Song Ratings: Week Ending February 18, 2021

Music ratings are divided into two weekly posts: one for albums, and one for individual songs; this is the song post. Songs achieve their positions on the weekly Billboard & Rolling Stone lists based on three major metrics: sales, streaming, and airplay. Below are three charts: the top 25 songs of the week based on total U.S. sales, the top 25 based on total U.S. streaming and the top 40 songs of the week based on U.S. pop radio airplay. 

Taylor Swift's new re-recorded version of 'Love Story' easily topped the song sales chart in the tracking week ending February 18th. The song logged over 24,800 downloads with ~18,900 of them coming in just the first day (Feb. 12) and 2,100 the following day. BTS did well as 'Dynamite' ranked second with ~16,400 downloads, and Ariana Grande's '34+35' soared to the third position (~15,900) due to the Feb. 12 release of its remix. Elsewhere, Cardi B's 'Up' fell to fifth with ~10,800 and Olivia Rodrigo's 'Driver's License' fell below 10K for the first time (~9,600). Of note below the chart was Pop Smoke's 'What You Know About Love' (1,811), Doja Cat's 'Streets' (1,662), SZA's 'Good Days' (1,387), and Ariana Grande's 'Positions' (1,290). Note: this list only includes songs that had over $32.7K revenue for the week; a song with less than $32.7K in revenue could theoretically have more sales than the 25th ranked song on this list and it would not appear here.

SONG SALES CHART (2/12 - 2/18/2021)
Song	Artist	Sales
LOVE STORY (TAYLOR'S VERSION)	TAYLOR SWIFT	24,808
DYNAMITE	BTS	16,386
34+35	ARIANA GRANDE	15,870
UP	CARDI B	10,788
BLINDING LIGHTS	THE WEEKND	10,006
DRIVERS LICENSE	OLIVIA RODRIGO	9,570
ANYONE	JUSTIN BIEBER	7,836
SAVE YOUR TEARS	THE WEEKND	7,201
LEVITATING	DUA LIPA FEAT. DABABY	6,500
ASTRONAUT IN THE OCEAN	MASKED WOLF	5,517
WHAT IT FEELS LIKE	NIPSEY HUSSLE & JAY-Z	4,402
BEST FRIEND	SAWEETIE FEAT. DOJA CAT	4,068
BETTER TOGETHER	LUKE COMBS	3,393
MOOD	24KGOLDN FEAT. IANN DIOR	3,371
BODY	MEGAN THEE STALLION	3,213
YOU BROKE ME FIRST	TATE MCRAE	3,166
WE'RE GOOD	DUA LIPA	3,032
CALLING MY PHONE	LIL TJAY & 6LACK	3,031
STARTING OVER	CHRIS STAPLETON	2,995
THEREFORE I AM	BILLIE EILISH	2,901
GOOD TIME	NIKO MOON	2,850
WILLOW	TAYLOR SWIFT	2,842
MY EX'S BEST FRIEND	MACHINE GUN KELLY X BLACKBEAR	2,800
WASTED ON YOU	MORGAN WALLEN	2,562
BUSS IT	ERICA BANKS	2,226

Lil TJay & 6LACK's new song 'Calling My Phone' roared to the summit of the song streaming chart, scoring nearly 30 million U.S. streams in the tracking week ending Feb. 18. The song dethroned Olivia Rodrigo's 'Drivers License' which ranked second this week (~19.5 million streams) after having stood atop the chart for five consecutive weeks. Cardi B's 'Up' also dropped one position, to third, with around 16.9 million streams, and The Weeknd rounded out the top 5 with 'Save Your Tears' (~14 million) and 'Blinding Lights' (13.2 million). Ariana Grande's '34+35' was up slightly to 11.99 million streams (vs. 11.15 million) this week and barely edged out Taylor Swift's re-release of 'Love Story' which clocked in at 11.78 million. Of note outside the top 25 was Justin Bieber's 'Anyone' (7,142,870), Ariana Grande's 'Positions' (6,836,480), Taylor Swift's 'Willow' (6,480,763), Tate McRae's 'You Broke Me First' (6,119,831), and Dua Lipa's 'We're Good' (5,951,942). Note: this list only includes songs that had over $32.7K revenue for the week; a song with less than $32.7K in revenue could theoretically have more streams than the 25th ranked song on this list and it would not appear here.

