{"id":3879,"date":"2023-08-28T19:15:37","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T19:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3879"},"modified":"2023-08-28T19:15:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T19:15:38","slug":"oliver-anthony-musics-rich-men-north-of-richmond-notches-second-week-at-no-1-on-billboard-hot-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3879","title":{"rendered":"Oliver Anthony Music\u2019s \u2018Rich Men North of Richmond\u2019 Notches Second Week at 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<p>Plus, Doja Cat&#8217;s &#8220;Paint the Town Red&#8221; vaults to No. 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/oliver-anthony-music\/\">Oliver Anthony Music<\/a>\u2019s viral hit \u201cRich Men North of Richmond\u201d spends a second week at No. 1 on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>&nbsp;songs chart. A week earlier, the song&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/oliver-anthony-music-rich-men-north-of-richmond-number-one-debut-hot-100-1235396681\/\">rocketed in on top<\/a>, making the singer-songwriter the first artist ever to launch atop the survey with no prior chart history in any form. It now takes over as the most-streamed song of the week, continues as the top-selling track and is gaining in radio airplay.<\/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, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts (dated Sept. 2, 2023) will update on&nbsp;Billboard.com&nbsp;tomorrow (Aug. 29). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRich Men North of Richmond\u201d drew 22.9 million streams (up 31%) and sold 117,000 downloads (down 20%) in the Aug. 18-24 tracking week, according to Luminate. Not being promoted to radio, the song also tallied 2.3 million airplay audience impressions (up 310%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The single logs a second week at No. 1 on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/digital-song-sales\/\">Digital Song Sales<\/a>&nbsp;chart and surges 4-1 on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/streaming-songs\">Streaming Songs<\/a>. Notably, it makes a rare second-week gain in streams for a No. 1-debuting Hot 100 hit: Of the 34 songs to premiere atop the Hot 100 this decade, it\u2019s just the second to increase in streams (17.5 million to 22.9 million) in its second week, following Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s \u201cGood 4 U\u201d (43.2 million to 62.7 million) on the charts dated May 29-June 5, 2021 \u2013 and Rodrigo\u2019s hit was boosted by the No. 1&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>&nbsp;arrival of her debut album,&nbsp;<em>Sour<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As previously reported, \u201cRichmond\u201d also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/oliver-anthony-rich-men-north-of-richmond-debuts-country-airplay-chart\/\">debuts on Country Airplay<\/a>&nbsp;at No. 45, with 90% of its overall airplay (2 million of 2.3 million in reach) from the chart\u2019s panel of reporting stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRichmond\u201d has become a lightning rod for both the right and left politically since its official release Aug. 11, even spurring the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/politics\/republican-debate-oliver-anthony-rich-men-north-richmond-question-1235399693\/\">opening talking point<\/a>&nbsp;in the first Republican presidential primary debate last Wednesday, Aug. 23. (\u201cThe one thing that has bothered me is seeing people wrap politics up into this,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/oliver-anthony-rich-men-north-of-richmond-gop-debate-reaction-1235401277\/\">Anthony responded<\/a>&nbsp;in a YouTube clip.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The track by the Farmville, Va.-based singer-songwriter and former factory worker, born Christopher Anthony Lunsford (whose stage name honors his grandfather, Oliver Anthony), first drew buzz online, including on TikTok, where he boasts 2.1 million followers (up from 1.5 million a week ago), prior to its Aug. 11 posting on the radiowv YouTube account, which spotlights unsigned Americana and country acts in the Virginia\/West Virginia region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRichmond\u201d concurrently tops&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/country-songs\/\">Hot Country Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart, which uses the same methodology as the Hot 100, for a second week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The song has also, unsurprisingly, sparked the curiosity of chart fans. Jesper Tan, of Subang Jaya, Malaysia, wrote in noting that Oliver Anthony Music is just the second act with \u201cmusic\u201d in its name to top the Hot 100, following C+C Music Factory with \u201cGonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)\u201d in 1991. Tan also shouts out the two No. 1s with \u201cmusic\u201d in their titles: \u201cPlay That Funky Music,\u201d by Wild Cherry, in 1976 and \u201cMusic,\u201d by Madonna, in 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus, Jeff Lerner points out that \u201cRichmond\u201d is only the eighth Hot 100 No. 1 to name-check a U.S. city in its title (two are odes to Philadelphia), and the first since 1985:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cRich Men North of Richmond,\u201d Oliver Anthony Music (2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cMiami Vice Theme,\u201d Jan Hammer (1985)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cPhiladelphia Freedom,\u201d Elton John (1975)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Night Chicago Died,\u201d Paper Lace (1974)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cT.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia),\u201d MFSB (1974)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cEl Paso,\u201d Marty Robbins (1960)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Battle of New Orleans,\u201d Johnny Horton (1959)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cKansas City,\u201d Wilbert Harrison (1959)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>(Lerner adds that The Monkees\u2019 \u201cLast Train to Clarksville,\u201d from 1966, \u201cis not on this list as lyricist Bobby Hart has insisted that he wrote the song about a fictional town, not the real city of Clarksville, Tenn.