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Morgan Wallen makes history on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, claiming the survey’s top nine positions. He soars past his prior record, as he monopolized the top three in two prior weeks, in February and December.
Wallen’s 90% share of the Hot Country Songs top 10 is also a new record, besting his six in the top 10 for a week in January 2021. Both of his last two albums have sparked those sums in their debut chart weeks: his latest LP One Thing at a Time and Dangerous: The Double Album.
Released March 3, Wallen’s 36-track One Thing at a Time launches as his second No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200, with the largest streaming week ever for a country album, as well as the biggest week by equivalent album units (501,000 March 3-9, according to Luminate) for any album, among all genres, in 2023.
Meanwhile, the LP’s “Last Night” becomes Wallen’s first No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100. He also holds five of the chart’s top 10 – becoming the first core country act to own half the tier in a single week.
Additionally, Wallen rewrites the record for the most songs simultaneously charted on the Hot 100, as he sends 36 songs onto the survey – the entirety of One Thing at a Time. Of those 36 songs, 27 are debuts, also a new one-week record.
On both the Billboard 200 and Hot 100, Wallen’s triumphs mark notable milestones for country. Wallen is the first male artist with back-to-back country No. 1s on the Billboard 200 since 2019, when Thomas Rhett notched his second in a row with Center Point Road, following 2017’s Life Changes. Plus, One Thing at a Time logs the largest week for any country album by a male artist since the Billboard 200 began tracking titles by equivalent album units in December 2014.
On the Hot 100, “Last Night” is the first No. 1 on both that chart and Hot Country Songs 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.
One Thing at a Time opens as Wallen’s third No. 1 on Top Country Albums. 2018’s If I Know Me reigned for two weeks in 2020 and Dangerous: The Double Album dominated for a record 97 weeks, as it’s supplanted at the summit by One Thing at a Time.
“Last Night,” meanwhile, leads the streaming-, airplay- and sales-fueled Hot Country Songs chart for a fifth week, having become his seventh No. 1.
Here’s a rundown of Wallen’s unprecedented nine tracks in the latest Hot Country Songs top 10:
No. 1, “Last Night,” thanks to 47.5 million streams (up 59), 10.8 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 81%) and 18,000 sold (up 12%) March 3-9
No. 2, “Thought You Should Know” (after it led for a week upon its debut in May 2022)
No. 3, “You Proof” (after it ruled for 19 weeks, starting with its debut in May 2022)
No. 4, “Thinkin’ Bout Me” (debut)
No. 5, “One Thing at a Time” (after it debuted at its No. 2 high in December)
No. 6, “Ain’t That Some” (debut)
No. 7 “Everything I Love” (first week in top 10, after it debuted in February)
No. 8, “Man Made a Bar,” featuring Eric Church (debut)
No. 9, “I Wrote the Book” (a new high, after it debuted at No. 10 in February)
Notably, Bailey Zimmerman’s “Rock and a Hard Place” ranks at No. 10 on Hot Country Songs, the only non-Wallen tune in the top 10. It places at No. 3 on Country Airplay (30.1 million in audience, up 8%) and drew 15.5 million streams (up 5%) in the tracking week.
Of the 36 cuts on One Thing at a Time, 35 rank on the latest (50-position) Hot Country Songs chart, a new one-week record. The previous high? Wallen’s 27 on the Jan. 23, 2021, survey, when Dangerous made its chart start. The only song from One Thing at a Time not on the latest list is “Don’t Think Jesus,” which debuted at No. 1 in April 2022 and spent 20 weeks on the tally through September.
With four new top 10s on the newest Hot Country Songs chart, Wallen has logged 12 from One Thing at a Time: the nine currently in the region, as well as “Jesus,” “Tennessee Fan” (now at No. 29) and “Days That End in Why” (No. 34). He ups his career count to 23 top 10s, a run that began with the No. 5-peaking “Up Down,” featuring Florida Georgia Line. Dating to his first week in the top 10 (May 12, 2018), Wallen’s 23 top 10s are the most among all acts, outpacing Luke Combs (16 in that span) and Kane Brown and Rhett (11 each).
