It took only eight weeks for The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber to land at No. 1 with “Stay,” but in Week 8, it achieved an almost perfect score in our algorithm to remain at the top. The song’s dominance was slightly overshadowed by the release of Kanye West’s latest album, “Dona,” which essentially dropped a bomb on the Top 40 countdown. Every song on the album had significant streaming and download success, which led to seven tracks from the album entering the Top 40 this week. With so many songs from “Donda” appearing on streaming indicators, that meant that the other songs that had been having success there were jumbled almost randomly. We expect Drake’s newest release, “Certified Lover Boy,” which dropped on Friday, to have a similar effect next week.
For now, the Top 5 remained virtually unchanged, with “Stay” at No. 1 and Olivia Rodrigo’s “good 4 u” sticking at No. 2. “Industry Baby” by Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow jumped two spots to No. 3, while Doja Cat’s “Kiss Me More” and Ed Sheeran’s “Bad Habits” both dropped one place to No. 4 and No. 5 respectively.
Kanye’s assault on the chart was part of an influx of 10 new songs on the countdown that dumped a number of former Top 10 and Top 20 songs out of the countdown. Chief among these was Bieber’s “Peaches,” which formerly held the No. 1 spot for three weeks. Two other former Top 10 songs also exited this week — “Astronaut in the Ocean” by Masked Wolf and “RAPSTAR” by Polo G.
“Save Your Tears” by The Weeknd slipped only one spot, but that carried it out of the Top 10 for the first time in 2021.
This week’s other trends include:
Biggest movers:
- “Butter” by BTS (up five from No. 14 to No. 9)
- “Arcade” by Duncan Laurence (up four from No. 22 to No. 18)
- “Beggin'” by Måneskin (up five from No. 26 to No. 21, up 13 in the last two weeks)
- “Love Again” by Dua Lipa (up 10 from No. 32 to No. 28, up 10 in the last two weeks)
- “Essence” by Wizkid (up 20 from No. 35 to No. 15, only two weeks on the chart)
- “Pepas” by Farruko (up 14 from No. 38 to No. 24)
- “Every Chance I Get” by DJ Khaled (up four from No. 28 to No. 24)
- “A-O-K” by Tai Verdes (up four from No. 39 to No. 35)
Biggest drops:
- “Rumors” by Lizzo & Cardi B (down five from No. 8 to No. 13)
- “Essence” by Wizkid (down five from No. 15 to No. 20)
- “traitor” by Olivia Rodrigo (down five from No. 18 to No. 23)
- “Leave the Door Open” by Silk Sonic (down seven from No. 25 to No. 32)
- “You” by Regard x Troye Sivan x Tate McRae (down six from No. 31 to No. 37)
Debuts:
- “Hurricane” by Kanye West (No. 27)
- “Jail” by Kanye West (No. 29)
- “Off the Grid” by Kanye West (No. 30)
- “family ties” by Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar (No. 31)
- “Moon” by Kanye West (No. 33)
- “Praise God” by Kanye West (No. 34)
- “Jonah” by Kanye West (No. 36)
- “Believe What I Say” by Kanye West (No. 38)
- “Waves” by Luke Bryan (No. 39, three weeks on the Side Burner chart)
- “Sharing Locations” by Meek Mill (No. 40)
Exits:
- “Peaches” by Justin Bieber (22 weeks on the chart, three weeks at No.1, last week No. 27)
- “Astronaut in the Ocean” by Masked Wolf (23 weeks on the chart, peak of No. 4, last week No. 33)
- “RAPSTAR” by Polo G (20 weeks on the chart, peak of No. 9, last week No. 29)
- “Lil Bit” by Nelly & Florida Georgia Line (13 weeks on the chart, peak of No. 17, last week No. 37)
- “Thot Sh*t” by Meghan Thee Stallion (11 weeks on the chart, peak of No. 13, last week No. 40)
- Ain’t Sh*t” by Doja Cat (nine weeks on the chart, peak of No. 16, last week No. 30)
- “Rumors” by Lizzo & Cardi B (three weeks on the chart, peak of No. 15, last week No. 34)
- “A-O-K” by Tai Verdes (two weeks on the chart, peak of No. 36, last week No. 36)
