One week after it dropped, Drake’s “Certified Lover Boy” album is dominating the Top 40, with 15 of its tracks landing on the chart and the other six sitting just outside on the Side Burner chart. The wave of new songs practically erased Kayne West from the chart, sending six of his seven songs from a week ago into exile. Meanwhile, one song continued to be in a class by itself — “Stay” by The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber. While every other track suffered somewhat from the Drake effect, “Stay” remained in the top 10 of every index that we track except for one, resulting in its remaining at No. 1 for a fourth straight week. The remaining songs in the Top 5 are the same as last week, but in a different order. Ed Sheeran’s “Bad Habits” rose one spot to No. 2, “Industry Baby” by Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow jumped two places to No. 3, “good 4 u” by Olivia Rodrigo dropped two spots to No. 4 and Doja Cat’s “Kiss Me More” fell one spot to No. 5.

Rodrigo’s “deja vu” was one victim of the shakeup, falling out of the Top 10 and the Top 20. Until this week, “deja vu” had never been outside of the Top 10 since its debut 23 weeks ago. Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” also took a hit, falling outside the Top 10 for the first time since May 15. The biggest drop was in store for The Weeknd’s “Save Your Tears,” which fell outside of the Top 20 for the first time since it appeared on the chart on January 23.

Not only did Drake add nine songs to the countdown, but the six that were there last week had massive jumps of 25 spots or more. At the same time, 14 of last week’s Top 40 had significant drops of five or more places. There was also one significant exit from the Top 40 — Giveon’s “Heartbreak Anniversary,” which had spent 25 weeks on the chart.

This week’s other trends include:

Biggest movers:

• “Way 2 Sexy” by Drake (feat. Future & Young Thug) (up 27 from No. 33 to No. 6)
• “Girls Want Girls” by Drake (feat. Lil Baby) (up 27 from No. 34 to No. 7)
• “Knife Talk” by Drake (up 31 from No. 39 to No. 8)
• “Fair Trade” by Drake (feat. Travis Scott) (up 26 from No. 35 to No. 9)
• “Champagne Poetry” by Drake (up 26 from No. 36 to No. 10)
• “In the Bible” by Drake (feat. Lil Durk & GIVEON) (up 28 from No. 40 to No. 12)

Biggest drops:

• “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” by Lil Nas X (down five from No. 6 to No. 11)
• “Levitating” by Dua Lipa (down 12 from No. 7 to No. 19)
• “deja vu” by Olivia Rodrigo (down 11 from No. 10 to No. 21)
• “Hurricane” by Kanye West (down 13 from No. 9 to No. 22)
• “Butter” by BTS (down 15 from No. 8 to No. 23)
• “Beggin'” by Måneskin (down five from No. 19 to No. 24)
• “Take My Breath” by The Weeknd (down 12 from No. 13 to No. 25)
• “You Right” by Doja Cat (down 10 from No. 16 to No. 26)
• “Leave Before You Love Me” by Marshmello & Jonas Brothers (down eight from No. 21 to No. 29)
• “Save Your Tears” by The Weeknd (down 19 from No. 11 to No. 30)
• “traitor” by Olivia Rodrigo (down seven from No. 27 to No. 34, down 11 in the last two weeks)
• “Essence” by Wizkid (down nine from No. 26 to No. 35, down 20 in the last three weeks)
• “Arcade” by Duncan Laurence (down 13 from No. 23 to No. 36, down 18 in the last two weeks)
• “Skate” by Silk Sonic (down six from No. 32 to No. 38, down 16 in the last two weeks)

Debuts:

• “TSU” by Drake (No. 13, one week on the Side Burner chart)
• “No Friends in the Industry” by Drake (No. 15, one week on the Side Burner chart)
• “Papi’s Home” by Drake (No. 16, one week on the Side Burner chart)
• “Love All” by Drake (feat. JAY-Z) (No. 17, one week on the Side Burner chart)
• “N 2 Deep” by Drake (feat. Future) (No. 18, one week on the Side Burner chart)
• “IMY2” by Drake (No. 31, one week on the Side Burner chart)
• “Pipe Down” by Drake (No. 32, one week on the Side Burner chart)
• “Shivers” by Ed Sheeran (No. 33)
• “7am on Bridle Path” by Drake (No. 37, one week on the Side Burner chart)
• “Race My Mind” by Drake (No. 40, one week on the Side Burner chart)

Exits:

• Heartbreak Anniversary” by GIVEON (25 weeks on the chart, peak of No. 15, last week No. 22)
• “Rumors” by Lizzo & Cardi B (four weeks on the chart, peak of No. 8, last week No. 25)
• “Off the Grid” by Kanye West (two weeks on the chart, peak of No. 14, last week No. 14)
• “Jail” by Kanye West (two weeks on the chart, peak of No. 15, last week No. 15)
• “family ties” by Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar (two weeks on the chart, peak of No. 17, last week No. 17)
• “Moon” by Kanye West (two weeks on the chart, peak of No. 20, last week No. 20)
• “Sharing Locations” by Meek Mill (two weeks on the chart, peak of No. 28, last week No. 28)
• “Praise God” by Kanye West (two weeks on the chart, peak of No. 31, last week No.31)
• “Ok Ok” by Kanye West (one week on the chart, last week No. 30)
• “Junya” by Kanye West (one week on the chart, last week No. 37)

Here is the updated chart for the week of September 18, 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.

There are 20 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):

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

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