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CeCe Winans banks her fourth No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Gospel Songs chart as “Come Jesus Come” climbs three spots to No. 1 on the survey dated May 3. The song completes a record 58-week journey to No. 1. It surpasses Ricky Dillard & New G’s “Amazing,” which took 47 frames to reach the summit […]
Brandon Lake dominates Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart for a 20th week, on the list dated May 3, with “Hard Fought Hallelujah.”
The song initially hit No. 1 upon its debut in November, becoming Lake’s sixth leader. A remix was released on Feb. 7 adding Jelly Roll. On April 20, the pair performed the song on ABC’s American Idol. It surged by 52% to 9.1 million official U.S. streams April 18-24, according to Luminate. It also bounded by 204% to 9,000 downloads sold.
“Hard Fought Hallelujah” is the 10th hit to top Hot Christian Songs for 20 weeks or more, dating to the chart’s 2003 start. Lake is the only act with three of those elite leaders:
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132 weeks at No. 1, “You Say,” Lauren Daigle, beginning July 28, 2018
61, “Oceans (Where Feet May Fail),” Hillsong UNITED, Dec. 7, 2013
37, “What a Beautiful Name,” Hillsong Worship, Feb. 25, 2017
31, “Praise,” Elevation Worship feat. Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore, March 16, 2024
28, “Gratitude,” Brandon Lake, Feb. 4, 2023
26, “Something in the Water,” Carrie Underwood, Oct. 18, 2014
24, “In Jesus Name (God of Possible),” Katy Nichole, March 26, 2022
23, “Word of God Speak,” MercyMe, Aug. 16, 2003
20, “Hard Fought Hallelujah,” Brandon Lake, Nov. 23, 2024
20, “Thank God I Do,” Lauren Daigle, May 20, 2023
Lake authored “Hard Fought Hallelujah” with Chris Brown of Elevation Worship, Steven Furtick, Benjamin Hastings and Rodrick Simmons, with Jelly Roll also now listed among its writers. It was produced by Micah Nichols.
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The song concurrently adds a 20th week at No. 1 on Christian Streaming Songs and a 15th frame atop Christian Digital Song Sales. On Christian Airplay, it rises 4-2 for a new best (3.6 million in audience, up 2%).
“Hard Fought Hallelujah” also becomes Lake’s first top 40 hit on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100, jumping 63-40. It marked his first entry on the chart in November.
Crawford’s First No. 1
Nashville-based singer-songwriter Leanna Crawford, originally from Stanwood, Wash., earns her first No. 1 on Billboard’s Christian Airplay chart with “Still Waters (Psalm 23).” The song ascends a spot via 3.6 million impressions in the tracking week.
Crawford co-penned the single with Jonathan Gamble and Justin Richards. It’s from her same- named LP, which arrived as her first Top Christian Albums entry, at its No. 7 best, last August.
Crawford previously peaked at a No. 14 Christian Airplay high with her Seph Schlueter duet, “We Sing (Joy to the World),” this past holiday season. She has also hit the chart’s top 20 with “Mean Girls” (No. 20, April 2021).
Julien Baker and TORRES’ Send a Prayer My Way debuts at No. 5 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated May 3), and also takes a bow in the top 10 on both the Vinyl Albums and Indie Store Album Sales rankings. The set – the first collaborative effort from the duo – was released April 18 and sold about 6,500 copies in the United States in the week ending April 26, according to Luminate.
Previously, Baker has placed two solo titles on Top Album Sales. Baker is also a member of the group Boygenius, which has notched a trio of titles on the list.
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Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Luminate. Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album (TEA) units and streaming equivalent album (SEA) units.
In addition to the No. 5 bow on Top Album Sales for Send a Prayer My Way, it also starts at No. 4 on Vinyl Albums, No. 6 on Indie Store Album Sales, No. 16 on Americana/Folk Albums and No. 34 on Independent Albums.
Elsewhere on Top Album Sales, Doechii scores her biggest sales week yet, and first No. 1, as Alligator Bites Never Heal reenters atop the chart with 14,000 sold. Until April 18, the set was only available to purchase as a download and in two vinyl variants. On April 19, it garnered a wider availability on vinyl, including two new vinyl editions (both color variants) exclusively available via Target and Urban Oufitters, along with a widely available CD.
