{"id":3953,"date":"2023-10-23T18:19:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T18:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3953"},"modified":"2023-10-23T18:19:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T18:19:27","slug":"taylor-swifts-cruel-summer-hits-no-1-on-billboard-hot-100-becoming-her-10th-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3953","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift\u2019s \u2018Cruel Summer\u2019 Hits No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Becoming Her 10th\u00a0Leader"},"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 four years after its release on her album\u00a0<em>Lover<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/taylor-swift\/\">Taylor Swift<\/a>&nbsp;joins the elite club of artists with 10 or more No. 1s on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>&nbsp;songs chart, as \u201cCruel Summer\u201d ascends to the summit, from No. 9, becoming her 10th leader. The song, which previously peaked at No. 3, was originally released on Swift\u2019s 2019 Republic Records album&nbsp;<em>Lover<\/em>&nbsp;before being promoted as a single and gaining new prominence as the superstar has performed it on her The Eras Tour this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Helping spark the song\u2019s Hot 100 coronation, new mixes were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/taylor-swift-live-version-of-cruel-summer-the-cruelest-summer-1235448643\/\">released<\/a>\u00a0during the latest tracking week, which also began with the Oct. 13 wide release of the concert film\u00a0<em>Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/drake\/\">Drake<\/a>\u2019s \u201cIDGAF,\u201d featuring&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/yeat\/\">Yeat<\/a>, at No. 4 on the Hot 100 a week after it debuted at No. 2, becomes the most streamed-song in the U.S., rising to the top of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/streaming-songs\">Streaming Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart, where it\u2019s Drake\u2019s record-extending 20th leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/bad-bunny\/\">Bad Bunny<\/a>&nbsp;adds his 12th Hot 100 top 10 with the No. 5 debut of \u201cMonaco.\u201d The song is from his new LP,&nbsp;<em>Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Ma\u00f1ana<\/em>, which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/c\/business\/chart-beat\/\">launches as his third leader<\/a>&nbsp;on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>&nbsp;albums chart.<\/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 Oct. 28, 2023) will update on\u00a0Billboard.com\u00a0tomorrow (Oct. 24). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ic8j13piAhQ?si=LfqCDegw8JgG48KD\" 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>Here\u2019s a deeper dive as \u201cCruel Summer\u201d becomes the 1,158th single to top the Hot 100 over the chart\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/hot-100-co-creator-seymour-stein-interview\/\">65-year history<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Airplay, streams &amp; sales:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cCruel Summer\u201d drew 77.8 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 2%) and 18.6 million streams (up 35%) and sold 41,000 downloads (up 1,482%) in the Oct. 13-19 tracking week, according to Luminate, as it wins the Hot 100\u2019s top Streaming and Sales Gainer awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The single bounds to No. 1, from No. 13, on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/digital-song-sales\/\">Digital Song Sales<\/a>\u00a0chart, becoming Swift\u2019s record-extending 27th leader; holds at No. 2 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/radio-songs\/\">Radio Songs<\/a>, following a week on top three weeks earlier, having become her eighth No. 1; and returns to its No. 5 high, from No. 32, on Streaming Songs \u2013 where, as on the Hot 100, multiple songs vault a week after Drake charted all 23 tracks from his album\u00a0<em>For All the Dogs<\/em>, which began atop the Billboard 200 a week earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Helping spur the latest surges for \u201cCruel Summer,\u201d new mixes arrived Oct. 18: a live version, recorded in Los Angeles during The Eras Tour, and an LP Giobbi remix. They followed the Oct. 13 wide premiere of\u00a0<em>Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour<\/em>, which has already become the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/top-music-concert-films-taylor-swift-eras-tour\/\">highest-grossing music concert film<\/a>\u00a0ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCruel Summer\u201d was released on Swift\u2019s 2019 album\u00a0<em>Lover<\/em>\u00a0and since June has been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/taylor-swift-cruel-summer-new-radio-single-1235355186\/\">promoted as a proper single<\/a>. It gained momentum as Swift has performed it on The Eras Tour (which began in March), her first in which she\u2019s been able to spotlight songs from\u00a0<em>Lover<\/em>, which was released shortly before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Taylor\u2019s 10th:<\/strong>&nbsp;Swift joins 10 