Congrats to The Chainsmokers. We know the featured artist would never do it by herself.
But the featured artist can sell 100k first week and debut at #2 only behind The Weeknd with 0 songs charting on the Hot 100, could The Chainsmokers do that?
And, by reaching No. 1 in its third week, "Closer" makes the fastest climb to the top of the Hot 100 (for a non-No. 1-debuting song, excluding four No. 1 starters in 2015-16) since Taylor Swift's "Blessed Space," which also needed just three weeks to reign (Nov. 29, 2014).
But the featured artist can sell 100k first week and debut at #2 only behind The Weeknd with 0 songs charting on the Hot 100, could The Chainsmokers do that?