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Imagine Dragons’ “I Bet My Life” enters the Hot 100 at #53. It’s the week’s second-highest new entry (after Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space”). “I Bet My Life” is the first single from the band’s upcoming second studio album. Their debut album, Night Visions, reached #2 and has sold 2,346,000 copies. It spawned three top 15 hits on the Hot 100: “It’s Time,” “Radioactive” and “Demons.” “Radioactive” reached #3 and received a Grammy nomination for Record Of The Year.
This week’s big news on the Hot 100 is Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” returning to #1. That was the lead of a Chart Watch blog which we posted Wednesday. If you missed it, here’s a link. This blog will deal with key debuts and moves below the top 10.
Sam Smith’s “I’m Not The Only One” jumps from #16 to #12 in its ninth week … “Lifestyle” by Rich Gang featuring Young Thug & Rich Homie Quan jumps from #17 to #16 in its 16th week.
Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space” is the week’s top new entry at #18. Three other Swift songs debut on this week’s chart. “Style” opens at #60, “Wildest Dreams” at #76 and “Bad Blood” at #80. This ups Swift’s total of Hot 100 hits to 66—which puts her just seven hits behind Aretha Franklin as the female artist with the most Hot 100 hits in history. (Not to put a damper on this, but it’s much easier to hit the Hot 100 now than it used to be. When you can have numerous songs charting in a single week, it tends to swell your total quickly.)
Calvin Harris lands his seventh top 20 hit as “Blame” (featuring John Newman) jumps from #21 to #19 in its eighth week. The song reached #1 on the U.K.’s Official Singles Chart in September. It’s from Harris’s fourth studio album, Motion, which is set to enter next week’s Billboard 200 right around #4 (30K).
“Tuesday” by I LOVE MAKONNEN featuring Drake vaults from #35 to #20 in its sixth week … “Fireball” by Pitbull featuring John Ryan jumps from #30 to #23 in its 13th week … “Love Me Harder” by Ariana Grande & The Weeknd jumps from #37 to #24 in its fourth week … Rae Sremmurd’s “No Type” jumps from #38 to #25 in its sixth week.
Big Sean lands his seventh top 30 hit as “I Don’t F**k With You” (featuring E-40) jumps from #34 to #26 in its sixth week. Big Sean has held the lead position on five of those hits. His featured credits to make the top 30 are Justin Bieber’s “As Long As You Love Me” and Drake’s “All Me” (which also featured 2 Chainz).
Sam Hunt’s “Leave The Night On” leaps from #36 to #30 in its 19th week. The song jumps to #1 on Hot Country Songs, dethroning Jason Aldean’s “Burnin’ It Down,” which held the top spot for 14 weeks. “Leave The Night On” is from Hunt’s debut album Montevallo which enters The Billboard 200 at #3 this week (and Top Country Albums at #1).
Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” re-enters the chart at 35, due to its annual Halloween resurgence. The song sold 39K digital copies in the week ending Nov. 2, bringing its total to 3,689,000. Jackson was a shrewd career strategist, but I doubt even he knew he was creating a Halloween perennial when he cut this song in 1982.
“Only” by Nicki Minaj featuring Drake, Lil Wayne and Chris Brown is the week’s third-highest new entry at #54. (“Thriller is a re-entry.) "Only” is the second single from Minaj’s third studio album, The Pinkprint, which is due Dec. 15. The lead single, “Anaconda,” reached #2. “Only” is Minaj’s 55th Hot 100 hit. Incidentally, this is the second song titled “Only” to make the chart. A Nine Inch Nails song with this title hit #90 in 2005.
“Beg For It” by Iggy Azalea featuring MO leaps from #92 to #62 in its second week … Meghan Trainor’s “Lips Are Movin” jumps from #93 to #70 in its second week.
OK Go’s “I Won’t Let You Down” debuts at #71. It’s the alternative band’s second Hot 100 hit. “Here It Goes Again” hit #38 in 2006. This is from the band’s fourth studio album, Hungry Ghosts, which was released in October … Ella Henderson’s “Ghost” debuts at #75. It’s from her debut album, Chapter One. The song spent two weeks at #1 on The U.K.’s Official Singles Chart in June.
Florida Georgia Line’s “Sun Daze” re-enters the chart at #92. The song has climbed as high as #83 … Kenny Chesney’s “Til It’s Gone” debuts at #100. It’s from his 16th studio album, The Big Revival, which reached #2 on The Billboard 200 in September.
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