The Weeknd may not be able to feel his face but he can feel the sweet, sweet taste of victory: after three weeks of playing second fiddle, the R&B star's Max Martin produced new single "Can't Feel My Face" has finally taken over OMI's "Cheerleader" as the No. 1 song in the country. In a major week of shakeups for the Billboard Hot 100, The Weeknd isn't the only one who is able to take a win: One Direction's new single "Drag Me Down" also debuted high on the charts.
"Can't Feel My Face" overtook "Cheerleader" as the No. 1 spot after the latter claimed the top position in the country for four weeks, Billboard reports. The Weeknd was able to finally eclipse the surprise Jamaican hit thanks to its rise to the No. 1 spot on the Radio Songs chart. And though One Direction outsold The Weeknd, "Can't Feel My Face" held on to strong sales with 134,000 tracks sold. As The Weeknd preps for the release of his new album Beauty Behind the Madness, due out later this month, he does so with his first No. 1 single to date.
As The Weeknd rises, OMI's "Cheerleader" slips down to No. 2. But, the bigger news of the chart week is what debuted at No. 3: One Direction's new single "Drag Me Down."
"Drag Me Down" popped up at No. 3 on the Hot 100 this week, marking the highest debut of 2015 thus far. The new single, off One Direction's forthcoming fifth studio album, debuted at No. 1 on the Digital Downloads chart with 349,000 units sold, marking the best single week sales of 1D's career to date.
Beneath the big 1D single, Silento slipped down one spot to No. 4. While One Direction displaced many songs on the charts, Major Lazer's MØ collaboration "Lean On" continues its slow climb up the charts to No. 5, finally besting Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood," which fell to No. 6.
Unlike pretty much every other week this year, no song in the top 10 held its place this week. Rachel Platten's inspirational track "Fight Song" saw a two spot rise to a new high at No. 7. As Platten saw gains, she knocked Wiz Khalifa's 12-week No. 1 "See You Again" down three spots to No. 8. And, Fetty Wap brings it up the rear with a double hold on Nos. 9 and 10 with "Trap Queen" and "My Way," respectively.
