Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” adds a 13th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song, which became the singer-songwriter’s first leader in July, extends 2024’s longest reign. It also now boasts outright the third-longest command this decade.
The track additionally furthers the longest No. 1 run of 2024 on the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart, adding a 17th week in the top spot.
Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” bounds four spots to No. 2 on the Hot 100, achieving a new high, and marking her top rank since 2020, following the release of its official video.
Plus, The Weeknd and Playboi Carti’s “Timeless” soars onto the Hot 100 at No. 3. With the song, which starts as the week’s most-streamed title, The Weekend earns his 19th top 10, and highest career debut, and Playboi Carti notches his fifth top 10.
The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts (dated Oct. 12, 2024) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Oct. 8). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
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‘Tipsy’ Airplay, Streams & Sales
“A Bar Song (Tipsy),” on American Dogwood/EMPIRE (with country radio promotion by Magnolia Music), totaled 76.2 million radio airplay audience impressions (down 3%), 26.7 million official streams (down 4%) and 8,000 sold (down 4%) in the United States Sept. 27-Oct. 3.
The track posts a 10th week at No. 1 on the Radio Songs chart; drops to No. 2 after seven weeks at No. 1 on Streaming Songs; and keeps at No. 2 following 13 weeks at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales.
Making its latest mark on radio, “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” is the first of seven songs that have topped the Country Airplay and all-format Radio Songs charts to lead the latter for at least 10 weeks (dating to the lists’ 1990 inceptions, and the latter’s 1998 expansion to include country panelists, among other format reporters). Below is a recap of their reigns, with all seven songs having achieved both country and pop/adult crossover radio prominence; notably, three of the four longest such Radio Songs dominations have occurred in just over the past year.
Radio Songs No. 1s That Have Also Topped Country Airplay:
- “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Shaboozey, 10 weeks at No. 1 to date on Radio Songs, 2024
- “I Had Some Help,” Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen, five, 2024
- “Meant To Be,” Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line, five, 2018
- “Fast Car,” Luke Combs, four, 2023
- “Need You Now,” Lady A, two, 2010
- “You Belong With Me,” Taylor Swift, two, 2009
- “I Hope,” Gabby Barrett feat. Charlie Puth (Barrett was solely credited on Country Airplay; Puth joined for its pop remix), one week, 2020
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Most Weeks at No. 1 on Hot 100 in 2024
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” extends the longest stay at No. 1 on the Hot 100 this year, as it more than doubles up on its closest competitor. Here’s a look at the songs that have led for multiple weeks since January:
- 13 weeks, “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Shaboozey, beginning July 13
- 6, “I Had Some Help,” Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen, beginning May 25
- 5, “Lovin On Me,” Jack Harlow (*6 total weeks at No. 1, beginning Dec. 2, 2023)
- 3, “Like That,” Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar, beginning April 6
- 2, “Not Like Us,” Kendrick Lamar, beginning May 18
- 2, “Fortnight,” Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone, beginning May 4
- 2, “Texas Hold ‘Em,” Beyoncé, beginning March 2
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Hits With the Most Weeks at No. 1 This Decade
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” now solely has the third-most weeks spent at No. 1 on the Hot 100 in the 2020s. Here’s a recap:
- 16 weeks, “Last Night,” Morgan Wallen, 2023
- 15, “As It Was,” Harry Styles, 2022
- 13 (to date), “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Shaboozey, 2024
- 12, “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Mariah Carey, 2020-23 (*14 total weeks at No. 1, including its first two on charts dated in December 2019)
- 11, “The Box,” Roddy Ricch, 2020
- 10, “Easy on Me,” Adele, 2021
- 10, “Butter,” BTS, 2021
“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” is now one of only 16 No. 1s in the Hot 100’s history to amass 13 or more weeks on top – an honor that a mere 1.4% of all No. 1s have achieved. All 16 hits have led since the chart adopted electronically-monitored Luminate data in November 1991, at which point longer reigns than before subsequently became more common; since then, 3.9% of all No. 1s have led for 13 or more weeks.
