Thursday, March 28, 2024

Fourteen-Week Reign of ‘Uptown Funk’ Ended by Wiz Khalifa

 

Rapper Wiz Khalifa arrives at the Premiere Of Universal Pictures' "Furious 7" at TCL Chinese Theatre on April 1, 2015 in Hollywood, California
Rapper Wiz Khalifa arrives at the Premiere Of Universal Pictures’ “Furious 7” at TCL Chinese Theatre on April 1, 2015 in Hollywood, California

*Wiz Khalifa zooms from #10 to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with his “Furious 7” track “See You Again,” featuring Charlie Puth. The move finally dethrones Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk!,” featuring Bruno Mars, after 14 weeks.

The latter remains tied for the second-longest rule in the Hot 100’s history.

“See You Again” holds at No. 1 on the Digital Songs chart and climbs to No. 1 on the Streaming Songs and On-Demand Songs charts.

Released on Atlantic Records and promoted to radio by Roadrunner Promotions, “See You Again” is Khalifa’s second No. 1, following his debut hit, “Black and Yellow, which topped the Feb. 19, 2011, chart.

With the track’s 10-1 leap, “Again” makes the biggest jump to the summit since the No. 1 before “Uptown Funk.” Taylor Swift’s “Black Space” bounded 13-1 on the Nov. 29, 2014 Hot 100. (The all-time record: Kelly Clarkson’s “My Life Would Suck Without You” rocketed 97-1 on Feb. 7, 2009.)

“Again” tops the Hot 100 as Furious 7 continues to dominate at the box office, having taken in more than $803 million in worldwide receipts since its April 3 opening, according to Box Office Mojo.

Also largely fueling the song’s rise to the Hot 100’s pinnacle: its video, released Monday, April 6 (first on the Facebook page of the film’s Vin Diesel), which pays tribute to “Furious” star Paul Walker, who died in a car crash in 2013.

Watch the video below:

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