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Watch Black Beatles by Rae Sremmurd climbs to #1 with Mannequin Challenge
Black Beatles by Rae Sremmurd (featuring Gucci Mane) has leaped from #9 to #1 on the Hot 100, displacing the Chainsmokers’ “Closer” (featuring Halsey), which spent the past 12 weeks on top.
The viral Mannequin Challenge has helped the song leap to the new #1 as its usage in videos related to the viral Mannequin Challenge including one by a former Beatle, Paul McCartney posted a video to his Twitter account on Nov. 10 with the text, “Love those Black Beatles #MannequinChallenge.”
People who remain frozen in place while being filmed has been the craze behind the Mannequin challenge.
The Mannequin Challenge originated in an Oct. 26 tweet showing students at a high school in Jacksonville, Fla., in mannequin poses. While that clip didn’t feature music, “Black Beatles” has been used in a multitude of subsequent clips
“Black Beatles” is the second #1 hit in a little more than five years which namechecks British rock royalty in its title. “Moves Like Jagger” by Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera hit #1 in September 2011.
This week’s #9 to #1 jump is the biggest for a single climbing to #1 since Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” (featuring Kendrick Lamar) vaulted from #53 to #1 in June 2015.
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