The Billboard Top 100 is a relatively reliable indicator of what music is currently popular in the mainstream right now. Positions are calculated based on a combination of radio airplay, sales, and streaming from services such as YouTube and Spotify. Each week, the list is updated to reflect the shift in listening, but songs often can spend weeks or months floating in certain ranges.

For the past four weeks as of May 12, Drake’s “Nice for What” has been dominating the number one spot, having pushed out his other hit, “God’s Plan”, which now rests at number three. “God’s Plan” gained its surge in popularity largely in part to its music video, which showed the Canadian singer and rapper giving money from the video’s original budget to charities, shelters, and most importantly, to everyday people in need. Some have criticized the video as a PR stunt or as a show of a celebrity trying to show off what of a good person he is. Regardless, the heart-warming video did gather a lot of attention and has kept the song boosted in the upper tiers of the Top 100.

In second place is Post Malone’s “Psycho”, featuring Ty Dolla $ign, which climbed from number five the previous week. It is off Malone’s second album, which peaked at number one on the album charts and became a platinum seller, a rarity in today’s streaming age. Streaming downloads count for less than a physical sale, but the album managed to surpass this obstacle anyway, breaking records along the way with 431.3 million streams on-demand. A little farther down the list, Malone’s “Better Now” has debuted at number seven, and is likely to keep climbing.

Buzz has emerged surrounding Childish Gambino’s “This is America”. Though it has yet to appear on this week’s charts, the video that accompanied the song was highly controversial for its commentary on race. It is sure to create a splash on the charts for the week of May 19 as the web has begun filling with article after article dissecting the song, its video, and its meaning.

Compared to other years, the Billboard 100 has been relatively stagnant lately. However, there is hope for fresh new music that not only sounds good, but is powerful as well in recent troubled times.