RWC - February 24, 2021 - Rina Sawayama (2)

Welcome to Ryan's Weekly Countdown!

This Week:

• Cherry holds at a second week atop the chart, tying with XS for Rina Sawayama's longest-running #1 song
• Good Days rises to #3, marking SZA's 6th top five and highest-peaking solo track since Anything and Drew Barrymore in 2017
• Best Friend also enters the top five at #4, becoming Saweetie's second and Doja Cat's first top five hit; this also marks both artists' highest peak on the countdown to date
• With positions' drop to #6, this is the first time since May 2020 that Ariana Grande has not been present in the top five
• drunk face by Machine Gun Kelly jumps to #12 and becomes his 6th top fifteen
• Fly By Midnight make a return to the chart with Cailin Russo collab Diamond Eyes, which debuts at #20; this also marks the group's highest debut on the chart to date, and Cailin Russo's RWC debut
• Following the release of Positions (Deluxe), Ariana sees four new entries: worst behavior at #22, test drive at #23, main thing at #30, and someone like u at #40
• Josh Golden makes his return to the countdown with Violets, which debuts at #25, following 143 from late last year
• Rain On Me by Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande hits 40 weeks on the countdown, becoming the first and only collab to hit this milestone; it also remains the only collaboration to have charted 30 weeks or more

EXITS

1. west side – Ariana Grande (#40)
2. 911 – Lady Gaga (#39)
3. shut up – Ariana Grande (#38)
4. XS – Rina Sawayama (#37)
5. Prisoner – Miley Cyrus ft. Dua Lipa (#35)
6. Hate Me – Miley Cyrus (#34)

• XS by Rina Sawayama leaves this week; it spent 2 weeks at #1 and 42 total weeks on the chart; it is currently the biggest debut entry for any artist in history
• 911 by Lady Gaga leaves this week; it spent 1 week at #1 and 27 total weeks on the chart; it became the first song in history to reach #1 after re-entering the chart

CERTIFICATIONS

• 2x Diamond
  • Rain On Me by Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande
• Platinum
  • the lakes – Taylor Swift