Continuing my look at ‘What the Kids are Listening To’ by recounting a recent installment of the Billboard Hot 100, we find R&B singer Kehlani with ‘Folded’ at #9. This is the song’s 44th week on the chart.
That brings us to #10, where KPop sensations BTS return to the charts with ‘Swim,’ the lead single from their sixth album, Arirang. This is the fourth week on the chart for the track, which debuted at #1.
The week of May 10, 1986, found Pet Shop Boys and Robert Palmer atop the Billboard Hot 100 with ‘West End Girls‘ and ‘Addicted to Love,’ respectively.
At #3, a week away from its own three-week stint at #1, was Whitney Houston’s ‘Greatest Love of All.’ This was Houston’s third straight chart-topping hit from her self-titled debut, making her the first woman to have three #1s on the same album.
Throwing back to the week of May 9, 1976, we find family R&B band The Sylvers atop the Hot 100 with ‘Boogie Fever.’ This song, which spent one week at #1, was the group’s only chart-topping hit.
Nine Sylvers siblings perform on this track. A 10th, Christopher, never performed with the band, depriving them of the chance to say they were twice as good as the Jackson 5.
The ladies continue to dominate the latest Hot 100, with HUNTR/X’s ‘Golden’ at #7 and PinkPantheress at #8.
‘Golden’ has spent 43 weeks on the Hot 100, including eight at #1, and is now a Best Song winner at the Oscars as well. I believe this is now the most successful Oscar-winning song ever, with the possible exception of Titanic‘s ‘My Heart Will Go On.’ That one had more physical sales, given its era, but didn’t spend as long on the charts.
Continuing my look at the Billboard Hot 100, I’m skipping over Alex Warren’s ‘Ordinary,’ which has been on the Hot 100 for 61 weeks and still sits at #5. I first wrote about this song nearly a year ago when it was at #3. Who knew it would still be crushing it a year later?
At #6 is our second repeat artist in the top ten. Ella Langley might be having a great week, but Olivia Dean is right there with her with two songs in the top six. This one is ‘So Easy (To Fall in Love),’ a laid back bossa nova bauble.
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