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Mary J. Blige closes out 2023 with a new No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart as “Still Believe in Love,” featuring Vado, crowns the list dated Dec. 30. The calendar year’s final champ advances from the runner-up spot and was the most-played song on U.S. monitored adult R&B radio stations in the week ending Dec. 21, according to Luminate.
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“Still Believe in Love” takes the chart’s top spot despite remaining essentially even in plays compared with the prior week. Last week’s leader, Usher, Summer Walker and 21 Savage’s “Good Good,” slips to No. 3 after falling 5% in plays during the tracking week. (Between the pair, Muni Long’s “Made for Me” climbs 3-2 with a 5% play gain.)
Thanks to “Still Believe in Love,” the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul nabs her eighth career champ on Adult R&B Airplay. Further, she breaks out of a tie with H.E.R. to solely have the third-most No. 1s among women artists in the chart’s 30-year history. Alicia Keys leads the scoreboard, with 14, while Toni Braxton ranks second with 11.
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As “Still Believe in Love” joins the collection, here’s a review of Mary J. Blige’s eight Adult R&B Airplay No. 1s:
Song Title, Artist (if other than Mary J. Blige), Weeks at No. 1, Date Reached No. 1“Not Gon’ Cry,” four, March 2, 1996“Be Without You,” 14, Feb. 4, 2006“Take Me As I Am,” one, Jan. 27, 2007“IfULeave,” Musiq Soulchild featuring Mary J. Blige, eight, Jan. 10, 2009“Thick of It,” 16, Nov. 12, 2016“U + Me (Love Lesson),” three, May 6, 2017“Good Morning Gorgeous,” four, Feb. 26, 2022“Still Believe in Love,” featuring Vado, one (to date), Dec. 30, 2023
For featured act Vado, the New York-based rapper lands his first Adult R&B Airplay No. 1 with his first appearance on the chart. Prior to his collaboration with Blige, the rapper had scored a pair of entries on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart with Cam’ron – “Speaking in Tungs” and “Hey Muma”. Plus, he’d also make chart waves with two albums, the solo effort Slime Flu, which reached No. 22 on Top Rap Albums in 2010, and the Cam’ron collaborative set Gunz N’ Butta, which peaked at No. 7 on the same chart in 2011.
Elsewhere, “Still Believe in Love” repeats at its No. 14 best on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, which ranks songs by combined audience totals from adult R&B and mainstream R&B/hip-hop radio stations. Despite the static rank, the song added 2% in weekly audience to reach 6.6 million in the latest tracking week.
Xavi is officially a Billboard Hot 100-charting artist, thanks to the arrival of his two breakthrough singles, “La Diabla” and “La Victima.” Both songs debut on the Dec. 30-dated Hot 100, at Nos. 76 and 91, respectively. The former enters with 8.9 million official U.S. streams and latter with 6.9 million in the Dec. 15-21 […]
Flo Milli has been churning out chart entries for over three years, and now she’s officially a Billboard Hot 100-charting artist.
The rapper, from Mobile, Ala., debuts on the chart (dated Dec. 30) for the first time with “Never Lose Me,” released Nov. 30 via RCA Records. The song opens at No. 84 with 7 million official U.S. streams (up 21%) Dec. 15-21, according to Luminate. The gains can be partly attributed to a remix of the song featuring Lil Yachty, released Dec. 1. The song, which is slated to appear on Flo Milli’s forthcoming album, Fine Ho, Stay, samples Babyface Ray and 42 Dugg’s track “Ron Artest.”
TikTok has also been a contributing factor to the song’s growing popularity. A portion of the track’s original version has soundtracked over 135,000 clips on the platform to date. On the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart, the track ranks at No. 13.
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“Never Lose Me” concurrently jumps 22-17 on Rap Airplay and 26-21 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
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Flo Milli appeared on her first Billboard chart dated Aug. 8, 2020, when Ho, Why Is You Here? debuted and peaked at No. 46 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and No. 78 on the Billboard 200.
She told Billboard that year, “I just always went after my heart and my passion, and I think that’s why a lot of people feel me, because I’m not afraid of anything.”
