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21-04-2025
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Kendrick Lamar & SZA Lead Hot 100 for Ninth Week, Teddy Swims Makes History in Top 10
Kendrick Lamar and SZA's 'Luther' rules the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart for a ninth total and consecutive week. The single, whose title honors late R&B legend Luther Vandross, who is sampled on the track, became Lamar's sixth No. 1 and SZA's third. Lamar and SZA each extend their longest career Hot 100 reigns with the song, whose official video premiered April 11. More from Billboard Watch Ed Sheeran Perform With Shaboozey & Alex Warren at Old Phone Pub Coachella Pop-Up Justin Bieber Shares Cute Belly Time Pic of Seven-Month-Old Son Jack Blues Doechii Explains How SZA's 'Ctrl' Pushed Her to Break Up With Her Ex-Boyfriend Meanwhile, 'Luther' passes 24kGoldn's 'Mood' (featuring iann dior), which led for eight weeks in 2020-21, for the sole second-longest Hot 100 command among rap hits this decade, after only Roddy Ricch's 'The Box,' which dominated for 11 weeks in 2020. (Rap titles are defined as those that have hit or are eligible for Billboard's Hot Rap Songs chart.) Plus, Chappell Roan ties her best Hot 100 rank, as 'Pink Pony Club' rises 5-4; Alex Warren's first top 10, 'Ordinary,' reaches the top five (7-5), and hits No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart; and Teddy Swims' 'Lose Control,' at No. 7, breaks the record for the most weeks ever spent in the Hot 100's top 10, as it adds a 58th week in the region, one-upping the run of The Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights.' Browse the full rundown of this week's top 10 below. The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts (dated April 26, 2025) will update on tomorrow, April 22. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram. Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published. Following the April 11 premiere of its official video, 'Luther,' on pgLang/Interscope/ICLG, totaled 67.5 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 7% week-over-week), 25 million official streams (up 10%) and 2,000 sold (up 7%) in the U.S. April 11-17. 'Luther' rebounds two spots for a seventh week atop the Streaming Songs chart; leads Radio Songs for a third week and rises three places to No. 20, after reaching No. 4, on Digital Song Sales. 'Luther' concurrently claims a 17th week at No. 1 on both the multimetric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs Roan's 'Pink Pony Club' clip-clops a spot to No. 4 on the Hot 100, led by 2% gain to 45.2 million in audience. It tops the Pop Airplay chart for a third week. The singer-songwriter matches her best Hot 100 rank, first set by 'Good Luck Babe!,' which hit No. 4 last September. Her three top 10s have all reached the top five; 'The Giver' debuted at its No. 5 peak in March.A week after 'Ordinary' became Alex Warren's first Hot 100 top 10, the song becomes his first top five hit, lifting 7-5. It surged by 60% to 13.2 million in airplay audience in the tracking week. The single also lifts 3-1 to become Warren's first leader on Digital Song Sales (6,000 sold, up 3%).Teddy Swims' 'Lose Control,' which led the Hot 100 for a week in March 2024, and became the year's No. 1 song, rebounds 8-7, as it tallies a record-breaking 58th week in the top 10, surpassing the run in the region of The Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights' for the most such frames in the chart's 66-year history. 'Lose Control' first set up shop in the top 10 on the list dated Jan. 20, 2024, and has been absent from the tier for only eight weeks since. Most Weeks in the Hot 100's Top 10: 58, 'Lose Control,' Teddy Swims, No. 1 peak (one week), March 30, 2024 57, 'Blinding Lights,' The Weeknd, No. 1 (four weeks), beginning April 4, 2020 48, 'A Bar Song (Tipsy),' Shaboozey, No. 1 (19), July 13, 2024 44, 'Stay,' The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber, No. 1 (seven), Aug. 14, 2021 41, 'Last Night,' Morgan Wallen, No. 1 (16), March 18, 2023 41, 'Levitating,' Dua Lipa, No. 2, May 22, 2021 39, 'Circles,' Post Malone, No. 1 (three), Nov. 30, 2019 38, 'As It Was,' Harry Styles, No. 1 (15), April 16, 2022 37, 'Heat Waves,' Glass Animals, No. 1 (five), March 12, 2022 37, 'All I Want for Christmas Is You,' Mariah Carey, No. 1 (18), Dec. 21, 2019 Notably, longevity in the weekly top 10 translates to success on the annual year-end Hot 100. Along with 'Lose Control' leading for 2024, 'Last Night' (2023), 'Heat Waves' (2022), 'Levitating' (2021) and 'Blinding Lights' (2020) also each finished first on its respective year-end ranking this decade. 'Lose Control' notches an 87th week on the Hot 100 overall, tying Imagine Dragons' 'Radioactive,' in 2012-14, for the third-longest stay in the chart's history. They trail only 'Heat Waves' (91 weeks, in 2021-22) and 'Blinding Lights' (90, in 2019-22). Elsewhere in the Hot 100's top 10, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars' 'Die With a Smile' ascends 3-2, following five nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 beginning in January. The song swaps spots with Drake's 'Nokia,' down a spot from its No. 2 high. Shaboozey's 'A Bar Song (Tipsy)' drops 4-6 on the Hot 100, following its record-tying 19 weeks at No. 1 beginning last July. It posts a 41st week atop the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart. BigXthaPlug's 'All the Way,' featuring Bailey Zimmerman, dips to No. 8 on the Hot 100, a week after it launched at No. 4; Benson Boone's 'Beautiful Things' rises 10-9, after it hit No. 2 in March 2024; and, rounding out the top 10, Morgan Wallen 'I'm the Problem' slips 9-10, after it debuted at its No. 2 high in February. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Four Decades of 'Madonna': A Look Back at the Queen of Pop's Debut Album on the Charts Chart Rewind: In 1990, Madonna Was in 'Vogue' Atop the Hot 100
