Justin Bieber finally gained some separation from his challengers as “Peaches” held on to the No. 1 spot for the second straight week and for the third week overall. “Leave the Door Open” by Silk Sonic and “Save Your Tears” by The Weeknd remained at No. 2 and 3 respectively, while Doja Cat’s “Kiss Me More” and Masked Wolf’s “Astronaut In the Ocean” traded places at No. 4 and 5.
The biggest news of the week was the effect of J. Cole’s Off-Season album, as it placed seven songs on the chart in addition to “interlude,” which debuted a week ago. While the songs haven’t received significant airplay, they have dominated the streaming market more than any album has done this year. The new seven also represented the biggest influx of new material this year. The seven new songs are “my.life,” “amari,” “pride.is.the.devil,” “95.south,” “applying.pressure,” “100.mil” and “let.go.my.hand.” The only other debut this week was Olivia Rodrigo’s “good 4 u,” which jumped in at No. 28. SpottemGottem’s “Beat Box” also made a reappearance at No. 37.
Four songs made significant moves of four or more spots, and J. Cole also topped that list, as “interlude” soared 15 spots from No. 28 to No. 13. Trippie Redd and Playboi Carti’s “Miss the Rage” jumped five spots from No. 30 to No. 18. Dua Lipa’s “We’re Good” (No. 21) and Arianna Grande’s “pov” (No. 29) both moved up five spots.
Another major development was not regarding songs on the chart, but songs that finally left it. Four songs exited the Top 40 after 19 weeks – “Mood” (24kGoldn and Iann Dior), “Therefore I Am” (Billie Eilish), “What You Know ‘Bout Love” (Pop Smoke) and “You Broke Me First” (Tate McRae).
Here is the updated chart for the week of May 23, 2021. Each song is linked to its official video on YouTube, where possible. To listen to the full playlist of these songs, visit our page on Spotify.
| Pos | Song | Artist | LW | Chg | Wks | Peak |
| 1 | Peaches | Justin Bieber | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 2 | Leave the Door Open | Silk Sonic | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 3 | Save Your Tears | The Weeknd | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 4 | Kiss Me More | Doja Cat | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| 5 | Astronaut in the Ocean | Masked Wolf | 4 | -1 | 9 | 4 |
| 6 | Levitating | Dua Lipa | 6 | 0 | 20 | 3 |
| 7 | Montero (Call Me By Your Name) | Lil Nas X | 7 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 8 | déjà vu | Olivia Rodrigo | 9 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | Beautiful Mistakes | Maroon 5 & Meghan Thee Stallion | 12 | 3 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | RAPSTAR | Polo G | 10 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 11 | Without You | The Kid Laroi | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Drivers License | Olivia Rodrigo | 8 | -4 | 18 | 1 |
| 13 | interlude | J. Cole | 28 | 15 | 2 | 13 |
| 14 | Up | Cardi B | 13 | -1 | 14 | 3 |
| 15 | Best Friend | Saweetie | 16 | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| 16 | Calling My Phone | Lil Tjay, 6LACK | 15 | -1 | 13 | 8 |
| 17 | My Ex’s Best Friend | Machine Gun Kelly & Blackbeard | 18 | 1 | 18 | 17 |
| 18 | Miss the Rage | Trippie Redd & Playboi Carti | 30 | 12 | 2 | 18 |
| 19 | Your Power | Billie Eilish | 14 | -5 | 3 | 14 |
| 20 | Every Chance I Get | DJ Khaled | 17 | -3 | 2 | 17 |
| 21 | We’re Good | Dua Lipa | 26 | 5 | 8 | 21 |
| 22 | Forever After All | Luke Combs | 23 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
| 23 | Heat Waves | Glass Animals | 22 | -1 | 6 | 22 |
| 24 | Heartbreak Anniversary | Giveon | 19 | -5 | 9 | 15 |
| 25 | Positions | Ariana Grande | 24 | -1 | 20 | 2 |
| 26 | Blinding Lights | The Weeknd | 21 | -5 | 20 | 5 |
| 27 | 34+35 | Ariana Grande | 20 | -7 | 20 | 2 |
| 28 | good 4 u | Olivia Rodrigo | New | New | 1 | 28 |
| 29 | pov | Ariana Grande | 34 | 5 | 3 | 29 |
| 30 | my.life | J. Cole | New | New | 1 | 30 |
| 31 | amari | J. Cole | New | New | 1 | 31 |
| 32 | Hold On | Justin Bieber | 32 | 0 | 9 | 23 |
| 33 | pride.is.the.devil | J. Cole | New | New | 1 | 33 |
| 34 | 95.south | J. Cole | New | New | 1 | 34 |
| 35 | Goosebumps (Remix) | Travis Scott & HVME | 38 | 3 | 6 | 34 |
| 36 | applying.pressure | J. Cole | New | New | 1 | 36 |
| 37 | Beat Box | SpotemGottem | Re-E | Re-E | 8 | 16 |
| 38 | 100.mil | J. Cole | New | New | 1 | 38 |
| 39 | let.go.my.hand | J. Cole | New | New | 1 | 39 |
| 40 | Telepatia | Kali Uchis | 40 | 0 | 2 | 40 |
There are 21 songs that show signs of invading the chart in the coming weeks. Songs that appeared on this list previously are marked with an asterisk for each week they’ve been on the list. (You can listen to them in our “On the Side Burner” playlist on Spotify):
| On the Side Burner | |
| (Songs that haven’t appeared in our chart but were closest to making it this week) | |
| Song | Artist |
| punchin’.the.clock | J. Cole |
| Wockesha*** | Moneybagg Yo |
| Seeing Green | Nicki Minaj |
| the.climb.back | J. Cole |
| Lil Bit******* | Nelly & Florida-Georgia Line |
| hunger.on.hillside | J. Cole |
| close | J. Cole |
| Track Star******* | Mooski |
| Hell of a View*** | Eric Church |
| Breaking Up Was Easy in the 90s* | Sam Hunt |
| Straightenin | Migos |
| Arcade*** | Duncan Laurence |
| You** | Regard x Troye Sivan x Tate McRae |
| Sacrifice**** | Bebe Rexha |
| Made For You* | Jake Owen |
| The Business****** | Tiesto |
| Sorry Not Sorry** | DJ Khaled |
| Time Today****** | Moneybagg Yo |
| la di die | Nessa Barrett |
| Fractions | Nicki Minaj |
| STOP | AJ Mitchell |
The American charts all have their whims. We look across the pop music landscape to put together a reliable snapshot of what is truly trending today. We are currently tracking 162 songs that have trended in various ways in the past week.
Copyright © 2021 Doug DeBolt.
