls” reigns for the second week & earns a rare honor atop the Radio Songs chart.

Maroon 5‘s “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B, spends a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Oct. 6). As it rules, it joins an elite selection of hits that have led the Radio Songs chart for at least 10 weeks.

The song fends off Juice WRLD’s “Lucid Dreams,” which hits a new No. 2 high in its 20th week on the Hot 100, thanks to its latest gains in streaming and airplay.

Let’s run down the top 10 on the newest Hot 100, which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay, and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 2).

As it holds at No. 1 (in its 18th week) on the Hot 100, “Girls” tops the Radio Songs chart for a 10th week, with 128 million in audience in the week ending Sept. 30, essentially even week-over-week, according to Nielsen Music. It becomes the 10th song by a duo or group to top Radio Songs for at least 10 weeks since the Radio Songs chart launched in December 1990. (Notably, four of the 10 songs by duos or groups to rule Radio Songs for at least 10 weeks each belong to Boyz II Men):

Longest-Leading Radio Songs No. 1s by Duos/Groups
Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist, Date Reached No. 1
18, “Iris,” Goo Goo Dolls, Aug. 1, 1998
16, “Don’t Speak,” No Doubt, Dec. 7, 1996
13, “No Scrubs,” TLC, March 20, 1999
13, “One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, Dec.  9, 1995
13, “The Sign,” Ace of Base, Feb. 26, 1994
13, “End of the Road,” Boyz II Men, Aug. 22, 1992
12, “I’ll Make Love to You,” Boyz II Men, Sept. 10, 1994
11, “Closer,” The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey, Oct. 15, 2016
11, “On Bended Knee,” Boyz II Men, Dec. 3, 1994
10, “Girls Like You,” Maroon 5, Aug. 4, 2018

Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris” holds the longevity record at No. 1 on Radio Songs among all acts, while Maroon 5’s “Girls” boasts the longest run atop the chart by any act since Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You,” which spent 12 weeks at No. 1 in 2017.

Overall, “Girls” is the 36th of 268 total Radio Songs No. 1s to rule for double-digit weeks, a feat that, thus, 13 percent of all the chart’s No. 1s have attained.

“Girls” rebounds 4-3 on Digital Song Sales (24,000 downloads sold, up 14 percent, in the week ending Sept. 27), after leading for six weeks, and slides 10-13 on Streaming Songs (22.9 million U.S. streams, down 10 percent, in the week ending Sept. 27), where it reached No. 5.

A week earlier, the song became the first pop hit to top the Hot 100 since January, ending a record run of 34 consecutive weeks in which rap songs had ruled the chart.

Juice WRLD’s “Lucid Dreams” hits a new No. 2 Hot 100 peak, rising from No. 4 in its 20th week on the chart; it previously ranked as high as No. 3 on July 7. The track (which samples Sting’s 1993 song “Shape of My Heart”) returns for a second week at No. 1 on Streaming Songs (41.6 million, up 5 percent), after having first led the list dated June 23.

Airplay continues to build for “Dreams,” which rises 10-9 on Radio Songs (63.9 million, up 8 percent). As for individual formats, it lifts 3-2 on Rhythmic Songs, enters the top 10 on Pop Songs (11-10) and pushes 12-11 on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop.

On Digital Song Sales, “Dreams” dips 15-16 (11,000, down 5 percent).

Maroon 5’s “Girls” defends the Hot 100’s summit despite its 2 drop in overall activity, while Juice WRLD’s “Dreams” gains by 5 percent, perhaps previewing a closer battle next week.

“Dreams” concurrently spends its first week at No. 1 on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, marking Juice WRLD’s first leader on each list.

Post Malone‘s “Better Now” likewise hits a new Hot 100 high (in its 22nd week), rising 5-3, despite drops in all metrics. Airplay leads the way for the track, which logs a third week at its No. 2 peak on Radio Songs (102.2 million, down 5 percent).

Notably, the steady Hot 100 ascents for “Lucid Dreams” and “Better Now” are fairly atypical. “Dreams” is just the 10th song this decade to reach the top two in at least 20 weeks (of 139 total top-two hits since January 2010). As for “Better,” it’s one of 13 songs in that span to hit the top three in 22 or more weeks (of 185 top-three titles).

