DaBaby’s ‘Pop Dat Thang’ Hits No. 1 on Hot Rap Songs Chart
The rapper rules the list for the first time since “Rockstar” in 2020.
Black News 
DaBaby scores his first No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs chart in nearly six years as “Pop Dat Thang” tops the list dated May 16. The single rises from No. 2 with a gain in all three chart-contributing metrics and a boost from a high-profile remix with GloRilla, Yung Miami and YKNIECE.
“Pop Dat Thang,” released on SouthCoast/Interscope/Interscope Capitol, dethrones Don Toliver’s “E85” from the summit. The former champ, which led for 11 consecutive weeks, slides to No. 2.
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With his new leader, DaBaby achieves his second Hot Rap Songs No. 1, after “Rockstar,” featuring Roddy Ricch, dominated for nine weeks in June – August 2020.
For its coronation week on the multi-metric Hot Rap Songs chart, “Pop Dat Thang” registered 8 million official streams, 20.1 million in radio airplay audience impressions and a negligible amount of track sales in the United States for the tracking week of May 1-7, according to Luminate. The tallies in each count were improvements over the last week, of 24%, 7%, and 19%, respectively. Streaming gains, particularly, trace to a boost from the first week impact of a high-profile remix that added featured verses from GloRilla, Yung Miami and YKNIECE. (While they aided the song’s stats, the new acts were added to the track’s billing as the original version contributed the majority of activity.)
In addition to its chart-topping move on Hot Rap Songs, “Pop Dat Thang” also crowns Rap Airplay for the first time, up from No. 2. DaBaby secures his fifth No. 1 on the radio ranking; he previously ruled with “Suge” (15 weeks in 2019); “BOP” (one week, 2020); “Rockstar” (10 weeks, 2020) and via he and Lil Baby’s features on Pop Smoke’s “For the Night” (eight weeks, 2021).
Elsewhere, “Pot Dat Thang” rises 6-5 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and drives 43-26 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100. In the radio sphere, it advances 7-3 on Rhythmic Airplay and holds in third place on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay for a third straight week. Thanks to the radio backing, the single lifts 30-29 on the all-genre Radio Songs chart.
“Pop Dat Thang” is from DaBaby’s Be More Grateful album, released in January. The set debuted at No. 6 on Top Rap Albums, becoming the rapper’s fifth top 10 project on the chart.
