“Driver’s License”, issued on Geffen / Interscope Records, is the 1116th number 1 in the Hot 100’s 62-year history. This is the 48th single to top the debut, and the first of 2021.
Here’s a deeper look at Rodrigo’s first road trip to No. 1 on the Hot 100, among other achievements.
Streams, sales and airplay: According to MRC Data, ‘Drivers License’ pulled 76.1 million US streams and downloaded 38,000 downloads at the end of January 14th. In the week ending January 17, it also aired 8.1 million radio broadcasts for the audience.
The track debuted at number 1 in both the genres of Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales charts, which is Rodrigo’s first leader on every list, while entering the Pop Airplay (No. 31) and Adult Pop Airplay (No. 37) radio rankings . .
Record streams for a first promoted single: The 76.1 million U.S. streaming for the opening week’s Drivers License ‘is a new weekly best for a female artist’s first single promoted to radio, streaming services and other platforms.
The sum is the best for any song in the first week of release since Cardi B’s “WAP”, featuring Megan Thee Stallion, the 93 million US streams in the week ended on August 13, 2020 (and top of the Hot 100 of Aug. 22), best for any track ever in the first week of availability.
… although this is Rodrigo’s 2nd Hot 100 hit: Prior to “Driving License”, Rodrigo mapped one Hot 100 entry: “All I Want” (her metaphorical map learner license) spent two weeks on the score and reached a point of 90 in January 2020, where it started. of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (Music from the Disney + Original Series); ‘Drivers License’ is a standalone single so far, with Rodrigo’s debut EP expected this year.
Of the 48 singles that debuted at number 1 on the Hot 100, most were, surprisingly, by established performances. Only seven at the time of their entry belonged to emerging artists with a less or comparable card history than Rodrigo. Lauryn Hill started ‘Doo Wop (That Thing)’ in 1998, which is her first solo Hot 100 entry, after the Fugees joined her as a member three times in 1994-97. Clay Aiken (2003), Fantasia (2004) and Carrie Underwood (2005) all had their first premiere at number 1 with their first solo Hot 100 hits, their respective American Idol coronation sings ‘This Is the Night’, ‘I Believe’ and ‘Inside Your Heaven’. In 2006, Taylor Hicks’ “Do I Make You Proud” started at number 1 after finishing the season of Idol, although he had entered one number 69 peak three weeks earlier.
Since then, Baauer’s “Harlem Shake” started at the top of the Hot 100 in 2013, along with a methodological change that added YouTube data to the formula of the map, while Zayn’s first solo entry after hitting One Direction, ” Pillowtalk “, departed, the no. 1 in 2016.
Just before ’04: California-born Rodrigo is the most recently born artist to award the Hot 100. Born on February 20, 2003 (fun fact: she shares her birthday with Rihanna), Rodrigo takes the title from Jawsh 685, who was born in Nov. 5, 2002, and leads the October 17, 2020 chart with “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)”, starring Jason Derulo and BTS.
At 17 and 11 months old, Rodrigo is the youngest artist at the top of the Hot 100 since Billie Eilish, who was 17 years, eight months and one week old when she led ‘Bad Guy’ in August 2019.
Four artists born in the 2000s now rule the Hot 100, one each born in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003: Rodrigo, Jawsh 685, Eilish (born December 18, 2001) and 24kGoldn (born November 13, 2000). of which the “Mood,” with Iann Dior, falls from No. 1 to No. 2 after eight weeks.
Geffen, Interscope in charge: The Geffen label is at the top of the Hot 100 for the first time since Nelly Furtado’s “Say It Right” topped the February 24, 2007 chart. Prior to that, Furtado and Geffen spent six weeks at No. 1 in 2006 with ‘Promiscuous’. with Timbaland.
Interscope achieves its first Hot 100 no. 1 of 2021, after two, in a row, in 2020: Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande’s “Rain on Me” (June 6 last year) and DaBaby’s “Rockstar” (featuring Roddy Ricch), which began a seven-week reign (June 13).
Car songs: Given the role of wheels as a motif in hit music from the early days of rock, Rodrigo is parking any version of the word “ride” in the Hot 100 position for the first time. Three other songs with ‘drive’ in their titles made it into the top 10 (two based on means of transport): The Drive’s’ Drive ‘(No. 3, 1984), Incubus” Drive ‘(No. 9, 2001) and Train is “Drive By” (No. 10). One of the previous Hot 100 hits contained ‘driver’s’ in the title: ‘Driver’s Seat’, by Sniff ‘n’ the Tears (No. 15, 1979).
‘License’ appears in one previous title of the Hot 100 song (albeit via the British English spelling): Billy Ocean’s ‘License to Chill’ (No. 32, 1989). (A year earlier, Ocean topped the Hot 100 with his own hit on driving: “Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car.”)
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