GLOBAL NO.1 - 30 YEARS AGO... Madonna's "Cherish" was the third single from the album Like A Prayer. The song was built around the themes of love and relationships, with William Shakespears's Romeo & Juliet being one of the major inspirations. The track also included a line from the 1966 hit "Cherish" by the Association. Musically constructed as a doo-wop-style pop song, it's regarded as a light-hearted track by critics and includes instruments such as a drum machine, percussions, keyboards and a saxophone. Lyrically, it speaks of Madonna's devotion to her lover, and her promise to be always by his side. The black-and-white music video for the song was directed by photographer Herb Ritts at the Paradise Cove Beach in Malibu, California. In the video, Madonna plays herself, while three co-actors dressed as mermen swim in and out of the sea. "Cherish" reached only the no.1 spot in Canada, in the United States it peaked at no.2 and in United Kingdom at no.3.

USA
Billboard Report (excerpt)
'Truth Hurts' tops Billboard Hot 100 for 6th week
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust, Los Angeles

Lizzo logs her sixth week atop the Billboard Hot 100 with "Truth Hurts." She concurrently adds her second top 40 Hot 100 hit, as "Good as Hell" jumps from No. 43 to No. 28.

"Truth," released on Nice Life / Atlantic Records, doubles the record for the longest Hot 100 command for a rap No. 1 by a female artist unaccompanied by another act, having surpassed Cardi B's three-week rule with "Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)" in October 2017. (One other rap No. 1 by a female artist and no accompanying acts has led the list: Lauryn Hill's "Doo Wop [That Thing]," for two weeks in 1998.) Among all rap No. 1s by female artists, "Truth" moves to within one week of potentially tying for the longest domination: Iggy Azalea's "Fancy," featuring Charli XCX, led for seven weeks in 2014. "Truth" rebounds for a fifth week atop the Digital Song Sales chart, up 19% to 30,000 sold in the week ending Oct. 3, according to Nielsen Music, and tops Radio Songs for a third week, up 2% to 122 million audience impressions in the week ending Oct. 6. It rises 7-6 on Streaming Songs, up 1% to 27.8 million U.S. streams in the week ending Oct. 3. Shawn

Mendes and Camila Cabello's "Señorita" stays at No. 2 on the Hot 100, after leading the Aug. 31-dated list. As previously reported, the song rises to No. 1 on the Adult Pop Songs airplay chart, becoming Mendes' sixth No. 1 on the survey, a new record among male soloists. Lewis Capaldi's "Someone You Loved" (which "Señorita" dethrones atop Adult Pop Songs after two weeks in charge) keeps at its No. 3 Hot 100 high. Lil Tecca's "Ran$om" remains at its No. 4 Hot 100 best, while leading Streaming Songs for a seventh week (43.1 million, down 6%), a sum that lifts it to among the 10 longest-reigning debut entries (by artists in lead roles) on the latter ranking. Chris Brown's "No Guidance," featuring Drake, holds at its No. 5 Hot 100 high, while leading Hot R&B Songs for a sixth week, and Billie Eilish's "Bad Guy," which ruled the Aug. 24 Hot 100, rebounds 7-6. Rounding out the Hot 100's top 10 are two tracks each by Post Malone and Lil Nas X. The former's "Circles" rises 8-7 after reaching No. 4 and "Goodbyes," featuring Young Thug, is steady at No. 9 after hitting No. 3. The latter's "Panini" drops 6-8 after hitting No. 5 and his record 19-week No. 1 "Old Town Road," featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, remains at No. 10. DaBaby scores his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as Kirk opens in the top slot. The set, which is the hip-hop artist’s second studio effort, starts with 145,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 3, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, just 8,000 were in album sales, as the set was powered largely by streaming activity. Kirk was released on Sept. 27 via SouthCoast / Interscope Records. Kirk, which is DaBaby’s actual last name (real name: Jonathan Kirk), follows his first studio release, Baby on Baby, which peaked at No. 7 on the June 1-dated list. The latter boasts DaBaby’s breakthrough single “Suge,” which marked his first top 10 hit on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 songs chart (reaching No. 7 on July 6). Through the week ending Oct. 2, Baby on Baby has earned 719,000 equivalent album units, and collected over 1 billion on-demand audio streams for its songs. At No. 2 on the new Billboard 200, Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding shifts down one slot after spending its first three weeks at No. 1. The album tallied 124,000 equivalent album units in the new tracking week, down 17%. The Beatles’ former No. 1 album Abbey Road zooms back into the top 10 for the first time since 1970, as the set vaults from No. 71 to No. 3 after the album was reissued on Sept. 27 to commemorate its 50th anniversary. It earned 81,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Oct. 3 (up 803%) with 70,000 of that sum in album sales (up 3,091%). Abbey Road was released on Sept. 26, 1969, and spent 11 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in late 1969 and early 1970. It first reached the top of the list dated Nov. 1, 1969, and it spent its final week at No. 1 on Jan. 24, 1970. With Abbey Road’s rise to No. 3 on the new chart, the album nets its first week in the top 10 since April 25, 1970 (when it ranked at No. 9) and its highest placing since March 14, 1970 (No. 3). Back on the new Billboard 200, Kevin Gates collects his fourth top 10 album, as I’m Him bows at No. 4 with 70,000 equivalent album units earned (with 10,000 of that sum in album sales). He previously visited the top 10 with Luca Brasi 3 (No. 4 in 2018), By Any Means 2 (No. 4, 2017) and Islah (No. 2, 2016). Taylor Swift’s former No. 1 Lover falls one rung to No. 5 with 57,000 equivalent album units (down 13%). Country-rock band Whiskey Myers captures its first top 10 album on the Billboard 200 as the group’s self-titled effort starts at No. 6 with 42,000 equivalent album units earned (of which 39,000 were in album sales). Sales of the new album were boosted by a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer with the band’s tour in 2019. The debut of the new album follows the Texas act’s first big national attention back in 2018, when it was seen performing the song “Stone” in an episode of Paramount Network’s Yellowstone, starring Kevin Costner. During the release week of the new album, Whiskey Myers landed its first live performance on national television, performing “Rolling Stone” on NBC’s Today on Oct. 1. On the new Billboard 200, Billie Eilish’s former No. 1 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? climbs 8-7 with 39,000 equivalent album units (up 20%). The set gains in the wake of Eilish’s performances on NBC’s Saturday Night Live on Sept. 29. Rounding out the rest of the new top 10: Young Thug’s former leader So Much Fun dips 5-8 with nearly 39,000 equivalent album units earned (down 13%), Lizzo’s Cuz I Love You is steady at No. 9 with 37,000 units (though up 13%) and Lil Tecca’s We Love You Tecca falls 6-10 with 35,000 units (down 10%).