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The song is the first mostly Spanish-language No. 1 since “Macarena” in 1996 & makes Bieber the first artist ever to earn new No. 1s in back-to-back weeks.

Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee‘s “Despacito,” featuring Justin Bieber, crowns the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated May 27), rising 3-1. Among highlights for the new leader, it’s the first mostly Spanish-language Hot 100 No. 1 in more than 20 years and it makes Bieber the first artist ever to notch new No. 1s in consecutive weeks. A week ago (on the May 20 chart), Bieber bowed at No. 1 as featured (with three other acts) on DJ Khaled‘s “I’m the One” (which this week dips to No. 3).

Fonsi and Daddy Yankee each earn their first Hot 100 No. 1 and Bieber banks his fifth with “Despacito” (released on Universal Music Latino / Raymond Braun / SchoolBoy / Def Jam / UMLE / Republic Records).

As we do every Monday, let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends sales, airplay and streaming data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, May 16.

In fact, let’s take the many notable achievements for “Despacito” at No. 1 on the Hot 100 one-by-one.

No. 1 in streams & sales: “Despacito” scores its first week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart with 54.3 million U.S. streams, up 14 percent, in the week ending May 11, according to Nielsen Music. It also leads the Digital Song Sales chart, rebounding 2-1 for a second week on top, with 104,000 downloads sold, up 4 percent, in the week ending May 11; the remix with Bieber, released April 17, accounts for 73 percent of the song’s sales in the tracking week. On Radio Songs, “Despacito” darts 18-11 with 57 million in all-format airplay audience, up 17 percent, in the week ending May 14.

Bieber earns his ninth Digital Song Sales No. 1 and fourth Streaming Songs No. 1, while Fonsi and Daddy Yankee rule each chart for the first time.

Latin leader: Translating to “slowly” in English, “Despacito” (the 1,065th total No. 1 in the history of the Hot 100, which began on Aug. 4, 1958) is the first Hot 100 No. 1 sung mostly in Spanish since Los Del Rio’s “Macarena,” which, fueled by its Bayside Boys mix, dominated for 14 weeks in 1996. It also went on to become the biggest song of all of 1996 on that year’s year-end Hot 100. (The first 40 seconds of the Bieber mix of “Despacito” finds him singing in English, along with a quick snippet by Fonsi in English later in the song.)

“‘Macarena’ Reaches Numero Uno’,” Fred Bronson beamed in the Aug. 3, 1996, Billboard Chart Beat column, the week that “Macarena” hit the Hot 100’s summit. The song became the first leader sung primarily in Spanish since 1987, when Los Lobos’ remake of Ritchie Valens’ “La Bamba” became the first, and only, all-Spanish-language No. 1 (for three weeks beginning Aug. 29, 1987).

A key similarity between the last two mostly Spanish-language Hot 100 No. 1s (and unlike “La Bamba”): Both “Macarena” and “Despacito” surged to new heights following the arrival of more mainstream remixes that added lyrics sung in English. The Bayside Boys mix transformed “Macarena” into a more pop-friendly dance song, after it had first hit No. 45 in fall 1995 in its original form. (The Bayside Boys’ makeover was actually released in August 1995 but didn’t fully catch on until dance/pop radio station WKTU New York added it in May 1996, jumpstarting its explosion). Meanwhile, “Despacito” had reached an almost identical No. 44 before the release of the Bieber-assisted version.

Hot Latin Songs leader: “Despacito” tops the Hot Latin Songs chart for a 15th week. While it’s Bieber’s first No. 1 on the genre chart, it’s Fonsi’s seventh and Daddy Yankee’s fifth. And, with 15 weeks on top, the track is tied for the 10th-longest No. 1 run in the chart’s 30-year history.

As for Bieber on the Hot 100 …

Bieber’s historic back-to-back No. 1s: Bieber becomes the first artist ever to tally new No. 1s on the Hot 100 in back-to-back weeks: “I’m the One” debuted at No. 1 on the May 20-dated chart (a week ago) and now “Despacito” dethrones it on the May 27 survey. The previous fastest accumulation of new No. 1s? Oh, only by The Beatles: On March 21, 1964, amid the frenzy of early Beatlemania, “She Loves You” hit No. 1; two weeks later, on the April 4-dated chart, “Can’t Buy Me Love” supplanted it. So, by adding new No. 1s in back-to-back weeks, Bieber bests the Beatles by a week for the quickest collection of new Hot 100 leaders.

Bieber was already among the mere 12 acts that have replaced themselves at No. 1 on the Hot 100, as his “Love Yourself” directly succeeded “Sorry” on Feb. 13, 2016. Now, he’s one of only three acts to earn two sets of consecutive leaders. His mentor Usher replaced himself at No. 1 twice in 2004, when “Burn” took over for “Yeah!” (featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris) and then when (after a No. 1 by Fantasia, “I Believe,” interrupted the reign of “Burn”) “Confessions Part II” replaced “Burn.”

The other act to have replaced itself with more than one pair of Hot 100 No. 1s: The Beatles again, who remain the only act to ring up three No. 1s in a row at the expense of all competition: their debut U.S. smash “I Want to Hold Your Hand” led directly before “She Loves You” and “Can’t Buy Me Love.”

Eight straight: “Despacito” marks the eighth consecutive Hot 100 No. 1 exclusively by male artists. That’s the longest streak in 29 years, since male artists linked 13 in a row in 1988. The all-time record? 17 in a row in 1961. (Click here for all details.)

The most turnover at the top in 27 years: “Despacito” topping the May 27-dated Hot 100 also marks the fourth new No. 1 in as many weeks, following the coronations of Kendrick Lamar‘s “Humble.” (May 6), Bruno Mars‘ “That’s What I Like” (May 13) and Khaled’s “I’m the One” (May 20). Incredibly, that’s the quickest turn-around of new No. 1s on the chart since late 1990 (notably, before electronically-measured Nielsen Music data began fueling the chart in November 1991, making for generally longer No. 1 reigns than before, when the chart had been fed by ranked reports from radio stations and retailers).

The current streak is the longest since seven Hot 100 No. 1s stepped up to the top in successive weeks nearly 27 years ago: “(Can’t Live Without Your) Love and Affection,” Nelson (Sept. 29, 1990); “Close to You,” Maxi Priest (Oct. 6); “Praying for Time,” George Michael (Oct. 13); “I Don’t Have the Heart,” James Ingram (Oct. 20); “Black Cat,” Janet Jackson (Oct. 27); “Ice Ice Baby,” Vanilla Ice (Nov. 3); and “Love Takes Time,” Mariah Carey (Nov. 10, to begin a three-week reign).

Oddly enough, the current run of four new No. 1s follows 11 straight weeks atop the Hot 100 for Ed Sheeran‘s “Shape of You” (which led for 12 total weeks).

