charts discussion Cruel Summer skyrockets to #1 on pop radio, breaks record for most #1s

[Michael196]

Pop: #1. (+2) *New Peak*
- Spins: 15,010 (+205)
- Audience: 47.083m (+0.560m)

 

in a little over a month after it’s adds date, Cruel Summer reaches the top of Mediabase’s Pop radio without needing a radio deal, it becomes her 13th breaking a tie for third place for most number-ones and tomorrow it will top Billboard’s chart breaking a four-way tie and becoming the artist with the most #1s 

It’s the first #1 off Lover.

 

Artists with most number-one singles:

1. Taylor - 12

2. Rihanna, Katy, Maroon 5 - 11

3. Bieber - 10

4. Bruno, P!nk, Ariana - 9

5. Timberlake - 8

6. Beyoncé, Gaga - 7

 

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

• “Cruel Summer,” one (to date), 2023
• “Karma,” one, 2023
• “Anti-Hero,” three, 2022-23
• “Delicate,” one, 2018
• “Look What You Made Me Do,” one, 2017
• “Wildest Dreams,” two, 2015
• “Bad Blood” (feat. Kendrick Lamar), five, 2015
• “Style,” three, 2015
• “Blank Space,” six, 2014-15
• “Shake It Off,” two, 2014|
• “I Knew You Were Trouble,” seven, 2013
• “Love Story,” one, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Feanor]

Artists with the most career #1’s in US Pop Radio (Mediabase) chart history:

15 - Madonna

14 - Mariah Carey

13 - Taylor Swift

12 - Justin Bieber

11 - Katy Perry | Michael Jackson | Rihanna | Whitney Houston

10 - Maroon 5 | Justin Timberlake

 

Two more until she ties Madonna's Mediabase record, 3 and she'll be the all time champ… 

[FolkLover1989]

3 minutes ago, Feanor said:

Artists with the most career #1’s in US Pop Radio (Mediabase) chart history:

15 - Madonna

14 - Mariah Carey

13 - Taylor Swift

12 - Justin Bieber

11 - Katy Perry | Michael Jackson | Rihanna | Whitney Houston

10 - Maroon 5 | Justin Timberlake

 

Two more until she ties Madonna's Mediabase record, 3 and she'll be the all time champ… 

She will have to release really terrible singles again to lose this power

[FolkLover1989]

@Michael196 what about YBWM?

[marmito]

I don't like this song at all

 

Thank god this is only happening in USA. 

[FolkLover1989]

1 minute ago, marmito said:

I don't like this song at all

 

Thank god this is only happening in USA. 

The song is actually super global and it hasn't gotten any push yet outside of TTH

 

 

[jim19911126]

This song deserves to be a global smash, perfect for summer, and the energy is always out of chart, and the BRIDGE!!!

[Green]

34 minutes ago, FolkLover1989 said:

@Michael196 what about YBWM?

 

It didn't reach #1 on Billboard Pop Airplay. It peaked at #2 there

[Peak Now]

Talent always wins!

[Heartbreak Prince]

Cruel Summer finally having its moment feels so correct

[Michael196]

7 minutes ago, FolkLover1989 said:

@Michael196 what about YBWM?

it's her only one to top the mediabase chart but fail to do the same on the BB one (despite it being her longest charting one on BB)

[DuffStan]

Wow what went right?

[Michael196]

8 minutes ago, marmito said:

I don't like this song at all

 

Thank god this is only happening in USA. 

Well…

 

Official charts: #2023 peak so far (#2019 peak)

 

#1 (=) Philippines

#1 (=) Singapore (#8)

#3 (=) Australia (#22)

#3 (=) UK (#27)

#4 (=) Japan (Billboard)

#5 (=) Indonesia

#5 (=) New Zealand (#20)

#7 (=) Canada (#28)

#7 (=) US (#29)

#8 (+1) Malaysia (#13)

#12 (+13) Vietnam

#12 (=) Ireland (#20)

#13 (+3) Latvia

#20 (=) Greece (#57)

#34 (=) Austria

#34 (+2) Switzerland

#43 (=) Germany

#48 (=) Portugal (#94)

#52 (=) Slovakia (#100)

#53 (=) Czech Republic (#84)

#57 (=) Lithuania

#65 (=) Netherlands

 

 

#3 (=) Global 200 (Billboard)

#6 (=) Global Excl. US (Billboard)

 

[enchanted0]

Only the queen of streaming, radio, pure sales, tour and acclaim  

[marmito]

4 minutes ago, Michael196 said:

Well…

 

 

Official charts: #2023 peak so far (#2019 peak)

 

#1 (=) Philippines

#1 (=) Singapore (#8)

#3 (=) Australia (#22)

#3 (=) UK (#27)

#4 (=) Japan (Billboard)

#5 (=) Indonesia

#5 (=) New Zealand (#20)

#7 (=) Canada (#28)

#7 (=) US (#29)

#8 (+1) Malaysia (#13)

#12 (+13) Vietnam

#12 (=) Ireland (#20)

#13 (+3) Latvia

#20 (=) Greece (#57)

#34 (=) Austria

#34 (+2) Switzerland

#43 (=) Germany

#48 (=) Portugal (#94)

#52 (=) Slovakia (#100)

#53 (=) Czech Republic (#84)

#57 (=) Lithuania

#65 (=) Netherlands

 

 

#3 (=) Global 200 (Billboard)

#6 (=) Global Excl. US (Billboard)

 

The standards

[TaggedGalaxy]

What it deserves

[MingYouToo]

New Romantics TV will WASH it I fear in 2024

[Peroxide]

4 minutes ago, marmito said:

The standards

For a song which is 4 years old...? Yes, this is incredible.

[Feanor]

38 minutes ago, FolkLover1989 said:

She will have to release really terrible singles again to lose this power

Well she already squandered her pop radio power once before with her post-'1989' single choices, so let's hope she doesn't do it again this time.

[B-Luke]

Hot 100 next?

[JorgeM]

42 minutes ago, marmito said:

I don't like this song at all

 

Thank god this is only happening in USA. 

You just need to check Spotify charts and it is charting literally everywhere, from latam countries to continental Europe to Japan 

[cruelhprince]

it's a cruel summer for OTHs 

[Haschwalth]

crazy how she recovered from the rep-lover slump

is there still a chance for cs to hit #1 or at least top 5 on the bb hot 100 as well?

[Peroxide]

9 minutes ago, Haschwalth said:

crazy how she recovered from the rep-lover slump

is there still a chance for cs to hit #1 or at least top 5 on the bb hot 100 as well?

And even then... Rep/Lover were both still monstrously successful eras in their own right.

 

Truly in a lane of her own.

[Ger]

Damn, it skyrocketed indeed, it's probably her best received song in YEARS! GP clearly loves it and I don't blame them, I started appreciating it more while listening to radio, it sounds fantastic, as it belongs there. The initial robotic "yeah yeah" is such a great start, it makes you want to turn the volume up.

 

Congratulations Taylor