“Montero”, released on March 26 by Columbia Records, is the 1,120th No. 1 in the Hot 100’s 62-year history. It is the 51st single to debut in the first place, and the first by Lil Nas X.
“Montero” attracted 46.9 million streams in the United States and sold 21,000 downloads in the week ending April 1, according to MRC Data. It also attracted 1.1 million radio airplay audience impressions in the week ending April 4.
The track opens first on the streaming music chart, where it is Lil Nas X’s second leader, after “Old Town Road” ruled for a record 20 weeks, and second in digital music sales. It was available in three versions in the first week: its original version; his “enlarged version of Satan”; and its instrumental version “But Lil Nas X Is Silent the Whole Time” (all with sales prices from 30 to 69 cents in March).
Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” dominated the Hot 100 for 19 weeks, starting on the April 13, 2019 chart. In the August 3, 2019 poll, he spent his 17th week at the top, breaking the record, passing the 16 week number 1 “Despacito” by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, with Justin Bieber, in 2017, and Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day”, in 1995-96.
“Montero” is the fifth entry of Lil Nas X’s Hot 100, all of which reached the top 40. Among his two leaders, he reached “Rodeo” with Cardi B / Nas (peak 22, July 2019); “Panini” (nº 5, September 2019); and “Vacations” (No. 37, November 2020).
“Montero” refers to Lil Nas X’s real name, Montero Lamar Hill (and is the second Hot 100 No. 1 in less than a year to shout the name of the artist who recorded it, after “The Scotts” by The Scotts , Travis Scott and Kid Cudi). In a statement that accompanied the launch of “Montero” (whose profile was also boosted in the tracking week with the arrival of, and subsequent legal action regarding the #satanshoes line), Lil Nas X wrote that the song “begs the question: do you really love your neighbor as yourself, enough to call them by their own name? “
Justin Bieber’s “Peaches”, with Daniel Caesar and Giveon, drops to No. 2 a week after debuting at the top of the Hot 100. The song dropped from No. 1 to No. 2 on Streaming Songs (27.1 million, drop of 12%) and falls 3-7 in Digital Song Sales (11,000, down 31%), while entering Radio Songs in 34th position (23.2 million, up 92%), winning the Airplay Gainer award.
“Peaches” posted a second week at number one on the multi-metric charts Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs and Hot R&B Songs, which use the same methodology as Hot 100.
“Leave the Door Open” by Silk Sonic, the duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, remains in 3rd place in the Hot 100, after beating in 2nd place, and “Up” by Cardi B slides 2 to 4, two weeks later reaching the first place. “Up” adds a sixth week to the top of the Hot Rap Songs multimeter chart.
Former Hot 100 No. 1 “Driver’s License” by Olivia Rodrigo, aged 8 weeks, rises from fourth to fifth place, as she spends the fourth week in first place on the radio music chart (68.2 million , decrease of 3%).
Weeknd’s “Save Your Tears” drops 5 to 6 on the Hot 100, after reaching fourth place, and Dua Lipa’s “Levitating”, with DaBaby, is in seventh place, after rising to fifth place.
The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” drops 6-8 on the Billboard Hot 100, after spending four weeks at No. 1 in April-May 2020. Adds a record-breaking 56th week in the top 10, after becoming the first song in total one year in parentheses.
The track ties with the fourth longest overall stay in Hot 100 history and makes more history: it spends LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem” with Lauren Bennett and GoonRock for more weeks spent on the Hot 100 among the No. 1 hits.
More weeks on the Billboard Hot 100:
87, “Radioactive”, Imagine Dragons, peak No. 3, 2012-14
79, “Sail,” AWOLNATION, No. 17, 2011-14
76, “I’m Yours”, Jason Mraz, No. 6, 2008-09
69, “Blinding Lights”, The Weeknd, No. 1 (four weeks), 2020-21
69, “How Do I Live”, LeAnn Rimes, No. 2, 1997-98
68, “Counting Stars”, OneRepublic, No. 2, 2013-14
68, “Party Rock Anthem”, LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock, No. 1 (six weeks), 2011-12
“Mood”, 24kGoldn, with Iann Dior, is repeated in tenth place in the Hot 100, after eight non-consecutive weeks in first place in October until mid-January. At the same time, it leads the multimetric charts of Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Alternative Songs for a 31st week each.
Completing the Top 10 of the Hot 100, Pop Smoke “What You Know Bout Love” falls to the tenth position of its peak of number nine.
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