official chart BB200: Scarlet #4 72k, Tension #21, Rod blocks Olivia by 500 copies

[B-Luke]

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Rod Wave spends a second week atop the Billboard 200 chart (dated Oct. 7) with Nostalgia, after debuting at No. 1 a week ago. The set earned 88,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Sept. 28 (down 36%) according to Luminate. It’s the first of his three No. 1s to have led for multiple weeks.

 

Of Nostalgia’s 88,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Sept. 28, SEA units comprise 87,500 (equaling 124.51 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 18 songs), album sales comprise 500, and TEA units comprise a negligible sum.

Nostalgia’s 88,000 sum is the smallest total for a No. 1 album in seven months, since SZA’s SOS led the list dated March 4 with 87,000 units.

Olivia Rodrigo’s chart-topping Guts holds at No. 2 on the new Billboard 200 (87,500 equivalent album units; down 34%) and Morgan Wallen’s former No. 1 One Thing at a Time climbs one rung to No. 3 (73,000; down 3%).

Doja Cat captures her third top 10 album on the Billboard 200, all notched consecutively, as her new studio set Scarlet starts at No. 4 with nearly 72,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 65,000 (equaling 88.35 million on-demand official audio and video streams of the set’s 17 songs), album sales comprise 6,000 (the set was only available as a digital download, CD and in a deluxe boxed set with a T-shirt and CD) and TEA units comprise 1,000. The digital and streaming edition of the album was available in a standard 15-song edition and a deluxe 17-track version.

 

Scarlet was preceded by three charting songs on the Billboard Hot 100: “Demons,” “Paint the Town Red” and “Attention.” “Paint the Town Red” became her second No. 1 on the Hot 100 on the Sept. 16-dated chart (following 2020’s “Say So,” featuring Nicki Minaj).

Doja Cat previously hit the top 10 on the Billboard 200 with Planet Her (No. 2 in 2021) and Hot Pink (No. 9 in 2020).

Zach Bryan’s chart-topping self-titled album falls 3-5 on the new Billboard 200 (66,000 equivalent album units; down 16%), SZA’s SOS dips 5-6 (49,000; down 7%) and Travis Scott’s former leader Utopia descends 6-7 (just over 44,000; down 6%).

A second Bryan album appears in the top 10, as his new five-song Boys of Faith project bows at No. 8 with 43,500 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 39,000 (equaling 50.35 million on-demand official audio and video streams of the set’s songs), album sales comprise 4,000 and TEA units comprise 500. Boys of Faith is the third top 10-charting effort for Bryan, and second in 2023, following his self-titled No. 1, which debuted at the summit just four weeks earlier. He has also hit the top 10 with the No. 5-peaking American Heartbreak in 2022.

Rounding out the top 10 on the new Billboard 200 is Peso Pluma’s Génesis (moving 7-9 with 43,000 equivalent album units earned; down 7%) and Taylor Swift’s former leader Midnights (8-10 with 42,000; up less than 1%).

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#1 (=) Rod Wave - Nostalgia (88k total / 87.5k SEA / 500 pure sales)

#2 (=) Olivia Rodrigo - Guts (87.5k total)

#3 (+1) Morgan Wallen - One Thing at a Time (73k total)

#4 (NEW) Doja Cat - Scarlet (72k total / 65k SEA / 6k pure sales / 1k TEA)

#5 (-2) Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan (66k total)

#6 (-1) SZA - SOS (49k total)

#7 (-1) Travis Scott - Utopia (44k total)

#8 (NEW) Zach Bryan - Boys of Faith (43.5k total / 39k SEA / 4k pure sales / 500 TEA)

#9 (-2) Peso Pluma - Génesis (43k total)

#10 (-2) Taylor Swift - Midnights (42k total)

 

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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 career leader, which first led three weeks earlier, is her first to reign for multiple weeks, after her “Say So,” featuring Nicki Minaj, spent a 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, becoming her eighth leader on the airplay ranking.

