{"id":110971,"date":"2020-02-05T13:53:32","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T11:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/?p=110971"},"modified":"2020-02-06T13:56:48","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T11:56:48","slug":"the-weeknd-passes-beyonce-jay-z-with-new-rhythmic-songs-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/en\/news-el\/music-en\/the-weeknd-passes-beyonce-jay-z-with-new-rhythmic-songs-no-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weeknd Passes Beyonc\u00e9 & Jay-Z With New Rhythmic Songs No. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Weeknd<\/a> captures his 10th No. 1 on Billboard<\/em>\u2019s Rhythmic Songs<\/a> airplay chart as \u201cHeartless\u201d climbs from No. 3 on the list dated Feb. 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The single arrives at the summit thanks to a whopping 19% surge in plays in the week ending Feb. 2, according to Nielsen Music\/MRC Data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a recap of The Weeknd\u2019s 10 leaders on the Rhythmic Songs chart:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Title, Artist (if other than The Weeknd), Weeks at No. 1, Date Reached No. 1
\u201cLove Me Harder,\u201d with Ariana Grande, five, Jan. 3, 2015
\u201cEarned It (Fifty Shades of Grey),\u201d three, May 2, 2015
\u201cCan\u2019t Feel My Face,\u201d five, Aug. 1, 2015
\u201cThe Hills,\u201d five, Sept. 19,\u00a0 2015
\u201cIn The Night,\u201d one, Feb. 13, 2016
\u201cMight Not,\u201d Belly featuring The Weeknd, three, April 30, 2016
\u201cStarboy,\u201d featuring Daft Punk, six, Nov. 5, 2016
\u201cParty Monster,\u201d one, April 1, 2017
\u201cPray For Me,\u201d with Kendrick Lamar, two, April 14, 2018
\u201cHeartless,\u201d one week to date, Feb. 8, 2020<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As \u201cHeartless\u201d rises, The Weeknd breaks from a tie with Beyonc\u00e9<\/a> and Jay-Z to become the seventh act to break the double-digit barrier in terms of No. 1s on Rhythmic Songs. Here\u2019s a full look at the leaderboard since the chart began in October 1992:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

26, Drake
17, Rihanna
13, Usher
11, Bruno Mars
11, Chris Brown
11, Lil Wayne
10, The Weeknd<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond its Rhythmic Songs coronation, \u201cHeartless\u201d remains in the top 10 on the Pop Songs<\/a> airplay chart, where it holds at its current No. 10 peak for a second week with a 7% rise in plays in the week. The song also retains the No. 20 slot on the R&B\/Hip-Hop Airplay<\/a> — its highest placement — for a fifth nonconsecutive week, though it slides 5% to 9.2 million in audience in the week ending Feb. 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Weeknd\u2019s other current single, \u201cBlinding Lights,\u201d climbs 32-31 on Rhythmic Songs and 20-19 on Pop Songs in its third and seventh weeks, respectively, on the radio-based rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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