Adele’s “Easy on Me” skyrockets to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, following its first full week of tracking. A week earlier, it debuted at No. 68 from its first five hours of availability.
The ballad becomes Adele’s fifth Hot 100 No. 1 and first since “Hello” ruled for 10 weeks in 2015-16.
The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated Oct. 30) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Oct. 26). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.
“Easy on Me” is the 1,131st No. 1 in the Hot 100’s 63-year history. It drew 65 million radio airplay audience impressions and 53.9 million U.S. streams and sold 74,000 downloads in the week ending Oct. 21, according to MRC Data.
The track debuts atop the Streaming Songs and Digital Song Sales charts and at No. 4 on Radio Songs.
Let’s roll deeper into its coronation.
First, after its first full week: Released on Columbia Records at 7 p.m. ET Thursday, Oct. 14, “Easy on Me” entered the Hot 100 dated Oct. 23 at No. 68 thanks to its activity from its premiere through midnight ET Oct. 14, with that chart’s tracking week having spanned Oct. 8-14. It debuted with 3.1 million streams, 3.1 million in radio audience and 14,800 sold in its first five hours of availability.
The song blasts to No. 1 on the Oct. 30-dated Hot 100, which reflects its first full tracking week, covering Oct. 15-21.
Biggest jumps to No 1: “Easy on Me” makes the eighth-greatest vault to No. 1 in the Hot 100’s history. It logs the biggest jump since Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” surged 77-1 in September 2017, also after its first full tracking week.
Here’s a recap of the Hot 100’s loftiest leaps to No. 1:
97-1, “My Life Would Suck Without You,” Kelly Clarkson, Feb. 7, 2009
96-1, “Womanizer,” Britney Spears, Oct. 25, 2008
80-1, “Live Your Life,” T.I. feat. Rihanna, Oct. 18, 2008
78-1, “Crack a Bottle,” Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent, Feb. 21, 2009
77-1, “Look What You Made Me Do,” Taylor Swift, Sept. 16, 2017
72-1, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” Taylor Swift, Sept. 1, 2012
71-1, “Whatever You Like,” T.I., Sept. 6, 2008
68-1, “Easy on Me,” Adele, Oct. 30, 2021
Adele’s fifth Hot 100 No. 1: “Easy on Me” becomes Adele’s fifth Hot 100 leader. Here’s a rundown:
“Rolling in the Deep,” for seven weeks beginning May 21, 2011
“Someone Like You,” five, beginning Sept. 17, 2011
“Set Fire to the Rain,” two, beginning Feb. 4, 2012
“Hello,” 10, beginning Nov. 14, 2015
“Easy on Me,” one, to-date, beginning Oct. 30, 2021
“Easy on Me” is also Adele’s seventh Hot 100 top 10. In addition to her five No. 1s, “Skyfall” and “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)” each reached No. 8, in October 2012 and September 2016, respectively.
Adele adds her 11th top 40 Hot 100 hit, dating to her debut entry “Chasing Pavements,” which rose to No. 21 in February 2009.
(While “Easy on Me” is a piano ballad, it’s not a vocal-and-piano-only song like “Someone Like You,” which became the first Hot 100 No. 1 with exclusively vocals and piano. The new leader features Adele’s vocals, as well as bass, kick drum and piano by Greg Kurstin and strings arranged and conducted by David Campbell; Adele and Kurstin co-wrote it and Kurstin solely produced it.)
Adele notches her fifth No. 1 on Digital Song Sales and second on Streaming Songs and her ninth top 10 on Radio Songs.