 

“Paint the Town Red,” released on Kemosabe/RCA Records, drew 52.6 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 17%) and 27.5 million streams (up 3%) and sold 6,000 downloads (down 19%) in the Sept. 22-28 tracking week, according to Luminate. It wins the Hot 100’s top Airplay Gainer award for a second consecutive frame.

The single climbs 3-1 on the Streaming Songs chart – becoming Doja Cat’s first leader on the list; adds 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 standard “Walk on By,” legendary late songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David are credited as writers on both songs. Doja Cat’s hit is Bacharach’s first multi-week leader, among eight total 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, among five leaders, since the Carpenters’ “[They Long To Be] Close to You” [four weeks, 1970].)

 

SZA’s “Snooze” rises 3-2 for a new Hot 100 high, with 72.9 million in radio audience (up 4%), 17.5 million streams (down 18%) and 2,000 sold (down 35%); a week earlier, it jumped from No. 8 following the Sept. 15 release of its remix featuring Justin Bieber. It tops the multi-metric Hot R&B Songs chart for a 10th week.

The song becomes SZA’s third to reach the Hot 100’s top two – all this year – following her first two No. 1s: “Kill Bill,” which led for a week in April, and Drake’s “Slime You Out,” on which she’s featured; the latter debuted at No. 1 a week earlier and falls to No. 12.

Luke Combs’ cover of Tracy Chapman’s No. 6-peaking 1988 Hot 100 classic “Fast Car” rides 4-3, following eight weeks at its No. 2 high. It adds 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 song becomes Swift’s eighth Radio Songs leader, as she breaks out of a tie with Maroon 5, Katy Perry and Usher for the fourth-most since the chart began in December 1990; Rihanna leads with 13 Radio Songs No. 1s, followed by Mariah Carey (11) and Bruno Mars (nine).

Here’s an updated look at Swift’s Radio Songs No. 1s:

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

• “Cruel Summer,” one, to date, 2023
• “Anti-Hero,” five, 2022-23
• “Wildest Dreams,” two, 2015
• “Bad Blood” (feat. Kendrick Lamar), five, 2015
• “Blank Space,” six, 2014-15
• “Shake It Off,” four, 2014
• “I Knew You Were Trouble.,” four, 2013
• “You Belong With Me,” two, 2009

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

“Cruel Summer” was originally released on Swift’s 2019 album Lover. Republic Records began promoting it as a single in June, as Swift has performed it on her The Eras Tour, her first in which she’s been able to spotlight songs from Lover, which was released shortly before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Notably, the song is the second released in the 2010s to top Radio Songs this year; The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Die for You” (also on Republic) dominated for two weeks in February, after it was originally released, by The Weeknd solo, in 2016.

Meanwhile, with Radio Songs No. 1s in the 2000s, ’10s and ’20s, Swift is the only artist with leaders on the chart in each of the three decades, as well as the only artist with No. 1s as a lead act in any three distinct decades, dating to the ‘90s.

Zach Bryan’s “I Remember Everything,” featuring Kacey Musgraves, holds at No. 5 on the Hot 100, four 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 each.

Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” rebounds 8-6 on the Hot 100, following 16 weeks at No. 1, the most ever for a non-collaboration; Olivia Rodrigo’s “Vampire” keeps 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 top 10, lifting 11-9, after reaching No. 3. It rules the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart for a record-extending 57th week.

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

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#1 (+1) Doja Cat - Paint the Town Red

#2 (+1) SZA - Snooze

#3 (+1) Luke Combs - Fast Car

#4 (+2) Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer

#5 (=) Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything

#6 (+2) Morgan Wallen - Last Night

#7 (=) Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire

#8 (+1) Gunna - FukUMean

#9 (+2) Rema & Selena Gomez - Calm Down

#10 (=) Dua Lipa - Dance the Night

Edited October 3, 2023 by B-Luke

[jesus del rey]

STOMP STOMP STOMP  

[princedonte]

She said what she said. 