\u201d Meanwhile, Baauer\u2019s 2013 No. 1 \u201cHarlem Shake\u201d also doesn\u2019t count, as Harlem is a neighborhood in New York City. The last city at all named in the title of a Hot 100 No. 1 prior to \u201cRichmond\u201d? Cuba\u2019s capital, as Camila Cabello\u2019s \u201cHavana,\u201d featuring Young Thug, led in 2018.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luke Combs\u2019 cover of Tracy Chapman\u2019s \u201cFast Car\u201d posts a seventh week at its No. 2 Hot 100 high, where it\u2019s steady in rank, and Morgan Wallen\u2019s \u201cLast Night\u201d holds at No. 3, following&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/hot-100-songs-longest-leading-no-1s\/\">16 weeks at No. 1<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 the most ever for a non-collaboration. Thanks to \u201cRichmond,\u201d \u201cFast Car\u201d and \u201cLast Night,\u201d country hits (as defined by those that have hit Hot Country Songs) claim the Hot 100\u2019s top three spots in a single week for only the third time, following the same songs a week earlier and Jason Aldean\u2019s \u201cTry That in a Small Town,\u201d \u201cLast Night\u201d and \u201cFast Car,\u201d at Nos. 1, 2 and 3, respectively, on the Hot 100 dated Aug. 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLast Night,\u201d meanwhile, tops&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/summer-songs\">Songs of the Summer chart<\/a>&nbsp;for a 13th week, having led each week since the list&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/songs-of-the-summer-chart-returns-2023-morgan-wallen-1235346631\/\">returned<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cCruel Summer\u201d keeps at No. 4 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m4_9TFeMfJE?si=v_yk9fxldBp-Ekp2\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Doja Cat\u2019s \u201cPaint the Town Red\u201d roars 15-5 on the Hot 100, with 22.6 million in airplay audience (up 37%), 21.1 million streams (up 49%) and 5,000 sold (up 81%), as it takes top Streaming and Sales Gainer honors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The song, which debuted at No. 15 on the Hot 100 two weeks earlier and has since ridden a wave of virality on TikTok, becomes Doja Cat\u2019s seventh top 10, following \u201cVegas\u201d (No. 10 peak, October 2022); Post Malone\u2019s \u201cI Like You (A Happier Song),\u201d on which she\u2019s featured (No. 3, October 2022); \u201cWoman\u201d (No. 7, May 2022); \u201cNeed To Know\u201d (No. 8, November 2021); \u201cKiss Me More,\u201d featuring SZA (No. 3, July 2021); and \u201cSay So,\u201d featuring Nicki Minaj (No. 1, one week, May 2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, \u201cPaint the Town Red\u201d samples Dionne Warwick\u2019s standard \u201cWalk on By,\u201d which hit No. 6 on the Hot 100 in 1964. Thanks to its inclusion, legendary late songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David appear in the Hot 100\u2019s top 10 for the first time since Twista\u2019s \u201cSlow Jamz,\u201d featuring Kanye West and Jamie Foxx, reigned for a week in 2004; that song samples Luther Vandross\u2019 cover of Warwick\u2019s fellow 1964 release \u201cA House Is Not a Home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bacharach, who&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/burt-bacharach-dead-pop-composer-lyricist-dies-7333151\/\">passed away Feb. 8<\/a>, wrote&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/burt-bacharachs-biggest-billboard-hot-100-hits\/\">seven Hot 100 No. 1s<\/a>, which reigned in four distinct decades (the 1960s, \u201870s, \u201880s and 2000s). David died in 2012. Notably, the Songwriters Hall of Fame annually presents (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/awards\/post-malone-hal-david-starlight-award-2023-songwriters-hall-of-fame-gala-1235322486\/\">this year to Post Malone<\/a>) the Hal David Starlight Award, which, according to the organization, is given to \u201cgifted young songwriters who are making a significant impact in the music industry with their original songs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPaint the Town Red\u201d concurrently bounds to the top of 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;(5-1) and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rap-song\/\">Hot Rap Songs<\/a>&nbsp;(4-1) charts. Doja Cat earns her second No. 1 on the former, following \u201cSay So,\u201d and her first on the latter list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rema and Selena Gomez\u2019s \u201cCalm Down\u201d descends 5-6, after reaching No. 3, on the Hot 100, as it claims a 10th week atop the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/radio-songs\/\">Radio Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart (83.5 million, down 3%). It 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 52nd week, extending the longest command 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>&nbsp;over a year ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gunna\u2019s \u201cFukumean\u201d repeats at No. 7 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 4, and Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s \u201cVampire\u201d falls 6-8, after it debuted as her third No. 1 in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rounding out the Hot 100\u2019s top 10 are two hits from the soundtrack&nbsp;<em>Barbie: The Album<\/em>: Dua Lipa\u2019s \u201cDance the Night\u201d dips 8-9, after reaching No. 7, although it wins the chart\u2019s top Airplay Gainer award (57.7 million, up 16%), and Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice\u2019s \u201cBarbie World,\u201d with Aqua, descends 9-10, also after climbing to No. 7.<\/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 Sept. 2), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on&nbsp;Billboard.com&nbsp;tomorrow (Aug. 29).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-3879\" data-postid=\"3879\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-3879 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus, Doja Cat&#8217;s &#8220;Paint the Town Red&#8221; vaults to No. 5. 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