BTS Return To The Top 10 As Taylor Swift Debuts At No. 1
Taylor Swift rules this week’s Hot 100, as she debuts her new single “Willow” atop the all-genre ranking of the most-consumed songs in the U.S. The cut serves as the first promotional focus from her latest full-length Evermore, which also starts its time on the albums chart, the Billboard 200, at No. 1.
“Willow” gives Swift her seventh No. 1 hit and her second of 2020, and she leads a top 10 mostly composed of Christmas hits...though a few other popular tunes are able to find space inside the competitive space this frame.
Swift’s brand new champion pushes last week’s leader, Mariah Carey’s "All I Want for Christmas Is You," to the runner-up space. The song could regain control over the Hot 100 next week, but then it is sure to drop down the ranking dramatically, if not fall off completely.
Fellow holiday favorites "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" by Brenda Lee and “Jingle Bell Rock” by Bobby Helms come next, landing at Nos. 3 and 4, respectively. The former title keeps in third place, while the latter ascends slightly.
Former several-week Hot 100 ruler “Mood” by 24kGoldn and Iann Dior dips from second place to fifth. The song may bounce back when the holiday season is through.
Burl Ives’ “A Holly Jolly Christmas” returns to the top 10 this week, vaulting from No. 14 to No. 6. The track, first released back in the ‘60s, went all the way to No. 4 last year. Next up is Andy Williams' "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” which backtracks one space from its No. 6 high point.
Ariana Grande’s most recent No. 1 hit “Positions” (and one of her three Hot 100 dominators of 2020) declines from No. 4 to No. 8, unable to fend off many of the biggest Christmas smashes this time around.
Back inside the top 10 once again is BTS’s “Dynamite,” which is proving to be a sturdy hit single the likes of which most artists can only hope for. The song debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 back in September, and since then, it has spent more time inside the highest tier than out, though it did begin to tumble recently. After the band released a new holiday-themed remix of the single a few days ago, their fans rushed to buy the cut, and all those purchases help it shoot from No. 24 to No. 9.
Last week, Jose Feliciano's "Feliz Navidad" finally hit the top 10 half a century after it was first released. This frame, it holds at No. 10, earning its second-ever frame inside the tier.