{"id":3730,"date":"2023-04-24T23:28:36","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T23:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3730"},"modified":"2023-04-24T23:28:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T23:28:36","slug":"sza-scores-her-first-billboard-hot-100-no-1-with-kill-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3730","title":{"rendered":"SZA Scores Her First Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 with \u2018Kill\u00a0Bill\u2019"},"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<p>The song reigns following the release of its remix with Doja Cat. Plus, Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj&#8217;s &#8220;Princess Diana&#8221; debuts at No. 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/sza\/\">SZA<\/a>&nbsp;slices her way to her first&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>&nbsp;No. 1, as \u201cKill Bill\u201d jumps from No. 4 to the top spot, following eight weeks at its prior No. 2 high. The song reigns following the release of its remix adding&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/doja-cat\/\">Doja Cat<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/ice-spice\/\">Ice Spice<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/nicki-minaj\/\">Nicki Minaj<\/a>\u2019s \u201cPrincess Diana\u201d launches at No. 4 on the Hot 100, marking the second top 10 for the former rapper and the 22nd for the latter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also in the Hot 100\u2019s top tier,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/eslabon-armado\/\">Eslabon Armado<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/peso-pluma\/\">Peso Pluma<\/a>\u00a0log the first regional Mexican top five hit in the chart\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/hot-100-64-years-fun-facts-ricky-nelson-lizzo-1235122282\/\">history<\/a>, as \u201cElla Baila Sola\u201d soars 10-5. A week earlier, the song became the chart\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/morgan-wallen-drake-eslabon-armado-peso-pluma-hot-100-1235304463\/\">first-ever regional Mexican top 10<\/a>.<\/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 29, 2023) will update on&nbsp;Billboard.com&nbsp;tomorrow (April 25). 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=\"SZA - Kill Bill (Official Video)\" width=\"1165\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/MSRcC626prw?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>Here\u2019s a rundown of the Hot 100 coronation for \u201cKill Bill.\u201d The song is the 1,149th No. 1 since the chart originated in August 1958. It was released on her Top Dawg\/RCA Records album&nbsp;<em>SOS<\/em>, which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/morgan-wallen-one-thing-at-a-time-number-one-seven-weeks-billboard-200-1235313290\/\">ranks at No. 3<\/a>&nbsp;on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>&nbsp;chart, after 10 weeks at the summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Airplay, streams &amp; sales:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cKill Bill\u201d drew 86.5 million radio airplay audience impressions (down 1%) and 28.3 million streams \u2013 up 32% \u2013 and sold 5,000 downloads \u2013 up 228% \u2013 in the April 14-20 tracking week, according to Luminate, as it claims both the Hot 100\u2019s top Streaming Gainer and Sales Gainer awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sparking the song\u2019s surge, its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/doja-cat-sza-kill-bill-1235302783\/\">remix with Doja Cat<\/a>&nbsp;arrived April 14. (All versions of the song roll up into one chart listing; Doja Cat is not listed on \u201cKill Bill\u201d on the Hot 100, as the remix did not account for the majority of the song\u2019s overall consumption during the tracking week.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The track rises 3-2 for a new high on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/radio-songs\/\">Radio Songs<\/a>\u00a0chart; ascends 4-3 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/streaming-songs\">Streaming Songs<\/a>, following four weeks at No. 1; and bounds 36-8, returning to its best rank, on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/digital-song-sales\/\">Digital Song Sales<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SZA\u2019s first No. 1:<\/strong>&nbsp;SZA claims her first Hot 100 No. 1 with \u201cKill Bill.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at her seven career Hot 100 top 10s, ranked by peak position. She scored her prior best peak also thanks to collaborating with Doja Cat, as featured on 2021\u2019s \u201cKiss Me More.