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Week ending May 3, 2025 | Tracking period: 4/18–4/24

TW LW PP WC Artist – Song

01 01 01 22 Kendrick Lamar & SZA ‒ Luther

02 02 01 36 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars ‒ Die With A Smile

03 05 03 11 Alex Warren ‒ Ordinary

04 03 02 10 Drake ‒ Nokia

05 06 01 54 Shaboozey ‒ A Bar Song (Tipsy)

06 04 04 45 Chappell Roan ‒ Pink Pony Club

07 10 02 12 Morgan Wallen ‒ I'm The Problem

08 ** 08 01 Morgan Wallen & Post Malone ‒ I Ain't Coming Back (HOT SHOT DEBUT)

09 07 01 88 Teddy Swims ‒ Lose Control

10 09 02 65 Benson Boone ‒ Beautiful Things

11 08 04 03 BigXthaPlug feat. Bailey Zimmerman ‒ All The Way

12 14 10 07 Doechii ‒ Anxiety (BIGGEST AIRPLAY GAIN)

13 12 02 49 Billie Eilish ‒ Birds Of A Feather

14 11 04 05 Morgan Wallen ‒ Just In Case

15 17 01 50 Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen ‒ I Had Some Help

16 13 03 27 ROSE & Bruno Mars ‒ APT.

17 20 01 27 Morgan Wallen ‒ Love Somebody

18 16 16 12 Leon Thomas ‒ Mutt

19 15 03 54 Sabrina Carpenter ‒ Espresso

20 18 06 27 Gracie Abrams ‒ That's So True

21 19 01 50 Kendrick Lamar ‒ Not Like Us

22 22 14 21 Lola Young ‒ Messy

23 21 02 22 Kendrick Lamar feat. Lefty Gunplay ‒ TV Off

24 25 10 18 SZA & Kendrick Lamar ‒ 30 For 30

25 23 16 13 Tate McRae ‒ Sports Car

26 26 13 12 Lady Gaga ‒ Abracadabra

27 24 01 22 Kendrick Lamar ‒ Squabble Up

28 31 19 49 Myles Smith ‒ Stargazing

29 30 22 30 The Marias ‒ No One Noticed

30 32 30 21 Teddy Swims ‒ Bad Dreams

31 29 29 31 Zach Top ‒ I Never Lie

32 27 03 30 The Weeknd & Playboi Carti ‒ Timeless

33 28 02 35 Sabrina Carpenter ‒ Taste

34 36 34 08 Benson Boone ‒ Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else

35 81 35 02 Jessie Murph ‒ Blue Strips (BIGGEST STREAMING GAIN)

36 38 36 15 Riley Green ‒ Worst Way

37 34 34 22 Shaboozey ‒ Good News

38 35 22 36 Gigi Perez ‒ Sailor Song

39 52 39 12 Ella Langley ‒ Weren't For The Wind

40 63 40 10 Brandon Lake ‒ Hard Fought Hallelujah (BIGGEST SALES GAIN)

41 37 17 05 Morgan Wallen ‒ I'm A Little Crazy

42 39 28 03 Ed Sheeran ‒ Azizam

43 44 17 45 Billie Eilish ‒ Wildflower

44 43 12 12 The Weeknd ‒ Cry For Me

45 41 28 06 Lil Tecca ‒ Dark Thoughts

46 46 40 33 Chris Brown ‒ Residuals

47 42 21 16 Doechii ‒ Denial Is A River

48 45 02 16 Bad Bunny ‒ DTMF

49 40 40 20 Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna ‒ Indigo

50 50 50 33 Megan Moroney ‒ Am I Okay?

51 56 51 04 sombr ‒ Back To Friends

52 48 48 10 Fuerza Regida & Grupo Frontera ‒ Me Jalo

53 70 53 04 Ravyn Lenae ‒ Love Me Not

54 59 04 17 Morgan Wallen ‒ Smile

55 47 18 04 Ariana Grande ‒ Twilight Zone

56 54 30 10 PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake ‒ Somebody Loves Me

