For a third straight week, Drake’s Scorpion holds at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The set earned 260,000 equivalent album units in the week ending July 19, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 29,000 were in traditional album sales.

Wiz Khalifa’s Rolling Papers 2 is the only debut in the top 10, as it starts at No. 2 with 80,000 units.

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 July 28-dated chart (where Scorpion spends a third week at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Tuesday, July 24.

A Third Week at No. 1: With a third week at No. 1, Scorpion ties for the most weeks atop the Billboard 200 in 2018 with Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys and Black Panther: The Album. The latter notched three nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 (Feb. 24, March 3 and then on March 17), while the former strung three straight weeks together (May 12-26). The last album to claim more weeks at No. 1 was Taylor Swift’s reputation, which collected four nonconsecutive weeks in the penthouse (three in a row from Dec. 2-16, 2017, and then one more on Jan. 6, 2018).

Biggest First Three Weeks for an Album Since 2015: With Scorpion earning 260,000 equivalent album units in its third week, it’s the first album since Adele’s 25 to see its first three weeks all earn more than 260,000 units apiece. 25 launched with a weekly-record 3.48 million units (Dec. 12, 2015-dated chart), and then racked up 1.16 million and 728,000 in its second and third weeks, respectively (Dec. 19 and 26).

Streaming continues to power Scorpion, as 82 percent of its total units for the week came from SEA units (213,000 of 260,000). Traditional album sales totaled 29,000, while TEA units equaled 18,000.

‘Scorpion’ Has Three of the Top 10 Biggest Streaming Weeks: Scorpion continues to be a powerhouse on streaming services. The set’s 25 tracks collected 290.4 million on-demand audio streams in the latest tracking week, making it the seventh-biggest streaming week for an album. Scorpion’s opening sum of 745.9 million is the biggest streaming week ever, while the album’s second week total of 391 million is the third-largest.

Drake Owns Six of the Top 10 Largest Streaming Weeks for an Album: Drake’s Scorpion has the first, third and seventh-biggest streaming weeks for an album. In addition, his 2017 set More Life has the fourth-largest (384.8 million in its opening frame) and eighth-largest (253.5 million for its second week), while the debut week of his 2016 LP Views is No. 9 (245.1 million).

Second-Smallest Sum for the Week’s Top-Selling Album: Conversely, reflecting the continued decline of album sales, as Scorpion stays steady at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, it’s also stationary at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart for a third frame. The latter list ranks albums based on traditional album sales. Scorpion sold 29,000 copies in the latest tracking week (up less than 1 percent) and tallies the second-smallest sum for the week’s top-selling album since Nielsen Music began tracking sales in 1991.

The smallest sales total ever for the week’s No. 1-selling album was actually notched by Scorpion a week ago, when it sold a handful of copies less than this week’s total. Scorpion was able to squeak out a small gain in the week ending July 19, as its CD was released on July 13. The set was previously only available to purchase as a digital album. The CD debuts with 13,000 copies sold in the week ending July 19, while the digital album sold 16,000 (down 44 percent).

Only One Debut in the Top 10: With just one debut in the top 10 on the new Billboard 200 (Wiz Khalifa’s Rolling Papers 2, at No. 2), the top 10 has the fewest debuts since the April 7-dated tally, when Jack White’s No. 1-debuting Boarding House Reach was the lone bow in the top 10.

Speaking of Khalifa, Rolling Papers 2 grants the rapper his ninth overall chart entry, and his fifth top 10. He previously visited the top 10 with Khalifa (No. 6 in 2016), Blacc Hollywood (No. 1, 2014), O.N.I.F.C. (No. 2, 2012) and Rolling Papers (No. 2, 2011).

As for the rest of the new top five, Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys is down one position to No. 3 with 68,000 units (down 4 percent), XXXTentacion’s ? is a non-mover at No. 4 with 45,000 units (down 12 percent) and Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy is steady at No. 5 with 44,000 units (down 2 percent).

Juice WLRD’s Goodbye & Good Riddance is stationary at No. 6 with 41,000 units (up 1 percent), The Greatest Showman soundtrack holds at No. 7 with 31,000 units (up 1 percent) and Lil Baby’s Harder Than Ever is up two slots to No. 8 with 26,000 units (down 1 percent).

Maroon 5’s Red Pill Blues returns to the top 10 for the first time in 2018, as the set climbs 12-9 with a little more than 25,000 units (up 1 percent). The album continues to profit from the popularity of its track “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B. The set was last in the top 10 during its third chart week, back on Dec. 9, 2017, when it placed at No. 7.

Closing out the new top 10 is Luke Combs’ This One’s for You, as it steps 13-10 with 25,000 units (up 2 percent).

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6 God: Drake notches his sixth Hot 100 No. 1, passing Diddy, Eminem and Ludacris for the most among rappers.

Drake replaces himself atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated July 21), as the viral challenge-fueled “In My Feelings” blasts from No. 6 to No. 1, supplanting his own “Nice for What.” Both songs, which also surge to the top of the Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales charts, are from his LP Scorpion, which spends a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Meanwhile, Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin‘s former Hot 100 No. 1 “I Like It,” now at No. 2, takes over atop the Radio Songs ranking and Ella Mai‘s “Boo’d Up reaches the Hot 100’s top five.

Let’s run down the top 10 on the newest Hot 100, which blends all-genre streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (July 17).

Challenge met: “Feelings,” released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records and the 1,077th No. 1 in the Hot 100’s history (which dates to Aug. 4, 1958), soars to No. 1 on the Hot 100 as it likewise leaps to the top of Streaming Songs, rising 2-1 with 71.7 million U.S. streams, up 58 percent, in the week ending July 12, according to Nielsen Music. It also blasts 9-1 on Digital Song Sales with 89,000 downloads sold, up 337 percent, in the same tracking week. On Radio Songs, the track is the highest debut, at No. 29, with 36.5 million audience impressions, up 239 percent, in the week ending July 15.

“Feelings” is the Hot 100’s top gainer in streaming, sales and airplay, marking the first song to sweep all three honors at No. 1 since Drake’s own “God’s Plan,” which tripled up on March 3 following the arrival of its official video.

Helping power the advances of “Feelings” is the “In My Feelings” challenge. Last Wednesday (July 10), Instagram comedian Shiggy, the creator of The Shiggy dance craze, which synchs to Drake lyrics, posted a video of Drake deftly performing the routine onstage. Since the dance’s inception, such stars as Will Smith, Ciara and her husband Russell Wilson, Kevin Hart and Odell Beckham Jr. have all taken on the challenge.

Drake dethrones Drake: As “Feelings” replaces “Nice” atop the Hot 100, Drake is the first artist to dethrone himself at the summit since…Drake. On the April 21-dated chart, “Nice” debuted at No. 1, ending the reign of his “Plan.” Drake joins only Justin Bieber, Usher and the Beatles in having swapped titles atop the tally twice.