Morgan Wallen triples up at No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100, Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200 charts (dated March 18), ruling as the top musical act with both the No. 1 song and album in the United States for the first time.
Released on March 3, Wallen’s 36-track album One Thing at a Time launches as his second No. 1 on the Billboard 200, with the largest streaming week ever for a country album, as well as the biggest week by equivalent album units (501,000 from March 3-9, according to Luminate) for any album, among all genres, in 2023.
Meanwhile, the LP’s “Last Night” becomes Wallen’s first No. 1 on the Hot 100. He also claims five of the chart’s top 10, becoming the first core country act with half the tier in a single week. Three cuts reach the region for the first time: “Thought You Should Know,” up 13-7; “Thinkin’ Bout Me,” new at No. 9; and the set’s title track, which charges 51-10. They join “Last Night” and “You Proof,” Wallen’s former top five hit which rebounds 21-8.
Additionally, Wallen rewrites the record for the most songs simultaneously charted on the Hot 100, as he sends 36 songs onto the survey – the entirety of One Thing at a Time. Of those 36 songs, 27 are debuts, also a new one-week record.
As Wallen rules the Artist 100 for an eighth total week, he becomes the 14th artist, and first core country act, to triple up at No. 1 on the Artist 100, Hot 100 and Billboard 200 charts simultaneously. The last artist to accomplish the feat was Taylor Swift in December, when Midnights and “Anti-Hero” led the Billboard 200 and Hot 100, respectively.
Most Weeks Simultaneously Leading the Artist 100, Hot 100 & Billboard 200 Charts:16, Drake15, Taylor Swift9, Adele5, The Weeknd2, Ariana Grande2, Ed Sheeran2, Harry Styles1, Beyoncé1, Justin Bieber1, BTS1, Camila Cabello1, Future1, Kendrick Lamar1, Morgan Wallen
The Artist 100 measures artist activity across key metrics of music consumption, blending album and track sales, radio airplay and streaming to provide a weekly multi-dimensional ranking of artist popularity.
In other highlights on the latest Artist 100, two acts re-enter the chart and score their first appearances in the top 10: Kali Uchis, at No. 6, as Red Moon in Venus becomes her first top 10 on the Billboard 200, arriving at No. 4, and De La Soul, as the hip-hop pioneers return at No. 10, led by their No. 15 Billboard 200 re-entry for 3 Feet High and Rising (as the set surpasses its prior No. 24 peak in 1989), after the act’s catalog became available on streaming and digital retail platforms for the first time.
It might take a miracle to halt Miley Cyrus’ reign over the U.K. singles chart. Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding could have just the thing.
The all-British collaboration “Miracle” (via Columbia), a throwback to ‘90s warehouse raves, dropped last Friday (March 10) and is dancing to a fast start on the national survey.
“Miracle” debuts at No. 4 on the Official U.K. Chart Update, and is set to become Harris’ 29th and Goulding’s 12th top 10 singles, and their third as a duo. The pair previously landed hits with 2012’s “I Need Your Love” (peaking at No. 4) and 2014’s “Outside” (No. 6).
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The top of the chart update looks no different from recent weeks. Cyrus “Flowers” (Columbia) is the midweek leader, and looks set to land a ninth consecutive week at No. 1, while its parent Endless Summer Vacation, has a strong grip on the U.K. albums chart race. If matters stay as they are, Cyrus will bag a U.K. chart double later in the week. The U.S. pop star also looks to enter the singles chart with “River” (No. 13) and “Jaded” (No. 29), for what would be Cyrus’ 22nd and 23rd top 40 appearances.
An unchanged top three on the singles chart update sees PinkPantheress’ “Boy’s a liar” (Warner Records) and the Weeknd’s “Die For You” (Republic Records/XO) hold positions No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, while Afrobeats artist Libianca could snag a new high with “People” (5K), up 10-6.