A trio of former No. 1s are next up on Top Album Sales: Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet rises 7-2 (8,500; down 14%), Kendrick Lamar’s GNX climbs 8-3 (8,000; down 16%) and Lady Gaga’s MAYHEM ascends 14-4 (nearly 7,000; down 11%). Many titles on the chart vault up the tally with big positional climbs, but with declines in sales, as the chart adjusts back to normal following a crowded Record Store Day-infused chart a week ago.
Childish Gambino’s 2024 album Bando Stone and the New World reenters Top Album Sales at No. 6 with nearly 6,500 copies sold following its first physical release, on vinyl. It’s the best sales week and first week in the top 10 for the title.
Chappell Roan’s chart-topping The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess jumps 19-7 (5,500; down 20%), Elton John and Brandi Carlile’s Who Believes In Angels? steps 10-8 (just over 4,500; down 50%), Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours races 36-9 (4,500; down 3%) and Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft flies 38-10 (nearly 4,500; down 2%).
Los Ángeles Azules and Thalia unite for their first No. 1 on Billboard’s Regional Mexican Airplay chart, as “Yo Me Lo Busqué” flies 9-1 on the May 3-dated list.
“Yo Me Lo Busqué” ascends to the summit with the Greatest Gainer honors, awarded weekly to the song with the largest weekly gain in audience among the chart’s 40 songs. The song earned 6.4 million audience impressions, up 47%, in the U.S. in the week ending April 24, according to Luminate.
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“Yo Me Lo Busqué” was released January 18 via Promotodo. The Mexican label achieves its second No. 1 on the Regional Mexican Airplay chart, thanks to another collaboration featuring Los Ángeles Azules. Their previous hit, “Perdonarte Para Qué?” with Emilia, reached the top spot for one week in September 2024.
As “Yo Me Lo Busqué” takes over Regional Mexican Airplay, Thalia scores her first No. 1, besting her previous No. 5 high through “Tú y Yo” in July 2002.
With their latest chart-topper, Los Ángeles Azules secure their sixth No. 1 on Regional Mexican Airplay, among 17 career top 10 hits. The group’s breakthrough classic, “El Listón De Tu Pelo,” remains their longest-reigning No. 1, holding atop the list for seven weeks in 2000.
Here’s a look at their collection of No. 1 hits since the chart’s inception in 1994:
Title, Artist, Peak Date, Weeks at No. 1“El Listón De Tu Pelo,” Feb. 5, 2000, seven“Nunca Es Suficiente,” featuring Natalia Lafourcade, Jan. 26, 2019, three“Túi Y Tú,” with Cazzu & Santa Fe Klan, May 20, 2023, one“La Cumbia Triste,” with Alejandro Fernández, April 13, 2024, one“Perdonarte Para Que?” with Emilia, July 20, 2024, one“Yo Me Lo Busqué,” with Thalia, May 3
Notably, as “Yo Me Lo Busqué” also takes the lead on the Latin Pop Airplay chart –where it jumps 2-1 with a 39% increase in audience, to 7.2 million– Los Ángeles Azules and Thalia swap successes in new chart achievements. While Thalia scores her first-ever No. 1 on the Regional Mexican Airplay chart, Los Ángeles Azules claim the top spot on the Latin Pop Airplay chart, marking their first No. 1 there. It’s the third No. 1 for Thalia on Latin Pop Airplay, who in addition to her new airplay achievement, has also secured No. 1s on Tropical Airplay, twice, in 2000 and 2002.
Nearly five years after first ruling Billboard’s Adult Alternative Airplay chart, My Morning Jacket earns its second No. 1, topping the May 3-dated ranking with “Time Waited.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The song follows the five-week reign of “Feel You” beginning in September 2020. In […]
Billboard’s Dance Moves roundup serves as a guide to the biggest movers and shakers across Billboard’s many dance charts — new No. 1s, new top 10s, first-timers and more.
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This week (on charts dated May 3, 2025), David Guetta, ZULAN, Dom Dolla and others achieve new feats. Check out key movers below.
