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Benson Boone’s new single “Beautiful Things” bounds onto Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart (dated Feb. 3) at No. 5. Released Jan. 19, the song drew 15.7 million official U.S. streams through Jan. 25, according to Luminate. The track, on Night Street/Warner Records, marks the 21-year-old Monroe, Wash., native’s first entry on Streaming Songs. Prior to its […]
Billboard launched the Artist 100 chart exactly 500 weeks ago — on the list dated July 19, 2014. In the nearly 10 years since, the chart has measured artists’ activity across key metrics of music consumption—album sales, track sales, radio airplay, and streaming. Using a methodology comprising those metrics, the chart provides a weekly multi-dimensional ranking of artist popularity.
In that span, only one artist has spent all 500 weeks on the chart: Drake.
Drake ranks at No. 4 on the latest Artist 100 (dated Feb. 3), up from No. 6, thanks to eight albums on the Billboard 200 and five songs on the Billboard Hot 100. His titles on the Billboard 200: For All the Dogs (No. 3), Take Care (No. 25), Certified Lover Boy (No. 42), Her Loss with 21 Savage (No. 44), Scorpion (No. 50), Views (No. 61), More Life (No. 85) and Nothing Was the Same (No. 156).
The only artist with more titles on the latest Billboard 200 is Taylor Swift – who crowns the Artist 100 for a record-extending 96th week – with 10 charting sets.
Drake also posts the following hits on the Hot 100: “Rich Baby Daddy,” featuring Sexyy Red and SZA (No. 21); “First Person Shooter,” featuring J. Cole (No. 34); “You Broke My Heart” (No. 60); “IDGAF,” featuring Yeat (No. 64); and “Virginia Beach” (No. 93). (The only artist with more entries is Drake’s frequent collaborator, 21 Savage, with 12.)
Of Drake’s 500 total weeks spent on the Artist 100, he has tallied 38 at No. 1, the second most after Swift.
Here’s a look at the acts who have spent the most weeks on the Artist 100 since its inception (through the chart dated Feb. 3, 2024):
Most Weeks Spent on the Artist 100:
500, Drake
496, Taylor Swift
493, Ed Sheeran
478, Bruno Mars
466, Justin Bieber
464, Eminem
455, Imagine Dragons
450, Jason Aldean
446, The Weeknd
431, Chris Stapleton
427, Metallica
425, Ariana Grande
In his closest call from dropping off the Artist 100, Drake ranked at No. 95 on the Dec. 23, 2017-dated chart.
As for other longevity records on the Artist 100, Swift has spent the most time in the top five (195 weeks, ahead of runner-up Drake’s 188), while Drake boasts the most weeks in both the top 10 (313, ahead of Swift’s 256) and top 40 (484, over Swift’s 448).
NMIXX is officially the top up-and-coming artist in the United States as the group re-enters Billboard’s Emerging Artists chart (dated Feb. 3) at No. 1, thanks to its new EP, Fe3O4: Break.
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The project, released Jan. 15 via JYP Entertainment/Imperial/Republic Records, debuts at No. 2 on the World Albums chart and No. 171 on the Billboard 200 with 8,000 equivalent album units earned in in the U.S. in its opening week (Jan. 19-25), according to Luminate.
Emerging Artists marks the first currently active Billboard chart that NMIXX has topped. (The group hit No. 1 on the since-discontinued Hot Trending Songs chart in March 2023 with “Young, Dumb, Stupid.” The group charted five other songs on the ranking during its run.)
NMIXX is the first K-pop group to lead Emerging Artists in 2024. Nine K-pop acts reigned in 2023: BOYNEXTDOOR, (G)I-DLE, IU, NCT Dream, NewJeans, P1Harmony, The Rose, V and xikers.
NMIXX is also the first JYP act to hit No. 1 on Emerging Artists. The company’s other signees to reach the chart include Day6, Itzy, Stray Kids and Xdinary Heroes.
NMIXX previously charted on Billboard’s album rankings with its EP Expérgo. The set reached No. 5 on World Albums and No. 122 on the Billboard 200 in April 2023.
NMIXX, from South Korea, has been active since 2021. The group is comprised of members Bae, Haewon, Jiwoo, Kyujin, Lily and Sullyoon. Last April, Billboard named NMIXX a K-pop group to watch.
