{"id":922913,"date":"2026-04-28T00:19:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T00:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/922913\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T00:19:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T00:19:24","slug":"olivia-rodrigos-drop-dead-debuts-at-no-1-on-hot-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/922913\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s \u2018Drop Dead\u2019 Debuts at No. 1 on Hot 100"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tOlivia Rodrigo<\/a>\u2019s \u201cDrop Dead\u201d begins its chart life at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100<\/a>. It arrives as her fourth leader, with all having launched in the top spot.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe singer-songwriter first reigned with \u201cDrivers License\u201d for eight weeks in January-March 2021. She followed with \u201cGood 4 U\u201d for a week in May 2021 and \u201cVampire\u201d for two weeks in July-September 2023.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlready the first artist to debut the lead singles from her first two studio albums at No. 1 on the Hot 100, Rodrigo extends her mark, with \u201cDrop Dead\u201d ushering in her third LP<\/a>, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, due June 12. \u201cDrivers License\u201d revved anticipation for her first set, Sour (with \u201cGood 4 U\u201d also from the album), and \u201cVampire\u201d introduced Guts.<\/p>\n

\n\tFurther helping build buzz for \u201cDrop Dead,\u201d Rodrigo released multiple versions of the song and videos for it and performed it live April 18 at Coachella.<\/p>\n

\n\tRead on for deeper details of this week\u2019s Hot 100 top 10.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts dated May 2, 2026, will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, April 28. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram. Plus, for all chart rules and explanations, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tLuminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.<\/p>\n


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