Gary Trust

New York

Co-Director of Charts and Chart Beat Editor at Billboard

@Billboard Senior Director of Charts/Hot 100 Chart Manager/Chart Beat Editor / https://t.co/mNRS9QbRDW

Articles

Lola Young’s ‘Messy’ Hits No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay Chart

5 days ago | billboard.com | Gary Trust

Lola Young’s “Messy” moves up two spots to No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart (dated May 17). The song tops a second individual-format radio ranking, after it led Alternative Airplay for a week in April. “Messy,” on Day One/Island Records and promoted to radio by Republic, becomes just the sixth song by a solo woman in a lead role or a female-fronted group to have hit No. 1 on both Pop Airplay and Alternative Airplay over the 32-plus years that the lists have coexisted.
Lola Young’s ‘Messy’ Hits No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay Chart

5 days ago | yahoo.com | Gary Trust

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysLola Young’s “Messy” moves up two spots to No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart (dated May 17). The song tops a second individual-format radio ranking, after it led Alternative Airplay for a week in April.
Alex Warren’s ‘Ordinary’ Hits No. 1 on Billboard Global 200 Chart

1 week ago | billboard.com | Gary Trust

Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” ascends a spot to No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200. The song marks the singer-songwriter’s first leader on the chart. Meanwhile, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” scores a 16th week atop the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. survey. The ballad first hit No. 1 on the list last September.
Alex Warren’s ‘Ordinary’ Hits No. 1 on Billboard Global 200 Chart

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Gary Trust

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysAlex Warren’s “Ordinary” ascends a spot to No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200. The song marks the singer-songwriter’s first leader on the chart. Meanwhile, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” scores a 16th week atop the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. survey.
Kendrick Lamar & SZA’s ‘Luther’ No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 for 11th Week

1 week ago | billboard.com | Gary Trust

Kendrick Lamar & SZA’s ‘Luther’ No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 for 11th WeekPlus, Alex Warren's "Ordinary" rises to No. 2 and Doechii's "Anxiety" returns to the top 10.
SZA Is No. 1 on the Billboard 200 & Hot 100: Here’s How It’s a Rare Double Rule

2 weeks ago | billboard.com | Gary Trust

SZA performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9, 2025, in New Orleans, La. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images SZA crowns both the latest Billboard 200 albums chart and the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart dated May 3.
Jack Black Breaks Hot 100 Record With 34-Second ‘Minecraft Movie’ Song: Here Are the 10 Quickest Hot 100 Hits

2 weeks ago | billboard.com | Gary Trust

Hit songs are generally quick — Billboard Hot 100 top 10s ran an average of three minutes and 40 seconds in 2024, according to Hit Songs Deconstructed — but no Hot 100 hit has ever been as brief as Jack Black’s “Steve’s Lava Chicken.” The track — at just 34 seconds in its original form (with a still-swift 1:15 extended mix also released) — breaks the record as the shortest Hot 100 hit ever by run time, dating to the chart’s Aug. 4, 1958, inception.
Jack Black Breaks Hot 100 Record With 34-Second ‘Minecraft Movie’ Song: Here Are the 10 Quickest Hits

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Gary Trust

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article.
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars’ ‘Die With a Smile’ Tops Global 200 Chart for 18th Week

2 weeks ago | billboard.com | Gary Trust

Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” adds an 18th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 chart. The song also scores a 15th week atop the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. survey. The ballad first led both lists last September. The Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate.
Hot 100 Number 1 Songs That Were on Top for the Longest

2 weeks ago | billboard.com | Gary Trust

The Longest-Leading Billboard Hot 100 No. 1sA select few hits have led the chart for at least 10 weeks.