As “Despacito” rules the Hot 100, Mars’ “Like” ranks at No. 2 for a second week after topping the May 13 chart. Still, it leads the Radio Songs chart for a second week, with 175 million in audience, up 1 percent. The track tops Hot R&B Songs for a 13th week and returns (2-1) for a sixth week atop Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

Khaled’s “I’m the One,” featuring Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne, descends to No. 3 a week after launching at No. 1 on the Hot 100. It drops 1-2 on Digital Song Sales (80,000, down 53 percent) and 1-3 on Streaming Songs (46 million, down 15 percent). It surges, however, 33-14 on Radio Songs, up 53 percent to 54 million and winning the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award. The collab spends a second week at No. 1 on the Hot Rap Songs chart.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five, Sheeran’s “Shape” reverses course, rising 5-4, and Lamar’s “Humble.” falls 4-5. Interestingly, that makes for five current or former Hot 100 No. 1s in the top five, marking the first such sweep since the Feb. 4-dated chart (at Nos. 1-5, in order, that week: Migos’ “Bad and Boujee,” featuring Lil Uzi Vert; “Shape”; Rae Sremmurd’s “Black Beatles, featuring Gucci Mane; The Chainsmokers’ “Closer,” featuring Halsey; and The Weeknd’s “Starboy,” featuring Daft Punk).

Future’s No. 5-peaking “Mask Off” rebounds 7-6 on the Hot 100, swapping spots with The Chainsmokers and Coldplay‘s No. 3-peaking “Something Just Like This” (6-7). The Chainsmokers, meanwhile, spend a 54th consecutive week in the top 10, a streak second only to Katy Perry’s 69-week run in 2010-11. On Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, “Something” logs a ninth week at No. 1. As previously reported, the song also tops the Pop Songs airplay chart, where it’s Coldplay’s first No. 1 after a record 16-year wait.

Closing out the Hot 100’s top 10, Lil Uzi Vert’s “XO TOUR Llif3” revisits its No. 8 high, lifting from No. 9; Zedd and Alessia Cara‘s “Stay” re-enters the top 10 (11-9), after reaching No. 7; and Kyle’s “iSpy,” featuring Lil Yachty, slides 8-10, after hitting No. 4.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast, all posting this week. Plus, visit Billboard.com tomorrow (May 16), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The Hot 100 and other charts will also appear in the next issue of Billboard magazine, on sale Friday (May 19).

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The song, featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper & Lil Wayne, is Khaled’s first Hot 100 leader.

DJ Khaled‘s “I’m the One,” featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne, launches at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated May 20). The high-profile collab, released on We the Best/Def Jam/Epic Records, is the first Hot 100 leader for Khaled (who co-produced and co-wrote it and adds vocals) and Chance the Rapper, as well as the first for Quavo, of rap act Migos, as a soloist. Bieber earns his fourth No. 1 and Lil Wayne scores his third.

The song dethrones Bruno Mars‘ “That’s What I Like” after a week at No. 1 on the Hot 100, although it takes over atop the Radio Songs chart.

As we do every Monday, let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends sales, airplay and streaming data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, May 9.

In fact, let’s break out in 10 parts the many feats achieved with the No. 1 Hot 100 arrival for “One.”

‘One’ in streams & sales: “One,” released April 28, opens at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart with 53.9 million U.S. streams in the week ending May 4, according to Nielsen Music. It also arrives atop the Digital Song Sales chart with 171,000 downloads sold in the week ending May 4. On Radio Songs, “One” is the week’s top debut at No. 33 with 35 million in all-format airplay audience in the week ending May 7.

Bieber earns his eighth Digital Song Sales No. 1 and third Streaming Songs No. 1, while Lil Wayne lands his third No. 1 on the sales list (and first on Streaming Songs). The other three acts on “One” rule each ranking for the first time.

Number ‘One’ debut: “One” is just the 28th title to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100. It’s the first since Ed Sheeran‘s “Shape of You” on the Jan. 28, 2017-dated chart. (“One” is the 1,064th total No. 1 in the history of the Hot 100, which began on Aug. 4, 1958.)

Meanwhile, “One” is the first rap song to debut atop the Hot 100 since Eminem’s “Not Afraid,” seven years ago this week (May 22, 2010).

Plus, “One” is the second song to debut atop the Hot 100 with, appropriately, the word “one” in its title: On Dec. 2, 1995, another superstar team-up, Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men‘s “One Sweet Day,” launched at the summit. It went on to spend a record 16 weeks at No. 1. Speaking of Carey…

Bieber’s second No. 1 bow: Bieber becomes just the third artist to have debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 with multiple titles. He first opened on top with his first leader, “What Do You Mean?” (Sept. 19, 2015). Carey leads with three No. 1 entrances (“Fantasy,” “One Sweet Day,” both in 1995, and “Honey,” 1997), while Britney Spears, like Bieber now, has made two such starts (“3,” in 2009, and “Hold It Against Me,” 2011).

Bieber & Lil Wayne’s latest Hot 100 leaders: Bieber and Lil Wayne are the chart-topping veterans on “One,” tallying their fourth and third Hot 100 No. 1, respectively. In addition to “One” and “Mean,” Bieber ruled in 2016 with “Sorry” and “Love Yourself.” Lil Wayne led with “Lollipop,” featuring Static Major, in 2008, and as featured on Jay Sean’s “Down,” in 2009.

The rest of the “One” team easily earns new Hot 100 highs. Khaled logged one prior top 10: “I’m On One,” featuring Drake, Rick Ross and (oh, look) Lil Wayne, which reached No. 10 in 2011.

Quavo also collects his second top 10 (apart from Migos). Drake’s “Portland,” featuring Quavo and Travis Scott, debuted and peaked at No. 9 in April.

Chance the Rapper achieves not only his first Hot 100 No. 1 or top 10, but even his first top 40 hit: he’d climbed to a prior No. 41 best with his first entry, 2013’s featured turn on “Confident” by… Bieber.

Bieber goes fourth: Notably, Bieber has now earned more top five Hot 100 hits after his 2015 album Purpose than he did from the set: following the LP’s No. 1s “Mean,” “Sorry” and “Love Yourself,” he’s added four top fives in featured roles, on Major Lazer‘s “Cold Water” (also featuring MO; No. 2); DJ Snake‘s “Let Me Love You” (No. 4); Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee‘s “Despacito” (up to No. 3 this week, see below); and now Khaled’s No. 1 “One.”

Five at 1 with ‘One’: “One” marks the first Hot 100 No. 1 by five individually credited acts. Twice before, a high of four acts had shared a leader on the list, via “Give Me Everything,” by Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer (2011), and “Lady Marmalade,” by Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya and P!nk (2001).

