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Morgan Wallen leads this weekâs all-genre Billboard Hot 100, as his new song âLove Somebody,â released on Mercury/Big Loud/Republic, debuts at the chartâs pinnacle. The song also marks the first country song to debut atop the chart since Wallenâs own collaboration with Post Malone, âI Had Some Help,â which launched at No. 1 on the […]
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Kendrick Lamar and his war of words with Drake was largely expected to be a war of words but has transformed into a huge cultural moment that transcends the battle. K-Dotâs blistering âNot Like Usâ landed the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and gave DJ Mustard his first No. 1 debut.
Kendrick Lamar, 36, threw the first of the most current shots in the direction of Drake (and J. Cole) on the relatively tame âLike Thatâ track from Future and Metro Boominâs WE DONâT TRUST YOU collaborative album. From there, the stakes were raised when J. Cole fired back but retracted his diss track â7 Minute Drillâ in the name of friendship.
Drake then leaked the track âPush Upsâ before officially releasing the song and egging on the beef by daring Lamar to respond. Upping the ante, the Canadian superstar then released the âTaylor Made Freestyleâ using AI-generated 2Pac and Snoop Dogg voices aimed at Lamar, which the estate of the late Tupac Shakur later took down.
Lamar returned the volley with âeuphoriaâ which is also in the top 10 of the Hot 100 and just days later with â6:16 in LAâ which prompted Drake to drop âFamily Matters,â a track that is currently charting in the Hot 100 top 10 along with âNot Like Usâ and âLike That.â
It all went left with Lamarâs creepy âMeet The Grahams,â which sits at No. 12 on the Hot 100, and âNot Like Usâ came immediately after. It was an effective one-two punch as âMeet The Grahamsâ is sonically darker than âNot Like Usâ with the latter now becoming the song of the summer.
Drakeâs final salvo, âThe Heart Part 6,â was seen as him waving the white flag and moving on from the battle. And as far as fans go, Kendrick Lamar is decidedly the winner of this feud.
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Mustard on the beat, ho! The hitmaker behind Kendrick Lamarâs scorching Drake diss track âNot Like Usâ is celebrating the songâs No. 1 debut on the Billboard Hot 100 Monday (May 13). âSometimes you really gotta pop out and show nâas!!!! To think . . . They really fronted on me and acted like Iâm […]
Tommy Richman scores his first appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated May 11), as his new single, âMillion Dollar Baby,â soars in at No. 2.
Released April 26 on ISO Supremacy/PULSE Records, the song debuts with 38 million official U.S. streams, 302,000 in early radio airplay audience and 4,000 downloads sold in its first week of release (April 26-May 2), according to Luminate.
Since the Hot 100 began in 1958, only five other acts have debuted in the top two with no prior history on the chart. Lauryn Hill first achieved the feat on the Nov. 14, 1998 survey, when âDoo Wop (That Thing)â launched at No. 1; before that, though, Fugees charted three songs with her as a member. Fantasia was second, with a No. 1 start for âI Believeâ after she won American Idol in 2004. In 2013, Baauer opened at No. 1 with his viral hit âHarlem Shake.â Zayn followed in 2016, when his debut solo single âPillowtalkâ arrived at No. 1; similar to Hill, One Direction had charted 29 songs with him as a member. Most recently prior to Richman, last August Oliver Anthony Music became the first act to premiere atop the Hot 100 with no prior chart history on any ranking when âRich Men North of Richmondâ debuted at No. 1.
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(Also notably, Artists for Haiti debuted at No. 2 in 2010 with its charity single âWe Are the World 25: For Haiti.â The supergroup featured dozens of A-list artists and chart veterans, including Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Celine Dion, P!nk and Usher.)
Before this week, Richman had notched one chart appearance: Brent Faiyazâs âUpset,â featuring Richman and Felix!, reached No. 12 on Hot R&B Songs and No. 33 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs last November.
âMillion Dollar Babyâ has benefitted from attention on TikTok, where it has soundtracked over 150,000 clips on the platform to date.
