{"id":3985,"date":"2023-11-13T19:18:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T19:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3985"},"modified":"2023-11-13T19:18:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T19:18:11","slug":"taylor-swifts-cruel-summer-returns-to-no-1-on-hot-100-jung-kook-the-beatles-debut-in-top-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=3985","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift\u2019s \u2018Cruel Summer\u2019 Returns to No. 1 on Hot 100, Jung Kook &amp; The Beatles Debut in Top\u00a010"},"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>&#8220;Cruel Summer&#8221; posts a third week on top, Jung Kook enters at No. 5 and The Beatles score their 35th top 10 \u2013 and first since 1996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/taylor-swift\/\">Taylor Swift<\/a>\u2019s \u201cCruel Summer\u201d rebounds for a third week at No. 1 on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>\u00a0songs chart. Three weeks earlier, it became her 10th career leader. It takes over for her 11th, \u201cIs It Over Now? (Taylor\u2019s Version) [From the Vault],\u201d which interrupted the reign of \u201cCruel Summer\u201d with its No. 1 debut a week ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere in the Hot 100\u2019s top 10,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/jungkook\/\">Jung Kook<\/a>\u2019s \u201cStanding Next to You\u201d debuts at No. 5, marking the BTS member\u2019s third solo top 10, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/the-beatles\/\">The Beatles<\/a>\u00a0return with \u201cNow and Then,\u201d their landmark 35th top 10 \u2013 extending their record for the most among groups \u2013 and their first since 1996.<\/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 Nov. 18, 2023) will update on\u00a0Billboard.com\u00a0Tuesday (Nov. 14). 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=ko4VUaOO4ByqyODf\" 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\n<p>In the Nov. 3-9 tracking week, \u201cCruel Summer\u201d drew 77.8 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 3%) and 13.8 million streams (down 9%) and sold 4,000 downloads (up 17%), according to Luminate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The single scores a fourth week at No. 1 on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/radio-songs\/\">Radio Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart; rebounds 21-8 on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/streaming-songs\">Streaming Songs<\/a>, following a week at on top; and falls 12-19 on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/digital-song-sales\/\">Digital Song Sales<\/a>, also after a week in charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A week ago, Swift\u2019s \u201cIs It Over Now? (Taylor\u2019s Version) [From the Vault]\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/taylor-swift-is-it-over-now-number-1-hot-100-debut-1235464462\/\">soared in at No. 1<\/a>&nbsp;on the Hot 100, supplanting \u201cCruel Summer,\u201d which dropped to No. 6, as parent album&nbsp;<em>1989 (Taylor\u2019s Version)<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version-number-one-billboard-200-albums-chart-1235463917\/\">launched atop<\/a>&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>&nbsp;chart and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version-all-songs-hot-100-1235464591\/\">all 21 songs<\/a>&nbsp;from the set infused the Hot 100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As \u201cCruel Summer\u201d reclaims the baton atop the Hot 100, Swift becomes the second artist in the chart\u2019s archives to reign with a song, take over at No. 1 with a different track, and directly return to the summit with that first leader. In 2021, BTS led for seven weeks with \u201cButter,\u201d halted the song\u2019s command with a No. 1 debut for \u201cPermission to Dance\u201d and then returned to the top the following week with \u201cButter\u201d (which ran up its rule to 10 total nonconsecutive weeks).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As previously noted, \u201cCruel Summer\u201d was originally released on Swift\u2019s 2019 Republic Records album\u00a0<em>Lover<\/em>\u00a0before 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><em>1989 (Taylor\u2019s Version)<\/em>, meanwhile, notches a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version-second-week-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1235469859\/\">second week at No. 1<\/a>&nbsp;on the Billboard 200. \u201cIs It Over Now? (Taylor\u2019s Version) [From the Vault]\u201d descends to No. 3 on the Hot 100, down 34% to 21.1 million streams \u2013 as it spends a second week atop Streaming Songs \u2013 and down 61% to 2,000 sold. Being promoted as a radio single, it boasts 16.1 million airplay audience impressions, up from 4.7 million the week before, as it debuts at No. 41 on Radio Songs and wins the Hot 100\u2019s top Airplay Gainer award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In between Swift\u2019s songs in the Hot 100\u2019s top three, Doja Cat\u2019s \u201cPaint the Town Red\u201d rises 4-2, after it led for three nonconsecutive weeks beginning in September. It posts a 10th and 11th 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 methodology as the Hot 100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SZA\u2019s \u201cSnooze\u201d ascends 8-4 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2, as it rules the multi-metric\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/r-and-b-songs\/\">Hot R&amp;B Songs<\/a>\u00a0chart for a 15th week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UNo0TG9LwwI?si=zIscXQNDhvq5rwp8\" 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>Jung Kook\u2019s \u201cStanding Next to You\u201d enters the Hot 100 at No. 5 with 10.6 million streams, 400,000 in radio audience and 99,000 physical and digital singles sold combined, following its Nov. 3 release on his debut solo album,&nbsp;<em>Golden<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 which&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/taylor-swift-1989-taylors-version-second-week-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1235469859\/\">opens at No. 2<\/a>&nbsp;on the Billboard 200. (In addition to its original version, seven mixes of the song arrived Nov. 6: its Future Funk, Holiday, Latin Trap, PBR&amp;B and Slow Jam remixes and its Band Version and instrumental version.