Bulletin YOUR DAILY ENTERTAINMENT NEWS UPDATE MAY 19, 2021 Page 1 of 27 INSIDE Silk Sonic – Bruno Mars & Anderson • ‘She’s Perfect Right .Paak – Returns to No. 1 on Now for Top 40’: How Ariana Grande Hot 100 With ‘Leave the Door Open’ Made History at Pop Radio BY GARY TRUST • Broadway’s 2021 Reopening: What We “Leave the Door Open” by Silk Sonic, the duo of Bru- 38%, helped by its placement in the iTunes Store’s 69¢ Do (And Don’t) Know no Mars and Anderson .Paak, rebounds from No. 2 Pop Hits sale) in the week ending May 13, according • How Does to No. 1 for its second week atop the Billboard Hot to MRC Data. It also attracted 87 million radio airplay Recording Academy 100 songs chart. audience impressions (up 8%) in the week ending D.C. Chapter Leader Plus, Dua Lipa’s “Levitating,” featuring DaBaby, May 16. Jeriel Johnson Stay rises from No. 4 to No. 2 on the Hot 100, a new high The track adds a fifth week atop the Mindful? Radio for the song and tying Lipa’s best career Hot 100 rank, Songs chart, pushes 3-2 on Digital Song Sales and • Radio Disney and J. Cole’s “Interlude” debuts at No. 8, launching as keeps at No. 10 on Streaming Songs. Vet Phil Guerini Named Jonas Group the week’s most streamed song. Notably, the four-week absence from No. 1 on the Entertainment CEO The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (of- Hot 100 for “Door” is the longest for a song since Post ficial audio and official video), radio airplay and sales Malone’s “Circles” waited four frames between its • Miley Cyrus, Foo Fighters, data. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard second and third weeks on top on the charts dated Post Malone & and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram. Dec. 7, 2019, and Jan. 11, 2020. The two tracks’ breaks More to Headline The announcement of this week’s Hot 100 was de- between weeks at No. 1 mark the longest since Taylor Lollapalooza 2021 layed by approximately 48 hours while Billboard and Swift’s “Shake It Off” reigned for two weeks and then • Grand Ole Opry MRC Data conducted standard audits on reported data, spent eight frames at No. 2 (below Meghan Trainor’s Moves Toward the working with data partners to recognize and resolve “All About That Bass”) before returning for two more Old Normal as U.S. anomalies. weeks on top in September-November 2014. Reemerges From COVID-19 “Door,” released on Aftermath/Atlantic Records, “Door” concurrently leads Hot R&B Songs for first reached No. 1 on the Hot 100 dated April 17 an eighth week and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for a • BILLBOARD 200 (five weeks ago). It returns to the top as it drew 17.8 fourth frame; the latter two charts use the same meth- CLICK HERE million U.S. streams (down 4%) and sold 14,200 (up (continued) TOTAL IMMERSION ESSENTIAL ANALYSIS of the latest business topics and trends formulated to give industry players the competitive advantage in a rapidly changing market. EXCLUSIVE QUARTERLY REPORTS that deliver in-depth, holistic reporting; case studies; and custom data designed to serve the industry. A DEEP DIVE LIBRARY stocked with intelligence on fan data, SUBSCRIBE TO BILLBOARD PRO FOR song catalog sales, TV synchs, Africa’s burgeoning music ACCESS TO NEW REPORTS business and the gaming industry’s embrace of artists. AND THE ARCHIVE 2021 PRIDE On June 5th, Billboard will publish its 3rd annual CONTACTS Pride issue honoring culturally moving and Joe Maimone influential people who have contributed to the 201.301.5933 | [email protected] community’s history and its current landscape. 