After enjoying a historic opening week on Billboard’s Hot 100 songs chart, Oliver Anthony’s “Rich Men North of Richmond” now spends a second week topping the list. The single first launched t…
’s “Rich Men North of Richmond” now spends a second week topping the list. The single first launched to No. 1 in the tracking week ending Aug. 17, making Anthony the first artist ever to notch the achievement with no prior chart history.
The country-folk song drew nearly 23 million streams in the last week — that’s an increase of 31% — and also earned 2.3 million airplay audience impressions for a spike of 310%. It also continued to overperform in digital download sales, logging 117,000 sales for the week ending Aug. 24, per Luminate.
After the song propelled its way into the mainstream, the Virginia-based singer-songwriter and former factory worker has found himself at the center of numerous conversations surrounding the song’s messaging. It was recently mentioned during a GOP debate when moderator Martha MacCallum opened the event by asking Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis why he thinks the message of “Rich Men North of Richmond” is striking a chord with Americans.
Meanwhile, country music continues to dominate the first three slots of the songs chart with Luke Combs’ “Fast Car” keeping its No. 2 peak and Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” at No. 3. The remaining top five is occupied by Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer” and Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red.” Rema and Selena Gomez’s “Calm Down” retreats to No. 6 and Gunna’s “Fukumean” also keeps at No. 7 after hitting a No. 4 high. Olivia Rodrigo’s “Vampire” — the first single off her incoming sophomore album “Guts” is at No. 8 and Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night” off the “Barbie” soundtrack is at No. 9. Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice’s “Barbie World,” with Aqua — another “Barbie” soundtrack hit — rounds out the top 10 at No. 10.
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