Post Malone Scores Second No. 1 Single of the Year With His and Morgan Wallen’s ‘I Had Some Help’
variety.comThania Garcia Post Malone is on a winning streak. The American rapper and singer earns his second No. 1 single of the year with his and Morgan Wallen‘s duet “I Had Some Help” debuting atop the latest Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Malone last appeared at No. 1 in April alongside Taylor Swift for their juggernaut single “Fortnight” (from Swift’s Billboard 200-topping “The Tortured Poets Department”), which remains in the Top 10 of the singles list, sitting at No.
8 this week. Wallen and Malone had been teasing a joint single for the last month and premiered the country pop anthem, “I Had Some Help,” in a duet performance during Wallen’s headlining set at the Stagecoach festival.
It opens with 76.4 million streams, replacing “Fortnight” as the song with the most single-week streams this year, according to research company Luminate. “I Had Some Help” follows Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” as the second country song to top the Hot 100 this year.
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