Post by Julian on Aug 17, 2020 9:23:35 GMT -5
www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9435213/cardi-bs-wap-debuts-no-1-hot-100
Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 With Record First-Week Streams
The collab is Cardi B's fourth leader & Megan Thee Stallion's second.
Cardi B's "WAP," featuring Megan Thee Stallion, blasts onto the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart at No. 1. The collab launches as Cardi B's fourth leader on the list and Megan Thee Stallion's second.
Released Aug. 7, the song drew 93 million U.S. streams in the week ending Aug. 13, according to Nielsen Music/MRC, the most for any track ever in its first week of release.
The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated Aug. 22) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Aug. 18).
WAP," released on Atlantic Records, is the 1,108th No. 1 in the Hot 100's 62-year history.
Let's recap its entrance at the summit.
No. 1 streams & sales: "WAP" roars in at No. 1 on both the Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales charts, with 93 million U.S. streams and 125,000 downloads sold in the week ending Aug. 13, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. It also drew 11.6 million radio airplay audience impressions in the week ending Aug. 16.
"WAP" is Cardi B's third No. 1 on Streaming Songs and fourth on Digital Song Sales. Megan Thee Stallion scores her second No. 1 on each chart.
First Stream: New Music From Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion, Juice WRLD & The Weeknd, Luke Bryan & More
The song's official video was released Aug. 7 at midnight ET, after the track was made available for pre-order in Cardi B's webstore via 12 autographed physical/digital combinations Aug. 3-6. Consumers could pre-order cassette, CD and vinyl singles (priced at $5-$15), with each purchase including a digital download; the download (the sale of which contributed to the latest tracking week) was made available and fulfilled to purchasers Aug. 7, with physical versions due to arrive at a later date.
Record first-week streams: As noted above, with 93 million, the streaming sum for "WAP" is the greatest ever for a song in its first week of release.
It surpasses the haul of 85.3 million for Ariana Grande's "7 Rings" in its first week of availability (Feb. 2, 2019).
Most weekly streams this year: "WAP" starts with the most weekly streams for a song in 2020, besting the 77.2 million for Roddy Ricch's "The Box" (Jan. 25).
(Notably, the total for "WAP" is the highest since Billboard streamlined the inclusion of YouTube user-generated content [UGC] for song charts that incorporate streaming data, including the Hot 100, with charts dated Jan. 18.)
All-time ranks: "WAP" scores the second-greatest streaming week among songs by women overall, just below the 93.8 million that Grande's "Thank U, Next" logged in its fifth frame on Streaming Songs (Dec. 15, 2018), following the premiere of its official video.
Among all songs in all weeks, "WAP" boasts the 18th-biggest streaming sum, with the 17 higher weeks tallied among five songs, led by Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus), which peaked with 143 million on the April 20, 2019, Streaming Songs chart.
Record on-demand audio streams among women: "WAP" claims the mark for the most weekly on-demand U.S. audio streams among songs by women: 54.7 million. It just passes the 54.6 million for Grande's "7 Rings" (Feb. 2, 2019).
The opening frame for "WAP" marks the 10th-greatest week for on-demand audio streams overall, another category paced by "Old Town Road" (78.1 million; April 20, 2019).
Biggest sales week in over a year: Meanwhile, the sales sum for "WAP" is the highest in a single week since Taylor Swift's "Me!," featuring Brendon Urie, bounded in with 193,000 on the chart dated May 11, 2019.
I'm happy to see Cardi bag the #1. While it's far from my favourite from he.r it's more refreshing then the past few #1s on the HOT 100.
Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 With Record First-Week Streams
The collab is Cardi B's fourth leader & Megan Thee Stallion's second.
Cardi B's "WAP," featuring Megan Thee Stallion, blasts onto the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart at No. 1. The collab launches as Cardi B's fourth leader on the list and Megan Thee Stallion's second.
Released Aug. 7, the song drew 93 million U.S. streams in the week ending Aug. 13, according to Nielsen Music/MRC, the most for any track ever in its first week of release.
The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated Aug. 22) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Aug. 18).
WAP," released on Atlantic Records, is the 1,108th No. 1 in the Hot 100's 62-year history.
Let's recap its entrance at the summit.
No. 1 streams & sales: "WAP" roars in at No. 1 on both the Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales charts, with 93 million U.S. streams and 125,000 downloads sold in the week ending Aug. 13, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. It also drew 11.6 million radio airplay audience impressions in the week ending Aug. 16.
"WAP" is Cardi B's third No. 1 on Streaming Songs and fourth on Digital Song Sales. Megan Thee Stallion scores her second No. 1 on each chart.
First Stream: New Music From Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion, Juice WRLD & The Weeknd, Luke Bryan & More
The song's official video was released Aug. 7 at midnight ET, after the track was made available for pre-order in Cardi B's webstore via 12 autographed physical/digital combinations Aug. 3-6. Consumers could pre-order cassette, CD and vinyl singles (priced at $5-$15), with each purchase including a digital download; the download (the sale of which contributed to the latest tracking week) was made available and fulfilled to purchasers Aug. 7, with physical versions due to arrive at a later date.
Record first-week streams: As noted above, with 93 million, the streaming sum for "WAP" is the greatest ever for a song in its first week of release.
It surpasses the haul of 85.3 million for Ariana Grande's "7 Rings" in its first week of availability (Feb. 2, 2019).
Most weekly streams this year: "WAP" starts with the most weekly streams for a song in 2020, besting the 77.2 million for Roddy Ricch's "The Box" (Jan. 25).
(Notably, the total for "WAP" is the highest since Billboard streamlined the inclusion of YouTube user-generated content [UGC] for song charts that incorporate streaming data, including the Hot 100, with charts dated Jan. 18.)
All-time ranks: "WAP" scores the second-greatest streaming week among songs by women overall, just below the 93.8 million that Grande's "Thank U, Next" logged in its fifth frame on Streaming Songs (Dec. 15, 2018), following the premiere of its official video.
Among all songs in all weeks, "WAP" boasts the 18th-biggest streaming sum, with the 17 higher weeks tallied among five songs, led by Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" (featuring Billy Ray Cyrus), which peaked with 143 million on the April 20, 2019, Streaming Songs chart.
Record on-demand audio streams among women: "WAP" claims the mark for the most weekly on-demand U.S. audio streams among songs by women: 54.7 million. It just passes the 54.6 million for Grande's "7 Rings" (Feb. 2, 2019).
The opening frame for "WAP" marks the 10th-greatest week for on-demand audio streams overall, another category paced by "Old Town Road" (78.1 million; April 20, 2019).
Biggest sales week in over a year: Meanwhile, the sales sum for "WAP" is the highest in a single week since Taylor Swift's "Me!," featuring Brendon Urie, bounded in with 193,000 on the chart dated May 11, 2019.
I'm happy to see Cardi bag the #1. While it's far from my favourite from he.r it's more refreshing then the past few #1s on the HOT 100.