Category Archives: Charts

Rihanna’s “Stay,” featuring Mikky Ekko, jumps 6-3 on the Hot 100 (returning to its peak position), fueled in part by a milestone 2-1  coronation on Radio Songs (134 million, up 4%). The ballad becomes Rihanna’s 11th No. 1 on Radio Songs, tying her with Mariah Carey for the most leaders dating to the BDS-based chart’s December 1990 inception. Usher ranks third with seven Radio Songs No. 1s, followed by Ludacris and Kanye West, each with six, and 50 Cent, Beyonce, Boyz II Men, Bruno Mars and Katy Perry (five each). “Stay” bullets at No. 4 on Digital Songs (162,000, up less than 1%) and No. 15 on Streaming Songs (2.9 million, up 10%).

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Rihanna becomes the first artist in the 20-year history of Billboard’s Nielsen BDS-based Pop Songs radio airplay chart to tally 10 No. 1s, as “Stay,” featuring Mikky Ekko, rises 2-1.

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Rihanna breaks a tie with Katy Perry, who’s notched nine No. 1s since her 2008 arrival; also impressively, Rihanna has rung up her No. 1 sum since just 2006, when “SOS,” her first leader, reached the summit. She’d last led with “We Found Love,” featuring Calvin Harris, for eight weeks, marking her longest command, in late 2011/early 2012.

The record for most No. 1s is the latest for Rihanna on Pop Songs. She previously established the marks for most entries (35) and top 10s (23) dating to the ranking’s Oct. 3, 1992, launch.

“Stay” also charges 11-7 on Adult Pop Songs, becoming her third top 10 on the list, and debuts at No. 30 on Adult Contemporary. (It’s reached No. 3 on the all-format airplay/sales/streaming-fueled Billboard Hot 100.)

Also notably, “Stay” is only the second piano-and-vocal-only No. 1 of the 259 songs to have ruled Pop Songs.

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• “Stay,” featuring Mikky Ekko, remains at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week and flies 11-6 on Radio Songs (81 million, up 14%). Now with 22 Radio Songs top 10s, Rihanna trails only Mariah Carey (23) for the most in the tally’s archives.

• Rihanna’s “Right Now” was featured on ABC’s Dancing With The Stars a couple days ago, click here to watch the video.

• Rihanna’s Diamonds World Tour hit Edmonton last night and photos are now available in our gallery:

Rihanna’s “Pour It Up” moves up from #21 to #19 this week on the Billboard Hot 100. That means the track is Rihanna’s 33rd Top 20 hit in the United States!

Congratulations, RiRi!

Full list of Rihanna’s Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 hits after the jump.

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Rihanna’s “Stay” is doing really well worldwide!

It jumps 2-1 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 and scores both Greatest Gainer Digital and Airplay. It is her seventh chart-topper as a main artist and second straight, following “Diamonds,” which spent four weeks at the top. The song remains at No. 1 on the Digital Songs chart for the third non-consecutive week, with 32,000 download sold, up 10% over last week. “Stay” also leaps 17-8 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart with a 49% audience gain.

It has also reached #1 in Denmark; #2 in France, Germany, Norway, Switzerland; #3 in the United States; #4 in the United Kingdom and Australia; #5 in Belgium and Austria; #6 in New Zealand.

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Rihanna’s “Stay,” featuring Mikky Ekko, pushes 5-4 on the Hot 100 after reaching a peak to date of No. 3 three weeks ago (following her performance of the song at the Grammy Awards on Feb. 10).

The song surges 23-16 on Hot 100 Airplay (55 million, up 18%) and 5-3 on Hot Digital Songs (236,000, up 12%).

It additionally crashes the 1 million downloads-sold barrier, becoming her 27th title (including featured appearances) to reach the sales milestone.

“Stay” is Rihanna’s 24th Hot 100 top 10, pushing her past Whitney Houston and the Rolling Stones (23 each) for a solo claim of ninth-place among acts with the most top 10s all-time.

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Rihanna’s “Stay,” featuring Mikky Ekko, rebounds 7-5 on the Hot 100 after reaching a peak to date of No. 3 two weeks ago following her performance of the song at the Grammy Awards (Feb. 10).

The ballad charges 36-23 on Radio Songs (46 million, up 37%), offsetting minor slips in sales (4-5 on Digital Songs; 211,000, down 1%) and streaming (9-10 on Streaming Songs; 3.3 million, down less than 1%).

“Stay” is Rihanna’s 24th Hot 100 top 10, pushing her past Whitney Houston and the Rolling Stones (23 each) for a solo claim of ninth-place among acts with the most top 10s all-time.

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“Stay“, the second single off Rihanna’s “Unapologetic”, jumps 54 spots to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week. That means “Stay” is Rihanna’s 17th top 5 hit in the United States!

After Rihanna performed the ballad at the Grammy Awards (Feb. 10) and subsequently released its video, it bounds 25-2 on Hot Digital Songs (306,000, up 358%) and debuts on Streaming Songs at No. 7 (3.9 million). On Radio Songs, it lifts 74-57 (24 million, up 53%).

“Stay” also becomes Rihanna’s 24th Hot 100 top 10, pushing her past Whitney Houston and the Rolling Stones (23 each) for a solo claim of ninth-place among acts with the most top 10s all-time.

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“Stay” debuts at #57 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week; “Pour It Up” jumps from #37 to #34 in its 6th week; “Loveeeeee Song” jumps from #100 to #88 in its 2nd week.

After the Grammys performance, “Stay” saw a huge 289% gain in sales — debuting at No. 25 on the Digital Songs chart with 67,000.

In the UK, “Stay”, which is No. 8 this wek, has spent 9 weeks on the Official Singles Chart, 8 of those in the Top 10.

“Stay” is now No. 1 on iTunes 11 countries and Top 10 in over 30 others!

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Rihanna’s new single in the United States, “Pour It Up”, has become her 35th top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. The track is up from #46 to #37 this week. Although there’s no promo, “Pour It Up” is doing very well on urban radios and iTunes. Make sure to RIHquest it and gift your friends!

See the full list of Rihanna’s top 40 hits after the jump!

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