{"id":2641,"date":"2022-04-22T10:45:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T17:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=2641"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:44:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:44:24","slug":"jack-harlow-flies-first-class-to-no-1-on-billboard-hot-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=2641","title":{"rendered":"Jack Harlow Flies \u2018First Class\u2019 to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100"},"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\">Harlow takes off with his second Hot 100 leader, and first on his own, with the biggest streaming week of 2022. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/jack-harlow\/\">Jack Harlow<\/a>\u2018s \u201cFirst Class\u201d takes flight in style, debuting at No. 1 on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>&nbsp;songs chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The single starts as Harlow\u2019s second Hot 100 leader and first on his own, as well as his first to debut at No. 1, after Lil Nas X\u2019s \u201cIndustry Baby,\u201d with Harlow,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/hot-100-10-23-21-chart-recap-top-10\/\">ascended to the summit<\/a>&nbsp;for a week in October 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFirst Class\u201d \u2013 which interpolates Fergie\u2019s 2007 two-week Hot 100 No. 1 \u201cGlamorous,\u201d featuring Ludacris \u2013 soars in with the biggest streaming week tallied this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The track also marks the second song to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100 in 2022; Harry Styles\u2019 \u201cAs It Was\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/harry-styles-as-it-was-number-one-billboard-hot-100-debut-1235057698\/\">bounded in on top<\/a>\u00a0a week earlier, with the year\u2019s previous best weekly streaming total, and ranks at No. 2 in its second week. <\/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 April 23, 2022) will update on\u00a0Billboard.com\u00a0tomorrow (April 19). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HmP_wGYw1_g\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFirst Class\u201d was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/jack-harlow-first-class-listen-1235056579\/\">released April 8<\/a>&nbsp;on Generation Now\/Atlantic Records, after Harlow initially teased it on Instagram March 31. The song, which also went&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/jack-harlow-first-class-viral-tiktok-1333423\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">viral on TikTok<\/a>&nbsp;ahead of its official premiere, previews the 24-year-old Louisville,&nbsp;Ky.-born&nbsp;rapper\u2019s second full-length,&nbsp;<em>Come Home the Kids Miss You<\/em>, due May 6. The set follows his LP&nbsp;<em>Thats What They All Say<\/em>, which debuted and peaked at No. 5 on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>&nbsp;albums chart in December 2020, as well as his seven-song release&nbsp;<em>Sweet Action<\/em>, which reached No. 20 in July 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Harlow is also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/jack-harlow-white-men-cant-jump-remake-1235039075\/\">set to star<\/a>&nbsp;in a remake of the 1992 sports comedy&nbsp;<em>White Men Can\u2019t Jump<\/em>, in the role originally portrayed by Woody Harrelson. \u201cWe got a classic to do justice to,\u201d Harlow&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/video\/jack-harlow-teases-new-music-its-a-special-record-2022-grammys\/\">told&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;of the film at the Grammy Awards on April 3.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFirst Class\u201d becomes the 1,136th No. 1 in the Hot 100\u2019s 63-year history, and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/photos\/426225\/billboard-hot-100-number-1-song-debuts\/\">60th to enter on top<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Streams, airplay, &amp; sales:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cFirst Class\u201d punches its ticket to the top of the Hot 100 with 54.6 million streams, 4.1 million radio airplay audience impressions and 10,600 downloads sold in the April 8-14 tracking week, according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The track opens at No. 1 on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/streaming-songs\">Streaming Songs<\/a>, where it\u2019s Harlow\u2019s second leader (after \u201cIndustry Baby,\u201d for two weeks last August and October), with the best streaming week achieved in 2022. It lands the biggest frame since Drake\u2019s \u201cWay 2 Sexy,\u201d featuring Future and Young Thug, roared in with 67.3 million atop the Sept. 18, 2021, survey. (\u201cFirst Class\u201d narrowly surpasses Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cAll Too Well [Taylor\u2019s Version],\u201d which drew 54.4 million in its first frame, as reflected on the Nov. 27, 2021, chart, and Adele\u2019s \u201cEasy on Me,\u201d which ran up 53.9 million in its first full week, as it topped the Oct. 30, 2021, tally.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFirst Class\u201d also bows at No. 1 on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/digital-song-sales\/\">Digital Song Sales<\/a>, marking Harlow\u2019s second leader (again, after \u201cIndustry Baby,\u201d for a week last October), while bubbling under&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/radio-songs\">Radio Songs<\/a>. (It enters the Rap Airplay chart at No. 21, Rhythmic Airplay at No. 23 and Pop Airplay at No. 35.