{"id":3365,"date":"2022-07-25T17:37:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T17:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3365"},"modified":"2022-07-25T17:37:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T17:37:43","slug":"lizzos-about-damn-time-hits-no-1-on-billboard-hot-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3365","title":{"rendered":"Lizzo\u2019s \u2018About Damn Time\u2019 Hits No. 1 on Billboard Hot\u00a0100"},"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\">Lizzo lands her second Hot 100 leader, after &#8220;Truth Hurts&#8221; in 2019.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/lizzo\/\">Lizzo<\/a>\u2018s \u201cAbout Damn Time\u201d clocks in at No. 1 on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>&nbsp;songs chart, rising from No. 2. The track becomes Lizzo\u2019s second Hot 100 leader, after \u201cTruth Hurts\u201d dominated for seven weeks beginning in September 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTime\u201d is from Lizzo\u2019s new LP,\u00a0<em>Special<\/em>, which concurrently debuts at No. 2 on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>\u00a0albums chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere in the Hot 100\u2019s top 10,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/kate-bush\/\">Kate Bush<\/a>\u2018s \u201cRunning Up That Hill (A Deal With God)\u201d hits a new high, lifting 4-3;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/bad-bunny\/\">Bad Bunny<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/chencho-corleone\/\">Chencho Corleone<\/a>\u2018s \u201cMe Porto Bonito,\u201d at its No. 6 best, takes over as the most-streamed song in the U.S. \u2013 and becomes the first all-Spanish-language No. 1 in the history of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/streaming-songs\">Streaming Songs<\/a>\u00a0chart; and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/harry-styles\/\">Harry Styles<\/a>\u2018 \u201cLate Night Talking,\u201d boosted by its new official video, returns to the Hot 100\u2019s top 10, jumping 11-9, after it originally reached No. 4 upon its debut in June.<\/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 July 30, 2022) will update on&nbsp;Billboard.com&nbsp;tomorrow (July 26). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"post-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lizzo - About Damn Time [Official Video]\" width=\"1165\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/IXXxciRUMzE?wmode=transparent&#038;fs=1\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAbout Damn Time,\u201d released on Nice Life\/Atlantic Records and the 1,139th Hot 100 No. 1 in the chart\u2019s nearly 64-year history, completes a 14-week ascent to the summit, after it debuted at No. 50 on the April 30-dated chart, with 88.2 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 3%), 14.3 million streams (up 18%) and 14,000 downloads sold (up 29%, aided by discount-pricing in the iTunes Store, as it wins top Sales Gainer honors on the Hot 100) in the July 15-21 tracking week, according to Luminate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The track adds a third week at No. 1 on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/radio-songs\/\">Radio Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart and a second frame atop&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/digital-song-sales\/\">Digital Song Sales<\/a>, while rebounding to its No. 8 best, from No. 10, on Streaming Songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As previously reported, \u201cTime\u201d parent album&nbsp;<em>Special<\/em>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/lizzo-special-album-stream-now-1235114613\/\">released July 15<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/bad-bunny-un-verano-sin-ti-number-one-sixth-week-billboard-200-albums-chart-1235117355\/\">launches at No. 2<\/a>&nbsp;on the Billboard 200 with 69,000 equivalent album units. With her fourth LP, Lizzo lands new career bests in both rank on the chart and weekly consumption for an album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lizzo previously led the Hot 100 with her breakthrough hit \u201cTruth Hurts\u201d for seven weeks\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/lizzo-truth-hurts-number-one-hot-100\/\">beginning in September 2019<\/a>. She has also hit the top 10 with \u201cGood as Hell\u201d (No. 3 peak, November 2019) and \u201cRumors,\u201d featuring Cardi B (No. 4, August 2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chart-watcher Jesper Tan, of Subang Jaya, Malaysia, whose thorough research one can swear by, wrote in, anticipating Lizzo\u2019s latest Hot 100 coronation, noting that her new No. 1 brings the word \u201cdamn\u201d to the summit for the first time. Previously, YoungBloodz, featuring Lil Jon, reached a No. 4 best with \u201cDamn!