Finally, the U.K.’s entrant to the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest 2023, Mae Muller, is enjoying early support in her homeland with “I Wrote A Song” (Capitol). It’s on target for a No. 24 debut for what would be the 25-year-old singer’s first-ever solo charting single in the U.K.
All will be revealed when the Official U.K. Singles Chart is published Friday.
Miley Cyrus’ Endless Summer Vacation is about to kick off with a U.K. No. 1.
The U.S. pop star’s eighth studio album takes the lead at the midway point of the chart week, and is unlikely to be overpowered.
According to the Official Charts Company, Endless Summer Vacation (via RCA) nearly doubles the sales of its nearest competitor, Sleaford Mods’ U.K. Grim (Rough Trade), and is set to become her second chart leader.
Cyrus also led the Official U.K. Albums Chart back in 2013 with Bangerz.
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Endless Summer Vacation is, of course, led by “Flowers,” which has reigned over the Official U.K. Singles Chart for the past eight weeks. Based on midweek singles chart data, “Flowers” is on track for a ninth week at the summit, and album track “River” could bow at No. 13.
As it stands, veteran electronic duo Sleaford Mods could nab a fourth U.K. top 10 — and a career best — with U.K. Grim, on track for a No. 2 start.
Further down the list, legendary Northern Irish singer and songwriter Van Morrison could earn a 17th top 10 with Moving On Skiffle (Exile), coming in at No. 5 on the Official Chart Update.
Also, homegrown country duo Ward Thomas is eyeing a No. 6 entry with Music In Madness (WTW Music), their fifth album release.
Finally, South Korean pop act TWICE is eyeing a slice of chart history with Ready To Be (Republic Records). The EP races to No. 7 on the chart blast, a position that would make TWICE just the second K-pop girl group to land a U.K. top 10 album. The first to do so was Blackpink, which made history in September 2022 when Born Pink debuted at No. 1.
All will be revealed when the Official U.K. Albums Chart is published late Friday.
There is a new face on Billboard’s Tropical Airplay chart: Christopher Comstock, better known as Marshmello, makes his first chart visit with “El Merengue,” with Manuel Turizo, as the song debuts at No. 4 on the March 18-dated ranking. It also becomes the EDM music producer and DJ’s first top 10. Colombian Turizo claims his third straight top 10.
“El Merengue” is a tropical tune peppered with electronic beats and was released March 3 via Joytime Collective/Sony Music Latin. It starts with 6 million in audience impressions earned in the U.S. during the March 3-9 tracking week, according to Luminate.
The song is the first pair-up by the electronic DJ and Turizo. The latter previously spent 12 weeks at No. 1 on Tropical Airplay (starting the August 6, 2022-dated list) with his first official tropical attempt, “La Bachata.” Prior to “La Bachata” Turizo secured a first No. 1 through his featured turn on Piso 21’s “Déjala Que Vuelva” (two weeks at No. 1, 2021), when Tropical Airplay was a station-based chart.
As mentioned, Marshmello lands his first top 10 through his first foray on a Latin chart. He also becomes the third non-Spanish-language-speaking act to secure a top 10 on Tropical Airplay this year. He follows Justin Timberlake and Lil Jon. Timberlake spent five weeks in the top 10 since January through his Romeo Santos three-week champ collab, “Sin Fin,” which debuted and peaked at No. 1 last Sept. Lil Jon, meanwhile, completed three weeks in the top 10 this year through “Let’s Get Crazy,” his partnership with Don Omar. The track peaked at No. 5 last October and held strong in the upper tier for a total of 15 weeks.