Drake‘s “In My Feelings” falls 2-4 on the Hot 100, after 10 weeks at No. 1, and Eminem‘s Machine Gun Kelly diss track “Killshot” slips to No. 5 after debuting a week ago at No. 3. “Killshot” logs a second week at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales (53,000, up 37 percent), while falling 2-7 on Streaming Songs (32.6 million, down 36 percent).

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Travis Scott‘s “Sicko Mode” rises 9-6, after hitting No. 4; Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin‘s former No. 1 “I Like It” descends 6-7; 6ix9ine’s “FEFE,” featuring Nicki Minaj and Murda Beatz, is steady at No. 8, after reaching No. 3; Kanye West and Lil Pump‘s “I Love It” drops 7-9 after debuting at No. 6 two weeks ago; and 5 Seconds of Summer‘s first Hot 100 top 10, “Youngblood,” holds at its No. 10 high. As previously reported, “Youngblood” becomes 5SOS’ first No. 1 on the Pop Songs airplay chart.

Just below the Hot 100’s top 10, three songs ascend to the top 20 for the first time: Lil Peep and XXXTentacion‘s posthumous collaboration “Falling Down” (47-13, following its first full week of tracking); Marshmello and Bastille‘s “Happier” (31-15), as it leads the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for the second week; and Ella Mai‘s “Trip” (21-18), following her debut hit “Boo’d Up,” which rose to No. 5 on the Hot 100 in July.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column 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 (Oct. 2), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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Hip-hop collective Brockhampton bows at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with its fourth studio album, Iridescence. The set, which was released on Sept. 21 via Question Everything/RCA Records, launches with 101,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Sept. 27, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 79,000 were in album sales.

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 Oct. 6-dated chart (where Iridescence debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Tuesday, Oct. 2.

Of Iridescence’s 101,000 units, most were in album sales: 79,000, as noted above. The remainder was comprised of SEA units (22,000) and TEA units (a negligible figure).

Iridescence is Brockhampton’s first release for RCA after issuing three earlier albums via EMPIRE Recordings. The buzzed-about 14-member group, which has described itself as a “boy band,” signed a $15 million deal with RCA in March. The act has yet to land a song on any of Billboard’s charts (through the Sept. 26-dated lists), though its Saturation II and Saturation III albums both reached the Billboard 200 (peaking at Nos. 57 and 15, respectively, in September 2017 and January 2018). The first Saturation album missed the Billboard 200, but peaked at No. 38 on the sales-ranked Independent Albums list in July of 2017.

Through Sept. 20, the act’s catalog of tunes had generated 540 million on-demand streams in the U.S., of which 486.8 million were in on-demand audio clicks, while 53.6 million were in on-demand video streams. Radio has so far not picked up on Brockhampton, as the act’s songs have only tallied about 1,500 plays across all monitored formats of radio.

Iridescence’s first-week sales were supported heavily by an array of merchandise/album bundles sold via Brockhampton’s official website. Streaming also aided the set, as its 22,000 SEA units translated to 28.8 million on-demand audio streams of the album’s songs during release week. That makes the set the 13^th most-streamed album of the week on the current Billboard 200 chart. Drake’s Scorpion is the week’s most-streamed album, with 81 million streams for its songs in its 13th week of release.

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Josh Groban arrives with his new studio album, Bridges. It starts with 96,000 units, of which 94,000 are in traditional album sales. Bridges is the top-selling album of the week. Bridges garnered just 1,000 SEA units (equaling 1.5 million on-demand audio streams for its songs) and a little more than 1,000 TEA units.

Bridges’ entry is supported by sales generated from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer for Groban’s upcoming tour, as well as old-fashioned album sales via Target, Walmart, the iTunes Store, Amazon and the like.

In total, Bridges is Groban’s ninth top 10 album. It follows his last studio effort, 2015’s Stages, which debuted and peaked at No. 2 with 180,000 units in its first week (176,000 in album sales).