The 6 God’s record-breaking 6th Hot 100 No. 1, the most among rappers:Drake tallies his sixth Hot 100 leader with “Feelings,” which follows “Nice” (eight total weeks at No. 1), “Plan” (11 weeks), “One Dance,” featuring WizKid and Kyla (10 weeks, 2016), and his first two toppers as featured on Rihanna hits: “Work” (nine weeks, 2016) and “What’s My Name?” (one week, 2010).

Now with six Hot 100 No. 1s, Drake passes Diddy, Eminem and Ludacris, each with five, for the most among rappers.

Third No. 1 from ‘Scorpion’: “Feelings” follows “Nice” and “Plan” as the third Hot 100 No. 1 from Scorpion. The set is the first album to generate three leaders on the list since Bieber’s Purpose, which yielded “What Do You Mean?,” “Sorry” and “Love Yourself” in 2015-16.

Third No. 1 of 2018: With “Feelings” joining “Nice” and “Plan” in topping the Hot 100 in 2018, Drake is the first artist with three leaders in the same year since Katy Perry, whose “California Gurls” (featuring Snoop Dogg), “Teenage Dream” and “Firework” (all from Perry’s album Teenage Dream) all reigned in 2010. Drake is the first male to earn the honor since Usher rolled up four No. 1s in 2004 (all from his Confessions LP): “Yeah!” (featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris), “Burn,” “Confessions Part II” and “My Boo” (with Alicia Keys).

40th total week at No. 1: Drake posts his 40th career week at No. 1 on the Hot 100. He’s the seventh act to reach the milestone, following Mariah Carey (79 weeks), Rihanna (60), the Beatles (59), Boyz II Men (50), Usher (47) and Beyoncé (42).

Seven weeks, seven Hot 100 No. 1s: The past seven weeks, including the latest, July 21-dated Hot 100, have encompassed different No. 1s (including songs returning to the top) week-over-week, marking the longest streak of such turnover since late 2010. Notably, each stretch has included Drake:

June 9, 2018, “Nice for What,” Drake
June 16, 2018, “Psycho,” Post Malone feat. Ty Dolla $ign
June 23, 2018, “Nice for What,” Drake
June 30, 2018, “Sad!,” XXXTentacion
July 7, 2018, “I Like It,” Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin
July 14, 2018, “Nice for What,” Drake
July 21, 2018, “In My Feelings,” Drake

Nov. 6, 2010, “Like a G6,” Far*East Movement feat. Cataracs & Dev
Nov. 13, 2010, “We R Who We R,” Ke$ha
Nov. 20, 2010, “What’s My Name?,” Rihanna feat. Drake
Nov. 27, 2010, “Like a G6,” Far*East Movement feat. Cataracs & Dev
Dec. 4, 2010, “Only Girl (In the World),” Rihanna
Dec. 11, 2010, “Raise Your Glass,” P!nk
Dec. 18, 2010, “Firework,” Katy Perry

Rap’s record reign: Rap songs have now led the Hot 100 for a record-extending 25 consecutive weeks. The streak has comprised Drake’s “Plan” (for 11 weeks) and “Nice” (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 now Drake’s “Feelings.”

Streaming and sales champ: “Feelings” is Drake’s record-extending seventh Streaming Songs No. 1; Bieber ranks second with four. Drake adds his 10th Digital Song Sales No. 1, pushing him past Eminem for the most among male acts; overall, Drake ranks fourth on the sales tally, after Taylor Swift (15 No. 1s), Rihanna (14) and Perry (11).

No. 1 in R&B/hip-hop: “Feelings” concurrently climbs to No. 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts. Drake collects his 19th No. 1 on the former survey, moving to within one of Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder’s record 20 each, and his record-extending 20th No. 1 on the latter list.

Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin’s “I Like It” rebounds 3-2 on the Hot 100 after topping the July 7-dated chart. On Radio Songs, it blasts 6-1 (102.7 million in audience, up 15 percent). Cardi B earns her second Radio Songs No. 1, after “Finesse,” with Bruno Mars, which led for four weeks beginning in March. Bad Bunny and Balvin each notch their first leader non the survey.

“Like” makes the greatest positional leap to No. 1 on Radio Songs since Adele’s “Hello,” which also vaulted 6-1 on Nov. 28, 2015. JAY-Z and Alicia Keys’ “Empire State of Mind” made the same jump exactly six years earlier (Nov. 28, 2009), while one song has sprung even farther: Kanye West’s “Stronger” pounced 7-1 on Oct. 6, 2007.

“Like” additionally spends its first week atop the Songs of the Summer chart, which ranks the top-performing titles on the Hot 100 between Memorial Day and Labor Day. The song supplants Drake’s “Nice” after four weeks in the lead.

Maroon 5‘s “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B, hits a new Hot 100 high, rising 5-3, while Drake’s “Nice” drops 1-4.

A week ago (on the July 14-dated Hot 100), Drake logged a record seven songs in the top 10 simultaneously, concurrent with the chart arrival of Scorpion. This week, four of those titles depart the top 10, making for notable positional leaps in the region. Ella Mai’s “Boo’d Up” ascends to the top five, hitting a new peak (11-5), as it leads the Hot R&B Songs chart for an eighth week. Helping its ascent is its new remix with Nicki Minaj and Quavo, released July 4. Mai’s breakout hit darts 7-4 on Digital Song Sales (27,000, up 29 percent); 21-8 on Streaming Songs (32.9 million, up 5 percent); and 14-12 on Radio Songs (68.9 million, up 12 percent).

Juice WRLD’s No. 3-peaking “Lucid Dreams” rebounds 16-7 on the Hot 100 and Ariana Grande‘s “No Tears Left to Cry” hikes 15-8, after reaching No. 3 upon its entrance (May 5), while becoming her third No. 1 on the Pop Songs chart.

Capping the Hot 100’s top 10 are two Post Malone tracks: “Psycho,” which rebounds 12-9, and “Better Now,” which powers 24-10 after debuting at its No. 7 high (May 12). The latter song climbs 8-5 on Digital Song Sales (24,000, up 17 percent); 35-15 on Streaming Songs (24.2 million, up 29 percent); and 24-19 on Radio Songs (49.5 million, up 24 percent).

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (July 17), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The next issue of Billboardmagazine is on sale Friday (July 20).

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As new album ‘Scorpion’ soars in atop the Billboard 200, Drake adds five new Hot 100 top 10s, upping his career total to 31 & passing Michael Jackson for the most among solo males.

Drake dominates the Billboard Hot 100chart (dated July 14) in record-breaking fashion, as his new LP Scorpion launches at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with the biggest week of consumption for an album in 2018. Atop the Hot 100, the set’s “Nice for What” rebounds from No. 6 to No. 1 for an eighth total week at the summit.

