The charts are saying "See You Again" to Wiz Khalifa's Furious 7 soundtrack single/tribute to Paul Walker. For the second week in a row, the touching Charlie Puth-featuring track has topped the Billboard Hot 100.
Last week on the hype of the release of Furious 7, "See You Again" finally displaced Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk" from No. 1, but it was no one-off incident, as the song grabs the top spot in the country again this week. According to Billboard, "See You Again" easily topped digital downloads, moving 375,000 downloads this week. The single also led streams and saw a huge vault at radio with a 104 percent increase.
For the second week in a row, then, "Uptown Funk" holds at No. 2. Beneath that, soundtracks rule the charts, with The Weeknd's Fifty Shades of Grey contribution "Earned It" jumping up three spots to No. 3. Thanks to buzz from The Weeknd's Coachella gig, "Earned It" saw a huge increase in streams, leading to the new high. Ellie Goulding's Fifty Shades track "Love Me Like You Do" also gained one spot on the chart to No. 6, thanks to its top spot on all-format radio.
Between Fifty Shades songs, Maroon 5's "Sugar" slipped one spot to No. 4 and Fetty Wap's "Trap Queen" saw the same decline to No. 5 after peaking just last week.
The bottom of the top 10 on the Hot 100 feels familiar, with Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud" at No. 7, Walk The Moon continue to climb the charts with "Shut Up and Dance" at No. 8 and Flo Rida is going down the charts with "G.D.F.R." at No. 9.
The lone new song on the chart is actually a returning presence to the top 10, as Natalie La Rose's "Somebody" climbs back up one spot to No. 10, effectively bumping Taylor Swift's "Style" from the top of the charts.
