If being the week’s top-selling R&B song wasn’t enough to boast, Mariah Carey‘s comeback hit ‘Type Dangerous‘ performed even better during its inaugural print on the updated R&B radio charts at Billboard.
With its #95 opening on latest Hot 100, ‘Dangerous’ marked a personal milestone for Carey when it became her highest-charting debut this decade.
Here are the numbers that powered its placement:
- Streaming = 2.5 million U.S.-based streams
- Sales = 5,000 digital downloads
- Radio airplay = 14.7 million audience impressions
Her 50th single to appear on the Hot 100 over her 35-year career, the Anderson. Paak-produced bop also landed at #1 on the R&B Song Sales hitlist and stormed the top 10 of the Hot R&B Songs and R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay hitlists – premiering at #7 on both radio charts.
The latter entry was particularly impressive as Billboard reported “the single scored the highest entrance for a song in nearly 30 years since Whitney Houston’s ‘Exhale (Shoop Shoop)’ started at No. 6 in November 1995.”
For context, Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop airplay chart ranks the top R&B and Hip-Hop songs based on audience impressions and spins from Urban radio stations in America.
The opening performance of Carey’s comeback cut is comprised of data collected before the tune’s Joseph Kahn-directed music video premiered.
Delivery of said visual has only amplified chatter around the song as well as excitement for its yet-titled parent album.
Keep it locked to That Grape Juice to see just how far upward the buzz helped move ‘Dangerous’ on next week’s Hot 100.
Your thoughts?
Yet, less than 2M views on YouTube in 1 week 🤣 a RELAVANT artist would be pushing 10M.
Let’s see if Beyonce does this when she’s Mariah’s age. Bet she’s going to be cow dung. Beyonce can only hope she’s still relevant like Mariah in the coming years…..
Mariah : I don’t know her
Whitney: I don’t think of her 😂🥴🤣
Mariah is an indie artist now. She is signed to an independent label. She does not have a major label support and should not be expected to perform on the charts in the same way as before. Sales shouldn’t matter anyways to an artist who has sold over 200 million records already. She is making new music & that’s what’s most important!
You’re completely right. Anything further is cherry on the cake
Im a big Mariah fan but this doesn’t rep her best. The hype is why it scored high. Im glad for her but the music highlight of the year is that Blindfold hit by C Breezy. Man is that some on of a kind music.
This article is a lie and only half the truth
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Shoop Shoop opened at #1 on Hot 100
Dangerous opened at #95 on Hot 100