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Flo Milli’s “Never Lose Me” continues to reign on the TikTok Billboard Top 50, while Jack Harlow’s “Lovin on Me” enters the top 10. Tetris Kelly:Flo Milli keeps a grip on TikTok as Jack Harlow slides into the top 10. Flo Milli’s “Never Lose Me” spends another week at No. 1 on the TikTok Billboard […]
Flo Milli finds her first top 10 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart as “Never Lose Me” races 16-7 on the list dated Feb. 3. The single, released on RCA Records, has ridden a wave of TikTok virality that has triggered major gains across multiple streaming services as the tune also begins its radio campaign.
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To enter the top 10 on the multi-metric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, “Never Lose Me” tallied 15.5 million official U.S. streams in the tracking week of Jan. 19 – 25, according to Luminate, a 28% increase compared with the prior week. The improvement sends the song 10-3 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs chart with the Greatest Gainer award, given weekly to each song with the largest increase in stream count. Sales for the track, meanwhile, remain at a negligible amount and are essentially even with the previous week’s total; the track has yet to appear on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales ranking.
In the radio world, “Never Lose Me” registers its first appearances on airplay rankings with three simultaneous debuts: No. 25 on Rap Airplay, No. 35 on Rhythmic Airplay and No. 46 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay. As is the case too, on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, “Never Lose Me” gives the rapper her first visit to all the charts as a lead artist and second overall entry, following a featured role on Lah Pat’s “Rodeo” (which also had a separate version featuring Big Jade) in 2023.
Elsewhere, “Never Lose Me” rockets 15-5 on the Hot Rap Songs chart and 37-19 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100. Notably, the single’s sample of Babyface Ray and 42 Dugg’s 2023 track, “Ron Artest,” helps both artists gain chart credits through songwriting contributions.
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“Never Lose Me” found huge reception on TikTok through a variety of trends that use the song as a soundtrack. Some clips that involve users displaying medals and trophies with captions that feature tongue-in-cheek reasons for the achievements (such as “worst ex”), while other videos center on flexing while using the song’s ““never had a b—h like me” lyric. Thanks to the song’s popularity on the social media platform, “Never Lose Me” leads the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart for a third consecutive week.
The new hit is likely to appear on Flo Milli’s forthcoming album, Fine Ho, Stay, for which the rapper shared the album art last October. The new set is the third and final installment in an album trilogy, following 2020’s Ho, Why Is You Here? and 2022’s You Still Here, Ho?
Flo Milli’s “Never Lose Me” tallies a third straight week at No. 1 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart (dated Feb. 3), while Good Neighbours’ breakout debut single, “Home,” opens in the top five.
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The TikTok Billboard Top 50 is a weekly ranking of the most popular songs on TikTok in the United States based on creations, video views and user engagement. The latest chart reflects activity Jan 15-21. Activity on TikTok is not included in Billboard charts except for the TikTok Billboard Top 50.
“Never Lose Me” continues its run at No. 1 as it also jumps into the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100, rising 37-19 with 15.5 million U.S. streams (up 28%) and 2.5 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 105%) in the latest Jan. 19-25 tracking week, according to Luminate.
“Never Lose Me’s” run at No. 1 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 is largely driven by a variety of trends, with a more recent theme being uploads highlighting the “never had a b—h like me” lyric.
The song is now the second-longest-leading No. 1 hit on the TikTok Billboard Top 50, after Mitski’s six-week leader “My Love Mine All Mine.”
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Just below Flo Milli, Muni Long’s “Made for Me” jumps 12-2, becoming her first top 10 hit on the chart. The song has also begun scaling the Hot 100, gaining 93-44 in its second week.
Its trend highlights the song’s “Twin/ where have you been? / nobody knows me like you do” lyric, with users making videos with friends, family or significant others. Long herself has also posted TikToks lip synching to the song, as have Chlöe, That Girl Lay Lay and more.
Good Neighbours’ breakout debut single “Home” debuts at No. 4. The song also debuts at No. 18 on Billboard’s Hot Alternative Songs chart and No. 28 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, marking the London duo’s first-ever chart appearance. The duo comprises Oli Fox and Scott Verrill, who had both released solo music prior to forming Good Neighbours — Verrill recorded under the name Good Scott (and before that, Kwassa).
The trend for “Home” shows users singing its “darling won’t you take me home” lyric.
Rounding out the top five of the Billboard TikTok Top 50, He Is We’s “I Wouldn’t Mind” drops 2-3 and Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor” falls 3-5.
See the full TikTok Billboard Top 50 here. You can also tune in each Friday to SiriusXM’s TikTok Radio (channel 4) to hear the premiere of the chart’s top 10 countdown at 3 p.m. ET, with reruns heard throughout the week.