SONG STREAMING CHART (2/12 - 2/18/2021)
Song	Artist	Streams
CALLING MY PHONE	LIL TJAY & 6LACK	29,704,759
DRIVERS LICENSE	OLIVIA RODRIGO	19,484,777
UP	CARDI B	16,825,719
SAVE YOUR TEARS	THE WEEKND	13,974,259
BLINDING LIGHTS	THE WEEKND	13,195,672
GOOD DAYS	SZA	12,983,322
STREETS	DOJA CAT	12,367,318
BACK IN BLOOD	POOH SHIESTY FEAT. LIL DURK	12,305,032
34+35	ARIANA GRANDE	11,992,976
LOVE STORY (TAYLOR'S VERSION)	TAYLOR SWIFT	11,781,351
MOOD	24KGOLDN FEAT. IANN DIOR	10,433,723
WHOOPTY	CJ	9,973,911
LEVITATING	DUA LIPA FEAT. DABABY	9,531,046
ON ME	LIL BABY	9,308,583
FOR THE NIGHT	POP SMOKE FEAT. LIL BABY & DABABY	8,818,169
LEMONADE	INTERNET MONEY & GUNNA	8,286,774
DAKITI	BAD BUNNY & JHAY CORTEZ	8,155,153
WASTED ON YOU	MORGAN WALLEN	8,028,681
TIME TODAY	MONEYBAGG YO	8,015,107
SAND IN MY BOOTS	MORGAN WALLEN	7,900,075
YOU'RE MINES STILL	YUNG BLEU FEAT. DRAKE	7,840,336
WITHOUT YOU	THE KID LAROI	7,809,737
THROAT BABY	BRS KASH	7,658,417
WHAT YOU KNOW BOUT LOVE	POP SMOKE	7,306,386
WHATS POPPIN	JACK HARLOW	7,158,037

Ariana Grande has now spent 10 consecutive weeks atop the pop radio chart as single '34+35' ranked atop the chart for the third consecutive week. With a total of 15,834 plays, the song was the uncontested winner of the week, beating second-ranked 'Drivers License' from Olivia Rodrigo, by over 1200 plays; however, that figure is only up 44 plays from last week while 'License' was up over 1500 plays, so there's a distinct possibility Rodrigo could take the title on next week's chart. Grande's other single, 'Positions' dropped to fourth this week (14,090) while Chris Brown's 'Go Crazy' rose to take third (14,254) though the former had more audience impressions (45.3 million vs. 42.1 million). Dua Lipa's 'We're Good' had the week's most increased plays, up nearly 2700 plays from last week (to 3,975) to rank 20th on the week. Other top gainers were the aforementioned 'Drivers License,' Ritt Momney's 'Put Your Records On' (up 1410), and Ava Max's 'My Head and My Heart' (up 1185). Of note outside the top 25 was Ed Sheeran's 'Afterglow' (1,652 plays/3.301 million audience), Sabrina Carpenter's 'Skin' (1,507/1.946m), Cardi B's 'Up' (758/1.255m), and SZA's 'Good Days' (666/872,000). 

POP RADIO CHART (2/14 - 2/20/2021)
Artist/Track	Plays	Audience (millions)
ARIANA GRANDE 34+35	15,834	47.866
OLIVIA RODRIGO drivers license	14,559	43.765
CHRIS BROWN & YOUNG THUG Go Crazy	14,254	42.094
ARIANA GRANDE Positions	14,090	45.325
BILLIE EILISH Therefore I Am	12,219	35.516
24KGOLDN FEAT. IANN DIOR Mood	11,683	34.709
JUSTIN BIEBER & BENNY BLANCO Lonely	11,639	35.387
RITT MOMNEY Put Your Records On	11,357	34.770
TATE MCRAE You Broke Me First	9,787	27.699
DUA LIPA FEAT. DABABY Levitating	9,156	24.696
MACHINE GUN KELLY X BLACKBEAR My Ex's Best Friend	8,048	21.571
THE WEEKND Save Your Tears	7,825	20.340
JUSTIN BIEBER FEAT. CHANCE THE RAPPER Holy	7,703	24.325
HARRY STYLES Golden	7,046	17.386
POP SMOKE What You Know Bout Love	6,969	19.036
JUSTIN BIEBER Anyone	6,261	16.891
AVA MAX My Head And My Heart	5,889	16.492
TAYLOR SWIFT Willow	5,077	13.982
ALL TIME LOW FEAT. BLACKBEAR Monsters	4,735	11.396
DUA LIPA We're Good	3,975	11.688
JASON DERULO FEAT. ADAM LEVINE Lifestyle	3,906	9.818
MEGAN THEE STALLION Body	3,565	6.358
BAD BUNNY & JHAY CORTEZ Dakiti	3,511	9.644
TRAVIS SCOTT & HVME Goosebumps	3,504	6.261
THE KID LAROI Without You	3,397	8.645
SIGALA. & JAMES ARTHUR Lasting Lover	3,226	6.468
THE KID LAROI So Done	3,149	5.072
SAWEETIE FEAT. DOJA CAT Best Friend	2,526	3.951
BLACK EYED PEAS X SHAKIRA Girl Like Me	2,138	3.446
ED SHEERAN Afterglow	1,652	3.301
TIESTO The Business	1,568	2.468
SABRINA CARPENTER Skin	1,507	1.946
JASON DERULO Take You Dancing	1,304	3.588
LOONA (K-POP) Star	1,221	1.485
ZARA LARSSON FEAT. YOUNG THUG Talk About Love	1,086	1.242
NELLY & FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE Lil Bit	1,047	1.379
GLASS ANIMALS Heat Waves	963	2.347
CJ Whoopty	805	0.972
CARDI B Up	758	1.255
SZA Good Days	666	0.872

Source: Nielsen Media Research & Alpha Data