11/6 Update
This Week | +/- | Peak | Song by Artist(s) | Weeks in Top 10 | Weeks in Hot 100 |
#5 | -1 | #3 | Bang Bang by Jessie J, Ariana Grande, & Nicki Minaj | 14 weeks | 14 weeks |
#6 | = | #3 | Black Widow by Iggy Azalea f/ Rita Ora | 12 weeks | 18 weeks |
#7 | = | #6 | Don't Tell 'Em by Jeremih f/ YG | 7 weeks | 19 weeks |
#8 | = | #8 | Hot Boy by Bobby Shmurda | 4 weeks | 14 weeks |
Nicki Minaj ties Flo Rida this week for the most weeks spent in the top ten as a lead artist this decade. Both rappers have spent 58 weeks in the top ten with four hits each.
Speaking of Nicki Minaj, her hit with Jessie J & Ariana Grande ("Bang Bang") is the 12th song with a rapper in the lead position to spend ten weeks in the top five. It's Nicki Minaj's second hit to accomplish this feat as Super Bass spent 10 weeks in the top five back in 2011.
Other rappers as leads to have at least two songs spend ten weeks in the top five:
Eminem | "Love the Way You Lie" (14 weeks) and "The Monster" (13 weeks) |
Macklemore | "Thrift Shop" (13 weeks) and "Can't Hold Us" (12 weeks) |
B.o.B | "Airplanes" (13 weeks) and "Nothin' On You" (11 weeks) |
Pitbull | "Give Me Everything" (13 weeks) and "Timber" (10 weeks) |
Including features, Iggy Azalea joins the mix with "Fancy" (16 weeks) and "Problem" (14 weeks).
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I'm going to start doing a "Future Top 10s?" section which shows any songs in the top forty moving up towards the top ten. This week's "Future Top 10s?":
This Week | Gain | Song by Artist(s) | Weeks in Hot 100 |
#16 | +1 | Lifestyle by Rich Gang f/ Young Thug & Rich Homie Quan | 16 weeks |
#20 | +15 | Tuesday by I LOVE MAKONNEN f/ Drake | 6 weeks |
#23 | +7 | Fireball by Pitbull f/ John Ryan | 13 weeks |
#25 | +13 | No Type by Rae Sremmurd | 6 weeks |
#26 | +8 | I Don't **** With You by Big Sean f/ E-40 | 6 weeks |
#27 | +1 | New Flame by Chris Brown f/ Usher & Rick Ross | 16 weeks |
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Whenever Hot Boy leaves the top ten, I'll be doing a comparison post on how it compares to other solo top ten singles from rappers this decade, first top ten hits for a rappers (as a lead), and then those rappers who were able to get a top ten hit out of their first Hot 100 entry (as a lead).
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As you can tell by the first page, I've had a new post added and now you can view the top ten hits for each year. Don't forget to peep the comparison tables at the end of the post.
I updated the one weeker tab in the second post and added the weeks each one weeker spent in the Hot 100 to give you an idea on how big those songs were in comparison to one another. I also added a lil something to the common collaborator tab.
If you see any errors, tell me! See you next week.