Earlier this year, Lah Pat’s “Rodeo,” featuring Flo Milli, reached No. 9 on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, No. 11 on Rap Airplay, No. 14 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, and No. 25 on Rhythmic Airplay. It also peaked at No. 39 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – her first entry on the chart.
In March, Flo Milli released her second LP, You Still Here, Ho?, which features cuts with Babyface Ray, Lola Brooke and Rico Nasty, among others. She has also served as a go-to collaborator for numerous artists, including $NOT, Baby Tate, BENEE, Big Boss Vette, GoldLink, Tay Money and Yung Bleu.
In 2022, Flo Milli performed at Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players celebration.
Nigeria-born singer-songwriter Blessing Offor nets his second No. 1 – and first in a lead role – on Billboard’s Christian Airplay and Christian AC Airplay charts (dated Dec. 30) with his cover of Paul McCartney’s classic “Wonderful Christmastime.” During the Dec. 15-21 tracking week, the update increased by 11% to 1.5 million impressions on reporting […]
Taylor Swift is the queen of Christmas in Australia as 1989 (Taylor’s Version) retains the chart title for an eighth consecutive week.
With that feat, 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (via Universal) is the longest running No. 1 album of 2023, outpointing Swift’s own Midnights, which led for seven non-consecutive weeks between January and July, ARIA reports.
Swift completed unprecedented sweeps on the ARIA Albums Chart during the year, and doubled up on both main tallies. The U.S. pop star’s sales and streaming action should reach fever pitch in February 2024 when Swift’s The Eras Tour visits Australia for seven sold-out stadium shows, produced by Frontier Touring.
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Meanwhile, Australian alternative rock favorites Violent Soho return to the ARIA Chart at No. 2 with Hungry Ghost (I Oh You/Universal), their third album. The LP roars up the survey thanks to a 10th anniversary reissue, which eclipses its previous peak of No. 6, during a run when Hungry Ghost logged more than a year in the top 50. Violent Soho, which announced an indefinite hiatus in 2022, has reigned over the ARIA Albums Chart twice: with 2016’s Waco and 2020’s Everything Is A-OK.
Completing Australia’s albums chart podium is Swift’s Midnights, up 4-3; while Michael Bublé’s double-diamond certified Christmas (Reprise/Warner) shines on the national tally, up 8-4. Christmas first hit No. 1 in 2011 and logged 15 weeks at the summit, across six stints, ARIA reports.
Over on the ARIA Singles Chart, Jack Harlow’s “Lovin On Me” (Atlantic/Warner) completes a sixth-straight week at No. 1, handing the Louisville rapper honors as the first new artist in six years to reign over Australia’s chart during the week of Christmas.
With Harlow’s hit getting all the love, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” (Columbia/Sony) is denied a sixth consecutive Christmas No. 1; it’s up 3-2 on the ARIA Chart, published Friday, Dec. 22, ahead of Tate McRae’s “Greedy” (down 2-3 via RCA/Sony), Wham’s “Last Christmas” (up 5-4 via Sony) and Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” (up 9-5 via Warner/Universal), respectively.
Cher enters the U.K. history books — twice — as “DJ Play a Christmas Song” (via Warner Records) blasts to No. 20 on the national singles tally.
The pop legend’s holiday number vaults 41-20 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, published Dec. 22, meaning Cher becomes the first solo artist to land top 40 hits with new material in seven consecutive decades, and she becomes the oldest female to snag a top tier hit.
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At 77 years, 7 months old, Cher is the oldest solo female performer to secure a top 40 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, beating the previous mark set by Shirley Bassey, who was 70 years and 4 months old when “The Living Tree” peaked at No. 37 in 2007.
No other solo artist has achieved a top 40 U.K. hit across seven consecutive decades, the Official Charts Company reports. Cher got the ball rolling with her debut solo single “All I Really Want To Do” from 1965, and has cracked the top 40 every decade since.
“Cher cements her position as a living legend this week, notching up two incredible landmarks,” comments Martin Talbot, CEO of the Official Charts, “becoming the oldest living female to secure a Top 40 single and the only female solo artist to claim an Official Top 40 single in seven consecutive decades.”