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No. 1, one week, to-date, April 29, 2023, \u201cKill Bill\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No. 3, July 10, 2021, \u201cKiss Me More\u201d (Doja Cat feat. SZA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No. 7, Dec. 18, 2021, \u201cI Hate U\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No. 7, March 3, 2018, \u201cAll the Stars\u201d (with Kendrick Lamar)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No. 9, Feb. 6, 2021, \u201cGood Days\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No. 9, Nov. 25, 2017, \u201cWhat Lovers Do\u201d (Maroon 5 feat. SZA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No. 10, Dec. 24, 2022, \u201cNobody Gets Me\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eight\u2019s not too late:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cKill Bill\u201d tops the Hot 100 after eight nonconsecutive weeks at No. 2. It debuted at No. 3 on the Dec. 24, 2022, chart \u2013 as&nbsp;<em>SOS<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/sza-first-number-one-album-billboard-200-chart-sos-1235189465\/\">premiered at No. 1<\/a>&nbsp;on the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The song ties for the second-most weeks spent at No. 2 on the Hot 100 before rising to No. 1 at last:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>9 weeks at No. 2 on Hot 100 before hitting No. 1, \u201cBad Guy,\u201d Billie Eilish, hit No. 1 Aug. 24, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8, \u201cKill Bill,\u201d SZA, April 29, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8, \u201cStarboy,\u201d The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk, Jan. 7, 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8, \u201cSorry,\u201d Justin Bieber, Jan. 23, 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8, \u201cThe Way You Move,\u201d OutKast feat. Sleepy Brown, Feb. 14, 2004<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7, \u201cHavana,\u201d Camila Cabello feat. Young Thug, Jan. 27, 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7, \u201cSexy and I Know It,\u201d LMFAO, Jan. 7, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6, \u201cGirls Like You,\u201d Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B, Sept. 29, 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6, \u201cAll of Me,\u201d John Legend, May 17, 2014<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2018Kill\u2019-er hits:<\/strong>&nbsp;As SZA takes out all chart competition in her way, she notches the fourth Hot 100 No. 1 with \u201ckill\u201d (or any form of the word) in its title:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cKill Bill,\u201d one week at No. 1, to-date, April 29, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cStronger (What Doesn\u2019t Kill You),\u201d Kelly Clarkson, three weeks, beginning Feb. 18, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cA View to a Kill,\u201d Duran Duran, two, July 13, 1985<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cKilling Me Softly With His Song\u201d Roberta Flack, five, Feb. 24, 1973<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, \u201cKill Bill\u201d is the second Hot 100 No. 1 of the four above that doubles as a movie title, as it\u2019s an ode to the 2003 Quentin Tarantino-directed, and likewise revenge-focused,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0266697\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">martial arts favorite<\/a>&nbsp;(subtitled&nbsp;<em>Volume 1<\/em>) starring Uma Thurman, among others (including David Carradine in the role of Bill). Duran Duran\u2019s \u201cA View to a Kill\u201d is the theme from the same-named 1985 James Bond movie, and the only one from the franchise to have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/best-james-bond-theme-song-poll-2-1235151557\/\">topped the Hot 100<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Record-extending R&amp;B\/hip-hop reign:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cKill Bill\u201d concurrently rules the multi-metric\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>\u00a0charts for a 17th and 18th week, respectively. On Hot R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Songs, it boasts the longest command for a song by a woman in a lead role since the survey became an all-encompassing genre chart in 1958, having\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/sza-kill-bill-breaks-record-hot-rb-hip-hop-songs-chart-1235300639\/\">passed<\/a>\u00a0Mary J. Blige\u2019s \u201cBe Without You\u201d (15 weeks at No. 1 in 2006).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morgan Wallen\u2019s \u201cLast Night\u201d dips to No. 2 on the Hot 100 after three nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1. It adds a sixth frame at No. 1 on Streaming Songs (35.1 million, down 4%), while winning top Airplay Gainer honors on the Hot 100 for a third week in a row (39.9 million, up 16%). The single from Wallen\u2019s album&nbsp;<em>One Thing at a Time<\/em>, which spends a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/morgan-wallen-one-thing-at-a-time-number-one-seven-weeks-billboard-200-1235313290\/\">seventh week<\/a>&nbsp;atop the Billboard 200, leads the multi-metric&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/country-songs\/\">Hot Country Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart for an 11th week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Miley Cyrus\u2019 \u201cFlowers\u201d holds at No. 3 on the Hot 100, after eight weeks at No. 1, beginning upon its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/miley-cyrus-flowers-number-one-debut-hot-100-bizarrap-shakira-top-10-1235204226\/\">debut<\/a>\u00a0in