The Weeknd Is Number 1 On Billboard Hot 100 Charts

The Weeknd's 'The Hills' leads for a third week, while Mendes sews up his first top 10 with 'Stitches.'

The Weeknd's "The Hills" keeps rolling, leading the Billboard Hot 100 for a third week. Meanwhile, Shawn Mendes scores his first Hot 100 top 10 with "Stitches."

And, as The Weeknd and Mendes join fellow Canadians Justin Bieber and Drake in the top tier, half the Hot 100's top 10 belongs to Canadian artists.

"Hills," released on XO/Republic Records, stays at the Hot 100's apex and becomes the first song in six months to top the chart's three main component tallies: Digital Songs, Radio Songs and Streaming Songs. On Digital Songs, the track reigns for a second week with 105,000 downloads sold (down 5 percent) in the week ending Oct. 1, according to Nielsen Music. It also leads Radio Songs for a second week (146 million in audience, up 12 percent) and returns for a second week in charge of Streaming Songs (2-1), with 18.5 million U.S. streams (down 4 percent).

"Hills" is the first song to blanket the Hot 100, Digital Songs, Radio Songs and Streaming Songs simultaneously in six months, since Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk!," featuring Bruno Mars, led all four at the same time on April 11 (marking its ninth week atop all four lists at once).

"Hills" also logs a third week at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Drake darts into the Hot 100's top three with "Hotline Bling" (4-3). The track keeps at No. 2 on Digital Songs (101,000, down 2 percent), while surging 5-4 on Streaming Songs (15.7 million, up 11 percent) and 17-9 on Radio Songs (76 million, up 35 percent), marking his 13th Radio Songs top 10. Drake notches his highest-charting Hot 100 hit in four years, since Lil Wayne's "She Will," featuring Drake, reached No. 3 in September 2011. "Bling" is Drake's highest-ranking Hot 100 entry as a lead artist since his debut smash, "Best I Ever Had," peaked at No. 2 for four weeks in summer 2009.

"Bling" also crowns Billboard's Hot Rap Songs for a second week, where it's Drake's record-extending 15th topper. (Diddy ranks second with 10 No. 1s in the chart's 26-year history.) The track additionally takes over atop the subscription services-based On-Demand Songs chart (3-1; 7.2 million, up 4 percent), becoming Drake's second leader on the list.

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