Marc Anthony’s remarkable dominance on Billboard’s Tropical Airplay chart adds yet another chapter this week as his latest single, “Punta Cana,” debuts at No. 1 on the ranking dated Feb. 3. The arrival extends his record for the most No. 1s in the chart’s history.
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“Punta Cana” storms in atop Tropical Airplay with 4.6 million audience impressions earned in the U.S. during the Jan. 19-25 tracking week, according to Luminate.
“Punta Cana’s” arrival at the summit secures Marc Anthony his unprecedented 36th No. 1 on the list, the most among all acts; a record he’s held since 1996, one year after Tropical Airplay launched. Victor Manuelle remains in second place, with 29 No. 1s.
The bachata, coproduced by Marc Anthony alongside Sergio George, was released Jan. 26 via Sony Music Latin and unseats another labelmate from the lead: Enrique Iglesias and Maria Becerra’s “Así Es La Vida” drops to No. 2 with a 19% decrease in impressions, to 4.3 million.
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Notably, out of the 36 champs on Marc Anthony’s Tropical Airplay account, “Punta Cana” becomes the third song to premiere at No. 1, following the six-week champ “Se Me Sigue Olvidando” (1995) and nine-week ruler “Ahora Quien” (2004). (Only 16 songs overall have debuted on at No. 1 on the chart.) Plus, “Punta Cana” is Marc Anthony’s first No. 1 in two years (since “Mala Santa” ruled for one week in March 2022) and his 27th No. 1 without any accompanying acts.
As Marc Anthony continues to beat the competition, here’s the recap of the artists with the most No. 1s on the 28-year-old chart:
36, Marc Anthony29, Victor Manuelle23, Prince Royce18, Romeo Santos14, Elvis Crespo14, Gilberto Santa Rosa13, Jerry Rivera12, Juan Luis Guerra 440
Beyond its Tropical Airplay coronation, “Punta Cana” gives Marc Anthony his 59th career entry on the overall Latin Airplay ranking, as the song debuts at No. 19. With the new entry, he continues to hold the record for the most chart appearances among tropical acts, and the sixth-most among all artists. Here’s the leaderboard:
85, Daddy Yankee68, Ozuna64, Intocable63, Los Tigres del Norte60, J Balvin59, Marc Anthony58, Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga
Following the launch of his solo career after soaring to success with *NSYNC, Justin Timberlake has been a force on the Billboard charts.
His 2002 solo debut album, Justified, peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and generated four top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including his first two top 10 efforts: “Like I Love You” (No. 11), “Cry Me a River” (No. 2), “Rock Your Body” (No. 5) and “Senorita” (No. 27).
The multi-hit run set Timberlake up for a monster sophomore album, FutureSex/LoveSounds, which arrived in 2006 to enormous acclaim. The project opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, while three of its singles mirrored the chart-topping results on the Hot 100: “SexyBack,” “My Love” (featuring T.I.) and “What Goes Around …. Comes Around.”
Though another solo album didn’t come for six years, Timberlake filled the gap and remained musically active with featured contributions on a string of hits, partnering with a range of acts such as 50 Cent (“Ayo Technology”), Madonna (“4 Minutes”), T.I. (“Dead and Gone”) and Ciara (“Love Sex Magic”). The Timberlake touch was evident: All four songs hit the Hot 100 top 10.
When he did return, the boy bander-turned-solo superstar continued his top 10 ways with The 20/20 Experience album’s “Mirrors” and the Jay-Z-assisted “Suit & Tie” in 2013; another Hot 100 champ in 2016’s Trolls soundtrack single “Can’t Stop the Feeling!”; and Man of the Woods’ “Filthy” and “Say Something,” featuring Chris Stapleton, in 2018.
As the superstar turns 43 on Wednesday (Jan. 31) and is warming up for his forthcoming Everything I Thought It Was album, Billboard recaps the Grammy winner’s biggest solo hits on the Hot 100. As a sign of his musical versatility and status as a go-to collaborator, the list includes collaborations with an array of top talent, including rap superstars Jay-Z and T.I. and pop royalty Madonna and Michael Jackson.
Justin Timberlake’s Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits ranking is based on weekly performance on the Hot 100 (through Feb. 3, 2024). Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at lower spots earning the least. Due to changes in chart methodology over the years, eras are weighted differently to account for chart turnover rates during various periods.
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Welcome to Billboard Pro’s Trending Up column, where we take a closer look at the songs, artists, curiosities and trends that have caught the music industry’s attention. Some have come out of nowhere, others have taken months to catch on, and all of them could become ubiquitous in the blink of a TikTok clip. This week: Britney Spears’ fans ensure Justin Timberlake isn’t by his “Selfish” lonesome on the charts this week, a Prime Video musical series seems to be on the verge of a major breakout, “Not the 1975” passes The 1975 on radio and much more.