January. It posts a 10th week atop Radio Songs (92.7 million in audience, down 1%) \u2013 where, since the survey began in December 1990, only 15% of all No. 1s have dominated for double-digit weeks. Notably, the song spends a third week topping the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/pop-songs\/\">Pop Airplay<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/adult-pop-songs\/\">Adult Pop Airplay<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/adult-contemporary\/\">Adult Contemporary<\/a>\u00a0charts simultaneously, becoming just the fourth hit with that many weeks leading all three lists at the same time; it joins Adele\u2019s \u201cEasy on Me\u201d (three, 2022) and \u201cHello\u201d (four, 2015) and Celine Dion\u2019s \u201cBecause You Loved Me\u201d (five, 1996).<\/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=\"Ice Spice &amp; Nicki Minaj - Princess Diana (Official Music Video)\" width=\"1165\" height=\"874\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/gMq-I0dejjE?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>Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj\u2019s \u201cPrincess Diana\u201d debuts at No. 4 on the Hot 100, with 21.8 million streams, 2.4 million in radio audience and 77,000 downloads sold, following the April 14 arrival of its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/friday-music-guide-sza-doja-cat-post-malone-metallica-1235303030\/\">remix with Minaj<\/a>; the original version of the track was released by Ice Spice solo in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The song starts as Ice Spice\u2019s second Hot 100 top 10 \u2013 her first, \u201cBoy\u2019s a Liar, Pt. 2,\u201d with PinkPantheress, drops 8-10, after reaching No. 3. Minaj achieves her 22nd top 10, extending her record for the most among women rappers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPrincess Diana\u201d opens at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales, where it\u2019s Minaj\u2019s 13th leader, and Ice Spice\u2019s first, and No. 6 on Streaming Songs. (Helping the song\u2019s sales, along with Ice Spice\u2019s solo version and the main [billed as \u201cedited\u201d] version of the duet remix, clean, explicit, extended, sped-up, slowed-down and instrumental versions of the Minaj remix were available for purchase in the tracking week.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The single also begins atop the multi-metric\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rap-song\/\">Hot Rap Songs<\/a>\u00a0chart, where Minaj earns her 10th No. 1 and Ice Spice, her first.<\/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=\"Ella Baila Sola - (Video Oficial) - Eslabon Armado y Peso Pluma - DEL Records 2023\" width=\"1165\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/lZiaYpD9ZrI?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>Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma\u2019s \u201cElla Baila Sola\u201d vaults 10-5 on the Hot 100, led by 31.8 million streams, up 31%. It becomes the first regional Mexican top five hit in the chart\u2019s archives, a week after it became the list\u2019s initial top 10 for the genre. The collaboration tallies a third week at No. 1 on the multi-metric\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/latin-songs\/\">Hot Latin Songs<\/a>\u00a0chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Metro Boomin, The Weeknd and 21 Savage\u2019s \u201cCreepin\u2019 \u201d slips 5-6 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 3, and Rema and Selena Gomez\u2019s \u201cCalm Down\u201d descends to No. 7 from its No. 6 high. The latter tops the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-u-s-afrobeats-songs\/\">Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart for a 34th week, extending the longest rule since the ranking&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/afrobeats-songs-chart-first-anniversary-calm-down-tems-burna-boy-1235295679\/\">began a year ago<\/a>&nbsp;(in partnership with music festival and global brand&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/t\/afro-nation\/\">Afro Nation<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Weeknd and Ariana Grande\u2019s \u201cDie for You\u201d backtracks 7-8 on the Hot 100, following a week at No. 1 in March, and Drake\u2019s \u201cSearch &amp; Rescue\u201d falls to No. 9, a week after it roared in at No. 2.<\/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 29), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on\u00a0Billboard.com\u00a0tomorrow (April 25).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-3730\" data-postid=\"3730\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-3730 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The song reigns following the release of its remix with Doja Cat. Plus, Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj&#8217;s &#8220;Princess Diana&#8221; debuts at No. 4. SZA&nbsp;slices her way to her first&nbsp;Billboard Hot 100&nbsp;No. 1, as \u201cKill Bill\u201d jumps from No. 4 to the top spot, following eight weeks at its prior No. 2 high. 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