Among Drake’s record feats on the Hot 100, he boasts seven songs in the top 10 simultaneously, besting the Beatles‘ record of five that had stood since 1964. (The Beatles remain the only act to monopolize the Hot 100’s entire top five in a week.) Drake adds five new Hot 100 top 10s, upping his career count to 31, passing Michael Jackson for the most among male soloists; one of those new top 10s, “Don’t Matter to Me,” features Jackson, who earns his 30th top 10.

Beyond the top 10, Drake charts 27 songs overall on the July 14-dated Hot 100, breaking his own record for the most simultaneously charted titles. All 25 tracks from Scorpion, released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, appear on the chart.

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

Record-breaking seven simultaneous top 10s: Here’s a look at all seven of Drake’s songs in the Hot 100’s top 10 on the July 14-dated chart, five of which reach the region for the first time:

Rank this week, Title (Rank last week)
No. 1, “Nice for What” (No. 6; eighth week at No. 1)
No. 2, “Nonstop” (debut this week)
No. 4, “God’s Plan” (No. 9; previously spent 11 weeks at No. 1)
No. 6, “In My Feelings” (debut this week)
No. 7, “I’m Upset” (No. 26; previously reached No. 15)
No. 8, “Emotionless” (debut this week)
No. 9, “Don’t Matter to Me,” featuring Michael Jackson (debut this week)

Drake breaks the prior record of five simultaneous Hot 100 top 10s by the Beatles. On April 4, 1964, at the height of early Beatlemania, the band dominated the entire top five, with, in order from No. 1 to No. 5, “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “Twist and Shout,” “She Loves You,” “I Want to Hold Your Hand” and “Please Please Me.” The following week, the same five songs placed between Nos. 1 and 9.

The 6 God Passes the King of Pop: With five new Hot 100 top 10s (“Nonstop,” “Feelings,” “Upset,” “Emotionless” and “Matter”), Drake ups his career total to 31 Hot 100 top 10s, passing the late Michael Jackson for the most among solo males. Still, Jackson adds his 30th top 10, via his featured turn on “Matter,” which is built around an unreleased Jackson track (and is now being promoted as a single to pop radio).

Drake ties Rihanna for the third-most Hot 100 top 10s, while he and Jackson become only the fourth and fifth acts to reach the milestone of at least 30 top 10s. Here is an updated look at the acts with the most Hot 100 top 10s, dating to the chart’s Aug. 4, 1958, inception:

38, Madonna
34, The Beatles
31, Drake
31, Rihanna
30, Michael Jackson
28, Mariah Carey
28, Stevie Wonder
27, Janet Jackson
27, Elton John

Along with his 30 solo Hot 100 top 10s, The Jackson 5/Jacksons scored 11 top 10s with Jackson as a member.

(“Emotionless,” new on the Hot 100 at No. 8, samples a remix of Mariah Carey‘s three-week 1991 No. 1 “Emotions,” although she is not credited as an artist on “Emotionless.” As a co-writer of “Emotionless,” via its sample, Carey earns her 25th Hot 100 top 10 as a songwriter.)

Record-breaking four top 10 debuts: With four debuts in the Hot 100’s top 10 (“Nonstop,” “Feelings,”  “Emotionless” and “Matter”), Drake is the first act with that many arrivals in the bracket in a week. He passes J. Cole, who debuted three songs in the top 10 on May 5, as parent album KOD launched atop the Billboard 200: “ATM” (No. 6), “Kevin’s Heart” (No. 8) and the title track (No. 10).

Record-breaking 27 titles on Hot 100 this week: Drake breaks his own record for the most concurrent Hot 100 titles, charting 27 songs on the latest list. He previously logged 24 on the April 8, 2017-dated chart, when More Life, his LP prior to Scorpion, debuted atop the Billboard 200. He also charted 21 titles on the April 15, 2017-dated Hot 100 and became the first artist to log 20 songs simultaneously, on the May 21, 2016-dated Hot 100, when his album Views opened atop the Billboard 200.

(Beyond Drake’s four weeks of at least 20 concurrent Hot 100 entries, Post Malone and The Weeknd have each charted as many as 18 in a week. The former notched that sum on May 12, when his album beerbongs & bentleys began atop the Billboard 200, while The Weeknd reached that total on Dec. 17, 2016, concurrent with the No. 1 Billboard 200 start of his set Starboy.)

Drake also bests Post Malone for the most simultaneous top 20 Hot 100 hits (12, passing the former’s nine on May 12) and the most simultaneous top 40 Hot 100 hits (21, surpassing the former’s 14, also on May 12).

186 career charted Hot 100 titles: With 22 debuts on the July 14-dated Hot 100, Drake ups his career count to 186 appearances, dating to his debut with “Best I Ever Had” in 2009. Only the Glee Cast has tallied more titles, 207. Lil Wayne ranks third with 138.

‘Nice’ at No. 1 on the Hot 100: “Nice for What” returns for an eighth week at No. 1 on the Hot 100 fueled most heavily by its 63 percent gain to 41.9 million U.S. streams in the week ending July 5, according to Nielsen Music, as it bullets at No. 10 on the Streaming Songs chart. It ranks at No. 5 on the Radio Songs chart with 92.3 million audience impressions, down 1 percent, in the week ending July 8.

“Nice” also holds atop the Songs of the Summer chart, which ranks the top-performing titles on the Hot 100 between Memorial Day and Labor Day, and rebounds for an eighth week atop both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.

‘Nonstop’ No. 1 in streaming: Drake’s “Nonstop” starts at No. 1 on Streaming Songs with 58.6 million U.S. streams, becoming Drake’s record-extending sixth leader on the list. Justin Bieber ranks second with four, followed by Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift, each with three since the list launched in 2013.

Rap keeps ruling: Rap songs have now led the Hot 100 for a record-extending 24 consecutive weeks. The streak has encompassed Drake’s “Plan” (for 11 weeks) and “Nice” (eight); Childish Gambino‘s “This Is America” (two); Post Malone‘s “Psycho,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign (one); XXXTentacion‘s “Sad!” (one); and, last week’s leader, Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin‘s “I Like It.”

As for the three songs not by Drake in the Hot 100’s top 10 this week, Cardi B, Bad Bunny and Balvin’s “I Like It” ranks highest, dropping to No. 3 after topping the chart a week ago. It holds at No. 2 on the Digital Song Sales chart with 47,000 downloads sold in the week ending July 5, up 7 percent, and rises 7-6 on Radio Songs (88.9 million, up 14 percent), while falling 3-16 on Streaming Songs, despite a 3 percent gain to 38.7 million. (Drake dominates the top eight spots on Streaming Songs; no act had previously charted more than the top two simultaneously.)