The Emerging Artists chart ranks the most popular developing artists of the week, using the same formula as the all-encompassing Billboard Artist 100, which measures artist activity across multiple Billboard charts, including the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200. (The Artist 100 lists the most popular acts, overall, each week.) However, the Emerging Artists chart excludes acts that have notched a top 25 entry on either the Hot 100 or Billboard 200, as well as artists that have achieved two or more top 10s on Billboard’s “Hot” song genre charts and/or consumption-based “Top” album genre rankings.
“A talent to watch.”
In the Jan. 30, 1999, issue, Billboard reviewed Britney Spears’ debut album, …Baby One More Time, released on Jive Records. “The teenage heartthrob who cut through the fourth-quarter clutter with the pop/R&B single ‘…Baby One More Time’ delivers her debut album – a top 40-ready workout filled with hook-laden songs from the same bag as the title cut,” Billboard praised, noting that Spears “already tasted the limelight in a two-year run on Disney’s Mickey Mouse Club.”
“Blessed with a sweet voice and a wholesome, girl-next-door image,” the review continued, “Spears has hit a nerve among a teen fan base primed by the likes of Hanson, ‘N Sync and the Backstreet Boys.”
The same week, the album and its title cut concurrently hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot 100 charts, respectively.
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The coronations sparked Spears’ robust chart-topping history. To date, she boasts six No. 1s on the Billboard 200: …Baby One More Time, Oops!…I Did It Again (2000), Britney (2001), In the Zone (2003), Circus (2008) and Femme Fatale (2011). She banked her 10th and most recent top 10 with Glory (No. 3) in 2016.
Spears has scored five No. 1s on the Hot 100: “…Baby One More Time,” “Womanizer” (2008), “3” (2009) and two in 2011, “Hold It Against Me” and as featured on Rihanna’s “S&M.” Spears added her 14th and latest top 10 with “Hold Me Closer,” with Elton John, in September 2022.
Spears’ initial Hot 100 No. 1 likewise marked the first as both a writer and producer for Max Martin. With the chart-topping launch of Ariana Grande’s “Yes, And?” on the Jan. 27, 2024, survey, Martin passed George Martin for the most leaders among producers in the Hot 100’s history.
Spears’ memoir The Woman in Me arrived in October 2023. The book recaps Spears’ rise to fame, her relationship with Justin Timberlake and her life under a 13-year conservancy. According to the Associated Press, it sold 1.1 million copies in the U.S. in its first week.
“I’ve been involved with a lot of different projects over the years, and with Britney, we’ve got a real special artist here,” mused Jack Satter, then-Jive senior VP of pop promotion, in the Oct. 24, 1998, Billboard, issue. “I really feel that she’s like a young Madonna. Our goal is to make her into a huge pop-rhythm crossover artist. I think she’s got longevity.”
Noah Kahan season isn’t winding down anytime soon in the United Kingdom. Based on sales and streaming data published by the Official Charts Company, Kahan’s “Stick Season” (via Republic Records) is on track for a fifth straight week at No. 1. Should the Vermont singer and songwriter’s standout single hang on for another week at […]
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Calling all choreographers! Today, Billboard launches Dancing Up The Charts, a weekly dance challenge that invites fans to create a 10-second clip of choreo to a No. 1 song on one of Billboard’s charts. Judging the first round of submissions will be renowned choreographer JaQuel Knight, who is best known for his work with Beyoncé […]
Davido and Lojay both make their first appearances on the Billboard Hot 100, thanks to their featured credits on Chris Brown’s “Sensational.”
Released Oct. 20 via CBE/RCA Records, the song debuts at No. 96 on the Hot 100 (dated Feb. 3) with 15.7 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 14%) and 2.6 million official U.S. streams (up 3%) in the Jan. 19-25 tracking week, according to Luminate.
The song is the second single from Brown’s 11th studio album 11:11, released in November. The set debuted and peaked at No. 1 on Top R&B Albums and No. 9 on the Billboard 200.
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“Sensational” has been building at multiple radio formats: It rises 11-9 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, 16-10 on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and 16-14 on Rhythmic Airplay and debuts at No. 30 on Adult R&B Airplay. On the all-format Radio Songs chart, it pushes 49-44.
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Davido, from Osun State, Nigeria, has become one of the most prominent Afrobeats musicians of the past decade. He has released four studio LPs in his career: Omo Baba Olowo in 2012, A Good Time (2019), A Better Time (2020) and Timeless (March 2023). His two most recent albums reached Nos. 170 and 37 on the Billboard 200, respectively, marking his first appearances on the chart.