“El Merengue” also contributes to the individual Latin Airplay ledgers for Marshmello and Turizo: as the song bows at No. 14 on the all-genre ranking, it becomes Marshmello’s highest start following two English-language tracks that peaked outside the top 40 in 2018. Turizo concurrently scores his highest start there after the No. 25 debut of “La Nota,” with Myke Towers and Rauw Alejandro, in Oct. 2020 (the song later reached No. 1, in Jan. 2021). In total, the Colombian singer-songwriter has landed nine top 10s there, with five of those reaching No. 1.
Elsewhere on Latin charts, “El Merengue” makes its No. 9 debut on Latin Digital Song Sales; a first chart visit and top 10 for Marshmello there.
Further, Turizo makes his debut on the Dance charts as “Merengue” debuts at No. 6 on Hot Dance/ Electronic Songs with 2.7 million U.S. clicks logged in its first tracking week plus 500 downloads.
All charts (dated March 18) will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (March 14).
Morgan Wallen has the first country genre No. 1 on Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart by a solo man, as “Last Night” shoots to the top of the March 18-dated survey.
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It’s also just the third country track to reach No. 1 in total since the chart launched in 2013.
“Night” accumulated 47.5 million official U.S. streams in the March 3-9 tracking week, according to Luminate. That’s a 59% boost over the previous frame (30 million Feb. 24-March 2), assisted by the release of Wallen’s new album One Thing at a Time, on which “Night” is featured.
Wallen’s first Streaming Songs No. 1 follows a previous high of No. 3, achieved twice. “Wasted on You” debuted at No. 3 on the Jan. 23, 2021, ranking and “Don’t Think Jesus” did the same on the April 30, 2022, tally, while “Night” itself previously peaked at No. 3 Feb. 18.
“Night” is the third country song in Streaming Songs’ 10-year history to reach No. 1. First was Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version),” which crowned the Nov. 27, 2021, chart, followed by Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” which scored its first week atop the ranking on Jan. 7.
In all, Wallen boasts 30 entries on the March 18-dated Streaming Songs, most of which come from One Day at a Time. As such, Wallen breaks Drake’s record for the most simultaneous appearances on Streaming Songs in one week. That’s a mark he had held since the July 14, 2018, survey, when 28 songs on which he was either the lead artist or featured ranked upon the release of his album Scorpion.
Most Simultaneous Appearances, Streaming Songs:30, Morgan Wallen (March 18, 2023)28, Drake (July 14, 2018)23, Bad Bunny (May 21, 2022)22, Kanye West (Sept. 11, 2021)22, Drake (July 21, 2018)21, Lil Baby (Oct. 29, 2022)21, Drake (Sept. 18, 2021)21, Drake (April 8, 2017)20, Taylor Swift (Nov. 5, 2022)20, Drake (May 21, 2016)
Four of those songs reach the top 10, with “Night” followed by “Thinkin’ Bout Me,” which earned 21.4 million streams. And of the 30, 29 are from Time, with the other, “Wasted on You” (No. 44, 13.1 million streams), from Wallen’s previous album, Dangerous: The Double Album.
Concurrently, as previously reported, “Night” reaches No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Time rules the Billboard 200.
Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” is again the biggest song in the world, as it rebounds for a seventh week at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated March 18).
Meanwhile, Morgan Wallen achieves his first top five hit on the Global 200 as “Last Night” leaps 10-5. As previously reported, the song becomes the country star’s first No. 1 on the U.S.-based Billboard Hot 100, while parent album One Thing at a Time, released March 3 and sporting 36 songs, launches as his second No. 1 on the U.S.-based Billboard 200, with the largest streaming week ever for a country album, as well as the biggest week by equivalent album units for any album, among all genres, in 2023.
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.
Cyrus Back Atop Global 200, Wallen’s First Top Five Hit
Cyrus’ “Flowers” rebounds from No. 3 for a seventh week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, with 97.9 million streams (down 4%) and 29,000 sold (down 8%) worldwide in the March 3-9 tracking week.
The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Die for You” holds at its No. 2 Global 200 high; Karol G and Shakira’s “TQG” dips to No. 3 a week after it blasted in at the summit; and SZA’s “Kill Bill” keeps at No. 4, following two weeks on top in January.