(Ironically, the hook of the Hot 100’s new five-act leader finds Bieber singing, “I’m the only one …”)

Quavo & Migos: As member of Migos, Quavo spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 beginning Jan. 21 with “Bad and Boujee,” featuring Lil Uzi Vert. Now with a solo No. 1 thanks to “One,” Quavo is the first artist to top the chart with a group and as a soloist in the same year since will.i.am in 2010. That year, he led with The Black Eyed Peas’ “Imma Be” (two weeks, beginning March 6) and solo as featured on Usher’s “OMG” (four weeks, May 15).

“One” even sports a nod to “Boujee,” with Quavo reprising the song’s signature “rain drop” lyric. (And, mostly unrelated, but interesting: Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown get a shoutout, too, in Lil Wayne’s verse. Houston earned 11 Hot 100 No. 1s with her own songs, and Brown, two.)

Three at 1: The Hot 100 has welcomed a new No. 1 in each of the last three weeks. Mars’ “That’s What I Like” rose 3-1 on the May 13 chart, after Kendrick Lamar‘s’ “Humble.” made the same move on May 6. The Hot 100 hadn’t seen three new No. 1s in three consecutive weeks since December 2010, when Rihanna’s “Only Girl (In the World),” P!nk’s “Raise Your Glass” and Katy Perry’s “Firework” all logged their first weeks at No. 1 that Dec. 4, 11 and 18.

Summer Number ‘One’? It’s worth noting that Drake’s “One Dance,” featuring WizKid and Kyla, hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 a year ago this week (on the chart dated May 21, 2016), given that it went on to become the No. 1 song of the summer of 2016 (based on chart performance between Memorial Day and Labor Day). Could “I’m the One” similarly sizzle this summer? One major-market radio program director told Billboard that, in his opinion, it’s the “first contender” for song of the summer this year.

That’s a rap: Additionally, “One” debuts at No. 1 on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts. Khaled earns his second leader on each list, following “I’m on One.” Lil Wayne, meanwhile, ups his count to 10 No. 1s. Bieber, Quavo and Chance the Rapper tally their first No. 1 each on the survey.

As “One” overtakes the Hot 100 in its first week, Mars’ “Like” drops to No. 2 after a week on top. Still, it rises 2-1 on Radio Songs (172 million, up 4 percent), becoming Mars’ seventh No. 1 on the airplay chart, tying him with Usher for the most among solo males. The two equal Perry for the third-most among all artists, after Rihanna (12) and Carey (11). “Like” leads Hot R&B Songs for a 12th week.

More Bieber: Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito,” featuring Bieber, hits a new Hot 100 high, lifting 4-3. It descends to No. 2 after a week atop Digital Song Sales, but gains by 16 percent to 100,000 sold (with 70 percent of its total sales from the Bieber remix). It dips 2-3 on Streaming Songs, but similarly increases by 10 percent to 48 million. On Radio Songs, the track surges 32-18 (49 million, up 30 percent), winning the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award. “Despacito” leads Hot Latin Songs for a 14th week.

Even more Bieber: he’s the first artist to place two titles in the Hot 100’s top three simultaneously since… he himself doubled up with “Love Yourself” (No. 1) and “Sorry” (No. 3) on Feb. 27, 2016.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five, Lamar’s “Humble.” falls 3-4 and Sheeran’s former 12-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Shape” slides 2-5.

Capping the Hot 100’s top 10, The Chainsmokers and Coldplay‘s No. 3-peaking “Something Just Like This” holds at No. 6 (as The Chainsmokers spend a 53rd consecutive week in the top 10). On Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, “Something” logs an eighth total week at No. 1. Future‘s “Mask Off” drops to No. 7 from its No. 5 Hot 100 peak, followed by three songs that each stay in place: Kyle’s “iSpy,” featuring Lil Yachty (No. 8, after hitting No. 4); Lil Uzi Vert’s “XO TOUR Llif3” (No. 9, after reaching No. 8); and Kygo and Selena Gomez‘s “It Ain’t Me,” which keeps at its No. 10 high after entering the region a week ago.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast, all posting this week. Plus, visit Billboard.com tomorrow (May 9), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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The song becomes Mars’ seventh Hot 100 leader. Plus, The Chainsmokers mark a year in the top 10, Kygo & Selena Gomez reach the top 10 with “It Ain’t Me” & more.

Bruno Mars‘ “That’s What I Like” climbs from No. 3 to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated May 13), becoming the pop/R&B superstar’s seventh Hot 100 No. 1.

Meanwhile, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee‘s “Despacito,” featuring Justin Bieber, bounds 9-4 and takes over as the best-selling song of the week; The Chainsmokers become only the second act to chart in the Hot 100’s top 10 for at least a year non-stop (52 weeks consecutively); and Kygo and Selena Gomez‘s “It Ain’t Me” hits the top 10, pushing 13-10.

As we do every Monday, let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends sales, airplay and streaming data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, May 2.

“Like,” released on Atlantic Records, becomes the 1,063rd No. 1 in the Hot 100’s history (which dates to Aug. 4, 1958). It’s Mars’ first leader since he ruled for 14 weeks as featured on Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk!” in 2015 and his first as a lead artist since “When I Was Your Man” topped the April 20, 2013-dated Hot 100.

With Mars having tallied his first No. 1 as an artist on May 1, 2010 (exactly seven years ago today), as the featured artist on B.o.B’s “Nothin’ On You,” he moves closer to the mark for the most No. 1s this decade: His seven are the most among male artists in the 2010s and, overall, trail only Rihanna‘s nine and Katy Perry‘s eight this decade. (Mars boasts more than twice as many Hot 100 No. 1s in the ’10s than any other male; he extends his lead over Bieber, Drake, Eminem and The Weeknd, each with three in that span.)

In the Hot 100’s history, Mars ties for seventh place among solo males with the most No. 1s, matching the seven leaders each for Phil Collins, Frankie Valli and Elvis Presley (whose career predated the Hot 100 by two years). Michael Jackson leads all male soloists with 13 No. 1s (while The Beatles pace all acts with 20).

Also notably, “Like” leads the Hot 100 in its 15th week on the chart, completing the longest rise to No. 1 since Sia’s “Cheap Thrills,” featuring Sean Paul, which hit the top in its 23rd frame (Aug. 6, 2016). No song by a lead male had needed more weeks to reign than “Like” since The Weeknd’s “The Hills” (17 weeks, 2015). “Like” had previously peaked at No. 2 on the Hot 100 for four weeks.

“Like” keeps at No. 2 on the Radio Songs chart with 165 million in airplay audience (up 3 percent) in the week ending April 30, according to Nielsen Music. It also holds at No. 2 on Digital Song Sales with 78,000 sold (down 3 percent) in the week ending April 27. On Streaming Songs, “Like” rises 6-5 (39.5 million U.S. streams, up 15 percent, in the week ending April 27), further boosted by four remixes posted to Mars’ official YouTube channel on April 21.