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Leveraging our iconic voices within music and culture, Billboard and Rolling Stone will curate a mix of engaging video and social content featuring thought-provoking panels, heartfelt performances, and glam tutorials – all fostering a community of consumers and influencers in celebration of LGBTQIA+. ISSUE DATE 6/5 | AD CLOSE 5/26 | MATERIALS DUE 5/27 BB House_Pride_06_042421.indd 1 4/21/21 10:00 AM Page 3 of 27 IN BRIEF odology as the Hot 100. during the Grammy Awards March 14, as rises 7-6 for a new best, as it notches its Dua Lipa’s “Levitating,” featuring DaBaby, part of a medley with “Don’t Start Now,” and first week at No. 1 on the multi-metric Hot elevates from No. 4 to No. 2 on the Hot 100, the song has also surged as a soundtrack to Rap Songs chart; and Polo G’s “Rapstar” a new best rank for the song and matching numerous TikTok clips over the last month. descends 6-7 on the Hot 100 after arriv- Lipa’s best career placement on the chart. Meanwhile, “Levitating” has experienced ing and spending its first two weeks on the She previously reached a No. 2 high with an atypical resurgence at radio. It hit a chart at No. 1. “Don’t Start Now” in March 2020. prior weekly high of 55.5 million in audi- J. Cole’s “Interlude” bounds onto the Hot “Levitating” landed 21.9 million U.S. ence as reflected on the Radio Songs chart 100 at No. 8, fueled by its No. 1 entrance on streams (up less than 1%) and sold 19,900 dated Feb. 13 and then steadily descended Streaming Songs with 26.6 million streams, (up 83%) in the week ending May 13, the to 31.2 million (April 3). This week, with its following its May 7 release. The song marks latter total good for the Hot 100’s top Sales new high of 59.7 million, the song boasts his sixth Hot 100 top 10 and fifth to debut Gainer nod. It also attracted 59.7 million its seventh consecutive week since with an in the region, as well as his first Streaming radio airplay audience impressions (up 18%) audience gain. Leading the way at radio, it Songs leader. in the week ending May 16. All three sums returns to its No. 4 high on the mainstream “Interlude” is from J. Cole’s sixth studio mark the highest weekly totals yet for the top 40-based Pop Airplay chart, which it album The Off-Season, released Fri- song. had previously reached in January, with day (May 14) and due on next week’s Bill- The track climbs from No. 2 to No. 1 on Greatest Gainer honors. board charts (dated May 29). Digital Song Sales, where it becomes the Justin Bieber’s fellow former Hot The Kid LAROI and Miley Cyrus’ “With- first leader for both Lipa and DaBaby. It 100 leader “Peaches,” featuring Daniel out You” slips to No. 9 from its No. 8 Hot 100 holds at its No. 4 high on Radio Songs and Caesar and Giveon, keeps at No. 3. The song high, as it tallies a second week each atop lifts 6-5 for its first week in the top five on receives the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Streaming Songs. award for a seventh consecutive week (up Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts. Multiple gains in the latest tracking week, 14% to 80.6 million), tying Olivia Rodrigo’s Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Lil Nas following those in recent weeks, helped “Drivers License” (January-March) for the X’s former No. 1 “Montero (Call Me by Your “Levitating” ascend again, including a longest streak since Pharrell’s “Happy” Name)” dips 9-10. half-dozen versions of the song all being claimed the honor for eight straight weeks discounted to 69 cents in the iTunes Store in February-March 2014. “Peaches” also be- (with the DaBaby version included in the comes Bieber’s eighth No. 1 on Pop Airplay, 69¢ Pop Hits special). The song was origi- and the first each for Caesar and Giveon. nally released, in solo form, on Lipa’s second The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Save LP, Future Nostalgia, in March 2020; its Da- Your Tears” falls to No. 4 on the Hot 100 af- Baby remix arrived in October. (All versions ter two weeks at No. 1; Doja Cat’s “Kiss Me of the song are combined for the Hot 100.) More,” featuring SZA, holds at its No. 5 high; Lipa and DaBaby performed “Levitating” Masked Wolf’s “Astronaut in the Ocean” AUTHORITATIVE INTELLIGENCE. DELIVERED DIGITALLY. CLICK HERE FOR FREE DELIVERY DIGITAL NEWSLETTERS 2 0 2 1 INDIE L A B E L P O W E R P L AY E R S On June 5th, Billboard will publish CONTACTS its fourth annual Indie Label Power Joe Maimone Players List. 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