♪ You need to calm down ♪
♪ You're being too loud ♪
- Swifties are not calm
as Taylor Swift has debuted at number two
on the Billboard Hot 100
with her new single You Need to Calm Down.
The singer is blocked
from the number one spot
for the second time
by Lil Nas X and Billy
Ray Cyrus' Old Town Road
which sits on top for the 12th week.
Taylor's ME also peaked at number two
behind Nas' viral hit.
You Need to Calm Down
marks Taylor's 24th top 10,
a sum that now only 12
artists have achieved.
Calm opens the top digital song sales
with 79,000 sold and starts
at number three on streaming
songs with 39 million streams
according to Nielsen Music.
♪ You need to calm down,
you need to calm down ♪
♪ You're being too loud,
you're being too loud ♪
- [Tetris] Old Town Road is
proving to be unstoppable
with its 12th week at the top.
It's the longest a title has been on top
since Despacito which tied the record
for most weeks ever at number one
with Mariah Carey and Boys
II Men's One Sweet Day
both with 16 weeks.
♪ And I know that you're
shining down on me from heaven ♪
- Elsewhere on the top 10,
Drake's Money In The Grave
featuring Rick Ross debuts at number seven
marking Drake's landmark 35th top 10
pushing him one ahead of the
Beatles for the second most
in the chart's history after Madonna's 38.
Get it, Drake.
♪ When I die, put my money in a grave ♪
- Now for a more in depth breakdown
of the new hot 100, head
over to Billboard.com,
we're the chart people.
For Billboard News, I'm Tetris Kelly.