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The track is Jung Kook\u2019s third Hot 100 top 10. Here\u2019s a recap of all four top 10s so far by BTS members apart from the group, ranked by peak position. As a group, BTS boasts 10 top 10s, including six No. 1s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peak Pos., Date, Artist, Title:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No. 1, one week, July 29, 2023, Jung Kook feat. Latto, \u201cSeven\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No. 1, one week, April 8, 2023, Jimin, \u201cLike Crazy\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No. 5 (to date), Nov. 18, 2023, Jung Kook, \u201cStanding Next to You\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No. 5, Oct. 14, 2023, Jung Kook &amp; Jack Harlow, \u201c3D\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cStanding Next to You\u201d concurrently debuts at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales, with 84,000 downloads sold, as Jung Kook earns his fourth leader on the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zach Bryan\u2019s \u201cI Remember Everything\u201d featuring Kacey Musgraves climbs 11-6 on the Hot 100, after it led for a week upon its debut in September. It tops the multimetric\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rock-songs\/\">Hot Rock &amp; Alternative Songs<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-rock-songs\/\">Hot Rock Songs<\/a>\u00a0charts for an 11th week each and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/country-songs\/\">Hot Country Songs<\/a>\u00a0for a seventh frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Opxhh9Oh3rg?si=-wKpElBVO15_fZBm\" 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>The Beatles bound onto the Hot 100 at No. 7 with \u201cNow and Then\u201d with 11 million streams, 2.1 million in radio reach and 73,000 physical and digital singles sold combined Nov. 3-9, following its Nov. 2 release. The song debuted on the Hot 100\u2019s Bubbling Under chart (which ranks the top titles yet to hit the Hot 100), at No. 5, a week earlier, with 2.6 million in airplay audience, 2.3 million streams and 17,000 sold in its first day. A 12-minute film chronicling the cut&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/paul-mccartney-reflects-john-lennon-vocals-the-beatles-now-and-then-short-film-1235460614\/\">premiered Nov. 2<\/a>, while the song\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/beatles-digitally-reunited-now-and-then-video-peter-jackson-watch-1235462671\/\">official video premiered Nov. 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNow and Then\u201d is billed as the final Beatles song, first recorded as a demo in 1977 by John Lennon and initially intended for the band\u2019s three-edition&nbsp;<em>Anthology<\/em>&nbsp;series in the mid-\u201890s before being shelved. The song was completed at last by surviving members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, among others, after new technology helped extract Lennon\u2019s vocals from the original demo, while George Harrison guitar parts from the initial attempt to finish the track were also incorporated into the song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The song was made available for purchase as a download, on cassette and via six vinyl versions: 7\u201d and 12\u201d black vinyl; 7\u201d clear vinyl; 7\u201d blue\/white marble vinyl; 7\u201d light blue vinyl; and a Target-exclusive 12\u201d red vinyl (as well as for pre-order on CD).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the song\u2019s Hot 100 debut (The Beatles\u2019 second-highest, after \u201cLet It Be\u201d launched at a then-record No. 6 in 1970), The Beatles mark multiple new chart milestones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Most Hot 100 top 10s among groups:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cNow and Then\u201d becomes The Beatles\u2019 35th Hot 100 top 10, extending their record for the most among groups. The Rolling Stones rank second among groups with 23 top 10s, followed by Chicago and The Supremes, each with 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most Billboard Hot 100 Top 10s:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>76, Drake<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>49, Taylor Swift<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>38, Madonna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>35, The Beatles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>32, Rihanna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>30, Michael Jackson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>29, Elton John<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>28, Mariah Carey<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>28, Stevie Wonder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>27, Janet Jackson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>26, Justin Bieber<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>25, Lil Wayne<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>25, Elvis Presley (whose career