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Beyoncé banks a new milestone on the Billboard Hot 100, as “Cuff It” becomes the longest-charting hit on the survey of her solo career. The song adds a 34th week on the Hot 100, ranking, fittingly, at No. 34 on the April 15-dated chart, and surpasses the 33 weeks that “Telephone” with Lady Gaga logged in 2009-10.
“Cuff It” was released on Beyoncé’s album Renaissance, which launched as her seventh No. 1 on the Billboard 200 last August. The set’s lead single, “Break My Soul,” became her eighth Hot 100 No. 1 the same week, while “Cuff It” reached No. 6 this February. The latter song became her 21st top 10 as a soloist, while Renaissance became her first album with multiple top 10s since I Am…Sasha Fierce in 2008-09.

Here’s a look at Beyoncé’s longest-charting Hot 100 hits:

Weeks on Hot 100, Title, Peak Pos./Year:34, “Cuff It,” No. 6, 202333, “Telephone,” Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé, No. 3, 201031, “Halo,” No. 5, 200930, “Irreplaceable,” No. 1 (10 weeks), 2007-0729, “Sweet Dreams,” No. 10, 200929, “Baby Boy,” feat. Sean Paul, No. 1 (nine weeks), 200328, “Check On It,” feat. Slim Thug, No. 1 (five weeks), 200627, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),” No. 1 (four weeks), 2008-0927, “Crazy in Love,” feat. Jay-Z, No. 1 (eight weeks), 200324, “Me, Myself and I,” No. 4, 2004

Meanwhile, Beyoncé is now one week away from matching her longest Hot 100 stay including her time in Destiny’s Child. The group, with her as a member, spent 35 weeks on the survey with its debut hit “No, No, No” in 1997-98. The song became the act’s first of 10 top 10s, a total that includes four No. 1s.

Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” remains the biggest song in the world, as it adds an 11th week at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated April 15).
Plus, Jisoo becomes the third member of BLACKPINK to have hit the top 10 on each chart, as her single “Flower” debuts at No. 2 on both rankings. Additionally, Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma’s “Ella Baila Sola” reaches the top 10 of both tallies, rising to No. 8 on Global Excl. U.S. and No. 9 on the Global 200.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. surveys, 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.

Here’s the Dirt on ‘Flowers’ & ‘Flower’ on Global 200

Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” logs an 11th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200. It ties The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber’s “Stay” (2021) for the third-longest command since the Global 200 began, after only Harry Styles’ “As It Was” (15 weeks, 2022) and Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (13 weeks, 2020-23).

Jisoo’s “Flower” sprouts at No. 2 on the Global 200 with 108.7 million streams and 21,000 sold worldwide in its first week, ending April 6, following its March 31 release.

Jisoo becomes the third member of star South Korean pop quartet BLACKPINK to have hit the Global 200’s top 10 solo. Here’s a recap of their solo top 10 hits:

Rosé, “On the Ground,” No. 1 (one week), March 27, 2021Lisa, “Lalisa,” No. 2, Sept. 25, 2021Jisoo, “Flower,” No. 2, April 15, 2023

As a group, BLACKPINK boasts four Global 200 top 10s, including two No. 1s: “Pink Venom” (for two weeks last September) and “Shut Down” (one week, last October). (The foursome’s Jennie has yet to hit the Global 200. Still, the first member of the group to release solo music, she topped Billboard’s World Digital Song Sales chart with “Solo” in December 2018, before the global surveys began.)

Also notably, “Flower” makes the third-biggest streaming start for an artist’s proper debut focus track since the global charts originated. Its 108.7 million first-week streams worldwide trail only the opening frames of Lisa’s “Lalisa” (152.6 million, Sept. 25, 2021) and Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” (130.1 million, Jan. 23, 2021).

The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Die for You” holds at No. 3 on the Global 200, after reaching No. 2; Jimin’s “Like Crazy” drops 2-4 in its second week; and Rema and Selena Gomez’s “Calm Down” rebounds 6-5, after hitting No. 3 in January.

Also in the Global 200’s top 10, Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma’s “Ella Baila Sola” ascends 11-9, with 63.9 million streams (up 23%) and 1,000 sold (up 24%) worldwide.

Quartet Eslabon Armado, from California, achieves its first Global 200 top 10, while Peso Pluma, from Mexico, adds his second, in as many weeks: “La Bebe,” with Yng Lvcas, holds at its No. 7 high in its second week in the region.

Cyrus, Jisoo Also Nos. 1 & 2 on Global Excl. U.S.

As on the Global 200, Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” claims an 11th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart. Only Harry Styles’ “As It Was” has led longer since the latter list began (13 weeks, 2022).

Jisoo’s “Flower” debuts at No. 2 on Global Excl. U.S. with 103.3 million streams and 16,000 sold outside the U.S. March 31-April 6.