Davido has also posted 25 songs on the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart. That’s the fourth most among all artists, dating to the list’s 2022 launch, after only Burna Boy (44), Asake (34) and Wizkid (27). Of those 25 hits, three hit the top 10: “Stand Strong,” featuring Sunday Service Choir (No. 9 in 2022); “Unavailable,” featuring Musa Keys (No. 3, 2023); and “Over Dem” (No. 10, 2023).
On Billboard’s World Digital Song Sales chart, Davido has charted 27 songs – 18 of which reached the top 10 – all since 2016. That’s the second most among Afrobeats artists, after Wizkid (29).
“Sensational” isn’t the first collaboration between Davido and Brown. The pair additionally teamed up for “Blow My Mind” and “Lower Body,” both in 2019, “Shopping Spree,” also with Young Thug, in 2021 and “Nobody Has to Know” in 2022. Davido has also recorded with Nicki Minaj, Pop Smoke, Popcaan, Quavo, Rae Sremmurd and Summer Walker, among others.
This April, he’s slated to perform at Madison Square Garden on his extended Timeless Tour. He’s also nominated for three Grammy Awards at the upcoming ceremony: best global music performance (for “Feel”), best African music performance (for “Unavailable”) and best global music album (for Timeless).
As for Lojay, the fellow Nigerian artist tallied his first Billboard chart appearance in 2022 with another Chris Brown collab: “Monalisa,” also with Sarz. The track reached No. 8 on and No. 38 on Rhythmic Airplay.
Lojay has charted two other Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs hits: “Arizona” and “Moto” reached Nos. 44 and 48, respectively, in 2023. Plus, as featured on French Montana and Swae Lee’s “Wish U Well,” also with Jess Glynne, he rose to No. 37 on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay in October.
Lojay has released three EPs: Midnight Vibes in 2017, LV N ATTN with Sarz in 2021, and Gangster Romantic in March 2023.
Ariana Grande’s “Yes, And?” spends a second week at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts. A week earlier, the song debuted as her third leader on the former and her second on the latter.
Elsewhere, Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor,” released in the early 2000s and newly revived thanks to its synch in the movie Saltburn, hits the top 10 on both the Global 200 (17-10) and Global Excl. U.S. (15-9).
Additionally, Kali Uchis and Peso Pluma’s “Igual Que Un Ángel” reaches the Global Excl. U.S. top 10 (17-10).
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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‘Yes,’ Grande’s No. 1 on Global 200, ‘And’ for a Second Week
Ariana Grande’s “Yes, And?” scores a second week atop the Billboard Global 200, with 62.1 million streams (down 34%) and 6,000 sold (down 91%) worldwide Jan. 19-25. A week earlier, it debuted as her third leader on the list, after “Save Your Tears,” with The Weeknd, reigned for a week in May 2021 and “Positions” premiered atop the chart and led for two weeks in November 2020.
The Global 200’s entire top five is stationary, with “Yes, And?” followed by Jack Harlow’s “Lovin in Me” at No. 2, after two weeks at No. 1 earlier this month; Tate McRae’s “Greedy” at No. 3, after two weeks at No. 1 beginning in November; Xavi’s “La Diabla” at No. 4, after reaching No. 3; and 21 Savage’s “Redrum” at No. 5 in its second week on the survey.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor,” originally released in 2001 and newly revived thanks to its appearance in the film Saltburn, along with a prominent presence on TikTok, hits the top 10 on both the Global 200 (17-10) and Global Excl. U.S. (15-9), led by its 21% surge to 33.7 million worldwide streams. It’s the English singer-songwriter’s first top 10 on each chart (which began in 2020).
Notably, “Murder on the Dancefloor” is the oldest song, excluding holiday fare, to have hit the Global Excl. U.S. top 10. Among Global 200 top 10s, only Fleetwood Mac’s classic “Dreams” has been older; the Stevie Nicks composition, from 1977, hit No. 10 in October 2020, driven by TikTok buzz.
“I think I’m still getting my head around that a little bit,” Ellis-Bextor recently told Billboard of her hit’s renaissance. “My relationship with the song is great; I perform it all the time – it’s been the song that people associate the most with me. But to have it having this little wild adventure on the charts is actually bonkers.”
‘Yes, And?’ Holds Atop Global Excl. U.S.
