Doja Cat is kicking off 2024 with quite the accolade, becoming the first woman in rap to have two Top 10 solo songs on the Billboard Hot 100.
As the holiday songs clear the way from the weekly list, Doja’s “Agora Hills” leaped from 35 on the chart to No. 10 this week, while “Paint the Town Red” also made a huge leap – going from No. 29 to the fourth slot. This cemented her new milestone, as pointed out by Chart Data.
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The Los Angeles native now has nine Top 10 singles overall. 2020’s “Say So” was both her first Top 10 and her first No. 1. Behind it is the aforementioned “Paint the Town Red,” her 2020 feature on Ariana Grande’s “34 + 35” which peaked at No. 2, and 2021’s “Kiss Me More” with SZA which peaked at No. 3.
The other high charting singles include her 2022 feature on Post Malone‘s “I Like You” which also peaked at No. 3, 2021’s “Woman and “Need To Know” peaking at No. 7 and No. 8 respectively, 2023’s “Vegas” peaking at No. 10 and now “Agora Hills.”
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The latter is the most recent single from Doja Cat’s Scarlet album, which was released in September and is currently being performed across the U.S. and Europe as part of her first-ever arena tour.
Fans may also be able to catch her at Coachella 2024, as she is rumored to be a headliner along with Tyler, The Creator and Lana Del Rey. According to a report from Hits Daily Double, the “Juicy” rapper is currently finalizing her contract for the annual festival.
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“Paint the Town Red” became Doja’s second No. 1 song in the fall when it topped the chart for three non-consecutive weeks starting in September – but she wasn’t really a fan of the song when she made it.
Talking to Apple Music’s Ebro Darden last month, the hitmaker explained that the song felt pretty cheesy to her, but she knew that it would be the hit she needed it to be.
“I thought ‘Paint the Town Red’ reminded me of like, Target or like Macy’s. It reminded me of like, GAP,” she admitted with a laugh. “I don’t why. It just kind of is that. And I know it starts with a curse word and it’s like a little bit edgy in that sense and I say, ‘I’m a demon, Lord!’ Like yeah, I get that, but that song just had a very pants-up-high vibe. And you know I think strategically because I can be strategic.
“I think it was a good addition to the album and a strong addition to the album. I know that it’s a strong song. And I did [expect it to be as popular as it is] and I was kind of running that from a little bit. I didn’t really want to have that pants-up-high song, the goofy, kind of palatable.”
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She continued: “I wanted to make a little bit of a darker, slower album but I don’t think this was the time for that. I think keeping it on the album was a smart move because I want to slowly trickle into sort of moodier vibes creatively. Like, I’m not gonna be doing that forever.”