David Guetta & Sia
David Guetta and Sia’s latest collaboration, “Beautiful People,” rises 3-1 on Dance/Mix Show Airplay thanks to a 19% increase in plays (among 24/7 dance reporters and pop stations’ mix show hours) in the April 18-24 tracking week, according to Luminate.
The song earns Guetta his 18th No. 1, extending his record for the most in the chart’s 22-year history. It’s also Sia second, after her previous collab with Guetta, “Let’s Love,” in 2020.
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David Guetta’s Dance/Mix Show Airplay No. 1s“The World Is Mine,” feat. JD Davis, 2007“Love Is Gonen,” with Chris Willis, 2007“When Love Takes Over,” feat. Kelly Rowland, 2009“Sexy Chick,” feat. Akon, 2009“Gettin’ Over You,” with Chris Willis & feat. Fergie & LMFAO, 2010“Without You,” feat. Usher, 2011“Turn Me On,” feat. Nicki Minaj, 2012“Stay (Don’t Go Away),” feat. Raye, 2019“Let’s Love,” with Sia, 2020“Bed,” with Joel Corry & Raye, 2021“Heartbreak Anthem,” with Galantis & Little Mix, 2021“I’m Good (Blue),” with Bebe Rexha, 2022“Baby Don’t Hurt Me,” with Anne-Marie & Coi Leray, 2023“I Don’t Wanna Wait,” with OneRepublic, 2024“In The Dark” with Armin van Buuren & feat. Aldae, 2024“Never Going Home Tonight,” with Alesso & feat. Madison Love, 2024“Forever Young,” with Alphaville & Ava Max, 2025“Beautiful People,” with Sia, 2025
Guetta has achieved numerous other records on Dance/Mix Show Airplay, including the most top five hits (32), top 10s (44) and overall entries (67).
Most No. 1s on Dance/Mix Show Airplay18, David Guetta16, Calvin Harris12, Rihanna10, The Chainsmokers8, Ellie Goulding7, Anabel Englund7, Madonna6, Dua Lipa6, Tiësto
Along with “Beautiful People” and “Let’s Love,” Guetta and Sia previously charted together on Dance/Mix Show Airplay with “Titanium” (No. 2 peak in 2012); “Wild One Two” (by Jack Back featuring Guetta, Nicky Romero & Sia; No. 14, 2012); “She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)” (No. 8, 2013); “Bang My Head” (No. 6, 2016); and “Flames” (No. 27, 2018).
ZULAN
ZULAN makes her first appearance on Billboard’s charts this week with her debut track, “Forever.” The song, which she self-released April 11, opens at No. 22 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, powered by 630,000 official U.S. streams. “Forever” is a sped-up dance remix of Clairo’s 2018 song “4EVER.” ZULAN co-produced the track with New York-based producer/engineer Aire Atlantica, whose credits include work with SZA (“Low”), plus Doechii, King Princess and Mariah the Scientist.
Hailing from Argentina, ZULAN performed “Forever” at Coachella’s Do Lab Stage April 12, along with several unreleased tracks, including a remix of Ravyn Lenae’s viral hit “Love Me Not.”
Dom Dolla & Kid Cudi
The pair’s new collaboration, “Forever,” debuts at No. 9 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs with 1.5 million streams in its first week. Released on Three Six Zero/Columbia Records, the song earns Dom Dolla his 10th career entry and third top 10, after “Rhyme Dust,” with MK (No. 9 peak in 2023), and “Dreamin’,” featuring Daya in February (No. 5).
“Forever” is Kid Cudi’s third entry on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, after “Memories 2021” (by David Guetta featuring Kid Cudi; No. 31 peak in 2021) and “Summertime,” with Skrillex (No. 17, 2023).
Marshmello & Kane Brown
Marshmello and Kane Brown’s “Miles On It” spends a milestone 50th week at No. 1 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs thanks 8.2 million in radio audience and 5.5 million streams. It’s just the third song in the chart’s 12-year history to reach the milestone.
