{"id":3417,"date":"2022-09-06T14:13:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T14:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3417"},"modified":"2022-09-06T14:21:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T14:21:51","slug":"harry-styles-as-it-was-holds-atop-hot-100-elton-john-britney-spears-hold-me-closer-launches-in-top-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3417","title":{"rendered":"Harry Styles\u2019 \u2018As It Was\u2019 Holds Atop Hot 100, Elton John &#038; Britney Spears\u2019 \u2018Hold Me Closer\u2019 Launches in Top 10"},"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\" id=\"block-e5221b64-d106-49e9-beb4-5fe79f3a958d\">&#8220;As It Was&#8221; boasts the longest reign since Lil Nas X&#8217;s record 19-week domination with &#8220;Old Town Road.&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-220cb259-970e-4e91-a9f0-92c3872030db\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/harry-styles\/\">Harry Styles<\/a>\u2018 \u201cAs It Was\u201d rules the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>&nbsp;songs chart for a 12th week. The song claims outright the longest stay at the summit this decade, breaking out of a tie with Roddy Ricch\u2019s \u201cThe Box,\u201d which led for 11 weeks in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-4b75a747-7723-4848-ac50-a222c70debbe\">\u201cAs It Was\u201d boasts the longest Hot 100 domination since Lil Nas X\u2019s \u201cOld Town Road,\u201d featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, reigned for a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/lil-nas-x-old-town-road-week-by-week-number-one\/\">record 19 weeks<\/a>&nbsp;in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-70a280da-76d8-4bc3-8ae7-90ec753d6575\">Plus,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/steve-lacy\/\">Steve Lacy<\/a>\u2018s \u201cBad Habit\u201d rises to a new No. 2 Hot 100 best and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/elton-john\/\">Elton John<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/britney-spears\/\">Britney Spears<\/a>\u2018 \u201cHold Me Closer\u201d bounds onto the chart at No. 6. The latter, the latest mash-up of John classics, marks his 29th Hot 100 top 10 and Spears\u2019 14th, and her first in nearly 10 years. Earlier this year, John added his first top 10 since 1998, when his previous multi-song reworking of his own catalog, \u201cCold Heart (Pnau Remix),\u201d with Dua Lipa, reached No. 7.<\/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 Sept. 10, 2022) will update on Billboard.com Wednesday (Sept. 7, a day later than usual due to the Monday Labor Day holiday in the U.S.) 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-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"post-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Harry Styles - As It Was (Official Video)\" width=\"1165\" height=\"874\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/H5v3kku4y6Q?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>\u201cAs It Was,\u201d released on Erskine\/Columbia Records, tallied 69.9 million radio airplay audience impressions (down 3%), 15.4 million streams (up 2%) and 4,000 downloads sold (up 9%) in the Aug. 26-Sept. 1 tracking week, according to Luminate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-eca7b1ca-193a-4188-97a3-21653c44b0e4\">The single, from Styles\u2019 album&nbsp;<em>Harry\u2019s House<\/em>, holds at No. 2 after four weeks atop the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/radio-songs\/\">Radio Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart, beginning in May; dips 6-7 on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/streaming-songs\">Streaming Songs<\/a>, after two weeks on top starting in its debut week in April; and rebounds 22-19 on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/digital-song-sales\/\">Digital Song Sales<\/a>, following a week in charge in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-d6967d44-76c2-4f81-9505-70e99666b873\"><strong>Longest Hot 100 reign this decade<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-4b9108c3-e20e-464d-b987-96d35877e626\">\u201cAs It Was\u201d moves into sole possession of the most weeks spent atop the Hot 100 in the 2020s. Here\u2019s a recap of the longest commands so far this decade:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-17230ae6-4b89-4979-af06-0efac1673944\"><li>12 weeks at No. 1, \u201cAs