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JO1’s “Tiger” hits No. 1 on this week’s Billboard Japan Hot 100, rocketing from No. 84 on the chart dated April 12.
On the chart tallying the week from April 3 to 9, “Tiger” launched with 416,473 CDs and ruled sales while also dominating radio airplay and downloads. The 11-member boy band’s seventh single also came in at No. 31 for streaming and No. 61 for video views.
Veteran rock band BUMP OF CHICKEN’s new single “SOUVENIR” rises to No. 2 on the Japan Hot 100, powered by sales (58,799 singles sold in its first week, No. 2) and downloads (No. 19). The track is currently at No. 91 for radio and not yet charting in the top 100 for streaming and video, so how these metrics with room for improvement fare in the coming weeks is something to keep an eye on.
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Kenshi Yonezu’s “LADY” has been steadily improving in streaming, rising 23-18 for the metric with 4,222,153 weekly streams. The music video dropped this week and racked up 807,887 views to come in at No. 16 for the metric, so combined with strong radio and downloads, the track moves 7-5 on the Japan Hot 100 this week.
The Billboard Japan Hot 100 combines physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, video views and karaoke data.
For the full Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, tallying the week from to Apr. 3 to 9, see here. For more on Japanese music and charts, visit Billboard Japan’s English Twitter account.
SZA’s “Kill Bill” slices through all songs standing in its way to hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart (dated April 22).
The song, released on Top Dawg/RCA Records, becomes SZA’s second leader on the mainstream top 40-based radio ranking, and first in a lead role. She previously reigned as featured on Doja Cat’s “Kiss Me More,” for a week in July 2021.
The latest list reflects airplay, as monitored by Mediabase and provided to Billboard by Luminate, in the week ending April 13. Its new remix featuring Doja Cat arrived at midnight ET today (April 14) and will begin contributing to next week’s charts (dated April 29), with all versions of the song rolling up into one chart listing.
The song has spent eight weeks at its No. 2 high (SZA’s career best) on the all-genre, multi-metric Billboard Hot 100, through the most recently published April 15-dated chart. On the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs survey, which uses the same methodology, it added a 16th week at No. 1 on the April 15 tally – breaking the record for the longest reign for a song by a woman in a lead role in the ranking’s history.
“Kill Bill” is from SZA’s album SOS, which has topped the Billboard 200 chart for 10 weeks, starting upon its debut in December.
RCA originally targeted ballad “Nobody Gets Me” for pop radio, but as streaming surged for “Kill Bill,” the label decided to formally promote both simultaneously. “Nobody Gets Me” hit No. 18 on Pop Airplay in February.
As for the tongue-in-cheek murder plot (turned confession) storyline of “Kill Bill,” RCA has promoted two radio edits – one in which “I might kill” / “I just killed my ex” is simply omitted and one in which “kill” / “killed” are replaced by the swooshing sound of a knife.
Said Jon Zellner, iHeartMedia president of programming operations/digital music, in January, “While violent, [it] certainly is creating a buzz. Are there really people who would rather go to jail or hell than be alone?”
All charts dated April 22 will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, April 18.
Morgan Wallen is the new king of Australia’s singles survey.
The U.S. country star bags his first leader on the ARIA Singles Chart with “Last Night” (Republic Records/Universal), which lifts 2-1, emulating its parent album One Thing At A Time, which hit the summit last month and currently lifts 4-3.
Prior to “Last Night,” Wallen’s chart best in these parts was a No. 20 peak for “You Proof” in 2022; “You Proof” dips 23-27 on the current tally.
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With Wallen at the throne, Miley Cyrus’ unbroken reign with “Flowers” (Columbia/Sony) comes to an end at 12 weeks. That’s impressive, but still some way off the 24-week non-consecutive reign of Tones And I’s 2019 hit “Dance Monkey,” the all-time leader.
“Flowers” dips 1-2 on the latest chart, published April 14, while PinkPantheress’ “Boy’s a liar” (Parlophone/Warner) holds at No. 3.
The highest new entry belongs to Drake, as “Search & Rescue” (Republic/Universal) bows at No. 8. Just one other cut debuts in the top 50 on the latest frame, NLE Choppa’s “S**t Me Out” (Warner), rising 105-48.
Over on the ARIA Albums Chart, homegrown queer pop band Cub Sport pounces to No. 1 with Jesus At The Gay Bar (Believe).
