After debuting within the top fifty last week, Ellie Goulding’s new “Love Me Like You Do” is already a top 40 hit on Billboard’s all-encompassing Hot 100.
In its second week on the chart, the “50 Shades of Grey” soundtrack tune vaults nine places to #36. It becomes Goulding’s third top 40 hit as a lead artist (following “Lights” and “Burn”) and fourth overall (Calvin Harris’ “I Need Your Love,” on which she was featured, went as high as #16).
Other Top 40 newcomers include Kelly Clarkson’s debuting “Heartbeat Song” and Flo Rida’s “GDFR (featuring Sage the Gemini and Lookas).”
The former starts its run at #37, while the latter rises eleven places to #38.