- “Matt Hardy 999” by Trippie Redd (one week on the chart, last week No. 38)
- “2055” by Sleepy Hallow (one week on the chart, last week No. 39)
Here is the updated chart for the week of September 4, 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 | Stay | The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 2 | good 4 u | Olivia Rodrigo | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| 3 | Industry Baby | Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | Kiss Me More | Doja Cat | 3 | -1 | 21 | 1 |
| 5 | Bad Habits | Ed Sheeran | 4 | -1 | 10 | 3 |
| 6 | Montero (Call Me By Your Name) | Lil Nas X | 6 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
| 7 | déjà vu | Olivia Rodrigo | 9 | 2 | 21 | 2 |
| 8 | Levitating | Dua Lipa | 7 | -1 | 35 | 1 |
| 9 | Butter | BTS | 14 | 5 | 15 | 7 |
| 10 | Need to Know | Doja Cat | 13 | 3 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | Save Your Tears | The Weeknd | 10 | -1 | 33 | 1 |
| 12 | Take My Breath | The Weeknd | 11 | -1 | 4 | 9 |
| 13 | Rumors | Lizzo & Cardi B | 8 | -5 | 3 | 8 |
| 14 | Happier Than Ever | Billie Eilish | 12 | -2 | 5 | 12 |
| 15 | Fancy Like | Walker Hayes | 17 | 2 | 9 | 14 |
| 16 | You Right | Doja Cat & The Weeknd | 16 | 0 | 10 | 11 |
| 17 | Leave Before You Love Me | Marshmello & Jonas Brothers | 19 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 18 | Arcade | Duncan Laurence | 22 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 19 | Heartbreak Anniversary | Giveon | 20 | 1 | 24 | 15 |
| 20 | Essence | Wizkid | 15 | -5 | 3 | 15 |
| 21 | Beggin’ | Måneskin | 26 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 22 | Skate | Silk Sonic | 21 | -1 | 5 | 19 |
| 23 | traitor | Olivia Rodrigo | 18 | -5 | 15 | 12 |
| 24 | Pepas | Farruko | 23 | -1 | 3 | 23 |
| 25 | Heat Waves | Glass Animals | 28 | 3 | 21 | 13 |
| 26 | Every Chance I Get | DJ Khaled | 24 | -2 | 17 | 17 |
| 27 | Hurricane | Kanye West | New | New | 1 | 27 |
| 28 | Love Again | Dua Lipa | 32 | 4 | 5 | 28 |
| 29 | Jail | Kanye West | New | New | 1 | 29 |
| 30 | Off the Grid | Kanye West | New | New | 1 | 30 |
| 31 | family ties | Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar | New | New | 1 | 31 |
| 32 | Leave the Door Open | Silk Sonic | 25 | -7 | 25 | 1 |
| 33 | Moon | Kanye West | New | New | 1 | 33 |
| 34 | Praise God | Kanye West | New | New | 1 | 34 |
| 35 | Don’t Go Yet | Camila Cabello | 35 | 0 | 3 | 35 |
| 36 | Jonah | Kanye West | New | New | 1 | 36 |
| 37 | You | Regard x Troye Sivan x Tate McRae | 31 | -6 | 13 | 31 |
| 38 | Believe What I Say | Kanye West | New | New | 1 | 38 |
| 39 | Waves | Luke Bryan | New | New | 1 | 39 |
| 40 | Sharing Locations | Meek Mill | New | New | 1 | 40 |
There are 25 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 |
| Ok Ok | Kanye West |
| God Breathed | Kanye West |
| Junya | Kanye West |
| Remote Control | Kanye West |
| Heaven and Hell | Kanye West |
| Memory***** | Kane Brown & Blackbear |
| Summer of Love* | Shawn Mendes & Talny |
| 24 | Kanye West |
| I Like That**** | Bazzi |
| No Child Left Behind | Kanye West |
| Pure Souls | Kanye West |
| Saturday** | Twenty One Pilots |
| Chasing After You*** | Ryan Hurd & Maren Morris |
| Lost***** | Maroon 5 |
| I am not a woman, I’m a god | Halsey |
| Donda | Kanye West |
| Keep My Spirit Alive | Kanye West |
| Jesus Lord | Kanye West |
| 2055 | Sleepy Hallow |
| Psycho** | Dixie |
| Things a Man Oughta Know** | Lainey Wilson |
| New Again | Kanye West |
| Jail pt 2 | Kanye West |
| Already Won* | Rod Wave |
| Hit It* | Black Eyed Peas |
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 155 songs that have trended in various ways in the past week.
Copyright © 2021 Doug DeBolt.