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Britney Spears Fans ‘Selfish’-ly Troll Justin Timberlake’s New Single Release, Revive 13-Year-Old ‘Femme Fatale’ Bonus Track
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A little low-stakes trolling never hurt anybody, right? Last Friday (Jan. 25), Justin Timberlake kicked off the campaign for Everything I Thought It Was – his forthcoming sixth studio album – with lead single “Selfish.”
Of course, Timberlake’s name has been embroiled in controversy for the past few months following unsavory excerpts from Britney Spears’ The Woman In Me memoir, in which she reflects on him cheating on her, dumping her right before a music video shoot, and playing guitar as she cried on the bathroom floor after aborting their unborn child.
To troll Timberlake’s release, Britney’s fans started throwing their support behind a Spears single also titled “Selfish.” A bonus track from the deluxe edition of 2011’s Femme Fatale, “Selfish” had seen virtually no substantial commercial success before this weekend. At one point, Spears’ “Selfish” reached the top of the U.S. iTunes Chart, conquering a Tom McDonald-Ben Shapiro collab, Megan Thee Stallion’s much-talked-about “Hiss,” and Timberlake’s own “Selfish” in the process.
According to Luminate, during the period of Jan. 29-31, Spears’ “Selfish” garnered over 397,000 official on-demand streams, marking an unbelievable 14,978% increase from just over 2,600 streams during the period of Jan. 22-24. Notably, Spears’ “Selfish” also sold just under 10,000 digital copies during Jan. 29-31, a vast improvement from the negligible number of copies the song sold during Jan. 22-24.
For what it’s worth, Spears has since come out as a fan of Timberlake’s “Selfish,” writing on Instagram (which is now set to private), “I am so in love with Justin Timberlake’s new song ‘Selfish.’ It is soo good.” Timberlake’s new single earned 4.8 million official on-demand streams during Jan. 29-31. – KYLE DENIS
Will ‘Hazbin Hotel’ Reserve the ‘Encanto’ Slot on the 2024 Charts?
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For all the film musicals that have been taking over the box office in recent months – Wonka, The Color Purple, Mean Girls – it might be an animated musical comedy series whose soundtrack has the most profound impact on the Billboard charts this year. Hazbin Hotel, created by Vivienne Medrano and featuring songs composed by Sam Haft and Andrew Underberg (no relation), has been taking off with viewers and critics since the first four episodes of its first season premiered on Amazon Prime two Thrusdays ago (Jan. 18). Now, with two more episodes out on Jan. 25, the show’ is starting to really make its presence felt in sales and streaming.
“Poison” (sung by cast member Blake Roman) and “Loser Baby” (by Roman and co-star Keith David), both featured in the season’s fourth episode (“Masquerade”) and available on DSPs via A24 Music, have been the two leading performers from the show thus far. “Poison” notched over 2.4 million official on-demand U.S. streams for the week ending Jan. 25 (following the episode’s premiere), according to Luminate, while “Loser” did even better, with over 2.7 million streams. What’s more, they’re both still gaining: “Poison” has infected over 1.8 million streams through the first four days of this tracking week (Jan. 26-29) – a 61% gain over the same period the previous week – while “Loser” has won nearly 2 million over the same period, a gain of 60%.
Neither song is threatening the Hot 100 just yet (“Poison” has made a couple Alternative charts) but as the show continues to build buzz – and as the final two songs of the first season arrive this Thursday (Feb. 1) – it’s hard not to get the same feeling Encanto generated when its songs started breaking the surface of the mainstream at the turn of 2022. Whether any of the songs can become a crossover hit on the level of “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” remains to be seen, but karaoke rooms should probably start bracing themselves for impact just in case. – ANDREW UNTERBERGER
Michael Marcagi Off to Strong ‘Start’ With Second Single
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As both Zach Bryan and Noah Kahan have lodged their work into the upper reaches of the Hot 100 and Billboard 200 charts, a natural byproduct of their respective successes is the proliferation of their rustic, intimately drawn country-folk amalgamations. Fans of both singer-songwriters have certainly taken a shine to “Scared to Start,” the new single from Cincinnati singer-songwriter Michael Marcagi, who fronted the rock quartet The Heavy Hours before striking out on his own. Debut single “The Other Side” earned some attention upon its December release, but based on early streaming returns, its follow-up may be a bonafide breakthrough.
