{"id":3606,"date":"2023-01-17T15:23:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T15:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3606"},"modified":"2023-01-17T15:23:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T15:23:46","slug":"taylor-swifts-anti-hero-becomes-her-sole-longest-leading-hot-100-no-1-with-eighth-week-on-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3606","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift\u2019s \u2018Anti-Hero\u2019 Becomes Her Sole Longest-Leading Hot 100 No. 1 with Eighth Week on\u00a0Top"},"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\">Plus, SZA hits a new No. 2 career best with &#8220;Kill Bill&#8221; and Zach Bryan scores his first top 10 with &#8220;Something in the Orange.&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a monster on the hill, in a good way:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/taylor-swift\/\">Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s \u201cAnti-Hero\u201d holds at No. 1 on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>&nbsp;songs chart, logging an eighth total week on top. With its latest frame at No. 1, Swift rewrites her longest Hot 100 reign, surpassing the seven weeks at the summit for \u201cBlank Space\u201d in 2014-15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/sza\/\">SZA<\/a>\u2019s \u201cKill Bill\u201d bumps to No. 2 on the Hot 100, a new career-high rank for the singer-songwriter, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/zach-bryan\/\">Zach Bryan<\/a>&nbsp;achieves his first top 10 with \u201cSomething in the Orange\u201d at No. 10.<\/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 Jan. 21, 2023) will update on\u00a0Billboard.com\u00a0tomorrow (Jan. 18, a day later than usual due to the Jan. 16 Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday). 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=\"Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero (Official Music Video)\" width=\"1165\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/b1kbLwvqugk?wmode=transparent&#038;fs=1\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnti-Hero,\u201d released on Republic Records, tallied 88.5 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 6%), 16.8 million streams (down 3%) and 7,000 sold (up 15%) Jan. 6-12, according to Luminate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The single adds a fifth week at No. 1 on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/digital-song-sales\/\">Digital Song Sales<\/a>&nbsp;chart (helped by 10 previously-released versions made available and discounted to 69 cents in her webstore from midday Jan. 9 through the end of Jan. 12); rules&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/radio-songs\/\">Radio Songs<\/a>&nbsp;for a fourth week; and dips 4-5 after two weeks atop&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/streaming-songs\">Streaming Songs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As \u201cAnti-Hero\u201d tops the Hot 100 for an eighth week, Swift eclipses her previous longest command: \u201cBlank Space\u201d dominated for seven frames in 2014-15. Here\u2019s a look at the weeks at No. 1 for each of her nine leaders:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weeks at No. 1, Title, Date Reached No. 1:<br>8, \u201cAnti-Hero,\u201d Nov. 5, 2022<br>7, \u201cBlank Space,\u201d Nov. 29, 2014<br>4, \u201cShake It Off,\u201d Sept. 6, 2014<br>3, \u201cLook What You Made Me Do,\u201d Sept. 16, 2017<br>3, \u201cWe Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,\u201d Sept. 1, 2012<br>1, \u201cAll Too Well (Taylor\u2019s Version),\u201d Nov. 27, 2021<br>1, \u201cWillow,\u201d Dec. 26, 2020<br>1, \u201cCardigan,\u201d Aug. 8, 2020<br>1, \u201cBad Blood,\u201d feat. Kendrick Lamar, June 6, 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnti-Hero\u201d debuted atop the Hot 100 as Swift\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/taylor-swift-all-hot-100-top-10-anti-hero-1235163664\/\">made history<\/a>\u00a0as the first artist to infuse the chart\u2019s entire top 10 in a single week, with all tracks all from her album\u00a0<em>Midnights<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SZA\u2019s \u201cKill Bill\u201d rises 3-2 for its highest Hot 100 rank yet, with 31.1 million streams (up 11%) \u2013 boosted by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/sza-unleashes-brutal-kill-bill-music-video-1235197043\/\">Jan. 10 premiere<\/a>\u00a0of its official video \u2013 14.2 million in radio reach (soaring 742%, as it\u2019s now being promoted to and supported by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/sza-kill-bill-nobody-gets-me-climb-pop-airplay-chart\/\">pop radio<\/a>, among other formats) and 1,000 sold (up 37%). It tops Streaming Songs for a third week and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/r-b-hip-hop-songs\">Hot R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Songs<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/r-and-b-songs\/\">Hot R&amp;B Songs<\/a>, which use the same methodology as the Hot 100, for a fifth week each. The track is from her album\u00a0<em>SOS<\/em>, which notches a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/sza-sos-fifth-week-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1235199592\/\">fifth week at No. 1<\/a>\u00a0on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SZA earns a new career-best Hot 100 placement, among seven top 10s; prior to \u201cKill Bill,\u201d she reached a No. 3 high as featured on Doja Cat\u2019s \u201cKiss Me More\u201d in July 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sam Smith and Kim Petras\u2019 \u201cUnholy\u201d slips 2-3 on the Hot 100, after it topped the Oct. 29-dated chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David Guetta and Bebe Rexha\u2019s \u201cI\u2019m Good (Blue)\u201d keeps at its No. 4 Hot 100 highpoint, as it rules the multi-metric&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/dance-electronic-songs\/\">Hot Dance\/Electronic Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart for a 17th week; Metro Boomin, The Weeknd and 21 Savage\u2019s \u201cCreepin\u2019 \u201d pushes 6-5 on the Hot 100, matching its debut and peak to-date first earned in December; and The Weeknd\u2019s \u201cDie for You\u201d climbs 8-6 for a new best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drake and 21 Savage\u2019s \u201cRich Flex\u201d retreats 5-7 on the Hot 100, after spending its first three weeks on the chart at its No. 2 plateau beginning in November, as it tops the multi-metric&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rap-song\/\">Hot Rap Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart for a ninth week; Harry Styles\u2019 \u201cAs It Was\u201d descends 7-8 on the Hot 100, following 15 weeks at No. 1 beginning last April, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/hot-100-songs-longest-leading-no-1s\/\">fourth-longest reign<\/a>&nbsp;in the chart\u2019s history; and Steve Lacy\u2019s \u201cBad Habit\u201d holds at No. 9, after it posted three weeks at No. 1 in October. It concurrently 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 21st week 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=\"Zach Bryan - Something In The Orange\" width=\"1165\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/lA8F9sIhGdg?wmode=transparent&#038;fs=1\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rounding out the Hot 100\u2019s top 10, Zach Bryan\u2019s \u201cSomething in the Orange\u201d rises 11-10, with 17.4 million streams (up 2%), 3.9 million in radio reach (up 8%) and 4,000 sold (down 6%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The track, which Bryan wrote solo and is from his major-label debut album\u00a0<em>American Heartbreak<\/em>, is his first Hot 100 top 10, after it became his first entry on the chart in May. It ties for the second-longest trip to the top 10 \u2013 38 chart weeks \u2013 matching the journeys of Carrie Underwood\u2019s \u201cBefore He Cheats\u201d in 2006-07 and Nat King Cole\u2019s \u201cThe Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You),\u201d the latter over a whopping 11 on-and-off runs from its 1960 debut to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/mariah-carey-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-12-weeks-number-one-nat-king-cole-top-10-1235192947\/\">the latest holiday season<\/a>). Just one song has taken longer to reach the top 10, by total time on the tally: Glass Animals\u2019 \u201cHeat Waves\u201d:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/adele-glass-animals-hot-100-top-10-9656721\/\">42 weeks<\/a>\u00a0in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOrange\u201d tops the multi-metric&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/country-songs\/\">Hot Country Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart for a third week. Notably, it\u2019s the 15th No. 1 on the survey that has hit the Hot 100\u2019s top 10 since Hot Country Songs adopted the Hot 100\u2019s methodology in October 2012:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSomething in the Orange,\u201d Zach Bryan, No. 10 Hot 100 peak (to-date), 2023<br>\u201cYou Proof,\u201d Morgan Wallen, No. 5, 2022<br>\u201cThe Kind of Love We Make,\u201d Luke Combs, No. 8, 2022<br>\u201cDon\u2019t Think Jesus,\u201d Morgan Wallen, No. 7, 2022<br>\u201cAll Too Well (Taylor\u2019s Version),\u201d Taylor Swift, No. 1 (one week), 2021<br>\u201cFancy Like,\u201d Walker Hayes, No. 3, 2021<br>\u201cWasted on You,\u201d Morgan Wallen, No.&nbsp; 9, 2021<br>\u201cI Hope,\u201d Gabby Barrett feat. Charlie Puth, No. 3, 2020<br>\u201cForever After All,\u201d Luke Combs, No. 2, 2020<br>\u201c7 Summers,\u201d Morgan Wallen, No. 6, 2020<br>\u201c10,000 Hours,\u201d Dan + Shay &amp; Justin Bieber, No. 4, 2019<br>\u201cMeant To Be,\u201d Bebe Rexha &amp; Florida Georgia Line, No. &nbsp;2, 2018<br>\u201cBody Like a Back Road,\u201d Sam Hunt, No. 6, 2017<br>\u201cCruise,\u201d Florida Georgia Line feat. Nelly, No. 4, 2013<br>\u201cWe Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,\u201d Taylor Swift, No. 1 (three weeks), 2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just 21% of all Hot Country Songs No. 1s (15 of 76) since October 2012 have hit the Hot 100\u2019s top 10 \u2013 although 10 of 22 Hot Country Songs leaders have peaked in the Hot 100\u2019s top 10 since 2020 \u2013 a more-than-doubled 45% success rate in that more recent span. Plus, of the songs listed above, all four since the start of 2022 have hit the Hot 100\u2019s top 10 largely from strong streaming and varied degrees of country radio airplay \u2013 but not crossover formats, having not appeared on any of&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s pop or adult airplay charts; of the previous 11, all except one (\u201cForever After All\u201d) scaled pop\/adult airplay rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A little more color: \u201cOrange\u201d brings that hue to the Hot 100\u2019s top 10 for the first time. The previous best? Lemon Pipers\u2019 \u201cJelly Jungle (Of Orange Marmalade)\u201d hit No. 51 in 1968. In third place is another song on the current chart: Megan Moroney\u2019s \u201cTennessee Orange\u201d holds at its No. 58 high. (And to squeeze in an honorable mention, Oran \u2018Juice\u2019 Jones\u2019 \u201cThe Rain\u201d reached No. 9 in 1986.)<\/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 Jan. 21), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on\u00a0Billboard.com\u00a0tomorrow (Jan. 18).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-3606\" data-postid=\"3606\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-3606 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus, SZA hits a new No. 2 career best with &#8220;Kill Bill&#8221; and Zach Bryan scores his first top 10 with &#8220;Something in the Orange.&#8221; It\u2019s a monster on the hill, in a good way:&nbsp;Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cAnti-Hero\u201d holds at No. 1 on the&nbsp;Billboard Hot 100&nbsp;songs chart, logging an eighth total week on top. 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