Eminem’s former No. 1, Kamikaze, dips 2-3 in its fourth week on the Billboard 200, earning 65,000 units (down 27 percent). Drake’s Scorpion is steady at No. 4 with 63,000 units (down 6 percent), Travis Scott’s Astroworld is a non-mover at No. 5 with 57,000 units (down 8 percent) and Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys is also stationary at No. 6 with 45,000 units (down 5 percent).

Carrie Underwood’s Cry Pretty tumbles 1-7 in its second week with 36,000 units (down 86 percent), while Juice WRLD’s Goodbye & Good Riddance climbs 10-8 with 35,000 units (down 4 percent).

Lauren Daigle’s Look Up Child jumps 16-9 with 34,000 units (up 18 percent), of which 21,000 are in traditional album sales (up 11 percent). The set debuted at No. 3 two weeks earlier. Daigle benefits in part from some support by Selena Gomez, who shared her love of Daigle’s music via an Instagram story during the tracking week.

Closing out the new top 10 is Ariana Grande’s Sweetener, which falls 7-10 with 34,000 units (down 11 percent).

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A pop song rules for the first time since January, ending a record 34-week streak of rap No. 1s.

Maroon 5‘s “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B, ascends to No. 1, after six weeks waiting at No. 2, on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Sept. 29). Maroon 5 dethrones the 6 God, as Drake‘s “In My Feelings,” which led the list for 10 weeks, drops to No. 2. Notably, “Girls” is the first pop song to top the Hot 100 since January, ending a record 34-week streak of rap No. 1s.

Meanwhile, two tracks enter the Hot 100’s top 10: Eminem‘s “Killshot” soars onto the chart at No.  3, arriving as the rapper’s milestone 20th top 10, and 5 Seconds of Summer‘s “Youngblood” lifts 11-10, becoming the band’s first top 10.

Let’s run down the top 10 on the newest Hot 100, which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Sept. 25).

“Girls,” released on 222/Interscope Records and driven in part (especially early on in its chart run) by the buzz of its female star-studded video, becomes the 1,078th No. 1 in the Hot 100’s 60-year history. The track tops the Radio Songs chart for a ninth week (127.6 million in audience in the week ending Sept. 23, up 2 percent, according to Nielsen Music), claiming sole ownership of Maroon 5’s longest-leading No. 1, passing the eight-week Radio Songs reigns of “One More Night” in 2012 and “Don’t Wanna Know,” featuring Kendrick Lamar, in 2016-17.

“Girls” dips 3-4 on Digital Song Sales (21,000 downloads sold, down 3 percent, in the week ending Sept. 20), after leading for six weeks, the band’s longest rule on the list, and slides 7-10 on Streaming Songs (25.4 million U.S. streams, down 3 percent, in the week ending Sept. 20), where it reached No. 5.

Here is a look at five other highlights of Maroon 5’s, and Cardi B’s, new Hot 100 coronation:

Maroon 5’s fourth No. 1: “Girls” marks Maroon 5’s fourth Hot 100 No. 1, after the Adam Levine-fronted band first led in 2007 (and after first reaching the chart on Aug. 23, 2003, with “Harder to Breathe”):

“Makes Me Wonder,” three weeks at No. 1, beginning May 12, 2007
“Moves Like Jagger,” featuring Christina Aguilera, four, beginning Sept. 10, 2011
“One More Night,” nine, beginning Sept. 29, 2012
“Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B, one to-date, beginning Sept. 29, 2018 (coincidentally, exactly six years after “One” hit No. 1)

Maroon 5 takes full control of the lead among duos or groups for the most Hot 100 No. 1s in the 2000s and 2010s; the band passes The Black Eyed Peas, Destiny’s Child and OutKast, each with three since the start of that span. Among all acts, Rihanna leads with 14 No. 1s this century (all since her first, “SOS,” in 2006).

Over 11 years of No. 1s: Further reflecting its longevity, Maroon 5 extends its span of Hot 100 No. 1s to 11 years, four months and two weeks, dating to its first week on top with “Makes Me Wonder” in 2007. The last act to reign with a longer career stretch of leading the Hot 100? Another act with a color in its name (allowing a little leeway for spelling): P!nk, whose “Just Give Me a Reason,” featuring Nate Ruess, began a three-week command in April 2013, 11 years, 10 months and three weeks after she first led with “Lady Marmalade,” with Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim and Mya, in June-July 2001.

