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Cardi B becomes only the first female rapper to have two number one hits on the Hot 100 as “I Like It” rises to the top this week (Lauryn Hill, Lil’ Kim, Shawna and Iggy Azalea have each topped it once. This is the 23rd consecutive week a rap song has topped the Hot 100.
1 (2) Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin “I Like It” 44K (+33%), 35.7M streams (+7%), 80M AI (+17%)
1 (52) XXXTentacion “Sad!” 47.5M streams [#1] (-4%)
3 (4) Juice WRLD “Lucid Dreams”
4 (5) Maroon 5 “Girls Like You” featuring Cardi B 46K [#1] (-12%), 59.6M AI (+27%)
5 (6) Post Malone “Psycho” featuring Ty Dolla $ign
6 (3) Drake “Nice For What” 20K (-3%), 31.6M streams (-8%), 87.5M AI
7 (7) Ella Mai “Boo’d Up”
8 (9) Ariana Grande “No Tears Left to Cry”
9 (8) Drake “God’s Plan”
10 (11) Bebe Rexha and Florida Georgia Line “Meant to Be”
Panic! at the Disco tops the BB200 for the second time. Drake is set to have the biggest debut of 2018 as he shatters weekly streaming records in just 3 days.
X-Factor winner James Arthur announces that he will retire after his next album.