After Marcagi teased the single ahead of its Jan. 12 release, “Scared to Start” has started strong, with 2.54 million official on-demand U.S. streams in its first week of release and 3.64 million more in its second week — a 42% week-to-week jump, according to Luminate. The song has been added to Spotify’s Hot Hits USA and Pop Rising playlists, while Marcagi has continued promoting “Scared to Start” and re-posting fan covers on his TikTok page, which has 165,000 followers. The soft-glowing electric guitar and tenderly anthemic hooks of “Scared to Start” sound straight out of stick season — and Marcagi, a recent Warner Records signee, may be crashing the Hot 100 with it soon enough. – JASON LIPSHUTZ
Rich Amiri Bags Burgeoning Streaming Smash In Only “One Call”
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“I don’t trust a soul, I don’t trust nobody / Threw up off some pills, I don’t trust my own body,” opens the chorus of Rich Amiri’s “One Call.” Those lines – which are paired with rattling pluggnb production – smartly call on social media’s self-destructive obsession with “haters,” thus providing two immediate gateways to TikTok virality for the single.
“One Call,” taken from Amiri’s Internet Money/10K Projects LP Ghetto Fabulous (2023), has posted a 289% increase in official on-demand U.S. streams over the past five weeks. During the week of Jan. 19-25, the track pulled in 4.69 million streams, up substantially from the 1.2 million it notched during Dec. 22-28. On TikTok – where users frequently use the song to soundtrack video game fan edits and lip-sync clips – the official “One Call” sound boasts 31,600 posts. On YouTube, the track’s official music video – which debuted on Nov. 8, 2023 – has collected over 2.9 million views.
Having debuted on both the Bubbling Under Hot 100 (No. 7) and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (No. 45) this week (both charts dated Feb. 3, 2024), “One Call” is shaping up to be the first Billboard Hot 100 entry of Rich Amiri’s career. – KD
‘Not the 1975’ Is Becoming Bigger at Pop Radio Than… The 1975
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Last July, Atlantic-signed Nashville artist Knox built a kicky pop-rock track around the chorus lyric “She said ‘I like your confidence, but you’re not The 1975’”; then, the 25-year-old singer-songwriter wove in references to the British band’s songs “Chocolate,” “Looking for Somebody (to Love)” and “Oh Caroline,” and titled the track “Not The 1975.” Over the past month, the song has proven to be an unlikely hit for Knox — and most surprisingly, has continued to find an audience at U.S. pop radio.
The all-format radio audience for “Not the 1975” has ballooned from 141,000 impressions during the week ending Jan. 4 to 1.1 million during the most recent tracking week, according to Luminate. That’s good enough to get Knox’s single to No. 35 on this week’s Pop Airplay chart — a format that has yet to fully embrace the actual 1975, even as they’ve headlined arenas across America in recent years. The 1975’s biggest Pop Airplay hit to date is the aforementioned “Chocolate,” which peaked at No. 25 on the chart in 2014, and the band hasn’t graced the listing at all since “The Sound” in 2016. That means, depending on how many spins Knox keeps collecting over the next few months, “Not the 1975” could climb higher on this chart than the 1975 ever have. – JL
Season’s Gainings: Travis Kelce Continues Fighting the Good ‘Fight’
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It may have confused those not versed in recent Kansas City Chiefs lore when start tight end (and Taylor Swift beau) Travis Kelce paused his postgame interview after his team’s AFC Championship victory to shout the chorus to the Beastie Boys’ 1986 classic “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party).”But the song has been a rallying cry for the Chiefs since Kelce first yelled it at the AFC Championship post-game a half-decade ago, and the team’s faithful knew it was time to get ill once Kelce again sounded the call: “Fight for Your Right” was up 15% in combined official on-demand U.S. streams (193,000 to 221,000) over this Sunday and Monday (Jan. 27-28) from the same period the previous week. If the Chiefs win their third Super Bowl in the past six years two Sundays from now, maybe Mike D and Ad Rock can at least get some free championship shirts out of it. – AU
The Contenders is a midweek column that looks at artists aiming for the top of the Billboard charts, and the strategies behind their efforts. This week (for the upcoming Billboard Hot 100 dated Feb. 10), the year’s biggest new rap beef may power the next No. 1 debut, if a conservative pundit doesn’t elbow his way into the race.
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Megan Thee Stallion, “Hiss” (Hot Girl Productions) / Nicki Minaj, “Big Foot” (Young Money/Cash Money/Republic): Megan Thee Stallion set the rap and pop worlds ablaze on Friday with her incendiary “Hiss,” striking back against haters and foes who have plagued her drama-filled past few years. No specific names were mentioned, but certain bars were popularly interpreted to be directed at Nicki Minaj – who took the insult personally, firing back at her fellow MC over social media all weekend before dropping her own pointed response to Megan, “Big Foot.”