57 84 57 03 sombr ‒ Undressed

58 61 22 09 Tate McRae ‒ Revolving Door

59 53 03 16 Bad Bunny ‒ Baile Inolvidable

60 49 04 06 Playboi Carti & The Weeknd ‒ Rather Lie

61 51 05 06 Chappell Roan ‒ The Giver

62 64 13 22 Kendrick Lamar feat. AzChike ‒ Peekaboo

63 55 29 18 SZA ‒ BMF

64 72 64 05 Nate Smith ‒ Fix What You Didn't Break

65 67 54 14 Bailey Zimmerman ‒ Holy Smokes

66 65 65 05 Thomas Rhett feat. Teddy Swims ‒ Somethin' 'Bout A Woman

67 58 58 06 Aleman x Neton Vega ‒ Te Queria Ver

68 57 57 05 John Morgan feat. Jason Aldean ‒ Friends Like That

69 62 43 17 Neton Vega ‒ Loco

70 74 70 06 Blake Shelton ‒ Texas

71 ** 71 01 Russell Dickerson ‒ Happen To Me

72 ** 72 01 Forrest Frank ‒ Your Way's Better

73 86 73 07 Kane Brown ‒ Backseat Driver

74 66 27 10 Sabrina Carpenter ‒ Busy Woman

75 78 59 11 Teddy Swims & GIVEON ‒ Are You Even Real

76 60 56 05 Selena Gomez, benny blanco & The Marias ‒ Ojos Tristes

77 79 24 14 Bad Bunny ‒ EOO

78 ** 78 01 Jack Black ‒ Steve's Lava Chicken

79 82 71 14 BigXthaPlug ‒ The Largest

80 76 66 25 Don Toliver ‒ No Pole

81 85 81 07 d4vd ‒ Feel It

82 75 21 10 PARTYNEXTDOOR, Drake & Yebba ‒ Die Trying

83 80 29 26 Tyler, The Creator feat. Lola Young ‒ Like Him

84 83 83 04 Neton Vega & Peso Pluma ‒ Morena

85 91 58 06 Kane Brown & Jelly Roll ‒ Haunted

86 71 06 10 Drake ‒ Gimme A Hug

87 ** 87 01 Addison Rae ‒ Headphones On

88 69 52 03 Miley Cyrus ‒ End Of The World

89 98 89 02 Jason Aldean ‒ Whiskey Drink

90 73 46 08 Selena Gomez, benny blanco & Gracie Abrams ‒ Call Me When You Break Up

91 ** 91 01 Cole Swindell ‒ Forever To Me

92 ** 92 01 PLUTO & YKNIECE ‒ Whim Whamiee

93 77 68 03 Malcolm Todd ‒ Chest Pain (I Love)

94 89 08 16 Bad Bunny ‒ Nuevayol

95 ** 95 01 Charli xcx ‒ Party 4 U

96 ** 96 01 Tommy Richman ‒ Actin Up

97 92 72 08 Tito Double P ‒ Tattoo

98 ** 98 01 Hudson Westbrook ‒ House Again

99 96 83 03 JENNIE ‒ like JENNIE

100 68 34 03 Sleep Token ‒ Caramel

OUT 33 01 21 Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone ‒ Fortnight

OUT 87 02 05 Playboi Carti ‒ Evil J0rdan

OUT 88 34 20 Rauw Alejandro & Bad Bunny ‒ Que Pasaria...

OUT 90 90 01 Lana Del Rey ‒ Henry, Come On

OUT 93 82 12 Imogen Heap ‒ Headlock

OUT 94 94 01 Eric Church ‒ Hands Of Time

OUT 95 79 06 Fuerza Regida ‒ Por Esos Ojos

OUT 97 97 01 Dasha ‒ Not At This Party

OUT 99 81 07 Ella Mai ‒ Little Things

OUT 100 38 03 Ariana Grande ‒ Dandelion

Bubbling Under

 

TW LW Artist – Song


01 03 Shaboozey & Myles Smith ‒ Blink Twice

02 16 Thomas Rhett ‒ After All The Bars Are Closed

03 ** Jordan Davis ‒ Bar None

04 07 Xavi & Manuel Turizo ‒ En Privado

05 ** Yeat ‒ The Bell

06 19 Blood Orange ‒ Champagne Coast

07 RE Elevation Worship feat. Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore ‒ Praise

08 14 Alex Warren ‒ Carry You Home

09 ** WizTheMc ‒ Show Me Love

10 ** Max McNown ‒ Better Me For You (Brown Eyes)