Richman hails from Woodbridge, Va., and was the first artist signed to Faiyazâs ISO Supremacy imprint, in partnership with PULSE Records. Richman also opened for Faiyaz on his F*ck the World, Itâs a Wasteland Tour. âIâm grateful and amazed at the support from Brent, ISO Supremacy and the team at PULSE Records, which motivates me,â Richman said at the time. âTo have the opportunity to open for Brent on his sold-out tour is an absolute honor and to sign to PULSE Records, a creative community that really understands music and supports artists, I couldnât ask for more.â
In a 2023 interview with the Miami New Times, Richman discussed the difficulties of breaking into the music industry as a Virginia-based artist. âThereâs a lot of passion through the scene back home, and I feel like itâs because a lot of people donât get a fair shake,â he said. âItâs really hard to have your voice heard there. Thatâs probably why a lot of people from Virginia left, like Pharrell and Timbaland. Itâs kind of key for an artist to leave their nest. That way, you can appreciate where you come from.â
Richman released his debut album, Alligator, in 2022 on Boom.Records. In September, he dropped the five-track The Rush, via ISO Supremacy.
Richman Rules Streaming Songs
Richman lands his first No. 1 on Billboardâs Streaming Songs chart via the chart-topping entrance for âMillion Dollar Baby.â Heâs the second act to land a first Streaming Songs ruler with an initial entry in 2024, following Benson Boone, whose âBeautiful Thingsâ led for a week in February.
Unlike âMillion Dollar Baby,â âBeautiful Thingsâ rose to No. 1 in its third week on the chart. The last act before Richman to debut atop the list with a first charting song? Kim Petras, whose âUnholy,â with Sam Smith, started at the summit in October 2022. Splitting the accomplishment one level further: Since Petras was a co-lead on âUnholy,â the last act, like Richman, to launch a first entry atop Streaming Songs with no billed collaborators before this week was Olivia Rodrigo, with âDrivers Licenseâ in January 2021.
Notably, âMillion Dollar Babyâ represents the sixth No. 1 debut on Streaming Songs in 2024. Comparatively, nine songs debuted atop the ranking in all of 2023.
Richman Banks First R&B/Hip-Hop No. 1
Richman also storms onto the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot R&B Songs charts at No. 1 with âMillion Dollar Baby.â
Meanwhile, Faiyazâs âUpset,â featuring Richman and Felix!, returns to Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at No. 40, spurred by 4.2 million streams, up 94% from the prior week.
Similarly, after âUpsetâ originally hit No. 12 in Richmanâs sole prior visit to Hot R&B Songs in November, he simultaneously ups his top 10 count to two as, concurrent with âMillion Dollar Babyâ bowing at No. 1, âUpsetâ reenters at No. 7.
âKevin Rutherford and Trevor Anderson contributed to this report
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Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, is currently celebrating hitting the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts with the track âCarnivalâ from his joint album Vultures with Ty Dolla $ign. In a now-deleted post, Ye unloaded on Drake and adidas while also shouting out his collaborators.
Ye, FKA Kanye West, took to Instagram on Monday (March 11) and thanked Ty Dolla $ign, Playboi Carti, and Rich The Kid, who all feature on the âCarnivalâ track. According to Billboard, this is the first time Rich The Kid and Playboi Carti have hit the top of the Hot 100 chart.
However, despite this achievement, Ye had some choice words for several people in his deleted Instagram rant.
âRich Ty Carti and the supporters that stood by us through everything This number #1 is for you. Itâs for the people who wonât be manipulated by the system,â began the rant. âAnd f*ck adidas and everybody who works there or with them. Anyone who goes to school with anyone whoâs parents work at adidas. Just know they tried to destroy me and here we are with the number 1 song in the world.â
The post ended with the shot at Drizzy.
âThatâs how I feel And itâs f*ck Drake for taking Durk right at the beginning of the Vuktures [Vultures] role out Iâll come back to yall if I think of more f*ck youâs,â the post ends.
