Cruel Summer up to #3!

Apparently Rich Men North of Richmond is going #1 next week.

It's not a bad song. Feels more folky than country, which explains the mostly liberal leaning lyrics.

1. Morgan Wallen “Last Night” (flat)
2. Luke Combs “Fast Car” (flat)
3. Taylor Swift “Cruel Summer” (up)
4. Rema and Selena Gomez “Calm Down” (up)
5. Gunna “Fukumean” (up)
6. Olivia Rodrigo “Vampire” (up)
7. Dua Lipa “Dance the Night” (up)
8. Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice feat. Aqua "Barbie World" (flat)
9. Miley Cyrus “Flowers” (up)
10. SZA “Snooze” (up)

One more week and the top 2 songs for most weeks at #1 will both be country songs.

1 Lil Nas X 19 weeks

Tied with One Sweet Day and Despacito at 16 weeks.

Rich Men North of Richmond Debuts at No. 1 as Oliver Anthony Makes Billboard Chart History as the first artist to reach #1 with no previous chart history!

Wow country is turning into a dominating force like 90s / 00s hip hop if this keeps up.

1. Oliver Anthony Music “Rich Men North of Richmond” (debut)
2. Luke Combs “Fast Car” (flat)
3. Morgan Wallen “Last Night” (down)
4. Taylor Swift “Cruel Summer” (down)
5. Rema and Selena Gomez “Calm Down” (down)
6. Olivia Rodrigo “Vampire” (flat)
7. Gunna “Fukumean” (down)
8. Dua Lipa “Dance the Night” (down)
9. Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice feat. Aqua "Barbie World" (down)
10. Olivia Rodrigo “Bad Idea Right?” (debut)

1. Oliver Anthony Music “Rich Men North of Richmond” (flat)
2. Luke Combs “Fast Car” (flat)
3. Morgan Wallen “Last Night” (flat)
4. Taylor Swift “Cruel Summer” (flat)
5. Doja Cat "Paint the Town Red" (up)
6. Rema and Selena Gomez “Calm Down” (down)
7. Gunna “Fukumean” (flat)
8. Olivia Rodrigo “Vampire” (down)
9. Dua Lipa “Dance the Night” (down)
10. Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice feat. Aqua "Barbie World" (down)

Zach Bryan debuts #1 now. Doesn't look like Last Night will take the record after all.

1. Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves “I Remember Everything” (debut)
2. Luke Combs “Fast Car” (flat)
3. Doja Cat “Paint the Town Red” (up)
4. Morgan Wallen “Last Night” (down)
5. Taylor Swift “Cruel Summer” (down)
6. Oliver Anthony Music “Rich Men North of Richmond” (down)
7. SZA “Snooze” (up)
8. Miley Cyrus “Used to Be Young” (debut)
9. Dua Lipa “Dance the Night” (flat)
10. Gunna “Fukumean” (down)

Country's 2023 dominance is really something.

Has an artist debuted at #1 and gotten arrested with a mugshot in the same week? Sure it's happened but just seems to help their sales.

Hate to keep taking zwack’s beats but since it’s only a few days until the next I’ll step in for this one

1. Doja Cat “Paint the Town Red” (up)
2. Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves “I Remember Everything” (down)
3. Luke Combs “Fast Car” (down)
4. Taylor Swift “Cruel Summer” (up)
5. Morgan Wallen “Last Night” (down)
6. Dua Lipa “Dance the Night” (up)
7. SZA “Snooze” (flat)
8. Gunna “Fukumean” (up)
9. Olivia Rodrigo “Vampire” (up)
10. Rema & Selena Gomez (up)

It’s ok lol I’m so disinterested in music right now that I forget the chart even comes out.

Vampire back at #1. Will it be the last time a good song tops the chart this year?

1. Olivia Rodrigo “Vampire” (up)
2. Doja Cat “Paint the Town Red” (down)
3. Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves “I Remember Everything” (down)
4. Luke Combs “Fast Car” (down)
5. Taylor Swift “Cruel Summer” (down)
6. Morgan Wallen “Last Night” (down)
7. Olivia Rodrigo "Bad Idea Right?" (up)
8. SZA “Snooze” (down)
9. Gunna “Fukumean” (down)
10. Dua Lipa “Dance the Night” (down)

Drake is #1. That shouldn't be surprising, but it is actually the first time a hip-hop song has been #1 all year! That's so crazy after the genre dominated these charts for so many years.

1. Drake feat. SZA “Slime You Out” (debut)
2. Doja Cat “Paint the Town Red” (flat)
3. SZA “Snooze” (up)
4. Luke Combs “Fast Car” (flat)
5. Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves “I Remember Everything” (down)
6. Taylor Swift “Cruel Summer” (down)
7. Olivia Rodrigo “Vampire” (down)
8. Morgan Wallen “Last Night” (down)
9. Gunna “Fukumean” (flat)
10. Dua Lipa “Dance the Night” (flat)

You can argue Kill Bill was (and Doja beat Drake by a week) but it’s still hard to believe, the end of 2022 was also non hip hop with Unholy, Anti Hero and All I Want For Christmas

Female rap is doing great but something seems to have been lost on the male side without stars you can understand or with non trap beat style. All My Life was more a song that could have come out in 2008 and hit.

Post Malone, Drake and Cardi B are all not as popular as they were 5 years ago.

This is blowing up in Europe. I don't really like her voice but damn that beat is infectious. Totally seems like the type of song that will spend three months in the 4-9 range on the hot 100.

The charts were more interesting when country was hijacking it than the usual Drake and Doja type artists

*Nsync’s Better Place (debuted #25) is a pretty decent Can’t Stop the Feeling 2.0 attempt

1. Doja Cat “Paint the Town Red” (up)
2. SZA “Snooze” (up)
3. Luke Combs “Fast Car” (up)
4. Taylor Swift “Cruel Summer” (up)
5. Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves “I Remember Everything” (flat)
6. Morgan Wallen “Last Night” (up)
7. Olivia Rodrigo “Vampire” (flat)
8. Gunna “Fukumean” (up)
9. Rema and Selena Gomez “Calm Down” (up)
10. Dua Lipa “Dance the Night” (flat)

1. Doja Cat “Paint the Town Red” (flat)
2. SZA “Snooze” (flat)
3. Taylor Swift “Cruel Summer” (up)
4. Luke Combs “Fast Car” (down)
5. Jung Kook and Jack Harlow “3D” (debut)
6. Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves “I Remember Everything” (down)
7. Morgan Wallen “Last Night” (down)
8. Gunna “Fukumean” (flat)
9. Olivia Rodrigo “Vampire” (down)
10. Rema and Selena Gomez “Calm Down” (down)

At least Drake got J Cole his first #1