USA Top 40, 6.6.21: ‘Levitating’ edges surging ‘deja vu’ to hold on to No. 1

Last week, Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” hit No. 1 in a week where no song seemed to be strong across the board. This week, the song strengthened its presence on the chart, which enabled it to hold off Olivia Rodrigo’s “deja vu” – the biggest single on the nation’s biggest album. (In a rare feat, Rodrigo’s Sour charted all 11 of its tracks onto this week’s Top 40.) The remainder of the Top 5 is rounded out by Justin Bieber’s “Peaches,” ” Doja Cat’s “Kiss Me More” and The Weeknd’s “Save Your Tears.”

Reality set in for J. Cole’s Off-Season album, which had eight songs on the chart a week ago. This week, only two songs remain, and both of those – “my.life” (No. 23) and “pride.is.the.devil” (No. 27) fell 13 places. The other six -“amari,” “95.south,” “applying.pressure,” “100.mil,” “let.go.my.hand” and “interlude” – exited the Top 40.

Meanwhile, Rodrigo’s Sour staged a coup of the Top 40, with all 11 songs squeezing onto the chart. Other than “deja vu,” Rodrigo hit paydirt with “good 4 u” (No. 7), “drivers license” (No. 11), “traitor” (No. 12), “brutal” (No. 15), “enough for you” (No. 17), “happier” (No. 18), “favorite crime” (No. 19), “1 step forward, 2 steps back” (No.21), “jealousy, jealousy” (No. 25) and “hope ur ok” (No. 31). The last four of those were also new entries onto the chart.

Eight songs made significant leaps this week, and five of them belonged to Rodrigo: “deja vu” (up six), “traitor” (up 23), “brutal” (up 21), “enough for you” (up 21) and “happier” (up 22). The other three big movers were “Butter” by BTS (up 16 from No. 24 to No. 8), “Heat Waves” by Glass Animals (up seven from No. 31 to No. 24) and “Wokesha” by Moneybagg Yo (up four from No. 37 to No. 33).

Other than the Rodrigo tracks, only two other songs made debuts this week, and both of them have spent the last seven weeks on our “Side Burner” chart. “Lil Bit” by Nelly and Florida-Georgia Line entered at No. 38, while Mooski’s “Track Star” slipped in at No. 40. “Telapatia” by Kali Uchis also re-entered the chart at No. 36.

Here is the updated chart for the week of June 6, 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 Levitating Dua Lipa 1 0 22 1
2 déjà vu Olivia Rodrigo 8 6 8 2
3 Peaches Justin Bieber 2 -1 10 1
4 Kiss Me More Doja Cat 4 0 8 4
5 Save Your Tears The Weeknd 5 0 20 1
6 Leave the Door Open Silk Sonic 3 -3 12 1
7 good 4 u Olivia Rodrigo 6 -1 3 6
8 Butter BTS 24 16 2 8
9 Astronaut in the Ocean Masked Wolf 7 -2 11 4
10 Montero (Call Me By Your Name) Lil Nas X 11 1 9 5
11 drivers license Olivia Rodrigo 9 -2 20 1
12 traitor Olivia Rodrigo 35 23 2 12
13 Without You The Kid Laroi 12 -1 13 11
14 Beautiful Mistakes Maroon 5 & Meghan Thee Stallion 15 1 10 9
15 brutal Olivia Rodrigo 36 21 2 15
16 RAPSTAR Polo G 16 0 8 9
17 enough for you Olivia Rodrigo 38 21 2 17
18 happier Olivia Rodrigo 40 22 2 18
19 favorite crime Olivia Rodrigo New New 1 19
20 Best Friend Saweetie 20 0 14 12
21 1 step forward, 2 steps back Olivia Rodrigo New New 1 21
22 Up Cardi B 19 -3 16 3
23 my.life J. Cole 10 -13 3 10
24 Heat Waves Glass Animals 31 7 8 22
25 jealousy, jealousy Olivia Rodrigo New New 1 25
26 Heartbreak Anniversary Giveon 28 2 11 15
27 pride.is.the.devil J. Cole 14 -13 3 14
28 Calling My Phone Lil Tjay, 6LACK 22 -6 15 8
29 Forever After All Luke Combs 29 0 5 22
30 pov Ariana Grande 27 -3 5 27
31 hope ur ok Olivia Rodrigo New New 1 31
32 Every Chance I Get DJ Khaled 32 0 4 17
33 Wockesha Moneybagg Yo 37 4 2 33
34 My Ex’s Best Friend Machine Gun Kelly & Blackbeard 21 -13 20 17
35 We’re Good Dua Lipa 30 -5 10 21
36 Telepatia Kali Uchis Re-E Re-E 3 36
37 Your Power Billie Eilish 39 2 5 14
38 Lil Bit Nelly & Florida-Georgia Line New New 1 38
39 Positions Ariana Grande 33 -6 22 2
40 Track Star Mooski New New 1 40

There are 10 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
Gang Gang Polo G, Lil Wayne
You*** Regard x Troye Sivan x Tate McRae
Build a B*tch Bella Poarch
Way Less Sad AJR
Arcade**** Duncan Laurence
Leave Before You Love Me Marshmello X Jonas Brothers
Hell of a View**** Eric Church
Sacrifice***** Bebe Rexha
Tell Em $NOT, Cochise
la di die* Nessa Barrett

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 156 songs that have trended in various ways in the past week.


Copyright © 2021 Doug DeBolt.

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