The late Captain Sir Tom Moore holds the record for the oldest artist to score a U.K. No. 1 single, doing so at age 99 years and 11 months old when his charity-fundraising collaboration with Michael Ball, “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” summited in 2020.
“DJ Play a Christmas Song“ is Cher’s highest-charting single in the U.K. in over two decades, since “The Music’s No Good Without You” reached No. 8 in 2001. It’s the lead single from her 27th studio LP Christmas, which vaults 15-5 on the latest albums tally, for a new peak position and 11th career top 10 effort.
“DJ Play a Christmas Song” has been a record-setter on both sides of the Atlantic. When the single jingled to the top of the Dec. 2-dated Dance/Electronic Song Sales survey, she became the first solo artist to earn a new No. 1 on a Billboard songs chart; the only other act to have at least one new No. 1 on a Billboard songs chart in each of the seven decades from the 1960s through the 2020s is the Rolling Stones.
As nine festive favorites rank in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Dec. 30) – tying for the most in a single week – three new holiday recordings debut on the chart. Meghan Trainor’s version of “Jingle Bells” dashes in at No. 81, marking just the second version of the standard ever […]
Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” strings up a record-extending 17th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 chart (dated Dec. 30).
The modern seasonal standard also tops the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart for a 12th frame.
Plus, Dean Martin’s “Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!” hits the top 10 of both the Global 200 (11-7) and Global Excl. U.S. (13-10) for the first time; José Feliciano’s “Feliz Navidad” returns to the Global 200’s top 10 (12-10); and Kelly Clarkson’s “Underneath the Tree” makes its first appearance in the Global Excl. U.S. top 10 (11-9), as it rises 10-6 on the Global 200.
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts, which began in September 2020, 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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Carey’s ‘Christmas’ Extends Global 200 No. 1 Record
Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” leads the Global 200 for a fourth consecutive week, with 115.3 million streams (up 12%) and 12,000 sold (down 2%) worldwide Dec. 15-21. The song, originally released in 1994, spends a record-extending 17th week at No. 1, following four frames in both the 2020 and 2021 holiday seasons and five frames over last year’s holidays.
Wham!’s “Last Christmas” holds at its No. 2 high on the Global 200; Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” keeps at No. 3, after reaching No. 2 last holiday season; Bobby Helms’ “Jingle Bell Rock” repeats at its No. 4 best; and Ariana Grande’s “Santa Tell Me” returns to its No. 5 peak, from No. 6.
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Dean Martin’s “Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!” reaches the Global 200’s top 10 for the first time, rising 11-7 amid a flurry of activity in worldwide streams (51 million, up 19%) and sales (2,000, up 2%). The song, from 1959, is the late crooner’s first top 10 on the chart.
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Plus, José Feliciano’s “Feliz Navidad” revisits the Global 200’s top 10 (12-10), with 48.8 million streams (up 18%) and 4,000 sold (up 20%) worldwide. The 1970 classic hit a No. 5 high last holiday season.
Carey’s ‘Christmas’ Tops Global Excl. U.S., Clarkson, Martin Hit Top 10
Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” concurrently tops the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart for a fourth week in a row, with 72 million streams (up 11%) and 5,000 sold (up 8%) outside the U.S. Dec. 15-21. The song tallies a 12th total week at No. 1, following one in the 2020 holiday season, three weeks the next year and four last season.
Wham!’s “Last Christmas” repeats at its No. 2 Global Excl. U.S. high; Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” dances merrily back to its No. 3 best, from No. 4; Sia’s “Snowman” rises to a new No. 4 high, from No. 5; and Michael Bublé’s “It’s Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas” climbs 6-5, after reaching No. 4 last holiday season.
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Kelly Clarkson’s “Underneath the Tree” makes its first trip to the Global Excl. U.S. top 10 (11-9), as it advances 10-6 on the Global 200. The song, from 2013, drew 28.9 million streams (up 16%) and sold 1,000 (up 12%) outside the U.S. in the tracking week. It becomes Clarkson’s first top 10 since the Global Excl. U.S. chart began.
Additionally, Dean Martin’s “Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!” hits the Global Excl. U.S. top 10 for the first time, pushing 13-10 with 28.2 million streams (up 19%) outside the U.S., marking his first top 10 on the ranking.