More Mars achievements: “Like” is the second single from his third full-length album, 24K Magic, following the title cut, which peaked at No. 4 on the Hot 100 in December. He’s now notched at least one Hot 100 No. 1 from three consecutive LPs, having posted two each from 2010’s Doo-Wops & Hooligans (“Just the Way You Are,” “Grenade”) and 2013’s Unorthodox Jukebox (“Locked Out of Heaven,” “When I Was Your Man”). He’s the first male to link such a streak since Eminem, whose Relapse, Recovery and The Marshall Mathers LP each yielded a No. 1 in 2009-13. Among all acts, Rihanna holds the record, having landed at least one Hot 100 No. 1 from each of her last seven studio LPs, from 2006’s A Girl Like Me to 2016’s ANTI.

As for acts scoring Hot 100 No. 1s from each of their first three major-label full-length studio albums, Mars is the first to earn the honor since Katy Perry, whose first three solo albums (One of the Boys, Teenage Dream and PRISM) all generated Hot 100 leaders in 2008-14.

Additionally, while Mars celebrates his seventh Hot 100 No. 1 as an artist — all of which he’s co-written and co-produced — he claims one more as a co-writer: he first reached the summit as one of the writers of Flo Rida‘s “Right Round,” which spent six weeks at No. 1 in 2009.

Over on the Hot R&B Songs chart, “Like” leads for an 11th week. It rebounds for a fifth week atop Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (marking Mars’ first No. 1 on each chart).

Ed Sheeran‘s “Shape of You” holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100 after 12 weeks at No. 1. Still, it adds a 12th week at No. 1 on Radio Songs (178 million, down 3 percent), tying for the longest No. 1 run for a track by a solo male in the airplay chart’s 26-year history. It matches the 12-week rules of Ronson’s “Uptown Funk!”; Usher’s “Yeah!,” featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris (2004); Nelly’s “Dilemma,” featuring Kelly Rowland (2002); and, thanks to a featured role, Calvin Harris on Rihanna’s “We Found Love” (2011-12). (Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris” holds the overall mark: 18 weeks at No. 1 on Radio Songs in 1998-99.) “Shape” keeps at No. 6 on Digital Song Sales (53,000, down 2 percent) and descends 4-7 on Streaming Songs (36.5 million, down 8 percent).

After rising 3-1 a week ago to become Kendrick Lamar‘s first Hot 100 No. 1 as a lead artist, his “Humble.” returns to No. 3. It tops Streaming Songs, however, for a fourth week (57.6 million, down 14 percent). It also leads the audio subscription services-based On-Demand Streaming Songs chart (34.4 million on-demand U.S. streams) and Hot Rap Songs for a fourth week each.

As previously reported, Lamar’s LP DAMN., which includes “Humble.,” spends a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Meanwhile, the set’s “DNA.” dips to No. 7 on the Hot 100 after debuting a week ago at No. 4; on Streaming Songs, it falls 2-3 (39.6 million, down 22 percent).

Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito,” featuring Bieber, jumps 9-4 on the Hot 100. Following its first full week of tracking after the April 17 arrival of its new Bieber-assisted remix and video, the song zooms 8-1 on Digital Song Sales, up 43 percent to 86,000 sold. The mostly-Spanish-language single is the first song not sung primarily in English to top Digital Song Sales since PSY‘s “Gangnam Style,” which led the list for six weeks in 2012. “Despacito” (which translates to “slowly” in English) is the first song sung mostly in Spanish ever to lead Digital Song Sales.

On the Hot 100, “Despacito” is the first primarily Spanish-language song to reach the top five since Los Del Rio’s 14-week No. 1 “Macarena” in 1996 (fueled by its Bayside Boys remix).

“Despacito” surges 14-2 on Streaming Songs (43.3 million, up 80 percent) and 39-32 on Radio Songs (38 million, up 25 percent). It leads the Hot Latin Songs chart for a lucky 13th week. Fonsi and Daddy Yankee performed the song April 27 at the 2017 Billboard Latin Music Awards, broadcast live on Telemundo.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five, Future‘s highest-charting Hot 100 hit, “Mask Off,” stays at No. 5. Driven by the #MaskOffChallenge meme, in which everyone from dancers to violinists and flute players accompany the song in user-generated clips on YouTube, the track retreats 3-4 on Streaming Songs, although it gains by 2 percent to 39.3 million.

The Chainsmokers and Coldplay’s “Something Just Like This” rebounds 8-6 on the Hot 100, after climbing to No. 3. Meanwhile, the Chainsmokers reach a milestone achieved by only one prior artist: they have now spent 52 consecutive weeks in the Hot 100’s top 10, dating to May 21, 2016, and encompassing four top 10s: “Don’t Let Me Down,” featuring Daya; “Closer,” featuring Halsey; “Paris” and “Something.” Only Katy Perry had previously logged at least a year in the bracket non-stop, having linked a record 69 straight weeks in the top 10 in 2010-11.

On Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, “Something” logs a seventh total week at No. 1.

Below Lamar’s “DNA.” on the Hot 100, KYLE’s debut hit “iSpy,” featuring Lil Yachty, slips 6-8 after rising to No. 4 and Lil Uzi Vert‘s “XO TOUR Llif3” rebounds 10-9 after reaching No. 8.

Capping the Hot 100’s top 10, Kygo and Gomez reach the region with “It Ain’t Me” (13-10). Following the April 24 premiere of its proper official video, the collab bullets at No. 4 on Radio Songs (87 million, up 12 percent) and pushes 17-9 on Digital Song Sales (43,000, up 4 percent) and 34-21 on Streaming Songs (17.5 million, up 10 percent).

Kygo celebrates his first Hot 100 top 10 and Gomez, her seventh, all since “Come & Get It” became her first in May 2013. She had last ranked in the top 10 as featured on Charlie Puth‘s “We Don’t Talk Anymore” (No. 9 in October); she had last hit the top 10 as a lead earlier in 2016 with the No. 7-peaking “Hands to Myself.”

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard’s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast, all posting this week. Plus, visit Billboard.com tomorrow (May 2), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The Hot 100 and other charts will also appear in the next issue of Billboard magazine, on sale Friday (May 5).

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The song dethrones Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You.” Plus, another new top 10 for Lamar and a pair from the tandem of Zedd & Alessia Cara and triple team of Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber.

Kendrick Lamar‘s “Humble.” rises from No. 3 to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated May 6), becoming the rapper’s second Hot 100 No. 1 and first as a lead artist. The song unseats Ed Sheeran‘s “Shape of You” after 12 weeks atop the Hot 100.

Meanwhile, three songs enter the Hot 100’s top 10, led by Lamar’s “DNA.,” the chart’s top debut at No. 4, from the rapper’s new album DAMN., which enters at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. Plus, Zedd and Alessia Cara‘s “Stay” jumps from No. 14 to No. 7 and takes over as the top-selling song of the week, and Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee blast 48-9 with “Despacito,” following the release of its remix with newly-added featured artist Justin Bieber.