With the battle between the two inevitably turning into a chart war, many will be looking to next week’s Hot 100 to ultimately crown a victor. It’s not a particularly fair fight, since “Hiss” has a three-day head start on “Big Foot,” having been released at the very start of the tracking week, rather than Sunday at midnight. Nonetheless, with both now out for multiple days, “Hiss” currently leads “Big Foot” by most real-time metrics – it’s atop both Spotify and Apple Music’s daily US streaming charts (“Foot” is right behind it on Apple but about 20 spots lower on Spotify) and claims both the No. 2 and No. 3 spots on the iTunes Top 100 with its multiple versions (“Foot” is No. 4, with both songs also now boasting multiple other variants throughout the top 25).
Will it be enough to pass Jack Harlow’s “Lovin on Me” for the top spot on the Hot 100? It could be close: “Lovin” remains a strong performer in all chart factors, even still gaining in radio as it spends his second week atop the Radio Songs listing. But with “Hiss” given a jolt by all of the extra publicity over the weekend, it’s not only maintained its release momentum, it’s still been growing – and if it continues to do so over the final couple days of the tracking week, it could have a real shot at nabbing Megan both the first Hot 100 No. 1 debut as a lead artist and the first unaccompanied No. 1 of her career.
Tom MacDonald feat. Ben Shapiro, “Facts” (Self-released): Yes, really: After right-wing pundit Ben Shapiro helped propel multiple songs to No. 1 this decade (including Megan’s own “WAP” back in 2020) with either his endorsement or his disavowal, he’s now in pursuit of a Hot 100-topper of his own. He even admits as much on “Facts,” his collab with “anti-woke” rapper Tom MacDonald, as he directs audiences during his own rap verse – again, yes, really — “All my people download this, let’s get a Billboard No. 1.”
He’s likely to get a No. 1 on Billboard’s Digital Song Sales chart, anyway, as “Facts” has held the lead on iTunes essentially since its Jan. 26 release date, even amidst the Nicki/Megan beefing. The song’s streaming numbers are relatively small compared to “Hiss” and “Lovin on Me,” though, and it has no real radio support, so to even challenge for No. 1 it will still have to post a pretty stratospheric sales number in its debut week. Shapiro’s certainly banking on getting bragging rights over one of the week’s primary contenders, at least: “Nicki, take some notes, I just did this for fun,” he also taunts in his verse.
Justin Timberlake, “Selfish” (RCA): In a less wild week, Justin Timberlake’s comeback single would likely be the most buzzed-about debut – though with Timberlake’s commercial fortunes declining fairly steadily over the past decade, “Selfish” was probably always something of a long shot for a No. 1 entrance.
The love song, whose bow will also be hurt by its release coming last Thursday (meaning its first day of consumption totals will count towards the previous chart week), has nonetheless sold consistently and streamed somewhat steadily. It also has been embraced immediately on pop radio, with the song debuting at No. 33 on Pop Airplay this week after just a single day’s airplay. It might not be in the hunt for No. 1, but it could challenge the No. 25 debut of *NSYNC’s “Better Place” last year for the highest-charting JT-related song on the Hot 100 this decade.
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Morgan Wallen, “Spin You Around (1/24)” (Honeyhole/Big Loud/Mercury/Republic): With Taylor Swift recently raising the commercial ceiling on re-recordings of decade-old songs, it’s hardly shocking to see Morgan Wallen’s acoustic re-do of this early-career ballad – successfully intended to overshadow his old label’s unsanctioned deluxe reissue of early-career debut EP Stand Alone – be received commercially like a brand new single. “Spin You Around (1/24)” may not have the longevity of Wallen’s One Thing at a Time hits, but the combination of curiosity streams and sales for a song many newer fans might not even be familiar with should get it a notable Hot 100 debut.
Ice Spice, “Think U the Shit (Fart)” (Dolo Entertainment/10K/Capitol): Something of a “yes, really” in its own right, Ice Spice’s purposefully goofy latest single has divided the internet into those who find it to be frivolous, winking fun and those who think it’s just too silly for serious listening. The song might not be too long for the charts – the rapper just announced her imminent debut album, so she may be moving on fairly quickly herself – but initial interest in “Shit (Fart)” should be enough for a good Hot 100 debut, perhaps good enough to become her first unaccompanied top 40 hit.
Creepy Nuts hits No. 1 with “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated Jan. 31, giving the popular duo consisting of rapper R-shitei (R-rated) and DJ Matsunaga their first-ever No. 1.
