The band extends its chart-stopping span atop the Hot 100 to over 11 years.
Maroon 5‘s “Girls Like You,” that includes Cardi B, ascends to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Sept. 29), as previously reported, and frontman Adam Levine is celebrating the group’s return to the highest.
“Reaching this milestone once more is a dream for this band,” Levine tells Billboard.
Maroon 5 — which is set to play the Super Bowl LII halftime show, although the NFL has not formally introduced the information but — earns its fourth Hot 100 No. 1, extending its profession chart-topping span to over 11 years. “Makes Me Wonder” led for 3 weeks starting in May 2007, adopted by “Moves Like Jagger,” that includes Christina Aguilera (4 weeks, 2011) and “One More Night,” (9, 2012).
“We had confidence, however once you’ve achieved this for so long as we have now, you might be all the time conscious that there are not any ensures till the individuals have spoken,” Levine says. “For this to occur all these years later is really a particular present.”
As it crowns the Hot 100 (and Cardi B turns into the primary feminine rapper with three No. 1s on the chart), “Girls” leads the Radio Songs survey for a ninth week (127.6 million in airplay viewers, in line with Nielsen Music) and ranks at No. four on Digital Song Sales (21,000 bought) and No. 10 on Streaming Songs (25.four million U.S. streams).
The tune is the primary pop hit to prime the Hot 100 since Camila Cabello’s “Havana,” that includes Young Thug, on the chart dated Jan. 27, ending a record 34-week streak of rap No. 1s.
