This week’s key Billboard song charts are based on sales activity from the October 16-22 tracking week, streaming activity from the October 16-22 tracking week, and radio airplay activity from the October 19-25 tracking week.
Since Adele’s “Hello” did not debut until October 23, its only eligible activity, therefore, comes from three days of radio airplay.
That abbreviated week of airplay is nonetheless enough to earn “Hello” a spot on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.
“Hello” debuts at #14 on the listing, which ranks the top songs that have yet to make the actual Hot 100.
Benefiting from record-breaking sales activity and monstrous weeks of streams and radio play, “Hello” is on track to debut at #1 on next week’s Billboard Hot 100.