This summer is just full of MAGIC!, and not the Disney kind, either. For the fifth week in a row, Canadian reggae band MAGIC! is ruling the Billboard Hot 100 with its breakthrough single "Rude." Meanwhile, Charli XCX breaks into the top 10 of the charts on her own with her The Fault In Our Stars single "Boom Clap."
The race for No. 1 was a close one this week, according to Billboard, but MAGIC! vanished away Sam Smith's "Stay With Me" for a second time. Despite holding the No. 2 spot on Radio Songs, Digital Downloads and Streaming Songs, "Rude" bests "Stay With Me" due to overall chart points, largely in part to its streaming numbers, which remain strong. The track has received 8.2 million plays over the last week, which is significant against the 6.3 million for "Stay With Me."
Despite its lack of streams, Smith actually holds a No. 1 chart spot this week over on Radio Songs. "Stay With Me" is easily the most-played single in the country across all formats with 173 million audience impressions. However, the previously mentioned streaming numbers and just 123,000 single downloads caused Smith to spend another week in the lonely No. 2 slot.
The top three singles in the country remain stagnant this week, with former chart-topper "Fancy" by Iggy Azalea and Charli XCX holding at No. 3.
After multiple weeks in the No. 4 spot, Nico & Vinz's "Am I Wrong" falls to No. 5, all thanks to that bass. Meghan Trainor's body-positive debut single "All About That Bass" rose four spots this week to a new No. 4 peak, carried heavily by single downloads. "All About That Bass" leads the Digital Downloads chart by a landslide, with 197,000 copies of the catchy, throwback single sold.
Trainor's rise to the top also displaced Ariana Grande's "Problem," which fell to No. 6. Grande also held the No. 6 spot last week alongside Jessie J and Nicki Minaj with "Bang Bang," but that song's buzz quieted just a bit and it fell to No. 9.
Between Grande's chart appearances are two familiar pop singles; Maroon 5's "Maps" holds at No. 7 this week, followed by Sia's "Chandelier" at No. 8.
Though the top 10 was shaken up quite a bit by "All About That Bass," there was only one new debut at the very top of the Hot 100. Charli XCX's is bringing her "Boom Clap" to the peak of the charts, cracking in at No. 10 this week. Her entry to the top 10 on her own comes thanks to 83 million radio impressions, 87,000 digital downloads and 3.5 million streams.
That means it's farewell to Disclosure's "Latch," which fell away from the top 10.
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