\u201d in 2003. Honorable mention to rock group Damn Yankees, which hit No. 3 with \u201cHigh Enough\u201d 1991. Lizzo scores the first No. 1 with \u201cabout\u201d in its title since \u2026 just March, when the ensemble&nbsp;<em>Encanto<\/em>&nbsp;hit \u201cWe Don\u2019t Talk About Bruno\u201d spent its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/we-dont-talk-about-bruno-encanto-hot-100-fifth-week-number-one-1235037107\/\">fifth<\/a>&nbsp;and final week on top. Much more time passed between No. 1s with \u201ctime\u201d in their titles: Lizzo achieves the first such leader since Ja Rule\u2019s \u201cAlways on Time,\u201d featuring Ashanti, ruled for two weeks in 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also notably, \u201cTime\u201d interpolates \u201cHey! DJ,\u201d which the World\u2019s Famous Supreme Team took to No. 15 on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/r-b-hip-hop-songs\">Hot R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart in 1984 and has now been reimagined in two Hot 100 No. 1s: prior to \u201cTime,\u201d Mariah Carey\u2019s \u201cHoney,\u201d which samples \u201cHey! DJ,\u201d notched three weeks in the lead in September 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTime\u201d concurrently crowns the Hot R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Songs and multi-metric&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/r-and-b-songs\/\">Hot R&amp;B Songs<\/a>&nbsp;charts, which use the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100, for a third and 10th week, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTime\u201d claims the Hot 100\u2019s top spot from Harry Styles\u2019 \u201cAs It Was,\u201d which drops to No. 2 after&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/hot-100-songs-longest-leading-no-1s\/\">10 weeks at No. 1<\/a>, with 73 million in airplay audience (down 2%), 17.4 million streams (down 4%) and 5,000 sold (up 6%). Still, \u201cAs It Was\u201d tops the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/summer-songs\/\">Songs of the Summer<\/a>&nbsp;chart for an eighth week, as it has led the seasonal ranking, which tracks the top titles between Memorial Day and Labor Day,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/harry-styles-as-it-was-songs-of-the-summer-chart-midpoint-1235115992\/\">each week<\/a>&nbsp;this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"post-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill - Official Music Video\" width=\"1165\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/wp43OdtAAkM?wmode=transparent&#038;fs=1\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kate Bush\u2019s \u201cRunning Up That Hill (A Deal With God)\u201d rises to a new No. 3 Hot 100 high, from No. 4. Again helped by its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/tv-film\/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-stranger-things-finale-reaction-1235110039\/\">sync<\/a>\u00a0in the fourth season of Netflix\u2019s\u00a0<em>Stranger Things<\/em>, the song, originally released in 1985 (when it reached No. 30), bounds 15-10 on Radio Songs (39.8 million, up 26%, good for the Hot 100\u2019s top Airplay Gainer trophy), becoming Bush\u2019s first top 10 on the tally. It fell by 10% to 19.3 million streams and 23% to 10,000 sold in the tracking week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHill\u201d simultaneously becomes Bush\u2019s first top 10 on Pop Airplay, Adult Pop Airplay and Adult Contemporary, pushing 12-10 on each chart, while advancing 6-5 on Alternative Airplay, where it\u2019s her&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/kate-bush-returns-top-10-alternative-airplay-chart-28-year-break\/\">fifth top 10<\/a>&nbsp;(and, now, her second top five hit, after \u201cLove and Anger\u201d led for three weeks in December 1989).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHill,\u201d Bush\u2019s first Hot 100 top 10, wraps the longest run to the chart\u2019s top three in terms of years from a debut on the chart to the top five \u2013 36 years, 10 months and three weeks \u2013 for a non-holiday hit in the list\u2019s history, and the third-longest such rise overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Longest Climbs to the Billboard Hot 100\u2019s Top Three (from debut date):<br>61 years, two weeks: \u201cJingle Bell Rock,\u201d Bobby Helms, Dec. 22, 1958-Jan. 4, 2020<br>59 years, one week: \u201cRockin\u2019 Around the Christmas Tree,\u201d Brenda Lee, Dec. 12, 1960-Dec. 21, 2019<br>36 years, 10 months, three weeks: \u201cRunning Up That Hill (A Deal With God),\u201d Kate Bush, Sept. 7, 1985-July 30, 2022<br>19 years: \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You,\u201d Mariah Carey, Jan. 8, 2000-Jan. 5, 2019<br>16 years, four months, one week: \u201cBohemian Rhapsody,\u201d Queen, Jan. 3, 1976-May 9, 1992<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three of the songs above are holiday tracks, spurred in recent years by the growth of streaming, while Queen\u2019s classic, like Bush\u2019s,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/10-times-movies-tv-shows-sent-decades-old-songs-back-onto-the-hot-100-kate-bush-queen-more-1235083441\/\">benefited from its own sync<\/a>, in the 1992 hit&nbsp;<em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>&nbsp;spinoff film&nbsp;<em>Wayne\u2019s World<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHill\u201d also tops the multi-metric&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rock-songs\">Hot Rock &amp; Alternative Songs<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-rock-songs\/\">Hot