Meanwhile, the top four songs of the week on the Hot 100 are all premieres for the first time in the six-decade history of the charts – as, below the release of three Drake songs, Silk Sonic’s “Leave the Door Open” comes in fourth. . The duo is formed by Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak.
In addition, upon reaching the top of the Hot 100 after eight weeks in first place, Olivia Rodrigo’s driver’s license takes the top spot on the radio song chart.
The Hot 100 combines American streaming of all genres (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated March 20) will be updated on Billboard.com tomorrow (March 16). For all the news on the charts, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on Twitter and Instagram.
Here’s a look at Drake’s unprecedented week with “What’s Next”, the 1,117th No. 1 in the Hot 100 archives, and his other two new entries. The song is the 49th single to debut in the first place (and the second consecutive, following Rodrigo’s “License”).
Streams, Airplay and Sales: “What’s Next” opens with 49.1 million streams in the United States and 19,000 downloads sold in the week ending March 11, according to MRC Data. It also attracted 11.9 million radio airplay audience impressions in the week ending March 14.
“Want and Needs” arrives with 41.5 million streams, 17,000 sold and 2.1 million airplay audience, while “Lemon Pepper Freestyle” starts with 32.1 million streams, 15,000 sold and 869,000 on the radio.
As with the Hot 100, the tracks start at Nos. 1, 2 and 3, respectively, in the Streaming Songs chart, where Drake extends his lead to the number 1s (10) and top 10s (51). In Digital Song Sales, they debuted at numbers 3, 4 and 5, respectively.
Drake’s record arrival at No. 1, 2 and 3 / Top four all premieres: Drake is the first artist to debut on Hot 100 numbers 1, 2 and 3 in the same week, while the arrival of Silk Sonic’s “Leave the Door Open” makes this week’s parade the first with four simultaneous premieres in the top four.
Previously, the songs debuted at numbers 1 and 2 simultaneously on the Hot 100 three times, and never by the same artist. More recently, Ariana Grande’s “Positions” and Luke Combs’s “Forever After All” were released at number 1 and 2, respectively, on the November 7, 2020 chart. Before that, Adele’s “Hello” debuted first and Bieber’s “Sorry” started in 2nd place on November 14, 2015, while Clay Aiken’s “This Is the Night” and Ruben Studdard’s “Flying Without Wings” entered positions 1 and 2, respectively (reversing their submissions that season in american idol), on June 28, 2003.
Beatles, Ariana and Drake: Drake, for his part, joins the Beatles and Ariana Grande as the only artists to qualify in the numbers 1, 2 and 3 of the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously. He is, therefore, the first solo man to receive the honor.
Grande achieved the feat with “7 Rings”, “Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored” and “Thank U, Next” on the Hot 100 dated February 23, 2019. No such triplets have occurred in 55 years. point, since the Beatles did it for five weeks in 1964, on March 14, 21 and 28 and on April 4 and 25, with “Can’t Buy Me Love”, “Twist and Shout” and “Do You Want to Know a Secret, “respectively, on the last of those dates; on April 4, 1964, the group won the top five.
8th Drake No. 1: Drake reaches his eighth place in the Hot 100 1 ranking with “What’s Next”.
Here is a recap of all your leaders:
“What’s my name?”, Rihanna feat. Drake (one week as No. 1, starting on November 20, 2010)
“Work”, Rihanna feat. Drake (nine weeks, starting March 5, 2016)
“One Dance,” Drake feat. WizKid and Kyla (10 weeks, starting May 21, 2016)
“God’s Plan”, Drake (11 weeks, starting February 3, 2018)
“Good for what,” Drake (eight weeks, starting April 21, 2018)
“In My Feelings”, Drake (10 weeks, starting July 21, 2018)
“Toosie Slide”, Drake (one week, April 18, 2020)
“What’s Next”, Drake (one week to date, March 20, 2021)
“Next” is Drake’s fourth song to debut first on the Billboard Hot 100, the most among male artists, following “God’s Plan”, “Nice for What” and “Toosie Slide”. Overall, only Ariana Grande boasts more starts in the first place, with five.