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After entering the top 10 last week from No. 27, the MASHLE Season 2 opener rises 5-1 this week, powered by streaming (No. 1, 14,657,362 weekly streams, up 63% from last week), downloads (No. 4, 9,465 units, up 35%), and radio (from No. 10 to No. 7). The track also hits No. 1 on Billboard Japan’s TikTok chart after the “BBBB Dance Challenge” inviting fans to dance to the show’s opening animation went viral on the short movie platform. “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” also rules the Global Japan Songs Excl. Japan chart released Jan. 25 after bowing at No. 8 last week.
tuki.’s “Bansanka” slips to No. 2 this week, coming in at No. 2 for streaming (10,536,519, up 7.9%), No. 6 for downloads (6,757 units, up 1.9%), No. 4 for video views (2,161,787 views, up 9%) and karaoke, and No. 77 for radio. Though the song couldn’t extend its stay atop the Japan Hot 100, it continues to maintain momentum with overall points increasing by about 7.7% from the previous week.
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As Mrs. GREEN APPLE continues to chart two songs in the top 10, the band’s latest hit “Nachtmusik” rises 7-3. It’s the theme for the movie Silent Love that opened in domestic theaters Jan. 26, and boosted by this film starring Ryosuke Yamada’s release, streams for the track soared by about 45% to rack up 7,994,782 plays, moving 11-6 for the metric, while radio climbed 14-1. Downloads are down 38% from the previous week to 6,666 units.
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M!LK’s fourth single from a major label, “Kiss Plan,” debuts at No. 6. The track comes in at No. 2 for sales, launching with 79,197 CDs, up by about 30% over the 60,820 copies of its predecessor, “STARS.” The track logged 3,112,622 streams to hit No. 34 for the metric, which is also slightly more than the first-week figure of the previous single.
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Kanjani Eight’s “Anthropos” follows at No. 7, ruling sales. The opener for the anime series Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange was written by Tatsuya Kitani (Jujutsu Kaisen ’s “Where Our Blue Is”). The veteran boy band’s 50th single sold 162,727 copies in its first week, about 7.8% more than its predecessor, “Ookami to Suisei” (150,848 first-week copies), launching the band’s 20th anniversary year with a bang.
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back number’s “Fuyu to Haru” (Winter and Spring) debuts at No. 9. It’s the J-pop band’s first new release in about six months since “Kaiju no Size.” The latest number is produced by Masanori Shimada, who worked on the band’s single “Horizon” from Aug. 2020. “Fuyu to Haru” hits No. 2 for downloads with 12,842 units and No. 19 for streaming with 4,448,468 streams, while also coming in at No. 2 for radio and No. 28 for video. The three-man group is off to a strong start with its first release of this year.
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The Billboard Japan Hot 100 combines physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, video views and karaoke data.
See the full Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, tallying the week from Jan. 22 to 28, here. For more on Japanese music and charts, visit Billboard Japan’s English Twitter account.
Billboard has more than 200 different weekly charts in its menu, encompassing numerous genres and formats.
While established artists often compete for a spot on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart and Billboard 200 albums ranking, which track the most popular songs and albums of the week, respectively, up-and-coming talents typically start off on genre-specific lists.
Here’s a look at 10 titles by artists who appear on surveys for the first time on the Feb. 3, 2024-dated charts.
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Richy Mitch and The Coal Miners
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A seven-year-old song sparks Seattle-based Richy Mitch and The Coal Miners’ arrival on Billboard’s charts for the first time.
The folk-rock band’s breakthrough viral single “Evergreen” debuts at No. 15 on Hot Rock Songs and No. 20 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs. It debuts with 3.6 million U.S. streams (up 14%) in the latest Jan. 19-25 tracking week, according to Luminate. TikTok has been central to the song’s growing profile, as a portion part of the song’s instrumental part has soundtracked over 200,000 clips on the platform to date.
The group released the song in 2017 on its debut full-length RMCM. The band has released two albums since then: 2018’s Solstice and 2019’s Subliming. The act released four new songs in 2023, including a collaboration with Mt. Joy, “Lake Missoula.”
The group has a string of tour dates supporting Flipturn scheduled for March and April. It is also slated to perform at several upcoming music festivals, including Under The the Big Sky in Montana and Hinterland in Iowa.
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MJ Lenderman has already reached Billboard’s charts as a member of the group Wednesday, but he lands his first solo appearance thanks to his featured turn on Waxahatchee’s “Right Back to It.” Released Jan. 9 through Anti-/Epitaph Records, the song debuts at No. 39 on Adult Alternative Airplay (up 111% in airplay audience plays Jan. 19-25). The song is slated to appear on Waxahatchee’s seventh LP, Tigers Blood, due March 22.
Lenderman is a guitarist and vocalist for Wednesday, whose music blends elements of shoegaze and alt-country. The band scored its first chart entries in April 2023 when its critically acclaimed album Rat Saw God debuted at No. 50 on Top Album Sales. The band has released three albums since Lenderman joined in 2020: Twin Plagues in 2021, Mowing the Leaves Instead of Piling ‘Em Up in 2022 and Rat Saw God last year — the latter was released via Dead Oceans.