It Was,\u201d Harry Styles, beginning April 16, 2022<\/li><li>11, \u201cThe Box,\u201d Roddy Ricch, Jan. 18, 2020<\/li><li>10, \u201cEasy on Me,\u201d Adele, Oct. 30, 2021<\/li><li>10, \u201cButter,\u201d BTS, June 5, 2021<\/li><li>8, \u201cDrivers License,\u201d Olivia Rodrigo, Jan. 23, 2021<\/li><li>8, \u201cMood,\u201d 24kGoldn feat. iann dior, Oct. 24, 2020<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-983ada02-b6b8-4529-9e48-7746e00c4d67\">Notably, four of the six songs above were released on Columbia (with \u201cThe Box\u201d on Atlantic Records and \u201cDrivers License\u201d on Interscope Records). (\u201cOld Town Road,\u201d as noted above, is also a Columbia release.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-7008f37d-3670-4b2e-bd4d-38a92f800531\"><strong>Most weeks ever in Hot 100\u2019s top two<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-1b141df3-6262-4588-98d1-54c998b6cdfe\">In addition to logging the longest Hot 100 rule of the 2020s so far, \u201cAs It Was\u201d ties the record for the most weeks spent in the chart\u2019s top two positions over the list\u2019s entire&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/hot-100-64-years-fun-facts-ricky-nelson-lizzo-1235122282\/\">64-year history<\/a>, having logged 21 of its 22 weeks on the chart in the top two, from its April 16 debut through the newest, Sept. 10-dated survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-6e414063-decf-4450-8768-05dee42daef2\">Here\u2019s a look at the titles to post the most weeks in the Hot 100\u2019s top two spots:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-f30f2823-7617-4c87-a846-342ccf609052\"><li>21 weeks in the top two, \u201cAs It Was,\u201d Harry Styles, beginning April 16, 2022 (12 weeks at No. 1, 9 weeks at No. 2)<\/li><li>21, \u201cStay,\u201d The Kid LAROI &amp; Justin Bieber, Aug. 14, 2021 (7, 14)<\/li><li>19, \u201cOld Town Road,\u201d Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, April 13, 2019 (19, 0)<\/li><li>18, \u201cUptown Funk!,\u201d Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, Jan. 17, 2015 (14, 4)<\/li><li>17, \u201cDespacito,\u201d Luis Fonsi &amp; Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, May 27, 2017 (16, 1)<\/li><li>16, \u201cShape of You,\u201d Ed Sheeran, Jan. 28, 2017 (12, 4)<\/li><li>16, \u201cI Gotta Feeling,\u201d The Black Eyed Peas, July 11, 2009 (14, 2)<\/li><li>16, \u201cWe Belong Together,\u201d Mariah Carey, June 4, 2005 (14, 2)<\/li><li>16, \u201cOne Sweet Day,\u201d Mariah Carey &amp; Boyz II Men, Dec. 2, 1995 (16, 0)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-df624b11-9832-4195-954e-da449e0cb801\">The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber\u2019s \u201cStay\u201d added its 21st week in the Hot 100\u2019s top two on the chart dated this April 9, a week after becoming the first song to spend 20 weeks in the top two. \u201cNo one seems to be tired of this earworm,\u201d Brady Bedard, Columbia senior vp of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/pop\/\">pop<\/a>&nbsp;promotion,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/kid-laroi-justin-bieber-stay-hot-100-history-ask-billboard-1235052818\/\">told&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;of \u201cStay\u201d at the time \u2013 with the label having released the hits with the three longest runs in the Hot 100\u2019s top two spots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-fed5072c-729c-4094-8ab5-9dc0e7e0d02a\"><strong>No. 1 for 12 weeks over 22 weeks<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-fa1988c2-6543-48a7-b049-93d1e3a95c5c\">Plus, as updated from a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/harry-styles-11th-week-number-one-hot-100-1235132570\/\">week earlier<\/a>, \u201cAs It Was\u201d has now ranked atop the Hot 100 for 12 weeks over a span of 22 weeks, from its debut through the current chart. (In its other 10 weeks on the tally, it placed at either No. 2 or No. 3.) That\u2019s the third-longest span for a song topping the tally, over the chart\u2019s archives \u2013 and the most for a song in a single release cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-53456e80-3d16-4684-968d-1edac7bbabe2\">Mariah Carey\u2019s \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You\u201d holds the record for the longest stretch from a song\u2019s first to its most recent week at No. 1: two years and three weeks (Dec. 21, 2019-Jan. 8, 2022), having passed Chubby Checker\u2019s \u201cThe Twist,\u201d which led in two distinct runs spanning a year and four months (Sept. 19, 1960-Jan. 20, 1962).