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‘Feather’ Flies to No. 2
Image Credit: Petros Studio Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” ascends 6-2 on the Hot 100, surpassing its prior No. 5 high. Following the Sept. 27 premiere of its official video, the song drew 24.2 million streams, up 16%, and sold 5,000, up 30%, in the week ending Oct. 3. It also scored 52.2 million in airplay audience (up less than 1%).
With the song’s flight, Eilish ties her second-highest Hot 100 rank, last reached in November 2020, among her seven top 10s:
- No. 1 peak, one week, Aug. 24, 2019, “Bad Guy”
- No. 2 (to date), Oct. 12, 2024, “Birds of a Feather”
- No. 2, Nov. 28, 2020, “Therefore I Am”
- No. 5, June 1, 2024, “Lunch”
- No. 6, Aug. 15, 2020, “My Future”
- No. 8, Nov. 30, 2019, “Everything I Wanted”
- No. 10, May 15, 2021, “Your Power”
“Birds of a Feather” concurrently tops the multimetric Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts for a ninth week each.
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The Weeknd, Playboi Carti Debut at No. 3
Image Credit: Gunner Stahl The Weeknd and Playboi Carti’s “Timeless” clocks in with a No. 3 Hot 100 debut, marking The Weeknd’s highest career bow. Released Sept. 27, the track opens with 28.6 million streams, 5.1 million in airplay audience and 6,000 sold in its first week.
The Weekend earns his 19th top 10 and Playboi Carti, his fifth. The collaboration also launches at No. 1 on Streaming Songs, where the acts lead for a fourth and second time, respectively.
Additionally, “Timeless” enters at No. 1 both the multimetric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot R&B Songs charts. The Weeknd now claims nine and 12 leaders on the respective charts; Playboi Carti collects his second No. 1 on the former and his first on the latter.
The Weeknd and Playboi Carti previously charted alongside one another with “Popular,” also with Madonna. The single hit No. 3 on Hot R&B Songs, No. 14 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, No. 29 on Streaming Songs and No. 43 on the Hot 100 last year.
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Rest of the Top 10: ‘I Had Some Help’ & More
Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help,” featuring Morgan Wallen, falls 2-4 on the Hot 100, following six weeks at No. 1 beginning upon its debut in May.
Sabrina Carpenter boasts three songs in the Hot 100’s top 10 for a sixth consecutive week. “Espresso” slips to No. 5 from its No. 3 high, having become her first top 10; “Taste” holds at No. 9, after it debuted at its No. 2 best; and “Please Please Please” drops 8-10, after it became her first No. 1 in June. Thanks to the trio of hits – all from Carpenter’s album Short n’ Sweet, which rebounds for a fourth week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 – she has become one of seven acts, dating back to The Beatles, that have tripled up in the top 10 for six consecutive weeks or more. Click here for a full rundown.
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” backtracks 5-6 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 3, and Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!” falls to No. 7 from its No. 4 Hot 100 high.
Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control,” which led the Hot 100 for a week in March, descends 7-8. It also ties for the sixth-most weeks spent in the top 10 over the chart’s history:
- 57 weeks, “Blinding Lights,” The Weeknd, 2020-21
- 44, “Stay,” The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, 2021-22
- 41, “Last Night,” Morgan Wallen, 2023-24
- 41, “Levitating,” Dua Lipa, 2021
- 39, “Circles,” Post Malone, 2019-20
- 38, “Lose Control,” Teddy Swims, 2024
- 38, “As It Was,” Harry Styles, 2022-23
- 37, “Heat Waves,” Glass Animals, 2021-22
Plus, “Lose Control” logs a 60th total week on the Hot 100. It’s just the 28th entry to reach the milestone, of the over 31,000 hits that have ever appeared on the chart. (Listed above, “Heat Waves” spent a record 91 weeks on the survey, followed by “Blinding Lights,” with 90.)