As we do every Monday, let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends sales, airplay and streaming data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, April 25.

“Humble.,” released on Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope Records, becomes the 1,062nd No. 1 in the Hot 100’s history (which dates to Aug. 4, 1958) and Lamar’s second, and first as a lead act. He first topped the June 6, 2015-dated chart as featured on Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood.”

“Humble.” surpasses its prior No. 2 Hot 100 high, set upon its debut two weeks ago. The track spends a third week at No. 1 on Streaming Songs, up 56 percent to an astounding 67.4 million U.S. streams in the week ending April 20, according to Nielsen Music (good for the Hot 100’s top Streaming Gainer award). Only one song has posted a greater weekly total on Streaming Songs (which originated on March 2, 2013): Baauer’s “Harlem Shake,” which peaked with 103 million, powered heavily by user-generated clips featuring the song’s audio, the week that the survey debuted. Notably, in between “Harlem” and “Humble.,” Adele’s “Hello” posted the highest weekly streaming sum: 61.6 million, in its first week (Nov. 14, 2015).

“Humble.” also leads the audio subscription services-based On-Demand Streaming Songs chart for a third frame with the highest weekly total (43.5 million on-demand U.S. streams) in the chart’s history (handily passing the 36.2 million logged by Drake’s “One Dance,” featuring WizKid and Kyla, as reflected on the May 21, 2016, chart). It drops 5-10 on Digital Song Sales (56,000 downloads sold, down 3 percent, in the week ending April 20) and debuts at No. 47 on Radio Songs (28 million in airplay audience, up 26 percent, in the week ending April 23).

“Humble.” tops the Hot Rap Songs chart for a third week and returns for a second week atop Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (2-1).

As previously reported, Lamar’s LP DAMN., which includes “Humble.,” vaults onto the Billboard 200 with the biggest week for an album in 2017 (603,000 equivalent album units). Meanwhile, the set’s “DNA.” debuts on the Hot 100 at No. 4, powered by its No. 2 entrance on Streaming Songs (51 million). Thanks to “Humble.” and “DNA.,” Lamar is the first act to double up in the Hot 100’s top five simultaneously since Bieber in October; The Chainsmokers earned the honor earlier the same month.

Despite dipping to No. 2 on the Hot 100, Sheeran’s “Shape” adds an 11th week at No. 1 on Radio Songs (184 million, down 1 percent). It drops 2-4 on Streaming Songs (39.5 million, down 5 percent) and 3-6 on Digital Song Sales (66,000, essentially even week-over-week). The song led the rankings for four and 10 weeks, respectively.

And, more honors to offset the departure of “Shape” from the Hot 100’s summit: the song becomes Sheeran’s second No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary airplay chart (following “Thinking Out Loud,” which topped the tally for 19 weeks in 2015). “Shape” crowns the Adult Pop Songs airplay chart for a ninth week and Dance/Mix Show Airplay for a sixth frame. It vacates the top spot on Pop Songs after nine weeks at No. 1 and led Dance Club Songs for two frames.

Along with Lamar and Sheeran in the Hot 100’s top four spots, Bruno Mars‘ “That’s What I Like” descends to No. 3 from its No. 2 high (after four total weeks in the runner-up rank). It keeps at No. 2 on both Radio Songs (160 million, up 6 percent) and Digital Song Sales (80,000, up 9 percent). “Like” leads the Hot R&B Songs chart for a 10th week and hits No. 1 on Pop Songs; it’s Mars’ eighth Pop Songs leader, tying him with Justin Timberlake for the most among male soloists (dating to the chart’s 1992 start).

Future‘s highest-charting Hot 100 hit, “Mask Off,” enters the top five (7-5). Driven by the #MaskOffChallenge meme, in which everyone from dancers to violinists and flute players accompany the song in user-generated clips, the track stays at No. 3 on Streaming Songs (38.5 million, up 5 percent). Directly below on the Hot 100, KYLE’s debut hit “iSpy,” featuring Lil Yachty, is steady at No. 6 after previously rising to No. 4.

Zedd and Cara’s “Stay” surges 14-7 on the Hot 100 (as the chart’s top digital sales gainer) and bounds 10-1 on Digital Song Sales (up 135 percent to 91,000 sold), aided during the tracking week by 69-cent sale-pricing in the iTunes Store and the April 18 arrival of its official proper video. The collab is each act’s first Digital Song Sales No. 1 and third Hot 100 top 10. Zedd previously hit the Hot 100’s top 10 with “Clarity,” featuring Foxes (No. 8, 2013), and as featured on Ariana Grande’s “Break Free” (No. 4, 2014); Cara had tallied the top 10s “Here” (No. 5, 2016) and “Scars to Your Beautiful” (No. 8, two months ago). “Stay” also soars 5-1 on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, where it’s Zedd’s third No. 1 and Cara’s first.

“Stay” with us for more: the song’s ascent to the Hot 100’s top 10 returns a female soloist to the region after a very noticeable one-week break; a week ago, no solo women charted in the Hot 100’s top 10 for the first time in more than 33 years. The track is also the fourth song titled simply “Stay” to hit the Hot 100’s top 10. It follows top-10 stays for hits by Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs (No. 1, one week, 1960); Shakespear’s Sister (No. 4, 1992); and Rihanna, featuring Mikky Ekko (No. 3, 2013).

The Chainsmokers and Coldplay‘s “Something Just Like This” slides 5-8 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 3. Still, the song adds top Airplay Gainer honors on the Hot 100 (up 22 percent to 100 million in audience, as it pushes 5-3 on Radio Songs). Plus, The Chainsmokers have now spent 51 consecutive weeks in the Hot 100’s top 10 (dating to May 21, 2016, and encompassing four top 10s), tying Drake, in 2015-16, for the second-longest streak of ranking in the bracket consecutively;  Katy Perry linked a record 69 straight weeks in the Hot 100’s top 10 in 2010-11.

Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito,” featuring Bieber, rockets 48-9 on the Hot 100 following the April 17 arrival of its new Bieber-assisted remix and video. Sales account for slightly more than half the song’s points on the Hot 100, as it re-enters Digital Song Sales at a new No. 8 high, exploding 510 percent to 60,000 sold; prior to Bieber’s involvement, the song had reached No. 48 on the sales chart (and No. 44 on the Hot 100) and sold as many as 15,000 in a week. The track also flies 33-14 on Streaming Songs (24.1 million, up 129 percent) and enters Radio Songs at No. 39 (30 million, up 25 percent).

“Despacito” (which translates to “slowly” in English) is the first Hot 100 top 10 for both Fonsi and Daddy Yankee. The former had reached the chart with two prior titles in 2005 and 2008, peaking as high as No. 90; the latter had neared the top 10, peaking at No. 12 as featured (with Nina Sky, Gem Star and Big Mato) on N.O.R.E.’s “Oye Mi Canto” in 2004. Bieber adds his 12th Hot 100 top 10.