Maroon 5‘s “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B, slips to No. 5 on the Hot 100 from its No. 4 peak, as it leads Digital Song Sales for a fifth week (49,000, up 8 percent) and adds top Airplay Gainer honors on the Hot 100 for a fifth consecutive week, as it lifts 15-10 on Radio Songs (72.6 million, up 22 percent). Maroon 5 notches its 16th Radio Songs top 10, extending its mark for the most among groups, dating to the chart’s 1990 origin; Destiny’s Child ranks second among groups with 10 top 10s.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, XXXTentacion’s “Sad!” falls 2-10.

This week’s Hot 100 and Billboard 200 charts, dated July 14, reflect the first week of Billboard‘s new weighting tiers for streams, with a greater emphasis now given to paid-subscription streams. Plus, Billboard has applied a formula adjustment, as is regularly administered, to the Hot 100 (and genre charts that employ the same streaming, airplay and sales-based methodology) to rebalance the ratio among streaming, airplay and sales to account for changes in music consumption patterns, i.e., continued increases in streaming and decreases in sales.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (July 10), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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Bad Bunny & Balvin each earn their first No. 1.

Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin‘s “I Like It” lifts from No. 2 to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, granting Cardi B an unprecedented feat in the chart’s history, as she becomes the first female rapper with two No. 1s. She first reigned with her debut hit, “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves),” for three weeks beginning Oct. 7, 2017.

Meanwhile, Latin music stars Bad Bunny and Balvin earn their first Hot 100 No. 1 each.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated July 7), which blends all-genre streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (July 3).

Cardi B’s Record Second Hot 100 No. 1: “Like” is the 1,076th No. 1 in the Hot 100’s archives, which dates to the chart’s Aug. 4, 1958, inception.

Thanks to “Bodak Yellow” and now “Like,” Cardi B passes four female rappers who previously topped the tally with one No. 1 apiece: Lauryn Hill, with “Doo Wop (That Thing),” for two weeks in 1998; Lil’ Kim, with “Lady Marmalade,” with Christina Aguilera, Mya and P!nk (five weeks, 2001); Shawnna, as featured on Ludacris’ “Stand Up” (one, 2003); and, Iggy Azalea, with “Fancy,” featuring Charli XCX (seven, 2014).

‘Like’ No. 1 at Last: “Like,” of which a portion is Spanish-language, reworks the venerable “I Like It Like That,” originally performed by Pete Rodriguez in 1967 and taken to No. 25 on the Hot 100 in 1997 (titled “I Like It”) by The Blackout Allstars; the latter act included Tito Nieves, who also recorded a notable solo version. (In between, the composition appeared in the 1994 film I Like It Like That and earned a synch in a 1996 Burger King commercial.)

Two No. 1s From a Debut Album: “Like” is from Cardi B’s debut album, Invasion of Privacy, which launched atop the Billboard 200 chart dated April 4 and includes “Bodak Yellow.”

Cardi B is the first artist to notch a pair of Hot 100 No. 1s from a debut album since Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, whose The Heist yielded “Thrift Shop,” featuring Wanz (six weeks at No. 1), and “Can’t Hold Us,” featuring Ray Dalton (five), both in 2013.

Cardi B is the first soloist with a pair Hot 100 leaders from a debut LP since Bruno Mars, whose Doo-Wops & Hooligans produced “Just the Way You Are” (four weeks at No. 1, 2010) and “Grenade” (four, 2011).

And, Cardi B is the first female soloist with two Hot 100 No. 1s from a debut album this decade, and the first since Lady Gaga, whose The Fame generated “Just Dance,” featuring Colby O’Donis (three weeks on top), and “Poker Face” (one), both in 2009.

Bad Bunny & Balvin Bank First Hot 100 No. 1 Each: Prior to “Like,” Bad Bunny reached a No. 36 Hot 100 high with “Te Bote,” with Casper Magico, Nio Garcia, Darell, Nicky Jam and Ozuna (June 9). Balvin notched a prior No. 3 best with “Mi Gente,” with Willy William and featuring Beyoncé, last October.

Balvin and Bad Bunny each boast impressive histories on Billboard‘s Hot Latin Songs chart. Balvin has tallied 14 Hot Latin Songs top 10s, including five No. 1s, led by his 22-week topper “Ginza” in 2015-16. Bad Bunny has notched seven top 10s, including the No. 1 “Te Bote,” which extends its command to seven weeks at the summit (on the new, July 7-dated chart).

No. 2 in Sales, No. 3 in Streaming, Top 10 in Airplay: While “Like” is not No. 1 on any of the Hot 100’s three main component charts, its overall performance is strong enough to send it to the Hot 100’s top spot.

The track keeps at No. 2 on the Digital Song Sales chart, charging by 33 percent to 44,000 downloads sold in the week ending June 28, according to Nielsen Music, marking the Hot 100’s greatest sales gain (aided by a 69-cent sale price in the iTunes Store during the tracking week). It holds at No. 3 on Streaming Songs, up 7 percent to 37.5 million U.S. streams in the same tracking week.

“Like” additionally reaches the Radio Songs top 10, ascending 11-7 with 80 million in audience, up 17 percent, in the week ending July 1. Cardi B collects her third Radio Songs top 10, after “Bodak Yellow” (No. 10) and “Finesse,” with Mars (No. 1, four weeks). Balvin earns his second Radio Songs top 10 and Bad Bunny, his first.

No. 1 in R&B/Hip-Hop & Rap: “Like” concurrently takes over atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, where Cardi B previously led with “Bodak Yellow,” for six weeks, and “Finesse” (one). “Like” becomes her second No. 1 on Hot Rap Songs, after “Bodak Yellow” (eight).

Bad Bunny and J Balvin lead each list for the first time.

Rap Rules for 23rd Straight Week: Rap songs have now led the Hot 100 for a record-extending 23 consecutive weeks. Before “Like,” five rap tracks reigned: Drake‘s “God’s Plan” (for 11 weeks) and “Nice for What” (seven, nonconsecutively); Childish Gambino‘s “This Is America” (two); Post Malone‘s “Psycho,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign (one); and, last week’s leader, XXXTentacion‘s “Sad!” (one).

We’re No. 1!: Meanwhile, Billboard itself appears atop the Hot 100, at least in the lyrics of “Like.” “Y no te me hagas / Que en cover de Billboard tú has visto mi cara,” Balvin raps. The line loosely translates in English to: “Don’t play dumb, you’ve seen my face on the cover of Billboard” (dated April 29, 2017, to be exact).

