After eleven weeks at #1, The Box has finally fallen on the final chart of the month. Roddy’s hit single may go down as the lowest key chart topper ever, but double digits is impressive for anyone at any time. And it is quite possible he will climb back up for more, since The Weeknd’s Blinding Lights got a major boost from his album being released. This is his second #1 from the album, as Heartless was actually the one who debuted at #1 after both songs premiered back in December. I’m hoping that Dua Lipa can receive a similar boost for Don’t Start Now, getting at least a week in at #1 when people are streaming her album in full.
Streaming numbers were huge across the board, for obvious reasons. The Weeknd took over as the highest debut of the year with 444,000 thousand units moved. Lil Uzi Vert and Lil Baby also posted weeks of over 200k units, mostly based on their streaming numbers. Uzi’s numbers were so big he debuted three songs in the top ten during that week.