It’s not every day that a song debuts on top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In fact, only a few dozen songs have ever pulled that off (51 prior to this week, to be precise). Now, Polo G’s “Rapstar” has been added to that list, as the hit single as debut on top of the Hot 100 dated April 24. The song’s success came thanks in part to the third biggest streaming week of the year, behind only two weeks of Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License.”
The #Hot100 top 10 (chart dated April 24, 2021)
— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) April 19, 2021
.@Polo_Capalot‘s “Rapstar” officially debuts at No. 1 on this week’s #Hot100.
It’s the 1,122nd No. 1 in history and the 52nd song to debut at No. 1.
— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) April 19, 2021
With 53.6 million U.S. streams, @Polo_Capalot‘s “Rapstar” logs the third-biggest one-week streaming total for a song this year.@Olivia_Rodrigo‘s “Drivers License” earned 76.1 million in its first week, and then 59.7 million in its second week.
— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) April 19, 2021
Quickly after the news was made official, Polo G shared his excitement on social media, writing on Instagram, “It’s Crazy I really Manifested this sh*t. I got a long list of goals imma b scratchin off just this year alone…Only 52 ppl ever debuted @ #1 on the billboard hot 100 & I’m part of that group U can’t tell me I ain’t chosen I done really beat the odds fr From A Place where n****s like me b the 1st to die who woulda thought I’ll go #1….thank y’all Mann. I can’t stress that enough Ik I work hard asf & y’all work just as hard supporting me We gone keep goin up fr REAL #rapstar Album comin sooooonnnnnnn.” He also wrote on Twitter, “#1 song On the billboard Charts. Thank u God & Everybody Supportin me This sh*t don’t even Feel real. Naw like gang I really just went #1 wtf [crying emoji].”
#1 song On the billboard Charts?????Thank u God?& Everybody Supportin me This shit don’t even Feel real
— Polo.G? (@Polo_Capalot) April 19, 2021
Naw like gang I really just went #1 wtf?
— Polo.G? (@Polo_Capalot) April 19, 2021
Polo G recently released a video for the track, so check that out here.