Blog: Idolator

The most interesting news on Billboard 's Hot 100 isn't at the summit, where the entire Top Five has been static for the last couple of weeks. It's in the basement, where a flotilla of new songs—many by established acts—debuts. We could talk about the return of Eminem to the Hot 100, for the first time in nearly three years, with his 50 and Dre-supported "Crack the Bottle," at No. 76. Or the third single and first ballad from the omnipresent Katy Perry, one notch below. (More on her in a minute.) [...]