Most Weeks at No. 1 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs69, “Happier,” Marshmello & Bastille55, “I’m Good (Blue),” David Guetta & Bebe Rexha50, “Miles On It,” Marshmello & Kane Brown36, “Cold Heart (Pnau Remix),” Elton John & Dua Lipa33, “The Middle,” Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey27, “Closer,” The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey26, “Wake Me Up!” Avicii25, “Something Just Like This,” The Chainsmokers & Coldplay
Myke Towers and Benny Blanco take “Degenere,” their first ever collaboration, to No. 1 on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart (dated May 3). The song, rising 5-1, marks Blanco’s first champ on the overall Latin radio ranking after two chart visits and the 14th No. 1 for Towers.
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“Myke’s such a talent and a star,” lanco tells Billboard. “He knew exactly what to do on this song the moment I turned the beat on in the studio… he’s like a magician sometimes… the song just appears out of thin air… he’s incredible.”
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“Degenere,” added to the deluxe edition of of Towers’ album La Pantera Negra, was released on Oct. 17, 2024, via One World International/Warner/Warner Latina. The original version of the album was released on Aug. 22, 2024, and earned Towers his fifth top 10 entry on the Top Latin Albums chart, where it debuted and peaked at No. 7.
“It’s an honor to achieve another Billboard No. 1, especially with a song like ‘Degenere,’ created alongside a genius like Benny Blanco,” Towers adds. “His vision and creativity were essential in the shaping of this song that continues to bring us so much satisfaction. Thanks to my team, the fans, and everyone who makes these dreams possible. We keep writing history.”
“Degenere” reaches the summit in its 21st week, after two weeks in the top 10, thanks to a 20% boost in audience impressions, to 7.8 million, earned in the U.S. during the April 18-24 tracking week, according to Luminate.
With the track, Towers secures his 14th No. 1 on the Latin Airplay chart. It’s the second hit from the deluxe edition of the Pantera album to reach the top spot, following “Otra Noche” featuring Darell, which spent one week at No. 1 in February.
Blanco, meanwhile, secures his first ruler, after “I Can’t Get Enough,” with Tainy, Selena Gómez and J Balvin, reached No. 37 high in 2019.
“Degenere” also ascends 3-1 on Latin Rhythm Airplay. On that list it marks Towers’ 14th No. 1 and gives Blanco his first chart-topper.
Nothing More scores its third No. 1 in a row on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, ruling the May 3-dated survey with “House on Sand.”
The song, which features I Prevail’s Eric Vanlerberghe, follows two-week reigns apiece for “If It Doesn’t Hurt” and “Angel Song,” the latter featuring Disturbed’s David Draiman, both in 2024.
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In all, Nothing More boasts four Mainstream Rock Airplay No. 1s, as “Go to War” led in 2017.
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“House on Sand” marks the third No. 1 from Nothing More’s album Carnal, which debuted at No. 9 on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart last July. It’s the second time in 2025 that an act has earned a third leader or more from an album, after Falling in Reverse scored its fourth from Popular Monster in March with the Saraya-featuring “Bad Guy.”
Vanlerberghe, one of two vocalists from I Prevail, lands his first No. 1 solo; I Prevail has three: “Hurricane” (2020), “Bad Things” (2022) and the Halestorm collaboration “Can U See Me in the Dark?” (2024).
Concurrently, “House on Sand” ranks at No. 14, after reaching No. 13 the previous week, on the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart with 2.2 million audience impressions in the week ending April 24, according to Luminate.
“House on Sand” also places at No. 17 on the multimetric Hot Hard Rock Songs tally; it hit a No. 11 best upon its debut in April 2024. In addition to its radio airplay, the song earned 364,000 official U.S. streams in the latest tracking week.
Carnal, Nothing More’s seventh studio album, has earned 73,000 equivalent album units to date.
SZA crowns both the latest Billboard 200 albums chart and the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart dated May 3. While it’s customary for star acts to lead both lists simultaneously, SZA does so differently than the way that the feat is usually achieved.
As previously reported, SZA’s album SOS rebounds for a 13th week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Concurrently, Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther,” from Lamar’s album GNX – not SOS – logs a milestone 10th week at No. 1 on the Hot 100.
