Post Malone & Swae Lee's 'Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)' Hits No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

 

Post Malone and Swae Lee's "Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)" rises to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song is Post Malone's third Hot 100 leader and Swae Lee's first as a soloist; he's also notched one No. 1 as half of duo Rae Sremmurd.
"Sunflower" dethrones Halsey's "Without Me" after a week atop the Hot 100, although Halsey adds a new top 10, as "Eastside," with Benny Blanco and Khalid, climbs 11-9.

Up from No. 3, "Sunflower," released on Republic Records, becomes the 1,082nd No. 1 in the Hot 100's 60-year history, as it reigns in streaming and sales and hits the top 10 in airplay.

Post Malone's 3rd No. 1, Swae Lee's 1st solo: "Sunflower" follows Post Malone's first two Hot 100 No. 1s: "Rockstar," featuring 21 Savage, led for eight weeks beginning Oct. 28, 2017, and "Psycho," featuring Ty Dolla $ign," topped the June 16, 2018-dated chart. Dating to his first week at No. 1, Post Malone ties Drake for the most leaders in that span.
Swae Lee adds his first Hot 100 No. 1 as a soloist, to go along with a trip to the top as half of Rae Sremmurd (with brother Slim Jxmmi). The pair ruled for seven weeks beginning Nov. 26, 2016, with "Black Beatles," featuring Gucci Mane. Swae Lee is the first artist to lead the Hot 100 as a soloist after reigning with a duo or group since Justin Timberlake, whose "Can't Stop the Feeling!" crowned the May 28, 2016-dated chart. With *NSYNC, he spent two weeks at No. 1 with "Bye Bye Bye" in 2000.

Two co-billed solo males at No. 1: "Sunflower" is the first Hot 100 No. 1 by two co-billed male leads with no other accompanying acts in, amazingly, nearly 27 years. The last such leader also included the word "sun" in its title: George Michael and Elton John's "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me," which topped the Feb. 1, 1992, chart. (Before that, Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson teamed up for the last such No. 1: "Say Say Say," for six weeks starting Dec. 10, 1983.)

Concurrent with its ascension to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, “Sunflower,” Post Malone and Swae Lee’s collaborative track from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, tops Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart dated Jan. 19.

Courtesy: Billboard