other acts since the Hot 100 began on Aug. 4, 1958, with 10 or more No. 1s each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>20, The Beatles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>19, Mariah Carey<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>14, Rihanna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>13, Drake<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>13, Michael Jackson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12, Madonna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12, The Supremes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11, Whitney Houston<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10, Janet Jackson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10, Taylor Swift<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10, Stevie Wonder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s a recap of Swift\u2019s 10 Hot 100 No. 1s:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cCruel Summer,\u201d one week at No. 1 to-date, Oct. 28, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cAnti-Hero,\u201d eight weeks, beginning Nov. 5, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cAll Too Well (Taylor\u2019s Version),\u201d one week, Nov. 27, 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWillow,\u201d one week, Dec. 26, 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCardigan,\u201d one week, Aug. 8, 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cLook What You Made Me Do,\u201d three weeks, beginning Sept. 16, 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cBad Blood,\u201d feat. Kendrick Lamar, one week, June 6, 2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cBlank Space,\u201d seven weeks, beginning Nov. 29, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cShake It Off,\u201d four weeks, beginning Sept. 6, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWe Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,\u201d three weeks, beginning Sept. 1, 2012<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Over four summers later \u2026:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cCruel Summer\u201d debuted, at No. 29, on the Hot 100 dated Sept. 7, 2019, as parent album&nbsp;<em>Lover<\/em>&nbsp;launched atop the Billboard 200. The song fell to No. 71 on the Hot 100 the following week before re-entering, at No. 49, this June; in July, it hit the top 10 and stands as one of Swift\u2019s 42 career top 10s, the most among women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The song completes the fifth-longest trip to No. 1 on the Hot 100 in terms of time from a debut to scaling the summit. Of those five enduring songs, two have reigned this year (both on Republic), as \u201cCruel Summer\u201d follows The Weeknd\u2019s likewise revived \u201cDie for You,\u201d which reigned for a week in March following the release of its remix with Ariana Grande.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most Time to No. 1 on Hot 100, from Chart Debut:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>19 years, 11 months, 2 weeks, \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You,\u201d Mariah Carey (2000-19; originally released in 1994, the carol ultimately first led&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/mariah-carey-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-number-one\/\">25 years after its release<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6 years, 2 months, 3 weeks, \u201cDie for You,\u201d The Weeknd &amp; Ariana Grande (2016-23)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5 years, 8 months, 2 weeks, \u201cWhen I\u2019m With You,\u201d Sheriff (1983-89)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4 years, 8 months, 2 weeks, \u201cRed Red Wine,\u201d UB40 (1984-88; the pop\/reggae classic and Sheriff\u2019s love song above were&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/ub40-red-red-wine-labour-of-love-8472113\/\">renewed<\/a>, in part, by adventurous radio exec Guy Zapoleon)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4 years, 1 month, 3 weeks, \u201cCruel Summer,\u201d Taylor Swift (2019-23)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>First No. 1 from\u00a0<em>Lover<\/em>:<\/strong>\u00a0Over four years after\u00a0<em>Lover<\/em>\u2019s release, \u201cCruel Summer\u201d becomes the set\u2019s first Hot 100 No. 1. The first two singles each hit No. 2: \u201cMe!,\u201d featuring Brendon Urie, and \u201cYou Need To Calm Down.\u201d The LP has yielded four top 10s, with the title track having hit No. 10. The first three top 10s peaked in May, June and September 2019, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xB-RZqcoIgo?si=6lZ91HPE_lvqaDOO\" 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><strong>A not-\u2018Cruel\u2019 twist for \u2018Summer\u2019:<\/strong>&nbsp;Chart-watcher Jesper Tan, of Subang Jaya, Malaysia, wrote in last week, noting: \u201cIf \u2018Cruel Summer\u2019 tops the Hot 100, it would be the first No. 1 with \u2018cruel\u2019 in its title. It would also become only the third song with \u2018summer\u2019 in its title, and the first in over 57 years.