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Dec. 30, 2023) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Dec. 27, a day later than usual due to the Christmas holiday). 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.
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Mariah Carey‘s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” tops the Billboard Hot 100 for a second consecutive week – as it logs a 14th total week at No. 1, dating to its first coronation in December 2019.
Notably, the modern Yuletide standard is Carey’s third Hot 100 leader of at least 14 weeks – as she becomes the first artist in the chart’s history with three such No. 1s. She previously reigned for 16 weeks with “One Sweet Day,” with Boyz II Men, in 1995-96 and for 14 weeks with “We Belong Together” in 2005.
“Christmas” has ruled the Hot 100 over five holiday seasons. It was originally released on Carey’s album Merry Christmas in November 1994 and, as streaming has grown and holiday music has become more prominent on streaming services’ playlists, it hit the top 10 for the first time in December 2017 and has now led during the holidays in 2019 (for three weeks), 2020 (two), 2021 (three), 2022 (four) and 2023 (two to date).
Elsewhere, José Feliciano’s “Feliz Navidad” returns to the Hot 100’s top 10, dashing from No. 12 to No. 9.
In all, nine seasonal songs infuse the Hot 100’s top 10 – tying for the most in a single week; nine holiday hits first decorated the tier on the chart dated Jan. 2, 2021.
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 Dec. 30, 2023) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Dec. 27, a day later than usual due to the Christmas holiday). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
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Streams, airplay & sales: Carey’s “Christmas,” on Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings, drew 48.4 million streams (up 15%) and 31.7 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 21%) and sold 7,000 downloads (down 7%) in the U.S. Dec. 15-21, according to Luminate.
The single holds at No. 2 on the Streaming Songs chart, following 18 weeks at No. 1; dips 3-4 on Digital Song Sales, following four frames at No. 1; and rises 22-17 on Radio Songs, where it hit a No. 11 high last season.
Carey’s record third Hot 100 No. 1 of 14 weeks or more: Carey is the first artist with three songs that have dominated the Hot 100 for 14 or more weeks each. She one-ups Boyz II Men, who have notched three leaders of 13 or more frames apiece, with Carey and the group having teamed for the 16-week No. 1 smash “One Sweet Day.”
Here’s a recap of Carey’s three such Hot 100 No. 1s:
16 weeks, “One Sweet Day,” with Boyz II Men, 1995-9614 weeks (to-date), “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” 2019-2314 weeks, “We Belong Together,” 2005
Carey’s record 93rd week atop Hot 100: With “Christmas,” Carey adds her record-extending 93rd week at No. 1 on the Hot 100, dating to the chart’s Aug. 4, 1958, inception.
Most Weeks at No. 1 on Hot 100:
93, Mariah Carey
60, Rihanna
59, The Beatles
56, Drake
50, Boyz II Men
47, Usher
43, Beyoncé
37, Michael Jackson
34, Adele
34, Elton John
34, Bruno Mars
34, Taylor Swift
“Christmas” became Carey’s 19th Hot 100 No. 1, the most among soloists and one away from The Beatles’ overall record 20. It also made Carey the first artist to have ranked at No. 1 on the chart in four distinct decades, dating to her first week on top in August 1990 with her debut hit, “Vision of Love.”
Holiday hits atop the Hot 100: Now up to 14 weeks, Carey’s “Christmas” extends its mark as the holiday song with the most time tallied atop the Hot 100, among three such No. 1s. “The Chipmunk Song,” by The Chipmunks with David Seville, spent four weeks on top beginning in December 1958, followed by Brenda Lee’s two weeks on top to begin this holiday season with “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” also released in 1958.
No. 1 in record 64th week on Hot 100: Carey’s “Christmas” rules the Hot 100 in its 64th week on the chart. It passes Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” for the latest, by total chart weeks, that a song has led the list. The latter completed a record 59-week trip to No. 1 in March 2022 and reigned for five consecutive weeks, through its 63rd frame; it went on to amass a record 91 weeks on the chart.
