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Cardi B.’s “Bodak Yellow” becomes the first song by a solo female rapper (no features) to top the Hot 100 for 3 weeks. “Mi Gente” gets a lift into the top 10 by Beyonce while an ad for Microsoft’s Surface Laptop gives “Thunder” from Imagine Dragons a boost.
1 (1) Cardi B. “Bodak Yellow” 45K (-18%), 47.6M streams (-1%), 72M AI (+4%)
2 (2) Post Malone “Rockstar” 49.7M streams [#1] (+16%)
3 (21) J Balvin and Willy Williams “Mi Gente” featuring Beyonce 79K [#1] (+436%), 28.7M streams (+50%), 46M AI (+18%)
4 (4) Logic “1-800-283-8255” featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid
5 (3) Taylor Swift “Look What You Made Me Do”
6 (7) Portugal. The Man “Feel it Still”
7 (17) Imagine Dragons “Thunder” 76K (+17%), 14.7M streams (+15%), 50M (+35%)
8 (10) Demi Lovato 19.7M streams (~0%), 65M AI (+15%)
9 (5) Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee “Despacito” featuring Justin Bieber
10 (6) French Montana “Unforgettable” featuring Swae Lee
Lindsay Stirling has a Christmas album planned for this year. “Warmer in the Winter” is set to hit stores on October 20th. Her competition is 98 Degrees, Sia, Cheap Trick and Hanson.