{"id":2246,"date":"2021-04-26T10:51:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T17:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=2246"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:44:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:44:36","slug":"polo-gs-rapstar-spends-second-week-at-no-1-on-hot-100-dua-lipas-levitating-returns-to-top-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=2246","title":{"rendered":"Polo G&#8217;s &#8216;Rapstar&#8217; Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Hot 100, Dua Lipa&#8217;s &#8216;Levitating&#8217; Returns to Top Five"},"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;Levitating&#8221; revisits its No. 5 high, sparked by TikTok momentum.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/polo-g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Polo G<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;Rapstar&#8221; spends a second week at No. 1 on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>&nbsp;songs chart, a week after it&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/news\/9558932\/polo-g-rapstar-debuts-no-1-hot-100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">debuted<\/a>&nbsp;at the top spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/dua-lipa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dua Lipa<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;Levitating,&#8221; featuring&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/dababy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DaBaby<\/a>, returns to its No. 5 Hot 100 high (rising from No. 6), first reached two months earlier, thanks in part to momentum for its profile on TikTok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated May 1) will update on\u00a0Billboard.com\u00a0tomorrow (April 27). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w2IhccXakkE\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Rapstar,&#8221; released on Columbia Records, drew 40.3 million U.S. streams (down 25%) and sold 2,400 downloads (down 55%) in the week ending April 22, according to MRC Data. It also attracted 3 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 254%) in the week ending April 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The track adds a second week atop the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/streaming-songs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Streaming Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart, as it becomes the second song in 2021 to tally at least 40 million streams in multiple frames, after it started with 53.6 million a week earlier. Olivia Rodrigo&#8217;s &#8220;Drivers License&#8221; debuted with 76.1 million streams in its first week (as reflected on charts dated Jan. 23) and followed with 59.7 million (Jan. 30) and 42.6 million (Feb. 6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, &#8220;Rapstar&#8221; is the 22nd title to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100 and log a second consecutive week on top, among\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/photos\/426225\/billboard-hot-100-number-1-song-debuts\" target=\"_blank\">52 total<\/a>\u00a0No. 1 arrivals (a second-week success rate of 42%). It&#8217;s the second among five such songs this year, after &#8220;Drivers License&#8221; spent its first eight weeks at No. 1 (encompassing its entire reign).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Rapstar&#8221; concurrently claims a second week at No. 1 on the multi-metric&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/r-b-hip-hop-songs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hot R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Songs<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rap-song\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hot Rap Songs<\/a>&nbsp;charts, which use the same methodology as the Hot 100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Silk Sonic&#8217;s &#8220;Leave the Door Open&#8221; rebounds 3-2 on the Hot 100, two weeks after&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/news\/9555081\/silk-sonic-leave-the-door-open-number-one-hot-100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reaching No. 1<\/a>. It adds a second week at No. 1 on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/radio-songs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Radio Songs<\/a>&nbsp;(71.3 million, up 9%), as it tops the multi-metric&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/r-and-b-songs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hot R&amp;B Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart for a fifth frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Justin Bieber&#8217;s &#8220;Peaches,&#8221; featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon, rises 4-3 on the Hot 100, four weeks after it&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/news\/9547815\/justin-bieber-peaches-number-one-debut-hot-100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">debuted<\/a>&nbsp;at No. 1. The song posts its first week in the Radio Songs top 10, charging 12-5 (51 million, up 23%). It becomes Bieber&#8217;s 18th Radio Songs top 10, breaking him out of a 10-way tie for the fifth-most in the chart&#8217;s 30-year history, after Rihanna (29), Drake (24), Mariah Carey (23) and Lil Wayne (20). Caesar and Giveon each earn their first Radio Songs top 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Peaches&#8221; wins the Hot 100&#8217;s top Airplay Gainer award for a fourth consecutive week (marking Bieber&#8217;s longest such streak in a lead role since &#8220;Love Yourself&#8221; achieved the honor for four straight weeks in January-February 2016).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lil Nas X&#8217;s &#8220;Montero (Call Me by Your Name)&#8221; dips 2-4 on the Hot 100, three weeks after it&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/hip-hop\/9551483\/lil-nas-x-montero-number-one-hot-100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">launched at No. 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TUVcZfQe-Kw\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dua Lipa&#8217;s &#8220;Levitating,&#8221; featuring DaBaby, returns to its No. 5 Hot 100 high, first reached two months ago, on the charts dated Feb. 6 and 13. It has ranked in the top 10 each week except for one frame since, returning to the tier (13-7) on the chart dated March 27 after Lipa and DaBaby performed it during the Grammy Awards March 14 as part of a medley with Lipa&#8217;s &#8220;Don&#8217;t Start Now&#8221; (which reached No. 2 in March 2020). Further sustaining it, it has soundtracked numerous\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/Levitating-6948521578766371590?_d=secCgYIASAHKAESMgowo8UHGoE2p5PZJbDBNLT3sHDB%2FO2HJ7juUs28yGcRE4BYZrnruUhtfol6im4nOAmtGgA%3D&amp;language=en&amp;share_app_id=1233&amp;share_link_id=43e8dd0e-8089-4b75-b244-0182f71cf616\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok clips<\/a>\u00a0since mid-April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Levitating&#8221; ascends 9-6 on Streaming Songs (20.7 million, up 13%), a new best rank, and 13-6 on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/digital-song-sales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Digital Song Sales<\/a>&nbsp;(9,600, up 34%, aided by 69-cent sale-pricing in the iTunes Store between April 20 and 22) and holds at No. 14 on Radio Songs (37.3 million, up 7%), where it reached No. 6 in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Plus, &#8220;We&#8217;re Good,&#8221; Lipa&#8217;s follow-up single to &#8220;Levitating,&#8221; hits the Hot 100&#8217;s top 40 for the first time, pushing 45-38, up 4% to 23.3 million in airplay audience and 12% to 7.7 million streams.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Weeknd&#8217;s &#8220;Save Your Tears&#8221; backtracks 5-6 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 4. Its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/pop\/9561503\/the-weeknd-ariana-grande-save-your-tears-remix-stream\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">remix<\/a>&nbsp;with Ariana Grande was released Friday, April 23, and streaming and sales increases for the song overall in the tracking week ending April 29 will be reflected on next week&#8217;s Hot 100 (dated May 8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rounding out the Hot 100&#8217;s top 10, Masked Wolf&#8217;s first entry on the chart, &#8220;Astronaut in the Ocean,&#8221; jumps 10-7 for a new high; Doja Cat&#8217;s &#8220;Kiss Me More,&#8221; featuring SZA, drops to No. 8 a week after it debuted at No. 7; Cardi B&#8217;s &#8220;Up&#8221; descends 8-9, four weeks after&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/news\/9544280\/cardi-b-up-number-one-hot-100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reaching<\/a>&nbsp;No. 1; and Olivia Rodrigo&#8217;s former&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/news\/9536569\/olivia-rodrigo-drivers-license-number-one-eighth-week-hot-100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">eight-week<\/a>&nbsp;No. 1 &#8220;Drivers License&#8221; shifts 9-10 in reverse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated May 1), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on\u00a0Billboard.com\u00a0tomorrow (April 27).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2246\" data-postid=\"2246\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2246 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Levitating&#8221; revisits its No. 5 high, sparked by TikTok momentum. 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