Plus, Ariana Grande debuts a 3rd music, ‘Breathin,’ from ‘Sweetener.’
Khalid and Normani every earn their first No. 1 on Billboard‘s Pop Songs radio airplay chart, as “Love Lies” rises 2-1 on the survey dated Sept. 22.
Khalid had beforehand peaked as excessive as No. three on Pop Songs as featured, with Alessia Cara, on Logic’s “1-800-273-8255” final November. Normani reigns in her first go to to the chart as a soloist; she first led as a member of Fifth Harmony, whose “Work From Home,” that includes Ty Dolla $ign, spent two weeks at No. 1 in June 2016.
The Pop Songs survey (which in 2017 celebrated its 25th anniversary) measures whole weekly performs, as tabulated by Nielsen Music, amongst its reporting panel of 163 mainstream high 40 stations.
Other highlights of Khalid and Normani’s coronation:
Longest journey to No. 1 for a duet: Reigning in its 24th week on Pop Songs, “Love Lies” completes the longest journey to No. 1 for a duet (by two equally-billed acts). It passes the 17-week ascent by Major Lazer and DJ Snake’s “Lean On,” that includes MO, in 2015.
Among all songs, solely three have made longer runs to No. 1 than “Love Lies,” led by Cara’s “Here” (26 weeks, 2015-16).
First soundtrack No. 1 since 2016: “Love Lies,” from the Love, Simon soundtrack (and launched on Fox/RCA Records), is the primary music launched from a soundtrack to high Pop Songs since Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling!,” from Trolls, for 3 weeks starting June 18, 2016.
5H Joins 1D & Destiny’s Child: Normani is the second member of Fifth Harmony (now on hiatus) to rule Pop Songs. Camila Cabello (who departed the group in December 2016) boasts three No. 1s: “Bad Things,” with Machine Gun Kelly (two weeks, 2017); “Havana,” that includes Young Thug (seven, 2017-18); and “Never Be the Same” (three, 2018).
5H is the third group to spin off at least two chart-topping members on Pop Songs. One Direction (which has by no means led the checklist) set the mark with three: (former member) Zayn (one No. 1), Niall Horan (one) and Liam Payne (one). Apart from Destiny’s Child, homeowners of two Pop Songs No. 1s, Kelly Rowland has scored one solo chief and Beyoncé, six.
Plus, Ariana Grande debuts at No. 38 on Pop Songs with “Breathin,” the third observe to succeed in the chart from her album Sweetener, which debuted at No. 1 on the Sept. 1-dated Billboard 200. The first two stay within the Pop Songs high 10: “God Is a Woman,” up 9-8 (a brand new peak), and former No. 1 lead single “No Tears Left to Cry,” which holds at No. 10.
“God” makes the chart’s third-greatest acquire (up 11 p.c in performs, in accordance with Nielsen Music), however Republic Records is already concurrently selling “Breathin,” as labels are contemplating whether or not to house single releases extra carefully collectively in period when followers can stream any music from an album upon its launch.
All charts will replace tomorrow (Sept. 18) on Billboard.com.
