{"id":1783,"date":"2020-04-20T10:58:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T17:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=1783"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:44:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:44:44","slug":"the-weeknd-returns-to-no-1-on-billboard-hot-100-doja-cat-hits-top-5-post-malone-ties-top-10-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=1783","title":{"rendered":"The Weeknd Returns to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Doja Cat Hits Top 5, Post Malone Ties Top 10 Record"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<script>\r\nif( document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ) ) document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ).insertAdjacentHTML( \"beforebegin\", \"<link rel='stylesheet' href='https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/wp-content\/themes\/themify-music\/themify\/themify-builder\/css\/themify-builder-style.css' type='text\/css' \/>\" );\r\n<\/script>\r\n\t\t\t\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;Blinding Lights&#8221; adds a third week on top.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/the-weeknd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Weeknd<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;Blinding Lights&#8221; rebounds from No. 2 to No. 1 the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>&nbsp;songs chart to log a third total week in the top spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The track dethrones Drake&#8217;s &#8220;Toosie Slide,&#8221; which dips to No. 2 following its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/business\/chart-beat\/9357012\/drake-toosie-slide-number-one-hot-100-debut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">debut at No. 1<\/a>&nbsp;a week ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus, Doja Cat notches her first top five Hot 100 hit, as &#8220;Say So&#8221; jumps 8-5, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/post-malone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Post Malone<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;Circles,&#8221; at No. 7, ties the record for the most weeks (33) ever spent in the chart&#8217;s top 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s run down the top 10 of the newest Hot 100, which blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated April 25) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (April 21).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4NRXx6U8ABQ\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With a third week at No. 1 on the Hot 100, &#8220;Blinding Lights,&#8221; released on XO\/Republic Records, ties &#8220;Can&#8217;t Feel My Face&#8221; (in August-September 2015) for The Weeknd&#8217;s second-longest reign of his five leaders. He&#8217;s led longer only with &#8220;The Hills,&#8221; for six weeks (in October-November 2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Lights&#8221; leads the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/radio-songs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Radio Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart for a second week, with 108.6 million audience impressions, up 4%, in the week ending April 19, according to Nielsen Music\/MRC Data. It returns to No. 1, from No. 4, for a third total week atop&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/digital-song-sales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Digital Song Sales<\/a>, despite a 1% drop to 21,000 sold in the week ending April 16, and holds at No. 3 on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/streaming-songs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Streaming Songs<\/a>, down 6% to 25.4 million U.S. streams in the same span.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The track concurrently rises 2-1 for a third week atop the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/r-b-hip-hop-songs\" target=\"_blank\">Hot R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Songs<\/a>\u00a0chart and rules\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/r-and-b-songs\" target=\"_blank\">Hot R&amp;B Songs<\/a>\u00a0for an eighth frame. (Both rankings employ the same multi-metric formula as the Hot 100.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As previously reported, &#8220;Lights&#8221; parent album&nbsp;<em>After Hours<\/em>&nbsp;spends a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/business\/chart-beat\/9361577\/the-weeknd-after-hours-billboard-200-albums-chart-month-no-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fourth week at No. 1<\/a>&nbsp;on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Billboard 200<\/a>&nbsp;chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drake&#8217;s &#8220;Toosie Slide&#8221; slips from No. 1 to No. 2 on the Hot 100, while leading Streaming Songs for a second week, with 37.2 million streams, down 33% from its opening week. It ascends 3-2 on Digital Song Sales, although with a 37% decline to 16,000 sold, and surges 22-14 on Radio Songs (47.8 million, up 38%), winning the Hot 100&#8217;s top Airplay Gainer award. It leads the multi-metric&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rap-song\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hot Rap Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart for a second week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roddy Ricch&#8217;s &#8220;The Box&#8221; holds at No. 3 on the Hot 100, which it dominated for 11 weeks, and Dua Lipa&#8217;s &#8220;Don&#8217;t Start Now&#8221; is steady at No. 4, after reaching No. 