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Harlow\u2019s second No. 1:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cFirst Class\u201d follows \u201cIndustry Baby,\u201d with Lil Nas X, as Harlow\u2019s second Hot 100 No. 1. The latter debuted at No. 2 on the Aug. 7, 2021, chart and rose to the top of the Oct. 23 tally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harlow adds his third Hot 100 top 10. His debut entry, \u201cWhats Poppin,\u201d featuring DaBaby, Tory Lanez and Lil Wayne, climbed to No. 2 in July 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Meanwhile, previously released&nbsp;<em>Come Home the Kids Miss You<\/em>&nbsp;track \u201cNail Tech\u201d rebounds 58-40 on the Hot 100, up 43% to 9.5 million streams, good for top Streaming Gainer honors. It debuted at its No. 18 high on the March 5 chart.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fergie was \u2018First\u2019:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cFirst Class\u201d interpolates Fergie\u2019s \u201cGlamorous,\u201d which became her second of three Hot 100 No. 1s, all from her debut solo album&nbsp;<em>The Dutchess<\/em>, for two weeks beginning on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\/2007-03-24\/\">March 24, 2007<\/a>, chart. (She also made three trips to the summit as a member of The Black Eyed Peas in 2009-10.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFirst Class\u201d is the first Hot 100 No. 1 to rework another song \u2013 as well as a former leader \u2013 since Drake\u2019s \u201cWay 2 Sexy,\u201d which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/drake-hot-100-history-way-2-sexy-number-one\/\">ruled<\/a>&nbsp;the Sept. 18, 2021, chart in its debut week; the latter reimagines Right Said Fred\u2019s \u201cI\u2019m Too Sexy,\u201d which reigned for three weeks in February 1992.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2018First\u2019 things first:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cFirst Class\u201d is the fourth Hot 100 No. 1 with, aptly, the word \u201cfirst\u201d in its title. Here\u2019s an updated rundown, with the \u2026 first \u2026 having led just over 50 years ago:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFirst Class,\u201d Jack Harlow, one week to-date at No. 1, beginning April 23, 2022<br>\u201cThe First Night,\u201d Monica, five weeks, beginning Oct. 3, 1998<br>\u201cThe First Time,\u201d Surface, two weeks, beginning Jan. 26, 1991<br>\u201cThe First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,\u201d Roberta Flack, six weeks, beginning April 15, 1972<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Head of the \u2018Class\u2019 at R&amp;B\/hip-hop, rap:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cFirst Class\u201d also lifts off atop the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/r-b-hip-hop-songs\">Hot R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Songs<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rap-song\/\">Hot Rap Songs<\/a>&nbsp;charts, which use the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100. Harlow earns his second No. 1 on each ranking, after \u201cIndustry Baby\u201d dominated for 18 and 19 weeks, respectively, beginning upon its debut last August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harry Styles\u2019 \u201cAs It Was\u201d descends to No. 2 on the Hot 100 following its chart-topping launch. It also dips to No. 2 on Streaming Songs (32.3 million, down 26%) and 2-5 on Digital Song Sales (7,800, down 24%), while jumping 19-14 on Radio Songs (33.8 million, up 25%), as it wins the Hot 100\u2019s top Airplay Gainer award; it charges 14-9 on the Pop Airplay chart and 17-10 on Adult Pop Airplay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Glass Animals\u2019 \u201cHeat Waves\u201d retreats 2-3 after five weeks atop the Hot 100. The track adds a sixth week at No. 1 on Radio Songs (63.4 million, up 1%), while ruling the multi-metric&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rock-songs\">Hot Rock &amp; Alternative Songs<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-alternative-songs\">Hot Alternative Songs<\/a>&nbsp;charts for a 30th week each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Latto\u2019s \u201cBig Energy\u201d slip to No. 4 from its No. 3 Hot 100 best, as it becomes her first Pop Airplay No. 1; Imagine Dragons and JID\u2019s \u201cEnemy\u201d holds at its No. 5 Hot 100 high; and The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber\u2019s \u201cStay\u201d backtracks 4-6, after seven weeks at No. 1. \u201cStay\u201d becomes the first title in the Hot 100\u2019s history to have spent its first 40 weeks on the chart all in the top 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kodak Black\u2019s \u201cSuper Gremlin\u201d drops 6-7 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 3; Doja Cat\u2019s \u201cWoman\u201d keeps at its No. 8 best, as it leads the multi-metric&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/r-and-b-songs\/\">Hot R&amp;B Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart for a seventh week; and Justin Bieber\u2019s \u201cGhost\u201d falls 7-9 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rounding out the Hot 100\u2019s top 10, Lil Nas X\u2019s \u201cThats What I Want\u201d holds at No. 10, after hitting No. 8, as it concurrently becomes his first No. 1 on Adult Pop Airplay.<\/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 April 23), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on&nbsp;Billboard.com&nbsp;tomorrow (April 19).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2641\" data-postid=\"2641\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2641 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harlow takes off with his second Hot 100 leader, and first on his own, with the biggest streaming week of 2022. 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