With her latest hit “Paint the Town Red,” Doja Cat continues to brush off all competitors on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart. The rapper-singer solidifies her standing because the act with probably the most No. 1s on the survey this decade, because the track ascends to the highest of the rating dated Oct. 28.
The single, launched through Kemosabe/RCA Records, turns into Doja cat’s seventh Pop Airplay No. 1 since her first chart-topper in 2020. She extends her document for probably the most leaders in that span, forward of runners-up Justin Bieber, Dua Lipa and Harry Styles, every with 4 No. 1s this decade.
(The Pop Airplay chart displays performs on over 150 reporting mainstream high 40-formatted stations. Airplay is monitored by Mediabase and supplied to Billboard by Luminate.)
Here’s a recap of Doja Cat’s seven Pop Airplay No. 1s:
- “Paint the Town Red,” one week at No. 1 to this point, Oct. 28, 2023
- “Vegas,” 4 weeks, starting Oct. 22, 2022
- “I Like You (A Happier Song)” (Post Malone feat. Doja Cat), three weeks, starting Oct. 1, 2022
- “Woman,” two weeks, starting April 9, 2022
- “Need To Know,” one week, Feb. 5, 2022
- “Kiss Me More” (feat. SZA), one week, July 10, 2021
- “Say So,” six weeks, starting May 16, 2020
Notably, “Paint the Town Red” samples Dionne Warwick’s normal “Walk on By,” which hit No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964. Thanks to its inclusion, late legends Burt Bacharach and Hal David every high Pop Airplay (which started in 1992) as songwriters for the primary time.
“Paint the Town Red” concurrently spends a fourth week at No. 1 on Rhythmic Airplay, the place it turned Doja Cat’s tenth chief.
The track additionally topped the all-genre, multi-metric Hot 100 for 3 weeks earlier this month, marking Doja Cat’s second No. 1; “Say So” led for every week in 2020. It guidelines the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for a seventh week and Hot Rap Songs for an eighth body.
“Paint the Town Red” mum or dad album Scarlet debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, marking Doja Cat’s third high 10 set on the chart, dated Oct. 7. Planet Her opened at its No. 2 excessive in July 2021 and Hot Pink reached No. 9 in May 2020.
