(and a highlight, among many, of last night’s Pepsi Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show). > The RCA label notches its first leader since Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk!” (featuring Bruno Mars), which reigned for 14 weeks and became the year-end Hot 100 No. He co-wrote “Pillowtalk” with Anthony and Michael Hannides and Levi Lennox. 1 not just as an artist, but also as a writer. The Evolution of Boy Bands, From The Osmonds to Zayn Malik: A Timeline On the list: Bobby Brown (apart from New Edition), Michael Jackson (Jackson 5), Ricky Martin (Menudo), Donny Osmond (the Osmonds), Justin Timberlake (*NSYNC) and, the other three Beatles: John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.
> Other prominent one-time boy band members have crowned the Hot 100 solo, but not with their debut Hot 100 hits. 1 “My Sweet Lord”/”Isn’t It a Pity” in 1970, following the Fab Four’s split earlier that year. The Quiet Beatle launched with the four-week No. 1 with a debut single on the survey since George Harrison. If we consider the Beatles a founding pop music boy band, Zayn is the first one-time member of a Hot 100-charting boy band to score a No. > While the definition of “boy band” leaves room for interpretation, Zayn’s coronation of the Hot 100 places him in elite company. 2 with “We Got the Beat” in 1982 lead singer Belinda Carlisle then led in 1987 with her own “Heaven Is a Place on Earth.” 2 with a group (excluding one-time-only charity acts) and then command the Hot 100 as a solo artist: the Go-Go’s reached a high of No. 1 as a soloist, he is the first artist in 28 years to peak as high as No.
> Zayn Go-Go’s where One Direction hasn’t: by reaching No. (Without Zayn, the group has landed two more top 10s: “Drag Me Down” and “Perfect,” which reached Nos. Before he left the boy band, 1D tallied four top 10s, rising as high as No. > Zayn goes where One Direction hasn’t: to No. 1 debut for an artist’s first Hot 100 hit since Baauer’s “Harlem Shake” (March 2, 2013). act to start at the summit overall, following Adele (“Hello,” 2015) and Elton John (“Candle in the Wind 1997″/”Something About the Way You Look Tonight,” 1997). 1 on the Hot 100 with a first charted single. > Zayn, born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, is the first U.K. 1 overall dating to the chart’s 1958 launch): Ten more key facts regarding the Hot 100’s new leader (the 1,051st No. The sultry “Pillowtalk” is from Zayn’s debut album Mind of Mine, due March 25, the one-year anniversary of his departure from One Direction. Zayn Malik Speaks Out in Revealing Billboard Cover Story: ‘I’m Not Censoring Myself Anymore’ 1 on the subscription services-based On-Demand Songs chart (12.7 million on-demand streams), while also boasting 17 million in radio audience. streams (the fourth-largest streaming start ever) in the week ending Feb. “Pillowtalk” also opens atop the Digital Songs and Streaming Songs charts, with 267,000 first-week U.S. It’s the first since Adele’s “Hello” arrived at the summit on the Nov. 29 on RCA Records, is just the 25th song ever to debut at No. Highlights of the airplay, sales and streaming-based Hot 100 post on each Monday, with all charts updated each Tuesday. 6 with “Summer Sixteen” and G-Eazy and Bebe Rexha reach the top 10 with “Me, Myself & I.”Īs we do every Monday, let’s talk the Hot 100’s top 10 and more. He also earns an honor not achieved since a former Beatle more than 45 years ago (read on). 2 with 1D (with the group’s 2013 single “Best Song Ever”).
The pop singer/songwriter (full name: Zayn Malik ) makes his first trip to the top of the Hot 100 after peaking as high as No. 1 with “Pillowtalk,” his first solo single after departing One Direction. Zayn blasts onto the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Feb.