start&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/elvis-presley-history-hot-100-before\/\">predated<\/a>&nbsp;the Hot 100\u2019s inception)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Longest span of Hot 100 top 10s, excluding holiday songs:<\/strong>&nbsp;The Beatles first hit the Hot 100\u2019s top 10 on the chart dated Jan. 25, 1964, with their iconic U.S. breakthrough single \u201cI Want to Hold Your Hand\u201d \u2013 which became the first of their record 20 No. 1s. They now claim a span of top 10s of 59 years, nine months and three weeks, the longest excluding holiday fare. They surpass Elton John, who has logged a top 10 span of 51 years, seven months and three weeks, dating to his first frame in the bracket with \u201cYour Song\u201d (Jan. 23, 1971) and running through \u201cHold Me Closer,\u201d with Britney Spears (Sept. 10, 2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Including holiday songs, the late Andy Williams holds the record for the longest span of an act appearing in the Hot 100\u2019s top 10: 63 years, two months and three weeks, from his first week in the tier with \u201cLonely Street\u201d in October 1959 through \u201cIt\u2019s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year\u201d during last year\u2019s holiday season.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Beatles get back to top 10 after 27 years:<\/strong>&nbsp;The Beatles achieve their first Hot 100 top 10 since \u201cFree as a Bird,\u201d from the&nbsp;<em>Anthology<\/em>&nbsp;series, hit No. 6 on the Jan. 6, 1996-dated chart. They end a break of 27 years, 10 months and two weeks between top 10s \u2013 the longest for an act, excluding holiday music, with sole billing on bookending top 10s. Among all waits between top 10s (again, not including holiday hits), The Beatles end the fifth-longest break; as a soloist, McCartney ranks third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Longest Breaks Between Hot 100 Top 10s, excluding holiday songs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ozzy Osbourne: 30 years and three months, between \u201cClose My Eyes Forever\u201d with Lita Ford in 1989 and Post Malone\u2019s \u201cTake What You Want\u201d featuring Osbourne and Travis Scott in 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dobie Gray: 30 years, two months and one week, between \u201cDrift Away\u201d in 1973 and Uncle Kracker\u2019s cover featuring Gray in 2003<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paul McCartney: 29 years and two weeks, between \u201cSpies Like Us\u201d in 1986 and \u201cFourFiveSeconds\u201d with Rihanna and Kanye West in 2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Santana: 28 years, seven months and two weeks, between \u201cBlack Magic Woman\u201d in 1971 and \u201cSmooth\u201d featuring Rob Thomas in 1999<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Beatles: 27 years, 10 months and two weeks, between \u201cFree as a Bird\u201d in 1996 and \u201cNow and Then\u201d in 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Billy Ray Cyrus: 26 years and eight months, between \u201cAchy Breaky Heart\u201d in 1992 and Lil Nas X\u2019s \u201cOld Town Road\u201d featuring Cyrus in 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aqua: 25 years, nine months and three weeks, between \u201cBarbie Girl\u201d in 1997 and \u201cBarbie World\u201d with Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice in 2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Top 10 in a fourth decade:<\/strong>&nbsp;The Beatles become the lucky 13th act with Hot 100 top 10s in four or more decades, having now ranked in the region in the 1960s, \u201870s, \u201890s and 2020s. Michael Jackson and Andy Williams lead with top 10 placements in five decades each. The Beatles join Aerosmith as the only groups in the elite club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/artists-with-top-10-billboard-hot-100-hits-four-or-more-decades\/50s-60s-70s-10s-20s-andy-williams\/\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0for a look at all 13 acts with Hot 100 top 10s in four or more decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Most Hot 100 hits among bands:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cNow and Then\u201d also marks The Beatles\u2019 72nd Hot 100 hit overall (and their first since&nbsp;<em>Anthology<\/em>&nbsp;single \u201cReal Love,\u201d which reached No. 11 in 1996 as the follow-up to \u201cFree as a Bird\u201d). They extend their mark for the most entries among bands that play their own instruments (and rank second among all multi-member acts only to TV troupe the&nbsp;<em>Glee<\/em>&nbsp;cast\u2019s 207).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among all bands, The Beatles lead over The Rolling Stones (57 Hot 100 hits), The Beach Boys (55) and The Temptations (53).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below The Beatles on the latest Hot 100, three country hits round out the top 10: Luke Combs\u2019 No. 2-peaking \u201cFast Car\u201d (13-8) and Morgan Wallen\u2019s \u201cThinkin\u2019 Bout Me\u201d (17-9), after it reached No. 7, and \u201cLast Night\u201d (15-10), following 16 weeks at No. 1 beginning in March \u2013 the longest reign ever for a non-collaboration.<\/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 Nov. 18), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on\u00a0Billboard.com\u00a0tomorrow (Nov. 14).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-3985\" data-postid=\"3985\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-3985 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Cruel Summer&#8221; posts a third week on top, Jung Kook enters at No. 5 and The Beatles score their 35th top 10 \u2013 and first since 1996. 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