No. 1 on Holiday 100: Plus, Carey’s “Christmas” concurrently keeps atop the multi-metric Holiday 100 chart, which uses the same methodology as the Hot 100. It leads for a 60th week, of the chart’s 67 total weeks since the list originated in 2011. It also rules as the top title on the Greatest of All Time Holiday 100 Songs recap.
At No. 2 on the Hot 100, Lee’s “Rockin’ ” adds a fifth week atop Streaming Songs (49.4 million streams, up 17%, good for top Streaming Gainer honors on the Hot 100).
The rest of the all-holiday top five on the Hot 100 holds in place: Bobby Helms’ “Jingle Bell Rock,” released in 1957, at its No. 3 high; Wham!’s “Last Christmas,” from 1984, at its No. 4 best; and Burl Ives’ “A Holly Jolly Christmas,” from 1964, at No. 5, after reaching No. 4.
Jack Harlow’s “Lovin On Me” keeps at No. 6 on the Hot 100, four weeks after it became his third No. 1. The chart’s top nonholiday title wins the list’s top Airplay Gainer award (50.2 million, up 16%) and claims a sixth week each atop the multi-metric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.
Andy Williams’ “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” from 1963, repeats at No. 7 on the Hot 100, having hit No. 5. The late singer now sports a record span of 64 years, two months and three weeks from his first week in the top 10 with “Lonely Street” in October 1959 through his latest week in the bracket.
Dean Martin’s “Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!,” from 1959, rises 10-8 on the Hot 100, returning to its best first reached in the 2020 holiday season.
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José Feliciano’s “Feliz Navidad” returns to the Hot 100’s top 10, jingling 12-9 with 24.9 million streams (up 19%), 23.8 million in airplay audience (up 5%) and 2,000 sold (up 12%). The 1970 classic hit a No. 6 high over the 2020 holiday season.
The beloved entertainer, 78, was honored with the first Billboard Legend Award at the 2022 Billboard Latin Music Awards.
Putting a bow on the Hot 100’s top 10, The Ronettes’ “Sleigh Ride” backtracks to No. 10 from its No. 8 high. The act now boasts a span of 60 years, three months and one week in the top 10, dating to its iconic No. 2-peaking “Be My Baby” in September 1963 – the longest among groups. (Excluding holiday fare, The Beatles broke the record for the longest top 10 span among all acts last month: 59 years, nine months and three weeks, from “I Want To Hold Your Hand” in 1964 to the debut of their newly-released single “Now and Then.”)
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Hackney Diamonds are forever, it would seem, as the Rolling Stones return to No. 1 in the U.K.
The Stones’ latest album bumps 6-1 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart, published Friday, Dec. 22, for its second non-consecutive week at the top.
Featuring collaborations with Lady Gaga, Elton John Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney, and contributions from former bass player Bill Wyman and the group’s late drummer Charlie Watts, Hackney Diamonds (via Polydor) is the Stones’ first album of original material in 18 years– since A Bigger Bang, which peaked to No. 2 in 2005.
Following its release in October, the LP went straight to No. 1 for the rock legends’ 14th U.K. No. 1, by outselling the rest of the top 5 combined.
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“It’s a wonderful way to round off 2023,” the Stones say in a statement published by the Official Charts Company. “Thank you to everyone for listening to Hackney Diamonds. Have a very happy Christmas and New Year.”
The Christmas gift for the Stones also doubles-up as a late birthday present for guitarist Keith Richards, who turned 80 on Dec. 18.
Meanwhile, Michael Bublé’s Christmas (Reprise) holds No. 2 on the new chart, while Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (via EMI) improves 4-3.
Cher brings some Christmas cheer to the latest tally with her Christmas (Warner Records) collection, which lifts 15-5 for a new peak position. Christmas features “DJ Play A Christmas Song,” which lifts 41-20 on the latest U.K. singles chart, an effort that sees the iconic entertainer become the first solo artist to achieve a top 40 hit with new material on the Official U.K. Singles Chart across seven consecutive decades, the Official Charts Company reports.
At 77 year and 7 months, Cher is also the oldest solo female performer to snag a top 40 U.K. single, besting previous record holder Shirley Bassey, who was 70 years, 4 months old when “The Living Tree” reached No. 37 in 2007.