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-063a5d7f-4a4b-426d-b122-87a48fb876cb\"><strong>No. 1 Adult Contemporary<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs It Was\u201d simultaneously tops the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/adult-contemporary\/\">Adult Contemporary<\/a>&nbsp;radio airplay chart, jumping from No. 4. Styles scores his second AC leader, after \u201cAdore You\u201d ruled for 10 weeks beginning in August 2020. Among other&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>&nbsp;format airplay charts, \u201cAs It Was\u201d has led Adult Pop Airplay (for eight weeks), Pop Airplay (seven) and Dance\/Mix Show Airplay (two). (It also reached No. 14 on Adult Alternative Airplay and No. 34 on Alternative Airplay.)<\/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=\"Steve Lacy - Bad Habit (Official Video)\" width=\"1165\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/VF-FGf_ZZiI?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 id=\"block-aabf913d-288d-4e89-a01e-4bc01e1356c0\">Steve Lacy\u2019s first Hot 100 hit, \u201cBad Habit,\u201d bumps from No. 3 to a new No. 2 high, as it posts a third week at No. 1 on Streaming Songs (20.3 million, down 2%). The track 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 second week each and ascends to No. 1 on both the multi-metric&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\/r-and-b-songs\/\">Hot R&amp;B Songs<\/a>&nbsp;charts \u2013 making history as the first song to rule all five lists, or even Hot Rock &amp; Alternative Songs and Hot R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Songs (each genre\u2019s overarching songs survey), dating to October 2012, when&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2018s main genre-based song charts adopted the Hot 100\u2019s methodology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-7c96d3a4-6e64-47cd-9173-4fe698ae2b35\">Being promoted to multiple radio formats, by RCA Records, \u201cBad Habit\u201d concurrently hits the Pop Airplay chart\u2019s top 10 (11-10) and climbs 20-19 on Rhythmic Airplay, 27-19 on Adult Alternative Airplay and 33-28 on Adult Pop Airplay, while building on both alternative and mainstream R&amp;B\/hip-hop stations. On the all-format Radio Songs chart, it leaps 24-19 (27.5 million, up 18%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere in the Hot 100\u2019s top five, Lizzo\u2019s \u201cAbout Damn Time\u201d descends 2-3, after two weeks at No. 1, as it adds a ninth week atop Radio Songs (70 million, down 7%); Kate Bush\u2019s \u201cRunning Up That Hill (A Deal With God)\u201d is steady at No. 4 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 3, with top Sales Gainer honors (7,000, up 72%, sparked by a new CD single option and 69-cent sale-pricing during the tracking week); and Nicky Youre and dazy\u2019s \u201cSunroof\u201d reaches the region, rising 6-5.<\/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=\"Elton John &amp; Britney Spears \u2018Hold Me Closer (Official Audio)\u2019\" width=\"1165\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/8hLtlzkoGPk?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 id=\"block-faad3a81-027d-4e0b-aa60-6de91f4a0533\">Elton John and Britney Spears\u2019 \u201cHold Me Closer\u201d roars in at No. 6 on the Hot 100. The mash-up of three John hits,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/britney-spears-elton-john-hold-me-closer-2-1235128575\/\">released Aug. 26<\/a>, on Interscope, opens with 20.9 million in radio airplay audience, 11.1 million streams and 48,000 sold. It debuts at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales (marking Spears\u2019 eighth leader and John\u2019s second), No. 17 on Streaming Songs and No. 31 on Radio Songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-81a34268-0ac2-4f75-8f44-bd62f94dc808\"><strong>John\u2019s 29th Hot 100 top 10<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-e1e0b502-aaf9-475d-a985-96a07892fd27\">John banks his 29th Hot 100 top 10, and his second this year. He notched his first top 10 since 1998 when his previous multi-song re-imagination of his own work, \u201cCold Heart (Pnau Remix),\u201d with Dua Lipa,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/adele-bruno-encanto-elton-john-dua-lipa-kodak-black-hot-100-1235017217\/\">reached