It’s the first No. 1 and second ARIA top 10 album for the Brisbane outfit. “We’ve been a band for over a decade and to achieve our first #1 record with our fifth album is incredible,” reads a statement from the four-piece. “So proud of the four of us for the years of hard work and for building to this moment as a self-managed and independent band. Above all, we’re so grateful to our beautiful fans – thank you so much for making this dream come true!”
Adds ARIA CEO Annabelle Herd: “Cub Sport are an incredible home-grown act who absolutely deserve to be celebrated. Congratulations to the band and their team for an incredible triumph, particularly as an independent band. All of us at ARIA are thrilled to be welcoming another Australian album to the top of the charts.”
Jesus At The Gay Bar shimmies past Hope (Capitol/Universal), the fifth studio album from Michigan-born, singer, songwriter and producer NF. It’s new at No. 2. That’s a career best for NF (real name: Nathan John Feuerstein), bettering the No. 3 peak for The Search in 2019, and the No. 5 for his mixtape Clouds in 2021.
Further down the tally, the Linkin Park’s sophomore album Meteora (Warner) impacts the top 10, at No. 8, thanks to a 20th anniversary reissue, which features previously-unreleased works including vocals from the late frontman Chester Bennington. Meteora originally peaked at No. 2 in 2003 and has been certified four-times platinum, ARIA reports.
Finally, Aussie punk rock outfit Frenzal Rhomb just miss out on a top 10 berth with The Cup Of Pestilence (Virgin/Universal), their 10th studio effort. It’s new at No. 1 on the all-genres albums chart, and it’s the best-seller on wax this cycle.
Tyler, the Creator carves out a piece of chart history this week as his album, Call Me If You Get Lost, re-enters at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart dated April 15. The set rebounds after the arrival of its deluxe edition, Call Me If You Get Lost: The Estate Sale. As the album returns, it becomes the first project to rule the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in three separate calendar years.
The deluxe edition of Call Me If You Get Lost was released March 30 and adds eight new songs to the original tracklist. Three days before the deluxe release, Tyler, the Creator announced the impending project on social media and tweeted, in part, “Some of those songs I really love, and knew they would never see the light of day, so Ive decided to put a few of them out.”
In the latest tracking week of March 30 – April 6, Call registered 68,000 equivalent album units according to Luminate, a 617% swell from the prior week. (All versions of the album, old and new, are combined for tracking and charting purposes.)
Streaming contributes the bulk of activity, with 57,000 of Call’s total from that sector, equaling 77.97 million official on-demand streams of the album’s songs. Call also sold 11,000 copies, including digital download and CD editions of the new deluxe version – though the CD is currently only sold through the rapper’s webstore. A negligible amount of activity derived from track-equivalent sales. (One unit equals the following levels of consumption: one album sale, 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams for a song on the album.)
As mentioned, Call becomes the first project to lead the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in three different calendar years. It first reigned for one week in July 2021 upon its original release, and returned to the summit in April 2022 for another week in the top slot after the arrival of its vinyl editions powered nearly 50,000 sales.
Call’s high streaming activity causes several of the new songs to debut or climb on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. “Dogtooth” leads the pack and jumps 24-11 in its first full week of tracking, after its March 27 release allowed for only three days of activity for the prior tracking week. The song is the most-streamed Call title this week, with 11.7 million official U.S. streams. As “Dogtooth” ascends, it becomes the rapper’s fourth-best showing on the chart and second as a lead act. Tyler, the Creator reached No. 5 twice, with “Earfquake” in 2019 and, with 21 Savage as featured acts on Pharrell Williams’ “Cash In Cash Out” in 2022. “Wusyaname,” with YoungBoy Never Broke Again and Ty Dolla $ign, meanwhile, peaked at No. 6 in 2021.
With “Dogtooth” on top, here’s a look at all Tyler, the Creator’s placements on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs this week:
No. 11, “Dogtooth”
No. 16, “Sorry Not Sorry”
No. 28, “Wharf Talk,” featuring A$AP Rocky
No. 37, “Heaven to Me”
No. 38, “What a Day”
No. 39, “Stuntman,” featuring Vince Staples
No. 43, “Boyfriend, Girlfriend (2020 Demo),” featuring YG
Kygo commands a top 20 debut on Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart (dated April 15) with “Say Say Say,” featuring the track’s original superstar artists, Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson. The update arrives at No. 16 with 905,000 official streams and 400 downloads sold in the United States March 31-April 6, according to Luminate.
