Rihanna’s ‘Breakin Dishes’ From 2007 Finally Breaks Onto the Hot 100 at Last — Here’s Why

More than 18 years aft its release, Rihanna’s “Breakin’ Dishes” is simply a Billboard Hot 100 deed for the archetypal time.

The song, from Rihanna’s 3rd album, 2007’s Good Girl Gone Bad, debuts connected the Sept. 27-dated Hot 100 astatine No. 86, driven chiefly by 5.8 cardinal authoritative U.S. streams, up 8% week-over-week, Sept. 12-18, according to Luminate.

What sparked the cut’s Hot 100 commencement astir 2 afloat decades aft listeners were introduced to it?

The opus is the latest classical way to scope the Hot 100 years aft its release. Another is astatine No. 100: Radiohead’s “Let Down,” primitively from 1997. As recently chronicled, older songs are eligible to look connected the Hot 100 and genre-focused offshoot charts that besides blend streaming, vigor airplay and income information if experiencing important growth.

“Breakin’ Dishes,” which deed No. 4 connected the Dance Club Play Songs illustration successful 2008, has gained placement connected salient playlists connected DSPs including Amazon, Apple and Spotify successful caller weeks, portion Rihanna’s catalog was precocious added to TikTok. Notably, SiriusXM’s TikTok Radio (which reports to Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart) is present spinning the opus successful each dayparts.

The opus besides spends its 13th week connected the Billboard Global 200, dating to its archetypal framework successful January. After ranking betwixt Nos. 144 and 200 done March, it reentered the Aug. 30 illustration astatine No. 152 and successful the past 3 weeks has jumped 76-68-45. Plus, it opens astatine No. 7 connected Hot Dance/Pop Songs.

“Breakin’ Dishes” bows arsenic Rihanna’s 64th Hot 100 hit. Exactly fractional person deed the apical 10, with 14 reaching No. 1. She archetypal made the database much than 20 years ago, erstwhile “Pon De Replay” debuted connected the June 11, 2005-dated chart. That way introduced her debut album, Music of the Sun, released Aug. 29, 2005.

“Breakin’ Dishes” becomes the ninth Hot 100 introduction from Good Girl Gone Bad, including its 2007 archetypal mentation and its 2008 Reloaded expanded reissue. Lead azygous “Umbrella,” featuring Jay-Z, reigned (rained?) for 7 weeks, followed by “Shut Up and Drive” (No. 15); “Hate That I Love You,” featuring Ne-Yo (No. 7); “Don’t Stop the Music” (No. 3); “Take a Bow” (No. 1, 1 week); Maroon 5’s “If I Never See Your Face Again,” featuring Rihanna (No. 51); “Disturbia” (No. 1, 2 weeks); and “Rehab” (No. 18).

Good Girl Gone Bad debuted astatine its No. 2 Billboard 200 highest (June 23, 2007) and adds its 201st week connected the latest chart. It rises 104-92, marking its archetypal fertile successful the survey’s apical fractional successful much than two-and-a-half years, up 3% to 12,000 equivalent medium units. The acceptable has earned 8.6 cardinal units to date.

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