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Hot 100 First-Timers: 4Batz Lands First Entry With Viral Hit ‘Act II: Date @ 8’


The song debuts at No. 77.

Up-and-coming R&B singer 4Batz is officially a Billboard Hot 100-charting artist thanks to his viral hit “Act II: Date @ 8.” 77 on the Hot 100 (dated Jan. 20) — the highest new entry — with 5.3 million official U.S. streams (up 40%) in the Jan. 5-11 tracking week, according to Luminate. The songs concurrently spark his 23-18 rise in his second week on Billboard ’s Emerging Artists chart.

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