The song is Kygo’s fourth officially sanctioned reproduction of a famous original (and his third with deceased acts) to impact the chart. It follows “Higher Love” with Whitney Houston (No. 2, July 2019), “What’s Love Got to Do With It” with Tina Turner (No. 7, August 2020), and “Hot Stuff” with Donna Summer (No. 9, October 2020).
“It’s no secret that I love working with iconic vocals from the ’80s, and ‘Say Say Say’ was one that I really wanted to work on,” Kygo recently told Billboard.
The official remake of “Say” makes for Norwegian DJ/producer Kygo’s 62nd career appearance on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, the second-most of all acts since the chart began in January 2013; David Guetta leads with 75. It also marks McCartney’s first appearance and Jackson’s second, after remixes of “Thriller” (by Steve Aoki, among others), titled “Thriller 2017,” ascended to No. 30 in November 2017.
Concurrently, “Say” starts on Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales (No. 12), as well as Norway Songs (No. 17). The original classic spent six weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1983-January 1984.
Additionally on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, Bebe Rexha rolls in with the week’s highest debut, “Call on Me,” at No. 13. The track, from Rexha’s album Bebe, due April 28, rang up 1.1 million streams in its first frame.
Meanwhile, Rexha’s monster collab with David Guetta, “I’m Good (Blue),” leads the list for a 29th week. Only four songs have ruled for longer terms: Marshmello and Bastille’s “Happier” (69 weeks; 2018-20), Elton John and Dua Lipa’s “Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)” (36; 2021-22) and Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey’s “The Middle” (33; 2018).
Shifting to the Dance/Mix Show Airplay survey, Zara Larsson lands her fifth top 10 with “Can’t Tame Her” (12-8). The poppy original, remixed by VIZE, DJ Smallz, Nightcore and others, is collecting core-dance airplay on Music Choice’s Dance/EDM channel, KMVQ-HD2 San Francisco and Channel Q, among other outlets. (The Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart measures radio airplay on a select group of full-time dance stations, along with plays during mix shows on around 70 top 40-formatted reporters.)
Country songs have been few and far between in the Billboard Hot 100’s top 10 over the past decade. From 2013 to 2022, only 12 top 10 songs represented the genre.
However, during just the first quarter of this year, six top 10s were country songs.
Leading the way for the genre, Morgan Wallen made history as the first country act to score five Hot 100 top 10s in a single week, all from his new album One Thing at a Time (March 18), a feat previously achieved by only five other artists (Taylor Swift, Drake, 21 Savage, Juice WRLD and The Beatles). His “Last Night” first hit the top 10 on the chart dated Feb. 3 and soared to No. 1 a month later. (It returns to the top of the list, dated April 15, this week.)
Joining Wallen, Zach Bryan’s “Something in the Orange” hit No. 10 on the Hot 100 in January. Together, the acts brought country’s prominence to just over a quarter of all Hot 100 top 10s in Q1 2023 (26%) – tying pop for first place among all genres in that span. In the last decade, country had never reached a double-digit share, previously peaking at 9% in Q4 2020, then powered by hits from Gabby Barrett (“I Hope”) and Luke Combs (“Forever After All”).
While country songs possess certain characteristics that are unique to the genre, such as lap steel guitars, when you look under the hood, they actually have a lot in common with what’s trending in today’s Hot 100 top 10 overall.
For starters, take sub-genres and influences. In the first quarter of 2023, pop, hip-hop and R&B/soul were the top three influences across the top 10, followed closely by rock. All six country top 10s feature a pop influence, 83% a rock influence and half a hip-hop influence. R&B/soul, however, was a no-show, and generally has been in country over the past decade save for Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line’s “Meant to Be” (2018) and Sam Hunt’s “Body Like a Back Road” (2017).
Another key commonality between Q1’s country hits and the overall Hot 100 top 10 is lyrical theme. The love/relationships theme rose to its highest quarterly level of prominence since way back in 2015, at 83% of songs, and is part of every Q1 country top 10.
Plus, each country Hot 100 top 10 in Q1 2023 kicks off with an intro that establishes the backing music of the section that directly follows and averages 15 seconds in length. Almost every Hot 100 top 10 in that span also begins with an intro, establishes the backing music of the ensuing section and averages 14 seconds long.