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pok8H_KF1FA\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Doja Cat pounces to her first top five Hot 100 hit, as &#8220;Say So&#8221; bounds 8-5. It likewise lifts 8-5 on Radio Songs (78.6 million, up 14%) and rises 10-8 on Streaming Songs (15.2 million, up 4%) and 25-21 Digital Song Sales (6,000, up 1%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With &#8220;Say So&#8221; released on RCA Records, Doja Cat is the first woman on the label to earn a first career top five Hot 100 hit in a lead role since Sia, whose &#8220;Cheap Thrills&#8221; (featuring Sean Paul) led for four weeks in August 2016. Prior to Sia, Kesha reigned for nine weeks with her debut hit &#8220;TiK ToK&#8221; in January-February 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harry Styles&#8217; &#8220;Adore You&#8221; revisits its No. 6 Hot 100 high, climbing from No. 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wXhTHyIgQ_U\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Post Malone&#8217;s &#8220;Circles&#8221; descends 6-7 on the Hot 100, after notching three weeks at No. 1, and ties the record for the most weeks spent in the top 10 in the chart&#8217;s 61-year history, a mark that the rapper-singer already shared:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most Weeks in Billboard Hot 100&#8217;s Top 10<br><em>33, &#8220;Circles,&#8221; Post Malone, 2019-20<\/em><br>33, &#8220;Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse),&#8221; Post Malone &amp; Swae Lee, 2018-19<br>33, &#8220;Girls Like You,&#8221; Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B, 2018-19<br>33, &#8220;Shape of You,&#8221; Ed Sheeran, 2017<br>32, &#8220;Sicko Mode,&#8221; Travis Scott, 2018-19<br>32, &#8220;Closer,&#8221; The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey, 2016-17<br>32, &#8220;How Do I Live,&#8221; LeAnn Rimes, 1997-98<br>31, &#8220;Uptown Funk!,&#8221; Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, 2014-15<br>30, &#8220;Bad Guy,&#8221; Billie Eilish, 2019<br>30, &#8220;Smooth,&#8221; Santana feat. Rob Thomas, 1999-2000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus, as &#8220;Circles&#8221; has logged all 33 of its weeks on the Hot 100 in the top 10, dating to its arrival at No. 7 on the Sept. 14, 2019-dated chart, it matches Ed Sheeran&#8217;s &#8220;Shape of You&#8221; for the most weeks tallied in the region&nbsp;<em>from a song&#8217;s debut<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rounding out the Hot 100&#8217;s top 10, Future&#8217;s &#8220;Life Is Good,&#8221; featuring Drake, falls 5-8, after peaking at No. 2 for eight weeks; Justin Bieber&#8217;s &#8220;Intentions,&#8221; featuring Quavo, keeps at No. 9, after reaching No. 8; and Billie Eilish&#8217;s &#8220;Everything I Wanted&#8221; is stationary at No. 10, also after hitting No. 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just outside the Hot 100&#8217;s top 10, Camila Cabello&#8217;s &#8220;My Oh My,&#8221; featuring DaBaby, reaches a new best rank (13-12), as does Lil Mosey&#8217;s &#8220;Blueberry Faygo&#8221; (18-16), along with two country hits: Gabby Barrett&#8217;s &#8220;I Hope&#8221; (20-17) and Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani&#8217;s &#8220;Nobody but You&#8221; (24-18).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find out more Hot 100 news on Billboard.com this week, and, for all chart news, you can listen (and subscribe) to\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s\u00a0<em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pop-shop-podcast\/id720291560?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\">Pop Shop Podcast<\/a><\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4wYbgp2JPO4M1vKjbTmoqZ\" target=\"_blank\">This Week in Billboard News<\/a><\/em>\u00a0podcast and follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (April 21), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1783\" data-postid=\"1783\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1783 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Blinding Lights&#8221; adds a third week on top. The Weeknd&#8216;s &#8220;Blinding Lights&#8221; rebounds from No. 2 to No. 1 the&nbsp;Billboard Hot 100&nbsp;songs chart to log a third total week in the top spot. The track dethrones Drake&#8217;s &#8220;Toosie Slide,&#8221; which dips to No. 2 following its&nbsp;debut at No. 1&nbsp;a week ago. 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