Rounding out the Global 200’s top five, Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” hikes 10-5, with 51.8 million streams (up 57%) and 21,000 sold (up 14%) worldwide, becoming the Sneedville, Tenn., native’s first top five hit on the chart.
Garden Party: ‘Flowers’ No. 1 on Global Excl. U.S.
As on the Global 200, Cyrus’ “Flowers” returns to No. 1 (from No. 2) on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart for a seventh week in charge, with 76.3 million streams (down 4%) and 16,000 sold (down 5%) outside the U.S. March 3-9.
Karol G and Shakira’s “TQG” backtracks to No. 2 on Global Excl. U.S. a week after it premiered at the pinnacle; The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Die for You” is steady at its No. 3 best for a second week; Rema and Selena Gomez’s “Calm Down” climbs 6-4, following two weeks on top in January; and SZA’s “Kill Bill” holds at No. 5, after reaching No. 2.
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated March 18, 2023) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (March 14). 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.
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Morgan Wallen rewrites the record for the most songs simultaneously charted on the Billboard Hot 100, as he sends 36 songs onto the survey (dated March 18, 2023) – the entirety of his new album, One Thing at a Time.
Of those 36 songs, 27 are debuts, also a new one-week record.
Released March 3, the set launches as Wallen’s second No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, with the largest streaming week ever for a country album, as well as the biggest week by equivalent album units for any album, among all genres, in 2023.
Wallen soars past the previous high set when Drake charted 27 songs on the July 14, 2018-dated Hot 100. Taylor Swift now ranks third with 26 entries on the Nov. 27, 2021-dated chart. As with Wallen, Drake and Swift parlayed big Billboard 200 debuts into their hefty weeks on the Hot 100 in those frames, Drake thanks to Scorpion and Swift by way of Red (Taylor’s Version).
As previously reported, “Last Night” becomes Wallen’s first No. 1 on the Hot 100. He also claims five of the chart’s top 10 – becoming the first core country act to claim half the top 10 in a single week, as well as only the sixth act overall ever to achieve the feat. Three reach the region for the first time: “Thought You Should Know,” up 13-7; “Thinkin’ Bout Me,” new at No. 9; and the set’s title track, which charges 51-10. They join “Last Night” and “You Proof,” Wallen’s former top five hit which rebounds 21-8.
Here’s a recap of Wallen’s historic haul of 36 entries on the latest Hot 100. All are debuts except where noted:
No. 1, “Last Night” (5-1, first week at No. 1)No. 7, “Thought You Should Know” (13-7, first week in top 10)No. 8, “You Proof” (21-8, after reaching No. 5 in October)No. 9, “Thinkin’ Bout Me”No. 10, “One Thing at a Time” (51-10, first week in top 10)No. 11, “Ain’t That Some”No. 14, “Everything I Love” (93-14, new high)No. 15, “Man Made a Bar” (feat. Eric Church)No. 18, “I Wrote the Book” (64-18, new high)No. 27, “’98 Braves”No. 29, “Devil Don’t Know”No. 30, “Sunrise”No. 32, “Born With a Beer in My Hand”No. 35, “Whiskey Friends”No. 38, “Tennessee Numbers”No. 40, “Cowgirls” (feat. ERNEST)No. 41, “Hope That’s True”No. 43, “Dying Man”No. 44, “Keith Whitley”No. 47, “In the Bible” (feat. HARDY)No. 48, “Neon Star (Country Boy Lullaby)”No. 51, “Me + All Your Reasons”No. 52, “I Deserve a Drink”No. 53, “F150-50”No. 54, “Tennessee Fan” (re-entry, after reaching No. 49 in December)No. 56, “Single Than She Was”No. 59, “Wine Into Water”No. 61, “Days That End in Why” (re-entry, after reaching No. 57 in December)No. 63, “180 (Lifestyle)”No. 65, “Last Drive Down Main”No. 69, “Good Girl Gone Missin’ ”No. 71, “Me to Me”No. 72, “Money On Me”No. 75, “Had It”No. 76, “Outlook”No. 77, “Don’t Think Jesus” (re-entry, after debuting at its No. 7 high last April)
With 27 debuts, Wallen ups his career count of Hot 100 hits from 35 to 62. He first reached the chart nearly five years ago, on the list dated April 7, 2018, with “Up Down,” featuring Florida Georgia Line.