Outside of his work with Wednesday, the Asheville, N.C., native has released four solo LPs: MJ Lenderman (2019), Ghost of Your Guitar Solo (2021), Boat Songs (2022) and And the Wind (Live and Loose!) (November). Last year, he also teamed up with Kevin Abstract on the song “My Friend,” also featuring Kara Jackson.
Wednesday is currently on the road touring with Hotline TNT. The band has other shows lined up through August in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
Cat Janice
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The singer-songwriter banks her first career Billboard chart hit thanks to “Dance You Outta My Head.” After self-releasing the song on Jan. 19, it debuts at No. 37 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs with 353,000 official U.S. streams and 3,000 downloads sold in its opening week. It also starts at No. 2 on Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales and No. 11 on the all-genre Digital Song Sales chart.
The 31-year-old singer, from Washington, D.C., was diagnosed with sarcoma, a type of rare malignant tumor, in 2021. After going through chemotherapy and radiation treatment, the cancer returned, and she released this song as a final tune for her 7-year-old son, just after entering hospice care. On Jan. 6, she posted her first clip of the song, and wrote in the caption, “My last joy would be if you pre saved my song ‘Dance You Outta My Head’ in my bio and streamed it because all proceeds go straight to my 7 year old boy im leaving behind.”
Janice’s final wish went viral leading up to the song’s official release, and the tune has since soundtracked thousands of clips on TikTok to date. Some of the influencers who used the song include the most followed woman on TikTok, Charli D’Amelio, plus Alix Earle, Abbie Herbert and Kat Stickler.
“I’m just honestly so blown away by everyone’s love and how they’ve supported me through this and shared this story,” Janice said in a recent interview with TODAY.com. “I really wasn’t expecting to be here. I really do believe it’s a miracle to be able to witness this. I’m just very happy to be here.”
Good Neighbours
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The London-based duo arrives on Billboard’s charts with its first and only release, “Home.” The song, released Jan. 17 via Some Action, debuts at No. 18 on Hot Alternative Songs, No. 23 on Hot Rock Songs and No. 28 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs with 2.7 million U.S. streams earned in its first full week of availability.
Good Neighbours is comprised of Oli Fox and Scott Verrill. Before releasing the official audio, a portion of the song’s demo went viral on TikTok, where the band boasts nearly 50,000 followers.
Outside of the band, Fox has been releasing solo music since 2018. He’s released two EPs: Sunburnt in 2021 and The Season in 2022. Verrill also records solo music, under the name Good Scott (previously as kwassa). He’s been releasing music for nearly a decade, including three EPs: 2015’s Animals, 2017’s Wildlife and 2019’s fka kyko.
Shaya Zamora
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The singer-songwriter earns his first Billboard chart hit thanks to “Cigarette.” The song debuts at No. 50 on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart with 1.5 million U.S. streams earned in its first week of release. Zamora self-released the track Jan. 19 on his debut five-track EP Eulogize.
The song has been boosted by activity on TikTok. Zamora first posted a 32-second performance of the track in a video posted on Dec. 8, and had been teasing it through various other snippets ever since. Many fans liken his voice and musical style to David Kushner.
Before releasing Eulogize, Zamora dropped five tracks on streaming services, all since July.
Honestav & Z
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Both artists arrive on Billboard’s charts for the first time with their new collaboration “I’d Rather Overdose” (billed as Honestav featuring Z). The song, self-released on Jan. 13, debuts at No. 14 on Hot Alternative Songs, No. 17 on Hot Rock Songs and No. 22 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs with 3.3 million U.S. streams and 1,000 downloads sold in its first full week of release.
TikTok has been a major factor in the song’s start. One portion of the song’s audio has soundtracked more than 50,000 clips on the platform to date, while a separate version has been used in 30,000 clips. Honestav himself boasts over 1 million followers on the service.
Honestav (real name Avrey Freeman) hails from Springfield, Mo. He’s released many other songs on streaming services, all since 2021. As for Z (real name Isaiah Fortman), “I’d Rather Overdose” marks his first release.
Lizzen
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The Akron, Ohio, native debuts on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay with her breakthrough single, and first career chart hit, “Why” (up 12% in spins), released in September on Run-It-Up Records. TikTok has also been a factor in the song’s recent gains, as it has soundtracked over 13,000 clips on the platform.
Lizzen has released four other songs on streaming services: “Official,” “Care for You” and “Audacity” (all in 2023) and “Great Gatsby Freestyle” on Jan. 11.