Cardi B’s third No. 1: As for Cardi B, already the only female rapper with two Hot 100 No. 1s, she extends her record, as “Girls” becomes her third. Her debut smash “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)” led for three weeks beginning Oct. 7, 2017, and “I Like It,” with Bad Bunny and J Balvin paced the July 7 chart.

(“Girls” was originally released by Maroon 5-only on the band’s 2017 album Red Pill Blues; Cardi B joined for its single remix.)

Rap’s streak wraps up: “Girls” ends the record run of 34 consecutive weeks that rap songs had ruled the Hot 100. The streak began on Feb. 3 with Drake’s “God’s Plan” (for 11 weeks) and continued with his “Nice for What” (eight); Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” (two); Post Malone’s “Psycho,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign (one); XXXTentacion’s “Sad!” (one); Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin’s “I Like It” (one); and Drake’s “Feelings” (10).

“Girls” is the first pop Hot 100 No. 1 since Camila Cabello’s “Havana” (featuring Young Thug), which topped the Jan. 27-dated chart. Speaking of “Havana” …

17 weeks to No. 1: “Girls” completes the longest trip to No. 1 on the Hot 100 (17 weeks) since Cabello’s “Havana” (23). It also finishes the greatest positional rise to No. 1 since “Havana”; “Girls” debuted at No. 94 on June 9, while “Havana” began at No. 99 (Aug. 26, 2017).

In between the two leaders, the six rap No. 1s noted above (from “Plan” to “Feelings”) all debuted in the top 10 (including “Plan,” “Nice” and “America” at No. 1), except for “Sad” (No. 17), driven at the time most strongly by streaming. This week, airplay accounts for just over half of the Hot 100 chart points for “Girls.”

Also, the six weeks that “Girls” spent at No. 2 on the Hot 100 before leading this week mark the most since “Havana” waited seven weeks at No. 2 before taking the top spot.

“Girls” (down 3 percent in overall activity) narrowly defeats Drake’s “Feelings” (down 9 percent) atop the Hot 100, as the latter descends 3-5 on Streaming Songs (39 million, down 2 percent), 5-6 on Digital Song Sales (19,000, down 14 percent) and 5-8 on Radio Songs (67.3 million, down 20 percent).

As reported last week, when “Feelings” logged its 10th week atop the Hot 100, Drake led the chart for an unprecedented 29th week in 2018, via his three No. 1s this year, passing Usher for the most time at the summit in a single year; Usher tallied 28 weeks at No. 1 in 2004.

“Feelings” concurrently tops the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for an 11th week each.

Eminem’s Machine Gun Kelly diss track “Killshot” blasts onto the Hot 100 at No. 3. It starts as his 10th No. 1 on Digital Song Sales (38,000), and first since “The Monster,” featuring Rihanna, in 2013, as he ties Drake for the most leaders among males; overall, they trail only Taylor Swift (15), Rihanna (14) and Katy Perry (11). The song soars onto Streaming Songs at No. 2 with 51.3 million U.S. streams.

Eminem earns his 20th Hot 100 top 10, and third in a row in a three-week span, after “Lucky You” and “The Ringer” bowed at Nos. 6 and 8, respectively, on the Sept. 15-dated chart. He’s the 19th act to tally at least 20 top 10s; among rappers, Eminem ties Lil Wayne for the third-best top 10 total, trailing only Drake (31) and JAY-Z (21).

Juice WRLD’s No. 3-peaking “Lucid Dreams” rises 5-4 on the Hot 100, as it reaches the Radio Songs top 10 (11-10; up 7 percent to 57.8 million); Post Malone’s “Better Now” drops to No. 5 from its No. 4 peak; Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin’s “I Like It” descends 5-6; Kanye West and Lil Pump‘s “I Love It” drops to No. 7 after debuting at No. 6 a week ago, while leading Streaming Songs for a second week; 6ix9ine’s “FEFE,” featuring Nicki Minaj and Murda Beatz, backtracks 7-8, after reaching No. 3; and Travis Scott‘s “Sicko Mode” is steady at No. 9, after hitting No. 4.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s upper tier, 5 Seconds of Summer (just days after summer turned to fall) achieves its first top 10, as “Youngblood” bumps 11-10. It wins the Hot 100’s top Greatest Gainer/Airplay award for a third consecutive week, as it hits the Radio Songs top five (7-5; 83.2 million, up 14 percent). It also reaches the Digital Song Sales top five (6-5; 20,000, essentially even week-over-week).

