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An appearance on SNL and the release of a video that has people talking propels Childish Gambino’s “This is America” to the top of the Hot 100 chart. This is the first time Donald Glover has topped this chart. It is the 31st song to debut at number one. Drake is dethroned after 15 weeks at the top of the chart.
1 (NEW) Childish Gambino “This is America” 78K [#1], 65.3M streams [#1] (YouTube is 68% of streams), 9.4M AI
2 (1) Drake “Nice for What” 72M AI (+18%)
3 (3) Drake “God’s Plan”
4 (2) Post Malone “Psycho” Ty Dolla $ign 67.7M AI (+13%)
5 (4) Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line “Meant to Be”
6 (5) Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey “The Middle” 119.1M AI [#1]
7 (9) Block JB “Look Alive” featuring Drake
8 (6) Camila Cabello “Never Be the Same”
9 (12) Ed Sheeran “Perfect”
10 (10) Ariana Grande “No Tears Left to Cry”
Post Malone’s “beerbongs and bentleys” tops the BB200 chart for a second week. “The Greatest Showman” soundtrack featuring Loren Allred is 7th on the BB200 with 52K equivalent albums (-10%).
