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Billboard Hot 100: Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP” Reclaims #1, Earning 3rd Week As Biggest Song In America

“WAP” is back on top.

After spending the past two weeks at #2, Cardi B’s “WAP (featuring Megan Thee Stallion)” reclaims the throne on this week’s Billboard Hot 100 chart.

“WAP” continues its strength in the three Hot 100 component areas, retaining #1 for streams, rising to #2 for sales, and improving to #27 for radio. The song is celebrating a third week as the top overall song in America.

BTS’ “Dynamite,” ruler of the past two charts, declines to #2 this week. The song nonetheless retains #1 on Digital Song Sales, while becoming BTS’ first career entry on the all-format Radio Songs chart.

The next three songs are steady, with Drake’s “Laugh Now Cry Later (featuring Lil Durk),” DaBaby’s “ROCKSTAR (featuring Roddy Ricch),” and The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” successively holding at #3, #4, and #5.

— Other notables in the Top 10:

24kGoldn’s “Mood (featuring Iann Dior)” rises two places to a new high of #6.
DJ Khaled’s “POPSTAR (featuring Drake)” returns to the Top 10, rising fourteen spots to #10 following the video release.

Brian Cantor

Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. He has been a leading reporter in the music, movie, television and sporting spaces since 2002. Brian's reporting has been cited by major websites like BuzzFeed, Billboard, the New Yorker and The Fader -- and shared by celebrities like Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj. Contact Brian at brian.cantor[at]headlineplanet.com.

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