Posted December 19, 20186 yr BILLBOARD HOT 100 Week ending December 22, 2018 | Tracking periods: sales/streaming — 12/7–12/13, airplay — 12/10–12/16 TW LW PP WC Artist – Song 01 01 01 06 Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next (AIRPLAY GAINER) 02 03 02 10 Halsey – Without Me 03 02 01 19 Travis Scott – Sicko Mode 04 04 03 17 Marshmello & Bastille – Happier 05 05 05 19 Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes 06 07 06 28 Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You 07 17 07 08 Post Malone & Swae Lee – Sunflower (DIGITAL GAINER) 08 09 04 13 Lil Baby & Gunna – Drip Too Hard 09 08 02 09 Kodak Black feat. Travis Scott & Offset – ZEZE 10 11 01 29 Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B – Girls Like You 11 19 11 13 Gucci Mane X Bruno Mars X Kodak Black – Wake Up In The Sky 12 10 06 16 Sheck Wes – Mo Bamba 13 16 13 08 Andy Williams – It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year 14 12 12 17 Ariana Grande – Breathin 15 26 15 23 Bobby Helms – Jingle Bell Rock (STREAMING GAINER) 16 18 16 22 Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid – Eastside 17 06 06 02 Meek Mill feat. Drake – Going Bad 18 21 14 25 Brenda Lee – Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 19 13 02 31 Juice WRLD – Lucid Dreams 20 15 03 33 Post Malone – Better Now 21 22 21 08 Burl Ives – A Holly Jolly Christmas 22 14 07 28 5 Seconds Of Summer – Youngblood 23 23 11 19 Ella Mai – Trip 24 29 24 15 Nat King Cole – The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) 25 24 11 11 DJ Snake feat. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B – Taki Taki 26 25 05 09 Bad Bunny feat. Drake – MIA 27 36 27 02 Gene Autry – Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer 28 32 27 13 Flipp Dinero – Leave Me Alone 29 28 13 08 Cardi B – Money 30 27 09 43 Khalid & Normani – Love Lies 31 34 31 07 Wham! – Last Christmas 32 41 32 02 Dean Martin – Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow 33 75 16 05 XXXTENTACION – BAD! 34 40 33 14 Dan + Shay – Speechless 35 33 29 13 Khalid – Better 36 37 30 19 Bazzi feat. Camila Cabello – Beautiful 37 ** 37 01 XXXTENTACION – whoa (mind in awe) (HOT SHOT DEBUT) 38 42 01 36 Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin – I Like It 39 38 05 11 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – Shallow 40 ** 40 01 Gene Autry – Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane) 41 ** 41 01 The Ronettes – Sleigh Ride 42 RE 42 03 Jose Feliciano – Feliz Navidad 43 35 13 21 Imagine Dragons – Natural 44 50 07 11 Lil Wayne – Uproar 45 45 29 22 lovelytheband – Broken 46 47 08 29 Tyga feat. Offset – Taste 47 49 34 18 Luke Combs – She Got The Best Of Me 48 ** 48 01 XXXTENTACION – Guardian Angel 49 31 31 17 Meek Mill feat. Jeremih & PnB Rock – Dangerous 50 48 08 22 Ariana Grande – God Is A Woman 51 ** 51 01 XXXTENTACION – I Don't Let Go 52 59 46 13 Jimmie Allen – Best Shot 53 64 53 02 Kodak Black – Calling My Spirit 54 56 53 18 Mitchell Tenpenny – Drunk Me 55 46 46 02 Lil Baby – Pure Cocaine 56 71 48 12 Shawn Mendes X Zedd – Lost In Japan 57 74 28 07 XXXTENTACION x Lil Pump feat. Maluma & Swae Lee – Arms Around You 58 69 44 22 Lauren Daigle – You Say 59 93 59 04 Ellie Goulding X Diplo feat. Swae Lee – Close To Me 60 44 44 03 6ix9ine feat. Tory Lanez – KIKA 61 20 20 02 Meek Mill feat. Rick Ross & JAY-Z – What's Free 62 ** 62 01 XXXTENTACION feat. Kanye West & Travis Barker – One Minute 63 79 63 07 Dean Lewis – Be Alright 64 ** 64 01 XXXTENTACION – Train Food 65 ** 65 01 XXXTENTACION – What Are You So Afraid Of 66 86 65 09 Pardison Fontaine feat. Cardi B – Backin' It Up 67 76 44 05 Juice WRLD – Armed And Dangerous 68 ** 68 01 XXXTENTACION – Staring At The Sky 69 68 52 08 Billie Eilish – When The Party's Over 70 65 48 20 NF – Lie 71 87 71 09 The Chainsmokers feat. Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling 72 94 72 06 Camila Cabello – Consequences 73 90 69 08 Dierks Bentley feat. Brothers Osborne – Burning Man 74 83 72 07 Tory Lanez & Rich The Kid – Talk To Me 75 43 43 03 6ix9ine feat. Nicki Minaj & Kanye West – MAMA 76 99 76 05 Thomas Rhett – Sixteen 77 RE 77 03 Jason Aldean – Girl Like You 78 51 51 03 6ix9ine feat. A Boogie Wit da Hoodie – WAKA 79 39 39 02 Meek Mill feat. Fabolous & Anuel AA – Uptown Vibes 80 67 67 02 Mark Ronson feat. Miley Cyrus – Nothing Breaks Like A Heart 81 96 81 05 Dustin Lynch – Good Girl 82 30 30 02 Meek Mill feat. Cardi B – On Me 83 100 83 03 Jacquees – You 84 ** 84 01 XXXTENTACION – Difference (Interlude) 85 95 47 12 French Montana feat. Drake – No Stylist 86 54 54 02 Meek Mill feat. Ella Mai – 24/7 87 RE 87 04 Kip Moore – Last Shot 88 92 56 16 Lil' Duval feat. Snoop Dogg & Ball Greezy – Smile (Living My Best Life) 89 88 26 08 Future & Juice WRLD – Fine China 90 84 28 10 Lil Baby – Close Friends 91 53 53 03 6ix9ine feat. Lil Baby – TIC TOC 92 80 56 20 Yella Beezy – That's On Me 93 97 79 06 Anuel AA & Romeo Santos – Ella Quiere Beber 94 60 60 02 Nicki Minaj feat. Lil Wayne – Good Form 95 ** 95 01 A Boogie Wit da Hoodie – Look Back At It 96 ** 96 01 Scotty McCreery – This Is It 97 RE 58 05 Luke Combs – Beautiful Crazy 98 63 63 02 Ski Mask The Slump God feat. Juice WRLD – Nuketown 99 RE 63 06 Tyga & Nicki Minaj – Dip 100 RE 25 09 Travis Scott – Yosemite OUT 52 03 20 6ix9ine feat. Nicki Minaj & Murda Beatz – FEFE OUT 55 55 01 Meek Mill – Intro OUT 57 57 01 Meek Mill – Respect The Game OUT 58 28 20 Cardi B feat. Kehlani – Ring OUT 61 61 01 Meek Mill – Trauma OUT 62 62 01 Lil Baby feat. Meek Mill – Time OUT 66 66 01 Lil Baby feat. Gunna – Ready OUT 70 70 01 Meek Mill – Championships OUT 72 72 01 Meek Mill feat. Kodak Black – Tic Tac Toe OUT 73 73 01 Meek Mill – Almost Slipped OUT 77 77 01 Meek Mill feat. Future, Roddy Ricch & Young Thug – Splash Warning OUT 78 78 01 Meek Mill feat. 21 Savage – Pay You Back OUT 81 81 01 Ski Mask The Slump God – Foot Fungus OUT 82 82 01 Lil Baby – Crush A Lot OUT 85 85 01 Meek Mill – Oodles O' Noodles Babies OUT 89 25 09 6ix9ine feat. Bobby Shmurda – STOOPID OUT 91 91 01 Lil Baby – Global OUT 98 98 01 Lil Baby – Word On The Street Bubbling Under TW LW Artist – Song 01 16 John Legend feat. Stevie Wonder – What Christmas Means To Me 02 12 Katy Perry – Cozy Little Christmas 03 ** benny blanco & Juice WRLD feat. Brendon Urie – Roses 04 14 Jordan Davis – Take It From Me 05 ** Gucci Mane feat. Quavo – Bipolar 06 11 Billie Eilish – idontwannabeyouanymore 07 RE Luke Bryan – What Makes You Country 08 15 Billie Eilish – bellyache 09 ** Brett Young – Here Tonight 10 22 Jake Owen – Down To The Honkytonk 11 25 Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho 12 RE Midland – Burn Out 13 06 Blake Shelton – Turnin' Me On 14 21 YNW Melly – Murder On My Mind 15 ** Lukas Graham – Love Someone 16 19 Zara Larsson – Ruin My Life 17 ** Lauren Daigle – The Christmas Song 18 ** Kodak Black – Testimony 19 RE Summer Walker – Girls Need Love 20 ** DaniLeigh – Lil Bebe 21 24 Amine – Reel It In 22 RE Loud Luxury feat. Brando – Body 23 RE Lil Baby – Freestyle 24 09 Ski Mask The Slump God – Faucet Failure 25 ** Riley Green – There Was This Girl
December 19, 20186 yr Author Ariana Grande's 'Thank U, Next' Rules Billboard Hot 100 for Fifth Week, Halsey's 'Without Me' Rises to No. 2 12/17/2018 by Gary Trust Ariana Grande's "Thank U, Next" leads the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Dec. 22) for a fifth week, holding off Halsey's "Without Me," which rises to No. 2. Grande's "Next," released on Republic Records, spends a fifth week at the Hot 100's summit despite a 46 percent drop to 50.7 million U.S. streams in the week ending Dec. 13, according to Nielsen Music, as it leads the Streaming Songs chart for a sixth week. A week earlier, it made a 121 percent blast to 93.8 million clicks (in the week ending Dec. 6), the largest streaming week for a song by a woman, encompassing the first full tracking frame for its official video, released Nov. 30. ("Next" debuted atop the Nov. 17-dated Hot 100 and spent its first three weeks at No. 1 before falling to No. 2 two weeks ago.) "Next" holds at No. 2 on the Digital Song Sales chart (which it led for two weeks), down 41 percent to 25,000 downloads sold in the week ending Dec. 13. On Radio Songs, it vaults 11-5 (77.6 million audience impressions, up 36 percent, in the week ending Dec. 16, good for top Airplay Gainer honors on the Hot 100), becoming Grande's 11th Radio Songs top 10; it's her fourth of 2018, tying Halsey for the most top 10s by any artist this year. Speaking of Halsey …"Without Me" hits a new Hot 100 peak, rising 3-2. It leads Digital Song Sales for a fourth week (37,000, down 26 percent) and lifts 4-3 on Streaming Songs (32.2 million, down 1 percent) and 6-4 on Radio Songs (82.4 million, up 15 percent). Notably, women in lead roles hold the Hot 100's top two spots simultaneously for the first time in over a year, since the Sept. 23 and 30, 2017-dated charts, when Taylor Swift's "Look What You Made Me Do" and Cardi B's "Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)" ranked at Nos. 1 and 2, respectively. (Before that, Swift figured into the prior such stretch: 15 consecutive weeks, from Sept. 16 through Dec. 13 -- her birthday! -- in 2014; in the first week of that span, Swift's "Shake It Off" ranked at No. 1 and Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda" placed at No. 2, after which "Shake" and Swift's "Blank Space" and Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass" traded the top two positions for 14 weeks.) Travis Scott's "Sicko Mode," which topped the Dec. 8-dated Hot 100, slips 2-3, while leading the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for an eighth week each. Marshmello and Bastille's "Happier" keeps at No. 4 on the Hot 100 after reaching its No. 3 high, as it tops Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for a 13th week, and Panic! at the Disco's "High Hopes" holds at its No. 5 Hot 100 peak, while ruling Hot Rock Songs for a seventh week. Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" jingles 7-6 on the Hot 100 for another new high; the song, first released in 1994, hit the top 10 for the first time last holiday season, reaching No. 9. The carol is the highest-charting holiday season-themed Hot 100 hit in 60 years, since "The Chipmunk Song," by David Seville and The Chipmunks, reigned for four weeks beginning Dec. 22, 1958 (just after the chart's inception that Aug. 4); notably, holiday songs have a spotty history on the Hot 100, due in part to shifts in chart rules over the years (see below). Carey's "Christmas" passes two No. 7-peaking songs of the season, by Kenny G and New Kids on the Block, and now trails only "The Chipmunk Song" as the highest-charting such hit in the Hot 100's history: Highest-Charting Holiday Songs in the Hot 100's History No. 1, four weeks, beginning Dec. 22, 1958, "The Chipmunk Song," by David Seville & The Chipmunks No. 6, Dec. 22, 2018, "All I Want for Christmas Is You," Mariah Carey No. 7, Jan. 8, 2000, "Auld Lang Syne," Kenny G No. 7, Jan. 6, 1990, "This One's for the Children," New Kids on the Block No. 9, Feb. 21, 1981, "Same Old Lang Syne," Dan Fogelberg As for holiday songs and their eligibility for the Hot 100 over the years, chart historian Joel Whitburn notes in his book Christmas in the Charts, "From 1963 through 1972, and from 1983 through 1985 [with minimal exceptions], Billboard published a seasonal Christmas Singles chart and did not chart Christmas singles on the Hot 100." Per current Hot 100 rules, in place in recent years, older songs, including seasonal titles, can rank in the top 50 if experiencing significant multi-metric gains, and multiple venerable holiday songs re-enter or debut each season. Carey's modern classic leads the Holiday 100 (for a 33rd of 38 total weeks since the chart began in 2011) and remains the top seasonal hit in all metrics; it rises 8-6 on Streaming Songs, also a new best, passing its prior No. 7 high reached last holiday season (28.1 million, down 1 percent), 9-7 on Digital Song Sales (14,000, down 6 percent) and 32-24 on Radio Songs (34.5 million, up 14 percent). With the advance of "Christmas" on the Hot 100, Carey