Lizzo scores first No. 1 single with “Reality Hurts”
Congratulations are because of Lizzo, whose ever-growing profession has hit a brand new excessive along with her first No. 1 single on the Billboard Sizzling 100, “Reality Hurts”. (It’s additionally the monitor’s second week atop each the Sizzling R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Sizzling Rap Songs charts.)
The track is definitely two years previous, having first been launched as a standalone single in 2017. It was included on the deluxe model of Cuz I Love You, Lizzo’s breakthrough full-length, earlier this 12 months. What appears to have despatched “Reality Hurts” to the highest of the charts, nevertheless, was the thrilling and booty-full efficiency on the MTV VMAs final month. After the present, we mentioned Lizzo’s look “felt like a step up in her profession,” and it seems like she’s stepped all the way in which to the highest.
This summer season, Lizzo additionally sang “Reality Hurts” on Right this moment and as a part of her stellar Tiny Desk Live performance for NPR. Two remixes of the monitor have additionally not too long ago dropped, one with DaBaby and one other from CID. All of this doubtless helped construct consciousness and love for the track, aiding in its ascent to No. 1.
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With Billie Eilish besting “Previous City Highway” two weeks in the past and Shawn Mendes taking No. 1 with Camila Cabello final week, that is now the third consecutive week an artist has earned their first No. 1. The final time that occurred was in July 2000, when Vertical Horizon (“All the things You Need”), matchbox twenty (“Bent”), and *NSYNC (“It’s Gonna Be Me”) all topped the chart. Lizzo’s reign additionally brings the variety of ladies who’ve sat atop the Sizzling 100 in 2019 to seven, probably the most to take the highest spot since 2014.
Revisit Lizzo’s “Reality Hurts” video under.
In associated chart information, Taylor Swift’s “Lover” simply jumped from No. 19 to No. 10, giving her a complete of 25 Prime 10 singles. That quantity ties Elvis Presley for the 10th most Prime 10s of all time. Madonna firmly holds the file at 38, with Drake coming in at 35 and The Beatles at 34. Swift doesn’t have many extra to go earlier than she takes over Janet Jackson and Elton John (tied at 27) or Mariah Carey and Stevie Marvel (28 every).