\u201d Here are the three, with only one having led during summertime:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cCruel Summer,\u201d Taylor Swift, one week at No. 1 to-date, Oct. 28, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cSummer in the City,\u201d The Lovin\u2019 Spoonful, three weeks, beginning Aug. 13, 1966<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Theme From&nbsp;<em>A Summer Place<\/em>,\u201d Percy Faith and His Orchestra, nine weeks, beginning Feb. 22, 1960<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Notably, Elvis Presley\u2019s classic \u201cDon\u2019t Be Cruel\u201d topped multiple charts in 1956, prior to the Hot 100\u2019s inception. Until this week, Swift\u2019s new leader had tied James Darren\u2019s \u201cGoodbye Cruel World,\u201d a No. 3 hit in 1961, for the top-charting Hot 100 hit with \u201ccruel\u201d in its title. Next up: Cheap Trick\u2019s cover of Presley\u2019s \u201cDon\u2019t Be Cruel\u201d (No. 4, 1988). Meanwhile, Bananarama\u2019s own \u201cCruel Summer\u201d reached No. 9 in 1984.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doja Cat\u2019s \u201cPaint the Town Red\u201d rebounds 4-2 on the Hot 100, following three nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 beginning in September. It adds a seventh and eighth week, respectively, atop the&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\/rap-song\/\">Hot Rap Songs<\/a>&nbsp;charts, which use the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SZA\u2019s \u201cSnooze\u201d jumps 7-3 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2. It rules Radio Songs for a third week (80 million in audience, up 3%) and notches a 12th week at No. 1 on the multi-metric\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/r-and-b-songs\/\">Hot R&amp;B Songs<\/a>\u00a0chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fCRCLsJQWUQ?si=-l-CCCqnOwHZS30n\" 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>Drake\u2019s \u201cIDGAF,\u201d featuring Yeat, falls to No. 4 on the Hot 100, a week after it debuted at No. 2. It ascends 2-1 on Streaming Songs, despite a 36% decline to 26 million streams, becoming Drake\u2019s record-padding 20th leader on the list, and Yeat\u2019s first; Drake collected his 19th Streaming Songs No. 1, \u201cFirst Person Shooter,\u201d featuring J. Cole, a week earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_PJvpq8uOZM?si=GlkLQKCGDbQdtfXb\" 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>Bad Bunny\u2019s \u201cMonaco\u201d debuts at No. 5 on the Hot 100, driven by 25.7 million first-week streams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The song is the star\u2019s 12th Hot 100 top 10. It\u2019s from his new album,&nbsp;<em>Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Ma\u00f1ana<\/em>, which bounds in as his third No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The track also begins as his 14th No. 1 on the multi-metric&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/latin-songs\/\">Hot Latin Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zach Bryan\u2019s \u201cI Remember Everything,\u201d featuring Kacey Musgraves, advances 14-6 on the Hot 100, after it led for a week upon its debut in September. It tops the multi-metric&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rock-songs\/\">Hot Rock &amp; Alternative Songs<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-rock-songs\/\">Hot Rock Songs<\/a>&nbsp;charts for an eighth week each and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/country-songs\/\">Hot Country Songs<\/a>&nbsp;for a fourth frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luke Combs\u2019 \u201cFast Car\u201d revs 13-7 on the Hot 100, following eight weeks at its No. 2 high; Drake\u2019s \u201cFirst Person Shooter,\u201d featuring J. Cole, falls to No. 8 a week after it entered as Drake\u2019s 13th No. 1 and J. Cole\u2019s first; and Morgan Wallen\u2019s \u201cLast Night\u201d rebounds 19-9, following 16 weeks at No. 1 starting in March, the most ever for a non-collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rounding out the Hot 100\u2019s top 10, Wallen\u2019s \u201cThinkin\u2019 Bout Me\u201d returns to the tier, soaring 25-10. The track, like \u201cLast Night\u201d from his album\u00a0<em>One Thing at a Time<\/em>, debuted at its No. 9 high in March concurrent with the LP\u2019s debut atop the Billboard 200. As\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/morgan-wallen-thinkin-bout-me-number-1-country-airplay-chart\/\">previously reported<\/a>, \u201cThinkin\u2019 Bout Me\u201d becomes Wallen\u2019s 10th No. 1 on the Oct. 28-dated Country Airplay chart; it drew 36.2 million in all-format radio audience, up 7%, in the tracking week.<\/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 Oct. 28), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on\u00a0Billboard.com\u00a0tomorrow (Oct. 24).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-3953\" data-postid=\"3953\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-3953 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The song reigns four years after its release on her album\u00a0Lover. Taylor Swift&nbsp;joins the elite club of artists with 10 or more No. 1s on the&nbsp;Billboard Hot 100&nbsp;songs chart, as \u201cCruel Summer\u201d ascends to the summit, from No. 9, becoming her 10th leader. 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