Additionally, Wallen has charted the most songs on the Hot 100 so far in 2023, vaulting from nine to 38 entries in that span, more than double the sum of runner-up SZA, with 16. Karol G ranks third with 11.
Among Wallen’s 36 songs on the new Hot 100, “’98 Braves” shouts out Major League Baseball’s Atlanta Braves. Speaking of records, the 1998 team won 106 regular-season games, a single-season best over the franchise’s century-and-a-half history, including its eras as the Milwaukee and Boston Braves. It didn’t, however, win the World Series that year. Sings Morgan in the bittersweet song, “Just like that season, girl, you and me didn’t end with a ring on a hand.”
Plus, “Keith Whitley” brings the late country star’s name to the Hot 100. Whitley logged 19 entries on the Hot Country Songs chart in 1984-95, including five No. 1s, all tallied consecutively in 1988-90, among 10 top 10s. The song begins with the lyrics, “I’m no stranger to the rain” – the title of Whitley’s third Hot Country Songs No. 1, in 1989. Whitley is also referenced in Wallen’s “Whiskey Friends.”
Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” leaps from No. 5 to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the country star’s first leader on the list. The song, which hit its prior No. 3 high four weeks ago, and debuted five weeks ago, is from his new 36-track album, One Thing at a Time. Released March 3, the set launches as Wallen’s second No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, with the largest streaming week ever for a country album, as well as the biggest week by equivalent album units for any album, among all genres, in 2023.
Wallen also claims five of the Hot 100’s top 10 – becoming the first core country act to stake out half the top 10 in a single week, as well as only the sixth act overall ever to achieve the feat. All five songs are from One Thing at a Time, including three in the region for the first time: “Thought You Should Know,” up 13-7; “Thinkin’ Bout Me,” new at No. 9; and the set’s title track, which charges 51-10. They join “Last Night” and “You Proof,” Wallen’s former top five hit which rebounds 21-8.
The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated March 18, 2023) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (March 14). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.
Here’s a look at the Hot 100 coronation for “Last Night.” Released on Big Loud / Mercury / Republic Records, the song becomes the 1,147th No. 1 since the chart began in August 1958.
Streams, airplay & sales: “Last Night” drew 47.5 million streams (up 59%, good for the Hot 100’s top Streaming Gainer award) and 10.8 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 81%) and sold 18,000 (up 12%) March 3-9.
The track jumps 3-1 on the all-genre Streaming Songs chart, where, as on the Hot 100, it becomes Wallen’s first leader. It flies 41-29 on the Country Airplay chart and, being promoted to pop radio, climbs 34-32 on Pop Airplay and debuts at No. 40 on Adult Pop Airplay.
Historic Hot 100 & Hot Country Songs No. 1s: As “Last Night” leads the Hot Country Songs chart, which uses the same methodology as the Hot 100, for a fifth week, it becomes just the 20th song to have topped both tallies. It’s the first since Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” on the charts dated Nov. 27, 2021 – 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.
