Chart Beat

Jack Harlow’s “Lovin on Me” leaps to No. 1, from No. 20, for its first week atop the Billboard Global 200 chart. Meanwhile, Tate McRae’s “Greedy” bounds 21-1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart for its second week at the summit.
The singles, among several others, surge on the surveys a week after the top 19 titles on the Global 200 were holiday tracks and the full top 20 on Global Excl. U.S. were seasonal songs.

Meanwhile, three songs are new to the Global 200’s top 10: Xavi’s “La Diabla” (33-4), Peso Pluma and Anitta’s “Bellakeo” (43-7) and Noah Kahan’s “Stick Season” (50-8). On Global Excl. U.S., “La Diabla” (23-2) and “Bellakeo” (26-8) also reach the top 10 for the first time.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.

Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

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‘Lovin on Me’ Leaps to No. 1 on Global 200

Jack Harlow’s “Lovin on Me” ascends to the top of the Global 200 with 52 million streams (up 15%) and 11,000 sold (up 6%) worldwide in the Dec. 29-Jan. 4 tracking week. The rapper adds his second No. 1 on the chart, and his first on his own, after Jung Kook and Harlow’s “3D” reigned in its debut week in October.

Tate McRae’s “Greedy” jumps 24-2 on the Global 200, after two weeks at No. 1 beginning in November, and Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” rebounds 32-3, following a week on top the same month.

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Xavi’s “La Diabla” flies 33-4 on the Global 200, led by 56.9 million streams (up 16%) worldwide. The song becomes the first top 10 on the chart for the Mexican-American singer-songwriter (born Joshua Xavier Gutiérrez). It concurrently tops the U.S.-based Hot Latin Songs chart for a second week.

Rounding out the Global 200’s top five, Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red” roars 40-5, after it dominated for four weeks beginning in September.

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Peso Pluma and Anitta’s “Bellakeo” blasts 43-7 on the Global 200, with 44.4 million streams (up 8%) worldwide. The song is the fifth and second top 10 for the Mexican and Brazilian stars, respectively.

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Also new to the Global 200’s top 10, Noah Kahan’s “Stick Season” hikes 50-8, with 29.5 million streams (up 13%) and 3,000 sold (up 12%) worldwide. The Strafford, Vt., native scores his first top 10 on the tally.

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‘Greedy’ Back Atop Global Excl. U.S.

Tate McRae’s “Greedy” returns to No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart with 38.9 million streams (up 10%) and 1,000 sold outside the U.S. Dec. 29-Jan. 4. The track became McRae’s first leader on the list in early December.

Xavi’s “La Diabla” darts 23-2 on Global Excl. U.S., led by 44.5 million streams (up 17%) outside the U.S., becoming his first top 10.

Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” soars 26-3 for a new Global Excl. U.S. high; Jung Kook’s “Seven,” featuring Latto, charges 22-4, after it reigned for nine weeks starting upon its debut last July; and Jack Harlow’s “Lovin on Me” jumps 27-5 for a new best.

Plus, Peso Pluma and Anitta’s “Bellakeo” climbs 28-6 on Global Excl. U.S., with 35.7 million streams (up 10%) outside the U.S. As on the Global 200, they up their totals to five and two career top 10s, respectively.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Jan. 13, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Jan. 9). For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard’s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

Jack Harlow’s “Lovin on Me” rebounds to No. 1, from No. 9, for a second week atop the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. It first reigned for a week in early December.
Plus, Doja Cat’s “Agora Hills” leaps 35-10 on the Hot 100, becoming her ninth top 10.

Many songs surge on the Hot 100 as the 41 holiday songs on the chart the week before – the most seasonal songs ever on the survey in a single week – all depart.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts (dated Jan. 13, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Jan. 9). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

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Harlow’s “Lovin on Me,” released on Generation Now/Atlantic, drew 29 million streams (up 13%, good for top Streaming Gainer honors on the Hot 100) and 52.3 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 1%) and sold 8,000 downloads (up 10%) in the Dec. 29-Jan. 4 tracking week, according to Luminate.

The single bounds 19-1 for a third week atop the Streaming Songs chart; rises 2-1 for a second frame atop Digital Song Sales; and holds at its No. 5 high on Radio Songs.

The track became Harlow’s third Hot 100 leader on the Dec. 2, 2023-datec chart, following “First Class” (No. 1 for three weeks in April-May 2022) and “Industry Baby,” with Lil Nas X (No. 1, one week, October 2021). Notably, he is the first artist to have placed atop the chart each year since 2021. (Drake and Taylor Swift each led with new No. 1s in 2020-23; plus, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has jingled to No. 1 on charts dated each year in 2019-23.)