Jisoo is the third member of BLACKPINK to have reached the Global Excl. U.S. top 10 solo, as she earns the fourth solo top 10 hit among them. Here’s a recap of their solo top 10s:

Rosé, “On the Ground,” No. 1 (one week), March 27, 2021Lisa, “Lalisa,” No. 2, Sept. 25, 2021Lisa, “Money,” No. 7, Oct. 23, 2021Jisoo, “Flower,” No. 2, April 15, 2023

BLACKPINK has notched four Global Excl. U.S. top 10s, including three No. 1s: “Lovesick Girls” (for one week in October 2020), “Pink Venom” (three weeks, last September) and “Shut Down” (one week, last October).

Jimin’s “Like Crazy” descends 2-3 in its second week on Global Excl. U.S.; Karol G and Shakira’s “TQG” falls 3-4, after it debuted at No. 1 on the March 11 chart; and The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Die for You” drops 4-5, after reaching No. 3.

Elsewhere in the Global Excl. U.S. top 10, Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma’s “Ella Baila Sola” jumps 12-8, led by 46.3 million streams (up 24%). Eslabon Armado earns its first top 10 on the tally, while Peso Pluma banks his second; “La Bebe,” with Yng Lvcas, ranks at No. 7, a week after reaching the tier with a 20-6 vault.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated April 15, 2023) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (April 11). 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 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.

Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” rebounds to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. It first reigned four weeks earlier, marking the country singer-songwriter’s initial leader on the list.
The track is from Wallen’s LP One Thing at a Time, which spends a fifth week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated April 15, 2023) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (April 11). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.

Up 3-1 on the Hot 100, “Last Night,” released on Big Loud/Mercury/Republic Records, drew 35.1 million streams (down 2%) and 29.7 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 25%, good for the chart’s top Airplay Gainer award) and sold 10,000 downloads (up 1%) in the March 31-April 6 tracking week, according to Luminate.

The track tops the all-genre Streaming Songs chart for a fifth week; holds at No. 3 on Digital Song Sales, following a week at No. 1; and jumps 30-21 on Radio Songs. A growing multi-format radio hit, it ascends to No. 17 on the Country Airplay chart, No. 21 on Pop Airplay and No. 23 on Adult Pop Airplay.

“Last Night” concurrently leads the Hot Country Songs chart, which uses the same methodology as the Hot 100, for a ninth week. It became just the 20th song to have topped both tallies – and the first by a solo male unaccompanied by any other acts in over 42 years, since Eddie Rabbitt’s “I Love a Rainy Night” ruled Hot Country Songs for a week in January 1981 and the Hot 100 for two weeks that February-March.

As “Last Night” has now ruled Hot Country Songs for nine weeks and the Hot 100 for two, it’s the first song with multiple weeks atop each chart since Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” (10 and three weeks at No. 1, respectively) in 2012. It’s the first such hit by a solo male and no accompanying acts since Glen Campbell’s “Rhinestone Cowboy” (three and two weeks, respectively) in 1975. The only other titles by unaccompanied solo males to have topped Hot Country Songs and the Hot 100 for multiple weeks each: Charlie Rich’s “The Most Beautiful Girl” (1973), Bobby Goldsboro’s “Honey” (1968), Jimmy Dean’s “Big Bad John” (1961), Marty Robbins’ “El Paso” (1959-60) and Johnny Horton’s “The Battle of New Orleans” (1959).

SZA’s “Kill Bill” rises 4-2 on the Hot 100, adding an eighth week at its No. 2 high. It wins top Sales Gainer honors (6,000, up 158%, helped by 69-cent sale-pricing in the iTunes Store), as it zooms 25-8 to become her fifth top 10 on Digital Song Sales.

“Kill Bill” simultaneously dominates the multi-metric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot R&B Songs charts for a 16th week each. On Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, it passes Mary J. Blige’s “Be Without You” (15 weeks at No. 1 in 2006) for the longest reign for a song by a woman in a lead role since the survey became an all-encompassing genre chart in 1958.

Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” slips 2-3 on the Hot 100, after eight weeks at No. 1, starting upon its debut in January. It logs an eighth week atop Radio Songs (102.2 million in audience, down 4%).

Metro Boomin, The Weeknd and 21 Savage’s “Creepin’ ” rebounds 5-4 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 3; The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Die for You” lifts 6-5, following a week at No. 1 in March; and PinkPantheress and Ice Spice’s “Boy’s a Liar, Pt. 2” pushes 7-6, after hitting No. 3.

Rema and Selena Gomez’s “Calm Down” climbs 8-7 for a new Hot 100 high. It tops the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart for a 32nd week, extending the longest command since the list began a year ago (in partnership with music festival and global brand Afro Nation).

Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero” reverses course, 9-8, on the Hot 100, following a personal-best eight weeks at No. 1 in November-January. It has spent 23 weeks in the top 10 – one week shy of Swift’s longest stay in the region, set by “Shake It Off” in 2014-15.

Coi Leray’s “Players” rises 10-9 on the Hot 100, returning to its best rank, as it leads the multi-metric Hot Rap Songs chart for a fourth week.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Bailey Zimmerman’s “Rock and a Hard Place” re-enters the tier, up 13-10, revisiting its best rank first reached two weeks earlier. As previously reported, the songs tops Country Airplay for a third week.

Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated April 15), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (April 11).

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.