“Youngblood” is the title track and second single from 5SOS’ third LP, which debuted atop the June 30-dated Billboard 200 (making the group the first Australian act with three No. 1s on the survey). Lead single “Want You Back” spent a week on the Hot 100, at No. 61, in March; as the band toured to promote the new set, “Youngblood” was getting a noticeably stronger reaction than “Back” and Capitol Records pivoted to promoting “Youngblood.”

Among its 11 previous Hot 100 entries dating to the band’s arrival in April 2014, 5SOS had peaked as high as No. 16 with “Amnesia” in July 2014.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column 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 (Sept. 25), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboard magazine is on sale Friday (Sept. 28).

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Drake also passes Usher for the most career weeks at No. 1 among solo males, & Eminem debuts two songs in the top 10 from his new Billboard 200 leader, “Kamikaze.”

Drake‘s “In My Feelings” log a ninth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Sept. 15), granting the superstar sole ownership of one record and a share for another, both involving Usher.

Among his six career No. 1s, Drake has now led the Hot 100 for 48 total weeks, breaking a tie with Usher for the most time at the top spot all-time among solo males.

Plus, Drake leads the Hot 100 for a 28th week in 2018, thanks to his three No. 1s this year, matching Usher for the most time in charge in a single year. Usher tallied 28 weeks at No. 1 in 2004.

Meanwhile, Eminem debuts two songs on the Hot 100 in the top 10: “Lucky You,” featuring Joyner Lucas (No. 6), and “The Ringer” (No. 8), marking his 18th and 19th top 10s, respectively, and first since his 2013-14 four-week No. 1 “The Monster,” featuring Rihanna. Both new top 10s are from his new album Kamikaze, which launches as his ninth No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Let’s run down the top 10 on the newest Hot 100, which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Sept. 11).

“Feelings” adds a ninth week atop the Hot 100 despite not ranking at No. 1 in any individual metric. The song, released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, falls to No. 3 after eight weeks at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, with 47.7 million U.S. streams, down 6 percent, in the week ending Sept. 6, according to Nielsen Music. (The song set the weekly streaming record on the chart dated July 28 with 116.2 million, then driven largely by the viral “In My Feelings” challengebefore its official video arrived Aug. 2.)

“Feelings” rebounds 4-3 on the Digital Song Sales chart, which it led for six weeks (28,000 downloads sold, up 6 percent, in the week ending Sept. 6), and dips 4-5 on Radio Songs, where it reached No. 3 (89.5 million audience impressions, down 4 percent, in the week ending Sept. 9). (The song is the first to top the Hot 100 without simultaneously leading any of the chart’s three main component surveys since Drake’s own “Nice for What” on July 14.)

With “Feelings” continuing its Hot 100 command, Drake passes Usher for the most total weeks at No. 1 among solo males: 48. Among all acts, Drake also claims a solo share of fifth place. Here is a look at the artists to spend the most time at No. 1 (and their number of leaders) in the Hot 100’s 60-year history:

79 weeks, Mariah Carey (18 No. 1s)
60 weeks, Rihanna (14)
59 weeks, The Beatles (20)
50 weeks, Boyz II Men (five)
48 weeks, Drake (six)
47 weeks, Usher (nine)
41 weeks, Beyoncé (six)
37 weeks, Michael Jackson (13)
34 weeks, Elton John (nine)

Notably, Drake has been a lead artist on 38 of his 48 frames atop the Hot 100, while Usher has spent all 47 of his weeks at No. 1 with lead-artist billing. (Mariah Carey has been lead on all of her record 79 weeks at No. 1.)