Drake, known for taking subtle and direct jabs at the Chicago superstar in times past, has not responded.
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On Monday (Dec. 4), Brenda Lee made history when her classic holiday chestnut, âRockinâ Around the Christmas Tree,â topped the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time â 65 years after the songâs release.
Lee, whose indomitable spirit and powerful voice, even as a child, earned her the nickname âLittle Miss Dynamite,â recorded âRockinââ when she was just 13. Now, at age 78, sheâs watching as the song, promoted by major label UMG Nashville, has reached the pinnacle of Billboardâs all-genre chart. In the process, the song has become only the third holiday song to reach No. 1 ever on the Hot 100.
âI like that God has given me that favor that I can stand aside and look and know that it wasnât just me; that itâs a conglomerate of a lot of people that made the song what it is,â Lee tells Billboard, seated in the downtown offices of label UMG Nashville, just after UMG Nashville chair/CEO Cindy Mabe revealed the news of the songâs new peak.
âIâm happy for everybody here thatâs worked so hard to make this happen because in todayâs world, everything moves so fast and furious. But Iâm telling you this: My label has come to bat,â Lee said.
Produced by Owen Bradley, âRockinââ was initially released in 1958, though the songâs initial chart impact was modest. Lee earned her first two No. 1 Hot 100 hits in 1960, with âIâm Sorryâ and âI Want to Be Wanted.â Bolstered by those successes, âRockinââ reached an original peak of No. 14 in December 1960. Between December 2019 and last year, the song would spend nine weeks at No. 2 on the Hot 100, behind only Mariah Careyâs âAll I Want for Christmas Is You.â
Lee recorded âRockinââ in the heart of Nashvilleâs Music Row, at Bradleyâs Quonset Hut, her mature-beyond-her-years voice paired with the songâs rockabilly holiday feel, creating what would become her signature song.
âThe producer cut the air way down in the studio,â Lee recalled. âHe had a big Christmas tree and everyone was there â the Anita Kerr Singers and the A-team [of revered Nashville studio musicians], as we called them. It was like a little touch of magic kind of sprinkled in, and it turned out to be magic. It really did.â
Johnny Marks, the songwriter behind other holiday classics including âRudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeerâ and âA Holly Jolly Christmas,â also wrote âRockinâ,â with Lee in mind for the song.
âHe was such a gentle soul,â Lee recalls of the late songwriter, who died in 1985. âHe was Jewish and didnât even believe in Christmas, and all that would come out of him was Christmas music. He told me he was laying on the beach in New York and I guess he took a nap or something and when he woke up, he saw the pine trees were kind of swaying. I said, âYou got pine trees on the beach in New York?â He said, âYeah and I thought the pine trees are rocking and he went home and came up with âRockinâ Around the Christmas Tree.â
âI talked to him almost every week, and he was so funny. His first line would be, âBrenda, just thought Iâd call. Thereâs not a lot of us old-timers left,â and Iâd think, how old does he think I am?â she said with a giggle. âBut he was so precious and so sweet, and just a good guy.â
In 1990, âRockinââ became a favorite holiday song for a new generation when it was featured in the Macaulay Culkin film Home Alone.
âThatâs the catalyst that pushed it over that hill, as weâll call it. Itâs just been a blessing,â says Lee, who noted she watched the holiday mainstay a few nights ago.
Lee marked the 65th anniversary of âRockinâ Around the Christmas Treeâ by filming the songâs first official video, featuring cameos from Tanya Tucker and Trisha Yearwood. The festive clip features Lee lip-synching to her teenage recording of the song, alongside footage of her and Yearwood baking holiday cookies and chatting with Tucker as everyone gathered around a table to enjoy a holiday feast.
âMy buds are in there,â Lee says. âWe had a ball making it. We filmed it at the producerâs house, and nothing was choreographed, really. We just had fun. They were just precious to do that for me, and I think folks will love it.â
Like Lee, Tucker was herself a star by her teens, and Lee met Yearwood when she was first getting started in the industry in the 1990s.
