Lewis Capaldi's 'Someone You Loved' Hits No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

A sad song leads to joyous news for Lewis Capaldi, as his breakthrough ballad "Someone You Loved" rises to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. 
The track by the 23-year-old Scottish singer-songwriter, released on Vertigo/Capitol Records, previously ruled multiple charts globally, including the Official UK Singles survey, for seven weeks beginning in March.

Airplay, sales & streams: "Someone" rises 3-2 on the Radio Songs chart, despite a 2% dip to 105.6 million audience impressions in the week ending Oct. 27, according to Nielsen Music. It pushes 5-2 on Digital Song Sales with a 41% surge to 24,000 sold in the week ending Oct. 24, good for the Hot 100's top Sales Gainer award. On Streaming Songs, the track ascends 11-8 (reaching the top 10 for the first time), up 2% to 25.2 million U.S. streams, in the week ending Oct. 24.

24 weeks to No. 1: "Someone" reaches the Hot 100's summit in its 24th week on the chart, completing the fifth-lengthiest climb to No. 1 all-time. Among acts' first Hot 100 entries, it wraps the second-longest trip to the top, after Vertical Horizon's "Everything You Want" in 2000.

Capitol conquers: While Capitol Records last led the Hot 100 as recently as January, for two weeks via Halsey's "Without Me," Capaldi is the first artist on the label to take a first Hot 100 entry to No. 1 in over 11 years, since Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" ruled for seven weeks starting in July 2008.

Lizzo's "Truth Hurts" drops to No. 2 on the Hot 100 after seven weeks at No. 1.

Mendes and Cabello's "Señorita" retreats 2-3 on the Hot 100, while two other tracks keep at their highpoints in the top five: Post Malone's "Circles" (No. 4) and Chris Brown's "No Guidance," featuring Drake (No. 5), as the latter leads Hot R&B Songs for a ninth week.

Lil Nas X's "Panini" pushes 9-6 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 5, and Travis Scott's "Highest in the Room" descends 6-7, after launching at No. 1 on the Oct. 19 chart, and leads Streaming Songs for a third week (33.8 million, down 9%).

Lil Tecca's "Ran$om" backtracks 7-8 on the Hot 100; Eilish's "Bad Guy" falls 8-9; and Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber's "10,000 Hours" returns to the region (11-10), after debuting two weeks ago at No. 4, as it commands Hot Country Songs for a third week.

Just beyond the Hot 100's top 10, Maroon 5's "Memories" bumps 12-11, Ed Sheeran's "Beautiful People," featuring Khalid, rises 14-13 and Lizzo's "Good as Hell" surges 20-14 and claims top Airplay Gainer honors for a second week (52.4 million in radio reach, up 22%), as all three songs hit new highs.

Plus, Selena Gomez blasts onto the Hot 100 at No. 15 with "Lose You to Love Me." Released last Wednesday (Oct. 23), the ballad soars in at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales with 36,000 sold and No. 20 on Streaming Songs with 15.3 million streams, while drawing 14.1 million in radio audience.
The expected first taste of Gomez's first album since Revival in 2015 marks her second-best Hot 100 debut, among 28 career visits; "Good for You" opened at No. 9 (and reached No. 5) in 2015.

Courtesy: Billboard.com