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Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” remains No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a 12th week, marking a rare feat for a woman with no male collaborators. The piece notes its multi-metric dominance, with 25.8 million streams, 49.7 million radio impressions and 9,000 digital singles sold in the latest tracking week, plus Langley’s ongoing presence in the Hot 100 top 10 and a 30th week atop the Hot Country Songs chart.
Chart Beat chronicles Clive Davis’s 36-year run as head of Columbia, Epic, Arista, LaFace/J Records and Bad Boy, listing every Hot 100 No. 1 produced under his watch, highlighted by Whitney Houston’s 11 No. 1s and a hall-of-fame roster from Simon & Garfunkel to Milli Vanilli, with each entry noting the debut date, artist/title, weeks at No. 1, and label.
Taylor Swift’s I Knew It, I Knew You stays No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a second week, taken from the Toy Story 5 soundtrack, marking her 15th Hot 100 leader and placing her third for most No. 1s in chart history. Olivia Rodrigo dominates the top 10 with four songs from her new album you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, including Stupid Song debuting at No. 3 and other tracks like Drop Dead (No. 4), The Cure (No. 6) and Honeybee (No. 9) also climbing into the upper tier.
Ariana Grande’s Hate That I Made You Love Me debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving her a 10th Hot 100 No. 1 and tying for the 10th-most No. 1s among women; the track, co-written and produced with Max Martin and ILYA, previews her upcoming Petal album and racked strong first-week numbers across streams, airplay and digital sales.
Drake breaks Michael Jackson’s solo-male record for the most No. 1s on the Billboard Hot 100, aided by the release of his three albums that led to a No. 1 debut and top chart performance, and he also ties Rihanna and Taylor Swift for the most No. 1s across all acts, with Beatles and Mariah Carey still ahead on the all-time list.
Drake becomes the first artist to reach 400 total Hot 100 entries as 42 charting songs appear this week—the most concurrent entries ever—driven by the simultaneous release of ICEMAN, HABIBTI and MAID OF HONOUR (debuts at Nos. 1, 2 and 3 on the Billboard 200). He also reclaims No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 for a 39th week.
Drake’s ‘Janice STFU’ debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving him his 14th No. 1 and extending his solo-male No. 1 record while fueling a single-week Hot 100 entry record of 42 songs; the tracks come from ICEMAN, HABIBTI and MAID OF HONOUR, which lock the top three spots on the Billboard 200.
Olivia Rodrigo’s 'Drop Dead' debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, her fourth career chart-topper and extending her record as the only artist born this century with multiple Hot 100 No. 1s; the debut benefits from streaming, airplay and sales, and coincides with buzz for her upcoming album You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, due June 12.
RM thanked fans after BTS’s comeback album ARIRANG led both Billboard charts, with lead single SWIM debuting at No. 1 on the Hot 100 and the 200, marking BTS’s seventh Hot 100 No. 1 and seventh 200 No. 1. ARIRANG posted 641,000 equivalent album units (532,000 pure sales), the largest week for a group since the chart began, while BTS also dominated the Global 200 top 10 and achieved a first on Global Excl. U.S. as ARIRANG held all top 10 spots. RM shared the news on Instagram with “Sendin my luv and gratitude.”
Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” returns to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a second week as Megan Moroney’s “Cloud 9” debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, marking the first time two women in country music lead the Hot 100 and the 200 simultaneously. Langley co-wrote the track with Miranda Lambert and Luke Dick and Joybeth Taylor, and co-produced it with Ben West; the single also dominates Hot Country Songs for a 14th week, with Langley’s album Dandelion due April 10. The article notes streaming, radio airplay, and sales figures for the period (20.4M streams, 41.8M radio impressions, 6,000 sold) and places the chart move in the broader Hot 100 rundown.
Taylor Swift shared makeup-free behind‑the‑scenes clips from the Opalite recording with Max Martin and Shellback, celebrating the track’s No. 1 status on the Billboard Hot 100 and posting intimate studio moments on Instagram.
Taylor Swift marked Opalite’s No. 1 debut on the Billboard Hot 100—her 14th Hot 100 chart-topper and her first two No. 1s since 2014’s 1989—sharing Instagram behind‑the‑scenes footage from studio sessions with Max Martin and Shellback and thanking fans. The Opalite single is from her twelfth studio album The Life of a Showgirl, whose video features Domhnall Gleeson and cameos from Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith, Lewis Capaldi and Cillian Murphy; it was shot on film. The lead single from the album is The Fate of Ophelia.
Taylor Swift’s Opalite rises to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving her 14 career No. 1s and tying Rihanna for the most Hot 100 leaders in history (beat by the Beatles at 20 and Mariah Carey at 19). The win was driven by stronger radio play and sales (168,000 copies, including 144,000 physicals), aided by Billboard’s rule change that excludes free YouTube streams and Swift’s two-day exclusive video on paid services.
Taylor Swift’s “Opalite” climbs to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving her a 14th Hot 100 leader and tying Rihanna for third-most all-time; the rise is powered by a sales surge (including physical copies) and new remixes, making it her ninth Hot 100 No. 1 since 2020 and marking a second No. 1 from her 2025 album The Life of a Showgirl.
Bad Bunny’s Spanish-language single DtMF rockets from No. 10 to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 after his Super Bowl LX halftime show, marking his second Hot 100 leader and first solo No. 1. The track leads the week’s streaming, airplay, and sales in the U.S. and helps place four Bad Bunny songs in the Hot 100 top 10, all tied to his Super Bowl performance.