Ye (formerly Kanye West) and Ty Dolla $ign's “Carnival,” featuring Rich the Kid and Playboi Carti, climbs to No. 1, up from No. 2, on the Billboard Hot 100. The song marks the Ye and Ty's fifth leader Dolla $ign's second, as well as the first for Rich the Kid and Playboi Carti.
Meanwhile, Ye extends his career-long Hot 100 No. 1 in more than 20 years, becoming the first rap artist to accomplish the feat.
Ye is also the first rapper to top the Hot 100 in three different decades (2000s, 10s, and 20s).
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“Carnival,” which becomes the 1,165th No. 1 in the Hot 100's 65-year history, has amassed 33.7 million streams (up 4%) and 3.9 million radio plays (up 85%) and sold 3,000 downloads (up 15%) in the March 1-7 tracking week, according to Luminate.
The single adds a third week atop the Streaming Songs chart and jumps 19-13 for a new digital song sales high.
The track was released on February 10 on Ye and Ty Dolla $ign's collaborative album Vultures 1, on the YZY label of the former. The set, Ye's first after a string of hate speech and anti-Semitic comments, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart dated February 24 and was No. 1 for two weeks. It holds at No. 3 in its fourth week on the list.
Here's a deeper look at the song's rise to the top of the Hot 100's.
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