No. 7<\/a>&nbsp;in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-51d61db7-da26-4aee-ae64-b3dd335aeaec\">John has logged the seventh-most Hot 100 top 10s. Among solo males, he has earned the third-most, after Drake and Michael Jackson, as he breaks out of a tie with (his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/elton-john-stevie-wonder-are-far-from-the-finish-line-watch-the-longtime-friends-discuss-their-new-duet-exclusive-9638986\/\">good friend<\/a>) Stevie Wonder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-57b4bb27-c998-476c-adc0-4245387642ea\">John sports his highest Hot 100 rank since the chart dated Jan. 24, 1998, when his \u201cCandle in the Wind 1997\u2033\/\u201dSomething About the Way You Look Tonight\u201d placed at No. 5 after 14 weeks at No. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-a0240e7c-cde2-4e51-be67-371be3415898\">John also expands his span of Hot 100 top 10s to 51 years, seven months and three weeks, dating to his first frame in the top 10 with \u201cYour Song\u201d (Jan. 23, 1971) \u2013 the longest such span among all acts not involving holiday titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-deed4127-9a9a-448b-9be0-a1384c4a501e\"><strong>Spears\u2019 14th Hot 100 top 10<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-27958356-4bf1-4d96-ba8a-839ea3c746ab\">Spears achieves her 14th Hot 100 top 10 and her first since \u201cScream &amp; Shout,\u201d with will.i.am, hit No. 3 in 2013. She first appeared in the top 10 on the chart dated Dec. 12, 1998, when her debut smash \u201c\u2026Baby One More Time\u201d surged 18-9 (before becoming her first of five No. 1s). Overall, Spears places on the Hot 100 for the first time since the chart dated Dec. 10, 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spears also joins John and 10 other stars with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/artists-with-top-10-billboard-hot-100-hits-four-or-more-decades\/\">Hot 100 top 10s in at least four decades<\/a>, padding her r\u00e9sum\u00e9 to include top 10s in the 1990s, 2000s, \u201910s and now \u201920s. The other acts in the exclusive (and eclectic) club: Aerosmith, Mariah Carey, Cher, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Jay-Z, Madonna, Snoop Dogg, Barbra Streisand and Andy Williams.<\/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=\"Elton John - Tiny Dancer (Official Music Video)\" width=\"1165\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/yYcyacLRPNs?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<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-e714f676-c637-49dd-884a-45bddb8c9127\"><strong>\u2018Tiny Dancer\u2019 &amp; \u2018The One\u2019 hit new heights<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-9d3e651e-f2bd-4c47-9e49-0704562500ce\">Just as \u201cCold Heart\u201d brought newfound chart success for four John classics, \u201cHold Me Closer\u201d does the same for three more songs from his iconic catalog. The new mash-up blends the chorus of his 50-year-old \u201cTiny Dancer\u201d and the verses of his 30-year-old \u201cThe One.\u201d It also includes elements of \u201cDon\u2019t Go Breaking My Heart,\u201d his four-week 1976 Hot 100 No. 1 with Kiki Dee. (Says Erik Bradley, assistant program director\/music director at WBBM-FM Chicago, citing the latest among&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/doja-cat-vegas-music-interpolation-influx\/\">numerous current hit reboots<\/a>, \u201cFamiliarity always is a bonus.\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-83eb0de9-9a05-4d02-aa48-5a081303d5e5\">While not outranking \u201cBreaking,\u201d \u201cHold Me Closer,\u201d upon its No. 6 start, marks new Hot 100 highs for the songs that make up the bulk of the mash-up: \u201cTiny Dancer\u201d fell a spot shy of the top 40, reaching No. 41 in April 1972, and \u201cThe One\u201d rose to No. 9 in September 1992. Despite its relatively modest Hot 100 history, \u201cTiny Dancer\u201d previously received renewed attention thanks to the composition\u2019s&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-features\/almost-famous-tiny-dancer-bus-scene-1037996\/\" target=\"_blank\">prominent sync<\/a>&nbsp;in the acclaimed 2000 film&nbsp;<em>Almost Famous<\/em>. Plus, Tim McGraw\u2019s cover spent 15 weeks on the Hot Country Songs chart in 2002-03 (with he and John having performed it on the 30th American Music Awards in 2003, and McGraw having served up an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/country\/tim-mcgraw-covers-elton-john-tiny-dancer-stephen-colbert-video-1235026764\/\">impromptu version<\/a>&nbsp;this February on CBS\u2019&nbsp;<em>The Late Show With Stephen Colbert<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe One,\u201d meanwhile, marks John\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/elton-john-cold-heart-rocket-man-hot-100-top-10\/\">impressive fifth song<\/a>&nbsp;to have hit the Hot 100\u2019s top 10 via two interpretations each.