XXXTentacion’s “Sad!” falls to No. 2 after a week at No. 1 on the Hot 100; last week, the song jumped from No. 52 for its first week atop the chart after the rapper/singer died June 18 at age 20 after being shot in Deerfield Beach, Florida. “Sad!” vaulted 34-1 on Streaming Songs a week ago, up 264 percent to 48.9 million U.S. streams in the week ending June 21; it remains at No. 1 on the new, July 7 Streaming Songs chart, down 3 percent to 47.5 million in the week ending June 28.

Juice WRLD’s breakthrough hit “Lucid Dreams” climbs 4-3 on the Hot 100, hitting a new high, and Maroon 5‘s “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B, rebounds from No. 5 back to its No. 4 peak, as it rules Digital Song Sales for a fourth week (46,000, down 12 percent) and adds top Airplay Gainer honors on the Hot 100 for a fourth consecutive week, as it climbs 19-15 on Radio Songs (59.6 million, up 27 percent).

Post Malone’s “Psycho” rises 6-5 on the Hot 100; Drake’s “Nice for What” drops 3-6, while remaining atop the Songs of the Summer chart; and Ella Mai‘s “Boo’d Up” keeps at No. 7 on the Hot 100, after reaching a No. 6 peak, while leading the Hot R&B Songs chart for a seventh week.

Ariana Grande‘s “No Tears Left to Cry” pushes 9-8 on the Hot 100, after debuting at its No. 3 peak (on the May 5-dated chart); Drake’s “God’s Plan” descends 8-9; and, rounding out the top 10, Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line‘s No. 2-peaking “Meant to Be” revisits the top tier (11-10), while topping Hot Country Songs for a 31st week, extending the longest reign for a song by a duo or group in the chart’s 59-year history.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (July 2), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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“Pray” logs biggest week for an alternative rock album in 2018.

Panic! at the Disco bows atop the Billboard 200 with Pray for the Wicked, earning the act its second No. 1 album on the tally. Panic previously hit the top of the list with its last studio effort, Death of a Bachelor, which opened at No. 1 in 2016.

Pray for the Wicked — which was released on June 22 via DCD2/Fueled by Ramen — launches with 180,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending June 28, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 151,000 were in traditional album sales. Both figures represent the biggest week for an alternative rock album in 2018.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new July 7-dated chart (where Panic! at the Disco debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Tuesday, July 2.

Pray for the Wicked’s start in both total units and traditional album sales marks the largest week for an alternative rock album since U2’s Songs of Experience debuted at No. 1 on the Dec. 23, 2017-dated chart with 186,000 units (180,000 in album sales). Pray’s handsome sales were encouraged by a pre-order campaign for the album via the act’s official merch store, where pre-orders made by June 21 included early access to purchase tickets to the act’s tour.

Pray also garners a robust start in terms of vinyl album sales, bowing with 26,000 copies sold. That’s the fifth-largest week for a vinyl effort in Nielsen Music history, which dates back to when the company began tracking sales in 1991. (The largest week for a vinyl set belongs to Jack White’s Lazaretto with 40,000 sold in its debut frame in the week ending June 15, 2014.)

Pray was led by the single “Say Amen (Saturday Night),” which became Panic’s first No. 1 on the Alternative Songs airplay chart after 11 previous entries. “Say Amen” ascended to the top of the list dated June 30.

XXXTentacion’s former No. 1, ?, continues to move back up the Billboard 200 following the rapper/singer’s death on June 18. The set rises 3-2 with 86,000 units (though down 9 percent). XXXTentacion’s 17 also climbs, rising 7-5 with 45,000 units (down 18 percent).

Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys moves 4-3 with 75,000 units (down 10 percent) while The Carters’ Everything Is Love dips 2-4 with 59,000 units (down 52 percent).

Country duo Dan + Shay collect its third top 10 effort, as its self-titled third studio set debuts at No. 6 with 44,000 units (24,000 in traditional album sales). The act previously visited the top 10 with its first two albums: Obsessed (No. 8 in 2016) and Where It All Began (No. 6, 2014).

Juice WRLD’s Goodbye & Good Riddance steps 8-7 with 44,000 units (up 2 percent), Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy shifts 9-8 with 43,000 units (down less than 1 percent) and the soundtrack to The Greatest Showman returns to the top 10 after one week away from the region, as it climbs 12-9 with 33,000 units (down 7 percent).

Closing out the top 10 is 5 Seconds of Summer’s Youngblood, which falls from No. 1 to No. 10 in its second week (30,000 units; down 79 percent).

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The song, which reached a prior No. 7 high in March, surges after he was shot & killed June 18.

Plus: The Carters bow at No. 2, Christina Aguilera & Nas debut & XXXTentacion’s “?” and “17” return to top 10.

In a week where there’s no shortage of action at the top of the Billboard 200 albums chart, 5 Seconds of Summer debut at No. 1 with the band’s third full-length studio album, Youngblood. The set arrives atop the tally with 142,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending June 21, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 117,000 were in traditional album sales.

Youngblood was released on June 15 via One Mode/Capitol Records.

5 Seconds of Summer finish ahead of the surprise-release album from The Carters (the husband-and-wife team of JAY-Z and Beyoncé), new entries from Nas and Christina Aguilera, as well as two albums that return to the top 10 by late rapper/singer XXXTentacion.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new June 30-dated chart (where 5 Seconds of Summer debut at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Tuesday, June 26.

Industry forecasters expected a race for No. 1 between Youngblood and The Carters’ Everything Is Love (No. 2 with 123,000 units), though ultimately Youngblood pulled out ahead in the last couple days of the tracking week thanks to a surge in album sales. The band whipped its fan base into a frenzy via social media, pointing out how it was in contention for No. 1, and its fans responded by snapping up albums. (Even Niall Horan got in on the action, tweeting how the album “has got to be the number 1 record this week.”)

Of Youngblood’s overall unit bow of 142,000, 117,000 were in album sales, 3,000 were in TEA units and 23,000 were in SEA units.

Youngblood gives 5 Seconds of Summer their third straight chart-topper, following the Australian band’s first two full-length studio sets: 2015’s Sounds Good Feels Good (which debuted with 192,000 units, with 179,000 in album sales) and its 2014 self-titled album (259,000 in album sales, before the chart transitioned to a consumption units-ranked list).

Further, 5 Seconds of Summer becomes the first Australian act with three No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200.

5 Seconds of Summer also extend their record as the only band (not vocal group) to debut at No. 1 with their first three full-length studio albums; it was already the first band to bow atop the list with its first two full-length studio sets. In addition to the three full-length studio efforts, the band has also charted with a live album (LIVESOS, No. 13 in 2015) and an introductory EP (She Looks So Perfect, No. 2 in 2014).

Youngblood bows at No. 1 from a full seven days of tracking activity. It was available across all streaming services, and for sale on CD, digital download, vinyl LP and cassette. The album was also assisted by sales generated by merchandise/album bundles sold via the group’s official site, as well as a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with its 2018 U.S. tour.

