{"id":987,"date":"2018-04-23T17:04:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T00:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=987"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:45:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:45:51","slug":"drakes-nice-for-what-holds-atop-billboard-hot-100-nicki-minajs-chun-li-vaults-to-top-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=987","title":{"rendered":"Drake&#8217;s &#8216;Nice For What&#8217; Holds Atop Billboard Hot 100, Nicki Minaj&#8217;s &#8216;Chun-Li&#8217; Vaults to Top 10"},"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<h2 class=\"article__deck\">&#8220;Nice&#8221; reigns for a second week &amp; Minaj earns her 16th top 10, extending her record among female rappers.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/drake\">Drake<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;Nice for What&#8221; leads the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>\u00a0chart for a second week, following its debut at No. 1 a week earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Plus,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/nicki-minaj\">Nicki Minaj<\/a>\u00a0soars to the top 10 with &#8220;Chun-Li,&#8221; which bounds from No. 92 to No. 10 following its first full week of tracking.<\/p>\n<p>And, with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/florida-georgia-line\">Florida Georgia Line<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/maren-morris\">Maren Morris<\/a>\u00a0ranking on hits at Nos. 3 and 5, respectively, two country acts place in the Hot 100&#8217;s top five simultaneously for the first time in over 18 years.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100 (dated April 28), which blends all-genre streaming, airplay and sales data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (April 24<em>).<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"embedded-content embedded-content--video is-embed-initialized\" data-nid=\"8369845\" data-nodetype=\"article\" data-template=\"video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/1125911414\/SJeOLIT3Hf_default\/index.html?videoId=5775198352001\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><br \/>\nAs on the Hot 100, &#8220;Nice,&#8221; released on Young Money\/Cash Money\/Republic Records, spends a second week at No. 1 on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/streaming-songs\">Streaming Songs<\/a>\u00a0chart, down 2 percent to 59.3 million U.S. streams in the week ending April 19, according to Nielsen Music. It dips 1-2 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/digital-song-sales\">Digital Song Sales<\/a>\u00a0with 50,000 downloads sold, down 43 percent, in the week ending April 19, while surging 34-27 on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/radio-songs\">Radio Songs<\/a>chart with 40 million in all-format airplay audience, up 33 percent, in the week ending April 22, good for the Hot 100&#8217;s top Airplay Gainer award.Notably, as &#8220;Nice&#8221; has spent its first two weeks on the Hot 100 at No. 1, exactly half of the hits (15 of 30) that have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/photos\/426225\/billboard-hot-100-number-1-song-debuts\">debuted on top<\/a>\u00a0have remained at the summit in their second weeks.Plus, Drake has now spent 33 cumulative weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100, dating to his first week on top as featured on Rihanna&#8217;s &#8220;What&#8217;s My Name?&#8221; (Nov. 20, 2010), the first of his five No. 1s. With his latest frame in the lead, he passes Bruno Mars (32) for the most weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 among solo males this decade. Among all acts, only Rihanna has totaled more weeks at the top spot in the 2010s: 41.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nice&#8221; concurrently crowns\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s\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\/rap-song\">Hot Rap Songs<\/a>charts for a second week each.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Drake boasts the Nos. 1 and 2 songs on the Hot 100 for a second week, as &#8220;God&#8217;s Plan&#8221; logs a second frame at the runner-up spot after tallying its first 11 weeks at No. 1. Drake is the 16th act to rank at Nos. 1 and 2 simultaneously for multiple weeks, and the first since Justin Bieber, who did so for four frames in July 2017 as featured on Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee&#8217;s &#8220;Despacito&#8221; and DJ Khaled&#8217;s &#8220;I&#8217;m the One.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Plan&#8221; holds at No. 2 on Streaming Songs (44.2 million, down 7 percent) and No. 3 on Radio Songs (114 million, up 5 percent) and drops 3-5 on Digital Song Sales (31,000, down 13 percent).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/bebe-rexha\">Bebe Rexha<\/a>\u00a0and Florida Georgia Line&#8217;s &#8220;Meant to Be&#8221; keeps at No. 3 on the Hot 100 after reaching No. 2. It leads the Radio Songs chart for a third week (142 million, up 4 percent),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/country-songs\">Hot Country Songs<\/a>\u00a0for a 21st frame and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/adult-pop-songs\">Adult Pop Songs<\/a>\u00a0airplay chart for a second week, while rising 2-1 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/country-airplay\">Country Airplay<\/a>, where FGL earns its 12th leader and Rexha collects her first.