Jacob Webster
Doja Cat’s “Paint Town the Red” turns into her tenth No. 1 on Billboard’s Rhythmic Airplay chart, rising 2-1 on the survey dated Oct. 7.
The tune is Doja Cat’s first No. 1 on Rhythmic Airplay since “Vegas,” which reigned for per week in November 2022.
Between “Vegas” and “Paint the Town Red,” she reached the tally with “Attention,” which peaked at No. 25 in July.
Doja Cat first dominated Rhythmic Airplay with “Say So” in 2020, that means every of her 10 No. 1s has occurred within the 2020s (solely Drake, with 12 within the ’20s, has extra). She turns into certainly one of simply 11 acts to nab a minimum of 10 No. 1s on Rhythmic Airplay in its 31-year historical past. Drake leads all acts with 38 toppers, whereas Rihanna guidelines all girls with 17 leaders.
Concurrently, “Paint the Town Red” rises 9-7 on Pop Airplay and debuts at No. 38 on Adult Pop Airplay. It additionally seems at No. 3 on Rap Airplay, No. 15 on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, No. 16 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay.
On essentially the most recent all-format Radio Songs chart (Sept. 30, reflecting the monitoring week ending Sept. 21), “Paint the Town Red” vaulted 13-9 with 44.9 million radio viewers impressions, up 19%, based on Luminate.
The tune spent its first week at No. 1 on the multi-metric Billboard Hot 100 Sept. 16 and seems at No. 2 on the Sept. 30 tally because the chart’s best gainer in airplay. In addition to its radio airplay, the monitor earned 26.7 million official U.S. streams and eight,000 downloads Sept. 15-21.
“Paint the Town Red” is from Scarlet, Doja Cat’s fourth studio album. It was launched Sept. 22 and is poised for a debut on the Billboard 200 dated Oct. 7, the highest 10 of which might be introduced on Sunday, Oct. 1 and up to date on-line Tuesday, Oct. 3, alongside the remainder of Billboard’s charts.