Youngblood was announced on April 9, and slated for a June 22 release. By June 1, that release date was pushed up to June 15. Youngblood was introduced by the single “Want You Back,” which bowed on Feb. 22. The cut reached No. 25 on the Pop Songs airplay chart, and was followed by the album’s title track, which has so-far climbed to No. 31 (on the most-recently-compiled chart, dated June 23).

As for Everything Is Love, it arrives in the runner-up slot with 123,000 units — of which 70,000 were in traditional album sales, 4,000 in TEA units, and 49,000 in SEA units.

The album was surprise-released mid-day on June 16, and was initially only available to stream and purchase (as a digital album) through Tidal. By the morning of June 18, the set was widely available through subscription tiers on audio streaming services and to purchase through other digital retailers, like iTunes. It has not been announced if the album will be issued on CD or any other physical configuration.

Beyoncé and JAY-Z’s previous solo albums — 2016’s Lemonade and 2017’s 4:44, respectively — both opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. And, like Everything Is Love, those albums had a unique release rollout, making it difficult to compare their debuts to that of Everything Is Love.

Back on the new Billboard 200 chart, after the death of XXXTentacion on June 18, his previous No. 1, ? (which debuted atop the March 31-dated Billboard 200), vaults 24-3 with 94,000 units (up 397 percent). His previous top 10, the No. 2-peaking 17, in 2017, also rises, climbing 60-7 with 55,000 units (up 446 percent).

Post Malone sees his former No. 1, beerbongs & bentleys, holding steady at No. 4 with 82,000 units (down 10 percent).

Nas scores his 12th top 10 album, as Nasir starts at No. 5 with 77,000 units (49,000 in traditional album sales). The new effort is his first studio set since 2012’s No. 1-debuting Life Is Good.

Christina Aguilera, like Nas, is also back in the top 10 after a long absence. Her new album, Liberation, bows at No. 6 with 68,000 units (62,000 in album sales), granting the pop diva her seventh top 10 effort. She last debuted on the tally with 2012’s Lotus, which debuted and peaked at No. 7.

Rounding out the new top 10: Juice WRLD’s Goodbye & Good Riddance moves 7-8 (just over 43,000 units, down less than 1 percent), Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy slips 6-9 (43,000 units, down 6 percent) and Jason Aldean’s Rearview Town bounds 23-10 (38,000 units, up 99 percent). The latter is boosted by sales generated from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with Aldean’s current tour.

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Drake passes Michael Jackson among artists with the most weeks at the Hot 100’s summit.

Drake‘s “Nice for What” returns to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, rising from No. 2, for a seventh total week on top. With his latest frame in the lead, Drake passes Michael Jackson for the second-most career weeks logged at No. 1 among solo males (38 vs. 37) in the chart’s 59-year history, with the pair trailing only Usher (47 weeks) for the lead in the category.

Meanwhile, Juice WRLD’s “Lucid Dreams” crowns the Streaming Songs survey, where it lifts 2-1, as it pushes 9-6 on the Hot 100.

Let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated June 23), which blends all-genre streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (June 19).

“Nice,” released on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic Records, revisits the Hot 100’s top spot, as it rises 4-3 on Streaming Songs (31.6 million U.S. streams, down 8 percent, in the week ending June 14, according to Nielsen Music), after leading the list for four weeks; 6-4 on Radio Songs (87.5 million in audience in the week ending June 17), becoming Drake’s 11th top five hit on the tally; and 10-7 on Digital Song Sales (20,000 downloads sold, down 3 percent, in the week ending June 14), after spending a week at No. 1.

Drake earns his 38th cumulative week at No. 1 on the Hot 100, totaled by his five No. 1s; he previously led as featured on Rihanna’s “What’s My Name? (one week, 2010) and “Work” (nine weeks, 2016) and with his own “One Dance,” featuring WizKid and Kyla (10 weeks, 2016), and “God’s Plan” (11 weeks, 2018).

Drake passes Michael Jackson for the second-most weeks spent at No. 1 among solo males, after Usher. Among all artists, Drake now owns a solo share of seventh place:

Most Weeks at No. 1 in Hot 100’s History
79, Mariah Carey
60, Rihanna
59, The Beatles
50, Boyz II Men
47, Usher
42, Beyonce
38, Drake
37, Michael Jackson
34, Elton John
33, Janet Jackson
33, Katy Perry

(With featured billings an established element of R&B/hip-hop, Drake has earned 28 of his 38 weeks atop the Hot 100 in a lead role and 10 as a featured artist. Usher has posted all 47 of his weeks at No. 1, from nine No. 1s, as a lead, or co-lead, artist, while Jackson was billed as a lead or co-lead for all 37 of his weeks at the summit, via 13 toppers; additionally, The Jackson 5, with Jackson as a member, tallied 10 weeks at No. 1 thanks to their four leaders, all in 1970.)

Further, “Nice” logs its third stint atop the Hot 100. It debuted atop the April 21-dated chart and spent its first four weeks at No. 1; dipped to No. 2 for two weeks; returned for two more frames on top; and dropped to No. 2 a week ago. “Nice” is the first song to experience three separate Hot 100 coronations since The Weeknd’s “Can’t Feel My Face,” which notched its three weeks at No. 1 in 2015 nonconsecutively (Aug. 22, Sept. 12 and Sept. 26).

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

Post Malone‘s “Psycho,” featuring Ty Dolla $ign, descends to No. 2 on the Hot 100 after its sole week at the summit. It holds at No. 2 on Radio Songs (98.6 million, essentially even week-over-week) and Digital Song Sales (30,000, down 19 percent) and rises 10-7 on Streaming Songs (26.9 million, down 11 percent).

Still, “Psycho” spends a second week at No. 1 on the Songs of the Summer chart, which measures the top cumulative performing titles on the Hot 100 between Memorial Day and Labor Day.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five, Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin‘s “I Like It” keep at its No. 3 peak; Drake’s “God’s Plan” lifts 5-4; and Maroon 5‘s “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B, slips to No. 5 from its No. 4 high, while adding top Airplay Gainer honors for a second consecutive week, as it bounds onto Radio Songs at No. 36 (32.1 million, up 93 percent).

Juice WRLD’s “Lucid Dreams” climbs 9-6 on Hot 100, as it becomes his first No. 1 on Streaming Songs (2-1), up 8 percent to 38.8 million U.S. streams. (A data processing error resulted in incorrect earlier streaming figures for the title; thus, its streaming sum is lower than forecast last week, when it appeared that the song was challenging for No. 1 on the Hot 100.) The track concurrently climbs 48-26 on Digital Song Sales (13,000, up 38 percent).