With his three most recent entries, Drake also raises his total record to 30 career debuts in the Top 100 of the Hot 100.
Most weeks, first among men alone: Drake extends his mark for the most total number of weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 among solo men to 51. Usher ranks second with 47.
Here is an updated leaderboard across all acts:
84, Mariah Carey
60, Rihanna
59, The Beatles
51, Drake
50, Boyz II Men
Record Drake ups for 45 top 10: Drake raises his total record to 45 Top 10 in the Top 10, thanks to “What’s Next”, “Wants and Needs” and “Lemon Pepper Freestyle”. Madonna is in second place with 38 best 10, followed by the Beatles with 34.
Drake further extends his records to 119 best 40 Hot 100 hits and 231 entries overall.
Lil Baby, Ross reached the top 10: With “Wishes and Needs”, Lil Baby adds his sixth Top 10 to the list.
Thanks to “Lemon Pepper Freestyle”, Rick Ross achieved his second Top 10 in the list of the top 100, and the best place, after his participation in Drake in “Money in the Grave” (No. 7, 2019). Ross won his 50th total entry to the Hot 100, dating back to his first entry in 2006.
Drake extends record number 1 of R & B / hip-hop: “What’s Next” is simultaneously released first on the Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs multimeter chart, where Drake reaches his 22nd record leader. Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder share the second largest number 1 in the history of the chart (20 each).
The track also debuts at the top of the Hot Rap Songs multi-metric chart, where it is also 22nd No. 1 with Drake records.
Completing the record for four simultaneous premieres on the Hot 100, Silk Sonic’s “Leave the Door Open” starts in fourth place. The music of the duo Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak starts with 23.5 million impressions from the airplay audience, 23.2 million streams and 27,000 sold, since it debuted in 2nd place in digital music sales, No. 4 in streaming music and number 31 in radio songs.
The collaboration, billed on the Hot 100 as by Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak), contributes to the chart histories of both artists, becoming the 17th top 10 of Mars and the first of Anderson .Paak (after having registered a previous entry, reaching No. 89 in February 2020 as featured in Eminem’s “Lock It Up”).
“Door” debuts first on the Hot R&B Songs multimeter chart, where he is the third leader of Mars and the first of Anderson .Paak.
Olivia Rodrigo’s driving license drops to fifth position after spending her first eight weeks on the Hot 100 in first position. Still, it rises 2 to 1 on radio music (74.3 million, up 1%). It drops from 4 to 9 in music streaming (17.3 million, down 12%) and from 5 to 11 in digital music sales (7,000, down 23%).
“License”, Rodrigo’s first entry on Radio Songs, reaches number one in its eighth week on the charts. He completes the quickest coronation in almost two years, since the Jonas Brothers ‘”Sucker” took over in his seventh week in April 2019. Among Radio Songs’ first entries from the acts (in lead roles), “License” is the one with the fastest run for No. 1 since Meghan Trainor’s “All About That Bass” (seven weeks, 2014).
Cardi B’s “Up” drops to 6th from his No. 2 position on the Hot 100, winning the Airplay Gainer top of the chart (32.4 million, up 17%), and The Weeknd’s “Save Your Tears” slips 6-7, after reaching fourth place, and his “Blinding Lights” drops from 3-8, after spending four weeks in first place between April and May. “Lights” adds a record 53nd week to the top 10, a week after becoming the first song in the history of the chart to total a year in the region.
The slides “34 + 35” by Ariana Grande from 4 to 9 in the Hot 100, after reaching second place, and “Mood” from 24kGoldn, with Iann Dior, go back 7 to 10, after eight non-consecutive weeks in the first place in October until mid-January. The latter leads the multimetric charts of Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Alternative Songs for a 28th week each.
Again, for all news on the charts, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on Twitter and Instagram and all the charts (dated March 20), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will be updated on Billboard.com tomorrow (March 16th).