It's been over a month and for all intents and purposes, the United States is still "All About That Bass" and all about female artists. Yes, for yet another week, rookie pop star Meghan Trainor leads a lady-filled top five of the Hot 100, though Jimmy Fallon and will.i.am's comedy hit "Ew!" has cracked the top of the charts.
According to Billboard, Trainor's "All About That Bass" tops the Hot 100 for the sixth week in a row, beating out Taylor Swift's lead 1989 single "Shake It Off." Despite Swift leading single sales (also thanks to a mega-bump from her new Jack Antonoff-assisted song "Out of the Woods"), Trainor lead single streams and radio play, because the masses just love a song that's all about the booty.
Beneath Trainor and Swift, Iggy Azalea and Rita Ora remain tight in the No. 3 spot on the Hot 100 for yet another week, making this week's top three the same as last week. In come newcomer Tove Lo with her single "Habits (Stay High)." Lo raised up one spot on the Hot 100 this week to a new No. 4, well, high point.
"Habits" reaches No. 4 thanks to a combination of a 12 percent sales increase (99,000 copies), a 7 percent streaming boost (7.2 million) and a healthy 90 million audience impressions on radio.
Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj round out the female-heavy top five, with their collaborative, catchy single "Bang Bang."
Not too far below the female-led Hot 100, two old dudes posing as young ladies arrived on the Hot 100. After premiering the comedy single "Ew!" on The Tonight Show earlier this month, Jimmy Fallon and mega-producer will.i.am were the highest arrival on the U.S. charts this week.
According to Billboard, "Ew!," which jokes about judgmental tweens and all the dory, awful things dorky girls will do, debuted at No. 26 on the Hot 100.
Though the major weight of the chart points from "Ew!" came from streams (6 million in the U.S.), the single also got solid single sales. This week, "Ew!" reached the Digital Songs Chart's No. 30 spot, selling 35,000 copies.
That's a lot of people... Ew!