“Dreams” is the breakthrough hit for the 19-year-old Chicago rapper (born Jared Higgins), who gained early attention on SoundCloud, where he began posting songs in 2015, and recently signed with Interscope Records.

Ella Mai‘s first Hot 100 top 10, “Boo’d Up,” backtracks to No. 7 from its No. 6 high, while leading the Hot R&B Songs chart for a fifth week, and Zedd, Maren Morrisand Grey‘s “The Middle” reverses course on the Hot 100, rising 10-8 after reaching its No. 5 peak, as it leads Radio Songs for a sixth week (114.1 million, down 1 percent) and Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for a 20th frame.

Ariana Grande‘s “No Tears Left to Cry” returns to the Hot 100’s top 10, lifting 13-9, after debuting at its No. 3 peak (on the May 5-dated chart), and Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line‘s No. 2-peaking “Meant to Be” likewise revisits the top tier (12-10), while topping Hot Country Songs for a 29th week, extending the longest reign for a song by a duo or group in the chart’s 59-year history.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (June 19), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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Band scores its biggest week for a rock album in four years, sets record as the group with the most consecutive No. 1-debuting studio albums.

Dave Matthews Band notches its seventh No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as Come Tomorrow launches atop the tally. The set, which was released on June 8 via Bama Rags/RCA Records, earned 292,000 equivalent album units in the week ending June 14, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 285,000 were in traditional album sales — the biggest sales week for a rock album in over four years.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new June 23-dated chart (where Dave Matthews Band debuts at No. 1) will be posted in full on Billboard‘s websites on Tuesday, June 19.

Here are some of the highlights of Come Tomorrow’s big No. 1 debut:

Record-Breaking No. 1 Debut: Come Tomorrow is Dave Matthews Band’s seventh straight studio album to debut at No. 1 — making them the only group to see seven consecutive studio albums bow at No. 1. The band’s hot streak dates back to 1998, when Before These Crowded Streets started at No. 1 — marking the group’s first leader. (Dave Matthews Band has charted many other non-studio albums since 1998 that did not go to No. 1, including a greatest hits package and a bevy of live releases.)

Biggest Week for a Rock Album in Over Four Years: Come Tomorrow starts with the largest week for a rock album in overall units since the Billboard 200 transitioned to a consumption units-ranked list in late 2014.  Further, the album scores the biggest sales week for a rock release in more than four years — since Coldplay’s Ghost Stories bowed with 383,000 copies sold (chart dated June 7, 2014). Come Tomorrow’s big first week was bolstered by sales generated from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with the group’s tour that began on May 18.

Biggest Sales Week of 2018: Come Tomorrow easily notches the biggest sales week for an album in 2018, with 285,000 copies sold. It surpasses the previous high-water mark of the year, set when Justin Timberlake‘s Man of the Woods started with 242,000 copies sold (Feb. 17-dated chart). The last album to sell more in a week before Come Tomorrow was Taylor Swift‘s reputation., when it bowed with 1.2 million (chart dated Dec. 2, 2017).

Largest Overall Week for a Group Since 2015: No group has logged a week as big as Dave Matthews Band with Come Tomorrow in total units since One Direction’s Made in the A.M. started at No. 2 with 459,000 units on the Dec. 5, 2015-dated chart.

Fourth-Largest Overall Week of 2018: Only three albums have tallied bigger weeks in 2018, and all were accomplished in their opening frames: Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys (461,000 units; May 12), J. Cole’s KOD (397,000; May 5) and Justin Timberlake’s Man of the Woods (293,000).

News about the rest of the new top 10 is scheduled to be announced later today (June 17).

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Post Malone notches his second leader, following ‘Rockstar,’ and featured artist Ty Dolla $ign earns his first.

Post Malone‘s “Psycho” featuring Ty Dolla $ign climbs from No. 2 to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, marking Post Malone’s second leader on the list and Ty Dolla $ign’s first.

Meanwhile, Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin jump 7-3 on the Hot 100 with “I Like It.” As for more Cardi B in the top five, Maroon 5 blasts from No. 94 to No. 4 with “Girls Like You” featuring Cardi B; following the premiere of the song’s official video, it’s the newly-minted top-selling track of the week.

Kanye West blasts onto the Hot 100 at No. 8 with “Yikes,” from his new No. 1-debuting album on the Billboard 200,Ye, while all seven tracks from the set enter in the Hot 100’s top 40.

Plus, rapper Juice WRLD notches his first top Hot 100 top 10, as “Lucid Dreams” lifts 15-9.

Let’s run down an action-packed top 10 on the Hot 100 (dated June 16), which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (June 12).

Post Malone’s Second Hot 100 No. 1, Ty Dolla $ign’s First: “Psycho,” released on Republic Records, is the 1,074th No. 1 in the Hot 100’s history, which dates to its Aug. 4, 1958, inception. The song is from Post Malone’s second album, beerbongs & bentleys, which holds at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 after spending its first three weeks at No. 1, beginning May 12.

Post Malone earns his second Hot 100 leader, after “Rockstar,” featuring 21 Savage, which ruled for eight weeks beginning Oct. 28, 2017. Ty Dolla $ign scores his first No. 1; he previously hit a No. 4 peak (in his only prior top 10 visit) as featured on Fifth Harmony’s “Work From Home” in 2016.

15 Weeks to No. 1: “Psycho” reaches the Hot 100’s top spot in its 15th week on the chart (all spent in the top five, after it debuted at No. 2 on March 10), ending a record-tying streak of three straight No. 1s that debuted at the summit: Drake‘s “God’s Plan” (11 weeks at No. 1) and “Nice for What” (six total weeks) and Childish Gambino‘s “This Is America” (two).

“Psycho” is the first Hot 100 No. 1 that didn’t debut on top since Camila Cabello’s “Havana” (featuring Young Thug), which ascended to the apex in its 23rd week (Jan. 27). (“Rockstar” reigned in its third week, after spending its first three frames at No. 2.)

The last rap song before “Psycho” to take a longer trip to the top? Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ “Thrift Shop,” featuring Wanz, which hit No. 1 in its 16th week on Feb. 2, 2013. And, until this week, the last rap hit by a lead soloist that needed at least 15 weeks to reign was Wiz Khalifa’s debut hit “Black and Yellow” (18 weeks; Feb. 19, 2011).

No. 2 in Airplay & Sales, No. 10 in Streaming: Notably, “Psycho” tops the Hot 100 despite not leading any of the tally’s three main component charts: Radio Songs, Digital Song Sales or Streaming Songs. It rises 4-2 on Radio Songs (98.2 million in audience, up 4 percent, in the week ending June 10, according to Nielsen Music) and drops to No. 2 after two nonconsecutive weeks atop Digital Song Sales, although up 18 percent to 37,000 sold in the week ending June 7, helped by a continued 69-cent sale price in the iTunes Store.

