Halsey earns her second No. 1, and first in a lead role, on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, as "Without Me" rises from No. 2 to the summit.
"Without Me," released on Capitol Records, becomes the 1,081st No. 1 in the Hot 100's 60-year history. The track dips to No. 2 on the Digital Song Sales chart after six weeks at No. 1 with 39,000 downloads sold, down 16 percent, in the week ending Jan. 3, according to Nielsen Music (with most songs on the survey down in sales after robust holiday gains). It lifts 4-3 on Radio Songs, up 4 percent to 95.5 million airplay audience impressions in the week ending Jan. 6, and bounds 12-4 on Streaming Songs (as several holiday songs retreat; see below), up 1 percent to 32.4 million U.S. streams in the week ending Jan. 3.
Halsey's second Hot 100 No. 1: Halsey tallies her second Hot 100 No. 1, following her 12-week run at the summit in September-November 2016 as featured on The Chainsmokers' "Closer." She first appeared on the chart dated Sept. 19, 2015, with "New Americana," which reached No. 60 in January 2016.
Halsey is the eighth woman to notch multiple Hot 100 No. 1s this decade. Rihanna, who leads all artists in that span, boasts nine No. 1s in the 2010s, followed by Katy Perry (eight), Taylor Swift (five), Adele (four), Cardi B, Kesha (three each), P!nk and Britney Spears (two each). (Bruno Mars paces male soloists with seven Hot 100 No. 1s in the 2010s, while Maroon 5 is the leading duo or group, with three.)
Capitol's first No. 1 since 2014: Capitol Records celebrates its first Hot 100 leader in nearly five years, since Perry's "Dark Horse," featuring Juicy J, spent four weeks at No. 1 beginning on Feb. 8, 2014.
A stat you can't do 'without': Halsey's "Without Me" takes over as the top-charting song titled "Without Me" in the Hot 100's archives; Eminem's hit of the same name rose to No. 2 in 2002. One other such-titled composition has hit the Hot 100: Fantasia's, featuring Kelly Rowland and Missy Elliott, reached No. 74 in 2013. (Conversely, 11 singles titled "Without You" have appeared on the Hot 100, with one hitting No. 1: by Nilsson, in 1972.)
"Without Me" is the eighth Hot 100 No. 1 with "without" in its title, following: "My Life Would Suck Without You," by Kelly Clarkson, in 2009; "Love Will Never Do (Without You) (Janet Jackson, 1991); "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection" (Nelson, 1990); "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" (Michael Bolton, 1990); "With or Without You" (U2, 1987); "Without You" (Nilsson, 1972); and "A World Without Love," by Peter and Gordon, the only other such No. 1 released on Capitol; written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, it led in June 1964.
Meanwhile, "me" makes its 65th appearance in a No. 1 Hot 100 song title. The Fleetwoods' "Come Softly to Me" became the first, in 1959, while Swift's "Look What You Made Me Do" was the last until "Without Me," in 2017.
'Eastside' up, too: Halsey concurrently climbs 21-11 on the Hot 100 with "Eastside," with Benny Blanco and Khalid. The collab, which previously reached a No. 16 Hot 100 high in December, keeps at No. 7 on Radio Songs (72.3 million, up 2 percent) and No. 13 on Digital Song Sales (14,000, down 22 percent) and re-enters Streaming Songs at No. 24 (16.5 million, up 10 percent).
Source via Billboard | Article Written by Gary Trust 1/7/2019