Lastly, in terms of structure, like hits overall in the Hot 100’s top 10 in Q1 2023, country favored shorter song lengths, with half landing in the under-three-minute range. All six country hits also possess two verses, three choruses and at least one post-chorus in their framework, characteristics that are also very much in line with the overall top 10.
So, while these hits stay true to their country roots, they are delicately balanced by qualities that are currently resonating with mainstream audiences, paced by Wallen (whose “Last Night,” in addition to its strong streaming, is both a pop and country radio hit).
Looking ahead, the genre could continue its newfound bigger presence, as country hits bookend the top 10 on the latest Hot 100: Bailey Zimmerman’s “Rock and a Hard Place” revisits its No. 10 high, joining Wallen’s “Last Night” at No. 1.
David and Yael Penn are the co-founders of Hit Songs Deconstructed, which provides compositional analytics for top 10 Hot 100 hits. In 2022, Hit Songs Deconstructed and fellow song analysis platform MyPart partnered to launch ChartCipher, a new platform analyzing hit songs, as defined by Billboard’s charts.
On April 13, 2013, Darius Rucker rode his smash single “Wagon Wheel” to No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart.
“Wheel” was authored by rock and folk legend Bob Dylan and Ketch Secor (of Old Crow Medicine Show). Dylan wrote the chorus in the early 1970s, with Secor rounding out the verses years later.
The song was released from Rucker’s LP True Believers, which arrived as his third of four No. 1s on Top Country Albums.
With its catchy, sing-along chorus (and such whimsical rhymes as “New England” and “string band”), “Wheel” became Rucker’s most recent of six leaders on Hot Country Songs, among 11 top 10s. He boasts nine No. 1s on Country Airplay, through “Beers and Sunshine” in February 2021.
Rucker was born in Charleston, S.C., and reached mass-appeal success in the ‘90s as frontman of Hootie & The Blowfish. The band notched two No. 1s albums on the Billboard 200 – Cracked Rear View (which has sold 10.4 million copies in the United States, according to Luminate) and Fairweather Johnson – and three top 10s on the Billboard Hot 100.
Rucker was welcomed as a promoted country artist with three straight No. 1 singles on Country Airplay (excluding holiday fare) in 2008-09: “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It,” “It Won’t Be Like This for Long” and “Alright.”
Now 57, Rucker released his newest track, “Fires Don’t Start Themselves,” March 31. Assisted by hourly plays on participating iHeartMedia stations that day, it debuts at No. 25 on the April 15-dated Country Airplay chart with 6.7 million impressions.
The song is from Rucker’s forthcoming album, Carolyn’s Boy.
Yandel once again rules a Latin airplay chart as “Yandel 150,” his collaboration with Feid, ascends to No. 1 on Billboard’s Latin Airplay and Latin Rhythm Airplay charts (dated April 15), lifting 2-1 on both rankings.
“Yandel 150” leads with a 28% increase in audience impressions, to 12.5 million, earned in the U.S. March 31 to April 6, according to Luminate.
The new champ gives Yandel his 15th No. 1 among 34 chart appearances on the all-genre Latin Airplay chart. He returns to the summit following the one-week lead of “Déjà Vu,” with Tainy, in 2021. His longest-leading champ was “Encantadora,” which held atop the chart for three weeks.
Feid, meanwhile, claims his third No. 1 just a month after his featured turn in Ozuna’s “Hey Mor” ruled the March 4-dated list.
The collaboration ousts another pairing, Myke Towers and Daddy Yankee, after one week in charge for “Ulala.”
“Yandel 150” is the fourth single from Yandel’s Resistencia, his seventh studio album as a soloist, released Jan. 13 via Sony Music Latin. The 17-track set, jam-packed with reggaetón vets and newcomers alike, including his longtime collaborator Wisin, earned the Puerto Rican an eighth straight top 10 on Latin Rhythm Albums (March 23-dated list).
Further, “Yandel 150” leads in its ninth week on Latin Airplay, tying with “Hey Mor” as the third song to rise to the summit in nine weeks or fewer among Yandel’s 15 champs. Only two other tracks climbed faster: “Como Antes,” featuring Wisin, led in its second week, while “Se Acabó El Amor,” with Abraham Mateo and Jennifer Lopez, conquered in its sixth week.