On Streaming Songs, “Psycho” falls from No. 4 to No. 10 (after reaching No. 2), down 5 percent to 30.3 million U.S. streams in the week ending June 7. That’s the lowest that a Hot 100 No. 1 has ranked on Streaming Songs in over four years, since Pharrell Williams’ “Happy” also led the Hot 100 while placing at No. 10 on the Streaming Songs chart dated April 12, 2014. Still, a point to consider: the gap between the No. 1-streamed song (“All Mine” by Kanye West; keep reading for details) and the No. 10 title in the latest tracking week is a relatively small 6 million U.S. streams.

Rap Rules for 20th Straight Week: Rap songs have now led the Hot 100 for a record-extending 20 consecutive weeks, thanks to Drake’s “Plan” and “Nice,” Childish Gambino’s “America” and now “Psycho.” The genre previously linked as many as 16 straight weeks on top in 2003 courtesy of 50 Cent’s “In Da Club” (nine), Sean Paul’s “Get Busy” (three) and 50 Cent’s “21 Questions,” featuring Nate Dogg (four).

No. 1 in R&B/Hip-Hop, Rap & Pop: “Psycho” concurrently takes over atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, as Post Malone notches his second No. 1 on each list; “Rockstar” ruled for 14 and 15 weeks, respectively. Ty Dolla $ign earns his first Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs No. 1 and second on Hot Rap Songs, following “Sucker for Pain” (by Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa and Imagine Dragons with Logic and Ty Dolla $ign featuring X Ambassadors) in 2016.

“Psycho” also hits No. 1 on the Pop Songs radio airplay chart, where it’s Post Malone’s first leader, and Ty Dolla $ign’s second (after “Work for Home”).

No. 1 for the Summer, So Far: And, two weeks into the Songs of the Summerchart battle, “Psycho” dethrones “Nice” for the early lead on the ranking, which measures the top cumulative performing titles on the Hot 100 between Memorial Day and Labor Day.

Beyond “Psycho,” Drake’s “Nice for What” drops to No. 2 on the Hot 100 and Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin’s “I Like It” lifts 7-3. Following the first full week of tracking after its official video premiered May 29, “Like” gains by 9 percent to 33.8 million U.S. streams, as it holds at No. 5 on Streaming Songs.

Cardi B makes her fourth visit to the Hot 100’s top five, Bad Bunny earns his first and J Balvin tallies his second and matches his best rank; “Mi Gente,” with Willy William and featuring Beyoncé, hit No. 3 in October 2017.

Maroon 5’s “Girls Like You,” featuring Cardi B, rockets 94-4 on the Hot 100. The song was originally available on Maroon 5’s 2017 album Red Pill Blues by the band solo and released May 30 as a single featuring Cardi B, along with its star-studdedvideo. Following its first full week of tracking after the clip’s arrival, “Girls” soars 12-1 on Digital Song Sales (82,000, up 331 percent), becoming Maroon 5’s fourth leader (and first since “Payphone,” featuring Wiz Khalifa, in 2012) and Cardi B’s first. On Streaming Songs, “Girls” debuts at No. 12 (24.5 million, up 527 percent).

With “I Like It” and “Girls,” Cardi B boasts two concurrent Hot 100 top five hits for the second time. On Jan. 20, she ranked at No. 3 with “Finesse,” with Bruno Mars, and No. 5 as featured, with A$AP Rocky, on G-Eazy’s “No Limit.” Only one other artist has doubled up in the top five in 2018: Drake, who this week earns his 11th week this year with at least two titles in the top five simultaneously, as, rounding out the region, “God’s Plan” slides 3-5.

“Girls” makes the fourth-biggest jump (90 positions) in the Hot 100’s history. It trails only vaults by Kelly Clarkson’s “My Life Would Suck Without You” (96 spots; 97-1, Feb. 7, 2009); Britney Spears’ “Womanizer” (95 spots; 96-1, Oct. 25, 2008); and Beyoncé and Shakira’s “Beautiful Liar” (91 spots; 94-3, April 7, 2007). “Girls,” thus, claims the greatest jump by a group, surpassing  matchbox twenty’s “How Far We’ve Come” (81 spots; 93-12, Sept. 22, 2007).

“Girls” is additionally Maroon 5’s 14th Hot 100 top 10, and Cardi B’s sixth. Dating to Maroon 5’s first week in the top 10 (April 3, 2004, with “This Love”), the act owns the most top 10s among groups. The Black Eyed Peas follow with nine in that span.

Ella Mai‘s first Hot 100 top 10, “Boo’d Up,” hits a new high, rising 8-6, as it leads Hot R&B Songs for a fourth week, and Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” drops 4-7.

Kanye West propels seven songs onto the Hot 100, all from his new album, Ye, which launches at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. “Yikes” starts highest on the Hot 100, at No. 8, followed at No. 11 by “All Mine,” which opens atop Streaming Songs with 36.3 million U.S. streams; “Yikes” enters Streaming Songs at No. 3 (34.2 million), but logged bigger opening-week sales than “Mine” (13,000 vs. 6,000), thus, helping enable its higher Hot 100 entrance.

West’s other Hot 100 debuts this week: “Ghost Town” (No. 16), “Wouldn’t Leave” (No. 24), “Violent Crimes” (No. 27),  “I Thought About Killing You” (No. 28) and “No Mistakes” (No. 36).

With “Yikes,” West adds his 16th Hot 100 top 10 and first since “FourFiveSeconds,” with Rihanna and Paul McCartney, which hit No. 4 in February 2015. Among rappers, West ties Nicki Minaj for the sixth-most top 10s, after Drake (26), JAY-Z (21), Lil Wayne (20), Ludacris (18) and Eminem (17).

West notches his first top 10 debut on the Hot 100 since October 2009, when Drake’s “Forever,” featuring West, Lil Wayne and Eminem, also opened at No. 8. He inks his first top 10 debut as a lead artist since “Heartless” soared in at No. 4 in November 2008.

West also ups his count to 91 career Hot 100 appearances, tying James Brown for the sixth-best sum among all acts, following the Glee Cast (207), Drake (164), Lil Wayne (137), Elvis Presley (108) and JAY-Z (97).

Meanwhile, West earns his first Streaming Songs No. 1 with “All Mine.” He previously reached a No. 2 high with “Bound 2” in 2013.

Juice WRLD earns his first Hot 100 top 10, as “Lucid Dreams” darts 15-9, led by its 7-2 surge on Streaming Songs (35.9 million, up 24 percent). The rapper’s debut studio album, Goodbye & Good Riddance, pushes 8-6 on the Billboard 200.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey‘s “The Middle” falls to No. 10 from its No. 5 peak, as it leads Radio Songs for a fifth week (114.2 million, down 1 percent) and Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for a 19th frame.

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