Songs to Have Hit No. 1 on Both the Hot 100 & Hot Country Songs Charts:“Last Night,” Morgan Wallen, 2023“All Too Well (Taylor’s Version),” Taylor Swift, 2021“We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” Taylor Swift, 2012“Amazed,” Lonestar, 1999-2000“Islands in the Stream,” Kenny Rogers, duet with Dolly Parton, 1983“I Love a Rainy Night,” Eddie Rabbitt, 1981“9 to 5,” Dolly Parton, 1981“Lady,” Kenny Rogers, 1980“Southern Nights,” Glen Campbell, 1977“Convoy,” C.W. McCall, 1975-76“I’m Sorry,” John Denver, 1975“Rhinestone Cowboy,” Glen Campbell, 1975“Thank God I’m a Country Boy,” John Denver, 1975“Before the Next Teardrop Falls,” Freddy Fender, 1975“(Hey Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song,” B.J. Thomas, 1975“The Most Beautiful Girl,” Charlie Rich, 1973“Honey,” Bobby Goldsboro, 1968“Big Bad John,” Jimmy Dean, 1961“El Paso,” Marty Robbins, 1959-60“The Battle of New Orleans,” Johnny Horton, 1959
Of the 20 songs listed above, 12 were concentrated in 1973-83. Meanwhile, Glen Campbell, John Denver, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers and Swift are the only acts with two songs each that have crowned both the Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs charts.
Big week for Big Loud, Mercury & Republic: Big Loud Records achieves its first Hot 100 No. 1 with Wallen’s “Last Night.” The Nashville-based label formed in 2011.
Mercury Records tops the Hot 100 for the first time since Taio Cruz’s “Break Your Heart” ruled for a week in March 2010. The label, whose history dates to 1945, first led over 64 years ago, with The Platters’ “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” in January 1959.
Republic Records, meanwhile, succeeds itself atop the Hot 100, a week after The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Die for You” surged to No. 1. Republic, which began in 1995, wrapped at No. 1 on the 2022 Hot 100 Labels recap and has earned the distinction in nine of the last 11 years.
Victorious ‘Voice’ vocalist: Wallen notches the first Hot 100 No. 1 for a contestant from NBC’s The Voice, which has run for 23 seasons, dating to its April 2011 premiere. (Its latest season began March 6.) He competed in the series’ sixth season, in 2014, and was eliminated in playoff rounds. “I didn’t feel like I was the best I could have been,” Wallen told Billboard in reflection of his run on the show. (He first hit Billboard’s charts in November 2016, by then signed to Big Loud.) “So, I practiced harder and really tried to make my voice second nature.”
Wallen with 5 of top 10: Wallen stockpiles half the Hot 100’s top 10, with “Last Night” at No. 1 followed by “Thought You Should Know” (13-7); “You Proof” (21-8, after hitting No. 5 last October); “Thinkin’ Bout Me” (No. 9 debut); and “One Thing at a Time,” the new LP’s title cut (51-10).
Wallen ups his career count of Hot 100 top 10s from five to eight, thanks to “Thought” (33.4 million in radio airplay audience; 20.5 million streams, up 56%), “Thinkin’ ” (20.7 million streams, 7,700 sold in its first week) and “Thing” (21.4 million streams, up 156%; 6.7 million in airplay audience, up 87%). “Thought” led the Country Airplay chart for three weeks beginning in February, becoming Wallen’s eighth and most recent No. 1, while “Thing” is now being promoted to country radio and soars 36-25 on Country Airplay.
“Proof” drew 21.8 million streams (up 58%) and 20 million in airplay audience in the tracking week. The song topped Country Airplay for a record 10 weeks in October-January.
Wallen becomes the first core country act to log at least half the Hot 100’s top 10 in a single week, and only the sixth act overall to achieve the feat. (Drake has posted three such weeks and The Beatles, who inaugurated the exclusive club in 1964, two.)
