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The Chainsmokers dethrone Sia and take over the top of the Hot 100 chart. This is the first time they have ever topped the chart and the same is true of Halsey who is featured on “Closer”. The Hot 100 top 10 mostly just shuffles around a bit with Adele rejoining and Rihanna leaving.
1 (6) Chainsmokers “Closer” f. Halsey 116K (44%) [#1], 49M AI (41%), 23.1M streams (+24%) [#1], 16.3M On-Demand (16%) [#1]
2 (1) Sia “Cheap Thrills” f. Sean Paul 56K (-8%), 155M AI [#1} (2%), 12.5M streams (-4%)
3 (2) Major Lazer “Cold Water” f. Justin Bieber & MØ: 63K (-4%), 75M AI (+15%), 20.2M streams (+3%)
4 (4) Twenty One Pilots “Heathens” 82K (-8%), 29M AI (33%), 19.6M streams (+2%)
5 (3) Calvin Harris “This is What You Came For” f. Rihanna 134M AI (-1%); 13.6M (-6%)
6 (7) Twenty One Pilot “Ride”
7 (5) Drake “One Dance” f. Wizkid & Kyla
8 (8) The Chainsmokers “Don’t Let Me Down” f. Daya
9 (9) Justin Timberlake “Can’t Stop the Feeling”
10 (11) Adele “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)”
HDD has Spotify numbers featuring nobody we track.
The latest person to be sued for copyright infringement is Demi Lovato. Sleigh Bells claims that she stole from “Infinity Guitars” to make “Stars”. “The combination of the hand claps and bass drum, structured as quarter beats and a rest, with the bass drum providing a counter-rhythm to the hand claps, is at least substantially similar in both works”. Hand claps and drums! Truly an original thought. Demi was a judge on the US version of X-Factor.
