Adele said "Hello" to the No. 1 spot on the Hot 100 last week, and now it seems like she's there to stay, at least for one more week. For the second week in a row, the stunning lead single from Adele's new album 25 tops the U.S. charts, coming ahead of recent singles from the likes of Ariana Grande, Drake and Justin Bieber.
Last week, "Hello" topped the Hot 100 by shattering Flo Rida's record for the most digital downloads in one week (she sold 1.1 million copies to his 636,000). In its second week, "Hello" still had astronomical sales, moving 635,000 copies, Billboard reports, making the song's second week the third best sales week for any single ever.
Radio play and streams also remained huge for "Hello," easily solidifying a second week at No. 1 for the track.
Adele holds Drake's "Hotline Bling" from the top spot, as it spends a fourth non-consecutive week in second place. "Hotline Bling" gained in chart points this week thanks to a full week of YouTube and VEVO views for its music video. The song also rose 7 percent on radio and had solid sales with 119,000 copies sold. But, Drake is no competition for the A-bomb.
The entire top five in the Hot 100 is comprised of foreigners. While Britain holds the top spot with Adele, Canada comprises the rest of the top five thanks to Drake at No. 2, The Weeknd's "The Hills" at No. 3 and a double dose of Justin Bieber at Nos. 4 and 5 with "Sorry" and "What Do You Mean," respectively.
The Canadian invasion even carries into the No. 6 slot, as Shawn Mendes' "Stitches" holds at No. 6 for a second straight week.
Only one song debuted in the Hot 100's top 10 this week, and that was Ariana Grande's new single "Focus" at No. 7 The lead track, from her third studio album Moonlight, sold a respectable 113,000 copies in its first week and started it streaming numbers with 13.3 million plays. Though the song failed to get the sort of critical praise as some of Grande's My Everything cuts, the song still marks Grande's sixth top 10 single.
"Focus" wasn't the only song to first appear in the top 10 this week. A slow riser, Meghan Trainor and John Legend's single "Like I'm Gonna Lose You" lifted up three spots to arrive at No. 10. The collaborative Title single was first promoted in July but has recently seen major gains on the charts, leading to Trainor's third top 10 track (following "All About That Bass" and "Lips Are Movin'."
The final two songs to keep a hold in the top 10 are Taylor Swift's "Wildest Dreams" and Fetty Wap's "679," which sit at Nos. 8 and 9, respectively. Both songs fell one place, displaced by Grande's "Focus."
