Doja Cat’s ‘Paint the Town Red’ Tops Hot 100 for Second Week, Taylor Swift’s ‘Cruel Summer’ Guidelines Radio

Jacob Webster

Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red” rebounds from No. 2 for its second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. The rapper/singer’s second profession chief, which first led three weeks earlier, is her first to reign for a number of weeks, after her “Say So,” that includes Nicki Minaj, spent per week at No. 1 in May 2020.

Plus, Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” rises 6-4 on the Hot 100 (after reaching No. 3) and ascends to the summit on the Radio Songs chart, turning into her eighth chief on the airplay rating.

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and gross sales knowledge, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of bodily singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles gross sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) websites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts (dated Oct. 7, 2023) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 3). For all chart information, you’ll be able to observe @billboard and @billboardcharts on each X, previously often called Twitter, and Instagram.

“Paint the Town Red,” launched on Kemosabe/RCA Records, drew 52.6 million radio airplay viewers impressions (up 17%) and 27.5 million streams (up 3%) and offered 6,000 downloads (down 19%) within the Sept. 22-28 monitoring week, in response to Luminate. It wins the Hot 100’s prime Airplay Gainer award for a second consecutive body.

The single climbs 3-1 on the Streaming Songs chart – turning into Doja Cat’s first chief on the checklist; provides a second week at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales; and pushes 9-7 on Radio Songs. It concurrently tops the multi-metric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a fifth and sixth week, respectively.

(As “Paint the Town Red” samples Dionne Warwick’s 1964 normal “Walk on By,” legendary late songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David are credited as writers on each songs. Doja Cat’s hit is Bacharach’s first multi-week chief, amongst eight whole No. 1s, since “That’s What Friends Are For” by Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder [four weeks in 1986]; David has his first multi-week No. 1, amongst 5 leaders, for the reason that Carpenters’ “[They Long To Be] Close to You” [four weeks, 1970].)

SZA’s “Snooze” rises 3-2 for a brand new Hot 100 excessive, with 72.9 million in radio viewers (up 4%), 17.5 million streams (down 18%) and a couple of,000 offered (down 35%); per week earlier, it jumped from No. 8 following the Sept. 15 launch of its remix that includes Justin Bieber. It tops the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart for a tenth week.

The music turns into SZA’s third to succeed in the Hot 100’s prime two – all this 12 months – following her first two No. 1s: “Kill Bill,” which led for per week in April, and Drake’s “Slime You Out,” on which she’s featured; the latter debuted at No. 1 per week earlier and falls to No. 12.

Luke Combs’ cowl of Tracy Chapman’s No. 6-peaking 1988 Hot 100 traditional “Fast Car” rides 4-3, following eight weeks at its No. 2 excessive. It provides a second week at No. 1 on the multi-metric Hot Country Songs chart.

Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” advances 6-4 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 3, and elevates 2-1 to crown the Radio Songs chart (76.1 million, up 2%). The music turns into Swift’s eighth Radio Songs chief, as she breaks out of a tie with Maroon 5, Katy Perry and Usher for the fourth-most for the reason that chart started in December 1990; Rihanna leads with 13 Radio Songs No. 1s, adopted by Mariah Carey (11) and Bruno Mars (9).

Here’s an up to date have a look at Swift’s Radio Songs No. 1s:

Title, Weeks at No. 1, Year(s):

As beforehand reported, “Cruel Summer” turns into Swift’s sole longest-leading No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart, the place it leads for an eighth week, surpassing her seven-week reign with “I Knew You Were Trouble.”

“Cruel Summer” was initially launched on Swift’s 2019 album Lover. Republic Records started selling it as a single in June, as Swift has carried out it on her The Eras Tour, her first through which she’s been capable of highlight songs from Lover, which was launched shortly earlier than the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Notably, the music is the second launched within the 2010s to prime Radio Songs this 12 months; The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Die for You” (additionally on Republic) dominated for 2 weeks in February, after it was initially launched, by The Weeknd solo, in 2016.

Meanwhile, with Radio Songs No. 1s within the 2000s, ’10s and ’20s, Swift is the one artist with leaders on the chart in every of the three many years, in addition to the one artist with No. 1s as a lead act in any three distinct many years, courting to the ‘90s.

Zach Bryan’s “I Remember Everything,” that includes Kacey Musgraves, holds at No. 5 on the Hot 100, 4 weeks after it debuted at No. 1. It leads the multi-metric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Rock Songs charts for a fifth week every.

Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” rebounds 8-6 on the Hot 100, following 16 weeks at No. 1, essentially the most ever for a non-collaboration; Olivia Rodrigo’s “Vampire” retains at No. 7, following two nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1; and Gunna’s “Fukumean” rises 9-8, after hitting No. 4.

Rema and Selena Gomez’s “Calm Down” returns to the Hot 100’s prime 10, lifting 11-9, after reaching No. 3. It guidelines the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart for a record-extending 57th week.

Rounding out the Hot 100’s prime 10,  Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night” is regular at No. 10, after hitting No. 6.

Again, for all chart information, you’ll be able to observe @billboard and @billboardcharts on each Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated Oct. 7), together with the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 3).

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