<\/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=\"Elton John - The One\" width=\"1165\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/85B_REWeNcM?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 id=\"block-ed7d3052-ee93-411d-8f2d-7a8a823545ab\">(\u201cBreaking\u201d previously returned to the Hot 100 thanks to John and RuPaul\u2019s update, which hit No. 92 in 1994, and the&nbsp;<em>Glee<\/em>&nbsp;Cast\u2019s cover, which spent a week on the chart at No. 50 in 2010.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-b4bb75cd-116a-4316-852e-bbb501f8d226\"><strong>Just duet<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-3c1f5d67-ed76-4783-9c90-320c1f338c5b\">John charts his fourth top 10 duet, and his fifth top 10 collaboration, on the Hot 100, as \u201cHold Me Closer\u201d follows \u201cCold Heart\u201d; \u201cDon\u2019t Let the Sun Go Down on Me,\u201d with George Michael (No. 1 for one week, 1992); and \u201cDon\u2019t Go Breaking My Heart.\u201d He also led for four weeks in 1986 with \u201cThat\u2019s What Friends Are For,\u201d credited to Dionne &amp; Friends, the foursome of Dionne Warwick, John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spears scores her fourth accompanied Hot 100 top 10, after \u201cScream &amp; Shout\u201d; \u201cTill the World Ends,\u201d featuring Nicki Minaj and Kesha (No. 3, 2011); and her featured turn on Rihanna\u2019s \u201cS&amp;M\u201d (No. 1, one week, 2011).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-ffab3054-828d-4e73-98be-0bd9e89faaa8\"><strong>No. 1 Dance\/Electronic<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-282dace8-5deb-419d-a86f-c3c72b272846\">\u201cHold Me Closer\u201d additionally arrives at No. 1 on the multi-metric&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/dance-electronic-songs\/\">Hot Dance\/Electronic Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart. John and Spears each claim their second leader on the list, after \u201cCold Heart\u201d and \u201cScream &amp; Shout,\u201d respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-9ce1cd34-2de5-42e4-94e7-1f25d624fdcf\">Nicki Minaj\u2019s \u201cSuper Freaky Girl\u201d holds at No. 7 on the Hot 100, two weeks after it&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/nicki-minaj-super-freaky-girl-debuts-atop-billboard-hot-100-1235129278\/\">premiered at No. 1<\/a>, as it wins the chart\u2019s top Airplay Gainer award (13.9 million, up 51%). It leads the multi-metric&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rap-song\/\">Hot Rap Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart for a third week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-7bffbc0d-e1ce-483f-886d-00cc4ea06734\">Rounding out the Hot 100\u2019s top 10, Post Malone\u2019s \u201cI Like You (A Happier Song),\u201d featuring Doja Cat, pushes 10-8 for a new high; Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s \u201cBreak My Soul\u201d slides 5-9, after two weeks on top in August; and Future\u2019s \u201cWait for U,\u201d featuring Drake and Tems, slips 8-10, following a week at No. 1 beginning in its debut week in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-9a42188f-a8f1-4414-adf3-7e33f2f38432\">Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated Sept. 10), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (Sept. 7).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-7e8979e0-0bb0-4e82-afab-0f24a3da63df\">Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-3417\" data-postid=\"3417\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-3417 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;As It Was&#8221; boasts the longest reign since Lil Nas X&#8217;s record 19-week domination with &#8220;Old Town Road.&#8221; Harry Styles\u2018 \u201cAs It Was\u201d rules the&nbsp;Billboard Hot 100&nbsp;songs chart for a 12th week. 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