“Lovin on Me” concurrently tops the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, which use the same methodology as the Hot 100, for an eighth week each.

“Lovin on Me” is currently a standalone single from Harlow, whose most recent album, Jackman., debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 in May, becoming his third top 10 set. (The song’s hook samples singer Delbert “Dale” Greer’s 1995 cut “Whatever.”)

Swift’s “Cruel Summer” soars 19-2 on the Hot 100 following four nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 beginning in October. It rules Radio Songs for an 11th week (72.6 million, up 13%). The song also leads the Adult Pop Airplay chart for an 18th week – surpassing the 17-week reign of Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” last year for the longest for a song by a woman in the chart’s history.

Tate McRae’s first Hot 100 top 10, “Greedy,” flies 24-3, besting its prior No. 7 peak to become her first top five hit on the chart.

Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red” roars 29-4 on the Hot 100, after it led for three nonconsecutive weeks beginning in September, and Zach Bryan’s “I Remember Everything,” featuring Kacey Musgraves, jumps 31-6, after it dominated for a week upon its debut in September, as it ups its commands on the multimetric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, Hot Rock Songs and Hot Country Songs charts to 19, 18 and 15 weeks, respectively.

SZA’s “Snooze” ranks at No. 6 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2, as it leads the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart for a 23rd week.

Tyla’s initial Hot 100 top 10, “Water,” swells 32-7 for a new high, after it previously reached No. 10. It concurrently crowns the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart for a 13th week.

Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” blasts 36-8 on the Hot 100, following 16 weeks at No. 1 beginning last March – the longest reign ever for a non-collaboration – and Luke Combs’ No. 2-peaking “Fast Car” revs 47-9 (up 24% to 46.3 million in radio reach as it wins the chart’s top Airplay Gainer award).

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Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Doja Cat’s “Agora Hills” hikes 35-10. The song drew 39 million in radio audience and 11.7 million streams (up 10%) and sold 1,000 in the tracking week.

Doja Cat notches her ninth Hot 100 top 10, following “Paint the Town Red”; “Vegas” (No. 10 peak, October 2022); Post Malone’s “I Like You (A Happier Song),” on which she’s featured (No. 3, October 2022); “Woman” (No. 7, May 2022); “Need To Know” (No. 8, November 2021); “Kiss Me More,” featuring SZA (No. 3, July 2021); Ariana Grande’s “34+35,” on which she and Megan Thee Stallion are featured (No. 2, January 2021); and “Say So,” featuring Nicki Minaj (No. 1, one week, May 2020).

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on Billboard’s social accounts, and all charts (dated Jan. 13), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (Jan. 9).

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

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Willy Wonka has charted lots of ear candy on Billboard’s surveys.

For over half a century, songs that stemmed from Roald Dahl’s 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory have sweetened Billboard surveys, encompassing three hit films, a Broadway musical and more.

The franchise’s latest entry is Wonka, the movie that chronicles the backstory of how the famed chocolatier’s career began. Its companion album debuts at No. 18 on Billboard’s Soundtracks chart (dated Jan. 6), with 4,000 equivalent album units, up 29%, Dec. 22-28, according to Luminate.

One of the set’s signature songs, “Pure Imagination,” sung by Wonka’s namesake star Timothée Chalamet, hit No. 27 two weeks earlier on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart.

The film’s soundtrack features new songs performed by Chalamet and fellow cast members, including such cuts central to the movie’s storyline as “A Hatful of Dreams,” ballad “For a Moment,” a duet with co-star Calah Lane, “You’ve Never Had Chocolate Like This,” and “A World of Your Own.” Many were written by Simon Farnaby, Neil Hannon and Wonka director Paul King, while Joby Talbot wrote the film’s original score.

“A World of Your Own,” notably, has been submitted for contention for best original song at the 96th Academy Awards. (Nominations will be announced Jan. 24, with the Oscars to be held March 10.)

Fellow Wonka stars, including Hugh Grant and Keegan-Michael Key, also perform tracks in the film and on its soundtrack.

Wonka, meanwhile, is off to a scrumdiddlyumptious start at the box office, already closing in on reported grosses of $150 million domestically and $250 million internationally since it premiered Dec. 15.

As the new movie adds another chapter of chart (ready, set) action, here’s a look at how Willy Wonka has long been choc-ful of success on Billboard’s charts.

Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, 1971

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