11 21 Myles Smith ‒ Nice To Meet You

12 10 Neton Vega ‒ M&M

13 ** Ty Myers ‒ Thought It Was Love

14 20 Clave Especial & Edgardo Nunez ‒ Tu Tu Tu

15 ** Josh Ross ‒ Single Again

16 22 BigXthaPlug ‒ Texas

17 ** Lizzy McAlpine ‒ Spring Into Summer

18 RE The Marias ‒ Nobody New

19 RE Victor Valverde x JR Torres ‒ El Mayor de Los Ranas

20 RE Empire Of The Sun ‒ We Are The People

21 RE BigXthaPlug & Jessie Murph ‒ Holy Ground

22 RE Riley Green feat. Ella Langley ‒ Don't Mind If I Do

23 ** Tucker Wetmore ‒ 3,2,1

24 RE Peso Pluma & Estevan Plazola ‒ Hollywood

25 RE Forrest Frank ‒ Good Day

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Kendrick Lamar & SZA’s ‘Luther’ Leads Hot 100 for Landmark 10th Week
By Gary Trust | 04/28/2025

Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” tops the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart for a milestone 10th total and consecutive week. The single, whose title honors late R&B great Luther Vandross, who is sampled on it, became Lamar’s sixth No. 1 and SZA’s third. Lamar and SZA each extend their longest career Hot 100 reigns with the song.

An elite 4% of all Hot 100 No. 1s (46 of 1,179, dating to the chart’s Aug. 4, 1958, start) have ruled for double-digit weeks. Of those, “Luther” is the first by a solo man and woman and no accompanying acts, surpassing the nine-week reign of Diana Ross and Lionel Richie’s “Endless Love” in 1981. (Among other 10-plus-week No. 1s by co-billed lead male and female acts, Puff Daddy and Faith Evans’ “I’ll Be Missing You” — featuring vocal group 112 — led for 11 weeks in 1997 and Mariah Carey and then-quartet Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day” dominated for 16 weeks in 1995-96.)

Plus, Alex Warren’s first Hot 100 top 10, “Ordinary,” hits a new high (5-3), and reaches No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, and Morgan Wallen and Post Malone’s “I Ain’t Coming Back” debuts at No. 8 on the Hot 100, becoming their 15th and 14th top 10, respectively. It’s the sixth top 10 from Wallen’s album I’m the Problem — all ahead of its May 16 release, as he extends his record for the most top 10s from an album before its arrival.

“Luther,” on pgLang/Interscope/ICLG, totaled 68.4 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 1% week-over-week), 21.9 million official streams (down 13%), and 2,000 sold (down 14%) in the U.S. April 18-24. (A week earlier, its chart performance was boosted by the April 11 premiere of its official video.)

“Luther” leads Radio Songs for a fourth week and dips to No. 3 following seven weeks atop Streaming Songs.

“Luther” concurrently collects an 18th week at No. 1 on both the multimetric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.

Two weeks after “Ordinary” became Alex Warren’s first Hot 100 top 10, the song pushes 5-3 for a new best. It concurrently crowns Streaming Songs for the first time, with 21 million streams (up 3%). (While the song’s sum of raw streams is the week’s second-highest, after “Luther,” “Ordinary” tops Streaming Songs due to the application of weighting to all titles’ paid/subscription and ad-supported on-demand streams and programmed/radio streams.)

A week earlier, “Ordinary” became Warren’s first No. 1 on Digital Song Sales, where it descends to No. 3, although with a 7% gain to 7,000 sold.

Morgan Wallen and Post Malone’s “I Ain’t Coming Back” bows at No. 8 on the Hot 100. Released April 18, it totaled 19.5 million streams, 2.9 million in airplay audience and 6,000 sold in its first week.

The song further ushers in Wallen’s fourth studio album, I’m the Problem, due May 16; his tour of the same name is set to launch June 20. It’s his sixth song from the set (all are confirmed as on its tracklist) to hit the top 10 – extending the record for the most Hot 100 top 10s from an album before its release. Here’s a recap of the collection’s top 10s to date:

“I Ain’t Coming Back,” with Post Malone, No. 8 debut & peak to date, May 3, 2025
“Just in Case,” No. 4 debut & peak, April 5
“I’m the Problem,” No. 2 debut & peak, Feb. 15
“Smile,” No. 4 peak, Jan. 18
“Love Somebody,” No. 1 debut & peak, one week, Nov. 2, 2024
“Lies Lies Lies,” No. 7 debut & peak, July 20

(Previously, Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding, in 2019, and Taylor Swift’s Red, in 2012, each generated four Hot 100 top 10s before debuting, each at No. 1, on the Billboard 200 albums chart.)

Elsewhere in the Hot 100’s top 10, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” keeps at No. 2, following five nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 beginning in January.

Drake’s “Nokia” drops 3-4 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 2.

Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” rebounds 5-4 on the Hot 100, following its record-tying 19 weeks at No. 1 beginning last July. It adds a 42nd week atop the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart.

Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club” backtracks to No. 6 from its No. 4 Hot 100 high, and Wallen’s “I’m the Problem” climbs 10-7.

Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control,” which led the Hot 100 for a week in March 2024, and became the year’s No. 1 song, descends 7-10, as it tallies a record-extending 59th week in the top 10; a week earlier, it surpassed the 57-week run in the region of The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” for the most such frames in the chart’s history. “Lose Control” first hit the top 10 on the list dated Jan. 20, 2024, and has been absent from the tier for only eight weeks since.

“Lose Control” notches an 88th week on the Hot 100 overall, one-upping Imagine Dragons’ “Radioactive,” in 2012-14, for the sole third-longest stay in the chart’s history. The only hits with longer runs: Glass Animals’ “Heat Waves” (91 weeks, in 2021-22) and “Blinding Lights” (90, in 2019-22).

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” holds at No. 9, after it hit No. 2 in March 2024.

Jack Black Breaks Hot 100 Record With 34-Second ‘Minecraft Movie’ Song: Here Are the 10 Quickest Hot 100 Hits

By Gary Trust | 4/28/2025

It'll take longer to read this story than to listen to "Steve's Lava Chicken."

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).

:34 — “Steve’s Lava Chicken,” Jack Black
Hot 100 peak: No. 77, May 3, 2025 (to date)

:37 — “Beautiful Trip,” Kid Cudi
Hot 100 peak: No. 100, Dec. 26, 2020

:45 — “PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen),” Piko-Taro
Hot 100 peak: No. 77, Oct. 29, 2016

1:02 — “Little Boxes,” The Womenfolk
Hot 100 peak: No. 83, April 25, 1964

1:06 — “Deck the Halls,” Nat King Cole
Hot 100 peak: No. 16, Dec. 31, 2022

1:13 — “Pete Davidson,” Ariana Grande
Hot 100 peak: No. 99, Sept. 1, 2018

1:16 — “Difference (Interlude),” XXXTentacion
Hot 100 peak: No. 84, Dec. 22, 2018

1:17 — “Some Kind-A Earthquake,” Duane Eddy His Twangy Guitar and the Rebels
Hot 100 peak: No. 37, Oct. 26, 1959

1:19 — “Forward,” Beyoncé feat. James Blake
Hot 100 peak: No. 63, May 14, 2016

1:20 — “What I’ve Been Looking For (Reprise),” Andrew Seeley & Vanessa Anne Hudgens
Hot 100 peak: No. 67, Feb. 11, 2006

US HOT 100 29.04.25 #29

THE TOP TEN:

10. Beautiful Things – Benson Boone (Down 1/65 weeks in chart)
9. Lose Control – Teddy Swims (Down 2/88 weeks in chart)
8. I Ain't Coming Back – Morgan Wallen/Post Malone (NEW)
7. I'm The Problem – Morgan Wallen (Up 3/12 weeks in chart)
6. Pink Pony Club – Chappell Roan (Down 2/45 Weeks in Chart)
5. A Bar Song (Tipsy) – Shaboozey (Up 1/54 weeks in chart)
4. Nokia – Drake (Down 1/10 weeks in chart)
3. Ordinary – Alex Warren (Up 2/NEW PEAK/11 weeks in chart)
2. Die With A Smile – Lady Gaga/Bruno Mars (No Change/36 Weeks in Chart)
1. Luther – Kendrick Lamar/SZA (No Change/10th consecutive week number one/22nd week in the chart)

NEW ENTRIES:

98. House Again – Hudson Westbrook (3/10)

Having to describe these insanely tedious American country songs over and over after the Billboard chart shoves them in our faces is insane. From now on, any basic guitar, country song that I've described a million times is just getting a low rating. I'm not putting up with this anymore.

96. Actin Up – Tommy Richman (7/10)

This most likely only charted due to the Sexyy Red remix, but I'll only rate the original. It has that old-school funky hip-hop sound that is what Tommy works well on; it's better than 'Million Dollar Baby' and 'Devil Is A Lie' by far. Sure, it's similar to them, but Tommy's fun essence comes out a lot more on this. What we didn't need was a Sexyy Red remix, though.

95. Party 4 U – Charli XCX (2/10)

Why is she back AGAIN? And how can people stand minutes of autotuned, repetitive, easily made dance music? It's worse than generic, and it's pretty disturbing how people can find a song at the level of AI anything interesting. Let's hope the resurfacing of the track from 'How I'm Feeling Now' disappears because we don't need this.

