Doja Cat is topping the Billboard Artist 100 chart for the first time in her career. That is due to her five charting singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and the continuing success of her “Planet Her” album.
The Weeknd assisted single “You Right,” sits in the middle at forty-three, while “Woman” recently peaked at seventh place.
“Need to Know” maintains the nineteenth spot, with the club anthem “Freaky Deaky” featuring LA native Tyga holding onto numero fifty-four. “Get Into It (Yuh)” rounds out the last spot for Doja Cat at seventy-three.
Lil Nas X and his county trap record “Old Town Road” has taken the world by storm. It blew up so much in fact that it managed to make history simultaneously landing on Billboard Hot 100, Hot Country Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts. But Billboard’s decision to remove it from the country chart has fans rallying behind the artist.
Sounds about white.
The move by the entertainment media brand has fans thinking the decision to remove the record from that specific chart was purely based on the fact Lil Nas X is black. The country-trap record managed to reach 19 on the Hot Country Songs list, but that’s as far as it got before it was subsequently removed. In a recent Rolling Stone article, Billboard explained that it told the rapper the song’s inclusion on the list was a “mistake.”
Billboard followed that up with a statement to the Rolling Stone that pretty much didn’t help matters at all and only added more fuel to the fire.
Via Billboard :
“Upon further review, it was determined that “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X does not currently merit inclusion on Billboard‘s country charts. When determining genres, a few factors are examined, but first and foremost is musical composition. While “Old Town Road” incorporates references to country and cowboy imagery, it does not embrace enough elements of today’s country music to chart in its current version.”
Riiiiggghhhht.
The song caught fire so fast that radio stations literally had to rip it off of the internet just to play it. On top of landing on Billboard’s charts, the infectious track which features a combination of banjo strings, catchy lyrics, and hard-hitting bass managed to land the top spot on the Global Apple Music chart. The visual that features cut-up clips of Red Dead Redemption 2 has amassed over 14 million views on Youtube and the song has generated over 35 million plays on Spotify.
So with stats like that its to be expected people are crying foul over Billboard’s shady decision. Hit the gallery below to see the responses from artists and fans to Lil Nas X’s song being removed from the country charts below.
Drake’s winning streak seems to have no end in near sight. He has broken another record set by arguably the world’s greatest rock and roll band.
According to Billboard, Drizzy is the king of the charts in 2018. With his recent feature on Bad Bunny’s “Mia” the Young Money Records MC has broken The Beatles’ 54-year old record for most Top 10 songs on Billboard’s “Hot 100” chart.
This year has been a monster year for Drake with the release of his fifth studio album Scorpion. Aside from the double-disc effort he has been a part of several big records as a featured artist.
.@Drake surpasses The Beatles as the artist with the most Hot 100 top 10 hits in a single calendar year (12).
This is not the first time Aubrey has knocked off Ringo, Paul, George and John. In July he had seven songs simultaneously on the Top 10 of the Hot 100 breaking their previous record of six.
With enough time Champagne Papi is bound to surpass the iconic group yet again. The Beatles slotted 34 songs on the Top 10 before they separated. The “In My Feelings” rapper currently has 32. Madonna holds the crown with 38.