Since the beginning of the 2020s, only three acts have led the charts simultaneously but with a Hot 100-topping song not from the album at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The two prior to SZA: GNX headed up the Billboard 200 as Lamar’s stand-alone single “Not Like Us” led the Hot 100 for a week in February and Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) was No. 1 on the Billboard 200 as the then-four-year-old “Cruel Summer” ruled the Hot 100 for a week in November 2023.
Comparatively, in a hefty 50 weeks this decade, and continuing coordination common since the ‘60s, acts have doubled up atop the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 with albums and songs from those sets. Most recently, Lamar did so twice via GNX: the LP was No. 1 on the Billboard 200 as “Luther” (March 15) and “Squabble Up” (Dec. 7, 2024) topped the Hot 100. Leading the way since 2020, Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time and its smash “Last Night” spent 11 weeks atop the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 side-by-side. (The set and song reigned for 19 and 16 total weeks, respectively.)
Prior to SZA, Lamar and Swift earning such commands, no act had scored such a divergent double-up since August 1997, when Diddy (then Puff Daddy) was No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with No Way Out (with The Family) while being featured with Mase on The Notorious B.I.G.’s Hot 100 leader “Mo Money Mo Problems.” Among artists in lead roles, none had earned the honor before SZA, Lamar and Swift since 1975, when, for two weeks that January, Elton John’s Greatest Hits led the Billboard 200 as his cover of The Beatles’ “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds,” not on the collection, topped the Hot 100.
The recent relative uptick in the feat suggests that songs’ success can be less tied to album campaigns than in the past. In the case of the acts above, the reign of “Luther” aligns with the recent reissue of SOS; “Not Like Us” was re-diss-covered after Lamar performed it at the Super Bowl LIX halftime show and it won five Grammy Awards, all within an eight-day span in early February; and “Cruel Summer” was revived from Swift’s 2019 album Lover, partly from fan fervor as she performed it early in the run of her The Eras Tour.
Meanwhile, in a digital era, artists can more easily release single tracks than before, while the likes of TikTok and media synchs can more randomly spark popularity for songs not on albums that acts are simultaneously promoting.
Further tying Lamar and SZA together, GNX is No. 2 on the Billboard 200, while the stars kicked off their co-headlining Grand National Tour April 19.
Hit songs are generally quick — Billboard Hot 100 top 10s ran an average of three minutes and 40 seconds in 2024, according to Hit Songs Deconstructed — but no Hot 100 hit has ever been as brief as Jack Black’s “Steve’s Lava Chicken.”
The track — at just 34 seconds in its original form (with a still-swift 1:15 extended mix also released) — breaks the record as the shortest Hot 100 hit ever by run time, dating to the chart’s Aug. 4, 1958, inception. The cut from the soundtrack of A Minecraft Movie debuts at No. 77 on the list dated May 3, 2025. It continues to gain in streaming, surging 62% to 7 million official U.S. streams April 18-24, according to data tracker Luminate.
Black co-stars in A Minecraft Movie, which has grossed $816 million globally over its first four weekends of release. Black and the film’s director, Jared Hess, co-wrote “Steve’s Lava Chicken” and John Spiker produced it.
Black earns his second Hot 100 hit, after “Peaches” reached No. 56 in April 2023. That song was from the soundtrack to The Super Mario Bros. Movie, likewise co-starring Black.
Elsewhere, “Steve’s Lava Chicken” hits the top 10 on the Hot Rock Songs chart, pushing four spots to No. 10.
Meanwhile, the track is one of four by Black on the A Minecraft Movie soundtrack, along with “I Feel Alive” — featuring Dave Grohl on drums — and two others each less than a minute long: “Birthday Rap,” with co-star Jason Momoa, and “Ode to Dennis.”
“Steve’s Lava Chicken” surpasses Kid Cudi’s “Beautiful Trip,” which runs 37 seconds long, as the quickest Hot 100 hit by song length.
Below, take a look, as long as you’d like, at the 10 quickest Hot 100 hits by run time over the chart’s history, with assistance from Paul Haney at Joel Whitburn’s Record Research. (Conversely, here the longest Hot 100 hits.)
:34 — “Steve’s Lava Chicken,” Jack Black