âThey both are just real,â Lee says of Tucker and Yearwood. âTheyâve never lost their sense of joy, gratitude and of excitement for what theyâre doing. And they help â you call âem and theyâll say, âSure, when you want me there?â Now, thereâs probably some moments theyâve got on film that youâll never see,â she laughs, âbut we had a good time. It seemed like it just went like that. We were there for hours filming, but because weâre friends and all, it didnât seem like a long time.â
As for her own favorite holiday hits â other than her own? âI love to hear âWhite Christmasâ and love to hear Bing Crosby sing. I also love Burl Ivesâ âA Holly Jolly Christmas,’â Lee says.
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Morgan Wallenâs âLast Nightâ this week becomes one of only four singles in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to log 16 or more weeks at No. 1. So, does that mean itâs a lock for a Grammy nomination for record of the year? Its chances are good, but Grammy voters donât always follow the lead of music fans.
The three previous singles to spend 16 or more weeks at No. 1 â Lil Nas Xâs âOld Town Roadâ (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus), Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankeeâs âDespacitoâ (featuring Justin Bieber) and Mariah Carey and Boyz II Menâs âOne Sweet Dayâ â were all nominated for record of the year, though none of them won.
And numerous long-running No. 1 hits werenât nominated in any Grammy categories. The list includes Los Del Rioâs âMacarena (Bayside Boys Mix),â Joan Jett & the Blackheartsâ âI Love Rock nâ Roll,â Rod Stewartâs âTonightâs the Night (Gonna Be Alright),â Andy Gibbâs âShadow Dancing,â Chicâs âLe Freak,â Bobby Lewisâ âTossinâ and Turninââ and Tommy Edwardsâ âItâs All in the Game.â
âLast Nightâ is a multi-format hit, which will work in its favor. And Wallen has been one of the most dominant record sellers of the past few years. But he has yet to even be nominated for a Grammy, so thereâs still no evidence that Grammy voters are ready to move on from the 2021 incident where he was videotaped using a racial slur. Also, another country smash, Luke Combsâ âFast Car,â is a formidable record of the year candidate. Both could be among the eight nominees in this category, but that would defy recent Grammy patterns. We havenât had a year with two or more country hits nominated for record of the year since 1977.
Letâs look back at the five (more in the case of ties) longest-running No. 1 hits of each of the last eight decades (or partial decades) to see how they fared at the Grammys. Conveniently, the Hot 100 and the Grammys started in the same year â 1958. That first Grammy eligibility year began on Jan. 1 of that year. The Hot 100 launched seven months later (on Aug. 4).
We show the number of nominations each song received and list those categories. We also show the number of winsâand also list those categories. (We counted only nominations for that specific track or song, not for the album on which it appeared or the artist in general, or other tracks by that artist.)
The 2020s (2020-23 to date)
Morgan Wallenâs âLast Nightâ: 16 weeks at No. 1 (so far) in 2023. Grammy status to be determined.
Harry Stylesâ âAs It Wasâ: 15 weeks at No. 1 in 2022. 4 nods (record of the year, song of the year, best pop solo performance, best music video); no wins (though Styles won album of the year).
Mariah Careyâs âAll I Want for Christmas Is Youâ: 12 weeks at No. 1 from 2019-23. No nods. Note: Carey was nominated for best female pop vocal performance for âHeroâ in 1994, when this was first released and thus eligible.
Roddy Ricchâs âThe Boxâ: 11 weeks at No. 1 in 2020. 3 nods (song of the year, best melodic rap performance, best rap song); no wins.
BTSâ âButterâ: 10 weeks at No. 1 in 2021. 1 nod (best pop duo/group performance); no wins.
Adeleâs âEasy on Meâ: 10 weeks at No. 1 in 2021-22. 4 nods (record of the year, song of the year, best pop solo performance, best music video); one win (best pop solo performance).
The 2010s
Lil Nas Xâs âOld Town Roadâ (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus): A record 19 weeks at No. 1 in 2019. 3 nods (record of the year, best pop duo/group performance, best music video), 2 wins (best pop duo/group performance, best music video).
Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankeeâs âDespacitoâ (featuring Justin Bieber): 16 weeks in 2017. 3 nods (record of the year, song of the year, best pop duo/group performance); no wins.
Mark Ronsonâs âUptown Funk!â (featuring Bruno Mars): 14 weeks in 2015. 2 nods (record of the year, best pop duo/group performance); 2 wins (record of the year, best pop duo/group performance).
Robin Thickeâs âBlurred Linesâ (featuring T.I. + Pharrell): 12 weeks in 2013. 2 nods (record of the year, best pop duo/group performance); no wins.
Wiz Khalifaâs âSee You Againâ (featuring Charlie Puth): 12 weeks in 2015. 3 nods (song of the year, best pop duo/group performance, best song written for visual media); no wins.
The Chainsmokersâ âCloserâ (featuring Halsey): 12 weeks in 2016. 1 nod (best pop duo/group performance); no wins.
Ed Sheeranâs âShape of Youâ: 12 weeks in 2017. 1 nod (best pop solo performance), 1 win (best pop solo performance).
The 2000s
Mariah Careyâs âWe Belong Togetherâ: 14 weeks in 2005. 4 nods (record of the year, song of the year, best female R&B vocal performance, best R&B song); 2 wins (best female R&B vocal performance, best R&B song).
The Black Eyed Peasâ âI Gotta Feelingâ: 14 weeks in 2009. 2 nods (record of the year, best pop performance by a duo or group with vocals); 1 win (best pop performance by a duo or group with vocals).
Eminemâs âLose Yourselfâ: 12 weeks in 2002-03. 5 nods (record of the year, song of the year, best male rap solo performance, best rap song, best song written for a motion picture, television or other visual media); 2 wins (best male rap solo performance, best rap song).
Usherâs âYeah!â (featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris): 12 weeks in 2004. 2 nods (record of the year, best rap/sung collaboration); 1 win (best rap/sung collaboration).
The Black Eyed Peasâ âBoom Boom Powâ: 12 weeks in 2009. 2 nods (best dance recording, best short form music video); 1 win (best short form music video).
The 1990s
Mariah Carey & Boyz II Menâs âOne Sweet Dayâ: 16 weeks in 1995-96. 2 nods (record of the year, best pop collaboration with vocals), no wins.
Whitney Houstonâs âI Will Always Love Youâ: 14 weeks in 1992-93. 2 nods (record of the year, best pop vocal performance, female); 2 wins (record of the year, best pop vocal performance, female).
Boyz II Menâs âIâll Make Love to Youâ: 14 weeks in 1994. 3 nods (record of the year, best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocal, best rhythm and blues song); 2 wins (best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocal, best rhythm and blues song).
Los Del Rioâs âMacarena (Bayside Boys Mix)â: 14 weeks in 1996. No nods.
Elton Johnâs âCandle in the Wind 1997â/âSomething About the Way You Look Tonightâ: 14 weeks in 1997-98. 1 nod (best male pop vocal performance); 1 win (best male pop vocal performance).
The 1980s
Olivia Newton-Johnâs âPhysicalâ: 10 weeks in 1981-82. 1 nod (best pop video performance, female); no wins.
Kim Carnesâ âBette Davis Eyesâ: 9 weeks in 1981. 3 nods (record of the year, song of the year, best pop vocal performance, female); 2 wins (record of the year, song of the year).
Diana Ross & Lionel Richieâs âEndless Loveâ: 9 weeks in 1981. 3 nods (record of the year, song of the year, best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal); no wins.
The Policeâs âEvery Breath You Takeâ: 8 weeks in 1983. 3 nods (record of the year, song of the year, best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal); 2 wins (song of the year, best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal).
Joan Jett & the Blackheartsâ âI Love Rock nâ Rollâ: 7 weeks in 1982. No nods.
Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonderâs âEbony and Ivoryâ: 7 weeks in 1982. 3 nods (record of the year, song of the year, best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal); no wins.
Michael Jacksonâs âBillie Jeanâ: 7 weeks in 1983. 3 nods (song of the year, best R&B vocal performance, male, best rhythm & blues song); 2 wins (best R&B vocal performance, male, best rhythm & blues song). Note: Another of Jacksonâs 1983 hits, âBeat It,â won for record of the year.
The 1970s
Debby Booneâs âYou Light Up My Lifeâ: 10 weeks in 1977. 3 nods (record of the year, song of the year, best pop vocal performance, female); 1 win (song of the year).
Rod Stewartâs âTonightâs the Night (Gonna Be Alright)â: 8 weeks in 1976-77. No nods.
Bee Geesâ âNight Feverâ: 8 weeks in 1978.No nods. (âStayinâ Alive,â which had half as many weeks at No. 1, brought the group Grammy glory that year, with nods for record and song of the year.)
Andy Gibbâs âShadow Dancingâ: 7 weeks in 1978. No nods.
Simon & Garfunkelâs âBridge Over Troubled Waterâ: 6 weeks in 1970. 4 nods (record of the year, song of the year, best contemporary song, best arrangement accompanying vocalist(s)); Â 4 wins (record of the year, song of the year, best contemporary song, best arrangement accompanying vocalist(s)).
Three Dog Nightâs âJoy to the Worldâ: 6 weeks at No. 1 in 1971. 2 nods (record of the year, best pop vocal performance by a duo, group or chorus); no wins.
Roberta Flackâs âThe First Time Ever I Saw Your Faceâ: 6 weeks in 1972. 2 nods (record of the year, song of the year); 2 wins (record of the year, song of the year).
Gilbert OâSullivanâs âAlone Again (Naturally)â: 6 weeks in 1972. 3 nods (record of the year, song of the year, best pop vocal performance, male); no wins.
Chicâs âLe Freakâ: 6 weeks in 1978-79. No nods.
The Knackâs âMy Sharonaâ: 6 weeks at No. 1 in 1979. 1 nod (best rock vocal performance by a duo or group); no wins.
The 1960s
Percy Faith & His Orchestraâs âThe Theme from A Summer Placeâ: 9 weeks in 1960. 4 nods (record of the year, song of the year, best arrangement, best performance by an orchestra); 1 win (record of the year).
The Beatlesâ âHey Judeâ: 9 weeks in 1968. 3 nods (record of the year, song of the year, best contemporary-pop performance by a vocal duo or group); no wins.
Bobby Lewisâ âTossinâ and Turninââ: 7 weeks in 1961. No nods.
The Beatlesâ âI Want To Hold Your Handâ: 7 weeks in 1964. 1 nod (record of the year); no wins.
The Monkeesâ âIâm a Believerâ: 7 weeks in 1966-67. 2 nods (best performance by a vocal group, best contemporary group performance (vocal or instrumental); no wins.
Marvin Gayeâs âI Heard It Through the Grapevineâ: 7 weeks in 1968-69. 1 nod (best rhythm & blues vocal performance, male); no wins.
The 1950s (1958-59)
Bobby Darinâs âMack the Knifeâ: 9 weeks in 1959. 2 nods (record of the year, best vocal performance, male); 1 win (record of the year).
Sheb Wooleyâs âThe Purple People Eaterâ: 6 weeks on the Best Sellers and Top 100 charts in 1958 (prior to the inception of the Hot 100). No nods.
Tommy Edwardsâ âItâs All in the Gameâ: 6 weeks in 1958. No nods.
Johnny Hortonâs âThe Battle of New Orleansâ: 6 weeks in 1959. 2 nods song of the year, best country & western performance); 2 wins (song of the year, best country & western performance).
Note:Â Danny & the Juniorsâ âAt the Hop,â the longest-running No. 1 hit of 1958 (7 weeks at No. 1 on the Top 100 chart), was released in 1957 and thus was ineligible for the inaugural Grammy Awards in 1958.
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