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21-04-2025
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Sting, Katy Perry, J Balvin & More Artists Who Met Pope Francis
Pope Francis, who died on Monday (April 21) at 88, will be remembered as one of the most consequential leaders of the Catholic Church. More from Billboard The Cure Announce 'Mixes of a Lost World' Remix Collection Featuring Chino Moreno, Paul Oakenfold, Four Tet & More Watch Travis Scott Hop Into the Ring at WrestleMania & Get Taken Down by Cody Rhodes Watch Ed Sheeran Perform With Shaboozey & Alex Warren at Old Phone Pub Coachella Pop-Up Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Francis was the first Jesuit and Latin American pontiff to inherit the sovereign of the Vatican City. He became head of the Roman Catholic Church in 2013 and, throughout the years until his death, sought to make the institution more inclusive. Several artists — from Andrea Bocelli to Bono, Katy Perry, J Balvin and Sting — met His Holiness since his papacy began. Balvin met Pope Francis at a summit organized by the Vitae Global Foundation in 2022. 'Always vibing high, tolerance and love,' Balvin captioned his Instagram post at the time, which included a video and selfies with Francis. Meanwhile, Bocelli met the pope after performing with the Voices of Haiti children's choir in August 2017. The Italian tenor took to social media to honor Francis' legacy after the news of his death. 'Beyond the profound sorrow of an absence that weighs upon us—and will continue to do so, leaving us all in a more silent solitude—what we feel for him is a gratitude of the deepest and most enduring kind,' Bocelli wrote Monday. 'Since its inception, the Andrea Bocelli Foundation has found in Pope Francis a guiding star, illuminating our path. From the very first audience in 2013, we humbly laid before him our intentions, and his words comforted and urged us forward.' Here are artists and musicians who met with Pope Francis over the they met: The Italian tenor shared time with Pope Francis first in 2015, and then again in 2017. Where they met: In 2015, Francis and Bocelli met during a meeting in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. Two years later, Bocelli performed with the Voices of Haiti children's choir in the Vatican's Pope Paul VI they met: May 2022 Where they met: The U2 frontman met with Pope Francis to discuss climate change during an event at Rome's Pontifical Urban University. 'Girls' education is a superpower in fighting extreme poverty and I would like to ask His Holiness if he thinks that women and girls play the same powerful role in tackling the climate crisis,' Bono asked Francis during the event. The Pope responded, 'We usually speak of 'Mother Earth,' not 'Father Earth.' Also, as I told you earlier, from the moment of the apple (in the Garden of Eden), they are in charge.' When they met: March 2019 Where they met: Vatican City 'I am honored to have been appointed by His Holiness Pope Francis as an ambassador of his foundation Scholas Occurrentes for Mexico,' the Mexican singer wrote on social media at the time. 'I am honored to have been considered by him to join his wonderful cause.' When they met: At a summit organized by the Vitae Global Foundation in May 2022 Where they met: Vatican City 'Always vibing high, tolerance and love,' Balvin captioned his Instagram post, which included photos and videos of the two men together. When they met: September 2015 Where they met: The Colombian singer-songwriter performed for Pope Francis as a part of the World Meeting of Families. 'Deeply honored by the invitation to sing for Pope Francis,' Juanes wrote in Spanish on X about their meeting at the time. When they met: United to Cure conference on cancer research in April 2018 Where they met: Vatican City 'I'm such a big fan of Pope Francis. It's a combination of compassion, humility, sternness and refusal. He is rebel — a rebel for Jesus,' Perry told Vogue Australia about Pope Francis that year. 'He is bringing the church back to humility and connecting with people. He's very humble and not frivolous.' When they met: Benefit Christmas concert in 2017 Where they met: Vatican City When they met: The Argentine duo greeted Pope Francis in 2014. Where they met: Vatican City When they met: January 2020 Where they met: Spanish star Raphael participated in a mass that Pope Francis celebrated. 'I had the pleasure of knowing him from Buenos Aires when he was a bishop and as I know he likes tangos very much, I brought him tangos sung by me,' Raphael said in 2020, according to a Spanish media outlet. When they met: March 2019 Where they met: Vatican City 'I thank God for this great blessing,' Yatra wrote on social media in 2019. 'I had the opportunity to meet the Holy Father and share a few words with him. I am very happy to announce that I am an ambassador of Pope Francis' Scholas Foundation.' When they met: August 2018 Where they met: Sting and his wife greeted Pope Francis during a weekly general audience at Paul VI Hall in Vatican City. 'Pope Francis is a true rock star!' the rocker gushed on Facebook after meeting the pope. 'A genuine charisma that filled the room.' Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