[wish]

PTTR is a mega smash and nobody can take that away from her

[Cryptique]

An UNDENIABLE Global Mega SMASH

[Bloodflowers.]

multiple week solo number one hit

[qurl]

all this does is make her album numbers that much more confusing to me ….. i mean really wtf went wrong ?

[QueenofCopyPaste]

1 minute ago, qurl said:

all this does is make her album numbers that much more confusing to me ….. i mean really wtf went wrong ?

the non fans are not checking the alberm

 

just PTTR

[WheresJay]

Just now, QueenofCopyPaste said:

the non fans are not checking the alberm

 

just PTTR

It's also a real RAP album and I don't think real rap fans know to even check for it because of her pop track record. 

[Karla Cabello]

flop era 

[Brave_]

4 minutes ago, qurl said:

all this does is make her album numbers that much more confusing to me ….. i mean really wtf went wrong ?

Every new fan she got from Planet Her was driven away by her conditioning everyone into thinking they wouldn’t get what they liked from Planet Her. So what was left was her core…which isn’t big

[ImsoLOUD]

yes paint  yes town yes red 

[Stepfon]

42 weeks and still hitting a new peak DESERVES #1 

[Devin]

Snooze at #2  Congrats to Doja and SZA

[Brikenbur]

Dionne Warwick* back at No. 1 

Edited October 2, 2023 by Brikenbur

[illia]

Agora Hills next

[Cryptique]

13 minutes ago, qurl said:

all this does is make her album numbers that much more confusing to me ….. i mean really wtf went wrong ?

I think she's the new Rihanna.. mehhh debuts but great longevity thanks to the hits

 

I mean when u think about it.. 50k is the new 100k and most of Rihanna's albums debuted around 150k, no?

[fijitears]

YES SZA YES Doja 

[TalkThatRihanna]

9 minutes ago, Stepfon said:

42 weeks and still hitting a new peak DESERVES #1 

This album’s success is so underrated  And there’s still “Low” that can be a hit before the Deluxe is released

[qurl]

8 minutes ago, Brave_ said:

Every new fan she got from Planet Her was driven away by her conditioning everyone into thinking they wouldn’t get what they liked from Planet Her. So what was left was her core…which isn’t big

 

13 minutes ago, QueenofCopyPaste said:

the non fans are not checking the alberm

 

just PTTR

i can understand some of this but i mean ….. she had people in the PALM of her hand with Planet Her. there were “non-rap fans” that were vibing to Ain’t $h!t … she had so much rap, pop, R&B appeal from that album and while i can recognize this album has a lot more straightforward rap on it it really doesn’t  make sense TO ME that she’s flushed so much of that goodwill and recognition from that album down the toilet so quickly.

 

i’ve said this before but i fear she’s really gonna be stuck in artistic/development hell after this album …… there’s no way the label is going to look at her marketing appeal from Planet Her to this album and just let her run her own course after this

[Stepfon]

3 minutes ago, TalkThatRihanna said:

This album’s success is so underrated  And there’s still “Low” that can be a hit before the Deluxe is released

The SMASH waiting to happen! 

[dabunique]

one more week for PTTR to tie da record for longest solo rap female song at number one

 

Doja now goes into a tie for fourth place for most weeks at number one for a female rapper with 3 weeks (tied with Nicki)

[Revel]

SZA & Doja STOMPING as they should

[By the Water]

Cruel Summer #1 on radio 

 

Lover now joins Fearless, Red, 1989 and Midnights as her only albums with a radio #1 

[naval23]

Cruel Summer being her 2nd radio #1 since Wildest Dreams after Anti-Hero is crazy 

 

Lover being #4 in its 21st week when all the Lover singles departed after their 20th week 

 

Reaching #1 in radio - she could easily do something a music video, a remix to get this to #1