scores her highest-charting hit in over a decade (passing the No. 7 peak of "Obsessed" in 2009). It's her best since "Touch My Body," which became her 18th No. 1 for two weeks in April 2008, extending her record for the most leaders among soloists; among all acts, only The Beatles, with 20, have more. Post Malone and Swae Lee's "Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)" returns to the Hot 100's top, flying 17-7, as the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse opened in theaters Friday (Dec. 14; it finished as the No. 1 movie of the weekend); the song debuted at its prior No. 9 high on the chart dated Nov. 3. The duet jumps 12-6 on Digital Song Sales (16,000, up 39 percent, snaring the Hot 100's top Sales Gainer trophy), 22-13 on Streaming Songs (24.1 million, up 28 percent) and 16-15 on Radio Songs (45.5 million, up 7 percent). Lil Baby and Gunna's "Drip Too Hard" rises 9-8 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 4, and Kodak Black's No. 2-peaking "ZEZE," featuring Travis Scott and Offset, descends 8-9. Rounding out the Hot 100's top 10, Maroon 5's former seven-week No. 1 "Girls Like You," featuring Cardi B, returns to the region (11-10). The song logs a 27th week in the top 10, becoming just the 10th single in the chart's 60-year history to reach that marker. Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" holds the record with 33 weeks in the top 10 in 2017.
December 19, 20186 yr Good to see that Christmas songs are back bigger than ever but of course the US have to ruin it with what I presume is airplay propping those two Gene Autry songs up (only one is in the Spotify 200) yet no Michael Buble or Band Aid who are firmly in the Spotify 50. New peaks for Mariah and Wham though! :D Good to see the X domination fairly muted too, funny enough 'whoa (mind in awe)' is now at #37 in both the UK and US and the sole top 40 entry for both.
December 19, 20186 yr Good to see that Christmas songs are back bigger than ever but of course the US have to ruin it with what I presume is airplay propping those two Gene Autry songs up (only one is in the Spotify 200) yet no Michael Buble or Band Aid who are firmly in the Spotify 50. Let's not act like that's a bad thing though ;) tbh though I like that the US and UK Christmas favourites are so different.
December 19, 20186 yr Was more aiming it at Buble & Band Aid, the dregs of the Christmas canon imo :P
December 19, 20186 yr Good to see Mariah reaching a new peak and yes two Gene Auty songs in there, they do like the clsssics whereas the uk likes the pop songs!! How does airplay stop huge Spotify hits in the billboard chart - I'm not up to date with the metrics of it!
December 20, 20186 yr airplay is 1/3rd of the points in the US, I think they even increased it lately to counteract streams
December 20, 20186 yr at least now streams and downloads do play a part, 20 years ago when sales of CD singles were zero, it was all down to radio payola, thats why Mariah got all her #1s some of them for weeks and weeks
December 22, 20186 yr Good to see Mariah reaching a new peak and yes two Gene Auty songs in there, they do like the clsssics whereas the uk likes the pop songs!! How does airplay stop huge Spotify hits in the billboard chart - I'm not up to date with the metrics of it!airplay is 1/3rd of the points in the US, I think they even increased it lately to counteract streamsBasically. The 2018 changes to streaming included more streaming sites (Amazon/Apple Music/SoundCloud Premium) so they had to adjust the airplay ratio to counteract the inclusions as to keep the standard ratio from 2013 (35-45% sales, 30-40% radio, 20-30% streaming). We still get heavy duty streaming inclusions of album tracks that send songs to recurrency faster than expected but for the most part t’s not as chaotic as the UK. It’s part of the reason why the US has a bunch of charts, and that’s for radio alone (and why this forum takes so much account into tracking those radio figures).
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