Ariana Grande’s “Yes, And?” concurrently crowns the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart for a second week, with 46.3 million streams (down 32%) and 3,000 sold (down 88%) outside the U.S. Jan. 19-25. The song became her second No. 1, after “Positions” led in its debut week in November 2020.
Tate McRae’s “Greedy” keeps at No. 2 on Global Excl. U.S. after three weeks on top, and Xavi’s “La Diabla” holds at No. 3, after reaching No. 2.
Feid and ATL Jacob’s “Luna” rises to the Global Excl. U.S. top five (7-4), up 11% to 41.5 million streams outside the U.S. It becomes Feid’s first top five hit, among three top 10s, and ATL Jacob’s first, with his first entry on the chart.
Jack Harlow’s “Lovin on Me” drops 4-5 on Global Excl. U.S., after hitting No. 3.
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Plus, Kali Uchis and Peso Pluma’s “Igual Que Un Ángel” jumps 17-10 on Global Excl. U.S., with 30.3 million streams (up 22%) worldwide in its second week of release. Kali Uchis notches her second top 10 on the chart, after “Telepatía” hit No. 10 in 2021, while Peso Pluma logs his sixth, all since last April. The collaboration, from Kali Uchis’ new album Orquídeas, released Jan. 12, concurrently holds at its No. 9 high on the Global 200.
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Feb. 3, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Jan. 30. 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” lands a fourth nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. With the song, which first led in early December, the rapper rewrites his longest reign on the chart, among his three leaders, after “First Class” ruled for three weeks in April-May 2022. He has also reigned with “Industry Baby,” with Lil Nas X, for one week in October 2021.
Plus, singer-songwriter Teddy Swims’ first Hot 100 top 10, “Lose Control,” becomes his first top five hit, jumping from No. 8 to No. 4. It also takes over as the week’s top-selling song.
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 Feb. 3, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Jan. 30. 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 Records, drew 74 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 10%) and 27.4 million streams (up 3%) and sold 6,000 downloads (down 11%) in the Jan. 19-25 tracking week, according to Luminate.
The single rebounds from No. 2 for a fifth week atop the Streaming Songs chart; adds a second week at No. 1 on Radio Songs; and dips 2-3 after two frames atop Digital Song Sales. “Lovin on Me” concurrently leads the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts, which use the same methodology as the Hot 100, for an 11th week each.
The track is currently a standalone single from Harlow, whose most recent album, Jackman., debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 last May, becoming his third top 10 set. (The song’s hook samples singer Delbert “Dale” Greer’s 1995 track “Whatever.”)
Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” rises 3-2 on the Hot 100, following four nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 beginning in October, and Tate McRae’s “Greedy” returns to its No. 3 best, from No. 4.
Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control” bounds 8-4 on the Hot 100, two weeks after it became his first top 10. It concurrently becomes his first leader on a Billboard songs chart, ascending 3-1 on Digital Song Sales (7,000, up 22%). It also pushes 9-6 on Streaming Songs (18.6 million, up 12%) and 23-18 on Radio Songs (30.7 million), up 12% in each metric.
Zach Bryan’s “I Remember Everything,” featuring Kacey Musgraves, lifts 6-5 on the Hot 100, after it led for a week upon its debut last September. It tops the multimetric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Rock Songs charts for a 22nd week each and Hot Country Songs for an 18th frame.
Ariana Grande’s “Yes, And?” falls to No. 6 on the Hot 100, a week after it soared in as her eighth career leader. In its second week of release, it drew 25.9 million in radio reach (up 5%) and 16.6 million streams (down 39%) and sold 3,000 (down 95%). The lead single from her seventh studio album, Eternal Sunshine, due March 8 (as announced Jan. 17), claims a second week at No. 1 on the multimetric Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart.
Doja Cat boasts two songs, back-to-back, in the Hot 100’s top 10, both from her album Scarlet: “Agora Hills” returns to the region at a new No. 7 high, from No. 11, as it wins top Airplay Gainer honors (57.7 million, up 14%), and “Paint the Town Red” backtracks 7-8, after it led for three nonconsecutive weeks beginning in September.
SZA’s “Snooze” holds at No. 9 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2, as it leads the multimetric Hot R&B Songs chart for a 26th week.
Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, 21 Savage’s “Redrum” falls from No. 5, where it debuted a week earlier, to No. 10. Parent album American Dream rules the Billboard 200 for a second week.
Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on Billboard’s social accounts, and all charts (dated Feb. 3), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (Jan. 30).
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.