Acts With 5 or More of Hot 100’s Top 10 in a Single Week:10, Taylor Swift, Nov. 5, 20229, Drake, Sept. 18, 20218, Drake, Nov. 19, 20227, 21 Savage, Nov. 19, 20227, Drake, July 14, 20185, Juice WRLD, July 25, 20205, Morgan Wallen, March 18, 20235, The Beatles, April 11, 19645, The Beatles, April 4, 1964
Save the ‘last’ for best: Occasionally, “last” shall be first on the Hot 100. Wallen’s “Last Night” is just the fifth song with “last” in its title to lead the list. Here’s a recap:
“Last Night,” Morgan Wallen, one week to-date, March 18, 2023“Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.),” Katy Perry, two weeks, beginning Aug. 27, 2011“Save the Best for Last,” Vanessa Williams, five weeks, beginning March 21, 1992“Last Train to Clarksville,” The Monkees, one week, Nov. 5, 1966“Save the Last Dance for Me,” The Drifters, No. 1 for three weeks, beginning Oct. 17, 1960
We love reign-y “night”s: “Last Night” also marks the first “night”-titled Hot 100 No. 1 since Maroon 5’s “One More Night,” which led for nine weeks in 2012. Wallen scores the 30th such No. 1 (including variations “nights,” “midnight” and “tonight” in song titles).
As for the five songs in the latest Hot 100’s top 10 not by Wallen, Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” leads them at No. 2, where it holds after spending its first six weeks on the chart at No. 1. It commands the Radio Songs chart for a fourth week, up 4% to 105.8 million in audience, the highest weekly total since The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” drew 114.6 million (May 23, 2020).
SZA’s “Kill Bill” keeps at No. 3 on the Hot 100 after seven weeks at its No. 2 high. It tops Billboard’s multi-metric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot R&B Songs charts for a 12th week each.
The Weeknd and Grande’s “Die for You” drops to No. 4 on the Hot 100 from No. 1, with 79.5 million in radio reach (down 2%), 28.2 million streams (down 13%) and 2,600 sold (down 81%); PinkPantheress and Ice Spice’s “Boy’s a Liar, Pt. 2” slips 4-5, after hitting No. 3, as it takes top Airplay Gainer honors (20.7 million in audience, up 72%); and Metro Boomin, The Weeknd and 21 Savage’s “Creepin’ ” is steady at No. 6, after reaching No. 3.
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In a tight U.K. race, it’s the Lathums who take the silverware as the Nothing to a Little Bit More (via Island) debuts at No. 1.
The Wigan, England indie rock group is now two-from-two on the U.K. tally, after their 2021 debut How Beautiful Life Can Be also climbed the U.K.’s chart mountain.
“18,000 Lathums strong and we can’t thank you all enough,” reads a post on the band’s Instagram. “With the outright dedication and power of the community that we have amassed, we have managed to clinch a consecutive No. 1 album with our second body of work. This is a statement for all to hear, that the power we hold together through love and compassion can take us anywhere, and that you can never underestimate the power of the common people.”
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After taking the lead at the midweek point, the Lathums’ latest album squeezed home by just 700 chart sales, as slowthai Ugly (Method) finishes in second place.
The British rapper (real name: Tyron Frampton) now has three consecutive U.K. top 10s, including his Mercury Prize-nominated 2019 debut Nothing Great About Britain (No. 9) and his 2021 chart leader Tyron. Ugly was the week’s best-seller on wax, the Official Charts Company reports.
Further down the list, published March 10, Mimi Webb bows at No. 4 with her debut studio album, Amelia (RCA). It’s the Canterbury, England-born singer and songwriter’s second top 10 appearance, following 2021’s Seven Shades of Heartbreak, which reached No. 9.
The late Eva Cassidy earns a posthumous top 10 with I Can Only Be Me (Blix Street), a collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra and Australian-British composer Christopher Willis.
I Can Only Be Me becomes the American singer and songwriter’s sixth top 10 title in the U.K., including No. 1s for the 1998 collection Songbird and 2003’s American Tune, both scaling the chart well after her passing in November 1996, following a battle with cancer.
Finally, De La Soul’s 1989 debut 3 Feet High (Chrysalis) rises to No. 12, a new chart high. The album is reissued following the death last month of founding member Trugoy the Dove, and follows the long-overdue release of the hip-hop pioneers’ catalog on streaming services. 3 Feet High originally peaked at No. 13 back in 1990.