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/post-malone\">Post Malone<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;Psycho,&#8221; featuring\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/ty-dolla-sign\">Ty Dolla $ign<\/a>, is steady at No. 4 on the Hot 100, after debuting at its No. 2 high.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/zedd\">Zedd<\/a>, Maren Morris and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/grey\">Grey<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;The Middle&#8221; hits the Hot 100&#8217;s top five (6-5). Zedd notches his second top five hit and first as a lead act, following his featured turn on Ariana Grande&#8217;s &#8220;Break Free&#8221; (No. 4, 2014). Morris and Grey each make their first visit to the region. Airplay leads the way for &#8220;The Middle,&#8221; which holds at its No. 2 high on Radio Songs (117 million, up 2 percent).<\/p>\n<p>With Florida Georgia Line at No. 3 and Morris at No. 5, two core country acts chart in the Hot 100&#8217;s top five simultaneously for the first time in over 18 years, since the chart dated April 15, 2000, when Faith Hill&#8217;s &#8220;Breathe&#8221; ranked at No. 3 and Lonestar&#8217;s &#8220;Amazed&#8221; placed at No. 5.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, &#8220;The Middle&#8221; is not a country song; it tops the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/dance-electronic-songs\">Hot Dance\/Electronic Songs<\/a>\u00a0chart for a 12th week.<\/p>\n<p>And, &#8220;Middle&#8221; ground: Zedd, Morris and Grey&#8217;s hit matches the peak of the other song titled &#8220;The Middle&#8221; that has charted on the Hot 100: Jimmy Eat World&#8217;s different composition reached No. 5 in June 2002.<\/p>\n<p>BlocBoy JB&#8217;s &#8220;Look Alive,&#8221; featuring Drake, drops to No. 6 from its No. 5 Hot 100 peak;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/ed-sheeran\">Ed\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/ed-sheeran\">Sheeran<\/a>&#8216;s former six-week No. 1 &#8220;Perfect&#8221; repeats at No. 7;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/lil-dicky\">Lil Dicky<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;Freaky Friday,&#8221; featuring\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chris-brown\">Chris Brown<\/a>, rebounds to its best rank (9-8), while ruling\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/r-and-b-songs\">Hot R&amp;B Songs<\/a>\u00a0for a second week; and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/cardi-b\">Cardi B<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/bad-bunny\">Bad Bunny<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/j-balvin\">J\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/j-balvin\">Balvin<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;I Like It&#8221; descends to No. 9 after opening a week ago at No. 8.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"fitvid0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SCq8n_hOcN8\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Capping the Hot 100&#8217;s top 10, Nicki Minaj blasts 92-10 with &#8220;Chun-Li.&#8221; The song hurtles following its first full week of tracking; it debuted from a day of\u00a0streaming and sales\u00a0tracking\u00a0and four days of radio airplay monitoring, after its April 12 release. It debuts at No. 14 on Streaming Songs (22.1 million in the April 13-19 tracking week, up from 3.5 million in its first day) and charges 16-4 on Digital Song Sales (38,000, up from 20,000), as it logs the Hot 100&#8217;s top streaming and sales increases.<\/p>\n<p>Minaj tallies her 16th Hot 100 top 10, extending her record for the most among female rappers; Missy Elliott ranks second with nine.<\/p>\n<p>(&#8220;Chun-Li&#8221; logs the greatest jump on the Hot 100, 82 positions, since Katy Perry&#8217;s &#8220;Roar&#8221; roared 83 spots, from No. 85 to No. 2, also following its first full tracking week, on Aug. 31, 2013.)<\/p>\n<p>Minaj additionally rockets with her new song, also released April 12, &#8220;Barbie Tingz,&#8221; which jumps 83-25, as it debuts at No. 19 on Streaming Songs (18 million, up from 4.2 million in its first day) and climbs 13-7 on Digital Song Sales (29,000, up from 21,000).<\/p>\n<p>Also just beyond the Hot 100&#8217;s top 10, Camila Cabello&#8217;s &#8220;Never Be the Same&#8221; hits a new high (15-13) and Imagine Dragons&#8217; &#8220;Whatever It Takes&#8221; enters the top 20 (22-20), while Lil Pump logs the chart&#8217;s highest debut, &#8220;Esskeetit,&#8221; at No. 24.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly &#8220;Hot 100 Chart Moves&#8221; column and by listening (and subscribing) to\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>&#8216;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/chart-beat\/id1082747004?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chart Beat Podcast<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pop-shop-podcast\/id720291560?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pop Shop Podcast<\/a>. And again, be sure to visit Billboard.com tomorrow (April 24), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.<\/p>\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-987\" data-postid=\"987\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-987 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Nice&#8221; reigns for a second week &amp; Minaj earns her 16th top 10, extending her record among female rappers. Drake&#8216;s &#8220;Nice for What&#8221; leads the\u00a0Billboard Hot 100\u00a0chart for a second week, following its debut at No. 1 a week earlier. 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