Until “Despacito,” what was the last mostly-Spanish-language song to enter the Hot 100’s top 10? We have to dance all the way back to 1996 for Los Del Rio’s pop-culture juggernaut, and 14-week No. 1, “Macarena” (powered by its Bayside Boys remix). “Despacito” additionally tops the Hot Latin Songs chart for a 12th week.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Lil Uzi Vert‘s “XO TOUR Llif3” slides from its No. 8 highpoint to No. 10, while holding at No. 5 on Streaming Songs (34.7 million, up 5 percent). Like Future’s “Mask Off,” “TOUR” is fueled by viral buzz, specifically the #LilUziVertChallenge, which is based on a shoulder-shimmy dance performed by the rapper and has prompted fan-made videos across social media.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard‘s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast, all posting this week. Plus, visit Billboard.com tomorrow (April 25), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh.

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Plus, Future & Lil Uzi Vert hit the top 10 with virally driven tracks.

Ed Sheeran‘s “Shape of You” rules the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated April 29) for a 12th week.

Meanwhile, three songs enter the Hot 100’s top 10, led by Harry Styles‘ first solo single, “Sign of the Times,” the chart’s top debut at No. 4. Plus, Future‘s “Mask Off” bounds from No. 11 to No. 7 and Lil Uzi Vert‘s “XO TOUR Llif3” leaps 16-8.

As we do every Monday, let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends sales, airplay and streaming data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, April 18.

As it continues atop the Hot 100, Sheeran’s “Shape,” released on Atlantic Records, becomes one of only 18 No. 1s (of 1,061 total leaders) to have topped the chart for at least 12 weeks, dating to the list’s Aug. 4, 1958, inception. It’s the first since The Chainsmokers’ “Closer” (featuring Halsey), which reigned for 12 weeks between September and November 2016.

“Shape” adds a 10th week at No. 1 on Radio Songs and, impressively, is still gaining, up 3 percent to 185 million in airplay audience in the week ending April 16, according to Nielsen Music. It’s the first song to hit double-digit weeks at No. 1 on the chart since, again, “Closer” (11 weeks, beginning in October).

“Shape” holds at No. 2 on Streaming Songs (41.5 million U.S. streams, down 4 percent, in the week ending April 13) and No. 3 on Digital Song Sales (66,000 downloads sold, down 13 percent, in the week ending April 13). It led the lists for four and 10 weeks, respectively.

Bruno Mars‘ “That’s What I Like” rebounds from No. 3 back to its No. 2 Hot 100 high (for a fourth total week in the runner-up spot). It stays at No. 2 on both Radio Songs (151 million, up 8 percent) and Digital Song Sales (73,000, down 5 percent). It dips 3-6 on Streaming Songs, but gains by 6 percent to 34.6 million. “Like” leads the Hot R&B Songs chart for a ninth week and rebounds 2-1 for a fourth week atop Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

After debuting a week ago at No. 2 on the Hot 100, Kendrick Lamar‘s “Humble.” drops to No. 3. Still, the track spends a second week at No. 1 on Streaming Songs (43.2 million, down 7 percent), as well as on the audio subscription services-based On-Demand Streaming Songs chart (27.3 million on-demand U.S. streams, down 18 percent). “Humble.” tumbles from No. 1 to No. 5 on Digital Song Sales (58,000, down 48 percent), while advancing by 53 percent to 23 million in airplay audience. The track tops the Hot Rap Songs chart for a second week. It introduces Lamar’s LP DAMN., released Friday (April 14) and due on next week’s Billboard 200 albums chart.

Styles’ “Sign of the Times” launches at No. 4 on the Hot 100, with the One Direction member’s solo debut arriving at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales (142,000). It bows at No. 18 on Streaming Songs (16.5 million) and sports 23 million airplay impressions in its first full week of tracking (after its March 7 release).

“Sign” marks Styles’ first solo appearance on the Hot 100 following 29 entries as part of One Direction. The boy band has scored six Hot 100 top 10s, charting highest with “Best Song Ever,” which reached No. 2 in 2013. In February 2016, following his exit from the group, Zayn became the first 1D member (past or present) to chart solo on the Hot 100, rocketing in at No. 1 with “Pillowtalk” (with 267,000 in first-week sales). The act’s Louis Tomlinson reached No. 52 in December with his first Hot 100 entry, “Just Hold On” (with Steve Aoki), and Niall Horan rose to No. 20 in January with his solo debut, “This Town.”

Further reflecting the anticipation that has accompanied One Direction solo projects, the group is the first in the Hot 100’s history to have two of its members earn top 10 debuts. Along with Styles’ “Sign” and Zayn’s “Pillowtalk,” the latter also launched at No. 6 in December with “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)” (with Taylor Swift). Meanwhile, 1D has tallied five top 10 debuts, the most among groups; boy band forefathers The Beatles rank second with four.

“Sign” previews Styles’ self-titled first solo album, due May 12 on Columbia Records. He performed the single, as well as the LP’s “Ever Since New York,” on NBC’s Saturday Night Live over the weekend.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five, The Chainsmokers and Coldplay‘s “Something Just Like This” is steady at No.  5, after reaching No. 3. As previously reported, parent album Memories… Do Not Open arrives at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Meanwhile, the duo has now spent 50 consecutive weeks in the Hot 100’s top 10 (dating to May 21, 2016, and encompassing four top 10s). Only Katy Perry (69 weeks, 2010-11) and Drake (51 weeks , 2015-16) have linked longer streaks. “Something” additionally tops the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for a sixth week.

KYLE’s debut hit “iSpy,” featuring Lil Yachty, slips from its No. 4 Hot 100 high to No. 6, but gains in all metrics. It rises 6-4 on Streaming Songs (35.3 million, up 23 percent); 19-13 on Digital Song Sales (37,000, up 16 percent); and 33-24 on Radio Songs (42 million, up 5 percent).

Future achieves his highest-charting Hot 100 hit, second top 10 and first in a lead role as “Mask Off” surges 11-7. Powered by the #MaskOffChallenge meme, in which everyone from dancers to violinists and flute players have shown off their talents in clips accompanying the song, the track jumps 7-3 on Streaming Songs (36.7 million, up 52 percent) and 17-15 on Digital Song Sales (35,000, up 7 percent), while growing by 25 percent to 24 million in airplay audience.

Future had previously hit the Hot 100’s top 10 in 2013 as a featured artist, with Drake, on Lil Wayne’s No. 9-peaking “Love Me.” “Mask Off” is from Future’s self-titled album, which debuted atop the Billboard 200 dated March 11; when his HNDRXX arrived at No. 1 the following week, the rapper became the first artist in the chart’s history to debut on top in consecutive weeks.