Rock Songs<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-alternative-songs\">Hot Alternative Songs<\/a>&nbsp;charts for a seventh week each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jack Harlow\u2019s \u201cFirst Class\u201d falls 3-4 on the Hot 100, after three weeks at No. 1 starting in its debut week in April, as it adds a 13th week atop the multi-metric\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rap-song\/\">Hot Rap Songs<\/a>\u00a0chart, and Future\u2019s \u201cWait for U,\u201d featuring Drake and Tems, holds at No. 5 on the Hot 100, after a week at No. 1 beginning in its debut week in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"post-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bad Bunny (ft. Chencho Corleone) - Me Porto Bonito (Official Video) | Un Verano Sin Ti\" width=\"1165\" height=\"874\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/saGYMhApaH8?wmode=transparent&#038;fs=1\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone\u2019s \u201cMe Porto Bonito\u201d continues at its No. 6 Hot 100 high and lifts 2-1 on Streaming Songs (21.1 million streams, essentially even week-over-week). The track becomes each act\u2019s first Streaming Songs leader \u2013 as well as the first all-Spanish-language No. 1 since the chart began in January 2013. Previously among Streaming Songs No. 1s in languages primarily other than English, PSY\u2019s mostly Korean \u201cGangnam Style\u201d reigned for six weeks in 2013 and Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee\u2019s mostly Spanish \u201cDespacito,\u201d featuring Justin Bieber, dominated for 16 frames in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPorto\u201d leads the multi-metric&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/latin-songs\/\">Hot Latin Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart for a 10th week and parent album&nbsp;<em>Un Verano Sin Ti<\/em>&nbsp;tops the Billboard 200 for a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/bad-bunny-un-verano-sin-ti-number-one-sixth-week-billboard-200-albums-chart-1235117355\/\">sixth week<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s \u201cBreak My Soul\u201d rises 9-7 on the Hot 100, returning to its best rank. The lead single from her album&nbsp;<em>Renaissance<\/em>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/beyonce-renaissance-cover-art-new-album-intention-1235109273\/\">due July 29<\/a>, commands the multi-metric&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/dance-electronic-songs\/\">Hot Dance\/Electronic Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart for a fourth week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Glass Animals\u2019 \u201cHeat Waves\u201d dips 7-8 on the Hot 100, following five weeks at No. 1 starting in March. It logs its 79th week on the chart, tying for the third-longest run in the list\u2019s history (and is the only one of those hits to have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/glass-animals-joel-whitburn-ask-billboard-1235088405\/\">ranked in the top 10<\/a>&nbsp;as late as its 79th frame).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most Weeks Totaled on the Billboard Hot 100:<br>90, \u201cBlinding Lights,\u201d The Weeknd, No. 1 peak (for four weeks), beginning April 4, 2020<br>87, \u201cRadioactive,\u201d Imagine Dragons, No. 3, July 6, 2013<br>79, \u201cHeat Waves,\u201d Glass Animals, No. 1 (five weeks), beginning March 12, 2022<br>79, \u201cSail,\u201d AWOLNATION, No. 17, Oct. 12, 2013<br>77, \u201cLevitating,\u201d Dua Lipa, No. 2, May 22, 2021<br>76, \u201cI\u2019m Yours,\u201d Jason Mraz, No. 6, Sept. 20, 2008<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"post-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Harry Styles - Late Night Talking (Official Video)\" width=\"1165\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/4VaqA-5aQTM?wmode=transparent&#038;fs=1\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Harry Styles\u2019 \u201cLate Night Talking\u201d revisits the Hot 100\u2019s top 10 at No. 9, climbing from No. 11, after it reached No. 4 upon its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/harry-styles-as-it-was-harrys-house-hot-100-number-one-1235078922\/\">debut in June<\/a>. Boosted by its new official video, which\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/harry-styles-late-night-talking-music-video-1235113797\/\">premiered July 13<\/a>, the song drew 46.9 million in radio reach (up 14%) and 9.5 million streams (on par with a week earlier) and sold 2,000 (up 2%) in the July 15-21 tracking week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rounding out the Hot 100\u2019s top 10, Drake\u2019s \u201cJimmy Cooks\u201d descends 8-10, four weeks after it launched at No. 1.<\/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 July 30), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on\u00a0Billboard.com\u00a0tomorrow (July 26).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-3365\" data-postid=\"3365\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-3365 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lizzo lands her second Hot 100 leader, after &#8220;Truth Hurts&#8221; in 2019. 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