Glass Animals‘ “Heat Waves” tops the Billboard Hot 100 for a fourth week, after completing a record 59-week climb to No. 1.
Meanwhile, Justin Bieber‘s “Ghost” reaches the Hot 100’s top five, rising from No. 6 to No. 5 to become his milestone 20th top five hit, and Doja Cat‘s “Woman” enters the top 10 (12-9), marking her fifth top 10 and the third from her album Planet Her.
The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated April 2, 2022) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (March 29). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.
“Heat Waves,” released on Wolf Tone/Polydor/Republic Records, drew 66.7 million radio airplay audience impressions (down 1%) and 15.1 million U.S. streams (essentially even week-over-week) and sold 2,900 downloads (down 7%) in the March 18-24 tracking week, according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data.
The single, the first Hot 100 No. 1 (and entry on the chart) for the British quartet, adds a third week at No. 1 on the Radio Songs chart; rebounds from No. 4 to its No. 3 high on Streaming Songs; and holds at No. 20 on Digital Song Sales, where it reached No. 13.
Notably, with its fourth week atop the Hot 100, “Heat Waves” ties for the ninth-longest reign among songs by British groups in the chart’s 63-year history. The song boasts the longest command by a British group (since its second week at No. 1) since Spice Girls’ “Wannabe” also led for four weeks just over 25 years ago.
Longest-Leading Hot 100 No. 1s by British Groups
Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist, Date Reached No. 1
9, “Hey Jude,” The Beatles, Sept. 28, 1968
8, “Every Breath You Take,” The Police, July 9, 1983
8, “Night Fever,” Bee Gees, March 18, 1978
7, “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” UB40, July 24, 1993
7, “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” The Beatles, Feb. 1, 1964
5, “Silly Love Songs,” Wings, May 22, 1976
5, “Get Back,” The Beatles (with Billy Preston), May 24, 1969
5, “Can’t Buy Me Love,” The Beatles, April 4, 1964
4, “Heat Waves,” Glass Animals, March 12, 2022
4, “Wannabe,” Spice Girls, Feb. 22, 1997
4, “Another Brick in the Wall (Part II),” Pink Floyd, March 22, 1980
4, “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” Queen, Feb. 23, 1980
4, “Stayin’ Alive,” Bee Gees, Feb. 4, 1978
4, “My Love,” Paul McCartney and Wings, June 2, 1973
4, “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?,” Bee Gees, Aug. 7, 1971
4, “Honky Tonk Women,” The Rolling Stones, Aug. 23, 1969
4, “Yesterday,” The Beatles, Oct. 9, 1965
4, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” The Rolling Stones, July 10, 1965
(The Bee Gees’ members were born on the Isle of Man and moved to the U.K. proper, Australia and back to the U.K.; The Police and Wings featured British frontmen and British and American members.)
Among all British acts (duo/groups and soloists), Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk!” (featuring American Bruno Mars) and Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind 1997″/”Something About the Way You Look Tonight” share the longest Hot 100 domination: 14 weeks each, in 2015 and 1997-98, respectively.
“Heat Waves” concurrently rules the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and Hot Alternative Songs charts, both of which use the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100, for a 27th week each.
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