For the first time, two songs have at least 70 million official US streams in a single chart week.
Post Malone's “I Had Some Help,” featuring Morgan Wallen, earned 76.4 million in the May 10-16 viewing week, according to Luminate. In the same frame, Kendrick Lamar's “Not Like Us” notches its second week with 70 million streams and more, with 72 million, a 2% jump from 70.9 million in the May 3-9 frame.
As a result, “I Had Some Help” debuts at No. 1 on the Advertising signStreaming Songs chart dated May 25, bringing “Not Like Us” to No. 2.
This is the first time two songs have had at least 70 million weekly official streams in the US since Advertising sign incorporated streaming data into its charts, with the Streaming Songs tally dating back to 2013. The closest previous week was in the August 22, 2020 survey, when Cardi B's “WAP,” featuring Megan Thee Stallion, reigned with 93 million streams, followed by Drake's “Laugh Now Cry Later” featuring Lil Durk with 69.8 million.
And that's before you factor in Tommy Richman's “Million Dollar Baby,” the No. 3 song on the Streaming Songs chart on May 25. It ranks with 66.3 million streams, up 14%. You can probably see where this is going: the May 25 roundup is the first time three songs have amassed 60 million streams or more in a week.
“I Had Some Help” is reigning in its first week after being released on May 10. It's Post Malone's fourth No. 1 on Streaming Songs and second in a row, following his reign as the featured artist on Taylor Swift's “Fortnight” earlier in May. His other No. 1s were “Rockstar,” with 21 Savage, in 2017 and “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse),” co-billed with Swae Lee, in 2019.
Wallen, meanwhile, boasts his second No. 1, following a long run for “Last Night” last year. As “Last Night” climbed to No. 1 instead of debuting there, “I Had Some Help” becomes his first entry to debut on Streaming Songs.
Lamar's “Not Like Us” achieves an additional distinction as the first song in the chart's history to actually climb streams after first amassing 70 million since chart calculations began, including only official streamed content in September 2020. So Lamar's first week (May 3-9) was a partial week of data, as “Not Like Us” was released on May 4.
Going back to that week in September 2020, the new May 25, 2024 chart contains three of the seven biggest streaming weeks since then. “I Had Some Help” is the biggest, while “Not Like Us” achieves the fourth biggest in its final frame, while “Million Dollar Baby” boasts the seventh biggest.
The biggest streaming weeks since September 19, 2020:
“I Had Some Help,” Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen, 76.4 million (May 25, 2024)
“Fifteen days”, feat of Taylor Swift. Post Malone, 76.2 million (May 4, 2024)
“Drivers License,” Olivia Rodrigo, 76.1 million (January 23, 2021)
“Not Like Us,” Kendrick Lamar, 72 million (May 25, 2024)
“Not Like Us,” Kendrick Lamar, 70.9 million (May 18, 2024)
“Way 2 Sexy”, Drake feat. Future & Young Thug, 67.3 million (September 18, 2021)
“Million Dollar Baby,” Tommy Richman, $66.3 million (May 25, 2024)
“Good 4 U,” Olivia Rodrigo, 62.7 million (June 5, 2021)
“Flowers,” Miley Cyrus, 59.8 million (Feb. 4, 2023)
“Anti-Hero,” Taylor Swift, 59.7 million (November 5, 2022)
Of the above, all were the week's No. 1 songs on the Streaming Songs chart, except for “Not Like Us” and “Million Dollar Baby” via the May 25 chart.
Meanwhile, as previously reported, “I Had Some Help” reigns supreme on the multi-metric Billboard Hot 100, followed by “Not Like Us” and “Million Dollar Baby” at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively.
from our partners at https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/post-malone-kendrick-lamar-70-million-weekly-streams-1235689167/