How Billboard Came to Its Calculations in This Week's Race For the Hot 100 No. 1

In a close week which saw new entries from Bad Boy Chiller Crew and Sea Power vying for Number 1, Ed Sheeran reclaims the top spot with = (Equals), as Bad Boy Chiller Crew boast this week’s highest new entry with Disrespectful. 

Clayton Davis For the second year in a row, the race for best actress is wide open, with key precursors to the Academy Awards yet to be determined.The Oscar nominees are Jessica Chastain for “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” (Searchlight Pictures), Olivia Colman for “The Lost Daughter” (Netflix), Penélope Cruz for “Parallel Mothers” (Sony Pictures Classics), Nicole Kidman for “Being the Ricardos” (Amazon Studios) and Kristen Stewart for “Spencer” (Neon/Topic Studios). No performance is from a best picture nominee, a first since the 2005 lineup.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla “Grubbs,” a Keenspot all-ages webcomic that draws inspiration from “Calvin & Hobbes” and “Dennis the Menace,” is slated for an animated TV series adaptation penned by M.J. Offen.

Julia Fox is stepping out in style.

Caroline Framke Chief TV Critic“The Dropout” knows what it has in Elizabeth Holmes, the real-life enigma who managed to con the biggest power players in Silicon Valley and beyond that she, and she alone, was the future of technology in health care. With her wide-set eyes and impossibly husky voice, Holmes emerged from the pack of bland bros in Patagonia vests as the kind of uniquely, perversely compelling figure that Hollywood has never been able to resist for long.

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He has been seen active ever since returning from Canada with wife Hailey Baldwin last week.And Justin Bieber was back at it on Tuesday as he enjoyed a ride on his customized Drew motorbike around Beverly Hills.The 26-year-old singer kept protected with a helmet and was followed around the streets by his security in their SUV. Joyride: Justin Bieber was spotted riding his customized motorbike around Beverly Hills on TuesdayJustin wore one of his oversized black Drew hoodies and a pair of jeans for the outing.

DaBaby is in charge of Australia's singles chart this week as “Rockstar” (Interscope/Universal) featuring Roddy Ricch climbs to the summit for the first time.“Rockstar” rises 2-1 in its fifth week on the ARIA Singles Chart, giving the U.S. rappers their first No.

Justin Bieberwas seen in Los Angeles on Thursday after returning to the United States from Canada the day before.The 26-year-old Sorry crooner was in a black Drew mask, a gray hoodie and his coral colored Drew shorts as he took photos with his cell phone outside a home.This comes just after he and 32-year-old wife Hailey taped a video about mental health during the pandemic. They had been asked by friend Kendall Jenner to talk to their fans about their emotions during this challenging time.

With their new charity duet "Stuck With U" debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande both make chart history, with their third hit each to debut atop the Billboard listing. To date, only two other performers have ever notched that many No. 1 Hot 100 debuts: Mariah Carey (from 1995-97) and Drake (from 2018-2020).

Gian Stone debuts at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Producers chart (dated May 23), leading for the first time thanks to Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber's "Stuck With U."The song, which Stone solely produced, debuts at No.

They've offered a logical explanation to refute his claims...

This week, Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande put themselves in some pretty historic chart company with the debut of their new duet "Stuck With U" -- a quarantine-ready ballad whose proceeds will be donated to the First Responders Children's Foundation -- at the top of this week's Billboard Hot 100.

Billboard is responding to Tekashi 6ix9ine‘s allegations that Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber bought their way to the top with their new song, “Stuck With U.” The song topped the charts this week, with Tekashi‘s “Gooba” landing at number three.

When the Billboard Hot 100 list came out this week, Beliebers and Arianators rejoiced because their idols, Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande, had secured the #1 spot with their collab, Stuck With U. However, the artists came under crossfire when Tekashi 6ix9ine accused them and Billboard of cheating him off the No.1 spot. 6ix9ine, who was recently released from prison, had his comeback single Gooba, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. Not taking things lightly, the artist went on a rant on Instagram accusing Billboard of cheating while claiming that after an investigation into the matter, six credit cards were used to boost up the sales of Stuck With U, as the song jumped from #5 to #1 overnight.

The pop stars have refuted the rapper’s claims

Billboard on Monday released a detailed explanation as to why Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber's Stuck With U edged out Doja Cat and Nicki Minaj's Say So and Tekashi 6ix9ine's Gooba for the top spot, after Tekashi claimed that his competition had cheated to attain the number one status.Tekashi said that his camp had probed the issue and arrived at the conclusion that 'six credit cards' had accounted for 30,000 sales units in the collaboration between the Scooter Braun clients.'When we asked where

Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and their music manager Scooter Braun have all hit back at claims that their no.

 Tekashi 6ix9ine is learning firsthand that Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber's fandoms yield some serious power in the music world.  The controversial rapper publicly accused the pop music powerhouses of fraudulently climbing their way to the top of the Billboard charts with their recent collab, "Stuck With U." On Monday, Tekashi (whose song "GOOBA" fell short of the top spot to land at No.

Setting the record straight. Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande fired back at Tekashi69 after he claimed the singers bought their No. 1 spot on the Billboard chart after releasing the coronavirus charity single, “Stuck With U,” on May 8.

Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber's "Stuck With U" debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.