Drake has also now led the Hot 100 for 28 weeks in 2018, as, prior to “Feelings,” “Nice for What” spent eight weeks at No. 1 beginning April 21, directly succeeding “God’s Plan” after 11 weeks on top (with all songs from his album Scorpion). Here is an update of the acts to spend the most time at No. 1 in any January-December period:

28 weeks, Drake, 2018
28 weeks, Usher, 2004
26 weeks, The Black Eyed Peas, 2009
19 weeks, Drake, 2016
19 weeks, Puff Daddy, 1997
18 weeks, Monica, 1998
18 weeks, The Beatles, 1964
17 weeks, Justin Bieber, 2017
17 weeks, Beyoncé, 2003
17 weeks, Nelly, 2002
17 weeks, Boyz II Men, 1994

Usher first set the yearly mark of 28 weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 via four No. 1s in 2004: “Yeah!,” featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris (12 weeks, beginning that Feb. 28); “Burn” (eight weeks, May 22); “Confessions Part II” (two, July 24); and “My Boo,” with Alicia Keys (six, Oct. 30).

Additionally, rap songs have now led the Hot 100 for a record-extending 33 consecutive weeks. Along with Drake’s “Feelings,” “Nice” and “Plan,” the streak includes Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” (for two weeks); Post Malone‘s “Psycho,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign (one); XXXTentacion’s “Sad!” (one); and Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin‘s “I Like It” (one).

“Feelings” concurrently tops the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a ninth week each.

Maroon 5‘s “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B, ranks at its No. 2 Hot 100 high for a fifth week, while ruling Radio Songs for a sixth frame (127.6 million, up 1 percent). It rebounds 3-1 for a sixth week atop Digital Song Sales (32,000, up 15 percent), marking the band’s longest-leading No. 1; “Moves Like Jagger,” featuring Christina Aguilera, led for five weeks in 2011. On Streaming Songs, “Girls” descends 5-9 (28.9 million, down 3 percent).

Notably, the gap between Drake’s “Feelings” and Maroon 5’s “Girls” on the Hot 100 continues to dwindle, with the former down 4 percent in overall activity and the latter up 1 percent.

Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin’s “I Like It” holds at No. 3 on the Hot 100; 6ix9ine’s “FEFE,” featuring Nicki Minaj and Murda Beatz, rises 5-4, after reaching No. 3; and, Post Malone’s “Better Now” backtracks to No. 5 from its No. 4 peak.

Eminem sends two tracks onto the Hot 100 in the top 10: “Lucky You,” featuring Joyner Lucas, at No. 6, and “The Ringer,” at No. 8, marking his 18th and 19th top 10s, respectively, and first since his 2013-14 four-week No. 1 “The Monster,” featuring Rihanna. Both of his new top 10s are from his new album Kamikaze, which arrives as his ninth No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Now with 19 Hot 100 top 10s, Eminem boasts the fourth-most top 10s among artists who are primarily rappers, after Drake (31), JAY-Z (21) and Lil Wayne (20). Eminem passes Ludacris, with 18.

Plus, Eminem becomes the fifth act to have debuted multiple songs in the Hot 100’s top 10 simultaneously, following Drake, who has achieved the feat three times (including entering a record four songs in the top 10 on July 14), Ed Sheeran, J. Cole and Travis Scott.

“Lucky” launches as Eminem’s second Streaming Songs No. 1 (after “The Monster”), with 42.2 million U.S. streams, while “The Ringer” chimes in at No. 5 (31.8 million). On Digital Song Sales, the tracks begin at Nos. 5 (26,000) and 2 (28,000), respectively. (Notably, “Lucky” leads Streaming Songs, while Drake’s “Feelings” ranks at No. 3, despite the former sporting 42.2 million and the latter, 47.7 million; “Lucky” finishes atop the tally following the application of weighting, as it almost doubled “Feelings” in on-demand streams.)

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Juice WRLD’s No. 3-peaking “Lucid Dreams” drops 6-7; Scott’s “Sicko Mode” slips 7-9, after hitting No. 4; and, Tyga‘s “Taste,” featuring Offset, falls from its No. 8 high to No. 10.

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