Rolling Stone USA - 08.2019

The ‘Rolling Stone’ 100 ranks the most popular songs

in the United States, using both sales and streams

Top Songs

Welcome to

the ‘Rolling

Stone’ Charts

WHAT DOES IT MEAN to be popular? That’s a question

fans and artists are asking with more urgency than ever,

as streaming services cause listening patterns to shift and splin-

ter. And it’s a question ROLLING STONE tries to answer with

our new music charts, which offer an in-depth, real-time look at

music listening in the U.S. Most charts update weekly; ours up-

date daily. We also offer unprecedented transparency and tons

of detail, including streaming statistics and visibility into the

decisions and formulas behind the chart positions. The ROLL-

ING STONE Charts are powered by independent analytics firm

Alpha Data, which operates under our shared parent company,

Penske Media Corp., and collects data from dozens of retailers,

streaming services, and other suppliers on a daily basis. We’re

thrilled to have you join us for this new chapter in our history.

Stay tuned for further updates — including new charts.

RIDE ON Barring a major

surprise, we already

know what the most

popular song of 2019 is.

Lil Nas X’s country- rap

monster continued its

dominance into July,

racking up 62.1 million

streams for this week

alone. It’s been streamed

1.3 billion times so far this

year — tops by a mile.

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SONG SALES

19.8%

AUDIO STREAMS

80.2%

1

Lil Nas X

Old Town

Road

Columbia

“Señorita”

Pairing two of

pop’s brightest

young stars?

Good idea. This

duet about a tor-

rid affair earned

33.3 million

streams in its

second week

on the chart.

“Truth Hurts”

The singer-

rapper-flutist

finally has a

breakthrough

hit — a trap-pop

smash where she

leaves a series

of unworthy part-

ners behind.

“You Need to

Calm Down”

Singles charts

are dominated by

newcomers, but

Swift has contin-

ued to stake her

claim with her

two 2019 singles

— “ME!” and this

anti-hater, pro-

LGBTQ anthem.

“Suge”

DaBaby’s single is

one of the break-

out rap hits of the

year, a relentless,

bottom-heavy

celebration of a

new record deal.

We’ve launched in-depth, in-the-moment

music charts to take you inside the stories

of the top artists, songs, and albums

SONG UNITS

Up from prior week

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“Rolling Stone” Charts,

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odology, and more,

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Charts

These postitions

reflect the “Rolling

Stone” Charts for the

week spanning Friday,

June 28th, through

Thursday, July 4th. FROM LEFT: PHOTOGRAPHS IN ILLUSTRATION BY CHRISTOPHER POLK/SHUTTERSTOCK, MICHAEL BUCKNER/”HOLLYWOOD LIFE”/SHUTTERSTOCK, AND SACHA LECCA; RICHARD SHOTWELL/INVISION/AP IMAGES/SHUTTERSTOCK

Sean Mendes

and Camila Cabello

Señorita

Island

Drake feat. Rick Ross

Money in

the Grave

Republic

Lizzo

Truth Hurts

Atlantic

Chris Brown

feat. Drake

No Guidance

RCA

Lil Nas X

Panini

Columbia

Billie Eilish

Bad Guy

Interscope

Swae Lee and

Post Malone

Sunflower

Republic

Taylor Swift

You Need to

Calm Down

Republic

DaBaby

Suge

Interscope

184.7K

170.9K

161.4K

147.4K

138.2K

135.9K

128.0K

110.4K

109.8K

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SONG UNITS is a metric combining audio streams and physical/digital sales using a

custom weighting system. All data on these pages from Alpha Data, unless otherwise noted.

SONG UNITS

271.4K

CHARTS

THE BIGGEST ARTISTS,
ALBUMS, AND SONGS
OF TODAY

ILLUSTRATION BY Sean McCabe

Billie

Eilish, Dan

Auerbach,

and Taylor

Swift