Will a song debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated 2026-07-25?

Predict whether the No. 1 song on the Hot 100 dated July 25, 2026 is a first-week debut on the chart.

Closes in: 10 Jul, 12:00 · Resolves: 27 Jul 2026
Your call
Confidence
The crowd says · 24 predictions
No79%
Yes21%

The background

Hot 100 No. 1 debuts have become more common in the streaming era but remain a minority of weeks. Chart dates refer to Billboard's official chart week labels.

Base rate
~15–25% of weeks feature a #1 debut in recent years

How this resolves

Resolves YES if the song ranked #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated 2026-07-25 did not appear on the previous week's chart (i.e., it entered the Hot 100 at #1); otherwise NO.

Source: Billboard Charts

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