Elsewhere, Yandel also takes his 15th No. 1 on Latin Rhythm Airplay, while Feid picks up his fourth champ.
Melanie Martinez and boygenius snag the top debuts on Billboard’s rock and alternative album charts dated April 15.
Martinez’s Portals opens at No. 1 on both Top Rock & Alternative Albums and Top Alternative Albums thanks to 142,000 equivalent album units earned, according to Luminate. Of that sum, 99,000 units are via album sales, while 42,000 come from streaming units, with the remaining 1,000 from track equivalent albums.
The sales and streaming counts are the best for any album on Top Rock & Alternative Albums in 2023.
Martinez notches her first No. 1 on the chart since it shifted to a model allowing for alternative-leaning albums not necessarily within the rock genre. On Top Alternative Albums, Portals becomes her third ruler, following K-12 in 2019 and Cry Baby in 2015.
On the all-genre Billboard 200, Portals starts at No. 2, Martinez’s best rank, surpassing the No. 3 debut and peak of K-12. She also earns her first leader on Top Album Sales.
Meanwhile, boygenius – the rock group consisting of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus – starts at No. 1 on Top Rock Albums with its debut full-length The Record. It snagged 67,000 units, with 53,000 from album sales and 14,000 from streaming units.
The Record is boygenius’ first Top Rock Albums leader as well as the first No. 1 visit for any of the individual band members on the list. Baker boasted the previous best, with 2021’s Little Oblivions having debuted and peaked at No. 4.
The trio’s LP also starts at No. 2 on Top Rock & Alternative Albums and Top Alternative Albums, behind Martinez, as well as No. 1 on Americana/Folk Albums. Baker previous led the lattermost list with Little Oblivions.
On Vinyl Albums, The Record launches at No. 1 with 45,000 vinyl copies sold.
Both albums spur multiple appearances on the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, paced by Martinez’s “Void,” which vaults 40-5 in its second week on the tally. In the March 31-April 6 tracking week, “Void” earned 8.7 million official U.S. streams and 100,000 radio audience impressions and sold 1,000 downloads. The former count gets Martinez onto the all-format Streaming Songs list for the first time, at No. 42.
In all, 13 Martinez songs reach Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, with the top debut of the group being “The Contortionist” at No. 10 (5.4 million streams).
Boygenius, meanwhile, sports four appearances on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, led by “Not Strong Enough” at No. 33 (2.1 million streams, 952,000 audience impressions, 1,000 sold). “Strong” also rises into the top 10 of Adult Alternative Airplay at No. 10, marking the threesome’s first top 10, and 40-36 on Alternative Airplay.
Rod Wave nabs his seventh top 10 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart as “Fight the Feeling” opens at No. 7 on the list dated April 15. The song also begins at the most-streamed rap song of the week and returns him to the top 20 of the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in two years.
“Feeling” traces its strong start largely to 17.4 million official U.S. streams in the tracking week of March 30 – Apr. 6, according to Luminate. The nine-figure sum generates the single’s No. 2 debut on the R&B/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs chart and No. 1 entrance on Rap Streaming Songs. On the latter, “Feeling” is Rod Wave’s second career champ, after “Tombstone” led for one week in 2021.
While streaming plays the main role behind the “Feeling” debut on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, the track also sold 1,000 downloads in the same tracking week to earn a No. 15 start on R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales. It also registered 56,000 audience impressions across all formats, a low sum due to the single not having been officially promoted to radio formats during its debut week.
As “Feeling” becomes Rod Wave’s newest top 10, here’s a recap of the rapper’s full collection on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart:
Song Title, Peak Position, Peak Date“Rags2Riches,” featuring ATR Son Son, No. 7, Aug. 22, 2020“Tombstone,” No. 5, April 10, 2021“Street Runner,” No. 9, April 10, 2021“By Your Side,” No. 10, Dec. 11, 2021“Cold December,” No. 9, Feb. 5, 2022“Alone,” No. 7, Aug. 27, 2022“Fight the Feeling,” No. 7 (to date), April 15, 2023
Elsewhere, “Feeling” begins at No. 3 on the Hot Rap Songs chart, where it secures the rapper/singer’s ninth top 10 placement, and at No. 16 on the Hot 100. The latter’s debut ends a two-year gap for Rod Wave inside the Hot 100’s top 20, as he ranks inside the region for the first time since the April 10, 2021-dated chart.