{"id":272097,"date":"2026-01-07T11:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/272097\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T11:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:43:08","slug":"raye-hits-new-career-hot-100-high-with-where-is-my-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/272097\/","title":{"rendered":"RAYE Hits New Career Hot 100 High With \u2018Where Is My Husband!\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tA week after holiday hits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/mariah-carey-hot-100-christmas-22nd-week\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">monopolized<\/a> the top 24 spots on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>, a new record for seasonal songs from No. 1 on down, the latest, Jan. 10-dated chart is absent those titles (even if such chestnuts as \u201cBaby It\u2019s Cold Outside\u201d would still be appropriate, weather-wise, in many areas of the U.S.).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn their wake, Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia\u201d rebounds 28-1 for a ninth week atop the Hot 100, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/taylor-swift-hot-100-the-fate-of-ophelia-nine-weeks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new personal best<\/a>, and a flurry of titles hit the top 40 for the first time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tLeading the songs that make their first appearances in the region on the Hot 100, RAYE\u2019s \u201cWhere Is My Husband!\u201d blasts 56-13, granting the British singer-songwriter a new career high on the chart. She previously charted in the top 40 with \u201cEscape\u201d (featuring 070 Shake), which reached No. 22 in January 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tRAYE\u2019s latest surges with 18.2 million official U.S. streams (up 18% week-over-week), 16.1 million in radio airplay audience (up 5%) and 2,000 sold (up 31%) Dec. 26-Jan. 1, according to data tracker Luminate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHere is a rundown of the nine non-debuting titles that are in the top 40 for the first time on the latest Hot 100:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No. 13, \u201cWhere Is My Husband!\u201d RAYE<\/li>\n<li>No. 26, \u201cNice To Meet You,\u201d Myles Smith<\/li>\n<li>No. 27, \u201cIs It a Crime,\u201d Mariah the Scientist &amp; Kali Uchis<\/li>\n<li>No. 32, \u201cBetter Me for You (Brown Eyes),\u201d Max McNown<\/li>\n<li>No. 33, \u201cHouse Again,\u201d Hudson Westbrook<\/li>\n<li>No. 34, \u201cThe Fall,\u201d Cody Johnson<\/li>\n<li>No. 36, \u201cA Couple Minutes,\u201d Olivia Dean<\/li>\n<li>No. 38, \u201c4 Raws,\u201d EsDeeKid<\/li>\n<li>No. 39, \u201cAmen,\u201d Shaboozey &amp; Jelly Roll<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tNotably, Max McNown, Hudson Westbrook and EsDeeKid earn their first placements in the Hot 100\u2019s top 40.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tPlus, Olivia Dean adds her third top 40 Hot 100 hit with \u201cA Couple Minutes.\u201d Her other two join it in the tier: \u201cMan I Need\u201d returns to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/taylor-swift-hot-100-the-fate-of-ophelia-nine-weeks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">No. 4 high<\/a> and \u201cSo Easy (To Fall in Love)\u201d bounds to a new No. 14 best.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"c-logo lrv-a-unstyle-link u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-width-100p  u-max-width-100 u-height-26 u-max-width-130px@mobile-max u-margin-t-040@mobile-max\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/\" title=\"Billboard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-tagline  a-font-accent-l@desktop u-font-size-1205 a-font-accent-xs@mobile-max u-font-size-15@mobile-max u-line-height-22px@mobile-max lrv-u-text-align-center@mobile-max u-letter-spacing-0030@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-t-025 lrv-u-margin-a-00 u-padding-t-0125@mobile-max u-padding-b-0063@mobile-max\">Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link  lrv-a-unstyle-button lrv-u-cursor-pointer lrv-u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-background-color-brand-primary lrv-u-background-color-black:hover lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover u-padding-lr-0.875 u-padding-tb-10 lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-align-items-center a-font-basic-fancy-xs u-margin-t-0.188 u-margin-b-0188 u-margin-b-040@mobile-max\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.billboard.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\tSign Up<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A week after holiday hits monopolized the top 24 spots on the Billboard Hot 100, a new record&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[264],"tags":[4810,18,117,1883,19,17,337,2624],"class_list":{"0":"post-272097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-billboard-uk","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-genre-pop","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-music","15":"tag-music-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115853644801554924","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}