Slift
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The French progressive rock band from Toulouse scores its first chart entry with its third studio album Ilion. The set, released Jan. 19 on Sub Pop Records, debuts at No. 50 on Top Current Album Sales with 1,000 copies sold in its opening week. The set also helps the group open at No. 30 on Emerging Artists.
Prior to Ilion, the group released its debut full-length project La Planète Inexplorée in 2018 and its follow-up Ummon in 2020. The band is comprised of brothers Jean and Rémi Fossat and Canek Flores. The act’s upcoming tour kicks off on Feb. 23 in Brighton and runs through April.
GaTa
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The rapper and actor is officially a Billboard-charting artist, thanks to his guest appearance on Lil Dicky’s “We Good.” The song debuts at No. 10 on Rap Digital Song Sales and No. 11 on R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales with 1,000 downloads sold in its opening week.
GaTa (real name Davionte Ganter), from South Los Angeles, is the hype man for Lil Dicky, and has co-starred in his FXX series Dave since it premiered in 2020. “We Good” appears on Lil Dicky’s new soundtrack to the series, Penith, released Jan. 19 via Dirty Burd/Commission/BMG. The set debuts at No. 1 on the Comedy Albums chart, plus No. 17 on Top Rap Albums and No. 54 on the Billboard 200.
Outside of Dave, GaTa also recently starred in the films Anyone But You and Self Reliance and, in 2022, appeared in Machine Gun Kelly’s stoner film Good Mourning.
Blake Roman, Sam Haft & Andrew Underberg
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All three artists score their first solo chart appearances thanks to their new collaboration “Poison” from the new animated comedy musical series, Hazbin Hotel. Released Jan. 5 on Prime Video/A24 Music, the song debuts at No. 23 on Hot Alternative Songs and No. 34 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs with 2.7 million U.S. streams.
The pilot episode of Hazbin Hotel was released in 2019 on YouTube, but the first season premiered on Jan. 18 on Amazon Prime. Six of the first season’s eight episodes have aired thus far, and “Poison” is one of the musical numbers in the fourth episode, “Masquerade.” The series stars former Hot 100-topping artist Stephanie Beatriz, along with Alex Brightman, Keith David and Kimiko Glenn.
Roman is the vocalist on “Poison,” and also a voice actor in the series, while Haft and Underberg are composers. Haft is also half of the electronic duo The Living Tombstone, which charted multiple songs on Billboard’s rankings in November from the Five Nights at Freddy’s series. Underberg has composed musical numbers for several children’s movies and TV shows, including Barbie: It Takes Two, CoComelon Lane and Monster High: The Movie.
Oscar Ortiz reached Billboard’s charts for the first time four weeks ago, and now he’s a Billboard Hot 100-charting hitmaker, too, thanks to his collaboration with Edgardo Nuñez, “First Love.”
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The song, released Dec. 11 via Genesis Records/BadSin, debuts at No. 94 on the Hot 100 (dated Feb. 3) with 5.8 million official U.S. streams (up 35%) in the Jan. 19-25 tracking week, according to Luminate. It also jumps 22-13 for a new high on Hot Latin Songs – the single became his first chart entry when it debuted on the Jan. 13-dated list.
“First Love” is also surging worldwide, jumping 140-61 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart and 148-72 on the Billboard Global 200, up 40% to 23.4 million streams worldwide.
TikTok has been a significant factor in the song’s recent gains. A portion of it has soundtracked more than 170,000 clips on the platform to date. Ortiz himself is also active on TikTok, boasting over 3 million followers.
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Ortiz, from Tijuana, Mexico, released his first song on streaming services, “Anillos” with Oscar Maydon, in April 2023. Since then, he’s released several other tracks, as well as the five-song EP 23/7 in August.
Ortiz’s brother Gerardo has achieved numerous successes on Billboard’s charts, dating to his arrival in 2010: 30 hits on Hot Latin Songs and 33 on Regional Mexican Airplay, including 12 No. 1s on the latter. He has also charted 11 titles on Top Latin Albums, including six No. 1s.
In a 2021 interview with Billboard, Gerardo noted that he often turns to Oscar, who has written some of Gerardo’s songs, as a springboard for new ideas. “I’m more in tune with my brothers who are musicians. I have a piano in my house, and [Oscar] will start playing his own stuff and I start singing some of my new stuff,” Gerardo said. “It’s great because they give me honest feedback. They’re not afraid to tell me how they really feel about something I’ve written.”
Ortiz fellow brother, Kevin, also has a notable history on Billboard’s charts. He has logged four titles on Hot Latin Songs and six on Regional Mexican Airplay. Plus, his set Con La Misma Sangre spent a week at No. 1 on Regional Mexican Albums in 2013.