92. Whim Whamiee – PLUTO/YKNIECE (0/10)

From the title and cover, I expected this to be a one out of ten song, and it was somehow even worse than that expectation. It's gangsta rap that sounds like a mix of Sexyy Red and Bhad Bhabie, as the lead vocals are more irritating than scraping your fingernails on metal. Think of it as a rich gangsta lady with pounds of makeup starting to whine on a song. I don't get how in a million years anything like this ends up charting or reaching public notice; this is diabolical and is easily one of the worst rap songs I've heard in my time alive.

91. Forever To Me – Cole Swindell (5/10)

This is about a Christian country song about a boy meeting up with a country girl, as a love song. It uses guitar and drums to really bring out the forgettable American country sound. I'm not denying that there's emotion here, but damn, it isn't built on well – low effort.

87. Headphones On – Addison Rae (4/10)


Yay! Yet another female pop act who fails to impress no matter what they release; that's another added to my list of the ones I dislike. I've never been a fan of Addison and wasn't expecting anything good out of this, especially seeing she's been on an insane streak of bad, but this is actually better than her usual; 4/10 is an improvement... but overall this is still just some forgettable pop song.

78. Steve's Lava Chicken - Jack Black (5/10)

You've got to be kidding me… a 34-second song of Jack Black singing about Minecraft's Lava Chicken. I knew the movie had a huge first-week breakthrough, but it didn't really bring anything good out of it apart from brain rot, like this. This is like the time 'Man In Finance' charted last year. I'm not even going to take this seriously; it's guitar rock with Jack Black saying words in the strange ways he does. Let's just hope this randomness leaves the chart.


72. You're Ways Better – Forrest Frank (4/10)

Oh boy, does this have to be the guy who makes Christian music go viral again? We could at least try to switch up the genre better to accompany more unknown sounds and mix things up, but this is straight up just a social media song where the vocal holds on "together" & "head" and other words make it sound unnecessarily annoying.

71. Happens To Me – Russell Dickenson (4.9/10)

Reminds me of that really cringe country song which charted last year (I've forgotten the name of it). This is country combined with modern pop elements to make a more upbeat guitar song which doesn't just focus on the guitar to control the melody; it feels like the production has a lot of layers going on, but all just feel like they equal a really dull song that's a bad attempt to go mainstream.

8. I Ain't Coming Back – Morgan Wallen/Post Malone (7/10)

After hearing this and finding out Tate McRae is on the album – I'm hyped! This legit might be a good album... but I'm still scared about there being 37 songs on it. This is a classic country song with a more pop radio hook, which is a good follow-up from the 'I Had Some Help' collab. Post delivered a good verse alongside Morgan, but Morgan did better. The use of drums added to the instrumental effect, which I quite enjoyed.

RE-ENTRIES:

None.

NOTEABLE CHANGES:

Songs that fell 10 spots or more:

100. Caramel – Sleep Token (Down 32) [HIGHEST FALLER]
93. Chest Pain (I Love) – Malcom Todd (Down 16)
90. Call Me When You Break Up – Selena Gomez/Benny Blanco/Gracie Abrams (Down 17)
88. End Of The World – Miley Cyrus (Down 19)
86. Gimme A Hug – Drake (Down 15)
76. Ojos Tristes – Selena Gomez/Benny Blanco/The Maria's (Down 16)
68. Friends Like That – John Morgan/Jason Aldean (Down 11)
61. The Giver – Chappell Roan (Down 10)
60. Rather Lie – Playboi Carti/The Weeknd (Down 11)

Songs that climbed ten spots or more:

73. Backseat Driver – Kane Brown (Up 13)
57. Undressed - Sombr (Up 27)
53. Love Me Not – Ravyn Lenae (Up 17)
40. Hard Fought Hallelujah – Brandon Lake (Up 23)
39. Weren't For The Wind – Ella Langley (Up 13)
35. Blue Strips – Jessie Murph (Up 56) [HIGHEST CLIMBER]

BEST AND WORST:

New entries:

BEST – I Ain't Coming Back – Morgan Wallen/Post Malone
WORST – Whim Whammie – PLUTO/YKNIECE

The whole top 100:

BEST – Lose Control – Teddy Swims
WORST – Somebody Loves Me – PARTYNEXTDOOR/Drake

NEXT WEEK'S PREDICTIONS:

Possible new entries for Linkin Park, Benson Boone, Young Thug & Future, Shaboozey & Jelly Roll and more! For the full list check out my new music Friday!

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