Like Future’s “Mask Off,” Lil Uzi Vert’s “XO TOUR Llif3” bounds to the Hot 100’s top 10 (16-8) fueled by viral buzz, specifically the #LilUziVertChallenge, which is based on a shoulder-shimmy dance performed by the rapper, and has prompted fan-made videos across several social media platforms. The cut holds at No. 5 on Streaming Songs, up by a robust 21 percent to 32.9 million, and climbs 45-36 on Digital Song Sales (18,000, up 10 percent). Lil Uzi Vert vaults to his second Hot 100 top 10 and first as a lead; he spent three weeks at No. 1 in January-February as featured on Migos’ “Bad and Boujee.”

Sam Hunt’s “Body Like a Back Road” pulls into reverse, backing up to No. 9 on the Hot 100 after reaching No. 6 last week. The track holds at No. 4 on Digital Song Sales (61,000, down 12 percent); it had surged by 19 percent in the prior tracking week after Hunt performed it at the Academy of Country Music Awards April 2. Still, it rises 23-17 on Radio Songs (53 million, up 16 percent) and gains by 7 percent to 14.8 million streams (despite dropping 24-25 on Streaming Songs). The track, which is crossing over from country to pop radio, tops Hot Country Songs for a 10th week.

Capping the Hot 100’s top 10, “Paris,” The Chainsmokers’ other song in the region (both from the Memories album), descends 9-10 after reaching No. 6.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column and by listening (and subscribing) to Billboard’s Chart Beat Podcast and Pop Shop Podcast, all posting this week. Plus, visit Billboard.com tomorrow (April 18), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The Hot 100 and other charts will also appear in the next issue of Billboard magazine, on sale Friday (April 21).

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There’s no stopping Drake at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, as More Life spends a third straight week atop the list. The set earned 136,000 equivalent album units in the week ending April 6, according to Nielsen Music. That sum is a decline of 40 percent compared to its second-week earnings: 226,000 units.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new April 22, 2017-dated chart (where More Life is No. 1 for a third week) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, April 11.

More Life is the first album to spend its first three chart weeks at No. 1 since Drake’s own Views, back on June 4, 2016. (Views spent its first nine weeks at No. 1, following its debut atop the tally dated May 21. Views then later returned three more weeks in the penthouse from July 30-Aug. 13, and then one further frame at No. 1 on Oct. 8.)

More Life is still powered greatly by its streaming activity, as 111,000 of its units are SEA (equaling 167 million streams of songs from the album in the tracking week). The album also tallied 16,000 in traditional album sales, and 9,000 TEA units.

More Life continues to only be available for sale as a download, as its previously announced March 31 CD release was pushed back to an as-yet-unannounced date. A vinyl LP was also forthcoming, but a street date was never made public.

Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (Divide) holds at No. 2 for a third week in a row (following its first two frames at No. 1), as the album nets 80,000 units (down 19 percent).

Kodak Black arrives at No. 3 with his debut studio album, Painting Pictures. The hip-hop set launches with 71,000 units, mostly driven by 51,000 SEA units. (It also sold 15,000 in traditional album sales.) The set’s streams are powered by the album’s hit single “Tunnel Vision,” which was No. 2 on the Streaming Songs chart dated April 15.

Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic rises 6-4 on the new Billboard 200 with 48,000 units (down 2 percent). The live action Beauty and the Beast soundtrack slips 4-5 with 46,000 units (down 28 percent) and the Moana soundtrack rises 7-6 with 44,000 units (down 4 percent).

Rock band Mastodon scores its third top 10 album, as Emperor of Sand bows at No. 7 with 43,000 units (41,000 in traditional album sales). The group previously hit the top 10 with Once More ‘Round the Sun (No. 6 in 2014) and The Hunter (No. 10 in 2011).

Emperor of Sand is also the top-selling album of the week, and bows at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart.

Future’s self-titled album climbs one slot to No. 8 with 38,000 units (down 3 percent) and Migos’ Culture ascends 11-9 with 34,000 units (down 6 percent).

MercyMe rounds out the top 10, as the act’s new Lifer album debuts at No. 10 with 33,000 units (30,000 in traditional album sales). It’s the fourth top 10 effort for the group, following Welcome to the New (No. 4 in 2014), The Hurt & The Healer (No. 7, 2012) and The Generous Mr. Lovewell (No. 3, 2010).

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The song is now part of a mere 3 percent of leaders all-time to reign for double-digit weeks. Plus, The Chainsmokers tie the longest streak of weeks in the top 10 among non-solo acts.

Ed Sheeran‘s “Shape of You” leads the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated April 15) for a 10th week, joining an exclusive club of hits that have ruled for double-digit weeks in the chart’s 58-year history.

Meanwhile, The Chainmokers match the longest streak of consecutive weeks in the Hot 100’s top 10 among duos or groups, having ranked in the tier for 48 straight weeks.

As we do every Monday, let’s run down the top 10 of the Hot 100, which blends sales, airplay and streaming data. All charts will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, April 4.

As it continues to command the Hot 100, Sheeran’s “Shape,” released on Atlantic Records, becomes just the 34th No. 1 to lead for at least 10 weeks dating to the chart’s Aug. 4, 1958, inception; a mere 3 percent (34 of 1,061) of the Hot 100’s all-time No. 1s have reached double-digit total weeks on top.

Among Atlantic singles specifically, “Shape” is the fifth to top the Hot 100 for 10 weeks or more. The one to beat with the longest stay: Brandy and Monica’s 13-week No. 1 “The Boy Is Mine” in 1998.

Overall, “Shape” is the first title to top the Hot 100 for double-digit frames since The Chainsmokers’ “Closer,” featuring Halsey, which led for 12 weeks in 2016. Earlier in 2016, Drake‘s 10-week No. 1 “One Dance,” featuring WizKid and Kyla, became the last such smash among solo males prior to Sheeran’s.

As it crowns the Hot 100 for a 10th week, “Shape” does the same on the Digital Song Sales chart (85,000 downloads sold, down 12 percent, in the week ending March 30, according to Nielsen Music), becoming just the 10th hit to total double-digit weeks atop the tally. It’s the first since “Closer,” which logged a record-tying 13 weeks at No. 1.

“Shape” adds an eighth week at No. 1 on Radio Songs (173 million in audience, up 1 percent, in the week ending April 2) and a fourth frame atop Streaming Songs (46.2 million U.S. streams, essentially even week-over-week, in the week ending March 30).

Impressively, “Shape” has topped the Hot 100 and its three main component charts (Digital Song Sales, Radio Songs and Streaming Songs) simultaneously for four weeks running. Since Streaming Songs launched in early 2013 (as the most-recently-added of the three lists), only two songs had previously led the trio of charts (as well as the Hot 100) for at least four straight weeks at the same time: “Closer” (six weeks, 2016) and Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk!,” featuring Bruno Mars (six, 2015).

