Rihanna, Kanye West, Paul McCartney & Ellie Goulding Hit Hot 100's Top 10; Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars Still No. 1
As 'Uptown Funk!' leads for a sixth week, the all-star trio vaults with 'FourFiveSeconds' and Goulding soars with 'Love Me Like You Do.'
Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk!," featuring Bruno Mars, rules the Billboard Hot 100 for a sixth week, while two songs surge into the top 10: Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney's "FourFiveSeconds" -- marking McCartney's first top 10 after a record-setting 29-year gap -- and Ellie Goulding's Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack single "Love Me Like You Do."
Thanks to "FourFiveSeconds" with Rihanna & Paul McCartney (#6 this week), Kanye West becomes the first rapper to enter the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 since the chart dated Nov. 29, the last week "Bang Bang" with Nicki Minaj and "Hot *****" from "Bobby Shmurda were in the top ten.
11 weeks separate Nov. 29 and this week's chart...
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My Top Ten Hits from Rappers in the US (2010s) thread was feeling so worthless.
1. Uptown Funk! (=)
2. Thinking Out Loud (=)
3. Take Me To Church (=)
4. Sugar (+1)
5. Blank Space (-1)
6. FourFiveSeconds (+9)
7. Lips Are Movin (-1)
8. I'm Not The Only One (-1)
9. Love Me Like You Do (+5)
10. Shake It Off (-1)