Back to this week, with more Mars: his “That’s What I Like” holds at its No. 2 high on the Hot 100. It pushes 3-2 on Radio Songs (119 million, up 15 percent), earning the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award for the fifth time in the last six weeks. The track keeps at No. 2 on Digital Song Sales (79,000, down 1 percent) and rises 6-3 on Streaming Songs (30.1 million, up 9 percent). “Like” notches a seventh week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B Songs chart and a third atop Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

And, more Chainsmokers: the twosome of Alex Pall and Drew Taggart zooms 7-3 on the Hot 100 with “Something Just Like This,” its collab with Coldplay. The song passes its prior No. 5 high to tie for The Chainsmokers’ second-highest-charting hit: before their 12-week No. 1 “Closer,” “Don’t Let Me Down,” featuring Daya, reached No. 3 in July 2016. Coldplay has charted higher only with “Viva La Vida,” its sole No. 1 in 2008.

“Something” stays at No. 4 on Digital Song Sales (59,000, down 1 percent) and surges 18-12 on Radio Songs (59 million, up 20 percent) and 25-15 on Streaming Songs (18.3 million, up 3 percent). It leads the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart for a fourth week.

Thanks to “Something,” as well as the duo’s No. 6-peaking “Paris,” which rebounds 10-9, The Chainsmokers have now spent 48 consecutive weeks in the Hot 100’s top 10, dating to May 21, 2016 (and encompassing four top 10s), tying Ace of Base’s record streak among non-solo acts. Here’s an update among all artists:

Most consecutive weeks in the Hot 100’s top 10
69 weeks, Katy Perry, 2010-11
51 weeks, Drake, 2015-16
48 weeks, The Chainsmokers, 2016-17
48 weeks, Ace of Base, 1993-94
46 weeks, Rihanna, 2010-1

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top five, The Weeknd‘s “I Feel It Coming,” featuring Daft Punk, hits a new peak, rising 5-4, led by its identical 5-4 lift on Radio Songs (98 million, up 1 percent). Plus, KYLE returns to the top 10 at a new high, charging 12-5 with his debut hit “iSpy,” featuring Lil Yachty; it had reached a prior No. 10 best rank two weeks ago. With its latest climb, Lil Yachty matches his highest Hot 100 placement, as he’d first ascended to a No. 5 high as featured on D.R.A.M.’s “Broccoli” in November. Streaming leads the way for “iSpy,” which jumps 8-6 on Streaming Songs (26.9 million, up 14 percent). The track also continues to add airplay, as it rises 44-36 on Radio Songs (34 million, up 20 percent).

Migos‘ “Bad and Boujee,” featuring Lil Uzi Vert, drops 4-6 on the Hot 100, following three nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1, while topping the Hot Rap Songs chart for a 13th week; Zayn and Taylor Swift‘s “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)” tumbles 3-7, after hitting No. 2; and Kodak Black‘s first Hot 100 top 10, “Tunnel Vision,” dips to No. 8 from its No. 6 Hot 100 high.

Closing out the Hot 100’s top 10 (below The Chainsmokers’ “Paris” at No. 9, as noted above), Drake’s “Passionfruit” slips to No. 10 after debuting at No. 8 a week ago. Driven heavily by streaming, the track keeps at No. 4 on Streaming Songs (26.2 million, down 10 percent), as well as No. 1, for a second total week, on the audio subscription services-based On-Demand Streaming Songs chart (24.4 million on-demand U.S. streams, down 16 percent). The track stays at No. 22 on Digital Song Sales (25,000, down 7 percent) and gains by 118 percent to 13 million in airplay audience. As previously reported, parent album More Life spends a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, having earned 226,000 equivalent album units (down 55 percent) in the week ending March 30.

Find out more Hot 100 news in the weekly “Hot 100 Chart Moves” column later this week, and visit Billboard.com tomorrow (April 4), when all charts, including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh. The Hot 100 and other charts will also appear in the next issue of Billboard magazine, on sale Friday (April 7).

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Drake’s More Life rules the Billboard 200 albums chart for a second week, as the set earned 225,000 equivalent album units in the week ending March 30, according to Nielsen Music. It declined 55 percent compared to its blockbuster debut frame of 505,000 units.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new April 15, 2017-dated chart (where More Life is No. 1 for a second week) will be posted in full to Billboard’s websites on Tuesday, April 4.

More Life debuted at No. 1 on the chart dated April 8, earning 505,000 units in its first tracking week, according to Nielsen Music. It also set a streaming record, for the largest number of SEA units racked up in a single week by an album: 257,000.

More Life continues to be a streaming powerhouse in its second week, as traditional album sales equaled 43,000 while it collected another 169,000 SEA units (the second largest streaming week ever for an album, behind only More Life’s debut). The rest of the title’s units came from TEA (13,000).

More Life is Drake’s second album to earn more than a single week at No. 1, following Views, which tallied 13 nonconsecutive weeks atop the list in 2016. His other No. 1 albums all had singular weeks at No. 1 (What a Time To Be Alive, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, Nothing Was the Same, Take Care, Thank Me Later).

With More Life clocking a second week at No. 1, it marks the 20^th cumulative week at No. 1 for Drake as an artist, combining the two weeks atop the list for More Life with his previous 18 weeks leading the tally with his six earlier No. 1s. Among hip-hop acts, the only artists with more weeks at No. 1 are Jay Z (with 23 weeks from 13 No. 1s) and M.C. Hammer (with 21, all from his only No. 1: Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em).

At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Ed Sheeran’s former No. 1 ÷ (Divide) holds its position, with 98,000 units (down 17 percent).

Trey Songz’s Tremaine debuts at No. 3 — the only new arrival in the top 10 — with 67,000 units (45,000 in traditional album sales). It’s the fifth top 10 for the singer, and first since Trigga, which debuted at No. 1 in 2014 with 105,000 in album sales (this was before the chart transitioned to a units-based ranking). He previously visited the region with Chapter V (2012), Passion, Pain & Pleasure (2010) and Ready (2009).

The new live action Beauty and the Beast film soundtrack holds steady at No. 4 with 64,000 units (down 36 percent), while Metallica’s Hardwired… To Self-Destruct blasts 19-5 with 50,000 units (up 110 percent) and 48,000 in traditional album sales (up 120 percent). The set continues to profit mostly from a concert ticket/album bundle sale redemption promotion with the act’s stadium tour that went on sale on Feb. 17.

Metallica is followed by a pair of stationary titles, as Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic sits still at No. 6 for another week (49,000 units; down 4 percent) and the Moana soundtrack is a non-mover at No. 7 (46,000 units; down 8 percent).

Rick Ross’ Rather You Than Me dips 3-8 in its second week on the list, with 40,000 units (down 62 percent), and Future’s self-titled album falls one rung to No. 9 with 39,000 units (down 3 percent). The Weeknd’s Starboy closes out the top 10 at No. 10 with 36,000 units (down 6 percent).

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